Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 30 August 2, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: August 2-8, 2010
Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.org
thru SUN: 8/08: 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.
thru TUE: 8/10: Provincetown, MA: 15th Annual Family Week, for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/Calendar/1740357659?view=Detail&id=100061
MON: 8/02: Milwaukee, WI: Witches Night Off. The National Touring Company of “Wicked” hosts snd performs in an evening of adult cabaret performances to benefit the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin. www.arcw.org/witches.
TUE-TUE: 8/03-8/10: Walhalla, MI: Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. Music by women for women since 1976. www.michfest.com
TUE: 8/03: Provincetown, MA: Classical Varla, a benefit for the ASGCC with Varla Jean Merman. http://varlaonline.com/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=eventlist&Itemid=12
TUE: 8/03: New York, NY: GLAAD Manhattan. Social networking opportunity to benefit programs and services of GLAAD. http://www.glaad.org/events
THU: 8/05: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free lunchtime (12:30PM) concerts featuring casts of “Avenue Q” and “Fela”. www.1067litefm.com
FRI: 8/06: Seattle, WA: Jallen Rix reads and signs from his book “Ex Gay No Way”. 7PM. Elliott Bay Bookstore www.elliottbaybook.com or http://www.exgaynoway.com/
FRI: 8/06: Chicago, IL: Thank GLAAD IT’s Friday. Social networking opportunity to benefit programs and services of GLAAD. http://www.glaad.org/events
SAT: 8/07: Bennington, VT: Bennington Pride Community Celebration. http://gayberkshires.blogspot.com/2010/07/bennington-vt-pride-picnic-saturday.html
SAT: 8/07: Las Vegas, NV: Alison Arngrim, star of "Little House of the Prairie" signing copies of her new book “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch”. 3PM. Borders. Las Vegas Blvd. South.
SUN: 8/08: Los Angeles, CA: The Trevor Project’s LA Pool & Garden Party. http://www.thetrevorproject.org/events.aspx
SUN-SUN: 8/08-8/15: Los Angeles, CA: Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices. Sponsored by Lambda Lit at the American Jewish University. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/writers-retreat/
Newsworthy:
Massachusetts: After serving 14 years on the bench and issuing the historic ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, Chief Justice Margaret Marshall has announced her retirement. Marshall was known as “the gay marriage judge”.
The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/21/Mass_Gay_Marriage_Judge_Retires/
California: Sonoma County has agreed to pay $600,000 to settle a lawsuit by an elderly gay man who said social workers kept him from seeing his dying partner in the hospital. The Mercury News reports: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15587750?nclick_check=1
Lutherans Welcome Gay Pastors. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America welcomed into its fold seven openly gay pastors who had until recently been barred from the church’s ministry. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/us/26lutheran.html?src=me
Gay Iranian faces deportation and execution. ABC News reports: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/immigration-gay-iranian-seeks-us-asylum-faces-deportation/story?id=10865471
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Army National Guard Lt. Dan Choi was honorably discharged, 17 months after he came out on national television to join the fight to overturn "don't ask, don't tell." The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/22/Dan_Choi_Honorably_Discharged/
Coming Out: Howard Bragman, the publicist who has helped many celebrities negotiate coming out publicly, is developing a show for A&E about coming out. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/publicist-howard-bragman-developing-coming-out-show.html
In Memoriam:
Judith Peabody, the New York socialite who was one of the first care partners and donors to the Gay Mens Health Crisis during the early years of the AIDS crisis, died on 7/25/10 at age 80. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/nyregion/27peabody.html?hpw
Photo Shoots and Video
Photo: “Angels in America”. The new poster graphic for the upcoming Broadway’ revival. The New York Times reports: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/the-new-angels-in-america-poster/
Features
Judy Shepard: The Towleroad Interview: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/towleroad-interview-judy-shepard-on-hate-crimes-forgiveness-and-the-meaning-of-matthew.html
Preview: “Secret Historian”. a biography of sexual renegade Samuel Steward by Justin Spring. The book comes out 8/17/10. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/books/26secret.html?hpw
Profile: William Ivey Long, Broadway costumer, courtesy of the Washington Blade: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/07/22/legendary-costume-designer-on-his-career-in-theater/
The Resource Center:
Outserve: A new group is helping prepare LGBT service people for life after “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/outserve-gay-and-lesbian-service-members-prep-life-after-dadt.html
In Print:
Kicked Out. Edited by Sassafras Lowrey. Forward by Judy Shepard. Homofactus Press.First-hand accounts of queer people pushed out of their homes into the mean streets of the USA to fend for themselves. It combines auto-ethnographic narratives of survivors with accounts from social workers and policy makers who lay bare the gaps in services and care, as well as the innovation and creativity of this population.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Abraham Lincoln's Big, Gay Dance Party, the comedy about a fourth-grade Christmas pageant in Lincoln's rural Illinois hometown which sets off a firestorm of controversy when it calls into question Honest Abe's sexuality. www.abrahamlincolnsbiggaydanceparty.com
***A Little Night Music. Sondheim’s waltz musical with Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch as the Armfeldts. www.nightmusiconbroadway.com.
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays to 8/30/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical, based on a French film, which inspired the film "Birdcage". Kelsey Grammer stars. www.LaCage.com
***Promises, Promises. Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth star in the Burt Bacharach & Hal David & Neil Simon musical. www.promisespromisesbroadway.com.
***Secrets of The Trade. Out actors John Glover and Bill Brochtrup star in out Jonathan Tolins’ new play. to 9/04/10. www.primarystages.org.
Elsewhere...
***Becoming Norman. Norman Dixon’s story about being gay and Mormon. Dixon stars. to 9/12/10. N. Hollywood, CA. www.becomingnorman.com.
***Hairspray. Christopher Sieber, who recently played Dan Savage in “The Kid”, a musical about gay parenting, plays Edna Turnblad. to 8/07/10. Dennis, MA. www.capeplayhouse.com
***Love, Loss and What I Wore. The Ephron Sisters’ latest play stars newly out Mereditch Baxter and “Hairspray” star Marissa Jaret Winokur. to 8/29/10. Los Angeles, CA. www.geffenplayhouse.com
***The Scottsboro Boys. The Kander/Ebb musical about the 1930’s Scottsboro case, where a group of black teens are unjustly accused of attacking two white women. 7/31/10-9/25/10. Minneapolis, MN. www.guthrietheater.org
***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.
***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
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. .
***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.
***I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Kevin James and Adam Sandler play straight firefighters who pretend to be gay in order to reap their company's domestic partner benefits.A rather tepid comedy.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***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
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 frequently. www.glaad.org/tvgayed
***August: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***August. Clay Aiken: Tried and True, a concert based on Aiken’s new CD, will air with guest appearances by Ruben Studdard and Linda Eder. PBS. Check local listings. www.pbs.org or www.clayaiken.com.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
8/12/10-8/15/10: San Francisco, CA: Homo A Go Go. Queer arts festival. www.homoagogo.com.
8/13/10-8/29/10: New York, NY: New York International Fringe Festival. emerging theatre serious and otherwise from 197 theatre troupes at 20 venues in lower Manhattan. www.fringenyc.org.
8/14/10: San Francisco, CA: .The Big Gay 10K. www.thebiggay10k.com
8/15/10: San Francisco, CA: Help is On The Way XVI. a benefit for four Bay Area AIDS Service Agencies. www.helpisontheway.org
8/21/10: Fire Island, NY: The Stonewall Swim 5K open water pledge fundraiser for the Stonewall Community Foundation. http://www.stonewallfoundation.org/events.php?Section=Event
8/22/10-8/29/10: Porter, ME: Camp Camp. Summer camp for LGBT adults.
www.campcamp.com
8/23/10: Philadelphia, PA: .8th Annual Gay Community Night at the Phillies. www.phillygaydays.com
8/26/10-8/28/10: Miami Beach, FL: Lavendar Law 2010. National LGBT Bar Association 2010 Career Fair and Conference. http://lgbtbar.org/annual/
8/26/10-8/29/10: Philadelphia, PA: Rainbow Boogie 2010 World’s only gay skydiving event. www.rainbowskydivie.com.
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: August Milestones
1. Question: Name this American author, born August 2, 1924, the preeminent African-American intellectual of his time, who was one of the first writers to deal openly with homosexuality in a 1956 novel. He was a popular speaker on race relations and civil rights, but was not asked to play a visible role in the 1963 March on Washington, because organizers considered his homosexuality a liability. Answer: James Baldwin, author of “Giovanni’s Room”.
2. Question: Name this international competition, held for the first time in San Francisco on August 28, 1982. Over 50,000 people participated. Today, it is a major world event. Answer: The Gay Games.
3. Question: Name this Broadway blockbuster, which opened on August 21, 1983, one of the first to feature openly gay characters. It was written by an award-winning out composer who wrote showstoppers for middle-aged women and an award-winning playwright who had chronicled his own experiences as drag diva and gay dad. Answer: La Cage Aux Folles, written by Jerry Herman (“Hello Dolly”) and Harvey Fierstein (“Torch Song Trilogy”). The musical, revived on Broadway this season, took home a Tony Award for “Best Revival”.
