nonfiction Archives

October 1, 2017 4 min read

The personal stories in Armistead Maupin's new memoir, especially those about growing up in a racist, segregated South, could not have come out at a more relevant time Read More

‘The Butch Lesbians of the 20s, 30’s, and 40s Coloring Book’ Edited by Avery Cassell and Jon Macy

Cathy Camper

Illustrated

July 24, 2017 2 min read

This volume is more than just exercise pages for your crayons, the book also provides a rich history of bold butch lesbians Read More

‘Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray’ by Rosalind Rosenberg

Morgan M. Page

Reviews

June 8, 2017 2 min read

Rosenberg’s Jane Crow makes not only an important contribution to the fields of Black, feminist, and trans history, but also offers us the timely reminder that, as Murray herself once wrote, “one person and a typewriter make a movement.” Read More

The ‘American Gods’ Adaptation, Dorothy Allison Interviewed, and Other LGBTQ News

Michele Kirichanskaya

News

May 20, 2017 3 min read

This week in LGBTQ+ news... Read More

‘The Inheritance of Shame: A Memoir’ by Peter Gajdics

Steve Susoyev

Nonfiction

April 25, 2017 9 min read

The term “homosexual reparative therapy” conjures, for many of us, images of wrathful, bible-thumping parents dragging a 16-year-old into a...

Meredith Maran on Her New Memoir and the Definition of Happiness

Sara Rauch

Interviews

April 22, 2017 8 min read

"I find that the way I define and feel happiness keeps changing. Going through the worst time of my life definitely lowered the bar, which is actually a good thing." Read More

‘Living a Feminist Life’ by Sara Ahmed

Theodosia Henney

Reviews

April 19, 2017 2 min read

Living a Feminist Life is sectioned into three parts which cover, respectively, the path and necessity of becoming feminist, the challenges of diversity work, and the consequences of being deliberate in one’s feminism Read More

‘Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne: A Life in Several Acts’ by Robert Hofler

Steve Susoyev

Reviews

April 16, 2017 13 min read

Hofler has spent a good deal of time exploring Dominick’s personal journals and letters, and has produced, amidst the juicy dish, a distinguished biography of a brilliant and complex man Read More

‘Equality: What Do You Think About When You Think of Equality?’ Edited by Paul Alan Fahey

Frank Pizzoli

Nonfiction

April 6, 2017 2 min read

Is equality like obscenity?* You’ll know it when you see it?...

‘The Crunk Feminist Collective’ Edited by Brittney C. Cooper, Susana M. Morris, and Robin M. Boylorn

Aries Hines

Reviews

April 3, 2017 3 min read

The Crunk Feminist Collective, or CFC, in both title and in this collection of essays creates a prolific multi-layered space that exists as a guidebook for survival, methodology, and conversation 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

Teen Witches on the Move! Read Hannah Abigail Clarke’s The Scapegracers

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

‘Logical Family’ by Armistead Maupin

‘The Butch Lesbians of the 20s, 30’s, and 40s Coloring Book’ Edited by Avery Cassell and Jon Macy

‘Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray’ by Rosalind Rosenberg

The ‘American Gods’ Adaptation, Dorothy Allison Interviewed, and Other LGBTQ News

‘The Inheritance of Shame: A Memoir’ by Peter Gajdics

Meredith Maran on Her New Memoir and the Definition of Happiness

‘Living a Feminist Life’ by Sara Ahmed

‘Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne: A Life in Several Acts’ by Robert Hofler

‘Equality: What Do You Think About When You Think of Equality?’ Edited by Paul Alan Fahey

‘The Crunk Feminist Collective’ Edited by Brittney C. Cooper, Susana M. Morris, and Robin M. Boylorn

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