Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 10/25/10

Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 42 October 25, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com

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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: October 25-31, 2010

thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month

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

thru WED: 11/24/: New York, NY: So You Think You Can Drag. Fabulous queens compete for celebrity judges and audience approval. www.timeoutnylounge.com/soyouthinkyoucandrag

FRI-SAT: 10/23-10/24: Hartford, CT: A Gender Bending Weekend. Film screening of “Play in the Gray” and performance of “All The Kings Men”. University of Hartford. http://new.hartford.edu/

SUN: 10/24: Boston, MA: It Gets Better, a benefit for The Trevor Project at Rocca. http://roccaboston.com/eblasts/trevor/  

WED: 10/27: Las Vegas, NV: Leslie Jordan headlines the Aid for AIDS Nevada Benefit. www.afanlv.org.

THU: 10/28: New York, NY: Gregory Maguire, author of “Wicked”, does a booksigning of his new paperback “The Next Queen of Heaven”. 7PM. B&N Broadway at 82nd St.. www.bn.com

SAT-MON: 10/30-11/01: New York, NY: Queer Shabbaton. A weekend for LGBT Jews. http://www.nehirim.org/qsny

SAT: 10/30: New York, NY: Tituss Burgess performs “Tituss and The Tightass Band”, hits from Jay-Z to Michael Jackson to benefit The Trevor Project. www.timeoutnylounge@newworldstages.com

Newsworthy:

Coming Out: Fired after coming out, Seth Stambaugh, an Oregon teacher speaks out. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/watch-oregon-teacher-fired-after-coming-out-to-student-speaks-out.html

DADT: Department of Justice requests a stay on the injunction barring its enforcement. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/doj-requests-stay-on-injunction-barring-enforcement-of-dadt.html

DADT: Pentagon tells recruiters to accept gay applicants. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/19/Recruiters_Must_Accept_Gay_Applicants/

Liberace Museum Closes. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130571040&sc=fb&cc=fp

News: Gay Teens, Bullying and Suicide

It Gets Better. The viral campaign bringing hope and help to gay youth is profiled by the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/us/19video.html?_r=1

Video: It Gets Better. Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns reaches out on National Coming Out Day. From AmericaBlogGay: http://gay.americablog.com/2010/10/incredibly-touching-it-gets-better.html

Video: It Gets Better. Voices from Broadway. http://www.youtube.com/user/ItGetsBetterBroadway

The Buzz (People Making News)

Coming Out: Perez Hilton will end his outing of celebrities. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/watch-perez-hilton-makes-kindness-pledge-to-ellen-says-hell-stop-outing-celebs.html

Lara Lawless, TG golfer, is suing two of the country's top golf associations to do away with their ban on trans-women athletes. The Ladies Professional Golf Association, better known as the LPGA, is only open to women who were "female at birth." SF Weekly reports: http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/10/transgender_woman_golfer_sues.php

Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who jumped ship, pled guilty. USAToday reports: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-10-19-jetblue-attendant-plea_N.htm

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka. Fathers of twins. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://www.broadway.com/buzz/153941/neil-patrick-harris-and-david-burtka-bring-home-their-twins/

Transitions:

Cheyenne Jackson, Broadway, “Glee”, and “30 Rock” star, married his longtime partner Monte Lapka. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Cheyenne_Jackson_Weds_Longtime_Partner_20010101

John H. Embry, a pioneering gay author, Drummer magazine publisher, and activist died on 9/16/10, at age 83. The Bay Area Reporter reports: http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=5158

Photo Shoots and Video

“Priscilla: Queen of The Desert”, now in Toronto and Broadway-bound.
***Video From BroadwayWorld.com. http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=175295
***Photo Preview: from BroadwayWorld.com. http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_Priscilla_Meets_the_Press_20101013
***Photos: Nick Adams. Transformation from actor to drag queen for “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”. The Toronto Globe and Mail reports: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/theatre/how-to-make-a-drag-queen/article1759536/?cmpid=rss1

Features

The Future of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. In The New York Times feature “Room for Debate”, several contributors weigh in on the policy and its enforcement. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/10/13/the-future-of-dont-ask-dont-tell?hp

Pro Gay Groups: Desperate for Obama to take action. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130651607&sc=fb&cc=fp

Top 10 Colleges for LGBT Students, according to Gawker: http://gawker.com/5655407/the-top-10-colleges-for-gay-students

The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Tony Kushner. A profile by New York Magazine’s Jesse Green. http://nymag.com/arts/theater/profiles/68994/

LGBT History Month

Video Playlist: LGBT Icons. GayRights Media’s YouTube posts: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6A90B6A637BB6B53

Gay American Heroes Memorial honors those LGBT people who were victims of hate crimes. http://gayamericanheroes.com/