4. Question: Name this out fashion designer, born on August 1, 1936. He took the French fashion world by storm in the 1970s, and built a fashion empire for women and men, which he sold to Gucci for millions. Answer: Yves Saint-Laurent.
5. Question: Name this man who came out on national television on August 13, 2004 with the statement “I am a gay American”. He was the highest-ranked American elected official to do so. He resigned from office shortly thereafter. Answer: James McGreevey, the governor of New Jersey. He came out to avoid being outed by a subordinate.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
1. Question: Name this non-profit organization, founded in 1993, which provides support and legal assistance to gays in the military affected by "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". It has responded to over 9,000 requests for legal assistance since its founding.
2. Question: Name the author of the definitive history of LGBT people in the US military. This author, who had chronicled the gay rights movement in the Harvey Milk years and the rise of AIDS activism in the USA, died shortly after completing the book.
3. Question: Name this gay soldier who was perhaps the best-known openly gay man in the 1970s. A Vietnam War veteran and recipient of the Purpole Heart and the Bronze Star, he came out and fought to stay in the Air Force, a battle that put hiim on the cover of Time Magazine in 1975.
4. Question: Name this out former colonel in the Washington National Guard and a gay rights activist. Prior to DADT, she came out in a security clearance, and was discharged. She fought for reinstatement. Her battle became the subject of an award-winning film.
5. Question: Name this Naval Academy student who was expelled from Annapolis in 1987, after coming out to his commanding officer. At the time, he was six weeks from graduation and one of the top six midshipmen within the academy. He sued for reinstatement. His case was unique in that he was accused of no homosexual conduct; his separation from the military was predicated solely upon his admission of homosexuality. After a long legal battle, he chose not to appeal his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Today, he's a successful attorney.
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Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 29 July 26, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 26-August 1, 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
thru SUN: 8/08: 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.
thru SUN: 8/01: New Haven, CT: International Cabaret Conference at Yale University. www.thecabaretconferenceatyale.com
MON: 7/26: Bloomington, MN: Alison Arngrim, star of "Little House of the Prairie" signing copies of her new book “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch”. 6PM. Barnes & Noble, Mall of America.
THU: 7/29: Pittsfield, MA: OUT@Barrington Stage. LGBT night at the theatre. Show: Yasmina Reza’s “Art”. Ticket discount by phone only: 413-236-8888
THU: 7/29: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free lunchtime (12:30PM) concerts featuring casts of “The Addams Family” and “Wicked”. www.1067litefm.com
FRI: 7/30: Fire Island Pines, NY: Uncut. Alan Cumming, who plays Eli Gold on the CBS drama "The Good Wife," performs in concert. www.fipap.org.
SAT-TUE: 7/31-8/10: Provincetown, MA: 15th Annual Family Week, for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/Calendar/1740357659?view=Detail&id=100061
SAT: 7/31: Washington Depot, CT: Tea for 200, the annual garden party benefit for the Interfaith AIDS Ministry of Greater Danbury. www.teafor200.info/.
SAT-SAT: 7/31-8/07: Cologne, Germany: Gay Games, 8th edition of the quadrennial event. www.games-cologne.com
Newsworthy:
Argentina legalises gay marriage. It’s the first South American nation to do so. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/world/americas/16argentina.html?ref=global-home
Poland: Europride meets jeers from some. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/world/europe/18poland.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Gay Group Gets United Nations Nod. After a three year application process, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission was granted consultative status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/19/Gay_Group_Gets_United_Nations_Nod/
Washington, DC: Marriage equality foes were dealt a blow 7/15/10 when the DC Court of Appeals ruled against allowing an initiative on the ballot to invalidate same-sex marriages entered into in the District. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/15/Victory_for_Gay_Marriage_in_DC/
Maine: A jury has awarded Edward Russell $1.047 million in compensation for discrimination based on his sexual orientation, the largest sum for such a case in state history.The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/15/$1_Mil_Awarded_in_Gay_Discrimination_Suit/
Mississippi: Victory for Constance McMillen. The Mississippi school that chose to cancel prom rather than let Constance McMillen attend with her girlfriend will change its discrimination policy and pay the teen $35,000 in damages. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128654153&sc=fb&cc=fp
Oklahoma: Brittany Novotny, a Democrat and the state’s first known TG candidate, is running agains Republican incumbent Sally Kern, an outspoken homophobe. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/us/politics/20oklahoma.html?_r=1&ref=us
Wisconsin: A censorship lawsuit that resulted from the premature closing of “Naked Boys Singing!” has been settled. The Milwaukee Gay Arts Center received a $20,000 check from the City of Milwaukee as part of the settlement. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/141209-Naked-Boys-Singing-Censorship-Lawsuit-Settled-in-Milwaukee
Awards and Honors:
Winners: OUTFEST 2010 Awards from the 28th annual LGBT Film Festival. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/article/Outfest_Announces_2010_Award_Winners_20100718
Nominees: News and Documentary Emmys: http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/news_31st_nominations.html
Features
Coming Out: Meredith Baxter discusses her coming out at an Outfest panel. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/meredith-baxter-discusses-her-public-coming-out-at-outfest.html
Coming Out: John Browne, in a Guardian op-ed piece, says that his “being outed is a blessing”. In 2007, he resigned as chief executive of BP. He tells his story. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/15/being-outed-is-a-blessing
Coming Out: Roy Ashburn, California's newly-out Republican state senator talks about how his anti-LGBT votes masked his fear about being outed as gay, and how they mask what Republicans should stand for. GayPolitics reports: http://www.gaypolitics.com/2010/07/19/my-journey-my-party-and-lgbt-rights/
When the Bride Takes A Bride. Businesses respond as wedding etiquette is revisited. The New York Times reports. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/us/16marriage.html?_r=1
America’s Gayest Cities: BayWindows reports: http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=blog&sc2=news&sc3&id=108210
The Resource Center:
Gay Politics Report: a twice-weekly email news briefing of important news for the LGBT community: http://www.smartbrief.com/lgbt/
AmericaBlog, one of my favorite blogs, has a gay civil rights version, GayAmericaBlog with news for the LGBTQ community: http://gay.americablog.com/
In Print:
Thirteen Great Books for Gay Teens, compiled by Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/19/13-great-books-for-gay-te_n_649606.html
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Abraham Lincoln's Big, Gay Dance Party, the comedy about a fourth-grade Christmas pageant in Lincoln's rural Illinois hometown which sets off a firestorm of controversy when it calls into question Honest Abe's sexuality. www.abrahamlincolnsbiggaydanceparty.com
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays to 8/30/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***Carol Channing in Concert starring Richard Skipper. Skipper’s one of the best Carolers around. 7/27/10. www.telecharge.com.
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the 1983 Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical, based on a French film, which inspired the film "Birdcage". www.LaCage.com
***Never Norman Rockwell. A comedy about a soon-to-be-married straight couple whose wedding plans are in jeopardy when someone close to them comes out. to 7/31/10. www.collob.com.
***Promises, Promises. Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth star in the Burt Bacharach & Hal David & Neil Simon musical. www.promisespromisesbroadway.com.
***Secrets of The Trade. Out actors John Glover and Bill Brochtrup star in Jonathan Tolins’ new play.to 9/04/10. www.primarystages.org.
Elsewhere...
***From Whence I Came. Leslie Jordan new show. 7/29/10-7/31/10. Provincetown, MA.. http://www.onlyatthecrown.com/entertainment/lesliejordan2010.php
***Hairspray. Christopher Sieber, who recently played out columnist Dan Savage plays Edna Turnblad. to 8/07/10. Dennis, MA. www.capeplayhouse.com
***Justin Bond, “Kiki” of “Kiki and Herb” in concert. 7/30/10-7/31/10. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. www.fishercenter.bard.edu/summerscape.
***Lea DeLaria Live. The out comic in concert. 7/30/10-7/31/10. Wilton Manors, FL. www.risingactiontheatre.com.
***Queertopia: The Anti Violence Project, a youth-driven oral-history project that explores violence within and against the LGBTQ communities in America. to 7/31/10. Chicago, IL. www.aboutfacetheatre.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
***[title of show], the Hunter Bell/Jeff Bowen affectionately campy and satirical meta-musical about the creation of a musical. to 9/05/10. Los Angeles, CA. www.celebrationtheatre.com.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Resource: GLAAD's Guide to What's LGBT in Film: http://glaadblog.org/whats-lgbt-in-film/
Out on Screen...
***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.
***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.
***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
***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. .
***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
***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.
***I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Kevin James and Adam Sandler play straight firefighters who pretend to be gay to reap their company's domestic partner benefits.
***Out in the Silence. A small town confronts a firestorm of controversy ignited by a same-sex wedding announcement in the local newspaper. Available online. http://www.hulu.com/watch/157306/out-in-the-silence
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 frequently. www.glaad.org/tvgayed
***July/August: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***July/August: The 70s: The Way We Were. Marvin Hamlisch hosts a concert of 70s pop stars including Gloria Gaynor for PBS. Check local listings. www.pbs.org.
