Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 14 No. 22 June 6, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: June 6-12, 2011
For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
thru THU: 6/30: San Francisco, CA: National Queer Arts Festival. LGBT performances and exhibits throughout the Bay Area. www.QueerCulturalCenter.org
thru SAT: 6/18: Chicago, IL: Windy City Gay Idol talent competition. www.windycitymediagroup. com
thru MON: 6/06: Orlando, FL: Gay Days Orlando. including Disney. www.gaydays.com
Just Added: SAT: 6/04: Fire Island, NY: Broadway Bares: Sand Sun & Sass. The big striptease benefit for Broadway Cares takes it all off on Fire Island. http://www.broadwaycares.org/page.aspx?pid=1218
MON: 6/06: New York, NY: Celebrity Autobiography Salutes The Tonys. Tovah Feldshuh, Mario Cantone, Rachel Dratch reads excerpts from celebrity works. http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/news/articles/2011-05-25/201105251306357264048.html
TUE: 6/07: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation. DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS—Its History and Purpose With Steven Williams, Director of Community Relations and Operations, DIFFA . http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
TUE: 6/07: Atlanta, GA: Steven Petrow does a reading and booksigning of his new book “Complete Gay and Lesbian Manners”. Petrow to be interviewed by Don Lemon. 7:30PM. Outwrite Books. Also: WED: 6/07: New York, NY: Petrow to be interviewed by Thomas Roberts. 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Broadway at 82nd.. http://gaymanners.com/appearances-by-steven-petrow
WED: 6/08: New York, NY: I Love Being Me, Don’t You? Sandra Bernhard’s new solo show with guests Liza Minnelli, Rufus Wainright, and Justin Bond. Town Hall. www.livenation.com
THU: 6/09: Los Angeles, CA: Meredith Baxter, newly out star of “Family Ties”, does a reading and booksigning of her autobiography “Untied“. 7:30PM. Skylight Books, North Vermont Avenue.
FRI-SUN: 6/10-6/12: Falls Village, CT: Neherim GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality East Coast Gathering. http://www.nehirim.org/east
FRI-SUN: 6/10-6/12: San Francisco, CA: Queer Women of Color Film Festival. www.qwocmap.org
FRI: 6/10: Los Angeles, CA: Thank GLAAD It’s Friday. National networking event series for young LGBT professionals and straight allies. http://www.glaad.org/events/tgif/losangeles
SAT: 6/11: Northampton, MA: Out! for Reel LGBT Film Festival 2010-11 Season finale triple bill. www.outforreel.org.
SAT: 6/11: San Francisco, CA: RuPaul, star of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” signs copies of Glamazon. 2PM. Amoeba Music. Haight Street.
SUN: 6/12: Palm Springs, CA: Geri Jewell, one of the stars of "The Facts of Life", signs copies of “I’m Walking as Straight as I Can”. 2:00 PM, Just Fabulous , North Palm Canyon Drive.
Newsworthy:
Coming Out: New York Times “Coming Out” Series: LGBT teens in their own words, made its debut on 5/23/11. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/us/23out.html?_r=1
The US House approved a Defense bill with anti-gay provisions. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/05/26/u-s-house-approves-defense-bill-with-anti-gay-provisions/
OutServe, the association of actively serving LGBT military personnel, announced that they will host the first annual OutServe Armed Forces Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, NV, on 10/13/11-10/16/11.The Summit will provide LGBT military community a means of building professional networks, sharing best practices and formulating strategies that help build a stronger military community. http://outserve.org/2011/05/outserve-announces-armed-forces-leadership-summit/
Transgender and Gay in D.C. The Wanda Alston House provides refuge. The Washington Post reports: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/transgender-and-gay-in-dc/2011/05/13/AFyyim8G_gallery.html
The Vatican: An advisor to the Pope on sex-abuse by priests has been busted on pedophilia charges. TIME reports: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2072613,00.html?xid=rss-world
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Rashad Taylor, the (Democrat) Georgia State Representative, has come out. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/georgia-representative-rashad-taylor.html
Transitions:
Chuck Dima, “the grandfather of gay softball” died on 5/22/11 at age 81. He founded the Big Apple Softball League. OutSports reports: http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/
Bob Paquette, “Morning Edition” anchor at WFCR, Public Radio for Western New England, died 5/28/11 at age 55. He was an out journalist and one of the first to marry in MA when same-sex marriage was legalized. The Daily Hampshire Gazette reports: http://www.gazettenet.com/2011/05/31/robert-paquette
Awards and Honors:
Winners: Drama Desk Awards. “The Book of Mormon”, “War Horse”, “The Normal Heart” amongst the winners. www.dramadeskawards.com
Winners: Lambda Literary Awards for outstanding LGBT writing. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/05/27/23rd-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners/
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Photos: Outer Circle Critics Awards, honoring the best of New York Theatre. Among the obvious winners is “The Kid”, the Off-Broadway musical about Dan Savage’s quest to adopt a child. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-MORMON-Foster-Rylance-More-Win-Big-at-Outer-Critics-Circle-Awards-20110527
Photos: “Tales of The City”, Armistead Maupin’s books-turned-musical in San Francisco from BroadwayWorld.com: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-Judy-Kaye-Wesley-Taylor-et-al-in-ACTs-TALES-OF-THE-CITY-20110527
Features
Coming Out: Belinda Carlisle and her out son, actor James Duke Mason discuss how his coming out impacted their family. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/26/Belinda_Carlisle_and_Son_on_Coming_Out/
AIDS Timeline: 30 years since its appearance. CNN reports: http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/25/aids.timeline/
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.
***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.
***One Arm. Moises (“The Laramie Project”) Kaufman’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams unproduced screen play about a boxing champ who loses his arm and returns to hustling to survive. www.thenewgroup.org.. to 7/02/11.
***The Other Day, a new drama by Mark Jason Williams about a fragile gay relationship. Proceeds benefit the Hetrick Martin Institute. to 6/26/11. www.planetconnections.org.
***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.
***Quartet. Four gay-themed plays by Mario (“Nine”) Fratti. to 6/19/11. www.theaterforthenewcity.net
Elsewhere...
***Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, world premiere of a new musical based on Armistead Maupin’s stories. to 7/19/11. San Francisco, CA. www.act-sf.org
***Bare, the rock musical about repressed teens in a Catholic high school, including two guys who have to deal with their romance. to 6/25/11. St. Louis, MO. www.newlinetheatre.com
***Fighting Mac. the story of English general Sir Hector MacDonald, who was gay. to 6/26/11, San Francisco, CA. www.therhino.org.
***Follies. The legendary Sondheim musical about a reunion of show girls. Bernadette Peters stars. to 6/19/11. Washington, DC. www.kennedy-center.org
***The Homosexuals. World premiere by Phillip Dawkins. A modern riff on “The Boys in The Band”. 6/11/11-7/24/11. Chicago, IL. www.aboutfacetheatre.com.
***The Pride. Alexi Kaye Campbell’s play about two men and a woman caught in a love triangle. to 7/03/11. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
***Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays. One acts about marriage equality. Mondays to 6/27/11. Los Angeles, CA. http://www.standingonceremony.net/index2.html
***Tru. SNL vet Darrell Hammond plays Truman Capote in the one-man biography. to 6/26/11. Sag Harbor, NY. http://www.baystreet.org/
On Display
***Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, a collection of the out designer’s works from 1992-2010. through 7/31/11. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B55189B0E-51CF-4801-BC24-1D7CC67F7633%7D
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Beginners. Ewan McGregor plays an illustrator whose father (Christopher Plummer) comes out to him.
***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.
***The Broken Tower, written, directed by, and starring James Franco, who plays gay poet Hart Crane. At film festivals.
***Carol Channing: Larger Than Life. Dori Berinstein’s new documentary is a tribute to a Broadway legend. Stay for the end credits outtakes.
***Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill A Mockingbird. Mary McDonagh Murphy’s documentary about the illusive and reclusive aiuthor. At film festivals.
***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.
Out On Video & DVD
***The Boy Friend. The Ken Russell film of the musical that launched Julie Andrews. Twiggy stars. Major camp.
***Equality U. The documentary about the 2006 Soul Force Equality Ride, a cross-country journey to confront antigay discrimination.
***Kaboom, a new film from Gregg Araki. The world according to Smith, a bisexual Southern California cinema studies major (Thomas Dekker).
***Undertow. A Peruvian film about a man with a pregnant wife who takes a male lover.
***Violet Tendencies. Mindi Cohn (“The Facts of Life”) plays a fag hag in this new romantic comedy. www.violettendenciesmovie.com.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated frequently. www.glaad.org/tvgayed
***June: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***SUN: 6/12: The Tony Awards, celebrating the best of Broadway, live from The Beacon Theatre. Neil Patrick Harris hosts. 8PM. CBS. www.tonyawards.com
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
6/13/11: Chicago, IL: 4th Annual Bab Fab, a celebration of all things Streisand. www.theaterwit.com
6/13/11: New York, NY: A Night of a Thousand Judys, all things Garland. A benefit for the Ali Forney Center and its mission to assist LGBT homeless youth. www.joespub.com.
6/14/11: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation. Also: 6/21/11. http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
6/15/11-6/19/11: Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Int’l Film Festival. www.ptownfilmfest.org
6/16/11-6/26/11: San Francisco, CA: Frameline: San Francisco Int’l LGBT Film Festival. www.frameline.org
6/17/11: New York, NY: Thank GLAAD It’s Friday. National networking event series for young LGBT professionals and straight allies. http://www.glaad.org/events/tgif/nyc
6/19/11: New York, NY: Folsom Street East. Leather street festival. http://www.folsomstreeteast.org/
6/19/11: New York, NY: Broadway Bares XXI: Masterpiece. The annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit that offers up a modern-day burlesque show packed with museum-quality human canvases that would make an art critic blush. www.broadwaybares.com
6/21/11: Washington, DC: Night OUT. at the Nationals. Washington Nationals play the Seattle Mariners. http://www.teamdc.org/noan.html
6/22/11: Atlanta, GA: Don Lemon does a reading and booksigning of his new book “Transparent”. Outwrite Books. www.outwritebooks.com.
6/24/11: San Francisco, CA: Chaz Bono, child of Sonny and Cher, signs copies of “Transition”. 7:30PM. Books Inc. Market Street.
6/25/11: New York, NY: Stonewall Veterans Association commemorates the 42nd anniversary of Stonewall. www.stonewallvets.org
6/27/11: New York, NY: Trevor Live. The Trevor Project’s East Coast fundraiser at Capitale. Daniel Radcliffe to be honored. www.thetrevorproject.org/trevorlive
7/01/11-7/04/11: Washington, DC: DignityUSA 20th National Convention for LGBT Catholics. http://conv2011.dignityusa.org/
7/01/11-7/04/11: Atlanta, GA: Int’l Gay Square Dance Clubs Convention. www.iagsdc.org
7/07/12-7/13/12: Denver, CO: GALA Festival 2012. Gay and Lesbian Choruses. http://www.galachoruses.org/events/festival2010_denver.htm
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: June Milestones
1. Question: Name this event, on June 22, 1969, which triggered anguish within the gay community and may have led (according to legend) to the Stonewall riots. Answer: Judy Garland’s death. Several days later, after her funeral, when cops raided the Stonewall Bar in Greenwich Village, the patrons fought back.
2. Question: Name this landmark legislation on June 26, 2003. When The Supreme Court acted, this fueled the revival of an intense LGBT civil rights movement. Answer: Lawrence vs.Texas (Sodomy Law) was struck down as unconstitutional.
3. Question: Name this event, which first started on June 28, 1970, to commemorate the Stonewall riots. New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and smaller cities saw this event. Answer: Pride March.
4. Question: Name this gay composer, known for his spicy lyrics, born June 9, 1892. He gave Ethel Merman the showstopping Reno Sweeney, and rhymed “heinous” with “Coriolanus”. His film bio was released in 2004. Answer: Cole Porter, composer of “Anything Goes” and “Kiss Me Kate”. “Anything Goes” is back on Broadway and a Tony nominee for “Best Revival of a Musical”.
5. Question: Name this Canadian pop singer who came out in the Advocate on June 16, 1992. Her star continues to rise, and she recently completed a global tour with Tony Bennett. Answer: k.d.lang.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: The Tony Awards
1. Question: Name this composer who has the most Tony Awards (more than any other composer) to his credit. His musicals have included stories about: fairy tales, bachelors at a cross-road, and aging showgirls losing their minds.
2. Question: While several actors have received Tony Awards for cross-dressing characters, only two have received Tony Awards for playing a character of the opposite sex. Name them. Hint: One is an out man who made his musical theatre debut in a divine role. The other, who was bi, played a high-flying character, followed by a an alpine nanny.
3. Question: Name this out Broadway baby, who is one of two individuals to receive Tony Awards in four different categories. His Tonys include Best Actor in a Musical, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, Best Choreographer, and Best Director of a Musical. He’s a tap master and a tall order.
4. Question: Name this out Broadway baby, who is the other of two individuals to receive Tony Awards in four different categories. He received Tonys for writing and starring in his play; for writing a musical (which he recently starred in), and is related to the answer in #2.
