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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

Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex

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“Working It” Says the Quiet Parts Out Loud About Sex Work

Before I was a sex worker, I was a proud sex worker ally.

Raechel Anne Jolie

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Jul 3, 2023

A collage of six books covers, each of books with lesbian sex inside them

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55 Literary Books With Great Lesbian Sex Inside Them

Novels, memoirs, essay and short story collections that are really good and also have lesbian sex in them! Wow!

Riese and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jun 27, 2023

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde, Let the Record Show by Sarah Schulman, Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns, and Nature Poem by Tommy Pico

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Tap Into Queer Rage This Pride With These Scorching LGBTQ+ Books

Read these works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and then let yourself fill with rage and release.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jun 24, 2023

Two girlfriends hanging out in urban apartment

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Things I Read That I Love #330: Titanic, Top Chef, Jeopardy, Libraries, Marvel, BookTok and the Fake Sherlock

Topics include a Top Chef oral history, the fake Sherlock, lost Jeopardy tapes, the Costa Concordia disaster, libraries, Bridget Jones, re-watching Titanic, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fictions from the lesbian…

Riese

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Jun 23, 2023

Pageboy by Elliot Page

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In “Pageboy,” Elliot Page Gets Vulnerable About Gender Dysphoria, Trans Joy, and Much More

Like a lot of millennials my age, I grew up watching Elliot Page’s films and his ascent to stardom

Stef Rubino

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Jun 19, 2023

Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson

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Leah Johnson’s Middle Grade Debut Will Take You Right Back to Seventh Grade

Ellie Engle Saves Herself isn’t solely for children. If you’ve ever found yourself on a journey of self understanding, you will see yourself in Ellie.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Jun 16, 2023

The Terrible We by Cameron Awkward-Rich, surrounded by red and orange reaching hands and squiggles

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In The Terrible We, Cameron Awkward-Rich Makes Space for Bad Trans Feelings

How do we hold transness and disability together, rather than denying the ways the “bad feelings” like dysphoria and anxiety have historically been a key part of trans thought, art,…

Lauren Herold

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Jun 15, 2023

To Name the Bigger Lie by Sarah Viren

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Sarah Viren’s Memoir Is A Compelling Exploration of the Nature of Truth

When we live in a society where truth matters so little, what are we supposed to do with it once we have it?

Stef Rubino

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Jun 14, 2023

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The Best Queer Books Featuring Mommy Issues

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15 Queer Romance Books and Sapphic Literary Novels Set On Reality TV Shows

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Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde / Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco by K Iver / Feed by Tommy Pico

What Queer Poetry Book Would Fix Each Yellowjacket (Or Make Them Worse)

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We Had To Remove This Post. The Very Nice Box. The Default World.

Queer Books To Read if You’re Already Missing ‘Severance’

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ilana masad BEINGS

Queer History Meets UFO Lore in Ilana Masad’s Stunning New Novel ‘Beings’

Pick An Actual Category, You Strange Genius

Gabrielle Korn

Benedict Nguyễn interview: a photo of Benedict next to the cover for Hot Girls with Balls

Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

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Drew Burnett Gregory

Rachel and Harrison Browne and their book Let Us Play

The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

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Stef Rubino

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Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

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Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jennifer Beals Is Letting You Into Her Massive ‘The L Word’ Archive

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

Cinema Her Way Marya E Gates interview: side by side author photo and book cover

The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad for a Reason

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Stef Rubino

Bob the Drag Queen Harriet Tubman Live in Concert: a photo of Bob next to a photo of the book cover

Bob the Drag Queen’s New Novel ‘Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert’ Is More Than a Joke

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Elyssa Maxx Goodman

Kristen Arnett interview: a close up author photo of Kristen

Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

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THE SHUTOUTS by Gabrielle Korn

Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

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Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey Want To Read Books and Eat Snacks With You

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