Books and Authors

Look everywhere these days and Chris Colfer is probably there. His new children’s book, “The Land Of Stories: The Wishing Spell,” was just released in book stores and the film he wrote, produced and stars in, Struck By Lightning, was the closing film of Outfest in Los Angeles. [ Read more → ]

NEW YORK -- Veteran blogger and LGBT advocate Jeremy Hooper, on Tuesday released his new book, "If It's a Choice, My Zygote Chose Balls: Making Sense of Senseless Controversy," a unique mix of memoir and social commentary on the debate between the LGBTQ community and its detractors. [ Read more → ]

In 1960, the young Reverend Robert Wood (1923-present) published a first-of-its-kind book, entitled “Christ and the Homosexual,” in hopes of inspiring a movement of dialogue, new writing, and deeper understanding regarding the gay community, particularly by the Church. [ Read more → ]

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Author Orson Scott Card, primarily known for his science fiction writings, says "there is no need to legalize same sex marriage" in North Carolina, because there are “no laws left standing that discriminate against gay or lesbian couples." [ Read more → ]

Archie Comics' gay pal Kevin Keller is getting married. In a first for mainstream comic books, gay marriage will be the storyline in the January edition of the "Life with Archie" series, as the characters of fictional Riverdale gather for the wedding between Kevin and his partner. [ Read more → ]

Back in February I wrote about the untimely death of Perry Moore ... Now, Hunter Hill -- Perry Moore’s partner of seventeen years -- and family and friends are in the process of establishing four scholarship funds that will benefit young writers and local Hampton Roads students. [ Read more → ]

Virginia Woolf was an accomplished 20th century English novelist and one of the founders of the modernist movement. She published nearly 500 essays and nine novels. [ Read more → ]

A celebrated poet and novelist, Langston Hughes is one of the most significant voices to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance. A major contributor to American literature, his legacy includes 25 published works. [ Read more → ]

An author and screenwriter, Rita Mae Brown is best known for her semi-autobiographical lesbian-themed novel, “Rubyfruit Jungle.” She is a groundbreaking activist for lesbian and civil rights. [ Read more → ]

Keith Boykin, Commentator b. August 28, 1965 “I'm not on a show with a pink triangle or rainbow flag -- which means that being gay is just a part of who I am.” [caption id="attachment_36166" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Keith Boykin"][/caption] Keith Boykin is a political commentator,... [ Read more → ]

The staff of London's famed "Gay's The Word" bookstore on Monday arrived for work to find the front window smashed and that the storefront vandalized with eggs. [ Read more → ]

The school board in Republic, Missouri, voted 4-0 recently to ban Kurt Vonnegut’s novel “Slaughterhouse-Five” and another book, Sarah Ockler’s “Twenty Boy Summer,” after a local resident complained that the books teach ideas contrary to the Bible. [ Read more → ]

Kevin Keller, the first openly gay resident of Archie comics' fictional Riverdale, will have his own monthly comic book starting in February. [ Read more → ]

In this special interview-only episode, Phil Reese, Joe Mirabella, and D. Gregory Smith interviewed some outstanding leaders in the gay community. [ Read more → ]

Don Lemon, the weekend prime-time news anchor for CNN, has come out. [ Read more → ]

Taiga Ishikawa has been elected Japan’s first openly gay politician after winning a seat in the Tokyo ward assembly in local elections on Sunday. Prior to his victory, no openly gay politician had ever won office in Japan. [ Read more → ]

Stephen Sprinkle’s book, "Unfinished Lives: Reviving the Memories of LGBTQ Hate Crimes Victims," and the Unfinished Lives Project as a whole, remind us that we must not only tell our young people that “It gets better,” but we must commit ourselves to the hard work of building a world that is better for all people. [ Read more → ]

Archie’s first openly gay character Kevin Keller will receive receiving his own run in a four-issue spin-off this June. [ Read more → ]

I’m pleased to report that “gay” is now a perfectly acceptable word to include in posted comments on Walmart’s site. Other words have also been cleared, including lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgendered. [ Read more → ]

Walmart is selling the new "It Gets Better" book. Just don’t call it gay. [ Read more → ]