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I'm excited to be here today with Richie Jackson,

who's the author of Gay Like Me, a father writes to his son.

He is an award-winning Broadway film and TV producer, whose most recent productions

include Harvey Firestein's torch song on Broadway and Showtime's Nurse Jackie. He and his

husband Jordan Roth were honored with the Trevor Project's 2016 Trevor Hero Award. He currently

lives in New York with Jordan and their two sons. Hi, Richie. Thanks for coming on, moms and have time

to read books. Thank you for having me.

It's great to be here.

Oh, it's my pleasure. I'm so glad Lee Carpenter is sort of like she's an author. My first guest, she has connected me with so many other authors, including you. She's the first person I told the idea for the book after I told my husband. No way. And her immediate enthusiasm for the idea really gave me confidence to go and write it.

So briefly describe what the book, Gay Like Me.

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