Paragraph 175: The Holocaust and Homosexuals. from GayRightsMedia. http://gayrightsmedia.org/2005/paragraph-175-the-holocaust-and-homosexuals/

The Resource Center: Anti-Bullying Resources

***The Trevor Project is determined to end suicide among LGBTQ youth by providing life-saving and life-affirming resources including our nationwide, 24/7 crisis intervention lifeline, digital community and advocacy/educational programs that create a safe, supportive and positive environment for everyone. www.thetrevorproject.org.
***GLSEN. A great organization that is working to eradicate bullying and bias in schools
www.glsen.org
***Stop Bullying Now US Department of Health and Human Services offers flash movies, games, and information about bullying and how to prevent it.
www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids
***The National Center for Bullying Prevention. Helping to promote awareness and teach effective ways to respond to bullying www.Pacer.org/bullying or http://kidsagainstbullying.org/
***STOMP Out Bullying. Focused on reducing bullying and cyberbullying
www.stompoutbullying.org
***Project Change..A grassroots, nonprofit organization comprised of youth and adults who believe that high levels of youth engagement are essential to building strong, vibrant and healthy communities www.projectchange-md.org
***Bullying.org. A site dedicated to increasing the awareness of bullying and to preventing, resolving and eliminating bullying in society. www.bullying.org
***No Bully. Helps schools to implement an anti-bullying policy and create school cultures where every student feels included. http://www.nobully.com/
***National School Safety and Security Services.Bullying, anti-bullying legislation, school safety. www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/bullying.html

In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance

New York City (and Broadway)

***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. thru 2/20/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***A Quiet Place. Leonard Bernstein’s opera about the estranged members of an American family (mother, father, daughter and gay son). to 11/21/10. www.nycopera.com
***As Is. William Hoffman’s 1985 drama, one of the first plays to tackle the AIDS crisis in America. to 10/31/10. www.applecoretheatercompany.org
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***The Pee-wee Herman Show. Paul Reubens’ stage version of his TV hit. to 1/02/11.
***The Power of Two. Michael Feinstein and Cheyenne Jackson in concert at Carnegie Hall. 10/29/10. www.carnegiehall.org
***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. www.lct.org.

Elsewhere...

***Boys Will Be Boys. The musical about a fundraiser to fight gay attention deficit disorder. to 11/20/10. Theatre Out, Santa Ana, CA. www.theatreout.com
***Carrie. Stephen King’s horror novel turned stage play. Erik Ransom pulls a gender-bending turn as the high school student with telekinetic powers. to 11/07/10. Philadelphia, PA. http://www.bratproductions.org/
***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/
***Pearls Over Shanghai. San Francisco’s Longest-Running Cockettes Musical. to 12/19/10. San Francisco, CA: http://thrillpeddlers.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Three drag queens cross Australia in an old bus with disco tunes. to 11/28/10. Toronto, ON. www.priscillathemusical.com.
***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

10/30/10-1/23/11: Washington, DC: Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture. A display of portraits from the late 19th century through today illustrates the changing social attitudes towards sexual difference and how it is depicted. National Portrait Gallery. http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/museums/national-portrait-gallery-smithsonian-institution,793021.html

On Screen (and Video & DVD)

Out on Screen...

***Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride. Bob Christie’s documentary shows that Pride is more than a parade, it’s a giant step on the road to global human rights.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
***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).
***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

***Evening Primrose, the 1966 musical teleplay by James Goldman from from John Collier short story, with a score by Stephen Sondheim. Anthony Perkins stars.
***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.
***Score. Radley Metzger’s 1972 film based on an off-Broadway play. One of the first mass-market films to explore couples who swing both ways. A gay sex scene with Cal Culver (Casey Donovan) was restored for the DVD release.
***Sex and The City 2. Carrie and the girls and a gay wedding with Liza.

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.
***Weekdays The Talk. Out “Roseanne” alum Sara Gilmore produces a new version of “The View” with Marissa Jaret Winokur, Julie Chen, and Sharon Osbourne. CBS Weekdays. Check local listings.

Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events

11/01/10: New York, NY: It Gets Better: Broadway Supports The Trevor Project. Broadway's leading voices, lending their support to this vital organization that provides suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth. Farah Alvin, Brent Barrett, Kevin Chamberlin, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Michelle Dowdy, Daisy Eagan, Eric Michael Gillett, Annie Golden, Randy Jones, Karen Mason, Liz McCartney, Judy McLane, Sarah Rice, Roz Ryan, Stephen Schwartz, Mary Stout, John Tartaglia, Stephen Wallem, Barbara Walsh, and Sally Wilfert star. www.smarttix.com.

