The December issue of Diversity Rules Magazine has been released! This month’s issue does not contain a feature interview. Instead Diversity Rules Magazine takes a look back at where it started and what it has evolved into and asks “Why Diversity Rules?“ In addition to a look back and a peek forward in this issue, the […]
Author: Jim Koury
A Homophobe’s Cowardice
In the spring of 2009, at the height of popularity of the original iteration of Diversity Rules Magazine, I was the victim of a homophobe’s cowardice and received a very threatening e-mail entitled, “Cease and Desist,” in which I was threatened with physical harm if I did not cease publication. The full text of the […]
Why Diversity Rules?
One might ask “Why Diversity Rules?” Why is such a publication needed? Diversity Rules Magazine was conceived in 2006 because there was no gay voice in the Central New York area at the time. I wanted to create a publication that offered some sort of reassurance to closeted gay, bi and transgender individuals that there […]
Honoring Air Force Pilot Leonard Matolovich
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. Honoring Air Force […]
Wineries of Long Island
Rob Saldarini is a college professor and inclusion training facilitator. Beyond academic publications and articles, Saldarini’s fiction work includes the novel, For the Least of My Brothers, “Leader of the Pack” within the Queer Wolf anthology, and “The Truth That We’ll Miss” published in Mob Men on the Make. I have always been an advocate […]
If You Could Read My Mind: A PTSD Memoir
David-Elijah Nahmod is a film critic and reporter in San Francisco. His articles appear regularly in The Bay Area Reporter and SF Weekly. You can also find him on Facebook and Twitter. David developed Post Traumatic Syndrome Disorder (PTSD) after surviving gay conversion therapy as a child and has found that many in the LGBT […]
Tribes
Kristen MacKenzie lives on Vashon Island in a quiet cabin where the shelves are filled with herbs for medicine-making, the floor is open for dancing, and the table faces the ocean, waiting for a writer to pick up the pen. Her work has appeared in Brevity, Rawboned Journal, GALA Magazine and Extract(s) Daily Dose of […]
The Amazon Trail: Gen Future
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: www.boldstrokesbooks.com/Author-Lee-Lynch.html. One reason I’ve been writing all these years has to do […]
Boystown Season Four Coming Soon!
BOYSTOWN’ series author Jake Biondi has revealed the cover for the highly-anticipated fourth book of his ‘BOYSTOWN’ series. ‘BOYSTOWN Season Four’ will be released on November 13, 2015. The cover for the book, which was designed by Michael Vargas, features many of the ‘BOYSTOWN Boys’ whom readers have come to associate with the series. Matt […]
My Two Cents
Welcome to the November issue of Diversity Rules Magazine and My Two Cents! This month’s feature is a provocative topic but one that must be discussed and brought into the light of day. Diversity Rules Magazine welcomes Jonathan Crutchley. Crutchley is a founding partner and owner of the world’s largest gay brands that includes Manhunt […]