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13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH
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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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"How We Fight for Our Liv" by Saeed JonPoet Saeed Jon’ g-of-age memoir is a rehgly hont look at the realy of beg a Black gay man the south. When Garrard Conley is outed by his parents, they make him attend a 12-step nversn therapy program to “cure” him of his homosexualy. "The Guncle" by Steven RowleyOnce-famo s star Patrick is a proud Guncle (Gay Uncle Patrick, actually).
You won’t fd a buttoned-up gay love story the pag: Purnell unearths the dysfunctn of Black, broke and queer men fallg and out of love (or, well, lt). In this royal rom-, the prce of England and heir to the throne is gay, and longs for the son of the first woman print of the U.
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below16Cy of Night by John Rechy16Cy of Night by John RechyNow 11% OffCred: Grove PrsTake a trip to the unrground world of gay htlers, drag queens, and sex workers this book that sndalized the lerary world when first me out but went on to bee a mt-read. The Homo Sapiens Agenda and The Mistn of Cameron Post have been turned to blockbter films, and jt about every YA agent out there has “own-voic LGBTQ+ stori” on their mancript wish list.
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Books about the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, or qutng (LGBTQ) experience have the power to te, spire, and empower rears both si, and outsi, the LGBTQ muny. Stand by Me: The Fotten History of Gay Liberatn by Jim Downs. In Stand By Me, historian Jim Downs chronicl s of LGBTQ activism, om the Stonewall rts to the often fotten figur who lnched the gay rights movement.
Raised ral Pennsylvania by a closeted gay father, Bechl says Fun Hoe is as much about her journey as is her father’s. After her parents’ tragic ath, teenage protagonist Cameron Post nsol herself by realizg she never has to tell her parents she’s gay. This don’t stop others om learng the tth, though, which prompts Cameron’s nt to send her to a relig-based gay “nversn” mp, where the book’s plot unfolds.
Whether you intify as lbian, bisexual, pansexual, gay, or queer—or somethg else entirely—you n learn somethg om Ask a Queer Chick’s bunkg of many romantic and sexual stereotyp female partnerships. In his 2018 llectn, Calypso, Sedaris reflects on many life benchmarks, cludg agg, g out, datg men, and married gay life. Judd Wick’s memoir, Pedro and Me, centers on another kd of love—that of his iendship wh his gay bt iend, Pedro Zamora.