<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Gay men — United States — Biography."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Gay men — United States — Biography."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/mississauga/rss/search?query=%22Gay%20men%20%E2%80%94%20United%20States%20%E2%80%94%20Biography.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:55:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Memoirs of A Gay Shah]]></title><description><![CDATA["Reza Farahan came to America at the age of four on vacation with his family. While soaking up the California sun, the revolution in Iran began, and Reza's family would stay on their vacation indefinitely, never able to return home again. Reza had revered the Shah in Iran, a man whom he saw as the embodiment of progressive ideals, opulence, and ambition. And watching from afar in America, Reza was horrified to see the Shah overthrown by the Ayatollah. The world he had always known would no longer exist, and now he was stuck in a new one where people saw him as a product of the new Iran. From that point on, Reza was the ultimate outsider. He was an Iranian immigrant living in an America that labeled his people as terrorists. He was half-Muslim and half-Jewish, with both sides of his extended family refusing to see him as wholly theirs. And to top it all off, he was a gay kid growing up in the '70s and '80s, afraid to be himself, even in his own Persian bubble. Emotional, funny, and raw, Memoirs of a Gay Shah is Reza's story of growing up as an outsider, who, in the face of constant rejection and isolation, diminished his presence and hid his true self for as long as possible. But eventually, Reza would come to learn that the things that make him an outsider are also what make him unique. His greatest assets are his differences, and with this newfound confidence, he began to pursue the life of a Shah-one of incredible luxury, progressive acceptance, unapologetic authenticity"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C761426</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C761426</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Farahan, Reza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/761426220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>My Story of Family, Fame, and Becoming A King</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464218279/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devout]]></title><description><![CDATA["At just seventeen, David Archuleta rose to national fame as the runner-up on American Idol season seven, captivating millions with his angelic voice. Behind the scenes, however, he was struggling witha truth he feared would destroy everything: he was attracted to men--and a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In Devout, David takes you inside his deeply personal journey as a closeted Mormon teen turned international pop star, torn between faith, fame, and identity. From dealing with the pressures of being on a hit television show to a domineering father who controlled every aspect of his career--even being banned from the show's set--David reveals the emotional abuse and inner turmoil that he says plagued his childhood. This ... memoir reflects on David's ventures with American Idol, a tour with Demi Lovato, and a two-year sabbatical as a missionary in South America, charting his path through heartbreak, estrangement, three engagements, thoughts of suicide, and finally , his courageous decision to leave the Mormon Church in order to live authentically as a queer man"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C759368</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C759368</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Archuleta, David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/759368220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Losing My Faith to Find Myself</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668222485/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncle of the Year]]></title><description><![CDATA["In Uncle of the Year, Andrew Rannells wonders: If he, now in his early forties, has everything he's supposed to need to be a true adult-a career, property, a well-tailored suit-why does he still feel like an anxious twenty-year-old climbing his way toward security? Is it because he hasn't won a Tony, or found a husband, or had a child? And what if he doesn't want those things? (A husband and a child, that is. He wants a Tony.) In essays drawn from his life and career, Rannells argues that we all pretend we are constantly winning. And with each success, we act like we've reached the pinnacle of happiness (for our parents), maturity (for our friends), success (for our bosses), and devotion (for our partners). But if "adulting" is just a pantomime that's leaving us unmoored, then we need new markers of time, new milestones, new expectations of what adulthood is-and can be. Along the way, Rannells looks back, reevaluating whether his triumphs were actually failures-and his failures, triumphs-and exploring what it will take to ever, ever feel like he has enough... Filled with witty and honest insights, and a sharp sense of humor, Uncle of the Year challenges us to take a long look at who we're pretending to be, who we know we are, and who we want to become"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C652829</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C652829</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rannells, Andrew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/652829220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>&amp; Other Debatable Triumphs</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593443439/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs [Criterion Collection]]]></title><description><![CDATA[A collection of documentary films directed by Marlon Riggs which discuss the experiences of black homosexual men living in the United States in the late twentieth century.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C756573</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C756573</guid><category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/756573220</comments><format>DVD</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781681438450/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=715515260213</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[City Boy]]></title><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C8515</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C8515</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[White, Edmund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/8515220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>My Life in New York During the 1960s and &apos;70s</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781596914025/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brother Outsider]]></title><description><![CDATA[A documentary examining the life of Bayard Rustin who, although one of the first "freedom riders, " an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, and an organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, was forced to play a background role in landmark civil rights events because he was homosexual.