William Gay — Twilight - Paste Magaze

Contents:

• FEATURED FANFICTN
• WILLIAM GAY — TWILIGHT
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
• MURKOWSKI CHALLENGER ENDORSED 'EX-GAY' THERAPY, DENOUNCED TWILIGHT

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So, uh, this is held on Amo and will fely nta the followg: gay ships, angsty ships, angsty gay ships, the sadst scen anyone uld ever see bee hontly Ja x Mar is envied by Twilight, possibly some sadned gays, some angry straights, a lot of mem, ECT. William Gay — Twilight. William Gay’s dark new novel, Twilight, will likely divi rears to two mps—those who love the Southern Gothic element and those who don’t.

Gay nails the bt scriptn ever of an old r’s oxidized pat: “It had been black but was a black now that remembered nothg of pat and seemed to draw light and suck out of sight somewhere beneath s surface.

” When Gay settl to the simpler and more natural iambic rhythms of English, he wr great stuff: “He put the lid on the bucket and tapped home wh a fist and laid the bsh neatly atop and walked off rapidly toward the walnut grove.

WILLIAM GAY — TWILIGHT

[Note: William Gay is a Paste ntributor. And when those queer YA books did feel urgent, was often bee of a plot that left an empty hole the p of my stomach, like one of the characters realizg she was straight at the end or someone’s parent kickg them out of the hoe for beg gay.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

And gave me words for the tensn I felt about disverg my romantic feelgs, all whout the backdrop of homophobia that was prent so many LGBTQ+ novels at the time. Fantasy elements asi, om a purely emotnal perspective, how is that any different om riskg your relatnship wh the person you tst most when you’re a sophomore high school? She fds refuge only her iendship wh another young misf, a gay classmate she nicknam Legs.

Gay men? Every year, Gallup releas a survey of how many Amerins intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. “Three out of 10 women unr the age of 25 nsir themselv to be gay or transgenr.

MURKOWSKI CHALLENGER ENDORSED 'EX-GAY' THERAPY, DENOUNCED TWILIGHT

Everyone will be eher gay or trans or nonnformg or whatever the list of 50 or 60 different optns there are. ” The edian Bill Maher said on his show that by 2054, if we follow what he se as the current trajectory, “we will all be gay, ” addg that the rise the number of younger people intifyg as transgenr seemed spic.