This means any women in his life were less in some way, and Fitch even talks about how –
This is an interesting part of him, intrinsic to his personality and yet it is never fully discussed.įitch never admits he is gay or bisexual he is presented as permanently confused. The fact that Ansel wears high heels, lipstick, and co-ordinated accessories is only mentioned in relation to how sexy he looks. An opportunity was missed – yet again – to present a gender fluid-person as a fully developed character. I was so disappointed in the way Ansel was portrayed.
So often, the gender-fluid character or the femme gay man is the funny friend or the outrageous foil for the butch masculine, gay man.
However, this novel attracted me because of a very attractive cover and the premise of a gender-fluid main character. The writing is good and I always make a certain amount of allowances for the first in a series. Ray introduces him to a homeless hostel and there Ansel meets the other Sassy Boyz. Ansel is also a broken character, so this plot has parental abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness, suicidal ideation and the death of the one person who tried to save him, Ray. It is never remarked upon as a pretty horrible thing to do, just that it’s dangerous and Ansel risks not being on time for rehearsals if he gets hurt. Ansel is androgynous and seems to delight in fooling men that he is female, which has left him with injuries several times. This begins the steps towards a romance between Fitch and Ansel.Īnsel is gorgeous – we are told this many times. This leaves both men aroused and one embarrassed, and the other heading straight to the bar and free shots. On the drunken invitation of Fitch’s sister and friends, Ansel gives a lap dance to Fitch followed by a kiss. He’s longed for this passion all his life-he just never dreamed he’d find it with another man. At first, he thinks Ansel is a girl and is supposedly very confused when he turns and is in fact male. Whilst accompanying his sister, her girlfriend, and other friends on a twenty-first birthday outing to a gay club, he sees Ansel Becke dancing and is enamoured immediately. He is big and ‘straight’ and terribly masculine. Elizabeth Varlet acknowledges Marshall as her inspiration.įitch Donovan is a builder who works for his family’s construction company. They are sexy, seductive and dance in high heels – in the manner made famous by Yanis Marshall and his troupe.
The series followers the members of a group of androgynous, gender-fluid dancers. Fierce and Fabulous is the first in a new male/male series by Elizabeth Varlet, Sassy Boyz.
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