Be Sociable, Share! Tweet Philip Perry died as a result of heart failure on the afternoon of March 7. Born March 31, 1955, he grew up in Conroe and retired from Exxon Mobil in 1999. Perry was preceded in death by his partner, John Emanus, in 2000. He is survived by many friends who remember [...]
Be Sociable, Share! TweetResponding to a survey gauging the community’s desire for another transgender center in Houston, the Transgender Foundation Center of America has announced the grand reopening of its Transgender Center. Located at 604 Pacific Street, volunteers moved in to the new location on April 17. “When the survey was completed, we found that [...]
Be Sociable, Share! TweetAppreciations and corrections IT PAYS TO KNOW Thank you so much for the enlightening and moving article titled “The Cancer-Causing STD” [by Leigh Bell, April 2010, click here for article]. I honestly had no idea about HPV and men, not to mention anal cancer. Thank you for portraying JD Francis in such [...]
Be Sociable, Share! Tweet XOXO Hayden Chris Corkum P.D. Publishing, Inc. (pdpublishing.com) Steven is thrilled when he and his friend win backstage passes for his idol’s, Hayden, concert. This chance meeting leads to a difficult relationship spanning years of pen pal, friend, lover, friend again, and, finally, survivor. This is Chris Corkum’s first novel, and [...]
Be Sociable, Share! Tweet Andy Warhol and the Can that Sold the World Gary Indiana Basic Books (perseusbooks.com) The clever cultural critic deconstructs Warhol via his first solo exhibit, Soup Cans, which rocked the art world with its m’m, m’m! goodness in 1962. Indiana reveals that the Italian Renaissance, Norman Mailer, and Orson Welles were [...]
Be Sociable, Share! Tweet Crossing Twice: Answers from the Source Dr. Reece W. Manley Advocate USA Publishing (advocateusapublishing.weebly.com) This Dallas-area author and pastoral counselor relates his death experience and return to life following a 2008 bout with MRSA pneumonia. It’s full of Love and Light, addressing questions like “Is death painful?,” “Do we see God?,” [...]
Be Sociable, Share! Tweet Will Grayson, Will Grayson John Green & David Levithan Penguin Young Readers Group (penguin.com) Will Grayson is straight in the first chapter. And Will Grayson is gay in the second chapter. So he’s bisexual? Not exactly. He . . . well, not he . . . they are two different teens [...]
Be Sociable, Share! Tweet Sex, Dreams and Self-Control Kevin Thornton 55BC/VTP Music Group (thekevinthornton.com) Kevin Thornton, child preacher, took to heart the words of the hymn “Just As I Am.” Emerging as an experimental rocker, he bares his self-realized soul on stage and in this handy guide to coming out, which, he explains, is illustrated [...]
n his debut novel, Yves Ga writes wistfully and lyrically about looking for love.
Be Sociable, Share! Tweet Viva ‘Divas Las Vegas’ Gays in Sin City Review by Terri Schlichenmeyer You would have never believed it if you hadn’t seen it for yourself. Mere steps into the terminal at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, there were, indeed, slot machines: rows and rows of them in all their light-flashing, cha-chinging, [...]
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