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C486549</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C486549</guid><category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/486549220</comments><format>DVD</format><subtitle>The Life of Bayard Rustin</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=094922901767</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're That Bitch]]></title><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C643006</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C643006</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rock, Bretman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/643006220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>&amp; Other Cute Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself : A Gay Cinderella Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780358694106/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Old Gays Guide to the Good Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[America's most beloved foursome--the TikTok sensation @theoldgays--share humorous, heartbreaking, shocking and profound tales from their generation, revealing who they are beyond TikTok and offering collective wisdom on a rainbow of topics as they prove age is just a number and getting older can be fabulously fun.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C649142</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C649142</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Gays (Group)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/649142220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Lessons Learned About Love and Death, Sex and Sin, and Saving the Best for Last</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063333604/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start Without Me]]></title><description><![CDATA["Gary Janetti is bothered. By a lot of things. And thank God he's here to tell us. He's bothered that he has to play football in high school gym when he'd rather be in the guidance counselor's office, faking sick and dishing about the latest dramas on his beloved soap operas. He's annoyed when, as a kid growing up in Queens, New York, there's a serial killer loose in his neighborhood, but Carole Burnett is on tv and he really doesn't want to miss it. And don't get him started on how a perfectly planned vacation can be ruined by a bad hotel room. Start Without Me is for anyone who has ever felt like they don't quite fit in. For all of us that have thought, just maybe, those small, petty slights that life flings at us, over and over, are worth getting our feathers ruffled over. A book for any of us that have felt the joy in holding a lifelong grudge. Which is to really say, Start Without Me is for all of us. Janetti turns his acid tongue, and secretly beating heart, to the moments and times that defined him, when, as he writes, "most everything was wonderful. It was only tiny, little things, " that stuck like a sharp pebble in a shoe. Deeply poignant, savagely funny, and slyly tender, Start Without Me will have readers wishing it would never end"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C607104</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C607104</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Janetti, Gary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/607104220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>(I&apos;ll Be There in A Minute)</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250225856/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playing With Myself]]></title><description><![CDATA["An intimate and light-hearted memoir by viral sensation and three-time Emmy-nominated musical comedian Randy Rainbow that takes readers through his life-the highs, the lows, the lipstick, the pink glasses, and the show tunes. Randy Rainbow, the man who conquered the Internet with a stylish pair of pink glasses, an inexhaustible knowledge of Broadway musicals, and the most gimlet-eyed view of American politics this side of Mark Twain finally tells all in Playing with Myself, a memoir sure to cause more than a few readers to begin singing one of his greatest hits like "A Spoonful of Clorox" or "Cover Your Freakin' Face." As Randy has said, "There's so much fake news out there about me. I can't wait to set the record straight and finally give people a peek behind the green screen." And set the record straight he does. Playing with Myself is a first-hand account of the journey that led Randy Rainbow from his childhood as the over-imaginative, often misunderstood little boy who carried a purse in the second grade to his first job on Broadway as the host at Hooters and on to the creation of his trademark comedy character. In chapters titled "Pajama Bottoms" (a look back at the days when he wore pajama bottoms on his head to pretend he was Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz), "Yes, It's My Real Name, Shut Up!" (no explanation necessary...) and "Pink Glasses" (a rose-colored homage to his favorite accessory), Playing with Myself is a memoir that answers the question "Can an introverted musical theatre nerd with a MacBook and a dream save the world, one show tune at a time?""-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C607491</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C607491</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rainbow, Randy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/607491220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250276254/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start Without Me]]></title><description><![CDATA["Gary Janetti is bothered. By a lot of things. And thank God he's here to tell us. He's bothered that he has to play football in high school gym when he'd rather be in the guidance counselor's office, faking sick and dishing about the latest dramas on his beloved soap operas. He's annoyed when, as a kid growing up in Queens, New York, there's a serial killer loose in his neighborhood, but Carole Burnett is on tv and he really doesn't want to miss it. And don't get him started on how a perfectly planned vacation can be ruined by a bad hotel room. Start Without Me is for anyone who has ever felt like they don't quite fit in. For all of us that have thought, just maybe, those