Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 43 November 1, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: November 1-7, 2010
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru WED: 11/24/: New York, NY: So You Think You Can Drag. Fabulous queens compete for celebrity judges and audience approval. www.timeoutnylounge.com/soyouthinkyoucandrag
thru MON: 11/01: New York, NY: Queer Shabbaton. A weekend for LGBT Jews. http://www.nehirim.org/qsny
MON: 11/01: New York, NY: It Gets Better: Broadway Supports The Trevor Project. Broadway's leading voices, lending their support to this vital organization that provides suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth. Farah Alvin, Brent Barrett, Kevin Chamberlin, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Michelle Dowdy, Daisy Eagan, Eric Michael Gillett, Annie Golden, Randy Jones, Karen Mason, Liz McCartney, Judy McLane, Sarah Rice, Roz Ryan, Stephen Schwartz, Mary Stout, John Tartaglia, Stephen Wallem, Barbara Walsh, and Sally Wilfert star. www.smarttix.com.
MON: 11/01: New York, NY: Nothing Like a Dame. the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative Benefit. Charles Busch, Mario Cantone, Victoria Clark are amongst the stars. www.actorsfund.org
WED-SUN: 11/03-11/07: New York, NY: New York City Comedy Festival. Among those featured: Rosie O’Donnell and Margaret Cho. www.nycomedyfestival.com
WED: 11/03: San Francisco, CA: Armistead Maupin does a booksigning for his newest book of “Tales of The City”, “Mary Ann in Autumn”. Books Inc. Also: THU: Danville, CA: Rakestraw Books. SAT: 11/06: San Francisco, CA: Book Passage. http://www.armisteadmaupin.com/Events.html
WED: 11/03: New York, NY: Ricky Martin, out singer, signs copies of his memoir “Me”. 12:30PM. Border’s, Columbus Circle. Also: THU: 11/04: Ridgewood, NJ: 7PM. BookEnds. SAT: 11/06 Coral Gables, FL: 4PM. Books & Books, Aragon Avenue.
THU-SAT: 11/04-11/13: Chicago, IL: Reeling: Chicago Lesbian & Gay Int’l Film Fest.
www.reelingfilmfestival.org
FRI: 11/05: New York, NY: Portia de Rossi, star of "Arrested Development" signing copies of “Unbearable Lightness”. 6PM. Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Triangle.
FRI: 11/05: Las Vegas, NV: 16th Annual Honorarium, The Gay and Lesbian Community Center recognizing individuals from Southern Nevada who have distinguished themselves as leaders through their commitment to the LGBT community by giving of their time, talents or resources during the past year. www.thecenterlv.com
FRI-SUN: 11/05-11/07: Spokane, WA: Spokane LGBT Film Festival. www.spokanefilmfest.org
FRI: 11/05: New York, NY: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. East Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
SAT: 11/06: New York, NY: Glitter and Be Gay. New York City Opera’s LGBT after-party following a Leonard Bernstein concert with Cheyenne Jackson and Michael Urie. www.nycopera.com
SAT: 11/06: Boston, MA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Northeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
SAT-SUN: 11/06-11/07: Bloomington, IN: Queering the Countryside: New Directions in Rural Queer Studies. Indiana University’s two-day, interdisciplinary conference and workshop. http://www.iub.edu/~gender/queering-the-countryside.html
Newsworthy:
Coming Out: Teacher Fired for Coming Out gets his job back. Seth Stambaugh reinstated in Oregon. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/teacher-fired-for-coming-out-to-student-gets-job-back.html
Prop 8: The 9th Circuit Court will hear arguments in the federal challenge against Proposition 8 on 12/06/10. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/21/Prop_8_Arguments_Set_for_Dec_6/
Campaign 2010: A few TG candidates in line for victories. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/us/politics/25transgender.html?_r=2&hp
Campaign 2010: Gay voters angry with Democrats could sway the election. The Washington Post reports: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/24/AR2010102401490.html?hpid=sec-politics
Facebook may be outing users to advertisers. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/21/Gay_Facebook_Ads_Reveal_Privacy_Issue/
News: Gay Teens, Bullying and Suicide
Day in Purple. National coverage for a cause. USAToday: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-10-19-gay-teens-purple_N.htm
Facebook is launching a network of support for LGBT teens. Switched.com reports: http://www.switched.com/2010/10/21/facebook-creates-network-of-support-for-lgbt-teens/
Features
Profile: Zachary Quinto. From “Star Trek” to “Angels in America”, the star’s career is on the rise. He supports all kinds of LGBT causes, but he won’t reveal anything about his private life. . The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/theater/24quinto.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1
In Print:
Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture by Jonathan D. Katz and David C. Ward. Smithsonian Books. The companion volume to an exhibition of the same name at the National Portrait Gallery, “Hide/Seek” highlights the often overlooked influence of gay and lesbian artists on American art and portraiture from Eakins, to O’Keeffe, to Rauschenberg, to Warhol, to Mapplethorpe.
Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi. Atria. De Rossi,shares her struggles with her eating disorders and her sexuality in this memoir.
Me. by Ricky Martin. Celebra Press. From Menudo to La Vida Loca to coming out, Ricky tells all in a new memoir.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. thru 2/20/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Back to New York. Gavin Creel of “Hair” and one of the founders of Broadway Impact, an organization fighting for equality and the LBGT community, returns to New York in concert. to 11/15/10. www.birdlandjazz.com.
***The Devil Boys from Beyond, the all-male sci-fi adventure. to 12/30/10.
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***The Lesbian Love Octagon. The musical comedy journey of Sue, a dyke with a broken heart, who loses her current girlfriend to her ex-girlfriend. 11/04/10-11/07/10. www.horseTRADE.info
***The Pee-wee Herman Show. Paul Reubens’ stage version of his TV hit. to 1/02/11.
***Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. A new musical based on out filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s film. Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sherie Renee Scott star. www.lct.org.
Elsewhere...
***The Boys in the Band, Mart Crowley’s groundbreaking 1968 play about pre-Stonewall gay life. 11/05/10-12/12/10, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. www.risingactiontheatre.com.
***Boys Will Be Boys. The musical about a fundraiser to fight gay attention deficit disorder. to 11/20/10. Theatre Out, Santa Ana, CA. www.theatreout.com
***Jeffrey Johnson as Edie Beale. Johnson recreates Little Edie’s infamous 1978 cabaret act “Live at Reno Sweeney”. 11/05/10-11/06/10. San Francisco, CA. www.therrazzroom.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical based on the 1994 Australian film. Three drag queens cross the Outback in a battered old bus. Toronto, ON. to 11/28/10. www.priscillathemusical.com.
***Take Me Out. A baseball player comes out. to 12/19/10. Hollywood, CA. www.celebrationtheatre.com
On Display
thru 1/23/11: Washington, DC: Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture. A display of portraits from the late 19th century through today illustrates the changing social attitudes towards sexual difference and how it is depicted. National Portrait Gallery. http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/museums/national-portrait-gallery-smithsonian-institution,793021.html
thru 3/26/11: San Francisco, CA: Exhibition: More Life! “Angels in America” at Twenty. Museum of Performance and Design. http://www.mpdsf.org/EXHIBITIONS/ANGELS/ANGELS.html
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***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.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
***Stonewall Uprising, a new documentary by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner covering the 3-day Stonewall riots in 1969. http://firstrunfeatures.com/stonewalluprising_playdates.html
***Wild Target. Out actor Rupert Everett stars in the story of a con artist pursued by a top assassin after scamming a gangster.
Out On Video & DVD
***Cher: The Film Collection. A set of her greatest films including “Moonstruck”, “Silkwood” and “Tea With Mussolini”.
***Evening Primrose, the 1966 musical teleplay by James Goldman from from John Collier short story, with a score by Stephen Sondheim. Anthony Perkins stars.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
***Out in the Silence. A small town confronts a firestorm of controversy ignited by a same-sex wedding announcement in the local newspaper. Available for viewing online. http://www.hulu.com/watch/157306/out-in-the-silence
***Score. Radley Metzger’s 1972 film based on an off-Broadway play. One of the first mass-market films to explore couples who swing both ways. A gay sex scene with Cal Culver (Casey Donovan) was restored for the DVD release.
***Sex and The City 2. Carrie and the girls and a gay wedding with Liza.
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
***November: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***Weekdays The Talk. Out “Roseanne” alum Sara Gilmore produces a new version of “The View” with Marissa Jaret Winokur, Julie Chen, and Sharon Osbourne. CBS Weekdays. Check local listings.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
11/08/10: New York, NY: Fashion Forward 2010, a fundraiser for the GMHC hosted by Tim Gunn. http://www.gmhc.org/donate/special-events/fashion-forward-2010
11/08/10: New York, NY: Ali Forney Center Benefit Concert with David Raleigh, Alan Cumming, Billy Porter, and Ari Gold. www.thefriendsproject.org.
