Episode 33: “No Way, They Were Gay?” Featuring Author Lee Wind

Published: June 14, 2021, 7 a.m.

Did you know that our history is inundated with powerful leaders who were Queer? Men who loved men, women who loved women, and those who identify outside of gender boundaries. The theme of love throughout history knows no bounds and today’s guest is here to shed light on the powerful facts and data that our history books left out. From Abraham Lincoln, to Gandhi, to King James himself! These revolutionary thinkers and leaders, that we often idolize, knew the boundless power of love!

Join us as LGBTQIA2+ Author and Blogger Lee Wind, shines a light on the Queer community from our past!

Lee Wind is an established author and blogger in the LGBTQIA+ community and has made it his mission to be an ally for Queer youth and teens...with a goal to create as much opportunity as possible for youth and teens to know they are not alone and to understand just how promentat being Queer has been throughout history.

Lee is the Author of the crowd-funded Young Adult novel “Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill,” featured as a Publishers Weekly Indie Success Story, and one of Publishers Weekly’s Top Five Independently Published Middle Grade and Young Adult Books of 2018 as well as the Winner of the National Indie Excellence Award for Best Book for LGBTQ Children & Young Adults.

Lee’s latest book which was just released this past April 2021 is a middle grade nonfiction book titled “No Way, They Were Gay? Hidden Lives and Secret Loves” which has been honored as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection and has been Featured in Publishers Weekly.

Lee is the blogger and Founder of the award-winning blog I’M HERE. I’M QUEER. WHAT THE HELL DO I READ?  With over 3.1 million viewers ... you can find at www.leewind.org

What we’re talking about...

  • Queer History
  • LGBTQIA Community
  • The power of standing together to heal
  • How to be an ally to the LGBTQIA2+ Community
  • Empowering yourself to live your most authentic life
  • Reframing our language to reframe perception: HomoLOVEual instead of HomoSEXual

LINKS MENTIONED

Visit Lee’s author website: https://www.leewind.org to find his blog  “I’m Here. I’m Queer. What The Hell Do I Read”

Take a fun BuzzFeed-style Quiz to celebrate June being LGBTQIA2+ Pride Month: https://www.leewind.org/quiz/ 

Purchase Lee’s book No Way, They Were Gay? Hidden Lives and Secret LovesHERE

Purchase Lee’s book “Queer as a Five-Dollar BillHERE

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Stay in touch with Lee through Social media

Twitter: @leewind

Instagram: @iamleewind

Facebook: @leewind


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