Perry Brass (born September 15, 1947) is an American author, journalist, playwright[1] and essayist.

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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; 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.[7] The New York City Public Library has a Manuscripts section with Perry Brass holdings.[8] In a BlogTalk Radio interview he gives background information about his book King of Angels.[9]

He has been a finalist several times for Lambda Literary Awards.[10] In 2012 King of Angels was a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction from New York's Ferro-Grumley Foundation.[11]

In March 2016, Brass was banned from Facebook.[12]

Major literary work

• (1991) Sex-charge,[13] Belhue Press
• (1992) Mirage,[14] Belhue Press
• (1992) Works and Other "Smoky George" Stories,[15] Belhue Press
• (1993) Circles,[16] Belhue Press
• (1994) Out There,[17] Belhue Press
• (1995) Albert or The Book of Man,[18] Belhue Press
• (1997) The Harvest,[19] Belhue Press
• (1998) The Lover of My Soul,[20] Belhue Press
• (1999) How to Survive Your Own Gay Life,[21] Belhue Press
• (2000) Angel Lust,[22] Belhue Press
• (2001) Warlock,[23] Belhue Press, won the 2002 IPPY Award in the Gay/Lesbian category[24]
• (2004) The Substance of God,[25] Belhue Press
• (2007) Carnal Sacraments,[26] Belhue Press
• (2010) The Manly Art of Seduction,[27] Belhue Press
• (2012) King of Angels,[28] Belhue Press
• (2015) The Manly Pursuit of Desire and Love,[29] Belhue Press

References