01Queer specialist
Madrid · Spain
Amistades Particulares
Recovers gay and lesbian writing from before the sexual revolution, returning overlooked authors and texts to circulation.
Publishers / a secondary directory
The presses behind
queer stories.
A curated worldwide starting point for queer-led, LGBTQ+ specialist, feminist, and allied independent presses.
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02Queer-led
Mexico City · Mexico
Aquelarre de Tinta
Independent Mexican press and community space for LGBTQ+ dissidence and anti-patriarchal feminist writing.
03Queer-led
Vancouver · Canada
Arsenal Pulp Press
Independent Canadian press with a foundational queer list spanning trans and BIPOC writing, fiction, nonfiction, and social issues.
04Queer-led
Sesto San Giovanni · Italy
Asterisco Edizioni
Collective, independent queer press shaped by transfeminist practice, historical recovery, translation, and anti-monopoly ethics.
05Allied press
United States · United States
Bedazzled Ink
Women-focused independent publisher with LGBTQ+ fiction alongside literary, historical, speculative, young-adult, and children’s books.
06Queer specialist
Tallahassee · United States
Bella Books
Long-running specialist publisher of lesbian and women-loving-women fiction, from romance and mystery to speculative work.
07Queer-led
Bloomington · United States
BLF Press
Independent Black feminist press amplifying Black women and women of color, including lesbian, queer, non-binary, and trans voices.
08Queer specialist
Washington · United States
Blind Eye Books
Independent press for LGBTQ+ speculative fiction, mystery, and romance, especially stories with queer protagonists at the centre.
09Queer specialist
United States · United States
Bold Strokes Books
Independent LGBTQ+ press with a large, multi-genre list spanning romance, crime, young adult, fantasy, and nonfiction.
10Queer specialist
United States · United States
Bywater Books
Publishes commercial lesbian, sapphic, and women-loving-women literature; its Amble Press imprint amplifies broader LGBTQ+ voices.
11Allied press
United States · United States
Changeling Press
Digital genre publisher whose catalogue includes gay, lesbian, bisexual, non-binary, and trans romance and speculative fiction.
12Queer-led
London · United Kingdom
Cipher Press
Independent publisher centring trans, non-binary, working-class, and radical queer writing across fiction and nonfiction.
13Allied press
Hoboken · United States
Cleis Press
Pioneering sexuality publisher whose catalogue includes LGBTQ+ nonfiction, gender studies, erotica, and books on sexual culture.
14Allied press
Melbourne · Australia
Clouds of Magellan Press
Independent Australian press whose fiction, poetry, memoir, and nonfiction catalogue has a sustained engagement with LGBTIQ+ lives.
15Queer-led
Madrid · Spain
Continta Me Tienes
Interdependent press specialising in feminisms, non-monogamies, LGBTQIA+ thought, and the performing arts.
16Queer-led
Buenos Aires · Argentina
De Parado
Argentine gay press publishing new work and recovering forgotten queer literature, after beginning with erotic ebooks.
17Queer specialist
Madrid · Spain
Dos Bigotes
Independent publishing house for contemporary queer literature, intersectional writing, feminism, and carefully assembled anthologies.
18Queer specialist
United States · United States
Dreamspinner Press
Digital-first press best known for gay and M/M romance; Harmony Ink Press carries LGBTQ+ stories for younger readers.
19Allied press
Mexico City · Mexico
Ediciones Antílope
Collective Mexican press for adventurous, translated, recovered, and formally unusual books, including important dissident and queer voices.
20Allied press
Porto Alegre · Brazil
Editora Coragem
Socially engaged Brazilian press publishing fiction and nonfiction with a strong Latin American and anti-extremist perspective.
21Queer specialist
Brazil · Brazil
Editora Euphoria
Independent Brazilian publisher dedicated to adult LGBTQIAPN+ romance and queer love stories beyond conventional pairings.
22Queer-led
Santa Maria · Brazil
Editora Fissura
Young, independent, queer Brazilian press publishing socially purposeful work across LGBTQIA+, disability, and speculative narratives.
23Allied press
Santiago · Chile
Editorial Cuarto Propio
Historic Chilean feminist independent press associated with critical, dissident literature and writers such as Pedro Lemebel.
24Queer-led
Buenos Aires · Argentina
Editorial Muchas Nueces
Publishing cooperative creating new social imaginaries through illustrated and children’s books, including major travesti and queer voices.
25Historic archive
Barcelona / Madrid · Spain
Egales
A landmark Spanish LGBTQ+ catalogue of fiction, essays, poetry, and theory, published from 1995 until the press closed in 2026.
26Allied press
Garibaldi Highlands · Canada
eXtasy Books
Long-running digital publisher with dedicated LGBTQIA+ lines across romance, mainstream fiction, and young-adult books.
27Queer-led
Belfast · United Kingdom
Faerie Press
Belfast-based independent press making inclusive children’s books in which queer families and identities can be seen.
28Queer-led
Toronto · Canada
Flamingo Rampant
Mission-driven micropress making joyful, racially diverse, feminist children’s books centred on LGBTQ2S+ kids and families.
29Queer specialist
United States · United States
Flashpoint Publications
Formerly Regal Crest Enterprises, this independent list foregrounds sapphic romance and gender-expansive storytelling.
