Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 12 No. 48 November 30, 2009
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: November 30-December 6, 2009
MON: 11/30: New York, NY: Coleman Domingo's Big Ass 40th Birthday Party. The star of "A Boy And His Soul" offers an evening of song with guests Anika Noni Rose and Ari Gold. Domingo regularly appears on "The Big Gay Sketch Show" for Logo. www.joespub.com.
MON: 11/30: New York, NY: A Very MARY Holiday Benefit for Broadway Speaks OUT & The Ali Forney Center. Featuring Nick Adams and Jeffery Self and Cole Escola of Logo "Jeffery & Cole Casserole". AFC promotes awareness of the plight of homeless LGBT youth. Broadway Speaks OUT! is an online talk show that provides viewers with an inside look at Broadway, current events, and the LGBT community. www.broadwayspeaksout.com
TUE: 12/01: Atlanta, GA: HX Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo. Also: THU: 12/03: Ft. LAuderdale, FL: http://gaylifetravel.squarespace.com/
TUE: 12/01: Worldwide: World AIDS Day
TUE-THU: 12/01-12/10: Online: LIFEBeat Celebrity Memorabilia Auction Honoring World AIDS Day. Participants include Christine Baranski, Lance Bass, Craig Bierko, Gerard Butler, Stockard Channing, Gavin Creel, Andre De Shields, Angie Dickinson, Colman Domingo, Nanette Fabray, Louise Fletcher, Brendan Fraser, Lee Grant, Marcia Gay Harden, Julie Harris, June Havoc, Maurice Hines, Jackie Hoffman, Brian D'Arcy James, Allison Janney, Kristen Johnston, Jude Law, Marsha Mason, Sylvia Miles, John O'Hurley, Estelle Parsons, Faith Prince, Phylicia Rashad, Alice Ripley, Bob Saget, Christopher Seiber, Mary Testa, Michael Urie, Dick Van Patten, Betty White, and B.D. Wong. www.Bid2BeatAIDS.com.
WED: 12/02: Washington, DC: Cleve Jones, gay activist, founder of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, Equality March organizer, and friend of Harvey Milk will be speaking on his experience as an activist. American University Ward 1. 8:15PM.
WED: 12/02: Los Angeles, CA: The Drama of AIDS, a program in celebration of World AIDS Day featuring the premiere of EZTV’s Dream Man and readings from Michael Kearns’ book in tandem with an exhibit from the AIDS Quilt. www.onearchives.org.
THU: 12/03: New York, NY: Cheyenne Jackson and Michael Feinstein perform excerpts from "The Power of Two" and sign CDs. 5PM. Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Center.
SUN: 12/06: Los Angeles, CA: Cracked Xmas 12. An evening of irreverent comedy, musical performances and special awards to benefit The Trevor Project. http://www.thetrevorproject.org/events.aspx
Newsworthy:
Don't Ask Don't Tell Hearings Postponed...No new date for US Senate Armed Services Committee action announced. AFP reports: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g5B3Lk-0Tuba3u5UQtcVSr79CpGA
New Owners: South Florida's LGBT newspapers which shuttered when Window Media closed, will reopen under new ownership. The New Times Broward Palm Beach News Blog reports: http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/2009/11/south_florida_blade_dan_renzi_multimedia.php
Washington Blade Reborn. Staffers at the defunct LGBT paper have re-emerged as the DC Agenda. http://www.savetheblade.com/
Virginia: Lesbian mom gains custody of 7-year old in a first-of-its kind parent custody change. Janet Jenkins, the non-biological mother of 7-year old Isabella, was awarded full custody of the child in a Virginia court. She gets custody on January 1. Proud Parenting reports: http://www.proudparenting.com/node/2572
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Richard Tisei, Massachusetts State Senator was selected by Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker as his running mate and nominee for Lieutenant Governor. Tisei, who came out last week, serves as the Republican Leader, in the Massachusetts State Senate. If elected, he would be the first openly gay Lieutenant Governor in the nation. The Salem News reports: http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_327213202.html
Features
Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's best Christian, takes on the Mormon Church (with the help of Towleroad): http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/mrs-betty-bowers-takes-on-the-mormon-church.html
The Resource Center:
ChurchOuting. org: A site created to provide an outlet to save LGBT children from the hypocrisy of priests in the Archdiocese of Washington who engage in romantic and sexual relationships, and yet stand silent while Archbishop Wuerl and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops increase their dogmatic war against all LGBT children of God. http://churchouting.org/
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Little Night Music. Sondheim's all-waltz musical stars Catherina Zeta-Jones (singing "Send in the Clowns") and Angela Lansbury.
***Fela! The musical story of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti staged by out Bill T. Jones. The show sizzled off-Broadway last year.
***Finian's Rainbow. An old show with good tunes and Cheyenne Jackson starring as Woody for the swoon quotient.
***The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever. Joe Marshall's comedy about a struggling gay theatre company in West Hollywood. to 1/03/10. www.alternativethratreco.org.
***Hair, Tony-winning revival of the first major rock musical. www.publictheater.org.
***The Michael Feinstein & David Hyde Pierce Holiday Show. to 12/30/09. feinsteinsatloewsregency.com
***Santa Claus Is Coming Out, a theatrical mockumentary by Jeffrey Solomon, revolving around the scandal that rocks the world when truth leaks out that Santa is in love not with Mrs. Claus but with toymaker Giovanni Gepetto. to 12/20/09. TicketCentral.com
***Zero Hour. Jim Brochu’s award-winning play about the life of theatre legend Zero Mostel. Brochu, who plays Mostel, and his onstage/offstage partner Steve Schalchlin, penned "The Big Voice: God or Merman?". to 1/31/10. www.ZeroHourShow.com
Elsewhere...
***The Addams Family. Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth and Jackie Hoffman co-star in the musical based on the TV sitcom, cartoon series and films. Pre-Broadway tryout. Chicago, IL. www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com
***Arias With A Twist. The song stylings of drag artist Joey Arias surrounded by an eye-popping theatrical extravaganza directed by Basil Twist. to 12/13/09. Los Angeles, CA. www.redcat.org.
***Beautiful Thing. Jonathan Harvey's coming out and coming of age play that became a 1990s film. to 12/13/09. San Francisco, CA: www.nctcsf.org
***Bonnie and Clyde. Stark Sands and Laura Osnes play the fun-loving bank-robbing couple in a new musical. to 12/20/09. LaJolla, CA. www.lajollaplayhouse.org.
***Dixie's Tupperware Party, bringing Tupperware-mania to a theatre near you. Dixie Longate stars. 11/30/09-12/06/09, New London, CT. www.DixiesTupperwareParty.com
.***Finally Legal…in a Few States. Comic Suzanne Westenhoefer, the first openly gay comic in the US. 12/03/09-12/06/09. San Francisco, CA. www.therrazzroom.com.
***Jackie Beat Celebrates the Holidays Her Way. The drag queen, singer, and actor's holiday show. 12/03/09-12/05/09. San Francisco, CA. www.therrazzroom.com.
***Pop! A new musical about the shooting of gay pop artist Andy Warhol (played by “Queer As Folk” star Randy Harrison). Leslie Kritzer is Valerie Solanas, Brian Charles Rooney plays TG Candy Darling. to 12/19/09. New Haven, CT. www.yalerep.org.
***Santaland Diaries. David Sedaris' tale of being an unemployed writer who takes a holiday job as a department store elf. to 12/20/09. Los Angeles, CA. www.theblank.com. to 12/30/09, San Francisco, CA. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/89315
***Sin City Santas. The Connecticut Gay Men's Chorus holiday concerts. 12/05/09, Ridgefield, CT; 12/12/09, New Haven, CT; 12/13/09, Hartford, CT. www.ctgmc.org
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Dare, a trio of high school students who become unlikely friends at the end of their senior year. starring Alan Cumming, Ana Gasteyer, Sandra Bernhard and Emmy Rossum.
***8: The Mormon Proposition is a new documentary about the involvement of the Church of Latter Day Saints' involvement in the passage of Proposition 8 in California. Written and directed by Reed Cowan and narrated by Dustin Lance Black. http://www.towleroad.com/2009/10/documentary-exposes-mormon-financial-contributions-to-prop-8.html
***Fame. A remake of the 1980 musical with Kelsey Grammer, Debbie Allen and Megan Mullally with a cast of unknowns playing the wannabe stars at a New York City performing arts high school.
***Hannah Free. Sharon Gless stars in the film adaptation of Claudia Allen's play about a woman who fights to see her lesbian partner one last time in a nursing home. Premiere screening:www.hannahfree.com
***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.
***Oy Vey. My Son is Gay. A coming out film with Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Bruce Vilanch, Jai Rodriguez. One assumes it's a comedy.
Out On Video & DVD
***An Evening with John Barrowman. Concert DVD with the out star of Torchwood. ilmed before a live audience. www.amazon.co.uk.
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedic take on an outrageously gay Austrian fashionista.
***The Fall of '55. The documentary about the gay sex sting in Boise, Idaho in 1955.
***Hope Along The Wind: The Life of Harry Hay. the 2002 documentary about the gay rights pioneer.
***Hump Day. Two straight dudes contemplate going gay to enter and win Humpfest, Seattle's amateur porn contest.
***Margaret Cho: Beautiful.
***Out At Work. The documentary that vividly illustrates what happens when LGBT people are not legally protected from employment discrimination. The new DVD has updates to reflect the 2009 status of LGBT workplace rights.
***Pageant. The documentary about the Miss Gay America Pageant.
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
***December: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***November/December: A Tale of Two Cities, the recent Broadway musical in concert form. Pledge programming on PBS. A DVD will be issued, first as a pledge premium and later on the retail circuit.www.talemusical.com for airtimes.
***November/December: Liza's At The Palace, her recent Broadway concert form. Pledge programming on PBS. A DVD will be issued, first as a pledge premium and later on the retail circuit. www.pbs.org. for airtimes.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
12/07/09: New York, NY: Gavin Creel, star of Broadway's "Hair" an one of the organizers of the Equality March on Washington, performs original songs at Symphony Space. 7PM and 9:30PM. www.symphonyspace.org.
12/07/09-12/08/09: New York, NY: 21st Annual Gypsy of the Year competition, where New York's most talented Broadway and Off-Broadway shows compete in a variety show to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Palace Theatre. www.broadwaycares.org.
12/09/09: New York, NY: The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith. Playwright JoanSchenkar and actor Kathleen Chalfant discuss the writer whose characters living closeted sexual lives in fiction mirrored her real life. Barnes & Noble. Broadway at 82nd St.
12/10/09: Houston, TX: Rainbow Night at The Ensemble Theatre. Performance of "Christmas with Great Aunt" with a reception. A benefit for Gay & Lesbian Rainbow Pages foundation that provides scholarships, and The Ensemble Theatre. www.ensemblehouston.com
12/10/09-12/14/09: New York, NY: Isaac Mizrahi narrates Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter & The Wolf", with George Manahan conducting the Juilliard Ensemble. www.worksandprocess.org.