5. Question: Name this actor nominated this for his performance in a transgender role. He has played the role globally. His has previously starred in a musical as a cross-dressing Broadway director who liked to keep things gay; he won several awards in a Harvey Fierstein play. His aunt had a top 40 hit with a feminist anthem.
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: May 30-June 5, 2011
For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
thru SAT: 6/18: Chicago, IL: Windy City Gay Idol talent competition. www.windycitymediagroup. com
thru SAT: 6/04: Hartford, CT: Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. http://www.OutFilmCT.org/.
thru MON: 5/30: Toronto, ON: Annual Gay Bowling Tournament. www.igbo.org
thru MON: 5/30: Atlanta, GA: Mondo Homo Dirty South. queer-centric festival featuring music, dance, crafts, performance & more.www.mondohomo.com
thru MON: 5/30: Oakland, CA: Voices Raised ! For people of color with LGBTQ parents. Presented by COLAGE. http://voicesraised.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
TUE-MON: 5/31-6/06: Orlando, FL: Gay Days Orlando. including Disney. www.gaydays.com
TUE: 5/31: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation.”What It Means to be Gay in America Today With Dr. Joy Browne, WOR radio psychologisthttp://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
WED-THU: : 6/01-6/30: San Francisco, CA: National Queer Arts Festival. LGBT performances and exhibits throughout the Bay Area. www.QueerCulturalCenter.org
THU: 6/02: Chicago, IL: PFLAG National Celebrates The Heartland. A fundraiser. http://community.pflag.org/chicago
THU-SUN: 6/02-6/05: Fort Worth, TX: Q Cinema annual celebration of LGBT-themed movies. www.qcinema.org
THU-SUN: 6/02-6/05: Pittsburgh, PA: The Gay and Lesbian Leadership Institute candidate training program. http://www.glli.org/programs/candidate_campaign
THU: 6/02/1: Nationwide: The Importance of Being Earnest, the Broadway revival of the Oscar Wilde classic, will be screened in theatres in hi-def. Brian Bedford directs and stars. David Hyde Pierce narrates. There will be additional screenings before 6/30/11.www.earnesthd.com
FRI: 6/03: Chicago, IL: Unite With Pride: A Community Celebration, a civil union fete to benefit the Civil Rights Agenda and the Families United Project. http://www.jointcra.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=75
SAT: 6/04: Los Angeles, CA: Reading: Some Men, Terrence McNally’s chronicle of the history of the gay movement over 80 years. Maxwell Caulfield, Davis Gaines, Robert Gant star. Proceeds benefit the I AM Love Campaign and the completion funds for the documentary “Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption”. www.corpuschristi-themovie.com.
SUN: 6/05: Boston, MA: AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run. www.aidswalkboston.org
Newsworthy:
Coming Out: New York Times “Coming Out” Series: LGBT teens in their own words, made its debut on 5/23/11. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/us/23out.html?_r=1
Companies Make Life Better for Gay Employees. Some companies pay the extra tax that gay employees owe the IRS for their partner’s health insurance premiums. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/21/your-money/health-insurance/21money.html?_r=1&hp
Christians Support Gay Rights, according to a new Human Rights Commission Poll. 68% of those surveyed supported anti-discrimination laws. On Top Magazine reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8452&MediaType=1&Category=26
California: The Trevor Project has opened a call center in the site of the former Harvey Milk Camera Shop in San Francisco’s Castro. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/trevor.html
Nevada: Transgender discrimination bills won legislative approval and moved to the governor for signature. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: http://www.lvrj.com/news/transgender-discrimination-bills-pass-nevada-assembly-head-to-governor-122471174.html
Tennessee has passed a bill that abolishes antidiscrimination ordinances passed by cities and counties, effectively leaving LGBT people susceptible to bias in everything from housing to employment The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/23/Tenn_Green_Lights_Discrimination/
San Francisco: A massive red ribbon marks the 30th anniversary of the AIDS epidemic. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/massive-san-francisco-aids-ribbon-marks-30-years-of-epidemic.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Mike Gin, a California Republican, lost his bid to become a congressman. Had he been elected, he would have been the first out same-sex married member of the House. OnTop Magazine reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8411&MediaType=1&Category=26
Kevin Jennings, founder of GLSEN, and currently a leader in the US Department of Education, will leave the Administration to become CEO of Be The Change. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/19/Jennings_to_Leave_Dept_of_Education/
Coming Out: Jared Max, ESPN radio sportscaster came out. After years at WCBS, Max moved to ESPN a couple of weeks ago.. (Hear the entire coming out on-air episode below). The New York Post reports: http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/backpage/espn_radio_max_announces_he_gay_I3p3JlNlR9vGOb8FtJHgVL
Coming Out: Scott Norton, a professional bowler and PBA “Rookie of the Year” has come out. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/19/Professional_Bowling_Champ_Comes_Out/
Coming Out: Janet Mock, an editor at People.com, has come out as transgender. GLAAD reports: http://glaadblog.org/2011/05/19/people-com-editor-comes-out-as-transgender/
Dharun Ravi, the roomate of Tyler Clemente who allegedly video’d Clemente having a tryst with another man (which may have led to his suicide) has plead not guilty to various charges. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/23/Clementi_Roommate_Pleads_Not_Guilty/
Frank Bruni has been named as a New York Times Op-Ed columnist. He is the first gay op-ed columnist in the paper’s 160-year history. The New York Times reports: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/frank-bruni-named-times-op-ed-columnist/
Darko Tresnjak, the out Serbian-born Shakespeare director, has been named new artistic director at Connecticut’s Hartford Stage. The Hartford Courant reports: http://blogs.courant.com/curtain/2011/05/darko-tresnjak-1.html
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Coming Out: Video: Rick Welts, Phoenix Suns President talks to Eliot Spitzer about coming out. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/weltsout.html
Coming Out: Audio: Jared Max, radio sports announcer, comes out on the air. From ESPN: http://espn.go.com/espnradio/player?rd=1#/podcenter/?id=6567207&autoplay=1&callsign=KSPNAM
Audio: Can Gay Athletes Come Out and Play? Frank Deford’s opinion piece for NPR. http://www.npr.org/2011/05/18/136391234/can-gay-athletes-come-out-and-play?sc=fb&cc=fp
Video: Janet Mock’s “It Gets Better” contribution, courtesy of Towleroad. http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/janet-mock.html
Video: Andrew Cuomo, New York governor, pushes for marriage equality. via Towleroad.com: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/cuomoclip.html
Video: Trailers for “Smash”, the new hour-long TV drama about the subculture of the Broadway musical theatre which debuts mid-season.from BroadwayWorld.com: http://www.broadway.com/buzz/156422/catch-megan-hilty-channel-marilyn-monroe-alongside-debra-messing-in-trailer-of-new-tv-show-smash/
Features
Coming Out: Sports: 25 Coming Out Stories from 2011. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/18/Sports_25_Coming_Out_Stories_in_2011/
Profile: Michael R. Long, Conservative Party: The #1 Obstacle to Gay Marriage in New York. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/nyregion/michael-long-is-gay-marriages-no-1-obstacle-in-ny.html?hpw
Spotlight: Rory O’Malley, out Tony nominee for “The Book of Mormon” and gay rights activist.. StageRush reports: http://www.stage-rush.com/2011/05/rory-omalley-book-of-mormon-interview/
Opinion: Charles Barkley says “In sports, ability to play should outweigh sexual orientation”. The Washington Post reports: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards/charles-barkley-in-sports-ability-to-play-should-outweigh-sexual-orientation/2011/05/17/AFSArk5G_story.html
DADT: A Gay Officer Witnesses Its End. TIME Magazine reports: http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/05/23/dont-ask-dont-tell-a-gay-officer-witnesses-its-end/
Opinion: Why Legalizing Gay Marriage Strengthens America. The Huffington Post reports: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-moulene/why-legalizing-gay-marria_b_863316.html
In Print:
A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski. Beacon Press. The first book to cover the entirety of LGBT history in the USA, from 1492 to the present. For the Slate review: http://www.slate.com/id/2295179/
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***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.
***One Arm. Moises (“The Laramie Project”) Kaufman’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams unproduced screen play about a boxing champ who loses his arm and returns to hustling to survive. www.thenewgroup.org.. to 7/02/11.
***The Other Day, a new drama by Mark Jason Williams about a fragile gay relationship. Proceeds benefit the Hetrick Martin Institute. to 6/26/11. www.planetconnections.org.
***Quartet. Four gay-themed plays by Mario (“Nine”) Fratti. to 6/19/11. www.theaterforthenewcity.net
***WTC View. Brian Sloan’s drama about a gay man seeking a roommate in the West Village immediately after 9/11. to 6/05/11. www.59e59.org
Elsewhere...
***Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, world premiere of a new musical based on Armistead Maupin’s stories. to 7/19/11. San Francisco, CA. www.act-sf.org
***Bare, the rock musical about repressed teens in a Catholic high school, including two guys who have to deal with their romance. to 6/25/11. St. Louis, MO. www.newlinetheatre.com
***Fighting Mac. the story of English general Sir Hector MacDonald, who was gay. to 6/26/11, San Francisco, CA. www.therhino.org.
***Follies. The legendary Sondheim musical about a reunion of show girls. Bernadette Peters stars. to 6/19/11. Washington, DC. www.kennedy-center.org
***The Pride. Alexi Kaye Campbell’s play about two men and a woman caught in a love triangle. to 7/03/11. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
On Display
***Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, a collection of the out designer’s works from 1992-2010. through 7/31/11. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B55189B0E-51CF-4801-BC24-1D7CC67F7633%7D
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.
***Beginners. Ewan McGregor plays an illustrator whose father (Christopher Plummer) comes out to him.
***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.
***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.
Out On Video & DVD
***Equality U. The documentary about the 2006 Soul Force Equality Ride, a cross-country journey to confront antigay discrimination.
***Kaboom, a new film from Gregg Araki. The world according to Smith, a bisexual Southern California cinema studies major (Thomas Dekker).
***Stonewall Uprising: The documentary about the beginning of the American gay rights movement. View online: http://video.pbs.org/video/1889649613/
***Undertow. A Peruvian film about a man with a pregnant wife who takes a male lover.
***Violet Tendencies. Mindi Cohn (“The Facts of Life”) plays a fag hag in this new romantic comedy. www.violettendenciesmovie.com.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated frequently. www.glaad.org/tvgayed
***June: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***SAT: 6/04: Drama Desk Awards highlights hosted by Harvey Fierstein. 9PM. Ovation.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
6/10/11-6/12/11: Falls Village, CT: Neherim GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality East Coast Gathering. http://www.nehirim.org/east
6/10/11-6/12/11: San Francisco, CA: Queer Women of Color Film Festival. www.qwocmap.org
6/15/11-6/19/11: Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Int’l Film Festival. www.ptownfilmfest.org
6/16/11-6/26/11: San Francisco, CA: Frameline: San Francisco Int’l LGBT Film Festival. www.frameline.org
6/19/11: New York, NY: Folsom Street East. Leather street festival. http://www.folsomstreeteast.org/
6/19/11: New York, NY: Broadway Bares XXI: Masterpiece. The annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit that offers up a modern-day burlesque show packed with museum-quality human canvases that would make an art critic blush. www.broadwaybares.com
6/21/11: Washington, DC: Night OUT. at the Nationals. Washington Nationals play the Seattle Mariners. http://www.teamdc.org/noan.html
6/25/11: New York, NY: Stonewall Veterans Association commemorates the 42nd anniversary of Stonewall. www.stonewallvets.org
7/01/11-7/04/11: Washington, DC: DignityUSA 20th National Convention for LGBT Catholics. http://conv2011.dignityusa.org/
7/01/11-7/04/11: Atlanta, GA: Int’l Gay Square Dance Clubs Convention. www.iagsdc.org
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Gays and the Military
1. Question: Name this former US Navy sailor, who won his case against DADT, after he was outed by AOL. The Navy asked AOL for his information based on a screen name and a profile, and AOL released private information without a search warrant or a court order. Hint: he shares a name with a notorious killer. Answer: Timothy McVeigh, who served 17 years in the Navy before retiring in 1998. For The New York Times backstory: http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/010998navy.html
2. Question: Name this DADT activist, an American infantry officer in the US Army, who came out on the Rachel Maddow Show. He has been a leader in demonstrations to force the repeal of DADT, and he applied for re-enlistment in October, 2010. Answer: Daniel Choi, a West Point grad who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
3. Question: Name this American infantry soldier, who was murdered by a fellow soldier in 1999, because he was believed to be gay. He was outed by a fellow soldier who learned that his buddy was dating a transgender entertainer. His life story was made into a Peabody Award-winning film. Answer: Private Barry Winchell, subject of the 2003 film “Soldier’s Girl”. Winchell’s murder caused President Clinton to review DADT.
4. Question: Name this pioneering gay American journalist, who brought the issues of DADT to the American public, after chronicling the AIDS epidemic in America, and one of the nationa’s most important LGBT civil rights activists. Answer: Randy Shilts, author of “Conduct Unbecoming: about gays in the military; “And The Band Played On”, the history of the AIDS epidemic” and “The Mayor of Castro Street” about Harvey Milk.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: June Milestones
1. Question: Name this event, on June 22, 1969, which triggered anguish within the gay community and may have led (according to legend) to the Stonewall riots.
