The definition of ‘bisexual’ in the Merriam-Webster dictionary has been updated to encompass gender as well as sex, making it more inclusive of trans identities. The progressive move is thanks to bisexual advocate Robyn Ochs, who reached out to Merriam-Webster in January 2019 asking them to change their definition of ‘bisexual’ to a term that embraces the full gender spectrum. Full Story from Pink News
Genre: Dystopia LGBTQ+ Category: Bisexual+, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Trans Reviewer: Olivia Get It On Amazon About The Book In this Philip K. Dick Award–winning series, one woman’s unknowable destiny depends on a bold new step in human evolution. In the wake of the apocalypse, Flora has come of age in a highly gendered post-plague society where females have become a precious, coveted, hunted, and endangered commodity. But Flora does not participate in the economy that trades in bodies. An anathema in a world that prizes procreation above all else, she is an outsider everywhere she goes, including the thriving … Read more
For decades Marvel fans have speculated that Kate (formerly known as Kitty) Pride is part of the LGBT+ community, thanks in large part to some heavy-handed queer-baiting. Now, 40 years after the character’s first appearance in Uncanny X-Men, a new comic has “cemented her status as a bisexual icon”. Marauders #12 – part of Marvel’s Dawn of X relaunch initiative – details Kate’s first moments after being resurrected (she was killed by the villainous Sebastian Shaw, only to be brought back to life on mutant nation Krakoa). She’s welcomed back to the ranks with a party, during which she catches … Read more
QSFer Grace Booker has a new bi/gay haunted house tale out: “The Booker.” One underworld entanglement.One haunted music venue.One chance to make it out alive. When Barry Matthews left his band to become the booker for Melbourne’s hottest music venue, he never expected to find a link to the past buried deep within the rubble from the renovations. And now the new spate of threatening phone calls are becoming as troubling as the disappearing visitors and the malevolent activity in the basement. Trapped within the hotel with the alluring Simon, or Felicia, depending on his choice of outfit, they must … Read more
QSFer R.M. Olson has a new bi/lesbian space opera book out, The Ungovernable book three: “Time Bomb.” Someone’s hunting the Ungovernable. And they’re not going to stop until every one of the crew is dead. When an enemy from ex-smuggler pilot Jez’s past reappears, determined to extract revenge, the crew of the Ungovernable have two options: fight, or run. But when a hyperjump gone wrong leaves the Ungovernable crippled, her weapons down and her cloaking disabled, their options become scarce indeed. As they scramble to repair the ship with rapidly-dwindling supplies and even more rapidly-dwindling oxygen, their pursuers are inexorably … Read more
The Disney Channel confirmed that the lead character in an animated series is bisexual. Luz Noceda, a 14-year-old Dominican-American girl, is the main character in the new series The Owl House, which debuted earlier this year. In the show Luz tries to become a witch after stumbling on a portal to another world instead of going to a juvenile detention camp. She makes friends with a witch, Eda the Owl Lady, and her demon roommate King, and Luz becomes Eda’s apprentice. In an episode last week, Luz was asked to go to a dance by another girl who “framed in such … Read more
QSFer Joseph Picard has a bi sci fi book out: “Rubberman’s Citizens.” A story of oppression and loss, of uprising and joys. Rubberman’s Citizens pushes through grim tyranny with the courage, compassion, and humour of those forced to fight troubled times. In Citizenry, Leena knew cruelty was normal. Order was kept by Warren, through intimidation and abuse.Normal meant deliveries from above, supplies from the great, unknowable, Actual.Normal meant hating the lessers who live below.Normal meant routine public degradation.Normal meant hearing screams, and knowing no one dared help. Normal was knowing that tomorrow, it could be your own screams being ignored. … Read more
Lili Reinhart knew she was bisexual from a young age, but feared the media would accuse her of “faking it to get attention”. The Riverdale star, 23, came out as a “proud bisexual woman” in June while promoting a Black Lives Matter protest. But in an interview with Flaunt, she explained that she knew “full well that I was attracted to women from a young age”. Reinhart admitted that because she has “exclusively been in hetero-normative relationships” — most notably with Riverdale co-star Cole Sprouse — she felt “it would be too easy for any outsider, especially the media, to … Read more
Skye Kilaen has a new FF sci fi romance out: “Glorious Day.” And there’s a giveaway! Elsenna Hazen left spaceport security and ended up a royal bodyguard. She should have known better than to fall in love with a princess. It’s been two years since one ill-advised kiss in the garden pulled them apart. With uprisings in the streets, the nervous princess transfers Elsenna back into her service. Her Highness has no idea Elsenna is leaking data to the revolutionaries bent on overthrowing the princess’s oppressive father. Now Elsenna wakes up each day wondering what will happen first: her own … Read more
Genre: Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Non-Binary. In my world, all vampires are bisexual. Reviewer: Maryann Read it On Wattpad (serial tale) About The Book I’ve always been the boy that does everything right. As the future leader of the Sethian Saints, I’ve devoted my life to “redeeming” as many of the Damned (you’d call them vampires… SECRET BOOKS of SETH Scroll One: Blood and Tears is now live! I am an indie author trying to go full time now that I am out of work due to COVID. SBoS will feature #supernatural, quasi-religious, and #queer #love themes of all … Read more