23Ghosts is an independent creator of horror books, stories, and zines. Come for the ghouls, stay for the gays.

A.M. Wild is the author of Stonewall Honor title Not He or She, I'm Me, a picture book for 3-6 year olds about a day in the life of a nonbinary child, was released by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. This title received three starred reviews, was named one of the most empowering picture books of the year by Kirkus, appeared on the 2025 Rainbow Book list highlighting the best in lgbtqia+ youth books for that year.

Amplify Book Coaching is designed to support authors as they aim to create, refine, and sell novels or graphic novels in multiple genres, providing essential support such as editing, developmental editing, mentoring, and key knowledge that will help you become a better writer and gain the confidence it takes to fulfill your dreams of writing a book.

Antonia Aquilante is an author and a copy editor/proofreader. She has been imagining characters and plots for as long as she can remember and, at the age of twelve, decided she would be a writer when she grew up. Her stories have changed over the years, but one thing has remained consistent—they all end in happily ever after.

Archer Publishing's catalog of books includes and intersects mainstream and LGBT-themed works, with a strong representation of diversity across various genres, such as horror, drama, thrillers, romance, essays, poetry, how-to, and non-fiction works. After more than a decade, Archer Publishing continues to seek fresh, entertaining voices for readers of all backgrounds.

We are dedicated to intellectual discovery and cross-disciplinary collaboration. We seek to bring together people, ideas, collections and technologies, forming a space and community that serves as a catalyst for knowledge creation and investigation. We provide a wide range of research and scholarly services and programming to create a unique and connected undergraduate library.

Bearskin Lodge Press is an independent queer small press book publishing house specializing in work by and/or about queer bear voices, communities, and culture. It publishes books of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, photography and other visual art.

Billy Mo Comics presents Super Queer - a zany, dark comic featuring dynamic characters telling absurd and relatable stories. (Adults Only.) Also featuring t-shirts, 80’s & 90’s pop culture prints, stickers and more!

Bold Strokes Books strives to ensure that our list of authors represents the cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our world. We believe everyone should have access to write and read stories that reflect their lived experience.

The holy spirit of writing descended on me at the agonic age of twelve. First it was an escape from the depressing world of sexual, physical and emotional abuse that I received from members of my community while growing up in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. But soon it became my world, the only thing that made sense to me. The art of words led me to discover a world of pleasure while finding a way out of my misery. I learned to see people, life, emotions, and nature in a more colorful way, and was able to transform pain into something enlightened.

At a very early age, I had to abandon school to live on the streets of Rio. As a consequence, for many years, I didn’t have confidence in my writing skills, as I lacked a language in which I could be fluent. At the age of twenty-one, I started to attend college in the US, and through my writing classes, my passion for writing gained even more strength. However, the need for a stable income pulled me towards a business degree. It was not until 2007, at the age of twenty-nine, after finishing my Italian and Economics degrees and while traveling the world for a year, that I decided to make writing a priority in my life. Since then I have become a teacher of the English language, and now English literature, in order to better the only language that I feel confident in using to express myself: English.

I have written many different types of poems throughout the years about nature, people, politics, places and love. I have also written three books in the last three years: Marshal Sea (a poetry collection), and The Modeling Guide Book For EVERY BODY which are both on Amazon. My most recent work, a poetry book called Seven Days, Twelve Months and a Year, is now in the process of finding a publishing house. Lately, I have added essays, and short stories to my writing list. I have also been working on my autobiography called My Name is Mara for a few years which I'm hoping to finish soon. To me, everything can become beautiful through creative writing and I hope to share the same beauty I find in words with others.

In my poetry writings you will find an obsession with the sea and elements of nature, such as, the wind and the rain. I also enjoy making use of numerology, as well as, old English words that are uncommon in today's writings. Word play is found persistently throughout my work, as often, my main goal is to play with the readers mind and take them beyond their power of sight.

An independent, all-volunteer queer bookstore and cultural center.

By Black Sheep is a print project and aspiring small press run exploring format-challenging books & dissecting existence through print. Kailey Chin, a first-generation Jamaican-American Queer artist, operates the press along with friends whose perspectives they have longed to see in the zine/art book landscape. Since its inception in 2020, they have produced and distributed 8+ artbooks and other projects available online and in storefronts. By Black Sheep has exhibited at art book fairs including Miss Read Berlin Art Book Fair, Brooklyn Art Book Fair, New York Queer Zine Fest, East Village Zine Fair, and New Jersey Art Book Fair.

Carlo “Uranus” Quispe

“Carlo Quispe is a Peruvian-born out gay comic book artist and author. His comics include Uranus Comics, CARLITO and Queer superhero Supermanuel.

Carlo grew up in Lima and Madrid in the 1980s. His family moved to the US in 1991. He studied Cartooning/Illustration at the School of the Visual Arts in New York. He first discovered comics as a child, where they helped him to learn English. PrideIndex enjoyed a lively conversation with this equally handsome and talented artist. He shared how comics brought happiness to his family and how his Peruvian culture influenced his artistic style. ”

Carmen Pizarro

they/she

Artist

Illustrator 🇲🇽🇨🇱 // NYC // 👽

www.carmenpizarro.com

www.carmenpizarro.com/shop

Author of M/M romance from a queer BIPOC male perspective

Chris Noble is a young business leader who has proven that your background doesn't determine success.

