KAT LONG is the author of The Forbidden Apple: A Century of Sex and Sin in New York City (Ig Publishing), the first book to explore more than 100 years of sexual history in the city that never sleeps.

Currently, Kat is the managing editor of GO, America’s leading free monthly magazine for the LGBT community. She was the editor-in-chief of the New York Blade, the city’s only gay-owned LGBT newspaper, until June 2009.

Kat has been a freelance journalist for more than a decade, covering LGBT politics and culture, sexuality and women’s issues. Her articles have appeared in the Village Voice, The Advocate, Gay and Lesbian Review, Curve, Jacques, Playgirl, Bust, Washington Blade, HX and numerous online magazines. She also contributed entries to the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Gay Folklife.

Kat graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1997 with a BA in Creative Writing.