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Geri: What if the four extremely white, heterosexual main characters in Seinfeld were extremely colorful LGBTQ+ characters? You'd have Geri! A funny novel. With serious undertones. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Geri Sender: a non-binary stand up comedian and carpenter who thinks they may be transgender. They live in a house flat with three LGBTQ+ friends... Ellie Kim: A person of color, she is Geri's former lesbian lover and an aspiring playwright who works part-time in the box office of the Rainbow Theater. Jorge Costa: a constantly employed, and then unemployed, gay person of color looking for love through a dating website.
Krystal
Orbit: a wacky
yet outspoken transgender person who has
not yet made the transition and has put his
modeling career on hold
while she
learns how to walk
in heels. Jorge is frequently unemployed and trying to establish a new relationship through a dating website. Krystal is wacky but has a serious side; she is transgender but has trouble walking in heels even though she likes to dress to nines. Geri may be a parody of heterosexual TV series--such as Seinfeld, Friends and The Big Bang Theory--but it addresses issues such as policing, bullying, racism and religious matters, with grace and humor.
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"Geri should run for office. They have my vote." "I'm sure your goal was to entertain, which you do, but you educate as well. Without getting teachy or preachy." "You go beyond LGBTQ+ issues. Race. Police. Bullying. Divisions within the LGBTQ+ community. All while making me laugh." "Love how the big corporate pride 'gala' was a snore, until Geri took the stage and woke everybody up!" "Great read. I was almost afraid you wouldn't wrap it up. But you did, quite wonderfully." "When all . . . are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free." -- Barack Obama Author's note: Seinfeld has not formally approved this novel. Not that there is anything wrong with that. |
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