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Back With A Bang... (Or A Competition)

greatgayreads wrote 2 days ago: Finally… I hear you cry. It has taken some time and some sorting, and is still very much a wor … more →

Tags: Great Gay Reads, Competition

Hello World

nwuk wrote 1 month ago: It’s weird to write something with no idea who, if anyone, will be reading it.  But nonetheless, I a … more →

Tags: Doing Life, UK, USA, writing, Diary, E. Lynn Harris

Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk

John wrote 2 months ago: Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk. Int. Dustin Lance Black; Forewrd. Armistead Maupin. 2009. … more →

Tags: Nominations 2009, Milk, Pictorial History of Harvey Milk, dustin lance black

If you live in the Bay Area, you should know about Jonestown2 comments

seetee wrote 2 months ago: You should know about Jonestown because a bulk of the events happened here in San Francisco about th … more →

Tags: News, videos, San Francisco, jonestown, Peoples Temple, mass suicide, Jim Jones, Tales of the City, more tales of the city

Time Capsules in San Francisco7 comments

sfdrew wrote 4 months ago: San Francisco is no stranger to time capsules. One example can be found in Washington Square Park at … more →

Tags: California Historical Society, AIDS, Anchor Steam Beer, cogswell, Golden Gate Bridge, rolph, San Francisco, Time Capsule

Review of 'The Gay Divorcee' by Paul Burston

alexhopkins wrote 6 months ago: It is not easy to get a gay novel published. Possibly our most celebrated gay writer, Edmund White, … more →

Tags: Edmund White, gay-culture, gay literature, Homovision, House of Homosexual Culture, Paul burston, polari, SOHO, The Gay Divorcee

Major Tom

joviall wrote 6 months ago: Major Tom is a character created by David Bowie, an spaceman who reached the sky above and turned in … more →

Tags: tom of finland, camile paglia, john waters, dian hanson, Touko Laaksonen, Taschen, Tood Oldham

Gay Literature....Beautifully Melancholic ?

alexhopkins wrote 7 months ago: legendary gay author Edmund White at home in Paris Last week a friend challenged me on why I read so … more →

Tags: Culture, gay literature, Edmund White, The Farewell Symphony, James Baldwin, giovanni's room, alan hollinghurst, The Mann Booker Prize, Arts

Ignorant Obliteration - Why were thousands of gay books removed from Amazon ?1 comment

alexhopkins wrote 7 months ago:   This week the website Amazon has been under fire for what they are referring to as ‘an embarrassin … more →

Tags: Gore Vidal, Craig Seymour, All I could bare: my life in the strip clubs of Washing, E.M. Forster, Maurice, gay-culture, Literature, Gay oppression, Tales of the City

Inundated With Incomings (But I Like It)

greatgayreads wrote 8 months ago: Well after clearing out my study and spending hours sorting all the boxes of books I own guess what … more →

Tags: Patricia Highsmith, jeanette winterson, alan hollinghurst, Edmund White, Mary Renault, David Leavitt, James Baldwin, Will Davis, Christopher Isherwood

Gay Fiction Speaks

greatgayreads wrote 9 months ago: Thank you very much to Anthony who emailed and put me in the direction of the book about gay books G … more →

Tags: alan hollinghurst, Edmund White, Richard Canning, David Leavitt, Andrew Holleran, Dennis Cooper

Iti's Got Her Monthly. Celebriti Chakra Round-Up for February2 comments

itiphonehome wrote 9 months ago: Prizes One thru Nine. The Celebs Knockin’ Their Chakras and…The Shining Stars…Cele … more →

Tags: ITI'S GOT HER MONTHLY. CELEBRITI CHAKRA ROUND-UPS, chris brown, Rhianna, Chakras, Kate Moss, Madonna, jesus Luz, Salma Hayak, François-Henri Pinault

Who was that guy?

spideronyourhand wrote 10 months ago: I wish I could remember the name of that sleazy guy who ended up having sex with the ugliest man at … more →

Tags: Reader Offers

Sleazy guy

spideronyourhand wrote 10 months ago: I love the Tales of the City books by Armistead Maupin. It’s a long time since I read them tho … more →

Tags: Getting to watch

Mitford & Maupin Missions

savidgereads wrote 10 months ago: My complete and utter favourite book of last year was undoubtedly The Mitford’s: Letters Between Six … more →

Tags: Charlotte Mosley, Deborah Devonshire, diana mosley, jessica mitford, nancy mitford, Book Thoughts, Charlotte Mosely, Deborah Davonshire

The Wait is Over3 comments

msmazzola wrote 10 months ago: I will admit it; I enjoy reading books that are part of a series. When I find an author I like, I te … more →

Tags: Tales of the City

Where To Start... The Big Gay Read

greatgayreads wrote 11 months ago: Ok so looking at this logically how long have books been being written until now, ok change that how … more →

Tags: Sarah Waters, Stella Duffy, Patricia Highsmith, Jake Arnott, Annie Proulx, Julia Darling, jeanette winterson, Rita Mae Brown, alan hollinghurst

Border-line Dishonesty?

gazuky wrote 1 year ago: I spend quite a bit of time mooching around bookshops – I can always find something to engage … more →

Tags: Birmingham, writing, Borders, Books, Review, suspicious, michael tolliver lives, Alexei Sayle

San Francisco...a romantic destination! Tourist haven...

Julian Ayrs wrote 1 year ago: The last time I flew into San Francisco, the memories flooded in; after all, it was not my first tri … more →

Tags: Love, Tourism, San Francisco, Romance, san francisco opera, Joan Sutherland, San Francisco Arts Festival, Vancouver (B.C.) Artists, top of the mark


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