Lavender Mansions: 40 Contemporary Lesbian and Gay Short Stories

Writing culled from published material, 1982 to 1994, has a diverse selection of stories on many topics including - Childhood Growing Up Coming Out Finding community Families Oppression Resistance Bisexuality Relationships Friendships AIDS Aging Dying One of my favorite authors, Lee Lynch, is a contributor so I snapped this right up. My favorites were from - Audre Lorde Donna Allegra Armistead Maupin Terri de la Pena Jewelle L. Gomez Shay Youngblood Dorothy Allison Leslea Newman Lee Lynch Ruthann Robson Judith McDaniel Barbara Wilson Valerie Miner Jess Wells John Preston Edmund White Rebecca Brown Valerie Miner wrote an excellent introduction. I would have enjoyed a more thorough profile of contributors, especially those who I am not familiar with and perhaps a list of their other titles.