Some have criticized Tarttelin’s protagonist as being unbelievably undisturbed and mainstream, but as someone who actually is intersex, I found his character so believable that I thought for a minute she might have modeled him after me!
Because it’s not just sex education. It’s life education.
Audacia Ray’s Red Umbrella Project, an organization seeking to amplify the voices of sex workers through media, advocacy and storytelling, publishes a literary journal. And it’s great.
Charlotte’s theory was that it was up to us to use what we had around us – what the universe gave us – to find answers or come to peace with a lack of an answer. Mine was that people should beg for help. Acorn is for people ready to stop begging.
“Every thing that grows, grows differently. Each of us grow in our own way.”
Cara’s Team Pick: It’s illustrated, it’s interactive, it’s informative, and it’s not even done yet!
Trauma Queen, the new memoir by Lovemme Corazon, is a hard read but equally hard to put down. There are many, many people who will find a familiar history in this book, and the author hopes that will be a jumping off point for healing and discussions.
This book is a feel-good and I highly recommend it for hammock reading! Even if you don’t have a hammock, it should definitely go on your summer reading list.
Will all these wonderfully complicated characters learn to unravel their complications and fears? Probably not. But will they braid them together to form a community? Don’t you hope so?
The Summer We Got Free is a story of family, of generational healing and the power of queerness.
Mariel Cove is a sexy new erotica serial by and for queer women, which means I had to have it immediately.
“How Poetry Saved My Life” tells Dawn’s story of sex-work and survivorship through poetry and prose. We spoke with her about this latest work, queer writers and speculative fiction.
“This book is a queer anthem. It flashes bright neon lights and blows out plumes of dirty glitter.”
“You may find a copy of a gay paper on the street, in a garbage can, on a subway seat, a bus seat, and it would help save your life. Just being there was life-saving.”
Vanessa’s Team Pick: As a Jewish lesbian with hopes and dreams of one day becoming a mom, I feel that it is my duty to tell you that the very first LGBT-inclusive Jewish children’s book in English finally exists!
This is a book about being a queer girl in the 1970s, about traveling the world, and about trying to be a writer by the woman who would go on to co-found Seal Press and write award-winning books because who says you can’t accomplish what you dream of doing?
This tiny book is anything but your mother’s health education book.
Despite its tongue-in-cheek name, Poetry is Dead Magazine’s Queer Issue is pleasant evidence to the contrary.
A memoir by a queer Latina punk about how her favorite band saved her from the pain of being a total weirdo.
A book in our language.