Tom Atwood's forthcoming book, Kings & Queens in Their Castles
has been called the most ambitious photo
project ever conducted of the LGBTQ experience in the USA. Over 15
years, Atwood photographed more than 350 subjects at home nationwide
(with over 160 in the book), including nearly 100 celebrities (with
about 60 in the book).
Among the luminaries depicted are Meredith
Baxter, Alan Cumming, Don Lemon, John Waters, George Takei, Alison
Bechdel, Barney Frank, Don Bachardy, Billy Porter, Ari Shapiro, Arthur
Tress, Michael Urie, Greg Louganis, Charles Busch, Kate Clinton, Dan
Savage, Tommy Tune, Jonathan Adler, Simon Doonan, Leslie Jordan, Anthony
Rapp, John Berendt, Bruce Vilanch, John Corigliano, Anthony Goicolea,
Elizabeth Streb, Michael Musto, Carson Kressley, Joel Schumacher,
Christian Siriano, John Ashbery, Terrence McNally and Christine Vachon.