Michael Luongo
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Michael Luongo is an award winning freelance writer, editor and photographer, based in New York City. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Bloomberg News, National Geographic Traveler, the Advocate, Gay City News, the Forward, Sirius OutQ and many other outlets. He is the author or editor of several books, including the sex research themed novel The Voyeur, published by Alyson Books, The Frommer's Buenos Aires guidebook, America's favorite guide to the Argentine capital, and the groundbreaking Haworth Press Gay Travels in the Muslim World, the first gay American book ever translated into Arabic. He has been to over 80 countries and all seven continents, and is an adjunct professor at New York University. His website is www.michaelluongo.com

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The Beirut Book Fair Signing for Gay Travels in the Muslim World: Small but Successful

Posted December 23, 2009 | 04:17 PM (EST)

It's not always about the numbers. It's about something actually happening, and that is why I view the Tuesday, December 22 book signing at the Beirut Book Fair for the Arabic Version of Gay Travels in the Muslim World as a success.

Things began almost immediately at 6...

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Beirut Book Fair for Gay Travels in the Muslim World: Day One

9 Comments | Posted December 18, 2009 | 04:58 PM (EST)

I have to admit that at first I was afraid to enter, but it was what I spent two years working on - the debut of the Arabic version of my book, Gay Travels in the Muslim World, here in the Muslim world itself.

This edited collection of stories...

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Baghdad's Gay Community: A Tale of Two Cities

2 Comments | Posted September 3, 2009 | 02:34 PM (EST)

Baghdad, Iraq -- This is my second time in Baghdad, and I have to admit, overall I have seen a lot of improvements. My first trip, in the summer of 2007 to do a large investigative report for New York's Gay City News was during the height of the Surge,...

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