Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 12 No. 31 August 3, 2009
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: August 3-9, 2009
thru THU: 8/06: New York, NY: HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture the oldest, continual festival of queer performance in the world! www.hotfestival.org/
thru SUN: 8/09: Provincetown, MA: Family Week. Programs for LGBT parents, kids & allies. www.familyequality.org
MON-SUN: 8/03-8/09: Providence, RI: Rhode Island International Film Festival. has LGBT component. www.film-festival.org
TUE: 8/04: Philadelphia, PA: 7th Annual Gay Community Night @ Phillies. www.phillygaydays.com.
WED: 8/05: Nampa, ID: Organizational Meeting to develop a LGBT Community Center in Canyon County, ID. Also FRI: 8/07: westernidahorc@gmail.com
THU: 8/06: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free performances by the casts of "Wicked", and "The Lion King". 12:30PM. www.1067newyork.com.
Newsworthy:
NYU Tops LGBT-Friendly Schools, according to the Princeton Review. The other top colleges: Stanford University, New College of Florida, Swarthmore College, Emerson College, Simon's Rock College of Bard, Prescott College, Wellesley College, Marlboro College, Mount Holyoke College, Bennington College, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Macalester College, Hampshire College, Grinnell College, Warren Wilson College, Reed College, Smith College, Pitzer College, and Vassar College.Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/07/nyu-is-tops-among-gayfriendly-schools-says-princeton-review.html
Philadelphia: Giovanni's Room, the LGBT bookstore needs immediate financial help to survive. The Daily Kos reports: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/23/756715/-The-U.S.s-Oldest-LGBT-Bookstore-In-Philly-Needs-Your-Help
Massachusetts: UMASS embraces gender neutrality. The Amherst Bulletin reports: http://www.amherstbulletin.com/story/id/152545/
Massachusetts: BAGLY, Boston's Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgener Youth, celebrates its 30th anniversary. Bay Windows reports: http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=94286
Florida: A lesbian couple celebrates 70 years together. The Miami Herald reports: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1147942.html
GLAAD Ranks Primetime TV. The agency's third annual Network Responsibility Index was released on 7/27/09. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid101443.asp
The Buzz (People Making News)
Carol Channing gives Johnny Depp her blessing. New York Magazine reports: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/07/carol_channing_cool_with.html
In Memoriam:
Merce Cunningham, the modern dance pioneer, died on 7/26/09 at age 90. He collaborated frequently with the avant-garde composer John Cage, who was his offstage partner. The Washington Post reports: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/27/AR2009072701082.html
E. Lynn Harris, the best-selling author of novels that addressed gay black culture died on 7/24/09, at age 54. The Washington Post reports: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072403333.html
Dr. Joel Weisman, who co-wrote the first report on AIDS in 1981, died on 7/18/09 at age 66. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid100732.asp
Features
T.R. Knight tells The New York Daily News and Entertainment Weekly why he left "Grey's Anatomy". http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/07/23/2009-07-23_tr_knight_reveals_why_he_left_greys_anatomy.html
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/07/greys-star-tr-knight-reveals-why-he-left.html
Gavin Creel, out star of "Hair" talks about his activism, art and more in an After Elton interview by novelist Brent Hartinger: http://www.afterelton.com/people/2009/7/gavin-creel?page=0%2C0
The Joy of Nude Musicals. Now that "Naked Boys Singing" has celebrated its 10th anniversary, it's playing in London. The Guardian reports: http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/jul/28/nude-musicals
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Hair, Tony-winning revival of the first major rock musical. www.publictheater.org.
***International CringeFest 09: Go Genital Into That Good Night. Performances of "Dragness of God", a parody with men as nuns, and "Grampa Hitler and the Lil Red Ridin' Hood". 8/08/09. The Producer's Club. www.theatermania.com
***Seth's Broadway 101, Seth Rudetsky's hilarious introduction to showtunes. 8/09/09, 8/16/09. Ars Nova. www.arsnovanyc.com.
***The Tempermentals. Jon Maran's drama about Harry Hay and friends as they form The Mattachine Society before Stonewall. Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty") stars. to 8/23/09. www.thetemperamentals.com
***Thank You For Being a Friend: the Musical. All things (unauthorized) Golden Girls. Lance Bass moves in next door to the elderly quartet who can't sleep because of his all-night gay parties. to 8/23/09. SpinCycleNYC.com
Elsewhere...
***The Cousins Grimm. a new musical that reworks the timeless fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm into contemporary urban fables filled with LGBT characters. to 8/23/09. Chicago, IL. www.bailiwick.org.
***Girls Night Out Tour. Cyndi Lauper and Rosie O'Donnell headline. 8/03/09, Peekskill, NY; 8/04/09, Montclair, NJ; 8/05/09, Staten Island, NY; 8/07/09, Atlantic City, NJ; 8/08/09, Westbury, NY; 8/09/09, Redbank, NJ; www.cyndilauper.com
***The Mystery of Irma Vep. Charles Ludlam's gender-bending gothic spoof, to 9/06/09. San Diego, CA. www.TheOldGlobe.org
***Never the Sinner: The Leopold and Loeb Story, John Logan's crime drama. to 8/30/09. Philadelphia, PA. www.mauckingbirdtheatreco.org.
***Pearls Over Shanghai, a revival of the Cockettes 1970 Musical Extravaganza. to 8/16/09. San Francisco, CA. www.brownpapertickets.com.
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg's award-winning play about a baseball star who comes out. to 8/20/09. Provincetown, MA. http://www.newprovincetownplayers.org/
***Two Spoons. Peter Mercurio's play about gay partners and dads on the brink of marriage. to 8/23/09. Chicago, IL. www.bailiwick.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen plays a gay fashionista from Austria who fancies himself as "the voice of Austrian youth TV."
***The Country Teacher, a Czech film about a gay school teacher who lusts for a student he tutors.
***Every Little Step. A documentary about the making of the 2006 Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line".
***Hump Day. Two straight dudes contemplate going gay to enter and win Humpfest, Seattle's amateur porn contest.
Out On Video & DVD
***A Jihad for Love, the daring documentary filmed in 12 countries in which Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma explores the intersections of Islam and homosexuality.
***Grey Gardens, a new movie about eccentric Jackie O cousins Edie Beale and her mother, starring Drew Barrymore as Little Edie and Jessica Lange as her mother Big Edie.
***Hair: Let the Sunshine In. Pola Rapaport's documentary that traces the roots and legacy of the landmark musical.
***Kiki & Herb Live at The Knitting Factory. The Tony-nominated gender-bending downtown club act.
***Mad Men, Season 2. Look for Bryan Batt as a closeted ad exec in this TV drama about a 1960s ad agency.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated every Friday. www.glaad.org/tvgayed
***Ongoing: Drop Dead Diva. With Margaret Cho in the cast, this is not drama. Sundays at 9PM. Lifetime. http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/drop-dead-diva
***August: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
8/11/09 New York, NY: Ang Lee ("Brokeback Mountain") discusses his new film "Taking Woodstock". Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Triangle. 7:30PM.
8/13/09-8/16/09: Durham, NC: North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.carolinatheatre.org
8/14/09-8/16/09: Seattle, WA: National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Activist Convention. www.nqapia.org
8/14/09-8/30/09: New York, NY: FringeNYC, The New York International Fringe Festival. Off-beat, often LGBT-themed music, dance and theatre. www.fringenyc.org.
8/23/09-8/30/09: Porter, ME: Camp Camp. summer camp for LGBT adults with sports, pottery, theater, yoga & more. www.campcamp.com
8/29/09-9/07/09: Milwaukee, WI:National Gay Softball World Series. www.nagaaasoftball.org
9/02/09-9/07/09: New Orleans, LA: Southern Decadence. the famous city-wide circuit party. www.southerndecadence.com
9/03/09-9/07/09: Columbus, OH: GALA 2009 Columbus, the annual conference of GALA Choruses. www.galachoruses.org/events/2009_annual_conference.html
9/05/09-9/07/09: Seattle, WA: Gender Odyssey. panels, workshops & meetings; for transmen, transwomen & other gender variant people. www.genderodyssey.com
9/05/09: Northampton, MA: Miss Trans Northampton 2009 Pageant; to help support New England Trans United. Info: misstransnorthampton@gmail.com.
9/10/09-9/13/09: Montreal, PQ: National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Annual Convention and LGBT Media Summit. http://www.nlgja.org/convention/index.html
9/11/09-9/13/09: Shreveport, LA: Northwest Louisiana Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.pacelouisiana.org/SE2009filmfestival.php
9/24/09-9/27/09: Provincetown, MA: Tennessee Williams Theater Festival. The gay playwright is honored by the gay resort and arts community. www.twptown.org
9/25/09-9/27/09: Washington, DC: 5th Annual National LGBTQA College Student Career Conference. www.outforwork.com.
9/28/09-10/18/09: New York, NY: New York Musical Theatre Festival. A showcase for new musicals. www.nymf.org.
9/29/09-10/04/09: Palm Springs, CA: IAGLBC Annual Bridge Tournament. www.GayBridge.org
10/02/09-10/04/09: Anaheim, CA: Gay Days Anaheim. the unofficial gay days at Disneyland. www.GayDaysAnaheim.com
10/07/09-10/09/09: New York, NY: 20th Annual Cabaret Convention. www.mabelmercer.org
10/08/09-10/11/09: Washington, DC: Gay Bowl IX: The National Gay Flag Football Championship Tournament. www.dcmonuments.blogspot.com, .
10/08/09-10/11/09: Sacramento, CA: Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.siglff.org
10/10/09-10/11/09: Washington, DC: Equality Across America: The National Equality March. www.NationalEqualityMarch.com
10/11/09: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: August Milestones
1. Question: Name this American author, born August 2, 1924, the preeminent African-American intellectual of his time, who was one of the first writers to deal openly with homosexuality in a 1956 novel. He was a popular speaker on race relations and civil rights, but was not asked to play a visible role in the 1963 March on Washington, because organizers considered his homosexuality a liability. Answer: James Baldwin, author of “Giovanni’s Room”.
2. Question: Name this international competition, held for the first time in San Francisco on August 28, 1982. Over 50,000 people participated. Today, it is a major world event. Answer: The Gay Games.
3. Question: Name this Broadway blockbuster, which opened on August 21, 1983, one of the first to feature openly gay characters. It was written by an award-winning out composer who wrote showstoppers for middle-aged women and an award-winning playwright who had chronicled his own experiences as drag diva and gay dad. Answer: La Cage Aux Folles, written by Jerry Herman (“Hello Dolly”) and Harvey Fierstein (“Torch Song Trilogy”). The musical, revived on Broadway last season, took home a Tony Award for “Best Revival”.
4. Question: Name this out fashion designer, born on August 1, 1936. He took the French fashion world by storm in the 1970s, and built a fashion empire for women and men, which he sold to Gucci for millions. Answer: Yves Saint-Laurent.
5. Question: Name this man who came out on national television on August 13, 2004 with the statement “I am a gay American”. He was the highest-ranked American elected official to do so. He resigned from office shortly thereafter. Answer: James McGreevey, the governor of New Jersey. He came out to avoid being outed by a subordinate.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Coming Out on the Page, on Stage and Screen
1. Question: Name this American author, who wrote the ultimate guide to coming out (for LGBT people and their families). It had its third printing in 2005. It provides answers to several hundred FAQ about homosexuality. He also wrote a book on coming out questions for a young adult audience in 2007. Hint: he wrote a couple of LGBT history books and biographies.
2. Question: Name this American mom, whose daughter came out to her on a Gulf Coast beach over 20 years ago. As her daughter became active and visible in the LGBT community, she wrote a best-selling book about love and acceptance. She’s now an authority and an activist in coming out programs.
3. Question: Name this Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway hit, in which an audition turns into a an inner “reveal” for its participants, including a Latino who recalls the painful process of coming out to his parents. Hint: the actor playing the Latino won a Tony Award for his performance.
4. Question: Name this American author, who wrote his coming out autobiography in the early 1970s. When he came out publicly, and wrote the sequel some 20 years later, it turned out that this privileged Ivy Leaguer was a highly visible best-selling author and political activist in real time.
5. Question: Name this British stage play, turned 1998 film, that like “Beautiful Thing” combined a coming out and coming of age story in poignant terms. The play, much more intense than the film, was recently revived in San Francisco.
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Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 12 No. 30 July 27, 2009
Newsletter Editor: OnQYB@aol.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 27- August 2, 2009
Resources: Pride Calendars.
There are too many PRIDE events to list here during PRIDE season (which generally runs May-August). Please check the following resources for events in your area:
***Damron Guides Event Calendars: http://www.damron.com/calendar/index.html
***Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org.
***PRIDE Calendars: http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
***Gay.com’s Pride Calendar: www.gay.com/pride/calendar/
thru THU: 8/06: New York, NY: HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture 18th edition,he oldest, continual festival of queer performance and culture in the world! www.dixonplace.org or www.hotfestival.org/
thru SUN: 8/02: New York, NY: Midtown International Theatre Festival. www.midtownfestival.org.
thru SUN: 8/02: Copenhagen, DK: OutGames, the LGBT sport and culture festival. www.copenhagen2009.org.
Just Added: SAT: 7/25: Washington, CT: Tea for Two Hundred, a benefit for The Interfaith AIDS Ministry and the Susan B. Anthony Project. www.teafortwohundred.org.
MON-WED: 7/27-7/29: Philadelphia, PA: Blueprint for Change: Yes, We Can, Together!, the National Association of Black and White Men Together annual conference. www.mact-phila.org.
TUE: 7/28: New York, NY: Gay Men's Night At "The Tempermentals". A pre-show reception, performance, and talk back with the director and playwright. www.SMARTTIX.com and enter code: HOMOUR for this offer.
WED-SUN: 7/29-8/02: San Francisco, CA: Homo A Go Go. A festival celebrating alternative queer culture. www.homoagogo.com
THU: 7/30: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free performances by the casts of "Naked Boys Singing", "Jersey Boys" and "Shrek". 12:30PM. www.1067newyork.com.