With over 20 years as a full-time entrepreneur in industries of cosmetology, author, real estate investor, motivational speaker, life coach and philanthropist.

Chris Noble Inc. is dedicated to helping young adults develop in their personal and professional lives. The tools of self-discovery and self-defining is how Chris empowers individuals to overcome their obstacles to achieving goals.

Chris Noble is committed to helping individuals unlock their full potential.

Christa Orth

Christa Orth (they/them) is a queer nonbinary writer and historian, and the author of Don’t Stop Me Now: How to Resist Drag Bans and Create Total Gender Liberation. Their publications include the Lambda Literary Award winning anthology Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City, Encyclopedia of American LGBT History and Culture, and VisualAIDS.org. They are a Lambda Literary Emerging Writers Fellow and the recipient of a University of Oregon LGBT Essay Award. Christa’s full-length book is coming soon: Queer Famous, a memoir about their drag king utopia.

Author of bisexual-centered erotic fiction, including the editor & publisher of THE BEST BI EROTICA OF THE YEAR

CJ Ravenna is a writer of MM paranormal and urban fantasy romance. She loves to tell stories packed with fated mates, found family, and all the feels.

Founded in 1986, CLAGS is the first university-based LGBTQ research center in the United States, housed at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Our books are published by the Feminist Press.

Publisher of nonfiction and translated fiction for curious readers everywhere.

THE QUENTIN CRISP ARCHIVES

All Things Quentin Crisp!

The mission of The Quentin Crisp Archives is to preserve and maintain the manuscripts, letters, recordings, artwork by and about, and various artifacts and ephemera related to the life and legend of Quentin Crisp, and to promote his philosophy of individuality, self-acceptance, and tolerance.

This web site is an integral part of The Quentin Crisp Archives, providing news and information about "All Things Quentin Crisp!" So please check back this page for updates, as well as to review a variety of photographs and reminiscences by family and friends, and you.

Lived To Tell-a celebration of Friends Lost to AIDS. In prose wry, elegant and insightful, Churchill's unsparingly honest account of eight golden boys embracing the pleasures of gay life in the neon 1980s after the freedoms earned at Stonewall is a must-read.

Rattling Good Yarns Press is an LGBTQ+ owned and operated independent publishing house specializing in LGBTQ fiction nonfiction. A rattling good yarn, the British expression, means an excellent and exciting story. We are devoted to bringing works to light that are neglected by mainstream publishers. Founded in 2018, Rattling Good Yarns Press is dedicated to the principle that LGBTQ+ voices need to be heard. All of our books are a rattling good yarn.

David Kennerley is a journalist, historian, and archivist specializing in LGBTQ culture. His fully illustrated book, GETTING IN: NYC Club Flyers from the Gay 1990s, was published by DAKEN Press in August 2023. For nearly two decades, he has been an Arts & Entertainment reporter for Gay City News, the NYC-based LGBTQ newspaper and website.

Dawn Cutler-Tran is an avid board gamer and rock climber who lives on the East Coast of the United States but loves to travel to places near and far as often as she can. Dawn has always identified as queer, but during the pandemic she finally discovered she was nonbinary (she/they pronouns) and came out to family and friends. Her biggest hope in writing queer fiction is to provide at least one other person out there with characters and story lines that they can recognize themselves, or their friends and loved ones in.

Two Timer : A Collection of my Comic books and Suspense/ Thriller Novels

Sci-fi/fantasy dark Comics and one novella dark dog tale.

Explore D. C. Emerson's Queer Contemporary Romance books. ​​

Immerse yourself in captivating stories with diverse gender and sexuality rep.

DiAnna Ritola is the author of Mismatched Luggage: Unpacking Your Sexual Baggage for Your Spiritual Journey. As the owner of True North Healing Sanctuary, a healing and retreat center in the hills of Western Massachusetts, DiAnna creates safe spaces both in-person and online for releasing old baggage, learning and strengthening practices for resilience and empowerment, while honoring the unique journeys of her queer siblings.

Founded in 2015, Door is a Jar Magazine is a print and digital publication of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, drama and artwork. Our publication focuses on writing that is accessible for all readers. We publish well-crafted writing that has cadence, personality, and uses familiar language to take readers on a journey.

Once again, the Rainbow Book Fair is hosting Drag Story Hour! This year, our story reader will be Angel Elektra, a legendary Westchester queen, who has been working with DSH for almost five years.

Drag Story Hour captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where everyone can be their authentic selves!

Editorial Smol Books is an independent publisher based in New York and Barcelona, ​​founded in 2022 by Isabel Domínguez, Raquel López and Carlota Rangel.

Efrain John Gonzalez is a photographic artist who's talents with camera and darkroom, has allowed him to document the unusual, the erotic, the unique, the wild and slightly crazy, from the world of body modifications to the underground universe of radical S&M, from sensual beauty of the flesh, to raw sexual desires. An internationally published photographer who for the past 40 years has been traveling down dark and mysterious paths, trying to capture on film, real life images that illustrates a story of people finding the path to their souls, gathering together to celebrate their uncommon lives. His patience has created a rare historical archive of original work, candid photographs of underground clubs, transgender people, tattoo and body modification events, Queer history, cities at night, Political gatherings, leather and fetish cultures.

