Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States (Little Brown Us)

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST
A transgender reporter's "powerful, profoundly moving" narrative tour through the surprisingly vibrant queer communities sprouting up in red states ( New York Times Book …

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