Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 14 No. 13 April 4, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: April 4-10, 2011
thru SAT: 6/04: Nationwide: David Sedaris continues his book tour with his bestseller “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk”. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
MON: 4/04: New Haven, CT: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. Also: TUE: 4/05: Akron, OH: THU: 4/07: Greenville, NC: FRI: 4/08: Chicago, IL: SUN: 4/10: Akron, OH: http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
MON: 4/04: New York, NY: Point Honors Benefit to fete Andy Cohen, Margarethe Cammermeyer and Johnson & Johnson. http://www.pointfoundation.org/newyork/index.html
MON: 4/04: Sacramento, CA: QYAD: Queer Youth Advocacy Day. https://gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=57
TUE: 4/05: Washington, DC: National Rainbow Seder. A Passover tradition for LGBT Jews. www.washingtondcjcc.org
WED: 4/06-SAT: 6/18: Chicago, IL: Windy City Gay Idol talent competition. www.windycitymediagroup. com
WED: 4/06: New York, NY: Homo Comicus, an evening of comedy to benefit Lambda Literary Foundation. Kate Clinton stars. Gotham Comedy Club. www.gothamcomedyclub.com
THU-SUN: 4/07-4/10: Rehoboth Beach, DE: Camp Rehoboth 2011 Women’s Fest. www.camprehoboth.com.
FRI: 4/08: New Haven, CT: Chocolate and Cheesecake. A benefit for True Colors, a program serving sexual minority youth and family services. http://www.ourtruecolors.org/
SAT: 4/09: Hollywood, CA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. West Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
SAT: 4/09: San Francisco, CA: Dendrophile. Release Party for Justin Bond’s new CD. Castro Theatre.
Newsworthy:
Resource: Free LGBT News E-Newsletter. Gay Politics Report comes out twice-weekly with news briefings. From Smart Brief. An excellent resource for LGBY officials, business organizations, and community leaders. http://www.smartbrief.com/lgbt/
Resource: Gay Rights Media. News and resources of interest for the LGBT Equality Movement. http://GayRightsMedia.org/
Canada: Gay rights have taken another step forward, with a program to support refugees who are persecuted for their sexual orientation.EPost media reports: http://epostmedia.com/gay-rights-in-canada-have-taken-another-step/376462/
Transitions:
Elizabeth Taylor, the legednary actress who used her fame to become an advocate, activist, and philanthropist for the HIV/AIDS community, died on 3/23/11 at age 79.
The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/movies/elizabeth-taylor-obituary.html?hp
Lanford Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright died on 3/24/11 at age 73. An out artist, he featured gay characters in many of his plays, including “The Fifth of July”. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/theater/lanford-wilson-pulitzer-prize-winning-playwright-dies-at-73.html?hp
Lee Hoiby, a composer of operas and songs that balance unabashed lyricism and careful craftsmanship, died 3/28/11 at age 85. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/arts/music/lee-hoiby-opera-composer-known-for-lyricism-dies-at-85.html?_r=1
Farley Granger, the out actor who played the likable tennis pro in Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, died 3/27/11 at age 85. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/03/actor-farley-granger-dead-at-85.html
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Audio: The Dan Savage Interview with Terry Gross on NPR’s “Fresh Air”. http://www.npr.org/2011/03/23/134628750/dan-savage-for-gay-teens-life-gets-better?sc=fb&cc=freshair
Video: The Dan Savage Interview on ABC’s Nightline (via The Advocate): http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/26/Dan_Savage_Appears_on_Nightline/
Photos: Varla Jean Merman, Leslie Jordan and the cast of “Lucky Guy”. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/gallery/2291
Photos: Harvey Fierstein and Christopher Sieber in “La Cage Aux Folles” on Broadway from BroadwayWorld.com: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_First_Look_at_Harvey_Fierstein_and_Christopher_Sieber_in_LA_CAGE_AUX_FOLLES_20110328
Features
Elizabeth Taylor’s legacy as an activist in the fight for HIV/AIDS people. http://www.elizabethtayloraidsfoundation.org/
It Gets Better Book Tour: Dan Savage and Terry Miller launched their book tour in New York. Towleroad reports (plus posts a clip of Savage on The Gayle King Show): http://www.towleroad.com/2011/03/it-gets-better-book-launches-in-nyc.html
Michelangelo Signorile chastises a caller who believes homosexuals can change. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QTNcE2FvDE
Editorial: DOMA and Real Family Values from The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/opinion/24thu3.html?_r=4&ref=opinionq
Marriage Equality Milestone: The Netherland was the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage on April 1, 2001. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/27/A_Decade_of_Dutch_Marriage_Equality/
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Michael Urie stars thru 4/24/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Anything Goes. Gay Cole Porter’s madcap musical. Sutton Foster stars. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***Book of Mormon, the new musical penned by "South Park" co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and “Avenue Q” Tony winner Robert Lopez.
***Company (in concert). Neil Patrick Harris stars as Sondheim’s bachelor unable to commit. Patti LuPone, Anika Noni Rose, and Stephen Colbert co-star. The New York Philharmonic makes the music. 4/07/11-4/09/11. www.nyphil.org
***Gay Plays for Straight People (and Gay People).Two gay-themed plays in repertory. to 4/30/11. www.purplerep.org
***The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key To The Scriptures. Tony Kushner’s new play. to 6/12/11.www.publictheater.org
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the 1983 Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical, based on a French film, which inspired the film "Birdcage". Harvey Fierstein and Christopher Sieber co-star. www.LaCage.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical based on the 1994 Australian film. Three drag queens who head across Australia in a battered old bus. www.priscillathemusical.com.
Elsewhere...
***Dixie’s Tupperware Party. Dixie Longate’s show: Part drag. Part Tupperware. to 5/15/11, Chicago, IL; http://www.dixiestupperwareparty.com/
***M. Butterfly, David Henry Hwang’s Tony Award winning play about a French diplomat who carried on a 20-year affair with a Chinese spy, never knowing his partner was a man disguised as a woman. to 4/10/11. San Francisco, CA. www.CustomMade.org/tickets
***The Mormon Boy Trilogy. Three plays by Steven Fales about growing up gay and Mormon. 4/07/11-4/24/11. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. http://www.Risingactiontheatre.com/
***Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Tracy Letts and Amy Morton star as sparring spouses in out Edward Albee’s masterpiece. to 4/24/11. Washington, DC. www.arenastage.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Beastly. A modern take on “Beauty and the Beast”. Neil Patrick Harris is featured.
***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.
***Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s new documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
***Kaboom, a new film from Gregg Araki. The world according to Smith, a bisexual Southern California cinema studies major (Thomas Dekker).
***Making The Boys. A documentry about the production of “The Boys in The Band”, the first commercially-successful gay-themed drama which opened just before Stonewall. With Edward Albee, Mart Crowley (the playwright), Candis Cayne and others. Screening schedule on Facebook.
***Rabbit Hole, John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig” and “Short Bus”) directs the movie version of the Broadway drama which stars Nicole Kidman. www.rabbitholefilm.com.
Out On Video & DVD
***A Marine Story. Alexandra, a married Marine, is a casualty of DADT. After discharge, she rebuilds her life. The trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixk192SX9es. .
***Anything Goes. A 1954 TV production of Cole Porter’s musical in which Ethel Merman and Frank Sinatra made their TV debuts.
***Black Swan. Natalie Portman plays a ballerina competing for a lead in “Swan Lake”.
***Burlesque. The tale of a young singer (Christina Aguilera) who is hired as a cocktail waitress at a club that does musical revues by the star (Cher).
***Glee: Season 2, Volume 1: First ten episodes of Glee Season 2 on 3 DVDs.
***I Love You Phillip Morris. Based on Steve McVicker's book about real-life events. Jim Carrey plays Steven Russell, who falls for his cellmate, Phillip Morris. (Ewan McGregor).
***Into The Woods, the Sondheim musical about some grim fairy tales. The London West-End production. www.digitaltheatre.com.
***MadMen, Season #4. .
***Prayers for Bobby. Sigourney Weaver stars in a true story about the mother of a gay son who has problems accepting him.
***The Times of Harvey Milk. The award-winning documentary about the gay rights leader.
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
***April: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Ongoing: The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway. Times vay through 4/16/11. HBO. www.hbo.com
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
4/11/11: Iowa City, IA: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. Also: 4/25/11: Worcester, MA: http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
4/12/11: Denver, CO: Elton John gives a benefit concert for the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Wells Fargo Theatre. www.ticketmaster.com
4/13/11: New York, NY: Authors In Kind. Dan Savage and others present a reading and booksigning to benefit God’s Love We Deliver. https://www.glwd.org/events/signature.jsp;jsessionid=35A365BDABC4729195F3FFA19D558FD1?c=authors&n=authors
4/15/11: Nationwide: National Day of Silence. www.dayofsilence.org
4/16/11: Washington, DC: PFLAG Gala and Silent Auction. www.pflagdc.org
4/21/11: New York, NY: Defying Gravity: The Music of Stephen Schwartz. New York City Opera Gala. Victor Garber hosts. Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Raul Esparza and Elaine Paige star. www.nycopera.com.
4/21/11: New York, NY: Joey Arias performs a benefit for Lifebeat, the non-profit that uses music to educate young people about AIDS prevention. www.ticketmaster.com
4/21/11: Portland, OR: It Gets Better Book Tour with Dan Savage. 7:30PM. Powell’s Books. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvhZA0B_qiQ&feature=player_embedded
4/21/11-5/01/11: Miami, FL: Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.MGLFF.com
4/21/11-4/23/11: Calgary, AB: Western Cup, Apollo’s annual multi-sport tournament, the longest-running (29th year) annual LGBT multi-sport tournament in North America. www.westerncup.com.
4/25/11: New York, NY: PS 122’s 30th Anniversary Season Gala, honoring Justin Bond, Danny Hoch and Carmelita Tropicana. http://www.ps122.org/performances/gala_2011.html
4/25/11-4/26/11: New York, NY: 25th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition to benefit Broadway Cares. www.broadwaycares.org
4/25/11-5/01/11: Philadelphia, PA: Equality Forum. largest national LGBT civil rights forum with panels, parties, and special events. www.equalityforum.com
4/28/11-5/07/11: Washington, DC: Reel Affirmations 20, One in Ten’s LGBT Film Festival. www.reelaffirmations.org
4/30/11: Farmington, CT: Transgender Lives Conference. The Intersection of Health and Law Conference. www.transgenderlives.org
5/05/11-5/15/11: Boston, MA: Boston LGBT Film Festival. www.bostonlgbtfilmfest.org
5/10/11-5/15/11: Fort Lauderdale, FL: Lauderdale Unleashed. International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association annual conference. http://www.igltaconvention.org/
5/12/11-5/15/11: New Orleans, LA: Saints & Sinners. LGBT writers & readers from around the country gather for a hot weekend of readings, panels & performance. www.sasfest.com
5/13/11-5/15/11: Atlanta, GA: Gaylaxicon. LGBT science fiction, fantasy, horror & gaming convention. www.gaylacticnetwork.org
5/14/11: San Francisco, CA: GLAAD Media Awards. Celebrating GLAAD’s 25th anniversary. http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards
5/15/11: Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota AIDS Walk. www.mnaidsproject.org
5/15/11: New York, NY: AIDS Walk New York. http://www.gaycenter.org/aidswalk
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: April Milestones
1. Question: Name this American blues singer, born April 15, 1894. One of her most famous songs included the lyrics: "There's two things got me puzzled, there's two things I don't understand; That's a mannish-actin' woman, and a skippin, twistin' woman-actin' man." Answer: Bessie Smith, whose best friend was male impersonator Gladys Fergusson and who had been introduced to the world of 'women-lovin' women' by blues singer Ma Rainey.
2. Question: Name this New York City educational institution that opened its doors on April 1, 1985. Named for a slain gay rights activist, it was the first publicly-funded school for LGBT kids. Answer: The Harvey Milk School, started by the Hetrick-Martin Institute.
3. Question: Name this gay American playwright, born April 17, 1887. He’s best known for his portrayal of a rural American community, but he also wrote a breakthrough role for Talullah Bankhead and a play set in Yonkers which became one of America’s most popular musicals. Answer: Thornton Wilder, author of “Our Town”, “The Skin of Our Teeth” (Bankhead played the wisecracking maid) and “The Matchmaker” which became “Hello Dolly”.
4. Question: Name this young American who died on April 8, 1990. He put a human face to HIV and AIDS, and in his final years, worked tirelessly to raise monies and awareness of AIDS issues. Several funding initiatives are named in his memory. Answer: Ryan White.
5. Question: Name this award-winning play, which opened in New York on April 14, 1968. It was the first commercially successful theatre production to deal with openly gay characters and queer subject matter. Answer: The Boys in the Band, Mart Crowley’s portrait of a birthday party that turns into “truth or dare”. The movie version on DVD features the original cast.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Spring Break
1. Question: Name this gay Spring Break getaway. Hollywood's A-List began wintering here in the 1930's; by the 1980's, the boys came for the Easter Weekend White Party and the girls came for golf's Dinah Shore Weekend. Its onetime Mayor, father of a major gay rights activist, was once married to a diva.
2. Question: Name this gay Spring Break getaway. This party town, one dubbed "The Paris of the Swamps" is known for its Southern Decadence, its fine food, and its non-stop partying. Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, and Christopher Rice used the city as a backdrop for America's finest dramas and literature.
3. Question: Name this gay Spring Break getaway. Ponce de Leon stumbled on it in 1513, and by the 1880's, it was a tough party town filled with pirates, smugglers, and whores. The alternative lifestyle types moved in by the 1960's. The locals refer to themselves by the name used for a shellfish.
4. Question: Name this gay Spring Break getaway. In the beach blanket movie period, it was "where the boys are". Despite an orange juice queen's anti-gay actions, the city became a gay mecca on a par with a beach to its south.
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Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: March 28-April 3, 2011
thru SAT: 6/04: Nationwide: David Sedaris continues his book tour with his new bestseller “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk”. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru TUE: 3/29: Washington, DC: GLSEN Safe Schools Advocacy Summit. http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/news/record/2680.html
MON-SUN: 3/28-4/03: Palm Springs, CA: Kraft Nabisco Golf Championship. previously known as the Dinah Shore Golf Championship. gurlz and golf.www.nabiscochampionship.com
MON: 3/28: New York, NY: Angela Lansbury and Friends salute Terrence McNally, the out playwright who has chronicled LGBT issues over the years. Among Angela’s “Friends”: Audra McDonald, Alan Cumming, John Glover, Malcolm Gets. An Acting Company benefit. www.telecharge.com.
