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Recent episodes include "What Kind of Future Did I Have As An Unfortunate Little Misfit?", "The Gaily Show: How to Close a Camp: Dispatches from the Fight Against Immigrant Detention", and "The Gaily Show: Author Gregory A. Kompes' new novel Shards". The latest went out on 29 Sep 2026 and ran about 49 minutes. Reading two or three of these before pitching is the fastest way to see what the show actually books.

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This Queer Book Saved My Life publishes weekly, a median of 7 days between episodes. Episodes average about 46 minutes. The back catalogue stands at 145 episodes. A show on this cadence plans ahead, so pitch earlier rather than closer to the date you want.

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This Queer Book Saved My Life

Hosted by Unknown Host · arts · EN-US · 145 episodes

~3.8k on YouTube

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Fans of On Being and Los Culturistas love this 2024 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Greg Louganis, Becky Albertalli, and so many more, guests from across the rainbow tell these authors how their books helped them overcome alienation, gender dysphoria, familial homophobia, and being outed. Essayist and Lambda Literary Fellow John Parker hosts the conversations with a gentle and energetic style, standing in as conversational partner for posthumous authors. Stay tuned to off-weeks which features new episodes of 7 Minutes in Book Heaven and The Gaily Show.

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This Queer Book Saved My Life
What Kind of Future Did I Have As An Unfortunate Little Misfit?
Sep 29, 202649 min
Today we meet Jeff Copeland and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Miss Rona by Rona Barrett. Jeff is the author of Love You Madly, Holly Woodlawn and co-author with Holly Woodlawn of Low Life in High Heels: The Holly Woodlawn Story. An Emmy award nominee, he worked for nearly thirty years for a variety of TV Networks and film studios, including Discovery, Animal Planet, HGTV, ABC, FOX, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In Miss Rona , Rona Barrett charts her life from childhood and her struggle with a degenerative hip disease while organizing fan clubs for musicians. From there, she charts her rise as a gossip columnist and ultimately entertainment journalist. Connect with Jeff facebook: @jeff.copeland.982 instagram: @loveyoumadlyhollywoodlawn youtube: @loveyoumadlyhollywoodlawn Our Bookshop Visit our Bookshop for new releases, current bestsellers, banned books, critically acclaimed LGBTQ books, or peruse the books featured on our podcasts: bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbook Miss Rona is not available on Bookshop.org. Please check with your local bookstore or a used book retailer. Buy your copy of Love You Madly, Holly Woodlawn here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781627311595 Become an Associate Producer! Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbook Credits Host/Founder: John Parker Executive Producer: Jim Pounds Associate Producers: Archie Arnold, K Jason Bryan and David Rephan, Bob Bush, Natalie Cruz, Troy Ford, Jonathan Fried, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, Sean Smith, and Karsten Vagner Patreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Stephen Flamm, Ida Göteburg, Thomas Michna, Sofia Nerman, and Gary Nygaard. Creative and Accounting support provided by: Gordy Erickson Quatrefoil Library Quatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can’t buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1 Support the show
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This Queer Book Saved My Life
The Gaily Show: How to Close a Camp: Dispatches from the Fight Against Immigrant Detention
Sep 22, 202646 min
A new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops September 29th! In our off weeks we air episodes from The Gaily Show. It's the only daily LGBTQ news and talk show in the US! John hosts it and it airs on AM950-KTNF (Minneapolis), WCPT 820 AM (Chicago), 92.7 FM WMDX (Madison, WI), plus weekly on NewsTalk WHMP (Amherst, MA) and Alternative Talk 1150AM KKNW (Seattle). In this episode, Senior Staff Writer for Lookout , John Washington, shares his latest book How to Close a Camp: Dispatches from the Fight Against Immigrant Detention . Watch on YouTube We're in video too! You can watch this episode at youtube.com/@thegailyshow Credits Host/Founder: John Parker (learn more about my name change ) Executive Producer: Jim Pounds Production and Distribution Support: Brett Johnson, AM950 Marketing/Advertising Support: Chad Larson, Laura Hedlund, Jennifer Ogren, AM950 Accounting and Creative Support: Gordy Erickson Real quick: yes, you too can be a guest on our podcast! If you have a queer book that had a life-saving impact for you, then please visit thisqueerbook.com and fill out the form on the homepage! Looking forward to hearing back from you! Support the show
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This Queer Book Saved My Life
The Gaily Show: Author Gregory A. Kompes' new novel Shards
Sep 8, 202646 min
