Dear Diversity Rules Magazine Readers and Supporters, The Finalist Ballot for the Keystone Alliance/Gaylife Newsletter Reader’s Choice Awards is now available!  Diversity Rules Magazine made the finals!  YAY! Finalist votes will be accepted between March 15th and April 15th. Please take a moment a copy and paste the ballot below and add your scores for […]

Coming up in the April issue:  Abby Dees and Ruthie Alcaide discuss the social gap that exists between gay men and lesbians, and some possible reasons why this is so.  You don’t want to miss this interview! Abby Dees is a Los Angeles based civil rights attorney-turned-author, speaker and syndicated columnist. Recently Abby has started […]

By Jim Koury, Editor, Diversity Rules Magazinewww.diversityrulesmagazine.com© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All Rights Reserved. On March 10th I was informed by my folks that my Uncle Dominic (a.k.a Mimi) had died.  He was 87 and had some cardiac health issues for many years, but had a bout of pneumonia and other issues the past couple […]

A CD by Justin Utley© 2012 Justin Utley and Diversity Rules Magazine.  All rights reserved. New York City based singer-songwriter Justin Utley released his first full-length studio album in 6 years entitled ‘Nothing This Real’ on November 11, 2011.  Utley’s sophomore release follows a string of major market gay pride performances during the summer of […]

A Documentary Film by Josh Howard www.thelavenderscare.com© The Lavender Scare and Diversity Rules Magazine.  All rights reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com The Lavender Scare is the first feature-length documentary film to tell the story of the U.S. government’s ruthless campaign in the 1950s and ‘60s to hunt down and fire every Federal employee it suspected was gay. While the […]

By Lee Lynch© 2012 Lee Lynch and Diversity Rules Magazine.  All rights reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Lee Lynch wrote the classic novels The Swashbuckler and Toothpick House. The most recent of her 14 books, Sweet Creek and Beggar of Love, were published by Bold Strokes Books. She lives in rural Florida with her wife and their furry ruffians. […]

By Chad Czelusniak© 2012 Chad Czelusniak and Diversity Rules Magazine.  All rights reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Chad Czelusniak was born in Upstate NY and lives near Albany.  Chad lives with his partner Tim.  Chad and Tim have two dogs Mischa and Aiden. On Chad’s free time he enjoys working on his beautiful yard, reading, crocheting, and writing. The […]

By Milton Wendland© 2012 Milton Wendland and Diversity Rules Magazine.  All rights reserved.www.diveristyrulesmagazine.com Milton Wendland is a licensed attorney and a professor of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at the University of Kansas, where he teaches courses in LGBT cultures, sexuality and law, and queer theory. Dear Inqueeries: I’ve heard about daddy/son relationships? Does that […]

Diversity Rules Magazine is thrilled to announce its sponsorship of a book reading/signing event with Tom Judson.  The event will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2012 from 4-7 p.m. at a venue to be announced at a later date. Tom Judson has appeared onstage as a singer, musician, actor and–in earlier days–as an object […]

By Martin Belk© 2012 Martin Belk and Diversity Rules Magazine.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com “This innocent country set you down into a ghetto, in which, in fact, it intended you should perish.”   – James Baldwin, ‘The Fire Next Time’ I’m not ‘gay’, I’m Martin. I’ve been saying that since I became aware of the distinction. […]