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Drawn to Comics: You’re Gonna Love Sarah Winifred Searle’s Bisexual YA Graphic Novel “The Greatest Thing”
“The Greatest Thing is a time capsule of these friendships that were deeply meaningful despite being fleeting. I want to honor the process of learning, growing, and surviving that I learned in that year. Rome wasn’t built in a day, depression can’t be cured with a pill, and personal fulfillment is a lifelong journey.”
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Drawn to Comics: “Super Late Bloomer” Is the Transition Diary Comic We’ve Been Waiting For
Super Late Bloomer, which chronicles the first year of Julia’s life after she decided to transition, could turn any pessimist into the most ardent optimist.
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Drawn to Comics: “A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns” Is Quick, Easy and Spectacular
If you’ve got people in your life who could use some help, Archie Bongiovanni and Tristin Jimerson have a brand new book that will explain how to use they/them and other gender neutral pronouns, and also why it’s so important.
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Drawn to Comics: A First Look at First Gay Kisses in “Kiss Number Eight”
There’s something about your first kiss with a girl, something different. It can bring out truths you’re not ready for, it can open doors that can never be closed, it can change your life forever.
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Niki Smith’s “Crossplay” Is About Fandom, Gender, Sexuality and Turning You On
This comic is gorgeous, well-written, hella gay, sexy AF and one of my favorite books I’ve read in a while.
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Every Major Female “Star Trek” Character, Ranked By Lesbianism
Our continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new lesbian life and new bisexual civilizations, and to boldly go where this franchise often vehemently refused to go before!
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Drawn to Comics: Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell Talk Trans Sex Work, TV Influences and Their Comic “The Pervert”
Over the last two years, a story about a trans girl living in Seattle and surviving through sex work was published in issues of ISLAND Magazine. Now, It’s being put together as one book, The Pervert, by Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell.
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Queer Your Tech’s Summer Reading List: Books About Technology
I want to spend some time this summer really cracking in to books about technology, especially when the ideas therein have special and specific interaction with the queer digital space I occupy for so much of my time. Here’s my list.
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Drawn to Comics: Molly Ostertag’s “The Witch Boy” Is Full of Magic Without Gender Roles
Books like The Witch Boy and creators like Molly Ostertag are here to create a kinder, more tender world to replace the broken one we have right now.
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Drawn to Comics: Grace Ellis’ “Moonstruck Vol 1” Is as Magical and Uplifting as a Levitation Spell
What at first seems like a pretty straightforward coffee shop fantasy love story quickly becomes a daring adventure about embracing and celebrating diversity and the things that make you unique.
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Nessie Is My Girlfriend: What Is it With Queer People and Cryptids?
“I started a Tumblr called Midwestern Monster Hunt dedicated to my adventures and to sharing stories of the weird, macabre, and strange. I began following blogs devoted to lovingly curating blurry photos dotted with red circles, grainy images of discs in the sky, or puns about Mothman. The more involved in cryptid and paranormal spaces I became, the more queer people seemed to pop up.”
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Katchoo and Francine are Back in “Strangers in Paradise XXV”
It’s secrets and intrigue and lesbian looooove and just so very Terry Moore.Â
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Drawn to Comics: Kelly Thompson’s “Hawkeye Vol. 1: Anchor Points” is the Perfect Feminist Comic to Pair with “America”
By focusing on Kate Bishop instead of Clint Barton, that means we get a tonal and moral shift to one focused on women and girlhood and feminism. And it means we get a kickass, fun and thoughtful comic about one of the best young superheroes in the Marvel Universe.
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Mario Kart Characters Ranked in Terms of Queerness
I always played as Toad or Yoshi, which I didn’t know at the time was because I was gay! Or it turned me gay; it’s not clear which. Some Mario Kart characters are more queer than others, and over the many years and 10+ games we’ve had plenty of opportunity to speculate about their IDs.
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Drawn to Comics: “Bingo Love” Is a Black Queer Romance That Lasts a Lifetime and Will Make Yours Better
Everyone who’s been clamoring for a romance comic about queer Black women written by a Black woman and with art by women has gotten exactly what they want with “Bingo Love.”
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Drawn to Comics: Kick Off 2018 With These 11 Queer Comics
2017 was a banner year for comics by queer and trans women and women of color.
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Drawn to Comics: America Vol 1: “The Life and Times of America Chavez” Punches You In the Face (In a Good Way)
“The first time I read a comic with America Chavez, it was Young Avengers and it changed my entire view of comics. I had never seen a character that was so much like me and such a badass. The first time I read a comic with America Chavez written by former Autostraddle writer Gabby Rivera, it changed everything all over again.”
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Drawn to Comics: “The Tea Dragon Society” is the Cutest, Most Creative All-Ages Fantasy Comic in Years
The Tea Dragon Society is a perfect all-ages book for anyone who wants a fun fantasy story, something calming to read on a stormy day or before bedtime or anyone who enjoys art that puts a smile on your face and a warm feeling in your heart.
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Drawn to Comics: 6 Women Superheroes Who Should Come Out as Lesbian or Bisexual in Their Next Movie
Recently we’ve had queer women in Jessica Jones and Marvel’s Runaways, but Marvel and DC’s cinematic universes are still disturbingly straight.
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Drawn to Comics: “Dating a Trans Person Changed My Partner’s Life” Starts a Good Discussion About Trans Life and Love
“The joy these people are feeling for having found happy, loving and affirming relationships is radiating off of the page. These are clearly trans people who have found happiness with who they are and where they are in life, and the art goes a long, long way to show that.”