11/09/10: New York, NY: 2010 Emery Awards, honor “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy. A benefit for the Hetrick-Martin Institute (Harvey Milk School). www.hmi.org.
11/10/10-11/14/10: Hartford, CT: 12th EROS Film Festival. http://www.outfilmct.org/
11/13/10: Los Angeles, CA: LA Gay and Lesbian Center Gala and Auction. Lily Tomlin hosts. Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch appear. www.lagaycenter.org.
11/13/10: Hartford, CT: One Big Event, a benefit for the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. http://www.hglhc.org/onebigevent/index.html
11/22/10: New York, NY: You Are Not Alone. Betty Buckley headlines a benefit for The Trevor Project. http://www.youarenotalonebenefit.com/
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: November Milestones
1. Question: Name this successful LGBT news magazine, subject of a front page profile in the Wall Street Journal on November 3, 1975. It continues to be one of the leading LGBT news sources today. Answer: The Advocate.
2. Question: Name this out comic, the first openly-gay cast member of “Saturday Night Live”. He joined the company on November 9, 1985, and did a great “Nancy Reagan”. Answer: Terry Sweeney.
3. Question: Name this bisexual American designer born November 19, 1942. Many people have his name below their belts. When Mark Wahlberg teamed up with him, Times Square had fender benders for days. Answer: Calvin Klein. MarkyMark’s billboard in Times Square (in his Calvins) caused fender benders along Broadway.
4. Question: Name this gay photographer and artist, born November 4, 1946. He was known for his “uptown” floral portraits, but his “downtown” nudes and S&M pictures caused a censorship controversy in the 1980s. Answer: Robert Mapplethorpe.
5. Question: Name this award-winning play (and subsequent film), which opened on Broadway on November 20, 1934. It profiled two schoolteachers accused of being lesbians. Its author, one of the most celebrated female playwrights in 20th century literature, wrote a play which made Talullah Bankhead an American icon. Answer: The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman, author of “The Little Foxes”.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT Veterans
Veteran’s Day is November 11. Despite the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy which discriminates against LGBT service personnel, many have served with honor. Thank them.
1. Question: Name this Middle Eastern nation that has permitted gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military since 1993.
2. Question: Name this American author who profiled the discrimination of gays and lesbians in the US military (from the Vietnam War to the Persian Gulf). Hint: He also wrote a best-seller about the AIDS Movement in America.
3. Question: Which was the first nation to ban discrimination against gays in the military.
4. Question: Name this doctor, humanitarian, and writer, who was dishonorably discharged from the military for being gay. As a navy doctor, he supervised a medical assistance program for more than 600,000 refugees fleeing North Vietnam. After his discharge, he established a network of clinics in South East Asia. He died at age 34.
5. Question: Name this Vietnam veteran, recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star, who was one of the best-known openly gay men in America in the 1970's. His fight to remain in the military put him on the cover of TIME Magazine in 1975.
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Volume 13 No. 42 October 25, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: October 25-31, 2010
thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru WED: 11/24/: New York, NY: So You Think You Can Drag. Fabulous queens compete for celebrity judges and audience approval. www.timeoutnylounge.com/soyouthinkyoucandrag
FRI-SAT: 10/23-10/24: Hartford, CT: A Gender Bending Weekend. Film screening of “Play in the Gray” and performance of “All The Kings Men”. University of Hartford. http://new.hartford.edu/
SUN: 10/24: Boston, MA: It Gets Better, a benefit for The Trevor Project at Rocca. http://roccaboston.com/eblasts/trevor/
WED: 10/27: Las Vegas, NV: Leslie Jordan headlines the Aid for AIDS Nevada Benefit. www.afanlv.org.
THU: 10/28: New York, NY: Gregory Maguire, author of “Wicked”, does a booksigning of his new paperback “The Next Queen of Heaven”. 7PM. B&N Broadway at 82nd St.. www.bn.com
SAT-MON: 10/30-11/01: New York, NY: Queer Shabbaton. A weekend for LGBT Jews. http://www.nehirim.org/qsny
SAT: 10/30: New York, NY: Tituss Burgess performs “Tituss and The Tightass Band”, hits from Jay-Z to Michael Jackson to benefit The Trevor Project. www.timeoutnylounge@newworldstages.com
Newsworthy:
Coming Out: Fired after coming out, Seth Stambaugh, an Oregon teacher speaks out. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/watch-oregon-teacher-fired-after-coming-out-to-student-speaks-out.html
DADT: Department of Justice requests a stay on the injunction barring its enforcement. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/doj-requests-stay-on-injunction-barring-enforcement-of-dadt.html
DADT: Pentagon tells recruiters to accept gay applicants. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/19/Recruiters_Must_Accept_Gay_Applicants/
Liberace Museum Closes. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130571040&sc=fb&cc=fp
News: Gay Teens, Bullying and Suicide
It Gets Better. The viral campaign bringing hope and help to gay youth is profiled by the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/us/19video.html?_r=1
Video: It Gets Better. Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns reaches out on National Coming Out Day. From AmericaBlogGay: http://gay.americablog.com/2010/10/incredibly-touching-it-gets-better.html
Video: It Gets Better. Voices from Broadway. http://www.youtube.com/user/ItGetsBetterBroadway
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Perez Hilton will end his outing of celebrities. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/watch-perez-hilton-makes-kindness-pledge-to-ellen-says-hell-stop-outing-celebs.html
Lara Lawless, TG golfer, is suing two of the country's top golf associations to do away with their ban on trans-women athletes. The Ladies Professional Golf Association, better known as the LPGA, is only open to women who were "female at birth." SF Weekly reports: http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/10/transgender_woman_golfer_sues.php
Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who jumped ship, pled guilty. USAToday reports: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-10-19-jetblue-attendant-plea_N.htm
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka. Fathers of twins. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://www.broadway.com/buzz/153941/neil-patrick-harris-and-david-burtka-bring-home-their-twins/
Transitions:
Cheyenne Jackson, Broadway, “Glee”, and “30 Rock” star, married his longtime partner Monte Lapka. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Cheyenne_Jackson_Weds_Longtime_Partner_20010101
John H. Embry, a pioneering gay author, Drummer magazine publisher, and activist died on 9/16/10, at age 83. The Bay Area Reporter reports: http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=5158
Photo Shoots and Video
“Priscilla: Queen of The Desert”, now in Toronto and Broadway-bound.
***Video From BroadwayWorld.com. http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=175295
***Photo Preview: from BroadwayWorld.com. http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_Priscilla_Meets_the_Press_20101013
***Photos: Nick Adams. Transformation from actor to drag queen for “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”. The Toronto Globe and Mail reports: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/theatre/how-to-make-a-drag-queen/article1759536/?cmpid=rss1
Features
The Future of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. In The New York Times feature “Room for Debate”, several contributors weigh in on the policy and its enforcement. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/10/13/the-future-of-dont-ask-dont-tell?hp
Pro Gay Groups: Desperate for Obama to take action. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130651607&sc=fb&cc=fp
Top 10 Colleges for LGBT Students, according to Gawker: http://gawker.com/5655407/the-top-10-colleges-for-gay-students
The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Tony Kushner. A profile by New York Magazine’s Jesse Green. http://nymag.com/arts/theater/profiles/68994/
LGBT History Month
Video Playlist: LGBT Icons. GayRights Media’s YouTube posts: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6A90B6A637BB6B53
Gay American Heroes Memorial honors those LGBT people who were victims of hate crimes. http://gayamericanheroes.com/
Paragraph 175: The Holocaust and Homosexuals. from GayRightsMedia. http://gayrightsmedia.org/2005/paragraph-175-the-holocaust-and-homosexuals/
The Resource Center: Anti-Bullying Resources
***The Trevor Project is determined to end suicide among LGBTQ youth by providing life-saving and life-affirming resources including our nationwide, 24/7 crisis intervention lifeline, digital community and advocacy/educational programs that create a safe, supportive and positive environment for everyone. www.thetrevorproject.org.