SAT-SUN: 8/01-8/09: Provincetown, MA: Family Week. Programs for LGBT parents, kids & allies. www.familyequality.org
SUN: 8/02: San Francisco, CA: Help Is On the Way: No Business Like Show Business, 15th anniversary gala designed to raise funds for Bay Area AIDS service provider agencies. Featuring: Susan Anton, Jim Bailey, Tyne Daly, Frenchie Davis. www.richmondermet.org/reaf10.1/Help15.htm.
Newsworthy:
Gays and AIDS in Africa: The role of gay sex in the transmission of the virus that causes AIDS in Africa has been long ignored, say the authors of a new study in the medical journal Lancet. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/health/21glob.html
Seattle: Teresa Butz, the out sister of Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz, was stabbed to death in a home invasion. Her partner survived. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/07/lesbian-sister-of-tony-awardwinning-actor-murdered-in-seattle.html
Awards and Honors:
Nominees: Primetime Emmy Awards: "30 Rock" (22 nominations); "grey Gardens" and "Prayers for Bobby" in the TV movie category; "Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut A Bitch," in the TV variety category; and in acting categories: Sigourney Weaver as the PFLAG mom in "Prayers for Bobby", Neil Patrick Harris, Cherry Jones. http://www.emmyonline.org/
Features
Forced Into the Closet by the Nation They Serve: Commentary on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Dan Rodricks writes for the Baltimore Sun: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.rodricks05jul05,0,102660.column
Johnny Depp's Dream Role: The New York Daily News reports: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/07/16/2009-07-16_best_of_the_rest.html
The Resource Center:
Rhode Island: New Coming Out Support Group: http://www.meetup.com/ComingOutRI/
Milwaukee Examiner's Guide for Teens on Coming Out to Parents: http://www.examiner.com/x-13512-Milwaukee-Gay-Community-Examiner~y2009m7d17-A-guide-for-teens-on-coming-out-to-parents
USNA Out: United States Naval Academy LGBT alumni, supporters, and friends. http://usnaout.org/
Knights Out: an organization of OUT LGBT West Point Alumni, along with Supportive West Point Alumni, Staff, and Faculty counterparts, who are united in supporting the rights of LGBT soldiers to openly serve their countryhttp://knightsout.org/
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Gavin Creel, out star of "Hair", performs songs from "Goodtimenation" and preview songs from his forthcoming CD, "Quiet." 7/27/09. www.joespub.com
***Hair, Tony-winning revival of the first major rock musical. www.publictheater.org.
***International CringeFest 09: Go Genital Into That Good Night. "Dragness of God", "Grampa Hitler and the Lil Red Ridin' Hood". 8/01/09 www.theatermania.com
***Seth's Broadway 101, Seth Rudetsky's hilarious introduction to showtunes. 8/02/09, 8/09/09, 8/16/09. Ars Nova. www.arsnovanyc.com.
***The Tempermentals. Jon Maran's drama about Harry Hay and friends as they form The Mattachine Society before Stonewall. Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty") stars. to 8/23/09. www.thetemperamentals.com
***Thank You For Being a Friend: the Musical. All things (unauthorized) Golden Girls. Lance Bass moves in next door to the elderly quartet who can't sleep because of his all-night gay parties. to 8/23/09. SpinCycleNYC.com
Elsewhere...
***The Cousins Grimm. a new musical that reworks Brothers Grimm fairy tales of the into urban fables filled with LGBT characters. to 8/23/09. Chicago, IL. www.bailiwick.org.
***Girls Night Out Tour. Cyndi Lauper and Rosie O'Donnell headline. 7/30/09-7/31/09, Niagara Falls, ON; 8/01/09, Verona, NY; www.cyndilauper.com/index.php?module=tour
***Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Moises "the Laramie Project" Kaufman's biographical play with Ryan Landry as Wilde. to 8/22/09. http://www.newprovincetownplayers.org/
***The Mystery of Irma Vep. Charles Ludlam's gender-bending gothic spoof, to 9/06/09. San Diego, CA. www.TheOldGlobe.org
***My Walk Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan's hilarious solo show. 7/31/09-8/01/09, Raleigh, NC; www.thelesliejordan.com/
***Pearls Over Shanghai, a revival of the Cockettes 1970 Musical Extravaganza. to 8/16/09. San Francisco, CA. www.brownpapertickets.com.
***Rent Boy Ave: A Fairy's Tale, The New Sexy Hot Urban Rock Musical two rent boys in a modern take on "Hansel and Gretel". to 8/09/09. San Francisco, CA. www.boxcartheatre.org
***Songs to Make You Gay. After finding a website warning parents against the bands and songs that will turn children gay, Connie Champagne begins a quest to find the music with the transformative power to change one’s sexual orientation. to 8/01/09. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org.
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg's award-winning play about a baseball star who comes out. to 8/20/09. Provincetown, MA. http://www.newprovincetownplayers.org/
***Two Spoons. Peter Mercurio's play about gay partners and dads on the brink of marriage. to 8/23/09. Chicago, IL. www.bailiwick.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***The Big Gay Musical. A film about a the making of "Adam and Steve", a gay musical. http://www.thebiggaymusical.com/
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen plays a gay fashionista from Austria who fancies himself as "the voice of Austrian youth TV."
***The Country Teacher, a Czech film about a gay teacher who lusts for a student.
***Every Little Step. A documentary about the making of the 2006 Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line".
***Outrage. Kirby Dick's documentary, a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to.
Out On Video & DVD
***A Jihad for Love, the daring documentary filmed in 12 countries in which Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma explores the intersections of Islam and homosexuality.
***Grey Gardens, a new movie about eccentric Jackie O cousins Edie Beale (Drew Barrymore) and her mother (Jessica Lange).
***The Judy Garland Show, Vol. 1. Garland's 1963 television show newly restored and remastered. First of 13 releases, each featuring two episodes from the 26-episode run.
***Kiki & Herb Live at The Knitting Factory. The Tony-nominated gender-bending downtown club act.
***Mad Men, Season 2. Look for Bryan Batt as a closeted ad exec in this TV drama about a 1960s ad agency.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated every Friday. GLAAD TV Gayed: http://www.glaad.org/Page.aspx?pid=331
***Ongoing: Drop Dead Diva. With Margaret Cho in the cast, this is not drama. Sundays at 9PM. Lifetime. http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/drop-dead-diva
***July/August: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***MON: 7/27: Hair: Let the Sunshine In. Pola Rapaport's documentary that traces the roots and legacy of the landmark musical. 9PM Sundance Channel.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
8/04/09: Philadelphia, PA: 7th Annual Gay Community Night @ Phillies. www.phillygaydays.com.
8/05/09 and 8/07/09: Nampa, ID: Organizational Meeting to develop a LGBT Community Center in Canyon County, ID. westernidahorc@gmail.com
8/13/09-8/16/09: Durham, NC: North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.carolinatheatre.org
8/14/09-8/16/09: Seattle, WA: National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Activist Convention. www.nqapia.org
8/14/09-8/30/09: New York, NY: FringeNYC, The New York International Fringe Festival. Off-beat, often LGBT-themed music, dance and theatre. www.fringenyc.org.
8/23/09-8/30/09: Porter, ME: Camp Camp. summer camp for LGBT adults with sports, pottery, theater, yoga & more. www.campcamp.com
8/29/09-9/07/09: Milwaukee, WI:National Gay Softball World Series. www.nagaaasoftball.org
9/02/09-9/07/09: New Orleans, LA: Southern Decadence. the famous city-wide circuit party. www.southerndecadence.com
9/03/09-9/07/09: Columbus, OH: GALA 2009 Columbus, the annual conference of GALA Choruses, serving LGBT choral groups. www.galachoruses.org
9/05/09-9/07/09: Seattle, WA: Gender Odyssey. Meetings for transmen, transwomen & other gender variant people. www.genderodyssey.com
9/10/09-9/13/09: Montreal, PQ: National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Annual Convention and LGBT Media Summit. http://www.nlgja.org
9/11/09-9/13/09: Shreveport, LA: Northwest Louisiana Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. http://www.pacelouisiana.org/SE2009filmfestival.php
9/16/09-9/20/09: Fresno, CA: Fresno Reel Pride. annual lesbian & gay film festival. www.reelpride.com
9/25/09-9/27/09: Washington, DC: 5th Annual National LGBTQA College Student Career Conference. www.outforwork.com.
9/29/09-10/04/09: Palm Springs, CA: IAGLBC Annual Bridge Tournament. www.GayBridge.org
10/02/09-10/04/09: Anaheim, CA: Gay Days Anaheim. at Disneyland. www.GayDaysAnaheim.com
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Summer Fun: Where Are We ?
1. Question: Name this LGBT summer resort, often called “The Nation’s Summer Capital”, a short hope from John Waters Land, the City of Brotherly Love, and other mid-Atlantic capitals. You’ll find the boys at “Poodle Beach”, near the Boardwalk at Queen Street. And, humorist Fay Jacobs captured the essence of this community in her bestselling memoir. Answer: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Read Fay’s memoir “As I Lay Frying”.
2. Question: Name this state, which features a beachfront LGBT resort favored by Windy City folk, and an international music festival founded in 1976 Hint: No men make music here. Answer: Michigan, home to Saugatuck (a favorite with Chicago folk) and the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival.
3 Question: Name this LGBT resort which dates back to 1822. Its name is an English corruption of its original Spanish name, “Bone Key”. It started life as a home to sailors, smugglers and whores, then became a literary capital, artist colony and one of the first American LGBT resorts. Answer: Key West, Florida.
4. Question: Name this LGBT summer resort, where the tea-dance originated. In the early 1960’s, a local hotelier served a complete English tea served by begowned drag queens. Later, music was added along with stronger libations, although the island nearby is known for a strong tea drink. Incidentally, pre-Stonewall, local ordinances prohibited speedos (unless covered by towels) or same-sex couples on the dance floor. Answer: Fire Island, New York, off the coast of Long Island.
5. Question: Name this LGBT-friendly resort nation favored by Europeans. Its LGBT beach is just 20 minutes from some Gaudi masterpieces. One of its tonsorial masters inspired an opera and precipitation falls mainly on flatlands. Answer: Spain. Sitges, the P-town of Europe, is minutes from Barcelona (Gaudi); the Barber of Seville inspired opera, and the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. PS. Gays can marry in Spain now.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: August Milestones
1. Question: Name this American author, born August 2, 1924, the preeminent African-American intellectual of his time, who was one of the first writers to deal openly with homosexuality in a 1956 novel. He was a popular speaker on race relations and civil rights, but was not asked to play a visible role in the 1963 March on Washington, because organizers considered his homosexuality a liability.
2. Question: Name this international competition, held for the first time in San Francisco on August 28, 1982. Over 50,000 people participated. Today, it is a major world event.
3. Question: Name this Broadway blockbuster, which opened on August 21, 1983, one of the first to feature openly gay characters. It was written by an award-winning out composer who wrote showstoppers for middle-aged women and an award-winning playwright who had chronicled his own experiences as drag diva and gay dad.
4. Question: Name this out fashion designer, born on August 1, 1936. He took the French fashion world by storm in the 1970s, and built a fashion empire for women and men, which he sold to Gucci for millions.
5. Question: Name this man who came out on national television on August 13, 2004 with the statement “I am a gay American”. He was the highest-ranked American elected official to do so. He resigned from office shortly thereafter.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: OnQYB@aol.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Volume 12 No. 30 July 27, 2009
Newsletter Editor: OnQYB@aol.com
The Fine Print
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 27- August 2, 2009
Resources: Pride Calendars.
There are too many PRIDE events to list here during PRIDE season (which generally runs May-August). Please check the following resources for events in your area:
***Damron Guides Event Calendars: http://www.damron.com/calendar/index.html
***Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org.
***PRIDE Calendars: http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
***Gay.com’s Pride Calendar: www.gay.com/pride/calendar/
thru THU: 8/06: New York, NY: HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture 18th edition,he oldest, continual festival of queer performance and culture in the world! www.dixonplace.org or www.hotfestival.org/
thru SUN: 8/02: New York, NY: Midtown International Theatre Festival. www.midtownfestival.org.
thru SUN: 8/02: Copenhagen, DK: OutGames, the LGBT sport and culture festival. www.copenhagen2009.org.
Just Added: SAT: 7/25: Washington, CT: Tea for Two Hundred, a benefit for The Interfaith AIDS Ministry and the Susan B. Anthony Project. www.teafortwohundred.org.
MON-WED: 7/27-7/29: Philadelphia, PA: Blueprint for Change: Yes, We Can, Together!, the National Association of Black and White Men Together annual conference. www.mact-phila.org.
TUE: 7/28: New York, NY: Gay Men's Night At "The Tempermentals". A pre-show reception, performance, and talk back with the director and playwright. www.SMARTTIX.com and enter code: HOMOUR for this offer.
WED-SUN: 7/29-8/02: San Francisco, CA: Homo A Go Go. A festival celebrating alternative queer culture. www.homoagogo.com
THU: 7/30: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free performances by the casts of "Naked Boys Singing", "Jersey Boys" and "Shrek". 12:30PM. www.1067newyork.com.
SAT-SUN: 8/01-8/09: Provincetown, MA: Family Week. Programs for LGBT parents, kids & allies. www.familyequality.org
SUN: 8/02: San Francisco, CA: Help Is On the Way: No Business Like Show Business, 15th anniversary gala designed to raise funds for Bay Area AIDS service provider agencies. Featuring: Susan Anton, Jim Bailey, Tyne Daly, Frenchie Davis. www.richmondermet.org/reaf10.1/Help15.htm.
