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.

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