Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 1/18/10

Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 3 January 18, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com

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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: January 18-24, 2010

thru SUN: 1/24: Aspen, CO: Aspen Gay Ski Week. www.gayskiweek.com

WED-SUN: 1/20-1/24: Stowe, VT: Winter Rendezvous. gay skiing & winter sports. www.winterrendezvous.com

THU: 1/21: New Orleans, LA: Hagar's Coming Out Party. An event for Hagar House, a non-profit trans-inclusive home for women and children. www.HagarsHouseNOLA.org

THU-SUN: 1/21-1/31: Park City, UT: Sundance Film Festival. Among the screenings: James Franco as beat poet Allen Ginsburg in "Howl", the story of the poet's obscenity trial, which also stars Jon Hamm and Mary-Louise Parker and a documentary: "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work". www.sundance.org

Newsworthy:

California Proposition 8 Trial

California: A judge approved a limited form of broadcasting the trial in the legal challenge to California's ban on same-sex marriage, concluding it is the type of case that warrants breaking with traditions that generally ban cameras in federal courts. Then, The Supreme Court temporarily blocked streaming of the Proposition 8 trial to YouTube. Some reports of note:
The San Jose Mercury News reports: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14134134
The Los Angeles Times reports: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-prop-8-12-2010jan12,0,7701011.story
Towleroad has excellent ongoing updates: www.towleroad.com.

Portugal: The Parliament has passed a bill making the European country the sixth in Europe to permit same-sex marriage. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/01/08/Portugal_Parliament_Passes_Gay_Marriage_Bill/

New Jersey: The vote to approve gay marriage was defeated in the state senate. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/nyregion/08trenton.html

Male prostitution is Nevada's newest legal profession. The Los Angeles Times reports: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-male-prostitutes6-2010jan06,0,7495471.story?track=rss

Awards and Honors:

Nominees: 21st GLAAD Media Awards. Digital Spy reports: http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/news/a196093/glaad-awards-2010-the-nominees.html
For a complete list of nominees: www.glaad.org

Winners: People's Choice Awards. http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=2010

Winners: 8th Annual Nightlife Awards. Michael Feinstein, Cheyenne Jackson, Christine Ebersole, make the list. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135830-Ebersole-Feinstein-and-Jackson-Among-Nightlife-Award-Winners

Winners: Ovation Awards for excellence in Los Angeles theatre. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135884-Louis-Keely-Julie-White-Troubadour-Theatre-Are-2010-Ovation-Winners-in-LA

In Memoriam:

Fritz Lohman, the gay art collector, who with his partner Charles Leslie, had co-founded an organization to reclaim the place of queer art in history died on 12/31/09. The New York Post reported that had Lohman lived into 2010, his estate woould not have been so heavily taxed. EDGE Boston reports: http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=100998

Features

Must Read: The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage. Theodore B. Olson on why same-sex marriage is an American value. Newsweek reports: http://www.newsweek.com/id/229957

Profile: Michael Urie. The star of "Ugly Betty" takes on another gay fashionista in "The Tempermentals". The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/People/The_Not_So_Ugly_Truth/

The Return of Pee-wee Herman. The Los Angeles Times reports: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-pee-wee10-2010jan10,0,1935106.story

Opportunities

Scholarships Opportunity: 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. Application deadline is: 2/12/10. www.pointfoundation.org

The Resource Center:

NYC Up & Out: Events of interest to the LGBT community happening in and around New York City. http://www.nycupandout.com/

In Print:

Moving Politics; Emotion and ACT UP's Fight against AIDS by Deborah B. Gould. University of Chicago Press. The first full-fledged history of the development of AIDS activism in the United States. In doing so, Gould situates AIDS activism between reason and emotion in activist movements. "Moving Politics" is the first book to chronicle the rise and fall of ACT UP, highlighting a key factor in its trajectory: emotion.

