Queer Clicks: November 17, 2016 | How Banks Make It Hard For Sexy Startups & Other News

Beijing Comrades by Bei Tong

How Banks Make It Hard For Sexy Startups

“Last summer, Zoë Ligon, an erotic artist, was in the early stages of starting an online sex-toy shop she anointed Spectrum Pleasure. She visited a Bank of America branch in Detroit, wanting to open a checking account and take out a line of credit in order to start purchasing inventory. For the latter order of business, a Bank of America banker put her through to a credit specialist. The woman on the other end of the line was disinterestedly running through a list of scripted questions until she saw the word “pleasure” in the LLC title.” Fast Company

J.K. Rowling’s Latest Is Really About Gay Liberation

“J.K. Rowling’s latest fantasy blockbuster explores a clandestine world of stylish, secretive creatures who live undetected among an oblivious, mistrustful majority in New York City, and have their own cool underground bars.” New York Post

Beijing Comrades, An Illicit Book That Defined A Generation Of Gay Men In China

“Little is known of Bei Tong, the author of Beijing Comrades. It is hard to determine whether the author is male or female, though Scott Myers, the translator, uses the female pronoun to describe Bei Tong in the book’s introduction. When she put the story online in 1998, serialized on the now extinct Web site China Men’s and Boys’ Paradise, Bei Tong was living in New York, bored and reading a lot of gay fiction. Disheartened by the generally poor quality of what was available, she decided to write her own. ” Out

Santa Comes Early | Men Answer Boxers or Briefs With DanielXMiller from The Underwear Expert

It’s almost that time of year to start considering your stocking stuffers… via AccidentalBear