'You could ban our books, but you can’t ban the story': Authors speak out at Rep. Pressley event on book bans
“We have to fight for our freedom to read,” Pressley told the audience.
September 19, 2024
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Love, Labels, and YA Literature for Queer Kids
In this exclusive author conversation, two out authors with new young adult books reflect on the important queer literature and real-life scenarios that inspired them.
October 19, 2012
The LGBT Literati
The Lambda Literary awards on May 29 brought the best and brightest LGBT writers and book lovers to Los Angeles for a celebration of queer literature dripping with bawdiness
May 30, 2008
Social media influencers pass out banned LGBTQ+ children's book at Buffalo Pride
A perfect way to start Pride Month!
June 4, 2024
Beijing Comrades: A Torrid Chinese Love Affair Translated
In this central work of queer Chinese literature, the story of a torrid love affair between wealthy businessman Handong and naive student Lan Yu is set against the political unrest of the 1980s. Bei Tong is the anonymous author of Beijing Comrades, and his true identity has been a subject of debate since the work was first published on a gay Chinese Web site in 1998 and quickly earned a devoted following. The book, excerpted here, is now translated into English for the first time by Scott E. Myers.
January 14, 2016
LGBTQ+ book clubs bring lit-loving queers together
"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.
September 24, 2024
Op-ed: How to Teach Queer Studies In Alabama
How one teacher brought queer studies (and self-empowerment) to a high school in Birmingham.
January 17, 2014
Book Bans Are Harming LGBTQ People, Advocates Say. This Online Library Is Fighting Back.
Meet the Queer Liberation Library.
December 18, 2023
25 Queer-Owned Bookstores to Know and Support
In the face of books bans targeting LGBTQ+ subjects and authors, here is one way to support queer books.
October 22, 2023
Op-ed: Why LGBTQ Literature Matters
Because #LGBTQ shouldn't just be a marketing segment.
June 9, 2014
Publisher Says the Lambda Literary Awards Are a Shambles
Writer, editor, and publisher Steve Berman shines a light on problems bubbling under the surface of the Lambda Literary Awards.
October 5, 2012
Unveiling the Secret (Smutty) Queer Stories of Centuries Past
Over a hundred years later, the shade drawn over classic gay literature is finally being lifted so the work can get the spotlight it's always deserved.
July 20, 2015
Queer coded or coded as queer? The power and problem of visibility in media
LGBTQIA+ characters in literature, TV, and movies have a complex history - from subtle hints to blatant stereotypes. Can we reclaim our identity and rewrite the narrative?
September 23, 2024
Lambda Literary Announces 2014 Winners
Honorees included Alison Bechdel and Kate Bornstein, as well as the first ever Lammy given to an LGBT graphic novel.
June 3, 2014
Massachusetts Schools Roll Out Comprehensive LGBT Curriculum
Teachers assembled lessons that will include LGBT history and explore the works of writers like Willa Cather and Langston Hughes.
April 25, 2018
What It's Like to Be an LGBTQ+ High Schooler in DeSantis's Florida
I’m directly affected by the authoritarian policies of our ambitious and ruthless governor.
March 21, 2023
Putin's Horror Moves West, Thanks to His Protege
If you want to see America's possible future, read up on modern Russian history.
February 8, 2017
Queer Comic Books Get the Attention They Deserve at the Lammys
Stories of sex, survival, and identity are up for awards on Tuesday.
May 31, 2021
The Love Story of Jill Soloway and Eileen Myles
The "post-couple" reunited for an open conversation about their romance Wednesday evening in Los Angeles.
October 27, 2016
Reflecting on Queer Cinema's Golden Age: The Gay '90s
A New York film festival reminds us how wide the celluloid closet busted open 20 years ago. The Advocate's editors look back at how these movies changed history and their own identities.
October 7, 2016