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RJS on TaLL Show, 7/8/09: Note to Task Force

Thanks again to the TaLL gals for letting me talk on their show again Wednesday, July 8th to share my open letter to Rea Carey, executive director of the Gay & Lesbian Task Force. I sent two voicemails, email, and a posted letter, but Ms Carey did not respond.

On the TaLL Show, July 8, 2009

Local author, anthologist, and activist, Ron Suresha returns to our show to read on air the letter he wrote to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force to address the national trend of bisexual erasure.  We also talk about the on-going disparity at the federal level for same sex marriages thanks to DOMA, even when your local state allows it (Federal Tax rates and benefits, healthcare access when you travel, social security benefits for your same sex spouse, etc) and how to appeal to the hearts and minds of the rest of the country.  http://ronsuresha.com

Ron on The TALL Group Show, 7/8/09

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.