In this episode, the host,  J.P. Der Boghossian meets Barrak Alzaid and talks with him about Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences by Sarah Schulman. 

This book invites us to understand familial homophobia as a cultural crisis, rather than a personal or an individual problem.

Barrak shares “What I think saved me is not just feeling seen in the book, but also feeling like I had a roadmap and a set of tools for reengaging with a family where I experienced scapegoating, shunning, and cruelty.”

Plus, Sarah joins to discuss writing Ties that Bind, the challenges of getting Lesbian fiction past publishing gatekeepers, and the interventions we need to make within families to stop homophobia.

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