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Dublin drag queen Lavender launches bold new mixed-media zine

Burying shame and unearthing desire: Chloe Michelle Howarth on her new novel Heap Earth Upon It

Katherine Zappone shares how love story with Ann Louise inspired new memoir

New edition of Elska magazine captures "ordinary" gay men of extraordinary LA

Cork author celebrates LGBTQ+ parenting in heartwarming new book

Queer icon Elvira drops special cookbook filled with Halloween recipes

First LGBTQ+ network launches in Library Association of Ireland

5 spooky titles by gay comic creator James Tynion IV

How Taylor Jenkins Reid's new novel inspired her to come out as bisexual

Irish lesbian love story featured in new book on queer Georgian history

Pushed to the margins: How censorship impacted queer Irish writer John Broderick

Elska travels to Rome to capture photos and stories of local queer men

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Dublin drag queen Lavender launches bold new mixed-media zine

Burying shame and unearthing desire: Chloe Michelle Howarth on her new novel Heap Earth Upon It

Katherine Zappone shares how love story with Ann Louise inspired new memoir

New edition of Elska magazine captures "ordinary" gay men of extraordinary LA

Cork author celebrates LGBTQ+ parenting in heartwarming new book

Queer icon Elvira drops special cookbook filled with Halloween recipes

First LGBTQ+ network launches in Library Association of Ireland

5 spooky titles by gay comic creator James Tynion IV

How Taylor Jenkins Reid's new novel inspired her to come out as bisexual

Irish lesbian love story featured in new book on queer Georgian history

Pushed to the margins: How censorship impacted queer Irish writer John Broderick

Elska travels to Rome to capture photos and stories of local queer men

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