News — pride month

This week starting tomorrow marks the 53rd anniversary of what many regard as the catalyst for the LGBTQ+ rights movement: the Stonewall Rebellion (also known as the Stonewall Uprising). You may have heard the name before, particularly a few years back when the park outside the bar became the first national monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ rights and history in the summer of 2016. For those who are perhaps unfamiliar with the events of June 28 - July 3, 1969, here is a brief summary: The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar located in NYC’s Greenwich Village, was raided by...

Hello bibliophiles, my name is Ren and I’ll be taking over Supposed Crimes’ blog posts! A little about me - I recently graduated college with a degree in dramaturgy, I enjoy cosplaying in my free time, and I’ve been an ardent reader ever since I was a kid. I’m excited to write for Supposed Crimes and connect more with the LGBTQIA+/queer community!
 
(Content warning: the following post is going to discuss the Pulse Nightclub shooting)
I don’t mean for my first post on this blog to be a downer, but in just a couple of days we...

I’ve come under fire before for speaking about allosexual/alloromantic (i.e., not asexual/aromantic), cisgender, heterosexual people writing about LGBTQIA+ people. So I’m prefacing this with a couple of important points:

1. I’m speaking specifically about those who identify themselves as not being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, not “people we think must be allocishetero"
2. I’m not calling for any kind of limit or ban on what people can read or write or publish
3. I’m not in any way suggesting that #OwnVoices books are inherently better written or better quality, only...

It’s that time of year again, when we talk about one of my favorite things: LGBTQIA+ people proudly owning who we are. This is a particularly meaningful year as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the riots at the Stonewall.

This month, we’re featuring a range of books with main characters who identify all across the rainbow:

• Unabiding Halls, by CE Case (lesbian)
• Into the Furnace, by Geonn Cannon (bisexual)
• ...

Happy July! While most of you all have already had your Pride celebrations, my city's isn't until the end of this month. So I get to celebrate for twice as long, and I plan to enjoy it!

We have a couple of books out this month that I'm really excited about. First, Geonn Cannon's latest, Kennel Club, released yesterday. For those of you keeping track at home, this is book 7 in his Underdogs series. You won't want to...