Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 7/05/10

Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 26 July 5, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com

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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 5-11, 2010

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

thru SAT: 8/07: New York, NY: 19th annual HOT! Festival of queer culture and performance. www.hotfestival.org

WED: 7/07: New York, NY: A Midsummer Night Swing. Joey Arias, Justin Bond , Lea DeLaria and JC Hopkins Biggish Band bring a gay senisibility to Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park. www.MidsummerNightSwing.org.

THU-MON: 7/08-7/19: Philadelphia, PA: QFest.16th edition of the largest LGBT film festival on the east coast. http://www.QFest.com/

THU: 7/08: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free lunchtime (12:30PM) concerts featuring casts of “Promises, Promises” and “In The Heights”. www.1067litefm.com

SAT: 7/10: New York, NY: Broadway Barks 12. Bernadette Peters’ and Mary Tyler Moore’s annual adopt-a-thon for shelter pets. Some proceeds benefit Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS. www.broadwaycares.org.

Newsworthy:

Hartford, CT may be the next major American city with a gay mayor. Bay Windows reports: http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3&id=107433

Supreme Court Rules: A California Christian group can’t bar gays and get university funding. CBS News reports: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/28/national/main6626819.shtml

Supreme Court Rules II: The Supreme Court ruled 6/24/10 that the names of people who signed petitions in an attempt to overturn a new gay rights law in Washington could be made public, a victory for state officials who said the case was a test of open government laws. The Seattle Post-Intellegencer reports: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/421643_supco14.html

Iceland's Prime Minister was among the first gay people to marry in her country, as its marriage equality law went into effect on 6/27/10. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/06/27/Sigurdardottir_Weds_Longtime_Partner/

Jewish LGBT Organizations Merge Keshet announced 6/18/10 that it will merge with Jewish Mosaic: The National Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity to create the nation’s largest organization working for LGBT inclusion in the Jewish community. BayWindows reports: http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=community&sc=community_guide&sc2=news&sc3&id=107419

The Buzz (People Making News)

Coming Out: Danielle Staub of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” says she’s a member of the gay community, as she lobbies for marriage equality. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/06/23/Danielle_Staub_Member_of_the_Gay_Community/

Outed: Rev. Tom Brock, the anti-gay Lutheran pastor, has been outed by the Minneapolis-based Lavender Magazine. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/06/22/Gay_Mag_Outs_Antigay_Pastor/

In Memoriam:

Michael Collins, veteran radio broadcaster in Connecticut, died on 6/17/10 at age 63.
His death is being investigated. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/06/29/Gay_Journalists_Death_Investigated/

Photo Shoots and Video

Video Profile: True Colors: CNN profiles the Hartford, CT mentoring program for at-risk LGBT teens. http://www.towleroad.com/2010/06/watch-gay-teens-talk-their-truth-at-true-colors.html

Photos: Melissa Etheridge jams with Broadway’s “Million Dollar Quartet” (which stars out Levi Kreis). from BroadwayWorld.com: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_Melissa_Etheridge_Jams_with_MILLION_DOLLAR_QUARTET_20100624

Photos: Pride Weekend Celebrity Autobiography from BroadwayWorld.com: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_CELEBRITY_AUTOBIOGRAPHY_GAY_PRIDE_Edition_20100629

Features

A Lengthy Engagement. After six decades, two guys tie the knot. The Washington Post reports. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/06/25/GA2010062502571.html

A Stonewall Veteran Misses the Parade. Storme DeLarverie, an elderly nursing home patient, was a bouncer in a lesbian club during the Stonewall riots. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/nyregion/28storme.html?hp

Bisexual Males: The Last people out of the closet. CNN reports: http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/06/28/bisexual.male.last.closet/

The Resource Center:

Resource: Gay Rights Media YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/gayrightsmedia/

In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance

New York City (and Broadway)