2. Question: Name this landmark legislation on June 26, 2003. When The Supreme Court acted, this fueled the revival of an intense LGBT civil rights movement.
3. Question: Name this event, which first started on June 28, 1970, to commemorate the Stonewall riots. New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and smaller cities saw this event.
4. Question: Name this gay composer, known for his spicy lyrics, born June 9, 1892. He gave Ethel Merman the showstopping Reno Sweeney, and rhymed “heinous” with “Coriolanus”. His film bio was released in 2004.
5. Question: Name this Canadian pop singer who came out in the Advocate on June 16, 1992. Her star continues to rise, and she recently completed a global tour with Tony Bennett.
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. 21 May 30, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: May 30-June 5, 2011
For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
thru SAT: 6/18: Chicago, IL: Windy City Gay Idol talent competition. www.windycitymediagroup. com
thru SAT: 6/04: Hartford, CT: Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. http://www.OutFilmCT.org/.
thru MON: 5/30: Toronto, ON: Annual Gay Bowling Tournament. www.igbo.org
thru MON: 5/30: Atlanta, GA: Mondo Homo Dirty South. queer-centric festival featuring music, dance, crafts, performance & more.www.mondohomo.com
thru MON: 5/30: Oakland, CA: Voices Raised ! For people of color with LGBTQ parents. Presented by COLAGE. http://voicesraised.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
TUE-MON: 5/31-6/06: Orlando, FL: Gay Days Orlando. including Disney. www.gaydays.com
TUE: 5/31: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation.”What It Means to be Gay in America Today With Dr. Joy Browne, WOR radio psychologisthttp://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
WED-THU: : 6/01-6/30: San Francisco, CA: National Queer Arts Festival. LGBT performances and exhibits throughout the Bay Area. www.QueerCulturalCenter.org
THU: 6/02: Chicago, IL: PFLAG National Celebrates The Heartland. A fundraiser. http://community.pflag.org/chicago
THU-SUN: 6/02-6/05: Fort Worth, TX: Q Cinema annual celebration of LGBT-themed movies. www.qcinema.org
THU-SUN: 6/02-6/05: Pittsburgh, PA: The Gay and Lesbian Leadership Institute candidate training program. http://www.glli.org/programs/candidate_campaign
THU: 6/02/1: Nationwide: The Importance of Being Earnest, the Broadway revival of the Oscar Wilde classic, will be screened in theatres in hi-def. Brian Bedford directs and stars. David Hyde Pierce narrates. There will be additional screenings before 6/30/11.www.earnesthd.com
FRI: 6/03: Chicago, IL: Unite With Pride: A Community Celebration, a civil union fete to benefit the Civil Rights Agenda and the Families United Project. http://www.jointcra.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=75
SAT: 6/04: Los Angeles, CA: Reading: Some Men, Terrence McNally’s chronicle of the history of the gay movement over 80 years. Maxwell Caulfield, Davis Gaines, Robert Gant star. Proceeds benefit the I AM Love Campaign and the completion funds for the documentary “Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption”. www.corpuschristi-themovie.com.
SUN: 6/05: Boston, MA: AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run. www.aidswalkboston.org
Newsworthy:
Coming Out: New York Times “Coming Out” Series: LGBT teens in their own words, made its debut on 5/23/11. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/us/23out.html?_r=1
Companies Make Life Better for Gay Employees. Some companies pay the extra tax that gay employees owe the IRS for their partner’s health insurance premiums. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/21/your-money/health-insurance/21money.html?_r=1&hp
Christians Support Gay Rights, according to a new Human Rights Commission Poll. 68% of those surveyed supported anti-discrimination laws. On Top Magazine reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8452&MediaType=1&Category=26
California: The Trevor Project has opened a call center in the site of the former Harvey Milk Camera Shop in San Francisco’s Castro. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/trevor.html
Nevada: Transgender discrimination bills won legislative approval and moved to the governor for signature. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: http://www.lvrj.com/news/transgender-discrimination-bills-pass-nevada-assembly-head-to-governor-122471174.html
Tennessee has passed a bill that abolishes antidiscrimination ordinances passed by cities and counties, effectively leaving LGBT people susceptible to bias in everything from housing to employment The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/23/Tenn_Green_Lights_Discrimination/
San Francisco: A massive red ribbon marks the 30th anniversary of the AIDS epidemic. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/massive-san-francisco-aids-ribbon-marks-30-years-of-epidemic.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Mike Gin, a California Republican, lost his bid to become a congressman. Had he been elected, he would have been the first out same-sex married member of the House. OnTop Magazine reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8411&MediaType=1&Category=26
Kevin Jennings, founder of GLSEN, and currently a leader in the US Department of Education, will leave the Administration to become CEO of Be The Change. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/19/Jennings_to_Leave_Dept_of_Education/
Coming Out: Jared Max, ESPN radio sportscaster came out. After years at WCBS, Max moved to ESPN a couple of weeks ago.. (Hear the entire coming out on-air episode below). The New York Post reports: http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/backpage/espn_radio_max_announces_he_gay_I3p3JlNlR9vGOb8FtJHgVL
Coming Out: Scott Norton, a professional bowler and PBA “Rookie of the Year” has come out. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/19/Professional_Bowling_Champ_Comes_Out/
Coming Out: Janet Mock, an editor at People.com, has come out as transgender. GLAAD reports: http://glaadblog.org/2011/05/19/people-com-editor-comes-out-as-transgender/
Dharun Ravi, the roomate of Tyler Clemente who allegedly video’d Clemente having a tryst with another man (which may have led to his suicide) has plead not guilty to various charges. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/23/Clementi_Roommate_Pleads_Not_Guilty/
Frank Bruni has been named as a New York Times Op-Ed columnist. He is the first gay op-ed columnist in the paper’s 160-year history. The New York Times reports: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/frank-bruni-named-times-op-ed-columnist/
Darko Tresnjak, the out Serbian-born Shakespeare director, has been named new artistic director at Connecticut’s Hartford Stage. The Hartford Courant reports: http://blogs.courant.com/curtain/2011/05/darko-tresnjak-1.html
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Coming Out: Video: Rick Welts, Phoenix Suns President talks to Eliot Spitzer about coming out. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/weltsout.html
Coming Out: Audio: Jared Max, radio sports announcer, comes out on the air. From ESPN: http://espn.go.com/espnradio/player?rd=1#/podcenter/?id=6567207&autoplay=1&callsign=KSPNAM
Audio: Can Gay Athletes Come Out and Play? Frank Deford’s opinion piece for NPR. http://www.npr.org/2011/05/18/136391234/can-gay-athletes-come-out-and-play?sc=fb&cc=fp
Video: Janet Mock’s “It Gets Better” contribution, courtesy of Towleroad. http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/janet-mock.html
Video: Andrew Cuomo, New York governor, pushes for marriage equality. via Towleroad.com: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/cuomoclip.html
Video: Trailers for “Smash”, the new hour-long TV drama about the subculture of the Broadway musical theatre which debuts mid-season.from BroadwayWorld.com: http://www.broadway.com/buzz/156422/catch-megan-hilty-channel-marilyn-monroe-alongside-debra-messing-in-trailer-of-new-tv-show-smash/
Features
Coming Out: Sports: 25 Coming Out Stories from 2011. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/18/Sports_25_Coming_Out_Stories_in_2011/
Profile: Michael R. Long, Conservative Party: The #1 Obstacle to Gay Marriage in New York. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/nyregion/michael-long-is-gay-marriages-no-1-obstacle-in-ny.html?hpw
Spotlight: Rory O’Malley, out Tony nominee for “The Book of Mormon” and gay rights activist.. StageRush reports: http://www.stage-rush.com/2011/05/rory-omalley-book-of-mormon-interview/
Opinion: Charles Barkley says “In sports, ability to play should outweigh sexual orientation”. The Washington Post reports: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards/charles-barkley-in-sports-ability-to-play-should-outweigh-sexual-orientation/2011/05/17/AFSArk5G_story.html
DADT: A Gay Officer Witnesses Its End. TIME Magazine reports: http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/05/23/dont-ask-dont-tell-a-gay-officer-witnesses-its-end/
Opinion: Why Legalizing Gay Marriage Strengthens America. The Huffington Post reports: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-moulene/why-legalizing-gay-marria_b_863316.html
In Print:
A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski. Beacon Press. The first book to cover the entirety of LGBT history in the USA, from 1492 to the present. For the Slate review: http://www.slate.com/id/2295179/
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***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.
***One Arm. Moises (“The Laramie Project”) Kaufman’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams unproduced screen play about a boxing champ who loses his arm and returns to hustling to survive. www.thenewgroup.org.. to 7/02/11.
***The Other Day, a new drama by Mark Jason Williams about a fragile gay relationship. Proceeds benefit the Hetrick Martin Institute. to 6/26/11. www.planetconnections.org.
***Quartet. Four gay-themed plays by Mario (“Nine”) Fratti. to 6/19/11. www.theaterforthenewcity.net
***WTC View. Brian Sloan’s drama about a gay man seeking a roommate in the West Village immediately after 9/11. to 6/05/11. www.59e59.org
Elsewhere...
***Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, world premiere of a new musical based on Armistead Maupin’s stories. to 7/19/11. San Francisco, CA. www.act-sf.org
***Bare, the rock musical about repressed teens in a Catholic high school, including two guys who have to deal with their romance. to 6/25/11. St. Louis, MO. www.newlinetheatre.com
***Fighting Mac. the story of English general Sir Hector MacDonald, who was gay. to 6/26/11, San Francisco, CA. www.therhino.org.
***Follies. The legendary Sondheim musical about a reunion of show girls. Bernadette Peters stars. to 6/19/11. Washington, DC. www.kennedy-center.org
***The Pride. Alexi Kaye Campbell’s play about two men and a woman caught in a love triangle. to 7/03/11. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
On Display
***Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, a collection of the out designer’s works from 1992-2010. through 7/31/11. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B55189B0E-51CF-4801-BC24-1D7CC67F7633%7D
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.
***Beginners. Ewan McGregor plays an illustrator whose father (Christopher Plummer) comes out to him.
***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.
***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.
Out On Video & DVD
***Equality U. The documentary about the 2006 Soul Force Equality Ride, a cross-country journey to confront antigay discrimination.
***Kaboom, a new film from Gregg Araki. The world according to Smith, a bisexual Southern California cinema studies major (Thomas Dekker).
***Stonewall Uprising: The documentary about the beginning of the American gay rights movement. View online: http://video.pbs.org/video/1889649613/
***Undertow. A Peruvian film about a man with a pregnant wife who takes a male lover.
***Violet Tendencies. Mindi Cohn (“The Facts of Life”) plays a fag hag in this new romantic comedy. www.violettendenciesmovie.com.
On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.
Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated frequently. www.glaad.org/tvgayed
***June: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***SAT: 6/04: Drama Desk Awards highlights hosted by Harvey Fierstein. 9PM. Ovation.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
6/10/11-6/12/11: Falls Village, CT: Neherim GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality East Coast Gathering. http://www.nehirim.org/east
6/10/11-6/12/11: San Francisco, CA: Queer Women of Color Film Festival. www.qwocmap.org
6/15/11-6/19/11: Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Int’l Film Festival. www.ptownfilmfest.org
6/16/11-6/26/11: San Francisco, CA: Frameline: San Francisco Int’l LGBT Film Festival. www.frameline.org
6/19/11: New York, NY: Folsom Street East. Leather street festival. http://www.folsomstreeteast.org/
6/19/11: New York, NY: Broadway Bares XXI: Masterpiece. The annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit that offers up a modern-day burlesque show packed with museum-quality human canvases that would make an art critic blush. www.broadwaybares.com
6/21/11: Washington, DC: Night OUT. at the Nationals. Washington Nationals play the Seattle Mariners. http://www.teamdc.org/noan.html
6/25/11: New York, NY: Stonewall Veterans Association commemorates the 42nd anniversary of Stonewall. www.stonewallvets.org
7/01/11-7/04/11: Washington, DC: DignityUSA 20th National Convention for LGBT Catholics. http://conv2011.dignityusa.org/
7/01/11-7/04/11: Atlanta, GA: Int’l Gay Square Dance Clubs Convention. www.iagsdc.org
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Gays and the Military
1. Question: Name this former US Navy sailor, who won his case against DADT, after he was outed by AOL. The Navy asked AOL for his information based on a screen name and a profile, and AOL released private information without a search warrant or a court order. Hint: he shares a name with a notorious killer. Answer: Timothy McVeigh, who served 17 years in the Navy before retiring in 1998. For The New York Times backstory: http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/010998navy.html
2. Question: Name this DADT activist, an American infantry officer in the US Army, who came out on the Rachel Maddow Show. He has been a leader in demonstrations to force the repeal of DADT, and he applied for re-enlistment in October, 2010. Answer: Daniel Choi, a West Point grad who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
3. Question: Name this American infantry soldier, who was murdered by a fellow soldier in 1999, because he was believed to be gay. He was outed by a fellow soldier who learned that his buddy was dating a transgender entertainer. His life story was made into a Peabody Award-winning film. Answer: Private Barry Winchell, subject of the 2003 film “Soldier’s Girl”. Winchell’s murder caused President Clinton to review DADT.
