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8 Queer High Fantasy Books For Your Epic Sword-Wielding Needs

Like, Guy Gavriel Kay, but queer. Tolkien, but queer. Melanie Rawn, but queer.

Casey —

Dec 5, 2016

novel

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lgbt book reviews

Anna-Marie McLemore’s “When the Moon Was Ours” Is a Testament to QPOC Life and Love

“When the Moon Was Ours not only touches on qpoc life and gender roles and social constructs, but it beautifully and brutally explores what it means to be a queer…

Patrice Caldwell —

Dec 1, 2016

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Joshua Jennifer Espinoza’s “There Should Be Flowers” Is A Piercing Look At The Physicality Of Trans Women’s Lives

There Should Be Flowers is a healing map, a compass that shows us back to the world after having left it for too long – that allows us to live…

Kai Cheng —

Nov 21, 2016

nonfiction

racism

lgbt book reviews

“Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation” Is The Book For Right Now

Is there enough room to practice compassion at the same time that we notice we’re being manipulated and dehumanized? How much of our own humanity is taken away from us…

Aisha —

Nov 15, 2016

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8 Middle Grade Books with LGBTQ Characters

“I have a very precocious eight year old daughter who began speaking at nine months and decided that she would marry a woman before she turned two. She learned the…

Casey —

Nov 7, 2016

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Normal Blood Feelings: 5 Dark (and Sometimes Sexy) Queer Vampire Stories

If witches are a way to tell stories about women and power, vampires are a way to tell stories about women and sex.

Ryan Yates —

Oct 28, 2016

interview

people of color

literature

Conversation with White Friends: Sara Quin, Amber Dawn, Rae Spoon & Dannielle Owens-Reid

Why is that people of colour have to bear the brunt of speaking out about racism while white people enjoy the privilege of remaining silent? What happens when the tables…

Vivek Shraya —

Oct 13, 2016

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8 Books Featuring Lesbian May/December Romance To Curl Up With Tonight

Did you love Susan Choi’s My Education, about a sexy student/professor love affair? Here are eight more books you won’t want to miss.

Casey —

Sep 26, 2016

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Mara Wilson Knows Your First Crush Was Miss Honey: The Autostraddle Interview

“Being Queer is not about who you’re with, it’s about who you are.”

Adrian —

Sep 13, 2016

butch

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literature

Read A F*cking Book: M-E Girard’s Novel “Girl Mans Up” Powerfully Explores Minefields of Gender

“Girard’s writing is special in the way it speaks the language of our lived experience of moving through and within gender — inching, painfully slow, changeable, delightful, sexy, and made…

Emma Eisenberg —

Sep 8, 2016

interview

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Sara June Woods Wants to Write About Being Fucking Weird: The Autostraddle Interview

“I think I feel a little less desperation to be liked and a little more “fuck you if you don’t like me.” I think I enjoy flaunting my monstrousness.”

Mahdia Lynn —

Sep 2, 2016

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Fall 2016 Book Preview: 48 Queer and Feminist Books To Add To Your Reading List

Welcome to your list of queer and/or feminist books coming out in fall 2016. New Zadie Smith, Ivan Coyote, Anne Carson, Margaret Atwood, Bae Suah and more.

Ryan Yates —

Aug 29, 2016