JUST LETTING YOU KNOW ABOUT AMAZON

If all of you were supporting our local LGBT book stores like A Different Light, they wouldn't be shutting down and this would not even be a concern of ours.***insert smirk here***

BUT since MOST of you like Amazon, here's what they are doing:

At Amazon, gay books seem to be more "adult" than straight ones no matter what the title or context!!

The online retailer has stealthily  begun re-classifying gay-themed books--- novels, parenting guides, self-help, even biographies----as "adult."  Even stripping the sales ranking data of that particular title.

As one blog site put it:

The Easter Sunday change means an entire swath of LGBT literature has been deemed X-rated, and these books are no longer included in sales ranking data — veritably deeming them worthless of comparison against other fare.

Some authors affected:  Jamie O'Neill, Edmund White, Michelangelo Signorile and Kate Bornstein.

Amazon DID NOT even bother letting these authors or any of the others know about the change.

The L.A. Times reports on the de-ranking:

Our research shows that these books have lost their ranking: "Running with Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs; "Rubyfruit Jungle" by Rita Mae Brown, "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" by Alison Bechdel, "The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1" by Michel Foucault, "Bastard Out of Carolina" by Dorothy Allison (2005 Plume edition), "Little Birds: Erotica" by Anais Nin, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Jean-Dominque Bauby (1997 Knopf edition), "Maurice" by E.M. Forster (2005 W.W. Norton edition) and "Becoming a Man" by Paul Monette, which won the 1992 National Book Award.

Books that remain ranked include: "Naked" by David Sedaris; "Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller; "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis; "Wifey" by Judy Blume; "The Kiss" by Kathryn Harrison; the photobooks "Playboy: Helmut Newton" and "Playboy: Six Decades of Centerfolds"; "Naked Lunch" by William Burroughs; "Incest: From 'A Journal of Love'" by Anais Nin; "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Jean-Dominque Bauby (2007 Vintage International edition), "Maurice" by E.M. Forster (2005 Penguin Classics edition).

To add insult to injury an investigative snitch reveals:

I did a search on "homosexuality" on amazon and checked out the top ten results (by relevance).

All but two had no sales rank.

Here are the two that still had rankings:

A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality (Paperback)

Can Homosexuality Be Healed? (Paperback)

Well I for one will put my money where my mouth is:  I WILL NOT BE BUYING FROM AMAZON -- I might have bought from them twice,  if that---  EVER AGAIN.

OKAY THIS MAKES A PRETTY EXTENSIVE LIST OF WHAT WE ARE BOYCOTTING PERSONALLY AND AT LA*SURFPUNK MEDIA:  click on the name of the company to see why we are boycotting

1. AMAZON

2. URBAN OUTFITTERS

3. MANHUNT -- unless of course we get free codes, c'mon it's a chance for us to look at free local cock!!! but WE WILL NEVER PAY FOR ANOTHER MEMBERSHIP.

4. MANCHESTER GRAND HYATT SAN DIEGO

5.  SUBWAY

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