4. Question: Name this pioneering gay American journalist, who brought the issues of DADT to the American public, after chronicling the AIDS epidemic in America, and one of the nationa’s most important LGBT civil rights activists. Answer: Randy Shilts, author of “Conduct Unbecoming: about gays in the military; “And The Band Played On”, the history of the AIDS epidemic” and “The Mayor of Castro Street” about Harvey Milk.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: June Milestones
1. Question: Name this event, on June 22, 1969, which triggered anguish within the gay community and may have led (according to legend) to the Stonewall riots.
2. Question: Name this landmark legislation on June 26, 2003. When The Supreme Court acted, this fueled the revival of an intense LGBT civil rights movement.
3. Question: Name this event, which first started on June 28, 1970, to commemorate the Stonewall riots. New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and smaller cities saw this event.
4. Question: Name this gay composer, known for his spicy lyrics, born June 9, 1892. He gave Ethel Merman the showstopping Reno Sweeney, and rhymed “heinous” with “Coriolanus”. His film bio was released in 2004.
5. Question: Name this Canadian pop singer who came out in the Advocate on June 16, 1992. Her star continues to rise, and she recently completed a global tour with Tony Bennett.
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, May 17, 2011
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 5/23/11
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 14 No. 20 May 23, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: May 23-29, 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 with his new bestseller “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk”. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru SAT: 6/18: Chicago, IL: Windy City Gay Idol talent competition. www.windycitymediagroup. com
MON: 5/23: Los Angeles, CA: Chaz Bono does a reading and booksigning of his autobiography “Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man “. 7PM. Barnes and Noble, Grove Drive.
MON: 5/23: New York, NY: Harvey Fierstein hosts the 2011 Drama Desk Awards. www.dramadesk.com
MON: 5/23: New York, NY: Out Music Awards, 7th edition. Hosted by LARA, LGBT Academy of Recording Arts. http://outmusicawards.com/
TUE: 5/24: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation. http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
WED: 5/25: San Francisco, CA: dot429 Inspire for LGBT professionals. http://dot429.com/events
WED-MON: 5/25-5/30: Toronto, ON: Annual Gay Bowling Tournament. www.igbo.org
THU: 5/26: New York, NY: The Bronx LGBT Career Fair. Hostos Community College. http://www.bronxpride.org/
THU-SAT: 5/26-6/04: Hartford, CT: Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. http://www.OutFilmCT.org/.
THU-MON: 5/26-5/30: Atlanta, GA: Mondo Homo Dirty South. queer-centric festival featuring music, dance, crafts, performance & more.www.mondohomo.com
FRI: 5/27: Oakland, CA: COLAGE Booksigning: “Let’s Get This Straight” with author Tina Fahkrid-Deen. Laurel Bookstore. Also: SUN: 5/29: San Francisco, CA: Modern Times Bookstore. http://www.colage.org/events/lgtsoakland/
FRI-MON: 5/27-5/30: Oakland, CA: Voices Raised ! The first conference for people of color with LGBTQ parents. Presented by COLAGE. http://voicesraised.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
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/
The 5/17/11 edition: http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/ArchiveServlet?issueid=870133B7-CDD5-4EC4-B987-F269E3DFA341&lmid=archives
Resource: Gay Rights Media. News and resources of interest for the LGBT Equality Movement. http://GayRightsMedia.org/
New Data: Anti-Gay Bullying Linked with Suicide, HIV, STDs. A Family Acceptance Project research study indicates that: that LGBT youth who experience high levels of school victimization in middle and high school report impaired health and mental health in young adulthood. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/05/15/prweb8433605.DTL#ixzz1MXFE2528
Presbyterians Approve the Ordination of Gay People, after 33 years of debate. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/us/11presbyterian.html?_r=1&src=rechp
New York: Republican donors are backing the Gay Marriage push in the state. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/14/nyregion/donors-to-gop-are-backing-gay-marriage-push.html
Cuba: There was a colorful Pride march in Havana to celebrate sexual diversity and to oppose anti-gay discrimination. The Washington Post reports: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/colorful-march-in-havana-celebrates-sexual-diversity-opposes-anti-gay-discrimination/2011/05/14/AFPrSd3G_story.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Don Lemon, the CNN news anchor, has come out in a new book.
The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/business/media/16anchor.html
NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/16/136338277/livelihood-on-the-line-anchor-reveals-hes-gay?sc=fb&cc=fp
Coming Out: Rick Welts, president of the Phoenix Suns has come out. He hopes his coming out breaks the silence surrounding gay men in team sports. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/sports/basketball/nba-executive-says-he-is-gay.html
Coming Out: Will Sheridan, Villanova basketball starter, tells his coming out story to ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=oneil_dana&id=6488036
Ben Cohen, the British rugby star, has announced he’ll retire from the sport, to devote his time to fighting homophobia and bullying through his foundation. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/16/Ben_Cohen_Quits_Rugby_to_Fight_Homophobia/
Awards and Honors:
Winners: GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco, CA. http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/22/recipients
Winners: Outer Critics Circle Awards for New York Theatre excellence. “The Kid”, the musical about Dan Savage and partner adopting a child; “The Book of Mormon”, “The Normal Heart”. From Talkin’Broadway.com: http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1974278
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Video: Chaz Bono explains TG to David Letterman. via Towleroad.com: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/chaz_letterman.html
Video: SNL: The Ambiguously Gay Duo. Live action version. Gawker reports: http://gawker.com/5801987/watch-snls-live+action-version-of-the-ambiguously-gay-duo
Photos: Broadway’s “The Normal Heart” gave Freedom to Marry a $10,000 check as part of a Facebook promotion. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-THE-NORMAL-HEART-Presents-10000-Check-to-Freedom-to-Marry-20110504
Video: Rory O’Malley, Tony nominee for “The Book of Mormon”, plays a closeted Mormon and talks about being closeted for 19 years. TheaterMania reports: http://www.theatermania.com/video/rory-omalleys-happy-day_188.html
Features
Update: Jim McGreevey was America’s first out governor (New Jersey). After coming out and leaving office, he went through a nasty divorce; he enrolled in seminary, and now works with the drug-addicted. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/nyregion/mcgreevey-out-of-politics-and-closet-hopes-to-join-clergy.html?_r=1&hpw
New York Couple: Richard Adrian Dorr and John Mace. After 60 years, they want to make it legal. The New York Times reports: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/after-60-years-an-unfaded-desire-to-make-it-legal/
Op-Ed: Jaye Cee Whitehead, author of “The Nuptial Deal: Same-Sex Marriage and Neo-Liberal Governance” cites some of the wrong reasons for same-sex marriage: economic gain. from The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/opinion/16whitehead.html?_r=1&hpw
193 Reasons to Have Pride. The Advocate’s recap of positive change for the LGBT community. http://advocate.com/Print_Issue/Cover_Stories/193_Reasons_to_Have_Pride_in_2011_Part_One/
http://advocate.com/Print_Issue/Cover_Stories/193_Reasons_to_Have_Pride_in_2011_Part_Two/
The Resource Center:
Fairfax Open House, a supervised safe gathering place for LGBTQ Jewish teens and their friends. Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia. Fairfax, VA. www.fairfaxopenhouse.org.
Modern Tonic, the website with gay-approved pop culture gems before they’ve been co-opted by everyone else, is back with a newly designed website. They offer a newsletter. www.moderntonic.com
In Print:
Let’s Get This Straight: The Ultimate Handbook for Youth with LGBTQ Parents. by Tina Fahkrid-Deen. Seal Press. A book reaches out to young people with one or more gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer parents to provide tools to combat homophobia, take pride in their alternative family structures, and speak out against injustice. This short but thorough book profiles forty-five diverse youth and young adults, all of whom voice their opinions and provide advice for other youth living in LGBTQ households.
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.
***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.
***One Arm. Moises (“The Laramie Project”) Kaufman’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams unproduced screen play about a boxing champ who loses his arm and returns to hustling to survive. www.thenewgroup.org.. to 7/02/11.
Elsewhere...
***Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, world premiere of a new musical based on Armistead Maupin’s stories. By Jeff Whitty (”Avenue Q”), Jake Shears (Scissors Sisters) and John Garden. to 7/19/11. San Francisco, CA. www.act-sf.org
***Dooley. The world premiere of William diCanzio’s portrait of Tom Dooley, a 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. to 6/19/11. Washington, DC. www.kennedy-center.org
***The Pride. Alexi Kaye Campbell’s play about two men and a woman caught in a love triangle. to 7/03/11. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
***Queer, a chamber opera interpertation of William Burroughs’ novel. to 5/29/11. San Francisco, CA. www.sfiaf.org
On Display
***Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, a collection of the out designer’s works from 1992-2010. through 7/31/11. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B55189B0E-51CF-4801-BC24-1D7CC67F7633%7D
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 Broken Tower, written, directed by, and starring James Franco, who plays gay poet Hart Crane. At film festivals.
***Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s new documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
***Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill A Mockingbird. Mary McDonagh Murphy’s documentary about the illusive and reclusive aiuthor. At film festivals.
***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.
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.
***Stonewall Uprising: The documentary about the beginning of the American gay rights movement. Available online: http://video.pbs.org
***Violet Tendencies. Mindi Cohn (“The Facts of Life”) plays a hag in this new romantic comedy. www.violettendenciesmovie.com.
***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/
***WED: 5/25: Oprah: The Finale. Syndicated. Check local listings.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
5/31/11-6/06/11: Orlando, FL: Gay Days Orlando. including Disney. www.gaydays.com
5/31/11: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversations. Also on Tuesdays through 6/21/11. http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
6/01/11-6/30/11: San Francisco, CA: National Queer Arts Festival. LGBT performances and exhibits throughout the Bay Area. www.QueerCulturalCenter.org
6/02/11: Chicago, IL: PFLAG National Celebrates The Heartland. A fundraiser. http://community.pflag.org/chicago
6/02/11-6/05/11: Fort Worth, TX: Q Cinema annual celebration of LGBT-themed movies. www.qcinema.org
6/02/11-6/05/11: Pittsburgh, PA: The Gay and Lesbian Leadership Institute candidate training program. http://www.glli.org/programs/candidate_campaign
6/03/11: Chicago, IL: Unite With Pride: A Community Celebration, a civil union fete to benefit the Civil Rights Agenda and the Families United Project. http://www.jointcra.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=75
6/05/11: Boston, MA: AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run. www.aidswalkboston.org
6/10/11-6/12/11: Falls Village, CT: Neherim GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality East Coast Gathering. http://www.nehirim.org/east
6/10/11-6/12/11: San Francisco, CA: Queer Women of Color Film Festival. www.qwocmap.org
6/15/11-6/19/11: Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Int’l Film Festival. www.ptownfilmfest.org
6/16/11-6/26/11: San Francisco, CA: Frameline: San Francisco Int’l LGBT Film Festival. www.frameline.org
6/19/11: New York, NY: Folsom Street East. Leather street festival. http://www.folsomstreeteast.org/
6/19/11: New York, NY: Broadway Bares XXI: Masterpiece. The annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit. www.broadwaybares.com
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Anti-Gay on the Outside / Gay on The Inside
1. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader and former Republican politician, who got busted for lewd conduct in an airport. His “wide stance” cost him $575 in court costs and fees, and his 28 year career in politics. Answer: Larry Craig, former Idaho Senator and Congressman. He’s featured in the documentary “Outrage”.
2. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, a former Florida Republican, whose AOL instant messages with a page got steamy. More pages came forward, and he resigned from office. Answer: Mark Foley, who resigned from Congress in 2006. He’s now a realtor and he’s come out.
3. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, and Evangelical preacher with a large ministry. In 2006, a hustler outed him for both being gay and using crystal meth. The preacher went to rehab blaming his behavior on his drug use. Answer: Ted Haggard, who today calls himself “a heterosexual with issues”. His feelings about homosexuality are echoed in the documentary “Jesus Camp”. Alexandra Pelosi featured him in a documentary “Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexanda Pelosi” for HBO.
4. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, a Calfornia State senator, who came out last year, after being busted for driving under the influence after leaving a gay bar. Answer: Roy Ashburn, a California State Senator (Republican) with an anti-gay voting record. He came out after his arrest.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Gays and the Military
As we commemorate service people who gave their lives for their country, we must also remember LGBT service people who have served against all odds under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”.
1. Question: Name this former US Navy sailor, who won his case against DADT, after he was outed by AOL. The Navy asked AOL for his information based on a screen name and a profile, and AOL released private information without a search warrant or a court order. Hint: he shares a name with a notorious killer. .
2. Question: Name this DADT activist, an American infantry officer in the US Army, who came out on the Rachel Maddow Show. He has been a leader in demonstrations to force the repeal of DADT, and he applied for re-enlistment in October, 2010.
3. Question: Name this American infantry soldier, who was murdered by a fellow soldier in 1999, because he was believed to be gay. He was outed by a fellow soldier who learned that his buddy was dating a transgender entertainer. His life story was made into a Peabody Award-winning film.