MON: 3/28: Boston, MA: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. Hosted by the LGBT Aging Project. Coolidge Corner Cinema, Brookline. 7PM. Also: TUE: 3/29 Bridgewater, MA. FRI: 4/01: Cary, NC: SAT: 4/02: Chapel Hill, NC: SUN: 4/03: Charlotte, NC: http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
TUE: 3/29: Seattle, WA: It Gets Better Book Tour with Dan Savage. 7:30PM. Town Hall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvhZA0B_qiQ&feature=player_embedded
TUE-SUN: 3/29-4/03: Breckenridge, CO: OutBoard. annual LGBT snowboarding festival.www.outboard.org
THU: 3/31: Northampton, MA: Screening and Discussion: Transparent, the documentary about 19 FTM parents. Media Education Foundation Community Room. 7PM. http://www.transparentthemovie.com/
FRI-SUN: 4/01-4/03: Waltham, MA: National Union of Jewish LGBT Students National Conference. http://www.nehirim.org/nujls
FRI-SUN: 4/01-4/03: Sacramento, CA: GAYLA. GSA Advocacy and Youth Leadership Academy. A GSAnetwork 3--day intensive training in the legislative process, policy and administrative advocacy, media activism & other important related skills. https://gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=57
FRI: 4/01: New York, NY: LGBT Night at New York City Opera. A performance of “The Elixir of Love” and a concert by Juilliard-trained drag diva Shequida
http://www.nycopera.com/seasontickets/lgbtevent.aspx?utm_source=s110096&utm_medium=m110002&utm_campaign=c110033
SAT: 4/02: Los Angeles, CA: Original Cast 2. Carol Channing, Rita Moreno, and Robert Morse star in a benefit to raise monies for HIV/AIDS service organizations in Southern California. http://www.stagela.com/home.php
SUN: 4/03: Miami, FL: AIDS Walk Miami. www.aidswalkmiami.org
Newsworthy:
Resource: Free LGBT News E-Newsletter. Gay Politics Report comes out twice-weekly with news briefings. From Smart Brief. An excellent resource for LGBY officials, business organizations, and community leaders. http://www.smartbrief.com/lgbt/
Resource: Gay Rights Media. News and resources of interest for the LGBT Equality Movement. http://GayRightsMedia.org/
Coming Out-
Poll: Slim majority now backs gay marriage, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The results underscore the nation’s increasingly tolerant views about LGBT people, and parallel a string of recent legal and legislative victories for gay rights advocates. The Washington Post reports: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/slim-majority-back-gay-marriage-post-abc-poll-says/2011/03/17/ABhMc7o_story.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Mike Mohill, candidate for Glendale CA City Council came out when his opponent outed him and outed himself. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/16/Council_Candidate_Comes_Out_Outs_Opponent/
Coming Out: Josh Flagg, a contestant in the Bravo reality series “Million Dollar Listing” has come out. (on the 3/22/11 episode). The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/21/Million_Dollar_Agent_Josh_Flagg_is_Gay/
Michael McRaith, the openly gay director of the Illinois Department of Insurance, will be named to lead the new Federal Insurance Office. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner made the announcement on 3/17/11. The Windy City Media Group reports: http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=30979
Kate Middletown has asked her wedding guests to donate to an anti-bullying organization (in lieu of gifts), because she had been bullied as a teen. Bay Windows reports: http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3&id=117643
Awards and Honors:
The Publishing Triangle, the association of lesbians and gay men in publishing, announced their finalists for Best Lesbian and Gay Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Debut Fiction Published in 2010 as well as the Ferro-Grumley Literary Awards. Lambda Lit reports: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/03/17/publishing-triangle-award/
Honorees: GLAAD Media Awards in New York. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/03/glaad.html
Daniel Radcliffe will be honored with the Trevor Project's Hero Award in New York in June. www.thetrevorproject.com.
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Photos: GLAAD Media Awards. From BroadwayWorld.com: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_22nd_Annual_GLAAD_Media_Awards_Part_One_20110320
http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_22nd_Annual_Glaad_Media_Awards_Part_Two_20000101
Photos: Priscilla Queen of the Desert from BroadwayWorld.com: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Flash_Exclusive_First_Look_at_PRISCILLA_QUEEN_OF_THE_DESERT_THE_MUSICAL_20110316
Photos: The Broadway Beauty Pageant fundraiser for LGBT homeless youth programs at the Ali Forney Center. BroadwayWorld. com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_Broadway_Beauty_Pageant_20000101
Features
Changing The Game: The GLSEN Sports Project. The Advisory Group talks about why they got involved in the new GLSEN initiative to make K-12 sports and physical education inclusive and safe for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZVmiqSXOkM
Intersex Babies. Boy or Girl and who decides ? ABC reports: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/intersex-children-pose-ethical-dilemma-doctors-parents-genital/story?id=13153068&page=1
Ten Questions for Dan Savage (It Gets Better) from Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2059604,00.html
Changing Views on Same-Sex Experiences at College. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/education/18sex.html?_r=1&smid=fb-nytimes
Preview: Broadway Bares posters. The New York Times reports: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/first-look-at-broadway-bares-xxi-posters/?smid=tw-nytimestheater
The Resource Center:
Steven Petrow’s Gay & Lesbian Manners E-Newsletter. LGBT advice for dating, sex, coming out, marriage, and other matters. http://www.gaymanners.com/index.php/newsletter
SAGE is the country's largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older adults. SAGE has pioneered programs and services for the aging LGBT community, provided technical assistance and training to expand opportunities for LGBT older people across the country, and provided a national voice on LGBT aging issues. http://www.sageusa.org/index.cfm
Center Link: The Community of LGBT Community Centers. A directory of centers and services and a good resources guide. http://lgbtcenters.org/
In Print:
Coming Out: I’m Walking As Straight As I Can: Transcending Disability in Hollywood and Beyond by Geri Jewell with Ted Nichelson. ECW Press. She was the first person with a disability cast in a recurring role on American TV (“The Facts of Life”). She describes her trimuphs and challenges and comes out in her memoir. Release date: 4/1/11.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Michael Urie stars thru 4/24/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Anything Goes. Gay Cole Porter’s madcap musical. Sutton Foster stars. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***Book of Mormon, the new musical penned by "South Park" co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and “Avenue Q” Tony winner Robert Lopez.
***Gay Plays for Straight People (and Gay People).”The All-American Genderf**k Cabaret” and “The Un-Marrying Project”. Two gay-themed plays in repertory. to 4/30/11. www.purplerep.org
***The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key To The Scriptures. Tony Kushner’s new play. to 6/12/11.www.publictheater.org
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the 1983 Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical, based on a French film, which inspired the film "Birdcage". Harvey Fierstein and Christopher Sieber co-star. www.LaCage.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical based on the 1994 Australian film. The story of three drag queens who head west across the Outback in their battered old bus. www.priscillathemusical.com.
Elsewhere...
***Grey Gardens, the award-winning musical about mother and daughter Beale. to 4/03/11. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. http://www.Risingactiontheatre.com/
***M. Butterfly, David Henry Hwang’s Tony Award winning play about a French diplomat who carried on a 20-year affair with a Chinese spy, never knowing his partner was a man disguised as a woman. to 4/10/11. San Francisco, CA. www.CustomMade.org/tickets
***Prometheus Bound. Gavin Creel and Lea DeLaria star in a new musical from Steven Sater and Serj Tankian, based on the Aeschylus tragedy. to 4/02/11. Cambridge, MA. www.americanrepertorytheater.org
***Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Tracy Letts and Amy Morton star as sparring spouses in out Edward Albee’s masterpiece. to 4/24/11. Washington, DC. www.arenastage.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Beastly. A modern take on “Beauty and the Beast”. Neil Patrick Harris is featured.
***Kaboom, a new film from Gregg Araki. The world according to Smith, a bisexual Southern California cinema studies major (Thomas Dekker).
***Making The Boys. A documentry about the production of “The Boys in The Band”, the first commercially-successful gay-themed drama which opened just before Stonewall. With Edward Albee, Mart Crowley (the playwright), Candis Cayne and others. Screening schedule on Facebook.
***Rabbit Hole, John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig” and “Short Bus”) directs the movie version of the Broadway drama which stars Nicole Kidman. www.rabbitholefilm.com.
***Twelve Thirty. Jonathan Groff and Mamie Gummer star in a quirky film about a broken family (Dad is bi). www.twelvethirtymovie.com.
Out On Video & DVD
***A Marine Story. Alexandra, a married Marine, is a casualty of DADT. After discharge, she rebuilds her life. The trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixk192SX9es. .
***Anything Goes. A 1954 TV production of gay Cole Porter’s musical in which Ethel Merman and Frank Sinatra made their TV debuts.
***Black Swan. Natalie Portman plays a ballerina competing for a lead in “Swan Lake”.
***Burlesque. The tale of a young singer (Christina Aguilera) who is hired as a cocktail waitress at a club that does musical revues by the star (Cher).
***Into The Woods, the Sondheim musical about some grim fairy tales. The London West-End production. www.digitaltheatre.com.
***MadMen, Season #4.
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
***March/April: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Ongoing: The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway. Times vay through 4/16/11. HBO. www.hbo.com
***SAT: 4/02: Elton John hosts Saturday Night Live. 11:30PM. NBC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
4/04/11: New Haven, CT: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. Also: 4/07/11: Greenville, NC: 4/08/11: Chicago, IL: 4/11/11: Iowa City, IA: http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
4/04/11: New York, NY: Point Honors Benefit to fete Andy Cohen, Margarethe Cammermeyer and Johnson & Johnson. http://www.pointfoundation.org/newyork/index.html
4/04/11: Sacramento, CA: QYAD: Queer Youth Advocacy Day. https://gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=57
4/06/11-6/18/11: Chicago, IL: Windy City Gay Idol talent competition. www.windycitymediagroup. com
4/07/11-4/10/11: Rehoboth Beach, DE: Camp Rehoboth 2011 Women’s Fest. www.camprehoboth.com.
4/08/11: New Haven, CT: Chocolate and Cheesecake. A benefit for True Colors, a program serving sexual minority youth and family services. http://www.ourtruecolors.org/
4/09/11: Hollywood, CA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. West Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
4/15/11: Nationwide: National Day of Silence. www.dayofsilence.org
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Celebrating Women
1. Question: Name this American writer, poet, and art collector who spent most of her life in France. She wrote a coming out story in 1903, which was published in 1950. Several of her writings were set to music. Her long-time partner was best known for her brownies. Answer: Gertrude Stein (1874-1946). Her partner was Alice B. Toklas.
2. Question: Name this lesbian couple, who in 2004, became the first same-sex couple to be legally married in the USA. Both were activists involved in forming an important gay rights organization. Answer: Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, married by then San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom in 2004. They founded The Daughters of Bilitis.
3. Question: Name this politician who became the first out lesbian elected to a state-office in 1974. That same year, Kathy Kozachenko had been elected to Ann Arbor’s city council. Answer: Elaine Noble, elected to serve in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
4. Question: Name this comedienne, television host and actress, who came out publicly to Oprah as her TV character came out on prime time television. She has over a dozen Emmys to her credit. She was the first out person to host The Oscars. Hint. While hosting the 2001 Emmys just weeks after 9/11, she said “What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews?” Answer: Ellen DeGeneres.
5. Question: Name this Indian-born American LGBT rights activist and author. She pushed the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force into international limelight. Her book about the mainstreaming of LGBT liberation has been a blue print for the current gay rights movement. Answer: Urvashi Vaid, author of “Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation “
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: April Milestones
1. Question: Name this American blues singer, born April 15, 1894. One of her most famous songs included the lyrics: "There's two things got me puzzled, there's two things I don't understand; That's a mannish-actin' woman, and a skippin, twistin' woman-actin' man."
2. Question: Name this New York City educational institution that opened its doors on April 1, 1985. Named for a slain gay rights activist, it was the first publicly-funded school for LGBT kids.
3. Question: Name this gay American playwright, born April 17, 1887. He’s best known for his portrayal of a rural American community, but he also wrote a breakthrough role for Talullah Bankhead and a play set in Yonkers which became one of America’s most popular musicals.
4. Question: Name this young American who died on April 8, 1990. He put a human face to HIV and AIDS, and in his final years, worked tirelessly to raise monies and awareness of AIDS issues. Several funding initiatives are named in his memory.
5. Question: Name this award-winning play, which opened in New York on April 14, 1968. It was the first commercially successful theatre production to deal with openly gay characters and queer subject matter.
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 14 No. 12 March 28, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: March 28-April 3, 2011
thru SAT: 6/04: Nationwide: David Sedaris continues his book tour with his new bestseller “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk”. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru TUE: 3/29: Washington, DC: GLSEN Safe Schools Advocacy Summit. http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/news/record/2680.html
MON-SUN: 3/28-4/03: Palm Springs, CA: Kraft Nabisco Golf Championship. previously known as the Dinah Shore Golf Championship. gurlz and golf.www.nabiscochampionship.com
MON: 3/28: New York, NY: Angela Lansbury and Friends salute Terrence McNally, the out playwright who has chronicled LGBT issues over the years. Among Angela’s “Friends”: Audra McDonald, Alan Cumming, John Glover, Malcolm Gets. An Acting Company benefit. www.telecharge.com.
