Lifting the Spiritual Self-esteem of the LGBT Community
A Critique of Fabricated, Discriminatory, Judgmental, and Sexist World Religions. Read Out short.
Category: Arts & Entertainment
Cowboys, Armageddon, and the Truth: How a Gay Child Was Saved from Religion
Scott and Sissy are trying to grow up in a Jehovah’s Witness family run by an intentionally cruel stepmother. ReadOut short.
Gay Conversations with God
His motto, “I’ll burn that bridge when I come to it,” introduces this endearing epistle by a former host and producer of The 700 Club who fled the closet because he didn’t want to live a lie. ReadOut short.
Fighting to Serve: Behind the Scenes in the War to Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Written by Alexander Nicholson, the founder and executive director of Servicemembers United, don’t read this if you don’t want to see how the sausage is made. ReadOut short.
The Purple Shroud
Completing Stella Duffy’s magnificent fictional account of the Empress Theodora, this story is of a strong woman, co-ruler of Constantinople at a time when she should have remained an entertainer, a prostitute, and a lover of women. ReadOut short.
Stepsisters
Lovers of super-trashy beach reads, rejoice! Rupert James has followed (already! My, the boy is fast) his successful debut novel, Silk. ReadOut shorts.
Green Thumb: A Novella
The Red War and Genie Boxes have resulted in a post-apocalypse version of South Florida that rings absolutely real. ReadOut short.
H
This slim volume offers us a series of prose poems, each deftly defining a single detail from the uniquely despairing life of Henry Darer. ReadOut Short.
Last Dance at Studio 54
Once upon a time, Paul loved life in the drug-fueled disco haze of the Studio 54 days. Now he is out of money, out of luck, and simply trying to make it from day to day. ReadOut short.
Don’t Let the Republican Drive the Bus!
This retooled children’s classic features vultures as Republicans, boneless chickens as Democrats, and citizens as bumps in the road. ReadOut short.
