Happy birthday to Michael Sam! 7 January 1990 Former NFL player and trailblazer who became the first openly gay athlete drafted into the NFL. His courage shifted conversations in professional sports and opened doors for future generations, whether or not the league was ready. #MichaelSam #Football

On this day in queer history: 7 January 1994 The UK’s first televised lesbian kiss aired on the soap opera Brookside. The moment—between Beth Jordache and Margaret Clemence—sparked national debate and marked a major turning point for LGBTQ+ visibility on British television. #QueerHistory

Ring My Kettlebell, Lauren Kohout Best friends. Roommates. Gym partners. One weekend trip turns Riley and Josh’s lifelong bond into something hotter and riskier. A funny, tender friends-to-lovers romance with bi awakenings, found family, and a guaranteed HEA. queerazon.com/product/ring...

Black & White: A Collection of Poems by Dominique Sweat A quietly powerful poetry collection about identity, love, memory, and living in the in-between. Reflective, restrained, and deeply human, these poems sit with contradiction rather than resolve it. queerazon.com/product/blac... #QueerPoetry

Only Joy Bites by Shelley Hill A decorated police officer’s life implodes, sending her from Sydney’s queer nightlife to a Cambodian gambling den in a raw, globe-spanning reckoning with addiction, identity, and reinvention. queerazon.com/product/only... #QueerBooks #QueerMemoirs #Addiction

Stillness and Survival: A Life Between Trauma, Glitter, and the Echo of My Own Voice by Jacob Anthony Rose A raw, luminous queer memoir about silence as survival, drag and performance as refuge, and the hard-won return to one’s own voice after trauma. queerazon.com/product/stil... #QueerBooks

Storm in a D-Cup & Other Plays by Jimi Dhalluin-Goninan A mischievous collection of short queer plays finding humor and tension in everyday moments. Laundry rooms, doctor’s offices, desire, aging, and social norms collide with wit and bite. queerazon.com/product/stor... #QueerBooks #Drama #Humor

Happy birthday to Orville Peck 6 January 1988 Queer country artist redefining the genre on his own terms. #OrvillePeck #BOTD

Happy birthday to Danny Pintauro! 6 January 1976 Actor and HIV activist who turned personal truth into public advocacy. #DannyPinauro #HIVactivism #WhosTheBoss

Roon & Raud and the Case of the Deadly Derby by Nora Bellamy A cozy queer mystery set in eccentric Laurel, where a beloved cat race turns deadly. Retired partners, a trans found family member, and small-town secrets collide. queerazon.com/product/roon... #QueerBooks #TransCharacters #Mystery

Magnetic Poetry Kit – Dong Lover Edition Over 200 cheeky word magnets celebrating the male member with campy humor and big innuendo. Perfect for flirty fridge poetry, naughty notes, or gifting your favorite gay uncle. Sizeable fun, zero seriousness. queerazon.com/product/magn... #MagneticPoetry

Happy Birthday to Alvin Ailey! Jan 5, 1931 Choreographer, founder, and transformative force in modern dance. #AlvinAiley #AmericanDance #QueerLegend

Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June A funny, affirming, sex-positive queer YA rom-com. When Jay moves from a small town to Seattle, his carefully planned checklist of firsts collides with real feelings. Warm, witty, and joyfully honest. queerazon.com/product/jays... #QueerBooks #YA #ComingOfAge

Prince of Darkness (Hell to Pay Duet, Book 1) by C. H. Rowand. Lucifer isn’t the villain this time, he’s a father trying to stop his grieving son from tearing reality apart. New Adult urban fantasy about loss, love, and redemption. queerazon.com/product/prin... #QueerBooks #QueerFantasy

On this day in queer history: 31 January 2017 Britain enacted the “Turing Law,” granting posthumous pardons to thousands of men convicted under abolished anti-gay laws and allowing living men to seek pardons. The law is named for Alan Turing, convicted in 1952 and pardoned in 2013. #QueerHistory

Death’s Rising, Kit Clarkson A dark fantasy mystery where faith fractures and monsters evolve. A hunter returns to the city he fled, an archivist seizes her chance for power, and secrets blur the line between science and belief. queerazon.com/product/deat... #QueerBooks #Fantasy #Mystery

