Lammys... ye gods.

2038-01-19T03:14:07Z

And before saying anything about the Lambda Literary Award brouhaha, let me say that we have checked to see whether the Lambda Literary Association has any connection whatsoever with Lambda Legal, and to the best of our knowledge, it does not.

In brief, the LLA has changed the basis of its awards from excellence in writing about GLBT to writing by GLBT writers, and "clarified" its position by saying that anyone who enters is automatically identifying as GLBT.

I am not making that up.

http://asknicola.blogspot.com/2009/09/lambda-literary-award-guidelines.html

And for the record--I moved to Canada with my partner so our marriage could be legal. Gave up a 24-year career as a massage therapist; my license isn't recognized here. It's been hard, but it's worth it... so please, no misconception that I'm a straight chick whining about mean old gay boys. I think that two excellent books by Alex Beecroft and Erastes are what scared the New York literary set, because either False Colors or Transgressions is at least as good as, for example, Tales of the City.

Unsurprisingly, a lot of GLBT writers don't seem to think the redefinition of purpose is such a great idea. I was going to post an opinion, but I've already done that on the above blog, so I'll just say one more thing and then give a few links to the discussion.

Lambda Literary has ten mirror award categories for gay and lesbian work. 20 in all. There are 22 awards. One each for Bi and Trans. So... changing the rules to make things fair to "the glbt community?" I don't think so.

http://www.teddypig.com/2009/09/shame-on-me-shame-on-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2733

http://www.mlrpressauthors.com/2009/09/the-little-lost-lambdas-some-thoughts-by-victor-j-banis/comment-page-1/#comment-207

http://erastes.livejournal.com/449814.html?#cutid2

EXCELLENT post here: http://rm.livejournal.com/1719681.html

And lest you feel inclined to disabuse me of my right to an opinion that may not be the same as yours, know that any abusive comments will be deleted and the writer banned. I didn't link this post to the whole world and I'm not going to put up with uninvited screamers.

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Lammys... ye gods.