"I didn't have a choice. Did you?"
In Desiree Akhavan's world of queer to straight conversion -- filtered through the novel of Emily M. Danforth -- there is gentle, insidious gaslighting. The abuse creeps beneath the skin, so subtle you think it's helpful. It's messy people, repressed queers all hurting each other to have access to a roof. To be queer is often the choice between living outside or repressing yourself beyond repair.
A trio of queer teen besties (Chloe…