***July/August. Clay Aiken: Tried and True, a concert based on Aiken’s new CD, will air with guest appearances by Ruben Studdard and Linda Eder. PBS. Check local listings. www.pbs.org or www.clayaiken.com.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.org
8/02/10: Milwaukee, WI: Witches Night Off. The cast of “Wicked” performs in an evening of adult cabaret performances to benefit the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin. www.arcw.org/witches.
8/07/10: Bennington, VT: Bennington Pride Community Celebration. http://gayberkshires.blogspot.com/2010/07/bennington-vt-pride-picnic-saturday.html
8/08/10: Los Angeles, CA: The Trevor Project’s LA Pool & Garden Party. http://www.thetrevorproject.org/events.aspx
8/08/10-8/15/10: Los Angeles, CA: Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/writers-retreat/
8/12/10-8/15/10: San Francisco, CA: Homo A Go Go. Queer arts festival. www.homoagogo.com.
8/13/10-8/29/10: New York, NY: New York International Fringe Festival. emerging theatre serious and otherwise from 197 theatre troupes at 20 venues in lower Manhattan. www.fringenyc.org.
8/14/10: San Francisco, CA: .The Big Gay 10K. www.thebiggay10k.com
8/15/10: San Francisco, CA: Help is On The Way XVI. a benefit for four Bay Area AIDS Service Agencies. www.helpisontheway.org
8/22/10-8/29/10: Porter, ME: Camp Camp. Summer camp for LGBT adults.
www.campcamp.com
8/23/10: Philadelphia, PA: .8th Annual Gay Community Night at the Phillies. www.phillygaydays.com
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Coming Out on the Page, On-Stage, On-Screen
1. Question: Name this American author, who wrote the ultimate guide to coming out (for LGBT people and their families). It had its third printing in 2005. It provides answers to several hundred FAQ about homosexuality. He also wrote a book on coming out questions for a young adult audience in 2007. Hint: he wrote a couple of LGBT history books and biographies. Answer: Eric Marcus, author of “Is It A Choice?”. For a list of his books: www.ericmarcus.com.
2. Question: Name this American mom, whose daughter came out to her on a Gulf Coast beach over 20 years ago. As her daughter became active and visible in the LGBT community, she wrote a best-selling book about love and acceptance. She’s now an authority and an activist in coming out programs. Answer: Betty Degeneres, mother of Ellen, who wrote “Love Ellen, A Mother/Daughter Journey”. She’s a columnist and a leader in the National coming Out Project.
3. Question: Name this Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway hit, in which an audition turns into a an inner “reveal” for its participants, including a Latino who recalls the painful process of coming out to his parents. Hint: the actor playing the Latino won a Tony Award for his performance. Answer: A Chorus Line. Sammy Williams played “Paul”, a dancer who did drag shows.
4. Question: Name this American author, who wrote his coming out autobiography in the early 1970s. When he came out publicly, and wrote the sequel some 20 years later, it turned out that this privileged Ivy Leaguer was a highly visible best-selling author and political activist in real time. Answer: Andrew Tobias, the business writer and Democratic party officer. As John Reid, he wrote “The Best Little Boy in the World”. He wrote the sequel in his own name.
5. Question: Name this British stage play, turned 1998 film, that like “Beautiful Thing” combined a coming out and coming of age story in poignant terms. The play, much more intense than the film, was recently revived in San Francisco. Answer: Get Real, the film version of Patrick Wilde’s “What’s Wrong with Angry?”.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: August Milestones
1. Question: Name this American author, born August 2, 1924, the preeminent African-American intellectual of his time, who was one of the first writers to deal openly with homosexuality in a 1956 novel. He was a popular speaker on race relations and civil rights, but was not asked to play a visible role in the 1963 March on Washington, because organizers considered his homosexuality a liability.
2. Question: Name this international competition, held for the first time in San Francisco on August 28, 1982. Over 50,000 people participated. Today, it is a major world event.
3. Question: Name this Broadway blockbuster, which opened on August 21, 1983, one of the first to feature openly gay characters. It was written by an award-winning out composer who wrote showstoppers for middle-aged women and an award-winning playwright who had chronicled his own experiences as drag diva and gay dad.
4. Question: Name this out fashion designer, born on August 1, 1936. He took the French fashion world by storm in the 1970s, and built a fashion empire for women and men, which he sold to Gucci for millions.
5. Question: Name this man who came out on national television on August 13, 2004 with the statement “I am a gay American”. He was the highest-ranked American elected official to do so. He resigned from office shortly thereafter.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: COSNewsweekly@gmail.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 13 No. 29 July 26, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 26-August 1, 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
thru SUN: 8/08: 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.
thru SUN: 8/01: New Haven, CT: International Cabaret Conference at Yale University. www.thecabaretconferenceatyale.com
MON: 7/26: Bloomington, MN: Alison Arngrim, star of "Little House of the Prairie" signing copies of her new book “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch”. 6PM. Barnes & Noble, Mall of America.
THU: 7/29: Pittsfield, MA: OUT@Barrington Stage. LGBT night at the theatre. Show: Yasmina Reza’s “Art”. Ticket discount by phone only: 413-236-8888
THU: 7/29: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free lunchtime (12:30PM) concerts featuring casts of “The Addams Family” and “Wicked”. www.1067litefm.com
FRI: 7/30: Fire Island Pines, NY: Uncut. Alan Cumming, who plays Eli Gold on the CBS drama "The Good Wife," performs in concert. www.fipap.org.
SAT-TUE: 7/31-8/10: Provincetown, MA: 15th Annual Family Week, for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/Calendar/1740357659?view=Detail&id=100061
SAT: 7/31: Washington Depot, CT: Tea for 200, the annual garden party benefit for the Interfaith AIDS Ministry of Greater Danbury. www.teafor200.info/.
SAT-SAT: 7/31-8/07: Cologne, Germany: Gay Games, 8th edition of the quadrennial event. www.games-cologne.com
Newsworthy:
Argentina legalises gay marriage. It’s the first South American nation to do so. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/world/americas/16argentina.html?ref=global-home
Poland: Europride meets jeers from some. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/world/europe/18poland.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Gay Group Gets United Nations Nod. After a three year application process, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission was granted consultative status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/19/Gay_Group_Gets_United_Nations_Nod/
Washington, DC: Marriage equality foes were dealt a blow 7/15/10 when the DC Court of Appeals ruled against allowing an initiative on the ballot to invalidate same-sex marriages entered into in the District. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/15/Victory_for_Gay_Marriage_in_DC/
Maine: A jury has awarded Edward Russell $1.047 million in compensation for discrimination based on his sexual orientation, the largest sum for such a case in state history.The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/15/$1_Mil_Awarded_in_Gay_Discrimination_Suit/
Mississippi: Victory for Constance McMillen. The Mississippi school that chose to cancel prom rather than let Constance McMillen attend with her girlfriend will change its discrimination policy and pay the teen $35,000 in damages. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128654153&sc=fb&cc=fp
Oklahoma: Brittany Novotny, a Democrat and the state’s first known TG candidate, is running agains Republican incumbent Sally Kern, an outspoken homophobe. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/us/politics/20oklahoma.html?_r=1&ref=us
Wisconsin: A censorship lawsuit that resulted from the premature closing of “Naked Boys Singing!” has been settled. The Milwaukee Gay Arts Center received a $20,000 check from the City of Milwaukee as part of the settlement. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/141209-Naked-Boys-Singing-Censorship-Lawsuit-Settled-in-Milwaukee
Awards and Honors:
Winners: OUTFEST 2010 Awards from the 28th annual LGBT Film Festival. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/article/Outfest_Announces_2010_Award_Winners_20100718
Nominees: News and Documentary Emmys: http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/news_31st_nominations.html
Features
Coming Out: Meredith Baxter discusses her coming out at an Outfest panel. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/meredith-baxter-discusses-her-public-coming-out-at-outfest.html
Coming Out: John Browne, in a Guardian op-ed piece, says that his “being outed is a blessing”. In 2007, he resigned as chief executive of BP. He tells his story. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/15/being-outed-is-a-blessing
Coming Out: Roy Ashburn, California's newly-out Republican state senator talks about how his anti-LGBT votes masked his fear about being outed as gay, and how they mask what Republicans should stand for. GayPolitics reports: http://www.gaypolitics.com/2010/07/19/my-journey-my-party-and-lgbt-rights/
When the Bride Takes A Bride. Businesses respond as wedding etiquette is revisited. The New York Times reports. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/us/16marriage.html?_r=1
America’s Gayest Cities: BayWindows reports: http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=blog&sc2=news&sc3&id=108210
The Resource Center:
Gay Politics Report: a twice-weekly email news briefing of important news for the LGBT community: http://www.smartbrief.com/lgbt/
AmericaBlog, one of my favorite blogs, has a gay civil rights version, GayAmericaBlog with news for the LGBTQ community: http://gay.americablog.com/
In Print:
Thirteen Great Books for Gay Teens, compiled by Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/19/13-great-books-for-gay-te_n_649606.html
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Abraham Lincoln's Big, Gay Dance Party, the comedy about a fourth-grade Christmas pageant in Lincoln's rural Illinois hometown which sets off a firestorm of controversy when it calls into question Honest Abe's sexuality. www.abrahamlincolnsbiggaydanceparty.com
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays to 8/30/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***Carol Channing in Concert starring Richard Skipper. Skipper’s one of the best Carolers around. 7/27/10. www.telecharge.com.