***GLSEN. A great organization that is working to eradicate bullying and bias in schools
www.glsen.org
***Stop Bullying Now US Department of Health and Human Services offers flash movies, games, and information about bullying and how to prevent it.
www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids
***The National Center for Bullying Prevention. Helping to promote awareness and teach effective ways to respond to bullying www.Pacer.org/bullying or http://kidsagainstbullying.org/
***STOMP Out Bullying. Focused on reducing bullying and cyberbullying
www.stompoutbullying.org
***Project Change..A grassroots, nonprofit organization comprised of youth and adults who believe that high levels of youth engagement are essential to building strong, vibrant and healthy communities www.projectchange-md.org
***Bullying.org. A site dedicated to increasing the awareness of bullying and to preventing, resolving and eliminating bullying in society. www.bullying.org
***No Bully. Helps schools to implement an anti-bullying policy and create school cultures where every student feels included. http://www.nobully.com/
***National School Safety and Security Services.Bullying, anti-bullying legislation, school safety. www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/bullying.html
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. thru 2/20/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***A Quiet Place. Leonard Bernstein’s opera about the estranged members of an American family (mother, father, daughter and gay son). to 11/21/10. www.nycopera.com
***As Is. William Hoffman’s 1985 drama, one of the first plays to tackle the AIDS crisis in America. to 10/31/10. www.applecoretheatercompany.org
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***The Pee-wee Herman Show. Paul Reubens’ stage version of his TV hit. to 1/02/11.
***The Power of Two. Michael Feinstein and Cheyenne Jackson in concert at Carnegie Hall. 10/29/10. www.carnegiehall.org
***Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. A new musical based on out filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s film. Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sherie Renee Scott star. www.lct.org.
Elsewhere...
***Boys Will Be Boys. The musical about a fundraiser to fight gay attention deficit disorder. to 11/20/10. Theatre Out, Santa Ana, CA. www.theatreout.com
***Carrie. Stephen King’s horror novel turned stage play. Erik Ransom pulls a gender-bending turn as the high school student with telekinetic powers. to 11/07/10. Philadelphia, PA. http://www.bratproductions.org/
***Gut Bucket Blues: The Legendary Bessie Smith. World premiere musical byDavid Bell about the raucous blueser with interest in the women. to 11/07/10. Atlanta, GA: http://truecolorstheatre.org/
***Pearls Over Shanghai. San Francisco’s Longest-Running Cockettes Musical. to 12/19/10. San Francisco, CA: http://thrillpeddlers.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Three drag queens cross Australia in an old bus with disco tunes. to 11/28/10. Toronto, ON. www.priscillathemusical.com.
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
On Display
10/30/10-1/23/11: Washington, DC: Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture. A display of portraits from the late 19th century through today illustrates the changing social attitudes towards sexual difference and how it is depicted. National Portrait Gallery. http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/museums/national-portrait-gallery-smithsonian-institution,793021.html
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***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.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
***Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. A new documentary which follows from gig to gig, onstage and at home, and historically through the ups and downs of her career.
***The Kids Are All Right. Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star in a two-mom family dramedy. Their kids seek out their sperm donor father (Mark Ruffalo).
***Stonewall Uprising, a new documentary by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner covering the 3-day Stonewall riots in 1969. http://firstrunfeatures.com/stonewalluprising_playdates.html
Out On Video & DVD
***Evening Primrose, the 1966 musical teleplay by James Goldman from from John Collier short story, with a score by Stephen Sondheim. Anthony Perkins stars.
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
***Score. Radley Metzger’s 1972 film based on an off-Broadway play. One of the first mass-market films to explore couples who swing both ways. A gay sex scene with Cal Culver (Casey Donovan) was restored for the DVD release.
***Sex and The City 2. Carrie and the girls and a gay wedding with Liza.
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
***October: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***Weekdays The Talk. Out “Roseanne” alum Sara Gilmore produces a new version of “The View” with Marissa Jaret Winokur, Julie Chen, and Sharon Osbourne. CBS Weekdays. Check local listings.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
11/01/10: New York, NY: It Gets Better: Broadway Supports The Trevor Project. Broadway's leading voices, lending their support to this vital organization that provides suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth. Farah Alvin, Brent Barrett, Kevin Chamberlin, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Michelle Dowdy, Daisy Eagan, Eric Michael Gillett, Annie Golden, Randy Jones, Karen Mason, Liz McCartney, Judy McLane, Sarah Rice, Roz Ryan, Stephen Schwartz, Mary Stout, John Tartaglia, Stephen Wallem, Barbara Walsh, and Sally Wilfert star. www.smarttix.com.
11/01/10: New York, NY: Nothing Like a Dame. the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative Benefit. Charles Busch, Mario Cantone, Victoria Clark are amongst the stars.
www.actorsfund.org
11/04/10-11/13/10: Chicago, IL: Reeling: Chicago Lesbian & Gay Int’l Film Fest.
www.reelingfilmfestival.org
11/05/10: Las Vegas, NV: 16th Annual Honorarium, The Gay and Lesbian Community Center recognizing individuals from Southern Nevada who have distinguished themselves as leaders through their commitment to the LGBT community by giving of their time, talents or resources during the past year. www.thecenterlv.com
11/05/10-11/07/10: Spokane, WA: Spokane LGBT Film Festival. www.spokanefilmfest.org
11/05/10: New York, NY: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. East Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
11/06/10: Boston, MA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Northeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
11/06/10-11/07/10: Bloomington, IN: Queering the Countryside: New Directions in Rural Queer Studies. Indiana University’s two-day, interdisciplinary conference and workshop. http://www.iub.edu/~gender/queering-the-countryside.html
11/06/10-3/26/11: San Francisco, CA: Exhibition: More Life! “Angels in America” at Twenty. Museum of Performance and Design. http://www.mpdsf.org/EXHIBITIONS/ANGELS/ANGELS.html
11/08/10: New York, NY: Fashion Forward 2010, a fundraiser for the GMHC hosted by Tim Gunn. http://www.gmhc.org/donate/special-events/fashion-forward-2010
11/08/10: New York, NY: Ali Forney Center Benefit Concert with David Raleigh, Alan Cumming, Billy Porter, and Ari Gold. www.thefriendsproject.org.
11/09/10: New York, NY: 2010 Emery Awards, honor “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy. A benefit for the Hetrick-Martin Institute (Harvey Milk School). www.hmi.org.
11/10/10-11/14/10: Hartford, CT: 12th EROS Film Festival. http://www.outfilmct.org/
11/10/10: New York, NY: Stephen Sondheim, Oscar & Tony winning composer, signing copies of “Finishing The Hat”, his collection of lyrics. 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Union Square.
11/13/10: Los Angeles, CA: LA Gay and Lesbian Center Gala and Auction. Lily Tomlin hosts. Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch appear. www.lagaycenter.org.
11/13/10: Hartford, CT: One Big Event, a benefit for the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. http://www.hglhc.org/onebigevent/index.html
11/21/10: New York, NY: OUT Auction NYC..http://www.glaad.org/events
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT History Month
1. Question: Name this gay scientist, the father of modern computing, who broke the Nazi Enigma codes. He was convicted of "gross indecency", after which he committed suicide. Last year, The British government formally apologised to him. Answer: Alan Turing. Two years after being convicted of "gross indecency" and sentenced to undergo hormone therapy, he killed himself with a cyanide-laced apple. His story was made into a play and ilm called "Breaking The Code".
2. Question: Name this state, the first to introduce civil unions in 2000. Last year, the state approved gay marriage; the first state to do so legislatively as opposed to judicially. Answer: Vermont.
3. Question: Name this sitcom which made history on March 1, 1994, when an actress, granddaughter of a literary giant, played a character who kissed the show's leading lady in an episode called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". The episode was the highest rated TV show of the week. Answer: Roseanne. Mariel Hemingway (granddaughter of Ernest), liplocked Roseanne.
4. Question: Name this person who made headlines in 1952 as the the first widely-publicized person to have undergone sex reassignment surgery, in this case, male to female, creating a world-wide sensation. Answer: Christine Jorgensen.
5. Question: Name this American politician who became the first out mayor of an American city with a population of over 1,000,000 people. Answer: Annise Parker, who became mayor of Houston, TX in January 2010.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: November Milestones
1. Question: Name this successful LGBT news magazine, subject of a front page profile in the Wall Street Journal on November 3, 1975. It continues to be one of the leading LGBT news sources today.
2. Question: Name this out comic, the first openly-gay cast member of “Saturday Night Live”. He joined the company on November 9, 1985, and did a great “Nancy Reagan”.
3. Question: Name this bisexual American designer born November 19, 1942. Many people have his name below their belts. When Mark Wahlberg teamed up with him, Times Square had fender benders for days.
4. Question: Name this gay photographer and artist, born November 4, 1946. He was known for his “uptown” floral portraits, but his “downtown” nudes and S&M pictures caused a censorship controversy in the 1980s.
