Is evelyn hugo gay

It’s not about denial or deception.

I devoured it, I adored it, I wanted to read ten more books just like it.

I read it a few years after its 2017 debut, and came immediately to the office with questions — why wasn’t everybody talking about this book? Their relationship isn’t perfect, but it’s real in a way that queer readers don’t always get: complicated, messy, shaped by fear and longing and societal pressure.

This isn’t a “coming out” story in the traditional sense.

Abertalli’s coming out provoked a reckoning in the #ownvoices movement when it comes to sexual orientation or gender identity, and Reid’s may inspire a similar reaction.

This time, Reid is getting out ahead of the story, telling Time, “It has been hard at times to see people dismiss me as a straight woman, but I also didn’t tell them the whole story.” She recalls growing up as a tomboy, falling for a boy as a teenager, and then for a woman in her early 20s.

Why do you talk that way? The titular Hugo didn’t just have seven husbands. It was also extremely good. "He was so excited for me, like, ‘What a great way for you to express this side of you.’ And he helped me get the book to be as romantic and beautiful as it could be."

The author has also grappled with the fact that being married to a man provides her with "straight-passing" privilege, which has informed how she has broached the topic of her sexuality in public.

"How do I talk about who I really am with full deference to the life experiences of other people?” Reid pondered.

And it’s even more meaningful now that we understand the personal truth behind it.

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