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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

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Things I Read That I Loved #312: The Key Word is “Oneself,” Which Is Irresistible To 20-Year-Olds

Topics include YouTuber adoptions, romance novels, moldy jam, Sarah Schulman, the future of the fashion business is sweatpants, supermarket sweep and so much more!

Riese

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Aug 21, 2020

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8 Queer YA Novels With Coming of Age Hope to Relive Alice Wu’s “The Half of It”

Queer YA novels with themes similar to Alice Wu’s already beloved movie: falling in love through letter writing, figuring out your queer identity, keeping secrets, new friendships, small towns, and…

Casey

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Aug 18, 2020

a woman reading on the grass at golden hour

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Lez Liberty Lit: Traditional Vocabulary Is Defunct

Raven Leilani’s Luster and the new vocabulary for morality, how lesbian pulp fiction made one essayist feel normal, a ton of new memoirs and more.

Ryan Yates

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Aug 13, 2020

two women with light sexual tension reading together on blue sheets with their faces obscured by the same book

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Lez Liberty Lit: Running on Queer Time

What do we do with unthinkable thoughts in the time of covid? Plus: how crime fiction enables police brutality, zines and self-discovery, celebrating the Clueless anniversary, every book you’ll want…

Ryan Yates

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Jul 30, 2020

A collage of Audre Lorde, who is canoeing, and the author of the column, who is resting in a hammock during the summer.

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Year of Our (Audre) Lorde: July Is a Black Unicorn

I’m still angry. Breonna Taylor’s murderers still walk free. Let’s be real, they’re probably running around without masks. Audre Lorde’s sense of restlessness and barely concealed fury are evident. But…

Jehan

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Jul 27, 2020

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8 Great Queer Scandinavian Books, from Tender Novels to Supernatural Horror

This list includes a variety of different genres. The only requirements were a main queer woman or non-binary character, written by a Nordic / Scandinavian author, and set in a…

Casey

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Jul 23, 2020

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It Should Always Include Lube: Talking with A. Andrews About “A Quick and Easy Guide to Sex & Disability”

A. Andrews’ comic A Quick and Easy Guide to Sex and Disability is a well-written, thoughtful, and enjoyable guide that I strongly recommend to all disabled and able-bodied people alike

Isabella Rotman

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Jul 22, 2020

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Things I Read That I Love #311: As If I Were a Train and the Last Page Was Anna Karenina

Topics include Dollar Stores, Black media, Peak comfort TV, a 16-year-old model in the 90s, Hamilton, racial disparities in coronavirus cases, Ziwe Fumudoh, the primaries and so much more!

Riese

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Jul 17, 2020