By Troy Godfrey© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine and Troy Godfrey.  All rights reserved. Looking back now, because of ignorance, fear, prejudice, hatred and religion, I can see how hard it was for a homosexual to be awarded custody of his children. 1991 – After six years of a turbulent marriage, being a divorced 24 year […]

By Jim Koury, Editor, Diversity Rules Magazinewww.diversityrulesmagazine.com June is a great month.  I have always loved the month of June.  It is the time when spring is in full bloom, and summer is close upon us.  Of course, it is my birthday month too, so that in and of itself is a good reason to […]

By Jim Koury, Editor© Diversity Rules Magazine.  All rights reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Welcome to the June issue of Diversity Rules Magazine!  I am honored to present Larry Costa to you; a man of many talents.  Larry’s story is quite remarkable and he has such a great attitude toward life and its meaning.  I know you will enjoy […]

By Donny Winter© Diversity Rules Magazine and Donny Winter.  All rights reserved.www.diversityrulesmagzine.com Donny Winter is a gay rights activist on YouTube and recently graduated from Central Michigan University with a degree in English and Anthropology. He’s aiming to publish a manuscript of LGBTQ-themed poetry and write a memoir of his high school days where he […]

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 […]

A Guide To Effective Advocacy© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All rights reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders is proud to announce the publication of Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy, the first book to comprehensively address legal issues facing transgender people in the family law context and provide practitioners the tools to […]

World’s Largest Screenplay Contest© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All rights reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com The One In Ten Screenplay Contest, the world’s largest screenplay contest dedicated to the positive portrayal of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender and queer individuals in film, celebrates its 14th anniversary in 2012.  Entries are now being accepted online and are limited to the first […]

By Lee Lynch© 2012 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. My week was […]

By Milton Wendland© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All rights reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.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 wanna do something for the LGBT movement, especially since […]

A New Web Comedy by Hunter Lee Hughes© 2012 Diversity Rules Magazine.  All rights reserved.www.diversityrulesmagazine.com In “Dumbass Filmmakers!” Dale Raoul (“True Blood”) plays disgusted mom Brenda Winters, whose “bisexual” son creates art installations and performance pieces she despises. So Harrison DeWinter (Hunter Lee Hughes), assembles a group of losers to make a transition from wacky […]