Real Queer America
{{Short description|2019 non-fiction book by Samantha Allen}}
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Real Queer America: LGBT Stories From Red States is a 2019 nonfiction book written by Samantha Allen.{{cite web|date=May 23, 2019|work=The New York Times|author=McBride, Sarah|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/books/review/jacob-tobia-sissy-samantha-allen-real-queer-america.html|title=Two L.G.B.T.Q. Memoirs Sow the Seeds of Progress}}{{cite web|title=Review|date=2019|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-real-queer-america-samantha-allen-review-20190228-story.html}}{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=How 'Real America' Became Queer America|author=Allen, Samantha|date=March 13, 2019|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/opinion/lgbt-trump-red-states.html}} The book documents a road trip Allen took in the summer of 2017 through LGBT communities in conservative parts of the United States, focusing on Utah, Texas, Indiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia.
Critical reception
The New York Times wrote "Allen’s powerful book of memoir and reportage, Real Queer America, is decidedly more serious in tone, but it's no less entertaining. The Daily Beast reporter gathers stories from L.G.B.T.Q. people she met in conservative states across the country on a road trip she took in July 2017, the first summer of the Trump presidency."
The Los Angeles Times called Real Queer America “a book necessary for anyone in or allied with the queer community.”{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-real-queer-america-samantha-allen-review-20190228-story.html|title=Review: 'Real Queer America' shines light on LGBT folks living in red states|date=2019-02-28|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-01}}
Publishers Weekly labeled the book “the ultimate road-trip through rainbow-colored America.”{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-316-51603-7|title=Nonfiction Book Review: Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States|last=|first=|date=|website=www.publishersweekly.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-28}} The book was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Non-fiction.
References
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External links
- [https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/samantha-allen/real-queer-america/9780316516013/ Hachette Book Group]
- [https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40274696-real-queer-america Goodreads]
Category:2019 non-fiction books
Category:LGBTQ non-fiction books
Category:2010s LGBTQ literature
Category:Transgender non-fiction books
Category:Little, Brown and Company books
Category:LGBTQ literature in the United States
Category:2019 LGBTQ-related literary works
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