Seeing In The Dark

Belo Cipriani is a disability advocate, a freelance journalist, the award-winning author of Blind: A Memoir and Midday Dreams, the spokesperson for Guide Dogs for the Blind and the national spokesman for 100 Percent Wine — a premium winery that donates 100 percent of proceeds to nonprofits that help people with disabilities find work. Learn […]

Caitlyn’s Evolution

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. If I were […]

A PTSD Memoir: What I Learned From Dark Shadows

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. So I’ve been nominated for an award. I’m nominated in the Best Columnist category at this year’s Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Film Awards […]

Coming Up In May: Davis Mallory

Davis Mallory is a singer-songwriter, DJ, actor, and former reality TV star. Born and raised in Marietta, GA, Davis grew up in a musical family and sang in his church choir starting at the age of 5. His uncle John Mallory is a songwriter who has written songs recorded by Sixpence None the Richer and Wynona […]

Hypnosis Misunderstood

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. With this month’s […]

The Amazon Trail

Her most recent book, An 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 http://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/Author-Lee-Lynch.html. Okay, I give in, it’s depression. I might […]

How Moonlight Changed The Game For LGBT Movies

For years now, film fans have grown used to the idea of LGBT representation at the Oscars. It’s typical for the Academy to highlight issues (such as LGBT rights) that are viewed as being progressive, even if there have been some problems regarding the Oscars’ lack of diversity over the years. But while those in […]

CMI Survey Released

Community Marketing and Insights (CMI) is conducting its 11th Annual LGBT Survey. Diversity Rules Magazine has agreed, once again, to be a partner in its dissemination. It is a survey to garner your opinions and preferences, from an LGBT perspective. There’s power in our Pride! Participating in this study helps open doors and minds around […]

Confessions Of A Puppy

The Story Of A Child Prostitute… The April issue’s feature interview is with “John Smith,” whose real name was changed to protect his privacy and identity, now that he is an adult, far removed from the world in which he grew up. While this interview will certainly make some readers uncomfortable, it is, nonetheless, part […]

April Feature: Confessions Of A Puppy

The Story Of A Child Prostitute… Times Square in New York City during the 1970’s was a much different place than it is today.  Then it was the home of New York’s sex shops and peep shows, and where prostitutes openly worked the streets, along with the drug dealers.  The area was full of crime and […]