Literature

Author interviews, guides to the best LGBT Literature, Gay and Lesbian Novels and Memoirs and more!

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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…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Oct 7, 2025

The Future is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s “The Future Is Disabled” Should Be Required Reading

After reading The Future is Disabled, I feel more hopeful, and I think you will, too.

Katie

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Oct 3, 2022

lgbt book reviews

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.

Stef Rubino

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Oct 2, 2022

The Idiot by Elif Batuman and Either/Or by Elif Batuman

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Life Is Not a Novel

I’ve always had a very active daydream life.

Autumn Fourkiller

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Sep 30, 2022

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

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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

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Sep 30, 2022

The books Pet and Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi

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Queer Naija Lit: Akwaeke Emezi’s “Pet” and “Bitter” Explore the Costs of a Different World

A new world isn’t possible without people believing it is.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu

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Sep 28, 2022

It Came From the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror. Also, Megan Fox in the movie Jennifer's Body

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In Queer Horror Anthology “It Came From the Closet,” Carmen Maria Machado Considers Jennifer’s Body

On queerbaiting, bisexuality, and Jennifer’s Body. This essay is an exclusive excerpt from the queer horror anthology It Came From the Closet, on sale next week.

Carmen Maria Machado

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Sep 27, 2022

An illustrated woman peeks from behind a book

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Rainbow Reading: Book Hangovers Are Real and I Have One

The latest LGBTQ+ book releases are full of queer dark academia vibes.

Yashwina

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Sep 22, 2022

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In “Nona the Ninth,” Tamsyn Muir Zooms In on Her Goth Puzzle Box World

If you want to feel the dazzling space-goth world of Gideon and Harrow within reach, to pull it close enough to see its day-to-day details, then Nona will feel like…

Yashwina

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Sep 19, 2022