read a f-cking book

nonfiction

queer artists

lgbt book reviews

“Queer & Trans Artists of Color Vol. 2” Is Required Resistance Reading

“Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Volume Two,” with interviews by King and edited by Elena Rose, is a collection of 16 interviews with queer and trans artists of color…

Mahdia Lynn —

Mar 13, 2017

read a f-cking book

lgbt book reviews

Read A F*cking Book: “In Full Velvet,” by Jenny Johnson

Immerse yourself in these poems and prepare to come out raw and clean.

Adrian —

Feb 21, 2017

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian

Lists/Top 10s

book lists

8 Queer Sci-Fi Books To Read Right Now

From hard and soft sci-fi to military sci-fi to space opera: here are eight (gay) books you should add to your reading list.

Casey —

Feb 13, 2017

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Roxane Gay

lgbt book reviews

Roxane Gay’s “Difficult Women”: The Necessary Ugliness in Getting There

Gay is far more honest than most about the weird ways we actually solve for love. The necessary ugliness in getting there.

Aisha —

Feb 6, 2017

allison raskin

gaby dunn

book features

Gaby Dunn And Allison Raskin Hate Everyone But You

Check out this rad new queer YA book by your fave YouTube odd couple, Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin!

Ryan Yates —

Jan 31, 2017

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian

bdsm

book lists

8 Lesbian BDSM Novels to Curl Your Toes (and Maybe Melt Your Heart)

Spend an evening with a good book and a paddle.

Casey —

Jan 18, 2017

Colleen Coover

erika moen

book lists

45 Queer and Feminist Books You Need To Read in Early 2017

Everything you want to read.

Ryan Yates —

Jan 16, 2017

essay collection

intersectionality

lgbt book reviews

Rebel Girls: “The Crunk Feminist Collection” is the New Year’s Read Feminists Need

This is the year the resistance takes shape. And for feminists looking for a roadmap, The Crunk Feminist Collection is the newly-printed guidebook that sets the path.

Carmen —

Jan 4, 2017

end-of-year-list

gabby rivera

book lists

Top 10 Queer and Feminist Books of 2016

Read these f*cking books.

Ryan Yates —

Jan 2, 2017

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian

Juliet Takes a Breath

book lists

9 Lesbian Romance Audiobooks To Warm Your Heart On Chilly Nights

Looking to listen to some lesbian romance as you travel (or don’t) this week? Need to take a break from it all and escape into your headphones? Here are the…

Casey —

Dec 23, 2016

emily gould

interview

book features

Walking and Talking, Kicking and Screaming: An Interview with Ruth Curry of Emily Books

“If I saw my writing career through the eyes of a mediocre white man I’d be, like, that dude would be fucking high on himself constantly.”

Aisha —

Dec 19, 2016

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lgbt book reviews

When Death Makes You Kind: Beyond Survival In Gwen Benaway’s “Passage”

“In the words of Notting Hill, “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” Or more realistically, I’m just a girl, standing in…

Kai Cheng —

Dec 12, 2016