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    Gimme Pride
    Gimme Pride
    Gimme Pride
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    Gimme Pride

    By J. Tomas

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    At 15, Chip is out and proud. It doesn't hurt that his best friend Jennifer is onlythemost popular girl in their high school. With her at his side, he feels invincible.

    When Chip's older sister invites him and Jen to help her man a vendor booth at Richmond Pride, the two teenagers jump at the chance. Decked out in a provocative bathing suit and feather boa, Chip is completely in his element. Then Jen spots Bobby, who plays soccer for their school and who Chip's had a crush onforever. If he's at Pride, does that mean what Chiphopesit means?

    But when Chip tries to talk to Bobby, he discovers not all gay teens are as comfortable flaunting their sexuality as he is.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherQueerteen Press
    Release dateDec 18, 2011
    ISBN9781611522228
    Gimme Pride
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    J. Tomas

    J. Tomas is a pseudonym, I'll admit it up front, under which I publish gay YA fiction. I write gay erotic romance as J.M. Snyder and publish non-gay fiction, nonfiction, and poetry as J.T. Marie. You can email me at jtomas@j-tomas.net.So who am I? A writer, a reader, a poet. A video game nerd ~ I heart Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, and Legend of Zelda. A cat owner. A movie goer, music lover, boyband groupie. A queer author who remembers all too well the pains of high school, first love, and how it felt to ride the school bus when all the "cool" kids had their own car. Who knows what it's like to be different in a school of clones, to feel different, look different, act different.Who wants to put those feelings down on paper so others know they aren't alone.More specifically, I live in Virginia with two very spoiled cats. I have a day job that's not too bad, and I've always wanted to be a writer, so I write.

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      Gimme Pride - J. Tomas

      Gimme Pride

      By J. Tomas

      Published by Queerteen Press

      Visit queerteen-press.com for more information.

      Copyright 2011 J. Tomas

      ISBN 9781611522228

      Cover Credits: jonathandowney

      Used under a Standard Royalty-Free License.

      Cover Design: J.M. Snyder

      All rights reserved.

      WARNING: This book is not transferable. It is for your own personal use. If it is sold, shared, or given away, it is an infringement of the copyright of this work and violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

      No portion of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher, with the exception of brief excerpts used for the purposes of review.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are solely the product of the author’s imagination and/or are used fictitiously, though reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Published in the United States of America. Queerteen Press is an imprint of JMS Books LLC.

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      Gimme Pride

      By J. Tomas

      I thought you came to help me out, Shawna Reid complains as she digs another handful of hangers out of a shipping crate. Sexy swimsuits dangle from the hangers—Speedos in bright Spandex, colorful one-pieces with revealing cut-outs, cropped and shredded T-shirts that can serve as cover-ups on the beach or at the pool. Shawna tosses the hangers to her brother, Chip, and glares at him as if the look alone can put him to work. I only brought you because—

      I know, I know. Eight years her junior, Chip’s still in high school, and this is his first Pride event ever. He was always too young before—his mother didn’t even want him going this year, if she had her way, but Shawna rented a vendor booth she needed help with and she managed to talk some sense into the parentals. It’s a Pride event, not an all-out orgy. Most everyone here is dressed in jeans and T-shirts…except the drag queens, who look absolutely fabulous all dolled up. There’s no exposed flesh, no in-your-face queerness, not here.

      Except, well, for Chip. He wears a pair of cherry red Speedos so tight, they look painted on. Nothing else. And damn, but he’s rocking them today.

      Shawna runs an online store

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