Finalists Announced for the 29th Annual Lambda Literary Awards

Lambda Literary, the nation's oldest and largest literary arts organization advancing LGBTQ literature, announced the finalists of the 29th Annual Lambda Literary Awards - or the "Lammys," as they are affectionately known. They were chosen from nearly 900 submissions and over 300 publishers. Submissions came from major mainstream publishers and from independent presses, from both long-established and new LGBTQ publishers, as well as from emerging publish-on-demand technologies. Visionary and Trustee Award honorees, the master of ceremonies, and celebrity presenters will be announced in April. The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on Monday evening, June 12, 2017 in New York City.

  

"Never in my lifetime have LGBTQ stories felt so important as a means of being recognized and counted, as a form of resistance to this dangerous political climate we find ourselves in," said Lambda Literary Executive Director Tony Valenzuela. "The Lammys are a celebration of great queer literature, and this year they're also a reminder that our community of writers, publishers, and readers is not only strong, but part of a vital pathway to asserting our humanity." 

  

Now in their twenty-ninth year, the Lambda Literary Awards celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer writing for books published in 2016. The awards ceremony on June 12, 2017, will be held at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012). The red carpet and specially ticketed VIP cocktail reception will be held before the ceremony. The after-party, open to all with a general admission ticket, will follow at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012). For more information and to buy tickets, please visit Lambda's website.

 

75 literary professionals, including booksellers, book reviewers, librarians, authors, academics and previous Lammy winners and finalists volunteered countless hours of reading, critical thinking, and invigorating discussion to select the finalists in 23 categories.

29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists:

 

Lesbian Fiction

• A Thin Bright Line, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, University of Wisconsin Press
• Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson, Amistad
• Bull & Other Stories, Kathy Anderson, Autumn House Press
• The Day After Death, Lynn C. Miller, University of New Mexico Press
• Here Comes the Sun, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Pretend I'm Your Friend, MB Caschetta, Engine Books
• Tears in the Grass, Lynda A. Archer, Dundurn
• They May Not Mean To, But They Do, Cathleen Schine, Sarah Crichton Books

Gay Fiction

• The Angel of History, Rabih Alameddine, Atlantic Monthly Press
• Black Deutschland, Darryl Pinckney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• The Cosmopolitans, Sarah Schulman, The Feminist Press
• Hide, Matthew Griffin, Bloomsbury USA
• Jazz Moon, Joe Okonkwo, Kensington Books
• Moonstone, Sjón, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• The Rope Swing, Jonathan Corcoran, Vandalia Press
• What Belongs To You, Garth Greenwell, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Bisexual Fiction

• Beautiful Gravity, Martin Hyatt, Antibookclub
• Marrow Island, Alexis M. Smith, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Mouth to Mouth, Abigail Child, EOAGH
• When Watched, Leopoldine Core, Penguin Books

Transgender Fiction

• Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir, Kai Cheng Thom, Metonymy Press
• If I Was Your Girl, Meredith Russo, Flatiron Books
• Small Beauty, jia qing wilson-yang, Metonymy Press

LGBTQ Nonfiction

• Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility and the Duty of Repair, Sarah Schulman, Arsenal Pulp Press
• Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York, Donald Albrecht, Skira Rizzoli
• Ghost Faces: Hollywood and Post-Millennial Masculinity, David Greven, State University of New York Press
• How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS, David France, Knopf
• Pride & Joy: Taking the Streets of New York City, Jurek Wajdowicz, The New Press
• Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Duke University Press Books
• The Estrangement Principle, Ariel Goldberg, Nightboat Books
• The Feminist Bookstore Movement: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability, Kristen Hogan, Duke University Press Books

Bisexual Nonfiction

• Black Dove: Mamá, Mi'jo, and Me, Ana Castillo, The Feminist Press
• The Body's Alphabet, Ann Tweedy, Headmistress Press
• I Have Devoted My Life to the Clitoris, Elizabeth Hall, Tarpaulin Sky Press
• Women in Relationships With Bisexual Men: Bi Men By Women, Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli and Sara Lubowitz, Lexington Books

Transgender Nonfiction

• Life Beyond My Body: A Transgender Journey to Manhood in China, Lei Ming, Transgress Press
• Outside the XY: Black and Brown Queer Masculinity, Morgan Mann Willis, Riverdale Avenue Books
• Outspoken: A Decade of Transgender Activism and Trans Feminism, Julia Serano, Switch Hitter Press
• Trunky (Transgender Junky): A Memoir, Samuel Peterson, Transgress Press
• You Only Live Twice: Sex, Death and Transition, Chase Joynt and Mike Hoolbloom, Coach House Books

