By Jim Koury, Editor, Diversity Rules Magazine© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Welcome to the August issue of Diversity Rules Magazine.  I am honored to have Liz Bradbury as the feature cover interview.  She is an invaluable asset to the queer rights movement.  She has worked very hard to achieve equality in Pennsylvania […]

By Terry Ludwig© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine and Terry Ludwig.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Terry’s brother Rob died of AIDS in 2004 and left her his writings of which Keep Up Now is the result.  Terry can be reached at keepupnow@gmail.com. “Undeniably as individuals we have fallen prey to self-hatred or at least guilt or depression […]

An Endorsement for the Re-Election of President Barack Obama© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com In 2008, this nation witnessed an unparalleled historical event with the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States.  America broke a barrier and elected its first African-American President, bringing to an end the exclusive white men […]

An Endorsement for Colonie Town Board© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Brian R. Haak was appointed to the Colonie Town Board to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Nancy Hernandez.  He is the first openly gay member of the town board.  Before his appointment, he was a member of Town of […]

An Exhibition by Stephen Honicki© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine and Stephen Honicki.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com “Love and Human Remains” is a selection of photographs by Stephen Honicki from his dramatic series, Between Heaven and Hell, Until Soon, and Coupling to be showcased at the Morrisville State College.Morrisville State College and the Donald G. Butcher Library […]

By Lee Lynch© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine and Lee Lynch.  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. […]

A Book By Bambi Lobdell© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com After seven years of research to piece together the story of Lucy Ann/Joseph Israel Lobdell, Bambi Lobdell has turned her dissertation into a book for the public. “A Strange Sort of Being”: the Transgender Life of Lucy Ann/Joseph Israel Lobdell, presents the life […]

Based on a Press Release from gaytravel.com.© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Gaytravel.com, the online community that connects LGBT travelers around the world, just announced a new marketing partnership with Grindr, the largest gay social network in the world. In 2010, gaytravel.com searched for and crowned the first Gay Travel Guru. Throughout 2011, […]

By Tarringo Vaughn© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine and Tarringo Vaughn.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Tarringo T. Vaughan always believed he had a love affair with literature.  One of the first pictures he saw of himself was of him at maybe the age of three or four year’s old sitting with a book in his hand. He […]

By Fran Kramer© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All Rights Reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com The southernmost city in the continental US has been a destination for gay travelers for decades.  But what is it that makes it a gay travel destination? Is it a “gay” place?  Is it because gays go there?  Is it because gays live there?  These […]