MON: 3/28: Boston, MA: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. Hosted by the LGBT Aging Project. Coolidge Corner Cinema, Brookline. 7PM. Also: TUE: 3/29 Bridgewater, MA. FRI: 4/01: Cary, NC: SAT: 4/02: Chapel Hill, NC: SUN: 4/03: Charlotte, NC: http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
TUE: 3/29: Seattle, WA: It Gets Better Book Tour with Dan Savage. 7:30PM. Town Hall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvhZA0B_qiQ&feature=player_embedded
TUE-SUN: 3/29-4/03: Breckenridge, CO: OutBoard. annual LGBT snowboarding festival.www.outboard.org
THU: 3/31: Northampton, MA: Screening and Discussion: Transparent, the documentary about 19 FTM parents. Media Education Foundation Community Room. 7PM. http://www.transparentthemovie.com/
FRI-SUN: 4/01-4/03: Waltham, MA: National Union of Jewish LGBT Students National Conference. http://www.nehirim.org/nujls
FRI-SUN: 4/01-4/03: Sacramento, CA: GAYLA. GSA Advocacy and Youth Leadership Academy. A GSAnetwork 3--day intensive training in the legislative process, policy and administrative advocacy, media activism & other important related skills. https://gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=57
FRI: 4/01: New York, NY: LGBT Night at New York City Opera. A performance of “The Elixir of Love” and a concert by Juilliard-trained drag diva Shequida
http://www.nycopera.com/seasontickets/lgbtevent.aspx?utm_source=s110096&utm_medium=m110002&utm_campaign=c110033
SAT: 4/02: Los Angeles, CA: Original Cast 2. Carol Channing, Rita Moreno, and Robert Morse star in a benefit to raise monies for HIV/AIDS service organizations in Southern California. http://www.stagela.com/home.php
SUN: 4/03: Miami, FL: AIDS Walk Miami. www.aidswalkmiami.org
Newsworthy:
Resource: Free LGBT News E-Newsletter. Gay Politics Report comes out twice-weekly with news briefings. From Smart Brief. An excellent resource for LGBY officials, business organizations, and community leaders. http://www.smartbrief.com/lgbt/
Resource: Gay Rights Media. News and resources of interest for the LGBT Equality Movement. http://GayRightsMedia.org/
Coming Out-
Poll: Slim majority now backs gay marriage, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The results underscore the nation’s increasingly tolerant views about LGBT people, and parallel a string of recent legal and legislative victories for gay rights advocates. The Washington Post reports: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/slim-majority-back-gay-marriage-post-abc-poll-says/2011/03/17/ABhMc7o_story.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Mike Mohill, candidate for Glendale CA City Council came out when his opponent outed him and outed himself. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/16/Council_Candidate_Comes_Out_Outs_Opponent/
Coming Out: Josh Flagg, a contestant in the Bravo reality series “Million Dollar Listing” has come out. (on the 3/22/11 episode). The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/21/Million_Dollar_Agent_Josh_Flagg_is_Gay/
Michael McRaith, the openly gay director of the Illinois Department of Insurance, will be named to lead the new Federal Insurance Office. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner made the announcement on 3/17/11. The Windy City Media Group reports: http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=30979
Kate Middletown has asked her wedding guests to donate to an anti-bullying organization (in lieu of gifts), because she had been bullied as a teen. Bay Windows reports: http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3&id=117643
Awards and Honors:
The Publishing Triangle, the association of lesbians and gay men in publishing, announced their finalists for Best Lesbian and Gay Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Debut Fiction Published in 2010 as well as the Ferro-Grumley Literary Awards. Lambda Lit reports: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/03/17/publishing-triangle-award/
Honorees: GLAAD Media Awards in New York. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/03/glaad.html
Daniel Radcliffe will be honored with the Trevor Project's Hero Award in New York in June. www.thetrevorproject.com.
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Photos: GLAAD Media Awards. From BroadwayWorld.com: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_22nd_Annual_GLAAD_Media_Awards_Part_One_20110320
http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_22nd_Annual_Glaad_Media_Awards_Part_Two_20000101
Photos: Priscilla Queen of the Desert from BroadwayWorld.com: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Flash_Exclusive_First_Look_at_PRISCILLA_QUEEN_OF_THE_DESERT_THE_MUSICAL_20110316
Photos: The Broadway Beauty Pageant fundraiser for LGBT homeless youth programs at the Ali Forney Center. BroadwayWorld. com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_Broadway_Beauty_Pageant_20000101
Features
Changing The Game: The GLSEN Sports Project. The Advisory Group talks about why they got involved in the new GLSEN initiative to make K-12 sports and physical education inclusive and safe for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZVmiqSXOkM
Intersex Babies. Boy or Girl and who decides ? ABC reports: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/intersex-children-pose-ethical-dilemma-doctors-parents-genital/story?id=13153068&page=1
Ten Questions for Dan Savage (It Gets Better) from Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2059604,00.html
Changing Views on Same-Sex Experiences at College. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/education/18sex.html?_r=1&smid=fb-nytimes
Preview: Broadway Bares posters. The New York Times reports: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/first-look-at-broadway-bares-xxi-posters/?smid=tw-nytimestheater
The Resource Center:
Steven Petrow’s Gay & Lesbian Manners E-Newsletter. LGBT advice for dating, sex, coming out, marriage, and other matters. http://www.gaymanners.com/index.php/newsletter
SAGE is the country's largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older adults. SAGE has pioneered programs and services for the aging LGBT community, provided technical assistance and training to expand opportunities for LGBT older people across the country, and provided a national voice on LGBT aging issues. http://www.sageusa.org/index.cfm
Center Link: The Community of LGBT Community Centers. A directory of centers and services and a good resources guide. http://lgbtcenters.org/
In Print:
Coming Out: I’m Walking As Straight As I Can: Transcending Disability in Hollywood and Beyond by Geri Jewell with Ted Nichelson. ECW Press. She was the first person with a disability cast in a recurring role on American TV (“The Facts of Life”). She describes her trimuphs and challenges and comes out in her memoir. Release date: 4/1/11.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Michael Urie stars thru 4/24/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Anything Goes. Gay Cole Porter’s madcap musical. Sutton Foster stars. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***Book of Mormon, the new musical penned by "South Park" co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and “Avenue Q” Tony winner Robert Lopez.
***Gay Plays for Straight People (and Gay People).”The All-American Genderf**k Cabaret” and “The Un-Marrying Project”. Two gay-themed plays in repertory. to 4/30/11. www.purplerep.org
***The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key To The Scriptures. Tony Kushner’s new play. to 6/12/11.www.publictheater.org
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the 1983 Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical, based on a French film, which inspired the film "Birdcage". Harvey Fierstein and Christopher Sieber co-star. www.LaCage.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical based on the 1994 Australian film. The story of three drag queens who head west across the Outback in their battered old bus. www.priscillathemusical.com.
Elsewhere...
***Grey Gardens, the award-winning musical about mother and daughter Beale. to 4/03/11. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. http://www.Risingactiontheatre.com/
***M. Butterfly, David Henry Hwang’s Tony Award winning play about a French diplomat who carried on a 20-year affair with a Chinese spy, never knowing his partner was a man disguised as a woman. to 4/10/11. San Francisco, CA. www.CustomMade.org/tickets
***Prometheus Bound. Gavin Creel and Lea DeLaria star in a new musical from Steven Sater and Serj Tankian, based on the Aeschylus tragedy. to 4/02/11. Cambridge, MA. www.americanrepertorytheater.org
***Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Tracy Letts and Amy Morton star as sparring spouses in out Edward Albee’s masterpiece. to 4/24/11. Washington, DC. www.arenastage.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Beastly. A modern take on “Beauty and the Beast”. Neil Patrick Harris is featured.
***Kaboom, a new film from Gregg Araki. The world according to Smith, a bisexual Southern California cinema studies major (Thomas Dekker).
***Making The Boys. A documentry about the production of “The Boys in The Band”, the first commercially-successful gay-themed drama which opened just before Stonewall. With Edward Albee, Mart Crowley (the playwright), Candis Cayne and others. Screening schedule on Facebook.
***Rabbit Hole, John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig” and “Short Bus”) directs the movie version of the Broadway drama which stars Nicole Kidman. www.rabbitholefilm.com.
***Twelve Thirty. Jonathan Groff and Mamie Gummer star in a quirky film about a broken family (Dad is bi). www.twelvethirtymovie.com.
Out On Video & DVD
***A Marine Story. Alexandra, a married Marine, is a casualty of DADT. After discharge, she rebuilds her life. The trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixk192SX9es. .
***Anything Goes. A 1954 TV production of gay Cole Porter’s musical in which Ethel Merman and Frank Sinatra made their TV debuts.
***Black Swan. Natalie Portman plays a ballerina competing for a lead in “Swan Lake”.
***Burlesque. The tale of a young singer (Christina Aguilera) who is hired as a cocktail waitress at a club that does musical revues by the star (Cher).
***Into The Woods, the Sondheim musical about some grim fairy tales. The London West-End production. www.digitaltheatre.com.
***MadMen, Season #4.
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
***March/April: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Ongoing: The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway. Times vay through 4/16/11. HBO. www.hbo.com
***SAT: 4/02: Elton John hosts Saturday Night Live. 11:30PM. NBC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
4/04/11: New Haven, CT: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. Also: 4/07/11: Greenville, NC: 4/08/11: Chicago, IL: 4/11/11: Iowa City, IA: http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
4/04/11: New York, NY: Point Honors Benefit to fete Andy Cohen, Margarethe Cammermeyer and Johnson & Johnson. http://www.pointfoundation.org/newyork/index.html
4/04/11: Sacramento, CA: QYAD: Queer Youth Advocacy Day. https://gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=57
4/06/11-6/18/11: Chicago, IL: Windy City Gay Idol talent competition. www.windycitymediagroup. com
4/07/11-4/10/11: Rehoboth Beach, DE: Camp Rehoboth 2011 Women’s Fest. www.camprehoboth.com.
4/08/11: New Haven, CT: Chocolate and Cheesecake. A benefit for True Colors, a program serving sexual minority youth and family services. http://www.ourtruecolors.org/
4/09/11: Hollywood, CA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. West Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
4/15/11: Nationwide: National Day of Silence. www.dayofsilence.org
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Celebrating Women
1. Question: Name this American writer, poet, and art collector who spent most of her life in France. She wrote a coming out story in 1903, which was published in 1950. Several of her writings were set to music. Her long-time partner was best known for her brownies. Answer: Gertrude Stein (1874-1946). Her partner was Alice B. Toklas.
2. Question: Name this lesbian couple, who in 2004, became the first same-sex couple to be legally married in the USA. Both were activists involved in forming an important gay rights organization. Answer: Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, married by then San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom in 2004. They founded The Daughters of Bilitis.
3. Question: Name this politician who became the first out lesbian elected to a state-office in 1974. That same year, Kathy Kozachenko had been elected to Ann Arbor’s city council. Answer: Elaine Noble, elected to serve in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
4. Question: Name this comedienne, television host and actress, who came out publicly to Oprah as her TV character came out on prime time television. She has over a dozen Emmys to her credit. She was the first out person to host The Oscars. Hint. While hosting the 2001 Emmys just weeks after 9/11, she said “What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews?” Answer: Ellen DeGeneres.
5. Question: Name this Indian-born American LGBT rights activist and author. She pushed the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force into international limelight. Her book about the mainstreaming of LGBT liberation has been a blue print for the current gay rights movement. Answer: Urvashi Vaid, author of “Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation “
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: April Milestones
1. Question: Name this American blues singer, born April 15, 1894. One of her most famous songs included the lyrics: "There's two things got me puzzled, there's two things I don't understand; That's a mannish-actin' woman, and a skippin, twistin' woman-actin' man."
2. Question: Name this New York City educational institution that opened its doors on April 1, 1985. Named for a slain gay rights activist, it was the first publicly-funded school for LGBT kids.
3. Question: Name this gay American playwright, born April 17, 1887. He’s best known for his portrayal of a rural American community, but he also wrote a breakthrough role for Talullah Bankhead and a play set in Yonkers which became one of America’s most popular musicals.
4. Question: Name this young American who died on April 8, 1990. He put a human face to HIV and AIDS, and in his final years, worked tirelessly to raise monies and awareness of AIDS issues. Several funding initiatives are named in his memory.
5. Question: Name this award-winning play, which opened in New York on April 14, 1968. It was the first commercially successful theatre production to deal with openly gay characters and queer subject matter.
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, March 15, 2011
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 3/21/11
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 14 No. 11 March 21, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: March 21-27, 2011
thru SAT: 6/04: Nationwide: David Sedaris continues his book tour with his new bestseller “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk”. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru SAT: 3/26: Crested Butte, CO: Butte 11: Matthew Shepard Foundation Gay Ski Week, to be held at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Some of the proceeds benefit the Matthew Shepard Foundation. http://www.matthewshepard.org
MON: 3/21: New York, NY: GayFest NYC Spring Gala with Wanda Sykes, Michael Urie and Lance Horne, to benefit the students of the Harvey Milk School. www.gayfestnyc.com.
MON: 3/21: New York, NY: The Broadway Beauty Pageant. Broadway chorus boys compete in talent, formal wear and swim suits. Tovah Feldshuh hosts; Judges are: Rachel Dratch, Carson Kressley, and Bruce Vilanch. A benefit for the Ali Forney Center, NYC’s primary emergency housing resource for homeless LGBT youth. http://aliforneycenter.org/beauty/
MON: 3/21: New York, NY: Center Dinner 2011, a benefit for The LGBT Community Center honoring producer Tom Kirdahy. David Hyde Pierce, Angela Lansbury and Barney Frank are featured. http://www.gaycenter.org/specialevents/centerdinner2011/tickets
TUE: 3/22: New York, NY: It Gets Better Book Tour with Dan Savage. 7PM. Barnes & Noble. 97 Warren Street. Also: THU: 3/24: Los Angeles, CA: 8PM. Renberg Theatre, West Hollywood. FRI: 3/25: San Francisco, CA: 12N. San Francisco State University. Jack Adams Hall.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvhZA0B_qiQ&feature=player_embedded
WED: 3/23: San Francisco, CA: Meredith Baxter does a booksigning for her memoir “Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering”. 7PM. Books Inc, Market Street. Also: THU: 3/24/11: La Jolla, CA: 7:30PM. Warwick’s, Girard Avenue.
THU: 3/24: New York, NY: Headlines & Headliners, the 16th annual NLGJA New York benefit hosted by MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts. Guests include: Sam Champion, JuJu Chang, Ann Curry, Andy Towle, and more. http://www.nlgja.org/news/NYE2011.htm
FRI: 3/25: Los Angeles/West Hollywood, CA: Dear John, I Love Jane reading/booksigning with editors Laura Andre and Candace Walsh and writers Audrey Bilger and Leigh Stuart. 7PM. Book Soup. Sunset Blvd. .http://www.dearjohnilovejane.com/events.html
FRI-SUN: 3/25-3/27: Falls Village, CT: Nehirim GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality Men’s Retreat. http://www.nehirim.org/men
SAT: 3/26: Portland, ME: EqualityMaine 27th Awards Dinner, honoring the Maine AIDS Alliance and others. www.equalitymaine.org
SAT: 3/26: Portland, OR: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
SAT: 3/26: New York, NY: Rainbow Book Fair, a LGBT Book Expo sponsored by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. www.rainbowbookfair.org.