11/01/10: New York, NY: Nothing Like a Dame. the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative Benefit. Charles Busch, Mario Cantone, Victoria Clark are amongst the stars.
www.actorsfund.org

11/04/10-11/13/10: Chicago, IL: Reeling: Chicago Lesbian & Gay Int’l Film Fest.
www.reelingfilmfestival.org

11/05/10: Las Vegas, NV: 16th Annual Honorarium, The Gay and Lesbian Community Center recognizing individuals from Southern Nevada who have distinguished themselves as leaders through their commitment to the LGBT community by giving of their time, talents or resources during the past year. www.thecenterlv.com

11/05/10-11/07/10: Spokane, WA: Spokane LGBT Film Festival. www.spokanefilmfest.org

11/05/10: New York, NY: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. East Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx

11/06/10: Boston, MA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Northeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx

11/06/10-11/07/10: Bloomington, IN: Queering the Countryside: New Directions in Rural Queer Studies. Indiana University’s two-day, interdisciplinary conference and workshop. http://www.iub.edu/~gender/queering-the-countryside.html

11/06/10-3/26/11: San Francisco, CA: Exhibition: More Life! “Angels in America” at Twenty. Museum of Performance and Design. http://www.mpdsf.org/EXHIBITIONS/ANGELS/ANGELS.html

11/08/10: New York, NY: Fashion Forward 2010, a fundraiser for the GMHC hosted by Tim Gunn. http://www.gmhc.org/donate/special-events/fashion-forward-2010

11/08/10: New York, NY: Ali Forney Center Benefit Concert with David Raleigh, Alan Cumming, Billy Porter, and Ari Gold. www.thefriendsproject.org.

11/09/10: New York, NY: 2010 Emery Awards, honor “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy. A benefit for the Hetrick-Martin Institute (Harvey Milk School). www.hmi.org.

11/10/10-11/14/10: Hartford, CT: 12th EROS Film Festival. http://www.outfilmct.org/

11/10/10: New York, NY: Stephen Sondheim, Oscar & Tony winning composer, signing copies of “Finishing The Hat”, his collection of lyrics. 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Union Square.

11/13/10: Los Angeles, CA: LA Gay and Lesbian Center Gala and Auction. Lily Tomlin hosts. Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch appear. www.lagaycenter.org.

11/13/10: Hartford, CT: One Big Event, a benefit for the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. http://www.hglhc.org/onebigevent/index.html

11/21/10: New York, NY: OUT Auction NYC..http://www.glaad.org/events

Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT History Month

1. Question: Name this gay scientist, the father of modern computing, who broke the Nazi Enigma codes. He was convicted of "gross indecency", after which he committed suicide. Last year, The British government formally apologised to him. Answer: Alan Turing. Two years after being convicted of "gross indecency" and sentenced to undergo hormone therapy, he killed himself with a cyanide-laced apple. His story was made into a play and ilm called "Breaking The Code".

2. Question: Name this state, the first to introduce civil unions in 2000. Last year, the state approved gay marriage; the first state to do so legislatively as opposed to judicially. Answer: Vermont.

3. Question: Name this sitcom which made history on March 1, 1994, when an actress, granddaughter of a literary giant, played a character who kissed the show's leading lady in an episode called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". The episode was the highest rated TV show of the week. Answer: Roseanne. Mariel Hemingway (granddaughter of Ernest), liplocked Roseanne.

4. Question: Name this person who made headlines in 1952 as the the first widely-publicized person to have undergone sex reassignment surgery, in this case, male to female, creating a world-wide sensation. Answer: Christine Jorgensen.

5. Question: Name this American politician who became the first out mayor of an American city with a population of over 1,000,000 people. Answer: Annise Parker, who became mayor of Houston, TX in January 2010.

This Week’s Trivia Quiz: November Milestones

1. Question: Name this successful LGBT news magazine, subject of a front page profile in the Wall Street Journal on November 3, 1975. It continues to be one of the leading LGBT news sources today.

2. Question: Name this out comic, the first openly-gay cast member of “Saturday Night Live”. He joined the company on November 9, 1985, and did a great “Nancy Reagan”.

3. Question: Name this bisexual American designer born November 19, 1942. Many people have his name below their belts. When Mark Wahlberg teamed up with him, Times Square had fender benders for days.

4. Question: Name this gay photographer and artist, born November 4, 1946. He was known for his “uptown” floral portraits, but his “downtown” nudes and S&M pictures caused a censorship controversy in the 1980s.

5. Question: Name this award-winning play (and subsequent film), which opened on Broadway on November 20, 1934. It profiled two schoolteachers accused of being lesbians. Its author, one of the most celebrated female playwrights in 20th century literature, wrote a play which made Talullah Bankhead an American icon.

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