The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Short Stories
by Fiza PathanPublish: Nov 30, 2017LGBTBook Overview
The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name by Fiza Pathan is a collection of twenty-one original short stories, each centered on some aspect of the social, cultural, psychological, and emotional issues facing the LGBTQIA community in the world today. False prejudice has blighted much of society’s sensitivity to what is necessarily a human rights issue. Ignorance has compounded it. What if you, as a parent or a family member, are faced with this “coming out” issue? Are you aware what each term in the acronym LGBTQIA really means? Are you aware of the emotional and psychological damage you do to a loved one when you fail to understand, and/or reject, their perspective of love, sex, and acceptance?Understanding the implications of the above, the author after months of research has crafted these stories based on actual conditions existing in different countries of the world. You will meet Rocky in “(A)sexual Story,” the psychiatrist Dr. Timothy in “Fix It,” and Jasmine and Randy in “Human Work of Art.” You will learn about DSD—Dysfunction Sexual Disorder—in “Isher” and why Bangkok is called the “Kathoey Paradise.” You will shudder at the public repression of gays by ISIS in Raqqa, and learn about the dichotomy that exists in Iran. You will revel at the miracle you witness in “Topanga,” cry for Sameera in “The Girls’ Bathroom,” and be educated by “The Gay Truth.”
And in all these stories and many more, you will learn that every human being suffers like you do and rejoices as you do, and deserves the right to choose how he or she should live their life, however different we perceive them to be.
2018 DBW Awards Winner - Best Book Short Stories
2018 DBW Awards Finalist - Best Book Social Issues
2018 IAN Book Of The Year Awards Winner - Outstanding Fiction LGBTQ
Killer Nashville 2018 Silver Falchion Award - Finalist - Best Short Story
2018 Global Ebook Awards Silver Medal Winner - Fiction - Gay/Lesbian/LGBT category
2018 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards - 2nd Place Winner - LGBT (E-Book)
2018 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards - Honorable Mention - Family Matters (E-Book)
2018 Montaigne Medal Finalist (Eric Hoffer Book Award)
"Each story in The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name resounds a call for the cultural acceptance
of LGBTQ+ people" -Foreword Clarion Review
"This volume's exhaustive approach to elevating queer issues remains commendable." -Kirkus Review
"In The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name, Pathan expertly writes of suppression and love on such a deep level the reader may feel they are learning about her own life. The intimacy of language pulls the reader in page by page, diving in to 21 emotionally rich stories bringing to life social hardships the LGBT community face every day. . . . The Love That Dare Not Speak its Name is not only for people struggling with their sexuality but people old and young that can easily connect to each and every story." -Killer Nashville 2018 Silver Falchion Award Nominee Review
2018 Global Ebook Awards Silver Medal Winner - Fiction - Gay/Lesbian/LGBT category
2018 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards - 2nd Place Winner - LGBT (E-Book)
2018 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards - Honorable Mention - Family Matters (E-Book)
2018 Montaigne Medal Finalist (Eric Hoffer Book Award)
2018 Shelf Unbound Competition for Best Independently Published Book - Notable Indie
2018 Independent Press Award - Distinguished favorite in LGBTQ Fiction
2018 San Francisco Book Festival - Winner in category Gay
2018 International Book Awards - Finalist in Fiction - LGBTQ category
2018 Book Excellence Award - Finalist in LGBTQ Fiction
2018 American Fiction Award - Finalist in LGBTQ