SUN: 3/27: New York, NY: dot429 Networking Brunch.Professional networking opportunities for the LGBTA Community. http://dot429.com/events
SUN-TUE: 3/27-3/29: Washington, DC: GLSEN Safe Schools Advocacy Summit. http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/news/record/2680.html
Newsworthy:
Coming Out--Not by Choice: Carl Kruger, New York State senator surrendered to federal authorities on corruption charges took $1 million in bribes which his boyfriend laundered. Kruger, a closeted hypocrite cast voes against marriage equality last year. The New York Post reports: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/gay_pol_mil_bribe_out_rage_ez6JwuYoczyNwZDtsPd0LN
Navy Boots Sailor on Bogus Charges. Petty officer Stephen C. Jones was discharged from the Navy, despite repeal of DADT, because he fell asleep with another sailor while they were watching a video. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/10/Navy_Boots_Sailor_on_Bogus_Charges/
Maryland: Democratic lawmakers failed to gather enough votes to pass a bill to allow same-sex couples to marry and withdrew it from consideration after hours of emotional debate, effectively killing the bill’s chances for passage this year. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/us/12marriage.html
The Point Foundation, the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBT students of merit, announced today the creation of a scholarship in memory of Rutgers University student, Tyler Clementi, whose life ended 9/22/10, at age 18. Yahoo News reports: http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20110309/pl_usnw/DC61773
Gay groups watch their enrollments fall as the web flourishes. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/technology/11bcjames.html?src=recg
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Peter Murphy, a Maryland state delegate, has come out. He’s become the 8th openly LGBT state lawmaker in Maryland, giving the state the largest LGBT caucus in the USA. Gay Politics reports: http://www.gaypolitics.com/2011/03/09/maryland-legislator-comes-out-as-gay/
Coming Out: Anton Hysén, the 20-year-old British-born professional soccer player for Sweden’s Utsiktens BK, came out this week. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/11/Hysen_Its_Effed_Up_Im_Swedens_First_Out_Soccer_Player/
Matthew Breen has been named editor in chief of the Advocate news brand. Here Media reports: http://www.heremedia.com/company/financialnews.php
Transitions:
James "John" Finley Gruber Jr., the last surviving original member of the Mattachine Society, one of the earliest gay rights organizations in the United States, died on 2/27/11, at age 82. The Bay Area Reporter reports: http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=5543
Hugh Martin, the songwriter who created three Judy Garland hits in the movie “Meet Me in St. Louis” died on 3/11/11 at age 96. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/arts/music/hugh-martin-composer-of-judy-garland-hits-dies-at-96.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=hugh%20martin&st=cse
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Video: Dr. John Corvino’s trailer for his lecture “What’s Morally Wrong with Homosexuality?”. http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011/03/Easy-access-free-Wi-Fi-help-make-airports-favorites-for-business-travelers/44871868/1
Video: Daniel Radcliffe speaks about gay rights and The Trevor Project to Katie Couric. CBS reports: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7359324n
Video: Conversation: Tony Kushner and Stephen Sondheim, two out cultural masters, at The Public Theatre. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aBqii2qeWQ
Trailer: Becoming Chaz, the documentary about Chaz Bono’s transition. It comes to Oprah’s network in May. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/10/Watch_the_Becoming_Chaz_Trailer/
Features
Gender Bender Design. Broadway’s top designers talk about dressing their drag queens, cross-dressers, and stars like Harvey Fierstein, Charles Busch, and the cast of “Priscilla”. David Gordon reports on TheaterMania: http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/03-2011/going-on-a-gender-bender_34951.html
“Priscilla” Queens get a Broadway makeover. The show has been changed for American audiences. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/theater/priscilla-queen-of-the-desert-gets-broadway-makeover.html
Kathy Griffin makes her Broadway debut. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/theater/kathy-griffin-on-broadway.html?_r=1
Profile: Fay Jacobs, author and publisher. The Philadelphia Gay News reports: http://epgn.com/view/full_story/12273483/article-Fay-Jacobs--Author--publisher-and--horrible--actress?instance=detour_portraits
In Print:
Coming Out: It Gets Better: Living Proof. Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating A Life Worth Living. by Dan Savage and Terry Miller..Penguin. A collection of stories from many people, known and unknown, involved in the It Gets Better Project.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Michael Urie stars thru 4/24/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Book of Mormon, the new musical penned by "South Park" co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and “Avenue Q” Tony winner Robert Lopez.
***Canned Ham. Tom Judson’s autobiographical show about his life in (as Gus Mattox) and out (Broadway) of porn. to 3/26/12. https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/799875
***The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key To The Scriptures. Tony Kushner’s new play. to 6/12/11.www.publictheater.org
***In Trousers, the first part (and seldom-performed) of composer William Finn's Marvin “Falsettos” trilogy. 3/25/11-3/28/11.www.thereddoortheatre.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Three drag queens \who head west across the outback in their battered old bus. www.priscillathemusical.com.
Elsewhere...
***Grey Gardens, the award-winning musical about mother and daughter Beale. to 4/03/11. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. http://www.Risingactiontheatre.com/
***I Bought A Blue Car Today. Alan Cumming in concert. 3/21/11. Chicago, IL.. www.harristheaterchicago.org
***Little Miss Sunshine. A new musical by William “Falsettos” Finn and James Lapine based on the film. Hunter Foster and Malcolm Gets co-star. to 3/27/11. LaJolla, CA. www.lajollaplayhouse.org.
***Prometheus Bound. Gavin Creel and Lea DeLaria star in a new musical from Steven Sater and Serj Tankian, based on the Aeschylus tragedy. to 4/02/11. Cambridge, MA. www.americanrepertorytheater.org
***Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Tracy Letts and Amy Morton star as sparring spouses in out Edward Albee’s masterpiece. to 4/24/11. Washington, DC. www.arenastage.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Beastly. A modern take on “Beauty and the Beast”. Neil Patrick Harris is featured.
***Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s new documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
***Kaboom, a new film from Gregg Araki. The world according to Smith, a bisexual Southern California cinema studies major (Thomas Dekker).
***Making The Boys. A documentry about the production of “The Boys in The Band”, the first commercially-successful gay-themed drama which opened just before Stonewall. With Edward Albee, Mart Crowley (the playwright), Candis Cayne and others. Screening schedule on Facebook.
***Rabbit Hole, John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig” and “Short Bus”) directs the movie version of the Broadway drama which stars Nicole Kidman. www.rabbitholefilm.com.
Out On Video & DVD
***Burlesque. The tale of a young singer (Christina Aguilera) who is hired as a cocktail waitress at a club that does musical revues by the star (Cher).
***Glee: Season 2, Volume 1: First ten episodes of Glee Season 2 on 3 DVDs.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
***Prayers for Bobby. Sigourney Weaver stars in a true story about the mother of a gay son who has problems accepting him.
***The Times of Harvey Milk. The award-winning documentary about the gay rights leader.
***William S. Burroughs: A Man Within. Documentary about the Beat Generation icon and one of the first writers to explore queer culture in the 1950’s.
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
***March: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Ongoing: The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway. Times vay through 4/16/11. HBO. www.hbo.com
***MON: 3/21: Dancing With The Stars. Kirstie Alley competes. Season premiere. 8PM. ABC..
***SUN: 3/27: Mildred Pierce, the Joan Crawford classic, is re-imagined in a miniseries with Kate Winslet. 9PM. HBO.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
3/28/11-4/03/11: Palm Springs, CA: Kraft Nabisco Golf Championship. previously the Dinah Shore Golf Championship. www.nabiscochampionship.com
3/29/11-4/03/11: Breckenridge, CO: OutBoard. annual LGBT snowboarding festival
www.outboard.org
4/01/11-4/03/11: Waltham, MA: National Union of Jewish LGBT Students National Conference. http://www.nehirim.org/nujls
4/01/11-4/03/11: Sacramento, CA: GAYLA. GSA Advocacy and Youth Leadership Academy. https://gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=57
4/03/11: Miami, FL: AIDS Walk Miami. www.aidswalkmiami.org
4/04/11: New York, NY: Point Honors Benefit http://www.pointfoundation.org/newyork/index.html
4/04/11: Sacramento, CA: QYAD: Queer Youth Advocacy Day. https://gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=57
4/07/11-4/10/11: Rehoboth Beach, DE: Camp Rehoboth 2011 Women’s Fest. www.camprehoboth.com.
4/09/11: Hollywood, CA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. West Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
4/15/11: Nationwide: National Day of Silence. www.dayofsilence.org
4/16/11: Washington, DC: PFLAG Gala and Silent Auction. www.pflagdc.org
4/21/11-5/01/11: Miami, FL: Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.MGLFF.com
4/21/11-4/23/11: Calgary, AB: Western Cup, the longest-running (29th year) annual LGBT multi-sport tournament in North America. www.westerncup.com.
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: St. Patrick’s Day
1. Question: Name this gay Irish-born author and playwright, currently represented on Broadway. He is best kknown, however, for his personal life, imprisonment, and early death. Answer: Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), whose “The Importance of Being Earnest “ is a current Broadway hit with Brian Bedford directing and starring as Lady Bracknell”.
2. Question: Name this out Irish-American actor, who married her partner last year. She’s best known for co-starring with Tom Cruise. Answer: Kelly McGillis, the star of “Top Gun”.
3. Question: Name this out Irish-American actor, talk-show host and LGBT rights activist. She produced a musical by and about a gay Irish/English singer/songwriter, and played opposite another gay star as Jewish parents in the old country. Answer: Rosie O’Donnell, who produced the Boy George story “Taboo” and starred opposite Harvey Fierstein in “Fiddler on the Roof”.
4. Question: Name this out Irish-American actor, who is the star of a current hit TV program. She married her partner last summer, and previously starred in a Christopher Guest mockumentary about a trainer who brings home the gold. Answer: Jane Lynch, who plays Sue Sylvester on “Glee” and starred in the film “Best in Show”.
5. Question: Name this out Irish-born female impersonator, who starred in “Hello Dolly” on London’s West End (the equivalent of Broadway). He was one of Britain’s highest entertainers in the 1960s, known for his impersonations of Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Marlene Dietrich, and Margaret Thatcher. Answer: Danny LaRue (1927-2009).
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Celebrating Women
1. Question: Name this American writer, poet, and art collector who spent most of her life in France. She wrote a coming out story in 1903, which was published in 1950. Several of her writings were set to music. Her long-time partner was best known for her brownies.
2. Question: Name this lesbian couple, who in 2004, became the first same-sex couple to be legally married in the USA. Both were activists involved in forming an important gay rights organization.
3. Question: Name this politician who became the first out lesbian elected to a state-office in 1974. That same year, Kathy Kozachenko had been elected to Ann Arbor’s city council.
4. Question: Name this comedienne, television host and actress, who came out publicly to Oprah as her TV character came out on prime time television. She has over a dozen Emmys to her credit. She was the first out person to host The Oscars. Hint. While hosting the 2001 Emmys just weeks after 9/11, she said “What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews?”
5. Question: Name this Indian-born American LGBT rights activist and author. She pushed the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force into international limelight. Her book about the mainstreaming of LGBT liberation has been a blue print for the current gay rights movement.
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Volume 14 No. 11 March 21, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: March 21-27, 2011
thru SAT: 6/04: Nationwide: David Sedaris continues his book tour with his new bestseller “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk”. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru SAT: 3/26: Crested Butte, CO: Butte 11: Matthew Shepard Foundation Gay Ski Week, to be held at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Some of the proceeds benefit the Matthew Shepard Foundation. http://www.matthewshepard.org
MON: 3/21: New York, NY: GayFest NYC Spring Gala with Wanda Sykes, Michael Urie and Lance Horne, to benefit the students of the Harvey Milk School. www.gayfestnyc.com.
MON: 3/21: New York, NY: The Broadway Beauty Pageant. Broadway chorus boys compete in talent, formal wear and swim suits. Tovah Feldshuh hosts; Judges are: Rachel Dratch, Carson Kressley, and Bruce Vilanch. A benefit for the Ali Forney Center, NYC’s primary emergency housing resource for homeless LGBT youth. http://aliforneycenter.org/beauty/
MON: 3/21: New York, NY: Center Dinner 2011, a benefit for The LGBT Community Center honoring producer Tom Kirdahy. David Hyde Pierce, Angela Lansbury and Barney Frank are featured. http://www.gaycenter.org/specialevents/centerdinner2011/tickets
TUE: 3/22: New York, NY: It Gets Better Book Tour with Dan Savage. 7PM. Barnes & Noble. 97 Warren Street. Also: THU: 3/24: Los Angeles, CA: 8PM. Renberg Theatre, West Hollywood. FRI: 3/25: San Francisco, CA: 12N. San Francisco State University. Jack Adams Hall.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvhZA0B_qiQ&feature=player_embedded
WED: 3/23: San Francisco, CA: Meredith Baxter does a booksigning for her memoir “Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering”. 7PM. Books Inc, Market Street. Also: THU: 3/24/11: La Jolla, CA: 7:30PM. Warwick’s, Girard Avenue.
THU: 3/24: New York, NY: Headlines & Headliners, the 16th annual NLGJA New York benefit hosted by MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts. Guests include: Sam Champion, JuJu Chang, Ann Curry, Andy Towle, and more. http://www.nlgja.org/news/NYE2011.htm
FRI: 3/25: Los Angeles/West Hollywood, CA: Dear John, I Love Jane reading/booksigning with editors Laura Andre and Candace Walsh and writers Audrey Bilger and Leigh Stuart. 7PM. Book Soup. Sunset Blvd. .http://www.dearjohnilovejane.com/events.html
FRI-SUN: 3/25-3/27: Falls Village, CT: Nehirim GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality Men’s Retreat. http://www.nehirim.org/men
SAT: 3/26: Portland, ME: EqualityMaine 27th Awards Dinner, honoring the Maine AIDS Alliance and others. www.equalitymaine.org
SAT: 3/26: Portland, OR: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
SAT: 3/26: New York, NY: Rainbow Book Fair, a LGBT Book Expo sponsored by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. www.rainbowbookfair.org.
