The Queer Love Project Poetry + Kill the Patriarchy! + Open Secrets w/Tiffany Chu + More!
Qstack News 06/10/26 - A bimonthly digest of queer happenings around Substack
🚨News & Announcements
Are you a voracious reader of Queer Substack writers? Do you Like, Comment, Restack and Engage generously with the Queer community of newsletter creators?
Qstack wants YOU! We are looking for an Associate Editor.
Message MTF for more info.
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🙉 Did you hear? The Queer Love Project is publishing a monthly poetry drop starting in June for Pride, edited by Riley M. Hollars, and is NOW OPEN for submissions!
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And Remember: On October 17th, Nan Tepper is producing a Queer Slam with the theme “Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are!”
All writers on Substack who identify as queer, trans (male and female), gay, lesbian, nonbinary, and any other way you define yourself that falls within the Q-Zone, come tell your Coming Out story. And Allies? Come support us as audience members.
Sign up at this LINK, or DM Nan to find out more.
Also on June 20th, join Tiffany Chu Live in conversation with Open Secrets’ Rachel Kramer Bussel, discussing the experience of writing after the loss of her queer adoptive son, Renly Nicholas Chu. Tiffany and Ren’s collaborative book of short stories, The Constellation of Forgotten Things, is a poetic and hypnotic meditation-in-fantasy filled with gorgeous prose, steeped in love, loss, and regret. The chapters have the added bonus of personal notes describing the germination of the stories, and the process of finishing the collection after Ren’s untimely death in May, 2021.
⭐ There’s still time to get a free Advanced Review Copy (ARC) of my new novel, Waterspout. Click HERE and no need to wait for release day, July 14th. ~ MTF
As one reader put it: “A queer book by a queer author about queer kink—I know what I'm buying with my next paycheck...” 🩵💛💙
BIG THANKS AND WELCOME
to the newest supporting member of Qstack!
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⭐⭐⭐ Tray Davis ⭐⭐⭐
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Got a big announcement, an article or event, a special offer, a new book published?
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⭐Qstack Recommends
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg with Perry Zurn —
This Queer Book Saved My Life podcast
“I came out and needed to understand: what kind of gay am I?” — Winner of the 1994 Lambda Literary Award, groundbreaking in its time for its exploration of gender, the novel established Feinberg as the first author to put forward a Marxist version of “transgender liberation.” — Meet Dr. Perry Zurn, Provost Associate Professor of Philosophy at American University in conversation with host, John Parker.
The Artist’s Woo
A companion piece to last Monday’s “The Queer Creation Manifesto” from MTF’s personal newsletter, Ford Knows Books, discussing the many pitfalls of trying to be a creative, and finding a deeper motivation than “bestselling.”
Jacob Tobia offers a roadmap to being better people
“In Before They Were Men, the author and activist explains that it’s possible to harness everything that men love about themselves—including their anger—for good.”
Thanks to Jerry Portwood for pointing us to this Jacob Tobia Audible interview he helped edit last year. Also check out Jerry’s related post: More Masculinity on the Mind
Qstack, I always look forward to these digests. Thanks. Fondly. Michael
Tiffany is so cool :) Thanks for putting this together