From the acclaimed author of the YA graphic novel Flamer, comes a gorgeous, heart-warming adult debut following four gay Asians as they navigate love, identity, and friendship in Seattle during the early aughts.
When AJ arrives in Seattle, na- and eager for a new, gay, life, he has no friends, no job, no money. His first apartment sits so far north of the gayborhood that "not even lesbians live there." Leaning into his identity for the first time in his life, AJ he walks past the velvet rope into his first gay bar and discovers what he moved across the country to find: gay men who are out, proud, and unashamed.
That first night, a chance spilled drink unites him with new group of friends, also of Asian descent: K, ethereal drag queen, activist, matriarch; John, introverted gaymer who doesn''t feel seen in real life; reckless Steven, who wields his good looks to secure validation via sex (whites only, please); and Tai and Eddie, the "perfect"
