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I read To Broadway by Maurane Mazars, a #GraphicNovel with images that made me think of Jules Feiffer's passionate modern dancers. That's apt because it's set in the late 1950s.

Uli is a young gay man studying dance at a prestigious studio in Germany. But no one there understands his love for popular dance. (One of my favorite scenes is of him alone in a theater, entranced by what I recognized as an impressionistic watercolor vision of "An American in Paris.")

He decides to pursue his Broadway dream, but nothing is as he expected; his new friends mock pop culture too, and the Black American dancer he fell for in Germany won't pursue a relationship with him.

There's not a lot of text in this--it's mainly images and atmosphere and you have to work a bit to follow the story. I found it very relatable and often beautiful.

(Thanks to the #QueerLiberationLibrary for making the book available)

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The fantastic Queer Liberation Library is participating in the 2026 Project for Awesome (which raises and distributes funds to non-profits voted for by the Nerdfighteria community)! Last year they received a P4A grant that made a huge difference in what they were able to do in 2025. They have big dreams for QLL in 2026, so please vote for them!

Learn more about the org and submit your vote here: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/queer-liberation-library-project-for-awesome-2026

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#CallToAction: It's Pride month, help fund the Queer Liberation Library for the next year. As I type, they're really close to getting 4/5 of their budget funded. Can we get them past that and over the top before Monday?

Don't know who they are? Here you go: https://www.queerliberationlibrary.org/mission-history-team

Donate:
https://givebutter.com/Jr8Tfu

Please share widely.

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Have you ever wished you could choose a book to add to the QLL collection? Well, this Pride Fundraiser, you can! I’m a part of the Corvids & Cauldrons team and we are raising money to sponsor a queer/gay/LGBTQ+ pagan/witchcraft/polytheism book. Please donate to the Queer Liberation Library fundraiser and consider choosing our team to help us meet our goal!
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https://givebutter.com/Jr8Tfu

Congrats to the #QueerLiberationLibrary for winning a Project Awesome grant!

(Nice to have one of my votes count for a change.)