SUN: 3/27: New York, NY: dot429 Networking Brunch.Professional networking opportunities for the LGBTA Community. http://dot429.com/events
SUN-TUE: 3/27-3/29: Washington, DC: GLSEN Safe Schools Advocacy Summit. http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/news/record/2680.html
Newsworthy:
Coming Out--Not by Choice: Carl Kruger, New York State senator surrendered to federal authorities on corruption charges took $1 million in bribes which his boyfriend laundered. Kruger, a closeted hypocrite cast voes against marriage equality last year. The New York Post reports: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/gay_pol_mil_bribe_out_rage_ez6JwuYoczyNwZDtsPd0LN
Navy Boots Sailor on Bogus Charges. Petty officer Stephen C. Jones was discharged from the Navy, despite repeal of DADT, because he fell asleep with another sailor while they were watching a video. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/10/Navy_Boots_Sailor_on_Bogus_Charges/
Maryland: Democratic lawmakers failed to gather enough votes to pass a bill to allow same-sex couples to marry and withdrew it from consideration after hours of emotional debate, effectively killing the bill’s chances for passage this year. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/us/12marriage.html
The Point Foundation, the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBT students of merit, announced today the creation of a scholarship in memory of Rutgers University student, Tyler Clementi, whose life ended 9/22/10, at age 18. Yahoo News reports: http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20110309/pl_usnw/DC61773
Gay groups watch their enrollments fall as the web flourishes. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/technology/11bcjames.html?src=recg
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Peter Murphy, a Maryland state delegate, has come out. He’s become the 8th openly LGBT state lawmaker in Maryland, giving the state the largest LGBT caucus in the USA. Gay Politics reports: http://www.gaypolitics.com/2011/03/09/maryland-legislator-comes-out-as-gay/
Coming Out: Anton Hysén, the 20-year-old British-born professional soccer player for Sweden’s Utsiktens BK, came out this week. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/11/Hysen_Its_Effed_Up_Im_Swedens_First_Out_Soccer_Player/
Matthew Breen has been named editor in chief of the Advocate news brand. Here Media reports: http://www.heremedia.com/company/financialnews.php
Transitions:
James "John" Finley Gruber Jr., the last surviving original member of the Mattachine Society, one of the earliest gay rights organizations in the United States, died on 2/27/11, at age 82. The Bay Area Reporter reports: http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=5543
Hugh Martin, the songwriter who created three Judy Garland hits in the movie “Meet Me in St. Louis” died on 3/11/11 at age 96. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/arts/music/hugh-martin-composer-of-judy-garland-hits-dies-at-96.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=hugh%20martin&st=cse
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Video: Dr. John Corvino’s trailer for his lecture “What’s Morally Wrong with Homosexuality?”. http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011/03/Easy-access-free-Wi-Fi-help-make-airports-favorites-for-business-travelers/44871868/1
Video: Daniel Radcliffe speaks about gay rights and The Trevor Project to Katie Couric. CBS reports: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7359324n
Video: Conversation: Tony Kushner and Stephen Sondheim, two out cultural masters, at The Public Theatre. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aBqii2qeWQ
Trailer: Becoming Chaz, the documentary about Chaz Bono’s transition. It comes to Oprah’s network in May. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/10/Watch_the_Becoming_Chaz_Trailer/
Features
Gender Bender Design. Broadway’s top designers talk about dressing their drag queens, cross-dressers, and stars like Harvey Fierstein, Charles Busch, and the cast of “Priscilla”. David Gordon reports on TheaterMania: http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/03-2011/going-on-a-gender-bender_34951.html
“Priscilla” Queens get a Broadway makeover. The show has been changed for American audiences. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/theater/priscilla-queen-of-the-desert-gets-broadway-makeover.html
Kathy Griffin makes her Broadway debut. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/theater/kathy-griffin-on-broadway.html?_r=1
Profile: Fay Jacobs, author and publisher. The Philadelphia Gay News reports: http://epgn.com/view/full_story/12273483/article-Fay-Jacobs--Author--publisher-and--horrible--actress?instance=detour_portraits
In Print:
Coming Out: It Gets Better: Living Proof. Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating A Life Worth Living. by Dan Savage and Terry Miller..Penguin. A collection of stories from many people, known and unknown, involved in the It Gets Better Project.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Michael Urie stars thru 4/24/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Book of Mormon, the new musical penned by "South Park" co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and “Avenue Q” Tony winner Robert Lopez.
***Canned Ham. Tom Judson’s autobiographical show about his life in (as Gus Mattox) and out (Broadway) of porn. to 3/26/12. https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/799875
***The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key To The Scriptures. Tony Kushner’s new play. to 6/12/11.www.publictheater.org
***In Trousers, the first part (and seldom-performed) of composer William Finn's Marvin “Falsettos” trilogy. 3/25/11-3/28/11.www.thereddoortheatre.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Three drag queens \who head west across the outback in their battered old bus. www.priscillathemusical.com.
Elsewhere...
***Grey Gardens, the award-winning musical about mother and daughter Beale. to 4/03/11. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. http://www.Risingactiontheatre.com/
***I Bought A Blue Car Today. Alan Cumming in concert. 3/21/11. Chicago, IL.. www.harristheaterchicago.org
***Little Miss Sunshine. A new musical by William “Falsettos” Finn and James Lapine based on the film. Hunter Foster and Malcolm Gets co-star. to 3/27/11. LaJolla, CA. www.lajollaplayhouse.org.
***Prometheus Bound. Gavin Creel and Lea DeLaria star in a new musical from Steven Sater and Serj Tankian, based on the Aeschylus tragedy. to 4/02/11. Cambridge, MA. www.americanrepertorytheater.org
***Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Tracy Letts and Amy Morton star as sparring spouses in out Edward Albee’s masterpiece. to 4/24/11. Washington, DC. www.arenastage.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Beastly. A modern take on “Beauty and the Beast”. Neil Patrick Harris is featured.
***Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s new documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
***Kaboom, a new film from Gregg Araki. The world according to Smith, a bisexual Southern California cinema studies major (Thomas Dekker).
***Making The Boys. A documentry about the production of “The Boys in The Band”, the first commercially-successful gay-themed drama which opened just before Stonewall. With Edward Albee, Mart Crowley (the playwright), Candis Cayne and others. Screening schedule on Facebook.
***Rabbit Hole, John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig” and “Short Bus”) directs the movie version of the Broadway drama which stars Nicole Kidman. www.rabbitholefilm.com.
Out On Video & DVD
***Burlesque. The tale of a young singer (Christina Aguilera) who is hired as a cocktail waitress at a club that does musical revues by the star (Cher).
***Glee: Season 2, Volume 1: First ten episodes of Glee Season 2 on 3 DVDs.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
***Prayers for Bobby. Sigourney Weaver stars in a true story about the mother of a gay son who has problems accepting him.
***The Times of Harvey Milk. The award-winning documentary about the gay rights leader.
***William S. Burroughs: A Man Within. Documentary about the Beat Generation icon and one of the first writers to explore queer culture in the 1950’s.
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
***March: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Ongoing: The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway. Times vay through 4/16/11. HBO. www.hbo.com
***MON: 3/21: Dancing With The Stars. Kirstie Alley competes. Season premiere. 8PM. ABC..
***SUN: 3/27: Mildred Pierce, the Joan Crawford classic, is re-imagined in a miniseries with Kate Winslet. 9PM. HBO.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
3/28/11-4/03/11: Palm Springs, CA: Kraft Nabisco Golf Championship. previously the Dinah Shore Golf Championship. www.nabiscochampionship.com
3/29/11-4/03/11: Breckenridge, CO: OutBoard. annual LGBT snowboarding festival
www.outboard.org
4/01/11-4/03/11: Waltham, MA: National Union of Jewish LGBT Students National Conference. http://www.nehirim.org/nujls
4/01/11-4/03/11: Sacramento, CA: GAYLA. GSA Advocacy and Youth Leadership Academy. https://gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=57
4/03/11: Miami, FL: AIDS Walk Miami. www.aidswalkmiami.org
4/04/11: New York, NY: Point Honors Benefit http://www.pointfoundation.org/newyork/index.html
4/04/11: Sacramento, CA: QYAD: Queer Youth Advocacy Day. https://gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=57
4/07/11-4/10/11: Rehoboth Beach, DE: Camp Rehoboth 2011 Women’s Fest. www.camprehoboth.com.
4/09/11: Hollywood, CA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. West Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
4/15/11: Nationwide: National Day of Silence. www.dayofsilence.org
4/16/11: Washington, DC: PFLAG Gala and Silent Auction. www.pflagdc.org
4/21/11-5/01/11: Miami, FL: Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.MGLFF.com
4/21/11-4/23/11: Calgary, AB: Western Cup, the longest-running (29th year) annual LGBT multi-sport tournament in North America. www.westerncup.com.
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: St. Patrick’s Day
1. Question: Name this gay Irish-born author and playwright, currently represented on Broadway. He is best kknown, however, for his personal life, imprisonment, and early death. Answer: Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), whose “The Importance of Being Earnest “ is a current Broadway hit with Brian Bedford directing and starring as Lady Bracknell”.
2. Question: Name this out Irish-American actor, who married her partner last year. She’s best known for co-starring with Tom Cruise. Answer: Kelly McGillis, the star of “Top Gun”.
3. Question: Name this out Irish-American actor, talk-show host and LGBT rights activist. She produced a musical by and about a gay Irish/English singer/songwriter, and played opposite another gay star as Jewish parents in the old country. Answer: Rosie O’Donnell, who produced the Boy George story “Taboo” and starred opposite Harvey Fierstein in “Fiddler on the Roof”.
4. Question: Name this out Irish-American actor, who is the star of a current hit TV program. She married her partner last summer, and previously starred in a Christopher Guest mockumentary about a trainer who brings home the gold. Answer: Jane Lynch, who plays Sue Sylvester on “Glee” and starred in the film “Best in Show”.
5. Question: Name this out Irish-born female impersonator, who starred in “Hello Dolly” on London’s West End (the equivalent of Broadway). He was one of Britain’s highest entertainers in the 1960s, known for his impersonations of Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Marlene Dietrich, and Margaret Thatcher. Answer: Danny LaRue (1927-2009).
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Celebrating Women
1. Question: Name this American writer, poet, and art collector who spent most of her life in France. She wrote a coming out story in 1903, which was published in 1950. Several of her writings were set to music. Her long-time partner was best known for her brownies.
2. Question: Name this lesbian couple, who in 2004, became the first same-sex couple to be legally married in the USA. Both were activists involved in forming an important gay rights organization.
3. Question: Name this politician who became the first out lesbian elected to a state-office in 1974. That same year, Kathy Kozachenko had been elected to Ann Arbor’s city council.
4. Question: Name this comedienne, television host and actress, who came out publicly to Oprah as her TV character came out on prime time television. She has over a dozen Emmys to her credit. She was the first out person to host The Oscars. Hint. While hosting the 2001 Emmys just weeks after 9/11, she said “What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews?”
5. Question: Name this Indian-born American LGBT rights activist and author. She pushed the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force into international limelight. Her book about the mainstreaming of LGBT liberation has been a blue print for the current gay rights movement.
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, March 8, 2011
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 3/14/11
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 14 No. 10 March 14, 2011
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: March 14-20, 2011
thru SAT: 6/04: Nationwide: David Sedaris continues his book tour with his new bestseller “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk”. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru TUE: 3/15: New York, NY: The 18th GLBT Expo. www.originalglbtexpo.com
MON: 3/14: New York, NY: Straight for Equality Gala. PFLAG’s 3rd annual salute of straight allies in the LGBT community. http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=1341
MON: 3/14: New York, NY: Love Me Like This: The Parachute Plays, an evening of theatre in support of of LGBTQ youth,.http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/159495
MON: 3/14: Chicago, IL: Be-In for Equality. The cast of “Hair” and other Chicago actors perform to benefit Broadway Impact. Sidetrack Chicago. www.SidetrackChicago.com
WED: 3/16: New York, NY: Proud to Know You: A Celebration of Doric Wilson's 50 Years as an out Playwright. 212-695-6909.
WED-SUN: 3/16-3/20: Mammoth Lakes, CA: Elevation Mammoth 2011, Mammoth Gay Ski Week. www.mammothgayskiweek.com.
SAT-SAT: 3/19-3/26: Crested Butte, CO: Butte 11: Matthew Shepard Foundation Gay Ski Week http://www.matthewshepard.org
SAT: 3/19: Washington, DC: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network 19th annual National Dinner and Silent Auction. www.sldn.org/dinner
SAT: 3/19: New York, NY: GLAAD Media Awards. Celebrating GLAAD’s 25th anniversary. http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards
SUN: 3/20: Washington, DC: Victory Fund 20th Anniversary Champagne Brunch. www.victoryfund.org.
SUN: 3/20: Santa Monica, CA: Meredith Baxter does a booksigning for her memoir “Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering”. 3PM. Diesel, A Bookstore. 26th Street.
Newsworthy:
Resource: Free LGBT News E-Newsletter. Gay Politics Report comes out twice-weekly with news briefings. From Smart Brief. An excellent resource for LGBY officials, business organizations, and community leaders. http://www.smartbrief.com/lgbt/
Resource: Gay Rights Media. News and resources of interest for the LGBT Equality Movement. http://GayRightsMedia.org/
The US Supreme Court has ruled that hateful protests by the Westboro Baptist Church at military funerals are protected by the First Amendment. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/us/03scotus.html?hp
ROTC’s four-decade exile from Harvard University campus ended 3/04/11, with an agreement that was spurred by a congressional vote allowing gays to serve openly in the military. Bay Windows reports: http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3&id=117084
The Buzz (People Making News)
Ravi Perry, an openly gay man has been named the new president of NAACP Worcester (MA). Perry is a political science professor at Clark University. The Boston Herald reports: http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2011030728-year-old_gay_man_elected_naacp_worcester_chief/
Awards and Honors:
Stephen Sondheim, the Broadway composer, will receive a special Olivier Award (the British equivalent of the Tony) for his contributions to the London theatre. BBC reports: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12644755
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Coming Out: Video: Meredith Baxter describes her coming out experience to Joy Behar. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/03/baxter.html
Features
Coming Out: Coming Out and Reviving a Career. Self-outing being leveraged into a second shot at success. Bloomberg Businessweek reports: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_11/b4219078890379.htm?chan=magazine+channel_etc.
Culture Wars: Gay-Friendly Curriculums in Schools. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/education/04bcgay.html?_r=1
Culture Wars II: Harding University, a Christian college, blocked access on its computer network to a ‘zine put out by a student group calling itself HU Queer Press. The New Yorker reports: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/03/war-at-harding.html
Profile: Rory O’Malley, star of “The Book of Mormon” on Broadway. He’s an out actor (and activist/co-founder of Broadway Impact) playing a closeted missionary. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Theater/Missionary_Man/
Preview: “Making The Boys”, a new documentary about “The Boys in the Band”, the first commercially successful gay-themed play and film. Playbill reports: http://www.playbill.com/features/article/148360-STAGE-TO-SCREENS-Making-the-Boys-the-New-Documentary-About-The-Boys-in-the-Band
Becoming Visible, portraits of homeless TG teens in New York by Josh Lehrer. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1741308026/becoming-visible-portraits-of-homeless-transgender
The Resource Center:
Broadway@Home Video Database. Created by BroadwayWorld.com. the most complete listings of Broadway shows that have been filmed, taped or adapted, films that have made their way to the stage, adaptions that have gone from stage to screen, concerts, documentaries, films with a theatrical focus and anything with a theatrical origin
http://broadwayworld.com/article/BroadwayWorldcom_Announces_Broadway_Home_Video_Database_20110304
In Print:
Lambda Literary’s Recap of March releases: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/03/07/new-in-march-bachardy-vidal-jansen/
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Michael Urie stars thru 4/24/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Anything Goes. Gay Cole Porter’s madcap musical. Sutton Foster stars. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***Book of Mormon, the new musical from"South Park" co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and “Avenue Q” Tony winner Robert Lopez.
***Canned Ham. Tom Judson’s autobiographical show about his life in (as Gus Mattox) and out (Broadway) of porn. to 3/26/12. https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/799875
***Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony. The D-List diva makes her Broadway debut. to 3/19/11.
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the musical, based on a French film, which inspired "Birdcage". Harvey Fierstein stars. www.LaCage.com
***Odysseus DOA. Stephen Svoboda’s comedic look at death in the age of AIDS. Previously produced at the Fringe NYC. to 3/20/11. www.odysseusdoa.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical based on the 1994 Australian film. Three drag queens cross the Outback in an old bus. www.priscillathemusical.com.
Elsewhere...
