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"I Left Home Because of Homophobia," Matthew Clark Davison Finds His Queer Literary Voice in San Francisco and the Process of Writing "Doubting Thomas" Ivory Tower Boiler Room
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Content Warning: Sexual Abuse
Andrew is joined with queer male author, Matthew Clark Davison who recently wrote "Doubting Thomas," a novel about an openly gay male fourth-grade teacher who gets accused of sexually abusing one of his students. But what happens when you are innocent and unjustly accused? Matthew's book deals with topics like "cancel culture," "homophobic rhetoric," and "education in the 21st century." Matthew opens up about fleeing home because of homophobia and traveling to San Francisco to find his queer community. How can queer educators, authors, and artists be unapologetically queer without worrying about homophobic backlash?
Matthew leaves us on the edge of our seats by bringing up what it's like to be an openly gay educator at a university. Our 20 minute bonus episode, on ITBR Cafe, discusses this difficult topic and others like dealing with parents who are protesting LGBTQ+ topics in school districts. Matthew and Andrew get even more uncensored when they discuss the difficulty of being openly queer in America, while so many want to put queer people back in the closet.
Follow Matthew on IG, @matthewclarkdavison, and on Twitter, @MatthewCDavison.
Get your hands on Matthew's "Doubting Thomas" here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/doubting-thomas-a-novel-matthew-clark-davison/14834683?ean=9781612941998
Or, listen to his audiobook, wonderfully performed by Ron Butler: https://www.audible.com/pd/Doubting-Thomas-Audiobook/B09L59C5ZL?qid=1669834723&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=7D6XY2AY3D2VJN7S2AYN
To subscribe to The Gay and Lesbian Review visit glreview.org. Click Subscribe, and enter promo code ITBR to receive a free copy with any print or digital subscription.
Head to Broadview Press, an independent academic publisher, for all your humanities related books. Use code ivorytower for 20% off your broadviewpress.com order.
Follow That Ol' Gay Classic Cinema on Instagram, @thatolgayclassiccinema.
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Many thanks to the ITBR team: Andrew Rimby, Executive Director; Mary DiPipi, Chief Contributor; Kimberly Dallas, Editor, and our Interns (Andrea, Chris, Rosie, and Taj)
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ivorytowerboilerroom/message
Join The Ivory Tower Boiler Room Cafe, $5 a month, to listen to our bonus episode with Matthew here: patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom
Content Warning: Sexual Abuse
Andrew is joined with queer male author, Matthew Clark Davison who recently wrote "Doubting Thomas," a novel about an openly gay male fourth-grade teacher who gets accused of sexually abusing one of his students. But what happens when you are innocent and unjustly accused? Matthew's book deals with topics like "cancel culture," "homophobic rhetoric," and "education in the 21st century." Matthew opens up about fleeing home because of homophobia and traveling to San Francisco to find his queer community. How can queer educators, authors, and artists be unapologetically queer without worrying about homophobic backlash?
Matthew leaves us on the edge of our seats by bringing up what it's like to be an openly gay educator at a university. Our 20 minute bonus episode, on ITBR Cafe, discusses this difficult topic and others like dealing with parents who are protesting LGBTQ+ topics in school districts. Matthew and Andrew get even more uncensored when they discuss the difficulty of being openly queer in America, while so many want to put queer people back in the closet.
Follow Matthew on IG, @matthewclarkdavison, and on Twitter, @MatthewCDavison.
Get your hands on Matthew's "Doubting Thomas" here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/doubting-thomas-a-novel-matthew-clark-davison/14834683?ean=9781612941998
Or, listen to his audiobook, wonderfully performed by Ron Butler: https://www.audible.com/pd/Doubting-Thomas-Audiobook/B09L59C5ZL?qid=1669834723&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=7D6XY2AY3D2VJN7S2AYN
To subscribe to The Gay and Lesbian Review visit glreview.org. Click Subscribe, and enter promo code ITBR to receive a free copy with any print or digital subscription.
Head to Broadview Press, an independent academic publisher, for all your humanities related books. Use code ivorytower for 20% off your broadviewpress.com order.
Follow That Ol' Gay Classic Cinema on Instagram, @thatolgayclassiccinema.
Follow ITBR on IG, @ivorytowerboilerroom, TikTok, @ivorytowerboilerroom, and Twitter, @IvoryBoilerRoom!
Many thanks to the ITBR team: Andrew Rimby, Executive Director; Mary DiPipi, Chief Contributor; Kimberly Dallas, Editor, and our Interns (Andrea, Chris, Rosie, and Taj)
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ivorytowerboilerroom/message
1 hr 2 min