Patricia Nell Warren
At a Glance:
Patricia Nell Warren has been a Project Contributor since July 2007, has written 270 entries and currently lives in Beverly Hills, CA.
Bio
Patricia Nell Warren grew up on a Montana ranch and started publishing poetry and short fiction at age 17. Her bestselling gay novels -- notably The Front Runner, Harlan’s Race and Billy’s Boy -- started their print history in 1974 and continue today with groundbreaking choices of themes and characters. As an activist, she has been involved in women’s rights and free-speech cases that went to the U.S. Supreme Court. In recent years she turned to provocative editorials, writing about post-9/11 issues, youth, elders, AIDS politics and other issues. She also got active in politics, assisting with Democratic fundraising and serving as commission of education in the Los Angeles Unified School District. In 2006 she ran for city council in West Hollywood. Many prestigious awards have come her way, including the Barry Goldwater Award, the New York City Public Advocate Award, and the Independent Publisher Gold Medal. Wildcat Press is her own independent publishing imprint, with its website at www.wildcatpress.com. Her personal page, with many posted editorials and articles, is www.patricianellwarren.com.
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Patricia Nell Warren: Recently Filed
Raul Castro's Daughter Speaks Out About LGBT Rights
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | April 26, 2012 10:00 AM |In a must-listen radio interview with Brian Kahn of Home Ground Radio, Mariela Castro Espin talks movingly about Cuba's recent efforts to bring about economic improvements and social change for its people.Read More
KONY 2012: Not What It Seems
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | March 16, 2012 11:00 AM |I keep wondering why the organization made the decision to market themselves as a secular effort, when just one look at their IRS paperwork by an investigative reporter was enough to reveal their truth.Read More
Santorum & the Nausea Factor
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | February 29, 2012 11:00 AM |Santorum blithely told "Meet the Press" host David Gregory that separation of church and state was "not the founders' vision." Well, um, "vision" depends on which "founders" you're talking about. Read More
How Propaganda Works: 'The Grey' & Homophobia
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | January 30, 2012 1:30 PM |The Grey is an appalling piece of anti-wolf propaganda, cast in a broader theme that is closely related to homophobia. It dangles a dramatic tale about alleged wolf viciousness to remind us that "nature is evil incarnate and must be subdued."Read More
Hillary's Big AIDS Speech
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | January 11, 2012 3:00 PM |Hillary Clinton's lauded program seeks to expand same-old approaches that - in real life, not in the AIDS-industry rhetoric where so many people are stuck - delivers only partial progress. And the cost of what she's proposing will be astronomical.Read More
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