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February 27, 2013
A Unique Wedding Registry from Freedom to Marry...
In the latest news from equality organization, Freedom to Marry, there's a wedding registry for those who are planning to marry or those who are going to weddings this season. But it's not like the typical straight wedding registry, where you ask people to give you loot just for getting married. I like the concept, I'm going to do it with the next wedding I get invited to, and I'm hoping it catches on.
I have spent more money than I care to count in the past twenty years between friends' weddi...
Book Review: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
I don't think I could add anything too different from what's already been said about The Casual Vacancy in over three thousand Amazon reviews. I've noticed that the reviews are mixed, and about half either loved the book or half didn't. I'd like to add up front that I did not read anything in the Harry Potter series because I'm not a fan of that genre. I saw a few of the movies and I yawned through them. Once again, because I'm not a fan of that particular genre.
But I am a fan of J.K. R...
February 26, 2013
Interview with TV Star/LGBT Author Jeffery Self
As I posted last week, TV star, Jeffery Self, has a new LGBT book out and he was kind enough to grant me an interview. I wanted the interview questions to put him at ease, and at the same time get to know more about him as a writer, an actor, and man.
He not only sent the answers to the questions back in record time, I think he did a great job providing more insight into who he is and what he's all about. As a side note, it was a lot of fun for me because I have been a fan of his for a long t...
February 25, 2013
What is Quiltbag-Centric? Plus, Gay Desinations and Gay Conventions
When I wrote the post below this about Rainbow Con 2014 I noticed something called "Quiltbag-Centric." I wrote that post fast, but made a mental note to come back to it later to find out more about it. Then a blog reader asked me something about it on Facebook and I could only find one link. I couldn't even find it at my mainstay for all things new and different...Urban Dictionary.
A few hours after that, the same blog reader posted this definition for Quiltbag-Centric:
Queer/Questio...
New LGBT Convention: Rainbow Con 2014
I don't know much about this, but I wanted to post something because it looks interesting and I think my blog readers like to know these things.
There's a new convention called Rainbow Con, and it's taking place next March in Tampa, FL.
RainbowCon is a four day QUILTBAG-centric conference held in Tampa, Florida geared toward readers, writers, artists, and small publishers. Throughout the four days of the conference, attendees can enjoy panels, workshops, activities, and even a field trip into...
Bradley Cooper Nude Scenes; Erin Andrews Puts Rapper 50 Cents in His Place
We've been hearing so much about actor, Bradley Cooper, and the Oscars lately, I was curious about whether or not he'd ever done any nude scenes in films. In all honesty, I don't know much about him or his films and I've never been a huge fan. He's from the Philadelphia area and grew up in a Philly suburb not far from New Hope...Jenkintown...but I just never was drawn to any of his films.
But I'm always curious about the double standard in Hollywood with respect to women and men in nude scene...
February 24, 2013
Erotic E-books Inspire Lending Across the Pond
I've had this article in my in-box all week but didn't have time to post it. It's about how erotic e-books have affected the overall digital market in the UK, and how people are lending/borrowing e-books. I have to admit I'm a little surprised because I didn't think lending erotica was all that popular. In other words, I've always thought of it as a discreet genre where people would hesitate to borrow either e-books or print books. I always thought of them as purchases. But I guess...
February 23, 2013
Gay Rom Lit Retreat 2013 New Policy; Obama Gets Involved In Gay Marriage Issue
President Obama is now weighing in on Gay Marriage. I didn't hear much about it in the mainstream yesterday, but I could have missed it because I've been focused on so many work related projects lately. In any event, here's something from CNN.
In a preview of a major constitutional showdown at the Supreme Court over same-sex marriage, the Obama administration said on Friday that a federal law denying financial benefits to legally wed gay and lesbian couples is unconstitutional.
The J...
February 22, 2013
Gay Marriage: We've Been "Married" All This Time and You Never Knew
This morning I received copy edits from ravenous romance for the next book in the Bad Boy Billionaire series, The Actor Learning to Love. In this book I don't actually get into anything too detailed about gay "marriage," but I do mention it often because the main character is a gay man who has been "married" more than once. His last relationship, one in which he considered himself "engaged," has just ended and he's moving into a new apartment with his 10 year old son. And after so m...
New Beginnings: The Jersey Boy Story...Tim Tebow Cancels Speach at Anti-Gay Church
Before I get into the main part of this post, I wanted to mention that Tim Tebow canceled the speech he was supposed to be giving at an anti-gay church in Texas. I posted about it before, here, and this is from SportingNews.
Tim Tebow is calling an audible and canceling his appearance at the First Baptist Church of Dallas, home of controversial reverend Robert Jeffress.
Tebow's decision to speak at the megachurch in Jeffress' presence was questioned by many, most notably CBS Sports' Gregg Doye...
