From: Erastes ~ New guidelines for lambda literary awards I was just minding my own business trying to be good and not laughing at Lambda Lit in public and they turn around and start changing the rules again. I am sure everyone will believe their books are being judged fairly and impartially now that they [...]

From: Victoria Brownworth ~ Real Authentic Gay Male Porn Writer Extraordinaire I posed a query to Erastes (which is not allowed; she/he banned me from her/his blog immediately after because one does not question the legitimacy of these writers or one will be smited with a dirty mirkin). I now pose the same to Lee [...]

From: Victoria Brownworth ~ Real Authentic Gay Male Porn Writer Extraordinaire First of all, Lambda Literary is an LGBT literary magazine. We’ve been around now for several decades. We aren’t just some fly-by-night fan fic site or someone’s livejournal blog. I love this shit. If you cannot back your craptastic article up with supporting documentation [...]

Thanks to Elisa for reminding me “that group” held something last night. Remember kids, it’s not about the quality of the story that got on paper or the talent involved… just promoting WHO wrote it and judging if they represent “the proper gay”. Nothing “good old boy” about all that right?

Elisa posted the list: Finalists Announced for the 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards Congrats to… The Golden Age Of Gay Fiction From: MLR Press Erastes ~ Transgressions From: Running Press J.P. Bowie ~ Time After Time From: MLR Press

I have been following this Lambda Literary Wankfest at length for a reason so let me put my personal point of view in context here. The very first Gay Romance I ever loved as a young gay man was The Catch Trap by Marion Zimmer Bradley. A book which is sold as Gay Fiction written [...]