More Photos from the Talk.

Let's Talk About Gay Stuff......a Very cool local podcast, staffed by Dusty, Chris and Thomas, and I got to help them celebrate their 5th anniversary show talking All about my book! It's a rollicking show, and they got to me around the 32:00 minute mark, and also asked about my History work. An almost 90-minute romp. June 2024. LISTEN

What a fun event this was! The Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce (of which I am a member) had a vendor's market at Eureka Heights Brew Co on 5/30/24. Bryan Hlavinka was again my wingman. Drag Queen Bingo was in the next room.

The eBook version is finally out, as of 3/20/24 on Barnes & Noble. No word on when Amazon will list it on my page, and there's no one to ask...

Some surprise coverage from my friend Ryan...at the Paris Opera House, March 2024, in only five days the post got over 300 "likes," and maybe some sales, who knows? Hope so....he's got 35K followers

A great visit to my old stomping grounds in Norfolk, where I came out in 1978. Professor Cathleen Rhodes of Old Dominion University invited me to give a book talk and it went very well. Held on Feb 27 we packed the room and I was very pleased. This is the first time I added a slideshow element to my presentation, went well. See This Page for More photos.
And there's a VIDEO! (73 min, Q&A starts at 38 mark)

And, on March 10th I was a guest at Dr Ford's book club...via zoom...15+ participants in a more free-styled Q&A. They had all read the book, very cool! I got so caught up in it when we ran out of time I realized, damn, I didn't do a screen grab.

At the Queer History South conference, Feb 22-25, Charlotte, NC. In addition to enjoying the confence Barb Kucharczyk and I staffed a vendor table with her offering books and DVDs from the Old Lesbians Oral Herstory Project, and of course I was hawking my book, 1981 My Gay American Road Trip

Wirt Confroy
LGBT Tourism at Virginia Tourism Corp

Outlife757 is the LGBTQ magazine of Hampton Roads, VA, published by Eric Hause. I was pleased to interview with him a while back, and now it's out in print (and online).

It's great timing for me, as I'll be visiting Norfolk in late Feb and giving a book talk at Old Dominion University, on Feb 27th.

The issue is out now, at this link.

I was pleased to give a reading on 2/11 before the group Houston Oasis, very fun. Here's Bryan Hlavinka, my wingman, and I in our 1981 shirts....hey, we're on brand

Outsmart Magazine gave me a nice surprise when writer Ryan Leach included me in a list of things to "keep" in 2024...unusual for them to mention a book, and with such good comments. See entire article.

The Diana's invited me to do a book reading and Q&A at their Nov 15 meeting, and it went Very well. I think they enjoyed it & I sold a few books.

11/16/23. A big thanks to long-time music and book columnist Gregg Shapiro for including a really good quickie review of my book in the latest OutSFL Magazine. Wilton Manors, FL  [ to save space, I only displayed mine :]

On 11/5 Book Club Houston invited me to for a reading and Q&A, and I was very impressed. I had a great time and the 25+ members seemed to as well...hey, it lasted five hours! Of course I read the first Houston chapter, but added (hopefully humorous) side comments not in the book.

That's host for this month Jose Garcia, and I have a selection of photos from various members at This Link.

After the Q&A we adjourned to the 4th floor that has a patio view from EADO of the skyline, for the mandatory group pic.

Dallas Voice Review, 10/27/23
Well, on September 24th I was interviewed on the radio by the trio at Lambda Weekly Radio (KNON, Dallas) David Taffet, Lerone Landis & Patti Fink) Scroll down for that.

And David, as he also writes for the Dallas Voice, went a step further by writing a review there. This is important to me, as my book has a lengthy chapter on Dallas, with lots of photos. As this may be too small to read online, here's a PDF from that Dallas Voice issue. READ

U of H Libraries Special Collections - Celebrates LGBTQ History Month

I was very pleased to be invited to do a reading from my book (the Houston chapter, of course), along with these esteemed panelists.

10/23/23

Launch Party, Part 2 - 10/15/23

Shots from the book launch party at Stephen & Blake's, they posted:

It was a real treat to host an intimate book release party for JD Doyle, award winning LGBT historian and archivist (and friend), at our home this weekend. Thank you to all who came out to this special event.

Live Event, from the Heritage Society, w/ Mister McKinney. He does a great job escorting me through the story of my history activism and the new book.

10/4/23, 47:23 min.

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Yay, Houston Chronicle online feature interview! 9/29/23, by Brittanie Shey
And, interestingly, on 10/2/24 the Chron decided to repost, with the caption:
Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month by meeting the man keeping Houston's unique queer history alive
this time, it got a bunch of negative comments from bible bigots, alas, still good PR

Well, this was fun! On my birthday, 9/24, the trio at Lambda Weekly Radio (KNON, Dallas) David Taffet, Lerone Landis & Patti Fink, gave me a segment, and we covered my book and my music and history websites, all in 59 minutes. I have the audio captured: LISTEN

This Way Out Interview. Week of 8/28/23. On 200 stations around the world.

A veteran “This Way Out” contributor has added “author” to his list of credits. JD DOYLE won awards for his work with the team that produced our long-running, monthly queer music feature, “Audiofile”. He earned just as much acclaim as curator of the Queer Music Heritage online collection. “This Way Out’s” BRIAN DeSHAZOR welcomes him home to celebrate his latest endeavor, “1981-My Gay American Road Trip: A Slice of Our Pre-AIDS Culture” (with music by Charlie Murphy and the Tom Robinson Band). . . 18:09
LISTEN

Another interview About The Book, and this time....Yay! It's a VIDEO, my first...done by Scott Fullerton of the NE Ohio podcast Left of Str8 Show. 8/25/23. 50 minutes.

Scott lives just a few miles from where I went to college, Youngstown State University, so this was a nice connection.

So grateful to have these guys helping: Austin Davis Ruiz, Blake Mudd, JD Doyle, Judson Dunn, Mister McKinney, Bryan Hlavinka, Ryan C. Wilson. (Missing from the shot is Stephen M. Miranda), Photo by Connor Hart. More Photos Here

Thank You, OutSmart Magazine and journalist supreme Andrew Edmonson for very generously giving my new book some coverage in the August issue. Also thanks to miracle-worker photographer Alex Rosa.

See the article here.