Queer Anthologies

Please note that this list of anthologies is intended for an adult audience and includes some erotic titles.

Lesbian

Succulent: Trans-inclusive Sapphic Erotic Comics
A collection of twelve erotic sapphic stories that celebrate the diversity of gender expression within the sapphic community. Featuring trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer characters, these tales are filled with passion, lust, and sensuality, all set in a world inspired by a blooming garden of desire.

Gay

The Gaysi Zine - Issues
Gaysi Family is a media platform and safe space for queer South Asians, created in 2008, where individuals can share their stories and connect with the community. It aims to broaden the understanding of queerness as not only a sexual identity but also a philosophy, challenging societal norms and amplifying diverse voices to foster greater empathy and reflection.

Young Men in Love
Young Men in Love is an anthology that celebrates love between men through a diverse collection of stories, featuring pirates, ghosts, knights, kaiju, and everyday people. Edited by Joe Glass and Matt Miner, this heartwarming and vibrant collection brings together talented creators like Sina Grace, Chris Shehan, and Charles Pulliam-Moore to deliver uplifting and unique tales of romance.

Bisexual

Bi Visibility: A Bisexual Anthology
Bi Visibility! is the first volume in a Bisexual Anthology series, featuring nine diverse stories exploring bisexuality across various genres, from romance to high fantasy. This 44-page collection highlights different perspectives on bisexuality, offering a rich and varied look at the experiences and identities within the community.

Bi Visibility #2: Still Bi
Bi Visibility! Volume 2 is the second 96-page graphic novel in the Bisexual Anthology series, featuring seventeen stories that explore bisexuality through a variety of genres. This volume continues to offer diverse, engaging narratives that highlight the experiences and identities of bisexual individuals in a fun and captivating way.

Trans

Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories About Growing Up Trans
This collection features nine members of the trans community sharing their inspiring childhood stories, each highlighting their journeys of questioning, affirming, ,transitioning, and growing up. From musicians and actors to teachers and activists, these gripping accounts reveal the challenges they faced and overcame to become their true selves.

Ambrosia: Trans Masc & Non Binary Erotic Comics Anthology
Ambrosia, edited by Tab Kimpton and Jade Sarson, is an erotic anthology featuring sixteen indulgent stories with trans masculine or non-binary protagonists. The theme, Food of the Gods, explores a range of smutty tales, from ancient deities to modern mischievous spirits, offering both fantasy and pleasure. With predominantly own-voice artists and content warnings, this collection provides a deliciously naughty feast for the body and soul.

Nectar: Trans Femme & Non Binary Erotic Comics Anthology
Nectar is an erotic anthology featuring trans femme and non-binary characters in a collection of indulgent, juicy stories. With the theme Drink of the Divine, it offers refreshing tales of heavenly hedonism, frisky folklore, and femmelore from around the world. This diverse collection explores various experiences across the trans femme and non-binary spectrum, with content warnings and at least one own-voice contributor on each team.

Nether Realms
15 tantalizing, otherworldly stories featuring characters who defy the gender binary or challenge gender in bold and exciting ways. Whether liberated from the constraints of the ordinary or plunging into them more deeply than ever, these tales invite you to jump into the future of passion, hand in [robotic] hand.

The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics
An expanded anthology featuring 29 creators, sharing tales of self-love, affirmation, and their experiences with gender and identity. Originally a successful Kickstarter, this edition includes comics offering an encouraging and life-affirming exploration of the trans and nonbinary experience. Designed to inspire and educate, it serves as a powerful proclamation of existence and visibility in the face of societal neglect.

We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology
We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology is a collection of trans stories, offering a mix of fiction, nonfiction, humor, and sadness. Winner of the 2019 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology, it features authentic narratives that explore the trans experience, edited by Jeanne Thornton and Tara Madison Avery, with a foreword by Rachel Pollack.

Queer/Mixed

A.B.O. Comix: A Queer Prisoner's Anthology, Vol 1-6
This is a group of anthologies of stories created by queer and trans prisoners detailing life on the inside. Each anthology is a raw, authentic look into prison life from a queer perspective. The sixth installment focuses on the topic of dreams...and nightmares.

Alphabet
Alphabet is a comics anthology featuring over 40 LGBTQAI creators, to commemorate the Queer Press Grant which was founded in 2005 to support up and coming LGBTQAI cartoonists.

Back Then: A Queer Journey Back in Time
(published in Germany, so might be difficult to get. Having queer elders celebrated felt important enough to try to get it on the list though!) In this anthology you'll experience the lives of 12 people who were born over 50 years ago. Their stories talk about how they discovered themselves and whether they finally found happiness.

Be Gay Do Comics
Be Gay, Do Comics is a dynamic anthology showcasing a diverse range of LGBTQIA+ experiences through the power of comics. Blending personal narratives, queer history, and sharp satire, this collection tackles everything from pronoun debates to corporate pride marketing with humor and heart.