Newsworthy:
Gays and AIDS in Africa: The role of gay sex in the transmission of the virus that causes AIDS in Africa has been long ignored, say the authors of a new study in the medical journal Lancet. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/health/21glob.html
Seattle: Teresa Butz, the out sister of Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz, was stabbed to death in a home invasion. Her partner survived. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/07/lesbian-sister-of-tony-awardwinning-actor-murdered-in-seattle.html
Awards and Honors:
Nominees: Primetime Emmy Awards: "30 Rock" (22 nominations); "grey Gardens" and "Prayers for Bobby" in the TV movie category; "Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut A Bitch," in the TV variety category; and in acting categories: Sigourney Weaver as the PFLAG mom in "Prayers for Bobby", Neil Patrick Harris, Cherry Jones. http://www.emmyonline.org/
Features
Forced Into the Closet by the Nation They Serve: Commentary on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Dan Rodricks writes for the Baltimore Sun: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.rodricks05jul05,0,102660.column
Johnny Depp's Dream Role: The New York Daily News reports: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/07/16/2009-07-16_best_of_the_rest.html
The Resource Center:
Rhode Island: New Coming Out Support Group: http://www.meetup.com/ComingOutRI/
Milwaukee Examiner's Guide for Teens on Coming Out to Parents: http://www.examiner.com/x-13512-Milwaukee-Gay-Community-Examiner~y2009m7d17-A-guide-for-teens-on-coming-out-to-parents
USNA Out: United States Naval Academy LGBT alumni, supporters, and friends. http://usnaout.org/
Knights Out: an organization of OUT LGBT West Point Alumni, along with Supportive West Point Alumni, Staff, and Faculty counterparts, who are united in supporting the rights of LGBT soldiers to openly serve their countryhttp://knightsout.org/
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Gavin Creel, out star of "Hair", performs songs from "Goodtimenation" and preview songs from his forthcoming CD, "Quiet." 7/27/09. www.joespub.com
***Hair, Tony-winning revival of the first major rock musical. www.publictheater.org.
***International CringeFest 09: Go Genital Into That Good Night. "Dragness of God", "Grampa Hitler and the Lil Red Ridin' Hood". 8/01/09 www.theatermania.com
***Seth's Broadway 101, Seth Rudetsky's hilarious introduction to showtunes. 8/02/09, 8/09/09, 8/16/09. Ars Nova. www.arsnovanyc.com.
***The Tempermentals. Jon Maran's drama about Harry Hay and friends as they form The Mattachine Society before Stonewall. Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty") stars. to 8/23/09. www.thetemperamentals.com
***Thank You For Being a Friend: the Musical. All things (unauthorized) Golden Girls. Lance Bass moves in next door to the elderly quartet who can't sleep because of his all-night gay parties. to 8/23/09. SpinCycleNYC.com
Elsewhere...
***The Cousins Grimm. a new musical that reworks Brothers Grimm fairy tales of the into urban fables filled with LGBT characters. to 8/23/09. Chicago, IL. www.bailiwick.org.
***Girls Night Out Tour. Cyndi Lauper and Rosie O'Donnell headline. 7/30/09-7/31/09, Niagara Falls, ON; 8/01/09, Verona, NY; www.cyndilauper.com/index.php?module=tour
***Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Moises "the Laramie Project" Kaufman's biographical play with Ryan Landry as Wilde. to 8/22/09. http://www.newprovincetownplayers.org/
***The Mystery of Irma Vep. Charles Ludlam's gender-bending gothic spoof, to 9/06/09. San Diego, CA. www.TheOldGlobe.org
***My Walk Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan's hilarious solo show. 7/31/09-8/01/09, Raleigh, NC; www.thelesliejordan.com/
***Pearls Over Shanghai, a revival of the Cockettes 1970 Musical Extravaganza. to 8/16/09. San Francisco, CA. www.brownpapertickets.com.
***Rent Boy Ave: A Fairy's Tale, The New Sexy Hot Urban Rock Musical two rent boys in a modern take on "Hansel and Gretel". to 8/09/09. San Francisco, CA. www.boxcartheatre.org
***Songs to Make You Gay. After finding a website warning parents against the bands and songs that will turn children gay, Connie Champagne begins a quest to find the music with the transformative power to change one’s sexual orientation. to 8/01/09. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org.
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg's award-winning play about a baseball star who comes out. to 8/20/09. Provincetown, MA. http://www.newprovincetownplayers.org/
***Two Spoons. Peter Mercurio's play about gay partners and dads on the brink of marriage. to 8/23/09. Chicago, IL. www.bailiwick.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***The Big Gay Musical. A film about a the making of "Adam and Steve", a gay musical. http://www.thebiggaymusical.com/
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen plays a gay fashionista from Austria who fancies himself as "the voice of Austrian youth TV."
***The Country Teacher, a Czech film about a gay teacher who lusts for a student.
***Every Little Step. A documentary about the making of the 2006 Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line".
***Outrage. Kirby Dick's documentary, a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to.
Out On Video & DVD
***A Jihad for Love, the daring documentary filmed in 12 countries in which Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma explores the intersections of Islam and homosexuality.
***Grey Gardens, a new movie about eccentric Jackie O cousins Edie Beale (Drew Barrymore) and her mother (Jessica Lange).
***The Judy Garland Show, Vol. 1. Garland's 1963 television show newly restored and remastered. First of 13 releases, each featuring two episodes from the 26-episode run.
***Kiki & Herb Live at The Knitting Factory. The Tony-nominated gender-bending downtown club act.
***Mad Men, Season 2. Look for Bryan Batt as a closeted ad exec in this TV drama about a 1960s ad agency.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated every Friday. GLAAD TV Gayed: http://www.glaad.org/Page.aspx?pid=331
***Ongoing: Drop Dead Diva. With Margaret Cho in the cast, this is not drama. Sundays at 9PM. Lifetime. http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/drop-dead-diva
***July/August: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***MON: 7/27: Hair: Let the Sunshine In. Pola Rapaport's documentary that traces the roots and legacy of the landmark musical. 9PM Sundance Channel.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
8/04/09: Philadelphia, PA: 7th Annual Gay Community Night @ Phillies. www.phillygaydays.com.
8/05/09 and 8/07/09: Nampa, ID: Organizational Meeting to develop a LGBT Community Center in Canyon County, ID. westernidahorc@gmail.com
8/13/09-8/16/09: Durham, NC: North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.carolinatheatre.org
8/14/09-8/16/09: Seattle, WA: National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Activist Convention. www.nqapia.org
8/14/09-8/30/09: New York, NY: FringeNYC, The New York International Fringe Festival. Off-beat, often LGBT-themed music, dance and theatre. www.fringenyc.org.
8/23/09-8/30/09: Porter, ME: Camp Camp. summer camp for LGBT adults with sports, pottery, theater, yoga & more. www.campcamp.com
8/29/09-9/07/09: Milwaukee, WI:National Gay Softball World Series. www.nagaaasoftball.org
9/02/09-9/07/09: New Orleans, LA: Southern Decadence. the famous city-wide circuit party. www.southerndecadence.com
9/03/09-9/07/09: Columbus, OH: GALA 2009 Columbus, the annual conference of GALA Choruses, serving LGBT choral groups. www.galachoruses.org
9/05/09-9/07/09: Seattle, WA: Gender Odyssey. Meetings for transmen, transwomen & other gender variant people. www.genderodyssey.com
9/10/09-9/13/09: Montreal, PQ: National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Annual Convention and LGBT Media Summit. http://www.nlgja.org
9/11/09-9/13/09: Shreveport, LA: Northwest Louisiana Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. http://www.pacelouisiana.org/SE2009filmfestival.php
9/16/09-9/20/09: Fresno, CA: Fresno Reel Pride. annual lesbian & gay film festival. www.reelpride.com
9/25/09-9/27/09: Washington, DC: 5th Annual National LGBTQA College Student Career Conference. www.outforwork.com.
9/29/09-10/04/09: Palm Springs, CA: IAGLBC Annual Bridge Tournament. www.GayBridge.org
10/02/09-10/04/09: Anaheim, CA: Gay Days Anaheim. at Disneyland. www.GayDaysAnaheim.com
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Summer Fun: Where Are We ?
1. Question: Name this LGBT summer resort, often called “The Nation’s Summer Capital”, a short hope from John Waters Land, the City of Brotherly Love, and other mid-Atlantic capitals. You’ll find the boys at “Poodle Beach”, near the Boardwalk at Queen Street. And, humorist Fay Jacobs captured the essence of this community in her bestselling memoir. Answer: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Read Fay’s memoir “As I Lay Frying”.
2. Question: Name this state, which features a beachfront LGBT resort favored by Windy City folk, and an international music festival founded in 1976 Hint: No men make music here. Answer: Michigan, home to Saugatuck (a favorite with Chicago folk) and the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival.
3 Question: Name this LGBT resort which dates back to 1822. Its name is an English corruption of its original Spanish name, “Bone Key”. It started life as a home to sailors, smugglers and whores, then became a literary capital, artist colony and one of the first American LGBT resorts. Answer: Key West, Florida.
4. Question: Name this LGBT summer resort, where the tea-dance originated. In the early 1960’s, a local hotelier served a complete English tea served by begowned drag queens. Later, music was added along with stronger libations, although the island nearby is known for a strong tea drink. Incidentally, pre-Stonewall, local ordinances prohibited speedos (unless covered by towels) or same-sex couples on the dance floor. Answer: Fire Island, New York, off the coast of Long Island.
5. Question: Name this LGBT-friendly resort nation favored by Europeans. Its LGBT beach is just 20 minutes from some Gaudi masterpieces. One of its tonsorial masters inspired an opera and precipitation falls mainly on flatlands. Answer: Spain. Sitges, the P-town of Europe, is minutes from Barcelona (Gaudi); the Barber of Seville inspired opera, and the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. PS. Gays can marry in Spain now.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: August Milestones
1. Question: Name this American author, born August 2, 1924, the preeminent African-American intellectual of his time, who was one of the first writers to deal openly with homosexuality in a 1956 novel. He was a popular speaker on race relations and civil rights, but was not asked to play a visible role in the 1963 March on Washington, because organizers considered his homosexuality a liability.
2. Question: Name this international competition, held for the first time in San Francisco on August 28, 1982. Over 50,000 people participated. Today, it is a major world event.
3. Question: Name this Broadway blockbuster, which opened on August 21, 1983, one of the first to feature openly gay characters. It was written by an award-winning out composer who wrote showstoppers for middle-aged women and an award-winning playwright who had chronicled his own experiences as drag diva and gay dad.
4. Question: Name this out fashion designer, born on August 1, 1936. He took the French fashion world by storm in the 1970s, and built a fashion empire for women and men, which he sold to Gucci for millions.
5. Question: Name this man who came out on national television on August 13, 2004 with the statement “I am a gay American”. He was the highest-ranked American elected official to do so. He resigned from office shortly thereafter.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: OnQYB@aol.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 7/20/09
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 12 No. 29 July 20, 2009
Newsletter Editor: OnQYB@aol.com
The Fine Print
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 20-26, 2009
Resources: Pride Calendars.
There are too many PRIDE events to list here during PRIDE season (which generally runs May-August). Please check the following resources for events in your area:
***Damron Guides Event Calendars: http://www.damron.com/calendar/index.html
***Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org.
***PRIDE Calendars: http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
***Gay.com’s Pride Calendar: www.gay.com/pride/calendar/
thru THU: 8/06: New York, NY: HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture www.dixonplace.org or www.hotfestival.org/
thru TUE: 7/21: Philadelphia, PA:13th Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 200 films from more than two-dozen countries. www.phillyfests.com
thru TUE: 7/21: Los Angeles, CA: Outfest, LGBT film festival.www.outfest.org
thru SUN: 7/26: New York, NY: The Fresh Fruit Festival. 7th annual multidiscipline International LGBT Cultural & Arts Festival. www.freshfruitfestival.com.
thru SUN: 8/02: New York, NY: Midtown International Theatre Festival. www.midtownfestival.org.
MON: 7/20: Washington, DC: Night OUT with The Nationals. The Nationals take on the Mets. The Gay Men's Chorus sings the National Anthem. http://www.teamdc.org/noan5.html
MON: 7/20: San Francisco, CA: Sparkle, Patty, Sparkle! A salute to Patty Duke, a screening of "Valley of The Dolls". Castro Theatre. http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1588494
WED: 7/22: New York, NY: Justin Bond, best known as Kiki (of Kiki and Herb), celebrates his new CD "Pink Slip" with a release party at the Highline Ballroom. www.highlineballroom.com.
THU: 7/23: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free performances by the casts of "Rock of Ages"and "Next to Normal". 12:30PM. www.1067newyork.com.
SAT: 7/25: Chicago, IL: Celebrate Bailiwick with Alexandra Billings and Friends. A benefit for Bailiwick Repertory Theatre starring the TG actress and cabaret singer who recently appeared on "Grey's Anatomy". www.bailiwick.org
SUN: 7/26: Hartford, CT: LGBTQ Wedding Expo. highlighting over 40 gay-friendly businesses, including wedding businesses, travel services, gifts and more. www.SameLoveSameRights.com
Newsworthy:
The National Equality March has begun organizing the Equality Across America gathering and march in Washington, DC scheduled or October 10-11 (the latter being National Coming Out Day). Among the goals: 1. Repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) so that every marriage in every state has the same federal rights. 2. Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell so that LGBT persons may serve in the military openly and with the same rights as their straight counterparts. 3.An end to workplace discrimination for everyone with an Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) that protects everyone. 4. The right to adopt children and raise families like any other parents. 5. Hate Crimes legislation that includes LGBT people and protects us like any other targeted group. 6. Immigration reform that recognizes same-sex couples and ends the needless separation of families. www.NationalEqualityMarch.com
Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The federal Defense of Marriage Act interferes with the right of Massachusetts to define and regulate marriage as it sees fit, MA Attorney General Martha Coakley said. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washblade.com/2009/7-10/news/national/14864.cfm
Vermont: The newest inpatient mental health and addiction program at Brattleboro Retreat is the first in New England designed exclusively for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washblade.com/2009/7-10/news/national/14846.cfm
Episcopalians declared gays and lesbians eligible for "any ordained ministry" on 7/14/09, a vote expected to upset world Anglican leaders who had sought a clear moratorium on consecrating another gay bishop. Associated Press reports: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jhOJ4iRJ_TnGrWTv4l8RPZrtnmuwD99EIGTO0
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Stan Rosenberg, the Massachusetts state senator, has come out. (Editor's Note: Mr. Rosenberg has always been one of the state's most pro-LGBT rights legislators and a great guy). MassLive reports: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/mass_state_sen_stanley_rosenbe.html?category=Amherst+category=Politics
Jeanne Córdova has given $30,000 to the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives in Los Angeles, in what is believed to be the largest donation ever given by a lesbian donor to an LGBT archive. The donation will be used specifically for the lesbian feminist collection. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid98138.asp
Neil Patrick Harris, who hosted the Tony Awards to much acclaim, will host the upcoming Emmy Awards. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/131045-Neil_Patrick_Harris_Will_Host_Emmy_Awards
Weddings, Civil Unions and Engagements:
Bill Russell, the Tony-nominated author of the book and lyrics for “Side Show” and "Pageant" and Bruce Bossard were married 7/11/09. Bossard formerly covered New York theater for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Backstage and Our Town.
