6 posts categorized "BOOK REVIEWS"

Oct 08 2024
Lambda Legal Publishes MAKING THE CASE OF EQUALITY: 50 YEARS OF LEGAL MILESTONES IN LGBTQ HISTORY Comments (0)
 
 
The book is the product of Lambda Legal the LGBTQ+ org that's been litigating cases for queer clients since 1973.
 
The handsomely, expensively produced book is the product of the opening LL's expansive archives, and covers a dizzing array of cases and historical precedents. It's also noteworthy for a cogent intro by Roxane Gay.
 
I found the book to be both scholarly — a true reference tome — yet somehow personal, intimate. It's hard to produce a book with breathtaking scope that also feels intimate, but that is what this one is.
 
From the foreword:
 
The efforts of Lambda Legal are needed now, more than ever, to help us hold that line.
 
Unless you've been asleep at the wheel, you can't help but agree.
 
 
Mar 26 2024
Queer Nightlife Forever + Jake Lacy's Tennis Shorts + Andrew Scott's Record-Setting Wins + Noël Coward Laid Bare + MORE! — 6-PACK Comments (0)

ABOVE: Boy wonder!

BELOW: Keep reading for queer nightlife, Noël Coward and more ...

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Jan 11 2022
Auntie SHAME: A Review Sex Pioneer David Pevsner's New Memoir Comments (0)

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Today, January 11, is pub day for David Pevsner's Damn Shame: A Memoir of Desire, Defiance, and Show Tunes. If you're not sure what to expect, let me point out that Pevsner lamented to me that he wasn't allowed to use any images that showed his erect penis (plenty are shown at rest!) or his hole. While that could seem a bummer, just the fact that this conversation was had should prick up your ears — expect a revealing autobio, and also a revealing one.

Opening with a remembrance of chatting with a young gay guy who said he couldn't imagine being 40 (Pevsner, now past 60, was past 50) because then he'd have to start letting men pee on him, Pevsner swiftly tackles his career as a songwriter and performer, a career rife with sexual themes, and one that eventually led him into releasing pornographic imagery of himself.

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Jan 21 2021
9/11 Hero Mark Bingham's Mom Dead + Joe Exotic Unloads On Trump + Dr. Fauci Zings Trump And Fox News + GOPer Tries To Bring Gun Onto House Floor + MORE! — 12-PACK Comments (0)

ABOVE: No unity with Nazis and Nazi sympathizers.

BELOW: RIP Mark Bingham's mom, Joe Exotic unloads on corrupt Trump, Rep. Maloney wants Parler investigated by the FBI and more ...

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Dec 27 2017
Melania Uprooting History + GAY TIMES Threesome + RIP Heather Menzies + Lainie Kazan Nabbed + Twerking On Xmas + Debbie, We Hardly Knew Ye — 6-PACK! Comments (0)

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Above, Fernando Filipe by Ovan Oliva for DNA.

Keep reading for a Gay Times three-way, Lainie Kazan's arrest, Heather Menzies RIP, Melania's the tree-chucker, a Christmas miracle man and a fresh look at a dead diva...

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Feb 18 2016
I Have No Words: The Extremely Graphic Novels Of Dale Lazarov Comments (0)

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Comics have come a long way since Jughead. In fact, they're now routinely going all the way, as—you should pardon the expression—illustrated by the cheerfully gay-erotic work created and/or published by Dale Lazarov.

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Lazarov's output is the subject of a review by Cathy Camper for Lambda Literary, in which she reacts to discovering the fact that Lazarov's graphic novels are more graphic than novel, in that they have no written story, only visuals:

A wordless graphic novel is similar to a silent film, in that the story is told through the characters actions, expressions and small nuances in the comics’ settings, layout and pace. In these productions, Lazarov lists himself as writer, but also sometimes art director, and both his eye for detail and his artists’ talents are what make the sexy proceedings in these comics work.

Sometimes, a dirty picture is worth a thousand words.

Samples from Greek Love (Work Unfriendly) here.

Samples from Fast Friends (Work Unfriendly) here.

Samples from Peacock Punks (Work Unfriendly) here.

For his Sticky Graphic Novels imprint, Lazarov is a writer and art director, and also acts as publisher for books by others, all of which he describes as “wordless, gay character-based, sex-positive graphic novels.”

GLPreview4(Image from Greek Love via Sticky Graphic Novels)

Check out Lazarov's books on Amazon, or get digital editions here.