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GAY HISTORIL FICTN BOOKS
Books shelved as gay-historil-fictn: The Song of Achill by Male Miller, The Charteer by Mary Renlt, As Meat Lov Salt by Maria McCann, At ... * historical fiction with gay characters *
That might seem untertuive, nsirg how homophobia, sexism, racism, and a lot of other -isms often crease the farther back time we go, but on the other hand, the remr that LGBTQ people have always existed and found ways to live wh their circumstanc is an upliftg one. It’s not easy beg gay the 1950s wh McCarthyism full swg. In 1970s Uguay, homosexualy is a dangero transgrsn agast the ary ernment.
CLASSIC GAY MALE LERATURE
A closeted Iranian teen who jt moved to the cy and whose only exposure to the gay muny has been men dyg of AIDS the media; a girl whose gay uncle is an AIDS activist; and her bt iend, the only out guy their school, fightg back agast his nservative’s parents expectatns, e together unexpected and life-changg ways.
Her love for Kty leads her on a journey through queer Victorian London—om the mic halls and hidn gay bars to the socialist movement.
Though this book is full of dozens of characters, there are three ghosts that might be nsired ma characters a more nventnal novel, one of whom is a gay man. Baldw’s novel about a young gay man stgglg wh his sexualy 1950s Paris is both heartbreakg and upsettg. She plays a mor but important role the story, and the cln of a gay woman this book only ma even more relevant and femist.
LGBTQIA: GAY FICTN & LERATURE
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