Outer Alliance Spotlight #58: Delicious Link Soup December 3, 2010
Posted by juliarios in : links, news , 9commentsWelcome to Outer Alliance Spotlight #58. The Spotlight features news about (and sometimes interviews with) allies who are active in supporting and celebrating LGBTQI speculative fiction. It’s chilly in the Northern Hemisphere, so this week, we’ve got delicious link soup to keep you warm.
Wednesday was World AIDS Day
Treatment, awareness, and acceptance have come a long way in the past 25 years, but AIDS is still a major problem worldwide. YA author Libba Bray posted a thoughtful essay about her own experiences losing loved ones to the disease. I’ll warn you right now that it made me tear up in a coffee shop, but it was worth the chagrin.
If you’re unfamiliar with Libba’s work, and are interested in reading YA speculative fiction with queer content, you might check out her short story, “Primate the Prom” in 21 Proms, the Gemma Doyle trilogy (which starts with A Great and Terrible Beauty), or her latest novel, Going Bovine.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards Fundraiser
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards aim to recognize the hard work and talent of translators who bring us stories we might not otherwise be able to read. They’re hoping to raise $2,000 to use as prize money. Anyone who makes a donation between now and the 14th of January will be entered into a drawing to win books and other exciting prizes.
A Few Exciting New Releases This Week
*Zombiality: a queer bent on the undead is edited by Bill Tucker, and contains a story by Angelia Sparrow.
*Crossed Genres released their first novel this week. R. J. Astruc’s A Festival of Skeletons is available in print and e-book formats.
*Monday was the release day for Aether Age: Helios, edited by Chris Fletcher and Brandon Bell. Chris is also one of the people behind the newly released 2020 Visions anthology.
Awesome Queer Content in Comics
And finally, here’s something to spark some conversation here in the comments, or over dinner tonight with your non-virtual friends. Neo_Prodigy has made a list of 25 awesome queer comics characters, which is great, but non-exhaustive. What do you think? Agree? Disagree? Have additional favorites? And can anyone out there think of any trans, intersex, or asexual comic book characters?
Linkdump #9 – libraries and politics March 23, 2010
Posted by zeborah in : links , add a commentFiction and libraries
GLBT Reading (The Blog That Dare Not Speak Its Name) has focused this March on graphic novels and manga.
Shelf Check is a webcomic set in a public library that frequently touches on GLBTQ issues – see for example the strip on ‘transgender’ in the Library of Congress subject headings and a recent blog post asking “As a GLBTQ library patron, I feel welcomed when…” [complete the sentence].
Politics
Got an iPhone? You can now use it to sign a petition to repeal Proposition 8 in California. Sign the petition at http://restoreequality2010.com/ipod.htm or signal boost this article about it.
Benjamin Solah writes about a protest for same-sex marriage in Melbourne.
Kei Kei has created a sourced timeline of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
And of course, remember to Queer the Census!
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