5. Question: Name this award-winning play (and subsequent film), which opened on Broadway on November 20, 1934. It profiled two schoolteachers accused of being lesbians. Its author, one of the most celebrated female playwrights in 20th century literature, wrote a play which made Talullah Bankhead an American icon.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Volume 13 No. 42 October 25, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: October 25-31, 2010
thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru WED: 11/24/: New York, NY: So You Think You Can Drag. Fabulous queens compete for celebrity judges and audience approval. www.timeoutnylounge.com/soyouthinkyoucandrag
FRI-SAT: 10/23-10/24: Hartford, CT: A Gender Bending Weekend. Film screening of “Play in the Gray” and performance of “All The Kings Men”. University of Hartford. http://new.hartford.edu/
SUN: 10/24: Boston, MA: It Gets Better, a benefit for The Trevor Project at Rocca. http://roccaboston.com/eblasts/trevor/
WED: 10/27: Las Vegas, NV: Leslie Jordan headlines the Aid for AIDS Nevada Benefit. www.afanlv.org.
THU: 10/28: New York, NY: Gregory Maguire, author of “Wicked”, does a booksigning of his new paperback “The Next Queen of Heaven”. 7PM. B&N Broadway at 82nd St.. www.bn.com
SAT-MON: 10/30-11/01: New York, NY: Queer Shabbaton. A weekend for LGBT Jews. http://www.nehirim.org/qsny
SAT: 10/30: New York, NY: Tituss Burgess performs “Tituss and The Tightass Band”, hits from Jay-Z to Michael Jackson to benefit The Trevor Project. www.timeoutnylounge@newworldstages.com
Newsworthy:
Coming Out: Fired after coming out, Seth Stambaugh, an Oregon teacher speaks out. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/watch-oregon-teacher-fired-after-coming-out-to-student-speaks-out.html
DADT: Department of Justice requests a stay on the injunction barring its enforcement. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/doj-requests-stay-on-injunction-barring-enforcement-of-dadt.html
DADT: Pentagon tells recruiters to accept gay applicants. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/19/Recruiters_Must_Accept_Gay_Applicants/
Liberace Museum Closes. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130571040&sc=fb&cc=fp
News: Gay Teens, Bullying and Suicide
It Gets Better. The viral campaign bringing hope and help to gay youth is profiled by the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/us/19video.html?_r=1
Video: It Gets Better. Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns reaches out on National Coming Out Day. From AmericaBlogGay: http://gay.americablog.com/2010/10/incredibly-touching-it-gets-better.html
Video: It Gets Better. Voices from Broadway. http://www.youtube.com/user/ItGetsBetterBroadway
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Perez Hilton will end his outing of celebrities. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/watch-perez-hilton-makes-kindness-pledge-to-ellen-says-hell-stop-outing-celebs.html
Lara Lawless, TG golfer, is suing two of the country's top golf associations to do away with their ban on trans-women athletes. The Ladies Professional Golf Association, better known as the LPGA, is only open to women who were "female at birth." SF Weekly reports: http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/10/transgender_woman_golfer_sues.php
Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who jumped ship, pled guilty. USAToday reports: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-10-19-jetblue-attendant-plea_N.htm
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka. Fathers of twins. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://www.broadway.com/buzz/153941/neil-patrick-harris-and-david-burtka-bring-home-their-twins/
Transitions:
Cheyenne Jackson, Broadway, “Glee”, and “30 Rock” star, married his longtime partner Monte Lapka. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Cheyenne_Jackson_Weds_Longtime_Partner_20010101
John H. Embry, a pioneering gay author, Drummer magazine publisher, and activist died on 9/16/10, at age 83. The Bay Area Reporter reports: http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=5158
Photo Shoots and Video
“Priscilla: Queen of The Desert”, now in Toronto and Broadway-bound.
***Video From BroadwayWorld.com. http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=175295
***Photo Preview: from BroadwayWorld.com. http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_Priscilla_Meets_the_Press_20101013
***Photos: Nick Adams. Transformation from actor to drag queen for “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”. The Toronto Globe and Mail reports: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/theatre/how-to-make-a-drag-queen/article1759536/?cmpid=rss1
Features
The Future of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. In The New York Times feature “Room for Debate”, several contributors weigh in on the policy and its enforcement. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/10/13/the-future-of-dont-ask-dont-tell?hp
Pro Gay Groups: Desperate for Obama to take action. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130651607&sc=fb&cc=fp
Top 10 Colleges for LGBT Students, according to Gawker: http://gawker.com/5655407/the-top-10-colleges-for-gay-students
The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Tony Kushner. A profile by New York Magazine’s Jesse Green. http://nymag.com/arts/theater/profiles/68994/
LGBT History Month
Video Playlist: LGBT Icons. GayRights Media’s YouTube posts: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6A90B6A637BB6B53
Gay American Heroes Memorial honors those LGBT people who were victims of hate crimes. http://gayamericanheroes.com/
Paragraph 175: The Holocaust and Homosexuals. from GayRightsMedia. http://gayrightsmedia.org/2005/paragraph-175-the-holocaust-and-homosexuals/
The Resource Center: Anti-Bullying Resources
***The Trevor Project is determined to end suicide among LGBTQ youth by providing life-saving and life-affirming resources including our nationwide, 24/7 crisis intervention lifeline, digital community and advocacy/educational programs that create a safe, supportive and positive environment for everyone. www.thetrevorproject.org.
***GLSEN. A great organization that is working to eradicate bullying and bias in schools
www.glsen.org
***Stop Bullying Now US Department of Health and Human Services offers flash movies, games, and information about bullying and how to prevent it.
www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids
***The National Center for Bullying Prevention. Helping to promote awareness and teach effective ways to respond to bullying www.Pacer.org/bullying or http://kidsagainstbullying.org/
***STOMP Out Bullying. Focused on reducing bullying and cyberbullying
www.stompoutbullying.org
***Project Change..A grassroots, nonprofit organization comprised of youth and adults who believe that high levels of youth engagement are essential to building strong, vibrant and healthy communities www.projectchange-md.org
***Bullying.org. A site dedicated to increasing the awareness of bullying and to preventing, resolving and eliminating bullying in society. www.bullying.org
***No Bully. Helps schools to implement an anti-bullying policy and create school cultures where every student feels included. http://www.nobully.com/
***National School Safety and Security Services.Bullying, anti-bullying legislation, school safety. www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/bullying.html
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. thru 2/20/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***A Quiet Place. Leonard Bernstein’s opera about the estranged members of an American family (mother, father, daughter and gay son). to 11/21/10. www.nycopera.com
***As Is. William Hoffman’s 1985 drama, one of the first plays to tackle the AIDS crisis in America. to 10/31/10. www.applecoretheatercompany.org
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***The Pee-wee Herman Show. Paul Reubens’ stage version of his TV hit. to 1/02/11.
***The Power of Two. Michael Feinstein and Cheyenne Jackson in concert at Carnegie Hall. 10/29/10. www.carnegiehall.org
***Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. A new musical based on out filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s film. Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sherie Renee Scott star. www.lct.org.
Elsewhere...
***Boys Will Be Boys. The musical about a fundraiser to fight gay attention deficit disorder. to 11/20/10. Theatre Out, Santa Ana, CA. www.theatreout.com
***Carrie. Stephen King’s horror novel turned stage play. Erik Ransom pulls a gender-bending turn as the high school student with telekinetic powers. to 11/07/10. Philadelphia, PA. http://www.bratproductions.org/
***Gut Bucket Blues: The Legendary Bessie Smith. World premiere musical byDavid Bell about the raucous blueser with interest in the women. to 11/07/10. Atlanta, GA: http://truecolorstheatre.org/
***Pearls Over Shanghai. San Francisco’s Longest-Running Cockettes Musical. to 12/19/10. San Francisco, CA: http://thrillpeddlers.com
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Three drag queens cross Australia in an old bus with disco tunes. to 11/28/10. Toronto, ON. www.priscillathemusical.com.
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
On Display
10/30/10-1/23/11: Washington, DC: Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture. A display of portraits from the late 19th century through today illustrates the changing social attitudes towards sexual difference and how it is depicted. National Portrait Gallery. http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/museums/national-portrait-gallery-smithsonian-institution,793021.html
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***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.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
***Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. A new documentary which follows from gig to gig, onstage and at home, and historically through the ups and downs of her career.
***The Kids Are All Right. Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star in a two-mom family dramedy. Their kids seek out their sperm donor father (Mark Ruffalo).
***Stonewall Uprising, a new documentary by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner covering the 3-day Stonewall riots in 1969. http://firstrunfeatures.com/stonewalluprising_playdates.html
Out On Video & DVD
***Evening Primrose, the 1966 musical teleplay by James Goldman from from John Collier short story, with a score by Stephen Sondheim. Anthony Perkins stars.