In Memoriam:
Lawrence S. King, Emmy-winning set designer, died 7/03/09, at age 65. King designed "As the World Turns" for 13 years. He leaves his partner of 40 years, set designer Michael Yeargan. The Hartford Courant reports: http://blogs.courant.com/curtain/2009/07/set-designer-lawrence-king-die.html
The Resource Center:
The National Center for Lesbian Rights has published "Planning with Purpose: Legal Basics for LGBT Elders" provides basic information about areas of the law important to LGBT elders 55+. http://www.elderlawanswers.com/resources/article.asp?id=7778&Section=4&state=
In Print:
Smash the Church, Smash the State!: the Early Years of Gay Liberation, edited by Tommi Avicolli Mecca. City Light Books. A collection of essays by those who have first-hand memories to share of those years of gay rights before Stonewall. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washblade.com/2009/7-10/arts/books/14850.cfm
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***International CringeFest 09: Go Genital Into That Good Night. Performances of "Dragness of God", a parody with men as nuns, and "Grampa Hitler and the Lil Red Ridin' Hood". ; 7/25/09, 8/01/09, 8/08/09. The Producer's Club. www.theatermania.com
***Old Queen. Performance artist Penny Arcade's work in progress at HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture. to 7/25/09. www.dixonplace.org
***The Tempermentals. Jon Maran's drama about Harry Hay and friends as they form The Mattachine Society before Stonewall. Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty") stars. to 8/23/09. www.thetemperamentals.com
***Thank You For Being a Friend: the Musical. All things (unauthorized) Golden Girls. Lance Bass moves in next door to the elderly quartet who can't sleep because of his all-night gay parties. to 8/23/09. SpinCycleNYC.com
***V Love, Not Your Mother's Vagina Play. a multi-media cabaret play inspired by true stories from the cast, with Scout Durwood (A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila). to 7/26/09. Fresh Fruit Festival. www.mighty-little.com
Elsewhere...
***The Cousins Grimm. a new musical that reworks the timeless fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm into contemporary urban fables filled with LGBT characters. to 8/23/09. Chicago, IL. www.bailiwick.org.
***Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Moises "the Laramie Project" Kaufman's biographical play. to 8/22/09. www.newprovincetownplayers.org
***Rent Boy Ave: A Fairy's Tale, The New Sexy Hot Urban Rock Musical.rent boys in a modern take on "Hansel and Gretel". to 8/09/09. San Francisco. www.boxcartheatre.org
***Songs to Make You Gay. After finding a website warning parents against the bands and songs that will turn children gay, Connie Champagne begins a quest to find the music with the transformative power to change one’s sexual orientation. to 8/01/09. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org.
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg's award-winning play about a baseball star who comes out. to 8/20/09. Provincetown, MA. http://www.newprovincetownplayers.org/
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen plays a gay fashionista from Austria who fancies himself as "the voice of Austrian youth TV."
***The Country Teacher, a Czech film about a gay school teacher who lusts for a student he tutors.
***Every Little Step. A documentary about the making of the 2006 Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line".
***Little Ashes, Paul Morrison's drama about the young lives and loves of Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel and Frederico Garcia Lorca. www.littleashes-themovie.com.
***Outrage. Kirby Dick's documentary, a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to.
Out On Video & DVD
***A Jihad for Love, the daring documentary filmed in 12 countries in which Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma explores the intersections of Islam and homosexuality.
***Grey Gardens, a new movie about eccentric Jackie O cousins Edie Beale (Drew Barrymore) and her mother (Jessica Lange).
***Hair: Let the Sunshine In. Pola Rapaport's documentary that traces the roots and legacy of the landmark musical.
***Kiki & Herb Live. The Tony-nominated gender-bending downtown club act.
***Mad Men, Season 2. Look for Bryan Batt as a closeted ad exec in this TV drama about a 1960s ad agency.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated every Friday. GLAAD TV Gayed: http://www.glaad.org/Page.aspx?pid=331
***Ongoing: Drop Dead Diva. With Margaret Cho in the cast, this is not drama. Sundays at 9PM. Lifetime. http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/drop-dead-diva
***July: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
7/29/09-8/02/09: San Francisco, CA: Homo A Go Go. queer culture. www.homoagogo.com
8/01/09-8/09/09: Provincetown, MA: Family Week. for LGBT families. www.familyequality.org
8/02/09: San Francisco, CA: Help Is On the Way: No Business Like Show Business, to raise funds for AIDS service providers. www.richmondermet.org
8/04/09: Philadelphia, PA: 7th Annual Gay Community Night @ Phillies. www.phillygaydays.com.
8/13/09-8/16/09: Durham, NC: North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.carolinatheatre.org
8/14/09-8/16/09: Seattle, WA: National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Activist Convention. www.nqapia.org
8/14/09-8/30/09: New York, NY: FringeNYC, The New York International Fringe Festival. Off-beat, often LGBT-themed music, dance and theatre. www.fringenyc.org.
8/23/09-8/30/09: Porter, ME: Camp Camp. summer camp for LGBT adults. www.campcamp.com
8/29/09-9/07/09: Milwaukee, WI:National Gay Softball World Series. www.nagaaasoftball.org
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Friends of Dorothy
1. Question: Name this character. Amongst the original Friends of Dorothy, one friend's real life son married Dorothy's real-life daughter. Answer: The Tin Man, played by Jack Haley. Jack Haley, Jr married Judy Garland's daughter, Liza Minnelli. Their 1970s marriage was brief.
2. Question: Name this TV series set in the Emerald City, in which two Friends of Dorothy had a brutal romance. One emerged as a compassionate cop; the other emerged on a suburban lane, where he romanced a housewife's son. Answer: Oz, which starred Christopher Meloni ("Law & Order SVU") and Lee Tergesen ("Desperate Housewives") as prison buddies. The prison unit was called "Emerald City".
3. Question: Name this 1978 film, based on an earlier musical, which urbanized the friends of Dorothy, who was played by a diva. Her recently-deceased scarecrow was said to resemble her appearance. Answer: "The Wiz". Diana Ross played Dorothy and Michael Jackson was her scarecrow. The Broadway version was revived this summer with Ashanti as Dorothy.
4. Question: Name this prequel to Dorothy's story, based upon a best-selling book written by an out author. It tells Dorothy's story from the viewpoint of two witches, one who wants to be popular and one who is green. Answer: "Wicked", the blockbuster musical based on Gregory Maguire's book "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch".
5. Question: Which of the following has not played a Witch ? A) DeeDee Bridgewater, B) Kristin Chenoweth, C) Lena Horne, D) Bebe Neuwirth E) Billie Burke. Answer: Bebe Neuwirth. DeeDee Bridgewater was "Glinda" in Broadway's "The Wiz" and Lena Horne played the role in the film. Chenoweth was "Galinda" in "Wicked" and Billie Burke was the original "Glinda".
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Summer Fun: Where Are We ?
1. Question: Name this LGBT summer resort, often called “The Nation’s Summer Capital”, a short hope from John Waters Land, the City of Brotherly Love, and other mid-Atlantic capitals. You’ll find the boys at “Poodle Beach”, near the Boardwalk at Queen Street. And, humorist Fay Jacobs captured the essence of this community in her bestselling memoir.
2. Question: Name this state, which features a beachfront LGBT resort favored by Windy City folk, and an international music festival founded in 1976 Hint: No men make music here.
3 Question: Name this LGBT resort which dates back to 1822. Its name is an English corruption of its original Spanish name, “Bone Key”. It started life as a home to sailors, smugglers and whores, then became a literary capital, artist colony and one of the first American LGBT resorts.
4. Question: Name this LGBT summer resort, where the tea-dance originated. In the early 1960’s, a local hotelier served a complete English tea served by begowned drag queens. Later, music was added along with stronger libations, although the island nearby is known for a strong tea drink. Incidentally, pre-Stonewall, local ordinances prohibited speedos (unless covered by towels) or same-sex couples on the dance floor.
5. Question: Name this LGBT-friendly resort nation favored by Europeans. Its LGBT beach is just 20 minutes from some Gaudi masterpieces. One of its tonsorial masters inspired an opera and precipitation falls mainly on flatlands.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: OnQYB@aol.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Volume 12 No. 29 July 20, 2009
Newsletter Editor: OnQYB@aol.com
The Fine Print
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 20-26, 2009
Resources: Pride Calendars.
There are too many PRIDE events to list here during PRIDE season (which generally runs May-August). Please check the following resources for events in your area:
***Damron Guides Event Calendars: http://www.damron.com/calendar/index.html
***Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org.
***PRIDE Calendars: http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
***Gay.com’s Pride Calendar: www.gay.com/pride/calendar/
thru THU: 8/06: New York, NY: HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture www.dixonplace.org or www.hotfestival.org/
thru TUE: 7/21: Philadelphia, PA:13th Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 200 films from more than two-dozen countries. www.phillyfests.com
thru TUE: 7/21: Los Angeles, CA: Outfest, LGBT film festival.www.outfest.org
thru SUN: 7/26: New York, NY: The Fresh Fruit Festival. 7th annual multidiscipline International LGBT Cultural & Arts Festival. www.freshfruitfestival.com.
thru SUN: 8/02: New York, NY: Midtown International Theatre Festival. www.midtownfestival.org.
MON: 7/20: Washington, DC: Night OUT with The Nationals. The Nationals take on the Mets. The Gay Men's Chorus sings the National Anthem. http://www.teamdc.org/noan5.html
MON: 7/20: San Francisco, CA: Sparkle, Patty, Sparkle! A salute to Patty Duke, a screening of "Valley of The Dolls". Castro Theatre. http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1588494
WED: 7/22: New York, NY: Justin Bond, best known as Kiki (of Kiki and Herb), celebrates his new CD "Pink Slip" with a release party at the Highline Ballroom. www.highlineballroom.com.
THU: 7/23: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free performances by the casts of "Rock of Ages"and "Next to Normal". 12:30PM. www.1067newyork.com.
SAT: 7/25: Chicago, IL: Celebrate Bailiwick with Alexandra Billings and Friends. A benefit for Bailiwick Repertory Theatre starring the TG actress and cabaret singer who recently appeared on "Grey's Anatomy". www.bailiwick.org
SUN: 7/26: Hartford, CT: LGBTQ Wedding Expo. highlighting over 40 gay-friendly businesses, including wedding businesses, travel services, gifts and more. www.SameLoveSameRights.com
Newsworthy:
The National Equality March has begun organizing the Equality Across America gathering and march in Washington, DC scheduled or October 10-11 (the latter being National Coming Out Day). Among the goals: 1. Repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) so that every marriage in every state has the same federal rights. 2. Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell so that LGBT persons may serve in the military openly and with the same rights as their straight counterparts. 3.An end to workplace discrimination for everyone with an Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) that protects everyone. 4. The right to adopt children and raise families like any other parents. 5. Hate Crimes legislation that includes LGBT people and protects us like any other targeted group. 6. Immigration reform that recognizes same-sex couples and ends the needless separation of families. www.NationalEqualityMarch.com
Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The federal Defense of Marriage Act interferes with the right of Massachusetts to define and regulate marriage as it sees fit, MA Attorney General Martha Coakley said. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washblade.com/2009/7-10/news/national/14864.cfm
Vermont: The newest inpatient mental health and addiction program at Brattleboro Retreat is the first in New England designed exclusively for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washblade.com/2009/7-10/news/national/14846.cfm
Episcopalians declared gays and lesbians eligible for "any ordained ministry" on 7/14/09, a vote expected to upset world Anglican leaders who had sought a clear moratorium on consecrating another gay bishop. Associated Press reports: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jhOJ4iRJ_TnGrWTv4l8RPZrtnmuwD99EIGTO0
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Stan Rosenberg, the Massachusetts state senator, has come out. (Editor's Note: Mr. Rosenberg has always been one of the state's most pro-LGBT rights legislators and a great guy). MassLive reports: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/mass_state_sen_stanley_rosenbe.html?category=Amherst+category=Politics
Jeanne Córdova has given $30,000 to the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives in Los Angeles, in what is believed to be the largest donation ever given by a lesbian donor to an LGBT archive. The donation will be used specifically for the lesbian feminist collection. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid98138.asp
Neil Patrick Harris, who hosted the Tony Awards to much acclaim, will host the upcoming Emmy Awards. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/131045-Neil_Patrick_Harris_Will_Host_Emmy_Awards
Weddings, Civil Unions and Engagements:
Bill Russell, the Tony-nominated author of the book and lyrics for “Side Show” and "Pageant" and Bruce Bossard were married 7/11/09. Bossard formerly covered New York theater for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Backstage and Our Town.
In Memoriam:
Lawrence S. King, Emmy-winning set designer, died 7/03/09, at age 65. King designed "As the World Turns" for 13 years. He leaves his partner of 40 years, set designer Michael Yeargan. The Hartford Courant reports: http://blogs.courant.com/curtain/2009/07/set-designer-lawrence-king-die.html
The Resource Center:
The National Center for Lesbian Rights has published "Planning with Purpose: Legal Basics for LGBT Elders" provides basic information about areas of the law important to LGBT elders 55+. http://www.elderlawanswers.com/resources/article.asp?id=7778&Section=4&state=
In Print:
Smash the Church, Smash the State!: the Early Years of Gay Liberation, edited by Tommi Avicolli Mecca. City Light Books. A collection of essays by those who have first-hand memories to share of those years of gay rights before Stonewall. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washblade.com/2009/7-10/arts/books/14850.cfm
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***International CringeFest 09: Go Genital Into That Good Night. Performances of "Dragness of God", a parody with men as nuns, and "Grampa Hitler and the Lil Red Ridin' Hood". ; 7/25/09, 8/01/09, 8/08/09. The Producer's Club. www.theatermania.com
***Old Queen. Performance artist Penny Arcade's work in progress at HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture. to 7/25/09. www.dixonplace.org
***The Tempermentals. Jon Maran's drama about Harry Hay and friends as they form The Mattachine Society before Stonewall. Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty") stars. to 8/23/09. www.thetemperamentals.com
***Thank You For Being a Friend: the Musical. All things (unauthorized) Golden Girls. Lance Bass moves in next door to the elderly quartet who can't sleep because of his all-night gay parties. to 8/23/09. SpinCycleNYC.com
***V Love, Not Your Mother's Vagina Play. a multi-media cabaret play inspired by true stories from the cast, with Scout Durwood (A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila). to 7/26/09. Fresh Fruit Festival. www.mighty-little.com
Elsewhere...
