secondary Archives

March 6, 2016 3 min read

The Straight Line is a socio-cultural exploration of the rise and fall of the ex-gay and reorientation therapy movement Read More

‘Symptoms of Being Human’ by Jeff Garvin

Sawyer Lovett

Reviews Young Adult

March 3, 2016 2 min read

Symptoms of Being Human is a gorgeous debut and an engaging story about a teenage outsider Read More

Michelle Visage’s ‘The Diva Rules’ Serves Up Advice From a Queerly Tinted Career

Alex Tunney

Bio/Memoir Opinion

March 2, 2016 5 min read

For the uninitiated: Michelle Visage is RuPaul’s right-hand gal and fellow judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race Read More

Blacklight: J. Aaron Sanders’ ‘Speakers of the Dead’ Recasts an American Literary Giant as a Crime-Fighting Journalist

John Copenhaver

Mystery Opinion

February 28, 2016 2 min read

Sanders’ Speakers of the Dead traces the beginnings of Walt Whitman’s evolution into the father of free verse by way of a mystery story Read More

‘Bull and Other Stories’ by Kathy Anderson

Daphne Sidor

Fiction Reviews

February 27, 2016 3 min read

Bull and Other Stories range in tone and voice from zany comedy to deep humanity Read More

‘Hide’ by Matthew Griffin

Nathan Tipton

Fiction Reviews

February 22, 2016 2 min read

Hide is an exceedingly tough and emotionally wrenching book. Griffin’s writing is, however, simply beautiful Read More

‘Juliet Takes a Breath’ by Gabby Rivera

Sawyer Lovett

Fiction Reviews

February 21, 2016 2 min read

Juliet Takes a Breath is the kind of book that gets the bittersweet pain and longing of growing up exactly right Read More

Phyllis Nagy: On Writing the Script for ‘Carol’ and Creating a Different Kind of Love Story

Sara Jaffe

Features Interviews

February 21, 2016 9 min read

Screenwriter and playwright Phyllis Nagy on the queer vernacular and the fantasy that fueled Carol Read More

Jughead Comes Out, Trans History, and More LGBT News

Parrish Turner

News

February 20, 2016 1 min read

Historical gossip, poets & hip-hop, and more LGBT news Read More

The Comics of Dale Lazarov: Illustrated Explorations of Sexual Inventiveness

Cathy Camper

Illustrated Opinion

February 16, 2016 2 min read

For readers in search of sex-positive erotica, these amicable gems of sexual inventiveness, wit, and sensitivity fit the bill 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

In Remembrance: Bill Brent, Groundbreaking Queer Sex Publisher

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

‘The Straight Line: How the Fringe Science of Ex-Gay Therapy Reoriented Sexuality’ by Tom Waidzunas

‘Symptoms of Being Human’ by Jeff Garvin

Michelle Visage’s ‘The Diva Rules’ Serves Up Advice From a Queerly Tinted Career

Blacklight: J. Aaron Sanders’ ‘Speakers of the Dead’ Recasts an American Literary Giant as a Crime-Fighting Journalist

‘Bull and Other Stories’ by Kathy Anderson

‘Hide’ by Matthew Griffin

‘Juliet Takes a Breath’ by Gabby Rivera

Phyllis Nagy: On Writing the Script for ‘Carol’ and Creating a Different Kind of Love Story

Jughead Comes Out, Trans History, and More LGBT News

The Comics of Dale Lazarov: Illustrated Explorations of Sexual Inventiveness

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