Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 6/27/11

Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 14 No. 25 June 27, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com

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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: June 27- July 03, 2011

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

thru SAT: 8/06: New York, NY: HOT Festival, The NYC Celebration of Queer Culture with theatre, dance, music, burlesque, performance art, literature, and homoeroticism. 20th edition. http://www.hotfestival.org/

thru THU: 6/30: San Francisco, CA: National Queer Arts Festival. LGBT performances and exhibits throughout the Bay Area. www.QueerCulturalCenter.org

MON: 6/27: New York, NY: Trevor Live. The Trevor Project’s East Coast fundraiser at Capitale. Daniel Radcliffe to be honored. www.thetrevorproject.org/trevorlive

MON: 6/27: New York, NY: Broadway Sings for Pride. A benefit for the LGBT Community Center with Reichen Lehmkuhl, Randy Jones, Rory O’Malley, and more. www.gaycenter.org/node/6779

THU: 6/30: Raleigh, NC: Steven Petrow discusses his book “Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners”. 7:30PM. Quail Ridge Books. .http://www.gaymanners.com/appearances-by-steven-petrow

FRI-MON: 7/01-7/04: Washington, DC: DignityUSA 20th National Convention for LGBT Catholics. http://conv2011.dignityusa.org/

FRI-MON: 7/01-7/04: Atlanta, GA: Int’l Gay Square Dance Clubs Convention. www.iagsdc.org

Newsworthy:

The US Educaton Department affirms students’ rights to form gay-straight alliances. The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/06/14/education-department-affirms-students-right-to-form-gsas/

California: Supporters of Proposition 8 were dealt a blow on 6/14/11, when a Federal Judge refused their request to throw out Judge Vaughn Walker’s Prop. 8 decision because he is gay and in a same-sex relationship. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/06/14/Fed_Judge_Won_t_Throw_Out_Prop_8_Decision/

John Boehner, US House Speaker, will not challenge a ruling declaring DOMA unconstitutional. On Top reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8675&MediaType=1&Category=26

Fighting Sports Homophobia. Hudson Taylor, the University of Maryland wrestler, has founded Athlete Ally to combat homophobia in sports. The Baltimore Sun reports: http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bthesite/bal-wrestling-champion-hudson-taylor-fights-homophobia-in-sports-20110615,0,4870799.story

Coming Out: Therapists Who Help Gays Stay in the Closet. A controversial article by the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/magazine/therapists-who-help-people-stay-in-the-closet.html?hp

Pam’s House Blend, one of the finest LGBT blogs, is being folded into FireDogLake. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/06/17/Pams_House_Blend_Goes_in_New_Bigger_Direction/

Broadway Bares XXI broke the fund-raising record with over $1,100,000 raised for Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/152002-Broadway-Bares-XXI-Masterpiece-Breaks-Fund-Raising-Record

The Buzz (People Making News)

Jarrett Barrios, President of GLAAD, has resigned over a controversry surrounding letters to the FCC regarding the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/06/glaad-1.html

Ryan Murphy, creator of “Glee” is getting married. OnTop Magazine reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8697&MediaType=1&Category=22

Awards and Honors:

Winners: Daytime Emmys: Among those honored: Ellen Degeneres, For the list of winners: http://www.emmyonline.tv/

Photo Shoots, Audio and Video

Video: Gays in the Holocaust. A curator from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC discusses a diary of two gay men in Berlin as the Holocaust begins. A unique story about the exhibition “Do You Remember When?” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY48eLz7Fbo

Photos and Video: Broadway Bares XXI from BroadwayWorld.com. http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-Backstage-at-BROADWAY-BARES-XXI-20110620
http://broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=249731

Features

Coming Out: Halfway Out. Why some people stay in the closet. ABC News reports: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/halfway-stay-closeted-workplace/story?id=13867006

Going Straight. Benoit Denizet-Lewis profiles his colleague Michael Glatze, a writer who became ex-gay. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/magazine/my-ex-gay-friend.html?_r=1

President Obama and Gay Marriage, The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/us/politics/19marriage.html?hp

Fathers’ Day. Two gay dads share their perspective on parenting. CBS News reports: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/19/sunday/main20072372.shtml

Profile: Nikolai Alexeyev, Russia’s best-known gay rights activist. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/18/world/europe/18russia.html?src=recg

Richard Dorr and John Mace have been together 61 years. They want to get married. OnTop Magazine reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8712&MediaType=1&Category=26

Interview: Michael Urie, “Ugly Betty” alum and star of “The Tempermentals” and “Angels in America”.is interviewed by Michael Portantiere. . BroadwayStars.com reports: http://broadwaystars.com/michael-portantiere/2011/06/michael-urie-celebrates-celebrities.shtml

Blogs Of Note

My First Gay Crush: http://myfirstgaycrush.blogspot.com/

The Resource Center:

The Gay Elder Circle provides gay men 55+ with an opportunity to support each other as elders of the Los Angeles area gay community. http://www.gayeldercircle.org/

In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance

New York City (and Broadway)

***The Judy Show: My Life As A Sitcom. Out comic Judy Gold’s new comedy. www.judygold.com.
***Master Class. Tyne Daly stars as opera diva Maria Callas in Terrence McNally’s drama with music to 8/14/11. www.manhatttantheatreclub.com
***The Normal Heart. Larry Kramer’s, landmark story of the early days of the AIDS pandemic. TonyAward for “Best Revival”. Joe Mantello, Ellen Barkin, and John Benjamin Hickey co-star. Talkbacks will be held after Tuesday performances. to 7/10/11.
***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.
***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
***Charles Busch performs at Seth Rudetsky’s series at The Art House. 7/02/11-7/03/11, Provincetown, MA. www.ptownarthouse.com
***FTM, Patricia (“Brothers & Sisters”) Wettig’s new drama. A boy’s new identity is put to the test on parent’s weekend of his freshman year in college. to 7/10/11. Poughkeepsie, NY. www.powerhouse.vassar.edu
***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
***Seth’s Big Fat Broadway Show, Seth Rudetsky’s hilarious “deconstructing Broadway” show. to 9/03/11. Provincetown, MA. www.ptownarthouse.com
***Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays. One acts about marriage equality. 6/27/11. Los Angeles, CA. http://www.standingonceremony.net/index2.html

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

Resource: Snag Films has a lot of LGBT documentaries for viewing during Pride month. http://www.snagfilms.com/films/sections/category/Lesbian_Gay_Bisexual_and_Transgender_Pride_Month

***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.
***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 trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGxcb7Ih7N0&feature=youtu.be
***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

***Ongoing: Happily Divorced. Fran Drescher plays a woman whose husband comes out. They stay best friends. Based on her real life. WED: 10:30PM. TV Land.
***June/July: 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

7/06/11: New York, NY: Steven Petrow discusses his book “Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners” with Michael Musto. 6:30PM. LGBT Community Center. Also: 7/07/11: Washington, DC 7PM. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW.; 7/11/11: Tempe, AZ: Changing Hands Bookstore. 7/12/11: San Francisco, CA: 7:30PM. Books Inc. .7/13/11: San Francisco, CA: 6PM. James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center. 7/14/11: Los Angeles, CA: 7PM. Book Soup. http://www.gaymanners.com/appearances-by-steven-petrow .

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: Rehoboth Beach, DE: Two Comics, One Voice, a benefit for Camp Rehoboth. The stand-up of Bob Smith and Eddie Sarfaty, performed by Sarfaty. Editor’s Note: Bob Smith was one of the Funny Gay Males. He has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, which has slurred his speech, so Sarfaty is giving his monologues voice. www.camprehoboth.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

7/15/11-7/17/11: Fire Island Pines, NY: Fire Island Dance Festival featuring performances by the best classical and modern dancers for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. http://www.dradance.org/fireisland/

7/17/11: San Francisco, CA: AIDS Walk San Francisco. www.aidswalk.net

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

Last 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. Answer: The Rainbow Flag, designed by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker.

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. Answer: The Society for Human Rights established by Henry Gerber and a group of friends in Chicago. It published "Friendship and Freedom". Gerber had lived in Germany, where he became familiar with the early German homosexual emancipation movement led by such people as Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld.

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. Answer: The Mattachine Society, brainchild of Harry Hay. "The Tempermentals" told the story of Hay, his lover, Rudi Gernreich, the designer, and others involved in the group's development.

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. Answer: C) The Oscar Wilde Bookshop, the world's first LGBT-oriented bookstore, opened in New York City in 1967. All the other events happened in 1969.

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. Answer: The Pink Triangle. An estimated 25,000 gays sent to prisons and later concentration camps. Their sentence also included sterilization, most commonly in the form of castration. In 1942, Hitler extended the punishment for homosexuality to death.

This Week’s Trivia Quiz: July Milestones

1. Question: Name this phenomenon, first mentioned in the New York Times on July 2, 1981. It had a major impact on the LGBT community before becoming a world-wide issue.

2. Question: Name this gay naturalist and author, an advocate of civil disobedience, born on July 12, 1817. He wrote primarily of the life around his isolated cabin in the Boston suburbs.

3. Question: Name this professional athlete and buff boy who came out on July 1, 1989 in the sports magazine, “Iron Man”.

4. Question: Name this college city, which was the first city in America to pass a broad gay civil rights law on July 10, 1972. Hint: It’s not San Francisco.

5. Question: Name this American TV, which made its debut on Showtime on July 13, 1984. It was the first American TV show with an openly gay lead character.

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