Lesbian Poetry

• Bestiary, Donika Kelly, Graywolf Press
• Complete Works of Pat Parker, edited by Julie R. Enszer, Sinister Wisdom/A Midsummer Night's Press
• Journal of Ugly Sites, Stacy Szymaszek, Fence Books
• Night, Etel Adnan, Nightboat Books
• play dead, francine j. harris, Alice James Books
• Swarm Queen's Crown, Stephanie Adams-Santos, Fathom Books
• The Old Philosopher, Vi Khi Nao, Nightboat Books
• You're the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened, Arisa White, Augury Books

Gay Poetry

• DIG, Bryan Borland, Stillhouse Press
• Night Sky with Exit Wounds, Ocean Vuong, Copper Canyon Press
• Primer, Aaron Smith, University of Pittsburgh Press
• Rapture, Sjohnna McCray, Graywolf Press
• The Halo, C. Dale Young, Four Way Books
• The Taxidermist's Cut, Rajiv Mohabir, Four Way Books
• Thief in the Interior, Phillip B. Williams, Alice James Books
• Trouble the Water, Derrick Austin, BOA

Transgender Poetry

• even this page is white, Vivek Shraya, Arsenal Pulp Press
• The Romance of Siam: A Pocket Guide, Jai Arun Ravine, Timeless, Infinite Light
• Reacquainted with Life, Kokumo, Topside Press
• Safe Space, Jos Charles, Ahsahta Press
• Sympathetic Little Monster, Cameron Awkward-Rich, Ricochet Editions

Lesbian Mystery

• Blood Money Murder, Jessie Chandler, Bella Books
• Bury Me When I'm Dead, Cheryl A. Head, Bywater Books
• Collide-O-Scope, Andrea Bramhall, Ylva Publishing
• Final Cut, Lynn Ames, Phoenix Rising Press
• Pathogen, Jessica L. Webb, Bold Strokes Books
• Requiem for Immortals, Lee Winter, Ylva Publishing
• Under Contract, Jennifer L. Jordan, Clover Valley Press
• Walk-in, T.L. Hart, Bella Books

Gay Mystery

• Bitter Legacy by Dal Maclean, Blind Eye Books
• Homo Superiors by L. A. Fields, Lethe Press
• Lay Your Sleeping Head by Michael Nava, Korima Press
• Nights in Berlin by Janice Law, Head of Zeus
• Speakers of the Dead: A Walt Whitman Mystery by J. Aaron Sanders, Plume

Lesbian Memoir/Biography

• A Body, Undone: Living On After Great Pain, Christina Crosby, NYU Press
• A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder, Ma-Nee Chacaby, University of Manitoba Press
• I'm Just a Person, Tig Notaro, Ecco
• Indomitable: The Life of Barbara Grier, Joanne Passet, Bella Books
• The Wind Is Spirit: The Life, Love and Legacy of Audre Lorde, Gloria I. Joseph, PhD, Villarosa Media

Gay Memoir/Biography

• Books For Living, Will Schwalbe, Knopf
• Boy Erased, Garrard Conley, Riverhead Books
• Capsid: A Love Song, Joseph Osmundson, Indolent Books
• Cursed Legacy: The Tragic Life of Klaus Mann, Frederic Spotts, Yale University Press
• Lust & Wonder, Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's Press
• One Man Show: The Life and Art of Bernard Perlin, Michael Schreiber, Bruno Gmuender Books
• Proxies, Brian Blanchfield, Nightboat Books
• When We Rise, Cleve Jones, Hachette Books

 

Lesbian Romance

• The Scorpion's Empress, Yoshiyuki Ly, Solstice Publishing
• Coils, Barbara Ann Wright, Bold Strokes Books
• Finding Lizzie, Karma Kingsley, NineStar Press
• Little Lies, Lila Bruce, Self-Published
• Lost in the Starlight, Kiki Archer, K.A. Books
• Loving Eleanor, Susan Wittig Albert, Persevero Press
• Perfect Pairing, Rachel Spangler, Bywater Books
• The Liberators of Willow Run, Marianne K. Martin, Bywater Books

