Shoppers across the U.S. initiated a 24-hour boycott today, February 28, targeting companies that have scaled back or eliminated their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The protest is part of a larger movement by consumers and activists responding to actions taken by former President Traitor 47 to eliminate DEIContinue Reading
A newly introduced Texas House bill, HB3399, is drawing significant attention and controversy for its potential to end gender-affirming care for people of all ages in the state. Filed on February 26, 2025, the bill, often referred to locally as the “Texas trans ban,” aims to restrict access to hormoneContinue Reading
Today on the site I’m delighted to reveal the cover of America’s Not-So Sweetheart by Blair Hanson, a gay YA Romance releasing June 17, 2025 from Page Street YA! Here’s the story: Alec Braud is the most hated teen in America after winning Campfire Wars by backstabbing his showmance, Joaquin Delgado. SoContinue Reading
Rebecca Black is no longer the 13-year-old who went viral with “Friday.” Now, at 27, the queer pop artist is confidently embracing her identity and celebrating her growth with the release of SALVATION, her first new music since 2023’s Let Her Burn. The seven-song dance-pop project marks a bold stepContinue Reading
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (YA) Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado (YA) Till the Last Beat of My Heart by Louangie Bou-Montes (YA) The Dreamers series and An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado Bonus: The love interestContinue Reading
Hundreds of Iowa residents gathered at the state Capitol Thursday, waving Pride flags in protest of a controversial bill that seeks to remove gender identity as a protected class under Iowa’s Civil Rights Act. The bill, which passed both the Iowa House and Senate, is now in the hands ofContinue Reading
At the 78th Academy Awards ceremony in 2005, trailblazing LGBTQ+ movie Brokeback Mountain made history when it garnered three Oscars from eight nominations. It was a seismic moment for LGBTQ+ cinema at the Oscars, Hollywood’s most glitzy, glamorous night of the year. Up until that point, films that celebrated the beauty andContinue Reading
Paulette Green and Donna Dear, a married couple living on a 111-acre farm in Maryland, have become the subjects of a new short film that highlights their enduring love and commitment to their land and community. In 1994, the couple purchased Mt. Pleasant Acres Farms, located between the Chesapeake BayContinue Reading
Happy Aro Week! In celebration, we’re highlighting the followup to a popular aromantic anthology (whose cover reveal we happen to have done here)—yes, Common Bonds returns for another anthology! Five years ago, Claudie Arseneault, Emery Lee, and RoAnna Sylver put together a collection of nineteen speculative short stories and poems featuringContinue Reading
Paul Feig, the director of A Simple Favor and Bridesmaids, along with his wife Laurie, has donated $300,000 to three major LGBTQ+ youth advocacy organizations: The Trevor Project, Trans Lifeline, and It Gets Better. The donation comes at a time when the LGBTQ+ community, especially transgender individuals, is facing increasingContinue Reading
A new report by PEN America reveals that more than half of the books banned in U.S. schools last year focused on people of color or members of the LGBTQ community, highlighting a disturbing trend of targeted censorship against marginalized groups. Released on Thursday, the analysis found that more thanContinue Reading
Adult Fiction Bram Stoker Award-longlisted author of MY DARLING DREADFUL THING Johanna van Veen‘s SAINT, SINNER, SKULL, a sapphic folk horror novel with a fantastical twist following a nun and an orphaned peasant on their harrowing journey across a war-torn countryside to reunite the gilded skull of a saint to her body –Continue Reading
In February 2024, I had top surgery — a form of gender-affirming care that was recently labeled “mutilation” by the president of the United States in one of the many heinous executive orders he issued since his inauguration. A year ago, in the post-anesthesia care unit of a New JerseyContinue Reading