Hi Honey, I'm Homo!

”“”[Hi Honey, I’m Homo! is] about how something as rigid and formulaic as the American sitcom can still find room to speak to queerness—sometimes in very coded ways.“”—NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour””Hi Honey, I’m Homo! is a delightful book … If you’re looking for something good to read, something that will educate you about queer media history, this is the book you’ve been waiting for.“”—Bay Area Reporter”“Every chapter serves up a slice of queer history with a rich scoop of fascinating, juicy asides and shocking behind-the-scenes insights—like having dishy late-night cheesecake with a witty, wise friend.”” —Anthony Oliveira, PhD, author, film programmer, and pop culture critic ““Matt Baume takes us on a highly entertaining tour of queer representation in television comedy, from the be-bad-with-metaphor and you’ll-miss-it winks of Bewitched to the out-and-proud-ish center stage of Will & Grace. Baume brings his trademark mix of childlike enthusiasm and intellectual rigor to a medium he clearly loves. He calls out cowardice and appeasement where he sees it, but is also careful to place each show inside its moment in queer history.”” —Richard Day, TV writer and producer on Arrested Development, Spin City, The Drew Carey Show, Ellen, and more ““Queer visibility didn’t just happen overnight. It is and continues to be a series of wins and setbacks, which Matt chronicles with each painstaking step it took to move equality forward … The tremendous amount of curated minutia reads like Matt’s love letter to the television pioneers of queer culture.”” —Deven Green, award-winning comedic chanteuse”“Baume takes readers on a fun but deeply sourced trip through the activism—and messy stumbles—that led television to finally embrace queer and trans characters.”” —Powell’s Blog ”“It is truly a delightful read and will probably inspire your watch list as well.”” —KING5 Seattle“

Matt Baume is a writer, podcaster, and video-maker based in Seattle whose work focuses on queer culture, geeks, and all things strange and wonderful. He is the creator of the queer interview show The Sewers of Paris, the YouTube pop culture series Culture Cruise, and the LGBTQ news shows Weekly Debrief and Marriage News Watch. He’s co creator of the comedy podcast and live show Queens of Adventure, featuring drag queens playing Dungeons & Dragons. His book, Defining Marriage, chronicles the personal stories of people who fought for marriage equality over the last forty years. He was nominated for a GLAAD award for journalism, and his work has been recognized by the New York Times as “thoughtful and thorough … informative and funny,” and he was highlighted by Forbes magazine. After he appeared as a pop culture critic in the Showgirls documentary You Don’t Nomi, Forbes called his observations on the film “potentially intriguing.” You can find his reporting via outlets that include Rolling Stone, Vice Magazine, Slate, The Advocate, The Stranger, and NPR.