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Let’s Talk Turkey
1. Question: Name this gay composer and lyricist whose 1934 hit about changing times mentioned “since the puritans got a shock, when they landed on Plymouth Rock”. Answer: Cole Porter. The title song from the hit musical is “Anything Goes”.
2. Question: What LGBT civil rights milestone took place about 50 miles from the locale in Question #1 on 11/18/03 ? Answer: Same-Sex Marriage. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court approved same-sex marriage in Boston, up the road from Plymouth.
3. Question: Name this entertainer and gay icon whose Vicki Edie “Around the World” lounge act took Miss Edie on a Turkey trot? Answer: Bette Midler, whose character Vicki sang about “Istanbul is Constantinople” in Turkey’s largest city. Vickie got “preposterous on the Bosphorus”.
4. Question: Name this 2000 Thanksgiving-themed film, in which four Los Angeles families celebrate the holiday. Lainie Kazan plays a shocked Jewish mother, when her daughter brings home a lesbian girlfriend. Hint: The cast was six degrees from Kevin Bacon. Answer: What’s Cooking? Kazan’s daughter was played by Kyra Sedgewick (Mrs. Kevin Bacon). She brings home “ER” star Julianna Margulies. Rent the movie!
5. Question: Name the bi choreographer who rose to the top when he created a showstopping Broadway dance number with a fowl theme. Hint: He lined up the chorus for Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Answer: Michael Bennett, who staged "Turkey Lurkey Time" for the musical "Promises, Promises". The show returns to Broadway this year with Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: December Milestones
1. Question: Name this gay international fashion designer, born December 2, 1946. His murder, at the hands of a hustler, made recent headlines. A relative, often spoofed on “Saturday Night Live” has taken over his work. .
2. Question: Name this progressive state, which passed legislation on December 6, 1993, to protect LGBT youth from discrimination in the public school system--a first. Hint: the state has a liberal reputation.
3. Question: Name this gay-themed movie, which opened in New York on December 14, 1988. Its author and star (the movie originated on Broadway) has played one of Broadway’s most glamourous mothers and one of its favorite fathers of five.
4. Question: Name this internationally famous concert hall. On December 8, 1981, the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus performed there...they were the first openly gay musical group to do so.
5. Question: Name this commemorative event, which premiered on December 1, 1988. At first, it memorialized the lives of a few and celebrated the work and dedication of a few. Today, it memorializes millions.
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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Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 12 No. 47 November 23, 2009
Newsletter Editor: OnQYB@aol.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: November 23-29, 2009
This Just In !!! thru SUN: 11/22: Los Angeles, CA: Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Moises ("The Laramie Project") Kaufman's drama. Peter ("Queer as Folk") Paige stars. Will air on L.A. Theatre Works' radio theater series, The Play's The Thing, which broadcasts weekly on public radio stations nationwide and can be streamed on demand. www.latw.org.
MON: 11/23: Los Angeles, CA: Kathy Griffin, queen of the D List, signing copies of "Official Book Club Selection". 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Grove Drive.
MON: 11/23: New York, NY: Lily Tomlin performs a benefit for Dixon Place. Comedienne Reno hosts. www.dixonplace.org.
THU: 11/26: Nationwide: Thanksgiving
Newsworthy:
California: Gay marriage advocates on 11/16/09 launched a campaign to try to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban, hoping to become the first U.S. state to convince voters to approve gay people's right to wed. Reuters reports: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5AF52G20091116
Florida: When Ken Keechl gets his turn as Broward mayor, he’ll become the first openly gay person in that spot and join an elite group as one of a relatively small number of openly gay or lesbian mayors in the U.S. The Sun Sentinel reports: http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2009/11/as_keechl_gets_his_turn_as_bro.html
Window Media, the former publisher of Genre magazine, which also publishes the Washington Blade, Southern Voice, Houston Voice, South Florida Blade, David Atlanta and The 411 Magazine, reportedly closed up shop over the weekend. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/business/media/17window.html
Young Ally: Ten Year Old Refuses to say "The Pledge of Allegiance" until gays have full equality. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/interview-10yearold-who-refuses-to-say-pledge-of-allegiance-until-gays-have-full-equality.html
Features
Hanging Out with Cheyenne Jackson and Michael Feinstein and "The Power of Two". The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/fashion/15night.html?_r=1&ref=fashion
Scholarship Opportunities
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation's largest LGBT civil rights organization, released a comprehensive database of more than 160 scholarships available to LGBT and allied students. For information: www.hrc.org/scholarships.
Point Foundation Scholarships. The Point Foundation is the nation’s largest, publicity-supported organization granting scholarships to LGBT students of merit. Point provides support through multi-year scholarships, leadership training, mentoring and hope to LGBT students who are marginalized because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Scholarships for the 2010-2011 school year become available on 12/11/09. Application deadline is: 2/12/10. www.pointfoundation.org
The Resource Center:
GayLifeNYC.org, a non-profit AIDS Health Resources website, an informational, health, and entertainment outlet dedicated to newly diagnosed and people living with HIV/AIDS. www.gaylifenyc.org.
In Print:
I Am What I Am by John Barrowman. Michael O'Mara Books. The out star of "Torchwood" has a sequel to his first autobiographical tome "Anything Goes", which told about his coming out. Release ate: 11/15/09.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Little Night Music. Sondheim's all-waltz musical stars Catherina Zeta-Jones (singing "Send in the Clowns") and Angela Lansbury.
***Finian's Rainbow. An old show with good tunes and Cheyenne Jackson starring as Woody for the swoon quotient.
***The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever. Joe Marshall's comedy about a struggling gay theatre company in West Hollywood. to 1/03/10. www.alternativethratreco.org.
***Wishful Drinking. Carrie Fisher's solo autobiographical show. She wakes up with a dead gay Republican in her bed and more. to 1/17/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org
***Zero Hour. Jim Brochu’s award-winning play about the life of theatre legend Zero Mostel. Brochu, who plays Mostel, and his onstage/offstage partner Steve Schalchlin, penned "The Big Voice: God or Merman?". to 1/31/10. www.ZeroHourShow.com
Elsewhere...
***The Addams Family. Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth and Jackie Hoffman co-star in the musical based on the TV sitcom, cartoon series and films. Pre-Broadway tryout. Chicago, IL. www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com
***Arias With A Twist. The song stylings of drag artist Joey Arias surrounded by an eye-popping theatrical extravaganza directed by Basil Twist. to 12/13/09. Los Angeles, CA. www.redcat.org.
***Bonnie and Clyde. Stark Sands and Laura Osnes play the fun-loving bank-robbing couple in a new musical. to 12/20/09. LaJolla, CA. www.lajollaplayhouse.org.
***Pop! A new musical about the shooting of gay pop artist Andy Warhol (played by “Queer As Folk” star Randy Harrison). Leslie Kritzer is Valerie Solanas, Brian Charles Rooney plays TG Candy Darling. to 12/19/09. New Haven, CT. www.yalerep.org.
***Santaland Diaries. David Sedaris' tale of being an unemployed writer who takes a holiday job as a department store elf. Nicholas ("Buffy, The Vampire Slayer") Brendon stars. to 12/20/09. Los Angeles, CA. www.theblank.com.
***Shakespeare's R & J, an edgy take on the Bard's "Romeo and Juliet" as performed by four young men in a boarding prep school. to 12/20/09. Hartford, CT. www.theaterworks.org.
***Tiny Kushner. Five short plays by out playwright Tony ("Angels in America") Kushner. to 11/29/09. Berkeley, CA. www.berkeleyrep.org
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Dare, a trio of high school students who become unlikely friends at the end of their senior year. starring Alan Cumming, Ana Gasteyer, Sandra Bernhard and Emmy Rossum.
***8: The Mormon Proposition is a new documentary about the involvement of the Church of Latter Day Saints' involvement in the passage of Proposition 8 in California. Written and directed by Reed Cowan and narrated by Dustin Lance Black.
***Fame. A remake of the 1980 musical with Kelsey Grammer, Debbie Allen and Megan Mullally with a cast of unknowns playing the wannabe stars at a New York City performing arts high school.
***Hannah Free. Sharon Gless stars in the film adaptation of Claudia Allen's play about a woman who fights to see her lesbian partner one last time in a nursing home. Premiere screening:www.hannahfree.com
***Oy Vey. My Son is Gay. A coming out film with Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Bruce Vilanch, Jai Rodriguez. One assumes it's a comedy.
Out On Video & DVD
***An Evening with John Barrowman. Concert DVD with the out star of Torchwood. ilmed before a live audience. www.amazon.co.uk.
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedic take on an outrageously gay Austrian fashionista.
***Every Little Step: The Journey of "A Chorus Line".
***The Fall of '55. The documentary about the gay sex sting in Boise, Idaho in 1955.
***Hope Along The Wind: The Life of Harry Hay. the 2002 documentary about the gay rights pioneer.
***Hump Day. Two straight dudes contemplate going gay to enter and win Humpfest, Seattle's amateur porn contest.
***Margaret Cho: Beautiful.
***Out At Work. The documentary that vividly illustrates what happens when LGBT people are not legally protected from employment discrimination.
***Pageant. The documentary about the Miss Gay America Pageant.
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
***November: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***November: An Englishman in New York. John Hurt plays Quentin Crisp in a film about the last years of his life. Among the co-stars: Cynthia Nixon, Denis O'Hare, Jonathan Tucker. Logo. Check local listings.
***THU: 11/26: Macy's Thanksgiving Parade features Alan Cumming, Jane ("30 Rock") the casts of "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Billy Elliot". 9AM. NBC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
11/30/09: New York, NY: Coleman Domingo's Big Ass 40th Birthday Party. The star of "A Boy And His Soul" offers an evening of song with guests Anika Noni Rose and Ari Gold. Domingo regularly appears on "The Big Gay Sketch Show" for Logo. www.joespub.com.
11/30/09: New York, NY: A Very MARY Holiday Benefit for Broadway Speaks OUT & The Ali Forney Center. Featuring Nick Adams and Jeffery Self and Cole Escola of Logo "Jeffery & Cole Casserole". AFC promotes awareness of the plight of homeless LGBT youth. Broadway Speaks OUT! is an online talk show that provides viewers with an inside look at Broadway, current events, and the LGBT community. www.broadwayspeaksout.com
12/01/09: Atlanta, GA: HX Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo. http://gaylifetravel.squarespace.com/
12/01/09: Worldwide: World AIDS Day
12/01/09-12/10/09: Online: LIFEBeat Celebrity Memorabilia Auction Honoring World AIDS Day. Participants in this project include Christine Baranski, Lance Bass, Craig Bierko, Gerard Butler, Stockard Channing, Gavin Creel, Andre De Shields, Angie Dickinson, Colman Domingo, Nanette Fabray, Louise Fletcher, Brendan Fraser, Lee Grant, Marcia Gay Harden, Julie Harris, June Havoc, Maurice Hines, Jackie Hoffman, Brian D'Arcy James, Allison Janney, Kristen Johnston, Jude Law, Marsha Mason, Sylvia Miles, John O'Hurley, Estelle Parsons, Faith Prince, Phylicia Rashad, Alice Ripley, Bob Saget, Christopher Seiber, Mary Testa, Michael Urie, Dick Van Patten, Betty White, and B.D. Wong. www.Bid2BeatAIDS.com.
