Archive for May, 2008
Lammies are in!
Last night was the 20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards were announced. Pay special attention to Cris Beam’s Transparent - it’s one of the newest books at the GLBT Library!
And the winners are:
LGBT ANTHOLOGY
First Person Queer, edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel
LGBT ARTS & CULTURE
The View From Here by Matthew HaysLGBT CHILDREN’S/YOUNG […]
Queerspawn Speak!
This Monday is the third annual Blogging for LGBT Families Day, and even the GLBT Library is getting in on the action!
The first generation of children raised by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender parents are now adults. This gives GLBT folk an enormous opportunity to listen as they reflect on childhood trials, their relationship […]Summer Storm: A Guest Review from Nick Butcher
Summer Storm:
(5 out of 5 stars)I don’t think I know a single person who didn’t grow up with a lot of angst during their adolescences, and that goes double for anyone of homosexual orientation who spent their high school years in the closet. Taking it one step further though, I’ve got to say what […]
Remembering a Queer Historian
Allan Berube, the independent GLBT historian, passed away December 11, 2007, at the age of 61. Berube contributed in many ways to the academic study of GLBT history, winning an MacArthur Fellowship, and publishing the innovative history of gay men and lesbians in World War II, Coming Out Under Fire (1990). In this […]
Book Review: Borderlands = La Frontera: The New Mestiza
by Gloria Anzaldua.
San Francisco, CA : Spinsters/Aunt Lute, 1987.
203 p.
This most influential book explores, performs, and exhibits the experience of living simultaneously in two places, cultures, languages, realities at once. Probing autobiographically into the mystical perceptions, strategic possibilities, sexual pleasures, and gender displacements of being a lesbian chicana or border person living and working […]Office Closed for Memorial Day
Sorry gang, we will be closed on Monday, May so you will have to enjoy your barbecues without us. However we will be open at 9 AM on Tuesday and will have regular office hours for the rest of the week.
Picture Books
Whether for an education class, to read to your children, or to recapture your own queer childhood, these gay picture books will bring a smile to your face.
Daddy’s Roommate - Michael Willhoite
A modern classic in GLBT children’s literature, this is a story about a boy who’s Mom and Dad divorce, and Dad’s friend Frank […]Margaret Cho Day?
According to San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, and Theresa Sparks, the trans San Francisco president of the police commission, April 30th sure is Margaret Cho Day.
“It seems only appropriate…that we recognize the contributions of Margaret Cho,” [Newsom] said, “She’s lived her life not only out loud but as an example.”
Margaret Cho Day is officially a […]New(ish) Display : You Better Work!
The smell of spring is in the air and so is the smell of desperate graduates suddenly panicking… Job? Work? Life after college? Say it ain’t so!
Fortunately for you recent grads (and you adults that have been out there doing the job thing for a while), we have put together a collection […]Dante’s Cove: Season 1: A Guest Review from Nick Butcher
Dante’s Cove: Season 1
(2.5 out of 5 stars)If you’ve come across Dante’s Cove then chances are you’re like me, and by that I mean you’re drawn to shows that heavily focus on the paranormal. When it was on the air, I was a huge fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I adored […]
Covering Author Has More to Say
Kenji Yoshino, author of Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, has an article up over at The Advocate on the role of LGBT adults in the lives of LGBT teenagers:
…teens are becoming increasingly more relaxed about nonheterosexual behavior. They have also developed novel sexual and gender-based identities, such as “boidyke, trisexual, stem, queerboi, […]Travelling the Gay USA: Book Reviews
Fodor’s Gay Guide to the USA
edited by Andrew Collins.
New York, NY: Fodor’s Travel Publications, 1996.
489 p., illus., maps.
The Queerest Places: A National Guide to Gay and Lesbian Historic Sites
by Paula Martinac.
New York, NY: Henry Holt, 1997.
350 p., illus.
Whenever I travel, I’m the sort who reads alot before I head for the airport. So […]Laughing Ladies
In a discussion of lesbian humor over at the Independent Gay Forum, Jennifer Vanasco says that Lesbians are being accepted more and more as comedians.
The fact that lesbians are becoming more accepted as funny is lucky for the gay community. Laughter is a great way to win people over. It’s how outsiders have insinuated themselves […]
New Local Blogger at Indiana Equality
There’s a new blog writer over at Indiana Equality, a blog dedicated to protecting basic civil rights for Indiana’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender citizens.
New writer Zak Szymanski is a local Bloomington resident, and teaches journalism at the University. Check out his first post on the state of “partner” policies in the Midwest.Hellbent: A Guest Review from Nick Butcher
Hellbent:
(3 out of 5 stars)
The most important thing I have to stress about Hellbent is that when watching it, you must keep one thing above all else in mind. This movie’s strength does not lie in its acting, its plotline, or its character development (then again, when was the last time you saw […]Retro Reviewing on “Better than Chocolate”
AfterEllen.com has this wonderful feature called Retro Reviewing, where a group of lesbians get together to discuss an older lesbian film. This week they are talking about a favorite film of mine, Better Than Chocolate.
It’s a wacky lesbian-meets-lesbian, then-one-lesbian’s-mother-moves-in kinda film with a hot scene where they paint all over each other with finger […]Book Review: Invention of Heterosexuality
by Jonathan Ned Katz.
City, ST : Publisher, date.
p., illus.
Have you ever wanted a historically-based refutation to the statement “heterosexuality is completely natural and has been around since the dawn of time”? While Katz’ book may not provide spell-bounding excitement which urges you to plunge into the next chapter, it does offer a solid argument, […]Young Adult Novels
Check out these gripping, fast-paced novels about teenagers coming out, navigating love, and dealing with their parents.
Rainbow Boys, Rainbow High, Rainbow Road – Alex Sanchez
This complex trilogy follows the lives of three high schoolers: Nelson, a flaming queen, Jason, a jock, and Kyle, who passes. Sanchez presents an honest view of the teenage experience, […]