Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 39 October 4, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: October 4-10, 2010
thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
Editor’s Note: The NPR Review: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130017341&sc=fb&cc=fp
thru FRI: 10/08: Atlanta, GA: Out on Film. www.outonfilm.com
MON: 10/04: Los Angeles, CA: Some Men, Terrence McNally’s play about the lives of gay men in America over 80 years in an all-star reading with Alan Cumming, John Glover, Luke MacFarlane, Jason Ritter, and Steven Weber. A benefit for 'Testimony,' a project of the Courage Campaign Institute. www.couragecampaign.org.
MON: 10/04: New York, NY: Broadway Takes The Runway. Carson Kressley and Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) hostan evening of song to benefit the Al D. Rodriguez Liver Foundation. Artists will be dressed by Broadway designers. www.AlDRodriguezLiverFoundation.com
TUE: 10/05: New Haven, CT: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 4PM. Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. Also: WED: 10:06: Boston, MA: 7PM. Museum of Fine Arts. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
TUE: 10/05: New York, NY: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. . 7PM. B&N Union Square. Also: WED: 10/06: Boston, MA: Boston Public Library.; THU: 10/07: Philadelphia, PA: Free Library of Philadelphia. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
THU-SAT: 10/07-10/09: New York, NY: 21st Annual New York Cabaret Convention, which salutes the best in Manhattan cabaret/ Elaine Stritch hosts an all-Noel Coward evening on 10/08/10. www.mabelmercer.org
THU-SAT: 10/07-10/09: Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.siglff.org
THU-SUN: 10/07-10/10: Los Angeles, CA: The World Goes Round, a benefit for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic. www.lagaycenter.org/worldgoesround.
FRI-SUN: 10/08-10/17: Provincetown, MA: Women’s Week. http://www.womeninnkeepers.com/womens_week.html
FRI: 10/08: Los Angeles, CA: GLSEN Respect Awards, honoring “Modern Family”, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates. www.glsen.org.
FRI-SAT: 10/08-10/09: Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Queer Studies Conference. lgbts@humnet.ucla.edu
FRI-SUN: 10/08/-10/10: Palm Desert, CA: Families in the Desert. Family Equality Council’s weekend for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_calendar
FRI-SUN: 10/08/-10/10: Pittsfield, MA: Out in the Berkshires. Fall foliage and LGBT activities. http://berkshirestonewall.org/events/2nd-annual-out-in-the-berkshires-weekend/
SUN: 10/10: Washington, DC: COLAGE 20th Anniversary Event. COLAGE is the national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more LGBT parents. . http://www.colage.org/programs/events/20th.htm
Newsworthy:
Another Teen Suicide from Bullying. The parents of Asher Brown, an eighth-grader who committed suicide last Thursday, say that their son killed himself in response to relentless antigay bullying at his Houston school. The Houston Chronicle reports: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7220896.html
Campus Discrimination. A new study from Campus Pride shows that 23% of LGBT college students say they’ve dealt with a “challenging climate” in terms of discrimination and harassment. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/gay-students-report-higher-discrimination-on-college-campuses.html
DADT: Judge Rules Margaret Witt’s Discharge Unconstitution. ABC News reports: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-administration-buy-time-policy/story?id=11718324
Ireland’s President: LGBT Rights Over Parade. Irish president Mary McAleese turned down an offer to head the New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade because of its history of shutting out gay Irish participants. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/23/Irish_Pres_Rejects_Parade_over_Gay_Rights/
Poland. A politician outed a gay man while debated him on national television. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/polish-politician-outs-gay-man-on-television.html
Georgia: A sex scandal threatens a pastor’s empire. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/us/26pastor.html?_r=1&hp
Florida: The state of Florida will immediately stop enforcing its ban on adoptions by gay people after Wednesday's decision by a state appeals court that the three-decade-old law is unconstitutional, Gov. Charlie Crist said 9/22/10.. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/22/Florida_Ends_Gay_Adoption_Ban/
Indiana: No Gay Cupcakes for National Coming Out Day. An Indianapolis bakery cited family values when it refused to complete an order of rainbow cupcakes and cookies requested by a local gay student group for National Coming Out Day next month. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/24/Indy_Bakery_Wont_Serve_Gay_Students/
Michigan: A TG teen won the votes to be named Homecoming King, but the school invalidated the votes, because he was enrolled as a female. The San Francisco Chronnicle reports: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=73229
Windy City Times, the LGBT newspaper for Chicago, will mark its 25th anniversary with a special issue 9/29/10. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/28/Windy_City_Times_Marks_25th_Anniversary/
Awards and Honors:
Roland Emmerich, the out filmmaker behind many of the highest-grossing movies in cinema history, will be honored by Outfest with its annual Legacy Award. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/21/Outfest_Honors_Emmerich/
In Memoriam:
Wayne Winterrowd, whose more than 30-year-old Vermont garden became an international inspiration and demonstration of an original American gardening style, died 9/17/10 at age 68. Winterrowd and his partner Joe Eck were gay rights activists. The Burlington VT Free Press reports: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100921/NEWS02/9210303/Garden-innovator-Winterrowd-dies
Photo Shoots and Video
Photos: “Angels in America” returns to New York from BroadwayWorld.com: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_ANGELS_IN_AMERICA_at_Signature_20100924
Photos: “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” in rehearsal from BroadwayWorld.com: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_PRISCILLA_Completes_NY_Rehearsals_and_Heads_to_Toronto_20100925
Features
Relationship Profile: Kell and Mell: The New York Times profiles the recent wedding of Kelly McGillis and Melanie Leis. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/fashion/weddings/26VOWS.html?_r=1&ref=weddings
Javier Fuentes-León’s debut feature movie, “Undertow,” deals with an uneasy and secret homosexual relationship in a fishing community in his native country, Peru. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/arts/29iht-undertow.html?_r=1&ref=arts
In Print:
Grant Wood: A Life by R. Tripp Evans. Knopf. A biography of the closeted artist behind one of America’s most famous paintings, “American Gothic” .
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart who plays an elderly actor and Knight’s mentor in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Both parts of the play, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, alternate in repertory. thru 2/20/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Brief Encounter, a multimedia revival of gay Noel Coward’s play. thru 12/05/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***Batt on a Hot Tin Roof. Bryan Batt (“Mad Men”) performs at Feinstein’s at the Regency. 10/03/10-10/04/10. www.feinsteinsattheregency.com
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. A new musical based on out filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s film. Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sherie Renee Scott star. Opens 10/05/10. www.lct.org.
Elsewhere...
***Becoming Walt Whitman. The coming of age story of the famous poet, set in pre-Civil War Manhattan. to 10/24/10. Santa Rosa, CA. www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
***Carrie. Stephen King’s horror novel turned stage play. Erik Ransom will pull a gender-bending turn as Carrie to 11/07/10. Philadelphia, PA. http://www.bratproductions.org/
***Dear Harvey, a play with music about Harvey Milk, the gay rights activist. to 10/10/10. Hollywood, CA. www.plays411.com/dearharvey
***Drag Queens of Comedy starring Miss Coco Peru, Shangelia, Lady Bunny, and Heklina. 10/09/10. San Francisco, CA. www.comedyinthecastro.com.
***Gut Bucket Blues: The Legendary Bessie Smith. World premiere musical byDavid Bell about the raucous blueser with interest in the women. to 11/07/10. Atlanta, GA: http://truecolorstheatre.org/
***The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. The Tectonic Theater Project’s docudrama about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder. 10/06/10-10/07/10, University Park, PA. http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
On Display
to 10/23/10: Los Angeles, CA: Jeff Sheng’s Portraits of service men and women who pose in response to DADT. Kaycee Olsen Gallery. http://www.kayceeolsen.com/
The Los Angeles Times reports: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-dont-ask-photos-20100918,0,4371491.story?track=rss
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.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Also starring David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels.
***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
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. .
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
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
***October: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***TUE: 10/05: More Liza. More “Confessions” on The View. ABC. Check local listings. For late nighters, she also visits Larry King Live.
***WED: 10/6: Michael Feinstein's American Songbook, part one of a three-part series that explores the history of American popular music. www.pbs.org.
***SAT: 10/09: Jane Lynch brings glee as host of SNL. 11:30PM NBC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
10/11/10: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
10/11/10: New York, NY: PFLAG New York Awards Dinner, 3rd edition. http://www.pflagnyc.org/dinner
10/12/10: Los Angeles, CA: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. 7PM. Los Angeles Public Library. Also: 10/13/10-10/14/10: San Francisco, CA. 10/14/10: Seattle, WA: 10/16/10: Austin, TX: http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/13/10-10/16/10: Atlanta, GA: The 2010 Atlanta Queer Literary Festival. http://atlqueerlitfest.blogspot.com/
10/14/10-10/17/10: San Francisco, CA: Sundance Stampede. San Francisco’s annual country/ western dance weekend. www.stompede.com
10/14/10-10/23/10: Washington, DC: Reel Affirmations: The Nation’s LGBT Film Festival. www.reelaffirmations.org
10/15/10-10/24/10: Seattle, WA: Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. www.threedollarbillcinema.org
10/16/10: Portland, OR Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Northwest Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: October Milestones
1. Question: Name this American celebrity, whose death from AIDS on October 2, 1985, brought international attention to the epidemic. Hint: One of his best friends stepped up to the arena to become the world’s leading HIV/AIDS fundraiser. Answer: Rock Hudson, the actor. Elizabeth Taylor began raising millions for AIDS research through her own foundation and AmFAR.
2. Question: Name this LGBT event, which began on October 11, 1988. Coincidentally, it’s also the birthday of a former First Lady, suspected of having a romantic relationship with another woman, a journalist. Their letters were made public on October 21, 1979. Answer: National Coming Out Day. The First Lady was Eleanor Roosevelt.
3. Question: Name this international musician and composer who came out bisexual in Rolling Stone on October 7, 1975. He’s since revised his statement and identifies as gay. Answer: Elton John.
4. Question: Name this gay man, the victim of a hate crime on October 6, 1998. (He died several days later). His murder, which inspired some important plays and films, launched a new era in the LGBT Rights Movement. His parents have taken on the cause. Answer: Matthew Shepard.
5. Question: Name this actor and muse (born October 19, 1946) of American cinema’s most famous bad boy. The muse did her own stunt work as the world’s filthiest person and died shortly after winning mainstream approval as the mother of a chubby teen. Answer: Divine, star of John Waters’ “Pink Flamingos” and “Hairspray”. .
10/04: This Week’s Trivia Quiz: National Coming Out Day
1. Question: Name this real-life teen who came out to his all-American family on January 15, 1973, on television’s first “reality series”. Hint: He later became a musician and a magazine columnist.
2. Question: Name the comic strip, whose major character came out on February 10, 1976. He was the first comic hero to do so.
3. Question: Name this singer, the first major entertainment figure to come out in an Advocate cover story on October 16, 1992. Her career never suffered as a result, and she paved the way for other entertainers, from Amanda Bearse to Nathan Lane.
4. Question: Names this high-level American elected official who came out under duress on July 20, 1983. A fellow Congressman from his home state followed four years later. They were amongst the highest-ranked out public officers prior to Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin and New Jersey Governor James McGreevey.
5. Question: Name this Emmy winner, who came out on television and on the cover of Time on February 14, 1997. Other Emmy winners who have since come out include: Rosie O’Donnell (2002) and Cynthia Nixon (2004).
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: September 27-October 3, 2010
thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary by David Sedaris. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
WED: 9/29: New York, NY: Tony Kushner speaks at a special exhibition of selected materials that celebrates the New York Public Library's opening of the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) records. 6:30pm. http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/tony-kushner-to-speak-at-gmhc-exhibition-at-nypl-s_30616.html
WED: 9/29: New York, NY: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade” in conversation with Honor Moore.. 6PM. New York Public Library South Court Auditorium. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
FRI: 10/01: Los Angeles, CA: The PFLAG LA Event. PFLAG’s first Los Angeles event at the London West Hollywood. www.pflag.org.
SAT-FRI: 10/02-10/08: Atlanta, GA: Out on Film. www.outonfilm.com
SAT: 10/02: Anaheim, CA: Youth Programs at Gay Days (at Disneyland). Programs for the under 21 set. www.gaydaysanahaeim.com.
SAT: 10/02: Charlotte, NC: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Southeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
SUN: 10/03: San Francisco, CA: Castro Street Fair. Street fair started by Harvey Milk. www.castrostreetfair.org
SUN: 10/03: Hauppauge, NY: Long Island GLBT Business and Life Expo. http://ligaly.org/content.php?pgID=453
Newsworthy:
DADT Bill Stalls in Senate. With Congress increasingly paralyzed by the partisan fury of the midterm elections, the Senate on 9/21/10 voted against taking up a major military bill that includes a provision allowing the repeal of the DADT policy regarding gay soldiers.
