My first academic book is being released on September 15th, from Rowman & Littlefield Publishing.

The one constant fact in the unpredictability of queer life is that people keep coming out. The queer coming of age movie is a beloved, necessary staple of LGBTQ+ culture that has effected millions of people: it has been inspiring, comforting, consoling and life saving. Confoundingly there has never been a history, or even in-depth analysis of the genre. Brad Windhauser’s The Queer Coming of Age Film Genre superbly remedies that. Expansive in scope, astute in its analysis, and always insightful it provides readers with a wealth of knowledge and new, original ways to think about this important, vital body of work. This is an important addition to queer film criticism.

-- Michael Bronski, author of A Queer History of the United States, professor of the Practice in Activism and Media, Harvard University

Thoughtfully informative. Key genre questions provoke our asking: how do queer kids “come of age” in light of milestones relentlessly, historically exclusive of their lives? How does film puncture our glib assumptions about teens and children while fictionally depicting them? This book’s queries are urgent and enlivening.

-- Kathryn Bond Stockton, Author of The Queer Child