Linkdump #3 – Coming Out Day October 18, 2009
Posted by zeborah in : links , add a commentFor October 11, Coming Out Day, the Outer Alliance has encouraged members to write and post on their sites some short coming-out stories. I’m listing below all the posts I know of – if I’ve missed any, please link to them in comments!
But first, on a brief related note: USans can get your free Queer the Census sticker from CREDO Action partnering with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. 
Coming Out Day posts culled from the mailing list:
- Alex Jeffers posts an excerpt from chapter three of his work in progress the unexpected thing (blog banner mildly NSFW)
- Kyell Gold posts an excerpt from “Waterways”
- Inanna Arthen posts an excerpt from forthcoming novel “The Longer the Fall”
- Katherine Beutner posts on bisexuality in response to Malinda Lo’s essay in “After Ellen“
- K L Richardson posts an excerpt from “Heart Sense”
- Sophie Gail posts an excerpt from her work in stasis
- Hayden Thorne posts a light-hearted excerpt from “Masks: Evolution”
- Mel Green posts on current events in Alaska
- Jarla Tangh posts about her friendships
- Chris / M-BraneSF writes about “a few times in my life where I basically outed myself by other behavior short of a “formal” coming-out”
- Drew talks about Philly Outfest and queer bookshop Giovanni’s Room (image heavy)
- Kevin shares about the night of his Senior Prom
- Natania Barron writes about discovering her POV character was gay
- Alan Yee writes about being semi-out of the closet
- Keffy writes about coming out as trans and his mixed feelings about “Coming Out” day
And more Coming Out Day posts found with a blog search:
- yond_cassius writes a short piece of Coming Out Day spec fic
- Cheryl Morgan posts a roundup of news that has caught her attention this week
- John Coulthart posts a couple of art pieces he’s been working on (mildly NSFW)
If you come across any links to share for next week’s linkdump, please post them to the Outer Alliance forum or bookmark them on delicious or diigo with tag “outeralliancelinks”.
Outer Alliance Spotlight #2: Malinda Lo September 25, 2009
Posted by juliarios in : interviews, publications , add a commentWelcome to Outer Alliance Spotlight #2. Each Friday the Spotlight features an ally who writes, reviews, publishes, or is in some other way involved with LGBTQI speculative fiction. Our guest this week is Malinda Lo, author of the YA novel, Ash.
Malinda is a Chinese American lesbian, who is active in LGBTQI and POC (People of Color) awareness efforts. She was managing editor of the lesbian entertainment news site, AfterEllen.com until September of 2008, when she began writing fiction full time.
In addition to keeping a personal journal, Malinda is a member of the 2009 Debutantes LiveJournal community for new YA authors, and a maintainer for The Enchanted Inkpot YA and Middle Grade fantasy community. She lives in Northern California with her partner.