Queer Anthologies
Short story, essays, comics, and/or poetry collections focusing on queer and trans folks. Please note: there are some collections listed where not every story is queer, but there is intersectionality, and since that is important, I have included them.
created by kathytrithardt
last updated February, 2026
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What am I missing, queer anthology reader friends? đ
I have a few indie anthology recs!! Dead Cowpokes Don't Wrangle Silk & Foxglove Reverent - An Anthology of Angels She Was Monstress Boy Meat: An Erotic Transmasculine Anthology
Fantastic! Thanks so much. I have added all of these.
I found some more! Bi All Accounts: An Anthology of Bi+ Voices Your Body is Not Your Body Burly Tales: Fairy Tales for the Hirsute and Hefty Gay Man Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales (comic collection)
these sounds so great!!
oh! @kathytrihardt - please do let me know if the list updates to include queer comic anthologies hehe.
I somehow missed this comment until now; all added!
the list of my dreams! i loveeeee anthologies and these are suchhh great picks :)
So happy you like it!
Yay, great list! How about Rosalinds Siblings?
Added! Thanks for the rec!
ooh i might be wrong but i dont see it on here :)
Iâd recommend âStag Danceâ by Torrey Peters :)
I hadn't realized this is a collection, probably because it comprises of the titular novella and then 3 shorter stories. Adding now!
Be Gay Do Crime: Sixteen Stories of Queer Chaos fits here!
Heck yes, added!
Please consider adding âLove After the Endâ edited by Joshua Whiteheadđ
I definitely thought I had already added it; thanks for the reminder!
Edit: IT IS ON THERE! You just have to scroll far to find it âşď¸
Oops sorry! It didnât load for me hahađ thank uđ
No worries, I would have been sad to miss it.
One of my favorite: Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club - Benjamin Alire SĂ enz
Added!
May I recommend âWickedness & Wonderâ with Wild Ink Publishing? Itâs a charity anthology that benefits the Trevor Project. Not all the stories are queer, but with the theme lots of queer authors contributed (myself included).
Let me also offer my queer poetry list linked HERE - minus "My Body Unspooling" which is a poetic (and arguably single-poem) graphic novel.
Oh - i do note Rupert Brooke's poems aren't particularly queer focused, if at all. And I'm not sure I remember if Maggie Nelson's Bluets contains specific queer content (although fun fact her husband is trans, and genderfluid I believe) - someone correct me if im wrong
Oh, fantastic resource!
its currently limited to mostly my favs, plus a few others, but thx . I should sit down and 'fix' that. [Edit: I started đĽ°đŤ ]
Trans anthologies include: Trans Rites: An anthology of Genderfucked Horror - V.F. Thompson A Natural History of Transition - Callum Angus Geek Out: A Collection of Trans and Genderqueer Romance Deed - Torrin A. Greathouse (rep: Disabled) Wound From The Mouth of a Wound - Torrin A. Greathouse
Other Queer Anthologies: They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces Boys, Beasts & Men - Sam J. Miller 300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World Coexistence: Stories - Billy-Ray Belcourt (rep: Driftpile First Nation, Cree, Indigenous ) The Idea of An Entire Life - Billy-Ray Belcourt Bluff: Poem - Danez Smith Please - Jericho Brown Two Boys Kissing - David Leviathan I Do Know Some Things - Richard Siken
Queer Essays: Like Love: Essays and Conversations - Maggie Nelson
THANK YOU! I added everything except Two Boys Kissing, only because I'd consider that one a novel in verse.
Checked & It looks like you only missed:
Deed - Torrin A. Greathouse (rep: Disabled) Wound From The Mouth of a Wound - Torrin A. Greathouse Like Love: Essays and Conversations - Maggie Nelson
fair. & double check - because I edit/added! (I'll come back with more in a new post later ;)
Just added the ones that were missed; the change wasn't showing up last night so I made sure to check back this morning :D
Hustling Verse: Anthology of sex workers' poetry - queer inclusive, poc inclsive, an indigenous editor included His Hideous Heart - queer, poc
Added both of these!
Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought
Added! Thanks, as always!
Happy Stories, Mostly - Norman Erikson Pasaribu, Tiffany Tsao (Translator) - rep: Indonisian Lit drawing on Batak and Christian cultural elements
Added! You are awesome :)
Weâre here: the best queer speculative fiction - Clark
A.B.O. Comix
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HURRAY!!
Me whenever I find a queer list clearly longer than anything I can get to my lifetime.
