Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 5/02/11

Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 14 No. 17 May 2, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com

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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: May 2-8, 2011

For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html

thru SAT: 6/04: Nationwide: David Sedaris continues his book tour. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html

thru SAT: 6/18: Chicago, IL: Windy City Gay Idol talent competition. www.windycitymediagroup. com

thru SAT: 5/07: Washington, DC: Reel Affirmations 20, One in Ten’s LGBT Film Festival. www.reelaffirmations.org

Just Added: SUN: 5/01: Atlantic City, Asbury Park, Morristown, Pennsauken, Ridgewood, NJ: New Jersey AIDS Walk, in five different communities. http://www.newjerseyaidswalk.org/

MON: 5/02: New York, NY: Lambda Legal Liberty Awards National Dinner. . http://www.lambdalegal.org/events/

TUE: 5/03: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation. with Evan Wolfson, fPresident of Freedom to Marry. http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.

TUE: 5/03: New York, NY: Tony Awards Nominees announced at 8:30AM ET via www.tonyawards.com

THU-SUN: 5/05-5/15: Boston, MA: Boston LGBT Film Festival. www.bostonlgbtfilmfest.org

FRI: 5/06: Newark, NJ: Work! A Big Ol’ Gay Dance Party. New Jersey Performing Arts Center. http://www.njpac.org/all_events.asp?viewcode=0&startDate=2011-5-6&Date=2011-5-6

FRI-SAT: 5/06-5/07: Northampton, MA: Northampton Pride Weekend 30th Edition. Out! for Reel, the LGBT film series, presents Kate Clinton with her “Glee Party Tour” on 5/06/11. www.outforreel.org.

SUN: 5/08: Los Angeles, CA: The Legacy Project: “Liberace and The Case of Mr. Lin”. Screening of Liberace’s Mother’s Day Special. Billy Wilder Theatre. In “The Case...”, a pateitn comes out to his therapist. http://www.outfest.org/legacy/

SUN: 5/08: New York, NY: Cynthia Nixon hosts Tony Kushner and Public Theatre director Oskar Eustis in conversation. The Public Forum at the Public Theatre. www.publictheater.org

Newsworthy:

Japan: Out candidate Taiga Ishikawa, a 36 year old writer and activist, won a seat in the Toshima Ward Assembly in Tokyo in Sunday's (4/24/11) election, marking a historic first. Ishikawa is the first out person to be elected to public office in Japan. The Japan Times reports: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110426a9.html

King & Spaulding, the law firm tapped to represent the House Republicans defense of DOMA, has withdrawn from the case. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/04/Law_Firm_Drops_DOMA_Defense/

New Jersey: Dharun Ravi, who posted a sexually explicit video of Tyler Clementi before the college student jumped to his death off the George Washington Bridge, has been indicted on 15 counts by the Middlesex, N.J. County Prosecutor, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/04/20/Clementi_Roommate_Indicted/

Update: A bitter custody battle between a same-sex couple; a pastor charged with kidnapping their daughter. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/us/24kidnap.html?hp

American University in Washington, DC will offer a new course in LGBT history. http://www.theeagleonline.com/news/story/new-course-explores-lgbt-history/

A Different Light Bookstore, a San Francisco landmark, is closing. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/23/MNKN1J3RJJ.DTL&type=gaylesbian

West Virginia. A rural gay advocay group hires its first staffer. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports: http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/201104230749?page=1

Black College LGBT Summit: Spelman College in Atlanta hosts a first-of-its-kind summit with nine other historically black colleges and universities to discuss diversity, gender and LGBT issues. ProjectQAtlanta reports: http://www.projectqatlanta.com/news_articles/view/spelman_to_host_lgbt_summit_for_black_colleges?gid=8027

The Buzz (People Making News)

Heaven Can Wait. Former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevy, who came out while in office, was rejected in his bid to join the priesthood of the Episcopal Church. The New York Post reports: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/heaven_can_wait_rzIVCJVENUl8mgCezXBUCJ

Transitions:

Alan Champion, the sign-language interperter who helped many hearing-impaired people enjoy Broadway shows, died on 4/22/11, at age 55. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/theater/alan-champion-sign-language-interpreter-for-theater-dies-at-55.html

Awards and Honors:

Nominees:

