Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 8/01/11

Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 14 No. 30 August 1, 2011
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com

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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: August 1-7, 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 SAT: 8/06: Provincetown, MA: Family Week. Family Equality’s program for LGBT families. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer

MON: 8/01: Hollywood, CA: Alison Arngrim from “Little House on the Prairie” signs copies of her memoir “Confessions of a Pariaire Bitch”. 7PM. Book Soup.

TUE: 8/02: New York, NY: Carnival GLAAD Manhattan. A Brazilian-inspired event to support the activities of GLAAD. http://www.glaad.org/manhattan

THU: 8/04: New York, NY: Broadway in Bryant Park. Free performances by the casts of “Rent” and “Wicked”. 12:30PM. www.1067litefm.com

FRI-SUN: 8/05-8/07: 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/

SAT: 8/06: Washington, DC: OutWrite LGBT Book Fair at the DC Center for the LGBT Community. www.outwritedc.org

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

SAT-THU: 8/06-8/25: New York, NY: The Pop-Up Museum of Gay History. in Soho. http://www.queermuseum.com/home/

SAT: 8/06: New York, NY: Same Love, Same Rights. The LGBT Wedding Expo. Also: SUN: 8/07: Albany, NY: http://www.samelovesamerights.com/

Newsworthy:

Wedding Day in New York for same-sex couples. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/nyregion/across-new-york-hundreds-of-gay-couples-to-marry-on-sunday.

DADT. It’s history, effective September 20, 2011. President Obama’s statement. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/07/22/statement-president-certification-repeal-dont-ask-dont-tell

Lesbian Couple told to stop holding hands at the Gertrude Stein exhibit at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum. A guard issued the edict at an exhibit honoring one of the world’s greatest lesbians and poets. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/07/lesbian-couple-told-to-stop-holding-hands-at-gertrude-stein-exhibit-in-san-francisco.html

Coming Out: DC Comics has superheroes coming out. Lambda Literary reports: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/07/25/up-up-and-out-of-the-closet/

Transitions:

Avenue Q Happy Couple. Rod and Ricky marry in New York. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/AVENUE-Q-Same-Sex-Puppets-Rod-Ricky-to-Get-Hitched-724-20110720

Photo Shoots, Audio and Video

Video: Niagara Falls: The first legal gay marriage ceremony in New York. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAk7w3Cxwl4

Features

Coming Out: Dave Koz, the jazz saxophonist, says that coming out in 2004 didn’t hurt his career.
The Washington Blade reports: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/07/14/koz-and-effect/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=story&utm_term=Washington%2BBlade&utm_campaign=Washington%2BBlade

Why Gay Marriage is Good for America. Andrew Sullivan’s opinion piece. Newsweek reports: http://www.newsweek.com/2011/07/17/andrew-sullivan-why-gay-marriage-is-good-for-america.html

DADT: Obama’s Slow Repeal Process Defused the Controversy, according to The Atlantic. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/07/how-obamas-slow-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell-defanged-the-controversy/242481/

Society Defines Gender Differeces. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2011/07/22/138603165/social-by-nature?sc=fb&cc=fp

Clay Aiken on being a gay teen in the South. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/07/22/Clay_Aiken_on_Being_A_Gay_Teenager_in_The_South/

Wedding Portraits from New York. The New York Times covers the first gay marriages. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/07/24/nyregion/20110724-gaymarriage-portraits.html?hp

Photo Coverage: Rod and Ricky get married on Avenue Q. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-AVENUE-Qs-Gay-Couple-Rod-Rickey-Wed-in-NYC-20110725

In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance

New York City (and Broadway)

***Follies. The landmark Sondheim musical. Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein and Ron Raines star. Opens 8/07/11. http://www.folliesbroadway.com/
***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 9/04/11. www.manhatttantheatreclub.com
***Olive and The Bitter Herbs. A world premiere comedy by Charles Busch. Dan Butler and Julie Halston co-star. to 9/03/11. www.primarystages.org.
***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.

Elsewhere...

***A Blizzard in Marblehead Neck. A new opera by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori. to 8/22/11. Cooperstown, NY. www.glimmerglass.org.
***The Book of Merman. Varla Jean Merman’s now show. 8/04/11-9/17/11. Provincetown, MA. http://ptow
***Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche. A 1950’s brunch gathering of the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein.to 8/13/11. Chicago, IL. www.thenewcolony.org
***Hairspray. All-star revival with Harvey Fierstein, Marisa Jaret Winokur, Corbin Bleu, Drew Carey, Nick Jonas, John Stamos and more. 8/05/11-8/07/11, Hollywood, CA. www.hollywoodbowl.com.
***The Homosexuals. World premiere by Phillip Dawkins. A modern riff on “The Boys in The Band”. to 8/24/11. 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

***Judy Garland: The Television Years, the first comprehensive retrospective of Garland's career on television. thru 8/18/11. Paley Center for Media. New York, NY. www.paleycenter.org.

