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For Pride month this year, thought I’d post a few gay themed books I enjoyed through the years. Queer London - Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis 1918-1957 by Matt Houlbrook (fascinating look at gay lives in London before gay sex was decriminalised)

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For Pride month this year, thought I’d post a few gay themed books I enjoyed through the years. When We Rise: My Life in the Movement by Cleve Jones (his activism during the early days of gay rights and AIDS was really thought provoking)

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For Pride month this year, thought I’d post a few gay themed books I enjoyed through the years. Love from the Pink Palace by Jill Nalder (the real story which partly inspired the fantastic tv series It’s a Sin by Russell T Davies, and it’s just as inspirational)

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For Pride month this year, thought I’d post a few gay themed books I enjoyed through the years. Logical Family: A Memoir by Armistead Maupin (although I enjoyed his Tales of the City books, his life is equally as interesting)

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For Pride month this year, thought I’d post a few gay themed books I enjoyed through the years. Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story by Paul Monette (his experience really helped me understanding what it meant to come out, in fact I enjoyed the whole trilogy.)

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For Pride month this year, thought I’d post a few gay themed books I enjoyed through the years. Breaking the Surface by Greg Louganis (inspirational insight into his life when being gay and HIV+ was stigmatised)

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For Pride month this year, thought I’d post a few gay themed books I enjoyed through the years. A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood

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For Pride month this year, thought I’d post a few gay themed books I enjoyed through the years. The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst

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For Pride month this year, thought I’d post a few gay themed books I enjoyed through the years. Maurice by E. M. Foster (back in the day when there’s no LGBT section in bookshops, I was lucky finding this classic, literally judging the book by its cover! 😄)

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For Pride month this year, thought I’d post a few gay themed books I enjoyed through the years. A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White (first gay themed book I’ve ever read while I was still figuring out my sexuality)

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