Along with my more recent photography with digital cameras, I am always creating new galleries from my incredible film archive of over 40 years of B&W and Kodacrome photography, and each month I will try to introduce a new photo showcase of my older work.

The Enthusiast is a publisher of handmade books and zines focused on affordable and unique bindings that draw on a punk and camp aesthetic. We are committed to no less a cause than the welfare of animals, plants and people—as well as the continuation of democracy itself—and we find solace in the work of writers who, far from being able to thrive in the mainstream, haven't necessarily found their footing in a subculture. We stand as a statement of alterity in what has been called “extreme conservatism” in the history of the book, and we see ourselves as a populist political venture vested in an anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist agenda, aiming at the cultivation of art outside the stranglehold of an increasingly isolated, ludicrous, but hopelessly self-satisfied literary elite.

Erin L. Durban is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, affiliated with Gender, Women, Sexuality Studies and American Studies. Their scholarship works at the intersections of interdisciplinary feminist and queer studies, transnational American studies, critical disability studies, and critical ecologies. Durban is currently the Co-Chair of the Association for Queer Anthropology and Co-Chair of Critical Disability Studies at UMN.

Erin McRae & Racheline Maltese are award-winning romance authors creating happily every afters for difficult people with complicated lives. Their contemporary royal romance, A Queen from the North, was the overall winner in Library Journal’s 2017 Indie Ebook Awards. Their polyamorous romance, The Art of Three, was named a winner in the 2017 Rainbow Awards. Racheline’s fiction, non-fiction and poetry has appeared in numerous outlets.

Eskay Kabba pens erotic romance novels that celebrate the LGBTQ community, people of color, and interracial relationships.

Evie McGlynn is a new author who has always been an avid reader, mostly fantasy, science fiction and, of course, romance. After raising three children into adulthood, acquiring a master’s degree, and opening a counseling practice, she figured she didn’t have enough to do, so she decided to write books. Evie lives “down the shore” in New Jersey with her husband, her youngest son, his fiancée, and her goofy Rottweiler. Every summer she complains about “the bennies” coming down and snarling up the traffic, but she’s a Jersey Girl through and through.

Hi. I'm Felice COHEN.

I am an author, motivational speaker, professional organizer and Holocaust educator. You might have seen me on youtube when I lived in a 90-square-foot NYC studio. I miss that place. It was cozy. I currently split my time between New York City and Cape Cod, MA.

Felice Picano is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, fiction, memoirs, nonfiction, and plays. His work has been translated into many languages and several of his titles have been national and international bestsellers. He is considered a founder of modern gay literature along with the other members of the Violet Quill. Picano also began and operated the SeaHorse Press and Gay Presses of New York for fifteen years. His first novel was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Since then he’s been nominated for and/or won dozens of literary awards. Picano teaches at Antioch College, Los Angeles.

Ferrandina Press is a small press dedicated to presenting the works of lesser known artists and writers. We have published fiction and non fiction by Dominic Ambrose, Fred Gorski and others, as well as the visual works of Joseph Modica, et al. Our offerings, whether printed text or visual images are always entertaining and thought provoking. We hope you will stop by and check out our unusual offerings and possibly purchase a book or two and some of our unique notecards. Or just come by to chat.

The Fire Press was created in 1982 by Thomas Wirth who's friendship with gay Harlem Renaissance writer Richard Bruce Nugent led Wirth to create the press to sell a replica edition of the 1926 journal Fire!! which contained Nugent's landmark story featuring a bisexual protagonist, "Smoke, Lilies, and Jade." Today, the press also has other Harlem Renaissance and LGBTQ titles.

From Latin gaudium meaning “joy,” Gaudy Boy publishes books that delight readers with the various powers of art. We brings literary work by authors of Asian heritage to the attention of an American audience.

The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide (The G&LR) is a bimonthly magazine of history, culture, and politics targeting an educated readership of LGBT people, and their allies that publishes essays in a wide range of disciplines as well as reviews of books, movies, and plays.

Gival Press, LLC is an award-winning independent literary publishing house that publishes fiction, non-fiction (essays / educational texts), and poetry.

Gay bars have been closing by the hundreds. The story goes that mainstream acceptance of LGBTQ+ people, plus dating apps like Grindr, Lex, and Tinder, have rendered these spaces obsolete. Beyond that, rampant gentrification in big cities has pushed gay bars out of the neighborhoods they helped make hip. Who Needs Gay Bars? considers these narratives, accepting that the answer for some might be: maybe nobody.

And yet…

Jarred by the closing of his favorite local watering hole in Cleveland, Ohio, Greggor Mattson embarks on a journey across the country to paint a much more complex picture of the cultural significance of these spaces, inside the “big four” gay cities, but also beyond them. No longer the only places for their patrons to socialize openly, Mattson finds in them instead a continuously evolving symbol; a physical place for feeling and challenging the beating pulse of sexual progress.

Driven out of the Coast Guard during the days of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, ferry boat captain Sal Cusumano hauls coffins to Hart Island -- New York City's potter's field for over a hundred years -- with a burial crew of Rikers Island inmates and guards. Leaving family secrets at home on Staten Island and finding more secrets on Hart Island, Sal faces the question:

"What happens when the creed, "Family Forever," is tested.