***Beautiful Thing. Jonathan Harvey’s award-winning play (on which the film is based) about two boyhood friends in the London slums, who come of age and come out. to 7/25/10. www.spoontheater.org
***Gay Blues. Matthew Cleaver’s one-man cantata on marriage equality. to 7/05/10. www.thefugitivekind.org
***Joan Rivers: Live in Times Square. A portion of the ticket sales benefit God’s Love We Deliver. 7/07/10-7/08/10. www.beechmantheatre.com.
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the 1983 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.
***Promises, Promises. Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth star in the Burt Bacharach & Hal David & Neil Simon musical. www.promisespromisesbroadway.com.
***Thank You For Being A Friend. The unauthorized musical parody inspired by the
beloved TV sitcom “The Golden Girls,”. to 8/01/10. Kraine Theatre
www.SpinCycleNYC.com

Elsewhere...

***Blackbird: Honoring a Century of Pansy Divas. a musical pastiche of queer music, written and performed by solo artist Seth Eisen. to 7/`10/10. San Francisco, CA. www.eyezen.org
***Celebrity Autobiography, the comedy where celebrities read excerpts from other celebrity’s autobiography. (Casts alternate). with Billy Porter and Bruce Vilanch to 7/12/10, Pittsburgh, PA;. with Bryan Batt, Mario Cantone and John Goodman 7/11/10, New Orleans, LA. www.celebrityautobiography.com.
***Endgame. Randy (Queer As Folk) Harrison stars in Samuel Beckett’s drama. to 7/24/10, Stockbridge, MA. www.berkshiretheatre.org
***F&*king Men. Joe DiPietro’s gay adaptation of “La Ronde”. to 7/25/10. Chicago, IL. www.fmenchicago.com.
***It’s A Bird...It’s a Plane...It’s Superman! Hunk Matt Cavenaugh plays the man of steel in a revisal of the musical. to 7/25/10. Dallas, TX. www.dallastheatercenter.org.
***Pearls Over Shanghai. San Francisco’s Longest-Running Cockettes Musical. to 8/01/10. San Francisco, CA: http://thrillpeddlers.com
***Slap and Tickle. David Parr’s new play, set in a bathhouse, about how drugs, politics,
HIV, and the internet have changed the social landscape for gay men in America. to 8/14/10. Provincetown, MA. www.slapandtickleonline.com

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 is now a documentary. 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.
***8: The Mormon Proposition, initially a documentary about gay teen homelessness and suicide in Utah. Director Reed Cowan added the Mormon involvement in Proposition 8 into the mix.
***Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. A new documentary which follows from gig to gig, onstage and at home, and historically through the ups and downs of her career.
***The Kids Are All Right. Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star in a two-mom family dramedy. Their kids seek out their sperm donor father (Mark Ruffalo). http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/the_kids_are_all_right
***Stonewall Uprising, a new documentary by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner 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. http://topptwins.com.

Out On Video & DVD

***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. .
***A Star is Born. The remastered and restored 1954 Judy Garland and James Mason classic film musical.
***Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin, the documentary about the visionary civil rights activist and out mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King.
***Cinema Pride Collection. 10 time-tested queer films spanning 40 years of Hollywood from 1961 onward. http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=arts&sc=movies&sc2=news&sc3&id=106677
***Out in the Silence. A small town confronts a firestorm of controversy ignited by a same-sex wedding announcement in the local newspaper. Available for viewing online. http://www.hulu.com/watch/157306/out-in-the-silence
***Prima Donna the Story of an Opera . A BBC-produced documentary film follows the dramatic story of Rufus Wainwright's debut opera.

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

***July: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/

Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events

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

7/12/10: San Francisco, CA: One Night Only Cabaret with the touring casts of “Young Frankenstein” and “Wicked” and Bruce Vilanch to benefit the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Club Fugazi. 415-421- 4222

7/15/10: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free lunchtime (12:30PM) concerts featuring casts of “Billy Elliott” and “Memphis”. www.1067litefm.com

7/17/10: Warsaw, Poland: EuroPride 2010. www.europride.eu

7/17/10: Sag Harbor, NY: Mario Cantone hosts “Rock The Dock” the summer gala to benefit the Bay Street Theatre. www.baystreet.org.

