Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 5/24/10

Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 20 May 24, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com

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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: May 24-30, 2010

Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.org

thru SUN: 6/06: New York, NY: Gayfest NYC, the 4th annual LGBT arts festival to benefit the Harvey Milk School. www.gayfestnyc.com.

thru SUN: 6/20: Chicago, IL: Five Decades of Great Gay Plays. An exploration of scripts written for the stage (some adapted for the screen. www.pridefilmsandplays.com

thru SUN: 5/30: Toronto, ON: Inside Out: Toronto LGBT Film & Video Festival. www.insideout.ca

MON: 5/24: New York, NY: Sean Hayes is Jordan Roth’s guest for “Broadway Talks”. 8PM. 92Y-Tribeca. www.92Y.org/lectures

TUE: 5/25: San Francisco, CA: John Waters, American filmmaker , writer, and bad boy of American cinema, reads and signs from his new book “Role Models”. www.cityarts.net/n.waters.html Also: WED: 5/26/: Sacramento, CA: www.californialectures.org.

TUE: 5/25: New York, NY: Veritas. A reading of Stan Richardson’s new play about a group of young men at Harvard in 1920 who fell prey to the Harvard Secret Court: a furtive gay witch-hunt conducted to expurgate Harvard of all homosexuality. A benefit for Lambda Legal. www.veritastheplay.com

WED: 5/26: New York, NY: Panel: “Why Documentaries Matter” with Rosie O’Donnell, and film makers: Al Maysles, Alexandra Pelosi, DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. 92nd Street Y. www.92y.org.

WED-MON: 5/26-5/31: Columbus, OH: Annual Gay Bowling Tournament. www.igbo.org

WED: 5/26: Nashville, TN: Chely Wright, newly out country music star, signs copies of “Like Me”. 7PM. Davis-Kidd Booksellers. Green Hills Village Drive.

THU-SUN: 5/27-5/30: Austin, TX: International Association of Country Western Dance Clubs Annual Convention. LGBT music and dance. www.outcountrydance.com

THU-SAT: 5/27-6/05: Hartford, CT: Out Film CT. Connecticut's LGBT film festival. www.outfilmct.org

THU: 5/27: New York, NY: 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards for outstanding LGBT literature. www.lambdaliterary.org.

THU: 5/27: New York, NY: The 2009-2010 Outer Critics Circle Awards.

FRI: 5/28: Santa Clara, CA: Gay Day at Great America. www.gaydaycga.com

THU-MON: 5/28-5/31: Atlanta, GA: Mondo Homo Dirty South queer-centric festival featuring music, dance, crafts, performance & more. www.mondohomo.com

Newsworthy:

Coming Out: Coming Out could cost a ROTC student upwards of $79,000+. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/05/15/ROTC_May_Force_Student_To_Pay_Tuition_For_Coming_Out/

Portugal will become the sixth European country allowing same-sex couples to wed. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/05/portugals-president-to-sign-samesex-marriage-into-law.html

Massachusetts: A Roman Catholic school will not admit the child of lesbian parents. 365Gay.com reports: http://www.365gay.com/news/mass-catholic-school-wont-admit-lesbians-son/

Donna Milo is running for Congress. The Florida candidate is GOP and Trans. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/05/trans-gop-candidate-donna-milo-runs-for-congress-in-florida.html

Happy 85th Birthday, Frank Kameny. The Washington Blade notes the celebrations. http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/05/19/community-celebrates-kameny’s-85th-birthday/

Awards and Honors:

2010 Theatre World Awards (for promising New York City debut): Michael Urie of “The Tempermentals” and formerly of “Ugly Betty”. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Theatre_World_Awards_Announced_20010101

Winners: Outer Critics Circle Awards. Among those honored: “Next Fall”, “La Cage Aux Folles”, Kevi Kreis, Carrie Fisher. All That Chat reports: http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1858562

Winners: Elliot Norton Awards for excellence in Boston theatre. The Gold Dust Orphans and Varla Jean Merman. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139620-Gatz-Collins-Adding-Machine-Among-Winners-of-Bostons-Norton-Awards

Nominees: Daytime Emmy Awards. http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/daytime_37th_nominations_data_only_nominees.html

In Memoriam:

Guy Adkins, the Chicago-based actor whose blog “Notes from a Candyman” profiled his physical struggles, died of colon cancer at age 41. The Daily Herald reports: http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=380571 Note: Guy’s blog: Notes from a Candyman: http://web.me.com/seankrill/www.SeanAllanKrill.com/Candyman/Candyman.html

Photo Shoots and Video

Coming Out: Video: 21 Ways to Come Out of the closet: http://www.breaktheillusion.com/talky-blog/talky-blog-21-ways-to-come-out-of-the-closet/

Video: Daniel Radcliffe’s new public service announcement for The Trevor Project, which offers crisis services and a hotline for LGBT youth. http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Entertainment_News/Radcliffe_Debuts_PSA_for_LGBT_Youths/