On this day in queer history: 4 January 1750 Bruno Lenoir and Jean Diot were arrested in France after being caught having sex in public. Executed a year later, they became the last people put to death in France for consensual sodomy. #OnThisDay #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #FrenchHistory

Happy birthday to Michael Stipe! 4 January 1960 R.E.M. frontman whose openness and artistry reshaped alternative music and queer visibility. Stipe helped redefine masculinity in rock and proved that vulnerability could be powerful, political, and enduring. #MichaelStipe #REM

Graft, Madeleine Marie-Rose A bold sci-fi debut blending body horror, queer identity, and neurodivergent joy. When monsters invade Earth, Ella’s terrifying ability to transform may be the key to survival across worlds. queerazon.com/product/graf... #QueerBooks #SciFi #Neurodivergent #BodyHorror

On this day in queer history: 3 January 1948 Dr. Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, introducing the Kinsey Scale and challenging rigid ideas about sexuality by showing same-sex desire was far more common than openly acknowledged. #QueerHistory #Kinsey #LGBTQHistory

Carnival Curves by Stacey Robinson A warm, affirming teen novel set during Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival. Best friends Karla and Nneka spend a transformative summer exploring friendship, body image, Black girlhood, and self-confidence amid music, color, and community. queerazon.com/product/carn...

Happy birthday to Bruce LaBruce! 3 January 1964) Boundary-pushing filmmaker and writer whose queer punk aesthetics challenge power, propriety, and complacency. #BruceLaBruce #QueerFilm #QueerCinema

Happy birthday to Telly Leung! 3 January 1980) Broadway favorite and proud queer Asian American performer whose career blends talent, joy, and visibility. #TellyLeung #HappyBirthday

Extant by Jenny L. Davis A fierce, lyrical poetry collection rejecting the myth of Indigenous disappearance. Through blackout poems and free verse, Davis asserts Native and Indigiqueer presence as lived, ongoing fact. queerazon.com/product/exta... #QueerBooks #QueerPoetry #Indigiqueer

It Was Her New York: True Stories & Snapshots by C. O. Moed A tender memoir in essays and photographs about caring for an aging mother, queer histories long hidden, and a Lower East Side transformed by time and gentrification. queerazon.com/product/it-w... #QueerBooks #ElderCare #Queermemoirs

Luminous Body, Glittering Ash by C. W. Emerson A luminous, unsentimental poetry collection shaped by love, desire, and grief during the AIDS epidemic. Erotic, elegiac, and fiercely tender, these poems bear witness to lives lived brightly in a time of loss. queerazon.com/product/lumi...

Tara’s Wings, Queen Wave A genre-bending queer fantasy blending Black girl magic, metaphysical mystery, and cosmic stakes. When a confident, thriving woman learns her soul spans millennia, ascension, danger, and destiny collide. Bold, sensual, and spiritually charged. queerazon.com/product/tara...

I’d Find You in the Dark by Arielle Bitetti A dark MM romantic thriller about a killer who may not be gone, a detective haunted by the past, and the survivor he can’t forget. Tense, obsessive, and impossible to put down. queerazon.com/product/id-f... #QueerRomance #RomanticThriller

Different for Boys by Patrick Ness Is it different for boys who like boys? A sharp, honest illustrated novel about queer adolescence, messy first love, masculinity, and the limits of labels. Short, daring, and unforgettable. queerazon.com/product/diff... #QueerBooks #ComingOfAge

On this day in queer history: 2 January 1801 Alexander Henry and David Thompson recorded a Native American individual they labeled “berdache,” an offensive colonial term used to describe Indigenous gender diversity. The entry reflects European misunderstanding, not Indigenous reality #QueerHistory

Maurice, E. M. Forster Written in 1914 and published after Forster’s death, Maurice is a quiet revolution. In an era that denied queer futures, it dares to insist on happiness. A foundational LGBTQ+ novel that still refuses tragedy as destiny. queerazon.com/product/maur... #QueerLiterature

Free eBook! Imre: A Memorandum by Xavier Mayne (1906) is one of the earliest openly gay novels in English. A quiet, dignified love story between two men in Austro-Hungarian Europe, written with honesty and compassion long before modern queer language existed. queerazon.com/product/imre...

