The Queer Bible: Essays
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Summary
A gorgeous collection of essays written by today’s queer heroes - featuring contributions from Elton John， Tan France， Gus Kenworthy， Paris Lees， Russell Tovey， Munroe Bergdorf， and many others。 'THE QUEER BIBLE' is a celebration of LGBTQ+ history and culture， edited by model， performer， and 'GQ' contributing editor Jack Guinness。
Our queer heroes write about theirs。
In 2016， model and queer activist Jack Guinness decided that the LGBTQ+ community desperately needed to be reminded of its long and glorious history of stardom - and he was spurred to action。 The following year， QueerBible。com was born， an online community devoted to celebrating queer heroes， both past and present。 “So much queer history is hidden or erased，” says Guinness。 “The QUEER BIBLE is a home for all those personal stories and histories。”
In this book， contemporary queer icons pay homage to those who helped pave their paths。 Contributors include 'Vogue'columnist Paris Lees （writing on Edward Enniful）， singer and songwriter Elton John （writing on Divine）， author Joseph Cassara （writing on Pedro Almodóvar）， and many others， honoring timeless queer icons such as Susan Sontag， David Bowie， Sylvester， RuPaul， and George Michael through illuminating essay。
'THE QUEER BIBLE' is a powerful and intimate essay collection of gratitude， and an essential， and enduring love letter to the queer community。
We stand on the shoulders of giants。 Now we praise their names。
Our queer heroes write about theirs。
In 2016， model and queer activist Jack Guinness decided that the LGBTQ+ community desperately needed to be reminded of its long and glorious history of stardom - and he was spurred to action。 The following year， QueerBible。com was born， an online community devoted to celebrating queer heroes， both past and present。 “So much queer history is hidden or erased，” says Guinness。 “The QUEER BIBLE is a home for all those personal stories and histories。”
In this book， contemporary queer icons pay homage to those who helped pave their paths。 Contributors include 'Vogue'columnist Paris Lees （writing on Edward Enniful）， singer and songwriter Elton John （writing on Divine）， author Joseph Cassara （writing on Pedro Almodóvar）， and many others， honoring timeless queer icons such as Susan Sontag， David Bowie， Sylvester， RuPaul， and George Michael through illuminating essay。
'THE QUEER BIBLE' is a powerful and intimate essay collection of gratitude， and an essential， and enduring love letter to the queer community。
We stand on the shoulders of giants。 Now we praise their names。
Reviews
Kevin
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For centuries， LGBTQ+ histories have been hidden or forcibly erased。 To help spotlight inspiring queer figures who have shaped the world， model and activist Jack Guinness created THE QUEER BIBLE， a fascinating， enlightening and beautifully illustrated love letter to the queer community。 "This is the book I wish I'd read when I was growing up，" writes Guinness。 "To know where you're going， you need to know where you've come from。"Guinness sought out his own personal LGBTQ+ heroes to write essays For centuries， LGBTQ+ histories have been hidden or forcibly erased。 To help spotlight inspiring queer figures who have shaped the world， model and activist Jack Guinness created THE QUEER BIBLE， a fascinating， enlightening and beautifully illustrated love letter to the queer community。 "This is the book I wish I'd read when I was growing up，" writes Guinness。 "To know where you're going， you need to know where you've come from。"Guinness sought out his own personal LGBTQ+ heroes to write essays about the people who inspired them。 Among the two dozen essays， Elton John writes about his friendship with Divine （"I was just as ravenous for my addictions as he was for his"） and Graham Norton writes about Armistead Maupin （"a writer who is as engaging， entertaining and inspiring as his work"）。 These essays often bare the souls of the writer as much as the subject。 Guinness's chapter on RuPaul reveals Ru inspired him to create THE QUEER BIBLE website and book。 "Ru rightfully remains a poster child for misfits and generation queer，" he writes。 "Ultimately Ru's work is about ripping off the illusions we cloak ourselves in。" Other essay subjects include Quentin Crisp， Harvey Fierstein， Susan Sontag， Pedro Almodóvar， David Bowie， the films "Paris Is Burning" and "The Adventures of Priscilla， Queen of the Desert，" and the TV show "Queer Eye。"More than just superficial profiles of queer pioneers and heroes， these essays are a clarion call to the gay community to overcome shame and passivity and forge a stronger future。 THE QUEER BIBLE is essential reading and history。 This beautifully illustrated and illuminating collection of essays by notable LGBTQ+ members on their own heroes is essential reading。 。。。more
Niamh
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I was very kindly given an e-ARC of this book via Netgalley and HarperCollins Audio。 'The Queer Bible' features essays from a variety of queer activists， performers， artists and more about a queer individual， group or piece of work that inspired， influenced and has guided them through their lives as they discovered more about themselves。 Edited by Jack Guinness， a model and founder of the Queer Bible website， the book features essays from Elton John， Munroe Bergdorf， Graham Norton， Mae Martin， T I was very kindly given an e-ARC of this book via Netgalley and HarperCollins Audio。 'The Queer Bible' features essays from a variety of queer activists， performers， artists and more about a queer individual， group or piece of work that inspired， influenced and has guided them through their lives as they discovered more about themselves。 Edited by Jack Guinness， a model and founder of the Queer Bible website， the book features essays from Elton John， Munroe Bergdorf， Graham Norton， Mae Martin， Tan France and many more。I found this essays hugely interesting。 Some of them are full of excitement and fandom about how the revolutionary power of a movie or seeing a person onstage or on TV changed someone's life， others are more academic or focused on social issues and movements。 Some of them were a bit too long for my liking - they probably could have done with a bit further editing where some rambled on a bit - but otherwise， it's a good collection of essays about representation and celebrating LGBTQIA+ culture in its variety of forms。 'The Queer Bible' is available now。 。。。more
Ann Dewar