***The Cousins Grimm. a new musical that reworks the timeless fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm into contemporary urban fables filled with LGBT characters. to 8/23/09. Chicago, IL. www.bailiwick.org.
***Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Moises "the Laramie Project" Kaufman's biographical play. to 8/22/09. www.newprovincetownplayers.org
***Rent Boy Ave: A Fairy's Tale, The New Sexy Hot Urban Rock Musical.rent boys in a modern take on "Hansel and Gretel". to 8/09/09. San Francisco. www.boxcartheatre.org
***Songs to Make You Gay. After finding a website warning parents against the bands and songs that will turn children gay, Connie Champagne begins a quest to find the music with the transformative power to change one’s sexual orientation. to 8/01/09. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org.
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg's award-winning play about a baseball star who comes out. to 8/20/09. Provincetown, MA. http://www.newprovincetownplayers.org/
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen plays a gay fashionista from Austria who fancies himself as "the voice of Austrian youth TV."
***The Country Teacher, a Czech film about a gay school teacher who lusts for a student he tutors.
***Every Little Step. A documentary about the making of the 2006 Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line".
***Little Ashes, Paul Morrison's drama about the young lives and loves of Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel and Frederico Garcia Lorca. www.littleashes-themovie.com.
***Outrage. Kirby Dick's documentary, a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to.
Out On Video & DVD
***A Jihad for Love, the daring documentary filmed in 12 countries in which Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma explores the intersections of Islam and homosexuality.
***Grey Gardens, a new movie about eccentric Jackie O cousins Edie Beale (Drew Barrymore) and her mother (Jessica Lange).
***Hair: Let the Sunshine In. Pola Rapaport's documentary that traces the roots and legacy of the landmark musical.
***Kiki & Herb Live. The Tony-nominated gender-bending downtown club act.
***Mad Men, Season 2. Look for Bryan Batt as a closeted ad exec in this TV drama about a 1960s ad agency.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated every Friday. GLAAD TV Gayed: http://www.glaad.org/Page.aspx?pid=331
***Ongoing: Drop Dead Diva. With Margaret Cho in the cast, this is not drama. Sundays at 9PM. Lifetime. http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/drop-dead-diva
***July: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
7/29/09-8/02/09: San Francisco, CA: Homo A Go Go. queer culture. www.homoagogo.com
8/01/09-8/09/09: Provincetown, MA: Family Week. for LGBT families. www.familyequality.org
8/02/09: San Francisco, CA: Help Is On the Way: No Business Like Show Business, to raise funds for AIDS service providers. www.richmondermet.org
8/04/09: Philadelphia, PA: 7th Annual Gay Community Night @ Phillies. www.phillygaydays.com.
8/13/09-8/16/09: Durham, NC: North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.carolinatheatre.org
8/14/09-8/16/09: Seattle, WA: National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Activist Convention. www.nqapia.org
8/14/09-8/30/09: New York, NY: FringeNYC, The New York International Fringe Festival. Off-beat, often LGBT-themed music, dance and theatre. www.fringenyc.org.
8/23/09-8/30/09: Porter, ME: Camp Camp. summer camp for LGBT adults. www.campcamp.com
8/29/09-9/07/09: Milwaukee, WI:National Gay Softball World Series. www.nagaaasoftball.org
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Friends of Dorothy
1. Question: Name this character. Amongst the original Friends of Dorothy, one friend's real life son married Dorothy's real-life daughter. Answer: The Tin Man, played by Jack Haley. Jack Haley, Jr married Judy Garland's daughter, Liza Minnelli. Their 1970s marriage was brief.
2. Question: Name this TV series set in the Emerald City, in which two Friends of Dorothy had a brutal romance. One emerged as a compassionate cop; the other emerged on a suburban lane, where he romanced a housewife's son. Answer: Oz, which starred Christopher Meloni ("Law & Order SVU") and Lee Tergesen ("Desperate Housewives") as prison buddies. The prison unit was called "Emerald City".
3. Question: Name this 1978 film, based on an earlier musical, which urbanized the friends of Dorothy, who was played by a diva. Her recently-deceased scarecrow was said to resemble her appearance. Answer: "The Wiz". Diana Ross played Dorothy and Michael Jackson was her scarecrow. The Broadway version was revived this summer with Ashanti as Dorothy.
4. Question: Name this prequel to Dorothy's story, based upon a best-selling book written by an out author. It tells Dorothy's story from the viewpoint of two witches, one who wants to be popular and one who is green. Answer: "Wicked", the blockbuster musical based on Gregory Maguire's book "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch".
5. Question: Which of the following has not played a Witch ? A) DeeDee Bridgewater, B) Kristin Chenoweth, C) Lena Horne, D) Bebe Neuwirth E) Billie Burke. Answer: Bebe Neuwirth. DeeDee Bridgewater was "Glinda" in Broadway's "The Wiz" and Lena Horne played the role in the film. Chenoweth was "Galinda" in "Wicked" and Billie Burke was the original "Glinda".
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Summer Fun: Where Are We ?
1. Question: Name this LGBT summer resort, often called “The Nation’s Summer Capital”, a short hope from John Waters Land, the City of Brotherly Love, and other mid-Atlantic capitals. You’ll find the boys at “Poodle Beach”, near the Boardwalk at Queen Street. And, humorist Fay Jacobs captured the essence of this community in her bestselling memoir.
2. Question: Name this state, which features a beachfront LGBT resort favored by Windy City folk, and an international music festival founded in 1976 Hint: No men make music here.
3 Question: Name this LGBT resort which dates back to 1822. Its name is an English corruption of its original Spanish name, “Bone Key”. It started life as a home to sailors, smugglers and whores, then became a literary capital, artist colony and one of the first American LGBT resorts.
4. Question: Name this LGBT summer resort, where the tea-dance originated. In the early 1960’s, a local hotelier served a complete English tea served by begowned drag queens. Later, music was added along with stronger libations, although the island nearby is known for a strong tea drink. Incidentally, pre-Stonewall, local ordinances prohibited speedos (unless covered by towels) or same-sex couples on the dance floor.
5. Question: Name this LGBT-friendly resort nation favored by Europeans. Its LGBT beach is just 20 minutes from some Gaudi masterpieces. One of its tonsorial masters inspired an opera and precipitation falls mainly on flatlands.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: OnQYB@aol.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 7/13/09
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 12 No. 28 July 13, 2009
Newsletter Editor: OnQYB@aol.com
The Fine Print
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 13-19, 2009
Resources: Pride Calendars.
There are too many PRIDE events to list here during PRIDE season (which generally runs May-August). Please check the following resources for events in your area:
***Damron Guides Event Calendars: http://www.damron.com/calendar/index.html
***Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org.
***PRIDE Calendars: http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
***Gay.com’s Pride Calendar: www.gay.com/pride/calendar/
thru THU: 8/06: New York, NY: HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture 18th edition, making it the oldest, continual festival of queer performance and culture in the world! Performers include: Penny Arcade, Murray Hill and Basil Twist. www.dixonplace.org or www.hotfestival.org/
thru TUE: 7/21: Philadelphia, PA:13th Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 200 films from more than two-dozen countries. www.phillyfests.com
thru TUE: 7/21: Los Angeles, CA: Outfest, LA's LGBT film and video festival.
Los Angeles' lesbian/ gay film & video festival in mid-July. www.outfest.org
thru FRI: 7/17: Saugatuck, MI: Family Week Michigan. Sponsored by COLAGE (Children of Gays and Lesbians Everywhere) and Rainbow Families Great Lakes. www.rfgl.org.
MON-SUN: 7/13-7/26: New York, NY: The Fresh Fruit Festival. 7th annual multidiscipline International LGBT Cultural & Arts Festival. www.freshfruitfestival.com.
MON-SUN: 7/13-8/02: New York, NY: Midtown International Theatre Festival. www.midtownfestival.org.
THU: 7/16: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free performances by the casts of "Little Mermaid, "9 to 5" and "Toxic Avenger". 12:30PM. www.1067newyork.com.
SAT: 7/18: San Francisco, CA: Carol Channing and Friends. Dolly's back in a benefit performance for the Dr. Carol Channing / Harry Kullijian Foundation for the Arts. www.CityBoxOffice.com
SAT-SUN: 7/18-7/19: Fire Island Pines, NY: 15th Annual Fire Island Dance Festival, to benefit Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA). Bruce Vilanch hosts. www.dradance.org.
SUN: 7/19: San Francisco, CA: AIDS Walk San Francisco. www.aidswalk.net
Newsworthy:
India: A court has decriminalised consensual sex amongst same-sex couples, an historic breakthrough for the country’s largely closeted gay community, as well as anti-HIV/AIDS campaigners. The Times Online reports: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6623241.ece
In Memoriam:
Shi Pei Pu, the Beijing opera singer and spy whose sexually convoluted love affair with a French Embassy worker inspired the Broadway show “M. Butterfly,” died on 6/30/09, at age 70. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/world/asia/02shi.html?_r=1
Remembering M. Butterfly:
Butterfly is Free: Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/07/shi-pei-pu-the-male-opera-singer-who-fooled-an-accountant-at-the-french-embassy-in-beijing-into-believing-he-was-a-she-durin.html
The Diva Spy Who Loved a Trick, a Tall Tale, Himself. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/weekinreview/05wadler.html?_r=1&ref=asia
Features
Preview: Tales of The City, the musical premieres in Connecticut, courtesy of "Avenue Q" and The Scissors Sisters. The Hartford Courant reports. http://www.courant.com/entertainment/stage/hc-tales.artjul03,0,4910987.story
In Print: Beach Reading
The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy by Robert Leleux. St. Martins Press. A memoir of a gay boy growing up in Petunia, Texas, is funny, occasionally poignant, and impossible to put down. An excellent debut book.
Out of The Pocket by Bill Konigsberg. Dutton Books. A closeted high school quarterback is outed by a school paper reporter
Object of Desire by William J. Mann. Kensington. The latest read by the novelist, biographer, and historian. A former WeHo go-go boy, now a 40+ Palm Springs husband, still grieves over the events surrounding the disappearance of his sister when he was a teen.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Billy Elliot, Elton John’s Tony-winning musical about a boy who wants to become a ballet dancer. www.billyelliotbroadway.com.
***Blithe Spirit. Out Rupert Everett and Angela Lansbury star in Noel Coward's ghostly comedy. to 7/19/09.
***Old Queen. Performance artist Penny Arcade's work in progress at HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture. to 7/25/09. www.dixonplace.org
***The Tempermentals. Jon Maran's drama about Harry Hay and friends as they form The Mattachine Society before Stonewall. Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty") stars. to 8/23/09. www.thetemperamentals.com
***Thank You For Being a Friend: the Musical. All things (unauthorized) Golden Girls. Lance Bass moves in next door to the elderly quartet who can't sleep because of his all-night gay parties. to 8/02/09. SpinCycleNYC.com
Elsewhere...
***The Cousins Grimm. a new musical that reworks the timeless fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm into contemporary urban fables filled with LGBT characters. to 8/23/09. Chicago, IL. www.bailiwick.org.
***Pearls Over Shanghai, a revival of the Cockettes 1970 Musical Extravaganza. to 8/16/09. San Francisco, CA. www.brownpapertickets.com.
***Rent Boy Ave: A Fairy's Tale, The New Sexy Hot Urban Rock Musical. two rent boys in a modern take on "Hansel and Gretel". to 8/09/09. San Francisco, CA. www.boxcartheatre.org
***Songs to Make You Gay. After finding a website warning parents against the bands and songs that will turn children gay, Connie Champagne begins a quest to find the music with the transformative power to change one’s sexual orientation. to 8/01/09. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org.
***Varla Jean Merman and the Mushroomheads. to 9/05/09. Provincetown, MA. www.varlaonline.com.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Resource: GLAAD's Guide to What's LGBT in Film: http://glaadblog.org/whats-lgbt-in-film/
Out on Screen...
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen plays a gay fashionista from Austria who fancies himself as "the voice of Austrian youth TV."
***Ciao. Two men meet after the death of a mutual friend. www.ciaomovie.com.
***The Country Teacher, a Czech film about a gay school teacher who lusts for a student he tutors. The Washington Blade's review: http://www.washblade.com/2009/6-26/arts/film/14787.cfm
***Little Ashes, Paul Morrison's drama about the young lives and loves of Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel and Frederico Garcia Lorca. www.littleashes-themovie.com.
***Outrage. Kirby Dick's documentary, a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to. I
Out On Video & DVD
***A Jihad for Love, the daring documentary filmed in 12 countries in which Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma explores the intersections of Islam and homosexuality.
***Fashion Victims, a 2008 German film, tells the story of a straight fashion designer’s teen son who falls for his father’s biggest rival in the design world.
***Grey Gardens, a new movie about eccentric Jackie O cousins Edie Beale and her mother, starring Drew Barrymore as Little Edie and Jessica Lange as her mother Big Edie.
***Hair: Let the Sunshine In. Pola Rapaport's documentary that traces the roots and legacy of the landmark musicalr.
***Kiki & Herb Live at The Knitting Factory. The Tony-nominated gender-bending downtown club act.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated every Friday. GLAAD TV Gayed: http://www.glaad.org/Page.aspx?pid=331
***Ongoing: Drop Dead Diva. With Margaret Cho in the cast, this is not drama. Sundays at 9PM. Lifetime. http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/drop-dead-diva
***July: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
7/20/09: Washington, DC: Night OUT with The Nationals. The Washinton Nationals take on the New York Mets. The Gay Men's Chorus sings the National Anthem. http://www.teamdc.org/noan5.html
7/20/09: San Francisco, CA: Sparkle, Patty, Sparkle! A salute to Patty Duke, a screening of "Valley of The Dolls", www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1588494
7/29/09-8/02/09: San Francisco, CA: Homo A Go Go. A festival celebrating alternative queer culture. www.homoagogo.com
8/01/09-8/09/09: Provincetown, MA: Family Week. Programs for LGBT parents, kids & allies. www.familyequality.org
8/02/09: San Francisco, CA: Help Is On the Way: No Business Like Show Business, 15th anniversary gala designed to raise funds for Bay Area AIDS service provider agencies. www.richmondermet.org/reaf10.1/Help15.htm.
