f You Could Read My Mind: A PTSD Memoir

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. David developed Post Traumatic Syndrome Disorder (PTSD) after surviving gay conversion therapy as a child and has found that many in the LGBT […]

Editor’s Message: My Two Cents

Welcome to the May issue of Diversity Rules Magazine. This issue is particularly special and very meaningful for me since it celebrates the 10th anniversary of Diversity Rules Magazine. Diversity Rules Magazine was conceived in 2006 because there was no gay voice in the Central New York area at the time. I wanted to create […]

Anniversary Specials!

In celebration of Diversity Rules Magazine’s 10th anniversary there will be FREE and FULL ACCESS to the I-Folds Digital version of Diversity Rules for the month of May! Simply use the following username and password and you will have full access to the MAY ISSUE as well as to all past issues through the 31st. Thank […]

Honoring Air Force Pilot Leonard Matlovich

Springtime!

  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. As the […]

Kaleidoscope Released by Courtney Act

On February 29th international songstress, Courtney Act, released her new music single and video, Kaleidoscope. Written by Act and Sam Sparro, the song pays homage to the current gender and sexuality revolution being heralded by today’s young generation. As more young people embrace the fluidity of their sexuality and gender, the six clearly defined colors […]

From the Shadows of Curiosity

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. But for Tarringo, growing up in the depths of the inner city both in […]

Cheeseburger Pie

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 www.boldstrokesbooks.com/Author-Lee-Lynch.html. The threat of atomic war overshadowed my […]

Guys Reading Poems Debuts

Neo-noir poetry drama “Guys Reading Poems” will debut at the Palm Beach International Film Festival this month during National Poetry Month. The innovative feature film uses poetry as a framing device to tell the story of a creative but troubled family living in a downtown Los Angeles artist’s loft. “Guys Reading Poems” intertwines poetry from 17 […]

If You Could Read My Mind: A PTSD Memoir

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. David developed Post Traumatic Syndrome Disorder (PTSD) after surviving gay conversion therapy as a child and has found that many in the LGBT […]

Support the Independent Gay Press

One would think there would be much more support of the independent gay press since it is the more unfiltered grassroots voice of equality and justice and embraces more fully the diverse range of people in the rainbow tent. It also tends to be more representative of the true essence of the queer community, unlike […]