> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 93 18:57:41 CST > From: "Robert M. Kronzak" > Subject: LGBi Greeting Cards/Card Companies > > Hey Everyone! Hey to you too! :) > Does anyone out in cyberland know of and LGBi Greeting Card > companies...Something along the lines of a Queer Hallmark? > If not companies, where LGBi themed cards can be bought (I'm thinking places > like Lambda Rising, but I don't have their catalog)? Here are some companies that you may want to contact. Unfortunately, most of the information is from the back of cards so a complete address is usually absent. 1) Queer Cards, in Toronto Canada. There is no address on the gay wedding card I have. 2) Paper Moon Graphics, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA 90034. A portion of their proceeds is given to "Gift For Life," an organization of "The gift industry fighting AIDS through research and education." The card I have features a 60's photo of a somewhat nebbish man standing in front of his family. He says, "I have something very personal to tell everybody." Dad, mom and two sisters, exclaims simutaneously, "YOU'RE GAY!" 3) Backes, Parsons & Smith, Inc. Mills College Station, PO Box 9802, Oakland, CA 94613. All the cards I've seen feature the homoerotic artwork of Nick Backes. Very beautifully done; sensuous and suggestive without any overt nudity. Card 3-12 is my favorite. I don't know if Backes is gay. I have several other cards, including a wonderful coming out card, that I can't find. YOur best bet might be to contact my favorite gay card store in the Village. They can tell you who their suppliers are and their respective addresses/numbers. Greetings (whose motto is "Honey, It Ain't Hallmark"), 45 Christopher St, New York, NY 10014, 212-242-0424. They have more gay cards than any other place I've seen, including many many many lewd and nude ones. Other resources include: 1) A Different Light, America's premiere gay bookstore which also sells many greeting cards. 548 Hudson St, NY, NY 10014. 1-800-343-4002. 2) For Christmas-related cards and gifts, try God's Love We Deliver, which provides free meals to homebound PWA's. You can get their catalog by writing to 895 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025. 1-800-707-3001. 3) Other gay card stores: a) Does Your Mother Know, 4079 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94114, 415-864-3160. They have a large selection of gay cards and Nick Backes posters. b) Alphabets, 212-475-7250 c) Alternate Card Shop, 212-645-8966 d) Cardeology, 212-496-1600 e) Eurotrash, 212-787-9119 f) Roger Roth & Dave, 212-989-1184 g) Son of a Card Shoppe, 212-799-1746 h) Staghorn, 212-689-0858 i) Wendell's Cards, 212-675-6178