The Bt Gay Novel of 2019 Depicts Gay Sex Wh a Masterful Touch

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From gay ghosts and nonbary astronts to stirrg poems and movg memoirs, this was a fantastic year for queer lerature.

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KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIENDBARBIE’S BELOVED BEARD?FOR YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE QUTNED WHAT ROLE KEN REALLY PLAYS BARBIE’S LIFE. BUT THE TTH IS PLA SIGHT: KEN’S NOT BOYIEND MATERIAL. AT LEAST, NOT FOR BARBIE.BARRY LEVTFREELANCE WRERPUBLISHED JUL. 21, 2023 4:35AM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST/GETTYIT’S BARBIE WEEK AT THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, CELEBRATG THE DOLL’S POP-CULTURE HISTORY, OUR FAVORE BARBIE MEMORI, AND A CERTA MAJOR MOVIE. READ ALL OF OUR VERAGE HERE!“SHE’S EVERYTHG. HE’S JT KEN.” THAT’S THE TAGLE FOR THE WILDLY ANTICIPATED BARBIE MOVIE, DIRECTED BY GRETA GERWIG AND STARRG MARGOT ROBBIE AND RYAN GOSLG. THE IMPLITN IS CLEAR: COME FOR BARBIE, AND STAY FOR BARBIE… BUT KEN HAPPENS TO BE THERE TOO.KEN HAS LONG BEEN SEEN AS NOTHG BUT BARBIE’S HUMAN ACCSORY, BUT WASN’T ALWAYS THIS WAY FOR THE POOR MISUNRSTOOD DOLL. WHEN KEN WAS FIRST TRODUCED 1961, HIS FIRST MERCIAL TRIED TO POSN HIM AS BARBIE’S EQUAL AND, UNMISTAKABLY, BOYIEND. “GET BOTH BARBIE AND KEN AND SEE WHERE THE ROMANCE WILL LEAD!” THE MERCIAL PROMISED.SCE THEN, LIKE BARBIE, KEN HAS UNRGONE UNTLS TRANSFORMATNS AND FASHNS. BUT AS TIME WENT ON, KEN FOUND HIMSELF AN AFTERTHOUGHT. TOYMAKERS MATTEL NEVER GAVE HIM THE SAME KD OF BACKSTORI AS BARBIE—WHILE SHE’S HAD OVER 200 REERS, KEN HAS HAD JT SOME 40-ODD PROFSNS. (AN CREDIBLE AMOUNT OF JOBS FOR A PERSON, SURE. BUT FOR A DOLL? EMBARRASSG.) BARBIE HAS STARRED LOTS OF VIO GAM AND MORE THAN THREE DOZEN FILMS; KEN HAS HAD A MAJOR ROLE A MERE HANDFUL OF THEM. BUT THERE’S ONE KEY REASON WHY KEN IS ALWAYS LAGGG SIGNIFINTLY BEHD BARBIE AND 'S A LOT EPER THAN THE DOLL’S SEEMG LACK OF POPULARY: KEN HAS BEEN MISST. HE’S NOT BARBIE’S BOYIEND. HE’S BARBIE’S GAY BT IEND.DPE MATTEL’S SISTENCE THAT BARBIE AND KEN ARE A HAPPY ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP, THERE’S PLENTY OF SPECULATN ABOUT KEN’S SEXUALY. EVEN IF HIS MAKERS CLAIM HIM TO BE STRAIGHT, THERE’S MOUNTG PROOF TO THE NTRARY. PERHAPS THE MOST DISPUTABLE EVINCE THAT KEN IS FACT BOTH A MEMBER OF THE QUEER MUNY AND BARBIE’S BTIE, NOT BOY TOY, OM A RATHER SURPRISG PLACE: 2010’S TOY STORY 3.IN TOY STORY 3, BARBIE AND KEN PLAY A SURPRISGLY LARGE ROLE. THEIR TRODUCTN TO THE FILM IS TGED WH ROMANTIC TENSN. WHEN THE PAIR MEET, THE FILM VOK A MON TROPE: A ROMANTIC NEEDLE DROP HS THE MOMENT THE LOVERS LOCK EY. IN THIS SE, ’S “DREAM WEAVER” BY GARY WRIGHT. AS FAR AS BARBIE AND KEN ARE NCERNED, THEY’RE THE ONLY ON THE ROOM. “I LOVE YOUR LEG WARMERS!” KEN TELLS BARBIE. “NICE AST,” SHE BANTERS, WH HEAVY EMPHASIS ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE. BEFORE THGS GET TOO HEATED, THEY LOCK ARMS AND WALK OFF TOGETHER. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / GETTY LET’S BE HONT—SPE THE ROMANTIC OVERTON OF THE SCENE, THEIR BRIEF EXCHANGE TELLS EVERYTHG ABOUT HOW THEY SEE EACH OTHER. KEN DON’T MENTN ANYTHG ABOUT BARBIE’S BODY, STEAD HIGHLIGHTG HER LEG WARMERS. BUT BARBIE IS UNSUBTLY TRYG TO SCE KEN JT TWO WORDS. SHE’S AFTER KEN, BUT KEN IS AFTER SOMEONE WHOSE CLOTH HE N ADMIRE.SURE, LATER THE FILM, KEN AND BARBIE SAY “I LOVE YOU” TO EACH OTHER. AND THEY GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SAYG EACH WORD OF “I LOVE YOU”—SO SOMEONE DIFFERENT N SAY “LOVE” EACH TIME, AS KEN EXPLAS. HE MENTNS OFFHAND THAT HE HAS EVERYTHG EXCEPT SOMEONE TO SHARE WH. BARBIE AND KEN EVEN NUZZLE THEIR NOS TOGETHER. Y, THERE’S FELY LOVE BETWEEN IENDS—BUT THROUGH ALL, THERE’S NOT A HT OF SEXUAL CHEMISTRY.LOOK, I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THKG—SIR, THIS IS TOY STORY; WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU EXPECTG? IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER ROMANC THE