4. Question: Name this pioneering gay American journalist, who brought the issues of DADT to the American public, after chronicling the AIDS epidemic in America, and one of the nationa’s most important LGBT civil rights activists.
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. 20 May 23, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: May 23-29, 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 with his new bestseller “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk”. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru SAT: 6/18: Chicago, IL: Windy City Gay Idol talent competition. www.windycitymediagroup. com
MON: 5/23: Los Angeles, CA: Chaz Bono does a reading and booksigning of his autobiography “Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man “. 7PM. Barnes and Noble, Grove Drive.
MON: 5/23: New York, NY: Harvey Fierstein hosts the 2011 Drama Desk Awards. www.dramadesk.com
MON: 5/23: New York, NY: Out Music Awards, 7th edition. Hosted by LARA, LGBT Academy of Recording Arts. http://outmusicawards.com/
TUE: 5/24: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation. http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
WED: 5/25: San Francisco, CA: dot429 Inspire for LGBT professionals. http://dot429.com/events
WED-MON: 5/25-5/30: Toronto, ON: Annual Gay Bowling Tournament. www.igbo.org
THU: 5/26: New York, NY: The Bronx LGBT Career Fair. Hostos Community College. http://www.bronxpride.org/
THU-SAT: 5/26-6/04: Hartford, CT: Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. http://www.OutFilmCT.org/.
THU-MON: 5/26-5/30: Atlanta, GA: Mondo Homo Dirty South. queer-centric festival featuring music, dance, crafts, performance & more.www.mondohomo.com
FRI: 5/27: Oakland, CA: COLAGE Booksigning: “Let’s Get This Straight” with author Tina Fahkrid-Deen. Laurel Bookstore. Also: SUN: 5/29: San Francisco, CA: Modern Times Bookstore. http://www.colage.org/events/lgtsoakland/
FRI-MON: 5/27-5/30: Oakland, CA: Voices Raised ! The first conference for people of color with LGBTQ parents. Presented by COLAGE. http://voicesraised.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
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/
The 5/17/11 edition: http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/ArchiveServlet?issueid=870133B7-CDD5-4EC4-B987-F269E3DFA341&lmid=archives
Resource: Gay Rights Media. News and resources of interest for the LGBT Equality Movement. http://GayRightsMedia.org/
New Data: Anti-Gay Bullying Linked with Suicide, HIV, STDs. A Family Acceptance Project research study indicates that: that LGBT youth who experience high levels of school victimization in middle and high school report impaired health and mental health in young adulthood. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/05/15/prweb8433605.DTL#ixzz1MXFE2528
Presbyterians Approve the Ordination of Gay People, after 33 years of debate. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/us/11presbyterian.html?_r=1&src=rechp
New York: Republican donors are backing the Gay Marriage push in the state. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/14/nyregion/donors-to-gop-are-backing-gay-marriage-push.html
Cuba: There was a colorful Pride march in Havana to celebrate sexual diversity and to oppose anti-gay discrimination. The Washington Post reports: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/colorful-march-in-havana-celebrates-sexual-diversity-opposes-anti-gay-discrimination/2011/05/14/AFPrSd3G_story.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Don Lemon, the CNN news anchor, has come out in a new book.
The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/business/media/16anchor.html
NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/16/136338277/livelihood-on-the-line-anchor-reveals-hes-gay?sc=fb&cc=fp
Coming Out: Rick Welts, president of the Phoenix Suns has come out. He hopes his coming out breaks the silence surrounding gay men in team sports. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/sports/basketball/nba-executive-says-he-is-gay.html
Coming Out: Will Sheridan, Villanova basketball starter, tells his coming out story to ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=oneil_dana&id=6488036
Ben Cohen, the British rugby star, has announced he’ll retire from the sport, to devote his time to fighting homophobia and bullying through his foundation. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/16/Ben_Cohen_Quits_Rugby_to_Fight_Homophobia/
Awards and Honors:
Winners: GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco, CA. http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/22/recipients
Winners: Outer Critics Circle Awards for New York Theatre excellence. “The Kid”, the musical about Dan Savage and partner adopting a child; “The Book of Mormon”, “The Normal Heart”. From Talkin’Broadway.com: http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1974278
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Video: Chaz Bono explains TG to David Letterman. via Towleroad.com: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/chaz_letterman.html
Video: SNL: The Ambiguously Gay Duo. Live action version. Gawker reports: http://gawker.com/5801987/watch-snls-live+action-version-of-the-ambiguously-gay-duo
Photos: Broadway’s “The Normal Heart” gave Freedom to Marry a $10,000 check as part of a Facebook promotion. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-THE-NORMAL-HEART-Presents-10000-Check-to-Freedom-to-Marry-20110504
Video: Rory O’Malley, Tony nominee for “The Book of Mormon”, plays a closeted Mormon and talks about being closeted for 19 years. TheaterMania reports: http://www.theatermania.com/video/rory-omalleys-happy-day_188.html
Features
Update: Jim McGreevey was America’s first out governor (New Jersey). After coming out and leaving office, he went through a nasty divorce; he enrolled in seminary, and now works with the drug-addicted. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/nyregion/mcgreevey-out-of-politics-and-closet-hopes-to-join-clergy.html?_r=1&hpw
New York Couple: Richard Adrian Dorr and John Mace. After 60 years, they want to make it legal. The New York Times reports: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/after-60-years-an-unfaded-desire-to-make-it-legal/
Op-Ed: Jaye Cee Whitehead, author of “The Nuptial Deal: Same-Sex Marriage and Neo-Liberal Governance” cites some of the wrong reasons for same-sex marriage: economic gain. from The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/opinion/16whitehead.html?_r=1&hpw
193 Reasons to Have Pride. The Advocate’s recap of positive change for the LGBT community. http://advocate.com/Print_Issue/Cover_Stories/193_Reasons_to_Have_Pride_in_2011_Part_One/
http://advocate.com/Print_Issue/Cover_Stories/193_Reasons_to_Have_Pride_in_2011_Part_Two/
The Resource Center:
Fairfax Open House, a supervised safe gathering place for LGBTQ Jewish teens and their friends. Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia. Fairfax, VA. www.fairfaxopenhouse.org.
Modern Tonic, the website with gay-approved pop culture gems before they’ve been co-opted by everyone else, is back with a newly designed website. They offer a newsletter. www.moderntonic.com
In Print:
Let’s Get This Straight: The Ultimate Handbook for Youth with LGBTQ Parents. by Tina Fahkrid-Deen. Seal Press. A book reaches out to young people with one or more gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer parents to provide tools to combat homophobia, take pride in their alternative family structures, and speak out against injustice. This short but thorough book profiles forty-five diverse youth and young adults, all of whom voice their opinions and provide advice for other youth living in LGBTQ households.
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.
***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.
***One Arm. Moises (“The Laramie Project”) Kaufman’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams unproduced screen play about a boxing champ who loses his arm and returns to hustling to survive. www.thenewgroup.org.. to 7/02/11.
Elsewhere...
***Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, world premiere of a new musical based on Armistead Maupin’s stories. By Jeff Whitty (”Avenue Q”), Jake Shears (Scissors Sisters) and John Garden. to 7/19/11. San Francisco, CA. www.act-sf.org
***Dooley. The world premiere of William diCanzio’s portrait of Tom Dooley, a 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. to 6/19/11. Washington, DC. www.kennedy-center.org
***The Pride. Alexi Kaye Campbell’s play about two men and a woman caught in a love triangle. to 7/03/11. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
***Queer, a chamber opera interpertation of William Burroughs’ novel. to 5/29/11. San Francisco, CA. www.sfiaf.org
On Display
***Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, a collection of the out designer’s works from 1992-2010. through 7/31/11. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId=%7B55189B0E-51CF-4801-BC24-1D7CC67F7633%7D
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 Broken Tower, written, directed by, and starring James Franco, who plays gay poet Hart Crane. At film festivals.
***Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s new documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
***Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill A Mockingbird. Mary McDonagh Murphy’s documentary about the illusive and reclusive aiuthor. At film festivals.
***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.
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.
***Stonewall Uprising: The documentary about the beginning of the American gay rights movement. Available online: http://video.pbs.org
***Violet Tendencies. Mindi Cohn (“The Facts of Life”) plays a hag in this new romantic comedy. www.violettendenciesmovie.com.
***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/
***WED: 5/25: Oprah: The Finale. Syndicated. Check local listings.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
5/31/11-6/06/11: Orlando, FL: Gay Days Orlando. including Disney. www.gaydays.com
5/31/11: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversations. Also on Tuesdays through 6/21/11. http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
6/01/11-6/30/11: San Francisco, CA: National Queer Arts Festival. LGBT performances and exhibits throughout the Bay Area. www.QueerCulturalCenter.org
6/02/11: Chicago, IL: PFLAG National Celebrates The Heartland. A fundraiser. http://community.pflag.org/chicago
6/02/11-6/05/11: Fort Worth, TX: Q Cinema annual celebration of LGBT-themed movies. www.qcinema.org
6/02/11-6/05/11: Pittsburgh, PA: The Gay and Lesbian Leadership Institute candidate training program. http://www.glli.org/programs/candidate_campaign
6/03/11: Chicago, IL: Unite With Pride: A Community Celebration, a civil union fete to benefit the Civil Rights Agenda and the Families United Project. http://www.jointcra.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=75
6/05/11: Boston, MA: AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run. www.aidswalkboston.org
6/10/11-6/12/11: Falls Village, CT: Neherim GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality East Coast Gathering. http://www.nehirim.org/east
6/10/11-6/12/11: San Francisco, CA: Queer Women of Color Film Festival. www.qwocmap.org
6/15/11-6/19/11: Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Int’l Film Festival. www.ptownfilmfest.org
6/16/11-6/26/11: San Francisco, CA: Frameline: San Francisco Int’l LGBT Film Festival. www.frameline.org
6/19/11: New York, NY: Folsom Street East. Leather street festival. http://www.folsomstreeteast.org/
6/19/11: New York, NY: Broadway Bares XXI: Masterpiece. The annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit. www.broadwaybares.com
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Anti-Gay on the Outside / Gay on The Inside
1. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader and former Republican politician, who got busted for lewd conduct in an airport. His “wide stance” cost him $575 in court costs and fees, and his 28 year career in politics. Answer: Larry Craig, former Idaho Senator and Congressman. He’s featured in the documentary “Outrage”.
2. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, a former Florida Republican, whose AOL instant messages with a page got steamy. More pages came forward, and he resigned from office. Answer: Mark Foley, who resigned from Congress in 2006. He’s now a realtor and he’s come out.
3. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, and Evangelical preacher with a large ministry. In 2006, a hustler outed him for both being gay and using crystal meth. The preacher went to rehab blaming his behavior on his drug use. Answer: Ted Haggard, who today calls himself “a heterosexual with issues”. His feelings about homosexuality are echoed in the documentary “Jesus Camp”. Alexandra Pelosi featured him in a documentary “Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexanda Pelosi” for HBO.
4. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, a Calfornia State senator, who came out last year, after being busted for driving under the influence after leaving a gay bar. Answer: Roy Ashburn, a California State Senator (Republican) with an anti-gay voting record. He came out after his arrest.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Gays and the Military
As we commemorate service people who gave their lives for their country, we must also remember LGBT service people who have served against all odds under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”.
1. Question: Name this former US Navy sailor, who won his case against DADT, after he was outed by AOL. The Navy asked AOL for his information based on a screen name and a profile, and AOL released private information without a search warrant or a court order. Hint: he shares a name with a notorious killer. .
2. Question: Name this DADT activist, an American infantry officer in the US Army, who came out on the Rachel Maddow Show. He has been a leader in demonstrations to force the repeal of DADT, and he applied for re-enlistment in October, 2010.
3. Question: Name this American infantry soldier, who was murdered by a fellow soldier in 1999, because he was believed to be gay. He was outed by a fellow soldier who learned that his buddy was dating a transgender entertainer. His life story was made into a Peabody Award-winning film.
4. Question: Name this pioneering gay American journalist, who brought the issues of DADT to the American public, after chronicling the AIDS epidemic in America, and one of the nationa’s most important LGBT civil rights activists.
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, May 10, 2011
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 5/16/11
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 14 No. 19 May 16, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
The Fine Print
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: May 16-22, 2011
For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
MON: 5/16: New York, NY: Panel: Remembering Vito Russo, the pioneering AIDS activist and author of “The Celluloid Closet” with fellow activists and his biographer. 7PM. Barnes & Noble. 82nd and B’way. http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/3096026
TUE-WED: 5/17-5/18: Durham, NC: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
TUE: 5/17: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation.”AIDS and the Rent Connection” with Cynthia O'Neal, co-founder and president of Friends In Deed, and Anthony Rapp, http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
WED: 5/18: West Hollywood, CA: Chaz Bono does a reading and booksigning of his autobiography “Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man “. 7PM. Renberg Theatre, North McCadden Place.
