nonfiction

essay collection

nonfiction

lgbt book reviews

Andrea Long Chu’s “Females” Is More Than a Provocation

“More than gender, Chu is writing about desire. She might argue they’re the same thing, and she is convincing, but whether or not you agree with her, this exploration of…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Oct 3, 2019

nonfiction

trans media representation

lgbt book reviews

‘Wait, What?’ Is the Body-Affirming, Gender-Expansive Sex Ed Comic Preteens Need

The book deftly acknowledges that each of its five main characters is different in their experience of their bodies, sexualities, genders, romantic interests, and overall development. It allows each kid…

Adrian —

Oct 1, 2019

essay collection

nonfiction

lgbt book reviews

This New Book on Nurturance Culture Is Needed, but Is It Too Normative?

While “Turn This World Inside Out” makes plain the problems with shaming folks into a more liberated world free of gendered violence, it does so in limited ways that made…

Bani Amor —

Jul 3, 2019

nonfiction

tarot

astrology, tarot & witchcraft

Learn How the Tarot Can Be Just as Queer as You Are with “Queering the Tarot”

Yes, the Empress card can represent any gender.

Sophie Saint Thomas —

Jun 27, 2019

nonfiction

lgbt book reviews

Read Hannah Paasch’s ‘Millenneagram,’ Figure Out Who the F*ck You Are, Live Your Best Life

What’s your enneagram type? Hannah Paasch wants to help you figure that out and so much more.

Adrian —

May 21, 2019

interview

latina

lgbt book reviews

Cherríe Moraga on Delving Into Her Queer Chicana Memories in “Native Country of the Heart”

Moraga’s latest, “Native Country of the Heart,” is a deep meditation on memory — reflections of the past, recalling hard moments, losing ourselves, and remembering who we are as Mexican-Americans,…

Yvonne —

May 1, 2019

essay collection

nonfiction

lgbt book reviews

“Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good” Asks Us to Practice for the World We Want

Pleasure Activism offers up a multitude of tactics for which to embody pleasure, claim it as a central and essential liberatory practice, and a sustainable one for the long-term road…

Bani Amor —

Mar 6, 2019

interview

memoir

lgbt book reviews

“Long Live The Tribe of Fatherless Girls” Is a Gritty, Glittering Debut Memoir of Family, Grief, and Boca Raton

I talked to lesbian author T Kira Madden about her debut memoir, the challenges of writing about family and addiction, and finding a sense of belonging in queer community and…

Vanessa —

Feb 26, 2019

gay families

Lists/Top 10s

book lists

What to Read When You’re Queer and Expecting: 6 Parenting Books That Smash The Patriarchy

Unfortunately, most parenting books weren’t written with queer moms, trans dads, non-binary parents and gestational carriers, and families that look like ours in mind.

KaeLyn —

Jan 29, 2019

disability

nonfiction

lgbt book reviews

<em>Resistance and Hope</em> Dares Us to Go Beyond Activism 101

If you’re looking for easy answers that preserve your bubble, you won’t find them here. But that’s exactly why anyone who considers themselves an activist, an ally, or a member…

Carrie —

Jan 24, 2019

financial planning

gaby dunn

lgbt book reviews

Gaby Dunn’s “Bad With Money” Will Make You Love Talking About Finance

Everything you wanted to know about personal finance, but unabashedly queer and radically inclusive — Dunn’s ready to help you get your shit together and stop feeling alone with your…

KaeLyn —

Dec 20, 2018

interview

nonfiction

lgbt book reviews

KaeLyn Rich’s “Girls Resist!” Is a Guidebook for Intersectional Feminist Superheroes

“It’s the urgency of being a girl, in the broadest sense of that admittedly binary term, of being a marginalized person and knowing in your heart that you have the…

Heather Hogan —

Nov 16, 2018