In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance

New York City (and Broadway)

***A Little Night Music. Sondheim's all-waltz musical stars Catherine Zeta-Jones (singing "Send in the Clowns") and Angela Lansbury.
***Jewdy! Jewdy! Jewdy!, Judy Gold's new lesbian jewish stand-up act. to 1/25/10. www.JudyGold.com
***The Picture of Dorian Gray. Oscar Wilde's tale of a man who sells his soul for eternal youth. 1/21/10-2/6/10.. www.DorianGrayPlay.com.
***Present Laughter. Gay Noel Coward's gay comedy. Victor Garber stars as an aging star. to 3/21/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org
***Rhoda Heartbreak: The Musical. Drag celebrity Mimi Imfurst stars in the musical about a drag bar, where the understudy, a biological woman, goes on for the star. 1/20/10-1/22/10. Manhattan Rep. (646) 329-6588

Elsewhere...

***From Whence I Came. Leslie Jordan's new solo show. to 1/24/10. San Francisco, CA. www.TheRrazzRoom.com
***F*cking Men. A new play, conceived as a riff on Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde, observes the sex lives of modern urban gay America. to 2/14/10, Los Angeles, CA. www.celebrationtheatre.com
***Give It Up. A world premiere camp musical version of "Lysistrata" set in an American college gym by "Xanadu" author Douglas Carter Beane. to 2/14/10. Dallas, TX. www.dallastheatercenter.org.
***Golden Age. Terrence McNally's drama about Donizetti set backstage at the premiere of his last opera "I Puritani". Marc Kudisch and Jeffrey Carlson star. to 2/21/10. Philadelphia, PA. PhiladelphiaTheatreCompany.org.
***I Am My Own Wife, the fascinating real-life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (Andrew Long), a German transvestite who managed to survive both Nazi rule and the East German Communists.to 3/07/10. Arlington, VA/Washington, DC. www.signature-theatre.org
***Master Class. Terrence McNally's Tony-Award winning play is a portrait of opera diva Maria Callas. to 1/24/10. Houston, TX. www.mainstreettheater.com.
***Orpheous Descending. Gale ("Queer As Folk") Harold, heads the cast of Tennessee Williams' drama. to 2/21/10. Theatre/Theater. Los Angeles, CA.
***The Pee-Wee Herman Show, starring Paul Reubens. to 2/07/10. Los Angeles, CA. www.peewee.com.
***The Threshing Floor. James Ijames's one-actor profile of gay writer James Baldwin. to 1/31/10. Philadelphia, PA. www.mauckingbirdtheatreco.org
***Tru. Jay Presson Allen's one-actor profile of gay writer Truman Capote, presented by the LGBT-friendly Mauckingbird Theatre Company. to 1/31/10. Philadelphia, PA.
www.mauckingbirdtheatreco.org
***[title of show]. A quartet writes a musical to submit to a festival competition. to 1/31/10. St. Louis, MO. www.repstl.org. Also: to 2/13/10, Tucson, AZ www.arizonatheatre.org

On Screen (and DVD)

Out on Screen...

***A Single Man. Tom Ford's debut film, an adaptation of a Christopher Isherwood novel, about a day in the life of a gay man, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore.
***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
***Nine, the Rob Marshall movie based on the Broadway musical. Daniel Day-Lewis plays the conflicted film maker. The women in his life: Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Judi Dench and Fergie.
***Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. A stunning drama from out director Lee Daniels about an overweight, illiterate Harlem teen, pregnant with her second child, who is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.

Out On Video & DVD

***Glee: Volume 1: Road to Sectionals. the first DVD of the hot new TV series.
***Law of Desire. A young Antonio Banderas stars as an obsessed fan of a film director in this 1987 Almodovar classic film.
***Passing Strange. 2009 Spike Lee film of Stew's musical. Filmed live. features Daniel Breaker, Colman Domingo, Stew.
***Show Business: The Road to Broadway. An incredible documentary about Broadway's 2003-04 season and four musicals: "Wicked", "Avenue Q"(gay puppets), "Caroline or Change" (Tony Kushner) and "Taboo" (Rosie O'Donnell).
***Taking Woodstock. Ang Lee's new film about the rock festival based on Elliot Tiber's memoir. Demetri Martin stars as the gay Tiber.

On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.

Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated every Friday. www.glaad.org/tvgayed

***Ongoing: The Wanda Sykes Show. The out comic's late night talk show. 11PM Saturdays. FOX.
***January: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***THU: 1/21: Joshua Bell with Friends @ the Penthouse. The violinist in concert with Kristin Chenoweth, Marvin Hamlisch and baritone Nathan Gunn. 8PM. PBS. Check local listings.

Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events

1/25/10: New York, NY: Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty") stars in a reading of Albert Camus' "Caligula". www.redbulltheater.com.

1/25/10: New York, NY: Bruce Vilanch hosts the Night Life Awards, celebrating the best in clubs, cabaret, and other entertainment. Winners perform in lieu of acceptance speeches. Town Hall.www.SiegelEntertainment@msn.com

1/28/10: White Plains, NY: OUT Professionals Westchester Networking Event, co-sponsored by the LOFT, a non-profit community-based group serving the LGBT community in lower Hudson Valley. www.outprofessionals.org.

1/28/10-1/30/10: Bloomington, IN: Pride Film Festival. www.pridefilmfestival.org

1/30/10: Philadelphia, PA: Christopher Rice, author, does a benefit reading for Giovanni's Room, Philly's LGBT Bookstore. www.queerbooks.com

2/08/10: San Francisco, CA: All You Need Is Love 2, the Help is On The Way benefit concert for STOP AIDS PROJECTand Aguilas. Produced by The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation. www.helpisontheway.org

2/12/10-2/14/10: Washington, DC: Lavender Languages XVII. The longest-running LGBTQ Studies Conference in North America. American University. www.american.edu/lavenderlanguages

Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: I Have a Dream...

1. Question: Name this out civil rights activist, a colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King, who engineered the 1963 March on Washington, bringing Ghandi’s civil disobedience protest techniques to America for the first time. Answer: Bayard Rustin His film bio, “Brother Outsider” is often shown on PBS. http://www.rustin.org/.

2. Question: Name this gay composer (who often wrote leading roles for his tenor partner). He brought a Thomas Mann novella to the stage, a story about a hunky sailor, and a dreamy seasonal Shakespeare to the musical stage. Answer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) who composed the operas “Death in Venice”, “Billy Budd” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.

3. Question: Name this bisexual director/choreographer, who brilliantly chronicled the backstage life of dancer wanna-bes, some gay, and later a musical tribute to a tempting trio of Motown singers. Answer: Michael Bennett (1943-1987), creator of “A Chorus Line” and “Dreamgirls”. Many thought the story of “The Dreams” parallelled Diana Ross and the Supremes. “A Chorus Line” was revived on Broadway in 2006; a film documentary, "Every Little Step", tells the story of Bennett and the show. “Dreamgirls” had an Oscar-winning performance by Jennifer Hudson.

4. Question: Name this classical American musical (and movie) about a stage mother, with big dreams for her daughters. When she sings “I Have a Dream....”, you know no one and nothing will stand in her way until her kids get their names in light. Incidentally, some biographical material indicate that this Mom and her more famous daughter had several lesbian relationships. Answer: Gypsy, the story of Gypsy Rose Lee, her mama Rose, and sister June Havoc.

5. Question: Name this TV series star. While he dreamed of genies and crude, his real life mom dreamed of Janet Gaynor. Answer: Larry Hagman, star of “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Dallas”. His mom, Broadway star Mary Martin, supposedly had a relationship with Janet Gaynor.

This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Gay from A-Z: The “A” Team

1. Question: Name this civil rights organization, founded in 1920. Intially, it did not fight on behalf of the LGBT community, because it believed that homosexuality was a belief protected by the US Constitution. After extensive lobbying by Frank Kameny and other gay rights activists in the 1960s, this organization became a champion for gay rights.

2. Question: Name this American publication, first published in August, 1967, which evolved out of a Los Angeles gay community newsletter. Controversial within the LGBT community for its omissions, the publication with wide gay and straight readership, has become the forum for celebrities to come out, and has featured the writing of many important LGBT cultural figures, among them Randy Shilts, Kate Clinton, and Bruce Vilanch.

3. Question: Name this acronym for a worldwide phenomena, first seen in the gay community in 1981. It has mobilized the LGBT community, created intense cultural and community responses, and has become a world-wide issue that has been under-reported, under-funded, and under-attended.

4. Question: Name this great Dane who wrote some of the world’s most beloved fairy tales. His gay flings were well-recorded and a bisexual Broadway star played him his movie biography. .

5. Question: Name this three-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and playwright whose last Broadway hit was the story of PFLAG parents. The dad had a thing for a goat.

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