In the wake of Running Press's botched attempt to make themselves out to be the good guys in the whole fiasco with Trisha Telep rejecting Jennifer Verday's story due to a G-rated homosexual romance, please do have a look at this wonderful Irish anti-homophobic bullying advertisement for our Friday movie night.

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For those of you who remember last week's outrage with editor Trisha Telep rejecting author Jessica Verday's short story on the basis that the G-rated YA story she'd written involved a homosexual relationship, publisher Running Press finally made their statement on the situation today. Their respone is basically to blame the victim, vilifying ( Read more... )

I've got a bunch of links and newsbytes for y'all today, so settle in and get your clicking fingers ready.

First, I'm sad to say that Diana Wynne Jones passed away this morning. She leaves behind a wonderful legacy of fantastic fiction, including one upcoming YA novel Earwig and the Witch. Our deepest sympathies to her friends and families ( Read more... )

The Lambda Literary Foundation has revealed the finalists for the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the "Lammy" Awards). These awards are to honour the best of lesbian, gay, transexual and transgender authors for 2010.

The ceremony is to be held in New York City this May. Congrats to all finalists, the list of which can be found here.

I'm sure most of you have seen Romance By You, where you can order a personalized romance novel by filling in certain details like name, hair colour, your pet, your best friend, and the details of your crush/lover/spouse/whatever. They're a cute and cheesy novelty... and now they include options for same-sex love stories. There's a paranormal gay ( Read more... )

Series: the Society
Publisher: Carina, 2010
Genre: Science fiction
Sub-genre: Paranormal
Rating: 2 1/2 pints of blood
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2010
Genre: Horror
Sub-genre: Historical, YA
Rating: 4 pints of blood
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It's been years since I've delved into the world of Riverdale and Archie comics, but the folks behind the comic grabbed my attention this week with the introduction of their new character, Kevin Keller, who is openly gayOn the one hand, this strikes me as a good sign, although I do wonder why it took them until 2010 to make this sort of inclusion ( Read more... )

For those who appreciate LGBT fiction, Lambda Literary has just opened up a "new online home for LGBTQ Book Lovers," a website and community for those who enjoy reading and/or writing characters whose relationships veer outside the conventional male/female. There are tons of discussion topics, from "Is There, or Should There Be, Such a Thing as ‘ ( Read more... )

Publisher: QueeredFiction, 2009
Genre: Science Fiction
Sub-genre: Anthology, LGBT
Rating: 3 pints of blood
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