A story of gay love between a white American expat living in Paris – petrified by his attraction to men – and a louche Italian bartender, Giovanni’s Room is one of the great 20th century novels.
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Medieval writers and clerics condemned queer romance and gender-bending stories − but were often wary of even mentioning the topics.
Letters from Byron to his best friend Elizabeth reveal the intense emotions of one of his first queer relationships.
It’s tempting to see this trend as a sign of the times. But the biggest book publishers started changing their approach only once they realized they were leaving money on the table.
The Modern, a debut novel centred on an Australian researcher at New York’s MoMA, muses on modern art and relationships – riffing off MoMA artists like Grace Hartigan and Nan Goldin.
Digital platforms have birthed a new school of writers and activists in Nigeria and Kenya.
Frank Moorhouse had a lifelong fascination with crossing borders – including the borders of gender and sexuality. It was reflected in both his life and his writing.
A scholar of queer literature takes a closer look at five books that are pushing the envelope on society’s understanding of LGBTQ life.
A teacher was fired this month for reading his favourite picture book, I Need a New Butt, to kids. It’s an example of how US conservatives are focusing on school boards as weapons in the culture wars.
The lives of queer Arab-Australian boys and men are vividly inhabited in award-winning poet Omar Sakr’s darkly comic debut novel, set in Western Sydney.
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Associate Professor (Literature), Australian Catholic University
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PhD Candidate, Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Whitman College
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Professor of English and Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of California, Irvine
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Associate Head of School, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Media, Department of Media, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of African Literature, Ghent University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
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PhD Student in Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
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AHRC Funded Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in History, University of Nottingham
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Adjunct Lecturer, University of Sydney