THU: 5/19: New York, NY: Marriage Equality New York 13th Annual Gala. Lea Delaria performs. http://www.meny.us/gala
FRI: 5/20: Seattle, WA: Thom Filicia hosts a reception to benefit DIFFA, Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS with dot249. https://dot429.com/events/
seattle-diffa-event/rsvp
FRI-SUN: 5/20-5/22: San Francisco, CA: Neherim GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality West Coast Gathering. http://www.nehirim.org/west-coast-gathering-2011
SAT: 5/21: New Haven, CT: Connecticut Pride Hikers. an East Rock climb. http://ctpridehikers.isgreat.org/
SUN: 5/22: Nationwide: Harvey Milk Day. (He would have been 81)
SUN: 5/22: Reno, NV: Harvey Milk Celebration. LGBT Reno hosts a candlelight vigil. http://lgbt-reno.net/index.php/2011/04/press-release-harvey-milk-celebration/
Newsworthy:
Eric Holder, US Attorney General, defended the decision to drop the DOMA defense. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/05/04/holder-defends-decision-to-drop-doma-defense/
Massachusetts: Barbara Lenk, an out state appeals court judge, will be the first out gay justice on the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. MassLive reports: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/05/governors_council_confirms_bar.html
Coming Out: Michigan: A Saugatuck middle school may include a video “Coming Out: What Every Teen (Gay or Straight) Needs to Know” as part of its sex-education and anti-bullying programs. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/saugatuck.html
Clintons Endorses Marriage Equality.
The former president, now a New Yorker, has endorsed same-sex marriage. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/05/Bill_Clinton_Endorses_Marriage_in_New_York/
Chelsea backed marriage equality at a FriendFactor event in New York. OnTop Magazine reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8274&MediaType=1&Category=22
The Library of Congress is displaying documents from the archives of gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/09/Gay_History_on_Display_at_Library_of_Congress/
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Gay Mormon Comes Out to His Dad. Tyler Robinson, an Idahoan competing on the new TV singing competition “The Voice” came out on television before performing a cover of “Hey Soul Sister”. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/watch-gay-mormon-comes-out-to-his-father-on-the-voice.html
Coming Out: Athletes Come Out: Two European professional sports figures come out. English cricketer Steven Davis and Swedish footballer Anton Hysen have publicly outed themselves. OnTop reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8325&MediaType=1&Category=22
Mike Gin, the gay Republican mayor of Redondo Beach, CA, could become the first person in a same-sex marriage elected to US Congress, if he wins a House seat in an upcoming special election. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/05/05/gay-calif-mayor-seeks-u-s-house-seat/
Robin Kniech has been elected to the Denver (CO) City Council. She is Denver’s first out city council member. Gay Politics reports: http://www.gaypolitics.com/2011/05/03/breaking-lesbian-will-be-denvers-first-out-city-council-member/
Lana Lawless, the TG woman who sued the LPGA and the Long Drivers of America challenging their reul that compeptitors must be “female at birth”, has settled her cases. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/sports/golf/04sportsbriefs-TRANSGENDERW_BRF.html?src=rechp
Neil Patrick Harris will host the 65th annual Tony Awards on 6/12/11. The show will be broadcast live on CBS. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Official-Neil-Patrick-Harris-to-Return-as-Tony-Awards-Host-20110510
Rosie O’Donnell’s new talk show for the Oprah Winfrey Network will be broadcast on Sirius XM. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Sirius-XM-to-Broadcast-Rosie-ODonnells-OWN-Show-Fall-2011-20110510
Transitions:
Arthur Laurents, playwright and director, died on 5/05/11 at age 93. He was librettist for “West Side Story” and “Gypsy”. He recently directed revivals of both. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Legendary-Writer-Director-Arthur-Laurents-Dies-at-93-20110505
A New York Magazine profile of Laurents when “West Side Story” was revived. http://nymag.com/arts/theater/profiles/55341/
Doric Wilson, an early figure in New York's Off-Off-Broadway scene who was as big a champion of gay theatre as he was of gay rights in general, died 5/07/11 at age 72. Playbill. com reports: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150628-Doric-Wilson-Playwright-and-Gay-Activist-Dies-at-72-
Awards and Honors:
Winners: Drama Critics Circle Awards: “The Book of Mormon” and “The Normal Heart” recognized. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/NY-Drama-Critics-Circle-Announces-Winners-THE-BOOK-OF-MORMONJERUSALEM-GOOD-PEOPLE-More-20110509
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Audio Preview: The Book of Mormon Original Cast Recording via NPR. http://www.npr.org/2011/05/09/136054170/first-listen-cast-recording-the-book-of-mormon
Video: Chaz Bono: The Nightline Interview: via Towleroad. http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/chazbono.html
Features
Profile: True Colors is helping LGBT Connecticut teens find help and homes. The Hartford Courant reports: http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-ubinas-truecolors0505-20110504,0,745077.column
Profile: Justin Bond. From New York Magazine. http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/features/justin-bond-2011-5/
Tales of The City: Maupin with Music. The new musical opens in San Francisco. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/theater/tales-of-the-city-become-a-musical.html?_r=1
Opinion: Judge Vaughn Walker, who ruled Proposition 8 as unconstitutional, came out after the trial. Now Proposition 8 lawyers want the ruling tossed out. The New York Times opinion in “Fit to Rule on Same-Sex Marriage”. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/opinion/04wed3.html.
He Loves and She Loves. The Redgraves, the British theatrical dynasty, had it many ways. The Daily Mail reports: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1384460/Revealed-The-day-Vanessa-Redgrave-husband-bed-father.html
Opportunities
LGBT Organizations Job Openings: http://www.lgbtcenters.org/careers.aspx
In Print:
The Essential Book of Gay Manners & Etiquette by Steven Petrow
Workman Publishing Company. The definitive book of LGBT etiquette, from the go-to expert who writes for The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Yahoo’s Shine, GayWeddings.com, and the “Q” Syndicate. A portion of the proceeds go to GLSEN and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***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.
***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. 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...
***Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, world premiere of a new musical based on Armistead Maupin’s stories. By Jeff Whitty (”Avenue Q”), Jake Shears (Scissors Sisters) and John Garden. Judy Kaye plays landlady Anna Madrigal. to 7/19/11. San Francisco, CA. www.act-sf.org
***Dooley. The world premiere of William diCanzio’s portrait of Tom Dooley, a 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. to 6/19/11. Washington, DC. www.kennedy-center.org
***Queer, a chamber opera interpertation of William Burroughs’ novel. 5/20/11-5/29/11. San Francisco, CA. www.sfiaf.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.
***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.
***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.
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.
***Stonewall Uprising: The documentary about the beginning of the American gay rights movement. Viiew 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..
Just Added:***TUE: 5/10: Becoming Chaz, the documentary about Chaz Bono’s transformation from Chasity. 9PM OWN.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
5/23/11: Los Angeles, CA: Chaz Bono does a reading and booksigning of his autobiography “Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man “. 7PM. Barnes and Noble, Grove Drive.
5/25/11-5/30/11: Toronto, ON: Annual Gay Bowling Tournament. www.igbo.org
5/26/11-6/03/11: Calgary, AB: Fairy Tales Int’l LGBT Film Festival. www.fairytalesfilmfest.com
5/26/11-6/04/11: Hartford, CT: Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. http://www.OutFilmCT.org/.
5/26/11-5/30/11: Atlanta, GA: Mondo Homo Dirty South. queer-centric festival featuring music, dance, crafts, performance & more.www.mondohomo.com
5/27/11-5/30/11: Oakland, CA: Voices Raised ! The first conference for people of color with LGBTQ parents. Presented by COLAGE. http://voicesraised.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
5/31/11-6/06/11: Orlando, FL: Gay Days Orlando. including Disney. www.gaydays.com
6/01/11-6/30/11: San Francisco, CA: National Queer Arts Festival. LGBT performances and exhibits throughout the Bay Area. www.QueerCulturalCenter.org
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Mother’s Day
1. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, who turned her daughter’s very public coming out (on television and in the media) into a positive experience for parents everywhere with a book, an internet advice column, and as a spokesperson for a national coming out service organization. Answer: Betty DeGeneres, mother of Ellen.
2. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, an award-winning actress, director, composer and singer, who has donated significant monies to LGBT service organizations, both to honor her gay filmmaker son and her many LGBT fans. She recently returned to movie-making and a global concert tour. Answer: Barbra Streisand.
3. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, former government bureaucrat and author of a 1981 romance novel about lesbians in the 19th century American west. When her husband’s competitor mentioned her out daughter, this mom called his actions “a cheap trick”. Answer: Lynne Cheney.
4. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, also an award-winning actress and singer. Her daughter, a spokesperson and activist for LGBT rights, wrote two books describing her coming out process and her mom’s reactions and eventual support. The daughter transitioned and became an activist for transgender rights. Mom is a donor to LGBT causes. Answer: Cher, mother of Chaz Bono.
5. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom-in-law” (who would have been a PFLAG supporter had the organization been around in her day). An icon in the LGBT community, she was supposedly married to a gay man and her eldest daughter married at least one. Daughter’s first husband was the subject of a recent Broadway musical which won a Tony Award for its Australian star. Answer: Judy Garland. Daughter Liza married Peter Allen and David Gest.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Anti-Gay on the Outside / Gay on The Inside
1. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader and former Republican politician, who got busted for lewd conduct in an airport. His “wide stance” cost him $575 in court costs and fees, and his 28 year career in politics.
2. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, a former Florida Republican, whose AOL instant messages with a page got steamy. More pages came forward, and he resigned from office.
3. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, and Evangelical preacher with a large ministry. In 2006, a hustler outed him for both being gay and using crystal meth. The preacher went to rehab blaming his behavior on his drug use. .
4. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, a Calfornia State senator, who came out last year, after being busted for driving under the influence after leaving a gay bar.
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. 19 May 16, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
The Fine Print
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Subscription Information: This newsletter is available via free email subscription only. Our mailing list is confidential.
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: May 16-22, 2011
For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
MON: 5/16: New York, NY: Panel: Remembering Vito Russo, the pioneering AIDS activist and author of “The Celluloid Closet” with fellow activists and his biographer. 7PM. Barnes & Noble. 82nd and B’way. http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/3096026
TUE-WED: 5/17-5/18: Durham, NC: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
TUE: 5/17: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation.”AIDS and the Rent Connection” with Cynthia O'Neal, co-founder and president of Friends In Deed, and Anthony Rapp, http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
WED: 5/18: West Hollywood, CA: Chaz Bono does a reading and booksigning of his autobiography “Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man “. 7PM. Renberg Theatre, North McCadden Place.
THU: 5/19: New York, NY: Marriage Equality New York 13th Annual Gala. Lea Delaria performs. http://www.meny.us/gala
FRI: 5/20: Seattle, WA: Thom Filicia hosts a reception to benefit DIFFA, Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS with dot249. https://dot429.com/events/
seattle-diffa-event/rsvp
FRI-SUN: 5/20-5/22: San Francisco, CA: Neherim GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality West Coast Gathering. http://www.nehirim.org/west-coast-gathering-2011
SAT: 5/21: New Haven, CT: Connecticut Pride Hikers. an East Rock climb. http://ctpridehikers.isgreat.org/
SUN: 5/22: Nationwide: Harvey Milk Day. (He would have been 81)
SUN: 5/22: Reno, NV: Harvey Milk Celebration. LGBT Reno hosts a candlelight vigil. http://lgbt-reno.net/index.php/2011/04/press-release-harvey-milk-celebration/
Newsworthy:
Eric Holder, US Attorney General, defended the decision to drop the DOMA defense. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/05/04/holder-defends-decision-to-drop-doma-defense/
Massachusetts: Barbara Lenk, an out state appeals court judge, will be the first out gay justice on the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. MassLive reports: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/05/governors_council_confirms_bar.html
Coming Out: Michigan: A Saugatuck middle school may include a video “Coming Out: What Every Teen (Gay or Straight) Needs to Know” as part of its sex-education and anti-bullying programs. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/saugatuck.html
Clintons Endorses Marriage Equality.
