Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 7/06/09

Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
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.

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