Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 7/11/11

Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 14 No. 27 July 11, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com

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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: July 11-17, 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 SUN: 7/17: Los Angeles, CA: Outfest LGBT Film/Video Festival. www.outfest.org

MON: 7/11: Tempe, AZ: Steven Petrow discusses his book “Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners”. 7PM. Changing Hands Bookstore. Also: TUE: 7/12: San Francisco, CA: . 7:30PM. Books Inc. WED: 7/13: San Francisco, CA: 6PM. James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center. THU: 7/14: Los Angeles, CA: 7PM. Book Soup. FRI: 7/151: San Diego, CA: 12N. KPBS..http://www.gaymanners.com/appearances-by-steven-petrow

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

THU: 7/14: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free performances by the casts of “Chicago”, “Catch Me If You Can”. 12:30PM. www.1067litefm.com

FRI-SUN: 7/15-7/17: 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/

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

Newsworthy:

Rhode Island: Governor Lincoln Chafee signed the state’s recently-passed civil unions legislation into law. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/07/rhode-islands-lincoln-chafee-signs-civil-unions-into-law.html

Rhode Island: Bishop Thomas Tobin has barred gay Catholics from civil unions. OnTop Magazine reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8841&MediaType=1&Category=26

Photo Shoots, Audio and Video

Video: It Gets Better. The US Senate speaks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5GjS2XrD2wc

Video: President Obama makes remarks at an event to observe LGBT Pride Month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mCA0cD0ZkMc#at=65

Video Trailers: NewFest, NYC LGBT Film Festival. From Broadway.com: http://www.broadway.com/buzz/156917/lgbt-film-festival-newfest-to-feature-movies-starring-cheyenne-jackson-jesse-tyler-ferguson-and-more/

Features

Married, With Infidelities. Mark Oppenheimer interviews Dan Savage on monagamy and infidelity for the New York Times Magazine. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/magazine/infidelity-will-keep-us-together.html?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.mc_id=MG-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-MWI-063011-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click

Coming Out: David Hyde Pierce on his coming out. “Come out for yourself”. OnTop Magazine reports: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8832&MediaType=1&Category=22

Coming Out: The Workplace: Many are still closeted. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/2011/07/03/137560187/workplace-atmosphere-keeps-many-in-the-closet

Same Sex Divorce. The New York Times reports on what couples will face when they end a union. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/sunday-review/03divorce.html?_r=1

100 Most Important Moments in LGBT Sports History from OutSports.com: http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2011/07/05/outsports-100-most-important-moments-in-gay-sports-history/

Gay Sports. Who qualifies as gay on a gay team ? A new federal case looks at a gay softball league that had bisexual and straight players. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/sports/softball-case-raises-question-who-qualifies-as-gay.html?_r=1&hp

Transgender Life: Looks Like Others. A TG alum returns to a college reunion. The StarTribune reports: http://www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/124517723.html

50 Gayest Ads Ever. Compiled by AdWeek. http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/50-gayest-ads-ever-133002?page=1

Opportunities

Coming Out: MTV Coming Out Special Casting Call. If you’re 16-24, audition ! http://www.bmpcasting.com/casting/comingout/

The Resource Center:

The Queer Online Database. A “Who’s Who” of who’s out. http://thequod.blogspot.com/

In Print:

Resource: New Releases in June. Compiled by Lambda Literary. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/06/06/new-in-june/

Resource: New Releases in July. Compiled by Lambda Literary. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/06/29/new-in-july-bil-wright-geoffrey-knight-tenea-d-johnson-doris-langley-moore/

Wicked: A Musical Biography by Paul Laird. Scarecrow Press. The biography of the hit musical from its original source, the novel by out author Gregory Maguire, draft scripts, workshops, and Broadway tryout.

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 8/21/11. www.manhatttantheatreclub.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical based on the 1994 Australian film. Three drag queens head across the Outback in an old bus. www.priscillathemusical.com.
***A Strange and Separate People. A new play by Joe Marans, author of “The Tempermentals”. An upper West Side Jewish couple have their lives turned upside down by a charismatic gay man. Opens 7/14/11.
***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 7/17/11. www.classicstage.org

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 7/31/11. 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.
***Seth’s Big Fat Broadway Show, Seth Rudetsky’s hilarious “deconstructing Broadway” show. to 9/03/11. Provincetown, MA. www.ptownarthouse.com

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

***HIV & AIDS: Thirty Years Ago and Archiving The History of An Epidemic: HIV & AIDS to 10/02/11. National Museum of American History, Washington, DC. http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/

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.
***Carol Channing: Larger Than Life. Dori Berinstein’s new documentary is a tribute to a Broadway legend. Stay for the end credits outtakes.
***Finding Judy. Gary Riotto’s new short about a Black Chicago kid who channels Judy Garland. At Film Festivals. http://www.garyriotto.com/Director.html
***The Green. A gay teacher is accused of molesting a student. Jason Butler Harner and Cheyenne Jackson co-star. www.thegreenthemovie.com. Release date: TBD
***Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill A Mockingbird. Mary McDonagh Murphy’s documentary about the illusive and reclusive aiuthor. At film festivals.
***The Perfect Host. Out star Davd Hyde Pierce throws a dinner party with an unexpected guest.