ANCHISE—WOODY AND BO PEEP, AND JSE AND BUZZ—THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT THERE’S REAL LOVE THERE BETWEEN THE SENTIENT TOYS. THEIR PASSN FOR ONE ANOTHER TRANSCENDS MORE THAN SIMPLY BEG TERTED EACH OTHER’S OUTFS. THE SAME NNOT BE SAID OF THE MATTEL DOLLS. THAT’S MA EVINT WHEN KEN FALLY GETS AN OPPORTUNY FOR TIMACY WH BARBIE. “THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS,” HE TELLS BARBIE WHEN THEY FALLY GO TO HIS DREAMHOE TOGETHER, HAVG PARENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD CLUTCHG THEIR PEARLS. BUT FEAR NOT: KEN SIMPLY TAK BARBIE TO… HIS WALK- WARDROBE. ANY SEMBLANCE OF ROMANCE MAK WAY FOR IENDSHIP, WHEN THE PAIR JUBILANTLY PESE KEN’S OUTFS. AND STEAD OF DOG SOMETHG WILD LIKE KISSG BARBIE, KEN PUTS ON A FASHN SHOW FOR HER STEAD. THE FILM WON’T SAY , BUT A POST-CREDS PUNCHLE ABOUT KEN’S HANDWRG, PLETE WH HEARTS AND STARS SURROUNDG HIS NAME, TELLS WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.THE HEAVILY IMPLIED NATURE OF KEN’S GAYNS TOY STORY 3 HARKENS BACK TO HOLLYWOOD’S TRADNAL GAY BT IEND-TYPE CHARACTERS. IN THE HAYS CO ERA, EXPLIC REFERENC TO HOMOSEXUALY WEREN’T ALLOWED, SO CHARACTERS LIKE VAN BUREN (FRANKL PANGBORN) 1937’S EASY LIVG, KIP (DAVID WAYNE) 1949’S ADAM’S RIB, OR ADDISON (GEE SANRS) 1950’S ALL ABOUT EVE STEAD WERE IMBUED WH EFFEMATE CHARACTERISTICS, OFFERG A GLIMPSE OUTSI OF HETERONORMATIVY WHOUT EXPLICLY BEG QUEER.NONE OF THE CHARACTERS WERE THE SAME—SOME WERE TTY, OTHERS SWEET. SOME HAD ULTERR MOTIV, AND OTHERS OFFERED UNNDNAL SUPPORT. BUT EACH OF THE GAY BT IENDS WAS TRSILLY FED BY THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT IENDS. WE NEVER REALLY LEARNED MUCH ABOUT THEM AS DIVIDUALS. THEY LIVED ON THE MARGS, FLHG OUT THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS, HARDLY HAVG A PURPOSE WHOUT THEM; THAT PORTRAYAL REMAS TE TODAY. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO / THE DAILY BEAST / PHOTOS BY GETTY / WARNER BROS. DES LATER, 2010, THE GAY BT IEND WAS ALL THE RAGE; TEEN VOGUE EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO PROCLAIM THE GBF AS THE SUMMER’S MT-HAVE ACCSORY. BUT UNLIKE THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY, TODAY’S CEMA, THE GBF IS ALLOWED TO BE OPENLY GAY. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY STILL BARELY REGISTER AS PEOPLE WH CHARACTER TRAS BEYOND THEIR RELATNSHIPS WH THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS. IN MOVI LIKE MEAN GIRLS (2004), THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (2006), EASY A (2010), NO STRGS ATTACHED (2011), AND ISN’T IT ROMANTIC (2019), GAY IENDS EXIST ENTIRELY THE ORB OF THEIR FEMALE IENDS. IT’S SUCH A STRONG TROPE THAT EVEN PERSISTS QUEER ROMANTIC EDI: 2020’S HAPPIT SEASON FDS JOHN (DAN LEVY) OFFERG ADVICE AND SNARKY ONE-LERS TO HIS LBIAN BTIE LI OF MEANGFUL CHARACTER VELOPMENT.IN TOY STORY 3, THE SAME IS TE OF KEN. HIS EXISTENCE PENDS ON AND CIRCULAT AROUND BARBIE. IN BARBIE, KEN HAS FOUND SOMEONE WHO REALLY UNRSTANDS HIM. HE DON’T GET ALONG WH THE OTHER TOYS, WHO MOCK HIM FOR BEG A “GIRL'S TOY.” BUT BARBIE LOV FASHN, JT LIKE HE DO. “NO ONE APPRECIAT CLOTH HERE, BARBIE,” KEN LAMENTS TO BARBIE, ABOUT THE OTHER TOYS’ TREATMENT OF HIM. “NO ONE!” BUT BARBIE DO, AND FOR KEN, THAT’S LIFE-CHANGG.THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS WHY THE FILM WOULDN’T OUTRIGHTLY STATE THAT KEN IS HOMOSEXUAL. NOT ONLY DO DISNEY SELF HAVE A PLITED HISTORY WH QUEER CHARACTERS, BUT KEN AND BARBIE ARE ALSO THE PROPERTY OF MATTEL, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN STEADFAST ASSERTG KEN’S HETEROSEXUALY. THAT’S NEVER BEEN CLEARER THAN 1993 WHEN THE TOY PANY TRIED TO REIGNE KEN’S POPULARY MATTEL’S SOLUTN? EARRG MAGIC KEN. EARRG MAGIC KEN WAS A FIERCER, FELY MORE QUEER KEN THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS VERSN OF THE DOLL HAD BLEACHED BLON HAIR, A PURPLE LEATHER VT (!), A PK-PURPLE MH TOP (!!), AND OF URSE, AND EARRG THE “GAY EAR”. