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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

A composite photo of author A.E. Osworth and the cover of their book, WE ARE WATCHING ELIZA BRIGHT.

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“We Are Watching Eliza Bright'”s Sixsterhood Is a Collective Narrator of Queer Possibility: An Interview with A.E. Osworth

When queer voices — especially those of trans people, and Black and brown people — are so frequently ignored or actively silenced, centering a narrator made up of them turned…

Lindsay Lee Wallace

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May 18, 2021

A composite photo of a portrait of author Alison Bechdel and the cover of her new book, The Secret to Superhuman Strength

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Talking with Alison Bechdel about Feminist Martial Arts, Lockdown, and Her New Book “The Secret to Superhuman Strength”

“My bookish exterior perhaps belies it,” write Alison Bechdel in The Secret to Superhuman Strength, “but I’m a bit of an exercise freak.” That is, it turns out, an understatement.…

Alyssa Favreau

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May 10, 2021

A black and white photo of a pair of hands holding a rosary in a lap.

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Read About the Real-Life Inspiration for “Benedetta” and More with these 5 Books on Queer & Trans Nuns

If you’d like more backstory on the real-life story of Sister Benedetta that inspired this film while you wait for its wide release, or just want more to read about…

Rachel

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May 6, 2021

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Lez Liberty Lit: Cultivate Weirdness

Have you been to your re-opened local library yet? Plus, how to write faster, why to get weird, what book publishing stands for and more.

Ryan Yates

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May 6, 2021

The book "The Ex-Girlfriend of my Ex-Girlfriend is my Girlfriend" is repeated three times in a row. The cover is hot pink and the font of the title is done like old English characters.

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“The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend is My Girlfriend” Is a Goddamn Delight

“The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend is My Girlfriend: Advice on Queer Dating, Love, and Friendship” is helpful, funny, aesthetically pleasing, and very very queer. In short? This book is a…

Vanessa

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May 4, 2021

Eight of the book covers featured in this quiz: Dance Hall Dyke, Dyke Farm, Girls From Hell, I Am a Lesbian, Lesbian Gym, Mademoiselle Lesbian, Lesbians in Black Lace, Lesbos Beach

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Which Lesbian Pulp Book Cover Are You?

Find out what mid-20th century gay stereotype you’d be!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 25, 2021

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Lez Liberty Lit Is Watching Eliza Bright

This is a We Are Watching Eliza Bright appreciation post. Plus: reading in the morning, the collapse of the dream of eternity, learning queer community and more.

Ryan Yates

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Apr 22, 2021

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