Hey y'all, my name is Yvette and welcome to my channel! Today I'm doing the Pride
Flag Book Tag. As this month is June, this video is going to be Pride themed and
I'm here to talk about some very queer books. I really wanted to film this video
in front of a rainbow flag but the pride rainbow flags that I own are like giant
wall sized monstrosities then I couldn't find a good place for, so I am filming in
front of my much smaller bi pride flag and just working with what I got.
Each question of this tag corresponds to a different color of the rainbow flag and
the meaning behind that color, and if you want more of an explanation than that,
I would highly recommend going to check out the creator's video, Commonspence.
He's the one who tagged me to do this and in his video, he does this really
awesome graphic animation explanation of the pride flag and just, in general, his
channel's all around awesome. All of his videos are super fun and super high
energy. I was also tagged to do this by ChrisVigilante
and Jocelyn over at yogi with a book, both of whose channels are really really
great, and I'll leave both of their videos linked down below so you can
check them out. Let's get into the tag. The first color is red, which represents
life, and this is a book with a spirited protagonist totally proud of who they
are. Someone who gives you life and for me, that is definitely going to be Angel
from The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara. This is a historical
fiction novel following some of the founding members of the House of
Extravaganza, which is the first all Latino house of a New York ball scene
of the 80s and 90s. Angel is a Latina trans woman and the mother of the House
of Extravaganza, and whenever I think of someone who lives out loud and proud,
I think of Angel because this book takes place in the height of the AIDS epidemic
where then, as well as now, it's very very dangerous to be a trans woman of color.
And Angel goes through so much in her life and has to overcome so many
obstacles, but despite everything she always remains true to herself and is
always always unapologetically herself. She's the kind of person where if she
was walking down the street and someone had a problem with her and who she was,
she would say fuck you, you kicked them in the balls, and then move on
with her life. This is a very dark and angsty read with the million trigger
warnings, that I'm kind of hesitant to recommend it just because it is so
triggering but I also think it's a very important book because it covers a
period of queer history that we don't really see a lot of. And if you want to
know more, I did a full non-spoilery review, and I'll link that down below.
The second color is orange, which represents healing, and this is a book that made you,
as the reader. find a deeper meaning or catharsis in your own life. And for me,
this is definitely hands down Anger is a Gift by Mike Oshiro. And this book
follows a gay a afro-latino teenager who is dealing with his school becoming more
militarized. And this is especially difficult for him because years before
the novel takes place, his father was murdered by a police officer and now the
police officers stationed at his school are treating the students more and more
like criminals. Anger is a Gift is my pick for this one for a couple different
reasons. First of which is that I did go to a middle school and high school
they were fairly militarized and at the time, I didn't know that it was something
that I could be angry about. I mean, I was angry about it but it was just kind of
like, this is the way things are done and you can't do anything about it. But
reading this book and seeing these kids have some of the same experiences that I
did, and seeing them get angry about it and doing something about it, was just so
validating to how I felt back then. This book was also super cathartic because
the main character is feeling a lot of anger from injustices imposed on him and
his friends and his boyfriend and he takes all this angry energy and uses it
to start change. And I know I am very angry right now with some of the things
that are going on in America, and seeing someone in a book take that same kind of
angry energy and using it to right wrongs was just really great. The next
color is yellow, which represents sunshine. And this is a book that fills
you with so much joy, it could brighten even your darkest day. And that is Check
Please by Ngozi Ukazu. This is a queer hockey webcomic that I believe was recently
published, and this follows a college freshman named Eric Bittle
who is a former finger skater, now hockey player, and he's also a vlogger and a
bake. And this comic just follows him throughout his college experiences with
love and friendship and it's just really really freaking cute. I remember when I
first found this comic it was about 3:00 a.m. I was in bed, in the dark, on my
phone, and just tearing through this comic's Tumblr because once I started, I
couldn't stop. It was so adorable and light and happy and I think if you're
having a bad day and you want to read something that's just gonna make you
smile, go check this out. It's available online, and I'll link that down below.
The next color is green, which represents nature. And this is a book that is set
out of this world a reality different from our own. And I'm going with Reign of
the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh, and this is a YA fantasy about necromancers who
can bring back the dead, but at a cost. Once a person is brought back to life
they have to make sure that every inch of their skin is covered because if a
living person sees any of their skin, then they basically turn into a ravenous
zombie and in this book, someone is intentionally uncovering the dead and
causing them to go crazy and the main character is a necromancer who is
charged with finding out what's going on. Obviously Reign the Fallen fits this
question because it is a fantasy with magic but I think it also fits this
question because it takes place in a world where misogyny, the patriarchy, and
homophobia are not the default. Like there are at least four principal
characters who are queer and it's not a big deal. There are women who are the
heads of families and in line for the throne, and I think that was just really
nice to see because I know I've read my share fantasy where even though there
are dragons and witches and wizards and elves, women are still treated lesser
than men and this book was just a breath of fresh air in that way. The next color
is blue, which represents peace. And this is a book where one of the characters
finds peace with a difficult truth and I'm going with Taste of Honey by
Kai Ashante Williams, and this is a fantasy novella that I really really
enjoyed. It takes place in a world where gods have a real tangible presence among
mortals and where the descendants of gods have special abilities. The main
character is the son of the royal family's Beasts Master and he's training
to take over for his father in the future. And one day he's walking down the
street with his sidekick cheetah, as you do, and he runs into a male soldier who
is from another country in town with a foreign delegation. And they end up
falling in love. This book fits this question really perfectly for reasons
that are kind of spoilery, but what I can't say is that the main character is in a
country that's very very homophobic and the soldier is from a country that's
not homophobic, so when it comes time for the soldier to go home, the main
character has a choice to make of either staying where he is and living
out his life there or going with the soldier that he loves back to his home.
And the choice he makes alters the course of his life drastically, and he
has to make peace with the choice he makes. The next and last color is purple,
which represents spirit. And this is a book that deals with lgbt+ themes and
religion. And I'm going with Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by
Jaye Robin Brown. This is a YA contemporary with an F/F romance
following a teenage girl named Joanna, whose father is an evangelist radio
preacher. And Joanna's father has just remarried and decided to move him and
his daughter to the small Georgia town where his new wife is from. Before the
move, Joanna was an out and proud lesbian, but now that she's moved, her
father has asked her to go back into the closet for her senior year of high
school, just to kind of lay low and to be safe in this super religious town. And
initially she agrees because in exchange, her father has agreed to let her have a
segment on his radio show that's geared more towards younger people, but things
don't go exactly as planned because she meets a girl. It's been quite
a while since I've read this book but from what I do remember, it does deal with the
main character living in a very religious environment and living in
very church-centric culture. And regarding religion, the main character is
very at peace with her sexuality and her religion and how those two things
interact. And that's actually something that she ends up wanting to talk about
on her radio show. So that was the Pride Flag Book Tag. I want to thank Commonspence,
yogi with a book, and ChrisVigilante again for tagging me. Those are all great
channels so make sure to check them out. And I know that this tag has been making
its rounds on BookTube and I might be getting to it a little bit late for
Pride Month..but I'm here, I'm queer, I'm showing up 10 minutes late with
Starbucks and I had a lot of fun doing this tag so I hope you enjoyed this
video, thank you for watching, and I'll see you next time.
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