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Queer books of the 2000s
Writer Amelia Abraham picks novels that explore the idea of a backlash against the "mainstreaming" of queer culture in the noughties.
Books selected:
Valencia - Michele Tea (2000)
We Are the New Romantics 鈥� Niven Govinden (2004)
In a Queer Time and Place - Jack Halberstam (2005)
Fun 蜜芽传媒 - Alison Bechdel (2006)
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