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
***Score. Radley Metzger’s 1972 film based on an off-Broadway play. One of the first mass-market films to explore couples who swing both ways. A gay sex scene with Cal Culver (Casey Donovan) was restored for the DVD release.
***Sex and The City 2. Carrie and the girls and a gay wedding with Liza.
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
***October: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***Weekdays The Talk. Out “Roseanne” alum Sara Gilmore produces a new version of “The View” with Marissa Jaret Winokur, Julie Chen, and Sharon Osbourne. CBS Weekdays. Check local listings.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
11/01/10: New York, NY: It Gets Better: Broadway Supports The Trevor Project. Broadway's leading voices, lending their support to this vital organization that provides suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth. Farah Alvin, Brent Barrett, Kevin Chamberlin, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Michelle Dowdy, Daisy Eagan, Eric Michael Gillett, Annie Golden, Randy Jones, Karen Mason, Liz McCartney, Judy McLane, Sarah Rice, Roz Ryan, Stephen Schwartz, Mary Stout, John Tartaglia, Stephen Wallem, Barbara Walsh, and Sally Wilfert star. www.smarttix.com.
11/01/10: New York, NY: Nothing Like a Dame. the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative Benefit. Charles Busch, Mario Cantone, Victoria Clark are amongst the stars.
www.actorsfund.org
11/04/10-11/13/10: Chicago, IL: Reeling: Chicago Lesbian & Gay Int’l Film Fest.
www.reelingfilmfestival.org
11/05/10: Las Vegas, NV: 16th Annual Honorarium, The Gay and Lesbian Community Center recognizing individuals from Southern Nevada who have distinguished themselves as leaders through their commitment to the LGBT community by giving of their time, talents or resources during the past year. www.thecenterlv.com
11/05/10-11/07/10: Spokane, WA: Spokane LGBT Film Festival. www.spokanefilmfest.org
11/05/10: New York, NY: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. East Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
11/06/10: Boston, MA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Northeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
11/06/10-11/07/10: Bloomington, IN: Queering the Countryside: New Directions in Rural Queer Studies. Indiana University’s two-day, interdisciplinary conference and workshop. http://www.iub.edu/~gender/queering-the-countryside.html
11/06/10-3/26/11: San Francisco, CA: Exhibition: More Life! “Angels in America” at Twenty. Museum of Performance and Design. http://www.mpdsf.org/EXHIBITIONS/ANGELS/ANGELS.html
11/08/10: New York, NY: Fashion Forward 2010, a fundraiser for the GMHC hosted by Tim Gunn. http://www.gmhc.org/donate/special-events/fashion-forward-2010
11/08/10: New York, NY: Ali Forney Center Benefit Concert with David Raleigh, Alan Cumming, Billy Porter, and Ari Gold. www.thefriendsproject.org.
11/09/10: New York, NY: 2010 Emery Awards, honor “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy. A benefit for the Hetrick-Martin Institute (Harvey Milk School). www.hmi.org.
11/10/10-11/14/10: Hartford, CT: 12th EROS Film Festival. http://www.outfilmct.org/
11/10/10: New York, NY: Stephen Sondheim, Oscar & Tony winning composer, signing copies of “Finishing The Hat”, his collection of lyrics. 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Union Square.
11/13/10: Los Angeles, CA: LA Gay and Lesbian Center Gala and Auction. Lily Tomlin hosts. Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch appear. www.lagaycenter.org.
11/13/10: Hartford, CT: One Big Event, a benefit for the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. http://www.hglhc.org/onebigevent/index.html
11/21/10: New York, NY: OUT Auction NYC..http://www.glaad.org/events
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT History Month
1. Question: Name this gay scientist, the father of modern computing, who broke the Nazi Enigma codes. He was convicted of "gross indecency", after which he committed suicide. Last year, The British government formally apologised to him. Answer: Alan Turing. Two years after being convicted of "gross indecency" and sentenced to undergo hormone therapy, he killed himself with a cyanide-laced apple. His story was made into a play and ilm called "Breaking The Code".
2. Question: Name this state, the first to introduce civil unions in 2000. Last year, the state approved gay marriage; the first state to do so legislatively as opposed to judicially. Answer: Vermont.
3. Question: Name this sitcom which made history on March 1, 1994, when an actress, granddaughter of a literary giant, played a character who kissed the show's leading lady in an episode called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". The episode was the highest rated TV show of the week. Answer: Roseanne. Mariel Hemingway (granddaughter of Ernest), liplocked Roseanne.
4. Question: Name this person who made headlines in 1952 as the the first widely-publicized person to have undergone sex reassignment surgery, in this case, male to female, creating a world-wide sensation. Answer: Christine Jorgensen.
5. Question: Name this American politician who became the first out mayor of an American city with a population of over 1,000,000 people. Answer: Annise Parker, who became mayor of Houston, TX in January 2010.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: November Milestones
1. Question: Name this successful LGBT news magazine, subject of a front page profile in the Wall Street Journal on November 3, 1975. It continues to be one of the leading LGBT news sources today.
2. Question: Name this out comic, the first openly-gay cast member of “Saturday Night Live”. He joined the company on November 9, 1985, and did a great “Nancy Reagan”.
3. Question: Name this bisexual American designer born November 19, 1942. Many people have his name below their belts. When Mark Wahlberg teamed up with him, Times Square had fender benders for days.
4. Question: Name this gay photographer and artist, born November 4, 1946. He was known for his “uptown” floral portraits, but his “downtown” nudes and S&M pictures caused a censorship controversy in the 1980s.
5. Question: Name this award-winning play (and subsequent film), which opened on Broadway on November 20, 1934. It profiled two schoolteachers accused of being lesbians. Its author, one of the most celebrated female playwrights in 20th century literature, wrote a play which made Talullah Bankhead an American icon.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 10/18/10
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 41 October 18, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: October 18-24, 2010
thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru SAT: 10/23: Washington, DC: Reel Affirmations: The Nation’s LGBT Film Festival. www.reelaffirmations.org
thru SUN: 10/24: Seattle, WA: Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. www.threedollarbillcinema.org
MON: 10/18: New York, NY: The Normal Heart. Joel Grey directs a 25th anniversary staged reading of Larry Kramer’s groundbreaking play. Victor Garber, John Benjamin Hickey, Joe Mantello and Patrick Wilson star. An Actors Fund and Friends in Deed benefit. 212.221.7300, ext 133.
WED: 10/20-WED: 11/24/: New York, NY: So You Think You Can Drag. Fabulous queens compete for celebrity judges and audience approval. www.timeoutnylounge.com/soyouthinkyoucandrag
THU: 10/21: Los Angeles, CA: The Legacy Award, a gala to benefit Outfest’s Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation. The Outfest Legacy Project, a collaboration with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, is the only pro www.outfest.org/tla/
THU-SUN: 10/21-10/24: Laughlin, NV: International Gay Rodeo Finals. www.finalsrodeo.com
FRI: 10/22: Fort Collins, CO: Carol Channing, Broadway legend, signs copies of her gospel album “For Heaven’s Sake”. 6PM. Barnes & Noble. South College Avenue.
SUN: 10/24: Boston, MA: Alison Arngrim, star of "Little House of the Prairie" signing copies of her new book “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch”. 12:30PM. Barnes & Noble, Boylston Street.
SUN: 10/24: New York, NY: David Hyde Pierce chats show biz with Broadway’s Jordan Roth. www.92Y.org/lectures.
