http://gaynow.com Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered (LGBT) News, Issues and Networking Thu, 30 May 2013 11:20:46 MDT en http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=coming-out-as-straight-is-hard-when-your-dad-is-dan-savage Thu, 30 May 2013 11:20:46 MDT Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=coming-out-as-straight-is-hard-when-your-dad-is-dan-savage http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=ronald-reagan%E2%80%99s-daughter-patti-davis-releases-lesbian-novel ]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:40:37 MDT Staff Literature & Art 2 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=ronald-reagan%E2%80%99s-daughter-patti-davis-releases-lesbian-novel http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=the-most-mind-expanding-lesbian-science-fiction-books Ammonite, Slow River) has created a must-read list of lesbian-themed science fiction books. Even if you're not a sci-fi fan, this "mind-expanding" primer will have you wanting to check it out. 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For more, click the link below. ]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:40:30 MST Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=%E2%80%9Cstates-of-union%E2%80%9D-aims-to-portray-gay-families-in-traditional-settings-photos http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=first-gay-latino-inaugural-poet%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98america%E2%80%99-tells-every-immigrant%E2%80%99s-story New America Media Angie Chuang reviews the poetry of poet Richard Blanco, who read at Obama's second presidential inauguration this week. Blanco is the first gay man and Latino to deliver a poem at an inauguration, and the youngest to date. For the full review, click the link below. ]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:22:33 MST Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=first-gay-latino-inaugural-poet%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98america%E2%80%99-tells-every-immigrant%E2%80%99s-story http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=andrej-pejic-becomes-elles-first-trans-cover-model Elle magazine's first-ever trans cover model. Pejic is featured in the January issue of the Serbian edition, which is significant because she was a Serbian refugee before fleeing to Australia in 1999. For more, click the link below. ]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:41:50 MST Staff Literature & Art 2 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=andrej-pejic-becomes-elles-first-trans-cover-model http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=gay-radio-hosts-turn-possible-hate-crime-into-art Sun, 23 Dec 2012 13:18:25 MST Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=gay-radio-hosts-turn-possible-hate-crime-into-art http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=transgender-children%E2%80%99s-book-helps-explain-why-daddy-is-now-a-mommy Muffy was Fluffy, written by Canadian trans woman Rikki Marie-Josée Dubois, introduces a cat named Fluffy who decides to become a dog named Muffy. Dubois: “It would help people understand, to see that we are just normal people. If you take away the mystery, they understand." For more, click the link below. ]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:26:13 MST Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=transgender-children%E2%80%99s-book-helps-explain-why-daddy-is-now-a-mommy http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=ap-denounces-homophobia-%E2%80%94-the-word-that-is- Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:40:05 MST Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=ap-denounces-homophobia-%E2%80%94-the-word-that-is- http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=dan-savage-the-gay-man-who-teaches-straight-people-how-to-have-sex Dan Savage: The First Gay Celebrity, Mark Oppenheimer explores how one of the best sex advice columnists in America influences heterosexual men and women just as seamlessly as gay and lesbian fans, and why straight people can't get enough of him: "When I am watching Dan Savage, or listening to him, or reading his words, I never even think about the revolution. I just think about sex, or I think about love. How radical is that?" The Atlantic provides a teaser excerpt from the book. To read, click the link below. ]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:31:22 MDT Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=dan-savage-the-gay-man-who-teaches-straight-people-how-to-have-sex http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=alexander-kargaltsevs-asylum-photographs-capture-russian-gay-men-who-fled-to-the-u-s-graphic Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:08:44 MDT Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=alexander-kargaltsevs-asylum-photographs-capture-russian-gay-men-who-fled-to-the-u-s-graphic http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=cross-in-the-closet-straight-christian-lives-a-year-as-gay-man Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:09:05 MDT Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=cross-in-the-closet-straight-christian-lives-a-year-as-gay-man http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=jenny-mccarthy-details-drug-use-lesbian-flings-in-new-book-bad-habits-confessions-of-a-recovering-catholic Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:16:38 MDT Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=jenny-mccarthy-details-drug-use-lesbian-flings-in-new-book-bad-habits-confessions-of-a-recovering-catholic http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=lesbian-pens-book-on-gays-coming-out-to-kin-in-bible-belt Pray the Gay Away: The Extraordinary Lives of Bible Belt Gays, a new book out by Bernadette Barton, explores what it's like to come out of the closet while living in the South's Bible Belt. While many of the stories relay the homophobia present in rural communities, Barton claims that most parents do get over their initial anger...eventually. Read the full review by clicking the link below. ]]> Sat, 29 Sep 2012 10:32:46 MDT Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=lesbian-pens-book-on-gays-coming-out-to-kin-in-bible-belt http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=jk-rowlings-new-adult-book-includes-gay-subplot The Casual Vacancy, is getting mixed reviews for its muggle cast (many characters have been compared with Harry's Aunt and Uncle), and real-life, "adult" issues: suicide, heroin addiction, sex, and a gay subplot that tells the story of a lesbian coming out to her horrified mother. Click the link below for the review. ]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:39:47 MDT Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=jk-rowlings-new-adult-book-includes-gay-subplot http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=university-hosts-transgender-photography-exhibit Sun, 23 Sep 2012 17:15:30 MDT Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=university-hosts-transgender-photography-exhibit http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=epic-gallery-150-years-of-lesbians-and-other-lady-loving-ladies AutoStraddle has compiled a series of lesbian portrait photos from 1850-1999, and they all can be seen online by clicking the link below. From lesbian couples in Chicago to the Deep South, these photos are worth the view. Enjoy! ]]> Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:19:49 MDT Staff Literature & Art 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=epic-gallery-150-years-of-lesbians-and-other-lady-loving-ladies