small, petty slights that life flings at us, over and over, are worth getting our feathers ruffled over. A book for any of us that have felt the joy in holding a lifelong grudge. Which is to really say, Start Without Me is for all of us. Janetti turns his acid tongue, and secretly beating heart, to the moments and times that defined him, when, as he writes, "most everything was wonderful. It was only tiny, little things, " that stuck like a sharp pebble in a shoe. Deeply poignant, savagely funny, and slyly tender, Start Without Me will have readers wishing it would never end"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C603104</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C603104</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Janetti, Gary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/603104220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>(I&apos;ll Be There in A Minute)</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250225856/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Films of Endearment]]></title><description><![CDATA[<strong>An Esquire Best Book About Hollywood<br />A USA TODAY Best Book of 2021<br />"A lovely and loving book."—Will Schwalbe, New York Times bestselling author of The End of Your Life Book Club</strong><br /><strong>"I'm not sure I have ever read a book about movies that is as tender and open-hearted as Films of Endearment."—Mark Harris, New York Times bestselling author of Mike Nichols: A Life</strong><br /><strong> </strong><br /><strong>A poignant memoir of family, grief and resilience about a young man, his dynamic mother and the '80s movies they shared together</strong><br /><strong> </strong><br />Michael Koresky's most formative memories were simple ones. A movie rental. A mug of tea. And a few shared hours with his mother. Years later and now a successful film critic, Koresky set out on a journey with his mother to discover more about their shared cinematic past. They rewatched ten films that she first introduced to him as a child, one from every year of the '80s, each featuring women leads.<br />Together, films as divergent as 9 to 5, Terms of Endearment, The Color Purple and Aliens form the story of an era that Koresky argues should rightly be called "The Decade of the Actress."<br />Films of Endearment is a reappraisal of the most important and popular female-driven films of that time, a profound meditation on loss and resilience, and a celebration of the special bond between mothers and their sons.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C5745830</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C5745830</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Koresky, Michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5745830980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Mother, a Son and the &apos;80s Films That Defined Us</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781488078354/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Films of Endearment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Films of Endearment is a heartwarming memoir, chronicling a young man's dynamic relationship with his mother, as told through the 80s movies they shared together, exploring themes of loss and resilience, the bonds between family, gender equality, and the birth of a critic's sensibility.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C583808</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C583808</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Koresky, Michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/583808220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Mother, A Son and the &apos;80s Films That Defined Us</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781335773791/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damn Shame]]></title><description><![CDATA["A funny, daring, bawdy and incredibly honest memoir from the anti-ageist, anti-body shaming, pro-sex advocate and erotic provocateur. Over the course of his 35-year career in show business, David Pevsner has done it all. He's acted on Broadway, off-Broadway, in independent films and on numerous TV network shows including Grey's Anatomy, Modern Family and Criminal Minds. As he continues his career in entertainment, Pevsner has also dedicated himself to exploring his deepest sexual fantasies. In his late 30s he became a mature male escort and over the last several years has attracted a large international fan base through his blog of erotic photographs celebrating nudity and sexuality. Damn Shame is David Pevsner's incredible story and is a passionate and poignant look at one man's journey from a thin, shy boy ashamed of his body and sexuality to a defiant, fearless everyman exploring his erotic desires, everything from leather and S&M to nude/erotic/hardcore modelling. Along the way, he fights back against society's demonization of gay sex, body shaming and ageism while pursuing his own very personal definition of success and seeking love, validation and self-esteem. Damn Shame gives a loud and powerful voice to a generation of mature men who have been conditioned to believe from society (and especially younger members of the gay community) that they are sexually irrelevant, old and undesirable. Pevsner's life story goes in directions that many couldn't imagine, but the lessons learned through his experiences will resonate with readers of every age."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C607100</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C607100</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pevsner, David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/607100220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Desire, Defiance and Show Tunes</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781039000506/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the Center of All Beauty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Combining memoir, social criticism, and research, the author explores what it means to be solitary and celebrates the notion, common in his Roman Catholic childhood, that solitude is a legitimate and dignified calling. Delves into the lives and works of nearly a dozen iconic "solitaries, " including Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, Bill Cunningham, Cézanne, and Zora Neale Hurston.