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

Three images of a black book cover featuring red text that says, "Leigh Cowart, HURTS SO GOOD" and grey text that says, "The Science & Culture of Pain on Purpose." Some images are visible throughout the text, including a ballet slipper and a sword.

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Hurts So Good Reveals That Masochism Is Everywhere

Hurts So Good showcases pain experts of all types for a more holistic understanding of why and how we use pain for pleasure.

Davey Davis

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Oct 19, 2021

A stylized image of the cover of Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle against a pink gradient background with the text 'the book that helped me leave religion"

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The Book That Helped Me Leave Religion: Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle”

The first sentence of “The Books of Bokonon” – the fictional foundational text of Bokononism, the religion Kurt Vonnegut invented for his 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle – reads as follows:…

Abbie Jones

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Oct 14, 2021

A stylized image of the cover of Andrea Lawlor's Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl against an orange gradient background with the text 'the book that made me a slut"

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The Book That Made Me A Slut: Andrea Lawlor’s “Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl”

Trans people love to joke about having been every letter of the acronym but Paul is all of them at once. He is the ultimate non-binary fantasy — or at…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Oct 7, 2021

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Lez Liberty Lit: Liminal Spaces

Queer time and liminal spaces, a library facing possible charges for carrying sex education books, the myth of universality in literature, and more.

Ryan Yates

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Oct 7, 2021

A stylized image of the cover of Leslie Jamison's The Recovering against an orange gradient background with the text 'the book that made me get sober"

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The Book That Made Me Get Sober: Leslie Jamison’s “The Recovering”

Reading The Recovering was like reading a diary full of thoughts I would never have been brave enough to write down. I felt something I’d only ever felt once before,…

Analyssa

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Sep 30, 2021

Three images of the book Tumblr Porn side by side: each blue book cover features a pixelated red heart and the text, "Remember the Internet, Vol. 1, Tumblr Porn, Ana Valens."

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Tumblr Porn Offers an Inside Look at Early Internet Culture

If you ever wanted to know more about what it was like during Tumblr’s heyday — the good and the bad — Tumblr Porn is an excellent little primer from…

Abbie Jones

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Sep 27, 2021

A brunette woman with a yellow hand band and a bright shirt works on a computer.

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Things I Read That I Love #322: A Dystopian Victory for a Particularly Narrow Vision of Nuclear Family

Topics include Aldi Supermarkets, Whitney Houston, McDonald’s, Brazilian Butt Lifts, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, COVID in Kirkland, restorative justice and more!

Riese

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Sep 24, 2021

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Lez Liberty Lit Is Engineering a Hot Streak

The dark side of the golden trans literary moment, what your emoji use says about how old you are (probably), what a hot streak means for artistic success and more.

Ryan Yates

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Sep 23, 2021