Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction
2024 Stonewall Book Honor Award Winner—Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Book Award
Featured on NPR's Books We Love 2023
One of Vulture's Best Comedy Books of 2023
"This book is a triumph and everyone should read it."
—Dan Savage, journalist and author, on the "Savage Lovecast"
"
Hi Honey, I’m Homo
is a heartbreaking historical document, but ultimately one that will leave the reader feeling proud of how something as maligned and disposable as the network sitcom used comedy to bring about such profound and important social progress."
—Vulture
"[A] well-curated compendium of prime time broadcasting . . . Baume is a companionable guide."
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Shelf Awareness
Behind the scenes of the most popular sitcoms of the 20th century, a revolution was brewing.
For decades, amidst the bright lights, studio-audience laughs, and absurdly large apartment sets, the real-life story of American LGBTQ+ liberation unfolded in plain sight in front of millions of viewers, most of whom were laughing too hard to mind.
From flamboyant relatives on
Bewitched
to closely-guarded secrets on
All in the Family
, from network-censor fights over
Soap
to behind-the-scenes activism on the set of
The Golden Girls
, from
Ellen
’s culture clash and
Will & Grace
’s mixed reception to
Modern Family
’s primetime power-couple,
Hi Honey, I’m Homo!
is the story not only of how subversive queer comedy transformed the American sitcom, from its inception through today, but how our favorite sitcoms transformed, and continue to transform, America.
Accessible, entertaining, and informative,
features commentary and interviews from celebrities, behind-the-scenes creators, and more.