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ANNOUNCEMENT: Trysts & Burning Embers, by Angel Martinez & Freddy MacKay

Trysts & Burning Embers - Angel Martinez and Freddy MacKay

QSFers Angel Martinez and Freddy MacKay have a new queer paranormal entry in their Lijun series: Trysts & Burning Embers. Fire. Water. Burn. In the two months since the All Hallows’ Eve party, Tally has courted Haru, buying expensive gifts, taking the two of them to upscale restaurants and trying to find a balance in earning Haru’s fragile trust while being new parents to the Cohen joeys. Tally sees hope in the new domesticity the family has settled into, despite having some bumps along the way. Gifts and treats have satisfied Haru’s otter, but the human half remembers the brutal … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Blood Red Roulette, by Jana Denardo

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QSFer Jana Denardo has a new bi paranormal book out with a romantic arc: Blood Red Roulette. Arrigo Giancarlo’s friends think he’s a rich young man with the unusual job of paranormal investigator, working with his psychic assistant in Las Vegas. In truth he’s a two-thousand-year-old vampire and member of the Chiaroscuro, a group of Supernaturals dedicated to keeping humanity safe from the more dangerous of their kind. He’s also openly bisexual… but alone. When he spots Luc St. John in a bar, Arrigo is intrigued. What begins as an effort to repay the kindness shown to him in the … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Escaping Solitude, by Sara Dobie Bauer

Escaping Solitude

Sara Dobie Bauer has a new MM/Bi paranormal book out: Escaping Solitude. Ancient vampire Andrew escaped his tropical island exile with his beloved human sailor, Edmund. They’ve now returned to Andrew’s home in nineteenth-century New Orleans and must navigate not only their developing relationship—and equally haunted pasts—but also a hungry coven of vampires Andrew used to call friends. Desperate to stay by Andrew’s side forever, Edmund examines the impressive coven library in search of an Elder, the only creature capable of turning Edmund. Although missing for centuries, Andrew believes an Elder must still survive somewhere; they just have to find … Read more

SPACE: Jupiter Flies Its Bi Flag

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Jupiter can be seen in a whole new light in a photo released by NASA showing the planet in the colours of the trans flag. The photo, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in February 2017 and posted on Tuesday (October 16) on the US government space agency’s Astronomy Picture of the Day page, shows the largest planet in our Solar System in near-ultraviolet light—leading to its white, pink and blue appearance.  “Jupiter appears different in near ultraviolet light, partly because the amount of sunlight reflected back is distinct, giving differing cloud heights and latitudes discrepant brightnesses,” NASA explains … Read more

Bisexual “Stranger Things” Star Wants to Help Queer Youth

Shannon Purser

Stranger Things’ and Riverdale star, Shannon Purser, wants her coming out as bisexual to help young people. Purser who played the much beloved Barb in the sci-fi hit Stranger Things, came out last year on Twitter. She had been embroiled in argument with Riverdale fans about queerbaiting when she revealed her sexuality. ‘I don’t normally do this, but I figure now is just as good a time as any to get personal,’ she said at the time. ‘I’ve only just recently come out as bisexual to my family and friends. It’s something I am still processing and trying to understand … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Healthy Queer Relationships

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FOR WRITERS What do *healthy* queer relationships look like? How do we portray positive experiences of queer life in entertainment, when live examples may be difficult to come by in a culture that is often queer-hostile? How do people discovery their identity and orientation? What would it be like if we *taught* those things in school — how to look inside yourself and map your traits so you could pursue them and be happy? This is a legacy chat. Join the chat

GUEST POST/GIVEAWAY: A Tangled Legacy, by Mickie B. Ashling

Tangled Legacy

QSFer Mickie B. Ashling has a new MM / intersex / bisexual fantasy book out: A Tangled Legacy. Prince Colin of Sendorra would have been the spare instead of the heir if fate hadn’t intervened. Like his father and forefathers, Colin is expected to marry and father a child or his principality reverts to Spain at the time of his death. Filling the royal nursery with healthy babies seems easy enough until Princess Charlotte—his childhood friend and intended bride—breaks off their engagement. Nobel Prize winner—and powerful gray witch—Alain de Gris isn’t looking for love. Science and research have taken center … Read more

Is Mulan Bisexual in “Ralph Breaks the Internet”?

Mulan Bisexual

LGBT+ Disney fans are convinced that Mulan is bisexual – and we’re inclined to believe them. Earlier this year, it was revealed that the live-action remake of the 1998 classic Mulan will not feature bisexual icon Li Shang when it’s released in 2020.  But don’t worry – not only will we get to see our favourite cross-dressing soldier sooner than expected in Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, but a promotional still has sparked speculation over sexuality. The shot of all the Disney princesses gathered together in lounge gear shows Mulan reclining in a beanbag, wearing a varsity-style … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: A Tangled Legacy, by Mickie B. Ashling

Tangled Legacy

QSFer Mickie B. Ashling has a new MM/bi fantasy book out: Prince Colin of Sendorra would have been the spare instead of the heir if fate hadn’t intervened. Like his father and forefathers, Colin is expected to marry and father a child or his principality reverts to Spain at the time of his death. Filling the royal nursery with healthy babies seems easy enough until Princess Charlotte—his childhood friend and intended bride—breaks off their engagement. Nobel Prize winner—and powerful gray witch—Alain de Gris isn’t looking for love. Science and research have taken center stage for years until he walks into … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Purist, by M. Crane Hana

The Purist

M. Crane Hana has a new bi/gender fluid sci fi book out: The Purist. Eridan wields the coveted bardic rank of Master-Singer to keep his dying race’s culture alive in a brutal world of magic and war. He doesn’t know Sfassa, his brawny wife and musical partner, traded her fanged-and-furred alien shape for a more-human one so she could be with him. Their idyllic marriage shatters when, wounded by an assassination attempt, Sfassa must forever return to her birth shape and her own people. Eridan still adores his wife and unborn child, but his prim religion and heritage now forbid … Read more