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

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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.

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