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Carrie Fisher and Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally

It’s Independent Bookstore Day, So Go Buy Some Gay Books

This year, Independent Bookstore Day feels especially important and fraught, as mega-retailer Amazon decided to throw one of its book sales at the same time.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Apr 26, 2025

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politics + activism

Florida House To Vote on a Book Ban Bill That Could Have Devastating, Far-Reaching Effects

The vote will happen tomorrow. Here’s everything you should know and do (even if you’re not in Florida!). Make some calls, and help us defeat this bill today!

Stef Rubino —

Apr 23, 2025

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A bookstore with quotes painted above it from Anais Nin and Octavia Butler

politics + activism

How Bluestockings Bookstore Is Fighting To Keep Serving Houseless, LGBTQ, and Other Marginalized Communities

I wish this were just a piece on how a longstanding queer bookstore and refuge is finding ways to continue practicing care and love for their community. Unfortunately, this is…

Gen —

Jan 18, 2024

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LGBTQ Fiction Sales Are Up, but We Still Urgently Need Creative Ways To Fight Book Bans

What does the LGBTQ book landscape look like right now? It’s complicated.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Dec 27, 2023

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Before and After the Library

Author Kristen Arnett writes on growing up in a house where books were banned and becoming a queer librarian in Florida.

Kristen Arnett —

Oct 7, 2023

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a person holds the frequently banned book Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

politics + activism

How To Fight Back Against Book Bans

However you choose to engage with Banned Books Week, I hope you’ll think about the books that have led you to the person you are today.

Daven McQueen —

Oct 5, 2023

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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

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The Best Banned Books According to a Queer Educator in Florida

I’ve watched whole lives transform in my classrooms and outside of them because of the stories we read, because of the work we did together, because of our difficult and…

Stef Rubino —

Oct 4, 2023

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