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    Book Releases: Poetry (January to June 2022)

    It’s a new year and, since the number of book releases we know about per month is just tipping into unwieldy (June alone last year had 150 books to add to the post, not to mention the 50+ more we found later), we’ve decided to change up the way we’re doing releases posts. We started organising releases posts by genre around halfway through last year, so we’re sticking with that here. The major difference? Each genre gets its own post, which will eventually cover a period of 6 months. So, like with our various other releases posts (although those go up all at once, whereas here we’ll add each month), these are more easily edited and added to! Which means, even if we miss a book, we can better come back and add it to the post. A win for everyone!

    In this post, you’ll find the collection of poetry books that we know about from January to June of 2022!

    Looking for the other posts?

    Contemporary | Fantasy | Historical | Mystery/Thriller | Nonfiction | Paranormal/Horror | Science Fiction

    Looking for July to December?

    Contemporary | Fantasy | Historical | Mystery/Thriller | Nonfiction | Paranormal/Horror | Poetry | Science Fiction

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    Book Releases: Science Fiction (January to June 2022)

    It’s a new year and, since the number of book releases we know about per month is just tipping into unwieldy (June alone last year had 150 books to add to the post, not to mention the 50+ more we found later), we’ve decided to change up the way we’re doing releases posts. We started organising releases posts by genre around halfway through last year, so we’re sticking with that here. The major difference? Each genre gets its own post, which will eventually cover a period of 6 months. So, like with our various other releases posts (although those go up all at once, whereas here we’ll add each month), these are more easily edited and added to! Which means, even if we miss a book, we can better come back and add it to the post. A win for everyone!

    In this post, you’ll find the collection of science fiction books that we know about from January to June of 2022!

    Looking for the other posts?

    Contemporary | Fantasy | Historical | Mystery/Thriller | Nonfiction | Paranormal/Horror | Poetry

    Looking for July to December?

    Contemporary | Fantasy | Historical | Mystery/Thriller | Nonfiction | Paranormal/Horror | Poetry | Science Fiction

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    Book Releases: All The 2021 Releases We Heard About Too Late

    Every time we make a releases post, we know that we’ll find yet more books for it the moment we hit publish. Hence, this post! This is a collection of all the books we didn’t know about in time to put on our posts (for various reasons, like, simply, we didn’t hear about it, we didn’t realise it was gay until later because reviews mentioned nothing, or because a date change took it into an earlier month). There is a lot here: there are 499 501 books on this list alone, representing just under a third of all the books we knew about (1,715 1,717 at last count), in all genres and age groups.

    This will be the final post of its kind though because, as of January, we’re going about our releases posts in a slightly different way (that’ll hopefully make it easier to update the posts themselves instead of a massive, and not very readable, post of everything we missed from the year).

    But before we start, here’s a link to our list of 2021 releases:

    ALL THE LGBT RELEASES (THAT WE KNEW ABOUT) FROM 2021

    P.S. a little note: where we write something like “bi mc, m/f” or “pan mc, f/m”, what we’re trying to get across is that the mc note refers to the first letter of that. So, in this case, the bi mc is a man and the pan mc is a woman. Similarly for trans mcs, or when one of the mc’s is nonbinary. I realised that, while this is clear to me, it’s not as clear to everyone else so. A little explanation!

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    Music Releases: LGBT songs of November 2021

    It’s the very end of the year and LGBT artists, like everyone else, are clearly excited for the holidays: there are quite a number of Christmas songs on the playlist below. There’s even one among the ten songs I highlight in the post itself. And those are only the November songs!

    If you want more, though, I have a very long holigay mix for you & one made of only 2021 songs. (I will be updating them as more songs come out!)

    That’s still not enough music for you? Try all my previous monthly posts right here!

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    Book Releases: December 2021

    Last thirty one days of the year! Who can even believe that? But also, statistically speaking, it’s basically 2 LGBT books coming out on each of those days!

    No spoilers, but this is the last time we will do the releases post like this. Starting January we will be using a different method, and hopefully y’all will find it even easier to navigate!

    If any books are wrongly categorised, just let me know & I can fix it. As per usual, you can find all our previous releases posts here & the rainbow emoji indicates an author who id’s as LGBT.

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    Music Releases: LGBT songs of October 2021

    It’s that time of a month again when I bring you all the songs by LGBT artists released in the last weeks that I know about! There are 114 titles on the mix itself (linked at the end of the post, as always), so hopefully I didn’t miss too many. Feel free to comment, though, if you know any I should add!

    That’s still not enough music for you? Try all my previous monthly posts right here!