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL: AROUND KEN’S NECK WAS SOMETHG THAT ANY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT OF THE QUEER SCENE THE ’90S REGNIZED STANTLY—A CK RG (!!!).THE EARRG MAGIC KEN TURNED BARBIE’S BOYIEND TO AN OUT-AND-PROUD HOMOSEXUAL RAVER. MATTEL, OF URSE, VEHEMENTLY NIED ANY CLAIMS THAT KEN WAS GAY, LET ALONE THAT HE HAD SOMETHG AS PREPOSTERO AS A CK RG AROUND HIS NECK. AS LISA MCKENDALL, FORMER MANAGER OF MARKETG AND MUNITNS, SAID AN TERVIEW ABOUT THE DOLL, “WE’RE NOT THE BS OF PUTTG CK RGS TO THE HANDS OF LTLE GIRLS.”REGARDLS OF MATTEL’S TENTNS, ’S HARD TO NY WHAT THE EYE N SEE. DPE THE NAME, CK RGS AT THE TIME WERE ED AS A FASHN ACCSORY AND A SIGN OF FIANT QUEERNS AND SEX POSIVY. AS A RULT, GAY MEN BOUGHT THE DOLL DROV, AND SPE MATTEL ULTIMATELY RELLG THE DOLL AND WIPG AWAY ANY TRACE OF EARRG MAGIC KEN, WAS NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE KEN AS ANYTHG BUT THE GLOR HOMOSEXUAL HE WAS BORN TO BE OM THEN ON. MATTEL SPENT THE NEXT UPLE OF S TRYG TO RETA KEN’S MORE HETERONORMATIVE, MASCULE IMAGE, BUT THE VEIL WAS LIFTED, AND THERE WAS NO GOG BACK. PHOTO ILLTRATN BY KELLY CAMERO/THE DAILY BEAST/PHOTOS BY GETTY/WARNER BROS. THOUGH MATTEL DON’T SEEM TO BE WILLG TO SAY KEN IS ACTUALLY GAY, THE KEN DOLLS OF RECENT YEARS SEEM TO REALLY LEAN TO KEN’S QUEERNS. THE YASSIFITN OF KEN IS CLEARLY UNRWAY. WHILE THERE IS NO WAY TO “DRS GAY,” THERE ARE SEVERAL DOLLS THAT SEEM TO SUGGT OTHERWISE, SUCH AS:FASHNISTA KEN #193, WHO LOOKS VERY EXCED TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIS NEW OBSSN, TROYE SIVAN;TRAVEL KEN DOLL, WHO HAS A SATCHEL PERFECT FOR BATHHO AND A PURPLE OVERNIGHT BAG THAT LERALLY PROCLAIMS HE’S “EXTRA;”KEN LOOKS DOLL, SERVG “I’M GONNA GIVE YOU A MAKEOVER”-TYPE REALNS WHILE SPORTG BLACK PLEATHER PANTS;THIS KEN, WHO WEARS THE LEAST HETEROSEXUAL DOUBLE NIM IMAGABLE.WHILE I HAVE A FEELG THE NEW BARBIE MOVIE WILL PUT THE WORK TO NVCE THAT KEN IS A HETERO DU WHO LOV NOTHG LIFE MORE THAN BARBIE HERSELF, THE WRG’S ALREADY ON THE WALL: KEN IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE, BARBIE’S GAY BT IEND.KEEP OBSSG! SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED NEWSLETTER AND FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, TWTER, INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK.READ MORE OF OUR BARBIE VERAGE HERE. BARRY LEVT

Here are the bt LGBTQ books wh gay characters or by thors who intify as LGBTQ+. Fd romance, spirg nonfictn and YA reads for adults and teens. * great gay novels *

And while you n always zy up on the uch and prs play on a movie about queer love, the LGBTQ books will take thgs one step of the classics, bt-sellers and new releas on this list put gay characters at the heart of the story — or at the very least, are wrten by thors who intify as LGBTQ+. As the end of his life draws near, Jab hop to the right the wrongs that ed his relatnship wh his gay son, Isaac.

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this was a fantastic year for queer lerature.</div><div class="ContentHearByle-kmPyCa emiglw"><div class="ContentHearByleContent-dpPmNn DRFq"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ContentHearByl-cZqgyJ bHLeKI"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH hdWCIC byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd bCbgyH gnILss byle__preamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd hSmufO skIR eErqIx byle__name-lk button" href="/ntributor/ilana-masad">Ilana Masad</a></span>, <span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd hSmufO skIR eErqIx byle__name-lk button" href="/ntributor/jam-factora">Jam Factora</a></span>, <span 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However, when you buy somethg through our retail lks, we may earn an affiliate missn.