Sonny Vukic (he/him)
@svukic.bsky.social
LGBTQ+ People: who we are, through books.
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Sonny Vukic (he/him)
@svukic.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Brief intro:
- avid reader of modern 🏳️🌈 literature.
- LGBTQ life & history through books
- avid (euphemism for OCD!😁) collector of 1st editions
- native of Croatia 🇭🇷, then New York, & San Francisco
- celebrating LGBTQ people, history, culture, socio-politics, & love
- husband, father 😍
- avid reader of modern 🏳️🌈 literature.
- LGBTQ life & history through books
- avid (euphemism for OCD!😁) collector of 1st editions
- native of Croatia 🇭🇷, then New York, & San Francisco
- celebrating LGBTQ people, history, culture, socio-politics, & love
- husband, father 😍
Emmy winner Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere) — hilarious and moving autobiographical essays about growing up “profoundly gay” in Texas and making it in Hollywood.
Excellent!
Excellent!
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Emmy winner Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere) — hilarious and moving autobiographical essays about growing up “profoundly gay” in Texas and making it in Hollywood.
Excellent!
Excellent!
Really good novel… coming of age within a Black family and a racist America.
Beautiful and enlightening.
Beautiful and enlightening.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Really good novel… coming of age within a Black family and a racist America.
Beautiful and enlightening.
Beautiful and enlightening.
A couple outstanding novels from the early-mid 90’s by a pair of outstanding gay novelists.
First editions.
First editions.
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A couple outstanding novels from the early-mid 90’s by a pair of outstanding gay novelists.
First editions.
First editions.
A must read (or listen). Poignant, evocative, sexy, historical, wonderful.
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A must read (or listen). Poignant, evocative, sexy, historical, wonderful.
YA LGBTQ fantasy. Haunting, breathtaking, beautiful.
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
YA LGBTQ fantasy. Haunting, breathtaking, beautiful.
A chance connection on a train ride that leads to a lifetime of longing and wonder about what might have been. And then, three decades later, another encounter.
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
A chance connection on a train ride that leads to a lifetime of longing and wonder about what might have been. And then, three decades later, another encounter.
Paul Monette” The Brink of Summers End” 1997- 90 minutes
YouTube video by Ron
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
10/10 recommend! “Hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical…” novel of war, love, journey, and the occasional “opiatic interlude”.
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
10/10 recommend! “Hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical…” novel of war, love, journey, and the occasional “opiatic interlude”.
Before I Had the Words - a groundbreaking memoir of remarkable depth and insights.
November 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Before I Had the Words - a groundbreaking memoir of remarkable depth and insights.
Fairyland: a brilliant memoir of growing up with a gay father when this was rare - 1970s San Francisco. A portrait of a tumultuous, historic period in San Francisco as well as a moving account of a father’s legacy and a daughter’s love.
November 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Fairyland: a brilliant memoir of growing up with a gay father when this was rare - 1970s San Francisco. A portrait of a tumultuous, historic period in San Francisco as well as a moving account of a father’s legacy and a daughter’s love.
Tom Ford is making a film of Anne Rice’s stupendous novel “Cry to Heaven”. Bravo!
With Hunter Schafer, Nicholas Holt, and Adele!
With Hunter Schafer, Nicholas Holt, and Adele!
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Tom Ford is making a film of Anne Rice’s stupendous novel “Cry to Heaven”. Bravo!
With Hunter Schafer, Nicholas Holt, and Adele!
With Hunter Schafer, Nicholas Holt, and Adele!
Beautifully written and great characters. Takes some concentration as it jumps from different time periods, different lives, different countries. But quite beautiful.
Interesting to see the primary character’s sexuality (“LGBT”) be just that, his sexuality, but otherwise irrelevant.
Interesting to see the primary character’s sexuality (“LGBT”) be just that, his sexuality, but otherwise irrelevant.
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Beautifully written and great characters. Takes some concentration as it jumps from different time periods, different lives, different countries. But quite beautiful.
Interesting to see the primary character’s sexuality (“LGBT”) be just that, his sexuality, but otherwise irrelevant.
Interesting to see the primary character’s sexuality (“LGBT”) be just that, his sexuality, but otherwise irrelevant.
The queer history of film, television, Broadway, and pop culture in general. Fascinating stuff.
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The queer history of film, television, Broadway, and pop culture in general. Fascinating stuff.
England, 17th century, seething with religious and political discontent, erupted into a violent civil war.
Jacob and fellow soldiers dream of rebuilding their lives.
A darkly erotic tale of passion and obsession. A gripping portrait of a man on the brink of madness. Hailed as a masterpiece.
2001.
Jacob and fellow soldiers dream of rebuilding their lives.
A darkly erotic tale of passion and obsession. A gripping portrait of a man on the brink of madness. Hailed as a masterpiece.
2001.
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
England, 17th century, seething with religious and political discontent, erupted into a violent civil war.
Jacob and fellow soldiers dream of rebuilding their lives.
A darkly erotic tale of passion and obsession. A gripping portrait of a man on the brink of madness. Hailed as a masterpiece.
2001.
Jacob and fellow soldiers dream of rebuilding their lives.
A darkly erotic tale of passion and obsession. A gripping portrait of a man on the brink of madness. Hailed as a masterpiece.
2001.
Max Parker as Sullivan in Netflix hit LGBTQ show, Boots.
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Max Parker as Sullivan in Netflix hit LGBTQ show, Boots.
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Sunflower Boys
“A harrowing and gorgeous tale of love, identity, lost innocence, and survival set in a time of devastating war, The Sunflower Boys is a powerful, heartrending exploration of young queer love, the Ukrainian spirit, and a family’s struggle to survive.”
#GayBooks #Ukraine
“A harrowing and gorgeous tale of love, identity, lost innocence, and survival set in a time of devastating war, The Sunflower Boys is a powerful, heartrending exploration of young queer love, the Ukrainian spirit, and a family’s struggle to survive.”
#GayBooks #Ukraine
October 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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October 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a transgender elder and activist who has survived Bellevue psychiatric hospital, Attica Prison, the HIV/AIDS crisis and a world that white supremacy has built.”
#LGBTQHistory #GayBooks
#LGBTQHistory #GayBooks
October 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a transgender elder and activist who has survived Bellevue psychiatric hospital, Attica Prison, the HIV/AIDS crisis and a world that white supremacy has built.”
#LGBTQHistory #GayBooks
#LGBTQHistory #GayBooks