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Announcing Trans Bodies, Trans Selves Second Edition, Release Date: April 15, 2022
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-- From a press release
- NEW YORK CITY, New York, March 31, 2022The Trans Bodies, Trans Selves board is proud to announce the release of Trans Bodies, Trans Selves' second edition, published April 15, 2022. The Trans Bodies Trans Selvessecond edition ...
Out gay NU dean to receive Frederick Douglass Medal
- University of Rochester President Sarah Mangelsdorf will present the Frederick Douglass Medal during a ceremony on Thursday, March 31, to E. Patrick Johnson, dean of the School of Communication at Northwestern University and the Annenberg University ...
Trans activist, actress, educator Alexandra Billings talks new memoir, state of the world
- About three-fourths of the way through activist, actress and educator Alexandra Billings' This Time For Me: A Memoir (out via TOPPLE on April 1), written with Joanne Gordon, readers encounter these words: "I met Larry Kramer ...
BOOKS Chicago-based queer writer Julian Randall branches out with 'Pilar Ramirez'
- Julian Randalla Black queer Dominican American writer who lives in Chicagohas, up to this point, been known for his award-winning poems that cover a wide range of themes. However, he now has released a novel, Pilar ...
Lambda Literary names Lambda Literary Awards finalists
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-- From a press release
- New York, NY Lambda Literary, the nation's premier LGBTQ literary organization, today announces the finalists of the 34th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (a.k.a. the "Lammys"). Created over thirty years ago to recognize the crucial role ...
BOOKS Janelle Monae in Chicago April 22 to discuss 'The Memory Librarian'
- Singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon and author Janelle Monae will visit Chicago's Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph St., as part of the tour for her new book, The Memory Librarian and Other Stories ...
Fantasy series tells stories through POC perspectives
- Gay author Jason Michael Primrose's first book was 24 pagesan impressive feat for a 9-year-old. Inspired by Bruce Coville's Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, the handwritten "novel," called Dragon Wars, combined some of his favorite things: a ...
'All Moms' released by GLAAD's Sarah Kate Ellis and wife, Antigone Rising's Kristen Ellis-Henderson
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-- From a press release
- Tuesday, March 1, 2022 - GLAAD announced that the new LGBTQ-children's book All Moms, written by GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis and her wife founding member, guitarist and songwriter for the all-female popular rock ...
Chicago historian 'invites the audience to the party' that is queer history
- The book Voices in Isolation: 4 Queer Plays at a Social Distance is a collection of stories about the LGBTQ+ community designed to preserve "fading memories" of queer history and experiences by "inviting the audience to ...
CAKE Chicago postponed until 2023
- The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, or CAKE, has been postponed until next year because of the COVID pandemic. The pandemic caused the cancellations of the 2020 and 2021 in-person expos, and organizers had tentatively chosen June ...
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New journal will spotlight queer and trans religious studies scholarship
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-- From a press release
- UC Riverside will be the host of an unprecedented conference to launch the first academic journal devoted to queer and transgender scholarship in religious studies. The journal, "QTR: A Journal of Queer and Transgender Studies in ...
Author/feminist bell hooks dies at 69
- Acclaimed author and activist bell hooks died Dec. 15 at age 69. The writer (real name: Gloria Jean Watkins) was born in 1952 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, per NBC News. Her first published work, a book of ...
Leading groups join call for LGBTQ-inclusive books, books on race, racism
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--From a GLAAD press release
- GLAAD joins over 600 groups and individuals in a powerful statement of support against efforts to ban LGBTQ-inclusive books and books about race and racism. The statement, created by the National Coalition Against Censorship, is the ...
Author Anne Rice dies at 80
- Writer Anne Rice, whose Interview With The Vampire sold more than 150 million copies, died at age 80 on Dec. 11, according to media reports. Her son Christopher Rice, an out gay man who is also ...
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids reaches marginalized communities with children's book
- U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids' children's book, Sharice's Big Voice, tells the story of how an Indigenous lesbian mixed martial artist and lawyer became the first LGBTQ+ representative of Kansas. "My hope is that when children or ...
