Comments on: Top 10 Books of ’08 That Belong on A Gay’s Bookshelf

By: sparkle obama

sparkle obama — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:20:53 +0000

is it time for “the gays” to change Our name?
are we actually “gay americans” as that handsome, kooky governor put it?
or is “gay” as a big-tent qualifier somehow limited & over –
- as kitschy and troublesome an artifact as “colored” & “oriental”?

one way to use up extra assh*le energy is to Change Our Name and force the world to go along with the change.
it could be almost as symbolic as the use and meaning of the english word “marriage”, whatever that means.
to make a sweeping linguistics change could be like casting a magic spell.
what word encompasses …
wait – there is LGBT
maybe that’s it.
elgeebeetee
elgeebeetee.
whaddya think, blanche?

i’m elgeebeetee, what are you, darling?

By: seitan-on-a-stick

seitan-on-a-stick — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:04:47 +0000

I thought Carrie Fisher’s “Wishful Drinking” novel to be less NYU-based required reading…

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:03:25 +0000

This is a great list!

You may also want to look at one of our most recent titles, “The Dictionary of Homophobia” by Louis-Georges Tin, who published the Dictionary at great personal and professional cost (France, 2003, translation in Canada by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2008), and launched the International Day Against Homophobia in 2005.

In 2006, he started a campaign “for a universal decriminalisation of homosexuality” which led to a Declaration in the General Assembly of the UN on December 18 2008. He is also the vice-president and spokesperson of the CRAN, the Coalition of Black organisations in France. We’ll be blogging a bit more about Tin in the near future at http://www.arsenalia.com.

By: Cody

Cody — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:05:57 +0000

“Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever” is an amazing book! I’ve read it twice this year. Thank you for the list, I too have a problem finding decent queer books that aren’t full of erotic stories.

By: patrick lehman

patrick lehman — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:29:35 +0000

I’m really liking your newly articulate political voice and I was (with the exception of Madonna) impressed with your best of music picks. So being unfamiliar with all these book selections except Sedaris, I will definately give them a try. I am glad you are growing up as a cultural source.

By: mikey

mikey — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:03:49 +0000

Thanks for the List! Several sound just like what I would enjoy. Recently I read a wonderful book titled “Call Me By Your Name” sorry can’t think of the author at the moment. Its a coming of age story, love found love lost etc. It is very thought provoking.

By: Alan down in Florida

Alan down in Florida — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:46:22 +0000

For the first two responders – have you tried Lambda Book Review or Insight Out Books or simply the Amazon Gay & Lesbian site?

As for the list, how does a thinly disguised novel about Laura Bush qualify as gay content?

By: James Bartlett

James Bartlett — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:37:10 +0000

yeah thanks

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:39:03 +0000

thank you for this! i love, love, love reading but have had difficulty finding some good gay-themed books