Aug 30, 2023·edited Aug 30, 2023Liked by Kate Jones
I love to see posts like this, both from LGBTQ individuals and het/cis advocates. I belong to the latter group, and my advocate effort is to write novels and stories about LBGTQ people whose destinies are not solely dictated by their orientations or gender identities. There's a bit of controversy about whether women should be writing stories about gay men, partly b/c too many of these stories feature men who are essentially women with different plumbing. My boys, my men, are male all the way. Thanks for this post!
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Thank you for the ‘blast from the past’, Kate. I used to write a book column for a city magazine and the owner was a huge Armistead Maupin fan. He asked if I could try and get an interview with him. Sadly, I couldn’t but wrote a writer profile instead. Thanks for a great round-up ✨✨
Oh wow, Victoria! Most people look at me blankly when I wax lyrical about him! I bet the profile was super interesting to write. The documentary about his life and the books is brilliant. Thanks for reading :)
I love to see posts like this, both from LGBTQ individuals and het/cis advocates. I belong to the latter group, and my advocate effort is to write novels and stories about LBGTQ people whose destinies are not solely dictated by their orientations or gender identities. There's a bit of controversy about whether women should be writing stories about gay men, partly b/c too many of these stories feature men who are essentially women with different plumbing. My boys, my men, are male all the way. Thanks for this post!
Addendum: I have subscribed to and recommended you. I hope you'll check out my account, "And Now, This," and consider recommending and/or subscribing. Thanks, either way, for your great work.
Thank you, Robin! I'm glad you enjoyed the post. You raise some interesting ideas here that I hadn't considered.
Thank you for the recommendation, I shall check out your work :)
Great review of all things June. I too like The Tales of The City shows in TV.
Thank you for the ‘blast from the past’, Kate. I used to write a book column for a city magazine and the owner was a huge Armistead Maupin fan. He asked if I could try and get an interview with him. Sadly, I couldn’t but wrote a writer profile instead. Thanks for a great round-up ✨✨
Oh wow, Victoria! Most people look at me blankly when I wax lyrical about him! I bet the profile was super interesting to write. The documentary about his life and the books is brilliant. Thanks for reading :)
It wasn't a particularly long profile. A real shame that we couldn't get the interview, though. I'll take a look at the documentary. Thank you :)