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Between The Lines is supported by many Andrew Potter fine advertisers, but we cannot accept responsibility for claims Providing Content and Community to LGBT Media Calendar Editor made by our advertisers, nor can we accept responsibility for Sign up online to receive our E–Digest Copyright 2013 Pride Source Media Group, LLC Shelby Clark, [email protected] materials provided by advertisers or their agents. www.PrideSource.com Aug. 8 - 21, 2013 | BTL 3 LGBT Learning: GVSU’s New Minor, And The Queer Lit Class BY CRYSTAL A. PROXMIRE DeMuth says that choosing books for the class is a challenge, because there are so many good The power of literature to change lives has works that have been published over the years. been apparent throughout “I like to keep the course balanced in terms of history and for Grand gender, sexual identity and I like to have as broad Valley State University’s of an historical range as possible. Until recently Lesbian Gay and Queer our choices have been limited by what is actually Literature professor this still in print. However, many more books in the is no exception. Danielle public domain have been made available as DeMuth was 22 years full downloads recently, so I have been able to old, freshly out of expand my selections into the late-nineteenth college, when a woman and early twentieth centuries,” DeMuth said. came on to her by giving She’s gone with obvious classics in the past, Prof. Danielle DeMuth her Rita Mae Brown’s like Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Grey, novel Rubyfruit Jungle James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room, and Leslie to read. “We started dating ten minutes after I Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues. But when the Members of writers’ group gather at Ferndale Pride. BTL photo: Crystal Proxmire finished the novel,” DeMuth said. class rolls around again in winter of 2014 she Her love of LGBT literature grew over the may aim to do something a little different. years, and has had an impact on her work as “The list this time will likely include two a professor in the Women and Gender Studies selections each from four different writers,” LGBT Romance Writers Group Program at GVSU. She’s been with the university she explained. “For each writer we will read since 2006, and two years ago was among the from an autobiography/memoir and another professors working to create a LGBTQ minor as genre, likely some poetry, a short story or a Seeks Happily Ever After part of the Women and Gender Studies Program. novel. I am sure we will read T. Cooper’s Real The school will celebrate the launch of this minor Man Adventures and Sarah Schulman’s Israel/ in the Fall. Palestine and the Queer International, but I BY CRYSTAL A. PROXMIRE started an email newsletter and rented a “We have had incredible support for this am still deciding about the other writers to table at Motor City Pride and at Toledo program from inside GVSU as well as from the include (from Kate Bornstein, James Baldwin, A good romance novel can carry the Pride later this month, to spread the word community. Employers know that a well-trained Audre Lorde, Judy Grahn, Patricia Highsmith, reader away from their own day-to-day about our group. We also have a private and well-rounded workforce includes people and Alison Bechdel). I’ve decided to focus on worries and let their imaginations get a nice Facebook group where we chat about prepared with diversity training that is inclusive memoir this time because the lives of LGBTQ workout - a hot, steamy workout without plans for newsletters and things like that,” of LGBTQ issues,” DeMuth said. writers often include important activism— the bother of real-life drama or worry over Edwards said. While there are many more One of the classes that will count towards the feminist, anti-racist and global activism—that dating. For those in a relationship, a little writers connected, the group’s website minor is the Lesbian, Gay and Queer Literature intersects with LGBTQ identities in ways that romantic reading can be a good warm up www.milgbtromanceauthors.blogspot.com course that she has already been teaching for a are deeply meaningful and transformative.” for some real-life smooching, and what serves as place to promote the most active couple of years. Sarah Schulman will be visiting GVSU’s could be better than enjoying a good book of the group. “This class is very interesting because I get a campus this November, and will be showing together? “The romance writers group all have a mix of students majoring in Writing, English and the film “United in Anger: A History of ActUP,” Writer Hank Edwards knows the power common belief that everyone should have Women and Gender Studies; this mix of students which would tie in with the coursework. of his pen, and as the market grows for a happily ever after. We actually all started challenges each other and creates wonderful As DeMuth looks forward to helping develop LGBT romance novels, so has his love out as a group of writing friends who had class discussion that broadens everyone’s the LGBTQ minor at GVSU, she also keeps for the work. lunch, then it grew into something more,” perspective.