Merryn Johns, Author at Queer Forty

Events Movies

Gay environmentalist launches film festival on water crisis

March 16, 2023March 17, 2023 Merryn Johns 8 min read

Do you know what your water footprint is? Do you know it takes 2880 gallons of water to produce one

Books Entertainment

Meet the author: Orlando Ortega-Medina

March 10, 2023February 16, 2023 Merryn Johns 7 min read

Award-winning author and immigration attorney Orlando Ortega-Medina returns with The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants, out on April 18 from Amble Press, a powerful

Advice Health & Happiness

5 easy ways to celebrate National Get Over It Day

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Merryn Johns 6 min read

Those of us who struggle with the long list of losses and injustices that accrue with getting older may find

News Politics

Remembering trailblazing transgender politician, Georgina Beyer

March 9, 2023March 13, 2023 Merryn Johns 5 min read

Tributes are pouring in online for Georgina Beyer, who passed away on March 6 at the age of 65. The

Entertainment Theatre

Nathan Lane in Pictures From Home may be his last Broadway outing

March 9, 2023March 7, 2023 Merryn Johns 3 min read

If you haven’t yet seen the mastery of Nathan Lane live in a Broadway show, hurry and get tickets to

Community Women's Rights

Happy International Women’s Day!

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Merryn Johns 3 min read

International Women’s Day (IWD) is today and every year on March. 8. In honor of the day I wanted to

Community Front Cover LGBTQ+ Rights

Kelley Robinson is on a mission to bring equal rights to all LGBTQ+ people

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Merryn Johns 15 min read

In September last year, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that Kelley Robinson would become the organization’s ninth president—and the first Black,

Books Front Cover

Choosing Family is a memoir at the intersections of Black queer motherhood

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Merryn Johns 8 min read

A new literary memoir Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance by author and professor Francesca T. Royster is out now

History

Celebrating the bi genius of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay

February 22, 2023January 1, 2023 Merryn Johns 3 min read

Did you know that in 1923 Edna St. Vincent Millay won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry? In fact, 100 years

Business Health & Happiness

Queer and over 40: Matt Gross and Boshko Boshkovic

February 22, 2023February 16, 2023 Merryn Johns 8 min read

The married couple and small business owners share the story of love, living together, and learning how to grow their

Travel

The next gay mecca is Cleveland!

February 20, 2023March 2, 2023 Merryn Johns 10 min read

Put Cleveland, Ohio on your map for your next gay vacay. You’ll get to visit a new breed of gayborhood

Entertainment Theatre

Inside the world of ak payne’s new play, Amani

February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 Merryn Johns 7 min read

National Black Theatre’s first co-production of its 2023 season, AMANI, is now on through March 5, 2023 at Rattlestick Theater

Entertainment Family

From Valentine’s Day to wedding day, José Rolón has a knack for love

February 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Merryn Johns 9 min read

José Rolón is an out gay man and single father of three who specializes in making couples in love achieve

Events Local

HRC ushers in new era of change with rousing speeches, Black excellence

February 5, 2023February 7, 2023 Merryn Johns 7 min read

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, hosted its Greater New York Dinner on Saturday

Art History

Beau McCall’s button art approach to Black History Month

February 3, 2023February 2, 2023 Merryn Johns 6 min read

Harlem, NY-based, critically-acclaimed, mixed media artist, Beau McCall, a.k.a. “The Button Man,” is one of the featured artists in Fresh,

Entertainment Movies

New doc about Nan Goldin offers startling insight into AIDS, opioid crisis

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Merryn Johns 3 min read

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is an incredible documentary that spans multiple time threads and locations: from the American opioid crisis of today, to