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Coming Soon: The Queer Metaverse?

Qtopia

A French crypto firm has announced an LGBTQ-focused Metaverse named Qtopia. Cryptographic Blockchain Industries (CBI) announced the project Friday (27 May) as “the first metaverse by and for the LGBTQ community”. It will be released in 2023. Qtopia is a virtual community space where members can interact and express themselves like never before,” CBI writes. “Qtopia provides a sense of belonging and a way to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community’s unique history, diversity, and culture.” The expansive crypto-oriented program will be located within a larger umbrella metaverse called the “AlphaVerse” which aims to combine “many different universes”. Full Story from Pink News

NEW RELEASE: The Guardian – Chisto Healy

NEW RELEASE: The Guardian - Chisto Healy

QSFer Chisto Healy has a new queer fantasy book out, Women of Avaron book 1: The Guardian. A battle to avenge the past is also a fight to protect the future. Twelve years ago, Marista, warrior for the royal guard of Avaron, was given the sworn duty of protecting her fallen kingdom’s infant prince, Derrin. Marista was hidden away with the prince while her people fought and died at the hands of the Vorcan raiders. Now… Lord Vorcan is hunting them to eliminate what remains of his enemy. With no one to oppose him he could replace the Lands’ many … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Boundaries Box Set – Al Graham

Boundaries Box Set - Al Graham

QSFer AJ Graham has a new queer erotic paranormal sci-fi book out: Boundaries. Sacrifices of the body cannot compare with the ecstasy that comes from sacrifices of the heart. Bound by Blood: For centuries, sacrificial offerings have kept peace between humans and the immortal Kin who feed on their blood. When his sister is chosen, Daniel offers himself in her place. Daniel has grown up believing the Kin to be heartless monsters. He never imagined the Kin lord’s touch would stir hiss body and heart, would make him crave the very thing he’d always feared: the sweet, sharp burn of … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Mail Order Bride – Molly Bragg

Mail Order Bride

QSFer Molly J. Bragg has a new queer sci-fi romance out (lesbian, agender): Mail Order Bride. Ten years ago, aliens from a Galaxy spanning government called the Hegemony arrived in the Solar system and ever since Earth has been on a long, slow journey to becoming a banana republic. Samantha ‘Sam’ Murray has spent her entire high school career doing everything her mom could think of to earn a chance at an off-world education that would keep her from living a life of poverty. But with just a few weeks left before graduation there’s no scholarship in sight and Sam … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Ritual of the Ancients – Roan Rosser

Ritual of the Ancients - Roan Rosser

QSFer Roan Rosser has a new queer urban fantasy out, Changing Bodies book 1: Ritual of the Ancients. Waking up undead was just the start of my bad night. This night is going from bad to worse. My roommate is dead. My sexy neighbor, who I’ve never worked up the guts to talk to before, is standing in my living room. I have a gold amulet I just stole from the museum hidden in my pocket. Oh, and I’m dead… or undead? All the myths about vampires, were-wolves, and the like? Turns out, all true. My sexy neighbor claims I’m … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Outcast’s Song – Jaymie Wagner

Outcast's Song

QSFer Jaymie Wagner has a new queer urban fantasy/horror/paranormal shifter book out, Sing for Me book 2: Outcast’s Song. Sequel to Orphan’s Cry More than fifty years before Leah Corbyn became a werewolf, Amélie Orne was cast out of werewolf society, manipulated into taking the blame for crimes she did not commit. After living for so long on the run as a Feral wolf, she found unexpected comfort and companionship from Leah and her lover Amy Oakley. As they grow closer, can she dare to hope for a real future together with them after a lifetime of betrayal and misery? … Read more

Stranger Things star Maya Hawke on Queer Characters in Sci-Fi

Maya Hawke

Stranger Things star Maya Hawke has spoken about how her character Robin Buckley’s “queerness is just an aspect of her personhood”. Ahead of the release of the fourth season of Stranger Things, which will be released on Netflix in two volumes on 27 May and 1 July, Hawke told the latest issue of SFX about the importance of LGBT+ characters in sci-fi. Hawke tries to distance herself from audience critiques, she told the magazine. “I try to stay out of the feedback loop as much as possible,” she said. Full Story from Pink News

TRAILER: Thor: Love and Thunder – Queerbaiting or Truly LGBTQ+?

Thor: Love and Thunder

Marvel has dropped the first trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder, and fans are already thrilled with the queer moments in the film. The film is the follow-up to Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok with Chris Hemsworth once again taking on the role of the hunky titular superhero. Tessa Thompson will once again play the swoon-worthy warrior Valkyrie, and Natalie Portman will be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as Mighty Thor. The trailer, which was released on Monday (18 April), sees Thor living a seemingly peaceful life, even meditating on a hill. Thor comes to a realisation that he … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Sanctuary – Andi C. Buchanan

Sanctuary - Andi C. Buchanan

QSFer Andi C. Buchanan has a new queer contemporary fantasy out (bi, gay, lesbian, nb, trans MTF): Sanctuary. Morgan’s home is a sanctuary for ghosts. The once-grand, now dilapidated old house they live in has become a refuge for their found family—Morgan’s partner Araminta, an artist with excellent dress sense; Theo, a ten-year-old with an excess of energy; quiet telekinesthetic pensioner Denny—as well as the ghosts who live alongside them. All people who once needed sanctuary for their queer, neurodivergent selves. Now they offer that safety to the dead as well as the living. When a collection of ghosts trapped … Read more

TV: Doctor Who star Mandip Gill teases ’emotional’ queer romance for Easter special

Mandip Gill - Twitter

Doctor Who star Mandip Gill has confirmed that the romance between Yaz and the Doctor will be featured in the upcoming Easter special. Fans were over the moon to witness the beginnings of a relationship form between the 13th Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and Yaz (Gill) in the New Year special “Eve of the Daleks”. In the episode, Dan Lewis (John Bishop), a companion to Whittaker’s Doctor, urged the pair to confess their feelings for one another. Now, it appears that fans will be treated to even more queer content in the next special, “Legend of the Sea Devils”, which also … Read more