Missouri district returning LGBTQ+ books to high school libraries
- In Missouri, the North Kansas City School district said it would return two books exploring LGBTQ+ themes to its high school libraries following public outcry, The Hill noted. The district announced its plans to reshelve All ...
Downers Grove parents complain about LGBTQ books
- Continuing a battle that's been taking place in several other states, parents in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove say they want publications they call "pornography" removed from the high schools' libraries, according to WGN-TV. At ...
Lambda Literary executive director stepping down
- Lambda Literary Executive Director Sue Landers announced that she is stepping down. In an open letter, Landers stated, "On December 1, I will step down as executive director. Maxwell Scales and Cleopatra Acquaye-Reynolds will join the ...
ATTRACTIONS 'The Dr. Seuss Experience' at Water Tower Place
- It's certainly a time and place to be immersed in nostalgia. The family-friendly attraction "The Dr. Seuss Experience" is running through Jan. 2, 2022, at Water Tower Place, 835 N. Michigan Ave. It's certainly hard to ...
Actor Kal Penn discusses coming out, acting journey, systemic racism during tour
- Following the publishing of actor Kal Penn's memoir You Can't Be Serious, he stopped in Chicago on Nov. 6 to discuss his Hollywood and White House careersand the news of his coming out. Co-founder of Vice ...
BOOKS Twelfth (and final) 'Boystown' cover revealed
- Boystown author Jake Biondi has revealed the cover of the twelfth book of his serieswhile simultaneously sharing that the next installment will be the final one. Boystown: Season Twelve: The Final Season will be released in ...
BOOK REVIEW Activist Peter Staley's Memoir 'Never Silent' is a real-life thriller
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--From marksking.com
- "Attention must be paid to such a man." Arthur Miller Peter Staley's much-anticipated new memoir, Never Silent, opens with almost unbearable nail-biting suspense, sweeping us into the behind-the-scenes machinations of an ACT UP takeover of ...
Achy Obejas' bilingual poetry book Boomerang/Bumeran explores immigration, liberation
- Achy Obejas is a Cuban-American writer, translator and activist. Boomerang/BumerĂ¡n, her newest book, confronts questions of immigration, love and liberation. Like a boomerang, these ideas return throughout the collection, even ...
NATIONAL Victory Institute, LGBTQ books, youth items, NASA, LGBTQ Nation
- LGBTQ Victory Institute and nine additional candidate-training organizations announced a partnership with Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, to provide a native-to-mobile tool to encourage young people to run for office, a press release noted. ...
Lambda Literary to expand LGBTQ Writers in Schools Program in New York City schools
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--From a press release
- New York, NY Today, Lambda Literary announced that New York City has quadrupled its investment in the organization's LGBTQ Writers in Schools program, increasing funding from $100,000 to $400,000 to reach 10,000 students and provide ...
Equality Illinois CEO Brian C. Johnson on new book, 'Our Fair Share'
- In Equality Illinois CEO Brian C. Johnson's new book, Our Fair Share: How One Small Change Can Create a More Equitable American Economy, he posits that receiving a Citizen Dividend will help all U.S. residents achieve ...
BOOKS 'Mission Possible' released before 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' anniversary
- C. Dixon Osburn, co-founder and former CEO of the Servicmembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), has written Mission Possible: The Story of the Repealing 'Don't Ask Don't Tell. This is the inside story of SLDN, which was ...
Women & Children First hosting virtual event with Anita Hill on Sept. 29
- Anita Hillthe University Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women's and Gender Studies at Brandeis University who played a major role in the 1991 Senate confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomaswill be part ...
Chicago-area author releases book about gay, autistic African-American
- PenPower Book Marketing Services and Chicago-area author Jaire Sims have released his debut young adult novel, Getting By, which was named a finalist in the African American (Fiction) category in the 2021 Next Generation Indie Book ...
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame announces 2021 class of new inductees
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--From a press release
- Chicago, August 17, 2021 — The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (CLHOF) announced that its 2021 Class of Inductees will include Frank London Brown, Jeanette Howard Foster, Carlos Cortez, and Gene Wolfe. The inductees will be ...
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