Newsworthy:
Judge Suspends Down DADT: Policy Infringes on fundemental rights, according to US District Court Judge Virginia Phillips. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/judge-suspends-down-dont-ask-dont-tell-policy-infringes-on-fundamental-rights.html
Campaign 2010: Ten Races to Watch. The Victory Fund showcases out LGBT candidates. http://www.victoryfund.org/newsroom/view/url:victory_fund_names_ten_races_to_watch
California: The University of Southern California has acquired what it calls the world’s largest archive related to LGBT history, the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, which includes the papers of activists and entertainers, seminal magazines and other historical materials. 89.3KPCC/Southern California Public Radio reports: http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/10/08/gay-archive/
News: Gay Teens, Bullying and Suicide
It Gets Better Project. http://www.itgetsbetterproject.com/
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Isaac Katz, son of Jonathan Katz the homophobic Washington University physics professor, has come out. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/11/Son_of_Homophobic_Professor_Comes_Out/
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, the widow of tennis legend Arthur Ashe, released a video for the Human Rights Campaign in New York that expresses her and her late husband’s support for marriage equality. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/01/Jeanne_Moutoussamy_Ashe_for_Marriage_Equality/
Photo Shoots and Video
Video: “Trevor”: the short film that inspired The Trevor Project to develop a 24/07 hotline for LGBTQ youth. http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2010/10/watch_the_short_film_trevor_1008.php
Video: Divas in Discussion. Liza Minnelli chats with Charles (“The Divine Sister”) Busch on “In The Life”. http://www.playbill.com/playblog/2010/10/liza-minnelli-talks-to-charles-busch-on-in-the-life-video/
Photos: T.R. Knight and Patrick Stewart in “A Life in the Theatre”. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_A_LIFE_IN_THE_THEATRE_on_Broadway_20101006
Features
Coming Out: The Advocate on National Coming Out Day: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/11/Complicated_Time_for_National_Coming_Out_Day/
The Resource Center:
National Resource Center on LGBT Aging: Resources for LGBT older adults. http://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/
OutServe: The Underground Network of Actively Serving LGBT Military Personnel. http://outserve.org/#
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart who plays an elderly actor and Knight’s mentor in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. thru 2/20/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***As Is. William Hoffman’s 1985 drama, one of the first plays to tackle the AIDS crisis in America. to 10/31/10. www.applecoretheatercompany.org
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***Swan Lake, the all-male Matthew Bourne version. to 11/07/10. www.NYCityCenter.org
***Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. A new musical based on out filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s film. Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sherie Renee Scott star. www.lct.org.
Elsewhere...
***Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins. Brian Christopher Williams play about 1977 global recession, double digit unemployment and the fight for gay rights. to 10/24/10. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
***Becoming Walt Whitman. The coming of age story of the famous poet, set in pre-Civil War Manhattan. to 10/24/10. Santa Rosa, CA. www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
***Boys Will Be Boys. The musical about a fundraiser to fight gay attention deficit disorder. to 11/20/10. Theatre Out, Santa Ana, CA. www.theatreout.com
***Carrie. Stephen King’s horror novel turned stage play. Erik Ransom will pull a gender-bending turn as the titular high school student with telekinetic powers. to 11/07/10. Philadelphia, PA. http://www.bratproductions.org/
***I Can See Sarah Palin from my Window. World premiere of gay activist and performance artist Peterson Toscano’s new solo piece. 10/23/10, New Britain, CT. http://www.petersontoscano.com/Schedule
***The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. The Tectonic Theater Project’s docudrama about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder. 10/18/10-10/19/10, Whitewater, WI. 10/22/10-10/23/10, San Francisco, CA. http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical based on the 1994 Australian film. The story of a drag queen and her two fish-out-of-water friends who head west across the desert to Alice Springs in their battered old bus. Toronto, ON. to 11/28/10. www.priscillathemusical.com.
***Sassy Gay Friend. Brian Gallivan’s hilarious Second City character. 10/20/10. Boston, MA. http://www.improvasylum.com/home/sassy-gay-friend-comes-to-boston
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***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.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
***Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. A new documentary which follows from gig to gig, onstage and at home, and historically through the ups and downs of her career.
***The Kids Are All Right. Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star in a two-mom family dramedy. Their kids seek out their sperm donor father (Mark Ruffalo). http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/the_kids_are_all_right
Out On Video & DVD
***A Single Man. Tom Ford's debut film, an adaptation of a Christopher Isherwood novel, about a day in the life of a gay man, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. .
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
***Score. Radley Metzger’s 1972 film based on an off-Broadway play. One of the first mass-market films to explore couples who swing both ways. A gay sex scene with Cal Culver (Casey Donovan) was restored for the DVD release.
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
***October: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***MON: 10/18: "The Talk," the new talk show featuring out Sara Gilbert, Marisa Jaret Winokur, Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete and Leah Rimini. 2PM CBS.
***WED: 10/20: Michael Feinstein's American Songbook, part three of a three-part series that explores the history of American popular music. www.pbs.org.
***WED: 10/20: A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House featuring Nathan Lane, Idina Menzel, Audra McDonald, Brian d’Arcy James and more. 9PM. PBS. www.pbs.org.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
10/27/10: Las Vegas, NV: Leslie Jordan headlines the Aid for AIDS Nevada Benefit. www.afanlv.org.
10/30/10-11/01/10: New York, NY: Queer Shabbaton. A weekend for LGBT Jews. http://www.nehirim.org/qsny
11/01/10: New York, NY: It Gets Better: Broadway Supports The Trevor Project. Broadway's leading voices, lending their support to this vital organization that provides suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth. www.smarttix.com.
11/01/10: New York, NY: Nothing Like a Dame. the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative Benefit. Charles Busch, Mario Cantone, Victoria Clark are amongst the stars.
www.actorsfund.org
11/03/10-11/07/10: New York, NY: New York City Comedy Festival. Among those featured: Rosie O’Donnell and Margaret Cho. www.nycomedyfestival.com
11/04/10-11/13/10: Chicago, IL: Reeling: Chicago Lesbian & Gay Int’l Film Fest.
www.reelingfilmfestival.org
11/05/10-11/07/10: Spokane, WA: Spokane LGBT Film Festival. www.spokanefilmfest.org
11/05/10: New York, NY: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. East Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
11/06/10: Boston, MA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Northeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
11/06/10-11/07/10: Bloomington, IN: Queering the Countryside: New Directions in Rural Queer Studies. Indiana University’s two-day, interdisciplinary conference and workshop. http://www.iub.edu/~gender/queering-the-countryside.html
11/06/10-3/26/11: San Francisco, CA: Exhibition: More Life! “Angels in America” at Twenty. Museum of Performance and Design. http://www.mpdsf.org/EXHIBITIONS/ANGELS/ANGELS.html
11/08/10: New York, NY: Fashion Forward 2010, a fundraiser for the GMHC hosted by Tim Gunn. http://www.gmhc.org/donate/special-events/fashion-forward-2010
11/10/10: New York, NY: Stephen Sondheim, Oscar & Tony winning composer, signing copies of “Finishing The Hat”, his collection of lyrics. 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Union Square.
11/13/10: Los Angeles, CA: LA Gay and Lesbian Center Gala and Auction. Lily Tomlin hosts. Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch appear. www.lagaycenter.org.
11/13/10: Hartford, CT: One Big Event, a benefit for the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. http://www.hglhc.org/onebigevent/index.html
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Marching for Equality
1. Question: When did the first major National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights take place ? It drew over 75,000 people to the Nation's Capitol to demand equal civil rights and urge the passage of protective civil rights legislation. It drew major LGBT figures of the times, amongst them Allen Ginsberg, Troy Perry, and Leonard Matlovich. Answer: October 14, 1979, ten years after Stonewall.
2. Question: Name this activist, very much involved in last year’s Equality March. A contemporary of Harvey Milk (he was played by Emile Hirsch in the recent film), he was a co-founder of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. His memorial initiative to people with AIDS was unveiled for the first time in public at the secondMarch on Washington. Answer: Cleve Jones, founder of the AIDS Quilt.
3. Question: Name the initiative, which evolved from the second major March on Washington in 1987, which drew over 500,000 people to demand government action, especially by the Reagan administration, in the fight against AIDS. Today, this initiative supports an act of bravery in the LGBT community. Answer: National Coming Out Day, which launched in 1988.
4. Question: Name this national center, which opened days before the 1993 LGBT March on Washington. It's part memorial, part history museum about the marginalization and extermination of minorities, gays included. One major gay rights symbol traces it roots to this dark historical period. Answer: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which has sent exhibitions about the persecution of gays during Nazi Germany on national tours. The pink triangle traces its roots as a symbol to identify gays in Nazi concentration camps.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT History Month
1. Question: Name this gay scientist, the father of modern computing, who broke the Nazi Enigma codes. He was convicted of "gross indecency", after which he committed suicide. Last year, The British government formally apologised to him.
2. Question: Name this state, the first to introduce civil unions in 2000. Last year, the state approved gay marriage; the first state to do so legislatively as opposed to judicially.
3. Question: Name this sitcom which made history on March 1, 1994, when an actress, granddaughter of a literary giant, played a character who kissed the show's leading lady in an episode called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". The episode was the highest rated TV show of the week.
4. Question: Name this person who made headlines in 1952 as the the first widely-publicized person to have undergone sex reassignment surgery, in this case, male to female, creating a world-wide sensation.
5. Question: Name this American politician who became the first out mayor of an American city with a population of over 1,000,000 people.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Volume 13 No. 41 October 18, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
The Fine Print
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: October 18-24, 2010
thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru SAT: 10/23: Washington, DC: Reel Affirmations: The Nation’s LGBT Film Festival. www.reelaffirmations.org
thru SUN: 10/24: Seattle, WA: Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. www.threedollarbillcinema.org
MON: 10/18: New York, NY: The Normal Heart. Joel Grey directs a 25th anniversary staged reading of Larry Kramer’s groundbreaking play. Victor Garber, John Benjamin Hickey, Joe Mantello and Patrick Wilson star. An Actors Fund and Friends in Deed benefit. 212.221.7300, ext 133.