</p></div></div></div><div data-ttid="ArticlePageChunks" class="ArticlePageChunks-fLyCVG eOdfIs"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa bectqB body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>There were so many fantastic LGBTQ+ books published this year that we uld probably spend the rt of the readg them. Tly, the proverbial floodgat have opened for queer wrg across all genr, om memoir to history to horror to romance. Whether you want to get hnted by gay ghosts, journey through outer space wh nonbary adventurers, or take a ep dive to <a href=" target="_blank">the history of the AIDS crisis</a>, there’s a 2022 release for you. Exceptnal queer reads were so plentiful, fact, that would be impossible to ll this list “the bt LGBTQ+ books of 2022” — bee, try as we might, we n't ver everythg.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>So let’s e “favor” stead. A word like “favore” evok the childhood moment when many of first fell love wh readg, back when we bated the relative mers of different lors, feteria foods, and backpack signs. A book don’t have to be fe art to be one of your fav, though certaly n be; jt has to make you want to keep the dt jacket priste ndn and place a proment posn on your shelf. That’s why you’ll fd a <em>Gossip Girl</em> fanfic novella and a bgly funny astrology-themed romance livg on this list alongsi stirrg poetry llectns and ep div to <a href=" target="_blank">the polics of vis,</a> all of them handpicked by <em>Them</em> staffers and ntributors. Queer people nta multus: highbrow, middlebrow, and lowbrow, we want all, and we want <em>more</em>.</p><p>Bee as fantastic as this year was for LGBTQ+ books, we still have so far left to go before queer and trans stori of all typ are fully reprented. The publishg dtry is <a href=" target="_blank">overwhelmgly whe</a>, which turn impacts the opportuni afford to thors of lor. Even wh a surfe of new releas, LGBTQ+ lerature still don’t reflect the realy of our <a href=" target="_blank">creasgly diverse</a> muny. So let’s read queer books, and let’s keep mandg them. We’ve got a lot of lost time to make up for and a lot of shelv to fill.  — <em>Samantha Allen</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Our Wiv Unr the Sea</strong></em> <strong>by Julia Armfield</strong></div><div data-ttid="ProductEmbedWrapper" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd ProductEmbedWrapper-dbbBkO hGAxXn eOBUm product-embed product-embed--image-left" data-em="{"dangeroHed":"Our Wiv Unr the Sea by Julia Armfield","brand":{"name":""},"id":"6387f762134d75dfef9bb485","offers":[{"offerUrl":"25","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><a tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="external-lk BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ProductEmbedImageLk-dHxNy iUEiRd hSmufO kvPWzs bgZAlB" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a><div class="ProductEmbedContent-kztPgY MfQJV product-embed__ntent"><div class="ProductEmbedHedWrapper-eVzhMb kcVySP"><div id="6387f762134d75dfef9bb485" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ProductEmbedHed-kvwLfM iUEiRd jsgzTv fCVfVZ">Our Wiv Unr the Sea by Julia Armfield</div></div><div class="ProductOfferListWrapper-bqpHEj cvoxld product-offer-list ProductEmbedCTA-iEJcDb gjXEJL product-embed__cta"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd hBwhMM product-offer-list__offer product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV fbJiRZ product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$25atBookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-scribedby="6387f762134d75dfef9bb485" aria-label="$25 at Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$25</span> at Bookshop</span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>Four words: Lbian ep sea horror. <a href=" target="_blank"><em>Our Wiv Unr the Sea</em></a> opens as Miri’s mare blogist wife Leah fally returns home after a submare accint left her and her team strand on the ocean floor for months. 