Q Literature

Alexander the Fabulous: The Man Who Brought the World to its Knees by Michael Alvear with Vicky A. Schecter, Advocate Books

Here is a short fun read, giving the essentials on the life of Alexander the Great, the famous Macedonian general who conquered the world in ancient times. Alvear and Schecter crack lots of jokes, and in between are careful to tell us all the things that most straight histories leave out, namely, the gay stuff. Books and movies about Alexander might mention his drinking buddy Hephaestion, but they will rarely tell you they were lovers, for instance.

The authors manage to get a fairly major thing wrong, however. They spend a good deal of time explaining the old man - young man love relationships so [More]

All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C.
by Craig Seymour

Craig Seymour is exposed, past and present. As a University of Maryland graduate student, the metro Washington native entered the world of Southeast D.C.’s male-stripper venues. The premise was academic, at first interviewing patrons and strippers for the sake of his thesis. Moving on to doctoral work in American studies, he took things a step further, becoming a stripper himself.

Today, Seymour stands further exposed, this time in print, with the release of All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C. It’s a [More]