
This Queer Book Saved My Life
Fans of On Being and Los Culturistas love this 2024 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Greg Louganis, Becky Albertalli, and so many more, guests from across the rainbow tell these authors how their books helped them overcome alienation, gender dysphoria, familial homophobia, and being outed. Essayist and Lambda Literary Fellow John Parker hosts the conversations with a gentle and energetic style, standing in as conversational partner for posthumous authors. Stay tuned to off-weeks which features new episodes of 7 Minutes in Book Heaven and The Gaily Show.
Podcasting since 2022 • 118 episodes
This Queer Book Saved My Life
Latest Episodes
The Gaily Show: Men-Who-Read Book Club, Plus Pride Booklists
A new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops next week on July 22nd! In our off weeks, we air a recent episode of The Gaily Show which John hosts. The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ progressive news and talk radio show in t...
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Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality with Paul Cram
Is there any theology in the religion that I grew up in that is meaningful? Or is it just hate with a halo?Today we meet Paul Cram and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homose...
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Uncle Bobby's Wedding with Brendan Gillett and Sarah S. Brannen
The book that showed you what a positive queer future could be. And then literally came true.Today we meet Brendan Gillett and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen. An...
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The Priory of the Orange Tree with Arden Harris, Emily Autenrieth, and Samantha Shannon
This book sparked a five-year long career and life journey.In a first for us, we have two guests today! They are Arden Harris and Emily Autenrieth. We’re talking about the queer book that saved their lives: The Priory of the Orange T...
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