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Author of Contemporary Gay Romance

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LGBTQ Push Back Fundraiser and Giveaway

April 18, 2015 By Brandon Leave a Comment

lgbt book giveaway and fundraiser

From April 18th to May 1st, over 200 LGBT authors are coming together to push back against bigotry.

1) Instead of spending $5 on a book during the next two weeks, please consider donating $5 to an LGBT charity of your choice.

2) Go to Diverse Reader and tell them about it in the comments section.

3) Get in the drawing to win a book from one of the participating donors.

4) If you can’t afford to make a donation, then please share a charity link in the Diverse Reader comments section and spread the word across your social network. Every little bit helps.

Click the picture below to join in!

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Filed Under: Brandon's Musings, From the LGBT Youth Hotline, Gay Fiction, Gay Nonfiction, Gay Romance Novels, LGBT Equality, LGBT Nonfiction, LGBT Nonprofit News Tagged With: free book, gay authors, gay literature, gay love story, Homophobia, LGBT, lgbt fundraising, lgbt homeless, lgbt youth

Happy Thanksgiving

November 26, 2014 By Brandon Leave a Comment

Happy Thanksgiving from the Shires

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I wanted to say a quick thank you to all my readers and the many, many supporters who have helped us raise funds for homeless LGBT kids over the last several years. The holidays are hard for some, and many of you have stepped forward to change that.

If you haven’t had the opportunity to help homeless LGBT kids yet, you still can. (Just click the link.)

And from my family to yours…

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Filed Under: Brandon's Musings Tagged With: LGBT, lgbt fundraising, lgbt homeless, lgbt organizations

48 hour Vigil for Homeless LGBT

November 8, 2014 By Brandon Leave a Comment

“Three hours in to our 48 hour vigil… It’s 43 degrees lgbt youth nonprofitoutside.”

Lost-n-Found Youth, a nonprofit which we support, is having a 48 hour vigil this weekend to allow people to truly understand what it means to be young and homeless.

Stop by their Facebook page, see the videos, and please get involved. You could change a life.

Today also begins a 140 mile journey for Dr. Mark Sweatman, an amputee who lost his leg in 2010. He will lead a 140-mile walk around and through Atlanta for the next 9 days in support of lgbt youth. Learn more: The Long Walk Home.

Filed Under: From the LGBT Youth Hotline, LGBT Nonprofit News Tagged With: charity, gay youth, LGBT, lgbt fundraising, lgbt homeless

Stonewall Veterans Kickoff Compassion Relay

July 27, 2014 By Brandon Leave a Comment

Erica Kay-Webster and David Bermudez, veterans of the Stonewall rebellion in NYC, kick off a Global Compassion Relay from Cape Cod, Massachusetts and pass it on to AIDS/LifeCycle riders in San Francisco, to Los Angeles, Tanzania, Botswana and around the world to reach the opening of the 2014 Compassion Games on September 11, 2014.

To learn more about the activities planned in your city visit CompassionGames.org

 

 

Filed Under: Brandon's Musings, LGBT Equality, LGBT Nonprofit News Tagged With: charity, LGBT, lgbt fundraising, lgbt organizations, nonprofit

GiveOUT Day with Brandon Shire

May 15, 2014 By Brandon Leave a Comment

Cropped Give Out Day Final Logo Rectangle with Tagline ColorToday I have the pleasure of hosting the annual GiveOUT Day over at Smoocher’s Voice. We’re raising $2000 for homeless lgbt children (and we’re halfway there!). You can win prizes, meet new people and help us reach our goal by giving to the part of our LGBT community that need it most. Stop by, have some fun, win some prizes. And even if you can’t give, please help us share the event.

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Filed Under: LGBT Nonprofit News, LGBT Youth Organizations Tagged With: charity, free book, LGBT, lgbt fundraising, lgbt homeless, lgbt organizations

21 Gay Writers talk about The Other Man

May 9, 2014 By Brandon 20 Comments

Welcome writer and editor Paul Fahey, who I invited to the blog after readers nominated the award-winning, The Other Man: 21 Writers Speak Candidly About Sex, Love, Infidelity, & Moving On for a 2014 LGBT Book Gem. 

From the beginning, this project has been a labor of love, especially since the charity involved, the It Gets Better Project, is one near and dear to all our hearts. (A portion of the proceeds from sales of the anthology goes to It Gets Better.)

Here’s how the book happened:

The Other ManIn 2010, I met writer, Victoria Zackheim, editor of The Other Woman, at a local writer’s conference. I was immediately fascinated by her book of essays and asked if anyone had considered editing an anthology on the subject from the male viewpoint. To Victoria’s knowledge, no one had written a follow up and she immediately gave me her blessings to edit the gay companion to her wonderful book.

I immediately sent out invitations to some of my favorite male writers and asked them to contribute to the anthology. In the process, I discovered that writers either had an other man story to tell or they didn’t. It was that simple. Eventually I had a strong list of contributors and we were off and running. By early 2011, I had written a detailed book proposal, acquired an agent, the wonderful Jill Marsal of the Marsal/Lyon Literary Agency, and had a complete list of contributors attached to the book. [Read more…] about 21 Gay Writers talk about The Other Man

Filed Under: Gay Nonfiction, LGBT Book Gems Tagged With: award winning gay fiction, charity, gay authors, gay literature, gay love story, interviews, lgbt fundraising, nonfiction

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