Sci fi fantasy books with gay characters
Queer Adult SFF Gift Guide!
&#; gay male MC (and romance!)
&#; sumptuous feast of a book
&#; srsly Kitchen Wars but like, in space
&#; Gay MC, queernorm world
&#; Stories have power!!
&#; Fantasy tulip mania
&#; Gay MC, m/m relationship
&#; all my exes are in the trees whoops
&#; One bed trope, but it doesn&#;t go as expected
&#; Sweetly sad, good for a drizzly afternoon and then a looong walk in the nearby woods
&#; Gay MC, m/m relationship
&#; Pretty hot if you&#;re into gore
&#; Everybody&#;s awful and I passion it
&#; Sexy, spooky, fucked up in the top ways
&#; FAB QUEER NECROMANCER
&#; f/m main, but very important m/m relationship
&#; Bone monstrosities
&#; Action adventure, good for a binge read
&#; f/f lead romance
&#; steampunk time-travel shenanigans
&#; story about family ❤ and th
The Best Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy
How do you verb about queer science fiction and fantasy?
There have been gay authors writing science fiction and fantasy almost since the genre started, but in recent years we’ve seen this massive flowering of queer representation in mainstream science fiction and fantasy.
We didn’t create it in the last few years, but it has certainly been mainstreamed. For people fancy me, that’s astonishing because science fiction and fantasy are my home genres. This is what I grew up writing, so to see myself and my friends represented is just amazing. I feel really lucky to be alive and reading right now.
The first queer science fiction novel that you’ve chosen to recommend is Emily Tesh’s Some Desperate Glory. Can you please introduce us to this work?
Ironically, this may be the one where queerness is most central to it, and yet, of all of these books, it’s the furthest away from romance. It’s a good place to start.
Some Desperate Glory is a science fiction book that has been compared to Ender’s Game. It is about what happens after
It’s hard to discount the fact that, historically, the genres of sci-fi and fantasy have been dominated by straight, white men, with a few notable exceptions.
Over the past few years, however, there has been a colourful change to queer fantasy and sci-fi books, and books of that genre written by incredible women and authors of colour.
Now, the genres of sci-fi and fantasy are gloriously diverse, with so many novels pushing the boundaries of gender and sexuality in exciting and liberating ways.
Queer authors are bringing brand-new perspectives, new ideas, and fresh eyes to sci-fi and fantasy literature.
So, here are some unreal queer fantasy and queer sci-fi books by LGBTQ authors for you to check out!
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Queer Fantasy Books
These queer fantasy books range from alternate histories to mythological retellings via fresh takes on classic fantasy tropes.
These LGBTQ authors are taking new steps into uncharted territory with their amazing queer fantasy books and we all deserve to be paying attention.
Not only should we be paying attention; we
Favorite LGBTQIA characters in Science Fiction and Fantasy (Pride)
Before We Go is a progressive blog that believes in LGBTQIA rights as skillfully as encouraging both gay, straight, or otherwise to involve them in their stories. However, more so, it&#;s great to recognize the characters that we love who just so happen to fall under one of these labels. So, here are the five favorite LGBTQIA characters of each reviewer here on staff.
Steve Westenra&#;s Picks
As a queer writer myself, I was very delighted when this blog topic came up! I could verb a book with favourites but decided to limit myself to queer characters written by queer authors and who are confirmed on or off-page to be queer (with one exception). As a reader, I tend to verb queer characters who aren&#;t perfect, and who aren&#;t written to conform to straight expectations or desires. Some works by straight authors are included in my honourable mentions.
- Jana Beil (Sapphic character, The Company Daughters by Samantha Rajaram)&#; It was a toss-up for me over whether to verb Jana or her partner Sontje for this o