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Novel explores growing up queer in Poland

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 by Jim Collins

Author Tomasz Jedrowski’s debut novel Swimming In the Dark is a portrait of growing up LGBTQ in Poland. https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/y3znb7/swimming-in-the-dark-by-tomasz-jedrowski-explores-what-it-means-to-be-queer-in-poland

“Stuck Rubber Baby” is reissued for its 25th anniversary

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 by Jim Collins

First Second Books has published a 25th anniversary edition of the late Howard Cruse’s classic graphic novel, Stuck Rubber Baby. Alison Bechdel has written an introduction for this edition: https://slate.com/culture/2020/07/alison-bechdel-howard-cruse-stuck-rubber-baby.html

“The Deviant’s War”: New book explores early LGBTQ rights movement

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 by Jim Collins

Eric Cervini’s new book, The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America (which recently became the first LGBTQ history book to appear on the New York Times bestseller list in over two decades), explores the early LGBTQ rights movement focusing on Frank Kameny’s activism while tracing its ties and debts to other […]