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Love That Story Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life

Jonathan Van Ness

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

The title Love That Story was mentioned alongside other books by Jonathan Van Ness.

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And also feel free to check out his books. Over the Top. Love that story. And peanut goes for the gold.

— Episode: Jonathan Van Ness

Episode: Jonathan Van Ness

The title Love That Story was mentioned alongside other books by Jonathan Van Ness.

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And also feel free to check out his books. Over the Top. Love that story. And peanut goes for the gold.

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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10% Happier with Dan Harris

This was Jonathan Van Ness's second book, which followed up on his previous bestseller.

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JVN is just out with a second book called Love That Story, a follow-up to the best seller called Over the Top...

— Episode: Jonathan Van Ness on Shame, Shopping, Bo...

Episode: Jonathan Van Ness on Shame, Shopping, Bodies, and...

This was Jonathan Van Ness's second book, which followed up on his previous bestseller.

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JVN is just out with a second book called Love That Story, a follow-up to the best seller called Over the Top...

I've Had It

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I've Had It

During the interview, Jonathan Van Ness spoke about the title, sharing how it explored his journey with gender expression and his realization that there were options beyond simply identifying as a gay man. He described how he had previously stifled his femininity to gain acceptance from both straight and gay communities, using the book to illustrate those personal revelations. The discussion conveyed a strongly positive view of the work as a meaningful account of his queer experience.

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Episode: Asked and Answered with Jonathan Van Ness

Jonathan Van Ness discussed his experience with gender expression and his relationship to his gender identity in his second book, "Love That Story". He explained how he didn't know there was an option other than being a gay man and how he stifled his femininity for acceptance from both straight and gay people.

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And so, you know, then as an adult and I talk a lot about this in my second book, Love That Story, kind of my like my experience to gender expression and like my relationship to my gender expression, because it really I think I didn't know that there was an option other than being a gay man.

And also a lot of my gender fluidity and my femininity, I really stifled not only for the acceptance of my cisgender, you know, straight counterparts.

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