The lives of comfortably middle-class gay professionals are turned upside down when a homophobic bigot and his televangelist wife move into their all-gay neighborhood and begin a statewide antigay rights campaign. This funny and outrageous novel tackles the personal and political battles surrounding gay culture and the religious right, and deals with issues many gay people face on a day-to-day basis: group identity, personal freedom, privacy, spirituality, gay history, and AIDS. Set in Portland, Oregon, Queer Comers is a moving, humorous, and sometimes shocking portrait of a community turned on its ear.