fuckyeahlesbianliterature:nitatyndall:penguinrandomhouse:Bittersweet Home Alabama: LGBTQ Writers Fro
fuckyeahlesbianliterature:nitatyndall:penguinrandomhouse:Bittersweet Home Alabama: LGBTQ Writers From the SouthAt this point, gay-marriage deniers are acting much like petulant children at bedtime — they see the inevitability of their fate, but they’re going to have to be dragged there kicking and screaming. Before we get too embarrassed by the ways of the Alabama courts (and, by extension, the historically not-entirely gay-friendly south in general,) it’s important to remember some of our most important gay and lesbian writers and dramatists are from south of the Mason Dixon line, and grew up in times of far greater repression and prejudice than these. For a look at how they survived, check out these bios and memoirs of sexually diverse southern writers.YES. SOUTHERN QUEERS. YES. (Also Dorothy Allison will forever be one of my favorite writers)[image description: five photos of authors featured in the article: Alice Walker, Truman Capote, Dorothy Allison, Tennessee Williams, and Carson McCullers] -- source link