WED: 10/20-WED: 11/24/: New York, NY: So You Think You Can Drag. Fabulous queens compete for celebrity judges and audience approval. www.timeoutnylounge.com/soyouthinkyoucandrag
THU: 10/21: Los Angeles, CA: The Legacy Award, a gala to benefit Outfest’s Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation. The Outfest Legacy Project, a collaboration with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, is the only pro www.outfest.org/tla/
THU-SUN: 10/21-10/24: Laughlin, NV: International Gay Rodeo Finals. www.finalsrodeo.com
FRI: 10/22: Fort Collins, CO: Carol Channing, Broadway legend, signs copies of her gospel album “For Heaven’s Sake”. 6PM. Barnes & Noble. South College Avenue.
SUN: 10/24: Boston, MA: Alison Arngrim, star of "Little House of the Prairie" signing copies of her new book “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch”. 12:30PM. Barnes & Noble, Boylston Street.
SUN: 10/24: New York, NY: David Hyde Pierce chats show biz with Broadway’s Jordan Roth. www.92Y.org/lectures.
Newsworthy:
Judge Suspends Down DADT: Policy Infringes on fundemental rights, according to US District Court Judge Virginia Phillips. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/judge-suspends-down-dont-ask-dont-tell-policy-infringes-on-fundamental-rights.html
Campaign 2010: Ten Races to Watch. The Victory Fund showcases out LGBT candidates. http://www.victoryfund.org/newsroom/view/url:victory_fund_names_ten_races_to_watch
California: The University of Southern California has acquired what it calls the world’s largest archive related to LGBT history, the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, which includes the papers of activists and entertainers, seminal magazines and other historical materials. 89.3KPCC/Southern California Public Radio reports: http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/10/08/gay-archive/
News: Gay Teens, Bullying and Suicide
It Gets Better Project. http://www.itgetsbetterproject.com/
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Isaac Katz, son of Jonathan Katz the homophobic Washington University physics professor, has come out. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/11/Son_of_Homophobic_Professor_Comes_Out/
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, the widow of tennis legend Arthur Ashe, released a video for the Human Rights Campaign in New York that expresses her and her late husband’s support for marriage equality. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/01/Jeanne_Moutoussamy_Ashe_for_Marriage_Equality/
Photo Shoots and Video
Video: “Trevor”: the short film that inspired The Trevor Project to develop a 24/07 hotline for LGBTQ youth. http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2010/10/watch_the_short_film_trevor_1008.php
Video: Divas in Discussion. Liza Minnelli chats with Charles (“The Divine Sister”) Busch on “In The Life”. http://www.playbill.com/playblog/2010/10/liza-minnelli-talks-to-charles-busch-on-in-the-life-video/
Photos: T.R. Knight and Patrick Stewart in “A Life in the Theatre”. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_A_LIFE_IN_THE_THEATRE_on_Broadway_20101006
Features
Coming Out: The Advocate on National Coming Out Day: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/11/Complicated_Time_for_National_Coming_Out_Day/
The Resource Center:
National Resource Center on LGBT Aging: Resources for LGBT older adults. http://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/
OutServe: The Underground Network of Actively Serving LGBT Military Personnel. http://outserve.org/#
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart who plays an elderly actor and Knight’s mentor in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. thru 2/20/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***As Is. William Hoffman’s 1985 drama, one of the first plays to tackle the AIDS crisis in America. to 10/31/10. www.applecoretheatercompany.org
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***Swan Lake, the all-male Matthew Bourne version. to 11/07/10. www.NYCityCenter.org
***Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. A new musical based on out filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s film. Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sherie Renee Scott star. www.lct.org.
Elsewhere...
***Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins. Brian Christopher Williams play about 1977 global recession, double digit unemployment and the fight for gay rights. to 10/24/10. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
***Becoming Walt Whitman. The coming of age story of the famous poet, set in pre-Civil War Manhattan. to 10/24/10. Santa Rosa, CA. www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
***Boys Will Be Boys. The musical about a fundraiser to fight gay attention deficit disorder. to 11/20/10. Theatre Out, Santa Ana, CA. www.theatreout.com
***Carrie. Stephen King’s horror novel turned stage play. Erik Ransom will pull a gender-bending turn as the titular high school student with telekinetic powers. to 11/07/10. Philadelphia, PA. http://www.bratproductions.org/
***I Can See Sarah Palin from my Window. World premiere of gay activist and performance artist Peterson Toscano’s new solo piece. 10/23/10, New Britain, CT. http://www.petersontoscano.com/Schedule
***The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. The Tectonic Theater Project’s docudrama about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder. 10/18/10-10/19/10, Whitewater, WI. 10/22/10-10/23/10, San Francisco, CA. http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical based on the 1994 Australian film. The story of a drag queen and her two fish-out-of-water friends who head west across the desert to Alice Springs in their battered old bus. Toronto, ON. to 11/28/10. www.priscillathemusical.com.
***Sassy Gay Friend. Brian Gallivan’s hilarious Second City character. 10/20/10. Boston, MA. http://www.improvasylum.com/home/sassy-gay-friend-comes-to-boston
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***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.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
***Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. A new documentary which follows from gig to gig, onstage and at home, and historically through the ups and downs of her career.
***The Kids Are All Right. Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star in a two-mom family dramedy. Their kids seek out their sperm donor father (Mark Ruffalo). http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/the_kids_are_all_right
Out On Video & DVD
***A Single Man. Tom Ford's debut film, an adaptation of a Christopher Isherwood novel, about a day in the life of a gay man, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. .
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
***Score. Radley Metzger’s 1972 film based on an off-Broadway play. One of the first mass-market films to explore couples who swing both ways. A gay sex scene with Cal Culver (Casey Donovan) was restored for the DVD release.
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
***October: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***MON: 10/18: "The Talk," the new talk show featuring out Sara Gilbert, Marisa Jaret Winokur, Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete and Leah Rimini. 2PM CBS.
***WED: 10/20: Michael Feinstein's American Songbook, part three of a three-part series that explores the history of American popular music. www.pbs.org.
***WED: 10/20: A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House featuring Nathan Lane, Idina Menzel, Audra McDonald, Brian d’Arcy James and more. 9PM. PBS. www.pbs.org.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
10/27/10: Las Vegas, NV: Leslie Jordan headlines the Aid for AIDS Nevada Benefit. www.afanlv.org.
10/30/10-11/01/10: New York, NY: Queer Shabbaton. A weekend for LGBT Jews. http://www.nehirim.org/qsny
11/01/10: New York, NY: It Gets Better: Broadway Supports The Trevor Project. Broadway's leading voices, lending their support to this vital organization that provides suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth. www.smarttix.com.
11/01/10: New York, NY: Nothing Like a Dame. the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative Benefit. Charles Busch, Mario Cantone, Victoria Clark are amongst the stars.
www.actorsfund.org
11/03/10-11/07/10: New York, NY: New York City Comedy Festival. Among those featured: Rosie O’Donnell and Margaret Cho. www.nycomedyfestival.com
11/04/10-11/13/10: Chicago, IL: Reeling: Chicago Lesbian & Gay Int’l Film Fest.
www.reelingfilmfestival.org
11/05/10-11/07/10: Spokane, WA: Spokane LGBT Film Festival. www.spokanefilmfest.org
11/05/10: New York, NY: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. East Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
11/06/10: Boston, MA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Northeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
11/06/10-11/07/10: Bloomington, IN: Queering the Countryside: New Directions in Rural Queer Studies. Indiana University’s two-day, interdisciplinary conference and workshop. http://www.iub.edu/~gender/queering-the-countryside.html
11/06/10-3/26/11: San Francisco, CA: Exhibition: More Life! “Angels in America” at Twenty. Museum of Performance and Design. http://www.mpdsf.org/EXHIBITIONS/ANGELS/ANGELS.html
11/08/10: New York, NY: Fashion Forward 2010, a fundraiser for the GMHC hosted by Tim Gunn. http://www.gmhc.org/donate/special-events/fashion-forward-2010
11/10/10: New York, NY: Stephen Sondheim, Oscar & Tony winning composer, signing copies of “Finishing The Hat”, his collection of lyrics. 7PM. Barnes & Noble, Union Square.
11/13/10: Los Angeles, CA: LA Gay and Lesbian Center Gala and Auction. Lily Tomlin hosts. Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch appear. www.lagaycenter.org.
