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The stgglg homosexual has been a force southern l, though often as a sendary character or as the unregnized force that s liv. The “dirty b” beg the homosexual part. The southern them Williams’ life—hopelsns, madns, reprsed homosexualy, alholism, rentment, impossible love—all play out geoly his work.

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While many of the books explore the hardships LGBT southerners face, I’ve ma a pot to clu texts that highlight the joys of beg Southern and gay as hell, y’all.

“STORI OM THE ATTIC” BY WILLIAM GAY

I uldn’t wre a list of great Southern lerature whout cludg at least one Southern gothic choice, and I uldn’t wre a list of gay Southern lerature whout cludg Tman Capote, so here I’ve managed both.

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In “Ben’s Ey”, Ernt Clay tells the posthumo story of his longtime partner, Louie, growg up as a black gay man the South and disverg his inty. Growg up gay the Bible Belt unniably shaped , but how ep do Southern roots perate our fictn as adults?

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