With all the exciting things going on, I haven’t yet posted about next weekend’s Rainbow Book Fair here in NYC on Saturday March 24 ! it’s going to be a fantastic event filled with some fabulous leaders in LGBTQ publishing. I’m thrilled to be part of this years event and curating a very special reading …
Read more “‘Dangerous Stories’ @ the 4th annual Rainbow Book Fair”
I’ve been keeping a secret for the past couple of weeks, and folks who know me know that I’m not very good with secrets, but now it’s time to spill the beans (Jack’s magic beans of course) This afternoon I signed a contract with Ravenous Romance to edit a new anthology titled ‘Leather Ever …
I’m still flying just a little bit from the magic that was Queer Memoir: LEATHER last weekend here in NYC. I’ve organized a lot of events and each holds a special place in my heart but there was something truly extraordinary for me about this particular event. I realized in the days leading up to …
I’m so excited to be parting with the organization Live Out Loud next week to via the magic of SKYPE and the internet to be going to vist the GSA at Clackamas High School where I graduated from ten years ago this spring. I’ve never had much interest in anything like a high school reunion, …
I cannot even begin to describe how excited I am to be guest curating an evening of Queer Memoir, NYC’s only LGBTQ storytelling series and to have it be Leather adds a whole nother layer of excitement and importance for me on a deep personal level as well as an artist. On March 3rd …
On Monday I announced the autumn release of my novel ‘Roving Pack’ huge thanks to the tremendous supportive community response I’ve received!!!! Since then KD Diamond whose doing the cover art from the book has been showing me updated drafts of the art!!! I’m just in awe of the way she’s been able to capture …
For the last couple of years I have been writing a novel based (not so) loosely on my experience as a trans fag growing up in a queer youth center. Editing Kicked Out was one of the most incredible experience I ever had and it was also a very trying and difficult time for me …
High school was hard for me. I was bullied relentlessly through elementary and middle school and high school was no exception. The bullying I experienced only intensified when I came out as queer – I was one of only a couple seniors at the school in semi-rural/semi-suburban Oregon who were out. We had very little …
Read more “partnering with Live Out Loud’s Homecoming Project!”
In November I was really honored to have my voice included in the nationally airing on PBS series In The Life which spotlights the experiences of LGBTQ people across the country. In November the entire episode titled “Finding Home” focused on the epidemic of LGBTQ youth homelessness. In one of the many apartments I crashed …
Read more ““Finding Home” nominated for a GLAAD Media Award!”
Last Saturday I had the opportunity to guest curate Queer Memoir: Pets and make one of my homeless dog obsessed baby-dyke dreams come true — creating a space where queers talked about how much they loved animals! The evening was absolutely fantastic attended by nearly 80 people and featured incredible storytellers! You can check …