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New Release: Novas Got Nerve – BL Jones

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Novas Got Nerve

QSFer B L Jones has a new queer superhero urban fantasy out: Novas Got Nerve. British superheroes, melodramatic Mages, snarky secret agents, one hell of a found family, and a whole load of weird people. Also, there’s a duck. This is the painfully bizarre origin story of Rexley Nova. When Rex was four years old, he became one of the world’s first superhumans. When Rex turns twenty, he feels the drive to use his scientifically given abilities to protect the world. He leaves home to become a member of the Secret Superhero Security team, alongside three of his friends and … Read more

The Queer (Subtext) History of the Lord of the Rings

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Lord of the Rings

Almost 70 years after JRR Tolkein published the first in his Lord of the Rings epic fantasy trilogy – a new vision of Middle Earth has finally arrived on our screens. And as Amazon Prime drops its highly anticipated prequel series Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, now feels like the perfect time to look back at the queer history of the series. Of course, as with any other hugely popular fiction series, there is a rich LGBTQ+ fanbase that has lifted the subtext of the novels to create hugely popular queer readings of Middle Earth. The queer subtext … Read more

Review: Queer Weird West Tales Anthology

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Queer Weird West Tales Anthology

Genre: Weird Westerns, Anthology LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Trans FTM, Trans MTF Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Frontiers have always attracted the Other – where they find that the Other is always already there. These 22 stories explore what happens when queer characters encounter weirdness on the edge of the worlds they know. Authors include: Julie Bozza, J.A. Bryson, Dannye Chase, S.E. Denton, Miguel Flores, Adele Gardner, Roy Gray, KC Grifant, Peter Hackney, Bryn Hammond, Narrelle M Harris, Justin Warren Jackson, Toshiya Kamei, Catherine Lundoff, Bunny McFadden, Angus McIntyre, Atlin Merrick, Eleanor … Read more

Queer Weird West Tales Anthology

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Queer Weird West Tales Anthology

QSFer Julie Bozza is the editor of a new queer western anthology: Queer Weird West Tales. Frontiers have always attracted the Other – where they find that the Other is always already there. These 22 stories explore what happens when queer characters encounter weirdness on the edge of the worlds they know. Authors include: Julie Bozza, J.A. Bryson, Dannye Chase, S.E. Denton, Miguel Flores, Adele Gardner, Roy Gray, KC Grifant, Peter Hackney, Bryn Hammond, Narrelle M Harris, Justin Warren Jackson, Toshiya Kamei, Catherine Lundoff, Bunny McFadden, Angus McIntyre, Atlin Merrick, Eleanor Musgrove, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Lauren Scharhag, Sara L. Uckelman, … Read more

TV: Marvel’s “Ironheart” Cast Gets Trans NB Actor

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Zoe Terakes - twitter

Trans non-binary actor Zoe Terakes has been cast in a key role in the upcoming Disney+ series Ironheart, Deadline reports. The actor, who starred in Prime’s Nine Perfect Strangers, is the second trans actor to be cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the first in a Disney+ series. They follow in the footsteps of trans man Zach Barak who played Zach Cooper in Spiderman: Far From Home. Full Story from Pink News

New Release: Transistor – Molly J. Bragg

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Transistor - Molly Bragg

QSFer Molly J. Bragg has a new FF sci-fi romance out, Hearts of Heroes book 2: Transistor. When Naomi Woodward’s doctor recommended her for a clinical trial, it seemed like the answer to her prayers. She was finally able to get her gender confirmation surgery and the surgery was a resounding success. She finally looked and felt like the woman she always knew she was. Her new face and new body finally helped her work up the nerve to ask out Anika, the beautiful nurse that lived across the hall. To her delight Anika said yes, but when they are … Read more

New Release: Gilgamesh and the Nephilm’s Children – Ken Gardner

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Gilgamesh and the Nephilm's Children - Ken Gardner

QSFer Ken Gardner has a new LGBTQ+ satirical fantasy out (bi, gender fluid, lesbian, trans): Gilgamesh and the Nephilm’s Children. Imagine and world where the children of the Nephilim never died in the Great Deluge and live with the human race. And the God King Gilgamesh battles Lilith, the Queen of Darkness. THE WORLD NEXT DOOR! This is my second Amazon novel and it deals with what the world would be like, in a multi-mythological and religious sense if humanity and the Nephilim’s children survived the great flood. I have read that most religions or cultures have some sort of … Read more

Film: Batgirl Movie Shelved, Along With DC Film’s First Trans Character

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Batgirl Film

DC Films has unexpectedly cancelled its Batgirl film, despite it having already been filmed. The film – which was to introduce DC Films’ first transgender character, played by Ivory Aquino – was due to be released on HBO Max. But it was confirmed on Tuesday (2 August) that the film won’t see the light of day. According to The New York Post, which broke the story, early test screenings didn’t bode well for the film, with a source saying: “They think an unspeakable Batgirl is going to be irredeemable.” Full Story from Pink News

Review: Deuces Are Wild – O. E. Tearmann

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Deuces Are Wild - O.E. Tearmann

Genre: Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Trans FTM Reviewer: Gloria Lakritz Get It On Amazon About The Book They say to really free your body, you’ve gotta free your mind… America is waking up. People are standing up for each other and a future worth living in. But they can’t do it alone. Now, they don’t have to. The Democratic State Force is calling in favors across the nation. Members of Base 1407 and hundreds of other teams across the country are teaching the citizens how to fight back on their terms, with tactics … Read more

Announcement / Giveaway: Dropnauts Audiobook – J. Scott Coatsworth

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Dropnauts audio - J.Scott Coatsworth

J. Scott Coatsworth’s diverse hopepunk space opera Dropnauts Is out in audio, narrated by Kevin Earlywine. And there’s a giveaway! Life after the Crash. Over a century after the end of the Earth, life goes on in Redemption, the sole remaining Lunar colony, and possibly the last outpost of humankind in the Solar System. But with an existential threat burrowing its way into the Moon’s core, humanity must recolonize the homeworld. Twenty brave dropnauts set off on a mission to explore the empty planet. Four of them—Rai, Hera, Ghost and Tien—have trained for two-and-a-half years for the Return. They’re bound for … Read more