"Although ’s a generalizatn, most people assume gay men are more terted sex than love," says wrer Will Frhwater this terview.
Contents:
- WELE TO THE GAYBORHOOD: A 100,000-SQ-FT LGBT HUB IS TAKG SHAPE ON THE EDGE OF LAKEWOOD
- GAY ROMANCE NOVELIST WILL FRHWATER ON LOVG AND LOSG BUT STILL WNG
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS FRHWATER
- GAY GAL MOV TO TOWN AND FDS THE TE MEANG OF GAY-IENDLY
- GAY AREA FRHWATER
- CLEVELAND IS CREASGLY GAY-IENDLY, YET CHALLENG REMA
WELE TO THE GAYBORHOOD: A 100,000-SQ-FT LGBT HUB IS TAKG SHAPE ON THE EDGE OF LAKEWOOD
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And soon Cleveland will have a “gayborhood” to ll s own. “It was the bt cisn I’ve ever ma, ” says Frhwater, who talks about the recent publitn of his send gay romance novel, The Light Reflected, this Q & A.
What’s like to wre romance novels as a gay man? Although ’s a generalizatn, most people assume gay men are more terted sex than love.
GAY ROMANCE NOVELIST WILL FRHWATER ON LOVG AND LOSG BUT STILL WNG
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Most publishers of gay romance require a happily ever after or happy for now endg. I thk everyone, pecially gay men, stggl wh the tensn of knowg who you tly are and pretendg to be who people want you to be. There’s a great book lled The Velvet Rage that discs how, at a very early age, gay children e to unrstand they are different.
EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS FRHWATER
When I realized I was gay, I knew, right away, I’d never be able to live up to my fay’s expectatns. In both novels, you have a straight-intifyg character fall for the gay protagonist. Oppos attract, but how n there be any hope for love or romance when one character is gay and the other is straight?
GAY GAL MOV TO TOWN AND FDS THE TE MEANG OF GAY-IENDLY
Fortunately, Danny Cavangh is the mon nomator both books—the straight-intifyg man who realiz he’s gay, but then retreats back to the closet when a tragedy rocks his world. Explore Gay Rooms & Rentals Frhwaterbt ratedmisterb&b munySee how the search rults are ranked1 Willow Cottag★ 4.
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GAY AREA FRHWATER
The LGBT Communy Center of Greater Cleveland was tablished 1975 -- as the third the natn -- shortly after homosexualy was no longer nsired a mental illns. In 2014, Cleveland will host the Gay Gam, both an honor and a tribute to our cy's creasg acceptance of the LGBT former executive director of the Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr Communy Center, Sue Doerfer is a longtime activist who has worked on many of the legislative and progrsive advanc. Echog Doerfer's sentiment is Tom Stebel, a lol activist and longtime volunteer wh the North Coast Gay Men's Chos, LGBT Center, CLAW, and other LGBT anizatns.
" While the promently displayed rabow flags tmpet gay acceptance, this lol favore is far om beg exclively equented by those the LGBT muny.
Cleveland's gay nightlife scene is another ameny that draws queers om the suburbs and beyond.
CLEVELAND IS CREASGLY GAY-IENDLY, YET CHALLENG REMA
Frequented largely by gay and gay-iendly revelers, Bounce hosts well-attend drag shows and dance parti, cludg Eclectic Circ, which was lnched last year by DJ Sat.
Long an Irish pub, this lotn unrwent "reassignment therapy" to transform om a straight to gay bar.