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Big Bear Book Tour — New York City #1

Big Bear Book Tour — New York City

2 May 2002
2002 Lambda Literary Awards
New York, New York


Ron met comedian Margaret Cho (“I’m not gay. I’m not straight. I’m a slut. Where’s my parade?!”) and her parents after Margaret was presented with an award at the 2002 Lambda Literary Awards, which Ron covered for Advocate.com.

More than 300 authors, booksellers, editors, publishers, readers, and industry professionals gathered for the 14th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, or The Lammies, as they’re better known. The awards, which recognize outstanding achievement and merit in GLBT literature, were presented at a gala ceremony in New York’s Tribeca area.


Published by Ron Suresha

Ron Jackson Suresha is an editor, anthologist, and writer. He is considered an authority on emergent queer masculinities, in particular the subcultures of gay and bi male Bears and of male bisexuality. For Ron's service to the bear community, he was named "Bear of the Year" 2008. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Suresha attended the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, 1976-8), where he studied creative writing, and Vista College (Berkeley, Cal., 1989-92), where he studied American Sign Language. For more than two decades, he has worked as a freelance proofreader for trade book publishers such as Shambhala Publications. He was married in October 2004 to Rocco Russo. He is also a licensed Justice of the Peace in Connecticut, an ordained minister, ULC, and a member of the New London Green Party. Nonfiction works include Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions; Bi Men: Coming Out (coeditor, with Pete Chvany); Bisexual Perspectives on the Life and Work of Alfred C. Kinsey (editor). His latest book is The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, jests, and donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero, published by Lethe Press.