Gender & Sexuality

"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." — Patti Smith

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  A Lesson in Courage and Tenderness: On Krys Malcolm Belc’s “The Natural Mother of the Child”

  This memoir pushes readers to look deeper at what is natural, what is manmade, and what makes a man.

  Emily PérezAug 15, 2021

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  A Guy’s Guy: Edmund White in the 1950s

  Coming out as gay in the 1950s was a more complex process than we might imagine.

  Nicholas F. RadelJul 15, 2021

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Creating a Literary Culture: A Short, Selective, and Incomplete History of LGBT Publishing, Part III

  Michael Nava looks at the current state of gay and lesbian publishing, moving from the late 1990s to the present, in this final installment of a three-part series for the LA Review of Books.

  Michael NavaJun 18, 2021

  • Gender & Sexuality

• Creating a Literary Culture: A Short, Selective, and Incomplete History of LGBT Publishing, Part II

  Michael Nava walks through the explosion of gay and lesbian publishing from 1980 to 1995, in this second installment of a three-part series for the LA Review of Books.

  Michael NavaJun 11, 2021

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Sex Work as (Anti)Work: On Heather Berg’s “Porn Work”

  Scott Stern reviews Heather Berg’s “Porn Work,” a new study that explores how labor functions — or doesn’t — within the adult film industry.

  Scott W. SternJun 7, 2021

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Creating a Literary Culture: A Short, Selective, and Incomplete History of LGBT Publishing, Part I

  Michael Nava walks through the history of gay and lesbian publishing, from 1940 to 1980, in this first installment of a three-part series for the L.A. Review of Books.

  Michael NavaJun 5, 2021

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Placing Women at the Center: A Conversation with Honor Moore

  The celebrated poet, memoirist, and feminist advocate discusses her life in the women’s movement.

  Na ZhongApr 23, 2021

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  He Loved Everyone in Trinidad: On Martin J. Smith’s “Going to Trinidad”

  A Colorado doctor put his town on the map for gender confirmation surgery. The town didn’t celebrate it.

  Tom ZoellnerApr 15, 2021

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Embracing the Break*

  Taylor Renee Aldridge on the “break” and finding the unexpected intersection of spiritual ecstasies in the pentecostal faith of her childhood and queer nightlife spaces.

  Taylor Renee AldridgeApr 12, 2021

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Sex — and Everything Else

  A new essay by Katherine Angel from the High/Low issue of the LARB Quarterly Journal, No.29.

  Katherine AngelMar 15, 2021

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • LARB Lit

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  Looking for Another Party: The Missed Opportunities of Zak Salih’s “Let’s Get Back to the Party”

  Joshua Gutterman Tranen on Zak Salih’s “Let’s Get Back to the Party” and the need for more nuanced portraits of the staggering sweep of modern gay life.

  Joshua Gutterman TranenMar 14, 2021

  • Fiction

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Documenting the Queer Latinx Ordinary: On Reynaldo Rivera’s “Provisional Notes for a Disappeared City”

  Marcos Gonsalez on how Reynaldo Rivera’s documentary photos of queer Latinx Los Angeles emphasizes the power of the exuberant ordinary.

  Marcos GonsalezMar 10, 2021

  • Gender & Sexuality