Happy Pride Month!
June (as well as every other month, of course) is the perfect time to celebrate queer horror!
So just where can you find some very awesome LGBTQ+ horror content this month? Well, I’m glad you asked! Because wherever you may roam, there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate queer horror in June!
IN-PERSON EVENTS
StokerCon is featuring an array of queer-themed panels from June 4th through the 7th!
MidSouth Pride in Memphis will feature queer horror authors on June 7th!
NorthEast Arkansas Pride will feature queer horror authors in Jonesboro, Arkansas on June 13th!
Pride Blackout Poetry with Jessica McHugh in Baltimore on June 17th
The NYC Pride Indie Horror Book Fair is on June 20th!
Slay the Lake Chicago Pride Book Festival is happening on June 27th!
The Twin Cities Pride Festival will feature queer horror authors on June 27th-28th
VIRTUAL CONTENT
Uncomfortably Dark is running Pride Month content for the whole month
The Pride StoryBundle will run for all of June!
Divination Hollow is hosting a Pride Month series on their site
Timber Ghost Press is hosting Pride Month interviews during June
Claire L. Smith is hosting queer content on her Instagram
NightTide Magazine is publishing Pride content all month!
The #WeWriteHorror Challenge for the month will be Pride Month themed!
Katherine Silva is hosting Pride Month recommendations on her Instagram all month!
The HWA UK Chapter is hosting Pride Month content for June
The HWA is hosting Pride Month interviews all throughout June!
Alan Kelly is writing a new column on GCN about queer horror
The HWA UK Chapter is also holding an online reading event by queer authors on Sunday, June 28th!
I’ll also be doing a Pride Month roundtable at the end of June, so be sure to stay tuned for that!
Also, I want to take a moment and remind everyone that wherever you are in your queer journey, you are still absolutely valid. Too often, I hear from people that they don’t feel like they’re “queer enough” or that they don’t “belong” in the queer community because they haven’t been out long enough. Wherever you are in this moment, please take time to celebrate yourself and your journey this month. Even if you’re still fully in the closet, you’re still valid, and you still deserve to honor who you are, even if it’s just in your own heart. And please know that we need your voice in this world, now more than ever!
Happy reading, and happy Pride Month!