http://lgbtlit.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Transgender Literature en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:29:27 GMT 2010-01-06T03:29:27Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974883&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Warning: this poem my contain words or phrases that may trigger some people...   My razor is my crack cocaine, My dope, My meth My heroin And where I am right now Is on a cold turkey withdraw . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:51:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974883&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace casey d. 2010-01-04T02:51:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973362&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace It is now 2010! The year of the Women! Millions of women across the world are discovering that just because they have hit middle age that doesn’t mean they can’t still be sexy. More and . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:25:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973362&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Mindy Schwartz 2010-01-03T00:25:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967225&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace What are you up to? I'm at "programming," which is where I have to go each day with the group home. I hang out with my friends here. Otherwise, I'm not doing much. I have been rebuilding my CD collection, . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:29:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967225&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Gwen K 2009-12-29T15:29:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966076&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Imagine what happened in the minds of young gay people when one of these people came out : Elton John, Rachel Maddow Jasper Johns. Ellen DeGeneres, Annise Parker (new mayor of Houston), Anderson Cooper, . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:03:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966076&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Leo Lemmer 2009-12-28T21:03:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960739&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace A very special fairy tale for the times (thank you, Mariana & Ann) Tierra Madre and the Sacrifice of Ursus Polaris © 2009, Bent Lorentzen . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:03:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960739&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Bent Lorentzen 2009-12-23T20:03:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960007&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace click for book excerpt and to order   This book is a finalist in its category of EPIC's e-book awards. This is only my 2 nd ever recommendation of a book in my . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:09:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960007&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Bent Lorentzen 2009-12-23T09:09:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959341&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace It happened yesterday.  The Roman Catholic church has a lot of power there, and did all they could to stop it, but they didn't. Now when will the U.S. get with the times and stop its prejudice . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:08:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959341&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Peter Joseph Swanson 2009-12-22T22:08:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959098&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Top 10 Books I Read in 2009:   The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini A Note in the Margin by Isabelle Rowan The Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts Full Circle by Michael Thomas . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:20:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959098&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Bethann K. 2009-12-22T19:20:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953572&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace "The Last Steps I'd Ever Take" (Our mind and what it remembers)     I don't know how to categorize this article. It's not a book, yet it's a story of my life, don't worry not the whole . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:16:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953572&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Sara W. 2009-12-18T20:16:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953552&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace "Being In Hurricane Katrina" (Memories Of That Night) The ravishes of Katrina are hard to forget, not because of the broken trees which stumps still linger across the street from my home, or the constant . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:03:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953552&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Sara W. 2009-12-18T20:03:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953128&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Today I want to veg out.   To think of nothing much.   My mind draws a blank.   Maybe some colours splashing through my mind.   But no words, no ideas, . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:24:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953128&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Gwen K 2009-12-18T15:24:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950195&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace I take little things that nobody will miss:   pens, pencils, magazines at the doctor's office.   Half the time I don't want or need what I take.   But rarely do I . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:33:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950195&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Gwen K 2009-12-16T18:33:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950156&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace she stands beneath the shadows so no one sees her pain camoflauged by broken smiles and tears blending in with rain the darkness hides her so very well consuming her soul and mind if only . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:09:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950156&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Sara W. 2009-12-16T18:09:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945275&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace There are times when everyone needs something nice to happen to them. A way to brighten their day. What if you could provide that? What if you could make your day better by helping another person? Here . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:43:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945275&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace casey d. 2009-12-13T20:43:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944601&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace This Conversation i had on facebook with someone from Church, my response (was my status) is at the bottom. Tell me what you think... 11:13pm Wesley ok i'll bring it to the lord. How is your walk with . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:02:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944601&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace casey d. 2009-12-13T05:02:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942573&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace   Recently an article I found on a high school, science teacher's classroom door blamed the Wii video game system for a rise in the increase of "effeminate violence". This struck me as one, . . . Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:16:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942573&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace casey d. 2009-12-11T21:16:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977891454&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace The Civil Rights Test of Our Generation Congressman Joe Sestak, a member of the House Equality Caucus, is a Democratic candidate for United States Senate in Pennsylvania. When we . . . Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:01:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977891454&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Leo Lemmer 2009-12-11T21:01:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942884&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace O.k, so it's been forver it seems since I first started trying to get pregnant. It also seems like it's been forever since I got that first "kinda positive" result with the pregnancy test I still have . . . Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:41:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942884&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Sara W. 2009-12-11T18:41:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977941384&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Below is a sample from the novel that has been waiting 2 years to come out, the sequel to Dragon's Moon , which came in 4th in the 2002 Dream Realm Awards . Krona is set in the mythological . . . Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:06:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977941384&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Bent Lorentzen 2009-12-10T21:06:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977935368&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace I was doing my laundry today at the place I'm required to go during the day. And somebody ***Stole*** my wet laundry! And they stole my friend's laundry too!!! They stole Half of all my pairs of . . . Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:44:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977935368&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Gwen K 2009-12-07T17:44:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933957&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace 1   Unattended children will be given a latte and a kitty. 2.  Oh, No! I forgot to get a job. 3   What a friend we have in cheeses. 4   Whom would Jesus bomb? . . . Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:56:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933957&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Leo Lemmer 2009-12-07T15:56:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933794&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace A rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe's Tamerlane and Other Poems was sold at Christie's, New York City, for $682,500. The previous record for a book is believed to be $250,000 for a  copy of the . . . Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:41:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933794&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Leo Lemmer 2009-12-06T20:41:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977930931&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace O.k, so I am literally driving myself crazy with this whole “trying to get pregnant” thing. I’ve taken about TWENTY pregnancy tests since week 2 all of various types and prices and none . . . Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:33:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977930931&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Sara W. 2009-12-04T17:33:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927451&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Update On The Lesbian's Pregnancy World     Well, it’s been a little over a week since I announced to all of you that I have been trying (by the hardest) to get pregnant. Since then, . . . Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:24:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927451&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Sara W. 2009-12-02T17:24:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925660&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace She looks at me with dead eyes... from this impersonal computer screen.   Her chocolate-coloured eyes, bags under them from lack of sleep.   She knew I loved her but she wasn't . . . Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:44:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925660&grpId=3659174697246231&nav=Groupspace Gwen K 2009-12-01T17:44:08Z