This week we're taking a closer look at Powell's Pick of the Month Real Queer America by Samantha Allen.
Samantha Allen heard the clarion call of red-state exodus after the 2016 election — and she told it to shut the heck up. Frustrated with the cost of living and lackluster LGBTQ activism she observed in coastal cities, and equally irritated by progressive dismissal of “flyover country,” Allen turned to the vast American interior to examine how queer people and communities fight and thrive in deeply conservative states.
Originally from the west coast, Allen attended Utah’s BYU and has since spent a considerable amount of time living and working in the South and Midwest. Her story is an interesting one...