Hazel Newlevant is a Portland-raised, Brooklyn-residing cartoonist. Their comics include If This Be Sin, Tender-Hearted, Sugar Town, and No Ivy League. They edited and published the anthologies Chainmail Bikini and Comics For Choice. They co-edited the anthology Puerto Rico Strong, published by Lion Forge Comics, which received an Eisner Award. Their comics have been honored with the Ignatz Award, Xeric Grant and the Prism Comics Queer Press Grant

Headmistress Press publishes books of poetry by lesbians, Lavender Review: Lesbian Poetry and Art, and Lesbian Poet Trading Cards. We previously held the Charlotte Mew Chapbook Contest, but now hold one annual contest for full-length poetry collections by lesbians: Sappho’s Prize in Poetry, open for submissions during the month of October. Our Lesbian Poet Trading Cards were lauded in the Chicago Tribune and featured at the Poetry Foundation and AfterEllen. Headmistress Press books have received recognition and awards from Kirkus Reviews, Golden Crown Literary Society, Lambda Literary Awards, Poets’ Prize, Massachusetts Center for the Book, Washington Independent Review of Books, and the American Library Association Over the Rainbow Book List.

In my interdisciplinary work, I explore notions of personal transformation, corporeal endurance, social adaptability, and migratory displacement. As a multidisciplinary artist, I seek to address issues that pertain to gender identity, border crossing, and social constructs about cultural heritage, ethnicity and assimilation. In my installations, public interventions, and socially engaged projects, I derive my inspiration from everyday practices, the urban sphere, and my observations about the human condition. Often times, I employ found objects and materials to reassign a new meaning. Other times, I use technology to create immersive experiences with narratives that encourage reflection and dialogue. In performance art I produce and present projects that align with my own approach about somatic expression and corporeal actions framed by my own conceptual reference on body politics, embodiment of ancestral heritage, and ritualistic processes.

HELLFIRE PRESS is the original creative Photography of Underground Artist Efrain John Gonzalez
and the Photo archive he has created of the cultures he had documented over the years.

Efrain John Gonzalez is a photographic artist who's talents with camera and darkroom, has allowed him to document the unusual, the erotic, the unique, the wild and slightly crazy, from the world of body modifications to the underground universe of radical S&M, from sensual beauty of the flesh, to raw sexual desires. An internationally published photographer who for the past 40 years has been traveling down dark and mysterious paths, trying to capture on film, real life images that illustrates a story of people finding the path to their souls, gathering together to celebrate their uncommon lives. His patience has created a rare historical archive of original work, candid photographs of underground clubs, transgender people, tattoo and body modification events, Queer history, cities at night, Political gatherings, leather and fetish cultures.

Hive Mind Books is a queer bookstore and coffeeshop located in Bushwick. We host author events, community events, and have the most in-depth inventory of queer books in Brooklyn.

Erika Hardison of USATODAY:

Brooklyn designer J. Morrison doesn't shy away from creating fashion based on what he believes in. Through his popular art magazine and fun cat apparel, Morrison advocates against homophobia. Morrison also creates prints and visual art pieces, with an eye toward helping combat phobias and negative stereotypes.

At Homocats, you'll find hoodies, tanks, underwear, and more, all featuring Morrison's neon, abstract designs in every color of the rainbow. Most of his pieces come in unisex sizes XS to XL.

Ignite! Entertainment promotes alternative voices that have the potential to cross over to a mainstream audience. To achieve this goal, our genre of choice is comic books, although we’ll go wherever the muse takes us. The “Jayson” characters are available for worldwide licensing for all media.

Funny gay graphic novels!

Words for the queer revolution. Incision Press is a new independent publisher of queer & trans writers based in Australia founded by Orlando Silver.

The InQueery is America’s leading gay research corporation. We strive to deliver cutting edge reporting on queer trends, behavior and artifacts.

Tour The InQueery’s Corporate Headquarters

Welcome to InQueery HQ. As you explore our sprawling campus, centered around a converted Snapple™ factory at a still-undisclosed location, you’ll find that we’re much more than the “rainbow-capitalist corporate shill” and “Big Brother of corporate faggotry” the pundits have claimed. In our state-of-the art laboratories, corporate suites, and media zones, you’ll witness firsthand our tireless commitment to furthering the gay agenda. It is the cutting-edge research happening within these walls that lets us fulfill our mission: to educate the public on the most critical and up-to-date cultural phenomena in queer America.

Jaiyde Thomas is a lover of words and languages. Though her heart is in Alabama, she was born and raised in Ohio. Her first experience with gay romance was when she offered to beta read her friend’s novel. Since then, she’s been hooked on the genre. Her inspirations are Gianni Holmes, K. C. Wells, and Parker Williams, and their books are the reason why Jaiyde started writing.

She loves a good story with complex characters, steamy sex scenes, and happily ever afters. Claim Me, Love Me is her first novel.

Jason Haaf is a writer and visual artist living in Brooklyn, New York. He believes in unruly perspectives and strong beginnings on both paper and film. He is the editor of "Bent Book: a queerish anthology" and co-author of the artbook "Watchword." His latest collection of work, "Can I see your niche?," features homoerotic collage and cut-ups and is now available from Trapart Books. His debut novel, "Harsh Cravings," is published by Polari Press.