***Grey Gardens, the award-winning musical about mother and daughter Beale. to 4/03/11. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. http://www.Risingactiontheatre.com/
***Little Miss Sunshine. A new musical by William “Falsettos” Finn and James Lapine based on the film. Hunter Foster and Malcolm Gets co-star. to 3/27/11. LaJolla, CA. www.lajollaplayhouse.org.
***Prometheus Bound. Gavin Creel and Lea DeLaria star in a new rock musical based on the Aeschylus tragedy. to 4/02/11. Cambridge, MA. www.americanrepertorytheater.org
***Pussy on the House, Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans deconstruct “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” to 3/20/11. Boston, MA. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/153985
***Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Tracy Letts and Amy Morton star as sparring spouses in out Edward Albee’s masterpiece. to 4/24/11. Washington, DC. www.arenastage.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Beastly. A modern take on “Beauty and the Beast”. Neil Patrick Harris is featured.
***Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s new documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
***Kaboom, a new film from Gregg Araki. The world according to Smith, a bisexual Southern California cinema studies major (Thomas Dekker).
***Making The Boys. A documentry about the production of “The Boys in The Band”, the first commercially-successful gay-themed drama which opened just before Stonewall. With Edward Albee, Mart Crowley (the playwright), Candis Cayne and others. Screening schedule on Facebook.
***Rabbit Hole, John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig” and “Short Bus”) directs the movie version of the Broadway drama which stars Nicole Kidman. www.rabbitholefilm.com.
Out On Video & DVD
***A Marine Story. Alexandra, a married Marine, is a casualty of DADT. After discharge, she rebuilds her life. The trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixk192SX9es. .
***Burlesque. The tale of a young singer (Christina Aguilera) who is hired as a cocktail waitress at a club that does musical revues by the star (Cher).
***Glee: Season 2, Volume 1: First ten episodes of Glee Season 2 on 3 DVDs.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
***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). .
***Prayers for Bobby. Sigourney Weaver stars in a true story about the mother of a gay son who has problems accepting him.
***William S. Burroughs: A Man Within. Documentary about the Beat Generation icon and one of the first writers to explore queer culture in the 1950’s.
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
***March: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***SAT: 3/19: The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway. 10PM. HBO. Check listings for additional screenings through 4/16/11.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
3/21/11: New York, NY: GayFest NYC Spring Gala with Wanda Sykes, Michael Urie and Lance Horne, to benefit the students of the Harvey Milk School. www.gayfestnyc.com.
3/21/11: New York, NY: The Broadway Beauty Pageant. Broadway chorus boys compete in talent, formal wear and swim suits. Tovah Feldshuh hosts; Judges: Rachel Dratch, Carson Kressley, and Bruce Vilanch. A benefit for the Ali Forney Center, NYC’s housing resource for homeless LGBT youth. http://aliforneycenter.org/beauty/
3/21/11: New York, NY: Center Dinner 2011, a benefit for The LGBT Community Center honoring producer Tom Kirdahy. David Hyde Pierce, Angela Lansbury and Barney Frank are featured. http://www.gaycenter.org/specialevents/centerdinner2011/tickets
3/22/11: New York, NY: It Gets Better Book Tour with Dan Savage. 7PM. Barnes & Noble. 97 Warren Street. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvhZA0B_qiQ&feature=player_embedded
3/24/11: New York, NY: Headlines & Headliners, the 16th annual NLGJA New York benefit hosted by MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts. http://www.nlgja.org/news/NYE2011.htm
3/26/11: Portland, ME: EqualityMaine 27th Awards Dinner, honoring the Maine AIDS Alliance and others. www.equalitymaine.org
3/27/`11-3/29/11: Washington, DC: GLSEN Safe Schools Advocacy Summit. http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/news/record/2680.html
3/28/11-4/03/11: Palm Springs, CA: Kraft Nabisco Golf Championship. formerly the Dinah Shore Golf Championship. gurlz and golf.www.nabiscochampionship.com
3/29/11-4/03/11: Breckenridge, CO: OutBoard. annual LGBT snowboarding festival
www.outboard.org
4/01/11-4/03/11: Sacramento, CA: GAYLA. GSA Advocacy and Youth Leadership Academy. https://gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=57
4/03/11: Miami, FL: AIDS Walk Miami. www.aidswalkmiami.org
4/04/11: Sacramento, CA: QYAD: Queer Youth Advocacy Day. https://gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=57
4/08/11: New Haven, CT: Chocolate and Cheesecake. A benefit for True Colors, a program serving sexual minority youth and family services. http://www.ourtruecolors.org/
4/09/11: Hollywood, CA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. West Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
4/15/11: Nationwide: National Day of Silence. www.dayofsilence.org
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Spring Training
1. Question: Name this out Welsh jock, who Sports Illustrated calls “the world’s only current professional male athlete in a team sport who is openly gay.” He received the Stonewall Hero of The Year Award last October. Answer: Gareth Thomas, the rugby footballer for the Crusaders in Europe’s Super League.
2. Question: Name this professional tennis player who had been denied entry into the US Open for being transgender. The New York State Supreme Court ruled in her favor; Vanessa Redgrave later portrayed her in a TV movie. Answer: Renee Richards, who is also an opthalmologist and author.
3. Question: Name this athlete, who was the first and only major league baseball player known to be out during his professional career. He’s the subject of a recent documentary. Answer: Glenn Burke, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics in the 1970s.
4. Question: Name this athlete, the second major league baseball player to come out in 1999. He became a noted author. Answer: Billy Bean. His coming out story is. “Going the Other Way: Lessons from a life in and out of Major League Baseball.”
5. Question: Name this pro golfer who came out when an out lesbian company became her sponsor. Answer: Rosie Jones, who had 13 LPGA Tour career victories, when Olivia Cruises sponsored her in 2004.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: St. Patrick’s Day
1. Question: Name this gay Irish-born author and playwright, currently represented on Broadway. He is best kknown, however, for his personal life, imprisonment, and early death.
2. Question: Name this out Irish-American actor, who married her partner last year. She’s best known for co-starring with Tom Cruise.
3. Question: Name this out Irish-American actor, talk-show host and LGBT rights activist. She produced a musical by and about a gay Irish/English singer/songwriter, and played opposite another gay star as Jewish parents in the old country.
4. Question: Name this out Irish-American actor, who is the star of a current hit TV program. She married her partner last summer, and previously starred in a Christopher Guest mockumentary about a trainer who brings home the gold.
5. Question: Name this out Irish-born female impersonator, who starred in “Hello Dolly” on London’s West End (the equivalent of Broadway). He was one of Britain’s highest entertainers in the 1960s, known for his impersonations of Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Marlene Dietrich, and Margaret Thatcher.
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 14 No. 10 March 14, 2011
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: March 14-20, 2011
thru SAT: 6/04: Nationwide: David Sedaris continues his book tour with his new bestseller “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk”. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru TUE: 3/15: New York, NY: The 18th GLBT Expo. www.originalglbtexpo.com
MON: 3/14: New York, NY: Straight for Equality Gala. PFLAG’s 3rd annual salute of straight allies in the LGBT community. http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=1341
MON: 3/14: New York, NY: Love Me Like This: The Parachute Plays, an evening of theatre in support of of LGBTQ youth,.http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/159495
MON: 3/14: Chicago, IL: Be-In for Equality. The cast of “Hair” and other Chicago actors perform to benefit Broadway Impact. Sidetrack Chicago. www.SidetrackChicago.com
WED: 3/16: New York, NY: Proud to Know You: A Celebration of Doric Wilson's 50 Years as an out Playwright. 212-695-6909.
WED-SUN: 3/16-3/20: Mammoth Lakes, CA: Elevation Mammoth 2011, Mammoth Gay Ski Week. www.mammothgayskiweek.com.
SAT-SAT: 3/19-3/26: Crested Butte, CO: Butte 11: Matthew Shepard Foundation Gay Ski Week http://www.matthewshepard.org
SAT: 3/19: Washington, DC: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network 19th annual National Dinner and Silent Auction. www.sldn.org/dinner
SAT: 3/19: New York, NY: GLAAD Media Awards. Celebrating GLAAD’s 25th anniversary. http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards
SUN: 3/20: Washington, DC: Victory Fund 20th Anniversary Champagne Brunch. www.victoryfund.org.
SUN: 3/20: Santa Monica, CA: Meredith Baxter does a booksigning for her memoir “Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering”. 3PM. Diesel, A Bookstore. 26th Street.
Newsworthy:
Resource: Free LGBT News E-Newsletter. Gay Politics Report comes out twice-weekly with news briefings. From Smart Brief. An excellent resource for LGBY officials, business organizations, and community leaders. http://www.smartbrief.com/lgbt/
Resource: Gay Rights Media. News and resources of interest for the LGBT Equality Movement. http://GayRightsMedia.org/
The US Supreme Court has ruled that hateful protests by the Westboro Baptist Church at military funerals are protected by the First Amendment. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/us/03scotus.html?hp
ROTC’s four-decade exile from Harvard University campus ended 3/04/11, with an agreement that was spurred by a congressional vote allowing gays to serve openly in the military. Bay Windows reports: http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3&id=117084
The Buzz (People Making News)
Ravi Perry, an openly gay man has been named the new president of NAACP Worcester (MA). Perry is a political science professor at Clark University. The Boston Herald reports: http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2011030728-year-old_gay_man_elected_naacp_worcester_chief/
Awards and Honors:
Stephen Sondheim, the Broadway composer, will receive a special Olivier Award (the British equivalent of the Tony) for his contributions to the London theatre. BBC reports: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12644755
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Coming Out: Video: Meredith Baxter describes her coming out experience to Joy Behar. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/03/baxter.html
Features
Coming Out: Coming Out and Reviving a Career. Self-outing being leveraged into a second shot at success. Bloomberg Businessweek reports: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_11/b4219078890379.htm?chan=magazine+channel_etc.
Culture Wars: Gay-Friendly Curriculums in Schools. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/education/04bcgay.html?_r=1
Culture Wars II: Harding University, a Christian college, blocked access on its computer network to a ‘zine put out by a student group calling itself HU Queer Press. The New Yorker reports: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/03/war-at-harding.html
Profile: Rory O’Malley, star of “The Book of Mormon” on Broadway. He’s an out actor (and activist/co-founder of Broadway Impact) playing a closeted missionary. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Theater/Missionary_Man/
Preview: “Making The Boys”, a new documentary about “The Boys in the Band”, the first commercially successful gay-themed play and film. Playbill reports: http://www.playbill.com/features/article/148360-STAGE-TO-SCREENS-Making-the-Boys-the-New-Documentary-About-The-Boys-in-the-Band
Becoming Visible, portraits of homeless TG teens in New York by Josh Lehrer. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1741308026/becoming-visible-portraits-of-homeless-transgender
The Resource Center:
Broadway@Home Video Database. Created by BroadwayWorld.com. the most complete listings of Broadway shows that have been filmed, taped or adapted, films that have made their way to the stage, adaptions that have gone from stage to screen, concerts, documentaries, films with a theatrical focus and anything with a theatrical origin
http://broadwayworld.com/article/BroadwayWorldcom_Announces_Broadway_Home_Video_Database_20110304
In Print:
Lambda Literary’s Recap of March releases: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/03/07/new-in-march-bachardy-vidal-jansen/
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Michael Urie stars thru 4/24/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Anything Goes. Gay Cole Porter’s madcap musical. Sutton Foster stars. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***Book of Mormon, the new musical from"South Park" co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and “Avenue Q” Tony winner Robert Lopez.
***Canned Ham. Tom Judson’s autobiographical show about his life in (as Gus Mattox) and out (Broadway) of porn. to 3/26/12. https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/799875
***Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony. The D-List diva makes her Broadway debut. to 3/19/11.
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the musical, based on a French film, which inspired "Birdcage". Harvey Fierstein stars. www.LaCage.com
***Odysseus DOA. Stephen Svoboda’s comedic look at death in the age of AIDS. Previously produced at the Fringe NYC. to 3/20/11. www.odysseusdoa.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical based on the 1994 Australian film. Three drag queens cross the Outback in an old bus. www.priscillathemusical.com.
Elsewhere...
***Grey Gardens, the award-winning musical about mother and daughter Beale. to 4/03/11. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. http://www.Risingactiontheatre.com/
***Little Miss Sunshine. A new musical by William “Falsettos” Finn and James Lapine based on the film. Hunter Foster and Malcolm Gets co-star. to 3/27/11. LaJolla, CA. www.lajollaplayhouse.org.
***Prometheus Bound. Gavin Creel and Lea DeLaria star in a new rock musical based on the Aeschylus tragedy. to 4/02/11. Cambridge, MA. www.americanrepertorytheater.org
***Pussy on the House, Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans deconstruct “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” to 3/20/11. Boston, MA. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/153985
***Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Tracy Letts and Amy Morton star as sparring spouses in out Edward Albee’s masterpiece. to 4/24/11. Washington, DC. www.arenastage.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Beastly. A modern take on “Beauty and the Beast”. Neil Patrick Harris is featured.
***Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s new documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
***Kaboom, a new film from Gregg Araki. The world according to Smith, a bisexual Southern California cinema studies major (Thomas Dekker).
***Making The Boys. A documentry about the production of “The Boys in The Band”, the first commercially-successful gay-themed drama which opened just before Stonewall. With Edward Albee, Mart Crowley (the playwright), Candis Cayne and others. Screening schedule on Facebook.
***Rabbit Hole, John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig” and “Short Bus”) directs the movie version of the Broadway drama which stars Nicole Kidman. www.rabbitholefilm.com.
Out On Video & DVD
***A Marine Story. Alexandra, a married Marine, is a casualty of DADT. After discharge, she rebuilds her life. The trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixk192SX9es. .
***Burlesque. The tale of a young singer (Christina Aguilera) who is hired as a cocktail waitress at a club that does musical revues by the star (Cher).
***Glee: Season 2, Volume 1: First ten episodes of Glee Season 2 on 3 DVDs.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
***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). .
***Prayers for Bobby. Sigourney Weaver stars in a true story about the mother of a gay son who has problems accepting him.
***William S. Burroughs: A Man Within. Documentary about the Beat Generation icon and one of the first writers to explore queer culture in the 1950’s.
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
***March: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***SAT: 3/19: The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway. 10PM. HBO. Check listings for additional screenings through 4/16/11.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
3/21/11: New York, NY: GayFest NYC Spring Gala with Wanda Sykes, Michael Urie and Lance Horne, to benefit the students of the Harvey Milk School. www.gayfestnyc.com.
