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Quoted in Daily Beast on staged “bromances”, and de-ranked books noted on podcast

Ron was quoted in Rachel Kramer Bussel‘s awesome blog on The Daily Beast!

How Male Bisexuality Got Cool
From TV bromances to political man crushes, male bisexuality has gone mainstream. But is it a sign of true sexual attraction—or just an act?
… Still, the very fact that the pair of Internet wunderkinds decided that cultivating a mystique of bisexuality could help their careers says something about the moment we’re living in.
“Why would any straight guy call a press conference to announce his bisexual inclinations, unless the whole thing was intended as a joke?” asks Ron Suresha, editor of Bi Men: Coming Out and Bisexual Perspectives on Kinsey. “I don’t know why these famehounds claim to be bisexual, but they don’t set off my ‘bi-dar’ one whiff. While I’m hopeful that their posed bisexuality is a harbinger of a new generation of heterosexual men who are actually willing to face their bi desires, from a distance this photo-op male ‘bonding’ seems completely contrived.”
Great article, Rachel!
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And a shout-out to bear-ever is talking about my books among the GLBTQ titles among the Amazon de-rankings on the Cubby House podcast, and then sent out a shout-out to me on Facebook.

* The guys discuss the recent Amazon.com debacle which caused various “adult” themed books to be unlisted and have their sales rankings removed. Books about feminism, sexuality, body and health we’re removed from searches but books along the lines of “A parents guide to preventing homosexuality” remains up, something seems fishy. This affected prominant Bear writers Ron Suresha and Wayne Hoffman.

“Prominent”? Oh . . . it didn’t realize it’s sticking out.

Hmmm. If I’m so prominent, why haven’t they invited me on their show? It’s only episode 14, so I guess maybe they’re gettting up steam.

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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.