JEFFREY ROUND is the award-winning author of fifteen books of fiction, including the seven-volume Dan Sharp mystery series and the Bradford Fairfax mystery series. He is also a poet, song-writer and filmmaker. His latest book is The Sulphur Springs Cure from Cormorant Books. You can contact him below and on Facebook.

Jeza Belle is a multiple award-winning author, drag queen, and comedian extraordinaire. Jeza has written for numerous publications including The Advocate and The Huffington Post and performed everywhere from Broadway to Barcelona. Her books include the perennial favorite, "The Harlot's Guide to Classy Cocktails;" "Jeza's Jesus Juice-A Drag Queen's Christian Devotional," which broke the internet as the first mainstream Christian book written by a drag queen; and "The Presence Collection," which features four standalone novels with LGBTQ+ main characters in historical settings where our existence has been minimized or overlooked.

I’m a state-of-Georgian and a lifelong lover of books, comics, and games. I graduated from the University of Arizona’s Creative Writing MFA program because I never wanted to study anything else. My favorite field is prose, my favorite topics the weird, adventurous, ambiguous, alienating. And comedy.

Joyce Miller is a writer and performer born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, The City of Otherly Love. Her mother and father were both twins. She was accepted to the Pennsylvania Governor's School for both visual arts and acting and elected to attend for acting. She moved to New York at seventeen to study at the Atlantic Theater Company and Stone Street Film and Television studio while earning her Drama BFA at NYU, extending her focus to writing, video, and satire shortly after graduation. Also the target of a multi-interest black ops for most of her adult life, she descends from Amish and Mennonite on both sides of the family and hopes to one day rejoin. Click to purchase biography.

K. Marcus comes from a long line of strong women readers. She volunteers for SCBWI Westchester, as an academic support for children, is in 2 book clubs, works as needed ​for her local independent bookshop, and teaches Pre-K at her local temple. She has been a freelance photographer, K-1 public school teacher, TEDx organizer/volunteer and community activist. When she isn’t reading, writing or researching, you’ll find her outside enjoying nature. She has 2 children and lives in the Historic Hudson Valley with her spouse, cats, Westley & Buttercup, and dog, Indie. Frankenstein’s Matzah is her debut picture book. Find more info on kmarcuswrites.com.

Kay Turner is a performer, writer, musician and folklorist. She is the author of many books and publications, the lead singer in her rock punk band “Girls in the Nose” and a Professor of Performance Studies at NYU. From her groundbreaking work bringing goddesses and women’s altars out of the margins of history to her queering of religious and pop icons, Kay has centered her life around creating space for feminist communion. The following conversation was recorded on March 7, 2020 at 11am in Kay’s Apartment in Brooklyn, New York.

Kristy “Koko” Escoto is a Mexican American, lesbian self-published author and illustrator based in Metro Atlanta. Graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. She is currently in graduate school for a Masters of Social Work.

Koko enjoys illustrating book covers and interior book formatting. Koko strives to provide indie authors with affordable and professional book covers and formatting.

She knows how hard it can be to self publish without guidance, and would love to help you out in your self-publishing journey.

Erotic, intimate silkscreen prints of images pulled from porno mags or photos of friends.

Though I have four names, I am just one person! I'm not the most interesting person in the world -- I live in Pittsburgh with my husband and a couple of cats, and I can usually be found either writing or ruining my voice at a hockey game (Let's go Pens!). When I'm not doing either of those things, I'm probably painting or running around with my DSLR.

Why the different names? Mostly so readers know what they're going to get.

L.A. Witt - gay romance and suspense. Most of my books are written under this name.

Ann Gallagher - LGBTQ+ sweet romances, asexual romances, and young adult

Lauren Gallagher - M/F, F/F, and bisexual romances

Lori A. Witt - mainstream science fiction, fantasy, and suspense.

Lauren R. Taylor is a leader in the field of preventing, interrupting, and

healing from gender-based violence. Her book, “Get Empowered: A

Practical Guide to Thrive, Heal, and Embrace Your Confidence in a Sexist World,”

co-authored with Nadia Telsey, was released by Penguin Random House in

October 2023.

Lauren has been working to end gender-based violence since 1978, when she co-

founded Washington, D.C.’s, first shelter for abused women and their children.

She’s a survivor who, for more than 35 years, has been teaching skills for

stopping harassment, abuse, and assault to those most often targeted: women,

LGBTQIA+ people, and disabled people.

As a trainer and director of Defend Yourself, Lauren and her team have reached

more than 40,000 people in the D.C. area and nationally.

Get Empowered includes:

A closer examination of gender-based violence―It’s more than what you think, and it’s really not your fault.

More than 100 exercises―Choose what works for you to help you be more confident and assertive, let go of shame and self-blame, and live the life you want.

Something for everyone―Whether you’re looking for ways to stand up for yourself, you’re a survivor focused on healing, or you’re committed to being an ally, this book will give you the tools you need to thrive

We're queer and weird, and you better be okay with that!

