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New Release: Unity – Gina A. Pond

Cover - Unity by Gina Pond - a round, red alien monster that's all mouth, with four eyes spaced equally around its "lips" and sharp white teeth inside its huge mouth, standing on white tentacles, on a green alien ground.

QSFer Gina A. Pond has a new queer hard sci-fi book out, Survey book 2: Unity. Jack Kirby just wants peace. Deeply scarred from a failed mission and struggling with the loss of his lover, Jack takes a job as a Religious Program Specialist on a remote PreCol station. There, he finds what he never expected: a family. Marsha, a complicated woman with a deep connection to the spiritual world. Jenny, a cheerful ensign with a dangerous past. Mark, driven to demolish the atavistic cult he was born into. Can Jack protect them all as they become entangled in an … Read more

New Release: Survey – Gina A. Pond

Survey - Gina Pond

QSFer Gina A. Pond has a new queer hard sci fi book out book out, Survey series book 1: Survey. This is the start of something huge.Kiah Hasan, a young, talented computer scientist haunted by her war-torn past, is reaching for something just beyond the edge of theoretical possibility. Her best friend, physicist Nigel Evans, is obsessed with pushing the boundaries of space travel. And Captain Josh Walker? He’s just out here for the adventure – and Kiah. Together with the crew of Trinity station, they head toward the Kuiper Belt – just as simmering political tension on Earth erupts … Read more

Television: Trans “Last of Us” Videogame Actor Wants Part in TV Version

Ian Alexander played Lev in The Last of Us: Part Two. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO,Naughty Dog)

Trans non-binary actor Ian Alexander voiced transgender character Lev in the video game The Last of Us: Part Two – and now, they’ve staked their claim to reprise the role in the second series of the TV adaptation. The first and current season of HBO’s hit series The Last of Us is covering all the events of the first video game, and while creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann haven’t yet explicitly confirmed it, they have hinted that a second season of the show would cover the events of the game’s 2020 sequel, including the introduction of trans character Lev. … Read more

New Release: The End of His Rope – Steven D. Brewer

The End of His Rope - Steven D. Brewer

QSFer Steven D. Brewer has a new trans steampunk fantasy out, Revin’s Heart book 5: The End of His Rope. Revin and the pirate crew travel to the heart of the kingdom to carry a dire warning about the dangers posed by the device that could end air travel forever. Trailing the storm, Revin and the pirate crew collect crucial data about the damage caused by a device that could end air travel forever. As they depart, they encounter a downed airship and rescue the crew. But just who are these marooned airmen and what was their mission? The answers … Read more

“We’re Here” For a Best of the Year. New Yearly Anthology Series – Boogieman in Lavender

What would you have for your last meal? In Ann LeBlanc’s story “Twenty Thousand Last Meals on an Exploding Station,” an engineer on a doomed space station finds herself in a time loop and just has time to eat at a different one of the station’s thousands of restaurants before the end, an end which keeps repeating itself. This imaginative delicacy is just one of the delights in the 2021 edition of the new yearly anthology of Best Queer Speculative Fiction of the Year “We’re Here,” published by Neon Hemlock Press. The series stands as a fine replacement for Lethe … Read more

Review: Alia Terra – Ava Kelly, Illustrated by Matthew Spencer

Alia Terra: Stories from the Dragon Realm

Genre: Fairy Tales LGBTQ+ Category: Multiple Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon About The Book Through three all-ages fairy tales of kindness and acceptance, presented in English and Romanian, Alia Terra: Stories from the Dragon Realm draws from personal experiences, Romanian folklore with Dacian roots, and our fundamental need—to believe in ourselves. Richly illustrated by Michigan artist Matthew Spencer in shades of color and gender, the words of Ava Kelly assure that we all belong. “From aromanticism to nonbinary gender, LGBTQIA+ themes in Alia Terra are always portrayed with a gentle kindness that we need in our lives, and an … Read more

Review: Spyder’s Trouble – Korin I. Dushayl

Spyder’s Trouble - Korin I. Dushayl

Genre: Sci-Fi, Erotica LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Poly, Trans MTF Reviewer: Lucy Get It On Amazon About The Book Fealty and Falsehoods As shadows of a repressive piety movement spread across the system’s free worlds, the Lady Cassandra and her slaves must flee their home. Exiled to the desert, the Dominatrix contacts her only hope for salvation—Spyder, captain of the spaceship Trouble. Spyder ignores threats from the powerful criminal whose cargo fills Trouble’s hold, as well as the anger of his influential and overdue passenger. Risking his life, his spaceship, and his crew he rescues his owner, the … Read more

Video Games: “The Sims ” Adds Top Surgery Scars, Binders

Video Games: "The Sims " Adds Top Surgery Scars, Binders

Transmasculine Sims players now have more tools to make their avatars look more like themselves. The latest update to The Sims 4, released earlier this week, includes new customization options including chest binders and top surgery scars. The Sims, of course, is a life simulation game that allows players to create and customize their own characters and homes and interact with other players in the game’s virtual world. Full Story From LGBTQ Nation

New Release: Spyder’s Truth – Korin I. Dushayl

Spyder's Truth - Korin I. Dushayl

QSFer Korin I Dushayl has a new queer space opera erotica book out (bi, gay, lesbian, polly, trans MTF), The Lady & the Spyder book 2: Spyder’s Truth. One by one the Righteous Order of Piety Purists seizes the governments of settled planets and colonies. The Dominatrix Lady Cassandra, exiled from her home, struggles to shelter her slaves and clients from the Pietist quest to confine citizens to a sexless, joyless existence. Liberation of a devoted collaborator spirals into a violent confrontation. To protect her allies, Cassandra and her slaves capture Piety Purist militants disguised as missionaries. But, the Pietist … Read more

Review: Spyder’s Truth – Korin I. Dushayl

Spyder's Truth - Korin I. Dushayl

Genre: Erotica, BDSM, , Sci-Fi (NOT Romance) LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Lesbian, Poly, Trans MTF Reviewer: Lucy Get It On Amazon About The Book Conflict and Confederation One by one the Righteous Order of Piety Purists seizes the governments of settled planets and colonies. The Dominatrix Lady Cassandra, exiled from her home, struggles to shelter her slaves and clients from the Pietist quest to confine citizens to a sexless, joyless existence. Liberation of a devoted collaborator spirals into a violent confrontation. To protect her allies, Cassandra and her slaves capture Piety Purist militants disguised as missionaries. But, the Pietist prisoners’ … Read more