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HEAR THE RAINBOW

Posted on: June 9, 2022

June is Pride month in the LGBTQ+ community and June is also Audiobook Month – so truly, a double whammy of wonderful things! Today’s episode, we’re celebrating by sharing some of our favorite queer audiobooks. Now you can read and 🌈hear the rainbow!🌈

Books mentioned in this episode:

Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays by R. Eric Thomas

I’m So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson

When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan

Under the Rainbow by Celia Laskey

Girlhood by Melissa Febos

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

The City We Became by NK Jemisin

Lie With Me by Philippe Besson, translated by Molly Ringwald

Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Getting Clean with Stevie Green – Swan Huntley

Bonus books:

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

I was Better Last Night by Harvey Fierstein

Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris

Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming

Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein

Love that Story by Jonathan Van Ness

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara


June is Pride month in the LGBTQ+ community and June is also Audiobook Month – so truly, a double whammy of wonderful things! Today’s episode, we’re celebrating by sharing some of our favorite queer audiobooks. Now you can read and 🌈hear the rainbow!🌈

Books mentioned in this episode:

Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays by R. Eric Thomas

I’m So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson

When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan

Under the Rainbow by Celia Laskey

Girlhood by Melissa Febos

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

The City We Became by NK Jemisin

Lie With Me by Philippe Besson, translated by Molly Ringwald

Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Getting Clean with Stevie Green – Swan Huntley

Bonus books:

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

I was Better Last Night by Harvey Fierstein

Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris

Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming

Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein

Love that Story by Jonathan Van Ness

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Music:

Provided royalty free from www.bensound.com

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