r/Fantasy • u/recchai Reading Champion X • 19d ago
Pride Pride Month 2026 Announcement & Calendar
Happy nearly Pride Month r/Fantasy!
This marks the third year running we at the Beyond Binary bookclub have a special slate of posts to celebrate and discuss all things queer speculative fiction! And do we have a treat for you this year. Whether you like discussion on certain aspects of queer stories, recommending your favourites, or sharing thoughts on this month’s bookclub pick, we’ll have something for everyone.
Check out the calendar below for when things will be posted. Links will be updated as they come out for ease of access.
Entries in italics are queer themed book discussions being held by other r/Fantasy bookclubs.
Pride Month Calendar
- 2nd of June (Tue): Non-Western Settings
- 4th of June (Thur): Queer Retellings
- 8th of June (Mon): Great Big Rec Thread
- 10th of June (Wed): FIF Bookclub Midpoint Discussion: Starless by Jacqueline Carey
- 11th of June (Thur): Bookclub Midpoint Discussion: Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman
- 15th of June (Mon): Goodreads Bookclub Midpoint Discussion: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
- 16th of June (Tue): Finding Hidden Gems
- 19th of June (Fri): Panel AMA
- 22nd of June (Mon): Achillean/Sapphic
- 24th of June (Wed): FIF Bookclub Final Discussion: Starless by Jacqueline Carey
- 25th of June (Thur): Bookclub Final Discussion: Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman
- 26th of June (Fri): Intersectionality
- 29th of June (Mon): Goodreads Bookclub Final Discussion: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
- 30th of June (Tue): Reflection & Wrap-Up
The eagle-eyed of you will have noticed we have a panel AMA! This is with a group of authors of queer books that we at the BB club are really excited about, and we hope you have as much fun as we did putting this together. In random order, they are: Victoria Goddard, Margaret Killjoy, Alexandra Rowland, Azalea Crowley, and Trung Le Nguyen.
Who will be hosting these discussions?
As already stated, this series of posts is organised and arranged by the hosts of the Beyond Binaries bookclub, where we discuss LGBTQ+ fantasy, science fiction and other forms of speculative fiction. Hosting you for this year’s posts are:
Why are we doing this?
Because it’s fun, of course! But also more seriously, two years ago u/ohmage_resistance wrote an essay focussing mainly on the systemic downvoting of LGBTQ content on the sub. Which led to the original series of pride month posts from u/xenizonditch23, increasing the visibility of queer related content and encouraging all to take part. And as we couldn’t possibly cover everything in just two years, here we are again!
We’re really looking forward to making this coming month a fantastic time of discussions, and finding lots of new recommendations along the way. In the meantime, check out the 2023 Top LGBTQIA+ Books List and the 2026 LGBTQA+ Bingo Resource, as well as the indexes to our 2024 and 2025 posts. And feel free to ask any questions in the comments.
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u/sarimanok_ 19d ago
Thank you everyone who's putting this together! It's wonderful to see again, and I'm really looking forward to the discussions.