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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…

Nic Anstett

Oct 6, 2025

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“Lesbian Love Story” Has Something To Teach Us About Ourselves

It’s important for us to gather all of the stories of the people who came before us in order to help fuel our fight against the people who want to…

Stef Rubino —

May 30, 2023

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Hayley Kiyoko’s Debut YA Novel Tells Queer Love Story Set in 2006

If I’m being honest, it’s one of the better written celebrity fiction novels that I’ve read (and I’ve read Lauren Conrad’s YA series).

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

May 29, 2023

Tegan and Sara, as drawn by Tillie Walden, on the cover of their new graphic novel, Junior High

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Tegan and Sara’s “Junior High” Brings Their Origin Story to a Graphic Novel

Queer youth need to see a hero’s journey from queer icons who’ve lived it! And they need to be able to relate to it, not to write it off as…

Heather Hogan —

May 22, 2023

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“Dykette” Has Plenty of High Femme Camp Antics

The novel is thought-provoking even in its flaws.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 16, 2023

Human Sacrifices by María Fernanda Ampuero

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“Human Sacrifices” Is a Latine and Feminist Gothic Must-Read

Gothic is the instrument by which Latine authors have historically been able to explore coloniality, migration, violence, and other horrors of Latin American society.

L —

May 15, 2023

The cover of Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl. Margo, a femme red head in a skirt and tank top, stands beside Abbie, a tomboy in skater clothes, in front of a green brick wall.

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“Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl” Is a Swoony Queer Neurodiverse Romance

I’m not sure I’ve ever laughed and swooned, simultaneously, as much as I did while reading Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl, a queer high school romance that features two neurodiverse…

Heather Hogan —

May 10, 2023

If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude

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In Lesbian YA Debut, Teen Girls Find Love in the Midst of an Asteroid Barreling Toward Earth

The biggest theme in Jen St. Jude’s If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come is mental health.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

May 9, 2023

This Is the Way the World Ends by Jen Wilde

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Autistic Teen Girl Takes On the Rich and Powerful in This Queer YA Thriller

This is Jen Wilde’s first thriller, but I hope not her last.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

May 8, 2023

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

“Lesbian Love Story” Has Something To Teach Us About Ourselves

Hayley Kiyoko’s Debut YA Novel Tells Queer Love Story Set in 2006

Tegan and Sara’s “Junior High” Brings Their Origin Story to a Graphic Novel

“Dykette” Has Plenty of High Femme Camp Antics

“Human Sacrifices” Is a Latine and Feminist Gothic Must-Read

“Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl” Is a Swoony Queer Neurodiverse Romance

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