Golden Age of Trance and Other Stories

A poet, slam performer, speaker, and author, James Schwartz is the Lambda Literary Award-nominated author of “The Literary Party: Growing Up Gay and Amish in America,” and a Pushcart Prize nominee whose work has appeared in numerous literary journals. Bold, heartfelt, and impossible to forget, this collection further cements Schwartz as one of Alien Buddha […]

Pride Journeys: Walla Walla, Washington

Joey Amato is the founder and publisher of Pride Journeys, anLGBTQ travel website and syndicated column. There’s a particular kind of magic that happens when a small town decides to throw open its doors — not just to visitors, but to everyone. Walla Walla has long been celebrated as one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier […]

A River Finds Its Flow

Grace Walcott Discusses Her New Documentary Film, River of Life, LGBTQ+ in an Interview with Mick Sandoval. When Grace Walcott first imagined a documentary that would bring LGBTQ+ people together to build a space of acceptance, she worried the idea was too simple — not “cutting-edge” enough to matter. She needn’t have worried. By building […]