The former president, now a New Yorker, has endorsed same-sex marriage. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/05/Bill_Clinton_Endorses_Marriage_in_New_York/
Chelsea backed marriage equality at a FriendFactor event in New York. OnTop Magazine reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8274&MediaType=1&Category=22
The Library of Congress is displaying documents from the archives of gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/09/Gay_History_on_Display_at_Library_of_Congress/
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Gay Mormon Comes Out to His Dad. Tyler Robinson, an Idahoan competing on the new TV singing competition “The Voice” came out on television before performing a cover of “Hey Soul Sister”. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/watch-gay-mormon-comes-out-to-his-father-on-the-voice.html
Coming Out: Athletes Come Out: Two European professional sports figures come out. English cricketer Steven Davis and Swedish footballer Anton Hysen have publicly outed themselves. OnTop reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8325&MediaType=1&Category=22
Mike Gin, the gay Republican mayor of Redondo Beach, CA, could become the first person in a same-sex marriage elected to US Congress, if he wins a House seat in an upcoming special election. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/05/05/gay-calif-mayor-seeks-u-s-house-seat/
Robin Kniech has been elected to the Denver (CO) City Council. She is Denver’s first out city council member. Gay Politics reports: http://www.gaypolitics.com/2011/05/03/breaking-lesbian-will-be-denvers-first-out-city-council-member/
Lana Lawless, the TG woman who sued the LPGA and the Long Drivers of America challenging their reul that compeptitors must be “female at birth”, has settled her cases. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/sports/golf/04sportsbriefs-TRANSGENDERW_BRF.html?src=rechp
Neil Patrick Harris will host the 65th annual Tony Awards on 6/12/11. The show will be broadcast live on CBS. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Official-Neil-Patrick-Harris-to-Return-as-Tony-Awards-Host-20110510
Rosie O’Donnell’s new talk show for the Oprah Winfrey Network will be broadcast on Sirius XM. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Sirius-XM-to-Broadcast-Rosie-ODonnells-OWN-Show-Fall-2011-20110510
Transitions:
Arthur Laurents, playwright and director, died on 5/05/11 at age 93. He was librettist for “West Side Story” and “Gypsy”. He recently directed revivals of both. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Legendary-Writer-Director-Arthur-Laurents-Dies-at-93-20110505
A New York Magazine profile of Laurents when “West Side Story” was revived. http://nymag.com/arts/theater/profiles/55341/
Doric Wilson, an early figure in New York's Off-Off-Broadway scene who was as big a champion of gay theatre as he was of gay rights in general, died 5/07/11 at age 72. Playbill. com reports: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150628-Doric-Wilson-Playwright-and-Gay-Activist-Dies-at-72-
Awards and Honors:
Winners: Drama Critics Circle Awards: “The Book of Mormon” and “The Normal Heart” recognized. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/NY-Drama-Critics-Circle-Announces-Winners-THE-BOOK-OF-MORMONJERUSALEM-GOOD-PEOPLE-More-20110509
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Audio Preview: The Book of Mormon Original Cast Recording via NPR. http://www.npr.org/2011/05/09/136054170/first-listen-cast-recording-the-book-of-mormon
Video: Chaz Bono: The Nightline Interview: via Towleroad. http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/chazbono.html
Features
Profile: True Colors is helping LGBT Connecticut teens find help and homes. The Hartford Courant reports: http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-ubinas-truecolors0505-20110504,0,745077.column
Profile: Justin Bond. From New York Magazine. http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/features/justin-bond-2011-5/
Tales of The City: Maupin with Music. The new musical opens in San Francisco. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/theater/tales-of-the-city-become-a-musical.html?_r=1
Opinion: Judge Vaughn Walker, who ruled Proposition 8 as unconstitutional, came out after the trial. Now Proposition 8 lawyers want the ruling tossed out. The New York Times opinion in “Fit to Rule on Same-Sex Marriage”. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/opinion/04wed3.html.
He Loves and She Loves. The Redgraves, the British theatrical dynasty, had it many ways. The Daily Mail reports: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1384460/Revealed-The-day-Vanessa-Redgrave-husband-bed-father.html
Opportunities
LGBT Organizations Job Openings: http://www.lgbtcenters.org/careers.aspx
In Print:
The Essential Book of Gay Manners & Etiquette by Steven Petrow
Workman Publishing Company. The definitive book of LGBT etiquette, from the go-to expert who writes for The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Yahoo’s Shine, GayWeddings.com, and the “Q” Syndicate. A portion of the proceeds go to GLSEN and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***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.
***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. 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...
***Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, world premiere of a new musical based on Armistead Maupin’s stories. By Jeff Whitty (”Avenue Q”), Jake Shears (Scissors Sisters) and John Garden. Judy Kaye plays landlady Anna Madrigal. to 7/19/11. San Francisco, CA. www.act-sf.org
***Dooley. The world premiere of William diCanzio’s portrait of Tom Dooley, a 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. to 6/19/11. Washington, DC. www.kennedy-center.org
***Queer, a chamber opera interpertation of William Burroughs’ novel. 5/20/11-5/29/11. San Francisco, CA. www.sfiaf.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.
***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.
***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.
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.
***Stonewall Uprising: The documentary about the beginning of the American gay rights movement. Viiew 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..
Just Added:***TUE: 5/10: Becoming Chaz, the documentary about Chaz Bono’s transformation from Chasity. 9PM OWN.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
For Pride Events worldwide: www.interpride.org. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
5/23/11: Los Angeles, CA: Chaz Bono does a reading and booksigning of his autobiography “Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man “. 7PM. Barnes and Noble, Grove Drive.
5/25/11-5/30/11: Toronto, ON: Annual Gay Bowling Tournament. www.igbo.org
5/26/11-6/03/11: Calgary, AB: Fairy Tales Int’l LGBT Film Festival. www.fairytalesfilmfest.com
5/26/11-6/04/11: Hartford, CT: Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. http://www.OutFilmCT.org/.
5/26/11-5/30/11: Atlanta, GA: Mondo Homo Dirty South. queer-centric festival featuring music, dance, crafts, performance & more.www.mondohomo.com
5/27/11-5/30/11: Oakland, CA: Voices Raised ! The first conference for people of color with LGBTQ parents. Presented by COLAGE. http://voicesraised.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
5/31/11-6/06/11: Orlando, FL: Gay Days Orlando. including Disney. www.gaydays.com
6/01/11-6/30/11: San Francisco, CA: National Queer Arts Festival. LGBT performances and exhibits throughout the Bay Area. www.QueerCulturalCenter.org
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Mother’s Day
1. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, who turned her daughter’s very public coming out (on television and in the media) into a positive experience for parents everywhere with a book, an internet advice column, and as a spokesperson for a national coming out service organization. Answer: Betty DeGeneres, mother of Ellen.
2. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, an award-winning actress, director, composer and singer, who has donated significant monies to LGBT service organizations, both to honor her gay filmmaker son and her many LGBT fans. She recently returned to movie-making and a global concert tour. Answer: Barbra Streisand.
3. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, former government bureaucrat and author of a 1981 romance novel about lesbians in the 19th century American west. When her husband’s competitor mentioned her out daughter, this mom called his actions “a cheap trick”. Answer: Lynne Cheney.
4. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, also an award-winning actress and singer. Her daughter, a spokesperson and activist for LGBT rights, wrote two books describing her coming out process and her mom’s reactions and eventual support. The daughter transitioned and became an activist for transgender rights. Mom is a donor to LGBT causes. Answer: Cher, mother of Chaz Bono.
5. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom-in-law” (who would have been a PFLAG supporter had the organization been around in her day). An icon in the LGBT community, she was supposedly married to a gay man and her eldest daughter married at least one. Daughter’s first husband was the subject of a recent Broadway musical which won a Tony Award for its Australian star. Answer: Judy Garland. Daughter Liza married Peter Allen and David Gest.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Anti-Gay on the Outside / Gay on The Inside
1. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader and former Republican politician, who got busted for lewd conduct in an airport. His “wide stance” cost him $575 in court costs and fees, and his 28 year career in politics.
2. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, a former Florida Republican, whose AOL instant messages with a page got steamy. More pages came forward, and he resigned from office.
3. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, and Evangelical preacher with a large ministry. In 2006, a hustler outed him for both being gay and using crystal meth. The preacher went to rehab blaming his behavior on his drug use. .
4. Question: Name this anti-gay crusader, a Calfornia State senator, who came out last year, after being busted for driving under the influence after leaving a gay bar.
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, May 3, 2011
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 5/09/11
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 14 No. 18 May 9, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
The Fine Print
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: May 9-15, 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 SUN: 5/15: Boston, MA: Boston LGBT Film Festival. www.bostonlgbtfilmfest.org
TUE: 5/10: Northampton, MA: Seminar: Financial Planning for the LGBT Community. presented by Dakin Humane Society. Reservations required: 413-781-4000 ext 121
TUE: 5/10: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation. with Kenneth Cole and Cheyenne Jackson. http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
TUE: 5/10: 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.
TUE-SUN: 5/10-5/15: Fort Lauderdale, FL: Lauderdale Unleashed. International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association annual conference. http://www.igltaconvention.org/
THU-SUN: 5/12-5/15: New Orleans, LA: Saints & Sinners. LGBT writers & readers from around the country gather for a hot weekend of readings, panels & performance. www.sasfest.com
THU: 5/12: Philadelphia, PA: Lambda Legal in Philadelphia .Fundraiser at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. http://www.lambdalegal.org/events/
FRI-SUN: 5/13-5/15: Atlanta, GA: Gaylaxicon. LGBT science fiction, fantasy, horror & gaming convention. www.gaylacticnetwork.org
SAT: 5/14: San Francisco, CA: GLAAD Media Awards. Celebrating GLAAD’s 25th anniversary. http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards
SAT: 5/14: Baltimore, MD: John Waters signs copies of “Role Models”. 7PM, Atomic Books, Falls Road.
SUN: 5/15: Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota AIDS Walk. www.mnaidsproject.org
SUN: 5/15: New York, NY: AIDS Walk New York. Gavin Creel, Nick Adams, and other Broadway Impact folk lead the walk. http://www.gaycenter.org/aidswalk
SUN: 5/15: New York, NY: dot429 New York Brunch at Tribeca Grand Hotel for LGBT professionals. http://dot429.com/events
SUN: 5/15: Manchester, CT: True Colors First Annual 5K Walk-Run for Fun. Proceeds benefit True Colors programs for LGBT youth. http://www.ourtruecolors.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/
Stacey Campfield, the Tennessee state senator and sponsor of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, insists that being gay is a learned behavior, as he told client David Pakman in a radio interview, which was then featured on On Top Magazine. http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8227&MediaType=1&Category=26
For the David Pakman Show interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ystalhHow
The White House will host the first-ever meeting on transgender issues. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/27/white-house-to-host-first-ever-trans-meeting/
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Mike Manning, star of MTV’s “The Real World: Washington, DC: has joined James Duke Mason’s “Trailblazer” campaign, urging actors to come out. OnTop reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8260&MediaType=1&Category=22
Awards and Honors:
Rudolf Brazda, the 97-year old gay holocaust survivor has been awarded France’s highest honor. He spent three years in the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II. Khmer News reports: http://khdoc.blogspot.com/2011/04/last-known-gay-holocaust-survivor-to.html
Nominees: 2012 Tony Awards. “The Book of Mormon” got 14, including “Best Musical”; Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart” snagged five, including “Best Revival of a Play”. Tony Sheldon and the costumers of “Priscilla, Queen of The Desert” got nods. http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html
Tonys: Who Got Snubbed. The New York Times reports: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/the-tony-nominations-who-got-snubbed-2/
Winners: Lucille Lortel Awards for excellence in Off-Broadway Theatre. http://www.offbroadway.com/node/1219
Nominees: 2011 Drama Desk Awards from BroadwayWorld.com: http://broadwayworld.com/article/2011-Drama-Desk-Nominations-Announced-20010101
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Coming Out: Video: Should Gay Teachers Come Out in Class. AC360 reports: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIrhdEtXuOM&feature=player_embedded#at=180
Coming Out: Video: Richard Chamberlain, TV mini-series star, explains his decision to come out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YDv4PtW8P8&feature=feedu
Video: Minnesota State Rep Steve Simon speaks about the amendment to ban same-sex marriage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXpOA3jPC04&feature=youtu.be
Photos: Opening Night at “The Normal Heart” from BroadwayWorld.com: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-THE-NORMAL-HEART-Opening-Night-Party-20110428
Features
Coming Out: Profile: Howard Bragman, the out public relations guru who helps celebrities come out. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/28/135771766/prs-gay-guru-helps-celebrities-come-outk
Two gay dads, 12 happy kids. The Arizona Republic profiles Steven and Roger Ham. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2011/05/01/20110501gay-dads.html
A Tipping Point for Gay Marriage. Adam Liptak writes for the New York Times (via Towleroad) about the King & Spalding decision to drop the DOMA case. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/weekinreview/01gay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Between Torment and Happiness. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd compares the transgender experiences of Chrissy Lee Polis, attacked and beatn in a Baltimore McDonald’s with Renee Richards, former tennis star who is now subject of a documentary. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/opinion/27dowd.html?hp
Growing Up Gay and Transgender in Appalachia. Alex Hannaford reports for The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/04/growing-up-gay-and-transgendered-in-appalachia/238047/
In Print:
Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man by Chaz Bono. Penguin Books.
Chaz Bono's groundbreaking and candid account of a forty-year struggle to match his gender identity with his physical body and his transformation from female to male.
Penguin.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***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.
***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/
***Lysistrata Jones. The Douglas Carter Beane/Lewis Flinn musical adaptation of the Greek classic, set on a college basketball court. Lysistrata and the girlfriends of the basketball team hold out until the boys win a game for the long-losing team..to 6/19/11. www.transportgroup.org
***The Normal Heart. Larry Kramer’s, landmark story of the early days of the AIDS pandemic. Talkbacks will be held after Tuesday performances.
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The story of three drag queens who head west across the Outback in their battered old bus. www.priscillathemusical.com.
Elsewhere...
***Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, world premiere of a new musical based on Armistead Maupin’s stories. 5/18/11-7/19/11. San Francisco, CA. www.act-sf.org
***Dixie’s Tupperware Party. Dixie Longate’s show: Part drag. Part Tupperware. to 5/15/11, Chicago, IL; http://www.dixiestupperwareparty.com/
***Dooley. William diCanzio’s portrait of Tom Dooley, a gay Navy Doc who worked in SE 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. to 6/19/11. Washington, DC. www.kennedy-center.org
***The Tempermentals. Jon Marans’ drama about the beginning days of The Mattachine Society. John Tartaglia stars. to 5/22/11. Los Angeles, CA. http://www.TheBlank.com/
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Films To Watch For from EDGE Publications: http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=movies&sc3&id=118328&pf=1
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.
***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.
***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.
***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
***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. 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.
***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. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
5/17/11-5/18/11: Durham, NC: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about 6 LGBT elders and their caregivers. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
5/17/11: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation.http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
5/18/11: West Hollywood, CA: Chaz Bono does a reading and booksigning of his autobiography “Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man “. 7PM. Renberg Theatre, North McCadden Place.
5/19/11: New York, NY: Marriage Equality New York 13th Annual Gala. Lea Delaria performs. http://www.meny.us/gala
5/20/11-5/22/11: San Francisco, CA: Neherim GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality West Coast Gathering. http://www.nehirim.org/west-coast-gathering-2011
5/22/11: Reno, NV: Harvey Milk Celebration. LGBT Reno hosts a candlelight vigil. http://lgbt-reno.net/index.php/2011/04/press-release-harvey-milk-celebration/
5/25/11-5/30/11: Toronto, ON: Annual Gay Bowling Tournament. www.igbo.org
5/27/11-5/30/11: Oakland, CA: Voices Raised ! The first conference for people of color with LGBTQ parents. Presented by COLAGE. http://voicesraised.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
5/26/11-6/04/11: Hartford, CT: Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. http://www.OutFilmCT.org/.
5/26/11-5/30/11: Atlanta, GA: Mondo Homo Dirty South. queer-centric festival featuring music, dance, crafts, performance & more.www.mondohomo.com
5/31/11-6/06/11: Orlando, FL: Gay Days Orlando. including Disney. www.gaydays.com
6/01/11-6/30/11: San Francisco, CA: National Queer Arts Festival. LGBT performances and exhibits throughout the Bay Area. www.QueerCulturalCenter.org
Last 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. Answer: Alexander (The Great). The boyfriend was Hephaestion.
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. Answer: Barney Frank, US Representative from Massachusetts.
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. Answer: Tales of The City by Armistead Maupin. It first appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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. Answer: Angels in America by Tony Kushner.
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. Answer: Patrick Dennis, author of “Auntie Mame”.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Mother’s Day
1. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, who turned her daughter’s very public coming out (on television and in the media) into a positive experience for parents everywhere with a book, an internet advice column, and as a spokesperson for a national coming out service organization.
2. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, an award-winning actress, director, composer and singer, who has donated significant monies to LGBT service organizations, both to honor her gay filmmaker son and her many LGBT fans. She recently returned to movie-making and a global concert tour.
3. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, former government bureaucrat and author of a 1981 romance novel about lesbians in the 19th century American west. When her husband’s competitor mentioned her out daughter, this mom called his actions “a cheap trick”.
4. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, also an award-winning actress and singer. Her daughter, a spokesperson and activist for LGBT rights, wrote two books describing her coming out process and her mom’s reactions and eventual support. The daughter transitioned and became an activist for transgender rights. Mom is a donor to LGBT causes.
5. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom-in-law” (who would have been a PFLAG supporter had the organization been around in her day). An icon in the LGBT community, she was supposedly married to a gay man and her eldest daughter married at least one. Daughter’s first husband was the subject of a recent Broadway musical which won a Tony Award for its Australian star.
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. 18 May 9, 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: May 9-15, 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 SUN: 5/15: Boston, MA: Boston LGBT Film Festival. www.bostonlgbtfilmfest.org
TUE: 5/10: Northampton, MA: Seminar: Financial Planning for the LGBT Community. presented by Dakin Humane Society. Reservations required: 413-781-4000 ext 121
TUE: 5/10: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation. with Kenneth Cole and Cheyenne Jackson. http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
TUE: 5/10: 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.
TUE-SUN: 5/10-5/15: Fort Lauderdale, FL: Lauderdale Unleashed. International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association annual conference. http://www.igltaconvention.org/
THU-SUN: 5/12-5/15: New Orleans, LA: Saints & Sinners. LGBT writers & readers from around the country gather for a hot weekend of readings, panels & performance. www.sasfest.com
THU: 5/12: Philadelphia, PA: Lambda Legal in Philadelphia .Fundraiser at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. http://www.lambdalegal.org/events/
FRI-SUN: 5/13-5/15: Atlanta, GA: Gaylaxicon. LGBT science fiction, fantasy, horror & gaming convention. www.gaylacticnetwork.org
SAT: 5/14: San Francisco, CA: GLAAD Media Awards. Celebrating GLAAD’s 25th anniversary. http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards
SAT: 5/14: Baltimore, MD: John Waters signs copies of “Role Models”. 7PM, Atomic Books, Falls Road.
SUN: 5/15: Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota AIDS Walk. www.mnaidsproject.org
SUN: 5/15: New York, NY: AIDS Walk New York. Gavin Creel, Nick Adams, and other Broadway Impact folk lead the walk. http://www.gaycenter.org/aidswalk
SUN: 5/15: New York, NY: dot429 New York Brunch at Tribeca Grand Hotel for LGBT professionals. http://dot429.com/events
SUN: 5/15: Manchester, CT: True Colors First Annual 5K Walk-Run for Fun. Proceeds benefit True Colors programs for LGBT youth. http://www.ourtruecolors.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/
Stacey Campfield, the Tennessee state senator and sponsor of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, insists that being gay is a learned behavior, as he told client David Pakman in a radio interview, which was then featured on On Top Magazine. http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8227&MediaType=1&Category=26
For the David Pakman Show interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ystalhHow
The White House will host the first-ever meeting on transgender issues. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/27/white-house-to-host-first-ever-trans-meeting/
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Mike Manning, star of MTV’s “The Real World: Washington, DC: has joined James Duke Mason’s “Trailblazer” campaign, urging actors to come out. OnTop reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8260&MediaType=1&Category=22
Awards and Honors:
Rudolf Brazda, the 97-year old gay holocaust survivor has been awarded France’s highest honor. He spent three years in the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II. Khmer News reports: http://khdoc.blogspot.com/2011/04/last-known-gay-holocaust-survivor-to.html
Nominees: 2012 Tony Awards. “The Book of Mormon” got 14, including “Best Musical”; Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart” snagged five, including “Best Revival of a Play”. Tony Sheldon and the costumers of “Priscilla, Queen of The Desert” got nods. http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html
Tonys: Who Got Snubbed. The New York Times reports: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/the-tony-nominations-who-got-snubbed-2/
Winners: Lucille Lortel Awards for excellence in Off-Broadway Theatre. http://www.offbroadway.com/node/1219
Nominees: 2011 Drama Desk Awards from BroadwayWorld.com: http://broadwayworld.com/article/2011-Drama-Desk-Nominations-Announced-20010101
Photo Shoots, Audio and Video
Coming Out: Video: Should Gay Teachers Come Out in Class. AC360 reports: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIrhdEtXuOM&feature=player_embedded#at=180
Coming Out: Video: Richard Chamberlain, TV mini-series star, explains his decision to come out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YDv4PtW8P8&feature=feedu
Video: Minnesota State Rep Steve Simon speaks about the amendment to ban same-sex marriage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXpOA3jPC04&feature=youtu.be
Photos: Opening Night at “The Normal Heart” from BroadwayWorld.com: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-THE-NORMAL-HEART-Opening-Night-Party-20110428
Features
Coming Out: Profile: Howard Bragman, the out public relations guru who helps celebrities come out. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/28/135771766/prs-gay-guru-helps-celebrities-come-outk
Two gay dads, 12 happy kids. The Arizona Republic profiles Steven and Roger Ham. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2011/05/01/20110501gay-dads.html
A Tipping Point for Gay Marriage. Adam Liptak writes for the New York Times (via Towleroad) about the King & Spalding decision to drop the DOMA case. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/weekinreview/01gay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Between Torment and Happiness. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd compares the transgender experiences of Chrissy Lee Polis, attacked and beatn in a Baltimore McDonald’s with Renee Richards, former tennis star who is now subject of a documentary. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/opinion/27dowd.html?hp
Growing Up Gay and Transgender in Appalachia. Alex Hannaford reports for The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/04/growing-up-gay-and-transgendered-in-appalachia/238047/
In Print:
Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man by Chaz Bono. Penguin Books.
Chaz Bono's groundbreaking and candid account of a forty-year struggle to match his gender identity with his physical body and his transformation from female to male.
Penguin.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***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.
***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/
***Lysistrata Jones. The Douglas Carter Beane/Lewis Flinn musical adaptation of the Greek classic, set on a college basketball court. Lysistrata and the girlfriends of the basketball team hold out until the boys win a game for the long-losing team..to 6/19/11. www.transportgroup.org
***The Normal Heart. Larry Kramer’s, landmark story of the early days of the AIDS pandemic. Talkbacks will be held after Tuesday performances.
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The story of three drag queens who head west across the Outback in their battered old bus. www.priscillathemusical.com.
Elsewhere...
***Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, world premiere of a new musical based on Armistead Maupin’s stories. 5/18/11-7/19/11. San Francisco, CA. www.act-sf.org
***Dixie’s Tupperware Party. Dixie Longate’s show: Part drag. Part Tupperware. to 5/15/11, Chicago, IL; http://www.dixiestupperwareparty.com/
***Dooley. William diCanzio’s portrait of Tom Dooley, a gay Navy Doc who worked in SE 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. to 6/19/11. Washington, DC. www.kennedy-center.org
***The Tempermentals. Jon Marans’ drama about the beginning days of The Mattachine Society. John Tartaglia stars. to 5/22/11. Los Angeles, CA. http://www.TheBlank.com/
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Films To Watch For from EDGE Publications: http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=movies&sc3&id=118328&pf=1
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.
***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.
***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.
***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
***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. 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.
***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. or http://www.gayfriendlybiz.com/calendar.html
5/17/11-5/18/11: Durham, NC: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about 6 LGBT elders and their caregivers. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html
5/17/11: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation.http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.
5/18/11: West Hollywood, CA: Chaz Bono does a reading and booksigning of his autobiography “Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man “. 7PM. Renberg Theatre, North McCadden Place.
5/19/11: New York, NY: Marriage Equality New York 13th Annual Gala. Lea Delaria performs. http://www.meny.us/gala
5/20/11-5/22/11: San Francisco, CA: Neherim GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality West Coast Gathering. http://www.nehirim.org/west-coast-gathering-2011
5/22/11: Reno, NV: Harvey Milk Celebration. LGBT Reno hosts a candlelight vigil. http://lgbt-reno.net/index.php/2011/04/press-release-harvey-milk-celebration/
5/25/11-5/30/11: Toronto, ON: Annual Gay Bowling Tournament. www.igbo.org
5/27/11-5/30/11: Oakland, CA: Voices Raised ! The first conference for people of color with LGBTQ parents. Presented by COLAGE. http://voicesraised.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
5/26/11-6/04/11: Hartford, CT: Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. http://www.OutFilmCT.org/.
5/26/11-5/30/11: Atlanta, GA: Mondo Homo Dirty South. queer-centric festival featuring music, dance, crafts, performance & more.www.mondohomo.com
5/31/11-6/06/11: Orlando, FL: Gay Days Orlando. including Disney. www.gaydays.com
6/01/11-6/30/11: San Francisco, CA: National Queer Arts Festival. LGBT performances and exhibits throughout the Bay Area. www.QueerCulturalCenter.org
Last 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. Answer: Alexander (The Great). The boyfriend was Hephaestion.
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. Answer: Barney Frank, US Representative from Massachusetts.
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. Answer: Tales of The City by Armistead Maupin. It first appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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. Answer: Angels in America by Tony Kushner.
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. Answer: Patrick Dennis, author of “Auntie Mame”.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Mother’s Day
1. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, who turned her daughter’s very public coming out (on television and in the media) into a positive experience for parents everywhere with a book, an internet advice column, and as a spokesperson for a national coming out service organization.
2. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, an award-winning actress, director, composer and singer, who has donated significant monies to LGBT service organizations, both to honor her gay filmmaker son and her many LGBT fans. She recently returned to movie-making and a global concert tour.
3. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, former government bureaucrat and author of a 1981 romance novel about lesbians in the 19th century American west. When her husband’s competitor mentioned her out daughter, this mom called his actions “a cheap trick”.
4. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom”, also an award-winning actress and singer. Her daughter, a spokesperson and activist for LGBT rights, wrote two books describing her coming out process and her mom’s reactions and eventual support. The daughter transitioned and became an activist for transgender rights. Mom is a donor to LGBT causes.
5. Question: Name this “PFLAG Mom-in-law” (who would have been a PFLAG supporter had the organization been around in her day). An icon in the LGBT community, she was supposedly married to a gay man and her eldest daughter married at least one. Daughter’s first husband was the subject of a recent Broadway musical which won a Tony Award for its Australian star.
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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