I need your femme writing!
I'm still accepting submissions for my next book, Visible: A Femmethology, an anthology of writing on queer femme identity. You can read my call for submissions here. And for some femme around the Web, check out: Darrah's words on sluts…
The POSMA Audience Awards
The PlanetOut Short Movie Awards Audience Awards, that is. Have you voted for your favorite short yet? If you haven't, consider voting for Wrong Bathroom, a short documentary from Shani Heckman. From Shani's MySpace page: Shani believes voting will close…
Snickers Commercial “Humor”
"Snickers Commercial Blamed for Death of Four Gay Men" via Netscape's Gay & Lesbian channel: NOSHEILA, NEW ZEALAND - Two New Zealand men (Johnson DeLarge and Randy Pecker) admitted to beating four gay men to death with baseball bats after…
Haggard Cured Too Quickly
It looks like even the ex-gays are doubting Haggard's "return to heterosexuality." Religiously motivated men who say they have made the journey from gay to straight say it is a long one. "I do know that a three-week journey is…
Runaway Denied Asylum Because He Cannot Prove He’s Gay
A runaway from Nicaragua, where having a same-sex relationship is a crime, has been denied asylum in Canada because he cannot prove he is gay to the Immigration and Refugee Board. , now 21, is slated for removal next Tuesday…
Win a Rakku Shoe Wheel
Many of you fell in love with the Rakku Shoe Wheel featured in the premier edition of the Carnival of Shoes and Bags. Here's your chance to win one: Style IT is giving away a Rakku Shoe Wheel. Hurry. The…
Gay Marriage Used to Aid the Return of the KKK
JURIST reports the KKK is using gay marriage, along with issues such as urban crime and immigration, to spark new cells in Mid-Atlantic and Great Plains towns.
Transparent Excerpt
Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers by Cris Beam was released last month by Harcourt. In Transparent Beam introduces four teen trans girls whose lives she found herself deeply involved with when she decided to volunteer…
The Carnival of Shoes and Bags, Renting Designer Fashions in NYC
The Carnival of Shoes and Bags Submissions for the next edition of the Carnival of Shoes and Bags are due on Feb. 10th. You can submit anything shoe or bag-related, including posts on: unusual finds; manufacturers that have a strict…
New Memoir to Out “Down Low” Hip Hop Stars
Hiding in Hip-Hop: Confessions of a Down Low Brother in the Entertainment Industry, a book by former MTV producer Terrance Dean, has been sold to Atria Books, a division Simon & Schuster, and is expected to be published next year.…