Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey through LGBTQ + Culture
Amelia Abraham
Amelia Abraham asks some superb questions in this agreeable and entertaining book, as they travel the world checking out drag conventions, Pride marches across the globe, a Trans modelling agency, Turkey’s underground LGBTQ+ scene- we get to ride alongside with these most intimate insight into the people, places and situations Abrahams gets to experience. The answers to her questions, some elicited, others posited, some glaringly obvious, some so subtle as to need reading a few times to understand are where this book shines, the prose skilfully waves narrative, journey, analysis and personal testimony into a rich tapestry of sensual experience.
Abrahams searing honesty and candour gives us a serious insight into what it is to be Queer today. Told with great humour & compassion this book holds a wise mirror up to our lives, asking us if this is what we want and shows, by example and gentle suggestions, how much further we need to go to change our world for the better. It’s a joy to read such a provocative book which disarms with laughter so often, superbly stylish.
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