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One of the most macho, straightest guys I know is gonna be reading a gay teen novel?

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  1. MusicIsLife

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    Perhaps I should explain.

    I work at a bookstore and we do this...thing once a month called the Book Hookup. All those who want to participate have their names drawn in pairs at random and then we pick a book for our partner to read. It's a way to increase product knowledge and have people read something they wouldnt normally read.

    Last time I got one of the managers, he made me read Slaughterhouse Five, and I made his read Deathnote.

    At the end of that "round" I decided that if I get a girl next time I;d give her one of my favourite lesbian novels, and if I got a guy, one of my favourite gay novels.

    I found out today that I got a guy, who's pretty macho, but no one there is closed minded. everyone knows im gay, and no one cares at all. I picked Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez for him to read. I felt bad for him before he even left the store.

    He was teased by a bunch of the girls who work in the children's department, telling him that it's super graphic and full of gay sex. I felt sooo bad! :icon_sad: so much for open-mindedness.

    I stopped him before he left the store, and I told him that i didnt give it to him cause I "suspected" or because I wanted to make him uncomfortable and I swore that there was NOTHING really graphic in the book. I feel kinda bad in hindsight, but I do hope that he learns something from it :slight_smile:

    Thats my story, i just wanted to share :slight_smile: I don't know what he's making me read yet but hes really into political science, so I'm expecting some very boring nonfiction book XD
     
    #1 MusicIsLife, Apr 4, 2011
  2. Ciceron

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    Re: One of the most macho, straightest guys I know is gonna be reading a gay teen nov

    I don't know if you're looking for someone to tell you what you did was okay or wrong or somewhere in between, I am not that person.

    I'm just really interested to see how it turns out, since I imagine his world will be turned upside down.

    Payback is a...pain...though.
     
    #2 Ciceron, Apr 4, 2011
  3. Kidd

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    Re: One of the most macho, straightest guys I know is gonna be reading a gay teen nov

    Oh my gosh, I wish I worked at a bookstore. You're lucky. I think that sounds like so much fun. I would be all about it, legitimately.

    I haven't read Rainbow Boys but I heard it's good. Maybe you should have given him something else though? The Vast Fields of Ordinary and What They Always Tell us are very good and less "in-your-face" gay, not that there's anything wrong with that...

    I'm so curious to know how he reacts to it though.
     
    #3 Kidd, Apr 4, 2011
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    Re: One of the most macho, straightest guys I know is gonna be reading a gay teen nov

    Wow, your bookstore has an LGBT section?!?

    Good luck finding queer topics in most bookstores I go into... (I'm looking at you, Indigo. :frowning2:)
     
    #4 adam88, Apr 5, 2011
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    Re: One of the most macho, straightest guys I know is gonna be reading a gay teen nov

    Yeah to the Indigo. Chapters for me barely has anything but the Rainbow series and maybe one or two other novels. As for what you did, I frankly don't think you did anything wrong, however I don't think you needed to say "cause I 'suspected'" because no offense but it almost was saying "I suspected". But I think it's good you gave him the book because it might just open his eyes that jocks can be gay too or w/e. lol. I have no idea what I'm talking about.
     
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    Re: One of the most macho, straightest guys I know is gonna be reading a gay teen nov

    Theres no actual LGBT/Queer section for fiction, but i do bug the managers to order lgbt novels, mostly so that I and can read them >.> but our gay and lesbian studies section is slowly getting bigger :grin:
     
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    Re: One of the most macho, straightest guys I know is gonna be reading a gay teen nov

    nothing wrong with what you did if anything someone should tell those girls to stop being dumb bitches and get off his back...
     
    #7 Beachboi92, Apr 5, 2011
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