Gay & Lesbian > Life

The story of a man who was out to his family and friends before he heard the word “homosexual” and grew up in a Southern culture at a time when he was accepted and the worst epithet he ever heard was “sissy”. Mr. Jones served in World War II, returning to study art and later taught art at a San Francisco Bay area high school and at the De Young Museum Art School. Living in San Francisco during the sixties and continuing his political activism to this day, Mr. Jones is a fixture in the San Francisco gay and anti-war cultures.

Click To Add Title is a collection of 23 poems and 3 photos wrapped up into 38 pages of a 6x9 book. This is my first published work and all poetry and photography are my own. Enjoy!

This book takes on the love and dating life of a 20 something lesbian in Chicago. There is passion, pain, eroticism, and anything else you could expect from a young woman searching for love in a big city. There is nearly a decade covered in this 11 chapter book and there are a total of 20 poems. Each poem touches on different feelings from poems about moving on after a break-up, envisioning future relationships, and new love. This poetic book is about 3500 words and should take between 25-30 minutes to read, enjoy.

At just 12 years old, Holly Tiller is faced with many challenges related to her sexuality and growing up in a Christian Fundamentalist household. She battles her inner demons and opens up about suicidal thoughts and attempts and shares what she has learned in the last year that has saved her life. Tiller brings great insight about how we are not a Christian Nation and provides proof of her reasoning. She pours her heart out in this enlightening book.

Most of the time we’re asked what we are thinking, and most of the time we never say the truth.This book is just a preview of who I really am and just a glimpse of what I am thinking. Through this book you will get to see me through new eyes under a new light. Allow me to reintroduce myself...

This book of poetry represents a cumulative collection I’ve written over the years, that I’m finally releasing for the world to read. These are relics of several different breathes I’ve experienced throughout my lifetime -- the scribbling s of one man’s thoughts, experiences and dreams… Now they are no longer hiding in my documents folder on my computer. I will be honest, I don’t know all the rules when it comes to writing poetry, I just write it as it comes out of my mind. The very first poem you’ll read was written when I was a young child. It was a way for me to deal with the things that happened in my childhood.

My name is Nicki and this is my story of growing up as a young transsexual in England. Starting out as a confused young boy, developing into an extremely promiscuous young girl and finally turning into a fully mature and highly sexed woman - putting my experiences down on paper has enabled me to purge some of the sexual demons that have consumed my mental and physical being over the past 15 years. My life so far has been a rollercoaster of emotions and sexual encounters – all purely to sate my immense sexual appetite. Many a time, I have questioned whether my existence was simply to satisfy my deepest and darkest sexual fantasies with members of both sexes or only to be a plaything for o ...

Rainbow Elephant is a book of literary and spoken word poetry exploring facets of the life of Taria Person; a queer, African American woman. She recounts authentic experiences and memories from her journey that include a wide spectrum of topics—both beautiful and traumatic, such as family and heritage, depression and anxiety, thoughts of suicide, uplifting community and her own unique methods of coping.

If life and love had a truth serum, it can definitely be found in Remnants of the Beginning. This book delves deep into the mental and emotional state of a generation exposed to life's extremes with little to no restraints. Told in loose forms of poetry and narrative journal entries, Remnants of the Beginning confirms, confesses and exposes what many are afraid to really be honest about. The collection is intensely personal and fiercely unapologetic -- from one of the most compassionate, outspoken writers of our generation.

Poetry that follows the intense romance between two inseparable lovers caught in the throws of addiction. Their ancestral trauma bonds them as they share their experience of transcending this physical reality, the body is only a container for the soul and our world a reflection of everything within.