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the 1983 Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical, based on a French film, which inspired the film "Birdcage". www.LaCage.com
***Never Norman Rockwell. A comedy about a soon-to-be-married straight couple whose wedding plans are in jeopardy when someone close to them comes out. to 7/31/10. www.collob.com.
***Promises, Promises. Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth star in the Burt Bacharach & Hal David & Neil Simon musical. www.promisespromisesbroadway.com.
***Secrets of The Trade. Out actors John Glover and Bill Brochtrup star in Jonathan Tolins’ new play.to 9/04/10. www.primarystages.org.
Elsewhere...
***From Whence I Came. Leslie Jordan new show. 7/29/10-7/31/10. Provincetown, MA.. http://www.onlyatthecrown.com/entertainment/lesliejordan2010.php
***Hairspray. Christopher Sieber, who recently played out columnist Dan Savage plays Edna Turnblad. to 8/07/10. Dennis, MA. www.capeplayhouse.com
***Justin Bond, “Kiki” of “Kiki and Herb” in concert. 7/30/10-7/31/10. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. www.fishercenter.bard.edu/summerscape.
***Lea DeLaria Live. The out comic in concert. 7/30/10-7/31/10. Wilton Manors, FL. www.risingactiontheatre.com.
***Queertopia: The Anti Violence Project, a youth-driven oral-history project that explores violence within and against the LGBTQ communities in America. to 7/31/10. Chicago, IL. www.aboutfacetheatre.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
***[title of show], the Hunter Bell/Jeff Bowen affectionately campy and satirical meta-musical about the creation of a musical. to 9/05/10. Los Angeles, CA. www.celebrationtheatre.com.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Resource: GLAAD's Guide to What's LGBT in Film: http://glaadblog.org/whats-lgbt-in-film/
Out on Screen...
***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.
***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.
***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
***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. .
***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
***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.
***I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Kevin James and Adam Sandler play straight firefighters who pretend to be gay to reap their company's domestic partner benefits.
***Out in the Silence. A small town confronts a firestorm of controversy ignited by a same-sex wedding announcement in the local newspaper. Available online. http://www.hulu.com/watch/157306/out-in-the-silence
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 frequently. www.glaad.org/tvgayed
***July/August: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***July/August: The 70s: The Way We Were. Marvin Hamlisch hosts a concert of 70s pop stars including Gloria Gaynor for PBS. Check local listings. www.pbs.org.
***July/August. Clay Aiken: Tried and True, a concert based on Aiken’s new CD, will air with guest appearances by Ruben Studdard and Linda Eder. PBS. Check local listings. www.pbs.org or www.clayaiken.com.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.org
8/02/10: Milwaukee, WI: Witches Night Off. The cast of “Wicked” performs in an evening of adult cabaret performances to benefit the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin. www.arcw.org/witches.
8/07/10: Bennington, VT: Bennington Pride Community Celebration. http://gayberkshires.blogspot.com/2010/07/bennington-vt-pride-picnic-saturday.html
8/08/10: Los Angeles, CA: The Trevor Project’s LA Pool & Garden Party. http://www.thetrevorproject.org/events.aspx
8/08/10-8/15/10: Los Angeles, CA: Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/writers-retreat/
8/12/10-8/15/10: San Francisco, CA: Homo A Go Go. Queer arts festival. www.homoagogo.com.
8/13/10-8/29/10: New York, NY: New York International Fringe Festival. emerging theatre serious and otherwise from 197 theatre troupes at 20 venues in lower Manhattan. www.fringenyc.org.
8/14/10: San Francisco, CA: .The Big Gay 10K. www.thebiggay10k.com
8/15/10: San Francisco, CA: Help is On The Way XVI. a benefit for four Bay Area AIDS Service Agencies. www.helpisontheway.org
8/22/10-8/29/10: Porter, ME: Camp Camp. Summer camp for LGBT adults.
www.campcamp.com
8/23/10: Philadelphia, PA: .8th Annual Gay Community Night at the Phillies. www.phillygaydays.com
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Coming Out on the Page, On-Stage, On-Screen
1. Question: Name this American author, who wrote the ultimate guide to coming out (for LGBT people and their families). It had its third printing in 2005. It provides answers to several hundred FAQ about homosexuality. He also wrote a book on coming out questions for a young adult audience in 2007. Hint: he wrote a couple of LGBT history books and biographies. Answer: Eric Marcus, author of “Is It A Choice?”. For a list of his books: www.ericmarcus.com.
2. Question: Name this American mom, whose daughter came out to her on a Gulf Coast beach over 20 years ago. As her daughter became active and visible in the LGBT community, she wrote a best-selling book about love and acceptance. She’s now an authority and an activist in coming out programs. Answer: Betty Degeneres, mother of Ellen, who wrote “Love Ellen, A Mother/Daughter Journey”. She’s a columnist and a leader in the National coming Out Project.
3. Question: Name this Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway hit, in which an audition turns into a an inner “reveal” for its participants, including a Latino who recalls the painful process of coming out to his parents. Hint: the actor playing the Latino won a Tony Award for his performance. Answer: A Chorus Line. Sammy Williams played “Paul”, a dancer who did drag shows.
4. Question: Name this American author, who wrote his coming out autobiography in the early 1970s. When he came out publicly, and wrote the sequel some 20 years later, it turned out that this privileged Ivy Leaguer was a highly visible best-selling author and political activist in real time. Answer: Andrew Tobias, the business writer and Democratic party officer. As John Reid, he wrote “The Best Little Boy in the World”. He wrote the sequel in his own name.
5. Question: Name this British stage play, turned 1998 film, that like “Beautiful Thing” combined a coming out and coming of age story in poignant terms. The play, much more intense than the film, was recently revived in San Francisco. Answer: Get Real, the film version of Patrick Wilde’s “What’s Wrong with Angry?”.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: August Milestones
1. Question: Name this American author, born August 2, 1924, the preeminent African-American intellectual of his time, who was one of the first writers to deal openly with homosexuality in a 1956 novel. He was a popular speaker on race relations and civil rights, but was not asked to play a visible role in the 1963 March on Washington, because organizers considered his homosexuality a liability.
2. Question: Name this international competition, held for the first time in San Francisco on August 28, 1982. Over 50,000 people participated. Today, it is a major world event.
3. Question: Name this Broadway blockbuster, which opened on August 21, 1983, one of the first to feature openly gay characters. It was written by an award-winning out composer who wrote showstoppers for middle-aged women and an award-winning playwright who had chronicled his own experiences as drag diva and gay dad.
4. Question: Name this out fashion designer, born on August 1, 1936. He took the French fashion world by storm in the 1970s, and built a fashion empire for women and men, which he sold to Gucci for millions.
5. Question: Name this man who came out on national television on August 13, 2004 with the statement “I am a gay American”. He was the highest-ranked American elected official to do so. He resigned from office shortly thereafter.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: COSNewsweekly@gmail.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/
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 7/19/10
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 28 July 19, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
The Fine Print
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 19-25, 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. Participants include: Julie Halston, Sweetie, Steve Hayes, David Ilku, Jody Lennon, Bradford Scobie, Clark Beasley, Greg Wallach, and Jay Rogers. www.hotfestival.org
Just Added: SAT: 7/17: Los Angeles, CA: Coming Out in Hollywood, a panel discussion with publicist Howard Bragman and Family Ties actress Meredith Baxter and other industry leaders. Outfest. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-0707-outfest-20100707,0,6163780.story
MON-SUN: 7/19-8/08: 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.
WED: 7/21: New York, NY: Oasis, The Ali Forney Center’s Inaugural Summer Benefit .
RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Jujubee will appear. The Ali Forney Center is the nation's largest and most comprehensive organization dedicated to homeless LGBT youth. www.aliforneycenter.org
WED-SUN: 7/21-7/25: Easton Mtn/Greenwich, NY: Camp Nehirim for Nice Jewish Boys. The fayest Jewish summer camp ever. http://www.nehirim.org/summer2010
THU: 7/22: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free lunchtime (12:30PM) concerts featuring casts of “Chicago” and “A Little Night Music”. www.1067litefm.com
FRI: 7/23: New York, NY: Carol Channing and Channing impersonator Richard Skipper sign CDs of Channing’s new gospel album “For Heaven’s Sake”. 6PM. Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Square.
FRI-SUN: 7/23-8/01: New Haven, CT: International Cabaret Conference at Yale University. Performers include: Jason Graae, Sharon McKnight, Julie Wilson, Tovah Feldshuh, Faith Prince. www.thecabaretconferenceatyale.com
FRI-SUN: 7/23-7/25: 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/
FRI-MON: 7/23-7/26: 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
SUN: 7/25: 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.
