By Billy BootsA trip to Albany is not complete without a visit to the “Sisters” bars. Down on Central avenue in the 70s block you will find Waterworks and Rocks right across from each other. They have it all from fantastic drag shows to talented Karaoke singers. Any time you get there they both offer […]

Merlin’s Dance Club Wine Bar Lounge73 Court StreetBinghamton, NY  13901www.merlinsdanceclub.com Merlin’s has been a favorite hangout and the bedrock of the queer community in the City of Binghamton since December 2004. Merlin’s for many years was located on State Street but recently relocated to a bigger and much better facility on Court Street, in the […]

By Jim Koury, Editor/Publisher, Diversity Rules Magazine© 2013 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com ”Never forget where you come from but strive for a place you have never been.”  — Nishan Panwar How many times have we heard people lament their past and wish they could blot it out of their memories forever.  I know […]

By Jim Koury, Editor/Publisher, Diversity Rules Magazine© 2013 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com In a prior blog post I had written about the secure and confident environments we all had as children.  I had also touched upon how, as we grow older, those secure worlds we had as children begin to crumble and are […]

Soaring With EaglesBy Lee Lynch© 2013 Diversity Rules Magazine and Lee Lynch.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com As I just complained to a wise friend, it’s darned difficult to concentrate with bald eagles cooing and whistling and squealing in the trees outside.   I keep popping up to gape at them in wonder and today, for the first […]

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Havin’ a Chat With Jordan FoxBy Barry Cornelius, Owner, Raven’s Eden© 2013 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Welcome to the first Raven’s Porn Corner.   This month I talk with French porn star Jordan Fox.  Jordan is a two time Raven’s Eden Award winner for  “Best Actor (Top) in a gay/all male release.”  Jordan has […]

By Terry Ludwig© 2013 Diversity Rules Magazine and Terry Ludwig.  All rights reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com You are a powerful Co-Creator of the Universe…. said NO ONE, EVER!  Imagine for a moment, however, if this message had been repeated to you, every day, since the day you were born.  Imagine what your world would look like today.  Instead […]

An Essay on Being Gay and IncarceratedBy Antonio Barrone© 2013 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.comAt first, you would think that being gay and being in custody in a same-sex prison would not necessarily be such a bad thing. You are mistaken in this thought. It is like being stranded in the world’s largest supermarket. […]

A Book By Brendan Spratt Brendan Spratt was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. Although his father was heavily involved in the local Gaelic football club, Brendan’s mother recognised he was far too fabulous to get dirty on a pitch and instead enrolled him in the Billie Barry stage school. Leaving school, Brendan worked as […]