12/02/09: Los Angeles, CA: The Drama of AIDS, a program in celebration of World AIDS Day featuring the premiere of EZTV’s Dream Man and readings from Michael Kearns’ book in tandem with an exhibit from the AIDS Quilt. www.onearchives.org.
12/03/09: Ft. LAuderdale, FL: HX Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo. http://gaylifetravel.squarespace.com/
12/03/09: New York, NY: Cheyenne Jackson and Michael Feinstein perform excerpts from "The Power of Two" and sign CDs. 5PM. Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Center.
12/06/09: Los Angeles, CA: Cracked Xmas 12. An evening of irreverent comedy, musical performances and special awards to benefit The Trevor Project. http://www.thetrevorproject.org/events.aspx
12/07/09: New York, NY: Gavin Creel, star of Broadway's "Hair" an one of the organizers of the Equality March on Washington, performs original songs at Symphony Space. 7PM and 9:30PM. www.symphonyspace.org.
12/07/09-12/08/09: New York, NY: 21st Annual Gypsy of the Year competition, where New York's most talented Broadway and Off-Broadway shows compete in a variety show to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Palace Theatre. www.broadwaycares.org.
12/09/09: New York, NY: The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith. Playwright JoanSchenkar and actor Kathleen Chalfant discuss the writer whose characters living closeted sexual lives in fiction mirrored her real life. Barnes & Noble. Broadway at 82nd St.
12/10/09: Houston, TX: Rainbow Night at The Ensemble Theatre. Performance of "Christmas with Great Aunt" with a reception. A benefit for Gay & Lesbian Rainbow Pages foundation that provides scholarships, and The Ensemble Theatre. www.ensemblehouston.com
12/10/09-12/14/09: New York, NY: Isaac Mizrahi narrates Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter & The Wolf", with George Manahan conducting the Juilliard Ensemble. www.worksandprocess.org.
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: November Sweeps
1. Question: Name this news anchor/reporter, still part of a network news magazine team. On March 7, 1967, he hosted "CBS Reports: The Homosexual", the first major network news special about homosexuality. Answer: Mike Wallace of "60 Minutes".
2. Question: Name this actor, comic and awards show host. On September 13, 1977, he made his sitcom debut as a gay man with a closeted pro football player boyfriend. Before the show's debut, ABC received over 30,000 letters demanding the show be cancelled. Answer: Billy Crystal, who played the character on "Soap".
3. Question: Name this award-winning TV talk show host who came out to Diane Sawyer in 2002 on a program about gay parenting. She once joked with Ellen deGeneres about being “lebanese”. Answer: Rosie O’Donnell.
4. Question: Who was the first out competitor on "Dancing With The Stars", the consistent ABC ratings winner. Answer: Lance Bass, featured in the 2008 competition.
5. Question: Name this sitcom which made history on March 1, 1994, when an actress, granddaughter of a literary giant, played a character who kissed the show's leading lady in an episode called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". The episode was the highest rated TV show of the week. Answer: Roseanne. Mariel Hemingway (granddaughter of Ernest), liplocked Roseanne.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Let’s Talk Turkey
1. Question: Name this gay composer and lyricist whose 1934 hit about changing times mentioned “since the puritans got a shock, when they landed on Plymouth Rock”.
2. Question: What LGBT civil rights milestone took place about 50 miles from the locale in Question #1 on 11/18/03 ?
3. Question: Name this entertainer and gay icon whose Vicki Edie “Around the World” lounge act took Miss Edie on a Turkey trot?
4. Question: Name this 2000 Thanksgiving-themed film, in which four Los Angeles families celebrate the holiday. Lainie Kazan plays a shocked Jewish mother, when her daughter brings home a lesbian girlfriend. Hint: The cast was six degrees from Kevin Bacon.
5. Question: Name the bi choreographer who rose to the top when he created a showstopping Broadway dance number with a fowl theme. Hint: He lined up the chorus for Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
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. 47 November 23, 2009
Newsletter Editor: OnQYB@aol.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: November 23-29, 2009
This Just In !!! thru SUN: 11/22: Los Angeles, CA: Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Moises ("The Laramie Project") Kaufman's drama. Peter ("Queer as Folk") Paige stars. Will air on L.A. Theatre Works' radio theater series, The Play's The Thing, which broadcasts weekly on public radio stations nationwide and can be streamed on demand. www.latw.org.
MON: 11/23: Los Angeles, CA: Kathy Griffin, queen of the D List, signing copies of "Official Book Club Selection". 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Grove Drive.
MON: 11/23: New York, NY: Lily Tomlin performs a benefit for Dixon Place. Comedienne Reno hosts. www.dixonplace.org.
THU: 11/26: Nationwide: Thanksgiving
Newsworthy:
California: Gay marriage advocates on 11/16/09 launched a campaign to try to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban, hoping to become the first U.S. state to convince voters to approve gay people's right to wed. Reuters reports: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5AF52G20091116
Florida: When Ken Keechl gets his turn as Broward mayor, he’ll become the first openly gay person in that spot and join an elite group as one of a relatively small number of openly gay or lesbian mayors in the U.S. The Sun Sentinel reports: http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2009/11/as_keechl_gets_his_turn_as_bro.html
Window Media, the former publisher of Genre magazine, which also publishes the Washington Blade, Southern Voice, Houston Voice, South Florida Blade, David Atlanta and The 411 Magazine, reportedly closed up shop over the weekend. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/business/media/17window.html
Young Ally: Ten Year Old Refuses to say "The Pledge of Allegiance" until gays have full equality. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/interview-10yearold-who-refuses-to-say-pledge-of-allegiance-until-gays-have-full-equality.html
Features
Hanging Out with Cheyenne Jackson and Michael Feinstein and "The Power of Two". The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/fashion/15night.html?_r=1&ref=fashion
Scholarship Opportunities
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation's largest LGBT civil rights organization, released a comprehensive database of more than 160 scholarships available to LGBT and allied students. For information: www.hrc.org/scholarships.
Point Foundation Scholarships. The Point Foundation is the nation’s largest, publicity-supported organization granting scholarships to LGBT students of merit. Point provides support through multi-year scholarships, leadership training, mentoring and hope to LGBT students who are marginalized because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Scholarships for the 2010-2011 school year become available on 12/11/09. Application deadline is: 2/12/10. www.pointfoundation.org
The Resource Center:
GayLifeNYC.org, a non-profit AIDS Health Resources website, an informational, health, and entertainment outlet dedicated to newly diagnosed and people living with HIV/AIDS. www.gaylifenyc.org.
In Print:
I Am What I Am by John Barrowman. Michael O'Mara Books. The out star of "Torchwood" has a sequel to his first autobiographical tome "Anything Goes", which told about his coming out. Release ate: 11/15/09.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Little Night Music. Sondheim's all-waltz musical stars Catherina Zeta-Jones (singing "Send in the Clowns") and Angela Lansbury.
***Finian's Rainbow. An old show with good tunes and Cheyenne Jackson starring as Woody for the swoon quotient.
***The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever. Joe Marshall's comedy about a struggling gay theatre company in West Hollywood. to 1/03/10. www.alternativethratreco.org.
***Wishful Drinking. Carrie Fisher's solo autobiographical show. She wakes up with a dead gay Republican in her bed and more. to 1/17/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org
***Zero Hour. Jim Brochu’s award-winning play about the life of theatre legend Zero Mostel. Brochu, who plays Mostel, and his onstage/offstage partner Steve Schalchlin, penned "The Big Voice: God or Merman?". to 1/31/10. www.ZeroHourShow.com
Elsewhere...
***The Addams Family. Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth and Jackie Hoffman co-star in the musical based on the TV sitcom, cartoon series and films. Pre-Broadway tryout. Chicago, IL. www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com
***Arias With A Twist. The song stylings of drag artist Joey Arias surrounded by an eye-popping theatrical extravaganza directed by Basil Twist. to 12/13/09. Los Angeles, CA. www.redcat.org.
***Bonnie and Clyde. Stark Sands and Laura Osnes play the fun-loving bank-robbing couple in a new musical. to 12/20/09. LaJolla, CA. www.lajollaplayhouse.org.
***Pop! A new musical about the shooting of gay pop artist Andy Warhol (played by “Queer As Folk” star Randy Harrison). Leslie Kritzer is Valerie Solanas, Brian Charles Rooney plays TG Candy Darling. to 12/19/09. New Haven, CT. www.yalerep.org.
***Santaland Diaries. David Sedaris' tale of being an unemployed writer who takes a holiday job as a department store elf. Nicholas ("Buffy, The Vampire Slayer") Brendon stars. to 12/20/09. Los Angeles, CA. www.theblank.com.
***Shakespeare's R & J, an edgy take on the Bard's "Romeo and Juliet" as performed by four young men in a boarding prep school. to 12/20/09. Hartford, CT. www.theaterworks.org.
***Tiny Kushner. Five short plays by out playwright Tony ("Angels in America") Kushner. to 11/29/09. Berkeley, CA. www.berkeleyrep.org
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Dare, a trio of high school students who become unlikely friends at the end of their senior year. starring Alan Cumming, Ana Gasteyer, Sandra Bernhard and Emmy Rossum.
***8: The Mormon Proposition is a new documentary about the involvement of the Church of Latter Day Saints' involvement in the passage of Proposition 8 in California. Written and directed by Reed Cowan and narrated by Dustin Lance Black.
***Fame. A remake of the 1980 musical with Kelsey Grammer, Debbie Allen and Megan Mullally with a cast of unknowns playing the wannabe stars at a New York City performing arts high school.
***Hannah Free. Sharon Gless stars in the film adaptation of Claudia Allen's play about a woman who fights to see her lesbian partner one last time in a nursing home. Premiere screening:www.hannahfree.com
***Oy Vey. My Son is Gay. A coming out film with Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Bruce Vilanch, Jai Rodriguez. One assumes it's a comedy.
Out On Video & DVD
***An Evening with John Barrowman. Concert DVD with the out star of Torchwood. ilmed before a live audience. www.amazon.co.uk.
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedic take on an outrageously gay Austrian fashionista.
***Every Little Step: The Journey of "A Chorus Line".
***The Fall of '55. The documentary about the gay sex sting in Boise, Idaho in 1955.
***Hope Along The Wind: The Life of Harry Hay. the 2002 documentary about the gay rights pioneer.
***Hump Day. Two straight dudes contemplate going gay to enter and win Humpfest, Seattle's amateur porn contest.
***Margaret Cho: Beautiful.
***Out At Work. The documentary that vividly illustrates what happens when LGBT people are not legally protected from employment discrimination.
***Pageant. The documentary about the Miss Gay America Pageant.
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
***November: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***November: An Englishman in New York. John Hurt plays Quentin Crisp in a film about the last years of his life. Among the co-stars: Cynthia Nixon, Denis O'Hare, Jonathan Tucker. Logo. Check local listings.
