Brokeback Mountain

Okay, so many not an old-old classic, but a classic nonetheless.

"Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx was written in 1997, during the/near the end of the AIDS/HIV Crisis. I mean, you have to be a serious BAMF to write and publish a book about the homosexual experience during this time. 

And oh, was it good. "Brokeback Mountain" was a phenomenon, still is. It's the pre "Call Me By Your Name." A classic that following the secret homosexual relationship of two men as they discover themselves and their heterosexual relationship during yet another time of nationwide homophobia/heteronormalization. Granted, the ending was sad, and it made me cry (again, much like "Call Me By Your Name"), it was so worth the read.

"Brokeback Mountain" showed me that it was okay to write about LGBT experiences, that it was okay to read about it. 

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