LGBT Book Reviews

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new york city

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Explore NYC’s Underground Queer and Trans Rave Scene in “Raving”

Readers are constantly reminded that so much of what makes white-dominated raves comes from Black culture.

Lily Alvarado —

Mar 14, 2023

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sci-fi/fantasy

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Queer Novella Reimagines Sherlock Holmes and Watson As College Ex-Girlfriends

“The Mimicking of Known Successes” provides a delightful mashup of science fiction and cozy mystery, with a delicious side of sapphic romance. 

Casey —

Mar 9, 2023

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nonfiction

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“Matchmaking in the Archive” Connects Today’s Artists and Queer Ancestors

This book contains, notably, an essay by Michelle Tea that is still ringing in my ears.

Nico —

Mar 3, 2023

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nonfiction

astrology, tarot & witchcraft

“Finding the Fool” Asserts Tarot Is for Everybody

Reading this book was compelling, fluid, and joyous.

danijanae —

Mar 1, 2023

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literary fiction

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“Your Driver Is Waiting” Review: I’m Obsessed With the Swole Bisexual Narrator of This Rip-Roaring Novel

Some readers may be tempted to label Your Driver Is Waiting as satire, but that’s not my reading at all.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 28, 2023

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literary fiction

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Queer Naija Lit: 2005’s “Walking With Shadows” Is a Meditation on Shame, Rupture, and Repair

As a child, I wasn’t different because I was gay (that came with teenagehood), I was different because I was autistic. 

Chinelo Anyadiegwu —

Feb 27, 2023

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We Should Engage With LGBTQ History All Damn Year

OutWrite: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture perfectly exemplifies the reasons why it’s so imperative to look back at history with the willingness to be impacted by whatever we…

Stef Rubino —

Feb 22, 2023

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consent

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In Challenging, Complex Essays, “Unsafe Words” Queers the #MeToo Movement

Multiple of these essays ask how we can make queer spaces safer, especially for our most vulnerable community members, while also not becoming our own police.

Nico —

Feb 21, 2023