Asian Lgbt

Poet Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late 20s, the letter unearths a family’s history that began before he was born - a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam - and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation.

Lakshmi, called Lucky, is an unemployed millennial programmer. She likes to dance and have a drink or two, and she makes art on commission. Fifty bucks gets you high-resolution digital images of anything you want (orcs, mermaids, cos-playing couples in sexy boudoir scenes) and a nice frameable print. Lucky's husband, Krishna, is an editor for a greeting card company. Both are secretly gay.

Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society - she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how.

In the fifteen masterful stories that make up this collection, Jai Chakrabarti crosses continents and cultures to explore what it means to cultivate a family today, across borders, religions, and race.

Five explicitly dirty stories of steamy menage action. Happy Birthday with the College Neighbor My husband's birthday is in one week and I need find him a present that will blow last year's away. I caught him eyeing up our college neighbor. It isn't a secret that I've had my fair share of romances with other women, but I haven't thought about that since I married Joel. He seems very interested in our neighbor's tight, youthful body. And so am I. Maybe I have found the perfect gift after all. It's Only Fair I've been Isabel's roommate for the past year now and I've lusted after her since day...

Trapped in the clutches of a Zombie apocalypse, the City of Chicago, the murder capital of the U.S., unleashes the ultimate weapon, capitalism, by paying $1,000 for every Re-Killed Zombie brought to city hall, ushering in "The Great Zombie Gold Rush". Zombies never have a chance in a world where people realize 75 Zombies pays off their student loans, 40 Zombies buys them a Tesla, 5 Zombies wipes out their Visa debt...

Vietnam is the Pacific Rim's underrated gay paradise! Every Vietnamese city is full of gay life: cafes, bars, hangouts, drag shows, saunas, and of course, eager men. And the prices are a steal. But Vietnamese gay life isn’t flamboyant. Vietnam won’t dangle it in your face. In Vietnam, you have to know what you’re looking for, and how to find it. That’s what this book is for. It’s all of gay Vietnam at its festive best, including gay hotels, gay bars, gay saunas, and of course, festive ports of call for those who love to cruise! There’s the serious stuff too: where to get PrEP ...

What if you don’t fit the labels? What if you’re too different? Who’s ready for ‘adulting’? Best friends since kindergarten, Tay and Third have grown up side by side—navigating crushes, identity, family, and the endless maze of growing up in a world that doesn’t always know what to do with you when you’re different. Now, with high school in the rearview mirror and their first off-campus apartment on the horizon, they’re facing their biggest test yet: adulthood. Tay’s relationship with Toby—the new kid he never saw coming in 10th grade—has deepened into something ...

How many lives fit in a lifetime? When Hero De Vera arrives in America - haunted by the political upheaval in the Philippines and disowned by her parents - she's already on her third. Her uncle gives her a fresh start in the Bay Area, and he doesn't ask about her past. His younger wife knows enough about the might and secrecy of the De Vera family to keep her head down. But their daughter - the first American-born daughter in the family - can't resist asking Hero about her damaged hands.

A deathbed promise sends Craig Nolan from Seattle to Kuala Lumpur to find his best friend’s son and deliver two gifts. Described by outsiders as a small Asian country on steroids, Malaysia has many surprises for Craig: a huge casino in a country that forbids gambling, poisonous fish, terrorist gangs, and the love of his life. His first night in KL, a pickpocket steals Craig’s wallet in a gay bar, but an attractive young Malay intervenes, returning Craig’s valuables. When Craig accepts Wuji’s offer to help find his friend’s son, the search takes them to an exotic resort island, ...

Trapped in the clutches of a Zombie apocalypse, the City of Chicago, the murder capital of the U.S., unleashes the ultimate weapon, capitalism, by paying $1,000 for every Re-Killed Zombie brought to city hall, ushering in "The Great Zombie Gold Rush". Zombies never have a chance in a world where people realize 75 Zombies pays off their student loans, 40 Zombies buys them a Tesla, 5 Zombies wipes out their Visa debt...

Thakur Vijay Singh Rathod was one of the richest political businessmen in Mumbai. He was revered by his wife, Savitri, who wanted to give him a son, the heir to his inheritance. But fate decreed otherwise. This is a story of Thakur Vijay Singh Rathod, a proud and ruthless man, his wife Savitri - religious and completed devoted to him, his offspring, and his abandoned child.

"If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would." - Goodreads reviewer "Chroma Hearts by Mayumi Cruz is a gripping and thought-provoking story about fighting for love against mental illness, with a side of crime solving. Strongly recommended for those who enjoy mind-stirring and heart-squeezing." - KB Meniado, bookbed.org Can love triumph over all—even catatonic depression? Can love defeat everything—even a diabolical evil? A new bride suffering from catatonia. A determined husband trying to break through the black pit in which her brain escaped to. And a ruthless abomination who ...