Here is my review of the "Q Guide to the Golden Girls" book that was
just released on September 7th.

Ok so last night I devoured the new "Q Guide to The Golden Girls"
written by Jim Colucci. It is available on Amazon, or at Borders and
Barnes & Noble. Author Jim Colucci follows up his "Will & Grace"
book and gloriously reports on what many people consider the best TV
show of the 1980s.... and perhaps of all time. The Golden Girls. This
paean to the silver haired denizens of Miami is told through lavender
glasses and I don't plan on leaving the house without them on ever
again!

Jim covers why we are infatuated with this show. So much so that four
gay guys got together in 2003 and did it for a charity run in the
West Village called "The Golden Girls: LIVE!". Yes I was one of those
guys…and yes my life partner was as well…and we are interviewed for
the book….It is a four page section of the book that shouldn't be
missed! However, I am not biased and never have been about my deep
affection for these four women. As such we have been wary the many
other times that people have approached us about being involved in
any kind of GG project.

Anything we would do is a loving tribute. This is precisely the kind
of work Jim has written. Jim promised integrity and humor in his
approach to this project. He delivers both with aplomb.

Each one of the women who is able to speak did so with Jim in detail.
Many staffers, and actors, and even actors who didn't get cast agreed
to sit down with Jim. His dedication to this project (which took
nearly three years to come to fruition) speaks further to his
integrity and dedication.

Jim also has the rare ability to balance the thoughtful and profound
of the facts surrounding the show and ancillary events. However, he
also does this with a great deal of humor, candid and otherwise. The
inclusion of several GG survey responses to some of the hottest
celebrities of our time really plays off well. To think Ted
Casablanca loves Rose…I would have thought he is more Blanche! J I
have a lot in common with Judy Gold's response about why she prefers
Dorothy! But you will have to buy the book to find out.

This is a loving tribute that any true GGer should have in their
Christmas stocking this year. This book is a must have for any gay
man, flame dame (aka Fag Hag), Mother, and/or little sister
infatuated with Lifetime's "The Golden Girls". After all Lifetime is
Television for Women (and homosexuals!). So by the book this month
for your Mom…sit her down and watch a couple of episodes…and come
out. Step into the lavender light. Isn't national coming out day next
month? I can't think of a better time.