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List of LGBTQ-themed speculative fiction

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ6576310 ↗
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Many science fiction and fantasy stories involve LGBT characters, or otherwise represent themes that are relevant to LGBT issues and the LGBT community. This is a list of notable stories, and/or stories from notable series or anthologies, and/or by notable authors; it is not intended to be all-inclusive.

Novels with LGBT characters and themes, alphabetical by author surname

Short fiction with LGBT characters and themes

Anthologies

Awards

Gaylactic Spectrum Awards

James Tiptree, Jr.

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