I’m a Gay Wizard

I'm a Book Buyer for a book shop on a University campus and I was SO excited when I read the description of I'm A Gay Wizard.

I ordered in several copies for our two week Out On The Shelves promotion focusing on queer authors and queer stories. As a non-binary queer person myself I know how affirming it is to see characters like you in media. It's personally and professionally important to be dedicating time and space for the queer youth on campus, many of whom are exploring their sense of self outside of their family homes for the first time.

Due to international shipping delays the books came late and I'm honestly so glad that they did. I picked up a copy for myself and was so horrified by the body shaming and the “he's just a self hating gay man” rhetoric that I culdn't get through more than a few chapters.

I've known too many trans masculine people who have been made ashamed of their bodies because of small dick/micropenis jokes. Far too many hateful people are given too much leeway because they're written off as being in the closet and self-hating.

This is not the kind of story I feel comfortable offering to queer youth. These are not messages that should be perpetuated in any form. And especially not by a queer author who should be reasonably self-aware enough to keep from writing them in a YA book.

I pulled these books from the shelves so no one is subjected to these harmful ideas under my watch. I highly recommend not giving this book your time an energy.

I mange to get to about 11% and (once again) realised I wasn't connecting at all to the characters. I'm definitely more of a character reader. Don't get me wrong, I really really love my plots, but badly written characters spoil the vibe for me and is the main cause of me dnfing a book.

Plus, there was a lot of information being shoved at the reader in the tiny part that I read and that's another reason to not carry on reading. I like having information but not that much in such a little timespan.