We take many vacations throughout the year, but none are as looked forward to as the power trip. What a coincidence, then, that our favorite last-minute vacation item (a page turner from gaydored iconic writer Jackie Collins) and our favorite trip have finally collided into one beautiful package that we simply can't put down: Jackie Collins' The Power Trip.

Use a few vacation days and go on The Power Trip with us in this week's Swag Suite! Register (it's free!) with our website then head to our Swag Suite area to enter for a chance to win an autographed copy of The Power Trip. Good luck!

Gore Vidal, one of the most prolific gay names of modern times, passed away at the age of 86 after suffering complications with pneumonia. He will be buried next to his partner in Washington, D.C. 

Sad news to pass along today about the death of Maurice Sendak, author of seminal children's book Where The Wild Things Are, who has died from complications associated with a stroke. 

Anne Rice, famed vampire journalist and mother of openly gay author Christopher Rice, delivered a special Easter message for the gay community on Sunday. Read the warm message of love you certainly didn't hear in Tim Tebow's Easter Sunday sermon after the jump!

Bret Easton Ellis, the accomplished openly-gay author of The Rules of Attraction and American Psycho, once again displays a disconnect with gay youth in new controversial advice dispensed from behind his Twitter account. How could Bret possibly top himself after claiming that Glee was like stepping in a "puddle of HIV" earlier this year? Follow the jump to find out!

Updated Thursday, 1:50 p.m. EST

To arrive at the answer one must first look at the drama currently unfolding behind the pages of the young adult fiction world. Details and an update revealing an alleged fabrication in the name of publicity for a new book, after the jump.

Another day, another controversial Tweet from prolific gay author Bret Easton Ellis. So what in the gay community is he attacking now? 

Updated Thursday, 9:30 a.m. EST

Proving he hasn't lost his way with words, nihilistic gay author Bret Easton Ellis managed to pack a downright nasty comment comparing Glee to a "puddle of HIV" in 140-characters or less. So what HIV-related "clarification" did he issue early Thursday morning?

Why was internationally-acclaimed openly gay author told he could not use a restroom in a restaurant in Alice Springs, Australia?

Or maybe it just signals the end of the NYT's credibility?

(Via D-Listed and Pickle Central)

I ran into author Frank Anthony Polito (Band Fags) last night at the OffTheHook.com Instinct Leading Men 2010 party in New York last night, and the handsome writer mentioned this video short he shot for his bestseller. Hoping this becomes a full release...