Literature

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

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…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Oct 7, 2025

lgbt book reviews

“Love at 350º” Is a Sapphic Romance for Us Gays Who Spend Saturdays Baking Pies

Baking aside, my favorite thing about Love At 350° is the fact that the main characters are women over 40.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Oct 23, 2023

Simply Skye by Pamela Morgan, Molly's Tuxedo by Vicki Johnson, and My Fade Is Fresh by Shauntay Grant

book lists

10 Picture Books To Teach Little Ones About Gender Expression

Reading picture books was a way I connected with my son when he was a preschooler, and I was able to teach him about things like racism, empathy and of…

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Oct 21, 2023

first person

Before and After the Library

Author Kristen Arnett writes on growing up in a house where books were banned and becoming a queer librarian in Florida.

Kristen Arnett

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Oct 7, 2023

lgbt book reviews

“People Collide” Throws Everything You Thought You Knew About Body Swap Stories out the Window

Isle McElroy’s new novel provides a nuanced approach to gender within its body swap premise.

Nic Anstett

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Oct 6, 2023

a person holds the frequently banned book Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

politics + activism

How To Fight Back Against Book Bans

However you choose to engage with Banned Books Week, I hope you’ll think about the books that have led you to the person you are today.

Daven McQueen

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Oct 5, 2023

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

book lists

The Best Banned Books According to a Queer Educator in Florida

I’ve watched whole lives transform in my classrooms and outside of them because of the stories we read, because of the work we did together, because of our difficult and…

Stef Rubino

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Oct 4, 2023

A collage of overlapping book covers, left to right: Cinderella Is Dead, All Boys Aren't Blue, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, the Bluest Eye, and Gender Queer

book lists

20 Queer and Feminist Banned Books (And How To Get Them to Kids Who Need Them)

It’s Banned Books week. We can do our part and get reading.

Carmen Phillips

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Oct 2, 2023

Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates by Katie Barnes

lgbt book reviews

“Fair Play” Reflects on the Origins of the Trans Sports Debate and How We Can End It

Throughout the text, Barnes reminds us over and over again: “What began as a good-faith discussion about policy and physiological differences between sexes has given way to a level of…

Stef Rubino

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Sep 21, 2023