Liam’s review of Queer Me!: Halfway Between Flying and Crying > Likes and Comments
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The premise does sound in need of some explanation but perhaps not worth investigating further.
Dmitri wrote: "The premise does sound in need of some explanation but perhaps not worth investigating further."
If I didn't have to buy the book I would. I just find it odd, and a little disturbing and creepy, that a novel that is all about the trauma of discovering you are gay resolves itself by marriage?! Because no review on GR even mentions I felt I had to.
We had a weird (usually ‘faith- based’) thing here in the US that was called ‘conversion therapy’. It caused mental distress and anguish in young people who were subjected to it. I think it may have been made illegal after it came under scrutiny but I’m not certain.
Dmitri wrote: "We had a weird (usually ‘faith- based’) thing here in the US that was called ‘conversion therapy’. It caused mental distress and anguish in young people who were subjected to it. I think it may hav..."
Well it is banned for minors but not for adults in lots of the USA, which is better than the UK, but of course it is still perfectly legal to teach religious beliefs that believe being gay is not right. But the USA is overall more complex than the UK or most European states because local government and State governments are so much more powerful. European governments, centrally, decide education policy, for example. You can still have problems with prejudice but it is impossible, broadly speaking, for local schools to embark on the kind of independent action in terms of book banning etc.
But going back to the book I maybe misunderstanding or overthinking it - it is a 'fiction' but seems to be very much based on the authors experience but he doesn't seem to be gay.
Why would someone write about their 'queer period' and then deny it? Haven't read it. Probably won't. (Too many books, etc) But the motivations are obscure.
Patrick wrote: "Why would someone write about their 'queer period' and then deny it? Haven't read it. Probably won't. (Too many books, etc) But the motivations are obscure."
As I say it is odd because is all about 'coming out' but the author's GR profile, clearly self written, is all about not coming out. As you say to many books to read I just couldn't resist commenting!
Ah, Liam Ostermann, you have noticed the obvious difficulty in lives that are dissimilar to your own thought patterns. I am gay. I remain gay. I am married to a woman. That does not stop me from being gay. You are welcome to your thoughts but they do not reflect my reality
If it's any help to the doubters, gay musician Tom Robinson has had a similar life history including marriage to a woman, and says much the same as Tim does.
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Dmitri wrote: "The premise does sound in need of some explanation but perhaps not worth investigating further."If I didn't have to buy the book I would. I just find it odd, and a little disturbing and creepy, that a novel that is all about the trauma of discovering you are gay resolves itself by marriage?! Because no review on GR even mentions I felt I had to.
We had a weird (usually ‘faith- based’) thing here in the US that was called ‘conversion therapy’. It caused mental distress and anguish in young people who were subjected to it. I think it may have been made illegal after it came under scrutiny but I’m not certain.
Dmitri wrote: "We had a weird (usually ‘faith- based’) thing here in the US that was called ‘conversion therapy’. It caused mental distress and anguish in young people who were subjected to it. I think it may hav..."Well it is banned for minors but not for adults in lots of the USA, which is better than the UK, but of course it is still perfectly legal to teach religious beliefs that believe being gay is not right. But the USA is overall more complex than the UK or most European states because local government and State governments are so much more powerful. European governments, centrally, decide education policy, for example. You can still have problems with prejudice but it is impossible, broadly speaking, for local schools to embark on the kind of independent action in terms of book banning etc.
But going back to the book I maybe misunderstanding or overthinking it - it is a 'fiction' but seems to be very much based on the authors experience but he doesn't seem to be gay.
Why would someone write about their 'queer period' and then deny it? Haven't read it. Probably won't. (Too many books, etc) But the motivations are obscure.
Patrick wrote: "Why would someone write about their 'queer period' and then deny it? Haven't read it. Probably won't. (Too many books, etc) But the motivations are obscure."As I say it is odd because is all about 'coming out' but the author's GR profile, clearly self written, is all about not coming out. As you say to many books to read I just couldn't resist commenting!
Ah, Liam Ostermann, you have noticed the obvious difficulty in lives that are dissimilar to your own thought patterns. I am gay. I remain gay. I am married to a woman. That does not stop me from being gay. You are welcome to your thoughts but they do not reflect my reality
If it's any help to the doubters, gay musician Tom Robinson has had a similar life history including marriage to a woman, and says much the same as Tim does.
