Local novelist Benny B. Peterson came out twice while writing their D.C.-based debut The Maidenheads. “Queer community has felt complex because I’m entering at a later date,” Peterson says. “Queer readers and journalists ... being interested in this story has been so affirming.”
D.C. Is the Epicenter of Benny B. Peterson’s Debut Novel, An Ode to Journalism, Music, and Queer Love
For the author and local reporter who came out twice while writing The Maidenheads, its reception from queer readers “has been so affirming.”
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