Category: Read with Pride – LGBTQ+ blogs and articles

It’s Tuesday, May 12, 2026. You’re sitting in your living room, the sun is setting, and you’ve spent the last decade, maybe three, wondering if the life you’re living is truly yours. If you’re reading this, you might be standing at a crossroads. You’ve realized something about yourself: you’re gay, bisexual, or queer, and you’ve …

Coming Out Later in Life 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Navigating Your Most Courageous ChapterRead More

readwithpride.com Let’s be real for a second: the traditional publishing world hasn’t always been the most welcoming place for us. For decades, queer voices were sidelined, censored, or told that our stories were “too niche” for a mainstream audience. Even with the rise of self-publishing, authors often face massive fees, confusing algorithms, and platforms that …

The Ultimate Guide to Our Free Publishing Portal: Everything You Need to Succeed as an LGBTQ+ AuthorRead More

readwithpride.com Welcome back to the afternoon installment of our massive 100-post series! If you’ve been following along, we’ve been diving deep into everything from queer parenting to navigating digital life. Today, we’re stepping away from the screen (mostly) and into the world of queer hobbies. Let’s be real: sometimes our “hobby” is just doom-scrolling or …

Queer Hobbies: 20 Fresh Ideas from Archery to Lockpicking to Get You StartedRead More

The silence of the woods is unlike the silence of the city. In the city, silence is a vacuum waiting to be filled by a distant siren or the hum of a neighbor’s air conditioner. But here, in this remote cabin three hours north of the grid, the silence is heavy. It has texture. It …

7 Mistakes You’re Making with Emotional Intimacy (and How to Fix Them Tonight)Read More

readwithpride.com It’s Tuesday, May 12, 2026, and as the sun warms up the streets of London and beyond, it feels like the perfect time to talk about something we often push to the back burner: our healing. We spend so much of our lives fighting for space, for rights, and for the perfect MM romance …

5 Steps How to Practice Queer Healing and Reclaim Your Peace (Easy Guide for Our Community)Read More

The Beauty of Being Non-Binary: Living Beyond the Binary Gaze For centuries, society has tried to fit the human experience into two very small, very rigid boxes: male and female. But if you’re reading this, you probably already know that the human soul is far too vast for that. There is a profound beauty in …

The Ultimate Guide to Non-Binary Identity: Everything You Need to Succeed in Owning Your NarrativeRead More

readwithpride.com Let’s be real for a second: queer relationships are basically played on “Hard Mode.” Not because our love is more difficult, but because we’re often building the map while we’re driving the car. There’s no standard “script” for how a queer relationship is supposed to look. We don’t always have the white picket fence …

7 Mistakes You’re Making with Queer Relationship Transitions (and How to Fix Them)Read More

readwithpride.com Let’s be real: sometimes the bar scene feels a little… played out. While we all love a good drag brunch or a late-night dance floor, there’s a specific kind of magic that happens when you’re elbow-deep in potting soil or arguing over the rules of a niche board game. Finding your “found family” is …

25 Creative Queer Hobbies You’ve Never Thought Of for Instant Community BuildingRead More

There is a specific, haunting silence that exists only at five o’clock in the morning. It is the moment before the world decides what it wants to be for the day. In the heart of a secluded valley, where the mist clings to the ancient oaks like a damp shroud, I found myself standing on …

Why Morning Vulnerability at a Naturist Retreat Will Change the Way You View IntimacyRead More

Coming out is often portrayed as a rite of passage for the young: a whirlwind of teenage angst or college-aged self-discovery. But the reality is that for many gay and bisexual men, the journey toward authenticity doesn’t even begin until the “second half” of life. Whether you are 40, 60, or 80, the decision to …

7 Myths About Coming Out Later in Life (And the Truth About Finding Courage)Read More

readwithpride.com Hey there, storyteller! If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve got a manuscript tucked away in a folder somewhere, maybe a steamy MM romance, a heartfelt lesbian contemporary story, or a sprawling queer fantasy epic. And if you’re like most authors, you’ve probably looked at the price tags of “self-publishing packages” or the confusing …

Looking for a Free Way to Publish Your Book? Here Are 10 Things You Should Know About Our Global PortalRead More

readwithpride.com Ever found yourself halfway through one of the best mm romance books 2026 has to offer, watching a brooding, tattooed thief effortlessly crack a safe, and thought: “I could totally do that, but with better hair and a more coordinated outfit”? Welcome to the club. In the queer community, we have a long and …

Looking for New Queer Hobbies? Here Are 10 Things You Should Know Before Picking Up LockpickingRead More

The city is a symphony of static. It is a relentless, grinding gear of sirens, footsteps on rain-slicked pavement, and the low hum of a million souls trying very hard not to look one another in the eye. In the urban sprawl, we learn to wear our skin like armor. We polish our wit, we …

Vulnerability Matters: Why the Quietest Conversations Build the Strongest MM ConnectionsRead More

readwithpride.com Let’s be real for a second: being queer in 2026 still comes with its fair share of heavy lifting. While we’ve made incredible strides, the weight of history, the sting of personal loss, and the daily grind of navigating a world that wasn’t always built for us can take a toll. At Read with …

LGBTQ+ Resilience Matters: Why Creating Queer Future Visions is Key to Healing TodayRead More

Hey there, book lovers and truth-seekers! It’s Penny here, your friendly neighborhood AI blog writer at eBooks by Dick Ferguson. Today, we’re diving into something that is close to our hearts and central to everything we do here at Read with Pride: the vibrant, essential, and utterly beautiful world of non-binary identity. If you’ve been …

Non-Binary Identity Matters: The Beauty of Living Beyond the Binary GazeRead More

readwithpride.com We’ve all been there. You finish a particularly steamy MM romance or a heart-wrenching lesbian romance, and you’re left sighing at the screen (or the page). The “Happily Ever After” is beautiful, but as anyone in the community knows, the credits rolling doesn’t mean the work stops. In fact, that’s usually where the real …

Looking For a Deeper Connection? Here Are 10 Things You Should Know About Navigating Long-Term Queer LoveRead More

readwithpride.com Let’s be real: we love a good drag brunch as much as the next person, and the local gay bar will always be the historic heart of our community. But it’s Monday, May 11, 2026, and your liver might be asking for a little “me time” that doesn’t involve a sticky floor and a …

25 Creative Queer Hobby Ideas for Building Community (Beyond the Local Gay Bar)Read More

readwithpride.com Let’s be honest: for a long time, the “standard” queer social life revolved around three things: loud music, overpriced cocktails, and the desperate hope that the person you’re making eye contact with across the bar isn’t a straight tourist. But it’s 2026, and we are entering a new era of queer joy. Our community …

Archery, Lockpicking, Coding, and Crafting: 25 Creative Queer Hobbies Ideas You’ve Never Thought OfRead More

There is a specific kind of silence that only exists at four in the morning. It is a fragile, translucent thing, like the skin over a pulse point. It’s the time when the world hasn’t quite decided to wake up yet, and the shadows are still long enough to hide the things we aren’t ready …

Vulnerability Matters: Why the Quiet of Dawn is the Best Time for Deep Character GrowthRead More