The reason I started a booktube channel two years ago was because I couldn't
really find any queer content on booktube. Luckily, since then there
have been more voices added, and I've stumbled on other queer booktubers, but
I still have trouble finding them, so I wanted to create a tag that would help
network queer booktubers, but I didn't want to call it "queer booktube," because I
know some people don't identify that way, which is why it's the LGBTQIA+ booktuber tag.
I wanted to keep this really basic, because it's not so much about the
questions as helping queer booktubers get seen. I do have a few suggestions, but
feel free to pick and choose which questions you want to answer or add your
own. Question number one is: How do you identify? Tell us a little bit about
yourself. So, my name is Danika, I am a cisgender, queer, bisexual, sexually-fluid
woman. Basically, I'm attracted to women 99% of the time, but I am dating a guy
right now because ~fluidity~! I have more videos that talk about my identity more
in depth and what fluidity means, so I'll link those down below if you're
interested. Question number two is: What are some of your favorite queer books or
authors? Sarah Waters is my favorite author of all time, but especially
Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith, which are both lesbian novels. I also love, to
name a few, Bodymap by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinah, Fierce Femmes and
Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Tom, The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily
m. danforth, basically anything by Nalo Hopkinson, but especially The Salt
Roads and Falling In Love With Hominids, though there's only a couple queer stories
in that one. The One Hundred Nights of Hero, and I could go on and on, but I actually have a
list of all of the queer women books that I recommend and that I've read and loved, so
I'll link that. I have more than 100 books on there, so I'm not going to try
to list them all. Question number three is: How often do you talk about LGBTQIA books on
your channel and what are some videos that are good examples, if people are
looking for queer content? My channel is, I would say, primarily based on queer
women books, like most of the things I do... Some of my favorites that I've done are:
my video What Is Lesbian Literature? and my video on queer women fantasy book
recommendations. I also have a playlist called Queer Women Booktube that
includes some of my videos on queer books but also some other people's, and I
also link that! Question number four is: What are some of your favorite other
queer booktubers? And I would say CeCe from Problems of a Book Nerd, Iliana
from Virginia Woof, Joseph from The Boy Who Cried Books,
Nicole from Woolf's Whistle, and then I also wanted to give a shout out to a couple
booktubers who aren't active anymore, but I still love their videos: Jessie from Cup of
Books, who should definitely make videos again, if you wanted to! But you can
also check out her old videos, 'cause they're great, and Ron from Ron Lit. Do
you guys remember Ron? Because her videos were incredible, and they're all gone now,
and I still am mourning them. And lastly: Is there anything you want to add, and
who would you like to tag? So I've set everything that I wanted to with this
video. It was inspired by some recent events on booktube, but mostly I just
would rather be proactive and do something positive, so I wanted to use
this opportunity to uplift queer booktubers. I will tag everyone I
mentioned in question four, of course, as well as anyone who's interested who
identifies as LGBTQIA+ and who has a booktube channel. Honestly, if i haven't
mentioned your channel, it's probably just because I haven't seen it yet, which
means I would really love if you would do this tag so I can discover your channel.
Booktube is so big now that it can be hard to discover other smaller creators.
One last note, I wanted to be very clear that by LGBTQIA+ and by queer I am
inclusive of trans people, non-binary people, two-spirit people, asexual people,
aromantic people, pansexual people, just anyone who identifies under the umbrella.
It's for anyone who isn't straight, cisgender, or allo. And if you aren't
LGBTQIA+ yourself, but you want to recommend some queer channels, feel free
to link them in the comments and I'll definitely check them out, and if you do
this tag also link your video in the comments so I can see them and I'll
create a playlist of them, and thank you for watching!
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