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posted by panda
National Coming Out Day is coming soon! This Sunday (October 11th) is the big day. There’s a great deal going on in the US, including a National Equality March in Washington, DC which begins at noon and ends on the lawn of the Capitol building. President Obama will be attending the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) annual dinner event on October 10th. This is a really positive sign for the LGBTQ population, which hasn’t exactly seen President Obama going to bat for queer issues, despite his considerable efforts to win the LGBT vote with promises of real change. You can read more about the events surrounding National Coming Out Day here.
If you’re a member of Facebook you can get involved with the HRC by adding their “Conversations from the Heart” facebook application, where you can donate your status to update about National Coming Out Day and join in the conversation. I definitely recommend becoming a fan of the HRC page on Facebook as well, as they post important updates about what’s going on politically and legally for LGBT persons in the US.
In other news, S. Bear Bergman is releasing a new book entitled Click to continue reading national coming out day and a few other tidbits…
posted by zavi
I’ve always been a huge fan of anthologies, and my passion for them has been renewed in recent years, when I realized just how many nifty queer anthologies existed. A considerable amount of my time is dedicated to obsessively reading/watching videos about queer culture/art/people/everything (usually on the internet at 2 in the morning), and so these anthologies work well for me. It’s nice to be able to easily access a big pile of pre-selected, pre-edited queer material. I just picked up a neat new book the other day, “Genderqueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary” and have been impressed with it thus far.
I thought i’d share a few of my favorite anthologies that I’ve found so far. I obtained all of these from Amazon (as to my knowledge there are no queer bookstores or lending libraries within a half day’s driving distance from where I live).
nifty queer anthologies:
genderqueer: voices from beyond the sexual binary: a discussion of how gender is both personal and political – includes both analytical essays and personal stories.
the full spectrum: compilation of autobiographical short stories by young queers (all under the age of 23) – all are good, but some are …
Click to continue reading reading about genderqueer: cool anthologies
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