Over the past several months, schools and libraries across the nation have banned books dealing with sexuality, gender identity and race, due to increasing pressure from parents worrying about what knowledge their children can access. 

Have you ever read a memoir that is so intimate, so revealing, so honest, that as you were turning the pages it felt like the writer was sitting next to you, speaking directly to you?

"Last Call Chicago" is like a trip home. It is a history of LGBT venues in Chicago going back in time as far as records of such venues exist.

Let’s be honest, there are not many writers – gay or straight – of books, plays or screenplays, who are as hysterically funny as Paul Rudnick.

The gift list was easy this year.

Young, groundbreaking, queer tech wizard Michael Sayman’s memoir “App Kid: How a Child of Immigrants Grabbed a Piece of the American Dream” (Knopf, 2021) is the kind of book that has something for almost everyone.

If the emergence of the contagious COVID-19 Omicron variant has you stuck at home, here are three great reads to pass the time (and virtually burn some calories, too).

A children’s book celebrating infants just joined the list of banned books in at least one county in Florida. 

The war on books rages on as Polk County District calls for 16 books to be banned from public schools for containing “objectionable materials.” 

Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t the only one going after books. In Virginia, Barnes & Noble might be facing legal action over selling LGBT books. 

There's still a lot of winters left. That's the fact staring you in the face.

There’s nothing as magnetic as the pull of an electric screen — most of us have probably had days where we sit on our phones or in front of the TV longer than we should.

When Donald Trump was president, he asked his aide why his generals couldn’t be “totally loyal” like the German generals following Adolf Hitler, according to a new book. 

Chris Colfer is planning many return trips to the Land of Stories.

Described as a gospel-centered approach to leading in 2020, a panel of church officials offered viewpoints on Florida’s family culture. 

While the “Don’t Say Gay” bill has gotten the lion's share of media coverage and public scrutiny this legislative season, it’s not the only anti-LGBT bill that threatens to erase the queer community in schools. 

To recognize the crucial role LGBT writers play in shaping the world, Lambda Literary created the Annual Lambda Literary Awards to showcase the best LGBT books of the year.

Taking her children to the library is something Arlene Lancaster fondly recalls as a mother.

This week read about Cassandra Peterson coming out in her book, Germany electing a transgender woman as a member of parliament, and The Dinah celebrating its 30-year anniversary.

This week read about a "9-1-1 Lone Star" actor coming out as bisexual, Pixar getting ready to cast their first transgender character, and a lesbian author releasing a memoir about finding her true strength.

Hurricanes crash ashore. Terrorists strike. Buildings collapse.

(WM) James Randi, a magician who later challenged spoon benders, mind readers and faith healers with such voracity that he became regarded as the country’s foremost skeptic, has died, his foundation announced. He was 92.

During this time of COVID-19, when many of us are forced to stay in our homes, we search for books that would entertain and inspire us.

During World War II the Nazis conducted a series of medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners, primarily Jews but also LGBT people, Romani, Poles, Russians, and disabled Germans.

Book burning is as old as books themselves. People in power always felt a need to control what theirsubjects read.

In a way, Brian McNaught led an enviable life.

The ‘49 Indian: A Novel By Craig Moody; Vivid Imagery Publishing; 284 pages; $12.99. The book is available in paperback and Amazon Kindle editions at Amazon.com, The49Indian.com and BarnesAnNnoble.com

Craig Moody is that rare species, a native Floridian. Born in Pembroke Pines, “a suburban community that edges the beautiful Florida Everglades,” Moody enjoyed a career as a model and actor before he turned to what he calls “his life’s true calling: acting.” “The ‘49 Indian” is Moody’s first novel, published by his own company, Vivid Imagery Publishing.

In the pantheon of queer comic strips, especially those that ran in LGBT publications, certain names instantly come to mind including Alison Bechdel (“Dykes to Watch Out For”), Howard Cruse (“Wendel”), Diane DiMassa (“Hothead Paisan”), and, of course, Tim Barela (“Leonard & Larry”).

I have been stewing about this since last week, and I just can’t stay silent.

Dance has always been a passion for Kevin Winkler.