Cheers to Queers: Stories of Coming Out, Finding Community and Saving My Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781771436052)

Cheers to Queers is a memoir in essay form that spans three decades about Moushumi Ghose, a young non-white, feminist growing up in a conservative suburb to educated immigrant parents. She experienced racism, sexism, homophobia, and a culture of rules that did not fit her. As a child in the 1970s, she found solace in music, underage queer nightclubs, fashion in the 1980s, and her fluid chosen families and gay bars in the 1990s. With few rules and even fewer role models, she lived a life of debauchery and freedom, strife with drama and intrigue, at times dark and cold, but always with an air of rebellion and fun. This memoir contains stories of coming of age, coming out, overcoming hurdles, and finding strength and ultimately her identity in large part due to the support of the LGBT community.

About the Author:

Moushumi Ghose is a sex therapist, author and documentary filmmaker specializing in sexuality. She believes that sexual liberation may be the key to our collective healing.

Moushumi holds a BA in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Human Sexuality from San Francisco State University and a Masters from Pepperdine University. She is a California licensed psychotherapist and specializes in sexuality.

Moushumi has written for various publications, including The Huffington Post, Dame, Men's Health, and appears regularly in the media as an expert on sexuality and relationships.