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Queer Has Always Been Here – A Reading List
This Lgbtq+ fest month, we are highlighting a selection of books and articles that center on the elongated history of gender non-conforming communities within the Global South. Queerness is often portrayed as a new western identity without much reference to how colonialism managed and repressed indigenous queer communities. This reading list aims to challenge Eurocentric perceptions of queerness and emphasise that from the Two-Spirit peoples in the Americas to the Hijra communities in India, queer has always been here.
Image: Ladies of the Zenana on a roof terrace sourced from Queer Art History
1. Two-Spirit Indigenous Americans: Fact not Fiction by Casey S. O&#;Higgins
Article published in
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Today on the site I&#;m delighted to welcome Rebecca Bendheim, author of the upcoming lesbian Middle Grade When You&#;re Brave Enough, which releases April 7, from Viking Books for Young Readers! Here&#;s the story:
A heartfelt, gorgeously written debut middle grade novel about best friends, first crushes, and coming out—perfect for fans of Kyle Lukoff and Jake Maia Arlow.
Before she moved from Austin to Rhode Island, everybody knew Lacey as one half of an inseparable duo: Lacey-and-Grace, top friends since they were toddlers. Grace and her moms were practically family. But at school, creature lumped together with overeager, worm-obsessed, crushes-on-everyone Grace meant Lacey never quite fit in—and that’s why at her new middle educational facility, Lacey plans to reinvent herself. This time, she’s going to be stylish. She’s going to be normal.
At first, everything seems to go as planned. Lacey makes new friends right away, she finds a rabbi to assist her prepare for the bat mitzvah that got deprioritized by her parents in the chaos of the move, and she even gets cast in the lead role of the eigh
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Welcome, Welcome, one and all. Wherever you are, whatever state of the planet we&#;re all in right now, whatever uphill battles you&#;re facing, I expect this blog finds you in a place where you can find dream and joy somewhere, somehow. Now, more than ever, I find myself reaching for more and more queer stories in my everyday life. Sometimes, that&#;s in articles online, podcasts, documentaries, but more often, I&#;m reaching for books. Queer authors writing today are at the highest of their game; they&#;re more experimental, more liberating, more challenging, more thrilling. Against the backdrop of all that&#;s happening, they refuse to stop writing queer stories, and there&#;s something wonderful about that.
Rather than keep pouring my heart out about my love for queer literature, let&#;s get cracking with this summer&#;s reading list! Here are the cherry-picked titles I think you need to watch out for in the coming months. You can still find our full, rolling list of brilliant LGBTQIA+ releases on Bookshop (or via your sales rep), but for today, I want to give you a taste of what&#;s