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REVIEW: Emily Corn: Discovering Darkness – Page Wooller and Ali Vermeeren

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Emily Corn: Discovering Darkness - Page Wooller And Ali Vermeeren

Genre: Fantasy, Coming of Age LGBTQ+ Category: Non-Binary Reviewer: Cyd Get It On Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo | Walmart About The Book She has no friends. She has no parents. Emily Corn has been brought up in total isolation. But why? She uncovers a secret which forces answers and breaks the shield protecting her identity. And now they hunt her. Writer Page Wooller and artist Ali Vermeeren deliver a complex coming of age tale set against the impending destruction of Earth. Emily must accept who she is, or we all die. The Review This graphic novel invites … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Starwhal in Flight – Mary E. Lowd

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Starwhal in Flight

QSFer Mary E. Lowd has a new queer sci fi book out (ace, lesbian, non-binary, trans ftm), Entangled Universe Book 3, Starwhal In Flight. Where are the other starwhals? The question haunts Clarity, echoing in her dreams. The cyborg starwhal who Clarity and her crew inhabit has become more than a spaceship or home to them. She’s their friend. But while Clarity and crew are filling their starwhal’s belly with a gengineered garden, the rest of the pod is still held captive by the Aether Gaia scientists who tinker with and experiment upon them like lab animals. The all-powerful AI, … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Root – Daniel Fisher

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Root - Daniel Fisher

QSFer Daniel Fisher has a new queer comedic dark fantasy out, The Place of Things Book Four: “Root.” Root, the third book in the Place of Things series is the continuing story of Michael and his new, rather unique fiancée. From the Winter’s Solstice to the Vernal Equinox we find our lover’s and their friends explore new and creative ways to adapt to life altering events.  Having relocated and now a resident in the sanctuary town of Sacred Grove, Michael is finding his place among the mythical, mystical and mostly immortal residents who’ve hidden away from the outside world. Not … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Hunted and the Hind – A.L. Lester

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The Hunted and the Hind - A.L. Lester

QSFer A.L. Lester has a new Gay/NB paranormal historical romance out, Lost in Time book 3: “The Hunted and the Hind.” Inadvertently tumbling through the border after Fenn and then thrown into the middle of the internecine political disputes of their people, Sergeant Will Grant of the Metropolitan Police has spent three months in prison in the Underhalls of the Frem. When Fenn comes to free him and return him home through the border, he has very little time to work out what’s going on before the sudden appearance of Fenn’s missing younger sibling, Keren, throws Fenn for a loop. … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Other Side of the Mirror – Jamie Sands

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The Other Side Of The Mirror - Jamie Sands

QSFer Jamie Sands has a new queer urban fantasy/mystery (lesbian/non-binary) out: “The Other Side of the Mirror.” The case: a grandmother who vanished from a locked room.The best lead: a psychic who’s as mysterious as she is cute. Detective Jack Duarte is the one called upon when weird cases hit Auckland. A fierce loner with a reputation for solving the unsolvable, she is the perfect choice for the latest odd mystery: the locked-room disappearance of a beloved grandmother, who has vanished without trace and, seemingly, without suspects or a motive.  This time around, though, Jack has also been assigned a … Read more

Researchers Create Non-Binary Virtual Assistant Voice

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Sam, the first non-binary voice assistant, has been introduced by researchers to take on Siri and Alexa. Accenture Labs and Edinburgh-based text-to-speech technology provider CereProc have teamed up to create a non-binary AI voice, providing representation for queer people and challenging voice assistant gender biases. According to a report this year by Juniper Research, consumers will have interacted with voice assistants on 4.2 billion devices by the end of 2020, and this figure is set to reach 8.4 billion by 2024. The world of voice assistants has long been dominated by female voices, most famously Siri and Alexa, but research has shown that … Read more

Pixar Documentary – Studio to Feature “Characters of All Genders” in Future Films

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Pixar has hinted that future films will include “all genders”, prompting excited speculation that an animated non-binary character could be on their way. Disney has seen baby steps of progress when it comes to LGBT+ representation over the past few years, with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker featuring a minor same-sex kiss, and Pixar film Onward and Marvel film Avengers: Endgame both briefly alluding to same-sex relationships. The studio only revealed its first openly gay central character earlier this year in the heartwarming Disney Pixar short Out, that follows a queer man as he tries to work up the … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Unsafe Words – Loren Rhoads

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Unsafe Words - Loren Rhoads

QSFer Loren Rhoads has a new queer spec fic short story collection out: “Unsafe Words.” In the first full-length collection of her edgy, award-winning short stories, Loren Rhoads punctures the boundaries between horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction in a maelstrom of sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll. Ghosts, succubi, naiads, vampires, the Wild Hunt, and the worst predator in the woods stalk these pages, alongside human monsters who follow their cravings past sanity or sense. Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Bookshop.org Excerpt Excerpt from “Still Life from Shattered Glass” from Unsafe Words by Loren Rhoads The moment … Read more

Elliot Page Comes Out as Trans, Non-Binary

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Elliot Page - From Eliot's FB Page

Oscar-nominated actor and star of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy” Elliot Page, came out Tuesday as transgender and non-binary in a message posted to his social media accounts.  “I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer,” he said in the message. “And the more I hold myself close and fully embrace who I am, the more I dream, the more my heart grows and the more I thrive. To all the trans people who deal with harassment, self-loathing, abuse and the threat of violence every day: I see you, I love you and I will do … Read more

Pixar May Explore Non-Binary Representation

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Pixar

Pixar has hinted that future films will include “all genders”, prompting excited speculation that an animated non-binary character could be on their way. Disney has seen baby steps of progress when it comes to LGBT+ representation over the past few years, with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker featuring a minor same-sex kiss, and Pixar film Onward and Marvel film Avengers: Endgame both briefly alluding to same-sex relationships. The studio only revealed its first openly gay central character earlier this year in the heartwarming Disney Pixar short Out, that follows a queer man as he tries to work up the … Read more