secondary Archives

January 16, 2016 11 min read

"Franco's desire for a queer identity in the absence of queer desire raises a larger question: can a queer heterosexuality exist?" Read More

David Bowie’s Favorite Books, Homoerotic Subplots, and More LGBT News

Parrish Turner

News Reviews

January 15, 2016 2 min read

David Bowie's favorite books, discussions on accessing literary establishments, and the most anticipated books of 2016 Read More

In Remembrance: Jeanne Córdova

Victoria Brownworth

News Remembrances

January 15, 2016 11 min read

"Even as she was dying, Córdova wanted to publicly thank us, lesbians. We owe her such a debt over these many years, thank you hardly seems enough." Read More

New in January: Garth Greenwell, Rashod Ollison, Tracey Richardson, and Paul Lisicky

Edit Team

News

December 27, 2015 8 min read

New month, new books Read More

‘Glitter & Grit: Queer Performance from the Heels on Wheels Femme Galaxy’ Edited by Damien Luxe, Heather María Ács & Sabina Ibarrola’

July Westhale

Anthology Nonfiction

December 26, 2015 2 min read

The essays and performance pieces in this anthology add to a collective tale while remaining essentially singular Read More

Read an Excerpt from Ann McMan’s New Novel ’Backcast’

William Johnson

Excerpts News

December 25, 2015 12 min read

Humor and heart go hand in hand in Backcast, a new novel from writer Ann McMan Read More

‘Husky’ by Justin Sayre

Bruce Henderson

Reviews Young Adult

December 23, 2015 4 min read

Husky tells the story of Davis, an overweight, smart, likeable, and genuinely decent boy on the cusp of facing middle school, where a whole new set of rules, rituals, and priorities face him and his cohort of friends Read More

Poet and Writer Justin Chin Has Died [Updated]

Edit Team

News Remembrances

December 23, 2015 1 min read

Beloved San Francisco-based poet Justin Chin suffered a massive stroke last week Read More

‘The Women of San Quentin: Soul Murder of Transgender Women in Male Prisons’ by Kristin Lyseggen

Mitch Kellaway

Nonfiction

December 21, 2015 4 min read

The Women of San Quentin is a genre-bending, multifaceted, and uncompromising examination of the true stories of life behind bars for transgender women Read More

Navigating Scruff and Book Reviews: A Week in the Life of Author John McManus

William Johnson

Opinion

December 20, 2015 8 min read

"I figure, what’s the point of being alive and gay in the 2010s if you can’t send XXX pics to strangers?" 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

A Queer Take on James Franco’s ‘Straight James / Gay James’

David Bowie’s Favorite Books, Homoerotic Subplots, and More LGBT News

In Remembrance: Jeanne Córdova

New in January: Garth Greenwell, Rashod Ollison, Tracey Richardson, and Paul Lisicky

‘Glitter & Grit: Queer Performance from the Heels on Wheels Femme Galaxy’ Edited by Damien Luxe, Heather María Ács & Sabina Ibarrola’

Read an Excerpt from Ann McMan’s New Novel ’Backcast’

‘Husky’ by Justin Sayre

Poet and Writer Justin Chin Has Died [Updated]

‘The Women of San Quentin: Soul Murder of Transgender Women in Male Prisons’ by Kristin Lyseggen

Navigating Scruff and Book Reviews: A Week in the Life of Author John McManus

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