8/03/09-8/09/09: Providence, RI: Rhode Island International Film Festival. has LGBT component. www.film-festival.org
8/13/09-8/16/09: Durham, NC: North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.carolinatheatre.org
8/14/09-8/16/09: Seattle, WA: National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Activist Convention. www.nqapia.org
8/14/09-8/30/09: New York, NY: FringeNYC, The New York International Fringe Festival. Off-beat, often LGBT-themed music, dance and theatre. www.fringenyc.org.
8/29/09-9/07/09: Milwaukee, WI:National Gay Softball World Series. www.nagaaasoftball.org
9/03/09-9/07/09: Columbus, OH: GALA 2009 Columbus, the annual conference of LGBT choral groups.http://www.galachoruses.org/events/2009_annual_conference.html
9/05/09-9/07/09: Seattle, WA: Gender Odyssey. panels, workshops & meetings. www.genderodyssey.com
9/10/09-9/13/09: Montreal, PQ: National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Annual Convention and LGBT Media Summit. http://www.nlgja.org/convention/index.html
9/11/09-9/13/09: Shreveport, LA: Northwest Louisiana Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. http://www.pacelouisiana.org/SE2009filmfestival.php
9/16/09-9/20/09: Fresno, CA: Fresno Reel Pride. the annual lesbian & gay film festival in central California. www.reelpride.com
9/25/09-9/27/09: Washington, DC: 5th Annual National LGBTQA College Student Career Conference. www.outforwork.com.
9/29/09-10/04/09: Palm Springs, CA: IAGLBC Annual Bridge Tournament. www.GayBridge.org
10/02/09-10/04/09: Anaheim, CA: Gay Days Anaheim. the unofficial gay days at Disneyland. www.GayDaysAnaheim.com
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Summer Camp
All of these films are available on DVD.
1. Question: Name this 1970 film, a camp classic by a noted political writer, in which a big-busted starlet and a gossip columnist shared the leading role of a TG heroine. A sex goddess from the early 20th century turned the movie into camp. Answer: Myra Breckenridge by Gore Vidal. Raquel Welch and Rex Reed played Myra. Mae West added the laughs.
2. Question: Name this 2000 comedy about a high school girl whose parents assume she’s lesbian, and send her off to summer camp to be turned straight. RuPaul is her teacher. Answer: But I’m A Cheerleader.
3. Question: Name this 2003 movie musical, where a group of gay and straight teens discover their inner Sondheim. There are musical numbers from “Dreamgirls”, “Company” and “Promises, Promises”. Answer: Camp, the story about a New York summer camp for gifted teens in theatre. Sondheim makes a cameo appearance. Stagedoor Manor, the summer training center that was the inspiration for "Camp" will offer "A Weekend in the Country with the Music of Stephen Sondheim". www.stagedoormanor.com.
4. Question: Name this 2003 comedy about three “starlets” who room together in Hollywood while looking for fame. One of them is played by “the love child” of a Broadway legend and a “Poseidon Adventure” star whose marriage lasted 3-weeks. Answer: Girls Will Be Girls, where the starlets are played by three drag queens including Varla Jean Merman, who claims Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine as her parents.
5. Question: Name this 1958 comedy classic about parenting in the big city, where a young orphan is advised “always stir a martini--never shake or you’ll bruise the gin”. The movie, based on a play which was based on a novel, was also a musical. Angela Lansbury and Lucille Ball have been associated with adaptations. Answer: Auntie Mame. Rosalind Russell played Patrick Dennis’ madcap aunt. Lansbury and Ball played Mame in the musical.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Friends of Dorothy
Friends of Dorothy was a code word for homosexuals pre-Stonewall.
1. Question: Name this character. Amongst the original Friends of Dorothy, one friend's real life son married Dorothy's real-life daughter.
2. Question: Name this TV series set in the Emerald City, in which two Friends of Dorothy had a brutal romance. One emerged as a compassionate cop; the other emerged on a suburban lane, where he romanced a housewife's son.
3. Question: Name this 1978 film, based on an earlier musical, which urbanized the friends of Dorothy, who was played by a diva. Her recently-deceased scarecrow was said to resemble her appearance.
4. Question: Name this prequel to Dorothy's story, based upon a best-selling book written by an out author. It tells Dorothy's story from the viewpoint of two witches, one who wants to be popular and one who is green.
5. Question: Which of the following has not played a Witch ? A) DeeDee Bridgewater, B) Kristin Chenoweth, C) Lena Horne, D) Bebe Neuwirth E) Billie Burke.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: OnQYB@aol.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Volume 12 No. 28 July 13, 2009
Newsletter Editor: OnQYB@aol.com
The Fine Print
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 13-19, 2009
Resources: Pride Calendars.
There are too many PRIDE events to list here during PRIDE season (which generally runs May-August). Please check the following resources for events in your area:
***Damron Guides Event Calendars: http://www.damron.com/calendar/index.html
***Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org.
***PRIDE Calendars: http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
***Gay.com’s Pride Calendar: www.gay.com/pride/calendar/
thru THU: 8/06: New York, NY: HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture 18th edition, making it the oldest, continual festival of queer performance and culture in the world! Performers include: Penny Arcade, Murray Hill and Basil Twist. www.dixonplace.org or www.hotfestival.org/
thru TUE: 7/21: Philadelphia, PA:13th Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 200 films from more than two-dozen countries. www.phillyfests.com
thru TUE: 7/21: Los Angeles, CA: Outfest, LA's LGBT film and video festival.
Los Angeles' lesbian/ gay film & video festival in mid-July. www.outfest.org
thru FRI: 7/17: Saugatuck, MI: Family Week Michigan. Sponsored by COLAGE (Children of Gays and Lesbians Everywhere) and Rainbow Families Great Lakes. www.rfgl.org.
MON-SUN: 7/13-7/26: New York, NY: The Fresh Fruit Festival. 7th annual multidiscipline International LGBT Cultural & Arts Festival. www.freshfruitfestival.com.
MON-SUN: 7/13-8/02: New York, NY: Midtown International Theatre Festival. www.midtownfestival.org.
THU: 7/16: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free performances by the casts of "Little Mermaid, "9 to 5" and "Toxic Avenger". 12:30PM. www.1067newyork.com.
SAT: 7/18: San Francisco, CA: Carol Channing and Friends. Dolly's back in a benefit performance for the Dr. Carol Channing / Harry Kullijian Foundation for the Arts. www.CityBoxOffice.com
SAT-SUN: 7/18-7/19: Fire Island Pines, NY: 15th Annual Fire Island Dance Festival, to benefit Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA). Bruce Vilanch hosts. www.dradance.org.
SUN: 7/19: San Francisco, CA: AIDS Walk San Francisco. www.aidswalk.net
Newsworthy:
India: A court has decriminalised consensual sex amongst same-sex couples, an historic breakthrough for the country’s largely closeted gay community, as well as anti-HIV/AIDS campaigners. The Times Online reports: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6623241.ece
In Memoriam:
Shi Pei Pu, the Beijing opera singer and spy whose sexually convoluted love affair with a French Embassy worker inspired the Broadway show “M. Butterfly,” died on 6/30/09, at age 70. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/world/asia/02shi.html?_r=1
Remembering M. Butterfly:
Butterfly is Free: Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/07/shi-pei-pu-the-male-opera-singer-who-fooled-an-accountant-at-the-french-embassy-in-beijing-into-believing-he-was-a-she-durin.html
The Diva Spy Who Loved a Trick, a Tall Tale, Himself. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/weekinreview/05wadler.html?_r=1&ref=asia
Features
Preview: Tales of The City, the musical premieres in Connecticut, courtesy of "Avenue Q" and The Scissors Sisters. The Hartford Courant reports. http://www.courant.com/entertainment/stage/hc-tales.artjul03,0,4910987.story
In Print: Beach Reading
The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy by Robert Leleux. St. Martins Press. A memoir of a gay boy growing up in Petunia, Texas, is funny, occasionally poignant, and impossible to put down. An excellent debut book.
Out of The Pocket by Bill Konigsberg. Dutton Books. A closeted high school quarterback is outed by a school paper reporter
Object of Desire by William J. Mann. Kensington. The latest read by the novelist, biographer, and historian. A former WeHo go-go boy, now a 40+ Palm Springs husband, still grieves over the events surrounding the disappearance of his sister when he was a teen.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Billy Elliot, Elton John’s Tony-winning musical about a boy who wants to become a ballet dancer. www.billyelliotbroadway.com.
***Blithe Spirit. Out Rupert Everett and Angela Lansbury star in Noel Coward's ghostly comedy. to 7/19/09.
***Old Queen. Performance artist Penny Arcade's work in progress at HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture. to 7/25/09. www.dixonplace.org
***The Tempermentals. Jon Maran's drama about Harry Hay and friends as they form The Mattachine Society before Stonewall. Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty") stars. to 8/23/09. www.thetemperamentals.com
***Thank You For Being a Friend: the Musical. All things (unauthorized) Golden Girls. Lance Bass moves in next door to the elderly quartet who can't sleep because of his all-night gay parties. to 8/02/09. SpinCycleNYC.com
Elsewhere...
***The Cousins Grimm. a new musical that reworks the timeless fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm into contemporary urban fables filled with LGBT characters. to 8/23/09. Chicago, IL. www.bailiwick.org.
***Pearls Over Shanghai, a revival of the Cockettes 1970 Musical Extravaganza. to 8/16/09. San Francisco, CA. www.brownpapertickets.com.
***Rent Boy Ave: A Fairy's Tale, The New Sexy Hot Urban Rock Musical. two rent boys in a modern take on "Hansel and Gretel". to 8/09/09. San Francisco, CA. www.boxcartheatre.org
***Songs to Make You Gay. After finding a website warning parents against the bands and songs that will turn children gay, Connie Champagne begins a quest to find the music with the transformative power to change one’s sexual orientation. to 8/01/09. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org.
***Varla Jean Merman and the Mushroomheads. to 9/05/09. Provincetown, MA. www.varlaonline.com.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Resource: GLAAD's Guide to What's LGBT in Film: http://glaadblog.org/whats-lgbt-in-film/
Out on Screen...
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen plays a gay fashionista from Austria who fancies himself as "the voice of Austrian youth TV."
***Ciao. Two men meet after the death of a mutual friend. www.ciaomovie.com.
***The Country Teacher, a Czech film about a gay school teacher who lusts for a student he tutors. The Washington Blade's review: http://www.washblade.com/2009/6-26/arts/film/14787.cfm
***Little Ashes, Paul Morrison's drama about the young lives and loves of Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel and Frederico Garcia Lorca. www.littleashes-themovie.com.
***Outrage. Kirby Dick's documentary, a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to. I
Out On Video & DVD
***A Jihad for Love, the daring documentary filmed in 12 countries in which Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma explores the intersections of Islam and homosexuality.
***Fashion Victims, a 2008 German film, tells the story of a straight fashion designer’s teen son who falls for his father’s biggest rival in the design world.
***Grey Gardens, a new movie about eccentric Jackie O cousins Edie Beale and her mother, starring Drew Barrymore as Little Edie and Jessica Lange as her mother Big Edie.
***Hair: Let the Sunshine In. Pola Rapaport's documentary that traces the roots and legacy of the landmark musicalr.
***Kiki & Herb Live at The Knitting Factory. The Tony-nominated gender-bending downtown club act.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated every Friday. GLAAD TV Gayed: http://www.glaad.org/Page.aspx?pid=331
***Ongoing: Drop Dead Diva. With Margaret Cho in the cast, this is not drama. Sundays at 9PM. Lifetime. http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/drop-dead-diva
***July: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
7/20/09: Washington, DC: Night OUT with The Nationals. The Washinton Nationals take on the New York Mets. The Gay Men's Chorus sings the National Anthem. http://www.teamdc.org/noan5.html
7/20/09: San Francisco, CA: Sparkle, Patty, Sparkle! A salute to Patty Duke, a screening of "Valley of The Dolls", www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1588494
7/29/09-8/02/09: San Francisco, CA: Homo A Go Go. A festival celebrating alternative queer culture. www.homoagogo.com
8/01/09-8/09/09: Provincetown, MA: Family Week. Programs for LGBT parents, kids & allies. www.familyequality.org
8/02/09: San Francisco, CA: Help Is On the Way: No Business Like Show Business, 15th anniversary gala designed to raise funds for Bay Area AIDS service provider agencies. www.richmondermet.org/reaf10.1/Help15.htm.
8/03/09-8/09/09: Providence, RI: Rhode Island International Film Festival. has LGBT component. www.film-festival.org
8/13/09-8/16/09: Durham, NC: North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.carolinatheatre.org
8/14/09-8/16/09: Seattle, WA: National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Activist Convention. www.nqapia.org
8/14/09-8/30/09: New York, NY: FringeNYC, The New York International Fringe Festival. Off-beat, often LGBT-themed music, dance and theatre. www.fringenyc.org.
8/29/09-9/07/09: Milwaukee, WI:National Gay Softball World Series. www.nagaaasoftball.org
9/03/09-9/07/09: Columbus, OH: GALA 2009 Columbus, the annual conference of LGBT choral groups.http://www.galachoruses.org/events/2009_annual_conference.html
9/05/09-9/07/09: Seattle, WA: Gender Odyssey. panels, workshops & meetings. www.genderodyssey.com
9/10/09-9/13/09: Montreal, PQ: National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Annual Convention and LGBT Media Summit. http://www.nlgja.org/convention/index.html
9/11/09-9/13/09: Shreveport, LA: Northwest Louisiana Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. http://www.pacelouisiana.org/SE2009filmfestival.php
9/16/09-9/20/09: Fresno, CA: Fresno Reel Pride. the annual lesbian & gay film festival in central California. www.reelpride.com
9/25/09-9/27/09: Washington, DC: 5th Annual National LGBTQA College Student Career Conference. www.outforwork.com.
