Difference between revisions of "Perry Brass"
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| − | Poet, novelist, playwright, and activist. Co-editor of 'Come Out', the world's | + | Poet, novelist, playwright, and activist. Co-editor of 'Come Out', the world's first gay liberation newspaper, in the late 1960s. Started the Gay Men's Health Project Clinic (operating today as New York’s Callen-Lourde Community Health Centre). Wrote the play 'Night Chills' about AIDS. Has published 18 books of fiction, non-fiction (including 'How to Survive Your Own Gay Life', 'The Manly Art of Seduction'), poetry, and short stories. Is a founding coordinator of the New York Rainbow Book Fair, the largest LGBTQ book event in the country. |
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
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| + | * [[Notable LGBTQ Playwrights]] | ||
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| + | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
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| + | * http://www.perrybrass.com/ | ||
| + | * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/perry-brass/ | ||
| + | * http://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=146 | ||
| + | * http://www.poz.com/articles/perry_brass_2676_24596.shtml | ||
Latest revision as of 15:43, 9 May 2017
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1947 -
Occupation
Writer
Description
Poet, novelist, playwright, and activist. Co-editor of 'Come Out', the world's first gay liberation newspaper, in the late 1960s. Started the Gay Men's Health Project Clinic (operating today as New York’s Callen-Lourde Community Health Centre). Wrote the play 'Night Chills' about AIDS. Has published 18 books of fiction, non-fiction (including 'How to Survive Your Own Gay Life', 'The Manly Art of Seduction'), poetry, and short stories. Is a founding coordinator of the New York Rainbow Book Fair, the largest LGBTQ book event in the country.