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3。5 （4 for a print version）。I read Elton John’s essay on Divine as an extract in the Sunday Times and so jumped on this as soon as I saw it offered as an audiobook ARC。 I was really looking forward to listening to people explain their own influences and here lies one of the biggest problems for me， for the most part， they don’t， they are read by Jack Guiness。 I don’t have an issue with JG per se but if you listen to Graham Norton or Russell Tovey reading their essays， you hear their genuine pass 3。5 （4 for a print version）。I read Elton John’s essay on Divine as an extract in the Sunday Times and so jumped on this as soon as I saw it offered as an audiobook ARC。 I was really looking forward to listening to people explain their own influences and here lies one of the biggest problems for me， for the most part， they don’t， they are read by Jack Guiness。 I don’t have an issue with JG per se but if you listen to Graham Norton or Russell Tovey reading their essays， you hear their genuine passion for their subject， whereas JG just reads through it。 In fairness， reading other people’s essays is much harder than reading someone else’s fiction。 Sometimes it doesn’t matter， as with Courtney Act’s Priscilla， Queen of the Desert segment but at others it’s just a bit flat。My other irritation is the sparse number of lesbian sections， something which seems so strange when there are women like Sue Perkins， Sandy Toksvig and Claire Balding on tv here， not to mention younger women whose identity is more fluid， like Cara Delevingne。Finally， please can audiobook chapters be properly labelled so that you know what’s inside them and reordered so that the biography of the author comes before the essay。Thanks so much to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK Audio for an audiobook ARC in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Heather K Veitch
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The Queer Bible is a gorgeous， powerful， and poignant celebration of the queer icons who inspired our own queer icons — those whose names deserve to be remembered and celebrated。 Here are contemporary queer celebrities and writers sharing their stories of the people who encouraged them — through written word， through film， through song — to be wholly and unapologetically themselves。 I had an e-ARC audiobook and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute。 Some of the contributors read their own essays — s The Queer Bible is a gorgeous， powerful， and poignant celebration of the queer icons who inspired our own queer icons — those whose names deserve to be remembered and celebrated。 Here are contemporary queer celebrities and writers sharing their stories of the people who encouraged them — through written word， through film， through song — to be wholly and unapologetically themselves。 I had an e-ARC audiobook and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute。 Some of the contributors read their own essays — such as Graham Norton， who takes us on a whirlwind journey to San Francisco as he pays tribute to Armistead Maupin。 Other essays are narrated by the editor of this collection， Jack Guinness， who brings his own flair to each piece。 I was particularly moved by Paul Flynn’s remembrance of George Michael， and Munroe Bergdorf’s essay about the 1990 documentary “Paris is Burning”。 Listening to the latter， my hands stilled in their task as I heard her say， “All countries are transphobic”。 This is something that， intellectually， I knew — but hearing it aloud， spoken by someone who is directly affected by this very statement… That hit me hard in the heart。 Not all the essays here are sad — some are joyful， excited， inspiring， and bold。 Others are challenging， when hearing the intolerance， hatred， and misunderstanding that are faced by LGBTQIA+ people。 The book is separated into four distinct sections — Words to Dance To， Words of Joy， Words to Inspire Change， and Words of Wisdom。 All have their brilliance and importance。 Not one essay is worth skipping， in my opinion。 All these voices — remembering voices of icons gone by — are worthy of being heard and witnessed。 This is an important book in the ongoing education and empowerment around LGBTQIA+。 If you are part of the rainbow community， then you will find nourishment and companionship here。 If you are not， then here is a perfect place to start learning more — and a perfect book to inspire you to act， to become a better ally。 I thoroughly enjoyed my listen to this book， and I will be picking up my hardcopy soon。 Brilliant。 I received an e-ARC audiobook from the publisher， HQ， through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Bec
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Trigger warnings: （view spoiler）[queermisia， racism， religious bigotry （hide spoiler）]This book is damn gorgeous and will be a treasure on my shelf for many years to come。 The Queer Bible highlights the stories of LGBTQIA+ icons。 But it isn't just their histories， influence and how they came to be that is discussed。 Each icon featured within this book is discussed in a separate essay from another queer person。 The way these essays explore the icons themselves， the way they influenced the lives o Trigger warnings: （view spoiler）[queermisia， racism， religious bigotry （hide spoiler）]This book is damn gorgeous and will be a treasure on my shelf for many years to come。 The Queer Bible highlights the stories of LGBTQIA+ icons。 But it isn't just their histories， influence and how they came to be that is discussed。 Each icon featured within this book is discussed in a separate essay from another queer person。 The way these essays explore the icons themselves， the way they influenced the lives of the queer community and the author themselves， and how the essay authors have had their own queer and parallel journey is exquisite。 This is a book to keep close by， indulge in slowly， and allow the journey's of others become part of your own discovery。 And I haven't even mentioned the imagery in the book。 Without diving into the essays， this book is a masterpiece on its own。 Full of an array of phenomenal artwork by artists from the queer community， The Queer Bible is something to be treasured and shared。 Note: Review copy received from HarperCollins Publishers。 This does not impact opinions within this review。 blog • trigger warning database • more linksHappy reading！ ❤ 。。。more
Emily B
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As well as being entertaining this book was also informative and inspiring not just for those in the LGBTQI+ community。 I also came away from this book with a bunch of other books to read， art to look into and films to watch。 I listened to the audiobook and it was great to hear some of the writers read their own essays however it mean I missed out on the illustrations
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