7/19/10-8/08/10: New York, NY: International CringeFest. Theme nights include: Sex Encounters of a Disturbed Mind; Psycho Bitch Party; Is That a Corncob in Your Pocket?; Sex, Thugs & Rockin' Roles; Dow Jones Meets Deep Throat; and No Holes Barred. www.nyartists.org.

7/22/10: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free lunchtime (12:30PM) concerts featuring casts of “Chicago” and “A Little Night Music”. www.1067litefm.com

7/23/10-7/25/10: Concord, NH: TransForm New Hampshire, uniting the T with the LGB. the first annual conference to educate the LGBT and allies community about transgender identities in New England. http://transform.transmentors.org/nh/

7/23/10-7/26/10: Alexandria, MN: Family Camp 2010. Family Equality Council’s summer camp for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_familycamp&AddInterest=1101

7/25/10: New York, NY: Broadway Impact Summer Series. Performance by Broadway’s “American Idiot” to benefit the marriage equality group. Joe’s Pub. www.joespub.com.

7/29/10: Pittsfield, MA: OUT@Barrington Stage. LGBT night at the theatre. Show: Yasmina Reza’s “Art”. Ticket discount by phone only: 413-236-8888

7/29/10: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free lunchtime (12:30PM) concerts featuring casts of “The Addams Family” and “Wicked”. www.1067litefm.com

7/30/10: Fire Island Pines, NY: Uncut. Alan Cumming, who plays Eli Gold on the CBS drama "The Good Wife," will perform in concert. Presented by the Fire Island Pines Arts Project. www.fipap.org.

7/31/10-8/07/10: Provincetown, MA: 15th Annual Family Week, for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/Calendar/1740357659?view=Detail&id=100061

7/31/10-8/07/10: Cologne, Germany: Gay Games, 8th edition of the quadrennial event. www.games-cologne.com

Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: July Milestones

1. Question: Name this phenomenon, first mentioned in the New York Times on July 2, 1981. It had a major impact on the LGBT community before becoming a world-wide issue. Answer: AIDS, described by the newspaper then as “a rare cancer seen in homosexuals”.

2. Question: Name this gay naturalist and author, an advocate of civil disobedience, born on July 12, 1817. He wrote primarily of the life around his isolated cabin in the Boston suburbs. Answer: Henry David Thoreau, author of “Walden”.

3. Question: Name this professional athlete and buff boy who came out on July 1, 1989 in the sports magazine, “Iron Man”. Answer: Bob Paris, award-winning body-builder.

4. Question: Name this college city, which was the first city in America to pass a broad gay civil rights law on July 10, 1972. Hint: It’s not San Francisco. Answer: Ann Arbor, MI.

5. Question: Name this American TV, which made its debut on Showtime on July 13, 1984. It was the first American TV show with an openly gay lead character. Answer: Brothers.

This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Summer Camp

1. Question: Name this 1970 film, a camp classic by a noted political writer, in which a big-busted starlet and a gossip columnist shared the leading role of a TG heroine. A sex goddess from the early 20th century turned the movie into camp.

2. Question: Name this 2000 comedy about a high school girl whose parents assume she’s lesbian, and send her off to summer camp to be turned straight. RuPaul is her teacher.

3. Question: Name this 2003 movie musical, where a group of gay and straight teens discover their inner Sondheim. There are musical numbers from “Dreamgirls”, “Company” and “Promises, Promises”.

4. Question: Name this 2003 comedy about three “starlets” who room together in Hollywood while looking for fame. One of them is played by “the love child” of a Broadway legend and a “Poseidon Adventure” star whose marriage lasted 3-weeks.

5. Question: Name this 1958 comedy classic about parenting in the big city, where a young orphan is advised “always stir a martini--never shake or you’ll bruise the gin”. The movie, based on a play which was based on a novel, was also a musical. Angela Lansbury and Lucille Ball have been associated with adaptations.

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