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

Photo 1: Chloe Caldwell sits on the back of a toilet with her arms up and a heating bottle on her lap. Her reflection is also visible in a mirror. Photo 2: Chloe Caldwell crouches on the ground, looking at a puddle of what appears to be blood. Photo 3: Chloe Caldwell sits on the back of a toilet with her arms up and a heating bottle on her lap. Her reflection is also visible in a mirror.

book features

Chloe Caldwell on First Periods, PMDD, and That Weird Blue “Blood” in Tampon Commercials

The author discusses her new memoir “The Red Zone,” which chronicles her experiences with premenstrual dysphoric disorder and provides a kaleidoscopic view of how people feel about their periods.

Analyssa

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Apr 19, 2022

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In Verse: Poetry Collections for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Whether you’re ready to heal or just want to hear someone else’s story, these poets are experts at examining grief, loss, and recovery.

danijanae

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Apr 14, 2022

Burning Butch: A Memoir by R/B Mertz. The cover features a box of matches on it.

lgbt book reviews

“Burning Butch” Is the Trans Butch Memoir We’ve Always Needed

We’ve always needed books like Burning Butch out in the world reminding us that it’s possible to fight back, to overcome, and to survive despite all odds.

Stef Rubino

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Apr 11, 2022

A glass of beer sits on top of a stack of books. A hand is pouring a beer bottle into the beer glass.

literature

Rainbow Reading: I’m a Book-at-the-Bar Kind of Nerd

Yashwina is back for another round of Rainbow Reading, rounding up all the latest LGBTQ+ literature news and happenings.

Yashwina

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Apr 7, 2022

Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek

lgbt book reviews

“Little Foxes Took Up Matches” Stayed With Me Long After I Finished Reading

The book invites readers to fall in love with a child falling in love with himself and his friends and his own power and his own transformative potential amidst a…

Abbie Jones

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Apr 5, 2022

lgbt book reviews

Queer Naija Lit: “Vagabonds!” by Eloghosa Osunde Names the Things People Would Rather Look Away From

Welcome to Queer Naija Lit, a new series that analyzes and celebrates queer Nigerian literature. First up: a review of the new novel “Vagabonds!” by Eloghosa Osunde.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu

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Apr 5, 2022

The books We Do What We Do In The Dark by Michelle Hurt; The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón; Spell Heaven by Toni Mirosevich; You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi; The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi; X by Davey Davis; Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi; and This Time for Me: A Memoir by Alexandra Billings

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80 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Out Spring 2022

The weather is getting warmer and the LGBTQ+ books are only getting hotter! Queer book lovers, get ready we have all your spring blanket reading needs covered.

Casey

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Mar 31, 2022

Photo 1: Time Regime by Jhani Randhawa. Photo 2: The author Jhani Randhawa, a gender non-specific person with light brown skin wearing a black net on their head

lgbt book reviews

A Conversation With Jhani Randhawa About Their Poetry Collection “Time Regime”

In this creative nonfiction+artist interview chimera, Almah LaVon Rice reviews the poetry collection Time Regime and wanders its estuaries with author Jhani Randhawa.

Almah LaVon Rice

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Mar 31, 2022