3/21/11: New York, NY: The Broadway Beauty Pageant. Broadway chorus boys compete in talent, formal wear and swim suits. Tovah Feldshuh hosts; Judges: Rachel Dratch, Carson Kressley, and Bruce Vilanch. A benefit for the Ali Forney Center, NYC’s housing resource for homeless LGBT youth. http://aliforneycenter.org/beauty/
3/21/11: New York, NY: Center Dinner 2011, a benefit for The LGBT Community Center honoring producer Tom Kirdahy. David Hyde Pierce, Angela Lansbury and Barney Frank are featured. http://www.gaycenter.org/specialevents/centerdinner2011/tickets
3/22/11: New York, NY: It Gets Better Book Tour with Dan Savage. 7PM. Barnes & Noble. 97 Warren Street. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvhZA0B_qiQ&feature=player_embedded
3/24/11: New York, NY: Headlines & Headliners, the 16th annual NLGJA New York benefit hosted by MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts. http://www.nlgja.org/news/NYE2011.htm
3/26/11: Portland, ME: EqualityMaine 27th Awards Dinner, honoring the Maine AIDS Alliance and others. www.equalitymaine.org
3/27/`11-3/29/11: Washington, DC: GLSEN Safe Schools Advocacy Summit. http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/news/record/2680.html
3/28/11-4/03/11: Palm Springs, CA: Kraft Nabisco Golf Championship. formerly the Dinah Shore Golf Championship. gurlz and golf.www.nabiscochampionship.com
3/29/11-4/03/11: Breckenridge, CO: OutBoard. annual LGBT snowboarding festival
www.outboard.org
4/01/11-4/03/11: Sacramento, CA: GAYLA. GSA Advocacy and Youth Leadership Academy. https://gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=57
4/03/11: Miami, FL: AIDS Walk Miami. www.aidswalkmiami.org
4/04/11: Sacramento, CA: QYAD: Queer Youth Advocacy Day. https://gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=57
4/08/11: New Haven, CT: Chocolate and Cheesecake. A benefit for True Colors, a program serving sexual minority youth and family services. http://www.ourtruecolors.org/
4/09/11: Hollywood, CA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. West Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
4/15/11: Nationwide: National Day of Silence. www.dayofsilence.org
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Spring Training
1. Question: Name this out Welsh jock, who Sports Illustrated calls “the world’s only current professional male athlete in a team sport who is openly gay.” He received the Stonewall Hero of The Year Award last October. Answer: Gareth Thomas, the rugby footballer for the Crusaders in Europe’s Super League.
2. Question: Name this professional tennis player who had been denied entry into the US Open for being transgender. The New York State Supreme Court ruled in her favor; Vanessa Redgrave later portrayed her in a TV movie. Answer: Renee Richards, who is also an opthalmologist and author.
3. Question: Name this athlete, who was the first and only major league baseball player known to be out during his professional career. He’s the subject of a recent documentary. Answer: Glenn Burke, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics in the 1970s.
4. Question: Name this athlete, the second major league baseball player to come out in 1999. He became a noted author. Answer: Billy Bean. His coming out story is. “Going the Other Way: Lessons from a life in and out of Major League Baseball.”
5. Question: Name this pro golfer who came out when an out lesbian company became her sponsor. Answer: Rosie Jones, who had 13 LPGA Tour career victories, when Olivia Cruises sponsored her in 2004.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: St. Patrick’s Day
1. Question: Name this gay Irish-born author and playwright, currently represented on Broadway. He is best kknown, however, for his personal life, imprisonment, and early death.
2. Question: Name this out Irish-American actor, who married her partner last year. She’s best known for co-starring with Tom Cruise.
3. Question: Name this out Irish-American actor, talk-show host and LGBT rights activist. She produced a musical by and about a gay Irish/English singer/songwriter, and played opposite another gay star as Jewish parents in the old country.
4. Question: Name this out Irish-American actor, who is the star of a current hit TV program. She married her partner last summer, and previously starred in a Christopher Guest mockumentary about a trainer who brings home the gold.
5. Question: Name this out Irish-born female impersonator, who starred in “Hello Dolly” on London’s West End (the equivalent of Broadway). He was one of Britain’s highest entertainers in the 1960s, known for his impersonations of Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Marlene Dietrich, and Margaret Thatcher.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 3/07/11
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 14 No. 9 March 7, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: March 7-13, 2011
thru SAT: 6/04: Nationwide: David Sedaris continues his book tour. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
MON: 3/07: New York, NY: Savor, Ted Allen hosts a culinary event with celebrity chefs to benefit the Gay Mens Health Crisis. https://act.gmhc.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=326
MON: 3/07: New York, NY: Trailblazers: Trans Women Making A Difference. Panel with Amanda Simpson, Sara Davis Beuchner and Michael Silverman. www.gaycenter.org.
TUE: 3/08: New York, NY: Justin Vivian Bond hosts Karen Finley’s reading from her new book, “The Reality Shows”. 6PM. Dixon Place. http://www.dixonplace.org/index2.html
FRI-SAT: 3/11-12: Storrs, CT: I Belong. The True Colors XVIII Conference for sexual minority youth and families. http://www.ourtruecolors.org/
FRI: 3/11: New York, NY: The Greatest Night in Show Business History: The 50th Anniversary of Celebrating Judy. The New York Pops recreates Judy Garland’s 1961 concert. Lorna Luft and current Broadway divas sing the songs. www.carnegiehall.org
SAT-MON: 3/12-3/15: New York, NY: The 18th GLBT Expo. Trade show. http://www.originalglbtexpo.com/
SAT: 3/12: Philadelphia, PA: Fay Jacobs will do a booksigning for her latest book of essays “For Frying Out Loud”. 5:30PM. Giovanni’s Room.
SAT: 3/12: Pasadena, CA: Meredith Baxter does a booksigning for her memoir “Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering”. 4PM. Vromans Bookstore, E. Colorado Avenue.
SUN: 3/13: Winston/Salem, NC: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
SUN: 3/13: New York, NY: ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Stars from “All My Children”, “One Life to Live”, “General Hospital” and “The View” perform to raise money for BroadwayCares. www.broadwaycares.org.
Newsworthy:
Resource: Free LGBT News E-Newsletter. Gay Politics Report comes out twice-weekly with news briefings. From Smart Brief. An excellent resource for LGBY officials, business organizations, and community leaders. http://www.smartbrief.com/lgbt/
Resource: Gay Rights Media. News and resources of interest for the LGBT Equality Movement. http://GayRightsMedia.org/
Hawaii is the 7th state to legalise civil unions. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/116776119.html
DOMA: The Department of Justice will not defend section 3 of DOMA, The Defense of Marriage Act, in federal court, following a directive by President Obama. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/24/us/24marriage.html?hp
The Human Side of the DOMA Decision. The Washington Post reports: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2011/02/edie_and_jerry_the_real_people.html
Flexisexual. Girls who kiss girls but like guys etc. ABC News reports: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/flexisexuals-girls-kiss-girls-gay-bisexual/story?id=12973190
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Steven Davies, the British cricketer, has come out. He’s the first professional in that sport to do so. The Telegraph reports: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/8350779/Steven-Davies-England-cricketer-announces-he-is-gay.html
Jeremy Bernard has been named White House Social Secretary. He is the first man and the first openly gay person to hold that position. The Washington Post reports: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2011/02/jeremy_bernard_a_historic_choi.html
Andrew Sullivan, the conservative gay blogger has joined The Daily Beast/Newsweek. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/02/28/Sullivan_Moves_to_Daily_Beast_Newsweek/
Frank Rich, the pro-gay equality columnist (and former theatre critic) at The New York Times, is moving to New York Magazine. The Huffington Post reports: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/01/frank-rich-to-new-york-ma_n_829588.html
Transitions:
Rev. Peter J. Gomes, the Harvard minister who came out a generation ago, died on 2/28/11 at age 68. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/us/02gomes.html?_r=1&src=twrhp
Awards and Honors:
Winners: 2011 Academy Awards. BBC reports: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12278412
Winners: Independent Spirit Awards, awarded to independent films with budgets under $20 million.. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/02/black-swan-leads-independent-spirit-awards.html
Winners: 2010 Razzie Awards for the worst of Hollywood. The Huffington Post reports: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/27/golden-raspberry-awards-2010_n_828706.html
Nominees: Helen Hayes Awards (for excellence in Washington, DC theatre) from BroadwayWorld.com. http://offbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/Kudisch_Sheik_More_Nominated_for_Helen_Hayes_Awards_Full_Nominations_Announced_20110228
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Video: Hawaii’s Governor signs the Civil Union Bill. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y0B3tvJRF8
Features
Gay Marriage seems to wane as a conservative issue. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/us/politics/25marriage.html?hp
DOMA: After Obama’s decision, It’s a “New World”. NPR reports. http://www.npr.org/2011/02/25/134035020/after-obamas-gay-marriage-decision-a-new-world?sc=fb&cc=fp
DADT is Alive and Well for Educators. Take Part reports: http://www.takepart.com/news/2011/02/24/for-gay-educators-dont-ask-dont-tell-is-still-a-way-of-life-
Profile: Mary Bonauto, the Massachusetts gay marriage legal strategist, is taking on a more national role. Boston.com reports: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/02/28/gay_marriage_legal_strategist_is_taking_on_national_role/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Local+news
Profile: Rep. David Cicilline, the freshman Rhode Island democrat on Capitol Hill and the fourth sitting out member of Congress. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/02/24/adjusting-to-freshman-life-on-the-hill/
In Print:
Best LGBT Young Adult Novels of the 21st Century from Flashlight Worthy. http://www.flashlightworthybooks.com/Best-Gay-Lesbian-GLBT-Young-Adult-Novels-of-the-New-Century/659?fwsource=tw
Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters by Donald Bogle. HarperCollins. A biography of the vaudevillian, blues singer, radio and TV star. She was the first black woman to have a TV sitcom. She was also known for her fluid sexual orientation. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/books/review/Hajdu-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Michael Urie stars thru 4/24/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Arts and Crafts, a new musical (reading) by and starring Sandra Bernhard and Justin Vivian Bond. They’re country cousins who meet up at a family reunion. 3/07/11. www.joespub.com.
***Book of Mormon, the new musical penned by "South Park" co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and “Avenue Q” Tony winner Robert Lopez.
***The Importance of Being Earnest. Gay Oscar Wilde’s classic. Brian Bedford turns in a gender-bender as Lady Bracknell. to 7/03/11. www.roundabouttheatre.org
***Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony. The D-List diva’s Broadway debut. 3/11/11-3/19/11.
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the 1983 Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical, based on the film "Birdcage". Harvey Fierstein stars. www.LaCage.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical based on the 1994 Australian film. Three drag queens head across the Outback in a battered old bus. .www.priscillathemusical.com.
Elsewhere...
***Grey Gardens, the award-winning musical about mother and daughter Beale. to 4/03/11. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. http://www.Risingactiontheatre.com/
***Little Miss Sunshine. A new musical by William “Falsettos” Finn and James Lapine based on the film. to 3/27/11. LaJolla, CA. www.lajollaplayhouse.org.
***Prometheus Bound. Gavin Creel and Lea DeLaria star in a new musical from Steven Sater and Serj Tankian, based on the Aeschylus tragedy. to 4/02/11. Cambridge, MA. www.americanrepertorytheater.org
***Pussy on the House, Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans deconstruct “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” to 3/20/11. Boston, MA. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/153985
***Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Tracy Letts and Amy Morton star as sparring spouses in out Edward Albee’s masterpiece. to 4/24/11. Washington, DC. www.arenastage.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Beastly. A modern take on “Beauty and the Beast”. Neil Patrick Harris is featured.
***Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s new documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
***Kaboom, a new film from Gregg Araki. The world according to Smith, a bisexual Southern California cinema studies major (Thomas Dekker).
***Rabbit Hole, John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig” and “Short Bus”) directs the movie version of the Broadway drama which stars Nicole Kidman. www.rabbitholefilm.com.
Out On Video & DVD
***Burlesque. a musical drama that tells the tale of a young singer (Christina Aguilera) who is hired as a cocktail waitress at a club that does musical revues by the star (Cher).
***Glee: Season 2, Volume 1: First ten episodes of Glee Season 2 on 3 DVDs.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
***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). .
***Prayers for Bobby. Sigourney Weaver stars in a true story about the mother of a gay son who has problems accepting him.
***William S. Burroughs: A Man Within. Documentary about the Beat Generation icon and one of the first writers to explore queer culture in the 1950’s.
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
***March: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
3/14/11: New York, NY: Straight for Equality Gala. PFLAG’s 3rd annual salute of straight allies in the LGBT community. http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=1341
3/14/11: Chicago, IL: Be-In for Equality. The cast of “Hair” and other Chicago actors perform a concert to benefit Broadway Impact. 6PM. Sidetrack Chicago. www.SidetrackChicago.com
3/16/11: New York, NY: Proud to Know You: A Celebration of Doric Wilson's 50 Years as a Playwright. The pre-Stonewall gay playwright is honored by numerous theatre artistis including Charles Busch. 212-695-6909.
3/16/11-3/20/11: Mammoth Lakes, CA: Elevation Mammoth 2011, Mammoth Gay Ski Week. www.mammothgayskiweek.com.
3/19/11-3/26/11: Crested Butte, CO: Matthew Shepard Foundation Gay Ski Week, at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. http://www.matthewshepard.org
3/19/11: Washington, DC: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network 19th annual National Dinner and Silent Auction. www.sldn.org/dinner
3/19/11: New York, NY: GLAAD Media Awards. Celebrating GLAAD’s 25th anniversary. http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards
3/20/11: Washington, DC: Victory Fund 20th Anniversary Champagne Brunch. www.victoryfund.org.
3/21/11: New York, NY: GayFest NYC Spring Gala with Wanda Sykes, Michael Urie and Lance Horne, to benefit the students of the Harvey Milk School. www.gayfestnyc.com.
3/21/11: New York, NY: The Broadway Beauty Pageant. Broadway chorus boys compete in talent, formal wear and swim suits. http://aliforneycenter.org/beauty/
3/24/11: New York, NY: Headlines & Headliners, the 16th annual NLGJA New York benefit hosted by MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts. http://www.nlgja.org/news/NYE2011.htm
3/26/11: Portland, ME: EqualityMaine 27th Awards Dinner, honoring the Maine AIDS Alliance and others. www.equalitymaine.org
3/26/11: New York, NY: Rainbow Book Fair, a LGBT Book Expo sponsored by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. www.rainbowbookfair.org.
3/27/11: New York, NY: dot429 Networking Brunch.Professional networking opportunities for the LGBTA Community. http://dot429.com/events
3/27/`11-3/29/11: Washington, DC: GLSEN Safe Schools Advocacy Summit. http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/news/record/2680.html
3/28/11-4/03/11: Palm Springs, CA: Kraft Nabisco Golf Championship. previously known as the Dinah Shore Golf Championship. gurlz and golf.www.nabiscochampionship.com
3/29/11-4/03/11: Breckenridge, CO: OutBoard. annual LGBT snowboarding festival
www.outboard.org
3/31/11: Northampton, MA: Screening and Discussion: Transparent, the documentary about 19 FTM parents. http://www.transparentthemovie.com/
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: March Milestones
1. Question: Name this nation, the first in the Middle East, to decriminalise same-sex acts between consenting adults on March 23, 1988. Answer: Israel.