Gay Romance

• Into the Blue, Pene Henson, Interlude Press
• Pansies, Alexis Hall, Riptide Publishing
• Femme, Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books
• Rank, Richard Compson Sater, Bold Strokes Books
• Country, Jeff Mann, Lethe Press
• Adulting 101, Lisa Henry, Riptide Publishing
• Rented Heart, Garrett Leigh, Riptide Publishing
• Caught Inside, Jamie Deacon, Beaten Track Publishing

LGBTQ Anthology

• ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics, Jon Macy and Tara Madison Avery, Editors Stacked Deck Press
• Building Fires in the Snow: A Collection of Alaska LGBTQ Short Fiction and Poetry, Martha Amore and Lucian Childs, Editors, University of Alaska Press / Snowy Owl Books Imprint
• No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies, E. Patrick Johnson, Duke University Press Books
• The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care, Zena Sharman, Arsenal Pulp Press
• Queer, David J. Getsy, MIT Press

LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult

• Beast, Brie Spangler, Alfred A. Knopf
• Girl Mans Up, M.E. Girard, Harper Teen
• Gravity, Juliann Rich, Bold Stroke Books
• Highly Illogical Behavior, John Corey Whaley, Dial Books
• Not Your Sidekick, C.B. Lee, Duet
• Our Chemical Hearts, Krystal Sutherland, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Symptoms of Being Human, Jeff Garvin, Balzer + Bray
• The Midnight Star, Marie Lu, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers

LGBTQ Drama

• Barbecue/Bootycandy, Robert O'Hara, Theatre Communications Group
• Freda and Jem's Best of the Week, Lois Fine, Playwrights Canada Press
• Perfect Arrangement, Topher Payne, Samuel French, Inc.

LGBTQ Erotica

• Camp Rewind, Meghan O'Brien, Bold Strokes Books
• Roped In, Marie Sexton and L.A. Witt, Amber Quill
• Steel and Promise, Alexa Black, Bold Strokes Books
• Soul to Keep, Rebekah Weatherspoon, Bold Strokes Books
• Skyscraper, Scott Alexander Hess, Unzipped Books

LGBTQ Graphic Novels

• Active Voice The Comic Collection: The Real Life Adventures Of An Asian-American, Lesbian, Feminist, Activist And Her Friends, Written by P. Kristen Enos with Heidi Ho; Illustrated by Derek Chua, Leesamarie Croal, Casandra Grullon, Beth Varni, Dan Parent, Furia Press
• The Case of Alan Turing: The Extraordinary and Tragic Story of the Legendary Codebreaker, Eric Liberge and Arnaud Delalande, Translated by David Homel, Arsenal Pulp Press
• Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal, Ed Luce, Fantagraphics Books

LGBTQ SF/F/Horror

• All Good Children, Dayna Ingram, Lethe Press
• The Devourers, Indra Das, Del Rey
• Irish Black, David Lennon, Blue Spike Publishing
• Kissing Booth Girl, A.C. Wise, Lethe Press
• Lily, Michael Thomas Ford, illustrated by Staven Andersen, Lethe Press
• A Little Queermas Carol, Sassafras Lowrey, PoMo Freakshow
• Style of Attack Report, By Ras Mashramani, Rasheedah Phillips, Alex Smith, and M. Eighteen Téllez, Metropolarity
• Will Do Magic for Small Change, Andrea Hairston, Aqueduct Press

LGBTQ Studies

• Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two Spirit Memory, Qwo-Li Driskill, University of Arizona Press
• Homintern, Gregory Woods, Yale University Press
• Indian Blood: HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco's Two-Spirit Community, Andrew J. Jolivette, University of Washington Press
• Melodrama: An Aesthetics of Impossibility, Jonathan Goldberg, Duke University Press
• Not Straight, Not White: Black Gay Men From The March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis, Kevin Mumford, University of North Carolina Press
• Out in the Periphery: Latin America's Gay Rights Revolution, Omar G. Encarnación, Oxford University Press
• Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics, Timothy Stewart-Winter, University of Pennsylvania Press
• Sex Museums: The Politics and Performance of Display, Jennifer Tyburczy, University of Chicago Press

World War I-Inspired Feature-Length Dance Film Young Men Commemorating the Great War's Centennial Comes to Great Performances

Matthew Rees. Credit_ Sophie Harris-Taylor

The internationally acclaimed, all-male dance company BalletBoyz is featured in the compelling narrative dance film Young Men, airing on Great Performances Friday, April 7 at 9 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.) Young Men follows a group of young soldiers as they experience the indiscriminate brutality of warfare.
Airing in commemoration of the centennial of World War I, the feature-length film was shot on location in Northern France. Based on a highly successful stage production that premiered at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre in January 2015 (and returned in October by popular demand), it is choreographed by Iván Pérez with a commissioned score by critically acclaimed recording artist, singer-songwriter Keaton Henson. The production was conceived by Artistic Directors Michael Nunn and William Trevitt who were formerly leading dancers with The Royal Ballet. 

