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“Social Intercourse” by Greg Howard: Relatable to Any Outcast in the Bible Belt

Rating: 4/5 Stars Recommended for fans of: Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, Geography Club, and Verbotene Liebe Summary: When Beck and Jax find out that their parents are dating - they’re determined to stop it. For one, Beck’s dad has been hurt enough and two, Jax’s mom is a lesbian. But as they set out to do a reverse parent-trap, can the two overcome their differences and become friends (or more)?

Review: This story does what most would be too scared to - demonstrate the life of outcasts in a small bible-belt town. Anyone who has felt outcasted by extreme Christians can find joy in this tale of rising above hate and the sass that an openly gay kid can throw out in spite of it all. I find myself opening this book again and again for my favorite scenes - hoping to imprint them in my brain before I return this book back to whence it came.

Memorable Quotes:

“Their pointed messages of condemnation on their sign out front serve as a constant reminder, not of love or compassion, but of small-town hate and bigotry.” - Jax

“I stare at her a long time, trying to decide if I want to regress a few years into petulant child mode or not. Or I could regress even further back and not speak at all.” - Jax

“Gay stink eye is much worse than white girl stink eye. It’s actually more akin to black girl neck roll.” - Beck

““Jesus Christ on a cross, Cassidy,” Shelby taunts. “We’re just trying to have a little intelligent social intercourse here.” ... I thumb a quick text over to my girl. I think you meant civil discourse, hooker.”

“Jax grins. I’m beginning to think he finds my sassiness quite entertaining. Better dial it back a notch. I’m trying to repel him, not amuse him.” - Beck

“ “Just trying to decide which of my inner Golden Girls will win out tonight.” “Well, I wouldn’t know a Golden Girl from a Gossip Girl, so I can’t help you.” 

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So I just finished a great book called Social Intercourse by Greg Howard, and it has become one of my favorite LGBTQ novels I’ve read so far, right up there with Two Boys Kissing (another amazing read). And after reading it all I can see in my head is a Stucky AU centered around its plot of two high school seniors in a small South Carolina town who are thrown together when Jax’s (blonde, blue-eyed, Adonis looking football quarterback who is slowly coming to terms with his bisexuality) mom and Beckett’s (the dark haired, super cute, out and proud theatre kid) dad start dating. Add in the fact that Jax’s mom had been a lesbian up until that point and Beck’s dad was healing from having his wife walk out on him two years prior, it’s frankly a giant gay clusterfuck of epic proportions. And I wanna see my Marvel babes in that clusterfuck! (Yes pun intended.) I totally recommend this book to all those looking for a good laugh and maybe a cry, and a heartwarming story of finding love in unexpected places. And if anyone wants to satisfy my craving for this AU, then even better :)

Possible Cast of Characters:

Steve Rogers: Jaxon Parker

Bucky Barnes: Beckett Gaines

George Barnes: Roger Gaines (Beckett’s dad)

Maria Rambeau: Tracee Parker (Jax’s Mom)

Carol Danvers: JoJo Parker (Jax’s Ma)

Natasha Romanoff: Shelby (Beckett’s bestie)

Sam Wilson: Terry (Jax’s bestie)

Sharon Carter: Tiffany (Jax’s GF)

Peter Parker: Carter

Brock Rumlow: Bobby (Jax’s douchey teammate)

Wanda & Pietro Maximoff: Anya & Asa

Winifred Barnes: Lana Gaines (Beckett’s mom)

Valkyrie: Doris (JoJo’s cop friend)

Tony Stark: Justin Black (famous DJ)

Alexander Pierce: Pastor Doug

Jasper Sitwell: Jasper Brooks (lol just a good coincidence)

Nick Fury: Coach Wayne (football coach)

Whew I think I got everybody 😅

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A Short List Of LGBT Books I’ve Read

The Pants Project -A trans boy, Liv, fights to change the dress code at his school, as well as coming out to his friends and family BONUS: Lesbian mothers

Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe -Ari and Dante, two Latino boys, explore their friendship and the difficulties of being gay in the 80s BONUS: The author is gay!

Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda -Simon, a high school student, struggles with being closeted and finding out who his email pen pal is. BONUS: It has a movie that’s pretty accurate to the book

Leah On The Offbeat -Sequelish to SVTHSA. Lean, Simon’s friend, goes through her senior year of high school dealing with feelings of insecurity, and a confusing crush on her “straight” friend Abby BONUS: Since it’s a sequel, all the SVTHSA characters you know and love show up again

Social Intercourse -Follows two boys, Beckett and Jaxon, as they try to break up their parents, get the Rainbow Prom to go off, and face their feelings for each other and the reality of being openly LGBT in the south BONUS: Gay author and lesbian moms

Feel free to add on if you know any more!

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Book of the Gay

“Social Intercourse” by Greg Howard

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If anyone has read the book 'social intercourse' can you tell me if it's going to get better? Because right now I want to burn it. It fucking sucks. 'Beckett' is such a stereotypical 'im gay and I watch drag so clearly I'm an expert on how you should look' and also racist?? Like, I'm on chapter five now and he's said gaydar like 6 times and also 'gaysian' what the fuck? Who the fuck green lit this book?

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for the first time in months, i finally have new additions to my queer book collection!! i’ve already read The Art Of Being Normal (loved it!!), but i’m going to try to finish a series i’ve started before getting to Social Intercourse