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While it is well known that plantation owners in the South before the civil war considered their slaves as property and were wont to use female slaves sexually, here is a novel that brings alternative sexual relationships into the mix.Jonathan Thomas, the son of one such Southern Gentleman returns home in 1850 from an Ivy League school in the North. His father is dying, and Jonathon is expected to marry and continue the prosperity his highly respected father so diligently acquired. Through discussion with his classmates at University, Jonathan has begun to question slavery and the concept that these are not people, but animals. Meanwhile, his mother has selected a bride for him, who she invites to their home. The young lady is impressed with Jonathan’s looks as well as his inheritance.
Jonathan, however, has no interest in her. While up North, he began to recognize his sexual interest â€" in other men. On his return to Rainbow Plantation, he sees Kumi - his young black playmate from his early years, â€" all grown up. He is immediately attracted to him. Jonathan is doubly frightened. Sodomy in the South is punishable by death, and sodomy with a black slave would be a scandal that his family could never overcome.
This book shows the reader many of the atrocities foisted on black human beings by the South’s “peculiar institution.†It also brings together distant family members, while covering much of the gender variant spectrum, with gay, lesbian, and transgender characters. While some of the dialogue seemed a bit off, the story as a whole is well done.
I liked it, and I recommend it to students of history as well as the GLBT community.
For more information about this release, visit the author's website, at http://www.robertlsheeley.com/.
PFLAG Board Member, and Dayton PFLAG Member, Dan Tepfer sent along these snapshots from Sunday's event with Ryan Kelley, star of 'Prayers for Bobby.' More than 100 people turned out to hear Ryan talk about the film and to learn more about PFLAG's efforts in the heartland.
"I'm Scott Bailey, and I'm here to recruit you."
Borrowing a popular line from gay icon Harvey Milk, one of the stars of Lifetime's Prayers for Bobby greeted nearly 200 people last night at the Georgetown home of Dixon Osburn & Jeremy Hodder in Washington, D.C. Bailey, who portrays Bobby's first boyfriend in the film, was the headline guest at PFLAG National's official celebration of the film's premiere, and energized a standing-room-only crowd (at two receptions on the same evening) with his thoughts on the movie, the book and the power of PFLAG.
"Are any of you a little disappointed in the success of Proposition 8 in California?," Bailey asked. "Did any of you have some difficulty coming out to your own family?"
"Then do I have the film for you."
Prayers, Bailey told the crowd, is the film he is "most proud of," adding that the movie had been in the works for many years and "when I finally got a call about it, the producers told me I was a little old to play Bobby now, but did I want to come to Detroit and film for four weeks with Sigourney and play the perfect boyfriend?"
"I said 'Let me think about that . . . ummmm, yeah!'"
"I got to play the perfect, supportive, loving boyfriend," he said, adding that he hopes - and expects - star Sigourney Weaver to pull in an Emmy nod for her role as PFLAG mom Mary Griffith. And PFLAG, Bailey told those in the room, has been a tremendous resource for families like the Griffiths.
"I'm so thankful for groups like PFLAG," Bailey concluded before taking questions from the crowd. "There are many other Bobby's out there, and they are looking for a place to go, like PFLAG, to be safe and find the support they need."
And all of us at PFLAG are grateful for the support of Scott and others who joined us to toast the film and help raise funds for PFLAG's work.
('Prayers for Bobby' airs again tonight - Sunday - at 8pm ET on Lifetime. Read Scott's thoughts on the film in his earlier PFLAG blog entry . . . and check out 'Metro Weekly' and 'The Washington Blade,' later this week, for more photos from Saturday's evening.)
Is it too soon to place a ballot measure seeking a repeal of Prop 8 up for vote in California? Some gay rights activist are saying yes. Two initiatives which would reverse the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage have been submitted to the Secretary of State and the arguments could be heard by a California [...]
This past weekend I watched the Lifetime Premier of “Prayers for Bobby,†a movie about a young man who tries to come to terms with being gay in a religious family. The movie is based on a true story. It portrays well the religious messages that the boy receives in his church and, [...]
According to a press release: IN THE LIFE, the only three-time Emmy nominated public television series documenting the gay experience, celebrates Black History Month in its February show “Mobilizing Hope,†delving into discrimination and marriage equality with New York Governor David Paterson, HIV prevention in the ballroom, and life “on the down-low.†In its lead-story, “Ballroom 2.0,†[...]
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