A reflection on the passing of Barbara Grier Dear Editor, Last week, we lost Barbara Grier, a founder of Naiad Press. I didn’t know Ms. Grier personally, but she had a profound effect on me. In these times of The L Word and The Kids Are All Right, it may be difficult to imagine that…
Barbara Grier, a major contributor to gay literature, died Thursday in her Tallahassee, Fla. home due to lung cancer at the age of 78. Known for her non-fiction chronicle about lesbian nuns that later garnered complaints from the Roman Catholic church, Grier was a revered author and gay activists, later becoming the founder of Naiad…
