It’s Pride Month, and Meg & Nikki are kicking things off with a reflective conversation about queer identity and coming out romance stories we love (especially the messy, nonlinear, and sometimes late-blooming kind).
Listen in for:
* What shaped their early understandings of sexual identity and orientation
* The multiple “F’s” in a framework designed for awakening…tingles…in the groiny bits…
* Their favourite queer awakening romance stories involving oblivious golden retriever types
* And why bisexuality deserves better storytelling
We’re kicking off a full month of celebrating queerness in all its forms: awkward, evolving, and absolutely worth honouring.
Books & Media We Mention:
* Trophy Doms New York series by Kate Hawthorne
* Zenni Optical
Our Fave Coming Out/Awakening Stories:
Nikki’s List:
* Fake It Till you Make Out by Isla Olsen
* Dirty Forty by Mia Monroe
* Thick as Thieves by Lucy Lennox
* Irresponsible Puckboy by Eden Finely and Saxon James
* The Wedding Date by Sean Ashcroft
* It’s Complicated by Willow Dixon
* Just a Bit Wrecked by Alessandra Hazard
* 10 Ways to Accidentally Fall In Love by Emmy Sanders
* The Fly Half by Charlie Novak
* Learning to Feel by NR Walker
* Party Favors by Erin McLellen
* Red White & Royal Blue
* Honeymoon for One by Keira Andrews
* Strawberry Kisses by Charlie Novak
Meg’s List:
* Tal Bauer
* You & Me
* Gravity
* How to say I do
* The Quarterback
* Crossroads by Riley Hart (double bi-awakening)
* Eden Finley
* Fake out
* Blindsided
* Fandom & Encore
* Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake (FF)
* Set the record straight by Hannah Bonam Young
* Emmy Sanders
* Fool Hearts
* 10 ways to accidentally
* Sara Cate - salacious players club
* Give me more (MFM)
* Madame (FFM)
* Heated Rivalry
* Borrowing Blue by Lucy Lennox
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