I’m certain I was the first man he’d been intimate with, while I had, as they say, been around. One night we decided to open a bottle of her favorite wine to toast her memory, and before I knew it my Step-Dad and I were making. I came home from college at the end of the semester to help my Step-Dad pack up her things and we spent a lot of time talking about my Mom. And once you're done here, head on over to the GH Book Club to check out even more feel-good reads. He was my next-door neighbor, and I did not seduce him, even though I was 20 years older than he was. 'Dear Eve, Last spring my Mom was killed in a car accident. He set his bags down, gently put his Blackberry on the table in front of him, and heaved himself onto the couch. Rob rushed into his first session with me, gym bag on one shoulder, briefcase on the other, 10 minutes late and out of breath. Add them all to your own tbr list or pick up a few as the perfect gift for the book-lover in your life. Exploring the Uncharted Territory of a 'Mixed-Orientation Marriage'.
We've got something for fans of thrillers and crime, romance novels, humor, standby classics, new releases and of course, literary fiction and memoir. And just like the rest of the literary canon, LGBTQ+ books come in all genres. All of us deserve to see our lived experiences reflected in the stories we love, and that's especially important for young people or those who can't express the fullness of their identity in their everyday lives. These books by gay authors and LGBTQ+ writers, as well as fantastic reads with characters who identify as part of the rainbow of identities the acronym encompasses, show us that our literary worlds can (and should!) be as beautifully diverse as the one we live in. But this increased visibility during Pride month shouldn't be a one-month thing - it's an opportunity to expand the diversity of our media consumption all year long. For 30 days, every product from T-shirts to bagels come in a rainbow motif in a nod toward supporting (and earning money from) the LGBTQ+ community.
During Pride month every June, a lot of attention turns to LGBTQ+ culture, including its artists, creators and authors.