9/29/09-10/04/09: Palm Springs, CA: IAGLBC Annual Bridge Tournament. www.GayBridge.org
10/02/09-10/04/09: Anaheim, CA: Gay Days Anaheim. the unofficial gay days at Disneyland. www.GayDaysAnaheim.com
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Summer Camp
All of these films are available on DVD.
1. Question: Name this 1970 film, a camp classic by a noted political writer, in which a big-busted starlet and a gossip columnist shared the leading role of a TG heroine. A sex goddess from the early 20th century turned the movie into camp. Answer: Myra Breckenridge by Gore Vidal. Raquel Welch and Rex Reed played Myra. Mae West added the laughs.
2. Question: Name this 2000 comedy about a high school girl whose parents assume she’s lesbian, and send her off to summer camp to be turned straight. RuPaul is her teacher. Answer: But I’m A Cheerleader.
3. Question: Name this 2003 movie musical, where a group of gay and straight teens discover their inner Sondheim. There are musical numbers from “Dreamgirls”, “Company” and “Promises, Promises”. Answer: Camp, the story about a New York summer camp for gifted teens in theatre. Sondheim makes a cameo appearance. Stagedoor Manor, the summer training center that was the inspiration for "Camp" will offer "A Weekend in the Country with the Music of Stephen Sondheim". www.stagedoormanor.com.
4. Question: Name this 2003 comedy about three “starlets” who room together in Hollywood while looking for fame. One of them is played by “the love child” of a Broadway legend and a “Poseidon Adventure” star whose marriage lasted 3-weeks. Answer: Girls Will Be Girls, where the starlets are played by three drag queens including Varla Jean Merman, who claims Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine as her parents.
5. Question: Name this 1958 comedy classic about parenting in the big city, where a young orphan is advised “always stir a martini--never shake or you’ll bruise the gin”. The movie, based on a play which was based on a novel, was also a musical. Angela Lansbury and Lucille Ball have been associated with adaptations. Answer: Auntie Mame. Rosalind Russell played Patrick Dennis’ madcap aunt. Lansbury and Ball played Mame in the musical.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Friends of Dorothy
Friends of Dorothy was a code word for homosexuals pre-Stonewall.
1. Question: Name this character. Amongst the original Friends of Dorothy, one friend's real life son married Dorothy's real-life daughter.
2. Question: Name this TV series set in the Emerald City, in which two Friends of Dorothy had a brutal romance. One emerged as a compassionate cop; the other emerged on a suburban lane, where he romanced a housewife's son.
3. Question: Name this 1978 film, based on an earlier musical, which urbanized the friends of Dorothy, who was played by a diva. Her recently-deceased scarecrow was said to resemble her appearance.
4. Question: Name this prequel to Dorothy's story, based upon a best-selling book written by an out author. It tells Dorothy's story from the viewpoint of two witches, one who wants to be popular and one who is green.
5. Question: Which of the following has not played a Witch ? A) DeeDee Bridgewater, B) Kristin Chenoweth, C) Lena Horne, D) Bebe Neuwirth E) Billie Burke.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: OnQYB@aol.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 7/06/09
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 12 No. 27 July 6, 2009
Newsletter Editor: OnQYB@aol.com
The Fine Print
See previous editions.
Subscription Information: This newsletter is available via free email subscription only. Our mailing list is confidential.
To subscribe: Email OnQYB@aol.com and write “Subscribe COS News” in subject line.
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 6-12, 2009
Resources: Pride Calendars.
There are too many PRIDE events to list here during PRIDE season. Please check the following resources for events in your area:
***Damron Guides Event Calendars: http://www.damron.com/calendar/index.html
***Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org.
***PRIDE Calendars: http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
***Gay.com’s Pride Calendar: www.gay.com/pride/calendar/
thru THU: 8/06: New York, NY: HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture the oldest, continual festival of queer performance and culture in the world! With Penny Arcade, Murray Hill and Basil Twist. www.dixonplace.org or www.hotfestival.org/
7/09/09-7/21/09: Philadelphia, PA:13th Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. www.phillyfests.com
THU: 7/09: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free concert by the casts of "Phantom of The Opera", \and "In The Heights". 12:30PM. www.1067newyork.com.
FRI-TUE: 7/10-7/21: Los Angeles, CA: Outfest, LA's LGBT film festival.
www.outfest.org
FRI-FRI: 7/10-7/17: Saugatuck, MI: Family Week Michigan. Sponsored by COLAGE and Rainbow Families Great Lakes. www.rfgl.org.
SAT: 7/11: New York, NY: Broadway Barks 11: the annual adopt-a-thon created by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore to find homes for pets from city animal shelters. www.BroadwayBarks.com.
SAT: 7/11: Tacoma, WA: Out In The Park, Tacoma's Pride Festival. Wright Park. http://www.rainbowcntr.org/outintacoma.htm
Newsworthy:
US Government Apologizes to Frank Kameny. The pioneering gay rights activist, fired 50 years ago for being gay, gets a "we're sorry". The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washblade.com/blog/blog.cfm?blog_id=25888
New York: A Divided Senate Puts Gay Marriage on Hold. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/nyregion/29pride.html?hp.
Stonewall 40
Must Read: 40 Years After Stonewall and still second rate citizens. Frank Rich writes for The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/opinion/28rich.html
Pride San Francisco: Celebrating Pride in a Difficult Year. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/28/MNUV18FBF0.DTL
Stonewall 40 from a British Viewpoint: BBC News offers a retrospective on the gay rights movement in the United States: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8123927.stm
Stonewall 40: A reunion for those Gay Liberation Front members who were there. The New York Daily News reports: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/06/29/2009-06-29_the_gay_liberation_front_.html
Stonewall White House Reception. The guest list, recaps, transcripts and video from Towleroad.com:
http://www.towleroad.com/2009/06/obamas-white-house-lgbt-stonewall-event-transcript-guest-list.html
http://www.towleroad.com/2009/06/watch-full-video-of-obama-white-house-lgbt-pride-celebration.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Liza Minnelli and Delta Burke are dueling divas in "Drop Dead Diva". Rosie O'Donnell is the judge. The Lifetime series launches 7/12/09. EW reports: http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/06/drop-dead-diva-enlists-liza-minnelli-delta-burke.html
Features
Michael Urie, the assistant on "Ugly Betty" and the activist in "The Tempermentals" is profiled by New York Magazine. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/Y5WqX2TO5ZE/michael_urie.html
Judith Light, the actress best known for "Ugly Betty", "Who's The Boss" and "Law & Order SVU" has always been an AIDS and gay rights activist. The Boston Globe profile:
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2009/06/28/judith_light_continues_to_enjoy_life_on_stage?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Theater+and+arts+news
Profile: Jim McGreevey, patron saint of fallen governors. Shankbone updates the seminarian's life since he resigned as governor of New Jersey. http://blog.shankbone.org/2009/06/29/jim-mcgreevey-patron-saint-of-fallen-governors/
On CD: Sounds of Summer
***Malcolm Gets: The Journey Home. A new solo recording by the out star of Broadway and "Caroline In the City". PS Classics.
***Hair, 2009 Tony Award winning revival cast recording.
***Road Show. Original cast recording of Stephen Sondheim's and John Weidman's musical about the Mizner brothers (one straight, one gay). Nonesuch Records.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Hair, Tony-winning revival of the first major rock musical. www.publictheater.org.
***Old Queen. Performance artist Penny Arcade's work in progress at HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture. 7/09/09-7/25/09. www.dixonplace.org
***The Tempermentals. Jon Maran's drama about Harry Hay and friends as they form The Mattachine Society before Stonewall. Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty") stars. to 8/23/09. www.thetemperamentals.com
***Thank You For Being a Friend: the Musical. All things (unauthorized) Golden Girls. Lance Bass moves in next door to the elderly quartet who can't sleep because of his all-night gay parties. to 8/02/09. SpinCycleNYC.com
Elsewhere...
***The Cousins Grimm. a new musical that reworks Brothers Grimm fairy tales into contemporary urban fables filled with LGBT characters. 7/10/09-8/23/09. Chicago, IL. www.bailiwick.org.
***Funny Girl. Steven Brinberg plays Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice. Loni Ackerman, Harvey Evans, and Lainie Kazan co-star. 7/11/09. Asbury Park, NJ. www.revisiontheatre.org.
***The New Century, Paul Rudnick's gay-themed comedy. to 7/19/09. Coral Gables, FL. www.gablestage.org
***Pearls Over Shanghai, a revival of the Cockettes 1970 Musical Extravaganza. to 8/16/09. San Francisco, CA. www.brownpapertickets.com.
***Songs to Make You Gay. After finding a website warning parents against the bands and songs that will turn children gay, Connie Champagne begins a quest to find the music with the transformative power to change one’s sexual orientation. to 8/01/09. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org.
***Tales of The City, a musicalization of Armistead Maupin's book by Jeff Whitty and The Scissors Sisters. to 7/11/09. Waterford, CT. www.theoneill.org
On Display
thru SAT: 9/12: New York, NY: Exhibition: Diaghilev’s Theater of Marvels: The Ballets Russes and Its Aftermath, documents the legendary ballet company founded 100 years ago and its gay impersario. Lincoln Center. www.nypl.org/lpa .
thru MON: 8/03: Los Angeles, CA: Gay, a Photographic Essay 1969–1972 by Los Angeles–based photographer Anthony Friedkin. Vintage photos chronicle the early gay rights movement in LA. drkrm.gallery. 2121 San Fernando Rd., Suite 3, Los Angeles
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Resource: GLAAD's Guide to What's LGBT in Film: Note new web address: http://glaadblog.org/whats-lgbt-in-film/
Out on Screen...
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen plays a gay fashionista from Austria who fancies himself as "the voice of Austrian youth TV."
***The Country Teacher, a Czech film about a gay school teacher who lusts for a student he tutors. The Washington Blade's review: http://www.washblade.com/2009/6-26/arts/film/14787.cfm
***Every Little Step. A documentary about the making of the 2006 Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line".
***Little Ashes, Paul Morrison's drama about the young lives and loves of Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel and Frederico Garcia Lorca. www.littleashes-themovie.com.
***Outrage. Kirby Dick's ("This Film is Not Yet Rated") documentary, a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to.
Out On Video & DVD
***A Jihad for Love, the daring documentary filmed in 12 countries in which Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma explores the intersections of Islam and homosexuality.
***Chess In Concert: Live From Royal Albert Hall. Complete live recording of the May 2008 Chess in concert with Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, and Adam Pascal.
***Hair: Let the Sunshine In. Pola Rapaport's documentary that traces the roots and legacy of the landmark musical.
***Kiki & Herb Live at The Knitting Factory. The Tony-nominated gender-bending downtown club act.
***M. Butterfly. Jeremy Irons plays the diplomat who succumbs to a Chinese opera star in drag. Based on the David Henry Hwang prize-winning play based on a true story.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated every Friday. http://www.glaad.org/Page.aspx?pid=331
***July: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***FRI: 7/10: Queen Latifah performs live at Central Park's Rumsey Field for GMA 7AM-9AM. ABC TV. (Rumsey Field opens at 6AM for those who want to go).
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
7/13/09-7/26/09: New York, NY: The Fresh Fruit Festival. 7th multidiscipline International LGBT Cultural & Arts Festival. www.freshfruitfestival.com. For Talking Broadway’s recap: http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1733694
7/13/09-8/02/09: New York, NY: Midtown International Theatre Festival. www.midtownfestival.org.
7/18/09: San Francisco, CA: Carol Channing and Friends. Dolly's back in a benefit performance for the Dr. Carol Channing / Harry Kullijian Foundation for the Arts. www.CityBoxOffice.com
7/18/09-7/19/09: Fire Island Pines, NY: 15th Annual Fire Island Dance Festival, to benefit Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA). Bruce Vilanch hosts. www.dradance.org.
7/19/09: San Francisco, CA: AIDS Walk San Francisco. www.aidswalk.net
7/20/09: Washington, DC: Night OUT with The Nationals. The Nationals vs the Mets. The Gay Men's Chorus sings the National Anthem. http://www.teamdc.org/noan5.html
7/20/09: San Francisco, CA: Sparkle, Patty, Sparkle! A salute to Patty Duke,with Connie Champagne as Neely O'Hara and Matthew Martin as Helen Lawson. http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1588494
7/26/09: Hartford, CT: LGBTQ Wedding Expo. www.SameLoveSameRights.com
7/29/09-8/02/09: San Francisco, CA: Homo A Go Go. A festival celebrating alternative queer culture. www.homoagogo.com
8/01/09-8/09/09: Provincetown, MA: Family Week. Programs for LGBT parents, kids & allies. www.familyequality.org
8/02/09: San Francisco, CA: Help Is On the Way: No Business Like Show Business, benefit for AIDS service providers. www.richmondermet.org/reaf10.1/Help15.htm.
8/03/09-8/09/09: Providence, RI: Rhode Island International Film Festival. has LGBT component. www.film-festival.org
8/13/09-8/16/09: Durham, NC: North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.carolinatheatre.org
8/14/09-8/16/09: Seattle, WA: National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Activist Convention. www.nqapia.org
8/14/09-8/30/09: New York, NY: FringeNYC, The New York International Fringe Festival. www.fringenyc.org.
8/16/09: Seattle, WA: LGBTQ Wedding Expo. www.SameLoveSameRights.com
8/29/09-9/07/09: Milwaukee, WI:National Gay Softball World Series. www.nagaaasoftball.org
9/03/09-9/07/09: Columbus, OH: GALA 2009 Columbus, the annual conference for LGBT choruses. http://www.galachoruses.org/events/2009_annual_conference.html
9/05/09-9/07/09: Seattle, WA: Gender Odyssey. panels, workshops & meetings; for transmen, transwomen & other gender variant people. www.genderodyssey.com
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: July Milestones
1. Question: Name this phenomenon, first mentioned in the New York Times on July 2, 1981. It had a major impact on the LGBT community before becoming a world-wide issue. Answer: AIDS, described by the newspaper then as “a rare cancer seen in homosexuals”.