2. Question: Name this organization, the most powerful political advocate for AIDS action, which was founded on March 14, 1987. Ten days later, it staged a major protest in New York City. Answer: ACT-UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. Playwright Larry Kramer was one if its founders.
3. Question: Name this American author, born March 10, 1934, who turned his days as a hustler and a drifter into a highly-praised 1963 American novel. Today, he teaches literature. Some of his subsequent works also deal with hustling. Answer: John Rechy, author of “City of Night” and “Numbers”.
4. Question: Name this gay pop-idol dancer, born in Siberia in March, 1938, who lept to fame when he defected to the West. His stagework was legendary; he also played a gay film icon in a Ken Russell movie. Answer: Rudolf Nureyev, best known for his dance partnership with Dame Margot Fonteyn, many years his senior. He starred as Valentino in Russell’s film bio.
5. Question: Name this gay music legend, singer, piano-man, and songwriter, who was born on March 25, 1947. He has conquered the Billboard charts, Broadway and Hollywood, and is perhaps best known worldwide for his elegy to a dead princess. Answer: Elton John.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Spring Training
Time for baseball, tennis and golf.
1. Question: Name this out Welsh jock, who Sports Illustrated calls “the world’s only current professional male athlete in a team sport who is openly gay.” He received the Stonewall Hero of The Year Award last October.
2. Question: Name this professional tennis player who had been denied entry into the US Open for being transgender. The New York State Supreme Court ruled in her favor; Vanessa Redgrave later portrayed her in a TV movie.
3. Question: Name this athlete, who was the first and only major league baseball player known to be out during his professional career. He’s the subject of a recent documentary.
4. Question: Name this athlete, the second major league baseball player to come out in 1999. He became a noted author.
5. Question: Name this pro golfer who came out when an out lesbian company became her sponsor.
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 14 No. 9 March 7, 2011
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: March 7-13, 2011
thru SAT: 6/04: Nationwide: David Sedaris continues his book tour. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
MON: 3/07: New York, NY: Savor, Ted Allen hosts a culinary event with celebrity chefs to benefit the Gay Mens Health Crisis. https://act.gmhc.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=326
MON: 3/07: New York, NY: Trailblazers: Trans Women Making A Difference. Panel with Amanda Simpson, Sara Davis Beuchner and Michael Silverman. www.gaycenter.org.
TUE: 3/08: New York, NY: Justin Vivian Bond hosts Karen Finley’s reading from her new book, “The Reality Shows”. 6PM. Dixon Place. http://www.dixonplace.org/index2.html
FRI-SAT: 3/11-12: Storrs, CT: I Belong. The True Colors XVIII Conference for sexual minority youth and families. http://www.ourtruecolors.org/
FRI: 3/11: New York, NY: The Greatest Night in Show Business History: The 50th Anniversary of Celebrating Judy. The New York Pops recreates Judy Garland’s 1961 concert. Lorna Luft and current Broadway divas sing the songs. www.carnegiehall.org
SAT-MON: 3/12-3/15: New York, NY: The 18th GLBT Expo. Trade show. http://www.originalglbtexpo.com/
SAT: 3/12: Philadelphia, PA: Fay Jacobs will do a booksigning for her latest book of essays “For Frying Out Loud”. 5:30PM. Giovanni’s Room.
SAT: 3/12: Pasadena, CA: Meredith Baxter does a booksigning for her memoir “Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering”. 4PM. Vromans Bookstore, E. Colorado Avenue.
SUN: 3/13: Winston/Salem, NC: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
SUN: 3/13: New York, NY: ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Stars from “All My Children”, “One Life to Live”, “General Hospital” and “The View” perform to raise money for BroadwayCares. www.broadwaycares.org.
Newsworthy:
Resource: Free LGBT News E-Newsletter. Gay Politics Report comes out twice-weekly with news briefings. From Smart Brief. An excellent resource for LGBY officials, business organizations, and community leaders. http://www.smartbrief.com/lgbt/
Resource: Gay Rights Media. News and resources of interest for the LGBT Equality Movement. http://GayRightsMedia.org/
Hawaii is the 7th state to legalise civil unions. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/116776119.html
DOMA: The Department of Justice will not defend section 3 of DOMA, The Defense of Marriage Act, in federal court, following a directive by President Obama. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/24/us/24marriage.html?hp
The Human Side of the DOMA Decision. The Washington Post reports: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2011/02/edie_and_jerry_the_real_people.html
Flexisexual. Girls who kiss girls but like guys etc. ABC News reports: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/flexisexuals-girls-kiss-girls-gay-bisexual/story?id=12973190
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Steven Davies, the British cricketer, has come out. He’s the first professional in that sport to do so. The Telegraph reports: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/8350779/Steven-Davies-England-cricketer-announces-he-is-gay.html
Jeremy Bernard has been named White House Social Secretary. He is the first man and the first openly gay person to hold that position. The Washington Post reports: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2011/02/jeremy_bernard_a_historic_choi.html
Andrew Sullivan, the conservative gay blogger has joined The Daily Beast/Newsweek. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/02/28/Sullivan_Moves_to_Daily_Beast_Newsweek/
Frank Rich, the pro-gay equality columnist (and former theatre critic) at The New York Times, is moving to New York Magazine. The Huffington Post reports: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/01/frank-rich-to-new-york-ma_n_829588.html
Transitions:
Rev. Peter J. Gomes, the Harvard minister who came out a generation ago, died on 2/28/11 at age 68. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/us/02gomes.html?_r=1&src=twrhp
Awards and Honors:
Winners: 2011 Academy Awards. BBC reports: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12278412
Winners: Independent Spirit Awards, awarded to independent films with budgets under $20 million.. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/02/black-swan-leads-independent-spirit-awards.html
Winners: 2010 Razzie Awards for the worst of Hollywood. The Huffington Post reports: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/27/golden-raspberry-awards-2010_n_828706.html
Nominees: Helen Hayes Awards (for excellence in Washington, DC theatre) from BroadwayWorld.com. http://offbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/Kudisch_Sheik_More_Nominated_for_Helen_Hayes_Awards_Full_Nominations_Announced_20110228
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Video: Hawaii’s Governor signs the Civil Union Bill. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y0B3tvJRF8
Features
Gay Marriage seems to wane as a conservative issue. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/us/politics/25marriage.html?hp
DOMA: After Obama’s decision, It’s a “New World”. NPR reports. http://www.npr.org/2011/02/25/134035020/after-obamas-gay-marriage-decision-a-new-world?sc=fb&cc=fp
DADT is Alive and Well for Educators. Take Part reports: http://www.takepart.com/news/2011/02/24/for-gay-educators-dont-ask-dont-tell-is-still-a-way-of-life-
Profile: Mary Bonauto, the Massachusetts gay marriage legal strategist, is taking on a more national role. Boston.com reports: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/02/28/gay_marriage_legal_strategist_is_taking_on_national_role/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Local+news
Profile: Rep. David Cicilline, the freshman Rhode Island democrat on Capitol Hill and the fourth sitting out member of Congress. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/02/24/adjusting-to-freshman-life-on-the-hill/
In Print:
Best LGBT Young Adult Novels of the 21st Century from Flashlight Worthy. http://www.flashlightworthybooks.com/Best-Gay-Lesbian-GLBT-Young-Adult-Novels-of-the-New-Century/659?fwsource=tw
Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters by Donald Bogle. HarperCollins. A biography of the vaudevillian, blues singer, radio and TV star. She was the first black woman to have a TV sitcom. She was also known for her fluid sexual orientation. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/books/review/Hajdu-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Michael Urie stars thru 4/24/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Arts and Crafts, a new musical (reading) by and starring Sandra Bernhard and Justin Vivian Bond. They’re country cousins who meet up at a family reunion. 3/07/11. www.joespub.com.
***Book of Mormon, the new musical penned by "South Park" co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and “Avenue Q” Tony winner Robert Lopez.
***The Importance of Being Earnest. Gay Oscar Wilde’s classic. Brian Bedford turns in a gender-bender as Lady Bracknell. to 7/03/11. www.roundabouttheatre.org
***Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony. The D-List diva’s Broadway debut. 3/11/11-3/19/11.
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the 1983 Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical, based on the film "Birdcage". Harvey Fierstein stars. www.LaCage.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical based on the 1994 Australian film. Three drag queens head across the Outback in a battered old bus. .www.priscillathemusical.com.
Elsewhere...
***Grey Gardens, the award-winning musical about mother and daughter Beale. to 4/03/11. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. http://www.Risingactiontheatre.com/
***Little Miss Sunshine. A new musical by William “Falsettos” Finn and James Lapine based on the film. to 3/27/11. LaJolla, CA. www.lajollaplayhouse.org.
***Prometheus Bound. Gavin Creel and Lea DeLaria star in a new musical from Steven Sater and Serj Tankian, based on the Aeschylus tragedy. to 4/02/11. Cambridge, MA. www.americanrepertorytheater.org
***Pussy on the House, Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans deconstruct “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” to 3/20/11. Boston, MA. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/153985
***Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Tracy Letts and Amy Morton star as sparring spouses in out Edward Albee’s masterpiece. to 4/24/11. Washington, DC. www.arenastage.org.
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Beastly. A modern take on “Beauty and the Beast”. Neil Patrick Harris is featured.
***Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s new documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
***Kaboom, a new film from Gregg Araki. The world according to Smith, a bisexual Southern California cinema studies major (Thomas Dekker).
***Rabbit Hole, John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig” and “Short Bus”) directs the movie version of the Broadway drama which stars Nicole Kidman. www.rabbitholefilm.com.
Out On Video & DVD
***Burlesque. a musical drama that tells the tale of a young singer (Christina Aguilera) who is hired as a cocktail waitress at a club that does musical revues by the star (Cher).
***Glee: Season 2, Volume 1: First ten episodes of Glee Season 2 on 3 DVDs.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
***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). .
***Prayers for Bobby. Sigourney Weaver stars in a true story about the mother of a gay son who has problems accepting him.
***William S. Burroughs: A Man Within. Documentary about the Beat Generation icon and one of the first writers to explore queer culture in the 1950’s.
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
***March: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
3/14/11: New York, NY: Straight for Equality Gala. PFLAG’s 3rd annual salute of straight allies in the LGBT community. http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=1341
3/14/11: Chicago, IL: Be-In for Equality. The cast of “Hair” and other Chicago actors perform a concert to benefit Broadway Impact. 6PM. Sidetrack Chicago. www.SidetrackChicago.com
3/16/11: New York, NY: Proud to Know You: A Celebration of Doric Wilson's 50 Years as a Playwright. The pre-Stonewall gay playwright is honored by numerous theatre artistis including Charles Busch. 212-695-6909.
3/16/11-3/20/11: Mammoth Lakes, CA: Elevation Mammoth 2011, Mammoth Gay Ski Week. www.mammothgayskiweek.com.
3/19/11-3/26/11: Crested Butte, CO: Matthew Shepard Foundation Gay Ski Week, at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. http://www.matthewshepard.org
3/19/11: Washington, DC: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network 19th annual National Dinner and Silent Auction. www.sldn.org/dinner
3/19/11: New York, NY: GLAAD Media Awards. Celebrating GLAAD’s 25th anniversary. http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards
3/20/11: Washington, DC: Victory Fund 20th Anniversary Champagne Brunch. www.victoryfund.org.
3/21/11: New York, NY: GayFest NYC Spring Gala with Wanda Sykes, Michael Urie and Lance Horne, to benefit the students of the Harvey Milk School. www.gayfestnyc.com.
3/21/11: New York, NY: The Broadway Beauty Pageant. Broadway chorus boys compete in talent, formal wear and swim suits. http://aliforneycenter.org/beauty/
3/24/11: New York, NY: Headlines & Headliners, the 16th annual NLGJA New York benefit hosted by MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts. http://www.nlgja.org/news/NYE2011.htm
3/26/11: Portland, ME: EqualityMaine 27th Awards Dinner, honoring the Maine AIDS Alliance and others. www.equalitymaine.org
3/26/11: New York, NY: Rainbow Book Fair, a LGBT Book Expo sponsored by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. www.rainbowbookfair.org.
3/27/11: New York, NY: dot429 Networking Brunch.Professional networking opportunities for the LGBTA Community. http://dot429.com/events
3/27/`11-3/29/11: Washington, DC: GLSEN Safe Schools Advocacy Summit. http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/news/record/2680.html
3/28/11-4/03/11: Palm Springs, CA: Kraft Nabisco Golf Championship. previously known as the Dinah Shore Golf Championship. gurlz and golf.www.nabiscochampionship.com
3/29/11-4/03/11: Breckenridge, CO: OutBoard. annual LGBT snowboarding festival
www.outboard.org
3/31/11: Northampton, MA: Screening and Discussion: Transparent, the documentary about 19 FTM parents. http://www.transparentthemovie.com/
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: March Milestones
1. Question: Name this nation, the first in the Middle East, to decriminalise same-sex acts between consenting adults on March 23, 1988. Answer: Israel.
2. Question: Name this organization, the most powerful political advocate for AIDS action, which was founded on March 14, 1987. Ten days later, it staged a major protest in New York City. Answer: ACT-UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. Playwright Larry Kramer was one if its founders.
3. Question: Name this American author, born March 10, 1934, who turned his days as a hustler and a drifter into a highly-praised 1963 American novel. Today, he teaches literature. Some of his subsequent works also deal with hustling. Answer: John Rechy, author of “City of Night” and “Numbers”.
4. Question: Name this gay pop-idol dancer, born in Siberia in March, 1938, who lept to fame when he defected to the West. His stagework was legendary; he also played a gay film icon in a Ken Russell movie. Answer: Rudolf Nureyev, best known for his dance partnership with Dame Margot Fonteyn, many years his senior. He starred as Valentino in Russell’s film bio.
5. Question: Name this gay music legend, singer, piano-man, and songwriter, who was born on March 25, 1947. He has conquered the Billboard charts, Broadway and Hollywood, and is perhaps best known worldwide for his elegy to a dead princess. Answer: Elton John.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Spring Training
Time for baseball, tennis and golf.
1. Question: Name this out Welsh jock, who Sports Illustrated calls “the world’s only current professional male athlete in a team sport who is openly gay.” He received the Stonewall Hero of The Year Award last October.
2. Question: Name this professional tennis player who had been denied entry into the US Open for being transgender. The New York State Supreme Court ruled in her favor; Vanessa Redgrave later portrayed her in a TV movie.
3. Question: Name this athlete, who was the first and only major league baseball player known to be out during his professional career. He’s the subject of a recent documentary.
4. Question: Name this athlete, the second major league baseball player to come out in 1999. He became a noted author.
5. Question: Name this pro golfer who came out when an out lesbian company became her sponsor.
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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