Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 11:20 CDT From: HMAB171@utxvm.cc.utexas.edu While I generally agree with the discussion about publishing generated by Ms. Newton and others. I think that on another level the complete domination by men in some communities of publishing is no longer so complete. Yes, in mainstream gay press, perhaps, but once beyond the pale of cocktail parties and certain Edmund White-genre fiction, the list of publishing opportunites for gay male publishing get very short to non-existant. If one is writing on on academic, spiritual,or cultural subjects, as I do (e.g. music and gay identity, gender variance in music and dance and African derived religions, etc.) one finds that the "journal" world is populated by feminist/women's oriented publication. Now, this is NOT A CRITICISM OR COMPLAINT because these myriad publications, like Feminist Studies, are good and maintain a high level of interest and scholarship. I believe what this means is that gay men must "do their homework or community work" and create venues in which other than pop or commerical, or "hot" topical articles can appear. In trying to publish articles, I have frequently been turned down before submission, because there are restrictions against male scholars, or male subjects, even if discussing gender variance. This is ok with me and I approve on a political/theoretical level, but I believe that one can no longer say that publication is controled by men. In fact on the other side of the coin, my companion could not find a publisher for his book, either in the gay male or feminist press/publishers, but was eventually published by a mainstream press BECAUSE of a feminist and woman editor. These comments are meant to add to a discussion of queer publishing and engage in dialogue about a very complex issue that affects authors lives. Perhaps the main point is that journals could be started that support intelligent, less commericial Advocate-like articles that are inclusive and challenging to all our assumptions about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transexual life. Thanks, David H. Sparks PS. Anyone who could advise me on the ways and mysteries of sending articles and publishing could please write me personally at ----- + The preceding message is from the queer-studies mailing list + To submit an article, send it to queer-studies@ferkel.ucsb.edu + To sub, unsub, etc., send mail to queer-studies-request@ferkel.ucsb.edu + Do not send mail to queer-studies-owner@ferkel.ucsb.edu; it is + used only to collect bounce messages.