Reviews and Comments

Very informative book. I will likely revisit this one in the future.

I definitely think the audience for this is younger than I am but I still found it interesting. I think someone mentioned it when I came out a couple of years ago and I'm just now getting to it. A lot of information about queer people whether you're thinking of coming out, newly out, or friends or family of someone who is. Most of it is evergreen but some of the political content is understandably a little out of date already.

Literally in tears when the book came to an end. Beautifully written. It's been a long time since I read any of the Greek myths this was based on but it fits in the hazy memories and adds layers to those characters.

Very well researched and presented. My favorite parts were probably the chapters on more current mythos like superheroes and the like but it was all enjoyable and interesting.

Really engaging. As a GenXer, I grew up in front of the TV and I'm old enough that a bulk of the book is about TV shows I saw in their first run. But some of them I was young enough not to completely pick up on what was happening.

Basically this was a very informative and interesting journey through the past with a queer lens. It's essentially sort of a marriage of TV sitcoms with the history of the times. I appreciated knowing what politically was happening at the same time as the storylines discussed. And it well acknowledged the feedback in both directions between the times and the art.

Having watched the author on YouTube for years I was already fairly sure this would be a well done and worthwhile read and he absolutely delivered.

My review is for the audiobook.

It was like having him the author tell me his story in person.

Captivating and an excellent audiobook narrated by the author.

Like having him tell me story to me in person.

Captivating story and an excellent audiobook narrated by the author.

This book was so packed with information and meaning that when I saw the audiobook was on Hoopla I decided to listen to it. So I've read it once and then listened to it narrated. It was just as powerful and there were parts that I heard with a different perspective even just 9 months later.

I listened to the audiobook but have purchased and will eventually read the book as well but I'm actually very glad I listened to the audiobook first. It was like having the author in the room speaking to me since he wrote it to his son, now the author is only I think about 4 or 5 years older than I am but as someone freshly out it was still relevant st any age. And it covered a lot of territory my late but straight father couldn't have dreamed of even if he wanted to.

Excellent book. I may reread a physical copy someday but the audiobook was perfect for working and learning about LGBTQ+ history through the people who lived it.