Drag King Dreams is a pretty decent follow up to the queer classic Stone Butch Blues. Pretty decent is about as good as I can come up with, particularly since Stone Butch Blues is fantastic.
I am a little tired of the post 9/11 NYC thing and this book was just a little too full of that for me. I understand the point – the police harassment of those from Pakistan, India, Iraq, Iran etc… is very similar to the harassment of “gender queers”. It makes sense and it’s a good point but I’d have enjoyed the book more with just a wee bit less politic thrown in.
The end of the book though, fantastic. The calling out of each person’s “name” while in jail – really good ending.
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