So gay for you

She shares stories of growing up in an abusive household in Albany in the s, a teenage pregnancy, and prison time for robbery as nonchalantly as she recalls selling rhinestone G-strings to prostitutes to make them sparkle in the headlights of passing cars.

Retrieve credentials. Encounters with a variety of hardworking dancers, drag queens, and pimps, plus an account of the complexities of a first love with a drug-addled hustler, fill out the memoir with personality and candor.

So Gay for You : A great memoir about how you show up for and love your chosen family

So Gay For You is a heartfelt, funny, and inspiring look at the beauty of friendship and community and the importance of self acceptance. Log in. Share your opinion of this book. Hailey and Moennig showcase the intimate details of their lives and careers in a dual memoir that begins with auditions in the early aughts for a proposed Showtime pilot hoping to ride on the success of Queer As Folk about a group of modern, sexually active Los Angeles lesbians called Earthlings.

Take it from a die-hard fan, and friend, this intimate exploration of their lives blends candid anecdotes with reflections on their youth, queer identity, the impact of The L Word, and perhaps most importantly, their two decades of friendship.

A blissfully vicarious, heartfelt glimpse into the life of a Manhattan burlesque dancer.

Her anecdotes are humorous, heartfelt, and supremely captivating, recounted with the passion of a true survivor and the acerbic wit of a weathered, street-wise New Yorker. A resonant and uplifting dual portrait of queer entertainment media in action.

Page Count: Publisher: St. Likes New York Times Bestseller. A former New York City dancer reflects on her zesty heyday in the s. So Gay for You is a love letter to a life-defining friendship over the decades, and following Kate and Leisha's unlikely and extremely entertaining journey stumbling from closeted queer kids to LGBTQ+ activists to successful actresses, podcasters, and business owners.

SO GAY FOR YOU : Full of never-before-shared glimpses into the making of The L Word, Kate and Leisha's real-life loves and losses, and their experiences as queer icons, So Gay for You is a heartfelt, inspiring love letter to a ride or die friendship over the decades, and a testament to the liberating power of chosen family

Frank and unapologetic, Johnson vividly captures aspects of her former life as a stage seductress shimmying to blues tracks during minute sets or sewing lingerie for plus-sized dancers. Sign Up. The story of a lesbian melodrama and the two powerhouse actors behind its success.

More by Kamala Harris. A determined if self-regarding portrait of a candidate striving to define herself and her campaign on her own terms. Though her work was far from the Broadway shows she dreamed about, it eventually became all about the nightly hustle to simply survive.

Review Posted Online: Sept. He was always focused, always commander in chief in that room. All Rights Reserved. Harris aims to set the record straight on issues that have remained hotly debated. Trouble signing in? Leisha and Kate are each trailblazers in their own right and we thank the gay gods their blazed trails crossed.".

Review Posted Online: July 27, "So Gay for You is more than a memoir; it's a comprehensive almanac of Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey. Pub Date: Sept. Hailey was cast as Alice, a bisexual journalist, while Moennig portrayed edgy bed-hopping lesbian Shane, each to rousing success.

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