I Am That Unicorn: Memoir of an Indonesian Queer

This may be the first memoir from an Indonesian who is part of the LGBTQ+ community that I read—regrettably I don't think there's a lot of these and there should be more. This book coincidentally made a fitting answer to my partner's hypothetical question: what would you do if you want to get out of Indonesia and live abroad?

My answer was, as a sobat kabupaten, I didn't dream of living abroad. Moving to a city was already a sea change. But reading about Arozak's path was eye opening.

Compared to memoirs and essays l've read recently, this reads like Linda Sarsour's We're in This Together. My partner pointed out that there's a book with which this book shares common themes: Matt Ortile's The Groom Will Keep His Name (Ortile is a Pinoy in the US). I think would have liked this book even more if Arozak gave the readers more space for suspense, tension, and feelings before moving to resolutions.