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I Do/I Don't: cover image and design by Shane Luitjens/Torquere Creative queer studies/anthology A Featured Alternate Selection
In 2001, the Netherlands was the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. (Denmark was the first to grant civil unions in 1989.) Belgium soon followed the Dutch footsteps. In 2003, several Canadian provinces legalized same-sex marriage. For several weeks earlier this year, San Francisco issued legal marriage licenses to over 4,000 same-sex couples-including I Do/I Don't editors Ian Philips and Greg Wharton. Many other cities across the United States followed suit and began marrying couples-until being stopped by legal injunctions. On May 17, 2004, Massachusetts began legally wedding same-sex couples. George Bush is now backing a proposed constitutional amendment to ban these marriages permanently.
Contributors:
Dorothy Allison, Shane Allison, Charlie Anders, Antler, M.J. Arcangelini, Josh Aterovis and Jon Andrews, Cheryl B., Bruce Bawer, Kevin Bentley, S. Bear Bergman, Steve Berman, Chane Binderup, Jay Blotcher, Keith O. Boykin, Christopher Bram, Tala Brandeis, Michael Bronski, Victoria A. Brownworth, Cynthia Burack and Laree Martin, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Patrick Califia, Anne Campbell, Dale Carpenter, Margaret Cho, David Christensen, Cheryl Clarke, Matthew A. Coles, Sherilyn Connelly, Dana Cory, Wayne Courtois, Dani Couture, Jameson Currier, David Cutler and Mark Ewert, Sven Davisson, Robbie Daw, Christian de la Huerta, Maggie Dolan, Neal Drinnan, Lisa Duggan, Dean Durber, Amie M. Evans, Douglas Ferguson, Steven Finch, Gay Shame San Francisco, Jim Gladstone, Thomas Glave, Robert Glück, Daphne Gottlieb, Steve Greenberg, Aaron Hamburger, Brent Hartinger, Kristie Helms, Kris Hill and Karen Stogdill, Thea Hillman, Walter Holland, Michael Huxley, Debra Hyde, Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco, Rik Isensee, Aaron Jason, Matt Kailey, Davina Kotulski, Gil Kudrin, Greg M. Lanza, Daniel W.K. Lee, Sharon "Vinnie" Levin, Ali Liebegott and Anna Joy Springer, Michael T. Luongo, Jason Mahanes, Jeff Mann, Meredith Maran, Janet Mason, David McConnell, Mike McGinty, Skian McGuire, Mara McWilliams, Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Sean Meriwether, Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot, Tim Miller, John Mitzel, Marshall Moore, Eileen Myles, Lesléa Newman, Geoff Parkes, Christopher Penczak, Elissa G. Perry, Felice Picano, Jeff Poniewaz, Jim Provenzano, Andy Quan, Carol Queen, Jonathan Rauch, Alan Reade, Shar Rednour, Rick R. Reed and Nicholas Reed, Alexander Renault, Eric Rofes, David Rosen, Rob Rosen, Roxxie Rosen, Richard J. Rosendall, Michael Rowe, Lawrence Schimel, Sarah Schulman, D. Travers Scott, Will Shank, Simon Sheppard, Bob Smith, Horehound Stillpoint, Meg Stone, Jackie Strano, Ron Suresha, Steve Swayne, Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore, zak szymanski, Cecilia Tan, Tristan Taormino, Robert Taylor, Richard Tayson, Dylan Vade, Jim Van Buskirk, Jennifer Vanasco, Carmen Vazquez, Kai Venice, Norah Vincent, Jeff Walsh, Patricia Nell Warren, Tom Wilson Weinberg, Judy Wieder, Robert Williams, and Evan Wolfson.
Want to taste the cake?
"With 132 contributors, from Allison (Dorothy) to Wolfson (Evan), this
collection of romantic fiction, goopy poetry, intense rants, dry legal
defenses, witty wedding-day memoirs, and deeply personal vows takes a gander
at queers and marriage from every possible perspective. This is good. For
all the giddy hoopla and happy tears of individual ceremonies, an anthology
honest enough to explore many sides of an issue that does indeed divide
queers is overdue—and certainly a standout from the current deluge of
wedding books." Read an interview with I Do/I Don't editors Read an article with I Do/I Don't editors Read an interview with I Do/I Don't contributors About the editors:
Ian Philips is the editor in chief (and mama bear) of Suspect Thoughts Press. He is also the author of two collections of literotica: Satyriasis and the Lambda Literary Award–winning See Dick Deconstruct. On February 19, 2004, he married heartthrob author-publisher Greg Wharton in San Francisco’s City Hall. On August 12, 2004, the California State Supreme Court annulled their marriage. He is uncertain whether this annulment, like Henry VIII’s in days of old, means he is also a virgin once more. He’s having a hard time distinguishing, let alone separating, church from state these days.
Visit the Ian Philips website. A portion of publisher's net proceeds will Pick it up or order it at your favorite book store!
A high-resolution I Do/I Don't cover is available here. Publisher: Greg Wharton |
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