***THU: 11/26: Macy's Thanksgiving Parade features Alan Cumming, Jane ("30 Rock") the casts of "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Billy Elliot". 9AM. NBC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
11/30/09: New York, NY: Coleman Domingo's Big Ass 40th Birthday Party. The star of "A Boy And His Soul" offers an evening of song with guests Anika Noni Rose and Ari Gold. Domingo regularly appears on "The Big Gay Sketch Show" for Logo. www.joespub.com.
11/30/09: New York, NY: A Very MARY Holiday Benefit for Broadway Speaks OUT & The Ali Forney Center. Featuring Nick Adams and Jeffery Self and Cole Escola of Logo "Jeffery & Cole Casserole". AFC promotes awareness of the plight of homeless LGBT youth. Broadway Speaks OUT! is an online talk show that provides viewers with an inside look at Broadway, current events, and the LGBT community. www.broadwayspeaksout.com
12/01/09: Atlanta, GA: HX Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo. http://gaylifetravel.squarespace.com/
12/01/09: Worldwide: World AIDS Day
12/01/09-12/10/09: Online: LIFEBeat Celebrity Memorabilia Auction Honoring World AIDS Day. Participants in this project include Christine Baranski, Lance Bass, Craig Bierko, Gerard Butler, Stockard Channing, Gavin Creel, Andre De Shields, Angie Dickinson, Colman Domingo, Nanette Fabray, Louise Fletcher, Brendan Fraser, Lee Grant, Marcia Gay Harden, Julie Harris, June Havoc, Maurice Hines, Jackie Hoffman, Brian D'Arcy James, Allison Janney, Kristen Johnston, Jude Law, Marsha Mason, Sylvia Miles, John O'Hurley, Estelle Parsons, Faith Prince, Phylicia Rashad, Alice Ripley, Bob Saget, Christopher Seiber, Mary Testa, Michael Urie, Dick Van Patten, Betty White, and B.D. Wong. www.Bid2BeatAIDS.com.
12/02/09: Los Angeles, CA: The Drama of AIDS, a program in celebration of World AIDS Day featuring the premiere of EZTV’s Dream Man and readings from Michael Kearns’ book in tandem with an exhibit from the AIDS Quilt. www.onearchives.org.
12/03/09: Ft. LAuderdale, FL: HX Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo. http://gaylifetravel.squarespace.com/
12/03/09: New York, NY: Cheyenne Jackson and Michael Feinstein perform excerpts from "The Power of Two" and sign CDs. 5PM. Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Center.
12/06/09: Los Angeles, CA: Cracked Xmas 12. An evening of irreverent comedy, musical performances and special awards to benefit The Trevor Project. http://www.thetrevorproject.org/events.aspx
12/07/09: New York, NY: Gavin Creel, star of Broadway's "Hair" an one of the organizers of the Equality March on Washington, performs original songs at Symphony Space. 7PM and 9:30PM. www.symphonyspace.org.
12/07/09-12/08/09: New York, NY: 21st Annual Gypsy of the Year competition, where New York's most talented Broadway and Off-Broadway shows compete in a variety show to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Palace Theatre. www.broadwaycares.org.
12/09/09: New York, NY: The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith. Playwright JoanSchenkar and actor Kathleen Chalfant discuss the writer whose characters living closeted sexual lives in fiction mirrored her real life. Barnes & Noble. Broadway at 82nd St.
12/10/09: Houston, TX: Rainbow Night at The Ensemble Theatre. Performance of "Christmas with Great Aunt" with a reception. A benefit for Gay & Lesbian Rainbow Pages foundation that provides scholarships, and The Ensemble Theatre. www.ensemblehouston.com
12/10/09-12/14/09: New York, NY: Isaac Mizrahi narrates Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter & The Wolf", with George Manahan conducting the Juilliard Ensemble. www.worksandprocess.org.
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: November Sweeps
1. Question: Name this news anchor/reporter, still part of a network news magazine team. On March 7, 1967, he hosted "CBS Reports: The Homosexual", the first major network news special about homosexuality. Answer: Mike Wallace of "60 Minutes".
2. Question: Name this actor, comic and awards show host. On September 13, 1977, he made his sitcom debut as a gay man with a closeted pro football player boyfriend. Before the show's debut, ABC received over 30,000 letters demanding the show be cancelled. Answer: Billy Crystal, who played the character on "Soap".
3. Question: Name this award-winning TV talk show host who came out to Diane Sawyer in 2002 on a program about gay parenting. She once joked with Ellen deGeneres about being “lebanese”. Answer: Rosie O’Donnell.
4. Question: Who was the first out competitor on "Dancing With The Stars", the consistent ABC ratings winner. Answer: Lance Bass, featured in the 2008 competition.
5. Question: Name this sitcom which made history on March 1, 1994, when an actress, granddaughter of a literary giant, played a character who kissed the show's leading lady in an episode called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". The episode was the highest rated TV show of the week. Answer: Roseanne. Mariel Hemingway (granddaughter of Ernest), liplocked Roseanne.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Let’s Talk Turkey
1. Question: Name this gay composer and lyricist whose 1934 hit about changing times mentioned “since the puritans got a shock, when they landed on Plymouth Rock”.
2. Question: What LGBT civil rights milestone took place about 50 miles from the locale in Question #1 on 11/18/03 ?
3. Question: Name this entertainer and gay icon whose Vicki Edie “Around the World” lounge act took Miss Edie on a Turkey trot?
4. Question: Name this 2000 Thanksgiving-themed film, in which four Los Angeles families celebrate the holiday. Lainie Kazan plays a shocked Jewish mother, when her daughter brings home a lesbian girlfriend. Hint: The cast was six degrees from Kevin Bacon.
5. Question: Name the bi choreographer who rose to the top when he created a showstopping Broadway dance number with a fowl theme. Hint: He lined up the chorus for Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 11/16/09
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 12 No. 46 November 16, 2009
Newsletter Editor: OnQYB@aol.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: November 16-22, 2009
Just Added!!!: FRI: 11/13: San Francisco, CA: William J. Mann does a reading/booksigning for his new biography: "How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood". A Different Light. http://adleventscastro.blogspot.com/
FRI-SUN: 11/20-11/22: West Palm Beach, FL: 2009 Anti-Heterosexism Conference. In-depth workshops open to everyone who seeks to challenge the harmful affects of heterosexism, reparative therapy, ex-gay ministries and other efforts to change people’s sexual orientation. http://www.soulforce.org/anti-heterosexism-conference
SUN: 11/22: New York, NY: 16th Annual Race to Deliver. Road race in Central Park to benefit God's Love We Deliver to help provide life-sustaining meals for those living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-altering illnesses. www.racetodeliver.org
Newsworthy:
Election 2009: Maine: Backers of Same-Sex Marriage vow to keep fighting despite defeat at the polls. the Boston Globe reports: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/11/backers_of_same.html
Election 2009: The Maine Event. The New York Times Opinionator Blog tries to figure out what went wrong in the vote on same-sex marriage. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/maine-event/
Election 2009: Mark Kleinschmid was elected Mayor of Chapel Hill, NC. He's the third openly-gay mayor in North Carolina. Q-Notes reports: http://www.q-notes.com/4182/openly-gay-kleinschmidt-is-next-chapel-hill-mayor/
Election 2009: Houston, TX: City Controller Annise Parker was the top vote getter in the 11/03/09 mayoral election and now advances to a runoff next month against former city attorney Gene Locke. If Parker, a lesbian, wins the December election, Houston will become the largest U.S. city with an openly gay mayor.The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washblade.com/2009/11-6/news/national/15512.cfm
New Jersey: Now that the gay marriage fight is over in Maine (for the time being), the battle moves on to the Garden State. New Jersey currently recognizes civil unions. The Wall Street Journal reports: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125754593369434611.html
New York: The Senate delayed its vote on gay marriage bill. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/nyregion/11albany.html
Utah: Salt Lake City's City Council passed a bill prohibiting LGBT discrimination in housing and employment, after a Mormon endorsement. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/mormon-church-to-shift-on-gay-policies.html
High School Dress Code. When genders bend the rules, schools struggle. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/fashion/08cross.html
Returning: The Tempermentals, Jon Maran's acclaimed drama about Harry Hay (Thomas Jay Ryan), designer Rudi Gernreich (Michael Urie of "Ugly Betty") and friends as they form The Mattachine Society before Stonewall, was last summer's Off-Broadway hit. It returns for an unlimited run, opening 2/18/10. www.thetemperamentals.com
Awards and Honors:
Neil Patrick Harris will receive the Trevor Project's 2009 Life Award at the organization's holiday gala, Cracked Xmas 12, to be held in Los Angeles on 12/06/09. The Trevor Project is a national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth. www.thetrevorproject.org.
Nominees: People's Choice Awards include: Ellen DeGeneres, Neil Patrick Harris and Adam Lambert. The Associated Press reports: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gavYkc3odMovcZe7uYH-9iU8YBWQD9BSPVP80
Features
Profile: Lee Daniels, the out director of "Precious", a new film making waves. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/director-daniels-talks-precious-which-is-setting-box-office-records.html
In Print:
How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood by William J. Mann. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. A new biography of Taylor by the gay historian, biographer and novelist. williamjmann.com
You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs. St. Martin's Press. The out author of "Running With Scissors" has a new book of humor and essays about the holiday season, which he calls "hideous".
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.
***Finian's Rainbow. An old show with good tunes and Cheyenne Jackson starring as Woody for the swoon quotient.
***The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever. Joe Marshall's comedy about a struggling gay theatre company in West Hollywood. to 1/03/10. www.alternativethratreco.org.
***Hair, Tony-winning revival of the first major rock musical. www.publictheater.org.
***Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter. a new musical about her glamourous life with gay husband Cole Porter. to 11/21/09. www.lovelindathemusical.com
***Q-Talk, the late night gay talk show at The Metropolitan Room. 11/21/09. www.metropolitanroom.com.
***Wishful Drinking. Carrie Fisher's solo autobiographical show. She wakes up with a dead gay Republican in her bed and more. to 1/17/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org
Elsewhere...
***The Addams Family. Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth and Jackie Hoffman co-star in the musical based on the TV sitcom, cartoon series and films. Pre-Broadway tryout. Chicago, IL. www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com
***Arias With A Twist. The song stylings of drag artist Joey Arias surrounded by an eye-popping theatrical extravaganza directed by Basil Twist. to 12/13/09. Los Angeles, CA. www.redcat.org.
***Bonnie and Clyde. Stark Sands and Laura Osnes play the fun-loving bank-robbing couple in a new musical. to 12/20/09. LaJolla, CA. www.lajollaplayhouse.org.
***Dixie's Tupperware Party, bringing Tupperware-mania to a theatre near you. Dixie Longate stars. 11/17/09-11/22/09, Green Bay, WI; www.DixiesTupperwareParty.com
***Santaland Diaries. David Sedaris' tale of being an unemployed writer who takes a holiday job as a department store elf. Nicholas ("Buffy, The Vampire Slayer") Brendon stars. 11/20/09-12/20/09. Los Angeles, CA. www.theblank.com.
