STORIES TOO LOUD
FOR TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING.
Queer stories. Complicated stories. Angry stories. Healing stories.The kinds of books that survive censorship, heartbreak, religion, grief, addiction, identity, reinvention — and still refuse to shut up.
THE NUMBERS
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20+ Books Published
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Independent LGBTQ+ Publisher
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New Jersey Based
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Multiple Bestselling Releases
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Built Without Corporate Publishing
WE DON’T PUBLISH SAFE STORIES.
We publish books for:
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the queer kid who survived church
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the man rebuilding himself at 40
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the person everyone whispered about
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the addict trying again
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the angry son
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the grieving husband
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the closeted athlete
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the burned-out caregiver
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the person who never saw themselves on the shelf
Why “Unapologetic Voices” Exists
We were told certain stories were “too gay.”
Too angry.
Too emotional.
Too political.
Too honest.
We were told to soften the endings.
Tone down the grief.
Make the characters easier to market.
Make queer pain more palatable.
Instead, we built Unapologetic Voices by AQ.
Not to fit into publishing.
To disrupt it.
AUGUST QUINN DIDN’T SET OUT TO BUILD A PUBLISHING HOUSE.
He just got tired of being told to make queer stories smaller.
