Gay Modernity and Cosmopolitan Desire Winner, LGBT Studies Lammy Award presented by Lambda Literary Neither queer theory nor queer activism has fully reckoned with the role of race in the emergence of the modern gay subject. In A Taste for Brown Bodies, Hiram Perez traces...

An illuminating portrait of young LGBTQ people in China, the latest addition to the acclaimed photobook series celebrating LGBTQ communities around the worldSame-sex relationships have been an accepted part of Chinese culture for centuries. It was only in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, under...

The beloved danmei/Boys' Love wuxia novel series from China that inspired the donghua (animated series) streaming in English! In this historical tale, a Daoist martial artist must begin a journey of healing and self-reflection as he resists the temptations of the powerful leader of...

The follow-up to the groundbreaking Black Queer Studies, the edited collection No Tea, No Shade brings together nineteen essays from the next generation of scholars, activists, and community leaders doing work on black gender and sexuality. Building on the foundations laid by the earlier...

This exquisite graphic novel memoir by a transgender artist, explores the concept of identity by inviting the reader to view the author moving through life as she would have us see her, that is, as she sees herself. Framed with a candid autobiographical narrative,...

2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR POETRY2022 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS FINALIST Jackie Wang's magnetic and spellbinding debut collection of poetry that attempts to speak in the language of dreams. The poems in The Sunflower Cast A Spell To Save Us From The Void read...

Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds herself displaced to the 1940s Japanese-American internment camp that her late grandmother, Ernestina, was forcibly relocated to during World War II. These displacements keep occurring until Kiku finds herself 'stuck' back in time....

The touching Boys' Love romance that inspired a live-action film! (Continued in the sequel book Restart After Growing Hungry.)Hotheaded Kozuka Mitsuomi left his home in the country for a sophisticated life in Tokyo. Unfortunately, at age 25, he's fired from his job and returns...

Arab Americans and the Queer Ecology of Peddling  Many of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians who immigrated to the US beginning in the 1870s worked as peddlers. Men were able to transgress Syrian norms related to marriage practices while they were traveling, while Syrian...

In a series of journal entries-some original passages, others revisited and expanded in retrospect-Cherrie Moraga details her experiences with pregnancy, birth, and the early years of lesbian parenting. The premature birth of her son, when HIV-related mortality rates were at their highest, forced Moraga,...

Black Queer Women and the Politics of Partying in Chicago In Feels Right Kemi Adeyemi presents an ethnography of how black queer women in Chicago use dance to assert their physical and affective rights to the city. Adeyemi stages the book in queer dance...

Illustrated Guide to Trans Comedians, Non-Binary Comics, & Funny Women Looking for your next laugh? This illustrated guide to women, non-binary, and trans comedians has what you re looking for! Showcasing emerging talent along with well-loved icons, you're certain to discover your new favorite...

Smart, swoony, and pitch-perfect, Right Where I Left You is ideal for every reader who's just as likely to geek out over a new issue of Superman: Son of Kal-El as they are the quintessential meet-cute." -LEAH JOHNSON, bestselling author of You Should See...

Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!  It's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male co-worker's affections! Adachi's job transfer to Nagasaki hangs over his relationship with...

Thirty Years Of Virginity Can Make You A Wizard?!  It's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male co-worker's affections. Pure and innocent businessman-turned-reluctant wizard Adachi has at long last found...

Thirty Years Of Virginity Can Make You A Wizard?!  It's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male co-worker's affections. Is Adachi, the thirty-year-old virginal businessman, finally about to lose...

Thirty Years Of Virginity Can Make You A Wizard?!  Gifted (cursed?) at the age of 30 with the ability to read the mind of whomever he touches (even the co-worker with the hots for him!), virginal businessman-turned-wizard Adachi is taking his first tentative steps...

Thirty Years Of Virginity Can Make You A Wizard?!  It's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male co-worker's affections. Ever since he was blessed (cursed?) on his thirtieth birthday...

Thirty Years Of Virginity Can Make You A Wizard?! It's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male co-worker's affections Businessman Adachi turned thirty a virgin, and now his a wizard who...

Thirty Years Of Virginity Can Make You A Wizard?! It's complicated: A thirty-year-old virgin gets more than he bargained for when his newfound magical power reveals he's the object of his male co-worker's affections! Adachi, a thirty-year-old virgin, discovers he has the magical power to...

Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Novel) Vol. 3  The blockbuster danmei/Boys' Love novels from China that inspired the animated Scumbag System series streaming in English! This hilarious story of a man reborn as a villain in a fantasy novel series who ends up romancing...

Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Novel) Vol. 2  Three years have passed since Shen Qingqiu betrayed Luo Binghe, and now there are only two years left before his "deceased" disciple rises from the dead to claim his bloody glory as the protagonist. At least,...

Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) : 2  Massacring his way to the top to become emperor of the cultivation world, Mo Ran's cruel reign left him with little satisfaction. Now, upon suffering his greatest loss, he takes his own life... To his...

Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun Also known as 2ha, the wildly popular danmei/Boys' Love novel series from China that inspired a multimedia franchise! A historical fantasy epic about a tyrant's second chance at life and the powerful cultivation teacher he can't get...

PRE-ORDER NOW - 18 Apr 2023  First-Years  Welcome one and all-to the fabulous life and times of Sasaki, Miyano, and their closest companions! Ever wondered how Kuresawa met his girlfriend? Want to find out if Miyano and Kuresawa were always friends? Or contemplated just why...

Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages A fascinating history of marginalized identities in the medieval world While the term "intersectionality" was coined in 1989, the existence of marginalized identities extends back over millennia. Byzantine Intersectionality reveals the fascinating, little-examined conversations in medieval...

Funeral Diva is the Winner of the Lambda Award for Lesbian Poetry! A poetic memoir about coming-of-age in the AIDS era, and its effects on life and art. In this collection of personal essays and poetry, acclaimed poet and performer Pamela Sneed details her...

Sergius Seeks Bacchus is a heart-breaking and humorous rumination on what it means to be in the minority in terms of sexuality, ethnicity, and religion. Drawing on the poet’s life as an openly gay writer of Bataknese descent and Christian background, the collection furnishes...

WINNER of the 2022 Four Quartets Prize! 2022 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS FINALIST! Winner of the Nightboat Books Poetry Prize, Imagine Us, The Swarm offers seven powerful texts that form a constellation of voices, forms, and approaches to confront loneliness, silence, and death. Following the...

A bewitching novel set in contemporary Japan about the mysterious suicide of a young woman. Miwako Sumida is dead. Now those closest to her try to piece together the fragments of her life.Ryusei, who has always loved her, follows Miwako's trail to a remote...