***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
***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.
***The Perfect Host. Out star Davd Hyde Pierce throws a dinner party with an unexpected guest.

Out On Video & DVD

***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.
***August: 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

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.

8/12/11-8/14/11: Fire Island, NY: 9th Annual Fire Island Black Out, a multicultural beach event for the LGBT Community and their families. http://www.fireislandblackout.com/2011/

8/13/11: Fire Island, NY: The Stonewall Swim. A fundraiser for the New York City LGBT Community. http://www.stonewallswim.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=480920

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

8/14/11: Burlington, VT: Same Love, Same Rights. The LGBT Wedding Expo. http://www.samelovesamerights.com/

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

8/21/11: Seattle, WA: Same Love, Same Rights. The LGBT Wedding Expo. http://www.samelovesamerights.com/

8/25/11-8/28/11: Philadelphia, PA: National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Annual Conference and LGBT Media Summit. http://www.nlgja.org/convention/2011/rfp2011.htm

8/31/11-9/05/11: New Orleans, LA: Southern Decadence. www.southerndecadence.com

Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: August Milestones

1. Question: Name this American author, born August 2, 1924, the preeminent African-American intellectual of his time, who was one of the first writers to deal openly with homosexuality in a 1956 novel. He was a popular speaker on race relations and civil rights, but was not asked to play a visible role in the 1963 March on Washington, because organizers considered his homosexuality a liability. Answer: James Baldwin, author of “Giovanni’s Room”.

2. Question: Name this international competition, held for the first time in San Francisco on August 28, 1982. Over 50,000 people participated. Today, it is a major world event. Answer: The Gay Games.

3. Question: Name this Broadway blockbuster, which opened on August 21, 1983, one of the first to feature openly gay characters. It was written by an award-winning out composer who wrote showstoppers for middle-aged women and an award-winning playwright who had chronicled his own experiences as drag diva and gay dad. Answer: La Cage Aux Folles, written by Jerry Herman (“Hello Dolly”) and Harvey Fierstein (“Torch Song Trilogy”). The musical, revived on Broadway last season, took home a Tony Award for “Best Revival”, and Harvey Fierstein played the lead.

4. Question: Name this out fashion designer, born on August 1, 1936. He took the French fashion world by storm in the 1970s, and built a fashion empire for women and men, which he sold to Gucci for millions. Answer: Yves Saint-Laurent.

5. Question: Name this man who came out on national television on August 13, 2004 with the statement “I am a gay American”. He was the highest-ranked American elected official to do so. He resigned from office shortly thereafter. Answer: James McGreevey, the governor of New Jersey. He came out to avoid being outed by a subordinate.

This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Music Men

1. Question: Name this gay English-born music man known for his stage performances as actor and singer, his comedies, and his music. He was also known for his wit, flamboyance and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise". He wrote a musicalfor Elaine Stritch; he composed "Mad About the Boy" and he wrote shows about bickering couples, ghostly ex-spouses, and London elite.

2. Question: Name this gay American-born music man who professionally partnered with a globally-famous lesbian to develop an opera about a famous American women's rights activist and a second opera which featured an all-black cast. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his film score for a post-world War II movie.

3. Question: Name this gay Italian-American music man, best known for his dramatic musical theatre pieces which bridged opera and Broadway (one is a famous Christmas tale) and his interest in organizing and running international music festivals, which have flourished in Europe and America. He was partnered at one point with a famous American opera composer whose name is linked with Seville.

4. Question: Name this gay American-born music man who made lower East Side puppets sing, and the cast of "Scrubs" turn a hospital into Broadway. He and his partner co-wrote the theme song for the Logo Network's animated series "Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World" and contributed additional songs for the show. He has a law degree and sings with the Los Angeles Gay Men's Chorus. A

5. Question: Name this gay Australian-born music man, discovered by and imported to America by a gay community icon (he married her daughter, another icon). He won an Oscar for a movie theme, wrote songs for Melissa Manchester and Olivia Newton-John, performed at Radio City, and wrote and starred in one of Broadway's notirous flops. He became more famous after his death, when a film-star played his life in a Broadway musical.

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