If you’re in the Bay Area check out this upcoming zine fest at the Center for Sex and Culture in San Francisco.
What type of books do LGBT people like to read? How and where do they find the books that they like to read? Lambda Literary Foundation (LLF) and St. Cloud State University Collection Management Librarian Rachel Wexelbaum are conducting an international study on the book reading preferences of 21st century LGBT people to help answer these questions.
click through for survey details and link!
The 2013 Over the Rainbow Project book list, sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) of the American Library Association (ALA), has just been decided at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting in Seattle.
This year’s list includes 84 titles published between July 1, 2011 and Dec. 31, 2012, which the committee felt exhibit literary quality and significant authentic lgbt content and are recommended for adults over age 18. more…
We need your vote to get this fundraiser started on offbeatr! Grace Alley Mural Project- a celebration of sexual renegades! http://offbeatr.com/project/grace-alley-mural-project-10161016955 (Taken with Instagram)
Why didn’t anyone ever tell me that The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls In Love was a cute movie? Or, even better, why hadn’t I been interested in it before? I had seen the DVD case a hundred times at the library. But yesterday when a mom came to the circ desk with her two kids and said we’re taking these four movies and not this one (I wonder why?) I decided I would check it out.
It’s a lesbian coming-of-age romantic comedy that’s really sweet and surprising in a lot of ways. It’s funny and awkward and charmingly low-budget. Sure, it’s also a bit cheesy and cliched at moments, but overall it’s got that movie magic thing happening.
So can we get disturbed about the fact that there are still so few queer movies made, and when they are made they’re made with no money? Why can’t we as queer people support these films instead of endless Harry Potter fake-magic shit? Why can’t gay men see more lesbian movies, read more lesbian books? And, of course, I’m talking to myself here, too. Let’s create our own shit!!!!! Let’s support queer art.
A Radical Librarians Book Club will be starting on Sunday, July 22, at Bluestockings Bookstore on the Lower East Side. We will be meeting at 2pm, on the 3rd Sunday of every month.
Our book for July 22nd is Questioning Library Neutrality: Essays from Progressive Librarians and is available…
Ultra Violet, a radical queer publication
How did I not know about this newsletter before finding it recently at Modern Times Bookstore? Because I’ve been a regular gay for far too long? Or because papers like this, that offer perspectives that don’t conform to the mainstream, even the queer mainstream, have no money and therefore no visibility? Support Ultra Violet! The writing is good, too, sugar! And ultra violet is one of my favorite colors!
