Creating the Heroes You Want to See in the World, featuring Lee Wind

Jan 20, 2025

Lee Wind

On this week’s show, we’re recognizing and honoring how far we’ve come in the world of fiction in the past decades since everyone in this week’s conversation remembers a time when there was no such thing as a gay protagonist. Guest Lee Wind talks to us about his new novel and his LGBTQ advocacy—for writers and readers. We also talk about James Bond, great books for queer youth, and why we love the Independent Book Publishers Association.

ABOUT LEE WIND

Lee Wind is a storyteller out to engage, empower, and hold safe space for communities. He does this in his day job as Chief Content Officer for the Independent Book Publishers Association; for Queer and allied creators of children’s literature; and as an author of multiple books, including the nonfiction titles No Way, They Were Gay? and The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie, the novels Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill and A Different Kind of Brave, and social justice and Queer-history themed picture books. Lee’s popular blog I’m Here. I’m Queer. What the Hell Do I Read? has been visited over four million times.

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