30Queer-led
San Francisco · United States
Foglifter Press
Created by and for LGBTQ+ writers and readers, centring intersectional queer and trans work through books, chapbooks, and a journal.
31Queer-led
Fellering · France
Hystériques & AssociéEs
Independent French press publishing marginalised authors and translating texts central to feminist, lesbian, and trans movements.
32Allied press
Toronto · Canada
Inanna Publications
Nonprofit feminist press creating space for underserved women’s voices across fiction, poetry, scholarship, and creative nonfiction.
33Queer specialist
United States · United States
Interlude Press
Independent LGBTQ+ fiction publisher, with Duet Books extending its list into young-adult stories.
34Queer-led
Burgos · Spain
Kakao Books
Independent press creating middle-grade and young-adult books around gender diversity, LGBTQI+ lives, and social change.
35Queer-led
Edinburgh · United Kingdom
Knight Errant Press
Scottish micropress publishing distinctly queer, intersectional voices across fiction, essays, collaborative books, and zines.
36Allied press
Tucson · United States
Kore Press Institute
Intersectional feminist literary organisation publishing and supporting women, trans, and other marginalised voices through activist cultural work.
37Queer specialist
Andalusia · Spain
La Calle Editorial
Andalusian independent press publishing LGBTQI+ stories across gay, lesbian, trans, and broader dissident experience.
38Allied press
Montreal · Canada
Les éditions du remue-ménage
Independent feminist press publishing ideas, literature, gay and lesbian studies, decolonial analysis, and queer resistance since 1976.
39Queer specialist
Barcelona · Spain
LES Editorial
A specialist home for lesbian and sapphic fiction, romance, speculative stories, and books exploring identity.
40Queer specialist
Massachusetts · United States
Lethe Press
One of the longest-running US publishers of queer and weird fiction, including horror, speculative work, history, and literary recovery.
41Allied press
UK-wide · United Kingdom
Linen Press
Women-run feminist independent press championing underrepresented women and non-binary creative voices.
42Queer-led
Transnational · United States
LittlePuss Press
Feminist press run by trans women, known for intensive editing, books in print, and community-minded publishing.
43Queer-led
Johannesburg · South Africa
MaThoko’s Books
GALA Queer Archive’s publishing imprint for African LGBTQIA+ literature, oral history, community memory, and the Lambda-winning Queer Africa.
44Queer-led
Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
Metanoia Editora
Brazilian independent publisher committed to liberatory literature, human rights, diversity, transfeminism, and Afro-Brazilian voices.
45Queer-led
Montreal · Canada
Metonymy Press
Queer and trans leftist publisher of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and work grounded in community and social transformation.
46Allied press
United States · United States
Minerva Rising Press
Independent women’s literary press building community through fiction and creative nonfiction from diverse women writers.
47Allied press
Cape Town · South Africa
Modjaji Books
Independent feminist press creating space for brave, groundbreaking work by southern African women across literary genres.
48Queer-led
Washington, DC · United States
Neon Hemlock Press
Queer small press publishing speculative fiction, radical zines, chapbooks, anthologies, and occult ephemera.
49Queer-led
New Mexico · United States
NineStar Press
LGBTQIA+-owned boutique publisher focused on queer romance, literary fiction, speculative stories, and genre-crossing work.
50Allied press
Boston area · United States
Page Street Publishing
Broad independent publisher with a notably diverse illustrated and YA list featuring sapphic, trans, and other non-traditional leads.
51Queer-led
Buenos Aires · Argentina
Puntos Suspensivos Ediciones
Independent cultural platform publishing trans, travesti, non-binary, and LGB+ voices in poetry, essays, and narrative.
52Queer-led
Minneapolis · United States
Queen of Swords Press
Queer woman-owned small press specialising in swashbuckling, fantastical, occult, and speculative adventures with LGBTQ+ protagonists.
53Queer-led
Mumbai · India
Queer Ink
Queer Indian publishing and literary platform amplifying LGBTQIA+ narratives, historical memory, and sustainable careers for creators.
54Queer specialist
Berlin · Germany
Querverlag
Germany’s pioneering lesbian and gay book publisher, with a contemporary list spanning queer politics, history, fiction, and memoir.
55Queer-led
Little Rock · United States
Sibling Rivalry Press
Independent literary press rooted in the queer artistic underground and especially recognised for poetry and boundary-pushing writing.
56Allied press
Wellington · New Zealand
Tender Press
Independent Aotearoa publisher with a particular interest in queer, Indigenous, disabled, and otherwise marginalised writers.
57Queer specialist
Germany · Germany
Ylva Publishing
Woman-owned independent publisher of lesbian fiction, sapphic romance, and queer-positive women-loving-women stories for a global readership.
58Allied press
New Delhi · India
Zubaan
Leading South Asian feminist independent press with a strong list in gender justice, feminist and queer theory, fiction, memoir, and translation.
How to read this list
Specialist, queer-led,
and allied.
Queer specialist identifies presses whose list is substantially devoted to LGBTQ+ literature.
Queer-led marks projects whose editorial identity and practice are explicitly rooted in queer or trans community.
Allied press covers feminist or independent publishers with a meaningful, recurring contribution to queer reading.
The directory currently records 57 active presses and one historic catalogue. Editorial status and submission windows can change; verify current details on each official website.
Research note
This first edition is based on the editorial ecosystem report supplied to queerbooks.net and a current review of official publisher websites.
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