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Point of View: Standing Up for Trans Folks

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A few years ago, when the fight for transgender rights and recognition was just gaining steam, one of my older friends from a generation before mine came to me and Mark and said that she just didn’t understand what “the whole transgender thing” was about. I think she asked us because, as a gay couple, she figured we would know, and that we were a safe space where she wouldn’t risk alienating a trans friend or loved one. We sat down with her and explained it as best as we were able – to be clear here, I am not … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: Glitches of Gods – Jurgen “Jojo” Appelo

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Glitches of Gods - Jurgen "Jojo" Appelo

Jurgen “Jojo” Appelo has a new queer sci-fi book out (pan, non-binary, gender fluid, trans FTM), Playspheres book one: Glitches of Gods. And there’s a giveaway! Julien, the AI genius, craves freedom, but the gods wield total control. In this ominous world, will his android bring hope and salvation or yet more death and destruction? Julien feels utterly miserable. Creator of the AI that killed his father, the brilliant engineer deftly evades work on the world’s first human-level android, dodging the off-chance of snuffing out more lives. Instead, Julien much prefers bickering with his virtual assistant, crafting memes with his … Read more

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Review: How Six Saved the Frogs – Blaine D. Arden

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How Six Saved the Frogs - Blaine D. Arden

Genre: Science Fiction, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Gay, Pan, Trans Get It On Amazon About The Book Can you leave your heart on the other side of the galaxy?When Wouter, a down-to-earth dyslexic caretaker, accidentally activates a travel disc sent by his late brother, he finds himself whisked away to a distant planet. Desperate to go home and reassure his grieving mother he’s alive, he’s instead stuck struggling to fill his brother’s shoes to keep the amphibian bani from freezing to death. Nif, a bani healer, clings to human music as a lifeline to memories of joy and a world … Read more

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Review: The Spores of Wrath – William C. Tracy

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The Spores of Wrath - William C. Tracy

Genre: Science Fiction, Generation Ship, Colonization LGBTQ+ Category: gay, lesbian, non-binary, trans, poly Get It On Amazon About The Book The fate of Lida looms. Agetha thought her fate was sealed, pushed to the edge of the colony to die. But with the revelation that the biomass is not only intelligent, but sentient, changes to colony are accelerating, threatening its very existence. Those who were controlled by the biomass once again have free will. Now, the human colonists are raising their voices and for the first time really influencing their new home. The planet-wide consciousness is slipping into a crisis … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: Rewriting the Rules – Steven D. Brewer

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Rewriting the Rules - Steven D. Brewer

Steven D. Brewer has a new queer steampunk book out (trans, gay): Rewriting the Rules. And there’s a giveaway. When peace is no longer possible, one must either go to war or run away. Abandoned by the nobility, everything goes wrong for Revin and he makes a run for it, ready to give up all hope. But when confronted with the choice he must make, will his heart lead him true? Warnings: violence. About the Series Revin, a young man from a poor mining town, has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to become the student apprentice of a law professor. … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: Free Me – Beck Grey

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Beck Grey has a new queer romance book out (gender-fluid, gay, trans), Love in the Pacific Northwest book 4: Free Me. And there’s a giveaway. A gender-fluid cutie, a workaholic hottie, and a hookup gone right. Blake No romantic relationship could ever compete with my dream job. Sure, it gets lonely, but that’s what occasional hookups are for. Work-life balance? Who cares? I certainly don’t. Until chest pains bring me to my knees and land me in the emergency room. It’s a wake-up call I can’t afford to ignore. When my well-meaning family encourages me to make some major life changes, … Read more

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Review: The Stark Divide

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The Stark Divide - J. Scott Coatsworth

Just got a five star review from Ulysses at the Paranormal Romance Guild Universal Buy Link The Review I was drawn to this book initially because of the character of Colin McAvery. The presence of a gay character, with a partner, in a sci-fi series. What I didn’t expect was that, while McAvery is central to the story, whose epic sweep covers thirty years in the life of the Ariadne project, he is just himself. My reading trends these past dozen years have taken me to books that feature gay characters, gay plotlines, gay context. That’s not really what Coatsworth … Read more

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Review: Of Mycelium and Men – William C. Tracy

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Of Mycelium and Men - William C. Tracy

Genre: Sci-Fi, Colonization, First Contact LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Demi, Gay, Non-Binary, Poly, Trans MTF Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book Lida was their last chance for an uncolonized planet. But a world-spanning fungus had colonized it first. Agetha and her husband have spent their whole lives in the fleet’s zero-G. Now all is turmoil as the fleet lands, discovering they are surrounded by a single fungal biomass spanning the entire planet. To build a new home, the fleet must confront a dangerous organism, and Agetha must decide if she can raise a family in this inhospitable landscape. Jane … Read more

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NEW RELEASE / GIVEAWAY: Parasite – Ridley Harker

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Parasite - Ridley Harker

Ridley Harker has a new gay horror book out (with a romantic subplot):  Parasite. And there’s a giveaway. Seventeen-year-old Jack Ives is used to being unlucky. His only friend has just moved away to college, his parents are alcoholics, and he’s relentlessly bullied by the town psychopath. All that begins to change with the arrival of a handsome but quirky new student, Lucien, who wants to be more than friends. Their newfound happiness doesn’t last, however, as a strange new illness strikes the island. Fishermen go missing, and the villagers left behind aren’t themselves anymore. When Lucien is suspected to … Read more

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REVIEW: Cailleadhama – J. Scott Coatsworth

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Caileadhama: Through the Veil

Just got a great review of Cailleadhama from Maryann at Queer Sci Fi: “Colton Davis lives in San Francisco, on the dangerous side of the Wall. He’s a trans-man whose transition is not yet complete… Tris is an elf who has crossed the veil from Gleanna Sidhu. He’s come to find his brother Laris and bring him home… An elf with a gift, a magic sword, strange creatures, action, danger, and technological gadgets. It’s suspenseful, sad, sweetly romantic, and all about accepting one’s self… Coatsworth never disappoints he creates another magnificent and magical story that’s filled with colorful characters and descriptions that are really easy to visualize, … Read more