poetry

A brightly coloured illustration of poet Etel Adnan

Arts
Apr 15 2024

Legendary lesbian poet, author and artist Etel Adnan celebrated with Google Doodle

Tributes pour in for trailblazing British poet Benjamin Zephaniah who has died age 65.

Arts
Dec 07 2023

Tributes pour in for British poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who has died aged 65

LGBTQ+ literature

Books
Jun 20 2023

LGBTQ+ people on the literature that changed their lives: ‘It was healing for my younger self’

Mary Lambert Nikita Gill and Kemi Alabi on the legacy of queer female poets (Ally Almore/Getty)

Arts
Jun 13 2023

Mary Lambert, Nikita Gill and Kemi Alabi on the legacy of queer female poets: ‘It’s the language of truth’

Birmingham Poet Laureate Jasmine Gardosi performs. (James Watkins)

Arts
Jan 24 2023

Birmingham Poet Laureate Jasmine Gardosi on gender euphoria and breaking binaries in her new show

Kevin Morosky holding his book, Notes

Books
Jul 17 2021

Director and writer Kevin Morosky on writing a queer, Black love story for the ages

Rupert Brooke bisexual

Arts
Apr 23 2020

Meet the bisexual First World War poet adored by Winston Churchill and who WB Yeats called ‘the handsomest young man in England’

Frank Ocean moonlight foreword

TV
Oct 07 2019

Frank Ocean’s passionate essay on Moonlight will take your breath away

Arts
Jan 18 2019

Mary Oliver: 10 quotes from the Pulitzer-winning lesbian poet

Arts
Jul 30 2018

Gay poet writes in his own blood to protest donation ban

Community
Apr 09 2018

This amazing short explains what homophobia feels like in 2018

Illustrated rainbow pride flag on a pink background.

Current Affairs
Jun 23 2017

This gay poet is writing in his own blood to protest gay blood donations rules

Illustrated rainbow pride flag on a pink background.

Arts
Jun 01 2016

Literary Pride events aim to celebrate LGBT authors

Illustrated rainbow pride flag on a pink background.

Arts
Nov 19 2015

Someone has written a book of Haikus about lesbian sex and cats and it is awesome