Perry Brass

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Perry Brass
BornPerry Brass
(1947-09-15) September 15, 1947 (age 77)
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, journalist
Alma mater New York University
GenreNovel, essay
Notable worksThe Manly Art of Seduction: How to Meet, Talk to, and Become Intimate With Anyone
Website
perrybrass.com

Perry Brass (born September 15, 1947) is an American author, journalist, playwright and essayist.

He was an active member of the Gay Liberation Front, the first radical gay organization to be formed after the Stonewall Rebellion in New York in June 1969. He co-edited Come Out! , the influential newspaper published by the Gay Liberation Front; [1] the last three issues of the newspaper were published by the newspaper's collective from his apartment in Hell's Kitchen in New York. [2] [3] In 1971, with two friends, he co-founded the Gay Men's Health Project Clinic, the first clinic for gay men on the East Coast. The clinic openly advocated for gay men to use condoms, almost a decade before the advent of AIDS. [4] [5]

He writes for The Huffington Post. [6] Perry Brass is member of the PEN American Center. The New York Public Library has a Manuscripts section with Perry Brass holdings. [7] [8]

He has been a finalist for six Lambda Literary Awards. [9] In 2012 King of Angels was a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award from New York's Ferro-Grumley Foundation. [10]

In March 2016, Brass was banned from Facebook. [11]

Major literary work

References

  1. Bernadicou, August. "COME OUT!". THE LGBTQ HISTORY PROJECT. The LGBTQ History Project.
  2. Bernadicou, August. "Perry Brass". The LGBTQ History Project. The LGBTQ History Project Inc. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  3. "The Come Out! Archive · Come Out! Magazine, 1969–1972 · OutHistory: It's About Time". outhistory.org. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  4. "What They Gave, What We Lost". Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  5. August, Bernadicou. "Perry Brass". August Nation. The LGBTQ History Project. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  6. "Perry Brass". HuffPost. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  7. "Perry Brass papers 1968-1974". New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts. New York Public Library. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  8. "archives.nypl.org -- Search results". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  9. read, Perry Brass FeaturesOpinion 6 min (March 6, 2024). "Perry Brass". Lambda Literary Review. Retrieved February 15, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. "The Ferro-Grumley Awards". The Publishing Triangle. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  11. Osborne, Duncan (March 17, 2016). ""Desire," "Seduction" Get Perry Brass Booted from Facebook". Gay City News. Retrieved June 9, 2023.