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• 6 of the Best Sapphic Shakespeare Retellings

  

  Queering Shakespeare is a popular academic subject-and why not? Shakespeare was bisexual himself, and his plays are packed full of cross-dressing and other quee... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Lesbrary Links: Queer Black Love in Literature, The Rise of the Queer Novella,...

  

  This has been a Pride like no other. Our usual celebrations were cancelled for COVID-19, and police brutality protests take us right back to where Pride began.... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• What Charles and Anti-Charles Reveals About Goodreads Homophobia

  

  Everyone who uses the Goodreads ratings system seems to use it differently. Most of the time, this is a harmless difference of opinion: your 3-star opinion may... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Anna Marie Reviews Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai

  

  Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai is a gooey treat of a book, full of nauseating smells, intoxicating feelings and so much juicy/murky/enticing fluid. In other word... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• 8 Books with Established F/F Relationships from the Start

  

  Don't get me wrong: I appreciate a slow burn romance as much as the next fanfic reader. But getting together isn't the only story you can tell about a... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Let’s Talk About Racism in Lesbian Publishing

  

  As we continue to have an international conversation about anti-blackness and systemic racism, it becomes more and more obvious how racism exists in every... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• 10 Poetry Collections by Black Queer Women

  

  Poetry has always been an artistic expression. From declarations of love to contemplating the meaning of life, poetry has a way of putting the human experience... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• 11 Literally Perfect Sapphic Novels

  

  I don't give out five stars on Goodreads very easily. Basically, the only times I do are either when I can't think of any way it could have been improved, or... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Do Queer Books Still Need a Happy Ending?

  Historically, queer representation usually was accompanied by tragedy, suffering, and punishment. Now that we're seeing more variety, do we still need every... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Celebrate Pride with Rainbow Book Covers!

  

  The first Pride was a riot. A riot against police. This Pride, support Black Americans protesting for their rights. When you're building your Pride TBR,... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Celebrate Pride with the Rainbow Book Covers!

  

  The first Pride was a riot. A riot against police. This Pride, support Black Americans protesting for their rights. When you're building your Pride TBR,... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Where to Start Reading Lesbian Gothic

  

  Haunted mansions! Thunder and lightning! Brooding antiheroes! Women running down corridors wearing long white gowns! I love the tropes of Gothic literature:... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• The Sapphic Fantastic: Bi and Lesbian Fantasy Books

  

  In my time in the queer lit blogosphere, I've noticed that one of the categories that readers seem to be wanting for the most is f/f fantasy books. And why... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Top 20 Lesbian Mystery Novels

  

  Did you know that there are over 1000 lesbian mystery titles? Or that there are over 250 authors of lesbian mysteries, more than 95 percent of whom are still... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Susan Reviews Four Bodies in Space by Luna Harlow

  

  Luna Harlow's Four Bodies in Space reads like a queer pastiche of Star Trek: The Original Series. Stop me if you've heard this one: our protagonist, Commander... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Reading Black Joy: F/F Romances by Black Authors

  

  The first Pride was a riot. A riot against police. This Pride, support Black Americans protesting for their rights. When you're building your Pride TBR,... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Maggie Reviews Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

  

  I really enjoyed Justina Ireland's Dread Nation, and it is on my rec shortlist when people want fantasy or YA recs. So when I walked by the sequel in stores I... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Trans Sapphic Books

  

  This is a collection of all the books I can find that have a sapphic (bi+ woman or lesbian) trans main character. Please let me know if there are any I missed,... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Lesbrary Links: Queer Black Joy, Pride Flag Book Recs, Disaster Queers, and More

  

  Anxious Nachos has also been doing 30 Days of Pride, including Retellings, But Make it Gay, Lesbian Books, and Enemies to Lovers. Also check out their tropes... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ

• Bosom Friends: The Gay Anne of Green Gables Scandal

  

  Anne of Green Gables was always a book that my mom really wanted me to love, which meant introducing it to me too young, and me stubbornly refusing to read it.... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2020 BOOKS, LGBTQ