Description: New Texture is an independent art collective and publisher of books, music and visual art.
We are pleased and deeply proud to ring in Pride Month with the announcement of a civil partnership between JD Doyle 's newly minted QMH Press and New Texture for the release of JD's first book, 1981—My Gay American Road Trip . The book will be the imprints' first joint release, appearing in hardcover and softcover editions from QMH and NT later this month.
JD Doyle, an American LGBT music/history archivist and radio producer, was formerly Editor of Our Own Community Press, a gay newspaper based out of Norfolk, Virginia. Doyle later produced the radio programs Queer Music Heritage on the station KPFT, and OutRadio , heard online. His currently active works include the Texas Obituary Project and the Houston LGBT History website, all part of his 501(c)(3) non-profit, the JD Doyle Archives. Those archives also contain one of the largest collections of queer music
Doyle believes that history exists to be shared, not hoarded, and strives to make his collection accessible to all.