It’s Pride Month, and Meg & Nikki are kicking things off with a reflective conversation about queer identity and coming out romance stories we love (especially the messy, nonlinear, and sometimes late-blooming kind).

Listen in for:

* What shaped their early understandings of sexual identity and orientation

* The multiple “F’s” in a framework designed for awakening…tingles…in the groiny bits…

* Their favourite queer awakening romance stories involving oblivious golden retriever types

* And why bisexuality deserves better storytelling

We’re kicking off a full month of celebrating queerness in all its forms: awkward, evolving, and absolutely worth honouring.

Books & Media We Mention:

* Trophy Doms New York series by Kate Hawthorne

* Zenni Optical

Our Fave Coming Out/Awakening Stories:

Nikki’s List:

* Fake It Till you Make Out by Isla Olsen

* Dirty Forty by Mia Monroe

* Thick as Thieves by Lucy Lennox

* Irresponsible Puckboy by Eden Finely and Saxon James

* The Wedding Date by Sean Ashcroft

* It’s Complicated by Willow Dixon

* Just a Bit Wrecked by Alessandra Hazard

* 10 Ways to Accidentally Fall In Love by Emmy Sanders

* The Fly Half by Charlie Novak

* Learning to Feel by NR Walker

* Party Favors by Erin McLellen

* Red White & Royal Blue

* Honeymoon for One by Keira Andrews

* Strawberry Kisses by Charlie Novak

Meg’s List:

* Tal Bauer

* You & Me

* Gravity

* How to say I do

* The Quarterback

* Crossroads by Riley Hart (double bi-awakening)

* Eden Finley

* Fake out

* Blindsided

* Fandom & Encore

* Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake (FF)

* Set the record straight by Hannah Bonam Young

* Emmy Sanders

* Fool Hearts

* 10 ways to accidentally

* Sara Cate - salacious players club

* Give me more (MFM)

* Madame (FFM)

* Heated Rivalry

* Borrowing Blue by Lucy Lennox

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