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A. J. West’s How Queer Bookshops Changed the World is a history of independent LGBT bookshops, from the under-the-counter days to open, out-and-proud institutions. It follows the shops and booksellers who got banned books onto shelves and supported their communities through the AIDS crisis, Section 28 and book bans. The list of shops is long … Read more
Here’s a question that sounds simple: when did lesbians begin? Not when did women start loving women. That’s always happened. The question is when people started thinking of it as an identity, a type of person with a name, and how that idea changed over the following decades. That’s the question at the centre of … Read more
Butch identity in lesbian literature has evolved from Leslie Feinberg’s groundbreaking work to today’s diverse representations across genres. These five books celebrate butch and stud lesbians as complex protagonists—from Brooklyn’s queer scene to necromancers in space, from friends-to-lovers romance to stone butch survival. Whether you’re looking for literary fiction that interrogates butch/femme dynamics, heartwarming contemporary … Read more
Lesbian romance in the 2000s had a particular weakness for the ice queen: the brilliant but emotionally distant professor, the intimidating boss, the woman whose cool reserve masked a fiercely guarded heart. These were the years when queer romance leaned hard into slow burns, sharp dialogue, and the delicious tension of watching a frosty exterior … Read more
The rink provides the perfect stage for high-stakes drama, where the friction between opponents often masks a deeper attraction. Whether it’s a veteran facing off against a rookie or a heated rivalry between cross-town teams, these stories thrive on the physical and emotional intensity of the sport. Here are five lesbian hockey romances that deliver … Read more
These are the lesbian romance books that captured hearts in 2025—from Lambda Literary Award finalists to reader favorites that dominated sapphic BookTok. Whether you’re craving enemies-to-lovers banter, small-town meets Hollywood charm, or slow-burn friends-to-lovers, these five books delivered swoon-worthy moments and unforgettable characters. From YA romantic comedy to adult contemporary romance, here are the love … Read more
Jeanne Córdova, the lesbian feminist activist, journalist and publisher whose memoir When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love and Revolution won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir/Biography, died on January 10, 2016. Born Jeanne Robert Córdova on July 18, 1948, in Bremerhaven, Germany, the second of twelve children of a Mexican father and … Read more
Trans lesbian fiction has evolved dramatically over the past decade, with more authors telling their own stories and challenging assumptions about femininity, identity, and what it means to be a trans woman who loves women. These five books showcase that range: from cyberpunk goddesses and soft butch trans women to intimate graphic novels about family … Read more
Eve Zaremba, the Canadian writer who created Helen Keremos, one of the earliest lesbian detectives in genre fiction, in her 1978 novel A Reason to Kill, died on October 8, 2025. Born in 1930 in Kalisz, Poland, Zaremba fled with her family to the United Kingdom after the outbreak of the Second World War and … Read more
If you watched Gentleman Jack, the BBC and HBO series with Suranne Jones striding across the Yorkshire moors in a top hat, you met Anne Lister as a confident woman in her forties. She was a landowner and diarist who had already loved and lost several women by the time the show begins. Emma Donoghue’s … Read more