Results for: representation
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Looking Back on 1970s Lesbian Feminist Film and Sci-Fi To Reimagine the Future
“I mean props to those who are three years old and are like, ‘I’m gay.’ But some of us have to meet some gay people, and sometimes those people are people you encounter in books and archives, they’re not your friends, and they’re not even here on this planet anymore physically, but their ideas are, and that’s really powerful.”
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81 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way Summer 2023
Kai Cheng Thom’s new book of essays is coming out in August, the first two books from Roxane Gay’s brand new press are releasing, Elliot Page’s much anticipated memoir is available, Jacqueline Carey is returning to her Kushiel’s universe, and more!
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Which of These Books Are Better Than the Lesbian Movies Based on Them?
I think we can all agree there should be MORE queer film adaptations of queer (or queer-coded) books! Here are 32 from 1940 to now.
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Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey Want To Read Books and Eat Snacks With You
We talked to Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig about Allstora’s PANTS Pod book club and its mission to uplift queer authors, connect with pod listeners and read some really good lesbian books.
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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for March 2025
New Torrey Peters! A debut novel from Emily St. James! Queer, Black poetry collections! March is gonna be a great month for LGBTQ literature.
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Which Queer Midwest Writer To Read Based on Your Favorite Chappell Roan Song
Growing up in a Missouri trailer park, Chappell has been outspoken about the Midwest as a center of cultural revolution.
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46 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out This July and August
As usual, all genres are represented, but there’s a surprising amount of creepy reads in the thriller/horror realm coming out the rest of summer.
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How Gay Are the Books These Queer Shows Are Based On?
My favorite adaptations are always the ones that inject queerness where there previously was none. Here are 69 book-to-queer-TV adaptations along with a look at just how queer the books were.
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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.
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46 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out In June 2024
Hot fresh reads for a hot bookish Pride month!
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The Best Queer Books of 2024
This year especially I’ve striven to put the spotlight on books that haven’t gotten a lot of mainstream attention.
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Anarchist Author Margaret Killjoy Crafts Trans Worlds in the Woods
Margaret Killjoy is a master world-builder. Her first young adult book, The Sapling Cage, comes out next month.
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Making it Work: A Queer Author Screams into the Wind
I was a couple of months into transition, and re-examining my relationship with seemingly everything I’d taken for granted until then.
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7 Brilliant Books About Chaotic Queers
When I think about “good” queer representation, I think about bad. I think about bad behavior, bad relationships, bad choices, bad words.
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Rainbow Reading: Happy Birthgay!
Rainbow Reading kicked off as a biweekly LGBTQ+ lit news column one year ago!
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Gender Nonconformity Has Always Existed
Trans activist and historian Kit Heyam’s new book Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender examines gender nonconformity throughout history.
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Rainbow Reading: It’s a Good Time To Be a Sports Gay
Let’s make like glow sticks and get cracking — it’s time to catch up on LGBTQ+ book news!
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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!
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69 Most Anticipated Queer Books for Spring 2024
What’s on the horizon for queer books in March, April, and May? New work from Judith Butler, K-Ming Chang, Emma Copley Eisenberg, and so much more.
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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.