A new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops August 18th! In our off weeks we air episodes from The Gaily Show. It's the only daily LGBTQ news and talk show in the US! John hosts it and it airs on AM950-KTNF (Minneapolis), WCPT 820 AM (Chicago), 92.7 FM WMDX (Madison, WI), plus weekly on NewsTalk WHMP (Amherst, MA) and Alternative Talk 1150AM KKNW (Seattle). In this episode, Gregory A. Kompes (former guest of this podcast! ) returns to share his latest novel, Shards . Connect with Gregory at kompes.com . Watch on YouTube We're in video too! You can watch this episode at youtube.com/@thegailyshow Credits Host/Founder: John Parker (learn more about my name change ) Executive Producer: Jim Pounds Production and Distribution Support: Brett Johnson, AM950 Marketing/Advertising Support: Chad Larson, Laura Hedlund, Jennifer Ogren, AM950 Accounting and Creative Support: Gordy Erickson Real quick: yes, you too can be a guest on our podcast! If you have a queer book that had a life-saving impact for you, then please visit thisqueerbook.com and fill out the form on the homepage! Looking forward to hearing back from you! Support the show
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This Queer Book Saved My Life
Our Lady of the Flowers with Patrick Doyle
Aug 18, 202646 min
This book opened a door and no one could ever close that door again. Today we meet Patrick Doyle and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet. PLEASE NOTE: This is an explicit book and so our episode is too. There is strong sexual content. Patrick Doyle writes queer fiction, ranging from romance to mystery to thrillers and science fiction to just plain fiction. His stories depict gay men facing the challenges of living and loving in today's world. His previous novels include Pierre and Bill , Beau's Dilemma , and Jordi's Day . His latest novel, Bill & The Kid: A Queer Family. A Troubled Child. A Secret. A Crime comes out on October 1, 2026. Our Lady of the Flowers is considered Genet's masterpiece. It is a lyrical portrait of the criminal underground of Paris and the thieves, murderers and pimps who occupied it. Genet approached this world through his protagonist, Divine, a male transvestite prostitute. In the world of Our Lady of the Flowers , moral conventions are turned on their head. Sinners are portrayed as saints and when evil is not celebrated outright, it is at least viewed with a benign indifference. Connect with Patrick website: patrickdoylewrites.com goodreads: @Patrick_Doyle Our Bookshop Visit our Bookshop for new releases, current bestsellers, banned books, critically acclaimed LGBTQ books, or peruse the books featured on our podcasts: bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbook Buy your copy of Our Lady of the Flowers here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780802130136 Become an Associate Producer! Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbook Credits Host/Founder: John Parker Executive Producer: Jim Pounds Associate Producers: Archie Arnold, K Jason Bryan and David Rephan, Bob Bush, Natalie Cruz, Troy Ford, Jonathan Fried, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, Sean Smith, and Karsten Vagner Patreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Stephen Flamm, Ida Göteburg, Thomas Michna, Sofia Nerman, and Gary Nygaard. Creative and Accounting support provided by: Gordy Erickson Quatrefoil Library Quatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can’t buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1 Real quick: yes, you too can be a guest on our podcast! If you have a queer book that had a life-saving impact for you, then please visit thisqueerbook.com and fill out the form on the homepage! Looking forward to hearing back from you! Support the show
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This Queer Book Saved My Life
The Gaily Show: Isabella Tousignant’s The Uninvited Passenger
Aug 11, 202641 min
A new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops August 18th! In our off weeks we air episodes from The Gaily Show. It's the only daily LGBTQ news and talk show in the US! John hosts it and it airs on AM950-KTNF (Minneapolis), WCPT 820 AM (Chicago), 92.7 FM WMDX (Madison, WI), plus weekly on NewsTalk WHMP (Amherst, MA) and Alternative Talk 1150AM KKNW (Seattle). In this episode, author Isabella Tousignant joins us to discuss her new memoir The Uninvited Passenger. In it she talks about current trans issues in the age of MAGA misinformation and hate, growing up trans but with no place to express it or a way to come out, coming out late in life, and the complications of staying married. Connect with Isabella and buy the book at: http://www.theuninvitedpassenger.com/ Watch on YouTube We're in video too! You can watch this episode at youtube.com/@thegailyshow Credits Host/Founder: John Parker (learn more about my name change ) Executive Producer: Jim Pounds Production and Distribution Support: Brett Johnson, AM950 Marketing/Advertising Support: Chad Larson, Laura Hedlund, Jennifer Ogren, AM950 Accounting and Creative Support: Gordy Erickson Real quick: yes, you too can be a guest on our podcast! If you have a queer book that had a life-saving impact for you, then please visit thisqueerbook.com and fill out the form on the homepage! Looking forward to hearing back from you! Support the show
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This Queer Book Saved My Life

