So many fans want Elsa to have a girlfriend in Frozen 2 that a #GiveElsaAGirlfriend campaign was born earlier this year. Idina Menzel, who gives Elsa her voice and had a career hit with the theme song Let It Go, admits she was at first a little surprised by the movement. ‘I can say that I’m excited that the conversation is happening,’ Menzel tells PrideSource in an interview posted today. Full Story at Gay Star News
QSFer Robin Talley has a new YA FF horror book out: From the acclaimed author of Lies We Tell Ourselves, Robin Talley, comes a Shakespeare-inspired story of revenge and redemption, where fair is foul, and foul is fair. Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school’s ultimate power couple—but one thing stands between them and their perfect future: campus superstar Delilah Dufrey. Golden child Delilah is a legend at exclusive Acheron Academy, and the presumptive winner of the distinguished Cawdor Kingsley Prize. But Delilah doesn’t know that Lily and Maria are willing to do anything—absolutely anything—to unseat Delilah for the … Read more
QSFer D.B. Drew has a new lesbian sci fi out: In 2082, an elite group of scientists race to secure the future of humanity with alien technology left from the distant past, buried deep in THE CAVERNS OF MARS… Martina “Marty” Barbotti jumps at the opportunity to travel to the Mars base to secure the network and data systems on a secret project spearheaded by her longtime friend. It’s quickly apparent that Marty and the small group of gifted scientists have their hands full deciphering technology far superior to their own. Technology that’s alien in origin and at least a … Read more
For Readers: Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Andrew Kelley: I know that there are several Sci-fi movies and books that weren’t specifically LGBT themes and didn’t even make mention of any LGBT issues that I strongly identified with and really moved me. Even though I don’t think the author/director/screenwriter meant it to be an analogy it still could have been. Are there movies/ books that others felt this way about as well? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
The CW is adding a new character to the next season of Supergirl. She’s a cop, she’s hot, and she was engaged to Batwoman. The Hollywood Reporter reported Wednesday that the CBS-turned-CW superhero series about Superman’s cousin Kara Zo-Rel has hired Floriana Lima to play Maggie Sawyer on the show’s sophomore season. In the comic book world, Maggie Sawyer first appeared in 1987 as a captain of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit where she was a highly skilled member of the Science Police, the division of the police department that deals with metahumans. In Supergirl, Maggie will be a detective … Read more
We love these Disney couple reinterpretations, which pair heroes from the various films with other heroes of the same gender! The artist Isaiah Stephens drew the first set of women in honor of pride month, and the latter set – of men – for Cosmopolitan.com. By Jack Flanagan – Full Story at Gay Star News =
QSFers Kit Campbell and Siri Paulson have a new FF fantasy book out: Every night the monsters hunt. A city that is the whole world: Theosophy and her companions in the City militia do their best to protect the civilians from the monsters, but they keep crawling from the Rift and there’s nowhere to run. Theosophy knows she’ll die fighting. It’s the best kind of death she’s seen, and at least she can save lives in the meantime. They say the Scarred carve you up while you’re still alive. A village in the shadow of a forest: Refugees from the border … Read more
MERAKI unleashes its futuristic Lesbian Hero vs. the Greek Gods of Old! Kickstarter began June 4, 2016! MERAKI (may-rah-kee) follows LGBT hero, Psi, as she battles her way through the realm of the dead! Ares, Zeus, and Hades re-emerge in this epic futurist adventure! A 6-Page Preview can be found at www.merakicomic.com and the Kickstarter at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/444916870/meraki-descent-to-the-underworld/ “I wanted a book where the female heroes are cunning, brave and skilled. I wanted characters that represent the vast majority of us tired of one-dimensional tough guys and scantily-clad sirens!” – M.K. Palmer, writer/creator of MERAKI.
Game of Thrones season 6 just unveiled a female character who’s attracted to women – and many fans are thrilled. After the Greyjoys moved their Iron Fleet to Volantis to stock up on supplies, we saw the group indulging in an abundance of women and ale… including Yara Greyjoy. The kick-ass sister of Theon Greyjoy is pictured kissing a woman (and then some) before proclaiming: “Since it’s my last night ashore for a long while, I’m gonna go f**k the tits off this one.” By Bea Mitchell – Full Story at Pink News
When writer Jewelle Gomez first moved to New York City in 1977, she met an extremely friendly white-haired woman in her apartment building elevator. After exchanging pleasantries, the woman asked Gomez a few questions. “I’m a poet,” Gomez recalls telling her. “Will I have read you?” her neighbor asked. “Oh, no, I haven’t been published,” Gomez replied. After hearing this, the woman’s demeanor changed and she scowled and became slightly agitated. “Don’t wait for them,” she implored. “Do it yourself. Find someone who does printing and put a chapbook together.”… Now 67, she is thrilled by The Gilda Stories comeback … Read more