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If the only lesbian book you've heard about is The Price of Salt--popularized through the 2015 film Carol--then you're seriously missing out. The genre is expansive in theme and history, ranging from Sappho's poems to pulp novels in the 40s, vampire stories, diaries of aristocratic women, poetry, graphic novels, and more. Learn more about the works of Audre Lorde, Alison Bechdel, Sarah Waters, and others, as this thriving genre evolves into new territories while still celebrating the beauty of love between women.
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law the Freedom to Read Act, which prohibits public institutions from removing books based on the "origin, background, or views of the material or of its authors."
An Ohio elementary teacher is flipping the script and using her religious beliefs against conservatives to support LGBTQ+ rights.
Fifty years after her death, the legendary actress and Andy Warhol museis having a moment — and we’re so here for it.
Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson will be the first full-length biography of the queer icon ever to be published.
Public schools have been forced to spend billions on security, public relations, and legal assistance combating right-wing attacks for supposedly teaching about race and LGBTQ+ identities.
From intimate memoirs to gripping novels, these reads offer a roadmap through LGBTQ+ history and self-acceptance.
Book-banning efforts have been aimed primarily at books with LGBTQ+ content and those by or about people of color. Here are the top 10 books that were targeted.
Pride and Less Prejudice's auction features items donated by celebrities such as singer Janelle Monáe, actor Daniel Radcliffe, interior designer Bobby Berk, and many more.
"Book clubs create an opportunity for queer people in particular...to access stories about our realities that are similar to us and access stories about people in our community that are different from us," one book club manager told The Advocate.
“We have to fight for our freedom to read,” Pressley told the audience.
She writes about seeking help for depression in her new memoir. The news after she criticized Trump's Arlington National Cemetery visit.
The author, former educator, and father of two unveiled the cover of Papa’s Coming Home.
The event, scheduled initially at a brewery, was rescheduled at a Books-A-Million store in Mobile.
The U.K. performer is creating visibility and inclusivity for fellow cabaret artists who don't necessarily fit the mainstream mold.
From books about trans identity to queer history, here are some of the best books to help understand and revel in LGBTQ+ identity and its intersections. What books would you recommend?
The RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 winner tells The Advocate about her new memoir All About Yvie: Into the Oddity and all the drama it dishes.
A bookstore in South Bend may be shutting its doors after schools stopped shopping in the wake of new restrictive content law.
The North Star State has officially banned book bans.
He warned about the dangers of Republican book bans.
He will talk about the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to fight these threats to students’ civil rights.
