Lambda Rising Bookstore Announces Closing - The DC Center

In another effort to encourage writers and publishers to produce quality glbt books, in 1987 Maccubbin began publishing the "Lambda Book Report," a bimonthly review of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender literature. That publication spawned the "Lambda Literary ... The DC Center for the LGBT Community As of January 1st, 2010 our new address and location: 1810 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20009. Our current location until December 30th, 2009 ...

Brody's Notes & Scribbles: Brody's Scribbles... Verbal Gay Bashing ...

By Kenneth Harvey (Advocate.com) Jan 22 | School board members in Wheatland, Wyo., have prohibited antidiscrimination banners because an LGBT rights group is among their sponsors. "If this is the way one chooses, then they can lead this ... These gay and lesbian groups have sent the message that if you don't agree with them that homosexuality is not only morally right but equal with heterosexual relationships, then you must have hate. I believe homosexuality is wrong, ...

Gay Wedding Announcements Belong in Newspapers | Gay Rights ...

According to Eric Resnick with the Gay People's Chronicle, two men who were legally married in Connecticut in 2009 tried to have a wedding announcement printed in their hometown newspaper, the Daily Jeffersonian. ... Tell Dix Communications and the Daily Jeffersonian to reconsider their policy on banning gay wedding announcements. It's a disservice to their readers who either are LGBT or have family members who are LGBT, and it puts the media company squarely out of line ...

Lambda Rising Bookstore's Closing May Open New Book - The Sexist ...

Maccubbin has already sold the storefront at 1625 Connecticut Ave NW to an undisclosed buyer who “hasn't figured out what they're going to do with it yet”—there are no particular plans for a new LGBT outfit in the store's stead. ... That selection pales in comparison to Lambda's collection of 20000 titles, but Maccubbin still sees any “Gay and Lesbian” section as a victory. “Part of the impetus of opening the store was to convince authors to write these books, ...

| New York Now Magazine

“It reflects an awareness of increased competition,” says M.V. Lee Badgett, an economist at the University of Massachusetts Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies. ... “This only captures folks on the higher end. It's not representative of the full range of LGBT folks,” says Badgett. “My studies found that gay men earn less and face discrimination in the workplace. There's a lot of vulnerability already built in, so when the economy is tight, it gets tougher . ...