Since forming their own company in 2001, they have built a reputation for bringing dance to the screen in a variety of innovative ways, winning an International Emmy, a Rose d'Or and a Golden Prague along the way. 

Referring to the original production at Sadler's Wells, Trevitt remarks "We were completely delighted with the stage show. But we thought there was more to it. There was more we could get out of this idea. And it kind of coincided with this ambition we've had for such a very long time to create a dance feature film and this seemed like the ideal moment to take what we had on stage and turn it into a movie." 

Nunn adds, "And that's what I like about dance and movement...the way it has this ability to tell a very complex emotional narrative without the use of any words." 

The narrative follows a young solider and his squadron's experience of basic training, combat, and ultimately, the destruction of modern warfare. The film is shot without words, instead using the locations and carefully choreographed dance to depict the devastation of a continent. The characters themselves remain ambiguous, representative of the experiences of young men of every nation as they struggle to maintain their humanity in an unending cycle of combat and death. 

These young men succumb to the terror of their situation in a myriad of ways. War takes its mental and bodily toll on these comrades, as they struggle to survive one day's destruction, only to wake to another's mortal threats. A potent combination of music and choreography, the film is an immersive emotional journey into the reality facing young men at the extremes of human experience. 

"For this project, the dancers did a lot of research. From books, from photographs as well as films from the Imperial War Museum Collection. We wanted them to portray these scenes of men at war in moments that will resonate across a landscape of all wars so to look at the experience of soldiers in general and to find details in the scenes that chime with what we know now," says Nunn in describing the creative process. 

The male dancers, all of whom are members of the BalletBoyz ten-strong Company, are largely only just of conscription age. (Two female dancers also have featured roles.)
When the film aired on BBC Two in November, Kelly Apter in The List found it "a polished, powerful piece that gives equal weighting to both dance and filmmaking." She added, "Both Nunn as director and Trevitt as director of photography capture the beauty of the landscape...and the harsh realities of war. It's messy, muddy and chaotic, with the outside environment often mirrored in the men's minds and thousand-yard stares." 

The program also includes a 14-minute short, "The Making of Young Men," which includes interviews with Nunn, Trevitt, Perez, Henson, the dancers and other members of the creative team, explaining the genesis of the work, and the unique challenges of translating what they had done on stage to actual locations.

JoLivi - Love Who You Wanna Love

 

Pop artist JoLivi has released the music video for her new single "Love Who You Wanna Love," which opens a new chapter for the songstress: openly identifying as bisexual.

The new single is "an expression of how I believe everyone should go through life - and that is without judgment," JoLivi told Bust Magazine. At a time when many people are being told it's dangerous to be their true and full selves, "Love Who You Wanna Love" offers encouragement and support.

While JoLivi has always been comfortable in her own skin and a proud supporter of the LGBTQ community, this song marks her first public dialogue about her sexuality and offers an invitation for listeners to embrace their own truths.

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To kick off the season nine premiere of "RuPaul's Drag Race," VH1 is throwing a LIVE viewing party on Friday nights hosted by Wendy Williams. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” judgeRoss Mathews will also join in on the fun beginning Friday, March 24th at 5:30 PM ET/PT during the broadcast of “Pitch Perfect.” The fabulous duo will go LIVE from New York City with the fiercest party of the week, leading into new episodes of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Join Wendy and Ross throughout the night as they dish on the season nine queens, welcome surprise guests, and react in real time to the gag-worthy new season.

