Fans of On Being and Los Culturistas love this 2024 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Greg Louganis, Becky Albertalli, and so many more, guests from across the rainbow tell these authors how their books helped them overcome alienation, gender dysphoria, familial homophobia, and being outed. Essayist and Lambda Literary Fellow John Parker hosts the conversations with a gentle and energetic style, standing in as conversational partner for posthumous authors. Stay tuned to off-weeks which features new episodes of 7 Minutes in Book Heaven and The Gaily Show. more

A Bi-Weekly Podcast about literature pertaining to the LGBTQ community hosted by Brendan Patrick & Sophie Green more

Welcome to the Lesbian Book Club, the podcast where we dive into the world of sapphic literature, one book at a time. Join your hosts, Lauren and Haylie as we read through the the beautiful world of lesbian stories. Whether you're a seasoned bibliophile or just discovering the magic of lesbian stories, this podcast is your literary safe haven. So, grab your favorite cozy blanket, curl up with your furry friend or a hot beverage, and join our book club! more

Podcasts that feature interviews with your favorite LGBTQ authors.

Queer Readers is a discord community of readers and writers. As part of its book spotlights, its moderators interview the authors or discuss the spotlight books amongst themselves. more

Brown Girl Book Party is a monthly book club hosted by Rosa Leonardo and Shannon Dominguez-Stevens, celebrating fiction in all its glorious forms, especially the kind that centers brown, BIPOC and queer stories, characters and authors. We believe fiction has a lot to teach us, and we're here to soak it all up. This is a bi-monthly podcast, focusing on one book a month. We'll announce the book on the first Saturday of each month, and come back to discuss it on the last Saturday . Join us for honest conversations, as we reflect on what it's like to see ourselves and others like us in the pages of these books. Oh, and also, probably fart jokes. Lots and lots of fart jokes. Follow us on Instagram @browngirlbookparty Contact us at browngirlbookparty@gmail.com more

Where we get psych nerdy about queer book tropes!

This podcast series delves into the captivating stories within queer East Asian literature. Often censored and sanitized for television and other visual media, these narratives reveal rich themes and experiences frequently left unspoken in film. Each month, hosts Arlo and Pa Ying read a novel and come together to discuss it. New episodes are released on the last Thursday of every month. more

A podcast featuring queer and trans writers and readers! Brought to you by Moth (aka Em), founder of queer and trans indie publisher Galaxy Moth Press . more

EsGAYpe From Reality is a chapter-by-chapter exploration of the Sunbearer Duology by Aiden Thomas, hosted by two queer nerds with wicked senses of humor and incredible eyes for detail. Seasons 1-3 covered the Simon Snow series by Rainbow Rowell. Join us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. more

Queer Words is a podcast of conversations with queer-identified authors about their works and lives hosted by Wayne Goodman more

Join Vance Bastian, SA Collins, and their guests in weekly podcast discussions about LGBTQ storytelling in all genres and mediums more

The official companion podcast for Queers and Quills romance convention in Portland, OR, May 23-25, 2025.Audiobook narrator Kirt Graves invites attending authors and narrators to join him for one-on-one conversations about their lives and their art so attendees and readers from across the world can get to know them not only as professionals but as people. more

The Big Gay Book Club is a podcast for every reader out there, queer or otherwise! Every month two queer best friends, Amy and Chris, will dive into a curated selection of queer literature and give you their honest thoughts through their own unique perspectives. We will discuss the queer characters and themes present in these books, and the wonderful authors that have brought them to life. Come with us as we fill up our bookcases with the gayest books around and try our best to spread positivity and love for the books that are so vital to our LGBTQIA community.Episodes will release the last Tuesday of every month. If you'd like to read along and join in on the discussion, make sure you listen to find out what book we're reading next. You can e-mail us at thebiggaybookclub@gmail.com or find us on Instagram @tbgbookclub. Happy reading! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. more

Black Worlding - Celebrating Our Diverse Voices in Fantasy & Sci-Fi Media ????Join hosts Rae and Día as we embark on this journey through the worlds of storytelling, shining a spotlight on BIPOC and LGBTQ authors/characters/creators in literature, television, and film. In each episode, we dive deep into the vibrant literary worlds created by these storytellers, exploring those rich perspectives that often go unnoticed and unheard. Join us for a captivating exploration of inclusive stories, underrepresented voices, and the transformative power of representation on page and screen! more

Books. Babes. Bold opinions. A queer lit podcast.

Queer Discourse is a podcast about queer books and queer ideas. purplepalmpress.substack.com

Fun and informative interviews with the best sapphic fiction writers. We talk about their books, but also about who they are as people. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoy bringing it to you.  more

Neil and Claire read straight and LGBTQ Romance and Erotic Novels and then we play F**K, Marry, Kill with the characters. It is sexy and silly fun! Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @FMKLitPodYou can also support our podcast and find all kinds of need extras on our Patreon! patreon.com/fmklitpod more

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150 channels and browse our 28,000 episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies more

A collection of podfics (audiobooks for fan fiction) for Destiel readers, by a Destiel reader.

A queer sf review podcast about the emerging wizards vs. lesbians microgenre.

Welcome to the Queers of Time podcast! We're all about shining light on and discussing the queerer aspects of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series and the Amazon TV show. We discuss theories, representation in the books and the TV show, fan-shipping, the Divine Gift that is Siuaraine, and much more! more

In depth reviews and discussions of fantasy, sci fi and other nerdy books. We aim to feature books with BIPOC and Queer authors and protagonists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. more

3 Lesbians and a Pen is a bi-weekly show about the ins and outs of the lesbian book-writing business. Self-published best-selling authors - KC Luck, Jamey Moody, and Kimberly A. Todd - discuss anything and everything with humor, wit, and sass about self-publishing. So, settle in and prepare to learn and laugh as these three friends discuss writing, publishing, and the importance of connecting with readers. Whether you are a new writer trying to break in or simply a fan of sapphic literature, this podcast is sure to entertain and inspire. more

Lena Wilson is a culture critic. Nadine Santoro works in publishing. They're lesbians, they're dating, and they want to explore the world of contemporary heterosexual romance novels. What's the appeal behind this booming new world of major bestsellers and viral indies? Has smut finally gone mainstream? (And more importantly: Is this smut actually good?) Do women really want guys who will throw them around like rag dolls?All this and more on everyone's favorite gay podcast about straight romance, THINKING STRAIGHT! more

The St. Almsworth Book Club is a weekly transfeminine literature podcast. Each week, Luna (@stargays.bsky.social) and Anais (@anaisl.bsky.social) read and discuss one chapter from a piece of transfem literature. We are currently making our way through The Sisters of Dorley by Alyson Greaves, which can be read for free on Scribblehub and AO3. You can follow the St. Almsworth Book Club on Bluesky at @stabclub.bsky.social.Our theme song is 'Scrambled Eggs' by Kyrie Nova & the Defiant. more

A non-serious podcast *loosely* about books and plants! Florist/garden enthusiast ValVal and graphic designer/illustrator LeeLee met when they were teens at nerd camp and have been nerding together ever since. In alternating 'books' and 'blooms' themed episodes, this queer friend duo reads books together, goofs about their lives, and laughs too much. Between Val's plant stories and Lee's fun facts, you'll (probably) learn something. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. more

A podcast covering comics by women, LGBTQ , and nonbinary writers and artists. Sage and Braden worked at a comic shop together and want to share their love of comics with you! They each pick a book for every episode and chat about it - along with whatever else may be happening in the comics world. Remember - comics are for everyone! more