The Deviant's World

What is our obligation to other members of the worldwide LGBTQ+ community? I talked to my friend, fellow activist, and writer Adam Eli about his new book: THE NEW QUEER CONSCIENCE, out on June 2, the same day as my own book! #twins

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I sat down with Sarah Prager, an LGBTQ+ history education advocate who wrote the perfect childrens' (or coffee table) companion to the Deviant's War! It's called RAINBOW REVOLUTIONARIES: 50 LGBTQ+ People Who Made History. It comes out Tuesday and is *beautifully* illustrated. Sarah and I chatted about some of our favorite historical deviants and the importance of telling LGBTQ+ stories!

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How did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and the Black Freedom Movement contribute to the fight for LGBTQ+ equality? I spoke with Dr. Peniel E. Joseph about his new book, THE SWORD AND THE SHIELD: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., and how African-American history *is* LGBTQ+ history.

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Eric sits down with Celia Laskey, the author of our April book club selection: UNDER THE RAINBOW. They talk about how she developed her novel, an inspiring book about how LGBTQ+ activists can liberate the most homophobic small town in America.

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Eric sat down with Professor Phillip Ayoub, an award-winning scholar of Diplomacy and World Affairs and the author of WHEN STATES COME OUT: Europe’s Sexual Minorities and the Politics of Visibility. (Available on Amazon and via his Insta bio, at @phillipayoub!)`

We talked about his research into how LGBTQ+ activists, like those described in Celia Laskey's UNDER THE RAINBOW, can create change in other cities, states, and countries. He offers us a guidebook for international activism that is, in an increasingly interconnected world, more important than ever before.

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Eric sits down with Jacob Tobia, the author of the bestselling memoir SISSY: A Coming-of-Gender Story, to discuss how we can peel the layers of gender––and have fun, too. 

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Yesterday, I sat down with Professor Breanne Fahs, the author of TRANSFORMING CONTAGION and a brand new book, BURN IT DOWN: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution. 

We discussed James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and some incredible LGBTQ+ manifestos from the height of the AIDS crisis.

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Eric sits down with Professor Susan Stryker, the award-winning scholar and filmmaker who co-directed Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria.

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What does the AIDS crisis teach us about the current pandemic?

In this episode, I interview Peter Staley, AIDS activist and subject of the documentary How to Survive a Plague.

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Did a gay sex scandal cause the Austro-Hungarian Empire to lose World War I?

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