Queerly Popular

Welcome to this week's episode of Queerly Popular. Today, we are going to talk about the 2021 book The (Un)Popular Vote . It's a story about a trans guy who decides to run for student council president and the various complications that come up because he is the son of a transphobic congressman. It is a really fun book, but do note that there is homophobia and bullying and that Mark's dad is a tra...

Welcome back to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are going to talk about the 2025 book Crash Test which is about 2 race car drivers who meet and fall in love. This episode will be a little different in that I look at the events in chronological order, not the order that they are presented in the book, which includes flashbacks. I promise, you'll understand why I did it this way. Our n...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the 2024 book The Rules of Royalty by Cale Dietrich. The book is about two boys, Jamie and Erik, who meet when Erik is asked to teach Jamie how to be a prince. It's a really fun book and I think you'll really enjoy it. Our next episode will be about the book Crash Test . As always, please rate and review the podcast on what...

Welcome back to Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the book Father Material , which is the third book in the series which includes Boyfriend Material and  Husband Material which we talked about a little over 3 years ago. The book is about Lucien and Oliver completely settled down and living their lives together. The book really is the perfect ending to the series. I forgot to mention thi...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular ! Today, we are going to talk about the 2026 film Masters of the Universe . This film does not have queer characters, but there is a lot of homoeroticism in it and other queer elements, including a systematic critique of toxic masculinity. It is a fun and lovely film that does not take itself too seriously. It is cheesy and it knows it. It embraces the...

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode of Queerly Popular ! Today, we have a conversation between myself, Katrina, Jacob, and Glen about Heartstopper, what it has meant to us, favorite characters, and so much more. This is a really fun conversation and I know you will enjoy it. Katrina has a webtoon called "Chaotic Good and the Banned Bookmobile" which you can read here . Jacob is a fil...

Welcome back to Queerly Popular! Today, we are going to talk about the movie Heartstopper Forever which closes out the Heartstopper saga. Because this is a movie and not a series of a tv show, the review will be shorter than previous Heartstopper episodes. Please do stick around after I say good-bye because I recorded some thoughts that I added onto the end of the episode reacting to reviews of th...

Welcome to the mid-season finale of Queerly Popular ! Today, we are going to talk about the 2022 book And They Lived.... by Steven Salvatore. The book is about 2 college freshmen who meet and how they change each other's lives. It is quite a good book, but I do want to issue the following warning: There is homophobia, fat shaming, mental health issues, descriptions of eating disorders, body dysmor...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular. Today, we are going to talk about the book The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa. It is a book about a non-binary teen pirate who finds out that their father made a deal with El Diablo and ends up working with another teen pirate and a demonio to free their father's soul as well as the crew of the other pirate's ship. It is quite the fun book and has...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular ! Today, we're going to be talking about the book Out of the Blue by Jason June. It is about a merperson (Crest/Ross) who becomes human and meets a teen boy (Sean) and they fall in love. It is a very fun and very cute book that I really enjoyed.  Our next episode will be on June 18th and will be about the book The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa. As...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular ! Today, we are going to talk about the book Scraps . The book is a novelization of a screenplay for a feature film that is an expanded version of a short film . The book is about two boys who meet and fall in love in 2003 Montana.  In addition to talking about the book, I also talk about the short film and how it differs from the book. I also talk abo...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular. Today's episode is about the 2021 book The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver. The book is about a non-binary person whose older brother dies suddenly and how they deal with it. This book is much different than other things I have talked about so far. There is very little joy in the book, but it is very good and well worth reading. There is a suicide atte...

Welcome to this week's episode of Queerly Popular. Today's episode is about the book Dawn: God's United Reich by D Alexander. The book is about two boys who live in under a theocratic regime in a dystopian version of the United States who meet and fall in love. The book is quite a lovely book and is also the first book in a series. I do have a couple of issues with the book that I talk about, but...

Welcome back to Queerly Popular! Today, we will be talking about the 2023 book The Unlikely Heir by Jax Calder. This book came out around the same time as Red, White, and Royal Blue (movie) and when I was really getting into royal romance books. It's about an American becoming Prince of Wales and falling in love with the British Prime Minister. It's a lot of fun to read. The book does have a lot o...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular. Today's episode is about the 2025 movie Twinless . Dylan O'Brien plays Roman, a man who recently lost his twin brother. He meets Dennis at a support groups for people who have lost their twins. The movie is about how their relationship develops over time. It is a dark, psychological movie with some great physical comedy. It's not my normal sort of mov...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the 2025 Netflix show Boots starring Miles Heizer. The show is based off of the book The Pink Marine by Greg Cope White. The show is about a young gay man, Cameron Cope, who goes into Marine basic training in the summer of 1990. It's not a romance or a coming out story, but the story of someone who is trying to get by in a...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the movie Wicked: For Good , which is the second act of the play Wicked . The movie is great and the music is good, but there weren't the bangers that there were in the first movie. I did really enjoy the movie though, especially watching Glinda finally grow a backbone. It's well worth the time to watch. I had hoped to have...

Hello and welcome back to season 5 of Queerly Popular! Today, we are going to be talking about the movie I Wish You All The Best starring Corey Fogelmanis, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Alexandria Daddario, Cole Sprouse, and Lena Dunham and written, directed, and produced by Tommy Dorfman. I do really like this movie, but I also have complicated feelings due to the number of changes that Tommy made to th...

Welcome to the season finale of season 4 of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the 2021 Netflix film Single All the Way . The movie stars Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Luke MacFarlane, Kathy Najimy, Jennifer Coolidge, and Barry Bostwick. It is quite the fun film and it is also a holiday rom-com filled with rom-com tropes. I highly recommend this film if you enjoy holiday rom-coms. The...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we'll be talking about the 2019 Netflix movie Let It Snow . This movie is a fun and fluffy Christmas teen rom-com filled with stereotypes and tropes, but don't let that discourage you from watching and enjoying it. Is it original? Nope, but it is fun and relaxing, so enjoy it for what it is. It also has a bunch of actors who were sort of big at...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular ! Today we are talking about the 2025 book Icing On the Cake by Christopher J. Brice. It is quite the fun romance book about a grumpy librarian and a hockey star on a college campus. As a warning, this book talks frequently and explicitly about sex, penises, butts, kinks, and admiration for those (and other) body parts. This episode will also make freq...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the 1996 movie Beautiful Thing . The movie is about two teens in London who fall in love. It is a lovely and fun film with a great soundtrack that consists mostly of music from Mama Cass and the Mamas & Papas. The film is very much a product of its time, which is not a bad thing. That being said, there are definitely elemen...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the book Paris Daillencourt Is About To Crumble , which is a book about a man (Paris) with generalized anxiety disorder (diagnosed late in the book) who is taking part in a baking competition and meets Tariq Hassan. It's a fun book, but not one of my favorites. I enjoy the characters and definitely feel for Paris, but it's...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are going to be talking about the 2025 book The Haunting Between Us by Paul Michael Winters, the author of Together in a Broken World , which we talked about in June. This book is a YA romance about 2 boys and a haunted house. It also has horror/suspense aspects to it, but at its heart it is a romance between 2 boys. I found the book to be q...

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the 2024 book Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa. Most Ardently is a remix of Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen where Elizabeth Bennet is now a trans boy named Oliver. I quite love this book and have realized it will be one of my books I listen to quite often, an honor shared with Red, White, and Roy...