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polyamory

Two images of The Polyamory Workbook are side by side. The book cover features overlapping profiles of human faces in green, blue, purple, and orange. The cover reads: The Polyamory Workbook, An Interactive Guide to Setting BOUNDARIES, Communicating YOUR NEEDS, and Building Secure, Healthy OPEN RELATIONSHIPS. Sara Youngblood Gregory.

lgbt book reviews

The Polyamory Workbook Offers Practical Tips for Navigating Any Relationship

I wish I could send pieces of this book to all of the people I have ever loved.

shea wesley martin —

Oct 18, 2022

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A side-by-side collage of the book cover for "Helen House," which is a pale pink color with white font and a pink kiss where the "o" in House usually exists.

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In “Helen House,” Sorrow Is an Inescapable Specter That Transforms Our Lives

What’s not left up for interpretation is Upadhyaya’s ability to craft a ghost story that both feels thoroughly new and also reminds of something that’s hard to forget or run…

Stef Rubino —

Oct 18, 2022

Two lesbian recline while reading on their couch

literature

These Queer Books Databases Make It Easy To Search for Your Next Favorite LGBTQ+ Read

What exactly do I mean by database? Well, I want it to be something that can be queried or filtered; it’s not just a long book list, and searching isn’t…

Sally —

Oct 14, 2022

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horror

A bunch of vampires bare their fangs and are surrounded by red demons

movie features

Interview With a Tranpire

It’s not hard to see the connection that trans readers and storytellers can find in vampire media.

Nic Anstett —

Oct 12, 2022

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interview

The book Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner as well as an author photo of Meryl Wilsner. They are wearing a yellow buttonup shirt and glasses while smiling at the camera.

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Author Meryl Wilsner on Writing MILFs, Age Gaps, and Twisting Tropes

“We never learned to write books, we only learn how to write the book that we’re writing.”

Christina Tucker —

Oct 11, 2022

horror

Horror Is So Gay

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes surrounded by lips with a split tongue emerging from them

book features

The Unspeakable Shadows of Nightwood

You fear Nightwood because of what it reveals about you.

Autumn Fourkiller —

Oct 10, 2022

horror

Horror Is So Gay

The following books: Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw, Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt, White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi, and What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

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10 Queer Haunted House Books

Let’s get gay and scared!

Casey —

Oct 9, 2022

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memoir

Three identical images for the cover of The Family Outing, which is written in rainbow letters on a blue background, with arrows on some of the letters.

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“The Family Outing” Is a Vivid Memoir of Neglect, Secrets, and the Power of Family

Over the course of five years, Jessi Hempel came out as a lesbian; her dad then came out as gay, her sister as bisexual, and her brother as trans.

Darcy —

Oct 7, 2022

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