***Shakespeare's R & J, an edgy take on the Bard's "Romeo and Juliet" as performed by four young men in a boarding prep school. to 12/20/09. Hartford, CT. www.theaterworks.org.
***Tiny Kushner. Five short plays by out playwright Tony ("Angels in America") Kushner. to 11/29/09. Berkeley, CA. www.berkeleyrep.org
***Valet of the Dolls. Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans turn Jacqueline Susann upside down. to 11/22/09. Boston, MA. www.brownpapertickets.com
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Coco Before Chanel, Audrey Tautou stars as the legendary fashion designer, as the film follows her early years, exploring her rumored lesbian affairs.
***Dare, a trio of high school students who become unlikely friends at the end of their senior year. starring Alan Cumming, Ana Gasteyer, Sandra Bernhard and Emmy Rossum.
***8: The Mormon Proposition is a new documentary about the involvement of the Church of Latter Day Saints' involvement in the passage of Proposition 8 in California. Written and directed by Reed Cowan and narrated by Dustin Lance Black. http://www.towleroad.com/2009/10/documentary-exposes-mormon-financial-contributions-to-prop-8.html
***Fame. A remake of the 1980 musical with Kelsey Grammer, Debbie Allen and Megan Mullally with a cast of unknowns playing the wannabe stars at a New York City performing arts high school.
***Hannah Free. Sharon Gless stars in the film adaptation of Claudia Allen's play about a woman who fights to see her lesbian partner one last time in a nursing home. Premiere screening:www.hannahfree.com
***Oy Vey. My Son is Gay. A coming out film with Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Bruce Vilanch, Jai Rodriguez. One assumes it's a comedy.
Out On Video & DVD
***An Evening with John Barrowman. Concert DVD with the out star of Torchwood. ilmed before a live audience. www.amazon.co.uk.
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedic take on an outrageously gay Austrian fashionista.
***The Fall of '55. The documentary about the gay sex sting in Boise, Idaho in 1955.
***Hope Along The Wind: The Life of Harry Hay. the 2002 documentary about the gay rights pioneer.
***Hump Day. Two straight dudes contemplate going gay to enter and win Humpfest, Seattle's amateur porn contest.
***Margaret Cho: Beautiful.
***Out At Work. The documentary that vividly illustrates what happens when LGBT people are not legally protected from employment discrimination.
***Pageant. The documentary about the Miss Gay America Pageant.
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
***November: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***November: An Englishman in New York. John Hurt plays Quentin Crisp in a film about the last years of his life. Among the co-stars: Cynthia Nixon, Denis O'Hare, Jonathan Tucker. Logo. Check local listings.
***TUE: 11/17: Carrie Fisher talks "Wishful Drinking" on The Today Show. 7AM. NBC.
***WED: 11/18: Liza Minnelli visits The Today Show. 7AM. NBC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
11/19/09: San Francisco, CA: Mary L. Gray does a reading/booksigning of her book "Out in the Country" about rural gay youth. A Different Light. http://adleventscastro.blogspot.com/
11/23/09: Los Angeles, CA: Kathy Griffin, queen of the D List, signing copies of "Official Book Club Selection". 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Grove Drive.
11/23/09: New York, NY: Lily Tomlin performs a benefit for Dixon Place. Comedienne Reno hosts. www.dixonplace.org.
11/30/09: New York, NY: Coleman Domingo's Big Ass 40th Birthday Party. The star of "A Boy And His Soul" offers an evening of song with guests Anika Noni Rose and Ari Gold. Domingo regularly appears on "The Big Gay Sketch Show" for Logo. www.joespub.com.
11/30/09: New York, NY: A Very MARY Holiday Benefit for Broadway Speaks OUT & The Ali Forney Center. Featuring Nick Adams and Jeffery Self and Cole Escola of Logo "Jeffery & Cole Casserole". AFC promotes awareness of the plight of homeless LGBT youth. Broadway Speaks OUT! is an online talk show that provides viewers with an inside look at Broadway, current events, and the LGBT community. www.broadwayspeaksout.com
12/01/09: Atlanta, GA: HX Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo. http://gaylifetravel.squarespace.com/
12/01/09: Worldwide: World AIDS Day
12/02/09: Los Angeles, CA: The Drama of AIDS, a program in celebration of World AIDS Day featuring the premiere of EZTV’s Dream Man and readings from Michael Kearns’ book in tandem with an exhibit from the AIDS Quilt. www.onearchives.org.
12/03/09: Ft. LAuderdale, FL: HX Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo. http://gaylifetravel.squarespace.com/
12/06/09: Los Angeles, CA: Cracked Xmas 12. An evening of irreverent comedy, musical performances and special awards to benefit The Trevor Project. Neil Patrick Harris to be honored. http://www.thetrevorproject.org/events.aspx
12/09/09: New York, NY: The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith. Playwright JoanSchenkar and actor Kathleen Chalfant discuss the writer whose characters living closeted sexual lives in fiction mirrored her real life. Barnes & Noble. Broadway at 82nd St.
12/10/09: Houston, TX: Rainbow Night at The Ensemble Theatre. Performance of "Christmas with Great Aunt" with a reception. A benefit for Gay & Lesbian Rainbow Pages foundation that provides scholarships, and The Ensemble Theatre. www.ensemblehouston.com
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT Veterans
Veteran’s Day was November 11. Despite the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy which discriminates against LGBT service personnel, many have served with honor. Thank them.
1. Question: Name this Middle Eastern nation that has permitted gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military since 1993. Answer: Israel.
2. Question: Name this American author who profiled the discrimination of gays and lesbians in the US military (from the Vietnam War to the Persian Gulf). Hint: He also wrote a best-seller about the AIDS Movement in America. Answer: Randy Shilts, author of "Conduct Unbecoming: Lesbians and Gays in the U.S. Military, Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. It was published in 1993 as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" took effect. Shilt's "And The Band Played On" takes on America's slow reaction to the AIDS epidemic.
3. Question: Which was the first nation to ban discrimination against gays in the military. Answer: The Netherlands, which adopted the policy in 1974.
4. Question: Name this doctor, humanitarian, and writer, who was dishonorably discharged from the military for being gay. As a navy doctor, he supervised a medical assistance program for more than 600,000 refugees fleeing North Vietnam. After his discharge, he established a network of clinics in South East Asia. He died at age 34. Answer: Dr. Tom Dooley. His book "Deliver Us From Evil" is a fascinating story of his life.
5. Question: Name this Vietnam veteran, recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star, who was one of the best-known openly gay men in America in the 1970's. His fight to remain in the military put him on the cover of TIME Magazine in 1975. Answer: Leonard Matlovich, Tech Seargant in US Air Force.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: November Sweeps
1. Question: Name this news anchor/reporter, still part of a network news magazine team. On March 7, 1967, he hosted "CBS Reports: The Homosexual", the first major network news special about homosexuality.
2. Question: Name this actor, comic and awards show host. On September 13, 1977, he made his sitcom debut as a gay man with a closeted pro football player boyfriend. Before the show's debut, ABC received over 30,000 letters demanding the show be cancelled.
3. Question: Name this award-winning TV talk show host who came out to Diane Sawyer in 2002 on a program about gay parenting. She once joked with Ellen deGeneres about being “lebanese”.
4. Question: Who was the first out competitor on "Dancing With The Stars", the consistent ABC ratings winner.
5. Question: Name this sitcom which made history on March 1, 1994, when an actress, granddaughter of a literary giant, played a character who kissed the show's leading lady in an episode called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". The episode was the highest rated TV show of the week.
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. 46 November 16, 2009
Newsletter Editor: OnQYB@aol.com
The Fine Print
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: November 16-22, 2009
Just Added!!!: FRI: 11/13: San Francisco, CA: William J. Mann does a reading/booksigning for his new biography: "How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood". A Different Light. http://adleventscastro.blogspot.com/
FRI-SUN: 11/20-11/22: West Palm Beach, FL: 2009 Anti-Heterosexism Conference. In-depth workshops open to everyone who seeks to challenge the harmful affects of heterosexism, reparative therapy, ex-gay ministries and other efforts to change people’s sexual orientation. http://www.soulforce.org/anti-heterosexism-conference
SUN: 11/22: New York, NY: 16th Annual Race to Deliver. Road race in Central Park to benefit God's Love We Deliver to help provide life-sustaining meals for those living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-altering illnesses. www.racetodeliver.org
Newsworthy:
Election 2009: Maine: Backers of Same-Sex Marriage vow to keep fighting despite defeat at the polls. the Boston Globe reports: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/11/backers_of_same.html
Election 2009: The Maine Event. The New York Times Opinionator Blog tries to figure out what went wrong in the vote on same-sex marriage. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/maine-event/
Election 2009: Mark Kleinschmid was elected Mayor of Chapel Hill, NC. He's the third openly-gay mayor in North Carolina. Q-Notes reports: http://www.q-notes.com/4182/openly-gay-kleinschmidt-is-next-chapel-hill-mayor/
Election 2009: Houston, TX: City Controller Annise Parker was the top vote getter in the 11/03/09 mayoral election and now advances to a runoff next month against former city attorney Gene Locke. If Parker, a lesbian, wins the December election, Houston will become the largest U.S. city with an openly gay mayor.The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washblade.com/2009/11-6/news/national/15512.cfm
New Jersey: Now that the gay marriage fight is over in Maine (for the time being), the battle moves on to the Garden State. New Jersey currently recognizes civil unions. The Wall Street Journal reports: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125754593369434611.html
New York: The Senate delayed its vote on gay marriage bill. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/nyregion/11albany.html
Utah: Salt Lake City's City Council passed a bill prohibiting LGBT discrimination in housing and employment, after a Mormon endorsement. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/mormon-church-to-shift-on-gay-policies.html
High School Dress Code. When genders bend the rules, schools struggle. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/fashion/08cross.html
Returning: The Tempermentals, Jon Maran's acclaimed drama about Harry Hay (Thomas Jay Ryan), designer Rudi Gernreich (Michael Urie of "Ugly Betty") and friends as they form The Mattachine Society before Stonewall, was last summer's Off-Broadway hit. It returns for an unlimited run, opening 2/18/10. www.thetemperamentals.com
Awards and Honors:
Neil Patrick Harris will receive the Trevor Project's 2009 Life Award at the organization's holiday gala, Cracked Xmas 12, to be held in Los Angeles on 12/06/09. The Trevor Project is a national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth. www.thetrevorproject.org.
Nominees: People's Choice Awards include: Ellen DeGeneres, Neil Patrick Harris and Adam Lambert. The Associated Press reports: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gavYkc3odMovcZe7uYH-9iU8YBWQD9BSPVP80
Features
Profile: Lee Daniels, the out director of "Precious", a new film making waves. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/director-daniels-talks-precious-which-is-setting-box-office-records.html
In Print:
How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood by William J. Mann. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. A new biography of Taylor by the gay historian, biographer and novelist. williamjmann.com
You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs. St. Martin's Press. The out author of "Running With Scissors" has a new book of humor and essays about the holiday season, which he calls "hideous".
