Queer Culture

Mental illnesses are often misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misrepresented in mainstream media, and eating disorders are no exception. In 2024, however, one show broke the mold: Heartstopper, which, after hinting at a main character’s mental health struggles since Season 1, carefully dealt with how Charlie Spring’s disordered eating was impacting him, both medically and emotionally, and how it was impacting his loved ones, who did not know how to help. Netflix’s Heartstoppe

A two-day LA fundraiser will cap the nonprofit's first year of supporting trans youth, with Chappell Roan herself headlining. Chappell Roan is throwing a party with a purpose. The Super Graphic Spectacular, a two-day, Los Angeles–based charity fundraiser, will mark one full year of impact since The Midwest Princess Project's inception — the nonprofit Roan founded to support transgender youth. Taking place October 21-22 at The Shrine in Los Angeles, the event promises live ent

Review: In a world of dead-end trauma narratives, CAMP MIASMA OFFERS a way forward

Tilly Bridges, the trans screenwriter and Matrix historian behind Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of the Matrix, is teasing something new, and this time she's got some extra exciting backup.

Texas has added a new wave of comics and graphic novels to its state-level book-restriction apparatus, and the titles caught in the net this time include a middle-grade graphic novel about a non-binary kid and a squad of magical dog superheroes.

Oni Press is heading back into an alternate-universe Land of Ooo, and this time Princess Bubblegum is a vampire hunter with a very inconvenient crush. Earlier today, Oni and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products announced Adventure Time: Bonnie the Vampire Hunter Special #1, a 56-page one-shot from Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Caroline Cash (PeePee PooPoo, Nancy) and rising artist Tia Roxae (Face Fatigue, The Glass Chamber), hitting shops November 18, 2026. The p

Manga Mavericks Books has tapped Yuri scholar and longtime critic Erica Friedman as its new Managing Editor, a hire that signals the North American publisher is gearing up for a serious expansion. The Culver City-based imprint announced the move today, framing it as the next step after a breakout debut year. Since launching in 2025, Manga Mavericks Books has built its catalog around indie titles like Horon of the Closed Country by Sen and FISHGOD by Chlona, and CEO Varun Gupt

AMERICAN* FUJO*, an anthology on fandom’s intersection with gender and sexuality that’s edited by Alexis Rippen and tshirt3000, is opening a second pre-order window for its print edition in August 2026.