Archive for April, 2008
L.A. Times Festival of Books
There’s a report up at the Advocate Insider on the L.A. Times Book Festival, including tasty little tidbits such as Julie Andrews, author Nina Revoyr, and arguments over the presidential election.
Here’s a Revoyrism for you, on the subject of writing against a period backdrop: “If you don’t watch out, history will bite you in the […]The Lives of Older Lesbians
Older lesbians face a particularly complex convergence of issues, when sexism, homophobia, and the cultural obsession with youth all combine. This week we look at some of the fabulous and strong older lesbians who have supported our community with their advice and activism in the past and present.
Long Time Passing: Lives of […]Summer Hours
Summer is here and classes are over, but the GLBT Student Support Services are still open! During the summer, the library will be open its usual hours, Monday-Friday, 8-5.
If you’re in the Bloomington area and looking for a good book for the beach, or a movie to watch with your friends, don’t forget to stop […]Queer Poetry
April is National Poetry Month, and the GLBT Library isn’t the only ones celebrating. Over at I’m Here, I’m Queer. What the Hell do I read? They’re celebrating with a new poem every day! Poems aren’t only for straight people. There’s a rich and long tradition of gay men and women expressing themselves through […]
Saints and Sinners Literary Festival
The 6th annual Saints and Sinners Literary Festival is May 8-11th, in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Saints and Sinners is America’s only festival aimed entirely at GLBTQ writers, performers, and publishers, or who focus on GLBTQ issues. It’s going to be an exciting weekend, with literary panels, theatrical performances, a playwriting competition, readings, and master […]
Lambda Literary Public Readings
Heads up, everyone! The Lambda Literary Awards Ceremony will be Map 29th, in West Hollywood, but if you’re like me, there’s no way you’ll be able to make it. For the rest of us, there will be public readings by the Lambda finalist authors in several large cities, including the closest in Chicago on May […]
Biographies of Queer Musicians
From disco to classical to pop music, these artists broke down doors, moved us with their songs, and created a new queer musicology.
The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, The Music, The Seventies in San Francisco by Joshua Gamson
In the world of that most disparaged of musical genres—disco— Sylvester James commands respect in this biography of an […]Win the Lammies for your Library
Support your queer writers and your local library with an autographed set of this year’s Lambda Award Winning books! Winners are announced at this year’s Lambda Literary Awards Ceremony.
Enter a raffle to win an autographed collection of this year’s Lammy winners — the winning books in all 21 categories will be autographed and delivered to […]
Review : I love D.E.B.S.
D.E.B.S. is one of my favorite lesbian movies ever. There is a little romance, a little action, girls in short skirts, and plenty of laughs!
There is a secret test hidden in the S.A.T. It measures a student’s innate ability to lie, cheat, fight and kill. Those who score well (and apparently can pull […]Lesbian Writers Fund
Are you a lesbian and budding writer, trying to find financial support for your art? Then you must check this out:
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice - Lesbian Writers Fund is a national grant program for emerging lesbian poets and fiction writers within the U.S. The fund aims to support the work of emerging lesbian […]GLBT People with Mental and Developmental Disabilities
For people with mental and developmental disabilities, information on relationships and sexuality can be few and far between. These authors have addressed the issue by describing their own experiences and offering advice to other people in their situation.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People with Developmental Disabilities and Mental Retardation
by John D. Allen
6.160 ALLga 2003
This groundbreaking […]Sex Workers Speak Out
This week pros, hustlers, rent boys, hookers, and other sex workers have a chance to tell their own stories of working in a socially marginalized profession. The gay and transgender people engaged in this work explain their diverse reasons for doing sex work and for breaking the taboos around the industry in their […]
Music! Yea new display!
We’ve got Melissa, Elton, Leonard Bernstein, Disco, Woodstock, the B52s, and k.d lang. We’ve got books, CDs, and movies. We’ve got it all because we are awesome.
So April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and we decided to do a queer music-themed display for the rest of April. There are so many wonderful gay, […]Jewelle Gomez wants to marry!
Jewelle Gomez, poet and fantasy author, is suing the state of California with her partner Diane Sabin, and 14 other couples, for the right to marry.
Gomez is the author of Oral Traditions, a collection of poetry celebrating her multi-ethnic heritages, Don’t Explain, a collection of short stories, and the Lambda Award-winning The Gilda Stories, […]“Heather Has Two Mommies” author Poet Laureate
Leslea Newman, author of the award-winning and controversial children’s book Heather Has Two Mommies, has been appointed the Poet Laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts. Newman’s works include over 50 books, including children’s picture books, young adult books, and poetry. Newman is appointed for two years, according to the The Republic, a Northampton newspaper, and she will […]
Producing Adults : A Review
Producing Adults surprised me. I wasn’t surprised that it was so good, since it was an Oscar nominee and won a ton of queer film festival awards. But I was surprised that it was about two bisexual women. That never happens! Go Finland!
A brief plot summary: Venla really wants a baby […]
PoMo Comics
Ahh post-modernism. That blur of extreme complexity, contradiction, ambiguity, diversity, and the interconnectedness of sharp realism and fuzzy surrealism. This week we have several postmodern queer comics guaranteed to blow your mind.
How Loathsome by Ted Naifeh and Tristan Crane
Catherine, a lanky sarcastic gender bender, is stuck in the post-gender, post-sex, and post-drugs world […]New Display for National Poetry Month!
My lover is a woman
& when I hold her -
feel her warmth -
i feel good - feel safe
by Pat ParkerApril is National Poetry Month so I’ve put together a display […]