Lethe Press is an independent publishing house specializing in the strange, the eerie, and the uncanny. Many of our books do have queer interest but we've grown into speculative fiction for all readers. Lethe Press is devoted to ideas that are often neglected or forgotten by mainstream publishers. Founded in 2001 by author Steve Berman, Lethe Press has grown steadily to become one of the larger gay presses.

Matthew R. Corr is an award-winning, Brooklyn-based author, who writes Queer Horror, and New Adult fiction.

Maxwell is the owner and Editor-In-Chief of Door Is A Jar literary magazine. Founded in 2015, Door Is A Jar is a quarterly print and ebook publication of poetry, short fiction/ nonfiction, drama, artwork, and book reviews that connect with the everyday reader.

Visit Door Is A Jar's website for more information:

http://www.doorisajarmagazine.net

In 2021, Maxwell became Lead Editor of Aggadah Try It Books, an imprint of Madness Heart Press, that focuses on publishing speculative fiction by Jewish authors. https://madnessheart.press/?v=7516fd43adaa

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“History, memory, and imagination converge in Michael Dane’s memoir HomoAmerican, a dense, luscious account of growing up gay in midcentury San Francisco. Landscapes and locations are drawn in beautiful detail, folding together the past and present... The book is fully, brilliantly human. Characters speak in fractured dialogue that spatters the text, adding dimension to an already rich narrative tapestry. Original and authentic, HomoAmerican is a unique memoir that manages to be humorous, wise and moving all at once. Both historical and profoundly personal, HomoAmerican is a triumphant memoir, as timely as ever and told with moving honesty.” Claire Foster, Foreword Clarion Review.

Michele spent most of her early life reading, and writing poetry, while wandering around rural Upstate New York. Present Day – she’s made the move into creating comics as a way to bring her stories to life. Leaning into the editing side of comics creating, she loves to find ways to encourage other creators in telling their stories authentically, and to help them find their voice.

Michele is currently developing graphic novel and anthology pitches, as well as doing her best to bring more LGBTQIA+ voices and stories into the comics industry.

A Midsummer Night's Press

Independent poetry press

Lawrence Schimel

Lambda Literary Award-winning author: poetry, children's books, fantasy, erotica

Mike Keren is a clinical psychologist with advanced training in psychoanalysis and family therapy. He currently maintains a private practice with adults and couples in central New Jersey, although in the past he has worked in a variety of community and correctional facilities. Although he has a general practice he has a particular interest in working with caregivers as well as helping families talk about end of life issues.

Multilingual bookstore curating for Black, Latinx, & Indigenous heritage.

Small, predominantly queer press in San Francisco focused on compelling reads in diverse genres.

An artist run gallery dedicated to investing in queer artists.

Natural Pursuits, a project from PM Pursuits LLC, celebrates queer bodies and art through monthly queer house parties and photoshoots. We create unique and engaging content for our print and digital magazine while also supporting queer artists.

But our events are about more than just art and photography. By removing clothing and social norms, we create a space where participants can connect on a deeper level and form meaningful relationships through their shared vulnerability. Our events provide a safe and supportive environment where everyone can appreciate their own bodies and emotions without fear of judgment or rejection.

Join us in celebrating queer bodies and art and help us create a culture of kindness and self-acceptance.

I am a parent-ally. I am a former classroom teacher. My team and I are your financial support safety net to share wholistic financial knowledge on how the adults surrounding our LGBTQIA+ youth can provide a firmer financial foundation for our children and family to thrive in a quality life.

a trans+ owned exclusively queer bookstore & mutual aid initiative distributing free queer books to book deserts in Brooklyn.

Born out of our mobile mutual aid initiative (The Nonbinarian Book Bike, est. 2022), The Nonbinarian Bookstore is a trans+ led volunteer-powered exclusively queer bookstore & community space, carrying new, used, & free books, gifts, & resources.

Not Child’s Play serves to amplify and honor the experiences of sibling sexual abuse survivors, while fostering conversation, accountability, and compassion among families, perpetrators, and bystanders. This compelling and brave book and website extends an invitation to readers and visitors to witness and actively engage in addressing these issues. The book serves as a lifeline to survivors who have been suffering in silence and isolation. The courageous voices in its pages encourage us all to create a world where sibling sexual abuse is acknowledged and dismantled, where further harm is prevented, and where survivors can reclaim what was stolen from them. Our aim is to eradicate the cycles of shame and secrecy which otherwise silence survivors, conceal their narratives, and perpetuate the cycle of abuse.

Not Child’s Play demands attention.

The moment for acknowledgment has arrived.

Indeed, it is long overdue.

A publisher of original scholarship since its founding in 1916, New York University Press is a department of the New York University Division of Libraries. Several key themes or topics, especially race, ethnicity, gender, and youth studies, unify all our publishing disciplines.

NYU Press publishes over 110 new books each year, with a backlist of nearly 3,000 titles in print and annual sales revenue of $4.5 million. All our books are published in simultaneous print and ebook formats, and are available from a wide array of retailers.

Founded in 1986 in New York City, Other Countries is a Black gay men's writing collective centered on a peer-facilitated writers workshop that now meets bimonthly online. Other Countries Press has published three anthologies, Other Countries: Black Gay Voices (1988), Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS (1993), Voices Rising: Celebrating 20 Years of Black LGBT Writing (2007).

