Why Seeing Queer Joy Can Create Complicated Feelings For Queer People

Heartstopper depicts queer joy. Here’s why that can bring about complicated feelings for those in the Queer community.

The Troubled Soul, Immense Talent, And Unbowed Spirit Of Sinéad O’connor

Few artists have straddled the boundaries between acclaim, controversy and public affection as effectively as Sinéad O’Connor.

Review: Jack’s Ever After

Owen Lach’s Jack’s Ever After: Another Modern Queer Fairy Tale shines with nuanced characters, poignant storytelling, and a heartfelt exploration of the challenges that threaten a happily ever after.

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Despite Bans, Queer YA Books Are Still Selling Well

by Jennifer Gerson | Sep 1, 2022

When Phil Stamper was growing up in the early 2000s, he couldn’t go into a Barnes & Noble and find an LGBTQ+ section for young adults.

“There weren’t enough books to fill those shelves,” Stamper, a popular author of contemporary, queer young adult (YA) novels, told The 19th. His latest book, “Small Town Pride,” released in May, is deeply rooted in his own lived experience of being gay in a rural community which now, thanks to books like his, might feel less isolating.

“Now, you can go into any bookstore or library in even the smallest and most conservative town, and you will find a section. It’s crazy to go home to rural Ohio, where I was raised, and find my book in any bookstore there.”

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Beyond BMI: A New Book Embodies Fat Liberation

In her new book Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul, Evette Dionne takes readers on a personal and political journey that begins with her own health issues and her resultant encounters with fatphobia in the medical establishment.