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Web-Based Tello Films Offers Lesbian Focused Content
[clickToTweet tweet=”Web-Based Tello Films Offers Lesbian Focused Conent #lesbians #queermedia #lgbt” quote=”‘Why lesbian stories? Because we love lesbians and we don’t feel there are enough of them.’ – tello films”]
This caught my eye – a Huffington Post interview with the fabulous Debra Wilson (my favorite on the late, lamented MADtv). Media company tello films has a mission to provide lesbian focused content, by and about lesbian lives. -
‘Last Room at the Cliff’s Edge: A Detective Linda Mystery’ Now Available on Audiobook!
The wait is over! ‘Last Room at the Cliff’s Edge: A Detective Linda Mystery’ continues racking up the raves: 19 5-star reviews and counting!And for your listening pleasure … The audiobook is now available on Audible, Amazon and iTunes. Narrated by the superb Daniela Acitelli, the audiobook adds rich detail to this fan favorite. Daniela brings the perfect mixture of simplicity and terror, her smooth and reassuring voice giving no hint of the shocks in store at the Cliff’s Edge Motel.
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The Twist Podcast #38: Mardi Gras, Celebrity Hot Seat, and the Borgias Come to Washington
On this week’s Twist Podcast with co-hosts Rick Rose and Mark McNease: a look at the headlines, with deep dives into Mardi Gras, celebrities speak out (but should they?) and the Borgias come to Washington, complete with gold drapes and their favorite QVC jewelry line.Enjoy The Twist Podcast on iTunes, Libsyn, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and YouTube. Are you listening?
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Stephanie Mott: Woman Among Women – Transgender Woman Speaks at the Women’s March on Topeka
[clickToTweet tweet=”I’m talking about the kind of love that stands out on a street corner and holds up signs.” quote=”I’m talking about the kind of love that stands out on a street corner and holds up signs and says, “Here I am, we will not allow this to happen.” – Stephanie Mott”]
Stephanie Mott Stephanie Mott
Guest ColumnI was honored greatly by the invitation to speak at the Women’s March on Topeka, Kansas this past Saturday – January 21st.
It is extraordinarily validating to be included as a woman among women. Not to say that validation is needed. I know who I am. But to say that this particular type of validation is greatly acknowledged and appreciated.
I would like to share a few thoughts about yesterday’s rally and march, and then a few thoughts about being a transgender woman who was asked to speak at the rally.
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Author Jean Ryan Releases ‘Strange Company’ Essay Collection
I’m a longtime fan of author Jean Ryan and could not be happier to announce the release of her new essay collection Strange Company. Jean is a true wordsmith. Each of her essays, short stories and reminiscences offers readers a master class in word choice, rhythm, nuance and style, while never being obvious. It’s the kind of writing other writers wish we’d done, while at the same time asking, ‘How did she do that?’Her short story Manatee Gardens was included in the anthology Outer Voices Inner Lives, a Lambda Literary Award finalist in 2015. I was the co-eidtor and publisher, and we put Jean’s story first for a simple reason: among many fine pieces in the anthology, there were none better.
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Book Review: Before I Do, A Legal Guide to Marriage, Gay and Otherwise
The Bookworm Sez
Terri Schlichenmeyer“Before I Do” by Elizabeth F. Schwartz, afterword by Jim Obergefell
c.2016, The New Press $14.95 / higher in Canada 220 pagesThe box was too small for a toaster.
There was no pony in there, no new car, not even a stuffed animal. The box was too small for all that, but it held so much more: dreams, ideas, happiness, congratulations! And if you’re lucky, your wise new fiancé tucked “Before I Do” by Elizabeth F. Schwartz in the box with your beautiful engagement ring.
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The Twist Podcast #37: The Circus Leaves Town, A Moth Named Trump, and Special Rights for All!
On this week’s Twist Podcast with co-hosts Rick Rose and Mark McNease: a look at the headlines, with deep dives into passing foods and youthful fancies, humor helps the medicine go down, and what’s so special about special rights?Enjoy The Twist Podcast on iTunes, Libsyn, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and YouTube. Are you listening?
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Featured Book: Ann Aptaker’s ‘Genuine Gold (Cantor Gold Crime Series Book 3)’
Ann Aptaker’s Genuine Gold (Cantor Gold Crime Series Book 3) breaks the top 100 on Amazon’s LGBT mystery best seller list on release, look for swift climb up. Check out my interview with the author HERE.New York, 1952. From the shadowy docks of Athens, Greece, to the elegance of a Fifth Avenue penthouse, to the neon glare of Coney Island, art smuggler Cantor Gold must track down an ancient artifact, elude thugs and killers, protect a beautiful woman who caters to Cantor’s deepest desires, and confront the honky-tonk past which formed her. Memories, murder, passion, and the terrible longing for her stolen love tangle in Cantor’s soul, threatening to tear her apart.
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I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together …
Well, the time finally came to move on to my other projects, especially the mysteries, podcast, and that pesky thing called making a living. Here’s a farewell email I sent to subscribers of lgbtSr.org …Dear email subscribers: It’s been almost six years since I launched lgbtSr.org. As with all things, this too is passing. This is the final email I’ll be sending to subscribers to the site. All previous posts remain online, while the domain itself now points to a page at my personal website, MarkMcNease.com
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lgbtSr Now Mostly on Facebook
Folks, it’s been almost six years since I launched the lgbtSr website. I’ll be posting very lightly here for the foreseeable future, any new columns or contributor’s articles that come in. It’s a time management issue. But our Facebook page, with over 4,100 fans, remains alive and active.You can keep up with my personal life at MarkMcNease.com, and enjoy our weekly Twist Podcast, co-hosted with Rick Rose, at TheTwistPodcast.com.
Hang in there! It’s going to be a bumpy ride with the new administration coming in. All hands on deck!
Mark McNease/Editor
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First fire of 2017
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10 Years a Country Boy
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One Thing or Another: Hope, Renewal and a Miracle Cat
It’s always One Thing or Another … a lighthearted look at aging, life, and the absurdities of it all.A funny thing happened on the way to despair: our oldest cat Jessica defied expectations and lived to meow another day. If you’ve ever had a pet diagnosed with a grave illness, you know the odds. You also know the futility of hope—they might get better with a daily pill, they’ll need some insanely expensive surgery you can’t afford, you’ll spend a few weeks or months believing they’ll recover, then you’ll cradle them in your arms in room #3 at the vet’s office waiting for a syringe of Permanent Sleepytime.
