Queer Issue: God Made Me Gay, Books Made Me Queer

God Made Me Gay, Books Made Me Queerby Dave WheelerThe book that beckoned me from the closet was a bittersweet memoir by J.R. Ackerley, My Father and Myself. Books have been my retreat, my instructors, since I was a good churchgoing boy at my public library, nervously flipping through What's Happening to My Body books for the dick illustrations. Later I had the luxury of working for one of the best bookstores in the world, Elliott Bay Book Company, at a pivotal time in my life. Ackerley, with hi