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How to find bisexual books

fuckyeahlesbianliterature:

As for lists of actual bisexual books may I suggest people start with relatively easy stuff such as the Finalists in the “Bisexual” category(s) in the Lambda Literary Awards (since 2006 only, they didn’t let us in before that):
* http://www.lambdaliterary.org/complete-list-of-award-recipients/

Book lists & articles from various Bisexual sites:
* http://www.bilerico.com/2007/12/10_books_every_bisexual_should_read.php
* http://www.bisources.com/books.htm
* http://www.binetusa.org/category/pride/books
* http://bimagazine.org/index.php/literature/

Brenda in a Huffington Post comment.

We also tag any bisexual books when we review them.

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fuckyeahlesbianliterature: [image description: an instagram photo of Pretend You Love Me by Julie Anne Peters, featuring two people lying on the grass, one with their head on the other’s legs. Neither of their faces are visible.] iwishthaticouldbebrave: What if the one you love can’t love you back? For anyone who has ever wanted to be more than just friends. Pretend You Love Me by Julie Anne Peters “She wasn’t mine, Not now. Not yet. But someday. Some way. I’d make her love me, the way I loved her.” Just finished reading this book. Learned a lot of lesson in here.. A must read book.. 👍👌👏📖 Ah yes, this book! It’s funny sort of book, at least in the context of most YA coming out stories, with most of the coming out being the main character getting over her own internalised homophobia. And I am really pleased with the ending. Anyway, we’ve got a full review here.

fuckyeahlesbianliterature:

[image description: an instagram photo of Pretend You Love Me by Julie Anne Peters, featuring two people lying on the grass, one with their head on the other’s legs. Neither of their faces are visible.]

iwishthaticouldbebrave:

What if the one you love can’t love you back?

For anyone who has ever wanted to be more than just friends.

Pretend You Love Me by Julie Anne Peters

“She wasn’t mine, Not now. Not yet. But someday. Some way. I’d make her love me, the way I loved her.”

Just finished reading this book. Learned a lot of lesson in here.. A must read book.. 👍👌👏📖

Ah yes, this book! It’s funny sort of book, at least in the context of most YA coming out stories, with most of the coming out being the main character getting over her own internalised homophobia. And I am really pleased with the ending. Anyway, we’ve got a full review here.

(Source: givemeachanceandbemylove)

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What was wrong with Fa was that she was cute. Extracute, if I’m truthing. Big blue eyes – I couldn’t remember if I’d seen real blue eyes in person before, and sure as thumping none like hers – and blonde hair in a short pix cut that left just enough to keep me thinking about running my fingers through it. My hair is short too – Every fixer has heard that old station myth about the fixer who gets pulled into the slipgears by his ponytail – but it’s only cropped short to the ear and I keep my bangs a little longer. They flop into my face sometimes, and I tend to push my fingers through them while I’m reading or puzzling out a problem. Which I didn’t know until Fa leaned in one evening and pushed her fingers through them for me, her smiling face right up close to mine.
Aurora Awakening by Thalia Fand, a fantastic scifi lesbian romance short story. We’ve reviewed Aurora Awakening here and highly recommend it.

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Two New Lesbian Posters

Two new artworks in the GoodLesbianBooks Zazzle store this week! The posters are linked below, but you can find the designs on lots of different things.

Lesbians in Space (Blue Galaxy Version) Posters 

Lesbians in Space (Blue Galaxy Version) Poster 

This one was inspired by the Lesbians in Space book list, a mix of starry eyed and starry skied romance, and slightly over the top science fiction. Basically, while it’s not obviously ‘bookish’, it was probably what I’d paint for the cover of the genre.

Rainbows In Her Hair Posters 
Rainbows In Her Hair Poster 

This was a more graphic design-ish work. Rainbows for LGBTQness, and a quill for writing with. 

You can find more lesbian themed posters from across Zazzle and Amazon here.

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Resources and support groups for LGBTQ Muslims

themindislimitless:

amillionexpectations:

On tumblr:

  • Queer Muslims - A space for queer Muslims to connect, express themselves and share resources. (A real treasure trove of articles, links and book reviews). 
  • ‘I am not Haraam’ project - a blog for LGBTQ Muslims to celebrate their identities and share their experiences.

Source: the website of the Safra project based in the UK. The full list (which also includes resources not solely targeted at Muslims can be found by clicking here.) However, below is a list of the resources specifically targeted to Muslims.

  • Imaan - UK based
    A social support group for Muslim lesbian, gays, bisexuals, transgender, those questioning their sexuality or gender identity and their friends and supporters.
    Website: http://www.imaan.org.uk/ 
     
  • Safra Project- UK based
    A Resource Project working on issues relating to lesbian, bisexual. trans, queer and questioning women who identify as Muslim religiously and/or culturally.

