{"id":13,"date":"2020-02-14T19:11:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T19:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookofthegay.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2020-06-25T17:29:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T17:29:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bookofthegay.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hi! I’m Kes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a bookworm, book hoarder, and book devourer. Yes, we eat books here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am Canadian, non-binary, and queer (I’m gay married and everything). I might just be three cats in a trenchcoat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to my degree in communications and publishing I am highly critical of all of the media I consume. So here I am, trying to learn to love books again, while still being critical about the messages they perpetuate (I am looking at you, sexual racism). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I mostly read books with queer protagonists in the adult speculative fiction genres, but sometimes I don’t. All reviews of queer books are clearly marked as such!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I post reviews every Tuesday and I hope to start posting other book and culture related posts every Friday. Let’s see how that goes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I want to see a publishing industry that is as diverse our world and I’m enjoying seeing those changes as they come into the industry. It’s nice to see LGBTQ+ and POC protagonists in my favourite genres from the Big Five. I’m hoping to see more diversity and much more intersectionality in the representations we have on the shelves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also write occasional guest reviews over at the Lesbrary<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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