***BAFTA Awards ( Britain’s “Oscars” for best in film and TV). “Glee” and “Mad Men” among those honored. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://tv.broadwayworld.com/article/GLEE-MAD-MEN-et-al-Nominated-for-2011-BAFTA-Awards-20110426
***2011 Drama League Awards. (New York theatre) BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/2011-Drama-League-Nominations-Announced-20110425
***Outer Critic’s Circle Awards (New York theatre) BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/2011-Outer-Critics-Circle-Nominations-Announced-SISTER-ACT-Leads-20110426

Winners: Helen Hayes Awards (for excellence in theatre in Washington, DC) from BroadwayWorld.com: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Helen-Hayes-Award-Recipients-AnnouncedUpdating-Live-20110425

Photo Shoots, Audio and Video

Coming Out: Video: Chad Allen has recorded a video about his coming out experiences. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/04/chadallen.html

Audio/Video: The David Pakman Show: (4/25/11) features out athlete John Amaechi, former NBA player, on Kobe Bryant’s anti-gay slur and gays in the NBA. http://www.davidpakman.com/2011/04/april-25-2011/

Features

Coming Out: Rachel Maddow says that gay TV anchors have a responsibility to come out. The Huffington Post reports: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/25/rachel-maddow-closeted-gay-anchirs_n_853464.html

Coming Out: Profile: Jose Montoya, out Director of Leisure Sales at Jumeirah Essex House Hotel in New York. dot429 reports: http://dot429.com/articles/2011/04/20/insider-talk-coming-out-as-a-hotel-executive

Coming Out: Kelly McGillis tells EW .com why she decided to come out publicly. http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/04/22/kelly-mcgillis-stake-land-top-gun/

Analysis: Dropping the DOMA Case. TPM reports: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/behind-a-major-law-firms-decision-to-ditch-its-defense-of-doma.php

Transgender Teen Defended by Dad. The Huffington Post reports: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joanne-herman/dad-transgender-daughter_b_850865.html

Review: It Gets Better, edited by Dan Savage and Terry Miller. The recap of the video campaign that has become an international phenomenon. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/21/revisiting-a-phenomenon/

Backgrounder: Cinema Verite, the story of the Loud family from The Advocate: http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Television/Living_Out_Loud/

Larry Kramer’s Postscript to “The Normal Heart” now playing on Broadway. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/THE-NORMAL-HEART-A-Letter-from-Larry-Kramer-20110423

The Resource Center:

GLBT Yellow Pages: http://www.glbtyellowpages.com/

In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance

New York City (and Broadway)

***Book of Mormon, the new musical penned by "South Park" co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and “Avenue Q” Tony winner Robert Lopez.
***Bruce Vilanch and The Bev Leslies. 5/07/11. Queens Theatre in the Park. www.queenstheatre.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
***Lucky Guy. Varla Jean Merman and Leslie Jordan co-star in a new musical set in Nashville. to 7/24/11. http://www.luckyguythemusical.com/
***The Normal Heart. Larry Kramer’s, landmark story of the early days of the AIDS pandemic. First produced 25+ years ago, it makes its Broadway debut. Talkbacks will be held after Tuesday performances.
***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...

***Dooley. The world premiere of William diCanzio’s portrait of Tom Dooley, the gay Navy Doc who worked in Southeast Asia before the Vietnam war. to 5/29/11. San Diego, CA. www.diversionary.org.
***Follies. The legendary Sondheim musical about a reunion of show girls. Bernadette Peters stars. 5/07/11-6/19/11. Washington, DC. www.kennedy-center.org
***Hugh Jackman in concert. to 5/15/11. San Francisco, CA: http://www.shnsf.com/shows/show.asp?key=18&subkey=2428
***Merrily We Roll Along. Sondheim’s classic about three friends reaching for success. to 5/07/11. Chicago/Highland Park, IL. www.musictheatrecompany.org.
***The Passion of the Crawford. John Epperson as Lypsinka as Joan Crawford. 5/08/11. Sarasota, FL. www.asolorep.org.
***The Tempermentals. Jon Marans’ acclaimed drama about the beginning days of The Mattachine Society and the gay rights movement. John Tartaglia stars. to 5/22/11. Los Angeles, CA. http://www.TheBlank.com/

On Screen (and Video & DVD)

Out on Screen...

***Beautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar. James Rasin’s documentary about the transgender Andy Warhol superstar, who died in 1974, at age 29. The New York Times review: http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/movies/beautiful-darling-about-warhol-star-review.html?smid=tw-nytimesmovies
***Carol Channing: Larger Than Life. Dori Berinstein’s new documentary is a tribute to a Broadway legend. Stay for the end credits outtakes.
***Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s new documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
***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. Screening schedule on Facebook.
***Memphis, last season’s Tony winning musical, released to film while still running on Broadway. thru 5/03/11. Performance venues and times: www.fathomevents.com

Out On Video & DVD

***Christopher and His Kind. The BBC adaptation of out author Christopher Isherwood’s autobiography. Isherwood wrote The Berlin Diaries, which as adapted as “Cabaret”, the musical.
***Rabbit Hole, John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig” and “Short Bus”) directs the movie version of the Broadway drama which stars Nicole Kidman. www.rabbitholefilm.com.
***Sextette, Mae West’s last film. A musical with Timothy Dalton, Dom Deluise, and Regis Philbin.
***Stonewall Uprising: The documentary about the beginning of the American gay rights movement. to view online: http://video.pbs.org/video/1889649613?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=fanpage&utm_campaign=pbs
***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

***May: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Ongoing: Cinema Verite, a behind the scenes look at the filming of the 1970s PBS documentary “An American Family”, which was possibly the first reality TV series. Of note, oldest son Lance Loud, who came out on teleivision during the screening. HBO. Check local listings..

Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events

For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org.

5/10/11: Northampton, MA: Seminar: Financial Planning for the LGBT Community. presented by Dakin Humane Society. Reservations required: 413-781-4000 ext 121

5/10/11: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation. http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.

5/10/11-5/15/11: Fort Lauderdale, FL: Lauderdale Unleashed. International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association annual conference. http://www.igltaconvention.org/

5/10/11: New York, NY: Chaz Bono does a reading and booksigning of his autobiography “Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man “. 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Warren Street.

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

5/12/11: Philadelphia, PA: Lambda Legal in Philadelphia .Fundraiser at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. http://www.lambdalegal.org/events/

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

5/15/11: New York, NY: dot429 New York Brunch at Tribeca Grand Hotel for LGBT professionals. http://dot429.com/events

5/15/11: Manchester, CT: True Colors First Annual 5K Walk-Run for Fun. Proceeds benefit True Colors programs for LGBT youth. http://www.ourtruecolors.org/

Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT LGBT Movers and Shakers

1. Question: Name this American fashion designer and film director. He gained international attention turning around a major fashion house, before buiulding his own successful label. He took a novel by gay author Christopher Isherwood and turned it into a well-received film. Answer: Tom Ford, first with the Gucci fashion house. “A Single Man” starred Colin Firth and Julianne Moore.

2. Question: Name this talk show host, who began his career discussing home decor with a talk show diva. He spun off his own show to great success. His personal life had a major tragedy when his partner was swept away in a tsunami. Answer: Nate Nerkus, former Oprah guest, and host of his own show. His partner was killed in the Thai tsunami.

3. Question: Name this former software analyst and parent of three, who became the first out mayor of a city with a population of one million plus. Before winning the election, this politico spent five years as the city’s comptroller. Answer: Annise Parker, mayor of Houston, TX.

4. Question: Name this TV creator who made groups sing to stellar ratings. His award-winning show spins showtunes amongst gay characters, and gay and straight audiences alike have made it an award-winning hit. Answer: Ryan Murphy of “Glee”.

5. Question: Name this award-winning film director, who profiled a family headed by a same-sex couple. The independent film won multiple awards and Oscar nominations. Answer: Lisa Cholodenko of “The Kids Are All Right”.

This Week’s Trivia Quiz: May Milestones

1. Question: Name this military strategist and acclaimed warrior, Macedonia’s favorite son, born May 15, in 536BC. His friendship with a young man was the type that was made for the silver screen, although the last attempt to film his life was a box-office bomb.

2. Question: Name this American politician, who came out (under pressure) in the Boston Globe on May 30, 1987. One of the first elected officials to come out, he’s been a leader of the LGBT community ever since.

3. Question: Name this newspaper column, which premiered on May 24, 1976. Its author portrayed a group of diverse people in a small San Francisco house. The serial column became a book, a series of sequels, and television miniseries. It opens as a pre-Broadway musical in San Francisco this month.

4. Question: Name this Pulitzer Prize winning play, which opened on Broadway on May 4, 1993. A sweeping chronicle of America in the age of AIDS, it swept up every major theatre award before being adapted into a television film, which did likewise. It was recently revived in New York.

5. Question: Name this American author, born May 16, 1921 in Chicago. Among his most unforgettable literary characters is a madcap aunt, who brings up her nephew in non-traiditional ways.

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