African American Archives

June 14, 2015 8 min read

"I think the reality of hip hop is that women and queer people and a lot of folks who we think about being in the margins have always been at the center of the culture." Read More

John Keene: On Hidden Histories and Why Writing Against Official Narratives is Queer

Reginald Harris

Interviews

June 3, 2015 7 min read

John Keene spoke with The Lambda Literary Review about his new book,Counternarratives, hidden histories, and merging fiction with reality Read More

Writer, Actor, and LGBT Advocate Nathan ‘Seven’ Scott, 44, Has Died

Edit Team

News Remembrances

April 21, 2015 1 min read

Nathan 'Seven' Scott, a beloved LGBT advocate, writer, and multimedia artist has died Read More

‘James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination’ by Matt Brim

Sam Huber

Nonfiction Reviews

March 12, 2015 4 min read

Brim is a dexterous and efficient guide through a variety of critical contexts and debates, making his book accessible to Baldwin fans only passingly familiar with queer theory Read More

‘[insert] boy’ by Danez Smith

H. Melt

Poetry Reviews

March 4, 2015 2 min read

Danez Smith’s writing is not safe. How can one’s writing be safe when their life is constantly in danger? Read More

‘James Baldwin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations’ by James Baldwin

Nicholas Boggs

Reviews

February 28, 2015 9 min read

The collection brings together four previously published interviews with the author, including two that will likely be of particular interest to those who seek to better understand Baldwin’s biography Read More

Walter Naegle, Activist Bayard Rustin’s Partner, On Rustin’s Enduring Legacy

Adrian Brooks

Features Interviews

February 25, 2015 6 min read

"At the root of Bayard's actions was his belief in the oneness of the human family. His last words in the extraordinary documentary Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin are, 'We are all one, and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way.'" Read More

The Banal and the Profane: Frederick Smith

William Johnson

Features Opinion The Banal & the Profane

February 24, 2015 13 min read

"Writing a book takes time and money. I’d like consumers—whether they’re friends, family or otherwise—to treat writers with the same respect as other workers and artists who produce a product." Read More

Dancing with Audre Lorde: A Lesbian Memory

Victoria Brownworth

Opinion

February 22, 2015 17 min read

Audre Lorde described herself as “Black feminist lesbian poet warrior mother,” but repeatedly said that description was not enough to capture and hold her complete identity. Read More

LaShonda Katrice Barnett on Hot Lesbian Sex Scenes, the Black Press, and Her New Novel ‘Jam on the Vine’

Mel Morrow

Features Interviews

February 19, 2015 13 min read

"I wanted Jam to feel like a story, not a classroom, and a story where the hand of the writer is almost rendered invisible; this will always be the primary goal for my novels." Read More

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

How The Dead Teach the Living: A Dying Reader’s Guide

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

Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana, and Nate Marshall: On the Queer Aspects of Hip Hop

John Keene: On Hidden Histories and Why Writing Against Official Narratives is Queer

Writer, Actor, and LGBT Advocate Nathan ‘Seven’ Scott, 44, Has Died

‘James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination’ by Matt Brim

‘[insert] boy’ by Danez Smith

‘James Baldwin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations’ by James Baldwin

Walter Naegle, Activist Bayard Rustin’s Partner, On Rustin’s Enduring Legacy

The Banal and the Profane: Frederick Smith

Dancing with Audre Lorde: A Lesbian Memory

LaShonda Katrice Barnett on Hot Lesbian Sex Scenes, the Black Press, and Her New Novel ‘Jam on the Vine’

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