Boyslut

A Memoir And Manifesto

BY ZACHARY ZANE

Praise for Boyslut

“One of the best sex writers working today. Reading Zach’s own sexual adventures is like getting invited to Sunday brunch by your wittiest, sluttiest, funniest friend.” —Dan Savage, sex columnist and New York Times bestselling author

“Zach is a fabulous queer writer and thinker who’s doing the Lord’s work by promoting bi–visibility and helping the LGBTQ community.” —Billy Porter, actor, singer, and author

“Zach’s honest approach is a welcome reprieve from the messages of our youth, and his self–exploration encourages and enables us to do our own.” —Allison Raskin, podcaster and New York Times bestselling author

“Zach offers here what so many of us need in all areas of life: a call to live without shame.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author

As a boy, Zachary Zane sensed that all was not right when images of his therapist naked popped into his head. He sometimes imagined other people naked, too, and without an explanation 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.

Boyslut is a memoir–manifesto in which Zane articulates that, even today, we live in a world that shames people for the sex that they have and the sexualities that they inhabit. Through the lens of his bisexuality and much 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.

From stories of play sessions with a neighbor at age six to the first explorations of Zane’s bisexuality in college, as well as sex–dungeon parties, orgies, and fun with butt plugs, Boyslut is reassuring and often painfully funny, and most potently, it is a testimony that we can all learn to live healthier lives unburdened by stigma.

Zachary Zane is the sex and relationship columnist for Men’s Health, where he writes “Sexplain It” and answers a diverse range of questions pertaining to masculinity, ethical non–monogamy, sexual insecurities, and the LGBTQ community. He and his work have appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, Vice, GQ, Rolling Stone, The Advocate, The Tamron Hall Show, and Nightline. Zane holds partnerships with Grindr, Scruff, and Pornhub, and is currently in development on a TV show that explores sex across the United States. He lives in Brooklyn.

Selling Points

AUTHOR’S NETWORK: Zane’s proposal came with blurbs attached from Dan Savage, Billy Porter, Gaby Dunn, Jacob Tobia, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Allison Raskin, R. Eric Thomas, Alex Newell, and Courtney Act, to name just a few. They, along with Alexander Chee, JP Brammer, Remy Duran, Raquel Willis, and other activists, writers, drag queens, and more, are avid supporters of Zane’s work and eager to support his first book.

GROWING PLATFORM: Zane has a social following of 18,000 Instagram followers and 16,000 on Twitter. He has major brand partnerships and connections with everything from gay dating apps and sex toy brands to activist groups and media organizations. He has a wide range of editors at various outlets eager to support his work and the book, including the New York Times, GQ, Rolling Stone, Vice, the Washington Post, OUT, Allure, Self, Playboy, The Advocate, and Men’s Health

POPULAR TREND: Sex and sexuality—or at least talking about them—are in vogue More and more writers are openly tackling sex, whether in print, online, or in film; we are living in a moment of sex positivity and celebration. And Zane has plenty of experience talking about sex and sexuality—from his Men’s Health column to podcasts, and even live television. He is mediagenic and very un–shy about his life and work, making him an ideal self–promoter.

Specifications

* 240 pages

* WIDTH: 5 1/2" - 140mm

* HEIGHT: 8 1/4" - 210mm

* Hardcover with jacket

PUB MONTH: MAY 2023

MEMOIR, LGBTQ+ HISTORY & CULTURE, SELF-HELP

ISBN 978-1-4197-6471-4

US $26.00

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