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The Lotus Empire, Whenever You're Ready andThe Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean book covers.

Books
Aug 02 2024

23 awesome-sounding lesbian romance books still to come before the end of 2024

Books
Jun 25 2024

Publishing industry slams new network for people ‘concerned about the impact of gender ideology’

Author Soula Emmanuel' and her book Wild Geese.

Exclusive
Jun 20 2024

Why Soula Emmanuel’s Wild Geese is your must-read trans book of the summer

A photoshopped image that shows Mariah Carey holding a copy of LGBTQ+ book Glitter Boy, against a rainbow background.

Books
Apr 12 2024

Mariah Carey backs LGBTQ+ book about a boy who loves… Mariah Carey

The star is passionate about championing LGBTQ+ authors. (@ rupaulofficial/Instagram/Allstora)

Books
Mar 06 2024

RuPaul runs rings around LGBTQ+ book bans in the best way: With a giant rainbow library bus

The book by Lindz Amer (right) celebrates gender identity. (@lindzamer/X)

Books
Feb 27 2024

Children’s book Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They! celebrates gender identity amid LGBTQ+ book ban

A scene from the 2020 Jane Austen film Emma, showing Emma - played by Anna Taylor-Joy – gazing at her friend Harriet (Mia Goth) while sitting on a bench outdoors

Culture
Feb 07 2024

Was the iconic character Emma Woodhouse a lesbian? Some Jane Austen fans think so

Julia Armfield won the Polari Prize 2023 for her debut novel, Our Wives Under the Sea.

Exclusive
Dec 19 2023

Polari Prize-winning author Julia Armfield ‘resents’ pressure to write queer happy endings

Amanda Gorman

Books
Oct 23 2023

Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman blasts Scholastic segregation of books by queer and BIPOC authors

A pile of books tied up together in the corner of a room.

Books
Oct 17 2023

Publisher denies ‘bigot button’ allegations after flagging queer books for school exclusion

Elliot Page reveals some the "awesome" LGBTQ+ books he's been reading.

Recommended
Sep 28 2023

Elliot Page reveals his favourite books that need to be added to your reading list

People looking at books in a library.

Books
Sep 15 2023

Texas named as state with the most book bans in 2022, report shows

Two Kansas librarians say they were fired for a rainbow display on neurodiversity after it was mistakenly believed to be about LGBTQ Pride.

US
Aug 19 2023

Trump-supporting town could force local library to close over a book about trans people

Stephen Fry feared he would be 'cursed' for being gay.

Celebrity
Aug 09 2023

Stephen Fry recalls fearing his life would be ‘cursed’ as a gay man like Oscar Wilde