2025 Bisexual Lammys Announced

Dec 2, 2025 | 2026 Winter - Allies and Accomplices

The Lambda Literary Awards announced its 2025 Lammy Award winners on October 4, 2025. Here are the nominees and winners in the three bisexual categories:


BISEXUAL FICTION

Anyone’s Ghost // August Thompson. Penguin Press

Greta & Valdin // Rebecca K Reilly. Avid Reader Press | Simon & Schuster

WINNER — How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster // Muriel Leung.W. W. Norton & Company

The Pairing: Special 1st Edition // Casey McQuiston. St. Martin’s Griffin

We Were the Universe // Kimberly King Parsons. Alfred A. Knopf


BISEXUAL NONFICTION

Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes // Jon MacyStreet Noise Books

First Love: Essays on Friendship // Lilly Dancyger. The Dial Press

Simmering: A Kitchen Memoir// Rebecca Orchant. Unbound Edition Press

You Get What You Pay For // Morgan Parker. One World 

WINNER — You’re Embarrassing Yourself //Desiree Akhavan. Random House


BISEXUAL POETRY

Good Dress // Brittany Rogers. Tin House

WINNER — Interrogation Records //Jeddie Sophronius. Gaudy Boy

Return of the Chinese Femme // Dorothy Chan. Deep Vellum

The Endless Animal // Nathan Mader. fine. press

The Stuff of Hollywood// Niki Herd. Copper Canyon Press


A full list of all categories can be found at: https://lambdaliterary.org/2025/10/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2025-lammy-awards/

 

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