Video: Rachel Maddow gives the Smith College Commencement Address: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/05/17/Maddow_Delivers_Smith_Commencement_Address/

Features

Coming Out: The Danger of the Gay Closet. John Corvino’s op-ed column for 365Gay.com: http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-the-danger-of-the-gay-closet/

Coming Out: LGBT Kids come out earlier. The Salt Lake Tribune reports: http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_15101937

Op-Ed: The Heaven-Sent Rent Boy. Frank Rich’s latest New York Times column: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/opinion/16rich.html

Profile: Mary Glasspool, the Episcopal Church’s first out lesbian bishop. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/Print_Issue/Features/A_Woman_of_Faith/

Profile: Brian Gallivan, Sassy Gay Friend. Guest of a Guest reports: http://la.guestofaguest.com/la-interviews/interview-with-brian-gallivan-the-man-the-myth-the-sassy-gay-friend/

The Newsweek Controversy: Ramin Satoodeh’s Newsweek article about gay actors in straight roles.

***NPR’s take: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126781137&sc=fb&cc=fp
***ABC News reports: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/glee-creator-kristin-chenoweth-lash-newsweek/story?id=10626548
***Jane (“Glee”) Lynch chats about the Newsweek article with Katie Couric. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/05/watch-katie-courics-megachat-with-jane-sue-sylvester-lynch.html
***Bryan Batt speaks out to ABC: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/mad-men-star-bryan-batt-stands-gay-actors/story?id=10627736
***The Advocate responds: http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Entertainment_News/In_Defense_of_Openly_Gay_Actors/

In Print:

Role Models by John Waters. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. A self-portrait of the bad boy director and creator of “Hairspray” and “Pink Flamingos” told through intimate profiles of favorite personalities—some famous, some unknown, some criminal, some surprisingly middle-of-the-road.

In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance

New York City (and Broadway)

***The Kid: The Musical. Christopher Sieber stars as sex columnist Dan Savage in the New Group's production based on Savage's memoir of the same name, about Savage and his partner's effort to adopt a child. to 5/29/10 www.thenewgroup.org.
***La Cage Aux Folles, the acclaimed revival of the Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musica, based on a French film, which inspired the film "Birdcage". Kelsey Grammer stars. www.LaCage.com
***My Big Gay Italian Wedding. Anthony J. Wilkinson's comedy. Reichen Lehmkuhl stars; www.BigGayItalianWedding.com.
***My Trip Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan’s one-man show. Produced by Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner. to 7/03/10. www.mytripdownthepinkcarpet.com
***Next Fall. Geoffrey Nauffts' provocative play about a gay couple; one partner is a devout Christian and the other is an atheist. www.nextfallbroadway.com
***Steve Hayes: Tired Old Queen At the Movies. a new one-man show based on Hayes’ YouTube show. 5/24/10-5/26/10. www.gayfestnyc.com
***Vaginal Davis is Speaking from the Diaphragm. the gender-bending performance artist with guests Justin Bond, Bruce LaBruce and Annie Sprinkle. An homage to 1970 American daytime television. to 5/27/10. www.PS122.org.

Elsewhere...

***Beautiful Child: The Music of Rufus Wainwright. to 5/29/10. San Francisco, CA. www.act-sf.org.
***Boys Will Be Boys. a new musical. A benefit for a man who suffers from Gay Attention Deficit Disorder. to 6/26/10. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
***Hot Greeks. A Revival of the Cockettes’ 1972 Musical Extravaganza. to 6/27/10. San Francisco, CA. http://thrillpeddlers.com
***M.Butterfly. David Henry Hwang's award-winning play. The true story of a French diplomat who falls for a Chinese spy posing as a Bejing opera diva. to 6/06/10. Minneapolis, MN. www.guthrietheater.org
***Pearls Over Shanghai. San Francisco’s Longest-Running Cockettes Musical. to 8/01/10. San Francisco, CA: http://thrillpeddlers.com
***Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South, E. Patrick Johnson’s one-person theatre piece based on his book about gay life in the South. to 5/29/10. Chicago, IL. www.aboutfacetheatre.com
***Yellow. A new dysfunctional family comedy by Del (“Sordid Lives”) Shores. to 7/25/10. West Hollywood, CA. www.yellowbydelshores.somc

On Screen (and Video & DVD)

Out on Screen...