At Our Corner Publishing, we aim to make a collective of independent authors and publishers that want to give the people what they want, even if no one else wants it. Our books are niche enough to not hit the tops of the charts, but we’re still going to do our best to put them on shelves.

About Out-FM

Out-FM is a weekly progressive, intersectional queer show on listener-sponsored, noncommercial WBAI/Pacifica Radio. It airs at 99.5 FM and wbai.org, generally on Tuesdays from 8-9 PM.

Irene Javors, M.ED. is a licensed mental health counselor She is in private practice in New York City. She is the author of Culture Notes: Essays on Sane Living, 2010; and a volume of poetry, Mists of Memory (1986) She is a member of PEN. She is on the faculty of the Mental Health Counseling Program, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University. She writes on topics involving culture and psyche.

Kent Lau Founder/Curator/Producer

Q_art+ is a queer BIPOC artists collective. Our mission is creating and nurturing a safe, welcoming, supportive art group focused on participation, volunteerism, mentorship, and giving back. We strive to give opportunities to our members.

Vintage lesbian paperbacks. All original signed paperbacks by Bannon/Meaker, plus many more 50s/60s lesbian novelists. Kurt Brokaw has taught courses on the novels of Ann, Marijane, Patricia Highsmith, Gale Wilhelm, Tereska Torres, Paula Christian and Valerie Taylor. His memoir The Paperback Guy was published in 2020.

Poets Wear Prada, also known as PWP Books, founded in 2006 and based in Hoboken, New Jersey, is an independent, traditional house devoted to promoting emerging writers, publishing beautifully designed volumes of well-crafted poetry -- and now fiction -- you want to read and re-read by authors you'll want to follow.

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The Publishing Triangle is a group of queer folks who work to further the publication of books and other materials written by LGBTQ authors or with LGBTQ themes.

We come from all types of backgrounds. We are on staff and we’re freelancers. We are editors, agents, and booksellers; we work in sub rights, publicity, sales, design, and production. Many of us are writers. We are also librarians, teachers, booksellers, and even avid readers who don’t work in a publishing-related field.

Online retailer specializing in books by queer authors.

Queer Book Club

Welcome to Queer Book Club!

We read books about, for and written by queer people!

Run by @joeylobel

Jennifer Camper is a cartoonist and graphic artist living in New York City.

Her comics are often dark stories with sly humor and they give voice to outsiders. Her work examines life from a perspective that is irreverent, female, queer, and mongrel (Lebanese American). She often explores gender, race, class, and politics, as well as sexuality, mermaids, and robots. She’s also a cartoon editor, a teacher, and the creator of three Queers & Comics Conference.

Quilted Press is a queer + trans collective of independent authors. Come check out our first three titles:

- Fragments of Wasted Devotion by Mia Arias Tsang

- Entwined: Essays on Polyamory and Creating Home by Alex Alberto

- Stellar Nursery: On My (Trans) Body and My Choice by K.G. Strayer

Mattachino, journalist, button sloganeer, vlogger, human-cloning activist, trans activist. ✌️❤️🌈

Established in 2002, Rebel Satori Press is dedicated to safeguarding the voices of our heritage. RSP publishes cutting-edge fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, amplifying LGBTQIA+ voices and promoting diversity through the press and its imprints Queer Mojo, Queer Space, Arabi Manor, and the Library of Homosexual Congress.

ReddingNewsReview.com is home to radical media innovation and unbridled independent and award-winning reporting.

Redding News Review is the oldest black news aggregation Web site in the world. For 20 years, its award-winning staff is responsible for breaking some of the biggest news stories – from President Obama’s run being thwarted to opening a dialog about diversity in TV news. It is also the exclusive home of founder Rob Redding new talk radio show “Redding News Review Unrestricted”, the first and most successful stand-alone subscription-supported talk radio show, made possible by the black Web’s first subscription-subscription porta

​ReQueered Tales re-publishes award-winning, post-Stonewall gay and lesbian fiction – with a focus on mystery, literary and horror/sci-fi genres.

RFD - A Reader Created Journal Celebrating Queer Diversity Since 1974. It is a reader-written journal for gay people which focuses on country living and encourages alternative lifestyles. We foster community building and networking, explore the diverse expressions of our sexuality, care for the environment, radical faerie consciousness, nature-centered spirituality, and share experiences of our lives. Quarterly issues are typically 64 pages, full color. RFD is produced by volunteers. We welcome your participation. The business and production are coordinated by a collective. We print in New York state.

NORTH MERIDIAN PRESS

EST: 2019

THE NORTH MERIDIAN REVIEW:

A JOURNAL OF CULTURE AND SCHOLARSHIP

Housed in northeast Alabama, this independent journal’s mission is to bring together multiple academic fields and non-traditional voices in a place of sustained reflection and debate.

The North Meridian Review is an interdisciplinary journal of scholarship, culture, and the arts. Each issue is comprised of various sections which include peer reviewed scholarship in the fields of history, social sciences, and the humanities; prose, both fiction and non-fiction; poetry; and book reviews.

NORTH MERIDIAN BOOKS:

North Meridian Books is an outgrowth of the ideas, practices, and personalities at The North Meridian Review.

We are a writer and artist led press. We do not strive to make it rich. Instead we are interested in publishing works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and translation that would otherwise not find homes at traditional publishers.

