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JK Rowling Slams London's Globe Theatre for Non-Binary Joan of Arc Portrayal
The "Harry Potter" author joined a growing group of women's rights campaigners who said the non-binary portrayal was "insulting and damaging."
Review: Kevin Lambert's 'Querelle of Roberval' is Rough Trade
Canadian author Kevin Lambert's second novel is a heady affair revolving around issues of domination, labor equality, sexuality, and violent exploitation at the hands of a cocksure sex-god-like man named Querelle.
Review: 'Beating Heart Baby' an Exquisitely Written Exploration of Young Love
Lio Min's "Beating Heart Baby" teaches valuable lessons about young love, art, and self-acceptance.
Extra-special: Ryan O'Connell's 'Just By Looking At Him'
2022 has been a triumphant year for Ryan O'Connell. After the gay writer/actor/director/disability advocate's "Special," he costarred in the new "Queer as Folk." His funny new novel should make some critics' lists of the Top Ten Queer novels of the year.
George Platt Lynes' 'Daring Eye'- New Biography on Pioneering Gay Photographer
Allen Ellenzweig's important new book, "George Platt Lynes: the Daring Eye," reveals far more about the gay photographer and his times, nearly seven decades since his untimely death.
'Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology' - Chilling Tales about Being Different
Editors Vince Liaguno and Rena Mason, both Bram Stoker Award winners, have put together a chilling collection of original short stories by a diverse group of some of today's biggest names in horror as well as new authors.
Davey Davis' 'X' - Kink at the End of the World
"How bad could a waterboarding really be if you could get up and walk away afterward?" So posits the spicy protagonist of multi-talented author Davey Davis' kinky dystopian new novel.
Review: 'Our Wives Under the Sea' Strange and Deep
"Our Wives Under the Sea" is a beautiful, unusual tale.
Timothy McLemore Talks About the Darker Side of Pride... and Relationships
"The love is all the same." Unfortunately, for some LGBTQ+ people, that includes domestic abuse. Out author and community organizer Timothy McLemore talks about the darker side of love.
Ana Castillo: Celebrated Author Discusses Her Most Personal Life Lessons
Great books spur readers to grow and discover truths for themselves. Each of Ana Castillo's books delivers just that. In fact, Ana Castillo has been instrumental in the fight for LGBTQ acceptance, particularly within the Hispanic community.
Baking Star Paul Hollywood Returns to the Classic Recipes
The English baking specialist has returned to the basics this summer, offering ultimate versions of recipes that have been adjusted and updated for the modern world.
With New Book, Dr. Julia Shaw Wants to Bring Bisexuality Out of the Shadows
British psychologist Dr. Julia Shaw wanted to understand her bisexuality. And with her book "Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality," she hopes to bring the sexual identity out of the shadows.
Review: To Hell and Back: Sean Hewitt's 'All Down Darkness Wide' Makes Literature of the Memoir
Getting lost in a relationship: People do it all the time, and it's the matter of some of our greatest literature. Rarer is the chronicle of making it back out, which is both the engine and the heart of Sean Hewitt's luminous new memoir.
D. L. Forbes and 'The Unique Individual'
"Wittgenstein's Son and U. G. Krishnamurti: Ducks or Rabbits" is a deserved subject for discussion as it sums up the Forbes' life, fully and un-ordinarily, in San Francisco while focusing on two major influences.
Review: 'A Quilt for David' - Steven Reigns' True Crime Poetry
Steven Reigns, a Los Angeles-based writer who was the first official Poet Laureate of West Hollywood, blends literary genres to stunning effect in his spare and powerful new work, "A Quilt for David."
For Love of God
"For Love of God" is an intriguing account of an aspiring priest.
Cultural Exchange: S.W. Leicher's 'Acts of Atonement'
S.W. Leicher's second novel picks up where her debut left off, featuring two women from disparate cultural backgrounds who embark upon a loving lesbian relationship against all odds.
Zain Khalid's Novel 'Brother Alive' is Bracing Magical Realism
"Uncategorizable" is the flavor of the month in gay literary fiction. Even in as genre-free a landscape as that, Zain Khalid's much-anticipated first novel, "Brother Alive," stakes out new territory.
C. Russell Price's 'Apocalypse Poems'
Appalachian genderqueer punk writer C. Russell Price's first full-length poetry collection imagines a world of broken objects, clouds infused with black smoke, and rivers that drain blood out to a far southern tributary.
Randy Rainbow's 'Playing With Myself'
Randy Rainbow, comedian and singer, best known for his YouTube video spoof interviews and parodies of right-wing political figures that have become viral social media sensations with millions of views, now tells all in his new memoir.