The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/us/politics/22cong.html?hp
Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/dadt-repeal-efforts-stall-as-senate-motion-to-proceed-fails.html
Russian Gay Rights Icon tells of his abduction. Nikolai Alekseyev was kidnapped by people he believes to be members of Russia’s security services. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/world/europe/21russia.html?_r=1&hpw
New York: A new, inclusive adoption law signed by governor David Paterson allows unmarried partners, including same-sex couples, to jointly adopt children. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/21/NY_Law_OKs_Unmarried_Partner_Adoption/
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Matt R. Salmon is up-and-coming in the Arizona GOP. He’s the youngest son of conservative Republican Matthew James Salmon, Mormon, and gay.The Phoenix New Times reports: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2010-09-16/news/over-the-rainbow-the-namesake-son-of-conservative-mormon-matt-salmon-wants-to-make-a-name-for-himself-in-republican-politics-only-he-s-gay/1/
Weddings, Civil Unions and Engagements:
Kelly McGillis, the actor, and partner Melanie Leis tied the knot on 9/15/10. The couple first met in 2000. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/fashion/weddings/15MCGILLIS.html?_r=1&ref=weddings
Awards and Honors:
2010 Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame Inductees. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/20/G_and_L_Hall_of_Fame_Honors_15/
In Memoriam:
Jill Johnston, author of “Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution” and a longtime cultural critic for The Village Voice died in 9/18/10 at age 81. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/arts/21johnston.html?hpw
Photo Shoots and Video
Coming Out: Jane Lynch talks about her coming out on “Ellen”. http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/watch-jane-lynch-tells-ellen-she-helped-her-come-out.html
Features
Coming Out: Profile: Rev. James Stoll, one of the first out ministers in America and gay rights pioneer. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/us/18beliefs.html?_r=1
Gay History Month LGBT Icons. Gay Rights Media chooses one a day for October 2010: http://gayrightsmedia.org/2010/on-the-2010-glbt-history-month-icons/
Laramie Revisited: Greg Pierotti takes a deeper look at “The Laramie Project” and “Laramie: 10 Years Later” and why the performances will resonate long after you leave the theater. (Editor’s Note: Tour dates listed in On-Stage listings). The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Theater/On_the_Road_With_Laramie_Sept_14_2010/
Don’t Enforce DADT. A New York Times editorial: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/opinion/17fri1.html?_r=3&ref=opinion
In Print:
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation. Edited by Kate Bornstein; S. Bear Bergman
Seal Press The result of its editors’ sense that in the fifteen years since the publication of Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us, a generation of transgendered, genderqueer, and gender nonconforming folks grew into their queer selves with the analytical toolbox that Kate Bornstein and other queer theorists—Judith Halberstam and Judith Butler are often cited as well—provided.
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary by David Sedaris. Little Brown and Company. A new collection of stories featuring animal characters.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart who plays an elderly actor and Knight’s mentor in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays to 10/04/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***Batt on a Hot Tin Roof. Bryan Batt (“Mad Men”) performs at Feinstein’s at the Regency. 10/03/10-10/04/10. www.feinsteinsattheregency.com
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch’s new play. Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***Joey Arias in Concert. The drag artist’s first New York concert in nearly a decade. Arias will channel Billy Holiday. 10/01/10-10/09/10. http://www.abronsartscenter.org/
***My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding. A new musical. Claire’s new job gives her the opportunity to discover her sexuality, rediscover her faith, and find the strength to come out to her teenage son, her ex-husband, and her homophobic mother. to 10/17/10. www.nymf.org
***Orlando. young man turned immortal woman still lives, now as a stage character in Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Woolf’s 1928 novel. to 10/07/10. www.classicstage.org.
Elsewhere...
***Carrie. Stephen King’s horror novel turned stage play. Erik Ransom will pull a gender-bending turn as the titular high school student with telekinetic powers. 10/02/10-11/07/10. Philadelphia, PA. http://www.bratproductions.org/
***Dear Harvey, a play with music about Harvey Milk, the gay rights activist. to 10/10/10. Hollywood, CA. www.plays411.com/dearharvey
***Gut Bucket Blues: The Legendary Bessie Smith. World premiere musical byDavid Bell about the raucous blueser with interest in the women. to 11/07/10. Atlanta, GA: http://truecolorstheatre.org/
***The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. The Tectonic Theater Project’s docudrama about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder. to 10/02/10, Boston, MA. 10/06/10-10/07/10, University Park, PA. http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html
***Sassy Gay Friend Comedy Show. Brian Gallivan, creator of and star of “Sassy Gay Friend” entertains with SGF stories and his own story of coming out. Los Angeles, CA. thru 10/01/10. http://www.secondcity.com/performances/detail/338/
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
On Display
to 10/23/10: Los Angeles, CA: Jeff Sheng’s Portraits of service men and women who pose in response to DADT. Kaycee Olsen Gallery. http://www.kayceeolsen.com/
The Los Angeles Times reports: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-dont-ask-photos-20100918,0,4371491.story?track=rss
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
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Also starring David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels.
***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
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. .
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
***My Trip Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan’s one-man autobiographical show. A recent Off-Broadway hit. www.mytripdownthepinkcarpet.com.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated frequently. www.glaad.org/tvgayed
***September/October: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***FRI: 10/01: Liza Minnelli talks about her new album, “Confessions” on Good Morning America. ABC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
10/04/10: Los Angeles, CA: Some Men, Terrence McNally’s play about the lives of gay men in America over 80 years in an all-star reading with Alan Cumming, John Glover, Luke MacFarlane, Jason Ritter, and Steven Weber. A benefit for 'Testimony,' a project of the Courage Campaign Institute. www.couragecampaign.org.
10/04/10: New York, NY: Broadway Takes The Runway. Carson Kressley and Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) hostan evening of song to benefit the Al D. Rodriguez Liver Foundation. Artists will be dressed by Broadway designers. www.AlDRodriguezLiverFoundation.com
10/05/10: New Haven, CT: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 4PM. Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
10/05/10: New York, NY: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. . 7PM. B&N Union Square. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/06/10: Boston, MA: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 7PM. Museum of Fine Arts. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
10/06/10: Boston, MA: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. Boston Public Library. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/07/10: Philadelphia, PA: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. . Free Library of Philadelphia. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/07/10-10/10/10: Los Angeles, CA: The World Goes Round, a benefit for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic. www.lagaycenter.org/worldgoesround.
10/07/10-10/09/10: Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.siglff.org
10/08/10-10/17/10: Provincetown, MA: Women’s Week. http://www.womeninnkeepers.com/womens_week.html
10/08/10: Los Angeles, CA: GLSEN Respect Awards, honoring “Modern Family”, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates. www.glsen.org.
10/08/10-10/09/10: Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Queer Studies Conference. lgbts@humnet.ucla.edu
10/08/10-10/10/10: Palm Desert, CA: Families in the Desert. Family Equality Council’s weekend for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_calendar
10/10/10: Washington, DC: COLAGE 20th Anniversary Event. COLAGE is the national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more LGBT parents. . http://www.colage.org/programs/events/20th.htm
10/11/10: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Touchdown
1. Question: Name this NFL running back, who is 1975, became one of the first professional athletes to come out. He was an All-American running back at The University of Washington, where he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers. He played pro-football from 1964 to 1972. Answer: David Kopay. Today, he is a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation. His 1977 biography, The David Kopay Story, was written with Perry Deane Young.
2. Question: Name this NFL offensive lineman with the New York Giants and later with the Washington Redskins during Super Bowl XVIII in 1984. In 1992, he came out on the Phil Donahue Show. Answer: Roy Simmons, whose autobiography, "Out of Bounds" (written with Damon DiMarco) detailed his drug addiction, prostitution, and promiscuity. Around 1997, he learned he was HIV+.
3. Question: Name this NFL defensive lineman, born of Samoan ancestry, and nicknamed "Mr. Aloha". He reached the Super Bowl in 1998 while playing with the Atlanta Falcons. He also played for the Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers during his career. He came out on HBO's "Real Sports" in 2002. Answer: Esera Tavai Tuaolo, who has since worked with the NFL to attempt to combat homophobia in the league and is a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation. Tuaolo's autobiography, "Alone In The Trenches: My Life As A Gay Man In The NFL", was released in 2006.
4. Question: Name this gay or bi football player who was a tight end for the NFL's Washington Redskins from 1965–1977. Sports Illustrated called him "an outstanding receiver among tight ends, with the ability to break open for a long gain." He was the first former professional football player to die of AIDS. Answer: Jerry Smith. Although he acknowledged that he had AIDS, he never publicly acknowledged his gay activities. Smith's sexuality was confirmed after his death by a former teammate, pro NFL football player David Kopay.
9/27: This Week’s Trivia Quiz: October Milestones
1. Question: Name this American celebrity, whose death from AIDS on October 2, 1985, brought international attention to the epidemic. Hint: One of his best friends stepped up to the arena to become the world’s leading HIV/AIDS fundraiser.
2. Question: Name this LGBT event, which began on October 11, 1988. Coincidentally, it’s also the birthday of a former First Lady, suspected of having a romantic relationship with another woman, a journalist. Their letters were made public on October 21, 1979.
3. Question: Name this international musician and composer who came out bisexual in Rolling Stone on October 7, 1975. He’s since revised his statement and identifies as gay.
4. Question: Name this gay man, the victim of a hate crime on October 6, 1998. (He died several days later). His murder, which inspired some important plays and films, launched a new era in the LGBT Rights Movement. His parents have taken on the cause.
5. Question: Name this actor and muse (born October 19, 1946) of American cinema’s most famous bad boy. The muse did her own stunt work as the world’s filthiest person and died shortly after winning mainstream approval as the mother of a chubby teen.
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. 38 September 27, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: September 27-October 3, 2010
thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary by David Sedaris. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
WED: 9/29: New York, NY: Tony Kushner speaks at a special exhibition of selected materials that celebrates the New York Public Library's opening of the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) records. 6:30pm. http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/tony-kushner-to-speak-at-gmhc-exhibition-at-nypl-s_30616.html
WED: 9/29: New York, NY: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade” in conversation with Honor Moore.. 6PM. New York Public Library South Court Auditorium. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
FRI: 10/01: Los Angeles, CA: The PFLAG LA Event. PFLAG’s first Los Angeles event at the London West Hollywood. www.pflag.org.
SAT-FRI: 10/02-10/08: Atlanta, GA: Out on Film. www.outonfilm.com
SAT: 10/02: Anaheim, CA: Youth Programs at Gay Days (at Disneyland). Programs for the under 21 set. www.gaydaysanahaeim.com.
SAT: 10/02: Charlotte, NC: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Southeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
SUN: 10/03: San Francisco, CA: Castro Street Fair. Street fair started by Harvey Milk. www.castrostreetfair.org
SUN: 10/03: Hauppauge, NY: Long Island GLBT Business and Life Expo. http://ligaly.org/content.php?pgID=453
Newsworthy:
DADT Bill Stalls in Senate. With Congress increasingly paralyzed by the partisan fury of the midterm elections, the Senate on 9/21/10 voted against taking up a major military bill that includes a provision allowing the repeal of the DADT policy regarding gay soldiers.
