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Today, we're spotlighting just a few trans lit titles featured in our LGBTQ Writers in Schools program. 🏳️‍⚧️✨🏳️‍🌈

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Follow Friday: @lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary has been championing queer authors and books since 1987 -- almost 40 years! Learn more about Lambda Literary at lambdaliterary.org

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Help LGBTQIA+ voices make an impact 🏳️‍🌈💖 @lambdaliterary.org secure.givelively.org/donate/lambd...

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Happy Juneteenth! This Freedom Day, pick up a Lammys winner or finalist about the queer Black American experience.

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Happy Father's Day! ✨ These Lammys winners or finalists all highlight father/child relationships. Some are nonfictional accounts from the perspective of a queer father or a queer child while others are more sociological studies of the queer father/child dynamic.

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June 12, 2016, was Latin Night at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL, a time to celebrate Latin culture and communities in a safe, queer space. We continue to honor the 49 people killed that night by remembering their names, and wish strength and healing to their surviving friends and loved ones.

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Woo hoo! So excited to welcome J. Clapp to Lambda Literary & grateful for Lambda’s critical work supporting LGBTQ writers! I just made a gift in celebration- wanna join me? Happy Pride! 🌈📚❤️

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Get to know Lambda's new executive director J. Clapp, including her favorite queer books, fundraising achievements, leadership milestones, drag performance, and her vision for Lambda. 👀 (1/2)

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🚨 New chapter at Lambda Literary: Meet our new ED, Jozie (J. Clapp) Clapp! J. Clapp brings bold leadership, deep roots in the LGBTQ+ movement, and an unstoppable passion for queer lit. Read the announcement: lambdaliterary.org/2025/06/anno... #LambdaLiterary #QueerBooks #J.Clapp #TransLeadership

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This Pride Month, remember Pride's roots by reading Lammys winners and finalists about LGBTQ+ movements, organizing efforts, & resistance.

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Let’s uplift emerging LGBTQ voices this PRIDE!!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈Check out the fellows that are fundraising to make their way to the 2025 Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices and see how you can support their journey.

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Acclaimed writer Edmund White passed away June 3, 2025. An author of 36 books about gay life, love, and culture, his influence on queer literature remains profound. Find his books as well as coverage of his work on Lambda Literary Review's archive: linktr.ee/lambdaliterary.

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What better way to show PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈 this month than by supporting the fellows who are fundraising to make their way to the 2025 Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices!!!

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🌈Lambda Literary needs your support this Pride season! 🌈We won't stop fighting until every LGBTQ+ person can tell their own story on their own terms. 🌈Can you join us? bit.ly/450PVuU (And once you've given, don't forget to share this post with your networks!)

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Happy Pride!!🏳️‍🌈 Let’s double the joy and get Diana to her $500 fundraising goal for the 2025 Lambda Literary writers retreat. Stay tuned as we highlight the incoming retreat fellows and see how you can support their journey! Donate to Diana Khong’s campaign: secure.givelively.org/donate/lambd...

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PRIDE is around the corner but it’s never too early to show your pride and love for the LGBTQ community. Check out the fellows who are fundraising to make their way to the 2025 Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices and see how you can support their journey!

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The new #pride merch is out RIGHT NOW! @roshangalaxy.bsky.social worked hard to create 6 new LGBTQ+ variants of the logo, so buy all you can! Half the proceeds go to them, the other half goes to @translifeline.org or @lambdaliterary.org post-modern-art-podcast-shop.fourthwall.com/collections/...

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Today, May 26, is Memorial Day. Read about the lives of queer veterans and the impact of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy with these two books recognized during past Lammys.

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May 24 is Pan Awareness Day! 🩷💛🩵 GLAAD defines "pansexual" as "the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attractions to any person, regardless of gender identity.” Learn more with one of our recent Lammys finalists in the Bisexual Nonfiction category.

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Spring is a season of growth and we are excited to see our fellows blossom in the upcoming 2025 Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. Check out the fellows who are fundraising to make their way to the retreat and see how you can support their journey!

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Yesterday, May 22, was Harvey Milk Day. Milk was a gay rights activist who was assassinated in 1978. Dive deeper into his legacy with one or both of these Lammys finalists.

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This year, I was fortunate to visit schools in the Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan with the Lambda Literary LGBTQ Writers in Schools program. Such fantastic teens, educators, and librarians. @lambdaliterary.org @nycschools.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #TLSky #SkyBrarians #edusky #Diversebooks

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I'm so grateful to the @lambdaliterary.org Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. For queer writers there is nothing like it: 10 days of developing writing craft and projects with LGBTQ writers. For 2025's retreat, they've raised $21,453 of their $24,000 goal. Can you help out? bit.ly/3RjW51a

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New week means new episode from @thisqueerbook.com! This special series features guests who are owners/staff of LGBTQ bookstores in conversation with queer writers, hosted by Lambda Literary Fellow John Parker. Listen today! New episodes every Tuesday through June: open.spotify.com/episode/7nrx...

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Still a little stunned to share that I've been selected as a @lambdaliterary.org fellow. I've been applying for years (!) and can't wait to work with Nisi Shawl on speculative fiction this summer. I'll be extremely grateful for any help getting there:

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Yesterday, New Utrecht High School library welcomed graphic novelist Laura Gao as a part of the Lamba Literary LGBTQ Writers in Schools program to discuss her book Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American. @lambdaliterary.org

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Well, hello there, Kind Reader. I hadn’t noticed you not noticing me—so I thought I’d come over and ask for some help with my fundraising campaign. I’m looking for help to attend the @lambdaliterary.org 2025 Writers Retreat. Check out the link and do what you can to support the cause. Thanks!

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Graphic design is clearly not my passion but writing is! I’m stoked to announce that I’ve been accepted to the @lambdaliterary.org writers’ retreat this summer, and I’m currently fundraising tuition. It’d mean a lot to me if you check out my fundraising page or share this post. tinyurl.com/givliv

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Happy Mother's Day! ✨ Celebrate with these Lammys winners or finalists featuring mother/child relationships either from the perspective of a queer mother or a queer child.

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@pshares.bsky.social's Emerging Writer’s Contest recognizes work by an emerging writer in each of three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. One winner in each genre will receive $2,000, publication in Ploughshares, & a conversation with Aevitas Creative Management! DEADLINE 5/15!

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