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Things I Read That I Love #336: The Brat Pack, Buying Sperm, Conversational AI and Streaming Wars

Annie Hamilton befriends Tavi Gevinson and gets unhinged about it, the future of streaming, literary it-girls, MTV’s “The Real World,”…

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Jun 28, 2024

most anticipated queer books

The Natural Order of Things, Uncanny Valley Girls, and Herculine

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for October 2025

It’s October, and you know what that means! Lots of new queer and trans horror heading your way! And plenty to choose from other genres, too.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Oct 7, 2025

interview

sci-fi/fantasy

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Queer History Meets UFO Lore in Ilana Masad’s Stunning New Novel ‘Beings’

“I think having crushes can be really nice. It can remind you that you have a body that can reach out, that you have a nervous system capable of excitement…

Gabrielle Korn —

Oct 7, 2025

comics/graphic novels

trans book

lgbt book reviews

Mattie Lubchansky’s Folk-Horror Graphic Novel ‘Simplicity’ Is Transcendent

Lubchansky illustrates trans sexuality as sensual and transcendental but also with all the messy awkwardness and vulnerability that comes with human intimacy.

Nic Anstett —

Oct 6, 2025

literary fiction

novel

lgbt book reviews

I Have Never Felt More Cherokee Than While Reading ‘To the Moon and Back’

This novel is queer in the best ways.

Autumn Fourkiller —

Sep 11, 2025

literary fiction

sci-fi/fantasy

Rough Trade, Always, and No Body No Crime

book features

“Surviving Isn’t Enough”: Tess Sharpe, Nicola Griffith, and Katrina Carrasco on Writing Expansive Queer Fiction

“If I’m deliberately trying to queer anything, it’s the world, one reader at a time.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Sep 9, 2025

most anticipated queer books

To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage; Best Woman by Rose Dommu; Beings by Ilana Masad

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for September 2025

September is here, and with it comes a bunch of new LGBTQ+ book releases — from horror to rom-coms and everything in between!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Sep 3, 2025

literary fiction

novel

first person

Twenty-Five Years Later, Michelle Tea’s ‘Valencia’ Remains Stunning Portrait of Lesbian Life

Valencia permitted me to romanticize my world.

Malavika Kannan —

Aug 29, 2025

alyson stoner

pop culture fix

Non-Binary Actor Alyson Stoner Hopes Their Memoir Is the Last of Its Kind

Alyson Stoner’s new memoir, Natalie Morales playing Claire Danes’ ex-wife, Mae Martin in a new thriller series, The Beaches’ new single Lesbian of the Year, and more!

Valerie Anne —

Aug 19, 2025

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78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of queer media since the first lesbian print magazine ever launched in 1947. Here are just 50 of the many publications that built the community we hold so dear.

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