INTHEFRAY.COM Takes A Look At Gay Marriage, Straight Marriage, And Other Hot Issues In Coupling

INTHEFRAY.COM, an online magazine devoted to issues of identity and community, is publishing a special issue this month, "Love in a time of conflict," devoted to some of the most controversial social issues of our time: the rise of gay marriages, the decline in straight marriages, and other recent cultural shifts that are changing how and whom we love.

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) April 4, 2004 --In the April issue (http://inthefray.com), Henry Belanger talks with experts about President Bush's efforts to promote healthy marriages in lower-income communities; Adam Lovingood photographs San Francisco same-sex couples who were married in city hall last February; Radhika Sharma interviews second-generation Indian American couples who are trying to make arranged marriages work in modern America; and Laura Nathan explores the ways that a dating industry hungry for profits furthers certain stereotypes and assumptions about gender and sexuality.

"Love in a time of conflict" also features personal stories from our readers about the complications and joys of their "cross-cultural relationships" (take, for instance, "Metro and manure," a self-described country girl's account of loving across the rural/urban divide). We round out this special issue with Kathrin Spirk's touching photographs of a couple who have been together for more than fifty years (and -- surprise -- are still very much in love).

This month, INTHEFRAY.COM also introduces three important columnists to its pages: New York Times Magazine regular contributor and Alicia Patterson fellow Benoit Denizet-Lewis, veteran journalist and author Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs, and editorial cartoonist Tak Toyoshima, creator of the Secret Asian Man strip.

Most of the pieces for the special issue will be published on Monday, April 5; the Belanger and Lovingood articles will appear in a second installment on Monday, April 19.

Since its April 2001 launch, INTHEFRAY.COM has published 28 issues and featured more than 90 writers and artists, including Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Robert F. Keeler and controversial political commentator Noam Chomsky. It has covered topics ranging from multiracial churches to gay body fetishes to school choice to Hindu-Muslim violence. Yet, it continues to operate on a shoestring budget -- without an office, with all communication done over e-mail and phone (many editors have never met face-to-face), and an all-volunteer staff of some 200 editors and contributors.

Contact:
Laura Nathan, Managing Editor
512.791.6391
laura_nathan@inthefray.com