Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 6/06/11

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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