Gay is an adjective meaning "carefree", "happy", or "bright and showy"; however in modern usage, gay is a word usually used, as either a noun or adjective, to refer to homosexuals; persons sexually oriented toward members of their own gender.
"Gay", when used as an adjective, sometimes describes traits associated with both homosexual men and women, their culture, or perceived lifestyle. The term lesbian, on the other hand, is used exclusively in a gender-specific way to describe homosexual women.
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ALA GLBT Round Table - American Library Association; with annual awards, suggested readings and newsletter.
amp; Sinners Literary Festival - Alternative literary festival for the GLBT community held in New Orleans.
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Bibliography of Gay Fiction - Offers extensive listings in topical categories.
Gay and Lesbian Literature - Bibliography to reference sources and anthologies from Texas Tech University.
Gay London Writers - Group for gay writers who live in London. Biographies, events, news, photo gallery, samples of published work, readings.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Foundation - Awards organization for science fiction/fantasy writing.
Isle of Lesbos: Lesbian Poetry - An extensive selection of lesbian poetry by various authors, beginning with Sappho up to more contemporary poets, mostly by women.
Lambda Literary Foundation - Producer of the Lambda Literary Awards. Includes information about the awards and a magazine they publish.
Meta Description: [ Home of the Lambda Literary Awards with links to the spectrum of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender book community: readers, writers and their websites, publishers, editors, bookstores, review periodicals, conferences, author appearances, contests, archives, libraries.
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New Town Writers - Gay and lesbian writers' salon based in Chicago, Illinois.
Project: QueerLit - Contest to celebrate and brings media attention to unpublished authors of queer writing and to open doors for publication of their work.
Publishing Triangle - Association of lesbians and gay men in publishing. Includes related resources, list of the top 100 novels, and awards.
QueerWriters - Includes discussion boards, submission notices, news, and chat.
The Gay and Lesbian Presence in American Literature - Essay about themes and methods in an educational context. Includes bibliographical references.
The Lambda Foundation for Excellence - A non-profit organization supporting studies by students across Canada in gay and lesbian issues and hosts of Wilde About Sappho, an annual celebration of GLBT literature.
Women in the Shadows: Lesbian Pulp Fiction Collection - Chronicles some of the classic lesbian pulp fiction contained in the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University. These paperbacks were popular in the 1950s and early 1960s.
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