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The host of the popular cable-news and radio programs discusses
social problems that are challenging today's youth, offering
no-holds-barred advice on how to make the best decisions in such
areas as managing bullies, school, drugs, sex, the Internet, and
money, in a guide complemented by personal reflections and
situational questions. By the author
Gays in the military. Lesbian parents taking their kids to school.
Gay and lesbian couples getting married. Everywhere you turn gay
and lesbian Americans are in the news and more often than not, at
the center of some controversy, some debate about tolerance and
civil rights, where anger and hatred rule the day. What's amazing
is how gays and lesbians continue to survive without losing their
self-respect, their courage, or most surprisingly, their sense of
humor. "Out, Loud, & Laughing" features fifteen of today's
funniest gay and lesbian humorists, from stand up comics like Kate
Clinton and Frank Maya, to the performance work of the Pomo Afro
Homos (Postmodern African-American Homosexuals) and Marga Gomez, to
the queer Addison and Steele of the 1990s, Frank DeCaro and David
Sedaris. In many ways, gay and lesbian humor is no different from
heterosexual comedy, but the material does raise a few eyebrows:
the insufferable Jesse Helms, the military ban ("be all you can be
...but in private"), living up to the Lesbian Chic, the trauma of
gay male dating rituals, body piercing ("sometimes a fashion
statement is a cry for help"), coming out to parents ("Mom, would
you please pass the potatoes to a homosexual"), and so much more.
By rejecting stereotypes and playing with differences, gay and
lesbian humor not only entertains, but educates by disarming
ignorancc and fear and the homophobia they engender. To that end, a
portion of all proceeds from this book will be donated to Broadway
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the organization that, among other
projects, initiated and promoted the "red ribbon" campaign for AIDS
awareness. Hilarious and socially minded, "Out, Loud, &
Laughing" will leave you laughing out loud and wanting more.
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