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As Miri p wh her wife slippg om her grasp, Armfield’s geo prose weav a strangely romantic tale of love and loss that might jt leave you viewg your own relatnships differently. — <em>Abby Monteil</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>My Government Means to Kill Me</strong></em> <strong>by Rasheed Newson</strong></div><div data-ttid="ProductEmbedWrapper" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd ProductEmbedWrapper-dbbBkO hGAxXn eOBUm product-embed product-embed--image-left" data-em="{"dangeroHed":"My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson","brand":{"name":""},"id":"63867f7a45289356065e5da6","offers":[{"offerUrl":"26","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><a tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="external-lk BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ProductEmbedImageLk-dHxNy iUEiRd hSmufO kvPWzs bgZAlB" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a><div class="ProductEmbedContent-kztPgY MfQJV product-embed__ntent"><div class="ProductEmbedHedWrapper-eVzhMb kcVySP"><div id="63867f7a45289356065e5da6" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ProductEmbedHed-kvwLfM iUEiRd jsgzTv fCVfVZ">My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson</div></div><div class="ProductOfferListWrapper-bqpHEj cvoxld product-offer-list ProductEmbedCTA-iEJcDb gjXEJL product-embed__cta"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd hBwhMM product-offer-list__offer product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV fbJiRZ product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$26atBookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-scribedby="63867f7a45289356065e5da6" aria-label="$26 at Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$26</span> at Bookshop</span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>In TV wrer <a href=" target="_blank">Rasheed Newson’s but novel</a>, Earl “Trey” Sgleton III is a child of privilege who mov to New York Cy 1985 to live whout his parents’ money, fluence, or protectn. 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When Trey begs gettg volved AIDS activism, he disvers how msy such work n be — as well as how val and necsary.  — <em>Ilana Masad</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Helen Hoe</strong></em> <strong>by Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya</strong></div><div data-ttid="ProductEmbedWrapper" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd ProductEmbedWrapper-dbbBkO hGAxXn eOBUm product-embed product-embed--image-left" data-em="{"dangeroHed":"Helen Hoe by Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya","brand":{"name":""},"id":"6387fbf9134d75dfef9bb48b","offers":[{"offerUrl":"15","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><a tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="external-lk BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ProductEmbedImageLk-dHxNy iUEiRd hSmufO kvPWzs bgZAlB" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a><div class="ProductEmbedContent-kztPgY MfQJV product-embed__ntent"><div class="ProductEmbedHedWrapper-eVzhMb kcVySP"><div id="6387fbf9134d75dfef9bb48b" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ProductEmbedHed-kvwLfM iUEiRd jsgzTv fCVfVZ">Helen Hoe by Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya</div></div><div class="ProductOfferListWrapper-bqpHEj cvoxld product-offer-list ProductEmbedCTA-iEJcDb gjXEJL product-embed__cta"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd hBwhMM product-offer-list__offer product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV fbJiRZ product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$15atBookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-scribedby="6387fbf9134d75dfef9bb48b" aria-label="$15 at Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$15</span> at Bookshop</span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>Let’s get one thg straight: <a href=" target="_blank">all ghosts are gay</a>. 