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.
***Finian's Rainbow. An old show with good tunes and Cheyenne Jackson starring as Woody for the swoon quotient.
***The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever. Joe Marshall's comedy about a struggling gay theatre company in West Hollywood. to 1/03/10. www.alternativethratreco.org.
***Hair, Tony-winning revival of the first major rock musical. www.publictheater.org.
***Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter. a new musical about her glamourous life with gay husband Cole Porter. to 11/21/09. www.lovelindathemusical.com
***Q-Talk, the late night gay talk show at The Metropolitan Room. 11/21/09. www.metropolitanroom.com.
***Wishful Drinking. Carrie Fisher's solo autobiographical show. She wakes up with a dead gay Republican in her bed and more. to 1/17/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org
Elsewhere...
***The Addams Family. Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth and Jackie Hoffman co-star in the musical based on the TV sitcom, cartoon series and films. Pre-Broadway tryout. Chicago, IL. www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com
***Arias With A Twist. The song stylings of drag artist Joey Arias surrounded by an eye-popping theatrical extravaganza directed by Basil Twist. to 12/13/09. Los Angeles, CA. www.redcat.org.
***Bonnie and Clyde. Stark Sands and Laura Osnes play the fun-loving bank-robbing couple in a new musical. to 12/20/09. LaJolla, CA. www.lajollaplayhouse.org.
***Dixie's Tupperware Party, bringing Tupperware-mania to a theatre near you. Dixie Longate stars. 11/17/09-11/22/09, Green Bay, WI; www.DixiesTupperwareParty.com
***Santaland Diaries. David Sedaris' tale of being an unemployed writer who takes a holiday job as a department store elf. Nicholas ("Buffy, The Vampire Slayer") Brendon stars. 11/20/09-12/20/09. Los Angeles, CA. www.theblank.com.
***Shakespeare's R & J, an edgy take on the Bard's "Romeo and Juliet" as performed by four young men in a boarding prep school. to 12/20/09. Hartford, CT. www.theaterworks.org.
***Tiny Kushner. Five short plays by out playwright Tony ("Angels in America") Kushner. to 11/29/09. Berkeley, CA. www.berkeleyrep.org
***Valet of the Dolls. Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans turn Jacqueline Susann upside down. to 11/22/09. Boston, MA. www.brownpapertickets.com
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Coco Before Chanel, Audrey Tautou stars as the legendary fashion designer, as the film follows her early years, exploring her rumored lesbian affairs.
***Dare, a trio of high school students who become unlikely friends at the end of their senior year. starring Alan Cumming, Ana Gasteyer, Sandra Bernhard and Emmy Rossum.
***8: The Mormon Proposition is a new documentary about the involvement of the Church of Latter Day Saints' involvement in the passage of Proposition 8 in California. Written and directed by Reed Cowan and narrated by Dustin Lance Black. http://www.towleroad.com/2009/10/documentary-exposes-mormon-financial-contributions-to-prop-8.html
***Fame. A remake of the 1980 musical with Kelsey Grammer, Debbie Allen and Megan Mullally with a cast of unknowns playing the wannabe stars at a New York City performing arts high school.
***Hannah Free. Sharon Gless stars in the film adaptation of Claudia Allen's play about a woman who fights to see her lesbian partner one last time in a nursing home. Premiere screening:www.hannahfree.com
***Oy Vey. My Son is Gay. A coming out film with Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Bruce Vilanch, Jai Rodriguez. One assumes it's a comedy.
Out On Video & DVD
***An Evening with John Barrowman. Concert DVD with the out star of Torchwood. ilmed before a live audience. www.amazon.co.uk.
***Bruno. Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedic take on an outrageously gay Austrian fashionista.
***The Fall of '55. The documentary about the gay sex sting in Boise, Idaho in 1955.
***Hope Along The Wind: The Life of Harry Hay. the 2002 documentary about the gay rights pioneer.
***Hump Day. Two straight dudes contemplate going gay to enter and win Humpfest, Seattle's amateur porn contest.
***Margaret Cho: Beautiful.
***Out At Work. The documentary that vividly illustrates what happens when LGBT people are not legally protected from employment discrimination.
***Pageant. The documentary about the Miss Gay America Pageant.
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
***November: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***November: An Englishman in New York. John Hurt plays Quentin Crisp in a film about the last years of his life. Among the co-stars: Cynthia Nixon, Denis O'Hare, Jonathan Tucker. Logo. Check local listings.
***TUE: 11/17: Carrie Fisher talks "Wishful Drinking" on The Today Show. 7AM. NBC.
***WED: 11/18: Liza Minnelli visits The Today Show. 7AM. NBC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
11/19/09: San Francisco, CA: Mary L. Gray does a reading/booksigning of her book "Out in the Country" about rural gay youth. A Different Light. http://adleventscastro.blogspot.com/
11/23/09: Los Angeles, CA: Kathy Griffin, queen of the D List, signing copies of "Official Book Club Selection". 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Grove Drive.
11/23/09: New York, NY: Lily Tomlin performs a benefit for Dixon Place. Comedienne Reno hosts. www.dixonplace.org.
11/30/09: New York, NY: Coleman Domingo's Big Ass 40th Birthday Party. The star of "A Boy And His Soul" offers an evening of song with guests Anika Noni Rose and Ari Gold. Domingo regularly appears on "The Big Gay Sketch Show" for Logo. www.joespub.com.
11/30/09: New York, NY: A Very MARY Holiday Benefit for Broadway Speaks OUT & The Ali Forney Center. Featuring Nick Adams and Jeffery Self and Cole Escola of Logo "Jeffery & Cole Casserole". AFC promotes awareness of the plight of homeless LGBT youth. Broadway Speaks OUT! is an online talk show that provides viewers with an inside look at Broadway, current events, and the LGBT community. www.broadwayspeaksout.com
12/01/09: Atlanta, GA: HX Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo. http://gaylifetravel.squarespace.com/
12/01/09: Worldwide: World AIDS Day
12/02/09: Los Angeles, CA: The Drama of AIDS, a program in celebration of World AIDS Day featuring the premiere of EZTV’s Dream Man and readings from Michael Kearns’ book in tandem with an exhibit from the AIDS Quilt. www.onearchives.org.
12/03/09: Ft. LAuderdale, FL: HX Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo. http://gaylifetravel.squarespace.com/
12/06/09: Los Angeles, CA: Cracked Xmas 12. An evening of irreverent comedy, musical performances and special awards to benefit The Trevor Project. Neil Patrick Harris to be honored. http://www.thetrevorproject.org/events.aspx
12/09/09: New York, NY: The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith. Playwright JoanSchenkar and actor Kathleen Chalfant discuss the writer whose characters living closeted sexual lives in fiction mirrored her real life. Barnes & Noble. Broadway at 82nd St.
12/10/09: Houston, TX: Rainbow Night at The Ensemble Theatre. Performance of "Christmas with Great Aunt" with a reception. A benefit for Gay & Lesbian Rainbow Pages foundation that provides scholarships, and The Ensemble Theatre. www.ensemblehouston.com
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT Veterans
Veteran’s Day was November 11. Despite the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy which discriminates against LGBT service personnel, many have served with honor. Thank them.
1. Question: Name this Middle Eastern nation that has permitted gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military since 1993. Answer: Israel.
2. Question: Name this American author who profiled the discrimination of gays and lesbians in the US military (from the Vietnam War to the Persian Gulf). Hint: He also wrote a best-seller about the AIDS Movement in America. Answer: Randy Shilts, author of "Conduct Unbecoming: Lesbians and Gays in the U.S. Military, Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. It was published in 1993 as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" took effect. Shilt's "And The Band Played On" takes on America's slow reaction to the AIDS epidemic.
3. Question: Which was the first nation to ban discrimination against gays in the military. Answer: The Netherlands, which adopted the policy in 1974.
4. Question: Name this doctor, humanitarian, and writer, who was dishonorably discharged from the military for being gay. As a navy doctor, he supervised a medical assistance program for more than 600,000 refugees fleeing North Vietnam. After his discharge, he established a network of clinics in South East Asia. He died at age 34. Answer: Dr. Tom Dooley. His book "Deliver Us From Evil" is a fascinating story of his life.
5. Question: Name this Vietnam veteran, recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star, who was one of the best-known openly gay men in America in the 1970's. His fight to remain in the military put him on the cover of TIME Magazine in 1975. Answer: Leonard Matlovich, Tech Seargant in US Air Force.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: November Sweeps
1. Question: Name this news anchor/reporter, still part of a network news magazine team. On March 7, 1967, he hosted "CBS Reports: The Homosexual", the first major network news special about homosexuality.
2. Question: Name this actor, comic and awards show host. On September 13, 1977, he made his sitcom debut as a gay man with a closeted pro football player boyfriend. Before the show's debut, ABC received over 30,000 letters demanding the show be cancelled.
3. Question: Name this award-winning TV talk show host who came out to Diane Sawyer in 2002 on a program about gay parenting. She once joked with Ellen deGeneres about being “lebanese”.
4. Question: Who was the first out competitor on "Dancing With The Stars", the consistent ABC ratings winner.
5. Question: Name this sitcom which made history on March 1, 1994, when an actress, granddaughter of a literary giant, played a character who kissed the show's leading lady in an episode called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". The episode was the highest rated TV show of the week.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 11/09/09
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 12 No. 45 November 9, 2009
Newsletter Editor: OnQYB@aol.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: November 9-15, 2009
thru SAT: 11/14: Chicago, IL: Reeling 2000: Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Fest. www.reelingfilmfestival.org
MON: 11/09: New York, NY: Tony Kushner honored by the New York City Anti-Violence Project at its 13th annual Courage Awards. www.avp.org
MON: 11/09: New York, NY: Jane Lynch of "Glee" (Sue, the cheerleader coach) appears in the first installment of "Newsmakers" at the LGBT Center. www.gaycenter.org.
MON: 11/09: New York, NY: Broadway Barks Because Broadway Cares. Bernadette Peters performs a benefit concert for Broadway Barks and Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS. www.BroadwayCares.org.
WED: 11/11: New York, NY: 2nd Annual Travel Summit/Insiders Europe. www.outprofessionals.org.
FRI: 11/13: Northampton, MA: Out For Reel, the LGBT film series, presents Sharon Gless in “Hannah Free”. www.outforreel.org.