SUN: 7/25: New York, NY: New York’s Gone Mad. The Mad Men Season 4 World Premiere Screening Event. 7PM. Times Square. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123562287689011
Newsworthy:
Court Deals Blow to DOMA. In a major victory for marriage equality advocates, a federal judge in Boston ruled 7/08/10 in two separate cases that a critical portion of the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/us/09marriage.html
The DADT Survey, distributed to 400,00 armed service members, has a tinge of homophobia. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/dadt-survey.html
Connecticut: A woman was denied an award in her deceased wife’s medical malpractice suit. 365Gay.com reports: http://www.365gay.com/news/connecticut-woman-denied-award-in-deceased-partner’s-malpractice-suit/
Georgia: A federal judge in Atlanta has handed a legal victory to Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman who was fired from her job as legislative editor for the Georgia General Assembly after announcing she would transition from male to female. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/transgender-woman-wins-ruling-565280.html
The University of Illinois has fired a professor, after a student filed a complaint that the teacher was spewing hate speech.. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/school-fires-professor-for-personal-views-on-gays.html
The Today Show will open its Modern Day Wedding Contest to same-sex couples. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/08/Today_Show_Marriage_Contest/
Gay Teen Database Privacy at Risk in Bankruptcy Case. The fate of a database containing thousands of gay teens’ names is in question following the bankruptcy of XY Magazine, which owned the names. While creditors want to grab the asset, opponents say it would violate the privacy of minors. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/13/Gay_Database_Jeopardized_By_Bankruptcy/
Teen Vogue’s “Sound Off” coolumn advises teens how to treat a “gay best friend”. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/07/Teen_Vogue_on_How_to_Treat_a_Gay_Best_Friend/
Awards and Honors:
Nominees: Prime Time Emmys: “Glee” picks up 19 bids.
The complete list: http://www.emmys.com/nominations
Towleroad’s assessment: : http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/62nd-annual-emmy-nominations-announced-out-is-in.html
Photo Shoots and Video
Video: The Proposition 8 Handbook. via Towleroad. http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/video-get-caught-up-on-proposition-8-in-less-than-five-minutes.html
Video: The Golden Girls on marriage equality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xxpd3Ye0zA&NR=1
Video: Sherry Vine’s Lady Gaga Spoof. Vine takes on politicians in the closet. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/12/Alejandro_Drag_Parody_Takes_on_the_Closet/
Features
Andrew Cuomo, possibly New York’s next governor, supports gay rights, but how much? The New York Times weighs in. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/nyregion/09gays.html?hp
Playwrighting and Parenting. Partners Jonathan Tolins and Robert Cary are profiled by Playbill.com: http://www.playbill.com/playblog/2010/07/jonathan-tolins-and-robert-cary-a-pair-practicing-playwriting-and-parenting/
Fighting for the Right to Marry. Susan Green’s story from NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128409696&sc=fb&cc=fp
Scott M. Stringer, the Manhattan borough president, says that if gays can’t marry in New York, he’ll take his upcoming wedding elsewhere. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/nyregion/10stringer.html?_r=1&hp
Tom Ford: From Fashion to Film. The Terry Gross interview from NPR’s “Fresh Air”. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128380389
The Resource Center:
Project Lifevest. A lifevest to at-risk LGBTQ youths in need. Their mission is simple: "To be a helping hand, a life vest, to as many LGBTQ teens and adults as possible. We will carry out this mission through the establishment of safe places in as many cities as possible; through opening a call center with a qualified and well-educated and experienced team of counselors who can give advice and guidance where needed; through finding qualified and screened families who can, if the need arises, host rejected teens while they finish schooling or find a new place."http://www.projectlifevest.org/
In Print:
New LGBT Books for July from Lambda Literary Foundation: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/07/09/new-in-july/
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Night at the Tombs. World premiere musical written and performed by TG legend Bianca Leigh. . to 8/05/10. www.SpinCycleNYC.com.
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays from 7/12/10-8/30/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***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
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the 1983 Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical, based on a French film, which inspired the film "Birdcage". Kelsey Grammer stars. www.LaCage.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...
***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 12/19/10. San Francisco, CA: http://thrillpeddlers.com
***Queertopia: The Anti Violence Project, the work by Paula Gilovich and the About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble is a youth-driven oral-history project that explores violence within and against the LGBTQ communities in America. to 7/31/10. Chicago, IL. www.aboutfacetheatre.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
***Yellow. A new dysfunctional family comedy by Del (“Sordid Lives”) Shores. to 7/25/10. West Hollywood, CA. www.yellowbydelshores.somc
***Zanna Don’t. The straight couple fall in love quietly in the all gay high school. to 7/31/10. Theatre Out, Santa Ana, CA. www.theatreout.com
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***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.
***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
***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
***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. .
***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
***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.
***I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Kevin James and Adam Sandler play straight firefighters who pretend to be gay in order to reap their company's domestic partner benefits.A rather tepid comedy.
***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
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/
***July/August: The 70s: The Way We Were. Marvin Hamlisch hosts a concert of 70s pop stars including Gloria Gaynor for PBS. Check local listings. www.pbs.org.
***WED: 7/21: Carol Channing schmoozes with “The View” ladies. ABC Daytime. Check local listings.
***THU: 7/22: Bryan Batt visits with “The View” ladies. ABC Daytime. Check local listings.
***SUN: 7/25: MadMen: Season 4 begins. AMC. Season promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ehEi0eFJqw
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.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: Washington Depot, CT: Tea for 200, the annual garden party benefit for the Washington Art Association and Interfaith AIDS Ministry of Greater Danbury. www.teafor200.info/.
7/31/10-8/07/10: Cologne, Germany: Gay Games, 8th edition of the quadrennial event. www.games-cologne.com
8/03/10-8/10/10: Walhalla, MI: Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. Music by women for women since 1976. www.michfest.com
8/08/10-8/15/10: Los Angeles, CA: Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices. Sponsored by Lambda Lit at the American Jewish University. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/writers-retreat/
8/12/10-8/15/10: San Francisco, CA: Homo A Go Go. Queer arts festival. www.homoagogo.com.
8/13/10-8/29/10: New York, NY: New York International Fringe Festival. emerging theatre serious and otherwise from 197 theatre troupes at 20 venues in lower Manhattan. www.fringenyc.org.
8/14/10: San Francisco, CA: .The Big Gay 10K. www.thebiggay10k.com
8/15/10: San Francisco, CA: Help is On The Way XVI. a benefit for four Bay Area AIDS Service Agencies. www.helpisontheway.org
8/22/10-8/29/10: Porter, ME: Camp Camp. Summer camp for LGBT adults.
www.campcamp.com
8/26/10-8/28/10: Miami Beach, FL: Lavendar Law 2010. National LGBT Bar Association 2010 Career Fair and Conference. http://lgbtbar.org/annual/
8/26/10-8/29/10: Philadelphia, PA: Rainbow Boogie 2010 World’s only gay skydiving event. www.rainbowskydivie.com.
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Friends of Dorothy
1. Question: Name this character. Amongst the original Friends of Dorothy, one friend's real life son married Dorothy's real-life daughter. Answer: The Tin Man, played by Jack Haley. Jack Haley, Jr married Judy Garland's daughter, Liza Minnelli. Their 1970s marriage was brief.
2. Question: Name this TV series set in the Emerald City, in which two Friends of Dorothy had a brutal romance. One emerged as a compassionate cop; the other emerged on a suburban lane, where he romanced a housewife's son. Answer: Oz, which starred Christopher Meloni ("Law & Order SVU") and Lee Tergesen ("Desperate Housewives") as prison buddies. The prison unit was called "Emerald City".
3. Question: Name this 1978 film, based on an earlier musical, which urbanized the friends of Dorothy, who was played by a diva. Her recently-deceased scarecrow was said to resemble her appearance. Answer: "The Wiz". Diana Ross played Dorothy and Michael Jackson was her scarecrow. The Broadway version was revived this summer with Ashanti as Dorothy.
4. Question: Name this prequel to Dorothy's story, based upon a best-selling book written by an out author. It tells Dorothy's story from the viewpoint of two witches, one who wants to be popular and one who is green. Answer: "Wicked", the blockbuster musical based on Gregory Maguire's book "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch".
5. Question: Which of the following has not played a Witch ? A) DeeDee Bridgewater, B) Kristin Chenoweth, C) Lena Horne, D) Bebe Neuwirth E) Billie Burke. Answer: Bebe Neuwirth. DeeDee Bridgewater was "Glinda" in Broadway's "The Wiz" and Lena Horne played the role in the film. Chenoweth was "Galinda" in "Wicked" and Billie Burke was the original "Glinda".
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Coming Out on the Page, On-Stage, On-Screen
1. Question: Name this American author, who wrote the ultimate guide to coming out (for LGBT people and their families). It had its third printing in 2005. It provides answers to several hundred FAQ about homosexuality. He also wrote a book on coming out questions for a young adult audience in 2007. Hint: he wrote a couple of LGBT history books and biographies.
