The Intermediaries is an invaluable history of the first modern gender and sexuality clinic, led by the gay and Jewish Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, during the inter-war period in Berlin. The book “charts the relationships between nascent sexual science, queer civil rights, and the fight against fascism.” An inspiring and absolutely necessary read for our times! — …
Make Sure You Die Screaming Get in, loser! We’re going on an unhinged road trip with a queer, nonbinary, advertising mastermind with an ironic fashion mullet and their new garbage goth roommate (who has prophetic dreams)! With many a shenanigan—and flamboyant mental breakdown—along the way! This debut feels like hanging out with your meanest, smartest, …
From the newsletters of Always Here Bookstore in Portland, OR: After letting our newsletter gather dust for 4 months, we’re back to announce that the pop-up at 3808 N Williams Ave that we share with Jelly Cup Collective will be closing at the end of the year […] [&] […] we found the long-term home for …
Think: Jeff Vandermeer’s Annihilation, but sapphic and romantic. Leah returns home to her wife, Miri, from a deep-sea research mission that was only supposed to last three weeks. But after six agonizing months of absence, the Leah who has returned is as mysterious to Miri as the circumstances that kept her away. Foreboding and beautifully written, …
After Noah’s best friend passes away, he decides to continue their science project on Mothman, the infamous cryptid. As Noah processes his grief, he writes letters to Mothman– about being trans, autistic, and feeling different from other kids. After all, Mothman is misunderstood too; he may understand Noah better than anyone. Dear Mothman is often …
For me there are two main kinds of books with queer characters: those where queerness plays an integral role in the story and those where no one in the book bats an eye at a character’s queerness. Both are tremendously important. The first so that we can tell stories about our culture, how we got …
Jess and Angie are best friends, so when Angie comes out and starts dating Margot, a rich girl from a different high school, Jess tries to be supportive. Jess has secretly loved Angie for a long time– and she doesn’t plan on losing their relationship to the shark-infested waters of Angie’s new, cliquish social circle …
From the University of Idaho website. Keegan Lawler is a bookseller at BookPeople of Moscow in Moscow, ID. CLASS Creative Writing student creates resource guide to help others access queer literature There weren’t many literary resources for Keegan Lawler to turn to as a queer teen growing up in rural northern Idaho. Interested in the …
Laurie Frankel writes novels, reads novels, teaches other people to write novels, and raises a small person who reads and would like someday to write novels in Seattle, Wash. In Frankel’s latest novel, This Is How It Always Is (Flatiron Books), the youngest of five boys decides he wants to be a girl, and his …
This is a visually appealing, quick, and thorough look at Pride parades and celebrations, how they came to be, and what they celebrate. Stevenson covers large pieces of history and movements in accessible ways, often throwing in her own personal stories, which lend themselves to a conversational tone. The pages are covered in large, vibrant, …