The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/us/politics/22cong.html?hp
Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/dadt-repeal-efforts-stall-as-senate-motion-to-proceed-fails.html
Russian Gay Rights Icon tells of his abduction. Nikolai Alekseyev was kidnapped by people he believes to be members of Russia’s security services. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/world/europe/21russia.html?_r=1&hpw
New York: A new, inclusive adoption law signed by governor David Paterson allows unmarried partners, including same-sex couples, to jointly adopt children. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/21/NY_Law_OKs_Unmarried_Partner_Adoption/
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Matt R. Salmon is up-and-coming in the Arizona GOP. He’s the youngest son of conservative Republican Matthew James Salmon, Mormon, and gay.The Phoenix New Times reports: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2010-09-16/news/over-the-rainbow-the-namesake-son-of-conservative-mormon-matt-salmon-wants-to-make-a-name-for-himself-in-republican-politics-only-he-s-gay/1/
Weddings, Civil Unions and Engagements:
Kelly McGillis, the actor, and partner Melanie Leis tied the knot on 9/15/10. The couple first met in 2000. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/fashion/weddings/15MCGILLIS.html?_r=1&ref=weddings
Awards and Honors:
2010 Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame Inductees. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/20/G_and_L_Hall_of_Fame_Honors_15/
In Memoriam:
Jill Johnston, author of “Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution” and a longtime cultural critic for The Village Voice died in 9/18/10 at age 81. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/arts/21johnston.html?hpw
Photo Shoots and Video
Coming Out: Jane Lynch talks about her coming out on “Ellen”. http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/watch-jane-lynch-tells-ellen-she-helped-her-come-out.html
Features
Coming Out: Profile: Rev. James Stoll, one of the first out ministers in America and gay rights pioneer. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/us/18beliefs.html?_r=1
Gay History Month LGBT Icons. Gay Rights Media chooses one a day for October 2010: http://gayrightsmedia.org/2010/on-the-2010-glbt-history-month-icons/
Laramie Revisited: Greg Pierotti takes a deeper look at “The Laramie Project” and “Laramie: 10 Years Later” and why the performances will resonate long after you leave the theater. (Editor’s Note: Tour dates listed in On-Stage listings). The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Theater/On_the_Road_With_Laramie_Sept_14_2010/
Don’t Enforce DADT. A New York Times editorial: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/opinion/17fri1.html?_r=3&ref=opinion
In Print:
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation. Edited by Kate Bornstein; S. Bear Bergman
Seal Press The result of its editors’ sense that in the fifteen years since the publication of Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us, a generation of transgendered, genderqueer, and gender nonconforming folks grew into their queer selves with the analytical toolbox that Kate Bornstein and other queer theorists—Judith Halberstam and Judith Butler are often cited as well—provided.
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary by David Sedaris. Little Brown and Company. A new collection of stories featuring animal characters.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart who plays an elderly actor and Knight’s mentor in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays to 10/04/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***Batt on a Hot Tin Roof. Bryan Batt (“Mad Men”) performs at Feinstein’s at the Regency. 10/03/10-10/04/10. www.feinsteinsattheregency.com
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch’s new play. Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***Joey Arias in Concert. The drag artist’s first New York concert in nearly a decade. Arias will channel Billy Holiday. 10/01/10-10/09/10. http://www.abronsartscenter.org/
***My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding. A new musical. Claire’s new job gives her the opportunity to discover her sexuality, rediscover her faith, and find the strength to come out to her teenage son, her ex-husband, and her homophobic mother. to 10/17/10. www.nymf.org
***Orlando. young man turned immortal woman still lives, now as a stage character in Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Woolf’s 1928 novel. to 10/07/10. www.classicstage.org.
Elsewhere...
***Carrie. Stephen King’s horror novel turned stage play. Erik Ransom will pull a gender-bending turn as the titular high school student with telekinetic powers. 10/02/10-11/07/10. Philadelphia, PA. http://www.bratproductions.org/
***Dear Harvey, a play with music about Harvey Milk, the gay rights activist. to 10/10/10. Hollywood, CA. www.plays411.com/dearharvey
***Gut Bucket Blues: The Legendary Bessie Smith. World premiere musical byDavid Bell about the raucous blueser with interest in the women. to 11/07/10. Atlanta, GA: http://truecolorstheatre.org/
***The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. The Tectonic Theater Project’s docudrama about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder. to 10/02/10, Boston, MA. 10/06/10-10/07/10, University Park, PA. http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html
***Sassy Gay Friend Comedy Show. Brian Gallivan, creator of and star of “Sassy Gay Friend” entertains with SGF stories and his own story of coming out. Los Angeles, CA. thru 10/01/10. http://www.secondcity.com/performances/detail/338/
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
On Display
to 10/23/10: Los Angeles, CA: Jeff Sheng’s Portraits of service men and women who pose in response to DADT. Kaycee Olsen Gallery. http://www.kayceeolsen.com/
The Los Angeles Times reports: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-dont-ask-photos-20100918,0,4371491.story?track=rss
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
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Also starring David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels.
***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
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. .
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
***My Trip Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan’s one-man autobiographical show. A recent Off-Broadway hit. www.mytripdownthepinkcarpet.com.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated frequently. www.glaad.org/tvgayed
***September/October: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***FRI: 10/01: Liza Minnelli talks about her new album, “Confessions” on Good Morning America. ABC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
10/04/10: Los Angeles, CA: Some Men, Terrence McNally’s play about the lives of gay men in America over 80 years in an all-star reading with Alan Cumming, John Glover, Luke MacFarlane, Jason Ritter, and Steven Weber. A benefit for 'Testimony,' a project of the Courage Campaign Institute. www.couragecampaign.org.
10/04/10: New York, NY: Broadway Takes The Runway. Carson Kressley and Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) hostan evening of song to benefit the Al D. Rodriguez Liver Foundation. Artists will be dressed by Broadway designers. www.AlDRodriguezLiverFoundation.com
10/05/10: New Haven, CT: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 4PM. Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
10/05/10: New York, NY: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. . 7PM. B&N Union Square. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/06/10: Boston, MA: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 7PM. Museum of Fine Arts. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
10/06/10: Boston, MA: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. Boston Public Library. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/07/10: Philadelphia, PA: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. . Free Library of Philadelphia. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/07/10-10/10/10: Los Angeles, CA: The World Goes Round, a benefit for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic. www.lagaycenter.org/worldgoesround.
10/07/10-10/09/10: Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.siglff.org
10/08/10-10/17/10: Provincetown, MA: Women’s Week. http://www.womeninnkeepers.com/womens_week.html
10/08/10: Los Angeles, CA: GLSEN Respect Awards, honoring “Modern Family”, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates. www.glsen.org.
10/08/10-10/09/10: Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Queer Studies Conference. lgbts@humnet.ucla.edu
10/08/10-10/10/10: Palm Desert, CA: Families in the Desert. Family Equality Council’s weekend for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_calendar
10/10/10: Washington, DC: COLAGE 20th Anniversary Event. COLAGE is the national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more LGBT parents. . http://www.colage.org/programs/events/20th.htm
10/11/10: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Touchdown
1. Question: Name this NFL running back, who is 1975, became one of the first professional athletes to come out. He was an All-American running back at The University of Washington, where he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers. He played pro-football from 1964 to 1972. Answer: David Kopay. Today, he is a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation. His 1977 biography, The David Kopay Story, was written with Perry Deane Young.
2. Question: Name this NFL offensive lineman with the New York Giants and later with the Washington Redskins during Super Bowl XVIII in 1984. In 1992, he came out on the Phil Donahue Show. Answer: Roy Simmons, whose autobiography, "Out of Bounds" (written with Damon DiMarco) detailed his drug addiction, prostitution, and promiscuity. Around 1997, he learned he was HIV+.
3. Question: Name this NFL defensive lineman, born of Samoan ancestry, and nicknamed "Mr. Aloha". He reached the Super Bowl in 1998 while playing with the Atlanta Falcons. He also played for the Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers during his career. He came out on HBO's "Real Sports" in 2002. Answer: Esera Tavai Tuaolo, who has since worked with the NFL to attempt to combat homophobia in the league and is a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation. Tuaolo's autobiography, "Alone In The Trenches: My Life As A Gay Man In The NFL", was released in 2006.
4. Question: Name this gay or bi football player who was a tight end for the NFL's Washington Redskins from 1965–1977. Sports Illustrated called him "an outstanding receiver among tight ends, with the ability to break open for a long gain." He was the first former professional football player to die of AIDS. Answer: Jerry Smith. Although he acknowledged that he had AIDS, he never publicly acknowledged his gay activities. Smith's sexuality was confirmed after his death by a former teammate, pro NFL football player David Kopay.
9/27: This Week’s Trivia Quiz: October Milestones
1. Question: Name this American celebrity, whose death from AIDS on October 2, 1985, brought international attention to the epidemic. Hint: One of his best friends stepped up to the arena to become the world’s leading HIV/AIDS fundraiser.
2. Question: Name this LGBT event, which began on October 11, 1988. Coincidentally, it’s also the birthday of a former First Lady, suspected of having a romantic relationship with another woman, a journalist. Their letters were made public on October 21, 1979.
3. Question: Name this international musician and composer who came out bisexual in Rolling Stone on October 7, 1975. He’s since revised his statement and identifies as gay.
4. Question: Name this gay man, the victim of a hate crime on October 6, 1998. (He died several days later). His murder, which inspired some important plays and films, launched a new era in the LGBT Rights Movement. His parents have taken on the cause.
5. Question: Name this actor and muse (born October 19, 1946) of American cinema’s most famous bad boy. The muse did her own stunt work as the world’s filthiest person and died shortly after winning mainstream approval as the mother of a chubby teen.
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, September 15, 2010
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 9/20/10
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 37 September 20, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: September 20-26, 2010
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
MON: 9/20: Huntington, NY: Patti LuPone, Broadway diva, signs copies of her new memoir. 7PM. Book Revue, New York Ave.
TUE: 9/21: New York, NY: Tim Gunn, star of "Project Runway" signing copies of his new book “Gunn’s Golden Rules”. 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Warren Street. Also: WED: 9/22: Huntington, NY: 7PM. Book Revue, New York Avenue.
TUE: 9/21: San Francisco, CA: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 4PM. Hormel Center Reading Room, San Francisco Public Library. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
WED-SAT: 9/22-9/25: San Diego, CA: Gay and Lesbian Medical Association 28th Annual Conference. www.glma.org
THU-SAT: 9/23-9/25: Syracuse, NY: Transnationalizing LGBT Studies Conference. Syracuse University LGBT Studies Program. http://www.transnationalizinglgbt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=58
THU-SUN: 9/23-9/26: Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival, 5th annual presentation of works by Williams and those influenced by him. www.twptown.org
FRI: 9/24: Los Angeles, CA: Alison Arngrim, star of "Little House of the Prairie" signing copies of her new book “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch”. 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Grove Drive.
FRI: 9/24: Tulsa, OK: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
SAT-SUN: 9/25-9/26: Dallas, TX:.Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS. a two-day, 165-mile fully-supported cycling event through north Texas. The ride raises money for 3 north Texas organizations serving people impacted by HIV/AIDS. www.lonestarride.org
SAT-SUN: 9/25-9/26: Washington, DC: 2010 OUT for Work LGBTQA National College Student Career Conference. http://www.outforwork.org/conferences/2010/national/default.asp
SAT: 9/25: Pipersville, PA: Bucks County Cabaret, John Lloyd Young, Tony Award winning star of "Jersey Boys" headlines this benefit for amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. www.amfar.org.
SAT: 9/25: Los Angeles, CA: Point Foundation Gala honoring Alan Cumming and Brittany Snow. The organization is the nation's largest scholarship-granting group for LGBT students of merit. www.pointfoundation.org
SUN: 9/26: New York, NY: The 24th Annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. www.broadwaycares.org.
