Gay and lesbians have long had a complex and often conflicted relationship with organized religion, sometimes facing exclusion—or worse. But at the same time there is a long history of gay people tr...
Author/playwright/activist Larry Kramer (The Normal Heart) filed an opinion piece in The Advocate, setting the record straight (so to speak) about his views on gay marriage, which he claims were misre...
A Romantic Conversation Recently, I sat down for a conversation about romance with three gentlemen who are prominent writers, editors and critics in the genre. Amos Lassen teaches writing in Arkansas,...
With LGBT teen suicide sadly–but finally–getting the attention of the mainstream media and general public, certain authors are getting increased visibility for exploring the subject. We mentioned ...
Amos Lassen doesn’t think of himself this way, but he is one of the most influential Amazon reviewers in the nation — especially when it comes to the categories for gay romance, gay fictio...
Three out gay writers are among the 13 “long list” nominees for the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction: Brit Emma Donoghue for Room, South African Damon Galgut for In a Strange Room, and Aus...
Sacchi Green is the erotica-writing pseudonym for Connie Wilkins, and she’s got a list of publishing credits that’s about a mile long. She identifies as a life-long bisexual with strong lesbian le...
Last month, hundreds gathered for the 22nd annual Lambda Literary Awards, where queer authors—some new, some well established—were honored for their contributions to literature this year. Here are...
Julie R. Enszer was born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1970, where she became an avid reader of poetry at a young age. Today, she lives in University Park, Maryland with her partner, two dogs, and a cat....