Pittsburgh author Brian Broome will deliver a keynote on Sunday, Feb. 19 at day three of ReadOut 2023. Credit: c/o Blue Flower Arts
Back for its sixth consecutive year, ReadOut, Gulfport’s celebration of LGBTQ+ literature highlights some of the most celebrated queer authors in the country.

In 2023, the free festival is back and bigger with a new theme (“Literary Queeries”) and three days of in-person events that can call be virtually attended via Zoom.

Happening at the Gulfport Public Library, located at 5501 28th Ave. S, Gulfport’s ReadOut 2023 LGBTQ+ literary festival kicks off on Friday, Feb. 17 with a short evening of panels (5 p.m.-7:30 p.m.) before staging two full days of panels, readings, workshops.
Pittsburgh author Brian Broome, a Kirkus Prize winner whose debut memoir “Punch Me Up to the Gods” is a New York Times Editor’s Pick will deliver a keynote on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 1:30 p.m. inside the Gulfport Casino at 5500 Shore Blvd. S less than half-a-mile from the library.

There are nearly 30 featured authors on Gulfport ReadOut 2023’s lineup including Gloria Muñoz, Kristen Arnett and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya.

This article appears in Jan 26 – Feb 1, 2023.

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