Michele Forsten, writer

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Essays

Taking Inventory (2008)

Marriage Bans Put Hex on Lesbian Health (2005)

Blind Devotion (2004)

Deconstructing My Breast Reconstruction (2004)

Just Say Mastectomy? (2003)

NYC Lesbians Need Cancer Support Groups (2003)

And Then There Were None: Lesbian Cancer Support Groups Fall By Wayside (2003)

Fear of Disclosure (2003)

Painting with a Limited Palette (2002)

The Closet Revisited (2001)

Two Sisters, Two Parades (2000)

'S' is for 'Single'? (2000)

Time for a Real Change in Military Policy on Gays (2000)

Eluding the Booby Trap (1999)

Michele (left) won the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association's 2004 Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for Excellence in LGBT Media for her essay series, "Surviving Breast Cancer: One Lesbian's Story." She is shown with co-winner Laura Kiritsy of Boston's Bay Windows.