2. Question: Name this American mom, whose daughter came out to her on a Gulf Coast beach over 20 years ago. As her daughter became active and visible in the LGBT community, she wrote a best-selling book about love and acceptance. She’s now an authority and an activist in coming out programs.
3. Question: Name this Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway hit, in which an audition turns into a an inner “reveal” for its participants, including a Latino who recalls the painful process of coming out to his parents. Hint: the actor playing the Latino won a Tony Award for his performance.
4. Question: Name this American author, who wrote his coming out autobiography in the early 1970s. When he came out publicly, and wrote the sequel some 20 years later, it turned out that this privileged Ivy Leaguer was a highly visible best-selling author and political activist in real time.
5. Question: Name this British stage play, turned 1998 film, that like “Beautiful Thing” combined a coming out and coming of age story in poignant terms. The play, much more intense than the film, was recently revived in San Francisco.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: COSNewsweekly@gmail.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 13 No. 28 July 19, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
The Fine Print
See previous editions
The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 19-25, 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. Participants include: Julie Halston, Sweetie, Steve Hayes, David Ilku, Jody Lennon, Bradford Scobie, Clark Beasley, Greg Wallach, and Jay Rogers. www.hotfestival.org
Just Added: SAT: 7/17: Los Angeles, CA: Coming Out in Hollywood, a panel discussion with publicist Howard Bragman and Family Ties actress Meredith Baxter and other industry leaders. Outfest. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-0707-outfest-20100707,0,6163780.story
MON-SUN: 7/19-8/08: 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.
WED: 7/21: New York, NY: Oasis, The Ali Forney Center’s Inaugural Summer Benefit .
RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Jujubee will appear. The Ali Forney Center is the nation's largest and most comprehensive organization dedicated to homeless LGBT youth. www.aliforneycenter.org
WED-SUN: 7/21-7/25: Easton Mtn/Greenwich, NY: Camp Nehirim for Nice Jewish Boys. The fayest Jewish summer camp ever. http://www.nehirim.org/summer2010
THU: 7/22: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free lunchtime (12:30PM) concerts featuring casts of “Chicago” and “A Little Night Music”. www.1067litefm.com
FRI: 7/23: New York, NY: Carol Channing and Channing impersonator Richard Skipper sign CDs of Channing’s new gospel album “For Heaven’s Sake”. 6PM. Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Square.
FRI-SUN: 7/23-8/01: New Haven, CT: International Cabaret Conference at Yale University. Performers include: Jason Graae, Sharon McKnight, Julie Wilson, Tovah Feldshuh, Faith Prince. www.thecabaretconferenceatyale.com
FRI-SUN: 7/23-7/25: 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/
FRI-MON: 7/23-7/26: 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
SUN: 7/25: 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.
SUN: 7/25: New York, NY: New York’s Gone Mad. The Mad Men Season 4 World Premiere Screening Event. 7PM. Times Square. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123562287689011
Newsworthy:
Court Deals Blow to DOMA. In a major victory for marriage equality advocates, a federal judge in Boston ruled 7/08/10 in two separate cases that a critical portion of the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/us/09marriage.html
The DADT Survey, distributed to 400,00 armed service members, has a tinge of homophobia. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/dadt-survey.html
Connecticut: A woman was denied an award in her deceased wife’s medical malpractice suit. 365Gay.com reports: http://www.365gay.com/news/connecticut-woman-denied-award-in-deceased-partner’s-malpractice-suit/
Georgia: A federal judge in Atlanta has handed a legal victory to Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman who was fired from her job as legislative editor for the Georgia General Assembly after announcing she would transition from male to female. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/transgender-woman-wins-ruling-565280.html
The University of Illinois has fired a professor, after a student filed a complaint that the teacher was spewing hate speech.. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/school-fires-professor-for-personal-views-on-gays.html
The Today Show will open its Modern Day Wedding Contest to same-sex couples. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/08/Today_Show_Marriage_Contest/
Gay Teen Database Privacy at Risk in Bankruptcy Case. The fate of a database containing thousands of gay teens’ names is in question following the bankruptcy of XY Magazine, which owned the names. While creditors want to grab the asset, opponents say it would violate the privacy of minors. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/13/Gay_Database_Jeopardized_By_Bankruptcy/
Teen Vogue’s “Sound Off” coolumn advises teens how to treat a “gay best friend”. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/07/Teen_Vogue_on_How_to_Treat_a_Gay_Best_Friend/
Awards and Honors:
Nominees: Prime Time Emmys: “Glee” picks up 19 bids.
The complete list: http://www.emmys.com/nominations
Towleroad’s assessment: : http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/62nd-annual-emmy-nominations-announced-out-is-in.html
Photo Shoots and Video
Video: The Proposition 8 Handbook. via Towleroad. http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/video-get-caught-up-on-proposition-8-in-less-than-five-minutes.html
Video: The Golden Girls on marriage equality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xxpd3Ye0zA&NR=1
Video: Sherry Vine’s Lady Gaga Spoof. Vine takes on politicians in the closet. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/12/Alejandro_Drag_Parody_Takes_on_the_Closet/
Features
Andrew Cuomo, possibly New York’s next governor, supports gay rights, but how much? The New York Times weighs in. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/nyregion/09gays.html?hp
Playwrighting and Parenting. Partners Jonathan Tolins and Robert Cary are profiled by Playbill.com: http://www.playbill.com/playblog/2010/07/jonathan-tolins-and-robert-cary-a-pair-practicing-playwriting-and-parenting/
Fighting for the Right to Marry. Susan Green’s story from NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128409696&sc=fb&cc=fp
Scott M. Stringer, the Manhattan borough president, says that if gays can’t marry in New York, he’ll take his upcoming wedding elsewhere. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/nyregion/10stringer.html?_r=1&hp
Tom Ford: From Fashion to Film. The Terry Gross interview from NPR’s “Fresh Air”. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128380389
The Resource Center:
Project Lifevest. A lifevest to at-risk LGBTQ youths in need. Their mission is simple: "To be a helping hand, a life vest, to as many LGBTQ teens and adults as possible. We will carry out this mission through the establishment of safe places in as many cities as possible; through opening a call center with a qualified and well-educated and experienced team of counselors who can give advice and guidance where needed; through finding qualified and screened families who can, if the need arises, host rejected teens while they finish schooling or find a new place."http://www.projectlifevest.org/
In Print:
New LGBT Books for July from Lambda Literary Foundation: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/07/09/new-in-july/
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Night at the Tombs. World premiere musical written and performed by TG legend Bianca Leigh. . to 8/05/10. www.SpinCycleNYC.com.
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays from 7/12/10-8/30/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***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
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the 1983 Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical, based on a French film, which inspired the film "Birdcage". Kelsey Grammer stars. www.LaCage.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...
***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 12/19/10. San Francisco, CA: http://thrillpeddlers.com
***Queertopia: The Anti Violence Project, the work by Paula Gilovich and the About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble is a youth-driven oral-history project that explores violence within and against the LGBTQ communities in America. to 7/31/10. Chicago, IL. www.aboutfacetheatre.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
***Yellow. A new dysfunctional family comedy by Del (“Sordid Lives”) Shores. to 7/25/10. West Hollywood, CA. www.yellowbydelshores.somc
***Zanna Don’t. The straight couple fall in love quietly in the all gay high school. to 7/31/10. Theatre Out, Santa Ana, CA. www.theatreout.com
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***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.
***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
***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
***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. .
***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
***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.
***I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Kevin James and Adam Sandler play straight firefighters who pretend to be gay in order to reap their company's domestic partner benefits.A rather tepid comedy.
***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
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/
***July/August: The 70s: The Way We Were. Marvin Hamlisch hosts a concert of 70s pop stars including Gloria Gaynor for PBS. Check local listings. www.pbs.org.
***WED: 7/21: Carol Channing schmoozes with “The View” ladies. ABC Daytime. Check local listings.
***THU: 7/22: Bryan Batt visits with “The View” ladies. ABC Daytime. Check local listings.
***SUN: 7/25: MadMen: Season 4 begins. AMC. Season promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ehEi0eFJqw
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.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: Washington Depot, CT: Tea for 200, the annual garden party benefit for the Washington Art Association and Interfaith AIDS Ministry of Greater Danbury. www.teafor200.info/.
7/31/10-8/07/10: Cologne, Germany: Gay Games, 8th edition of the quadrennial event. www.games-cologne.com
8/03/10-8/10/10: Walhalla, MI: Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. Music by women for women since 1976. www.michfest.com
8/08/10-8/15/10: Los Angeles, CA: Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices. Sponsored by Lambda Lit at the American Jewish University. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/writers-retreat/
8/12/10-8/15/10: San Francisco, CA: Homo A Go Go. Queer arts festival. www.homoagogo.com.
8/13/10-8/29/10: New York, NY: New York International Fringe Festival. emerging theatre serious and otherwise from 197 theatre troupes at 20 venues in lower Manhattan. www.fringenyc.org.
