About Alyson Books

Founder Sasha Alyson launched Alyson Books in Boston in 1980. From the start, Alyson published a wide array of groundbreaking LGBT titles, including the children's books Heather Has Two Mommies and Daddy's Roommate; the first black gay anthologies, In the Life and Brother to Brother; and the S/M classics Coming to Power and Leatherfolk. In 1992 he sold the imprint to Liberation Publications. In the years that followed Alyson relocated to Los Angeles and later settled in New York City, publishing the most talked-about books by and for the LGBT community. Today, under the ownership of Here Media, a Los Angeles-based multimedia company that also owns The Advocate, Out, here! TV, Gay.com, and SheWired.com, among other media properties, Alyson continues to serve and inspire readers as the premier publisher of LGBT literature.


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