To celebrate the new season, Logo will exclusively air a ‘Race to the Nines’ marathon of non-stop episodes beginning on Sunday, March 19th at 8:00 PM ET/PT leading up to VH1’s season nine premiere on Friday, March 24th at 8:00 PM ET/PT. Throughout the five day marathon, viewers will be treated to all-new bonus content including never before seen footage from the cutting room floor and interviews with previous contestants, judges and super fans including Michelle Visage, Bob the Drag Queen, Ginger Minj, Jujubee, Todrick Hall, and Lance Bass who will spill all of the “T” on the new queens.

The ‘Race to the Nines’ series marathon leads into the season nine premiere extravaganza that will feature Mother Monster herself, Lady Gaga, and a shocking opening that will go down as one of the most jaw-dropping moments in “Drag Race” herstory. Additionally, it will unveil a court of cut-throat Queens each competing to snatch the crown and strut away with a $100,000 cash prize and the coveted title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar.” Along the way, they’ll face an unpredictable competition and deliver watercooler moments as these talented ladies of drag join the fabulous 100 Queens who fought for the crown before them This season’s previously announced celebrity guest judges include Lady Gaga, Lisa Kudrow, Cheyenne Jackson, Meghan Trainor, Kesha, The B-52s, Naya Rivera, Andie MacDowell, Tori Spelling, Jennie Garth, Denis O’Hare, Noah Galvin, Todrick Hall, Tamar Braxton, Lisa Robertson, Joan Smalls, Candis Cayne, Fortune Feimster and Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman.

The 13 previously announced Queens include: Aja (Brooklyn, NY), Alexis Michelle (New York, NY),Charlie Hides (London, UK), Eureka (Johnson City, TN) Farrah Moan (Las Vegas, NV), Jaymes Mansfield(Madison, WI), Kimora Blac (Las Vegas, NV), Nina Bo'nina Brown (Atlanta, GA), Peppermint (New York, NY), Sasha Velour (Brooklyn, NY), Shea Couleé (Chicago, IL), Trinity Taylor (Orlando, FL), and Valentina(Los Angeles, CA).

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Facing pressure from lobbyists and private interests, the Senate is trying to overturn FCC rules that prevent companies like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon from selling your data without your permission. Senators could vote early this week to roll back your online privacy rights.

Can you make a call today? Tell senators to protect your online privacy by keeping FCC rules intact.

For years, internet service providers have been trying to find ways to collect, use, and sell the sensitive data they collect from you – every website you visit, the times you log into and out of your online accounts, and even your location. They sell it to advertisers, big-data brokers, and even government and law enforcement agencies. - via ACLU

Tim And Eric Announce 10 Year Anniversary Awesome Tour

In honor of the momentous 10 year anniversary of “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!,” Tim and Eric are hitting the road this summer for a special “10 Year Anniversary Awesome Tour!” In the words of Tim and Eric, “It’s been 10 years. We are heading out to see our chips across the USA and celebrate this incredible decade of Tim and Eric with a number of new spoofs and goofs, riffs and bits, songs and dances and hope to create memories to last a lifetime.” 

Watch a preview video for the tour, dust off your old Cinco apparel, and get excited. The tour comes to Denver on August 1st and tickets go on sale on Friday, March 24th at 10am.

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Koelbel Urban Homes (KUH) has quickly emerged as a leader in creating urban neighborhoods that promote community and synergy by integrating life, work and play.

As the newest division of legendary developer Koelbel and Company, KUH is focused on in-fill properties, designing and building innovative homes tailored to each unique site.

Offered homes run the gamut of detached single-family homes to svelte modern attached designs featuring today's popular spaces, such as rooftop decks and open-plan concepts. All KUH homes, of course, are designed for optimum living and with respect for the surroundings.

Tyler Oakley On How Digital Has Changed LGBT Equality

 

During a recent sit down with Larry King on the multi Emmy nominated series “Larry King Now”, YouTube phenomenon Tyler Oakley explains his take on how the digital world has helped LGBT equality like never before because it can “reach people you never would have reached,” and how he believes “digital has changed everything.” 

Tyler bonds with Larry while discussing the issues he faced coming out, and exclusively tells Larry his feelings on President Trump expressing that, “Anybody can hold up a flag, I want to see protection.”

Logo Announces Premiere Date For "Fire Island"

Fresh off the hilarious spoof on "Saturday Night Live," Logo announced today that "Fire Island," the highly anticipated new unscripted series, will premiere on Thursday, April 27th. “Fire Island” follows a group of young professionals living together in a beachfront share house for the summer as they search for the romance, temptation and thrills that have brought the LGBTQ community to the island for decades.

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