SAT: 11/14: Hartford, CT: One Big Event. Benefit for the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. http://www.hglhc.org/onebigevent/index.html
Newsworthy:
Election 2009: Maine: Voters repeal gay marriage. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/us/politics/05maine.html
Election 2009: Wrap-Up from Towleroad: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/election-09-results-some-maine-bullet-points.html
Hate Crimes Bill is Law. President Obama signed a hate crimes bill into law on 10/28/09, telling an audience at the White House that the provision would “strengthen the protections against crimes based on the color of your skin, the faith in your heart, or the place of your birth.” The law expands the definition of violent federal hate crimes to those committed because of a victim’s sexual orientation. Obama said, “No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hands of the person they love.” The New York Times reports: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/obama-signs-hate-crimes-bill/
US HIV Travel Ban Lifted. President Obama said 10/30/09 that his administration is lifting a 22-year-old ban that prevented persons with HIV/AIDS from entering the country. The United States was the first country to institute such a ban, "a decision rooted in fear rather than fact," Obama said. Now only a dozen nations continue the practice. Obama made the announcement as he signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, which provides help to more than half a million Americans. USAToday reports: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000743/1
Gay Couple Sues SkyWest Airlines for anti- gay discrimination. One, an employee, is not allowed to make use of spousal benefits despite his legal marriage. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/31/BAPV1ACLGV.DTL
The Buzz (People Making News)
Gavin Newsom, the San Francisco Mayor who is a strong ally for LGBT rights, dropped out of the California Governor's Race because of low numbers, limited campaign finances, and the birth of a new daughter. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/us/31newsom.html
Features
And Then There's Maude...on your arm. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/and-then-theres-maude-on-your-arm.html
Opportunities
Fresh Fruit, New York City's only multidiscipline festival of LGBT Culture and Arts, celebrates the work of LGBT artists past , present and future, in all mediums and genres. It aims, as well, to reveal the LGBT community's ethnic, racial and religious diversity. They're looking for submissions for the 2010 festival. Application deadline for this year's submissions is February 7, 2010. For application and information please email artisticdirector@freshfruitfestival.com.
In Print:
Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children: Research on the Family Life Cycle by Dr. Abbie Goldberg. The American Psychological Association. A comprehensive summary and analysis of the research on gay and lesbian parents and their families to date, and the first full-length analysis of the research on gay parenting, summarizing research data on the subject from the 1970’s to the present day. The research is consistent in suggesting that the outcomes and well-being of children raised by gay and lesbian parents are no different than those of children raised by heterosexual parents. Abbie E. Goldberg, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, MA.
On CD:
Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, the 11th annual holiday CD to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. More than 20 holiday songs recorded by the casts of Off-Broadway and Broadway productions. www.broadwaycares.org
The Power of Two. the new duets CD featuring Broadway favorite Cheyenne Jackson and cabaret veteran Michael Feinstein.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever. Joe Marshall's comedy about a struggling gay theatre company in West Hollywood. to 1/03/10. www.alternativethratreco.org.
***Judy Garland Live! Tommy Femia, award-winning Judy impressionist, celebrates his 20th season at Don't Tell Mama. Guest star: Eileen Fulton (11/07/09); Christine Pedi as Liza (11/21/09); TBA (12/05/09); Michael Musto (12/19/09). www.donttellmamanyc.com.
***Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter. a new musical about her glamourous life with gay husband Cole Porter. to 11/21/09. www.lovelindathemusical.com
***Miss Coco Peru is Undaunted. Clinton Leupp's GLAAD Media Award-winning drag sensation. to 11/15/09. www.SpinCycleNYC.com
***Not The Boy Next Door. Darren Williams celebrates the Peter Allen songbook. 11/10/09. 11/14/09. Metropolitan Room. www.metropolitanroom.com
***Wishful Drinking. Carrie Fisher's solo autobiographical show. She wakes up with a dead gay Republican in her bed and more. to 1/03/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org
Elsewhere...
***The Addams Family. Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth and Jackie Hoffman co-star in the musical based on the TV sitcom, cartoon series and films. Opens 11/13/09. Chicago, IL. www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com
***Dixie's Tupperware Party, bringing Tupperware-mania to a theatre near you. Dixie Longate stars. 11/13/09-11/15/09, Hartford, CT. www.DixiesTupperwareParty.com
***Judy Garland in Concert, a new multi-media concert that blends footage of the performer with the sounds of a live symphony orchestra. 11/14/09, Louisville, KY; www.judygarlandinconcert.com.
***Parade. TR Knight ("Greys Anatomy") stars as Leo Frank in the musical about a 1913 murder in Atlanta. to 11/15/09. Los Angeles, CA.www.centertheatregroup.org.
***Shakespeare's R & J, an edgy take on the Bard's "Romeo and Juliet" as performed by four young men in a boarding prep school. to 12/20/09. Hartford, CT. www.theaterworks.org.
***Tiny Kushner. Five short plays by out playwright Tony ("Angels in America") Kushner. to 11/29/09. Berkeley, CA. www.berkeleyrep.org
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Coco Before Chanel, Audrey Tautou stars as the legendary fashion designer, as the film follows her early years, exploring her rumored lesbian affairs.
***Dare, a trio of high school students who become unlikely friends at the end of their senior year. starring Alan Cumming, Ana Gasteyer, Sandra Bernhard and Emmy Rossum.
***8: The Mormon Proposition is a new documentary about the involvement of the Church of Latter Day Saints' involvement in the passage of Proposition 8 in California.
***Fame. A remake of the 1980 musical with Kelsey Grammer, Debbie Allen and Megan Mullally with a cast of unknowns playing the wannabe stars at a New York City performing arts high school.
***Hannah Free. Sharon Gless stars in the film adaptation of Claudia Allen's play about a woman who fights to see her lesbian partner one last time in a nursing home. Premiere screening:www.hannahfree.com
***Oy Vey. My Son is Gay. A coming out film with Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Bruce Vilanch, Jai Rodriguez. One assumes it's a comedy.
Out On Video & DVD
***Every Little Step: The Journey of "A Chorus Line".
***The Fall of '55. The documentary about the gay sex sting in Boise, Idaho in 1955.
***Hope Along The Wind: The Life of Harry Hay. the 2002 documentary about the gay rights pioneer.
***The Judy Garland Show Holiday Special. The 1963 one-hour special with Garland, Liza Minnelli and Lorna and Joe Luft, Jack Jones, Mel Torme.
***Out At Work. The documentary that vividly illustrates what happens when LGBT people are not legally protected from employment discrimination. The new DVD has updates to reflect the 2009 status of LGBT workplace rights. /www.newday.com/films/outatwork.html?code=H2U7UA
***Pageant. The documentary about the Miss Gay America Pageant.
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
***November: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***November: An Englishman in New York. John Hurt plays Quentin Crisp in a film about the last years of his life. Among the co-stars: Cynthia Nixon, Denis O'Hare, Jonathan Tucker. Logo. Check local listings.
***November: 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. thru 11/10/09. http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/outrage/index.html
***THU: 11/05: Sir Ian McKellan, actor and gay rights activist, visits "The View". ABC. Check local listings. He later shows up on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. NBC. Check local listings.
***FRI: 11/06: Rosie O'Donnell chats with Jimmy Fallon. NBC Late Night. Check local listings.
***THU: 11/12: Cheyenne Jackson guest stars on 30 Rock. NBC. For preview photos: http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2009/10/30rockcheyennepictures
***THU: 11/12: Joel Grey's Anatomy. The star of "Cabaret" guests stars at Seattle Grace. 9PM. ABC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
11/20/09-11/22/09: West Palm Beach, FL: 2009 Anti-Heterosexism Conference. In-depth workshops open to everyone who seeks to challenge the harmful affects of heterosexism, reparative therapy, ex-gay ministries and other efforts to change people’s sexual orientation. http://www.soulforce.org/anti-heterosexism-conference
11/22/09: New York, NY: 16th Annual Race to Deliver. Road race in Central Park to benefit God's Love We Deliver to help provide life-sustaining meals for those living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-altering illnesses. www.racetodeliver.org
11/23/09: Los Angeles, CA: Kathy Griffin, queen of the D List, signing copies of "Official Book Club Selection". 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Grove Drive.
11/23/09: New York, NY: Lily Tomlin performs a benefit for Dixon Place. Comedienne Reno hosts. www.dixonplace.org.
11/30/09: New York, NY: A Very MARY Holiday Benefit for Broadway Speaks OUT & The Ali Forney Center. www.broadwayspeaksout.com
12/01/09: Atlanta, GA: HX Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo. http://gaylifetravel.squarespace.com/
12/01/09: Worldwide: World AIDS Day
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Gay On The Air
1. Question: Name this libertarian radio talk show host who came out publicly on the air in 1994, after being diagnosed with HIV. Having attracted a largely conservative audience based on his political views, traditional anti-gay conservatives rejected him, though others admired him for his courage. His ratings upticked after his autobiography was released. He died in 2004. Answer: David Brudnoy, of Boston flagship station WBZ. His autobiography, "Life Is Not a Rehearsal" is a good read.
2. Question: Name this out actress and comic, whose late night talk show hits the TV screen next month. Recently, she was the first African-American and the first openly LGBT person to be featured entertainer at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner. She's an Emmy winner. Answer: Wanda Sykes. Her new Saturday night talk show premieres on Fox on 11/07/09.
3. Question: Name this TV pundit who rose to quick fame in radio. She is the first out American to win a Rhodes scholarship. After a quick rise to fame in radio in Northampton, MA, she jumped to Air America before moving to television. She is the first openly gay anchor to be hired to host a prime-time news program in the United States. Answer: Rachel Maddow.
4. Question: Name this up-and-coming National Public Radio journalist, who often hosts the network's morning drive news magazine. He covers the justice department and legal affairs beat. In 2008, Out Magazine included him in the Out 100. Answer: Ari Shapiro of NPR.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT Veterans
Veteran’s Day is upcoming next week. Despite the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy which discriminates against LGBT service personnel, many have served with honor. Thank them.
1. Question: Name this Middle Eastern nation that has permitted gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military since 1993.
2. Question: Name this American author who profiled the discrimination of gays and lesbians in the US military (from the Vietnam War to the Persian Gulf). Hint: He also wrote a best-seller about the AIDS Movement in America.
3. Question: Which was the first nation to ban discrimination against gays in the military.
4. Question: Name this doctor, humanitarian, and writer, who was dishonorably discharged from the military for being gay. As a navy doctor, he supervised a medical assistance program for more than 600,000 refugees fleeing North Vietnam. After his discharge, he established a network of clinics in South East Asia. He died at age 34.
5. Question: Name this Vietnam veteran, recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star, who was one of the best-known openly gay men in America in the 1970's. His fight to remain in the military put him on the cover of TIME Magazine in 1975.
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. 45 November 9, 2009
Newsletter Editor: OnQYB@aol.com
The Fine Print
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: November 9-15, 2009
thru SAT: 11/14: Chicago, IL: Reeling 2000: Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Fest. www.reelingfilmfestival.org
MON: 11/09: New York, NY: Tony Kushner honored by the New York City Anti-Violence Project at its 13th annual Courage Awards. www.avp.org
MON: 11/09: New York, NY: Jane Lynch of "Glee" (Sue, the cheerleader coach) appears in the first installment of "Newsmakers" at the LGBT Center. www.gaycenter.org.
MON: 11/09: New York, NY: Broadway Barks Because Broadway Cares. Bernadette Peters performs a benefit concert for Broadway Barks and Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS. www.BroadwayCares.org.
