Salvador Allende and a Surgical ‘Cure’
Salvador Allende, the late socialist president of Chile, made lots of scary assertions in his secret 1933 doctoral dissertation. Along with calling Jews criminals and wanting to sterilize alcoholics and the mentally ill, he also approved of a cure for…
Frappucinos on My Mind
I'm way excited about the new addition to the Frappucino family; Mint Mocha Chip Frappuccino. If you go try one, tell someone at Starbucks they should pay me for advertising. we're on the topic of coffee, I came across Is…
The Third Annual Gay Literary Festival ~ May 13-15
"Saints & Sinners" is taking place next weekend in New Orleans. Gay and gay-popular authors including Sarah Schulman, Radclyffe, Patrick Califia, Patricia Nell Warren, Poppy Z. Brite and Atlanta’s own Jim Grimsley are scheduled during 26 sessions on topics from…
And Today is a Good Day
Why? Because as I was sitting here looking over the stats for this site, I noticed some people had clicked over from LUSTY LADY. Knowing that LUSTY LADY is Rachel Kramer Bussel's blog (it's in my blogroll), I was somewhat…
Call for Papers: Young Queer Activists
From Maura Ryan: I'm looking for personal essays (or poetry) for an anthology called Rise and Resist: Young Queer Women Do Activism. I want to create a snapshot of what young queer women are doing to resist the current oppressive…
Epstein’s Homosexual Acts With Former Beatle
Former Beatles manager Brian Epstein engaged in homosexual acts with one member of the legendary band - the gay pop mogul's ex-aide claims in a sensational new book. Joanne Peterson is working on 'There's a Beatle in my closet', which…
On Lincoln’s Sexuality
Guardian Unlimited features a piece on a conference held yesterday which examined Lincoln's sexuality. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - It must have been the first conference in the history of Abraham Lincoln scholarship to call the Great Emancipator ``a terrifically sexual…
Anna Camilleri Talks to Curve
Anna Camilleri is the co-editor of Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity, and author of I Am a Red Dress: Incantations on a Grandmother, a Mother, and a Daughter. Her latest anthology is Red Light: Superheroes, Saints and Sluts. I want to…
Stone Butch Blues Author Leslie Feinberg @ SUNY Albany This Saturday
Leslie Feinberg appears at the State University of New York at Albany campus this Saturday, April 16. SUNY Albany Campus Center 1400 Washington Ave. 1 For future appearances or any other info on Leslie, check out TRANSGENDER WARRIOR: The Domain…