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NEW RELEASE: Ritual of the Ancients – Roan Rosser

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Ritual of the Ancients - Roan Rosser

QSFer Roan Rosser has a new queer urban fantasy out, Changing Bodies book 1: Ritual of the Ancients. Waking up undead was just the start of my bad night. This night is going from bad to worse. My roommate is dead. My sexy neighbor, who I’ve never worked up the guts to talk to before, is standing in my living room. I have a gold amulet I just stole from the museum hidden in my pocket. Oh, and I’m dead… or undead? All the myths about vampires, were-wolves, and the like? Turns out, all true. My sexy neighbor claims I’m … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Outcast’s Song – Jaymie Wagner

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Outcast's Song

QSFer Jaymie Wagner has a new queer urban fantasy/horror/paranormal shifter book out, Sing for Me book 2: Outcast’s Song. Sequel to Orphan’s Cry More than fifty years before Leah Corbyn became a werewolf, Amélie Orne was cast out of werewolf society, manipulated into taking the blame for crimes she did not commit. After living for so long on the run as a Feral wolf, she found unexpected comfort and companionship from Leah and her lover Amy Oakley. As they grow closer, can she dare to hope for a real future together with them after a lifetime of betrayal and misery? … Read more

Stranger Things star Maya Hawke on Queer Characters in Sci-Fi

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Maya Hawke

Stranger Things star Maya Hawke has spoken about how her character Robin Buckley’s “queerness is just an aspect of her personhood”. Ahead of the release of the fourth season of Stranger Things, which will be released on Netflix in two volumes on 27 May and 1 July, Hawke told the latest issue of SFX about the importance of LGBT+ characters in sci-fi. Hawke tries to distance herself from audience critiques, she told the magazine. “I try to stay out of the feedback loop as much as possible,” she said. Full Story from Pink News

TRAILER: Thor: Love and Thunder – Queerbaiting or Truly LGBTQ+?

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Thor: Love and Thunder

Marvel has dropped the first trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder, and fans are already thrilled with the queer moments in the film. The film is the follow-up to Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok with Chris Hemsworth once again taking on the role of the hunky titular superhero. Tessa Thompson will once again play the swoon-worthy warrior Valkyrie, and Natalie Portman will be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as Mighty Thor. The trailer, which was released on Monday (18 April), sees Thor living a seemingly peaceful life, even meditating on a hill. Thor comes to a realisation that he … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Sanctuary – Andi C. Buchanan

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Sanctuary - Andi C. Buchanan

QSFer Andi C. Buchanan has a new queer contemporary fantasy out (bi, gay, lesbian, nb, trans MTF): Sanctuary. Morgan’s home is a sanctuary for ghosts. The once-grand, now dilapidated old house they live in has become a refuge for their found family—Morgan’s partner Araminta, an artist with excellent dress sense; Theo, a ten-year-old with an excess of energy; quiet telekinesthetic pensioner Denny—as well as the ghosts who live alongside them. All people who once needed sanctuary for their queer, neurodivergent selves. Now they offer that safety to the dead as well as the living. When a collection of ghosts trapped … Read more

TV: Doctor Who star Mandip Gill teases ’emotional’ queer romance for Easter special

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Mandip Gill - Twitter

Doctor Who star Mandip Gill has confirmed that the romance between Yaz and the Doctor will be featured in the upcoming Easter special. Fans were over the moon to witness the beginnings of a relationship form between the 13th Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and Yaz (Gill) in the New Year special “Eve of the Daleks”. In the episode, Dan Lewis (John Bishop), a companion to Whittaker’s Doctor, urged the pair to confess their feelings for one another. Now, it appears that fans will be treated to even more queer content in the next special, “Legend of the Sea Devils”, which also … Read more

NEW RELEASE: The Cake Shop – Ofelia Gränd

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The Cake Shop - Ofelia Gränd

QSFer Ofelia Gränd has a new MM paranormal book out: The Cake Shop. York Winter and his packmates are attacked by a rivaling werewolf pack at a lumberyard. Injured and exhausted, York runs into a part of town he’s not familiar with, and when the enemy is closing in, he takes his chances and escapes into a bear-owned bakery. Torbjorn Holt doesn’t do people, and he doesn’t do wolves no matter what the pull in his heart is trying to tell him. He’s learned his lesson and will not have wolves in the bakery, and he’ll definitely not mate one. … Read more

In Other Oscar News: First Openly Queer BIPOC Woman Wins

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Ariana DeBose - Twitter

Ariana DeBose has made history by becoming the first openly queer woman of colour to win an Oscar for her towering performance in West Side Story. DeBose beat out stiff competition from Jessie Buckley, Aunjanue Ellis, Kirsten Dunst and Judi Dench to take home the prize. Her win comes 60 years after Rita Moreno won in the same category for her portrayal of Anita in the original film adaptation of West Side Story in 1962. “What is this?” an emotional Ariana DeBose said on stage at the Dolby Theatre. “You know what, now you see why Anita says ‘I want … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Alia Terra: Stories from the Dragon Realm – Ava Kelly

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Alia Terra: Stories from the Dragon Realm

QSFer Ava Kelly has a beautifully illustrated new queer fantasy/fairy tale book out, filled with all the colors of the LGBTQ+ rainbow: Alia Terra. 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. This storybook contains gentle references to ideas of captivity and coping with societal expectations. One scene depicts an in-progress injury and moment of fright, and several pages take place underwater. … Read more