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Featuring deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, telenovelas, and
Antonio Banderas—all in the service of helping us reframe how we
talk about (desiring) men—this insightful memoir-in-essays is as
much a coming-of-age as a coming out story.
Coming 2025!
Witty and winkingly playful, Hello Stranger explores modern queer romance and the expansive possibilities of ephemeral intimacies.
At once a personal excavation and a broad cultural critique, Betancourt grapples with everything from online sexting and real-life cruising to divorces and throuples. Hello Stranger examines the intimacies we crave, value, and oftentimes destroy with rote familiarity.
Manuel Betancourt 