Queer Sultry Summer (Better Together, #3)

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"Better Together" is a collaboration between Autostraddle and Everyone is Gay in which we thematically unite some of our most important internet-writings and put them on paper for you to have and hold forever. Our third issue, QUEER SULTRY SUMMER, is an epic masterpiece and the best thing we've ever done in our entire lives.

With original color illustrations from Rory Midhani, this 68-page mini-book IN COLOR contains essays, activities, illustrations, comics — it's our most ambitious and best looking project ever, pretty much. The book includes:

An original Lumberjanes comic drawn by Carey Pietsch and commissioned exclusively with BOOM! Studios for this book
A "Get Sweaty" Playlist from Brittani Nichols
Bookplates and autograph pages designed by Rory Midhani
Brand new original essays from Maddie Taterka and Mey Rude
A funny story about the time Kristin almost got eaten by a bear, with footnotes from Jenny Owen Youngs
Beloved essays by Mal Blum, Kate Bennert, Elicia Sanchez, Lila Cherneff, Amy Dobrowlsky and Malaika Aleba
Advice on coming out at sleepaway camp from Everyone is Gay
A queer sultry summer crossword puzzle by Riese
A Queerish Summery Scavenger Hunt from Laneia Jones
Funny lists on summer heat and summer love from Dannielle Owens-Reid, Kristin Russo and Riese Bernard
"How to Make Iced Coffee at Home" by Rachel Kincaid
PLUS summer paper doll inserts by Rory Midhani!