Good gay stories
(A time capsule of queer belief, from the late s)
The Publishing Triangle complied a selection of the best lesbian and gay novels in the late s. Its purpose was to broaden the appreciation of lesbian and gay literature and to promote discussion among all readers gay and straight.
The Triangle&#;s Best
The judges who compiled this list were the writers Dorothy Allison, David Bergman, Christopher Bram, Michael Bronski, Samuel Delany, Lillian Faderman, Anthony Heilbut, M.E. Kerr, Jenifer Levin, John Loughery, Jaime Manrique, Mariana Romo-Carmona, Sarah Schulman, and Barbara Smith.
1. Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
2. Giovanni&#;s Room by James Baldwin
3. Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet
4. Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust
5. The Immoralist by Andre Gide
6. Orlando by Virginia Woolf
7. The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
8. Touch of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
9. The Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
Zami by Audré Lorde
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
Billy Budd by Herman Melville
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+ Gay Short Stories to read
The Best Gay Quick Stories
For too long, gay concise stories have been kept in the closet. Identities have been suppressed, and lives spent in hiding have lead to a lot of gay fiction being relegated to subtext or metaphors. But no more! Not here! On our page, we’ve gathered all the newest gay fleeting stories in one place.
The experiences of gay people are many and varied, and the short stories you’ll find here reflect that wonderful diversity. From tales of gay people overcoming the oppression they face, to stories of hope and love where they’re accepted with open arms, there’s a gay short story here for everyone.
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11 gay books every queer man should read, at least once
By Emen8, updated 2 months ago in Lifestyle / Entertainment
Whether your interest is in complex gay characters or historically poignant homosexual love stories, here are eleven gay books every queer man should read, at least once.
Here are some of the best gay books for anyone looking to lose themselves in beautifully crafted stories. This list of gay books contains some of the stories that aid shape our understandings of the gay experience, our history, our loves and our families. If you have already read them all, please get in feel, I think we may be soulmates. While you&#;re at it you can also check out our 6 gay fantasy novels to add to your reading list.
1. Call Me by Your Name, Andre Aciman
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Gay love stories in historical fiction
What was it like to be a gay man in Paris in ? While researching my novel The Beasts of Paris, I couldn’t find much in 19th-century writing about homosexual affection, and even later there are strangely few literary, queer, period-set love stories (shout outs to Sarah Waters and Mary Renault), so I’m pushing the boundaries of both ‘love story’ and ‘historical’ here. All I initiate in 19th-century accounts is an occasional minor character – e.g. in Zola’s Nana – or documentary reports of police raids, or porn (thank you, Jack Saul). I delved into novels, paintings and photographs as successfully as history. And if my historical period stretches from Ancient Greece to the early s – well, you take what you can get.
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Maurice by E.M. Forster
The daddy of all gay love stories. Although written in , Forster’s book was not published until after his death, in He was inspired to write it after meeting the writer and activist Edward Carpenter and his long-term partner George Merrill. It’s a deeply kind picture of a man who experiences intense pass