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Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His SonIn this poignant and urgent love letter to his son, award winning Broadway, TV and film producer Richie Jackson reflects on his experiences as a gay man in America and the progress and setbacks of the LGBTQ community over the last 50 years. My son is kind, responsible, and hardworking. He is ready for college. He is not ready to be a gay man living in America. When Jackson's son born through surrogacy came out to him at age 15, the successful
In this poignant and urgent love letter to his son, award-winning Broadway, TV and film producer Richie Jackson reflects on his experiences as a gay man in America and the progress and setbacks of the LGBTQ community over the last 50 years.
My son is kind, responsible, and hardworking. He is ready for college. He is not ready to be a gay man living in America.
When Jackson's son born through surrogacy came out to him at age 15, the successful producer, now in his 50s, was compelled to reflect on his experiences and share his wisdom on life for LGBTQ Americans over the past half-century.
Gay Like Me is a celebration of gay identity and parenting, and a powerful warning for his son, other gay men and the world. Jackson looks back at his own journey as a gay man coming of age through decades of political and cultural turmoil.
Jackson's son lives in a seemingly more liberated America, and Jackson beautifully lays out how far we've come since Stonewall -- the increased visibility of gay people in society, the legal right to marry, and the existence of a drug to prevent HIV. But bigotry is on the rise, ignited by a president who has declared war on the gay community and fanned the flames of homophobia. A newly constituted Supreme Court with a conservative tilt is poised to overturn equality laws and set the clock back decades. Being gay is a gift, Jackson writes, but with their gains in jeopardy, the gay community must not be complacent.
--Jonathan Capehart, journalist at The Washington PostBinding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper
Published: 01/28/2020
ISBN: 9780062939777
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.30w x 0.70d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 11/04/2019
Library Journal 12/01/2019 pg. 100
Booklist 12/01/2019 pg. 6
Shelf Awareness 02/07/2020
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