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 […]
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The Lavender Scare
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 […]
The Amazon Trail: Butches Night Out
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. […]
Let Me Get This Straight
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 […]
Inqueeries
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 […]
Laid Bare Book Reading/Signing With Tom Judson
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 […]
Room For A View
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. […]
Building Bridges Through Listening and Sharing
By Donny Winter© 2012 Donny Winter and Diversity Rules Magazine. All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com While many people do not admit it, there are those in the LGBTQ community who have experienced some form of trauma throughout their lives — whether it be through bullying, attempted suicide, sexual harassment or even sexual assault, one common thread in […]
Bi-National Families and DOMA
By Gemma Perkins© 2012 Gemma Perkins and Diversity Rules Magazine. All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com I pause to take a look at the silver, three studded diamond ring on my wedding finger and I feel happy. It glistens in the light from the overhead beams that cast down upon me. My wife, Jessica, married me on to […]
Deal Breakers
By Robert Hoffman© 2012 Robert Hoffman and Diversity Rules Magazine. All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Contact Robert with your feedback! He’d love to hear from you! robshof@aol.com. You’re hanging out at your fave bar with a clutch of your friends. I use the word “clutch” because it’s more fun. Like a small handbag dripping with diamonds and […]