8/14/10: San Francisco, CA: .The Big Gay 10K. www.thebiggay10k.com
8/15/10: San Francisco, CA: Help is On The Way XVI. a benefit for four Bay Area AIDS Service Agencies. www.helpisontheway.org
8/22/10-8/29/10: Porter, ME: Camp Camp. Summer camp for LGBT adults.
www.campcamp.com
8/26/10-8/28/10: Miami Beach, FL: Lavendar Law 2010. National LGBT Bar Association 2010 Career Fair and Conference. http://lgbtbar.org/annual/
8/26/10-8/29/10: Philadelphia, PA: Rainbow Boogie 2010 World’s only gay skydiving event. www.rainbowskydivie.com.
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Friends of Dorothy
1. Question: Name this character. Amongst the original Friends of Dorothy, one friend's real life son married Dorothy's real-life daughter. Answer: The Tin Man, played by Jack Haley. Jack Haley, Jr married Judy Garland's daughter, Liza Minnelli. Their 1970s marriage was brief.
2. Question: Name this TV series set in the Emerald City, in which two Friends of Dorothy had a brutal romance. One emerged as a compassionate cop; the other emerged on a suburban lane, where he romanced a housewife's son. Answer: Oz, which starred Christopher Meloni ("Law & Order SVU") and Lee Tergesen ("Desperate Housewives") as prison buddies. The prison unit was called "Emerald City".
3. Question: Name this 1978 film, based on an earlier musical, which urbanized the friends of Dorothy, who was played by a diva. Her recently-deceased scarecrow was said to resemble her appearance. Answer: "The Wiz". Diana Ross played Dorothy and Michael Jackson was her scarecrow. The Broadway version was revived this summer with Ashanti as Dorothy.
4. Question: Name this prequel to Dorothy's story, based upon a best-selling book written by an out author. It tells Dorothy's story from the viewpoint of two witches, one who wants to be popular and one who is green. Answer: "Wicked", the blockbuster musical based on Gregory Maguire's book "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch".
5. Question: Which of the following has not played a Witch ? A) DeeDee Bridgewater, B) Kristin Chenoweth, C) Lena Horne, D) Bebe Neuwirth E) Billie Burke. Answer: Bebe Neuwirth. DeeDee Bridgewater was "Glinda" in Broadway's "The Wiz" and Lena Horne played the role in the film. Chenoweth was "Galinda" in "Wicked" and Billie Burke was the original "Glinda".
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Coming Out on the Page, On-Stage, On-Screen
1. Question: Name this American author, who wrote the ultimate guide to coming out (for LGBT people and their families). It had its third printing in 2005. It provides answers to several hundred FAQ about homosexuality. He also wrote a book on coming out questions for a young adult audience in 2007. Hint: he wrote a couple of LGBT history books and biographies.
2. Question: Name this American mom, whose daughter came out to her on a Gulf Coast beach over 20 years ago. As her daughter became active and visible in the LGBT community, she wrote a best-selling book about love and acceptance. She’s now an authority and an activist in coming out programs.
3. Question: Name this Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway hit, in which an audition turns into a an inner “reveal” for its participants, including a Latino who recalls the painful process of coming out to his parents. Hint: the actor playing the Latino won a Tony Award for his performance.
4. Question: Name this American author, who wrote his coming out autobiography in the early 1970s. When he came out publicly, and wrote the sequel some 20 years later, it turned out that this privileged Ivy Leaguer was a highly visible best-selling author and political activist in real time.
5. Question: Name this British stage play, turned 1998 film, that like “Beautiful Thing” combined a coming out and coming of age story in poignant terms. The play, much more intense than the film, was recently revived in San Francisco.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: COSNewsweekly@gmail.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/
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 7/12/10
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 27 July 12, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 12-18, 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
thru SUN: 7/18: Provincetown, MA: 10th Annual Bear Week. http://www.ptownbears.org/
thru SUN: 7/18: Los Angeles, CA: Outfest 2010, the 28th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. www.outfest.org.
thru MON: 7/19: Philadelphia, PA: QFest.16th edition of the largest LGBT film festival on the east coast. http://www.QFest.com/
MON: 7/12: 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
THU: 7/15: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free lunchtime (12:30PM) concerts featuring casts of “Billy Elliott” and “Memphis”. www.1067litefm.com
SAT: 7/17: Warsaw, Poland: EuroPride 2010. www.europride.eu
SAT: 7/17: Sag Harbor, NY: Mario Cantone hosts “Rock The Dock” the summer gala to benefit the Bay Street Theatre. www.baystreet.org.
SAT-SUN: 7/17-7/18: Fire Island Pines, NY: Fire Island Dance Festival. Bruce Vilanch will host the benefit for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS. www.dradance.org.
Newsworthy:
Hawaii governor Linda Lingle has vetoed legislation that would have legalized civil unions in her state. BayWindows reports: http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3&id=107687
Ireland has passed a Civil Partnership Bill for same-sex couples. The Irish Times reports: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0701/breaking41.html
Connecticut: A Roman Catholic priest was charged with stealing $1.3 million in church money over seven years to use for male escorts, expensive clothing and luxury hotels and restaurants. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/passing-the-plate-priest-embezzled-13-million-for-hustlers.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Kenia Gascón, the Mexican actress, has come out. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/mexican-actress-kenia-gascón-comes-out.html
Martina Navratilova won the Wimbledon ladies’ invitation doubles. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/04/Navratilova_Nabs_Another_Wimbledon_Win/
Weddings, Civil Unions and Engagements:
Just Married with major wedding coverage in the Sunday NY Times:: Mitchell Gold and Tim Scofield. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/fashion/weddings/04VOWS.html?_r=1&ref=weddings
In Memoriam:
Stanley Williams, founding artistic director of the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, died on 7/02/10 at age 60. His partner died several months ago. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/04/BABB1E9L03.DTL
Features
Coming Out:
Vermont Civil Unions: Ten Year After. Times have changed according to Associated Press writer Dave Gram. The Seattle Times reports: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012248501_apvtcivilunions10years1stldwritethru.html
The Resource Center:
The 2010 Healthcare Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The annual survey of healthcare policies and practices related to LGBTpatients and their families. The report details the results of the 2010 survey, outlining the responses from 178 healthcare facilities from 21 states and the District of Columbia. Thirteen healthcare networks submitted surveys covering a total of 141 network facilities. The balance of the data comes from 37 surveys representing individual, non-network facilities. http://www.hrc.org/about_us/14516.htm
In Print:
Ex-Gay No Way by Jallen Rix. Findhorn Press. Rix, as a young Southern Baptist, joined an ex-gay ministry when he discovered his same-sex attractions. Although the ministry did not make him heterosexual, it did manage to destroy any sense of stability and self-esteem. Dr. Rix’s journey through the ex-gay world and what he did in the aftermath to reintegrate positive sexuality with healthy spirituality. http://www.exgaynoway.com/
For The Advocate interview/review: http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Books/Coming_Out_to_Parents/
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Amandine. concert reading of a new musical about the true story of a 19th century hermaphrodite. Raised as a girl in the convents of rural France, Amandine has her sex dramatically reassigned to male at the age of 22. 7/16/10. www.joespub.com.
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays from 7/12/10-8/30/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***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
***Cyma’s Story. Barbara Kahn’s story about a Jewish lesbian immigrant in 1939 Wyoming. 7/18/10. www.barbara-kahn.com
***Joan Rivers: Live in Times Square. A portion of the ticket sales benefit God’s Love We Deliver. 7/14/10-7/15/10, 8/05/10, 8/19/10. 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
***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...
***The Big GayCo Fun Show, a variety show of hot twink talent, babydyke standups, and new twists on old camp classics. 7/15/10. Chicago, IL. www.gayco.com.
***Endgame. Randy (Queer As Folk) Harrison stars in Samuel Beckett’s drama. to 7/24/10, Stockbridge, MA. www.berkshiretheatre.org
***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.
***Paved Paradise Redux. John Kelly as Joni Mitchell. 7/16/10-7/17/10. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. www.fishercenter.bard.edu/summerscape.
***Queertopia: The Anti Violence Project, the work by Paula Gilovich and the About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble is a youth-driven oral-history project that explores violence within and against the LGBTQ communities in America. 7/15/10-7/31/10. Chicago, IL. www.aboutfacetheatre.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.
***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. .
***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
***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.
***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
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/
***July/August: The 70s: The Way We Were. Marvin Hamlisch hosts a concert of 70s pop stars including Gloria Gaynor for PBS. Check local listings. www.pbs.org.
***THU: 7/08: Jane Lynch chats with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. 11:35PM. NBC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.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.
7/21/10: New York, NY: Oasis, The Ali Forney Center’s Inaugural Summer Benefit .
RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Jujubee will appear. The Ali Forney Center is the nation's largest and most comprehensive organization dedicated to homeless LGBT youth. www.aliforneycenter.org
7/23/10-8/01/10: New Haven, CT: International Cabaret Conference at Yale University. Performers include: Jason Graae, Sharon McKnight, Julie Wilson, Tovah Feldshuh, Faith Prince. www.thecabaretconferenceatyale.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
7/30/10: 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
8/03/10-8/10/10: Walhalla, MI: Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. Music by women for women since 1976. www.michfest.com
Last 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. Answer: Myra Breckenridge by Gore Vidal. Raquel Welch and Rex Reed played Myra. Mae West added the laughs.