Riverdale Avenue Books is an award winning, innovative hybrid publisher at the leading edge of the changes in the publishing industry. We publish e-books and print titles under 15 imprints.

"Rusty Creation's" Is an E- Commerce boutique created by Author, Actress, Podcaster and Designer, Alveda McCoy. With the aspiration to make Women, Children and Men feel powerful with every piece of Rusty's Collection. Empowerment is a word that can describe Rusty, but sharing that empowerment with each reader and follower is her number one purpose. Everyone can express themselves once they feel fearless and empowered.

Bold Ideas, Essential Reading. Check out our newest LGBTQ+ titles!

Ryan Pic is a multimedia artist exploring the natural and fantastical through a queer, trans masculine, neurodivergent, and disabled lens. They work predominantly in fiber arts, finding its history and processes the perfect locus for reflecting on their experiences with subverting expectations of gender, religion, sexuality, and ability.

Ryan's Bio Link below

Shannon O’Connor is a twenty something, queer, self published author of several poetry books and counting. She released her debut contemporary romance novel, Electric Love in 2021. O’Connor is continuously working on new poetry projects, book reviews, and more, while also diving into motherhood. When she’s not reading or writing she can be found watching Disney movies with her son where they reside in New York. She is currently a full time mom and full time author.

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I'm SHUNGABOY. I create vibrant paintings of male ballet dancers, surrealist male cityscapes, handsome portraits, and homoerotic landscapes.

My work grows out of my figure drawing practice. I believe that the male physique is the most beautiful thing in the world, and I want to overcome the homophobia that pervades society.

Sinister Wisdom is a multicultural lesbian literary & art journal that publishes four issues each year.

Starting in the USA, Singapore Unbound builds people-to-people understanding by facilitating cultural exchange, publishing literary works of merit, and presenting insightful events.

At Street Noise we make books that combine words and images in a powerful way, as in nonfiction graphic novels and memoirs. Our books have a radical, intersectional feminist, queer and inclusive vision, and seek to provide a platform for the voices of marginalized people.

Developmental editing and line/copy editing of story manuscripts

Tahrir Scarf

World rainbow keffiyeh fashion. Queer artist-run non-profit org.

Thom Katz

After the birth of his daughter, Thom saw a need for more children's literature that spoke to LGBTQ+ families and their lives. He began writing poems and short stories that were age and content appropriate to explain big concepts to little minds. What started as a personal project for his daughter developed into a passion for helping others by sharing his work.

Three Rooms Press is a fiercely independent New York-based publisher inspired by diversity, dada, punk, and passion. Founded in 1994 by editors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges, Three Rooms Press serves as a leading independent publisher of diverse, cut-the-edge creative, including fiction, memoir, biography, young adult, LGBTQ fiction and nonfiction, and fiction and nonfiction by underrepresented voices in the literary world.

Trans Anthology Project is a storytelling initiative focused on amplifying the voices of trans youth and their families to inspire social change. The project's first book, "Trans Anthology Project: Reflections of Self-Discovery and Acceptance," showcases the stories of over 200 gender-diverse teens, young adults, and parents from across the country. With its powerful collection of full-length stories, poems, personal anecdotes, and educational insights, this anthology offers readers of all ages and gender identities a deep, nuanced understanding of how gender identity can be explored, defined, and expressed.

T. James’ Mission

For families like mine.

For all children to see their families in books.

For future families and what they could be.

For all children to love, live, and be carefree.

Signed,

Tunita James

Founded in 2012, Unsolicited Press (living the dream in Portland, Oregon) focuses on the works of the unsung and underrepresented. Our vibe is rebellious, relentless, and philanthropic. As a womxn-owned small publisher that doesn't worry about profits as much as championing exceptional literature, we have the privilege of partnering with authors skirting the fringes of the lit world. Our authors have edge. Anthony DiPietro, poet and author of kiss & release (2024), will join with several of our writers from the northeast with queer content to exhibit our eye-catching books at the 2025 Rainbow Book Fair.

Van Kaye is the skilled, self-published author of “Briefs”, a collection of gay short stories that reflect queer culture of the 1950’s. It was originally published by Vantage Press in New York, and is currently being considered for a newly printed edition.

Additional work by this same author, writing as Sam Willson, includes “Idiots and Angels”, a short story collection comprising some gay themed short stories, which at the time of publication garnered a favorable Kirkus review. The style reflects life experiences and powerful emotions.

“Miracles and Murders”, by Sam Willson, contains stories that incorporate magical realism in their telling. The style is a departure from the author’s previous efforts, dealing with unknown forces and unpredictable outcomes.

These self-published volumes by Sam Willson are available through www.xlibris.com.

VEP Special Editions partners with individuals and organizations to create journals, zines, and unique publishing initiatives. We specialize in works of all genres by or about LGBTQ writers of African descent who are concerned about social, spiritual, sexual, racial, and political issues.

Author, Librettist, Spoken Word Performer

Yuricon was founded in 2000 by Erica Friedman with the mission of bringing together fans of lesbian narrative in Japanese animation and comics to discuss and create stories that represented an entire continuum of lesbian experience. Yuricon community members participate in panels, write articles and conduct lectures all over the world, in order to expand the global Yuri community.