LGBT nonfiction Archives

January 20, 2021 3 min read

Before Stonewall, there were lawsuits, fledgling homophile organizations, and game-changing publications of historic importance. Less sexy and unifying than a...

These are a Few of Our Favorite Things

Marrion Johnson

Nonfiction

November 24, 2019 6 min read

O Magazine's favorite queer books, a new literary festival, and more LGBTQ news Read More

‘Queer Heroes: Meet 53 LGBTQ Heroes from Past & Present!’ by Arabelle Sicardi and Illustrated by Sarah Tanat-Jones

Cathy Camper

Nonfiction

October 14, 2019 2 min read

These biographies honor people's queerness as integral to their accomplishments Read More

‘Work!: A Queer History of Modeling’ by Elspeth H. Brown

Alex Tunney

Reviews

July 11, 2019 4 min read

Work! is a deep dive into the history of a profession that is often regarded by many with surface-level thought Read More

‘Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion’ by Nishta J. Mehra

Aries Hines

Nonfiction

May 16, 2019 2 min read

Brown White Black is a deep dive into the concept of intersectionality Read More

‘The Stonewall Reader’ Edited by Jason Baumann

D. Gilson

Reviews

April 28, 2019 3 min read

The Stonewall Reader wonderfully reflects how revolutionary moments rarely get portrayed accurately through single voices Read More

‘Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States’ by Samantha Allen

D. Gilson

Reviews

March 12, 2019 4 min read

What does it mean to stay put? Or, as a progressive LGBTQ person like Allen, to willingly return to a red state? Read More

‘The New Woman’ by Emma Heaney

Sarah Fonseca

Reviews

June 28, 2018 5 min read

The New Woman is an exciting breakthrough for scholars and armchair readers alike who are seeking to put the femme in feminist studies and queer theory Read More

‘I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, And Other Reasons I’ve Put my Faith in Beyoncé’ by Michael Arceneaux

D. Gilson

Reviews

June 27, 2018 4 min read

Arceneaux’s is a refreshing voice of honest worry mixed with irreverent humor Read More

‘The Rest of It: Hustlers, Cocaine, Depression, and Then Some, 1976-1988’ by Martin Duberman

D. Gilson

Reviews

February 25, 2018 4 min read

At a time of such cultural and personal darkness, this is a book full of queer optimism 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

Writers Vivek Shraya and Elisha Lim Talk Craft, Race, Identity, and Getting Compensated for Your Work

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

In Bed with Joan Nestle

The Deviant’s War is a Timely and Essential Read

These are a Few of Our Favorite Things

‘Queer Heroes: Meet 53 LGBTQ Heroes from Past & Present!’ by Arabelle Sicardi and Illustrated by Sarah Tanat-Jones

‘Work!: A Queer History of Modeling’ by Elspeth H. Brown

‘Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion’ by Nishta J. Mehra

‘The Stonewall Reader’ Edited by Jason Baumann

‘Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States’ by Samantha Allen

‘The New Woman’ by Emma Heaney

‘I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, And Other Reasons I’ve Put my Faith in Beyoncé’ by Michael Arceneaux

‘The Rest of It: Hustlers, Cocaine, Depression, and Then Some, 1976-1988’ by Martin Duberman

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

An Artist’s Journey from the U.S.-Mexico Border: An Interview with Ashley Robin Franklin

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