Poetry, novels, playwright, etc.. Personally my favorite is Tennessee Williams. Though some of his more openly "gay" works were censored, he had a wonderful expression and brought all those who read his work into them. My personal Fav.'s are The Glass Menagerie or Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
2007-04-28 06:14:24 · 13 answers · asked by *jen* 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
You're right gits, YGL definitely has some people beat hands down.. lol *muah*
2007-04-28 07:27:36 · update #1
..Though Kedar is the leader in all that is *zen* :-)
2007-04-28 07:33:40 · update #2
Rose, I'm ashamed, I forgot Sappho.. That was wrong of me...
2007-04-28 14:14:58 · update #3
Emma Donoghue. Please visit..........
http://www.emmadonoghue.com/
Not all her works are LGBT but I found the ones available in our library well worth a read, particularly "What Sappho would have said. Four centuries of love poems" Poems by women ranging from the tragic to, in one case, screamingly funny. Thank heaven I was able to borrow this work. I had hysterics when I read THAT poem.
Love, Rose P.
2007-04-28 13:52:18 · answer #1 · answered by rose p 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Oscar Wilde, even though in The Happy Prince there are some unfortunate and most likely unintentional statements, about Jewish people, that would now be derided as anti-Semitic.
Overall his brilliance shines though in every work.
The Importance of being Earnest is my favorite.
His very public trial is important to GLBT history.
2007-04-28 07:08:32 · answer #2 · answered by Vida 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Augusten Burroughs....author of Sellevision, Running with Scissors, Dry, Magical Thinking, and Possible Side Effects...his humor is spot on and thought provoking at the same time.
2007-04-28 07:47:24 · answer #3 · answered by behrmark 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've been reading "Covering: The Hidden Assault on
Our Civil Rights" by Kenji Yoshino.
“Covering” is sociologist Erving Goffman’s term for how we try to “tone down” stigmatized identities, even when those identities are known to the world.
2007-04-28 09:44:02 · answer #4 · answered by Active Denial System™ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
E. Lynn Harris
Violet Blue
2007-04-28 07:14:22 · answer #5 · answered by ~Twisted Sister~ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Truman Capote made a profound impact on the study of criminology with his book In Cold Blood.
2007-04-28 06:54:08 · answer #6 · answered by actingjunkie700 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Armistead Maupin
2007-04-28 07:29:33 · answer #7 · answered by Kedar 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Mine would have to be Christopher Rice, Anne Rice's son. He wrote a wonderful book called "A Density of Souls". You should check it out, its beautiful.
2007-04-28 06:42:45 · answer #8 · answered by Jeannie C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The one that is about now I think would be Sarah Waters
Tipping the Velvet is her most popular but I like Fingersmith the most
2007-04-28 07:31:27 · answer #9 · answered by nevergrowup 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Willa Cather is alright. 'My Antonia' is good, but boring at times. 'A Wagner Matinee' is pretty good, and symbolic of life on the frontier.
Your Gay Lord writes some very nice poetry on here, as well!
2007-04-28 06:21:20 · answer #10 · answered by Busta 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