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May 6, 2013 4 min read

This Memorial Day Weekend, a diverse group of GLBT writers, publishing professionals, and enthusiastic readers will descend upon New Orleans for the 10th anniversary celebration of the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival. Read More

New in May: Dan Savage, Michelle Tea, Amber Dawn, and Martin Duberman

William Johnson

Features News

May 1, 2013 6 min read

This month you can expect new books from Dan Savage, Michelle Tea, Amber Dawn, and Martin Duberman. Read More

Mykki Blanco Calls on Queer Academics for Inspiration

David Mattar

Features News

April 20, 2013 2 min read

Hip-Hop grenade Michael Quattlebaum, under alter-ego Mykki Blanco, exploits sexual ambiguity in her music and troubles the gender roles, refusing...

Stacie Passon’s Debut Film ‘Concussion’ Explores the Loss of Passion in a Lesbian Relationship

Paige Cohen

Features News

April 19, 2013 2 min read

Stacie Passon’s debut film, the role of labels in literature, and other LGBT news. Read More

23 Vintage Young Adult Novel Covers With Major Lesbian Subtext

Paige Cohen

Features News

April 12, 2013 2 min read

This week, Autostraddle compiled a list of YA novels from the early 80s and 90s with cover art containing some seriously evident...

Nia King: Web Comics for the Queer Set

David Mattar

Features News

April 8, 2013 2 min read

QTPOC Comics by Nia King – Oakland Artist, Activist and Anarchist Growing up as a Queer, Black/Lebanese/Jewish woman, King is...

Watch Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon in ‘Gender Failure’

Paige Cohen

Features News

April 5, 2013 5 min read

Gender Failure, the Rainbow Book Fair, and other LGBT literary news. Read More

What Do You Love About Being Queer?

Paige Cohen

Features News

March 29, 2013 4 min read

Toronto-based writer, musician and filmmaker Vivek Shraya’s recently published collection of short stories asks one question: What do queers love...

Poet Collin Kelley Explores Adolescence and Sexuality in New Collection

David Mattar

Features News

March 26, 2013 3 min read

Though established as a journalist and novelist, Collin Kelley is also a poet, and until recently, tucked poetry in the...

Gay Author Receives Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award

Julie Levine

Features News

March 22, 2013 2 min read

Over the years, the Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award, which carries a $15,000 prize, has been given to some of the most...

Reviews

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Random

‘Mad for Meat’ by Kevin Simmonds

Features

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

Interviews

Bonds & Boundaries: A Conversation with Dale Corvino

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

“What if it was both and all of the above?”: An interview with CJ Hauser

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

Read This! Excerpt from the delicacy of embracing spirals by mimi tempestt

Read This! Excerpt from American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, 10th Anniversary Edition

New in May: Dan Savage, Michelle Tea, Amber Dawn, and Martin Duberman

Mykki Blanco Calls on Queer Academics for Inspiration

Stacie Passon’s Debut Film ‘Concussion’ Explores the Loss of Passion in a Lesbian Relationship

23 Vintage Young Adult Novel Covers With Major Lesbian Subtext

Nia King: Web Comics for the Queer Set

Watch Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon in ‘Gender Failure’

What Do You Love About Being Queer?

Poet Collin Kelley Explores Adolescence and Sexuality in New Collection

Gay Author Receives Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

The High Stakes of Young Adulthood: A Review of Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

People Collide by Isle McElroy: A Review

Reviewing Bad Gays; or how we use the past to shape the future

A Review of Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy

If property is theft, then what is a photograph? A Review of The Unintended by Monica Huerta