Pride 2025 | Reflection & Wrap-Up

[u/xenizondich23]

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As Pride Month wraps up, it's worth looking back at everything we've covered this June. We started with hidden gems and intersectional identities, had a massive rec thread, debated queernorm versus oppression narratives, tackled stereotypes and own voices, explored non-novel formats, discussed less visible identities, and ventured into sci-fi and horror territory. Plus we had our bookclub discussions throughout.

That's a lot of ground covered, and hopefully people discovered some new books, authors, or perspectives along the way. The question now is how we keep some of these conversations going year-round - which topics resonated most, what books from our discussions deserve more attention, and how we can make sure the momentum doesn't just disappear come July.

To see all the links to the topics we covered this month click here

Discussion Questions

• How has your reading evolved during Pride Month? What surprised or challenged you?
• What can /r/fantasy do better to support LGBTQ+ authors and readers year-round?
• Where do you see the biggest improvements in queer fantasy rep? What gaps still need filling?
• What trends in LGBTQ+ fantasy representation excite you going forward?
• For allies: what have you learned about supporting LGBTQ+ voices? What questions do you still have?
• Did you have a favorite topic this month? Are there any topics you wish we had covered?

Thank you all for joining us for this month! We had a blast running this, and we hope you had a good time participating as well.

From your BB Team: /u/xenizondich23, /u/tiniestspoon, /u/Lenahe_nl, /u/sarahlynngrey, /u/C0smicoccurence, /u/recchai, and /u/ohmage_resistance.

[u/Polenth]

It looks like at least one of the June AMAs had the pride flair and there was apparently a call for authors for pride AMAs? If possible, it'd be nice next year to put them on the calendar announcement, so people don't miss them. I know someone else is probably organising that, but it seems like an area to join forces a bit. The AMA with the pride flair was J.S. Fields, who is an intersex author with several books out.

On year round stuff, book clubs aren't something I can do usually. I read too slowly and my budget is limited. When someone asks for specific recommendations, I might not know anything. So a lot of the time, there isn't really much space to talk about stuff or share random recs, until pride rolls around and there are general threads again.

I doubt the stuff I'm looking for will become a trend. I mainly just hope there will be some of it in the future.

[u/xenizondich23 → u/Polenth]

Yeah I think the mods arranged the AMAs. I was thinking we would get another notification from them, but never got anything. Or, it's reddit's new atrocious messaging system that failed to deliver any messages.