***Arias With a Twist. The incredible performance collaboration between performance artist Joey Arias and puppeteer Basil Twist. To see the trailer: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=759971528901
***Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride. Bob Christie’s documentary shows that Pride is more than a parade, it’s a giant step on the road to global human rights.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Sex and The City 2, the sequel. Sarah Jessica Parker and friends.
***Stonewall Uprising, a new documentary covering the 3-day Stonewall riots in 1969. http://firstrunfeatures.com/stonewalluprising_playdates.html
***The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls. A documentary about the provocative New Zealand comedic duo, twin sisters and singers. Followed by our second party for more food, drink and dancing. http://topptwins.com.
***Violet Tendencies. Mindi Cohn (“The Facts of Life”) plays a fag hag in this new romantic comedy. www.violettendenciesmovie.com. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJi_HtHFLFY

Out On Video & DVD

***My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story. The documentary about the bond between people and their pets. Among the people stars : Edward Albee, Glenn Close, Billy Greg Louganis, Nellie McKay, Christopher Meloni, and Isaac Mizrahi. www.docurama.com.
***Nine, the Rob Marshall movie based on the Broadway musical.
***One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard. ***Prodigal Sons. Trans filmmaker Kimberly Reed’s autobiographical film about coming home after coming out and transitioning.
***Sordid Lives, the TV series. A Black comedy about white trash, based on the Del Shores play and film.
***Trinidad. The documentary about the Colorado town that has become “the sex change capital of the world. http://trinidadthemovie.com/

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

***May: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***WED: 5/26: Mario Cantone chats late night with Jimmy Fallon. NBC. Check local listings.

Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events

Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.org

6/01/10-6/07/10: Orlando, FL: Gay Days Orlando including Gay Day at Disney World. www.gaydays.com

6/01/10-6/30/10: San Francisco, CA: National Queer Arts Festival. LGBT performances & exhibitions www.QueerCulturalCenter.org

6/03/10-6/06/10: Fort Worth, TX: Q Cinema annual celebration of LGBT-themed movies. www.qcinema.org

6/03/10-6/13/10: New York, NY: NewFest, the New York LGBT Film Festival. http://newfest.org/wordpress/

6/04/10-6/06/10: Falls Village, CT: Nehirim East 2010, a retreat for LGBT Jews, partners and allies from around the world. http://www.nehirim.org/east

6/05/10: San Francisco, CA: 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards. www.glaad.org/events

6/06/10: Boston, MA: AIDS Walk & 5K Run Boston. www.aac.org

6/06/10-6/12/10: San Francisco to Los Angeles, CA: AIDS LifeCycle. bike trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money for HIV/AIDS services. www.aidslifecycle.org

6/07/10: San Francisco, CA: Help is On The Way. Jai Rodriguez, Marga Gomez and RJ Helton, along with the cast of In the Heights, perform a benefit for the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation (REAF) and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. www.helpisontheway.org.

6/09/10: Las Vegas, NV: LGBT Travel Symposium. www.lvccld.org

6/14/10-6/20/10: Berkeley, CA: David Sedaris workshops new stories from an upcoming book in front of a live audience at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. www.berkeleyrep.org

6/16/10-6/20/10: Provincetown, MA: Provincetown International Film Festival. www.ptownfilmfest.org

6/17/10-6/27/10: San Francisco, CA: Frameline: San Francisco Int’l LGBT Film Festival www.frameline.org

6/20/10: New York, NY: Broadway Bares XX: Stripopoly. Broadway boys and girls take it all off for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. http://broadwaybares.com/home-flash.php

Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Anti-Gay On The Outside / Gay On The Inside

1. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader and former Republican politician, who got busted for lewd conduct in an airport. His “wide stance” cost him $575 in court costs and fees, and his 28 year career in politics. Answer: Larry Craig, former Idaho Senator and Congressman. He’s featured in the documentary “Outrage”.

2. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, a former Florida Republican, whose AOL instant messages with a page got steamy. More pages came forward, and he resigned from office. Answer: Mark Foley, who resigned from Congress in 2006. He’s now a realtor and he’s come out.

3. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, and Evangelical preacher with a large ministry. In 2006, a hustler outed him for both being gay and using crystal meth. The preacher went to rehab blaming his behavior on his drug use. Answer: Ted Haggard, who today calls himself “a heterosexual with issues”. His feelings about homosexuality are echoed in the documentary “Jesus Camp”. Alexandra Pelosi featured him in a documentary “Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexanda Pelosi” for HBO.

4. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, a Calfornia State senator, who came out this Spring, after being busted for driving under the influence after leaving a gay bar. Answer: Roy Ashburn, a California State Senator (Republican) with an anti-gay voting record. He came out after his arrest.

Paul Wachter’s commentary for AOL News: http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/another-anti-gay-activist-accused-of-gay-tryst/19465448

This Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT Movers and Shakers

1. Question: Name this American computer software entrepeneur who became a major gay rights activist and philanthropist. He started a company with a $2,000 loan from his parents and became a millionaire many times over. Colorado's Amendment 2 prompted him to get involved.

2. Question: Name this controversial politician, the first openly gay mayor of a Top 30 American city. He was recently under scrutiny for a relationship with an underage intern in a representative's office. Hint: He's not related to a drink with the same name.

3. Question: Name this American author, teacher, and adventurer, the first out woman to reach the North Pole. She shares a name with an actress who seduced a college graduate.

4. Question: Name this activist, the oldest known open lesbian, who was the subject of a documentary which profiled her on her 100th birthday.

5. Question: Name this activist and philanthropist from a spam family. He was the first out man named as a US Ambassador.

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