Diversity Rules Magazine

2 Diversity Rules Magazine June 2013 My Two Cents By Jim Koury, Editor Diversity Rules Magazine PO Box 72 Oneonta, NY 13820 James R. Koury, Publisher 607.432.1179 Website www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Blog www.diversityrulesmagazine.blogspot.com E-Mail generalinfo@diversityrulesmagazine.com Copyright 2013 Diversity Rules Magazine All Rights Reserved Disclaimers If you have a question or comment regarding this issue or future issues of Diversity Rules Magazine, the publisher would love to hear from you! Feel free to contact Diversity Rules using the e-mail above or mailing address listed above. Content submission are always welcome too! All submissions become the property of Diversity Rules Magazine. However, originating authors reserve all rights to their creative works. Diversity Rules Magazine's physical offices are located at 189 River Street, Oneonta, NY 13820. Diversity Rules Magazine will not knowingly publish or advertise text which is fraudulent or misleading. The publisher reserves the right to edit, limit, revise, or reject any text without cause. Diversity Rules Magazine does not assume any fnancial responsibility for typographical errors. If any errors are found, please notify Diversity Rules Magazine immediately. Materials in this publication may not be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Welcome to the June issue of Diversity Rules Magazine! It is PRIDE season too! Get your pride on and attend some events in a location to be held near you. Some of the more local events are listed in the "Events Listing" on page 20! Recently I took a huge leap of faith and resigned my postion as City Clerk for the City of Oneonta. After 20+ years on the job, I decided I needed a change; I was stagnating and not being challenged in the way I wanted to be. Like a book, chapters end, and new ones begin. I look forward to what lays ahead in terms of my advocacy and activism, and new professional pursuits. Just like my leap of faith, if you are in the closet, I encourage you to muster up the courage to come out, and live your lives the way you are supposed to, as out, proud individuals. You can do it. I know you can. We are here for you when you take your leap of faith and honor your true selves. You will not be disappointed you did. Life is waiting for you! As many of you are aware, a number of years ago, I received a menacing letter from a homophobe; anonymous of course. Well, I must report I recevied another one recently, but this time the homophobe signed her name. I must give her credit, as she did not cower in anonymity and she didnt' threaten my life. However, the tone of the letter was as ignorant and blatantly homophobic, and based in so much innuendo about what being gay is not. I feel sorry for these blissfully ignorant fools. I really do. However, when I get letters like this, it just reminds me that we have a lot of work to do yet. It revs me up even more to forge ahead to continue to change people's minds or at least help to educate them about what being queer really means. Rock on and COME OUT and JOIN US! Inside This Issue Keep Up Now .................................................. Page 3 Feature Interview: Cecilio Asuncion ............... Page 4 QueerToons ..................................................... Page 10 Amazon Trail ................................................... Page 11 inQUEERies ................................................... Page 14 Raven's Porn Corner ........................................ Page 15 Asbury Park, NJ ............................................... Page 16 Green Eyed Soul ............................................. Page 18 Remedies ......................................................... Page 19 Events Listing ................................................. Page 20 Resources and Diversions .................................Page 22

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