Ms. Behavior Wins Jane Chambers Award Nationally syndicated author and lesbian advice columnist Meryl Cohn, AKA Ms. Behavior—whose popular column appears in Lavender—has won the Jane Chambers Award. She captured it for her play...

Being True to Oneself—Guilt-Free

by Lavender | Aug 13, 2009 | 0

Just this past week, at the group’s annual meeting in Toronto, the American Psychological Association (APA) released a 138-page report concluding that scant evidence exists for the effectiveness of so-called “ex-gay” reparative...

Passing: Scott R. Kyle 1961-2009

by Lavender | Aug 13, 2009 | 0

Scott R. Kyle, 48, passed away unexpectedly on July 27 at his apartment in Minneapolis. He was born June 25, 1961, in New Richmond, Wisconsin. Kyle was well-known for his athletic achievement. He spent the past 25 years playing...

Gayborhood of the Year: North Minneapolis

by Lavender | Aug 13, 2009 | 6

The revitalization of North Minneapolis, once a neck of the woods considered sketchy and possibly dangerous, has made it a community on the rise, with fresh neighbors and new locally owned businesses. Behind the wider impact are...

Big Gay News

by Bradley Traynor | Aug 13, 2009 | 0

National News Wisconsin Domestic Partner Registry Takes Effect Same-sex couples in Wisconsin now can sign up for the state’s new domestic partnership registry. It provides 40-some legal protections to same-sex couples. Some...

On the Townsend

by John Townsend | Aug 13, 2009 | 1

Disordered (Thy Name is Teenager) / Aug. 23 / First Baptist Church, 499 Wacouta St., St. Paul / (612) 481-2234 / www.blankslatetheatre.org Don’t stereotype this teen-created collaboration’s First Baptist venue as reason to...

The Page Boy

by E.B. Boatner | Aug 13, 2009 | 0

Blue Jesus Tom Edwards Academy Chicago Publishers $16.95 A neat mix of the obvious—people who are “different” often are treated badly; the facts—there are blue people (ethemoglobinemia); and a predictably odd rural Southern...

Male/Male Romance Novels Flourish Transgressions and False Colors Are Recent Examples

by Lavender | Aug 13, 2009 | 3

Male/Male (M/M) romance novels are not all that strange a niche, particularly to the GLBT reader. But when you have a straight woman writing them, and the books are geared toward other straight women, you reach a whole new...

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