SUN: 9/26: New York, NY: The Wedding March. Marriage Equality New York’s 7th annual equality event. A march over the Brooklyn Bridge. http://www.meny.us/march.php
SUN: 9/26: New York, NY: GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising. .honoring individuals and projects in the advertising and marketing industries for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of theLGBT community.http://www.glaad.org/events
Newsworthy:
DADT Ruled Unconstitutional: A federal judge in Southern California on 9/02/10 declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional. AmericaBlog Gay reports: http://gay.americablog.com/2010/09/breaking-judge-rules-dadt-is.html
A DADT Ruling Analysis: Towleroad analyzes the ruling: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/dont-ask-dont-tell-unconstitutional.html
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) intends to schedule a vote next week on major defense budget legislation that contains “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal language, regardless of any objection from members of the U.S. Senate. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/09/13/reid-to-schedule-dont-ask-vote-next-week/
GLSEN Study: 9 of 10 LGBT Youth face harassment at school. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/study-9-of-10-lgbt-students-face-harassment-at-school.html
Another Teen Suicide after anti-gay bullying. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/indiana-teen-commits-suicide-after-anti-gay-bullying-at-school.html
Election Recaps: Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/cicilline-wins-in-ri-stachowski-loses-in-ny-odonnell-wins-in-de.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Ryan Buell, host of A&E’s “Paranormal State”, has come out as bisexual. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/14/A_and_E_Host_Comes_Out_as_Bi/
Monica Marquez will be the first lesbian and the first Latina to sit on the Colorado supreme court, Gov. Bill Ritter announced 9/08/10. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/09/Colo_Gov_OKs_Lesbian_Latina_Supreme_Court_Justice/
In Memoriam:
Brian C. Smith, the South Florida theatre pioneer, died 9/07/10 at age 70. The Miami Herald reports: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/08/1813902/brian-c-smith-south-florida-theater.html
Seymour Pine, the deputy police inspector who led the raid on the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village gay bar in 1969 (a moment that helped start the gay liberation movement), died 9/02/10, at age 91. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/nyregion/08pine.html?_r=1&hpw
Virginia B. Smith, a lawyer and economist who helped shape the contours of higher education as president of Vassar College, as a high public official in Washington and as a member of influential private research groups, died on 8/27/10 at age 87. Ms. Smith is survived by her partner of 57 years, Florence Oaks. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/education/08smith.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=vassar&st=cse
Features
Coming Out: Audio: “Outing 20 Year Later”. Michelangelo Signorile’s panel at the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association Convention. http://www.signorile.com/2010/09/audio-outing-20-years-later.html
The New “Gay”. Polyamorists in Canada are seeking legitimacy for consensual, familial relationships between non-related adults... a lot of them. Or, at least, more than the usual two. EDGE on the net reports: http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc&sc2=news&sc3&id=110153
TR Knight talks Broadway. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/142893-PLAYBILLCOMS-BRIEF-ENCOUNTER-With-TR-Knight
Profile: Nate Berkus, stylist turned talk-show host. New York Magazine talks with him about his relationship with Oprah, his new show, and about the loss of his boyfriend in the tsunami and his public coming out. http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/09/oprah_designer_nate_berkus_i_f.html
In Print:
Why Are You Telling Me This?: Christopher Isherwood's Commonplace Book. Edited by Don Bachardy (Isherwood's partner) and James P. White. Alyson Books. Christopher Isherwood's (Berlin Stories, the basis for Cabaret) written record of personal reading. An annotated list of readings selected during the last forty-five years of his life. Among the works excerpted are novels, essays, and letters by Saint Augustine, Oscar Wilde, Leo Tolstoy, Henry James, Marcel Proust, E.M. Forster, Federico García Lorca, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Chandler, Tennessee Williams, Shirley Jackson, Ian Fleming, Andy Warhol, and John Lennon.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
Fall Guide to Broadway from BroadwayWorld.com: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BroadwayWorlds_2010_Fall_Season_Guide_is_Here_20100909
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart who plays an elderly actor and Knight’s mentor in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Both parts of the play, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, will alternate in repertory from this first preview. thru 2/20/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays to 10/04/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***Brief Encounter, a multimedia revival of gay Noel Coward’s play. thru 12/05/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch’s new play. Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***Orlando. young man turned immortal woman still lives, now as a stage character in Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Woolf’s 1928 novel. to 10/07/10. www.classicstage.org.
***Paulo Szot, out opera star, makes his New York cabaret debut at The Carlyle. to 9/25/10. 212-744-1600.
***Z Chromosome. A new theatre piece from drag artist Joey Arias and puppeteer Basil Twist. Theirry Mugler designs. to 10/09/10. http://www.abronsartscenter.org/
Elsewhere...
***Jerry Springer the Opera, the West Coast premiere of the opera about Jerry’s colorful guests. thru 10/16/10. San Francisco, CA. www.roltheatre.com
***The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. The Tectonic Theater Project’s docudrama about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder. to 10/02/10, Boston, MA. http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html
***Sassy Gay Friend Comedy Show. Brian Gallivan of The Second City Comedy comedy troupe, creator of and star of “Sassy Gay Friend” entertains with SGF stories and his own story of coming out. Los Angeles, CA. thru October. http://www.secondcity.com/performances/detail/338/
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
***Transfiguration: Transgressing Gender in The Bible. Activist Peterson Toscano finds gay Biblical people. 9/23/10, Berkeley, CA. http://www.petersontoscano.com/Schedule
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...
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Also starring David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels.
***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
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
***My Trip Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan’s one-man autobiographical show. A recent Off-Broadway hit. www.mytripdownthepinkcarpet.com.
***The Pirates of Penzance. Gilbert & Sullivan reinterperted by Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, Angela Lansbury and Rex Smith.
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
***September: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***MON: 9/20: Dancing With The Stars season premiere starring Margaret Cho amongst others. Cast pairings: http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/margaret-cho-maksim-chmerkovskiy-florence-henderso_30076.html. 8PM. ABC.
***TUE: 9/21: Glee season premiere. 8PM ET. Fox.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
9/28/10-12/02/10: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary by David Sedaris. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
10/01/10: Los Angeles, CA: The PFLAG LA Event. PFLAG’s first Los Angeles event at the London West Hollywood. www.pflag.org.
10/02/10-10/08/10: Atlanta, GA: Out on Film. www.outonfilm.com
10/02/10: Anaheim, CA: Youth Programs at Gay Days (at Disneyland). Programs for the under 21 set. www.gaydaysanahaeim.com.
10/02/10: Charlotte, NC: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Southeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
10/03/10: San Francisco, CA: Castro Street Fair. Street fair started by Harvey Milk.
www.castrostreetfair.org
10/04/10: New York, NY: Broadway Takes The Runway. Carson Kressley and Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) hostan evening of song to benefit the Al D. Rodriguez Liver Foundation. Artists will be dressed by Broadway designers. www.AlDRodriguezLiverFoundation.com
10/07/10-10/10/10: Los Angeles, CA: The World Goes Round, a benefit for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic. www.lagaycenter.org/worldgoesround.
10/07/10-10/09/10: Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.siglff.org
10/08/10-10/09/10: Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Queer Studies Conference. lgbts@humnet.ucla.edu
10/08/10-10/10/10: Palm Desert, CA: Families in the Desert. Family Equality Council’s weekend for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_calendar
10/11/10: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Glee
1. Question: Name the film that “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy wrote and directed which was based on an out author’s experiences growing up with a crazy family in a town known for being a major lesbian community. Answer: Running with Scissors, based on Augusten Burroughs’ memoir about growing up in Northampton, MA.
2. Question: Which “Glee” star made his Broadway debut as a John Waters hero, got a Tony nomination for a role performed in Italian in an American musical, and learned that prejudice is learned and not innate in a Broadway musical. Answer: Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester), who starred as Link in “Hairspray”; as the non-English speaking Fabrizio Nacarelli in “The Light on The Piazza” and as Lt. Cable in Lincoln Center’s “South Pacific”.
3. Question: Which “Glee” star, currently on the London stage in a gay-themed thriller, became famous portraying a sex-crazed post-winter teen on Broadway and is a major activist for Broadway Impact, the group of Broadway and Hollywood folks fighting for LGBT equality. Answer: Jonathan Groff (Jesse St. James), currently starring in “Deathtrap” in London (in the Christopher Reeve part). He became famous after starring in “Spring Awakening”.
4. Question: Name this out “Glee” star, recently married to her partner just north of the town in Question #1. Seen in “The L Word”, she was named as one of POWER UP's "10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz” in 2005. Answer: Jane Lynch, who plays Sue Sylvester.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Touchdown
1. Question: Name this NFL running back, who is 1975, became one of the first professional athletes to come out. He was an All-American running back at The University of Washington, where he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers. He played pro-football from 1964 to 1972.
2. Question: Name this NFL offensive lineman with the New York Giants and later with the Washington Redskins during Super Bowl XVIII in 1984. In 1992, he came out on the Phil Donahue Show.
3. Question: Name this NFL defensive lineman, born of Samoan ancestry, and nicknamed "Mr. Aloha". He reached the Super Bowl in 1998 while playing with the Atlanta Falcons. He also played for the Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers during his career. He came out on HBO's "Real Sports" in 2002.
4. Question: Name this gay or bi football player who was a tight end for the NFL's Washington Redskins from 1965–1977. Sports Illustrated called him "an outstanding receiver among tight ends, with the ability to break open for a long gain." He was the first former professional football player to die of AIDS.
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Volume 13 No. 37 September 20, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: September 20-26, 2010
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
MON: 9/20: Huntington, NY: Patti LuPone, Broadway diva, signs copies of her new memoir. 7PM. Book Revue, New York Ave.
TUE: 9/21: New York, NY: Tim Gunn, star of "Project Runway" signing copies of his new book “Gunn’s Golden Rules”. 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Warren Street. Also: WED: 9/22: Huntington, NY: 7PM. Book Revue, New York Avenue.
TUE: 9/21: San Francisco, CA: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 4PM. Hormel Center Reading Room, San Francisco Public Library. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
WED-SAT: 9/22-9/25: San Diego, CA: Gay and Lesbian Medical Association 28th Annual Conference. www.glma.org
THU-SAT: 9/23-9/25: Syracuse, NY: Transnationalizing LGBT Studies Conference. Syracuse University LGBT Studies Program. http://www.transnationalizinglgbt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=58
THU-SUN: 9/23-9/26: Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival, 5th annual presentation of works by Williams and those influenced by him. www.twptown.org
FRI: 9/24: Los Angeles, CA: Alison Arngrim, star of "Little House of the Prairie" signing copies of her new book “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch”. 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Grove Drive.
FRI: 9/24: Tulsa, OK: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
SAT-SUN: 9/25-9/26: Dallas, TX:.Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS. a two-day, 165-mile fully-supported cycling event through north Texas. The ride raises money for 3 north Texas organizations serving people impacted by HIV/AIDS. www.lonestarride.org
SAT-SUN: 9/25-9/26: Washington, DC: 2010 OUT for Work LGBTQA National College Student Career Conference. http://www.outforwork.org/conferences/2010/national/default.asp
SAT: 9/25: Pipersville, PA: Bucks County Cabaret, John Lloyd Young, Tony Award winning star of "Jersey Boys" headlines this benefit for amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. www.amfar.org.
SAT: 9/25: Los Angeles, CA: Point Foundation Gala honoring Alan Cumming and Brittany Snow. The organization is the nation's largest scholarship-granting group for LGBT students of merit. www.pointfoundation.org
SUN: 9/26: New York, NY: The 24th Annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. www.broadwaycares.org.
SUN: 9/26: New York, NY: The Wedding March. Marriage Equality New York’s 7th annual equality event. A march over the Brooklyn Bridge. http://www.meny.us/march.php
SUN: 9/26: New York, NY: GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising. .honoring individuals and projects in the advertising and marketing industries for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of theLGBT community.http://www.glaad.org/events
Newsworthy:
DADT Ruled Unconstitutional: A federal judge in Southern California on 9/02/10 declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional. AmericaBlog Gay reports: http://gay.americablog.com/2010/09/breaking-judge-rules-dadt-is.html
A DADT Ruling Analysis: Towleroad analyzes the ruling: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/dont-ask-dont-tell-unconstitutional.html
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) intends to schedule a vote next week on major defense budget legislation that contains “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal language, regardless of any objection from members of the U.S. Senate. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/09/13/reid-to-schedule-dont-ask-vote-next-week/
GLSEN Study: 9 of 10 LGBT Youth face harassment at school. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/study-9-of-10-lgbt-students-face-harassment-at-school.html
Another Teen Suicide after anti-gay bullying. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/indiana-teen-commits-suicide-after-anti-gay-bullying-at-school.html
Election Recaps: Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/cicilline-wins-in-ri-stachowski-loses-in-ny-odonnell-wins-in-de.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Ryan Buell, host of A&E’s “Paranormal State”, has come out as bisexual. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/14/A_and_E_Host_Comes_Out_as_Bi/
Monica Marquez will be the first lesbian and the first Latina to sit on the Colorado supreme court, Gov. Bill Ritter announced 9/08/10. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/09/Colo_Gov_OKs_Lesbian_Latina_Supreme_Court_Justice/
In Memoriam:
Brian C. Smith, the South Florida theatre pioneer, died 9/07/10 at age 70. The Miami Herald reports: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/08/1813902/brian-c-smith-south-florida-theater.html
Seymour Pine, the deputy police inspector who led the raid on the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village gay bar in 1969 (a moment that helped start the gay liberation movement), died 9/02/10, at age 91. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/nyregion/08pine.html?_r=1&hpw
Virginia B. Smith, a lawyer and economist who helped shape the contours of higher education as president of Vassar College, as a high public official in Washington and as a member of influential private research groups, died on 8/27/10 at age 87. Ms. Smith is survived by her partner of 57 years, Florence Oaks. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/education/08smith.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=vassar&st=cse
Features
Coming Out: Audio: “Outing 20 Year Later”. Michelangelo Signorile’s panel at the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association Convention. http://www.signorile.com/2010/09/audio-outing-20-years-later.html
The New “Gay”. Polyamorists in Canada are seeking legitimacy for consensual, familial relationships between non-related adults... a lot of them. Or, at least, more than the usual two. EDGE on the net reports: http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc&sc2=news&sc3&id=110153
TR Knight talks Broadway. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/142893-PLAYBILLCOMS-BRIEF-ENCOUNTER-With-TR-Knight
Profile: Nate Berkus, stylist turned talk-show host. New York Magazine talks with him about his relationship with Oprah, his new show, and about the loss of his boyfriend in the tsunami and his public coming out. http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/09/oprah_designer_nate_berkus_i_f.html
In Print:
Why Are You Telling Me This?: Christopher Isherwood's Commonplace Book. Edited by Don Bachardy (Isherwood's partner) and James P. White. Alyson Books. Christopher Isherwood's (Berlin Stories, the basis for Cabaret) written record of personal reading. An annotated list of readings selected during the last forty-five years of his life. Among the works excerpted are novels, essays, and letters by Saint Augustine, Oscar Wilde, Leo Tolstoy, Henry James, Marcel Proust, E.M. Forster, Federico García Lorca, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Chandler, Tennessee Williams, Shirley Jackson, Ian Fleming, Andy Warhol, and John Lennon.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
Fall Guide to Broadway from BroadwayWorld.com: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BroadwayWorlds_2010_Fall_Season_Guide_is_Here_20100909
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart who plays an elderly actor and Knight’s mentor in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Both parts of the play, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, will alternate in repertory from this first preview. thru 2/20/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays to 10/04/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***Brief Encounter, a multimedia revival of gay Noel Coward’s play. thru 12/05/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch’s new play. Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***Orlando. young man turned immortal woman still lives, now as a stage character in Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Woolf’s 1928 novel. to 10/07/10. www.classicstage.org.
