Bibliograph

Type

Label

Real queer America, LGBT stories from red states, Samantha Allen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrationsplatesportraits

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Real queer America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1038397570

Responsibility statement

Samantha Allen

Sub title

LGBT stories from red states

Summary

"Ten years ago, Samantha Allen was a suit-and-tie-wearing Mormon missionary who cited the Bible to denounce homosexuality. Now she's a senior Daily Beast reporter happily married to another woman. A lot in her life has changed, but what hasn't changed is her deep love of red state America, and of queer people who stay in so-called flyover country rather than moving to the liberal coasts. In Real Queer America, Allen takes us on a cross-country road trip stretching all the way from Provo, Utah, to the Rio Grande Valley to the Bible Belt and to the Deep South. Her motto for the trip: 'Something gay every day.' Making pit stops at drag shows, political rallies, and hubs of queer life across the heartland, she introduces us to extraordinary LGBT people working for change, including the first openly transgender mayor in Texas, a bisexual activist in Mississippi, the manager of the only queer bar in Bloomington, Indiana, and many more. Along the way, Allen weaves in her own moving story of discovering her identity, venturing out of the closet, meeting her wife, and creating a national network of chosen family. In writing this book, she takes her place among them, reclaiming 'real America' as beautifully, unequivocally, powerfully queer. While Allen faces the dark realities and challenges of queer life in the United States head-on her book is anything but despairing. Real Queer America is a story of hope, joy, friendship, and the exhilarating possibility of change for the better."--Dust jacket

Table Of Contents

Introduction : Queer in Trump's America -- Seeing red -- Prodigal daughter -- Texas outrageous -- Boo-mington -- Not the family that you're in -- Crossroads -- Going home -- Epilogue : The bright road ahead

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LGBT stories from red states

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