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Whout spoilg anythg, I’ll jt say that everyone this story has baggage, not jt our narrator. — <em>Samantha Allen</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Virology</strong></em> <strong>by Joseph Osmundson</strong></div><div data-ttid="ProductEmbedWrapper" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd ProductEmbedWrapper-dbbBkO hGAxXn eOBUm product-embed product-embed--image-left" data-em="{"dangeroHed":"Virology by Joseph Osmundson","brand":{"name":""},"id":"6386822228dc7281c6599ba6","offers":[{"offerUrl":"16","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><a tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="external-lk BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ProductEmbedImageLk-dHxNy iUEiRd hSmufO kvPWzs bgZAlB" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a><div class="ProductEmbedContent-kztPgY MfQJV product-embed__ntent"><div class="ProductEmbedHedWrapper-eVzhMb kcVySP"><div id="6386822228dc7281c6599ba6" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ProductEmbedHed-kvwLfM iUEiRd jsgzTv fCVfVZ">Virology by Joseph Osmundson</div></div><div class="ProductOfferListWrapper-bqpHEj cvoxld product-offer-list ProductEmbedCTA-iEJcDb gjXEJL product-embed__cta"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd hBwhMM product-offer-list__offer product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV fbJiRZ product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$16atBookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-scribedby="6386822228dc7281c6599ba6" aria-label="$16 at Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$16</span> at Bookshop</span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>Before readg <a href=" target="_blank">this book</a>, I only knew Joseph Osmundson om his role as -host of the <em>Food for Thot</em> podst (which cintally I also remend). I did not know the extent of his knowledge about vis and microblogy more broadly, nor that he was a Clil Assistant Profsor of Blogy at New York Universy. Both his science and his wrg chops are on full display this stunner of an say llectn, which elegantly illtrat how microspilly ty vis like COVID-19 and HIV, which lead a simple existence, n have enormoly plited effects on the socpolil (and ultimately terpersonal) human worlds. The way Osmundson draws meang om a queer experience of vis is credibly movg, ultimately rultg a rage-filled ll to actn. Not to mentn, ’s some of the most betiful wrg I’ve read a long time. — <em>Sarah Neilson</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Manhunt</strong></em> <strong>by Gretchen Felker-Mart</strong></div><div data-ttid="ProductEmbedWrapper" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd ProductEmbedWrapper-dbbBkO hGAxXn eOBUm product-embed product-embed--image-left" data-em="{"dangeroHed":"Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Mart","brand":{"name":""},"id":"6387fa2a539153fb39373f","offers":[{"offerUrl":"17","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><a tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="external-lk BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ProductEmbedImageLk-dHxNy iUEiRd hSmufO kvPWzs bgZAlB" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a><div class="ProductEmbedContent-kztPgY MfQJV product-embed__ntent"><div class="ProductEmbedHedWrapper-eVzhMb kcVySP"><div id="6387fa2a539153fb39373f" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ProductEmbedHed-kvwLfM iUEiRd jsgzTv fCVfVZ">Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Mart</div></div><div class="ProductOfferListWrapper-bqpHEj cvoxld product-offer-list ProductEmbedCTA-iEJcDb gjXEJL product-embed__cta"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd hBwhMM product-offer-list__offer product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV fbJiRZ product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$17atBookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-scribedby="6387fa2a539153fb39373f" aria-label="$17 at Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$17</span> at Bookshop</span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>In orr to grip me, a book has to have what we all need om fictn, or any kd of storytellg, really: pellg characters, beup imagatn and a reason to keep readg. 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