Our Lady of the Flowers with Patrick Doyle

Aug 18, 202646 min

This book opened a door and no one could ever close that door again. Today we meet Patrick Doyle and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet. PLEASE NOTE: This is an explicit book and so our episode is too. There is strong sexual content. Patrick Doyle writes queer fiction, ranging from romance to mystery to thrillers and science fiction to just plain fiction. His stories depict gay men facing the challenges of living and loving in today's world. His previous novels include Pierre and Bill , Beau's Dilemma , and Jordi's Day . His latest novel, Bill & The Kid: A Queer Family. A Troubled Child. A Secret. A Crime comes out on October 1, 2026. Our Lady of the Flowers is considered Genet's masterpiece. It is a lyrical portrait of the criminal underground of Paris and the thieves, murderers and pimps who occupied it. Genet approached this world through his protagonist, Divine, a male transvestite prostitute. In the world of Our Lady of the Flowers , moral conventions are turned on their head. Sinners are portrayed as saints and when evil is not celebrated outright, it is at least viewed with a benign indifference. Connect with Patrick website: patrickdoylewrites.com goodreads: @Patrick_Doyle Our Bookshop Visit our Bookshop for new releases, current bestsellers, banned books, critically acclaimed LGBTQ books, or peruse the books featured on our podcasts: bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbook Buy your copy of Our Lady of the Flowers here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780802130136 Become an Associate Producer! Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbook Credits Host/Founder: John Parker Executive Producer: Jim Pounds Associate Producers: Archie Arnold, K Jason Bryan and David Rephan, Bob Bush, Natalie Cruz, Troy Ford, Jonathan Fried, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, Sean Smith, and Karsten Vagner Patreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Stephen Flamm, Ida Göteburg, Thomas Michna, Sofia Nerman, and Gary Nygaard. Creative and Accounting support provided by: Gordy Erickson Quatrefoil Library Quatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can’t buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1 Real quick: yes, you too can be a guest on our podcast! If you have a queer book that had a life-saving impact for you, then please visit thisqueerbook.com and fill out the form on the homepage! Looking forward to hearing back from you! Support the show

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This Queer Book Saved My Life

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Recent episodes

What Kind of Future Did I Have As An Unfortunate Little Misfit?

The Gaily Show: How to Close a Camp: Dispatches from the Fight Against Immigrant Detention

The Gaily Show: Author Gregory A. Kompes' new novel Shards

Our Lady of the Flowers with Patrick Doyle

The Gaily Show: Isabella Tousignant’s The Uninvited Passenger

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Perry Zurn

Ryan La Sala

Richard Blanco

Neil Laird

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What is This Queer Book Saved My Life?

About the host

Recent episodes

What Kind of Future Did I Have As An Unfortunate Little Misfit?

The Gaily Show: How to Close a Camp: Dispatches from the Fight Against Immigrant Detention

The Gaily Show: Author Gregory A. Kompes' new novel Shards

Our Lady of the Flowers with Patrick Doyle

The Gaily Show: Isabella Tousignant’s The Uninvited Passenger

Guest Appearances

Perry Zurn

Ryan La Sala

Richard Blanco

Neil Laird

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