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 was 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.
***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

7/19/11: Saco, ME: Screening: Gen Silent,Stu Maddox’s documentary about six LGBT elders and their caregivers in Boston. http://stumaddux.com/gen_silent_screenings.html

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

7/21/11-7/28/11: New York, NY: NewFest, the New York LGBT Film Featival. http://newfest.org/wordpress/

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

7/23/11: East Hampton, NY: The Gutter Ball. A dance party to benefit the LGBT Center of New York. East Hampton Bowl.. www.gaycenter.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

7/31/11: West Hollywood, CA: The Gay Elder: Archetype of the Spiritual Father. An interactive program to bring the contributions of elder gays to the community at large. http://www.gayeldercircle.org/

7/31/11: Raleigh Durham/Chapel Hill, NC: Crape Myrtle Festival. weeklong festival to support HIV/AIDS groups.

8/02/11-8/07/11: Near Hart, MI: Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. www.michfest.com

8/05/11-8/07/11: Becket, MA: OUT at The Pillow. A weekend of events for LGBT people and families at the Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival. http://berkshirestonewall.org/2011/05/out-at-the-pillow/

8/06/11-8/13/11: Los Angeles, CA: Lambda Literary Writers’ Retreat for emerging LGBT voices.. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/writers-retreat/

8/09/11-8/14/11: Newport, RI: FLICKERS Rhode Island International Film Festival. http://www.film-festival.org/index07A.htm

8/12/11-8/28/11: New York, NY: New York International Fringe Festival. Fascinating off-beat, off-the-wall performances. www.fringenyc.org.

8/13/11-8/15/11: Detroit, MI: COLAGE Midwest Regional Retreat. a weekend of community, activism, and empowerment. http://www.colage.org/category/events/upcoming

8/17/11-8/21/11: Greenwich, NY: Camp Neherim for Nice Gay Jewish Boys. GLBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality East Coast summer camp http://www.nehirim.org/summer

8/19/11-8/29/11: San Diego, CA: FilmOut San Diego, gay and lesbian film festival. www.filmoutsandiego.com

8/20/11-8/27/11: Wernersville, PA: New Camp for COLAGErs! A summer camp program for youth ages 8-15 with LGBTQ parents. http://www.colage.org/category/events/upcoming

Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Summer Getaways

1. Question: Name this LGBT summer resort, often called “The Nation’s Summer Capital”, a short hop from John Waters Land, the City of Brotherly Love, and other mid-Atlantic capitals. You’ll find the boys at “Poodle Beach”, near the Boardwalk at Queen Street. And, humorist Fay Jacobs captured the essence of this community in her bestselling trilogy. Answer: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Read Fay’s memoir “As I Lay Frying”.

2. Question: Name this state, which features a beachfront LGBT resort favored by Windy City folk, and an international music festival founded in 1976 Hint: No men make music here. Answer: Michigan, home to Saugatuck (a favorite with Chicago folk) and the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival.

3 Question: Name this LGBT resort which dates back to 1822. Its name is an English corruption of its original Spanish name, “Bone Key”. It started life as a home to sailors, smugglers and whores, then became a literary capital, artist colony and one of the first American LGBT resorts. Answer: Key West, Florida.

4. Question: Name this LGBT summer resort, where the tea-dance originated. In the early 1960’s, a local hotelier served a complete English tea served by begowned drag queens. Later, music was added along with stronger libations, although the island nearby is known for a strong tea drink. Incidentally, pre-Stonewall, local ordinances prohibited speedos (unless covered by towels) or same-sex couples on the dance floor. Answer: Fire Island, New York, off the coast of Long Island.

5. Question: Name this LGBT-friendly resort nation favored by Europeans. Its LGBT beach is just 20 minutes from some Gaudi masterpieces. One of its tonsorial masters inspired an opera and precipitation falls mainly on flatlands. Answer: Spain. Sitges, the P-town of Europe, is minutes from Barcelona (Gaudi); the Barber of Seville inspired opera, and the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. PS. Gays can marry in Spain now.

This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Friends of Dorothy

1. Question: Name this character. Amongst the original Friends of Dorothy, one friend's real life son married Dorothy's real-life daughter.

2. Question: Name this TV series set in the Emerald City, in which two Friends of Dorothy had a brutal romance. One emerged as a compassionate cop; the other emerged on a suburban lane, where he romanced a housewife's son.

3. Question: Name this 1978 film, based on an earlier musical, which urbanized the friends of Dorothy, who was played by a diva. Her recently-deceased scarecrow was said to resemble her appearance.

4. Question: Name this prequel to Dorothy's story, based upon a best-selling book written by an out author. It tells Dorothy's story from the viewpoint of two witches, one who wants to be popular and one who is green.

5. Question: Which of the following has not played a Witch ? A) DeeDee Bridgewater, B) Kristin Chenoweth, C) Lena Horne, D) Bebe Neuwirth E) Billie Burke.

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