Hi everybody and welcome to another short special episode of Bad Gaze, a podcast about evil and complicated

queers in history. I'm coming to you from Glasgow halfway through our UK book tour, and it's been so

fabulous to get out on the road and meet people and talk about some of the people in the book,

and this tour has really been an

absolute joy, which is why I'm excited to drop into your feed today to let you know about

our five U.S. dates, all of which are now available to reserve at badgayspod.com slash book,

and all of them are really exciting. Unfortunately, Hugh is not going to be joining me for the U.S. leg, so you'll have to listen to

only my voice, but I think it will still be worth coming out too.

So on June 16th in San Francisco, California, will be at, or I'll be at Fabulosa Books in

the Castro with Mark Bischke, Mark is a friend of mine, legendary be at, or I'll be at Fabulosa Books in the Castro with Mark Bischke,

Mark is a friend of mine, legendary local publisher and author, and that should be a really

fabulous chat.

On June 17th, the next night, I'll be at Counterpoint Records in Books in Hollywood with

Bradford Nordine from Dirty Looks.

That should be a really great conversation. I love Counterpoint. It's mostly a used

books and records store and they're making an exception to do an event for a new book.

They have a fabulous Queerman's Reading Group that I took part in when I was in LA doing research

and I'm really excited to come out and support the space and the project.

On June 19th in Chicago, Illinois, I'll be at Third Space Chicago hosted by Unabridged Books.

That's actually going to be part of Chicago Pride Weekend, so that should be really, really fun.

It's up in Boys Town.

And we're also going to be co-hosting that event

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