A transgender reporter’s ‘powerful, profoundly moving'(NY Times Book Review) narrative tour through the remarkably vibrant queer communities sprouting up in red states, supplying a vision of a stronger, even more humane America.

Ten years back, Samantha Allen was a suit-and-tie-wearing Mormon missionary. Now she’s a mature Daily Beast reporter gladly married to some other woman. A whole lot in her existence has transformed, but what hasn’t changed is usually her deep love of Red State America, and of queer individuals who about True Queer America: LGBT Tales from Red Says stay in so-called ‘flyover nation’ rather than moving to the liberal coasts.

In True Queer America, Allen requires us on the cross-country road-trip extending all the way from Provo, Utah to the Rio Grande Valley to the Bible Belt towards the Deep South. Her motto for the trip: ‘Something homosexual every day.’ Making pit stops at drag shows, political rallies, and hubs of queer lifestyle over the heartland, she introduces us to ratings of outstanding LGBT people working for change, from the 1st openly transgender mayor in Texas history to the manager of the only queer night golf club in Bloomington, Indiana, and so many more.

Recording profound cultural shifts underway in unexpected places and disclosing a national networking of selected family fighting for an improved world, Real Queer America is normally a treasure trove of uplifting stories and a much-needed way to obtain wish and inspiration in these divided instances.