The Color of Always: An LGBTQIA+ Love Anthology
The Color of Always is a vibrant and inspiring comics anthology that delves into the pivotal moments of the LGBTQIA+ experience. Edited by Brent Fisher and Michele Abounader, this collection showcases personal stories, testimonies, and reflections from queer creators, celebrating the journey of self-discovery and the joy of embracing one's true identity.

Come Together: A European Anthology of Erotic Comics
This is an anthology that has 13 erotic comics by a variety of European creators. The theme of the title is Reunion - old friends sharing sizzling tension in a Finnish sauna, long distance lovers yearning for each other on a train ride to rural Italy, rival fashion designers clashing in battles of sexual prowess in Berlin, and more.

Dates!: An Anthology of Queer Historical Fiction Stories, Vol 1-3
Dates is a vibrant anthology series of queer historical fiction that celebrates love, identity, and acceptance across time and cultures. Spanning eras from ancient Ireland to 1950s Russia and settings as diverse as Joseon Dynasty Korea, each story offers a glimpse into the lives of queer individuals navigating their worlds.

Immortal Souls: the Queer Witch Comic Anthology
Power & Magic: Immortal Souls is the companion to the award-winning Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology Vol. 1, featuring all-new stories of queer witches of color delving into astral planes, necromancy, and communion with spirits. It includes 10 original tales by women and non-binary people of color, exploring the complexities of power, death, and sacrifice. The anthology continues to celebrate the witch as a powerful and multifaceted feminine archetype.

Love is Love
This oversized comic, co-published by DC and IDW, brings together some of the greatest talent in the industry to honor the victims of the Orlando tragedy. Through heartfelt stories, it celebrates the LGBTQ community, supports survivors, and examines love in today's world, with all proceeds going to the victims, survivors, and their families. The project is a powerful expression of unity and love, regardless of who you love.

No Straight Lines
No Straight Lines is an anthology that traces the rich, often overlooked history of queer comics over the past four decades. Now available in softcover, this collection brings together the work of acclaimed artists like Alison Bechdel, Howard Cruse, and Ralf Koenig, alongside influential creators such as David Wojnarowicz and Dan Savage.

Oath: An Anthology of New (queer) Heroes
The Oath Anthology of New Heroes is a collection of superhero stories that introduces a new generation of LGBTQIA+ heroes. Created by queer-led creative teams, this anthology highlights diverse identities across the spectrum of gender and sexuality while delivering action-packed, engaging narratives.

The Other Side: An Anthology of Queer Paranormal Romance
The Other Side is a queer comics anthology from 2016 that blends paranormal themes with uplifting queer romance. Featuring 19 comics by 23 creators, this collection showcases a diverse cast of queer and trans protagonists alongside supernatural beings like genderfluid vampires, trickster ghosts, and lost angels.

Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comic Anthology
Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology is a 178-page collection of original comics featuring queer witches of color as they explore their magical abilities, traditions, and love. Created by 17 women, demigirls, and bigender creators of color, this anthology delves into the complexities of power, from the joy of wielding it to the sacrifices required to embrace it.

Queer Compassion in 15 Comics
This unique comic anthology takes its readers on a journey through different art styles and queer perspectives, from first Prides to multi-generational friendships to finding community among chosen families. The comics in Queer Compassion offer kaleidoscopic insight into the colorful, heartbreaking, empowering, funny, and diverse lives of queer people around the world by centering compassion as a way to inhabit and build community.

Shout Out
This collection brings together a wide range of queer-centered fantasy and sci-fi stories, featuring bold heroes from across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. From demon hunters and Viking lovers to cyberpunk artists and jazz musicians, these characters explore thrilling new worlds while embracing their identities.

Theater of Terror: Revenge of the Queers!
Horror has its place everywhere and these LGBTQ cartoonists get their scaries out by illustrating in vivid detail what keeps them up at night. The end result is a tome of shocking queer horror comics.

We Belong
We Belong is an all-Black, all-LGBTQ+ sci-fi and fantasy comics anthology. It features over 20 talented comics creators.

Little Hearts: A Comic Anthology for Marriage Equality
This was made for a Minnesota based non-profit in 2012. The goal was to raise awareness for marriage equality. MN Love, the non-profit it was designed for, dissolved in the middle of raising funds for the book. It was eventually funded with a successful Kickstarter.

Queer As All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me
The author shares their life as a genderqueer person, living in the American South, revealing their own personal struggle fro acceptance and how they were inspired by these historical LGBTQIA+ people to live their own truth. Featuring biographies of Mary Jones, We'wha, Magnus Hirschfeld, Dr. Pauli Murray, Wilmer "Little Axe" M. Broadnax, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Carlett Brown, Nancy Cardenas, Ifti Nasim, and Simon Nkoli.

Transposes
This anthology separates gender from sexuality and illustrates six fascinating true stories of transgender men who also happen to be queer. The result is laugh-out-loud funny, heartbreaking, challenging, inventive, informative, and invites the reader to explore what truly makes a man a man.