The Tim I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crew - A charmg, highly relatable graphic memoir about one woman’s g out and g of age that “brims wh ho...
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ELEANOR CREW UNTS ‘THE TIM I KNEW I WAS GAY’
”The tle of Crew' book giv away the secret: The Tim I Knew I Was Gay. ”Crew trac Ellie’s years sendary school and then llege, watchg as a boy she knows is bullied for beg gay, tryg to learn flirtg techniqu, beg teased for beg a virg. The first time she announc she’s gay, at a New Year’s Eve party, her iends are supportive: “You’re fally Willow!
The bt-known graphic memoir about growg up gay is Alison Bechl’s 2006 book Fun Home: A Fay Tragiic, which beme a Broadway mil. The Tim I Knew I Was Gay is much gentler spir, s humor more sweet than satiril. Figurg out their sexualy might always be a challenge for kids, but perhaps we’re movg toward a world which no one needs to hi bee of Tim I Knew I Was GayBy Eleanor CrewScribner, 320 pag, $25Tim Ftival of ReadgEleanor Crew will be a featured thor at the Tampa Bay Tim Virtual Ftival of Readg, Nov.
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THE TIM I KNEW I WAS GAY
As the thor pots out, there is this general ia about g out that pruppos gay people are born the closet and 's basilly jt pickg the right moment to e out.. While there are many people who n't accept their own sexualy, or simply don't (yet) know they might be gay.
I remember how aaid I was when my so-lled iends would ll me a 'lbi', g this word disparaggly, or felt the need to say that they were not gay my prence. I appreciated that this memoir shows that one's inty and/or sexualy may shift or change, and that g to terms wh those thgs n be difficult and nfg, even you are lookg for a funny and hont g-of-age I thk you should give The Tim I Knew I Was Gay a chance.