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"On the verge of the summer before his senior year, Jay is a soft soul in a world of concrete. While his older brother is everything people expect a man to be, Jay simply blends into the background to everyone, except when it comes to Leroy. Unsure of what he could have possibly done to catch the eye of the boy who could easily have anyone he wants, Jay isn't about to ignore the surprising but welcome attention. But as everything in his world begins to heat up, especially with Leroy, whispered rumors over the murder of a young Black journalist and long-brewing territory tensions hang like a dark cloud over his neighborhood. And when Jay and Leroy find themselves caught in the crossfire, Leroy isn't willing to be the reason Jay's life is at risk"--Provided by publisher.

"Any love story aficionado will say that the key to a successful couple is intense desire for one another--but what if the characters in question are an asexual woman with a passion for Boys Love stories and a gay man whose heart forever belongs to his oblivious childhood friend? Although romance will never be in the cards for newlyweds Yuriko and Gakurouta, the bond blossoming between them promises to be a wonderful relationship--the likes of which neither has ever experienced before..." --Back cover.

Emmett Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence and had lived nearly eighteen years in the world with very little to distress or vex him. Emmett knows he?s blessed. And because of that, he tries to give back: from charity work to letting the often irritating Georgia sit at his table at lunch, he knows it?s important to be nice. And recently, he?s found a new way of giving back: matchmaking. He set up his best friend Taylor with her new boyfriend and it?s gone perfectly. So when his occasional friend-with-benefits Harrison starts saying he wants a boyfriend (something Emmett definitely does NOT want to be), he decides to try and find Harrison the perfect man at Highbury Academy. Emmett?s childhood friend, Miles, thinks finding a boyfriend for a guy you sleep with is a bad idea. But Miles is straight, and Emmett says this is gay life ? your friends, your lovers, your boyfriends ? they all come from the same very small pool. That?s why Emmett doesn?t date ? to keep things clean. He knows the human brain isn?t done developing until twenty-five, so any relationship he enters into before then would inevitably end in a breakup, in loss. And he?s seen what loss can do. His mother died four years ago and his Dad hasn?t been the same since. But the lines Emmett tries to draw are more porous than he thinks, and as he tries to find Harrison the perfect match, he learns that gifted as he may be, maybe he has no idea what he?s doing when it comes to love. Modern and very gay, with a charmingly conceited lead who is convinced he knows it all, and the occasional reference to the classic movie Clueless, Emmett brings you lush romance all while exploring the complexities of queer culture?where your lovers and friends are sometimes the same person, but the person you fall in love with might be a total surprise.

"They say L?on Delafosse will be France's next great pianist. But despite his being the youngest student ever accepted into the prestigious Paris Conservatory, there's no way an impoverished musician can make his way in 1890s Paris without an outside patron. Young gossip columnist Marcel Proust takes L?on under his wing, and the boys game their way through an extravagant new world. When the larger-than-life Count Robert de Montesquiou-F?zensac offers his patronage, L?on's dreams are made real. But the closer he gets to becoming France's next great thing, the further he strays from his old country life he shared with his family and his best friend F?lix . . . a boy he might love. With each choice L?on makes, he must navigate a fine line between two worlds--or risk losing them both"--Provided by publisher.

"A new, bigger school gives Alvin the chance to start over --- and to finally fit in when he finds the school's gay community. But when his new friends discover that Alvin has never actually been with a guy, they make it their mission to hook him up with the three hottest boys in school. There's the strongly ambitious Alistair -- gunning to be a gay leader in politics. Jesse, the jock, is known for wild parties and breaking hearts. The edgy-looking, denim-clad Rowan is a bit of a mystery-- and pops up in and out of Alvin's life at the oddest times. What makes Alvin hesitant however, is that he's not sure he's interest in getting physical, ever, with anyone"--Back cover.

The cofounder of the Asian American Writers' Workshop tells his story of growing up as a gay Chinese kid in 1980s Detroit and how he found refuge in a welcoming Chinese restaurant.

"A moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg about growing up gay in his small Midwestern town, his relationship with Pete, and his hope for America's future"--.

"[A] biography of America's best-known and least understood food personality, and the modern culinary landscape he shaped. After World War II, a newly affluent United States reached for its own gourmet culture, one at ease with the French international style of Escoffier, but also distinctly American. Enter James Beard, authority on cooking and eating, his larger-than-life presence and collection of whimsical bow ties synonymous with the nation's food for decades, even after his death in 1985 . . . [The author] argues that Beard's struggles as a closeted gay man directly influenced his creation of an American cuisine. Starting in the 1920s, Beard escaped loneliness and banishment by traveling abroad to places where people ate for pleasure, not utility, and found acceptance at home by crafting an American ethos of food likewise built on passion and delight . . . [A] portrait of a towering figure who still represents the best in food"--Provided by publisher.

"Interwoven with photographs of the people lost, this memoir chronicles the AIDS pandemic from the late 1970s to the late 1990s, up until the death of the author's partner.".