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Two girls driving in a convertible in a still from The Bachelorette; The cover of Sleepless in Seattle, featuring the Empire State Building; the album cover of Whitney Houston's eponymous album; "He Will Break Your Heart" by Jerry Butler; two people in pirates costumes
Book Lists

Short Fiction Playlist: Five Queer Short Stories Featuring Pop Culture

Find sexy pirates, bachelorette viewing parties, and Whitney Houston crushes in these pop culture-packed queer short stories.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 25, 2023 5 Comments
The books Spectrums, An Unkindess of Ghosts, Neuroqueer Heresies, and How To Be Autistic
Book Lists

Eight Books Across Genres on Queer Autistic Experiences

This list of queer and/or trans focused books about autism are mostly nonfiction, but I’ve also included a few novels by queer autistic authors featuring queer autistic characters, including science fiction, fantasy, and romance.

Casey February 16, 2023 19 Comments
Burning Butch by R/B Mertz, Brown Neon by Raquel Guitierrez, When We Were Outlaws by Jeanne Cordova, and Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H
Book Lists

Butch Memoirs To Check Out in Honor of “Hijab Butch Blues”

This is not an exhaustive list of butch memoirs, and I would love to hear about more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 4, 2023 6 Comments
We All Loved Cowboys, Snare, Bad Girls, Concerning My Daughter, The Fifth, Tentacle, My Lesbian Experience with Lonelineess, Disoriental
Book Lists Quizzes

Quiz: What Queer Book in Translation Should You Read?

I’ve gathered eight LGBTQ books in translation from around the world in various genres and forms. Take the quiz to get matched with one.

Casey January 15, 2023 25 Comments
Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns, She Is a Haunting, Bad Creee by Jessica Johns, Friday I'm In Love, Then Everything Happens at Once, Carmilla by Amy Chu and Soo Lee, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane, Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H, Tell Me I'm Worthelss, and Judas Goat: Poems by Gabrielle Bates
Book Lists

54 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Out Winter 2023

Welcome to 2023, which promises to be yet another spectacular year for feminist and queer books. This winter is only the beginning!

Casey January 10, 2023 18 Comments
The following books: The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson, Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead, Màgòdiz by Gabe Calderón, and Buffalo Is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel
Book Lists

Eight New Queer Indigenous Books

Poetry, contemporary YA, science fiction, short stories, essay collections, graphic novels, and more!

Casey January 7, 2023 14 Comments
The books We Deserve Monuments, How Far the Light Reaches, In Sensorium, Body Work, It Came From the Closet, Brown Neon, Faltas, and When We Were Sisters
Book Lists

92 of the Best Queer Books of 2022

Almost every category in this 2022 best of list was very competitive.

Casey December 22, 2022 38 Comments
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Book Lists Thanksgiving

Short Fiction Playlist: Five Queer Short Stories To Read on Thanksgiving

If you have a pocket of time between tasks tomorrow or are just having a chill, quiet day, dive into some brilliant stories.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 23, 2022 11 Comments
Beauty's Beast by S.T. Lynn, Fake It by Lily Seabrooke, The Companion by EE Ottoman, and Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod and Jess Taylor
Book Lists

Eight Romance Novels Featuring Trans Women, by Trans Authors

We’ve got fantasy romance, contemporary romance, YA science fiction comic romance, historical romance, and more!

Casey November 17, 2022 7 Comments
Ace by Angela Chen, Soft on Soft by Em Ali, Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland, How to be Ace by Rebecca Burgess, The Art of Saving the World by Corinne Duyvis, From Under the Mountain by C.M. Spivey, Arden Grey by Ray Stoeve, and Forward March by Skye Quinlan
Book Lists Quizzes

Quiz: Which Sapphic Asexual Book Should You Read This Ace Week?

It’s Ace Week! Answer a few simple questions, and I will recommend a sapphic asexual book for you to read!

Casey October 23, 2022 16 Comments
The following books: Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw, Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt, White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi, and What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Book Lists

10 Queer Haunted House Books

Let’s get gay and scared!

Casey October 9, 2022 9 Comments
The books Siren Queen by Nghi Vo, We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman, Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner, and Everything Leads To You by Nina LaCour
Book Lists

Eight Queer Books Set in Los Angeles About the Movie Industry

A solid half of these are romance, which is entirely unintentional — but you’re welcome if queer celesbian romance is your jam.

Casey September 30, 2022 7 Comments
The following books: We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds; The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin; Faltas by Cecilia Gentili; Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo; When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar; It Came From the Closet anthology; A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo; The Future is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha; A Short History of Queer Women; The Color Pynk by Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley; Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales; Will Do Magic for Small Change by Andrea Hairston; Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner; Magodiz by Gabe Calderon; Before We Were Trans by Kit Heyam; Love Me Tender; Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell; Heretic by Jeanna Kadlec; Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong; Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir; Queer Little Nightmares anthology; Power: The Rise of Black Women in America by Charity C. Elder; When the Angels Left the Old Country; The Long Covid Survival Guide
Book Lists

103 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way Fall 2022

I can guarantee there is something for everyone on this list of fall 2022 queer and feminist books, whether your jam is graphic novel fairy tales, memoirs about queer family, or anything in between.

Casey September 6, 2022 17 Comments
Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins, The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley, Forward March by Skye Quinlan, and We Used To Be Friends by Amy Spaulding
Book Lists

Get in Your Back-to-School Feelings With These 10 Queer YA Books

Back-to-school time is my favorite time of the year now that I’m an adult.

Sa'iyda Shabazz September 2, 2022 5 Comments
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Book Lists

In Verse: Poetry Collections for a Big Life Change

I have never lived anywhere that wasn’t in Pennsylvania. This state is my home, but I’m ready to move on from it.

danijanae August 25, 2022 3 Comments
Cool For The Summer by Dahlia Adler, Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan, In The Key Of Us by Mariama J. Lockington, This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki, The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin, Island Time by Georgia Clark, and Florida Woman by Deb Rogers
Book Lists Quizzes

Quiz: What Queer Book Should You Read To Extend Summer?

Do you need a summery queer book to pack in your beach bag?

Casey August 21, 2022 21 Comments
Four books: Spear by Nicola Griffith, The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, and Ash by Malinda Lo
Book Lists

10 Books for Dungeons & Dragons Queers To Read Between Adventures

All of these stories feature: magic and/or melee, quests, chosen families, and queer characters.

Heather Hogan August 20, 2022 26 Comments
A black and white illustration of a retro picnic basket against a teal background
Book Lists

In Verse: Poetry Collections for a Summer Picnic

If you are going to read one poet in a park, let it be Mary Oliver.

danijanae July 28, 2022 2 Comments
A pattered collage in yellow and blue that has four book covers layered over it: Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare (which is swirled in black and white), More Than Organs by Kay Ulanday Barrett (which has orange bold type over a navy blue background), The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me by Keah Brown (which has pink and yellow lettering a photo of the author Keah Brown, who is a black woman), and Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (which has the words Care Work in olive green stamped font and beige and orange watercolor coloring in the background)
Book Lists

12 Books to Read to Be a Better Ally to Disabled People This Disability Pride Month

This list will make you laugh out loud, bring you to tears, make you question things you believed to be true, and even make you want to blast Demi Lovato.

Katie July 21, 2022 13 Comments
Book Lists

12 Self-Published LGBTQ Books To Bring to the Beach This Summer

Find sweet, steamy, and escapist reads in this list of self-published romance books to throw in your beach or pool bag this summer.

Sarah Wallace July 10, 2022 8 Comments
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