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<p><b style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">**A 2024 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST**</span></b><br style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><br style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><b style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Zachary Zane is one of the best sex writers working today. Dan Savage,</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span><i><span style="font-size: 14px;">New York Times</span></i><span style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">bestselling author</span></b><br style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span><br style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><b style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Named a Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of the Year by Buzzfeed</span></b><br style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span><br style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><b style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">A sex and relationship columnist bares it all in a series of essayspart memoir, part manifestothat explore the authors coming-of-age and coming out as a bisexual man and move toward embracing and celebrating sex unencumbered by shame.</span></b><br style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span><br style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 14px;">As a boy, Zachary Zane sensed that all was not right when images of his therapist naked popped into his head. Without an explanation as to why, a deep sense of shame pervaded these thoughts. Though his therapist assured him a little imagination was nothing to be ashamed of, over the years, society told him otherwise.</span><br style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span><br style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><i style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Boyslut</span></i><span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">is a series of personal and tantalizing essays that articulate how our society still shames people for the sex that they have and the sexualities that they inhabit. Through the lens of his bisexuality and</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><i style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">much</span></i><span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">self-described sluttiness, Zane breaks down exactly how this sexual shame negatively impacts the sex and relationships in our lives, and through personal experience, shares how we can unlearn the harmful, entrenched messages that society imparts to us.</span></span><br style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span><br style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">From stories of drug-fueled threesomes and risqu Grindr hookups to insights on dealing with rejection and living with his boyfriend</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><i style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">and</span></i><span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">his boyfriends wife,</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span></span><i style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Boyslut</span></i><span style="color: rgb(84, 84, 84); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">is reassuring and often painfully funnybut is most potently a testimony that we can all learn to live healthier lives unburdened by stigma.</span></span></p>