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Stuck Rubber Baby (25th Anniversary Edition)

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by Matt Peters   Content advisory: Strong language (including homophobic and racist slurs) and brief depictions of nudity, hate crimes, and police violence   In Howard Cruse’s classic graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby, a character’s journey to self-acceptance is one of constant barriers and unexpected turns. Set in the early 1960s in the American South, Stuck Rubber Baby is the story of Toland Polk, a young adult living at a pivotal time in his life—and a pivotal time in history. As a gay white man, he’s faced with finding his place in a homophobic culture—and his place within a multiracial… Read More

It Rhymes with Takei

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by Kevin Wolf Content advisory: It Rhymes with Takei has one occurrence of domestic violence when Takei is attacked by an early partner. National Domestic Violence Hotline in the United States is 800-799-7233; text 988; or use this weblink, https://www.thehotline.org/. In Canada use https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html. In the UK use https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/. And elsewhere in the world, one could use https://www.nomore.org/the-no-more-global-directory/, https://www.domesticshelters.org/resources/national-global-organizations/international-organizations, or https://www.theamieffect.com/global-directory-of-abuse-helplines/.   George Takei has now written four autobiographies in three different artistic forms. I only know about his first one[i] because I was doing research for another of my multi-book reviews that I hope to complete someday, which involved… Read More