***Paulo Szot, out opera star, makes his New York cabaret debut at The Carlyle. to 9/25/10. 212-744-1600.
***Z Chromosome. A new theatre piece from drag artist Joey Arias and puppeteer Basil Twist. Theirry Mugler designs. to 10/09/10. http://www.abronsartscenter.org/
Elsewhere...
***Jerry Springer the Opera, the West Coast premiere of the opera about Jerry’s colorful guests. thru 10/16/10. San Francisco, CA. www.roltheatre.com
***The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. The Tectonic Theater Project’s docudrama about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder. to 10/02/10, Boston, MA. http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html
***Sassy Gay Friend Comedy Show. Brian Gallivan of The Second City Comedy comedy troupe, creator of and star of “Sassy Gay Friend” entertains with SGF stories and his own story of coming out. Los Angeles, CA. thru October. http://www.secondcity.com/performances/detail/338/
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
***Transfiguration: Transgressing Gender in The Bible. Activist Peterson Toscano finds gay Biblical people. 9/23/10, Berkeley, CA. http://www.petersontoscano.com/Schedule
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...
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Also starring David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels.
***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
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
***My Trip Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan’s one-man autobiographical show. A recent Off-Broadway hit. www.mytripdownthepinkcarpet.com.
***The Pirates of Penzance. Gilbert & Sullivan reinterperted by Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, Angela Lansbury and Rex Smith.
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
***September: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***MON: 9/20: Dancing With The Stars season premiere starring Margaret Cho amongst others. Cast pairings: http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/margaret-cho-maksim-chmerkovskiy-florence-henderso_30076.html. 8PM. ABC.
***TUE: 9/21: Glee season premiere. 8PM ET. Fox.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
9/28/10-12/02/10: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary by David Sedaris. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
10/01/10: Los Angeles, CA: The PFLAG LA Event. PFLAG’s first Los Angeles event at the London West Hollywood. www.pflag.org.
10/02/10-10/08/10: Atlanta, GA: Out on Film. www.outonfilm.com
10/02/10: Anaheim, CA: Youth Programs at Gay Days (at Disneyland). Programs for the under 21 set. www.gaydaysanahaeim.com.
10/02/10: Charlotte, NC: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Southeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
10/03/10: San Francisco, CA: Castro Street Fair. Street fair started by Harvey Milk.
www.castrostreetfair.org
10/04/10: New York, NY: Broadway Takes The Runway. Carson Kressley and Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) hostan evening of song to benefit the Al D. Rodriguez Liver Foundation. Artists will be dressed by Broadway designers. www.AlDRodriguezLiverFoundation.com
10/07/10-10/10/10: Los Angeles, CA: The World Goes Round, a benefit for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic. www.lagaycenter.org/worldgoesround.
10/07/10-10/09/10: Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.siglff.org
10/08/10-10/09/10: Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Queer Studies Conference. lgbts@humnet.ucla.edu
10/08/10-10/10/10: Palm Desert, CA: Families in the Desert. Family Equality Council’s weekend for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_calendar
10/11/10: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Glee
1. Question: Name the film that “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy wrote and directed which was based on an out author’s experiences growing up with a crazy family in a town known for being a major lesbian community. Answer: Running with Scissors, based on Augusten Burroughs’ memoir about growing up in Northampton, MA.
2. Question: Which “Glee” star made his Broadway debut as a John Waters hero, got a Tony nomination for a role performed in Italian in an American musical, and learned that prejudice is learned and not innate in a Broadway musical. Answer: Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester), who starred as Link in “Hairspray”; as the non-English speaking Fabrizio Nacarelli in “The Light on The Piazza” and as Lt. Cable in Lincoln Center’s “South Pacific”.
3. Question: Which “Glee” star, currently on the London stage in a gay-themed thriller, became famous portraying a sex-crazed post-winter teen on Broadway and is a major activist for Broadway Impact, the group of Broadway and Hollywood folks fighting for LGBT equality. Answer: Jonathan Groff (Jesse St. James), currently starring in “Deathtrap” in London (in the Christopher Reeve part). He became famous after starring in “Spring Awakening”.
4. Question: Name this out “Glee” star, recently married to her partner just north of the town in Question #1. Seen in “The L Word”, she was named as one of POWER UP's "10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz” in 2005. Answer: Jane Lynch, who plays Sue Sylvester.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Touchdown
1. Question: Name this NFL running back, who is 1975, became one of the first professional athletes to come out. He was an All-American running back at The University of Washington, where he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers. He played pro-football from 1964 to 1972.
2. Question: Name this NFL offensive lineman with the New York Giants and later with the Washington Redskins during Super Bowl XVIII in 1984. In 1992, he came out on the Phil Donahue Show.
3. Question: Name this NFL defensive lineman, born of Samoan ancestry, and nicknamed "Mr. Aloha". He reached the Super Bowl in 1998 while playing with the Atlanta Falcons. He also played for the Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers during his career. He came out on HBO's "Real Sports" in 2002.
4. Question: Name this gay or bi football player who was a tight end for the NFL's Washington Redskins from 1965–1977. Sports Illustrated called him "an outstanding receiver among tight ends, with the ability to break open for a long gain." He was the first former professional football player to die of AIDS.
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/
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 9/13/10
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 36 September 13, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
The Fine Print
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Subscription Information: This newsletter is available via free email subscription only. Our mailing list is confidential.
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: September 13-19, 2010
Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.org
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
MON: 9/13: New York, NY: Fight Back NY Benefit, to raise money to take on senators who voted against marriage equality. Among those involved: Charles Busch, Alan Cumming, Judy Gold, Cheyenne Jackson, Cherry Jones, Moises Kaufman, Terrence McNally, Anne Meara, Cynthia Nixon, Rosie O'Donnell, Sarah Paulson, and Jerry Stiller.
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6164/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=18738
MON: 9/13: Chicago, IL: Tim Gunn, star of "Project Runway" signing copies of his new book “Gunn’s Golden Rules”. 7PM. Borders Books, North Michigan Ave. Also: TUE: 9/14/10: Bloomington, MN: 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Mall of America. Also: THU: 9/16: Los Angeles, CA: 7PM. Borders Books, Santa Monica Blvd.
MON: 9/13: Decatur, GA: Patti LuPone, Broadway diva, signs copies of her new memoir. 1PM. Agnes Scott College. Also: THU: 9/16: New York, NY: 7:30PM. Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Triangle.
WED-SUN: 9/15-9/19: Fresno, CA: Fresno Reel Pride LGBT Film Festival.
www.reelpride.com
WED: 9/15: New York, NY: Panel: Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child with author Michael C. LaSala and mother and son PFLAG Guests. Barnes & Noble, Broadway at 82nd. Free. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/readers/events/08/16/lee-houck-reads-bn-82st-97-nyc/
THU: 9/16: New York, NY: Out to Work: The LGBT Job Fair. http://gaycenter.org/community/outtowork
THU: 9/16: Baltimore, MD: John Waters, American filmmaker , writer, and bad boy of American cinema (“Hairspray”, “Pink Flamingos”, “Serial Mom”, reads and signs from his new book “Role Models”.7PM. Barnes & Noble, Johns Hopkins.
THU: 9/16: Philadelphia, PA: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 5:30PM. Giovanni’s Room Books. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
SAT: 9/18: St. Louis, MO: OUT at the Ballpark. Pride St. Louis invites folks to cheer on the St. Louis Cardinals against the San Diego Padres. www.pridestl.org/outattheballpark
SUN: 9/19: Springfield/Agawam, MA: Out in the Park. unofficial gay day at Six Flags New England. www.outinthepark.com
SUN: 9/19: New York, NY: Victory Fund New York Brunch. Featuring Congressman Barney Frank, New York City Council President Christine Quinn, President of the Victory Fund Chuck Wolfe and emcee Alec Mapa. http://www.victoryfund.org/about_us/events/id:73
Newsworthy:
Massachusetts: A Springfield Catholic high school athletic director was forced out of her job after she and her partner married. MassLive reports: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/springfield_cathedral_high_sch.html
Awards and Honors:
2010 Kennedy Center Honorees: Jerry Herman, Bill T. Joners, Merle Haggard, Paul McCartney and Oprah Winfrey. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142717-Jerry-Herman-Bill-T-Jones-Oprah-Winfrey-and-More-Are-2010-Kennedy-Center-Honorees
In Memoriam:
Terry Kuseske, out Kalamazoo, MI city commissioner, died on 9/02/10 at age 61. MLive reports: http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/09/city_commissioner_succumbs_to.html
Martin Gapshis, an openly gay Chicago business owner and philanthropist, has died. He was 63. The Windy City Times reports: http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=28199
Glenn Shadix, a gay character actor who appeared in more than 70 films and TV shows including Beetlejuice and Planet of the Apes, died 9/07/10 at age 58. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/07/Gay_Character_Actor_Glenn_Shadix_Dies/
Photo Shoots and Video
Photos: Dancing With The Stars rehearsals from BroadwayWorld.com. http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Flash_Dancing_with_the_Stars_Reveals_Rehearsal_Photos_20100902
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Flash_Dancing_with_the_Stars_Reveals_Portrait_Photos_20100906
Features
Coming Out: Coming Out Over and Over. A brain-damaged teen keeps coming out to his mom; she’s in a same-sex relationship. Salon reports: http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2010/08/31/brain_injury_son_coming_out_open2010/index.html
Coming Out: Becoming Miles: The Journey of Changing Sexes. Sarah Reynolds reports on Megan’s corageous transformation to Miles for NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129631536&sc=fb&cc=fp
In Print:
The Most Anticipated LGBT Books with Fall 2010 Release Dates. From Lambda Literary Foundation. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/oped/09/01/most-anticipated-lgbt-books-fall-2010/
Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making It Work, by Tim Gunn. Gallery Books. Project Runway mentor Tim Gunn makes surprising revelations about his celibate life and his homophobic father who served as a ghostwriter for FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
Patti LuPone: A Memoir by Patti LuPone. Harmony Books. An autobiography by the Tony Award-winning actress who starred in “Evita” and “Gypsy” on Broadway, “Life Goes On” on TV and is a straight ally of the LGBT community.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
Broadway Fall Season Preview from Playbill.com: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142321-FALL-2010-BROADWAY-SEASON-PREVIEW-Shows-on-the-Verge
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Both parts of the play, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, will alternate in repertory from this first preview. Frank Wood (Roy Cohn), Zoe Kazan, Christian Borle star. thru 1/30/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays to 10/04/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***Brief Encounter, a multimedia revival of gay Noel Coward’s play. thru 12/05/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch’s new play. Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Vintage George Bernard Shaw starring out Cherry Jones. to 11/21/10. http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/aat/
***Paulo Szot, out opera star, makes his New York cabaret debut at The Carlyle. to 9/25/10. 212-744-1600.
Elsewhere...
***Don’t Ask. A drama from Bill Quigley about a reckless US private in Iraq who gets involved in a dangerous affair with his superior officer. to 9/19/10. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
***I Can See Sarah Palin from my Window. World premiere of gay activist and performance artist Peterson Toscano’s new solo piece. 9/18/10, Allentown, PA. http://www.petersontoscano.com/Schedule
***Jerry Springer the Opera, the West Coast premiere of the opera about Jerry’s colorful guests. thru 10/16/10. San Francisco, CA. www.roltheatre.com
***The Picture of Dorian Gray, an Oscar Wilde classic. thru 9/19/10. San Francisco, CA. www.therhino.org.
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...