    E-mail: info@safraproject.org
    Website: http://www.safraproject.org

    Listserve-dealing with issues concerning lesbian, bisexual and transgender women that identify as Muslim religiously or culturally.
     
  • Safra Project Social Group- meets monthly in the UK, check website events notice for dates and venues.
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/safra_project/ 
     
  • Salaam Canada
    ‘Salaam: Queer Muslim community’ is a Muslim Identified Organization dedicated to social justice, peace and human dignity through its work to bring all closer to a world that is free from injustice, including prejudice, discrimination, racism, misogyny, sexism and homophobia.
    http://www.salaamcanada.com/ 
     
  • The Inner Circle
    The Inner Circle strives to reconcile sexuality and faith, and foster friendship through a positive peer group for gay, lesbian, transgendered and other sexually marginalized persons particularly of the Muslim community, as well as persons of other religions or cultures who experience similar or related challenges, and all those who support our aims.
    They provide information through news/events, articles, discussions and life-orientation. They also have experts and qualified voluntary workers to deal with your queries and counseling, assisting individuals in reconciling their faith with their sexuality and dealing with other sexually related issues.http://www.theinnercircle.org.za/ 
     
  • BiMuslims 
    An email discussion group for Muslims who identify as bisexual or who may be questioning their sexual orientation. Anything relevant to the bisexual Muslim community can be discussed on this forum. It is intended to be a safe space for Muslims who are bisexual and who want tomeet other Muslims who are also bisexual.
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BiMuslims 
     
  • Muslim Gay Men
    MuslimGayMen is a group for Muslim gay men and their friends and allies.
    http://www.yahoogroups.com/list/muslimgaymen 
     
  • Partners of LGBT Muslims
    To bring non-Muslim partners (who are in relationships with Muslims) together to discuss issues of common concern.
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PartnersOfLGBTMuslims
  • TransMuslims (need Yahoo sign in)
    An email discussion group for Muslims who identify as transgender, and for those that consider themselves gender variant. This includes anyone that identifies as an MTF (male to female) or an FTM (female to male). Issues of relevance to the Trans Muslim community are welcome on this list, including gender identity, issues of gender socialization in Islam, sex reassignment surgery, and Islam’s views towards transgendered people.
    http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/TransMuslims
  • Queer Jihad
    A web site devoted to the needs of GLBT Muslims. Website:http://www.well.com/user/queerjhd/
  • Queer Muslims
    Resources for GLBT Muslims. Has information about Islam and Transsexuals.
    http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/queermuslims

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terrymooreart: There will be a new Strangers In Paradise story next year for 2013—the 20th anniversary of SiP. You’ll have to wait until then to find out what America’s cutest couple has been up to, but one thing I can tell you, they’re very clean. *marks diary for 2013* (If you haven’t heard of Strangers in Paradise - it is the most fantastic graphic novel series featuring beautiful art, amazing and complex characters and lesbian/bisexual leads. It was self-published by the artist/author and did really well.  I highly recommend it to everyone).

terrymooreart:

There will be a new Strangers In Paradise story next year for 2013—the 20th anniversary of SiP. You’ll have to wait until then to find out what America’s cutest couple has been up to, but one thing I can tell you, they’re very clean.

*marks diary for 2013*

(If you haven’t heard of Strangers in Paradise - it is the most fantastic graphic novel series featuring beautiful art, amazing and complex characters and lesbian/bisexual leads. It was self-published by the artist/author and did really well.  I highly recommend it to everyone).

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GLBooks Activity Jan-April 2012

This seemed like a good point to look back over the first third of the year, and see how many and what books we actually reviewed, (not just ‘everything we posted’ as that included a fair few other things, like book lists and award round ups).
Looking back, I now realise that this dreadful sinking feeling that has been haunting me is not because we are reading and writing less, it’s because we are being buried under more books!
Top Picks of the Year So Far (links to Amazon, reviews below)
Close runners up are:
Books reviewed in the first four months of 2012 
(links to reviews)
January
February
March
Guest reviews in the Introducing Lesbian Fiction Event

April

May will hopefully see reviews posted for Far From Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters, Lunatic Fringe by Allison Moon, Water Logic by Laurie J. Marks, and Liar by Justine Larbalestier.

On the to-read list are The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth (it was due back at the library yesterday -_- ), When Women Were Warriors by Catherine M. Wilson, and the seven or eight requests sitting in our email.

We’re also updating some of the older posts and reviews from this time last year, which aren’t up to scratch and are thus too embarrassing to stay.

For a full list of stories we’ve reviewed, see The List of Book Reviews.

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