Disver the top 13 mt-read bt gay romance novels! From obscure novels to morn btsellers, the books offer a powerful and diverse reprentatn of the queer experience.
Contents:
- ‘I CARRY YOU WH ME’: A GAY MEXIN IMMIGRANT LOVE STORY
- GAY, MIDDLE-AGED, AND LONELY AS HELL
- 6 - SEX AND OLR GAY MEN
- THE 13 GAY ROMANCE NOVELS YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY READ BY NOW
‘I CARRY YOU WH ME’: A GAY MEXIN IMMIGRANT LOVE STORY
Mrice by EM ForsterThe gay grand-daddy of them all, Forster’s elegant love story was wrten 1913, but – for fear of sndal – remaed unpublished until his ath 60 years later. For middle-aged gay men like me, the 1987 film adaptatn was a huge talyst our g out – and surprisgly sexy, too, for a Merchant Ivory number.
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GAY, MIDDLE-AGED, AND LONELY AS HELL
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Turned down once aga by the rtrant owner after askg about a potential openg the kchen, Iván follows childhood iend Sandra’s (played by Mexin actrs and stand-up edian Michelle Rodríguez) advice to acpany her to an unrground gay bar, where he meets Gerardo (Christian Vázquez), a teachg assistant at the universy.
Gerardo is the victim of a btal homophobic attack on the streets of Puebla. The Uned Stat, for both, is not only a land of opportuny but one that allows them to be themselv, away om their untry’s machismo and homophobia.
6 - SEX AND OLR GAY MEN
Q: I am a gay man my late 50s and have never been a relatnship. —Lonely Agg Gay.
THE 13 GAY ROMANCE NOVELS YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY READ BY NOW
Hobb is a reporter for HuffPost and recently wrote a mi-book-length piece tled “Together Alone: The Epimic of Gay Lonels. ” Durg his rearch, Hobb found that, spe growg legal and social acceptance, a worryg percentage of gay men still stggle wh prsn, anxiety, and suicidal iatn. “LAG isn’t the only gay guy who has aged out of the bar scene—so have I—and stggl to fd sex and pannship away om alhol and right swip, ” said Hobb.
Q: I’m a fortysomethg gay male. I see others, gay and straight, havg long-term relatnships, gettg engaged, gettg married, and mak me sad and jealo.
“At every age, every study, gay men are ls likely to be partnered, habg, or married than our straight and lbian unterparts. And ’s not jt gay men.