***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.
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***My Trip Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan’s one-man autobiographical show. A recent Off-Broadway hit. www.mytripdownthepinkcarpet.com.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated frequently. www.glaad.org/tvgayed
***September: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.org
9/22/10-9/25/10: San Diego, CA: Gay and Lesbian Medical Association 28th Annual Conference. www.glma.org
9/23/10-9/25/10: Syracuse, NY: Transnationalizing LGBT Studies Conference. Syracuse University LGBT Studies Program. http://www.transnationalizinglgbt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=58
9/23/10-9/26/10: Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival, 5th annual presentation of works by Williams and those influenced by him. www.twptown.org
9/25/10-9/26/10: Dallas, TX:.Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS. a two-day, 165-mile fully-supported cycling event through north Texas. The ride raises money for 3 north Texas organizations serving people impacted by HIV/AIDS. www.lonestarride.org
9/25/10-9/26/10: Washington, DC: 2010 OUT for Work LGBTQA National College Student Career Conference. http://www.outforwork.org/conferences/2010/national/default.asp
9/25/10: Los Angeles, CA: Point Foundation Gala honoring Alan Cumming and Brittany Snow. The organization is the nation's largest scholarship-granting group for LGBT students of merit. www.pointfoundation.org
9/26/10: New York, NY: The 24th Annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. www.broadwaycares.org.
9/26/10: New York, NY: The Wedding March. Marriage Equality New York’s 7th annual equality event. A march over the Brooklyn Bridge. http://www.meny.us/march.php
9/26/10: New York, NY: GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising. .honoring individuals and projects in the advertising and marketing industries for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of theLGBT community.http://www.glaad.org/events
9/28/10-12/02/10: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary by David Sedaris. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT Jews
It’s the Jewish High Holidays season. How many of these LGBT Jews who have made important contributions to the community can you name ?
1. Question: Name this Pulitzer-Prize winning Jewish playwright and screenwriter. His most famous play (which was adapted into a successful film) returns to Broadway this month. He’s known for his film about an Olympic massacre, an adaptation of a Yiddish classic, and an autobiographical musical about growing up in Louisiana. Answer: Tony Kushner, whose epic drama “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes” is now playing in New York. He wrote the screen play to “Munich”, an adapatation of “The Dybbuk” and “Caroline, or Change”. His newest work, “The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to The Scriptures” opens in New York in 2011.
2. Question: Name this Jewish professional tennis player, author, and doctor, who was denied entry into the US Open when she came out as transgender. The New York Supreme Court ruled in her favor, which was a landmark decision in favor of transgender rights. Answer: Renee Richards.
3. Question: Name this our Jewish photographer who first made a splash photographing celebrity musicians for Rolling Stone. She later moved on to Vanity Fair. Her work has been exhibited internationally. In 2007, she photographed Queen Elizabeth II in the stylish portfolio she’s used for movie stars, culture makers, and celebrities. Answer: Annie Leibovitz.
4. Question: Name this out Jewish American poet who defined the “Beat” generation of the 1950’s. He was vigorously opposed to miltarism, materialism and sexual repression. A film about him and his famous poem debuts this month. Answer: Allen Ginsberg, author of “Howl” which opens with James Franco this month.
5. Question: Name this out Jewish-American singer/songwriter who shares a name with a popular TV character. He is believed to be the first out R&B and pop singer to be out from the beginning of his careeer. He started as a child vocalist and he’s a Yalie. Answer: Ari Gold (not of “Entourage”).
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: “Glee”
1. Question: Name the film that “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy wrote and directed which was based on an out author’s experiences growing up with a crazy family in a town known for being a major lesbian community.
2. Question: Which “Glee” star made his Broadway debut as a John Waters hero, got a Tony nomination for a role performed in Italian in an American musical, and learned that prejudice is learned and not innate in a Broadway musical.
3. Question: Which “Glee” star, currently on the London stage in a gay-themed thriller, became famous portraying a sex-crazed post-winter teen on Broadway and is a major activist for Broadway Impact, the group of Broadway and Hollywood folks fighting for LGBT equality.
4. Question: Name this out “Glee” star, recently married to her partner just north of the town in Question #1. Seen in “The L Word”, she was named as one of POWER UP's "10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz” in 2005.
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. 36 September 13, 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: September 13-19, 2010
Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.org
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
MON: 9/13: New York, NY: Fight Back NY Benefit, to raise money to take on senators who voted against marriage equality. Among those involved: Charles Busch, Alan Cumming, Judy Gold, Cheyenne Jackson, Cherry Jones, Moises Kaufman, Terrence McNally, Anne Meara, Cynthia Nixon, Rosie O'Donnell, Sarah Paulson, and Jerry Stiller.
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6164/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=18738
MON: 9/13: Chicago, IL: Tim Gunn, star of "Project Runway" signing copies of his new book “Gunn’s Golden Rules”. 7PM. Borders Books, North Michigan Ave. Also: TUE: 9/14/10: Bloomington, MN: 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Mall of America. Also: THU: 9/16: Los Angeles, CA: 7PM. Borders Books, Santa Monica Blvd.
MON: 9/13: Decatur, GA: Patti LuPone, Broadway diva, signs copies of her new memoir. 1PM. Agnes Scott College. Also: THU: 9/16: New York, NY: 7:30PM. Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Triangle.
WED-SUN: 9/15-9/19: Fresno, CA: Fresno Reel Pride LGBT Film Festival.
www.reelpride.com
WED: 9/15: New York, NY: Panel: Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child with author Michael C. LaSala and mother and son PFLAG Guests. Barnes & Noble, Broadway at 82nd. Free. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/readers/events/08/16/lee-houck-reads-bn-82st-97-nyc/
THU: 9/16: New York, NY: Out to Work: The LGBT Job Fair. http://gaycenter.org/community/outtowork
THU: 9/16: Baltimore, MD: John Waters, American filmmaker , writer, and bad boy of American cinema (“Hairspray”, “Pink Flamingos”, “Serial Mom”, reads and signs from his new book “Role Models”.7PM. Barnes & Noble, Johns Hopkins.
THU: 9/16: Philadelphia, PA: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 5:30PM. Giovanni’s Room Books. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
SAT: 9/18: St. Louis, MO: OUT at the Ballpark. Pride St. Louis invites folks to cheer on the St. Louis Cardinals against the San Diego Padres. www.pridestl.org/outattheballpark
SUN: 9/19: Springfield/Agawam, MA: Out in the Park. unofficial gay day at Six Flags New England. www.outinthepark.com
SUN: 9/19: New York, NY: Victory Fund New York Brunch. Featuring Congressman Barney Frank, New York City Council President Christine Quinn, President of the Victory Fund Chuck Wolfe and emcee Alec Mapa. http://www.victoryfund.org/about_us/events/id:73
Newsworthy:
Massachusetts: A Springfield Catholic high school athletic director was forced out of her job after she and her partner married. MassLive reports: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/springfield_cathedral_high_sch.html
Awards and Honors:
2010 Kennedy Center Honorees: Jerry Herman, Bill T. Joners, Merle Haggard, Paul McCartney and Oprah Winfrey. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142717-Jerry-Herman-Bill-T-Jones-Oprah-Winfrey-and-More-Are-2010-Kennedy-Center-Honorees
In Memoriam:
Terry Kuseske, out Kalamazoo, MI city commissioner, died on 9/02/10 at age 61. MLive reports: http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/09/city_commissioner_succumbs_to.html
Martin Gapshis, an openly gay Chicago business owner and philanthropist, has died. He was 63. The Windy City Times reports: http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=28199
Glenn Shadix, a gay character actor who appeared in more than 70 films and TV shows including Beetlejuice and Planet of the Apes, died 9/07/10 at age 58. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/07/Gay_Character_Actor_Glenn_Shadix_Dies/
Photo Shoots and Video
Photos: Dancing With The Stars rehearsals from BroadwayWorld.com. http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Flash_Dancing_with_the_Stars_Reveals_Rehearsal_Photos_20100902
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Flash_Dancing_with_the_Stars_Reveals_Portrait_Photos_20100906
Features
Coming Out: Coming Out Over and Over. A brain-damaged teen keeps coming out to his mom; she’s in a same-sex relationship. Salon reports: http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2010/08/31/brain_injury_son_coming_out_open2010/index.html
Coming Out: Becoming Miles: The Journey of Changing Sexes. Sarah Reynolds reports on Megan’s corageous transformation to Miles for NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129631536&sc=fb&cc=fp
In Print:
The Most Anticipated LGBT Books with Fall 2010 Release Dates. From Lambda Literary Foundation. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/oped/09/01/most-anticipated-lgbt-books-fall-2010/
Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making It Work, by Tim Gunn. Gallery Books. Project Runway mentor Tim Gunn makes surprising revelations about his celibate life and his homophobic father who served as a ghostwriter for FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
Patti LuPone: A Memoir by Patti LuPone. Harmony Books. An autobiography by the Tony Award-winning actress who starred in “Evita” and “Gypsy” on Broadway, “Life Goes On” on TV and is a straight ally of the LGBT community.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
Broadway Fall Season Preview from Playbill.com: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142321-FALL-2010-BROADWAY-SEASON-PREVIEW-Shows-on-the-Verge
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Both parts of the play, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, will alternate in repertory from this first preview. Frank Wood (Roy Cohn), Zoe Kazan, Christian Borle star. thru 1/30/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays to 10/04/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***Brief Encounter, a multimedia revival of gay Noel Coward’s play. thru 12/05/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch’s new play. Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Vintage George Bernard Shaw starring out Cherry Jones. to 11/21/10. http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/aat/
***Paulo Szot, out opera star, makes his New York cabaret debut at The Carlyle. to 9/25/10. 212-744-1600.
Elsewhere...
***Don’t Ask. A drama from Bill Quigley about a reckless US private in Iraq who gets involved in a dangerous affair with his superior officer. to 9/19/10. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
***I Can See Sarah Palin from my Window. World premiere of gay activist and performance artist Peterson Toscano’s new solo piece. 9/18/10, Allentown, PA. http://www.petersontoscano.com/Schedule
***Jerry Springer the Opera, the West Coast premiere of the opera about Jerry’s colorful guests. thru 10/16/10. San Francisco, CA. www.roltheatre.com
***The Picture of Dorian Gray, an Oscar Wilde classic. thru 9/19/10. San Francisco, CA. www.therhino.org.
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...
***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.
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***My Trip Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan’s one-man autobiographical show. A recent Off-Broadway hit. www.mytripdownthepinkcarpet.com.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated frequently. www.glaad.org/tvgayed
***September: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.org
9/22/10-9/25/10: San Diego, CA: Gay and Lesbian Medical Association 28th Annual Conference. www.glma.org
9/23/10-9/25/10: Syracuse, NY: Transnationalizing LGBT Studies Conference. Syracuse University LGBT Studies Program. http://www.transnationalizinglgbt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=58
9/23/10-9/26/10: Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival, 5th annual presentation of works by Williams and those influenced by him. www.twptown.org
9/25/10-9/26/10: Dallas, TX:.Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS. a two-day, 165-mile fully-supported cycling event through north Texas. The ride raises money for 3 north Texas organizations serving people impacted by HIV/AIDS. www.lonestarride.org
9/25/10-9/26/10: Washington, DC: 2010 OUT for Work LGBTQA National College Student Career Conference. http://www.outforwork.org/conferences/2010/national/default.asp
9/25/10: Los Angeles, CA: Point Foundation Gala honoring Alan Cumming and Brittany Snow. The organization is the nation's largest scholarship-granting group for LGBT students of merit. www.pointfoundation.org
9/26/10: New York, NY: The 24th Annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. www.broadwaycares.org.
9/26/10: New York, NY: The Wedding March. Marriage Equality New York’s 7th annual equality event. A march over the Brooklyn Bridge. http://www.meny.us/march.php
9/26/10: New York, NY: GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising. .honoring individuals and projects in the advertising and marketing industries for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of theLGBT community.http://www.glaad.org/events
9/28/10-12/02/10: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary by David Sedaris. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT Jews
It’s the Jewish High Holidays season. How many of these LGBT Jews who have made important contributions to the community can you name ?
1. Question: Name this Pulitzer-Prize winning Jewish playwright and screenwriter. His most famous play (which was adapted into a successful film) returns to Broadway this month. He’s known for his film about an Olympic massacre, an adaptation of a Yiddish classic, and an autobiographical musical about growing up in Louisiana. Answer: Tony Kushner, whose epic drama “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes” is now playing in New York. He wrote the screen play to “Munich”, an adapatation of “The Dybbuk” and “Caroline, or Change”. His newest work, “The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to The Scriptures” opens in New York in 2011.