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    Book Releases: November 2021

    If you thought that the releases were slowing down as the year comes to a close, you would be wrong because today I have for you, 138 more releases for November! Okay, so I went through a few more lists with the intention of just double-checking that all the dates were right after a series of delays, and came out with… oh, just another 50 books. But hey! That just gives you another 138 books to look forward to in 2021!

    As ever, you can find all our previous releases posts here and the rainbow emoji indicates an author who id’s as LGBT.

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    Book Releases: Twitter’s Anticipated Releases, Or A Look at What 2022 Has in Store

    In my humble opinion, today’s post is the most exciting post we have this month. A while ago on twitter (a while because I got impatient and didn’t want to wait), we asked the question: what are your most anticipated 2022 LGBT releases. And, lo and behold, here they are, all in a post, so you can get excited about what’s to come! (And obviously, get a few preorders in, since we are hitting somewhat of a crisis.)

    We also did this last year, if you remember, so you can check that out, and see how much the list has grown (66 books on that post—but 2 delayed—vs. 120 on this), and also have a look to see how many you’ve read!

    Finally, a little key (bearing in mind that it’s a little hard to confirm rep so far out & some we think might be gay, but only based on an author’s previous output):

    🧡 = sapphic rep
    💛 = achillean rep
    💙 = trans or nonbinary rep
    💚 = other or unknown rep

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    Book Releases: 2021 Middle Grade & Picture Books

    Today’s post is a new addition to our myriad of releases posts! If you’re looking for books for age groups younger than young adult, perhaps even for small children, then trust me, this is exactly what you’ve been waiting for. A round-up of all the middle grade and picture book releases of 2021! It’s a little delayed, it’s true, partly because we decided to do this post on a whim, but it’s here! And there’s so many exciting books on offer!

  • All Releases,  Music,  Music Releases

    Music Releases: LGBT songs of September 2021

    Making sure y’all have lots & lots of new music to listen to by bringing you all the September releases by LGBT artists that I heard about. Please comment if you know any I’ve missed and I will add them to the mix (available at the end of the post!), but in the meantime check out ten of my personal favourites.

    That’s not enough for you? Try all my previous monthly posts right here!

    And hey, on an unrelated note! We started a bookstagram account, check it out!

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    Book Releases: October 2021

    We’re nearing the end of the year, which means it’s probably the last post this long. Over 100 LGBT books, my guys! Remember to preorder whatever you want to read, given the current publishing situation, too.

    Anyway, my apologies in advance if any books are wrongly categorised – let me know & I can fix it. And as per usual, you can find all our previous releases posts here & the rainbow emoji indicates an author who id’s as LGBT.

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    Music Releases: LGBT songs of August 2021

    It’s that time at the beginning of a new month, when I bring you all the songs LGBT artists released in the previous month. That I know about, of course. Feel free to list in the comments any I’ve missed and I will add them to the mix (available at the end of the post!), but in the meantime check out ten of my personal favourites.

    That’s not enough for you? Try all my previous monthly posts right here!

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    Book Releases: September 2021

    If you know publishing in any capacity, you probably know September is one of the biggest months in terms of output. Which means, after June (for obvious reasons), it’s the gayest month too, proven by the fact that there are over 125 books due out in this month (apologies to your wallets in advance). So, without further ado, let’s get going!

    As ever, you can find all our previous releases posts here and the rainbow emoji indicates an author who id’s as LGBT.

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    Book Releases: 2019 Books With Non-Cis Protagonists

    Here’s another compilation post about trans & nonbinary books that all came out in one year. This time the year is 2019. Sometimes you just gotta go back in time, right?

    Like always, I decided to only feature books with main characters or love interests who aren’t cis. (Or really important side characters, like parents). Of course, it’s not just YA, there are adult books on this list as well. And it absolutely is not all one genre.

    For this post in particular, I’m sure I have missed some books. Please leave a comment, if you know of any books I should add! And as always, books by LGBT authors have a rainbow emoji next to the title.

    See also: trans & nonbinary books of 2021 and of 2020; 100+ books by trans & nonbinary authors; twitter’s favourite trans books.

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    Book Releases: Ownvoices M/M books of July-December 2021

    Specific labels may vary but all the books in this post have achillean main characters & are written by achillean authors. This isn’t to say that you shouldn’t be reading m/m books which aren’t, roughly speaking, ownvoices. Rather, a place to celebrate the few that are.

    Of course, I’m only human, so if you spot any mistakes or missing titles, let me know!

    See also: ownvoices m/m books of January-June 2021, of January-June 2020 & of July-December 2020.