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Contents:

• TODAY IS GAY UNCL DAY AND HERE ARE SOME BOOKS TO CELEBRATE
• HERE’S HOW HEARTWARMG, HILAR STORY ABOUT A GAY UNCLE BEME ONE OF SUMMER’S HOTTT BOOKS
• THE GAY UNCLE'S GUI TO PARENTG: CANDID COUNSEL OM THE DEPTHS OF THE DAYRE TRENCH
• STORI MY GAY UNCLE TOLD ME
• MY TWO UNCL & ME: TEACHER, PARENT & LGBT REMEND FOR KIDS 4-8 | GAY PARENTG | GAY PARENTS

TODAY IS GAY UNCL DAY AND HERE ARE SOME BOOKS TO CELEBRATE

The gay uncle (guncle) has bee an tegral part of the morn fay dynamic recent years, thanks to Morn Fay and Insta gays. He troduced me to the gay bars and kk shops of Christopher Street and 8th Avenue, and wh , the rich and vibrant queer muny of Chelsea and the Wt Village that spanned also ved me to the weekly tradn of Sunday bnch wh the boys at The Dish.

” It’s a trick om the ancient gay art of cisg, which was how queer people found sual sex long before the days of datg apps and gay bars as bachelorette party venu. Durg my early days as a eelancer at OUT, I found a si gig as a waer and barback at Barracuda, a gay bar that served as a Chelsea staple and a filmg lotn for a scene om Sex and the Cy (if the name RickNePl rgs a bell, you know what scene I’m referrg to).

There was also Joe, a gay preacher, who had no issue participatg the often-appropriate banter that ensued durg a slow happy hour. Today is Gay Uncl Day, so here are some books by, for, and about gay (and other queer) uncl to help you celebrate the special people any day of the year! Y, many are same-sex relatnships, but ’s unclear if they are gay or bisexual.

HERE’S HOW HEARTWARMG, HILAR STORY ABOUT A GAY UNCLE BEME ONE OF SUMMER’S HOTTT BOOKS

Mia’s uncle is gay, and she rents his new boyiend—but only bee means he don’t have as much time for her. Garner, the “proud guncle of 22 niec and nephews, ” offers tips and spiratn for any guncle, cludg quot om famo guncl (Jam Baldw, Osr Wil, RuPl Charl, Ian McKellen, Harvey Milk, Lil Nas X, and more), advice on talkg wh your niec and nephews about beg gay and g out (you or them!

The Gay Uncle’s Gui to Parentg: Candid Counsel om the Depths of the Dayre Trench, by Brett Berk (Harmony: 2008). Asi om the tle and thor, there’s nothg particularly “gay” about this book, but Berk, who has 20 years of experience as a classroom teacher and prchool director, is full of good advice that many parents of all inti will fd eful.

Gay Uncle Patrick (or GUP), has always loved spendg time wh his niece and nephew, Maisie and Grant, when they e to vis him Palm Sprgs for a week, or when he se them Connecticut for the holidays.

THE GAY UNCLE'S GUI TO PARENTG: CANDID COUNSEL OM THE DEPTHS OF THE DAYRE TRENCH

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Patrick O’Hara is a 43-year-old ftan-wearg gay man who was once a Hollywood actor and now liv Palm Sprgs bee “40 is ancient Los Angel, middle-aged San Francis, but young Palm Sprgs.

”He’s also been signated the sole retaker of his 9-year-old niece and 6-year-old nephew while their dad spends a few months rehab after the ath of the kids’ mother — Patrick’s bt Rowley (Byron Lane)The often hilar, sometim vastatg, and genuely touchg story of GUP — short for Gay Uncle Patrick — as a guardian of two kids is the re of “The Guncle, ” by btsellg thor Steven Rowley. It quickly beme an LGBTQ+ Lerature and Fay btseller on Amazon, spent four weeks on the Southern California Inpennt Bookstore Associatn’s bt-seller list, is back-orred on and was sold to a movie — which Rowley will adapt and executive Daily News FlashWeekdaysCatch up on the day’s top five stori every weekday meteoric rise of a tale about a reclive gay Hollywood D-lister surprised even Rowley, thor of “The Edor” and “Lily and the Octop, ” which has been translated to 19 languag. “At the end of the week, she was like, you know, there might be somethg to explore … somethg to wre about, ” he book — scribed by the publisher as a “movg tribute to the power of love, patience, and fay, ” wrten wh “humor and heart” ― also explor some agonizg moments of fay distrs that’s a reflectn of gay life, Rowley said.

STORI MY GAY UNCLE TOLD ME

” —Whoopi Goldberg, The View“Steven Rowley strik a harmon balance between the enarg gay uncle archetype and the existential dilemmas that ronate wh so many rears.

” –Washgton Post“A formerly famo gay s star is sudnly tasked wh raisg his niece and nephew this sweet, scy novel. ” –Real Simple “Gay Uncle Patrick is given ctody of his young niece and nephew for the summer, and stggl to tegrate his liftyle as an actor wh his new charg.

” –BookRt “Hilar and heartwarmg…Auntie Mame-like lghs, lsons and hijks ensue as Patrick—a once-famo gay s star—als wh a midlife crisis while lnchg a send act.

MY TWO UNCL & ME: TEACHER, PARENT & LGBT REMEND FOR KIDS 4-8 | GAY PARENTG | GAY PARENTS

” –Paperback Paris “The Guncle is a love letter to the gay uncl (guncl) and their love for their niec and nephews and will keep the rear entertaed om begng to end... ” –Publishers Weekly “Patrick is a memorable character, and ’s genuely thrillg to read screenwrer-turned-novelist Rowley’s take on the mechanics of stardom…’s te sight here to the psychology of gay men, Hollywood, and parentg. ” –Cale Perri, thor of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy “Patrick is a famo bon vivant, ftan-wearg gay uncle wh a fabulo hoe Palm Sprgs.

I wish I had a gay uncle. Then, like any good prchool teacher, Berk mols "rrect" (effective and age-appropriate) parentg se you were wonrg, there really is no gay angle. He jt happens to be gay and an uncle and as he says, straight Amerins have ced their thory entertament, terr sign, and hair stylg to gay men, so why not add childre to the list?