For years now, film fans have grown used to the idea of LGBT representation at the Oscars. It’s typical for the Academy to highlight issues (such as LGBT rights) that are viewed as being progressive, even if there have been some problems regarding the Oscars’ lack of diversity over the years. But while those in […]
Community Marketing and Insights (CMI) is conducting its 11th Annual LGBT Survey. Diversity Rules Magazine has agreed, once again, to be a partner in its dissemination. It is a survey to garner your opinions and preferences, from an LGBT perspective. There’s power in our Pride! Participating in this study helps open doors and minds around […]
The Story Of A Child Prostitute… The April issue’s feature interview is with “John Smith,” whose real name was changed to protect his privacy and identity, now that he is an adult, far removed from the world in which he grew up. While this interview will certainly make some readers uncomfortable, it is, nonetheless, part […]
James Schwartz is a poet and author of the poetry collections The Literary Party: Growing Up Gay and Amish in America, Arrival and Departure and Secular, Satirical & Sacred Meditations. He currently resides in Michigan literaryparty.blogspot.com Twitter: @queeraspoetry “The sea has a soft belly, but a hard head.” –Maltese saying “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg, withdrawing from the […]
Jim Koury is an activist who is not afraid to ruffle some feathers. His main objective is to get people to think and think for themselves. He espouses Aristotle’s mantra, “It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Jim does not force his views on others but just […]
Noted reviewer Velvet Lounger provides an overview of “The Liberators of Willow Run.” www.lesbianreadingroom.com velvetlounger@lesbianreadingroom.com Some books are just important. Important to read, to feel, to remember. Some books remind us where we came from and how much we have gained. Some books can lift us up in a time of darkness and remind us […]
Her most recent book, An American Queer, a collection of “The Amazon Trail” columns, was presented with the 2015 Golden Crown Literary Society Award in Anthology/Collection Creative Non-Fiction. This, and her award-winning fiction, including The Raid, The Swashbuckler, and Beggar of Love, can be found at: http://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/Author-Lee-Lynch.html Love Song The only one likely to get […]
Locally born and raised, James developed a gift for writing in high school. He continued writing through college and has many followers and fans of his work. His writing spans the generations. He is currently working on his first short story. I look into the sky and I see him. He has come home, returned […]
Tony Guadagnino is a marketing consultant. Located in New Jersey, his clients are based across the country, focusing on social media to build their presence on the internet. He studied creative writing in college and is currently working his first novel on the subject of bullying. He lives with his partner Mark. Being gay has […]