A bold, unapologetic, and transformative exploration of queer identity, language, and liberation.

Words shape realities, define identities, and carry histories. Faggot is one such word—a slur weaponized to wound, control, and ostracize. It has echoed through hallways, been scrawled across bathroom stalls, and hurled from moving cars. But what happens when the people it was meant to harm take it back? When an insult transforms into defiance, survival, and strength?

They Call Me Faggot is more than an audiobook—it’s a reclamation. It examines language, power, history, and resistance, tracing how queer people have been named and how we’ve learned to name ourselves. It explores the origins of faggot, its role in oppression, and the ways language polices bodies and reinforces hierarchies. But it goes further—challenging what it means to reclaim words, to wield them with power, intention, and pride.

Inside this audiobook:

• A historical analysis of faggot and its use in shaping queer oppression.
• A deep dive into linguistic reclamation, informed by queer theory and lived experience.
• A critical look at intersectionality, exploring how race, class, and gender impact reclamation.
• A celebration of queer defiance, showcasing activists, artists, and everyday resistance.
• An exploration of humor, art, and community in reshaping slurs into affirmations.
• A call to action, urging listeners to rethink language, power, and identity.

Who this audiobook is for: For those who have been named by others—and those reclaiming the right to name themselves. For queer people seeking empowerment, activists reshaping discourse, and anyone who believes language is fluid, power can shift, and identity is ours to define.

Reclamation isn’t about forcing a word upon everyone—it’s about choice. It’s about dismantling its sting, rewriting its meaning, and refusing to let those who hate us set the limits of our language and our lives.