FOR READERS: When is It Queer?
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Paula Wyant: How much does a character’s sexuality have to feature explicitly in a story for it to fall into the LGBTQUIA … Read more
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FOR READERS: Queer Action Heroes
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: Who are your favorite LGBTQIA action heroes? Not necessarily spec-fic. What do you like about them? How do they … Read more
FOR READERS: Reading the QUILTBAG
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: Who do you want to read more of in the queer alphabet in spec fic? Writers: This is a reader … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: A Deceptive Alliance, by Sydney Blackburn
QSFer Sydney Blackburn has a new MM romance book out: A Deceptive Alliance. Kel and his twin sister Isabel have traded places before—to escape lessons, to prank their royal cousins, … Read more
FOR WRITERS: Historical Accuracy in Queer Fiction
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Heather Rose Jones: When we write queer stories set in history, how do we deal with the historic reality of queer lives? … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT: I Shall Not Be Jilled, by David Holly
QSFer David Holly has a new queer sci fi book out: What will you do if you are a teenager or a young man, and the governing board demands that … Read more
FOR WRITERS & READERS: Defining Who We Are
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: QSF is a very diverse group with a lotta knowledge. So I thought it would be fun to create … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT: Once Upon a Rainbow Anthology
QSFer K.S. Trenten has an FF fairytale story in a new queer anthology book: FAIREST: On the eve of my sixteenth year, I’m cursed to prick my finger on spindle … Read more
FOR READERS: My LGBT Community
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer A. Catherine Noon: How do you see the “LGBTIQA community” where you are in the world? I’m in the States, and I … Read more
“Fantastic Beasts” a Queer Rights Metaphor?
A columnist for a US tabloid has claimed JK Rowling’s new Harry Potter spin-off is, in fact, a metaphor for LGBT rights. ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ is … Read more