2. Question: Name this Jewish professional tennis player, author, and doctor, who was denied entry into the US Open when she came out as transgender. The New York Supreme Court ruled in her favor, which was a landmark decision in favor of transgender rights. Answer: Renee Richards.
3. Question: Name this our Jewish photographer who first made a splash photographing celebrity musicians for Rolling Stone. She later moved on to Vanity Fair. Her work has been exhibited internationally. In 2007, she photographed Queen Elizabeth II in the stylish portfolio she’s used for movie stars, culture makers, and celebrities. Answer: Annie Leibovitz.
4. Question: Name this out Jewish American poet who defined the “Beat” generation of the 1950’s. He was vigorously opposed to miltarism, materialism and sexual repression. A film about him and his famous poem debuts this month. Answer: Allen Ginsberg, author of “Howl” which opens with James Franco this month.
5. Question: Name this out Jewish-American singer/songwriter who shares a name with a popular TV character. He is believed to be the first out R&B and pop singer to be out from the beginning of his careeer. He started as a child vocalist and he’s a Yalie. Answer: Ari Gold (not of “Entourage”).
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: “Glee”
1. Question: Name the film that “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy wrote and directed which was based on an out author’s experiences growing up with a crazy family in a town known for being a major lesbian community.
2. Question: Which “Glee” star made his Broadway debut as a John Waters hero, got a Tony nomination for a role performed in Italian in an American musical, and learned that prejudice is learned and not innate in a Broadway musical.
3. Question: Which “Glee” star, currently on the London stage in a gay-themed thriller, became famous portraying a sex-crazed post-winter teen on Broadway and is a major activist for Broadway Impact, the group of Broadway and Hollywood folks fighting for LGBT equality.
4. Question: Name this out “Glee” star, recently married to her partner just north of the town in Question #1. Seen in “The L Word”, she was named as one of POWER UP's "10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz” in 2005.
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, September 1, 2010
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 9/06/10
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 35 September 6, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
The Fine Print
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: September 6-12, 2010
Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.org
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com. For a preview: http://Chicago.broadwayworld.com/article/Pride_Films_Plays_to_Feature_the_Work_of_Terrence_McNally_This_Fall_20100810
thru MON: 9/06: New Orleans, LA: Southern Decadence. Big gay party in the Big Easy. www.southerndecadence.com
TUE-SUN: 9/07-9/12: Austin, TX: Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival. www.agliff.org
THU: 9/09: Philadelphia, PA: Dr. Wendy Moffat discusses her new book, “A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E. M. Forster” Giovanni’s Room. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/readers/events/08/18/a-reading-with-dr-wendy-moffat-99-phil/
FRI: 9/10: Boston, MA: TGIF: Thank GLAAD It’s Friday. the national networking event series for young LGBT professionals and straight allies. http://www.glaad.org/events
FRI-SUN: 9/10-9/12: Dallas/Alvarado, TX:.Texas Gay Rodeo Association Big D Rodeo and Entertainment Festival World's only gay skydiving event. www.tgra.org
SUN: 9/12: New York, NY: Broadway on Broadway. All Times Square is a stage for a free concert featuring the casts of current and upcoming Broadway musicals. 11:30AM. www.broadwayonbroadway.com.
Newsworthy:
CBS has formed an affinity group for LGBT employees. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/08/cbs-announces-formation-of-lgbt-employee-affinity-group.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Ken Mehlman, former Republican National Committee Chair and President Bush’s campaign manager in 2004, has come out. The Atlantic reports: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/08/bush-campaign-chief-and-former-rnc-chair-ken-mehlman-im-gay/62065/
Coming Out: David Yost, the original Blue Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, came out last week in an interview at the 2010 Anime Festival in Orlando. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/08/26/Blue_Power_Ranger_Comes_Out/
Coming Out: Crispin Blunt, an MP in the United Kingdom's Department of Justice, has come out. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/08/27/Conservative_British_PM_Comes_Out/
Jack Jackson, Jr, a gay Navajo, is set to join the Arizona senate after primaries. Gay Politics reports: http://www.gaypolitics.com/2010/08/25/gay-navajo-man-set-to-join-arizona-senate/
Dancing With The Stars. Among the new cast: Margaret Cho, “The Situation”, Bristol Palin. USA Today reports: http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2010-08-31-dancing31_ST_N.htm
Glee: Cheyenne Jackson is joining the mix as Vocal Adrenaline coach Dustin Goolsby.
Awards and Honors:
Winners: Emmy Awards. Jane Lynch, “Modern Family”, “Mad Men” and more.
The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/arts/television/30emmys.html?src=mv
Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/08/moder-family-glee-betty-white-winners-all-at-the-emmys.html
Photo Shoots and Video
Coming Out: Mike Rogers, the blogger who pushed the Ken Mehlman coming out story and newly out radio host Stephanie Miller discuss the Ken Mehlman coming out story with Cenk Uygur. Courtesy of Towleroad. http://www.towleroad.com/2010/08/watch.html
Features
West Point: The Hidden Gay Cadets. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/nyregion/25cadet.html?hpw
Ken Mehlman’s coming out draws mixed reviews. CNN reports: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/26/mehlman-news-fuels-divisive-reaction/
Pee-Wee Herman returns to Broadway. New York Magazine reports: http://nymag.com/guides/fallpreview/2010/theater/67622/
The Resource Center:
Jewish Mosaic partners with Jewish organizations, communities, and individuals of every denomination to create a world where all Jews are fully included in communal life, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Founded in 2003 and based in Denver, Jewish Mosaic helps the Jewish world become more open, accessible, and welcoming to LGBT Jews and their families. http://www.jewishmosaic.org/
JQYouth! is aNew York-based social/support group made up of frum/formerly frum* LGBT Jews ages 17-30. The group meets regularly for monthly meetings and informal social get-togethers. In Their website has more information about their experiences of being young, gay and frum. You'll also learn how you can become part of the JQYouth community and meet other young frum gay Jews. http://www.jqyouth.org/
Resources for LGBTQ Jews from Jewish Mosaic: The National Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. http://www.jewishmosaic.org/page/links
Gay Jewish Events: http://www.gaygevalt.com/
In Print:
Once a Marine: A Memoir of Coming Out Under Fire by Eric Alva with Sam Gallegos. Alyson Publications. The story of US Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Eric Alva, the first American casualty in the Iraq War whose public coming out shook the same military establishment that had heralded him a hero by awarding him the Purple Heart. Alva is now is a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***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 10/04/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***Brief Encounter, a multimedia revival of Noel Coward’s play. 9/10/10-12/05/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch’s new play. Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.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". Kelsey Grammer stars. www.LaCage.com
***Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Vintage George Bernard Shaw starring out Cherry Jones. to 11/21/10. http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/aat/
***Promises, Promises. Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth star in the Burt Bacharach & Hal David & Neil Simon musical. www.promisespromisesbroadway.com.
Elsewhere...
***Becoming Norman. Norman Dixon’s story about being gay and Mormon. Dixon stars. to 9/12/10. N. Hollywood, CA. www.becomingnorman.com.
***Don’t Ask. A drama from Bill Quigley about a reckless US private in Iraq who gets involved in a dangerous affair with his superior officer. to 9/19/10. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
***Jerry Springer the Opera, the West Coast premiere of the opera about Jerry’s colorful guests. 9/10/10-10/16/10. San Francisco, CA. www.roltheatre.com
***The Picture of Dorian Gray, an Oscar Wilde classic. to 9/19/10. San Francisco, CA. www.therhino.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***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
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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.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***My Trip Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan’s one-man autobiographical show. A recent Off-Broadway hit. www.mytripdownthepinkcarpet.com.
***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
***September: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
9/15/10-9/19/10: Fresno, CA: Fresno Reel Pride LGBT Film Festival.
www.reelpride.com
9/15/10: New York, NY: Panel: Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child with author Michael C. LaSala and mother and son PFLAG Guests. Barnes & Noble, Broadway at 82nd. Free. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/readers/events/08/16/lee-houck-reads-bn-82st-97-nyc/
9/16/10: New York, NY: Out to Work: The LGBT Job Fair. http://gaycenter.org/community/outtowork
9/16/10: Baltimore, MD: John Waters, American filmmaker , writer, and bad boy of American cinema (“Hairspray”, “Pink Flamingos”, “Serial Mom”, reads and signs from his new book “Role Models”.7PM. Barnes & Noble, Johns Hopkins.
9/18/10: St. Louis, MO: OUT at the Ballpark. Pride St. Louis invites folks to cheer on the St. Louis Cardinals against the San Diego Padres. www.pridestl.org/outattheballpark
9/19/10: Springfield/Agawam, MA: Out in the Park. unofficial gay day at Six Flags New England. www.outinthepark.com
9/19/10: New York, NY: Victory Fund New York Brunch. Featuring Congressman Barney Frank, New York City Council President Christine Quinn, President of the Victory Fund Chuck Wolfe and emcee Alec Mapa. http://www.victoryfund.org/about_us/events/id:73
9/22/10-9/25/10: San Diego, CA: Gay and Lesbian Medical Association 28th Annual Conference. www.glma.org
9/23/10-9/25/10: Syracuse, NY: Transnationalizing LGBT Studies Conference. Syracuse University LGBT Studies Program. http://www.transnationalizinglgbt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=58
9/25/10-9/26/10: Dallas, TX:.Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS. a two-day, 165-mile fully-supported cycling event through north Texas. The ride raises money for 3 north Texas organizations serving people impacted by HIV/AIDS. www.lonestarride.org
9/25/10-9/26/10: Washington, DC: 2010 OUT for Work LGBTQA National College Student Career Conference. http://www.outforwork.org/conferences/2010/national/default.asp
9/26/10: New York, NY: The Wedding March. Marriage Equality New York’s 7th annual equality event. A march over the Brooklyn Bridge. http://www.meny.us/march.php
9/26/10: New York, NY: GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising. http://www.glaad.org/events
10/01/10: Los Angeles, CA: The PFLAG LA Event. PFLAG’s first Los Angeles event at the London West Hollywood. www.pflag.org.
10/02/10-10/08/10: Atlanta, GA: Out on Film. www.outonfilm.com
10/02/10: Anaheim, CA: Youth Programs at Gay Days (at Disneyland). Programs for the under 21 set. www.gaydaysanahaeim.com.
10/02/10: Charlotte, NC: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Southeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
10/03/10: San Francisco, CA: Castro Street Fair. Street fair started by Harvey Milk.
www.castrostreetfair.org
10/07/10-10/10/10: Los Angeles, CA: The World Goes Round, a benefit for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic. www.lagaycenter.org/worldgoesround.
10/07/10-10/09/10: Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.siglff.org
10/08/10-10/09/10: Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Queer Studies Conference. lgbts@humnet.ucla.edu
10/08/10-10/10/10: Palm Desert, CA: Families in the Desert. Family Equality Council’s weekend for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_calendar
10/10/10: Washington, DC: COLAGE 20th Anniversary Event. COLAGE is the national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more LGBT parents. . http://www.colage.org/programs/events/20th.htm
10/11/10: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: September Milestones
1. Question: Name this French entertainer, born September 12, 1889, whose Lerner and Loewe signature song implied he liked the pretty Parisian pre-teens. In reality, he went home to his “valet” Felix Paquet for many years. Answer: Maurice Chevalier, star of “Gigi”.
2. Question: Name this legislation, signed by President Clinton on September 20, 1996, which defined a hot LGBT community issue being debated today. Answer: DOMA, The Defense of Marriage Act, which bars federal employees from receiving same-sex spousal benefits.
3. Question: Name this soldier, who came out on a Time Magazine cover titled “I Am A Homosexual” on September 8, 1975. He later became a gay rights activist. Answer: US Army Sgt. Leonard Matlovich.correct.
4. Question: Name this TV series actress, who came out on the Advocate cover on September 21, 1993. She was the first regular series cast member on an American sitcom to do so. Answer: Amanda Bearse of “Married with Children”.
5. Question: Name this lesbian rights organization, founded on September 21, 1955, which was on the forefront of the Pre-Stonewall women’s rights and gay rights movement. The group opened its first New York chapter in September, 1958. Answer: Daughters of Bilitis.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT Jews
It’s the Jewish High Holidays season. How many of these LGBT Jews who have made important contributions to the community can you name ?
