Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 6/20/11

Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 14 No. 24 June 20, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com

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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: June 20-26, 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 SUN: 6/26: San Francisco, CA: Frameline: San Francisco Int’l LGBT Film Festival. www.frameline.org

Just Added: SAT: 6/18: Pittsfield, MA: Not A Dress Rehearsal. a fundraiser for the Berkshire Stonewall Community Coalition. Spice Dragon. http://berkshirestonewall.org/2011/05/not-a-dress-rehearsal/

TUE: 6/21: New York, NY: Talk Out Tuesday at “The Normal Heart”. Post-performance conversation. http://thenormalheartbroadway.com/talkout.php.

TUE: 6/21: Washington, DC: Night OUT. at the Nationals. Washington Nationals play the Seattle Mariners. http://www.teamdc.org/noan.html

WED: 6/22: Atlanta, GA: Don Lemon does a reading and booksigning of his new book “Transparent”. Outwrite Books. www.outwritebooks.com.

FRI: 6/24: San Francisco, CA: Chaz Bono, child of Sonny and Cher, signs copies of “Transition”. 7:30PM. Books Inc. Market Street.

SAT: 6/25: New York, NY: Stonewall Veterans Association commemorates the 42nd anniversary of Stonewall. www.stonewallvets.org

SAT: 6/25: Washington, DC: The Sondheim Celebration 10th Anniversary Concert . Kennedy Center honors the out composer with a free concert and an all-star cast. www.kennedy-center.org.

SAT: 6/25: New York, NY: Celebrity Autobiography: Gay Pride Edition. Celebrities read autobiographies by Susan Lucci, Justin Bieber, Cher, Dolly Parton, Ivana Trump, Madonna and Elizabeth Taylor, and more. Gina Gershon, Mario Cantone, Rachel Dratch, Michael Urie, and Sharon Gless star. www.celebrityautobiography.com.

SUN: 6/26: New York, NY: Harvey Fierstein is featured at Broadway Talks with Jordan Roth. http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/03-2011/daniel-radcliffe-harvey-fierstein-to-join-jordan-r_35065.html

Newsworthy:

Adoption by gay couples rises, according to the Census. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/us/14adoption.html?hp

Aspiring Gay Political Candidates train in campaign strategy via the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund seminars. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/11/us/11train.html?_r=1&hpw

Tennessee: A law suit has been filed against the new bill banning anti-LGBT discrimination. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/06/tennesseans-file-suit-against-recently-passed-law-prohibiting-local-lgbt-anti-discrimination-statute.html

It’s Fake Lesbian Blogger Week. Gawker reports: http://gawker.com/5811566/lesbian-editor-who-published-fake-lesbian-blogger-also-fake

Republican Presidential Wanna-bes state their stances on DADT andf same-sex marriage in the New Hampshire debates. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/06/ssmdadt.html

Santorum Supporters attempt to fix his frothy mix Google problem. The Washington Examiner explains: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/yeas-nays/2011/06/supporters-try-fixing-santorums-google-problem

The Buzz (People Making News)

Coming Out: Ben Alley is a courageous Iowa teen who moved forward after his family kicked him out. The DesMoines Register reports: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110610/BASU/106100328/Basu-Iowa-teen-moves-forward-after-family-dumps-him?odyssey=mod%7Cmostcom

Carolyn A. Martin, the out chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will become president of Amherst College. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/education/15amherst.html?_r=1

Awards and Honors:

Dan Savage accepted a special Webby Award for the “It Gets Better” campaign. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/06/savagewebby.html

Tony Awards: The Winners from The Tony Awards website: http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/winners.html
Tony Awards Recap: “It’s Not Just for Gays Anymore”. AfterElton reports: http://www.afterelton.com/tv/2011/06/tony-awards-nosebleed-seats
Tony Awards Recap with video highlights from Towleroad: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/06/book-of-mormon-wins-big-at-the-tonys.html

Photo Shoots, Audio and Video

Video: Broadway’s Not Just for Gays Anymore. Neil Patrick Harris’ Tony Awards opening number. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6S5caRGpK4

Video: Ira Glass presents Dan Savage with a Webby Award. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzuDfo-xdk

Features

Profile: Josh Wood, the biggest gay party promoter in New York. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/fashion/the-party-planner-and-fund-raiser-josh-wood-up-close.html?_r=1

Gay Aspiring Political Candidates train in campaign strategy. The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund seminars. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/11/us/11train.html?_r=1&hpw

Tabloids Moment: Sean Connery Gay Secret. He kissed a guy on camera. It was the first man-on-man TV kiss. The Ntional Enquirer reports: http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/sean-connery-gay-secret

Anti-Gay “Sissy Therapy” Destroyed a man and his family. Anderson Cooper reported on the ex-gay work of Dr. George Alan Rekers. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/06/watch-how-anti-sissy-therapy-destroyed-a-m.html

The Resource Center:

New York City Up & OUT: The Big Apple’s gay resource to arts, entertainment and culture. Free weekly e-newsletter available. http://www.nycupandout.com/

Born This Way Blog. Fascinating look about how we LGBTQ people perceive ourselves from the time we first realized we were LGBTQ. http://borngaybornthisway.blogspot.com/

In Print:

The Book of Mormon: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical, by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone. Newmarket Press. Paperback. The script of the multi-award-winning musical (the original cast CD is also available) and well worth the read. The song “Turn It Off” explains how Mormons view being closeted.

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 multi-Tony wainning musical penned by "South Park" co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and “Avenue Q” Tony winner Robert Lopez.
***Master Class. Tyne Daly stars as opera diva Maria Callas in Terrence McNally’s drama. to 8/14/11. www.manhatttantheatreclub.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.
***Unnatural Acts, a new play about Harvard's “Secret Court” investigation and persecution of a group of gay students in 1920. Conceived and directed by Tony Speciale and the Plastic Theatre. to 7/10/11. www.classicstage.org

Elsewhere...

***Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, world premiere of a new musical based on Armistead Maupin’s stories. to 7/24/11. San Francisco, CA. www.act-sf.org
***Bash’d, the gay rap opera. Los Angeles, CA. http://www.celebrationtheatre.com/onstage.html
***Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche. A 1950’s brunchon gathering of the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein. to 7/30/11. Chicago, IL. www.thenewcolony.org
***The Homosexuals. World premiere by Phillip Dawkins. A modern riff on “The Boys in The Band”. to 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...

***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.
***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

***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).
***Lead with Love, a documentary about strengthening families through the coming out process. Available for online viewing. http://LeadWithLoveFilm.com//
***The Times of Harvey Milk. The award-winning documentary about the gay rights leader.
***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/

Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events

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

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

7/07/11-7/17/11: Los Angeles, CA: Outfest LGBT Film/Video Festival. www.outfest.org

7/08/11-7/10/11: Boston, MA: National Asamblea for LGBT Latino/as and allies www.unidoslgbt.com

7/09/11-7/16/11: Sandpiper, FL: Summer Camp 2011. R Family Vacations Club Med program for LGBT families. http://www.rfamilyvacations.com/vacations_2010/clubmed_florida.php

7/09/11-7/12/11: Orlando, FL: GCLS Literary Convention. Golden Crown Literary Society’s annual gathering to share & explore the many facets of lesbian literature. www.gclscon.com

7/13/11-7/17/11: Denver, CO: Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf Annual Conference. LGBT deaf culture and identity. www.rad.org

7/19/11: New York, NY: Broadway Barks, a fundraiser to get shelter animals adopted and benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. 13th annual event started by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore. www.broadwaycares.org

7/21/11-7/24/11: Seattle, WA: Gender Odyssey. panels, workshops & meetings, entertainment, focus on transmen, transwomen & other gender variant people. www.genderodyssey.org

7/25/11-7/31/11: Vancouver, BC: North American Outgames. www.vancouver2011outgames.com

7/29/11-7/31/11: Tacoma, WA: OLOC (Old Lesbians Organizing for Change) Nat’l Gathering. women only • lesbians 60+ gather for workshops, guest speakers & entertainment to promote old lesbian pride & fight ageism www.oloc.org

7/30/11-8/06/11: Provincetown, MA: Family Week. Family Equality’s program for LGBT families. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer

Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Father’s Day

1. Question: Name this bisexual film director, who married into British theatrical royalty. One of his daughters was an AIDS activist before dying in a freak ski accident. His father-in-law was gay. Answer: Tony Richardson, best known for the film “Tom Jones”. He married Vanessa Redgrave, daughter of Sir Michael Redgrave. Daughter Natasha, star of stage and screen, died recently. She was an AIDS activist with the American Foundation for AIDS Research to honor her father, who died of AIDS.

2. Question: Namre this American political figure with an out daughter and a wife who wrote a gay-themed novel. He was president of the USA for a little over an hour. Answer: Dick Cheney, former Vice President of the United States. His daughter Mary, encouraged her father to support same-sex marriage. Cheney was president on June 29, 2002 from 11:09AM to 1:24PM, while then President George W. Bush was knocked out for a colonoscopy.

3. Question: Name this gay dad who launched a program to build self-esteem amongst LGBT and questioning teens. He’s a well-known author and journalist. When he chronicled his quest (with his partner) to adopt a child, the story was turned into an Off-Broadway musical. Answer: Dan Savage of the “It Gets Better” Projecty to prevent suicide amongst gay youth. “The Kid”, a hit musical in 2009, won several awards. http://www.thekidthemusical.com/

4. Question: Name this gay dad of twins, who was a child star. As an adult, he’s starred on a hit TV series and become a sought-after awards show host. His partner is a musical theatre star who turned chef. Answer: Neil Patrick Harris, star of “How I Met Your Mother”. He hosted the Tony Awards this year; his performance in Sondheim’s musical “Company” gets screened this week in theatres nationwide. His partner is David Burtka.

5. Question: Name this gay man, married to a woman, and father of a child, who directed a hit musical about a boy who chooses ballet over other sports. A new gay parent wrote the music. Answer: Stephen Daldry (married to performance artist Lucy Sexton) whop directed “Billy Elliot”, the musical with music by Elton John.

This Week’s Trivia Quiz: The Pride Quiz

1. Question: Name this Pride symbol which has become one of the most widely used and recognised in the gay pride movement. It was developed in 1978 for the San Francisco Pride Parade.

2. Question: Name this gay rights group, the first recognized gay rights organization in America, established in 1924. A few months after being chartered, the police shut it down and arrested its membership. It also produced the first American publication for homosexuals.

3. Question: Name this gay rights group, the earliest lasting gay rights organization in the United States, founded in 1950. Based in Los Angeles, it had chapters in San Francisco, New York, Washington and other locales. The national group disbanded in 1961, but chapters continued to operate nationally. the group took its name from a term to describe Medieval French secret societies of masked men. The story of its founding is the basis for a recent Off-Broadway play..

4. Question: The Stonewall Riots happened in 1969. Which of the following occured prior to Stonewall ? A) Homosexual behavior legalised in Canada; B) Poland decriminalised gay prostitution; C) The Oscar Wilde Bookshop, the world's first gay-oriented bookstore opens and/or D) an Australian chapter of Daughters of Bilitis opens in Melbourne.

5. Question: Name this Pride symbol whose origins are traced back to the Holocaust in Germany. When Hitler came to power, homosexuals were placed in concentration camps. This symbol identified them as a criminal class other than Jews, Gypsies, political prisoners and others.

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