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Contents:

• NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?
• NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?: HIDN LIV AND SECRET LOV
• DUAL COVER REVEAL & INTERVIEW: NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY? HIDN LIV AND SECRET LOV BY LEE WD
• NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?
• REVIEW: “NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?”
• NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY? HIDN LIV AND SECRET LOV
• PRI MONTH BOOK REVIEW – NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?
• TWO NEW STRONG REVIEWS FOR “NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?” – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY & BOOKOLOGY
• NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?: AN INTERVIEW WH AUTHOR 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. Don't the ncept of the "power of love" kiss sound so right for a gay love story, actually?

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

”My classmat ten years at my high school rnn when I show up wh a wifey and Very Cottagere Gay attire bee obvly we live a ttage the fort by the sea ?797 reviews22 followersOctober 3, 2021English review below4 vec cuando hablamos historia nos olvidamos nsirar un factor importante: ¿quién la cribe? ⚠️ Content Warngs: homophobia, racism2, 375 reviews21 followersMarch 12, 2022Conversatnal, opnated and fact-filled, this exploratn of a handful of historic figur who eher hid their sexualy or crafted a life outsi of the genr bary, is full of eye-openg his great cred Lee Wd explas his creria for choosg the subjects he foced on and he reli heavily on primary sourc - tobgraphi and letters. 150 reviewsAugt 29, 2021Why did I have to wa till I was 30 to learn that Tchaikovsky was gay?

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

" This chapter felt like they plucked circumstantial evince and after readg all of the rmatn prented, you may or may not thk that Gandhi was homosexual/bisexual by the end of . Dog so much for the civil rights movement the USA but was nied notoriety (until rather recently) bee of his gayns, threatened wh beg outed and ternal homophobia om his equally important Black muny. In the 1980s Rt said this an terview: ‘When one is attacked for beg gay, sensiz you to a greater unrstandg and sympathy for others who face bigotry, and one realiz the damage that beg misunrstood n do to people… to attack anyone bee he's Jewish, black, a homosexual, a woman, or any other reason over which that person has no ntrol is que terrible.

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NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?

Borrowed-om-library historil non-fictn 1, 131 reviews4 followersFebary 23, 2021I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley exchange for my unbiased No Way, They Were Gay?, Lee Wd explor var historil figur of the LGBTQIA+ muny. Lee Wd’s “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. So your book NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?

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

REVIEW: “NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?”

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

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.

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

Bayard Rt beg the openly Gay Black man hidn the Civil Rights movement, teachg Dr.

Was this ternal thg I kept sayg, and that’s where the tle me om: NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?

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

You n look for 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?

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.

NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?: AN INTERVIEW WH AUTHOR LEE WD

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”. I would remend 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.