1. Question: Name this Pulitzer-Prize winning Jewish playwright and screenwriter. His most famous play (which was adapted into a successful film) returns to Broadway this month. He’s known for his film about an Olympic massacre, an adaptation of a Yiddish classic, and an autobiographical musical about growing up in Louisiana.
2. Question: Name this Jewish professional tennis player, author, and doctor, who was denied entry into the US Open when she came out as transgender. The New York Supreme Court ruled in her favor, which was a landmark decision in favor of transgender rights. .
3. Question: Name this our Jewish photographer who first made a splash photographing celebrity musicians for Rolling Stone. She later moved on to Vanity Fair. Her work has been exhibited internationally. In 2007, she photographed Queen Elizabeth II in the stylish portfolio she’s used for movie stars, culture makers, and celebrities.
4. Question: Name this out Jewish American poet who defined the “Beat” generation of the 1950’s. He was vigorously opposed to miltarism, materialism and sexual repression. A film about him and his famous poem debuts this month.
5. Question: Name this out Jewish-American singer/songwriter who shares a name with a popular TV character. He is believed to be the first out R&B and pop singer to be out from the beginning of his careeer. He started as a child vocalist and he’s a Yalie.
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. 35 September 6, 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.
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: September 6-12, 2010
Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.org
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com. For a preview: http://Chicago.broadwayworld.com/article/Pride_Films_Plays_to_Feature_the_Work_of_Terrence_McNally_This_Fall_20100810
thru MON: 9/06: New Orleans, LA: Southern Decadence. Big gay party in the Big Easy. www.southerndecadence.com
TUE-SUN: 9/07-9/12: Austin, TX: Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival. www.agliff.org
THU: 9/09: Philadelphia, PA: Dr. Wendy Moffat discusses her new book, “A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E. M. Forster” Giovanni’s Room. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/readers/events/08/18/a-reading-with-dr-wendy-moffat-99-phil/
FRI: 9/10: Boston, MA: TGIF: Thank GLAAD It’s Friday. the national networking event series for young LGBT professionals and straight allies. http://www.glaad.org/events
FRI-SUN: 9/10-9/12: Dallas/Alvarado, TX:.Texas Gay Rodeo Association Big D Rodeo and Entertainment Festival World's only gay skydiving event. www.tgra.org
SUN: 9/12: New York, NY: Broadway on Broadway. All Times Square is a stage for a free concert featuring the casts of current and upcoming Broadway musicals. 11:30AM. www.broadwayonbroadway.com.
Newsworthy:
CBS has formed an affinity group for LGBT employees. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/08/cbs-announces-formation-of-lgbt-employee-affinity-group.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Ken Mehlman, former Republican National Committee Chair and President Bush’s campaign manager in 2004, has come out. The Atlantic reports: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/08/bush-campaign-chief-and-former-rnc-chair-ken-mehlman-im-gay/62065/
Coming Out: David Yost, the original Blue Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, came out last week in an interview at the 2010 Anime Festival in Orlando. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/08/26/Blue_Power_Ranger_Comes_Out/
Coming Out: Crispin Blunt, an MP in the United Kingdom's Department of Justice, has come out. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/08/27/Conservative_British_PM_Comes_Out/
Jack Jackson, Jr, a gay Navajo, is set to join the Arizona senate after primaries. Gay Politics reports: http://www.gaypolitics.com/2010/08/25/gay-navajo-man-set-to-join-arizona-senate/
Dancing With The Stars. Among the new cast: Margaret Cho, “The Situation”, Bristol Palin. USA Today reports: http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2010-08-31-dancing31_ST_N.htm
Glee: Cheyenne Jackson is joining the mix as Vocal Adrenaline coach Dustin Goolsby.
Awards and Honors:
Winners: Emmy Awards. Jane Lynch, “Modern Family”, “Mad Men” and more.
The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/arts/television/30emmys.html?src=mv
Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/08/moder-family-glee-betty-white-winners-all-at-the-emmys.html
Photo Shoots and Video
Coming Out: Mike Rogers, the blogger who pushed the Ken Mehlman coming out story and newly out radio host Stephanie Miller discuss the Ken Mehlman coming out story with Cenk Uygur. Courtesy of Towleroad. http://www.towleroad.com/2010/08/watch.html
Features
West Point: The Hidden Gay Cadets. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/nyregion/25cadet.html?hpw
Ken Mehlman’s coming out draws mixed reviews. CNN reports: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/26/mehlman-news-fuels-divisive-reaction/
Pee-Wee Herman returns to Broadway. New York Magazine reports: http://nymag.com/guides/fallpreview/2010/theater/67622/
The Resource Center:
Jewish Mosaic partners with Jewish organizations, communities, and individuals of every denomination to create a world where all Jews are fully included in communal life, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Founded in 2003 and based in Denver, Jewish Mosaic helps the Jewish world become more open, accessible, and welcoming to LGBT Jews and their families. http://www.jewishmosaic.org/
JQYouth! is aNew York-based social/support group made up of frum/formerly frum* LGBT Jews ages 17-30. The group meets regularly for monthly meetings and informal social get-togethers. In Their website has more information about their experiences of being young, gay and frum. You'll also learn how you can become part of the JQYouth community and meet other young frum gay Jews. http://www.jqyouth.org/
Resources for LGBTQ Jews from Jewish Mosaic: The National Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. http://www.jewishmosaic.org/page/links
Gay Jewish Events: http://www.gaygevalt.com/
In Print:
Once a Marine: A Memoir of Coming Out Under Fire by Eric Alva with Sam Gallegos. Alyson Publications. The story of US Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Eric Alva, the first American casualty in the Iraq War whose public coming out shook the same military establishment that had heralded him a hero by awarding him the Purple Heart. Alva is now is a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***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 10/04/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***Brief Encounter, a multimedia revival of Noel Coward’s play. 9/10/10-12/05/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch’s new play. Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.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". Kelsey Grammer stars. www.LaCage.com
***Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Vintage George Bernard Shaw starring out Cherry Jones. to 11/21/10. http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/aat/
***Promises, Promises. Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth star in the Burt Bacharach & Hal David & Neil Simon musical. www.promisespromisesbroadway.com.
Elsewhere...
***Becoming Norman. Norman Dixon’s story about being gay and Mormon. Dixon stars. to 9/12/10. N. Hollywood, CA. www.becomingnorman.com.
***Don’t Ask. A drama from Bill Quigley about a reckless US private in Iraq who gets involved in a dangerous affair with his superior officer. to 9/19/10. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
***Jerry Springer the Opera, the West Coast premiere of the opera about Jerry’s colorful guests. 9/10/10-10/16/10. San Francisco, CA. www.roltheatre.com
***The Picture of Dorian Gray, an Oscar Wilde classic. to 9/19/10. San Francisco, CA. www.therhino.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***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
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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.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***My Trip Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan’s one-man autobiographical show. A recent Off-Broadway hit. www.mytripdownthepinkcarpet.com.
***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
***September: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
9/15/10-9/19/10: Fresno, CA: Fresno Reel Pride LGBT Film Festival.
www.reelpride.com
9/15/10: New York, NY: Panel: Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child with author Michael C. LaSala and mother and son PFLAG Guests. Barnes & Noble, Broadway at 82nd. Free. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/readers/events/08/16/lee-houck-reads-bn-82st-97-nyc/
9/16/10: New York, NY: Out to Work: The LGBT Job Fair. http://gaycenter.org/community/outtowork
9/16/10: Baltimore, MD: John Waters, American filmmaker , writer, and bad boy of American cinema (“Hairspray”, “Pink Flamingos”, “Serial Mom”, reads and signs from his new book “Role Models”.7PM. Barnes & Noble, Johns Hopkins.
9/18/10: St. Louis, MO: OUT at the Ballpark. Pride St. Louis invites folks to cheer on the St. Louis Cardinals against the San Diego Padres. www.pridestl.org/outattheballpark
9/19/10: Springfield/Agawam, MA: Out in the Park. unofficial gay day at Six Flags New England. www.outinthepark.com
9/19/10: New York, NY: Victory Fund New York Brunch. Featuring Congressman Barney Frank, New York City Council President Christine Quinn, President of the Victory Fund Chuck Wolfe and emcee Alec Mapa. http://www.victoryfund.org/about_us/events/id:73
9/22/10-9/25/10: San Diego, CA: Gay and Lesbian Medical Association 28th Annual Conference. www.glma.org
9/23/10-9/25/10: Syracuse, NY: Transnationalizing LGBT Studies Conference. Syracuse University LGBT Studies Program. http://www.transnationalizinglgbt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=58
9/25/10-9/26/10: Dallas, TX:.Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS. a two-day, 165-mile fully-supported cycling event through north Texas. The ride raises money for 3 north Texas organizations serving people impacted by HIV/AIDS. www.lonestarride.org
9/25/10-9/26/10: Washington, DC: 2010 OUT for Work LGBTQA National College Student Career Conference. http://www.outforwork.org/conferences/2010/national/default.asp
9/26/10: New York, NY: The Wedding March. Marriage Equality New York’s 7th annual equality event. A march over the Brooklyn Bridge. http://www.meny.us/march.php
9/26/10: New York, NY: GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising. http://www.glaad.org/events
10/01/10: Los Angeles, CA: The PFLAG LA Event. PFLAG’s first Los Angeles event at the London West Hollywood. www.pflag.org.
10/02/10-10/08/10: Atlanta, GA: Out on Film. www.outonfilm.com
10/02/10: Anaheim, CA: Youth Programs at Gay Days (at Disneyland). Programs for the under 21 set. www.gaydaysanahaeim.com.
10/02/10: Charlotte, NC: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Southeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
10/03/10: San Francisco, CA: Castro Street Fair. Street fair started by Harvey Milk.
www.castrostreetfair.org
10/07/10-10/10/10: Los Angeles, CA: The World Goes Round, a benefit for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic. www.lagaycenter.org/worldgoesround.
10/07/10-10/09/10: Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.siglff.org
10/08/10-10/09/10: Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Queer Studies Conference. lgbts@humnet.ucla.edu
10/08/10-10/10/10: Palm Desert, CA: Families in the Desert. Family Equality Council’s weekend for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_calendar
10/10/10: Washington, DC: COLAGE 20th Anniversary Event. COLAGE is the national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more LGBT parents. . http://www.colage.org/programs/events/20th.htm
10/11/10: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: September Milestones
1. Question: Name this French entertainer, born September 12, 1889, whose Lerner and Loewe signature song implied he liked the pretty Parisian pre-teens. In reality, he went home to his “valet” Felix Paquet for many years. Answer: Maurice Chevalier, star of “Gigi”.
2. Question: Name this legislation, signed by President Clinton on September 20, 1996, which defined a hot LGBT community issue being debated today. Answer: DOMA, The Defense of Marriage Act, which bars federal employees from receiving same-sex spousal benefits.
3. Question: Name this soldier, who came out on a Time Magazine cover titled “I Am A Homosexual” on September 8, 1975. He later became a gay rights activist. Answer: US Army Sgt. Leonard Matlovich.correct.
4. Question: Name this TV series actress, who came out on the Advocate cover on September 21, 1993. She was the first regular series cast member on an American sitcom to do so. Answer: Amanda Bearse of “Married with Children”.
5. Question: Name this lesbian rights organization, founded on September 21, 1955, which was on the forefront of the Pre-Stonewall women’s rights and gay rights movement. The group opened its first New York chapter in September, 1958. Answer: Daughters of Bilitis.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT Jews
It’s the Jewish High Holidays season. How many of these LGBT Jews who have made important contributions to the community can you name ?
1. Question: Name this Pulitzer-Prize winning Jewish playwright and screenwriter. His most famous play (which was adapted into a successful film) returns to Broadway this month. He’s known for his film about an Olympic massacre, an adaptation of a Yiddish classic, and an autobiographical musical about growing up in Louisiana.
2. Question: Name this Jewish professional tennis player, author, and doctor, who was denied entry into the US Open when she came out as transgender. The New York Supreme Court ruled in her favor, which was a landmark decision in favor of transgender rights. .
3. Question: Name this our Jewish photographer who first made a splash photographing celebrity musicians for Rolling Stone. She later moved on to Vanity Fair. Her work has been exhibited internationally. In 2007, she photographed Queen Elizabeth II in the stylish portfolio she’s used for movie stars, culture makers, and celebrities.
4. Question: Name this out Jewish American poet who defined the “Beat” generation of the 1950’s. He was vigorously opposed to miltarism, materialism and sexual repression. A film about him and his famous poem debuts this month.
5. Question: Name this out Jewish-American singer/songwriter who shares a name with a popular TV character. He is believed to be the first out R&B and pop singer to be out from the beginning of his careeer. He started as a child vocalist and he’s a Yalie.
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/
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