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C645887</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C645887</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnson, Fenton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/645887220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Solitude and the Creative Life</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393608298/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Groom Will Keep His Name]]></title><description><![CDATA["A debut collection of tender, biting essays on sex, dating, and identity from a gay Filipino immigrant learning to navigate race and resistance in America"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C627358</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C627358</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ortile, Matt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/627358220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>And Other Vows I&apos;ve Made About Race, Resistance, and Romance</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781541762794/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the Young Men]]></title><description><![CDATA["In 1986, twenty-six-year-old Ruth visits a friend at the hospital when she notices a door to one of the rooms is painted red. Nurses are drawing straws to see who will tend to the patient crying for his mother on the other side, all of them unwilling to help. Ruth immediately steps into the quarantined space herself, comforting the young man in his last moments. Before she realizes what she's done, word spreads in the community that Ruth is the only person willing to help these young men afflicted by AIDS, and is called upon to nurse them. Shuttling from patient to patient, Ruth forges deep friendships with the men she helps: Paul and Billy, Angel, Chip, Todd and Douglas, working tirelessly to find them housing and jobs, and burying their ashes in her own family's cemetery. She teaches sex-ed to drag queens after hours at secret bars and defies local pastors and nurses to help the men she cares for, ultimately advising then-Governor Bill Clinton on the national HIV-AIDS crisis and becoming a beacon of hope to an otherwise spurned group of ailing gay men on the fringes of an intensely conservative state. This moving and elegiac memoir honors the extraordinary life of Ruth Coker Burks and the beloved men with AIDS who fought valiantly for their lives during a most hostile and misinformed time in America"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C627354</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C627354</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Burks, Ruth Coker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/627354220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780802157249/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Much Is Not Enough]]></title><description><![CDATA["From the star of Broadway's The Book of Mormon and HBO's Girls, the heartfelt and hilarious coming-of-age memoir of a Midwestern boy surviving bad auditions, bad relationships, and some really bad highlights as he chases his dreams in New York City."--Publisher's description.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C523522</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C523522</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rannells, Andrew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/523522220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Fumbling Toward Adulthood</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525574859/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mama's Boy]]></title><description><![CDATA["From the Academy Award-winning screenwriter and political activist, a candid, vivid, powerfully resonant memoir about growing up as a gay Mormon in Texas that is, as well, a moving tribute to the mother who taught him about surviving against all odds. Dustin Lance Black wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for Milk and helped overturn California's anti-gay marriage Proposition 8, but as an LGBTQ+ activist he has unlikely origins. Raised in a military, Mormon household outside San Antonio, Texas, Black always found inspiration in his plucky, determined mother. Having contracted polio as a small girl, she endured leg braces and iron lungs, and was repeatedly told that she could never have children or live a normal life. Defying expectations, she raised Black and his two brothers, built a career, escaped two abusive husbands, and eventually moved the family to a new life in Southern California. While Black struggled to come to terms with his sexuality--something antithetical to his mother's religious views--she remained his source of strength and his guiding light. Later, she would stand by his side when he helped bring the historic gay marriage case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Mama's Boy is a stirring celebration of the connections between mother and son, Red states and Blue, and the spirit of optimism and perseverance that can create positive change in the world"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C526124</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C526124</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Black, Dustin Lance]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/526124220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Story From Our Americas</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781524733278/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lie]]></title><description><![CDATA["In this emotional and unflinchingly honest memoir of coming out of the closet late in life, owning up to the past, and facing the future, William Dameron confronts steroid addiction, the shame and homophobia of his childhood, the sledgehammer of secrets that slowly tore his marriage apart, and his love for a gay father of three that would once again challenge the boundaries of trust. At the true heart of The Lie is a universal story about turning self-doubt into self-acceptance and about pain, anger, and the long journey of both seeking and giving forgiveness." --Amazon.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C540232</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C540232</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dameron, William]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/540232220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing &amp; Coming Out</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781542044745/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naturally Tan]]></title><description><![CDATA[The "Queer Eye" star and designer recounts his complicated early life as a closeted gay youth from a traditional South Asian family in Yorkshire, sharing insights into his coming of age, emergence as an artist, and happy marriage.