Brody's Notes... Good As You's Jeremy Hooper Publishes First Book On Equality Rights Debate & Other Stuff

By Brody Levesque | NEW YORK, NY -- In his new book released Tuesday- 'If It's a Choice, My Zygote Chose Balls: Making Sense of Senseless Controversy-' veteran blogger and LGBTQ equality rights advocate, Jeremy Hooper, blends a unique mix of memoir and social commentary as he makes his case to sharpen the debate between the LGBTQ community and its detractors on LGBTQ equality rights.

Hooper leads readers through his own life story, revealing the positive and unnecessarily encumbered aspects of growing up gay in contemporary society. Known for his sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, but always sharply informed style on his celebrated website, Good As You, Hooper opens a window into the realities of family rejection and acceptance in this new book.

As he muses, he also offers guidance for would-be straight allies sharing with the readers the inner monologue of a boy who knew who he was long before his early adulthood would make the necessary allowances for him to own his identity and sexual orientation.

He takes readers along on his highly relatable human journey as he reveals the truths of desired and oft stated shared goals of full equality and parity as human beings for LGBTQ people.

"From constant talk about marriage to the popular parlor game 'Which celebrity is gay?' our world is, in many ways, obsessed with LGBT topics," says Hooper. 

"However, there is serious neglect in terms of actually tackling the issues at hand. I want to address the weighty topics head on, but in a relatable way."

Jeremy Hooper founded his widely acclaimed blogsite Good As You in 2005. Since then he has garnered respect and a reputation for pointing out perceived wrong doings and follies in his signature approach of humour, advocacy, and compassion as he casts a spotlight and intense focus on LGBTQ issues. He has been profiled by several leading media outlets including the PBS programme series,'In The Life,' also by the Sirius Radio Network, and on the Viacom owned Logo network. Hooper has worked alongside leading LGBTQ advocacy groups like the Human Rights Campaign and GLAAD.

If It's a Choice, My Zygote Chose Balls: Making Sense of Senseless Controversy marks Hooper's first foray into traditional print publishing.

Jeremy and husband Andrew live in Manhattan's West side with the couple's dog, Bosley.

Ordering Info:

If It's a Choice, My Zygote Chose Balls: Making Sense of Senseless Controversy (ISBN: 0615574548) 223 pages, $12.99 plus shipping and handling from Amazon.com.