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. Answer: But I’m A Cheerleader.
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”. Answer: Camp, the story about a New York summer camp for gifted teens in theatre. Sondheim makes a cameo appearance. Anna Kendrick made a nice film debut in this.
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. Answer: Girls Will Be Girls, where the starlets are played by three drag queens including Varla Jean Merman, who claims Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine as her parents.
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. Answer: Auntie Mame. Rosalind Russell played Patrick Dennis’ madcap aunt. Lansbury and Ball played Mame in the musical.
( 7/12) This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Friends of Dorothy
1. Question: Name this character. Amongst the original Friends of Dorothy, one friend's real life son married Dorothy's real-life daughter.
2. Question: Name this TV series set in the Emerald City, in which two Friends of Dorothy had a brutal romance. One emerged as a compassionate cop; the other emerged on a suburban lane, where he romanced a housewife's son.
3. Question: Name this 1978 film, based on an earlier musical, which urbanized the friends of Dorothy, who was played by a diva. Her recently-deceased scarecrow was said to resemble her appearance.
4. Question: Name this prequel to Dorothy's story, based upon a best-selling book written by an out author. It tells Dorothy's story from the viewpoint of two witches, one who wants to be popular and one who is green.
5. Question: Which of the following has not played a Witch ? A) DeeDee Bridgewater, B) Kristin Chenoweth, C) Lena Horne, D) Bebe Neuwirth E) Billie Burke.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: COSNewsweekly@gmail.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 13 No. 27 July 12, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
The Fine Print
See previous editions
Subscription Information: This newsletter is available via free email subscription only. Our mailing list is confidential.
To subscribe: Email COSNewsweekly@gmail.com and write “Subscribe COS News” in subject line.
To unsubscribe: Email COSNewsweekly@gmail.com and write “Cancel COS News” in subject line.
The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 12-18, 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
thru SUN: 7/18: Provincetown, MA: 10th Annual Bear Week. http://www.ptownbears.org/
thru SUN: 7/18: Los Angeles, CA: Outfest 2010, the 28th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. www.outfest.org.
thru MON: 7/19: Philadelphia, PA: QFest.16th edition of the largest LGBT film festival on the east coast. http://www.QFest.com/
MON: 7/12: 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
THU: 7/15: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free lunchtime (12:30PM) concerts featuring casts of “Billy Elliott” and “Memphis”. www.1067litefm.com
SAT: 7/17: Warsaw, Poland: EuroPride 2010. www.europride.eu
SAT: 7/17: Sag Harbor, NY: Mario Cantone hosts “Rock The Dock” the summer gala to benefit the Bay Street Theatre. www.baystreet.org.
SAT-SUN: 7/17-7/18: Fire Island Pines, NY: Fire Island Dance Festival. Bruce Vilanch will host the benefit for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS. www.dradance.org.
Newsworthy:
Hawaii governor Linda Lingle has vetoed legislation that would have legalized civil unions in her state. BayWindows reports: http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3&id=107687
Ireland has passed a Civil Partnership Bill for same-sex couples. The Irish Times reports: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0701/breaking41.html
Connecticut: A Roman Catholic priest was charged with stealing $1.3 million in church money over seven years to use for male escorts, expensive clothing and luxury hotels and restaurants. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/passing-the-plate-priest-embezzled-13-million-for-hustlers.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Kenia Gascón, the Mexican actress, has come out. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/07/mexican-actress-kenia-gascón-comes-out.html
Martina Navratilova won the Wimbledon ladies’ invitation doubles. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/07/04/Navratilova_Nabs_Another_Wimbledon_Win/
Weddings, Civil Unions and Engagements:
Just Married with major wedding coverage in the Sunday NY Times:: Mitchell Gold and Tim Scofield. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/fashion/weddings/04VOWS.html?_r=1&ref=weddings
In Memoriam:
Stanley Williams, founding artistic director of the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, died on 7/02/10 at age 60. His partner died several months ago. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/04/BABB1E9L03.DTL
Features
Coming Out:
Vermont Civil Unions: Ten Year After. Times have changed according to Associated Press writer Dave Gram. The Seattle Times reports: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012248501_apvtcivilunions10years1stldwritethru.html
The Resource Center:
The 2010 Healthcare Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The annual survey of healthcare policies and practices related to LGBTpatients and their families. The report details the results of the 2010 survey, outlining the responses from 178 healthcare facilities from 21 states and the District of Columbia. Thirteen healthcare networks submitted surveys covering a total of 141 network facilities. The balance of the data comes from 37 surveys representing individual, non-network facilities. http://www.hrc.org/about_us/14516.htm
In Print:
Ex-Gay No Way by Jallen Rix. Findhorn Press. Rix, as a young Southern Baptist, joined an ex-gay ministry when he discovered his same-sex attractions. Although the ministry did not make him heterosexual, it did manage to destroy any sense of stability and self-esteem. Dr. Rix’s journey through the ex-gay world and what he did in the aftermath to reintegrate positive sexuality with healthy spirituality. http://www.exgaynoway.com/
For The Advocate interview/review: http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Books/Coming_Out_to_Parents/
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Amandine. concert reading of a new musical about the true story of a 19th century hermaphrodite. Raised as a girl in the convents of rural France, Amandine has her sex dramatically reassigned to male at the age of 22. 7/16/10. www.joespub.com.
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays from 7/12/10-8/30/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***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
***Cyma’s Story. Barbara Kahn’s story about a Jewish lesbian immigrant in 1939 Wyoming. 7/18/10. www.barbara-kahn.com
***Joan Rivers: Live in Times Square. A portion of the ticket sales benefit God’s Love We Deliver. 7/14/10-7/15/10, 8/05/10, 8/19/10. 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
***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...
***The Big GayCo Fun Show, a variety show of hot twink talent, babydyke standups, and new twists on old camp classics. 7/15/10. Chicago, IL. www.gayco.com.
***Endgame. Randy (Queer As Folk) Harrison stars in Samuel Beckett’s drama. to 7/24/10, Stockbridge, MA. www.berkshiretheatre.org
***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.
***Paved Paradise Redux. John Kelly as Joni Mitchell. 7/16/10-7/17/10. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. www.fishercenter.bard.edu/summerscape.
***Queertopia: The Anti Violence Project, the work by Paula Gilovich and the About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble is a youth-driven oral-history project that explores violence within and against the LGBTQ communities in America. 7/15/10-7/31/10. Chicago, IL. www.aboutfacetheatre.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.
***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. .
***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
***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.
***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
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/
***July/August: The 70s: The Way We Were. Marvin Hamlisch hosts a concert of 70s pop stars including Gloria Gaynor for PBS. Check local listings. www.pbs.org.
***THU: 7/08: Jane Lynch chats with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. 11:35PM. NBC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.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.
7/21/10: New York, NY: Oasis, The Ali Forney Center’s Inaugural Summer Benefit .
RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Jujubee will appear. The Ali Forney Center is the nation's largest and most comprehensive organization dedicated to homeless LGBT youth. www.aliforneycenter.org
7/23/10-8/01/10: New Haven, CT: International Cabaret Conference at Yale University. Performers include: Jason Graae, Sharon McKnight, Julie Wilson, Tovah Feldshuh, Faith Prince. www.thecabaretconferenceatyale.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
7/30/10: 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
8/03/10-8/10/10: Walhalla, MI: Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. Music by women for women since 1976. www.michfest.com
Last 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. Answer: Myra Breckenridge by Gore Vidal. Raquel Welch and Rex Reed played Myra. Mae West added the laughs.
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. Answer: But I’m A Cheerleader.
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”. Answer: Camp, the story about a New York summer camp for gifted teens in theatre. Sondheim makes a cameo appearance. Anna Kendrick made a nice film debut in this.
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. Answer: Girls Will Be Girls, where the starlets are played by three drag queens including Varla Jean Merman, who claims Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine as her parents.
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. Answer: Auntie Mame. Rosalind Russell played Patrick Dennis’ madcap aunt. Lansbury and Ball played Mame in the musical.
( 7/12) This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Friends of Dorothy
1. Question: Name this character. Amongst the original Friends of Dorothy, one friend's real life son married Dorothy's real-life daughter.
2. Question: Name this TV series set in the Emerald City, in which two Friends of Dorothy had a brutal romance. One emerged as a compassionate cop; the other emerged on a suburban lane, where he romanced a housewife's son.
3. Question: Name this 1978 film, based on an earlier musical, which urbanized the friends of Dorothy, who was played by a diva. Her recently-deceased scarecrow was said to resemble her appearance.
4. Question: Name this prequel to Dorothy's story, based upon a best-selling book written by an out author. It tells Dorothy's story from the viewpoint of two witches, one who wants to be popular and one who is green.
5. Question: Which of the following has not played a Witch ? A) DeeDee Bridgewater, B) Kristin Chenoweth, C) Lena Horne, D) Bebe Neuwirth E) Billie Burke.
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