Just Gone - Jo DeLuzio
Just Gone is easily among my favorite non-fiction reads for the year, though that’s a sad thing to say when the book talks about violent trauma and torture. In her masterpiece, DeLuzio speaks with nine brave individuals who survived persecution for their sexual orientation in their home country, seeking refuge in Canada. To many Canadians, it can appear as though it has become accepted, almost normalized, to be a part of the 2SLGBTQ+ community given the widespread display of rainbows and celebrations of pride. Even I was a little surprised on my own visit to Toronto last year at just how many of our rainbow flags appear on every shop window these days—though that sort of commercialization might be a topic for another day. And yes, the number of countries that have legalized gay marriage has increased to thirty-five out of 195 in the world, according to DeLuzio, but this still leaves us with seventy-one outlawing gay sex altogether, and twelve of them punishing it by death.
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