2. Question: Name this gay naturalist and author, an advocate of civil disobedience, born on July 12, 1817. He wrote primarily of the life around his isolated cabin in the Boston suburbs. Answer: Henry David Thoreau, author of “Walden”.
3. Question: Name this professional athlete and buff boy who came out on July 1, 1989 in the sports magazine, “Iron Man”. Answer: Bob Paris, award-winning body-builder.
4. Question: Name this college city, which was the first city in America to pass a broad gay civil rights law on July 10, 1972. Hint: It’s not San Francisco. Answer: Ann Arbor, MI.
5. Question: Name this American TV, which made its debut on Showtime on July 13, 1984. It was the first American TV show with an openly gay lead character. Answer: Brothers.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Summer Camp
1. Question: Name this 1970 film, a camp classic by a noted political writer, in which a big-busted starlet and a gossip columnist shared the leading role of a TG heroine. A sex goddess from the early 20th century turned the movie into camp.
2. Question: Name this 2000 comedy about a high school girl whose parents assume she’s lesbian, and send her off to summer camp to be turned straight. RuPaul is her teacher.
3. Question: Name this 2003 movie musical, where a group of gay and straight teens discover their inner Sondheim. There are musical numbers from “Dreamgirls”, “Company” and “Promises, Promises”.
4. Question: Name this 2003 comedy about three “starlets” who room together in Hollywood while looking for fame. One of them is played by “the love child” of a Broadway legend and a “Poseidon Adventure” star whose marriage lasted 3-weeks.
5. Question: Name this 1958 comedy classic about parenting in the big city, where a young orphan is advised “always stir a martini--never shake or you’ll bruise the gin”. The movie, based on a play which was based on a novel, was also a musical. Angela Lansbury and Lucille Ball have been associated with adaptations.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: OnQYB@aol.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Volume 12 No. 27 July 6, 2009
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 6-12, 2009
Resources: Pride Calendars.
There are too many PRIDE events to list here during PRIDE season. Please check the following resources for events in your area:
***Damron Guides Event Calendars: http://www.damron.com/calendar/index.html
***Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org.
***PRIDE Calendars: http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
***Gay.com’s Pride Calendar: www.gay.com/pride/calendar/
thru THU: 8/06: New York, NY: HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture the oldest, continual festival of queer performance and culture in the world! With Penny Arcade, Murray Hill and Basil Twist. www.dixonplace.org or www.hotfestival.org/
7/09/09-7/21/09: Philadelphia, PA:13th Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. www.phillyfests.com
THU: 7/09: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free concert by the casts of "Phantom of The Opera", \and "In The Heights". 12:30PM. www.1067newyork.com.
FRI-TUE: 7/10-7/21: Los Angeles, CA: Outfest, LA's LGBT film festival.
www.outfest.org
FRI-FRI: 7/10-7/17: Saugatuck, MI: Family Week Michigan. Sponsored by COLAGE and Rainbow Families Great Lakes. www.rfgl.org.
SAT: 7/11: New York, NY: Broadway Barks 11: the annual adopt-a-thon created by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore to find homes for pets from city animal shelters. www.BroadwayBarks.com.
SAT: 7/11: Tacoma, WA: Out In The Park, Tacoma's Pride Festival. Wright Park. http://www.rainbowcntr.org/outintacoma.htm
Newsworthy:
US Government Apologizes to Frank Kameny. The pioneering gay rights activist, fired 50 years ago for being gay, gets a "we're sorry". The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washblade.com/blog/blog.cfm?blog_id=25888
New York: A Divided Senate Puts Gay Marriage on Hold. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/nyregion/29pride.html?hp.
Stonewall 40
Must Read: 40 Years After Stonewall and still second rate citizens. Frank Rich writes for The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/opinion/28rich.html
Pride San Francisco: Celebrating Pride in a Difficult Year. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/28/MNUV18FBF0.DTL
Stonewall 40 from a British Viewpoint: BBC News offers a retrospective on the gay rights movement in the United States: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8123927.stm
Stonewall 40: A reunion for those Gay Liberation Front members who were there. The New York Daily News reports: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/06/29/2009-06-29_the_gay_liberation_front_.html
Stonewall White House Reception. The guest list, recaps, transcripts and video from Towleroad.com:
http://www.towleroad.com/2009/06/obamas-white-house-lgbt-stonewall-event-transcript-guest-list.html
http://www.towleroad.com/2009/06/watch-full-video-of-obama-white-house-lgbt-pride-celebration.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Liza Minnelli and Delta Burke are dueling divas in "Drop Dead Diva". Rosie O'Donnell is the judge. The Lifetime series launches 7/12/09. EW reports: http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/06/drop-dead-diva-enlists-liza-minnelli-delta-burke.html
Features
Michael Urie, the assistant on "Ugly Betty" and the activist in "The Tempermentals" is profiled by New York Magazine. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/Y5WqX2TO5ZE/michael_urie.html
Judith Light, the actress best known for "Ugly Betty", "Who's The Boss" and "Law & Order SVU" has always been an AIDS and gay rights activist. The Boston Globe profile:
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2009/06/28/judith_light_continues_to_enjoy_life_on_stage?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Theater+and+arts+news
Profile: Jim McGreevey, patron saint of fallen governors. Shankbone updates the seminarian's life since he resigned as governor of New Jersey. http://blog.shankbone.org/2009/06/29/jim-mcgreevey-patron-saint-of-fallen-governors/
On CD: Sounds of Summer
***Malcolm Gets: The Journey Home. A new solo recording by the out star of Broadway and "Caroline In the City". PS Classics.
***Hair, 2009 Tony Award winning revival cast recording.
***Road Show. Original cast recording of Stephen Sondheim's and John Weidman's musical about the Mizner brothers (one straight, one gay). Nonesuch Records.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Hair, Tony-winning revival of the first major rock musical. www.publictheater.org.
***Old Queen. Performance artist Penny Arcade's work in progress at HOT! Festival of LGBT Performance and Culture. 7/09/09-7/25/09. www.dixonplace.org
***The Tempermentals. Jon Maran's drama about Harry Hay and friends as they form The Mattachine Society before Stonewall. Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty") stars. to 8/23/09. www.thetemperamentals.com
***Thank You For Being a Friend: the Musical. All things (unauthorized) Golden Girls. Lance Bass moves in next door to the elderly quartet who can't sleep because of his all-night gay parties. to 8/02/09. SpinCycleNYC.com
Elsewhere...
***The Cousins Grimm. a new musical that reworks Brothers Grimm fairy tales into contemporary urban fables filled with LGBT characters. 7/10/09-8/23/09. Chicago, IL. www.bailiwick.org.
***Funny Girl. Steven Brinberg plays Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice. Loni Ackerman, Harvey Evans, and Lainie Kazan co-star. 7/11/09. Asbury Park, NJ. www.revisiontheatre.org.
***The New Century, Paul Rudnick's gay-themed comedy. to 7/19/09. Coral Gables, FL. www.gablestage.org
***Pearls Over Shanghai, a revival of the Cockettes 1970 Musical Extravaganza. to 8/16/09. San Francisco, CA. www.brownpapertickets.com.
***Songs to Make You Gay. After finding a website warning parents against the bands and songs that will turn children gay, Connie Champagne begins a quest to find the music with the transformative power to change one’s sexual orientation. to 8/01/09. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org.
***Tales of The City, a musicalization of Armistead Maupin's book by Jeff Whitty and The Scissors Sisters. to 7/11/09. Waterford, CT. www.theoneill.org
On Display
thru SAT: 9/12: New York, NY: Exhibition: Diaghilev’s Theater of Marvels: The Ballets Russes and Its Aftermath, documents the legendary ballet company founded 100 years ago and its gay impersario. Lincoln Center. www.nypl.org/lpa .
thru MON: 8/03: Los Angeles, CA: Gay, a Photographic Essay 1969–1972 by Los Angeles–based photographer Anthony Friedkin. Vintage photos chronicle the early gay rights movement in LA. drkrm.gallery. 2121 San Fernando Rd., Suite 3, Los Angeles
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Resource: GLAAD's Guide to What's LGBT in Film: Note new web address: http://glaadblog.org/whats-lgbt-in-film/
Out on Screen...
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen plays a gay fashionista from Austria who fancies himself as "the voice of Austrian youth TV."
***The Country Teacher, a Czech film about a gay school teacher who lusts for a student he tutors. The Washington Blade's review: http://www.washblade.com/2009/6-26/arts/film/14787.cfm
***Every Little Step. A documentary about the making of the 2006 Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line".
***Little Ashes, Paul Morrison's drama about the young lives and loves of Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel and Frederico Garcia Lorca. www.littleashes-themovie.com.
***Outrage. Kirby Dick's ("This Film is Not Yet Rated") documentary, a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to.
Out On Video & DVD
***A Jihad for Love, the daring documentary filmed in 12 countries in which Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma explores the intersections of Islam and homosexuality.
***Chess In Concert: Live From Royal Albert Hall. Complete live recording of the May 2008 Chess in concert with Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, and Adam Pascal.
***Hair: Let the Sunshine In. Pola Rapaport's documentary that traces the roots and legacy of the landmark musical.
***Kiki & Herb Live at The Knitting Factory. The Tony-nominated gender-bending downtown club act.
***M. Butterfly. Jeremy Irons plays the diplomat who succumbs to a Chinese opera star in drag. Based on the David Henry Hwang prize-winning play based on a true story.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated every Friday. http://www.glaad.org/Page.aspx?pid=331
***July: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***FRI: 7/10: Queen Latifah performs live at Central Park's Rumsey Field for GMA 7AM-9AM. ABC TV. (Rumsey Field opens at 6AM for those who want to go).
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
7/13/09-7/26/09: New York, NY: The Fresh Fruit Festival. 7th multidiscipline International LGBT Cultural & Arts Festival. www.freshfruitfestival.com. For Talking Broadway’s recap: http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1733694
7/13/09-8/02/09: New York, NY: Midtown International Theatre Festival. www.midtownfestival.org.
7/18/09: San Francisco, CA: Carol Channing and Friends. Dolly's back in a benefit performance for the Dr. Carol Channing / Harry Kullijian Foundation for the Arts. www.CityBoxOffice.com
7/18/09-7/19/09: Fire Island Pines, NY: 15th Annual Fire Island Dance Festival, to benefit Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA). Bruce Vilanch hosts. www.dradance.org.
7/19/09: San Francisco, CA: AIDS Walk San Francisco. www.aidswalk.net
7/20/09: Washington, DC: Night OUT with The Nationals. The Nationals vs the Mets. The Gay Men's Chorus sings the National Anthem. http://www.teamdc.org/noan5.html
7/20/09: San Francisco, CA: Sparkle, Patty, Sparkle! A salute to Patty Duke,with Connie Champagne as Neely O'Hara and Matthew Martin as Helen Lawson. http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1588494
7/26/09: Hartford, CT: LGBTQ Wedding Expo. www.SameLoveSameRights.com
7/29/09-8/02/09: San Francisco, CA: Homo A Go Go. A festival celebrating alternative queer culture. www.homoagogo.com
8/01/09-8/09/09: Provincetown, MA: Family Week. Programs for LGBT parents, kids & allies. www.familyequality.org
8/02/09: San Francisco, CA: Help Is On the Way: No Business Like Show Business, benefit for AIDS service providers. www.richmondermet.org/reaf10.1/Help15.htm.
8/03/09-8/09/09: Providence, RI: Rhode Island International Film Festival. has LGBT component. www.film-festival.org
8/13/09-8/16/09: Durham, NC: North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.carolinatheatre.org
8/14/09-8/16/09: Seattle, WA: National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Activist Convention. www.nqapia.org
8/14/09-8/30/09: New York, NY: FringeNYC, The New York International Fringe Festival. www.fringenyc.org.
8/16/09: Seattle, WA: LGBTQ Wedding Expo. www.SameLoveSameRights.com
8/29/09-9/07/09: Milwaukee, WI:National Gay Softball World Series. www.nagaaasoftball.org
9/03/09-9/07/09: Columbus, OH: GALA 2009 Columbus, the annual conference for LGBT choruses. http://www.galachoruses.org/events/2009_annual_conference.html
9/05/09-9/07/09: Seattle, WA: Gender Odyssey. panels, workshops & meetings; for transmen, transwomen & other gender variant people. www.genderodyssey.com
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: July Milestones
1. Question: Name this phenomenon, first mentioned in the New York Times on July 2, 1981. It had a major impact on the LGBT community before becoming a world-wide issue. Answer: AIDS, described by the newspaper then as “a rare cancer seen in homosexuals”.
2. Question: Name this gay naturalist and author, an advocate of civil disobedience, born on July 12, 1817. He wrote primarily of the life around his isolated cabin in the Boston suburbs. Answer: Henry David Thoreau, author of “Walden”.
3. Question: Name this professional athlete and buff boy who came out on July 1, 1989 in the sports magazine, “Iron Man”. Answer: Bob Paris, award-winning body-builder.
4. Question: Name this college city, which was the first city in America to pass a broad gay civil rights law on July 10, 1972. Hint: It’s not San Francisco. Answer: Ann Arbor, MI.
5. Question: Name this American TV, which made its debut on Showtime on July 13, 1984. It was the first American TV show with an openly gay lead character. Answer: Brothers.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Summer Camp
1. Question: Name this 1970 film, a camp classic by a noted political writer, in which a big-busted starlet and a gossip columnist shared the leading role of a TG heroine. A sex goddess from the early 20th century turned the movie into camp.
2. Question: Name this 2000 comedy about a high school girl whose parents assume she’s lesbian, and send her off to summer camp to be turned straight. RuPaul is her teacher.
3. Question: Name this 2003 movie musical, where a group of gay and straight teens discover their inner Sondheim. There are musical numbers from “Dreamgirls”, “Company” and “Promises, Promises”.
4. Question: Name this 2003 comedy about three “starlets” who room together in Hollywood while looking for fame. One of them is played by “the love child” of a Broadway legend and a “Poseidon Adventure” star whose marriage lasted 3-weeks.
5. Question: Name this 1958 comedy classic about parenting in the big city, where a young orphan is advised “always stir a martini--never shake or you’ll bruise the gin”. The movie, based on a play which was based on a novel, was also a musical. Angela Lansbury and Lucille Ball have been associated with adaptations.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: OnQYB@aol.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
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