Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 7/27/09

Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 12 No. 30 July 27, 2009
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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.

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