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C538145</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C538145</guid><category><![CDATA[BOOK_CD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[France, Tan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/538145220</comments><format>BOOK_CD</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250211071/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the Top]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who gave Jonathan Van Ness permission to be the radiant human he is today? No one, honey. The truth is, it hasn't always been gorgeous for this beacon of positivity and joy. Before he stole our hearts as the grooming and self-care expert on Netflix's hit show Queer Eye, Jonathan was growing up in a small Midwestern town that didn't understand why he was so... over the top. From choreographed carpet figure skating routines to the unavoidable fact that he was Just. So. Gay., Jonathan was an easy target and endured years of judgement, ridicule and trauma-- yet none of it crushed his uniquely effervescent spirit. Over the Top uncovers the pain and passion it took to end up becoming the model of self-love and acceptance that Jonathan is today. In this revelatory, raw, and rambunctious memoir, Jonathan shares never-before-told secrets and reveals sides of himself that the public has never seen. JVN fans may think they know the man behind the stiletto heels, the crop tops, and the iconic sayings, but there's much more to him than meets the Queer Eye.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C538753</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C538753</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Van Ness, Jonathan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/538753220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Raw Journey to Self-love</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062906373/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Party of One]]></title><description><![CDATA["From comedian, Esquire contributor, and former MTV VJ Dave Holmes, the hilarious memoir of a music geek and perpetual outsider fumbling his way toward self-acceptance, with the music of the '80s, '90s, and '00s as his soundtrack. Dave Holmes has spent his life on the periphery, nose pressed hopefully against the glass, wanting just one thing: to get inside. Growing up, he was the artsy kid in the sporty family. At his high school and Catholic college, he was the closeted gay kid surrounded by crush-worthy straight guys. And in his twenties, in the middle of a disastrous career in advertising, he accidentally became an MTV VJ overnight when he finished second, naturally, in the Wanna Be a VJ contest, opening the door to fame, fortune, and celebrity--you know, almost. But despite all the close calls, or possibly because of them, he just kept trying, and if (spoiler alert) he never quite succeeded, at least he got some good stories out of it. In Party of One, Dave tells the hilariously painful and painfully hilarious tales--in the vein of Rob Sheffield, Andy Cohen, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Paul Feig, and Augusten Burroughs--of an outsider desperate to get in, of a misfit constantly changing shape, of a guy who finally learns to accept himself. Structured around a mix of hits and deep cuts from the '80s, '90s, and '00s--from Bruce Springsteen's 'Hungry Heart' to Wilson Phillips's 'Impulsive' to En Vogue's 'Free Your Mind' and beyond--and punctuated with interludes like 'So You've Had Your Heart Broken in the 1990s : A Playlist, ' this book is for anyone who's ever felt like a square peg, especially those who found their place in the world, as we often do, around a band, an album, or a song. It's a laugh-out-loud funny, deeply nostalgic story about never fitting in, never giving up, and listening to good music along the way"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C443015</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C443015</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Holmes, Dave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/443015220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir in 21 Songs</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780804187985/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[When We Rise]]></title><description><![CDATA["Born in 1954, Cleve Jones was among the last generation of gay Americans who grew up wondering if there were others out there like himself. There were. Like thousands of other young people, Jones, nearly penniless, was drawn in the early 1970s to San Francisco, a city electrified by progressive politics and sexual freedom. Jones found community--in the hotel rooms and ramshackle apartments shared by other young adventurers, in the city's bathhouses and bars like The Stud, and in the burgeoning gay district, the Castro, where a New York transplant named Harvey Milk set up a camera shop, began shouting through his bullhorn, and soon became the nation's most outspoken gay elected official. With Milk's encouragement, Jones dove into politics and found his calling in 'the movement.' When Milk was killed by an assassin's bullet in 1978, Jones took up his mentor's progressive mantle--only to see the arrival of AIDS transform his life once again. By turns tender and uproarious, When We Rise is Jones' account of his remarkable life. He chronicles the heartbreak of losing countless friends to AIDS, which very nearly killed him, too; his cofounding of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and conception of the AIDS Memorial Quilt; the story of 1970s San Francisco and the magnetic spell it cost for thousands of dreamers and misfits; and the harrowing, sexy, and sometimes hilarious stories of Cleve's relationships with friends and lovers during an era defined by both unprecedented freedom and violence alike. When We Rise is not only the story of a hero to the LGBTQ community, but the vibrantly voiced memoir of a full and transformative American life."--Dust jacket.]]></description><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C466063</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C466063</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jones, Cleve]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/466063220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>My Life in the Movement</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316315432/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Last Deployment]]></title><link>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C288378</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S220C288378</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lemer, Bronson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://mississauga.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/288378220</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How A Gay, Hammer-swinging Twentysomething Survived A Year in Iraq</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780299282141/MC.GIF&amp;client=misslp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>