WED: 11/11: New York, NY: 2nd Annual Travel Summit/Insiders Europe. www.outprofessionals.org.
FRI: 11/13: Northampton, MA: Out For Reel, the LGBT film series, presents Sharon Gless in “Hannah Free”. www.outforreel.org.
SAT: 11/14: Hartford, CT: One Big Event. Benefit for the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. http://www.hglhc.org/onebigevent/index.html
Newsworthy:
Election 2009: Maine: Voters repeal gay marriage. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/us/politics/05maine.html
Election 2009: Wrap-Up from Towleroad: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/election-09-results-some-maine-bullet-points.html
Hate Crimes Bill is Law. President Obama signed a hate crimes bill into law on 10/28/09, telling an audience at the White House that the provision would “strengthen the protections against crimes based on the color of your skin, the faith in your heart, or the place of your birth.” The law expands the definition of violent federal hate crimes to those committed because of a victim’s sexual orientation. Obama said, “No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hands of the person they love.” The New York Times reports: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/obama-signs-hate-crimes-bill/
US HIV Travel Ban Lifted. President Obama said 10/30/09 that his administration is lifting a 22-year-old ban that prevented persons with HIV/AIDS from entering the country. The United States was the first country to institute such a ban, "a decision rooted in fear rather than fact," Obama said. Now only a dozen nations continue the practice. Obama made the announcement as he signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, which provides help to more than half a million Americans. USAToday reports: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000743/1
Gay Couple Sues SkyWest Airlines for anti- gay discrimination. One, an employee, is not allowed to make use of spousal benefits despite his legal marriage. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/31/BAPV1ACLGV.DTL
The Buzz (People Making News)
Gavin Newsom, the San Francisco Mayor who is a strong ally for LGBT rights, dropped out of the California Governor's Race because of low numbers, limited campaign finances, and the birth of a new daughter. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/us/31newsom.html
Features
And Then There's Maude...on your arm. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/and-then-theres-maude-on-your-arm.html
Opportunities
Fresh Fruit, New York City's only multidiscipline festival of LGBT Culture and Arts, celebrates the work of LGBT artists past , present and future, in all mediums and genres. It aims, as well, to reveal the LGBT community's ethnic, racial and religious diversity. They're looking for submissions for the 2010 festival. Application deadline for this year's submissions is February 7, 2010. For application and information please email artisticdirector@freshfruitfestival.com.
In Print:
Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children: Research on the Family Life Cycle by Dr. Abbie Goldberg. The American Psychological Association. A comprehensive summary and analysis of the research on gay and lesbian parents and their families to date, and the first full-length analysis of the research on gay parenting, summarizing research data on the subject from the 1970’s to the present day. The research is consistent in suggesting that the outcomes and well-being of children raised by gay and lesbian parents are no different than those of children raised by heterosexual parents. Abbie E. Goldberg, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, MA.
On CD:
Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, the 11th annual holiday CD to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. More than 20 holiday songs recorded by the casts of Off-Broadway and Broadway productions. www.broadwaycares.org
The Power of Two. the new duets CD featuring Broadway favorite Cheyenne Jackson and cabaret veteran Michael Feinstein.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever. Joe Marshall's comedy about a struggling gay theatre company in West Hollywood. to 1/03/10. www.alternativethratreco.org.
***Judy Garland Live! Tommy Femia, award-winning Judy impressionist, celebrates his 20th season at Don't Tell Mama. Guest star: Eileen Fulton (11/07/09); Christine Pedi as Liza (11/21/09); TBA (12/05/09); Michael Musto (12/19/09). www.donttellmamanyc.com.
***Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter. a new musical about her glamourous life with gay husband Cole Porter. to 11/21/09. www.lovelindathemusical.com
***Miss Coco Peru is Undaunted. Clinton Leupp's GLAAD Media Award-winning drag sensation. to 11/15/09. www.SpinCycleNYC.com
***Not The Boy Next Door. Darren Williams celebrates the Peter Allen songbook. 11/10/09. 11/14/09. Metropolitan Room. www.metropolitanroom.com
***Wishful Drinking. Carrie Fisher's solo autobiographical show. She wakes up with a dead gay Republican in her bed and more. to 1/03/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org
Elsewhere...
***The Addams Family. Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth and Jackie Hoffman co-star in the musical based on the TV sitcom, cartoon series and films. Opens 11/13/09. Chicago, IL. www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com
***Dixie's Tupperware Party, bringing Tupperware-mania to a theatre near you. Dixie Longate stars. 11/13/09-11/15/09, Hartford, CT. www.DixiesTupperwareParty.com
***Judy Garland in Concert, a new multi-media concert that blends footage of the performer with the sounds of a live symphony orchestra. 11/14/09, Louisville, KY; www.judygarlandinconcert.com.
***Parade. TR Knight ("Greys Anatomy") stars as Leo Frank in the musical about a 1913 murder in Atlanta. to 11/15/09. Los Angeles, CA.www.centertheatregroup.org.
***Shakespeare's R & J, an edgy take on the Bard's "Romeo and Juliet" as performed by four young men in a boarding prep school. to 12/20/09. Hartford, CT. www.theaterworks.org.
***Tiny Kushner. Five short plays by out playwright Tony ("Angels in America") Kushner. to 11/29/09. Berkeley, CA. www.berkeleyrep.org
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Coco Before Chanel, Audrey Tautou stars as the legendary fashion designer, as the film follows her early years, exploring her rumored lesbian affairs.
***Dare, a trio of high school students who become unlikely friends at the end of their senior year. starring Alan Cumming, Ana Gasteyer, Sandra Bernhard and Emmy Rossum.
***8: The Mormon Proposition is a new documentary about the involvement of the Church of Latter Day Saints' involvement in the passage of Proposition 8 in California.
***Fame. A remake of the 1980 musical with Kelsey Grammer, Debbie Allen and Megan Mullally with a cast of unknowns playing the wannabe stars at a New York City performing arts high school.
***Hannah Free. Sharon Gless stars in the film adaptation of Claudia Allen's play about a woman who fights to see her lesbian partner one last time in a nursing home. Premiere screening:www.hannahfree.com
***Oy Vey. My Son is Gay. A coming out film with Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Bruce Vilanch, Jai Rodriguez. One assumes it's a comedy.
Out On Video & DVD
***Every Little Step: The Journey of "A Chorus Line".
***The Fall of '55. The documentary about the gay sex sting in Boise, Idaho in 1955.
***Hope Along The Wind: The Life of Harry Hay. the 2002 documentary about the gay rights pioneer.
***The Judy Garland Show Holiday Special. The 1963 one-hour special with Garland, Liza Minnelli and Lorna and Joe Luft, Jack Jones, Mel Torme.
***Out At Work. The documentary that vividly illustrates what happens when LGBT people are not legally protected from employment discrimination. The new DVD has updates to reflect the 2009 status of LGBT workplace rights. /www.newday.com/films/outatwork.html?code=H2U7UA
***Pageant. The documentary about the Miss Gay America Pageant.
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
***November: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***November: An Englishman in New York. John Hurt plays Quentin Crisp in a film about the last years of his life. Among the co-stars: Cynthia Nixon, Denis O'Hare, Jonathan Tucker. Logo. Check local listings.
***November: 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. thru 11/10/09. http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/outrage/index.html
***THU: 11/05: Sir Ian McKellan, actor and gay rights activist, visits "The View". ABC. Check local listings. He later shows up on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. NBC. Check local listings.
***FRI: 11/06: Rosie O'Donnell chats with Jimmy Fallon. NBC Late Night. Check local listings.
***THU: 11/12: Cheyenne Jackson guest stars on 30 Rock. NBC. For preview photos: http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2009/10/30rockcheyennepictures
***THU: 11/12: Joel Grey's Anatomy. The star of "Cabaret" guests stars at Seattle Grace. 9PM. ABC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
11/20/09-11/22/09: West Palm Beach, FL: 2009 Anti-Heterosexism Conference. In-depth workshops open to everyone who seeks to challenge the harmful affects of heterosexism, reparative therapy, ex-gay ministries and other efforts to change people’s sexual orientation. http://www.soulforce.org/anti-heterosexism-conference
11/22/09: New York, NY: 16th Annual Race to Deliver. Road race in Central Park to benefit God's Love We Deliver to help provide life-sustaining meals for those living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-altering illnesses. www.racetodeliver.org
11/23/09: Los Angeles, CA: Kathy Griffin, queen of the D List, signing copies of "Official Book Club Selection". 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Grove Drive.
11/23/09: New York, NY: Lily Tomlin performs a benefit for Dixon Place. Comedienne Reno hosts. www.dixonplace.org.
11/30/09: New York, NY: A Very MARY Holiday Benefit for Broadway Speaks OUT & The Ali Forney Center. www.broadwayspeaksout.com
12/01/09: Atlanta, GA: HX Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo. http://gaylifetravel.squarespace.com/
12/01/09: Worldwide: World AIDS Day
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Gay On The Air
1. Question: Name this libertarian radio talk show host who came out publicly on the air in 1994, after being diagnosed with HIV. Having attracted a largely conservative audience based on his political views, traditional anti-gay conservatives rejected him, though others admired him for his courage. His ratings upticked after his autobiography was released. He died in 2004. Answer: David Brudnoy, of Boston flagship station WBZ. His autobiography, "Life Is Not a Rehearsal" is a good read.
2. Question: Name this out actress and comic, whose late night talk show hits the TV screen next month. Recently, she was the first African-American and the first openly LGBT person to be featured entertainer at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner. She's an Emmy winner. Answer: Wanda Sykes. Her new Saturday night talk show premieres on Fox on 11/07/09.
3. Question: Name this TV pundit who rose to quick fame in radio. She is the first out American to win a Rhodes scholarship. After a quick rise to fame in radio in Northampton, MA, she jumped to Air America before moving to television. She is the first openly gay anchor to be hired to host a prime-time news program in the United States. Answer: Rachel Maddow.
4. Question: Name this up-and-coming National Public Radio journalist, who often hosts the network's morning drive news magazine. He covers the justice department and legal affairs beat. In 2008, Out Magazine included him in the Out 100. Answer: Ari Shapiro of NPR.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT Veterans
Veteran’s Day is upcoming next week. Despite the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy which discriminates against LGBT service personnel, many have served with honor. Thank them.
1. Question: Name this Middle Eastern nation that has permitted gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military since 1993.
2. Question: Name this American author who profiled the discrimination of gays and lesbians in the US military (from the Vietnam War to the Persian Gulf). Hint: He also wrote a best-seller about the AIDS Movement in America.
3. Question: Which was the first nation to ban discrimination against gays in the military.
4. Question: Name this doctor, humanitarian, and writer, who was dishonorably discharged from the military for being gay. As a navy doctor, he supervised a medical assistance program for more than 600,000 refugees fleeing North Vietnam. After his discharge, he established a network of clinics in South East Asia. He died at age 34.
5. Question: Name this Vietnam veteran, recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star, who was one of the best-known openly gay men in America in the 1970's. His fight to remain in the military put him on the cover of TIME Magazine in 1975.
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