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Phyllis Lyon, Lesbian author and activist, died of natural causes at the age of 95, on April 9, 2020. Lyon was born on November 10, 1924, in Tulsa, Oklahoma and grew up in Sacramento, California. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where she had been editor of the Daily Californian newspaper. Lyon continued … Read more
I was looking for some kind of reassurance during these tough times. COVID-19 self-isolation and distancing is hard. But I found reassurance in Living on the Home Front. Author Megan Westley voluntarily lived a wartime lifestyle for a year. She was fine at the end of it. I am reassured that I, we, you, will … Read more
I have some bad storyline ideas. I have given a little thought, only a little, to books I would like to read in 24 months. These would be LGBTQI+ titles influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. I’ve noticed, in the Gay Village, there are a certain kind of people who don’t give a sweet flying flerk … Read more
In 1681, Andrew Yarranton wrote “Sir, there is no crying for shed milk, that which is past cannot be recall’d”. It’s from from England’s Improvement by Sea and Land. Today, I write, “there is no crying for shed coffee, that which is spilled cannot be drunk.” Day 2 of Uber Eats was only slightly better … Read more
Social distancing because of COVID-19 is the thing to do these days, but I seem to only be able to do social distancing-ish. I want to stay inside, but it’s become stay inside-ish. For the weekend, I’ve lined up a book of short stories, called Mrs. Egg and Other Barbarians. Written by Thomas Beer in … Read more
No matter where you live, you are inside the COVID-19 pandemic. First and foremost: This will be okay. The LGBTQI+ Community has been here before – or at least in the neighbourhood. Our community has experienced the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We have been exiled, hunted and ostracized. We have self-isolated, we have sheltered in place. We’ve … Read more
Oh the things I do for my readers. All 3 of you! I am updating the database of books, trying to find missing book plots. I found that Agnete Holk’s The Straggler was missing its plot. No problem, just search. Nope. No one has the book plot listed. So, in the interest of completeness and … Read more
Them is a Condé Nast LGBTQI2S website starting a new monthly fiction column. They are looking for reader-submitted works. You can submit your stories and poems to their new monthly fiction and poetry column. For April, they’re looking for submissions on the theme of time. This April, leading up to this year’s Met Gala, About … Read more
Forty years ago, I was in the middle of high school. Enough time has passed that I can remember the good stuff – like the bullying from grade school was over – and forget the bad stuff – like, uh, I forget. In high school, I was a nerdy punk. My best friends were a … Read more
You have to read these 5 Irish lesbian books in time for St. Patrick’s Day. It’s one great way to celebrate Irish culture, without alcohol poisoning. St. Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, commemorates St. Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. Which is … Read more