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Q: Okay, what’s the best queer movie that is fluffy and sweet and acknowledges tough queer realities but lets the characters get past that shit and be happy? A: That movie would be Breakfast With Scot (2007), about a closeted former pro hockey player and his partner getting stuck taking care of an effeminate little boy they have no idea how to handle.

Q: What if I’m looking for something about connections and community and people looking past their differences to unapologetically and unrelentingly build each other up? A: The queer movie you want is Pride (2014), the true story of a group of queer activists raising money to support the 1985 UK miners’ strike.

Q: What if I like having my heart dug out of my chest with an ice cream scoop and stomped on? A: Get ready to be devastated by Undertow (2009), a beautiful Peruvian movie about a fisherman and a ghost.

Q: What if I want something historical and feminist and character-oriented? A: You’re gonna love The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010), a biopic about a badass 19th century lady from Yorkshire who refused to let anybody shame her out of living, dressing, and fucking as she damn well pleased.

Q: What if I’m really into pretentious literary references and witticisms? A: Then the best queer movie for you is The History Boys (2006), about snarky British teenagers trying to get into prestigious colleges.

Q: What if I want these kids off my damn lawn? A: Then you should watch Cloudburst (2012), about an old lady breaking her longtime partner out of a nursing home and taking off on a road trip to Canada to get married.

Q: What if all I want from life is to watch French teenage boys beat each other up in between eyefucking across the room as the sublimely executed sexual tension causes my skull to explode? A: What a ridiculously specific request I have been presented by this fake entity that definitely does not represent my deepest psyche! Buddy my bro, you want Being 17 (2016) and you want it now.

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Brittany Lavery is an associate editor at Graydon House (here is a link to the Twitter thread where she answers a lot of questions).

Here are some key takeaways:

They only publish Adult Fiction (no YA, middle-grade, or children’s)

Inkyard Press, their sister imprint, is going to be doing a similar open call in August for YA novels across all genres (link to Twitter thread)

No sci-fi, fantasy, horror, or nonfiction

It DOES include queer lit!

Romance/romantic women’s fiction can be sent to HQN Imprint who are doing a similar open call (link to Twitter thread), but the editors acquire manuscripts for both imprints and will make sure it gets to the right place

They are open to international Black writers + Black writers of any gender

While they will only make an offer for completed manuscripts, they still look at unfinished manuscripts and may request to see more material

According to Melanie Fried, editor at Graydon House, here’s what’s hot right now: