reviews, releases and recommendations of LGBT media
We decided to change things up a little bit! And by that I mean we decided that from now on we will be putting all monthly releases in one post! (With a different format, too.)
So now you’re about to see around 90 LGBT books coming out this February. I hope you’re ready!
(The rainbow emoji next to a specific rep in a book means it’s written by an LGBT author.)
I decided to change it up a little bit from now on. Mostly because choosing only ten songs each month is giving me anxiety… So the way it’s gonna work now is this: I will still decide which ten songs were my absolute favourites from a month and include them in the post.
But I will also put all the songs I loved on the mix, which is always a bonus part of the post anyway. (I might update the old mixes so check them out, too!)
And for those of you who are here for the first time, you can catch up on my previous posts here!
I told you about all the YA upcoming books of the first half of the year & today I’m here to tell you about all the 2020 books with non-cis protagonists. As the title implies, this list is compiled of books with main characters who are trans or non-binary, or both, or genderfluid… Everyone who is not cis.
I want to make three things clear:
1) this is a list of all the books I know of at the moment which is not to say it’s a list of all the books in existence;
2) I decided to include love interests as well, since they usually play a pretty major role in the story, but not other side characters;
3) I’m marking with a 🌈 emoji books written by LGBT authors – please correct me, if I got something wrong.
Not that I completely forgot I had to do this post, but I maybe completely forgot I had to do this post. But no matter! I’m just in time.
The first part of January brought us an influx of amazing releases (check them out here), and the second part continues with that. I know I said that there were 45 books out this month, but I have since found several more and that number is closer to 70 now (and, of course, we missed the release date of a few, so get ready for a massive post at the end of the year again).
But anyway, take a peek at what’s in store!
And as ever, all our previous posts are here.
Yes, I know, those posts tended to feature ten songs (and a headache for me, when I had to cut the lists to just ten titles…), but I figured, you know… June was Pride month. What better excuse to include more songs? Right?
Which is to say today I bring you 20 songs by LGBT artists that came out in June 2019 and are my absolute best of all the songs from that month.
In case you missed it: my January, February, March, April & May choices!
(And remember, there’s a Spotify playlist with all the songs at the end of the post!)
If you’ve been following our blog for a while, you might be aware that I (Anna) tend to read YA literature. Well, not exclusively, but I sure enjoy it a lot. So for me to make a post solely about YA releases was really just a matter of time…
There are about 100 books listed here, getting publish from Janury to June 2020. Hopefully I didn’t miss anything but as a disclaimer: this is a list of all LGBT YA upcoming books I know about today. For books out between July and December 2020, head over here.
The books are divided by publication month and each has the rep listed (in as detailed way, as we were able to find out). Books by LGBT authors also have a rainbow emoji next to them.
A good few times this year, I turned to Anna or Anna turned to me (metaphorically because we are some 1,000 miles away from one another in real life) and said hey look I found another book we missed off our list! Because there are several many books we either didn’t hear about in time (sad) or didn’t know were gay at all (even sadder).
So, because we want to promote ALL the LGBT books we possibly can, we started this post. All the LGBT books we didn’t hear about in time to add to our monthly releases list (and, if you thought we had some long monthly releases lists, you haven’t seen anything yet).
Undoubtedly, there are still more we’ve missed off, even after all this, but here are the 158 books that we didn’t get the first time round.
But before we start, just for you all, have a list of
It’s a new year, and a new list of releases to crack on with. We have, so far, amassed over 350 upcoming books for 2020. And of those, 45 are out in January (that we currently know of, because undoubtedly we’ll find we missed some out eventually).
So, as an early Christmas present, here are the first two weeks of January releases!
As ever, all our previous posts are here.
It’s a great problem to have when there’s so much music by LGBT artists coming out every month, that it’s impossible to chose top ten songs! And I’m doing it for you guys, I’m choosing my absolutely all-time favourites!
In case you missed it: my January, February, March & April choices!
(And remember, there’s a Spotify playlist with all the May songs at the end of the post!)
April was a really good month for music and it was extremely hard for me to choose just ten songs! The things I do for you guys… Hopefully y’all will love my faves just as much as I do!
In case you missed it: my January, February & March choices!
(And remember, there’s a Spotify playlist with all the April songs at the end of the post!)
I’m not going to lie, guys. Choosing only ten songs each month is really hard work! But I needed an even number for all the months so really, I played myself…
This also brings me to another point: obviously, if I put a song from a full album on this list & not a single, I encourage y’all to check them all out! Check out the artists in general!
Here you can also check out my 10 fav songs of January and February.
(And remember, there’s a Spotify playlist with all the March songs at the end of the post!)
December is not a good month for LGBT books: there are only 27 on this list. If you remember, there were months this year with over 70 releases… But then, people are busy celebrating holidays and planning books for next year! And the December books are still amazing, anyway! So let’s check them out!
Real quick before we start, for your convenience:
Yes, I was very serious when I said I plan on catching up with those posts in some reasonable, timely manner! And frankly, I’m just really excited about all my choices and want to share with you guys as soon as possible!
The ten songs I chose January are here!
So without a further ado, let’s go!
(And remember, there’s a Spotify playlist with all the February songs at the end of the post!)
I wanted to make some kind of music rec list because despite claiming this is an LGBT media blog, we don’t really talk about much apart from books. And, in part thanks to a twitter poll I ran, I figured a “fav songs of the year” kind of post might be a good idea. But then I started listing songs and the number grew & grew & grew… Until I realised I have no choice but to make this “fav songs of a month” instead.
Yes, I’m aware it’s the end of October. But that just means I have some catching up to do! You can expect those posts every few weeks, until I get to the point where I can just make a rec list at the end of each month as it ends.
Anyway, important notes: all the songs I will list are by out LGBT artists, because this is the kind of blog we’re running here. And I’ll be linking them to YouTube and putting all songs together in a playlist on Spotify in case anyone wants to check them out that way. The playlist (with more songs!) is at the end of the post!
It’s almost the end of the year which means it’s almost (if you’re very prepared, unlike me) time to start thinking about Christmas presents, and what better gift is there than an LGBT book?
Luckily for you, there are over 30 such books coming out in November alone.
And, of course, we’ve covered over 400 other releases in our previous posts!
