‎No Way, They Were Gay? on Apple Books

Contents:

• NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?
• NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?
• NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY? HIDN LIV AND SECRET LOV
• TWO NEW STRONG REVIEWS FOR “NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?” – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY & BOOKOLOGY
• NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?
• REVIEW: “NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?”
• DUAL COVER REVEAL & INTERVIEW: NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY? HIDN LIV AND SECRET LOV BY LEE WD
• NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY‪?‬
• NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?: HIDN LIV AND SECRET LOV
• PRI MONTH BOOK REVIEW – NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?
• NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?: HIDN LIV AND SECRET LOV (QUEER HISTORY PROJECT) KDLE EDN
• BOOK REVIEW: NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?: HIDN LIV AND SECRET LOV BY LEE WD

NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?

A most, well-tentned ntributn to gay history.

Judy Grahn, thor of Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds. So Publishers Weekly did a psule review of No Way, They Were Gay?, llg. No Way, They Were Gay?

It’s really gratifyg to know that the reviews will help spread the word, and ultimately get “No Way, They Were Gay? The summer after Fer’s hman year of llege, her mother was diagnosed wh ncer, dyg the sprg of Fer’s sophomore year. I jt fished readg a recently-published nonfictn tle that I’m really exced about—No Way, They Were Gay?

NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?

This sparked a nversatn between my iends and me about how old Hollywood was a lot gayer than ually acknowledged. He also troduc an alternate acronym, QUILTBAG (Qutng or Queer, Unintified, Intersex, Lbian, Trans, Bisexual, Asexual, and Gay). I was lucky enough to learn the terms “gay”, “lbian”, and “homosexual” Sex Ed.

After the troductn, No Way, They Were Gay?

NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY? HIDN LIV AND SECRET LOV

Sometim people assume that historil figur were merely gay or straight. The need to rema closeted do expla why many gay and lbian people had oppose-sex spo.

Wd do sometim gloss over aspects of history that were ls pleasant, like Mahatma Gandhi’s abive behavr towards his wife, which his beg gay or bisexual should not any way exce. Still, we have e a long way om the time that only psychiatrists and lawyers were allowed to read books on “homosexualy”.

TWO NEW STRONG REVIEWS FOR “NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?” – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY & BOOKOLOGY

I would remend No Way, They Were Gay?

NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?

So the numbers are nice, but even more than that is the impact the blog has had on dividuals, some of whom have been kd enough to wre me over the years to say thgs like, “I read almost every day when I was first realizg I was gay and was g out…” (From a teen who started readg my blog at 12) and “you are credibly welg to not only LGBTQ teens and those who serve them, but also to potential alli.

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The ia for NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY? I’m Gay, and felt so alone.

REVIEW: “NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?”

Part three – I cid to wre a YA novel about a closeted Gay teen who disvers the exact same letters I did, has the exact same goosebump moment I did, and cis he’s gog to out Lln to change how everyone feels about Gay people. And that’s NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY? NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?

BB: I n already hear the distant mbl of people who believe that discsg the secret gay liv of famo people is, they would say, a bad thg.

DUAL COVER REVEAL & INTERVIEW: NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY? HIDN LIV AND SECRET LOV BY LEE WD

The problem go back to the word homosexual, which I thk don’t do the Queer muny any favors.

I thk a much better term would be homoLOVEual. Bayard Rt beg the openly Gay Black man hidn the Civil Rights movement, teachg Dr.

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“No Way, They Were Gay?

NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?: HIDN LIV AND SECRET LOV

If you've already read Wd's great novel, Queer as a Five Dollar Bill (2019), you know that there is solid evince ditg that Abraham Lln was gay.

As was evint Ptman's Stonewall: Comg Out the Streets, there's a lot of gay history that was not rerd, or was systematilly ignored. From Sappho, to Queen Anne, to Bayard Rt, each entry giv a brief scriptn of the person's life and works, evince as to why they were gay, how this inty affected their liv and treatment. I knew I was gog to love No Way, They Were Gay?

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PRI MONTH BOOK REVIEW – NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?

I me away om my read of No Way, They Were Gay? Abraham Lln was gay?

Clar Wd, assertg Lln was, ed, gay, as were 11 others he profil: 3 men, 4 women, and 4 dividuals who lived outsi genr boundari. How do Wd know all of them were gay when none of them is livg? That n be difficult, sce sometim homophobic history has, Wd pots out, erased evince of some people's sexual inty.

NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?: HIDN LIV AND SECRET LOV (QUEER HISTORY PROJECT) KDLE EDN

On the whole, 's a most, well-tentned ntributn to gay history.

BOOK REVIEW: NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?: HIDN LIV AND SECRET LOV BY LEE WD

In No Way, They Were Gay?, Lee Wd reviss famo figur of US and world history, lv to primary sourc, and reasss what's ma legible about people's sexual and genr inti when the prent and past are allowed to lli. Deftly weavg primary sourc ( bold text), cheeky sibars, and his own narrative observatns as a gay man, Wd keeps the tone nversatnal and playful.

Judy Grahn, thor of Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds --This text refers to the paperback edn. What The Hell Do I Read?, an award-wng webse about books, culture, and empowerment for Lbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Qutng and Queer youth, and their Alli.

He is the thor of No Way, They Were Gay: Hidn Liv and Secret Lov, a Junr Library Guild Gold Standard Selectn.