On this day in queer history: 1 January 1906 Imre: A Memorandum was published, one of the earliest American gay novels with a happy ending. Written by Edward Prime-Stevenson, it offered queer love and hope at a time when both were rarely allowed in print. #QueerHistory #QueerLiterature

Happy Birthday E. M. Forster! January 1, 1879 Author of Maurice, he imagined a happy ending for gay love decades before it was allowed to exist publicly. #EMForster #QueerLiterature #Maurice

The Sex Tour by Michael D. Beckford A stark, unflinching short novel about survival and exploitation in contemporary America. Set in Atlanta, it confronts the brutal realities of sex trafficking without sensationalism. queerazon.com/product/the-... #QueerBooks #LGBTQLit

Journey to the Heartland by Xiaolong Huang A powerful queer immigrant memoir-novel based on a true story. From 1980s China to California, a gay man navigates family trauma, repression, love, and identity between worlds. queerazon.com/product/jour... #QueerBooks #QueerImmigration #ComingOfAge

Magnetic Poetry – Unicorn Lover’s Edition Over 200 magical word magnets for glittery fridge spells, queer fairytales, and unapologetic fantasy. Mix with other kits or leave sparkly reminders of your fabulousness. 🦄✨ queerazon.com/product/magn... #QueerPoetry #Unicorns #MagneticPoetry

On this day in queer history: 31 December 1990 Ian McKellen became the first openly gay man to be knighted. An acclaimed actor and co-founder of Stonewall, his honor marked a turning point for visibility and recognition in the UK. #QueerHistory #IanMcKellen #LGBTQHistory #VisibilityMatters

Happy Birthday Joe Dallesandro (Dec 31, 1948). Warhol superstar and underground sex symbol whose work in Flesh, Trash, and Heat made queer desire boldly visible. A face and body that changed queer cinema forever. #JoeDallesandro #QueerIcons #QueerCinema0 #AndyWarhol

On this day in queer history: 30 December 1965 The New York Post reported on illegal police tactics used to harass gay people, exposing abuses that were typically ignored or normalized in the pre-Stonewall era. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #PreStonewall #MediaHistory

Free eBook! Fire!! Vol. 1, No. 1 (1926), edited by Wallace Thurman. A one-issue Harlem Renaissance revolt featuring Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston & more. Bold, queer, unapologetic. Public domain. Still burns. queerazon.com/product/fire... #FreeBooks #HarlemRenaissance #QueerBooks

Flip Flip Slowly, Mame Ohtako A quiet BL one-shot set in a rural library, where a young librarian and a reserved older man connect through shared silence, glances, and turning pages. A tender slow burn about solitude and unexpected affection. queerazon.com/product/flip... #QueerBooks #Manga

On this day in queer history: 29 December 1971 Wakefield Poole’s Boys in the Sand premiered in NYC, becoming the first gay porn film to achieve crossover success and mainstream recognition. Shot on Fire Island, it signaled a new era of visibility. #QueerHistory #WakefieldPoole #QueerCinema

Happy Birthday, Isaac Cole Powell! December 30, 1994. From commanding Broadway stages to bringing depth and charisma to screen roles, Isaac Cole Powell continues to shine as one of today’s most compelling queer performers. Here’s to talent, range, and a career still unfolding. #IsaacColePowell

Happy Birthday to David Archuleta! (28 December 1990) From American Idol favorite to openly queer artist embracing honesty and growth, his journey has been as moving as his voice. Celebrating the music, the courage, and the glow-up. #DavidArchuleta #HappyBirthday #QueerMusic #LGBTQArtists

On this day in queer history: 28 December 1998 Pope John Paul II condemned the acceptance of non-traditional families, calling it a disfigurement of the traditional family structure, reinforcing religious opposition to LGBTQ family recognition. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #FamilyEquality

On this day in queer history: 27 December 1981 The New York Times published one of its first major stories linking a mysterious illness to gay men, marking the moment AIDS entered the national media conversation, often filtered through fear and stigma. #QueerHistory #AIDSHistory #LGBTQHistory

Happy birthday, Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992). Hollywood icon, anti-fascist, gender-bending trailblazer. Tuxedos, trousers, smoky glamour, and defiance wrapped in silk. She didn’t just change style, she changed permission. #MarleneDietrich #QueerHistory #FilmHistory

On this day in queer history: 25 December 1989 Leonard Bernstein conducted Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in East Berlin to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall. The bisexual American conductor transformed the work into a statement of freedom, uniting a divided city through music. #QueerHistory