11/13/10: Hartford, CT: One Big Event, a benefit for the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. http://www.hglhc.org/onebigevent/index.html
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Marching for Equality
1. Question: When did the first major National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights take place ? It drew over 75,000 people to the Nation's Capitol to demand equal civil rights and urge the passage of protective civil rights legislation. It drew major LGBT figures of the times, amongst them Allen Ginsberg, Troy Perry, and Leonard Matlovich. Answer: October 14, 1979, ten years after Stonewall.
2. Question: Name this activist, very much involved in last year’s Equality March. A contemporary of Harvey Milk (he was played by Emile Hirsch in the recent film), he was a co-founder of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. His memorial initiative to people with AIDS was unveiled for the first time in public at the secondMarch on Washington. Answer: Cleve Jones, founder of the AIDS Quilt.
3. Question: Name the initiative, which evolved from the second major March on Washington in 1987, which drew over 500,000 people to demand government action, especially by the Reagan administration, in the fight against AIDS. Today, this initiative supports an act of bravery in the LGBT community. Answer: National Coming Out Day, which launched in 1988.
4. Question: Name this national center, which opened days before the 1993 LGBT March on Washington. It's part memorial, part history museum about the marginalization and extermination of minorities, gays included. One major gay rights symbol traces it roots to this dark historical period. Answer: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which has sent exhibitions about the persecution of gays during Nazi Germany on national tours. The pink triangle traces its roots as a symbol to identify gays in Nazi concentration camps.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: LGBT History Month
1. Question: Name this gay scientist, the father of modern computing, who broke the Nazi Enigma codes. He was convicted of "gross indecency", after which he committed suicide. Last year, The British government formally apologised to him.
2. Question: Name this state, the first to introduce civil unions in 2000. Last year, the state approved gay marriage; the first state to do so legislatively as opposed to judicially.
3. Question: Name this sitcom which made history on March 1, 1994, when an actress, granddaughter of a literary giant, played a character who kissed the show's leading lady in an episode called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". The episode was the highest rated TV show of the week.
4. Question: Name this person who made headlines in 1952 as the the first widely-publicized person to have undergone sex reassignment surgery, in this case, male to female, creating a world-wide sensation.
5. Question: Name this American politician who became the first out mayor of an American city with a population of over 1,000,000 people.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 10/11/10
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 40 October 11, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
The Fine Print
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: October 11-17, 2010
thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris tours with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunkhttp://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru SUN: 10/17: Provincetown, MA: Women’s Week. http://www.womeninnkeepers.com/womens_week.html
MON: 10/11: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
MON: 10/11: New York, NY: PFLAG New York Awards Dinner, 3rd edition. http://www.pflagnyc.org/dinner
TUE: 10/12: Los Angeles, CA: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. 7PM. Los Angeles Public Library. Also: WED-THU: 10/13-10/14: San Francisco, CA. THU: 10/14: Seattle, WA: SAT: 10/16: Austin, TX: http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
WED-SAT: 10/13-10/16: Atlanta, GA: The 2010 Atlanta Queer Literary Festival. http://atlqueerlitfest.blogspot.com/
THU-SUN: 10/14-10/17: San Francisco, CA: Sundance Stampede. San Francisco’s annual country/ western dance weekend. www.stompede.com
THU-SUN: 10/14-10/17: New York, NY: Queer Black Cinema International Film Festival. http://www.queerblackcinema.org/
THU-SAT: 10/14-10/23: Washington, DC: Reel Affirmations: The Nation’s LGBT Film Festival. www.reelaffirmations.org
FRI-SUN: 10/15-10/24: Seattle, WA: Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. www.threedollarbillcinema.org
SAT: 10/16: West Hartford, CT: Hartford AIDS Walk to benefit AIDS Project Hartford, and the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition. http://adiswalk2010.dojiggy.com
SAT: 10/16: Portland, OR Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Northwest Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
SUN: 10/17: Atlanta, GA: AIDS Walk Atlanta. www.aidswalkatlanta.com
SUN: 10/17: Los Angeles, CA: AIDS Walk LA. www.aidswalk.net
SUN: 10/17: Westport, CT: Connecticut Cares 2010. http://support.lambdalegal.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=101401
Newsworthy:
Coming Out: Teacher Reassigned for Coming Out. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/04/Teacher_Reassigned_For_Coming_Out_to_Student/
National Sex Survey: 15% of adults are gay, according to Indiana University findings. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/04/Sex_Survey_15_of_Adults_Gay/
Washington, DC: 52 area Starbucks will be converting their restrooms to gender-neutral in the wake of pressure from trans equality groups. Edge reports: http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc&sc2&sc3&id=111155
Alyson Books, a longtime publisher of LGBT books, will only publish e-books. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/alyson-books-nixes-print-to-only-publish-e-books.html
News: Gay Teens, Bullying and Suicide
Coming Out: Another Outing and Suicide. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/nyregion/30suicide.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Recent Suicides Expose Pressures of Gay Teens. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/us/04suicide.html?src=mv
It Gets Better: the videos for LGBTQ teens: http://mashable.com/2010/10/03/it-gets-better-youtube-videos/
Gay Teen Suicide: a round-up from Towleroad: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/suicide.html
Video: Celebrities combat anti-gay bullying on “Larry King Live”. via Towleroad. http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/celebrities-combat-anti-gay-bullying-on-larry-king.html
Video: “We Give a Damn” with Ricky Martin and oithers. via Towleroad: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/ricky-martin-elton-john-and-wanda-sykes-help-fight-hate-crimes.html
Video: Margaret Cho speaks out on pride and anti-gay bullying on “Dancing With The Stars”. via Towleroad: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/margaret-cho-uses-dancing-stage-for-gay-pride-suicide-prevention.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Vaughan Walker, the Judge who declared California’s Proposition 8 unconstitutional, will step down from the bench in February 2011. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/prop-8-judge-vaughn-walker-stepping-down-next-year.html
Features
Coming Out: “What It’s Like to Be a Gay Teen”. Brian Moylan reports for Gawker. http://gawker.com/5652378/
Judy Shepard speaks out on the Clemente Suicide. CBS reports: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/01/earlyshow/living/parenting/main6918173.shtml
Give a Damn Campaign: is for everybody who cares about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. www.wegiveadamn.org. For public service announcements about “We Give a Damn”: http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=171536
Profile: It Gets Better, the campaign aimed at gay teens by those who’ve been through it. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130268587&sc=fb&cc=fp
Larry Kramer talks about his new epic book on the history of gay America. The New York Times reports: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/more-to-the-story-a-history-of-gay-america/
What a Drag! New York Times theatre writer Ben Brantley looks at female impersonators from Charles Busch to Charles Pierce. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/theater-talkback-what-a-drag/
Profile: Annise Parker, Houston Mayor. America’s first lesbian big-city mayor talks with Business Week. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_41/b4198096799595.htm
Profile: TR Knight. Out of the OR and back on-stage. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/theater/03knight.html?_r=1
Gay Fall Travel Getaways: The Advocate recommendations: http://advocate.com/Travel/Destinations/Fall_Gay_Getaways/
LGBT History Month
LGBT History Month: A short video about Serge Diaghilev, who changed the world of ballet, bringing luminaries like Picasso, Stravinsky and Chanel together. Diahghilev discovered the famous dancer Nijinski and later became his lover. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/constantin-bjerke/diaghilev-and-the-golden_b_744251.html
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart who plays an elderly actor and Knight’s mentor in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. thru 2/20/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***As Is. William Hoffman’s 1985 drama, one of the first plays to tackle the AIDS crisis in America. to 10/31/10. www.applecoretheatercompany.org
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch plays the Mother Superior driven to build a new convent school in his new play. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***La Bête, David Hirson's Moliere-inspired satire, starring David Hyde Pierce and Joanna Lumley (Patsy in “Ab/Fab”). http://labetetheplay.com/
***Oklahomo: The Adventures of Dave and Gary. A new rock musical about two Midwestern mall food court employees who are also partners in love (and eventually justice). 10/14/10-10/16/10. www.nymf.org
***Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. A new musical based on out filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s film. Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sherie Renee Scott star. www.lct.org.
Elsewhere...
***Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins. Brian Christopher Williams play about 1977 global recession, double digit unemployment and the fight for gay rights. to 10/24/10. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
***Becoming Walt Whitman. The coming of age story of the famous poet, set in pre-Civil War Manhattan. to 10/24/10. Santa Rosa, CA. www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
***Boys Will Be Boys. The musical about a fundraiser to fight gay attention deficit disorder. to 11/20/10. Theatre Out, Santa Ana, CA. www.theatreout.com
***The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. The Tectonic Theater Project’s docudrama about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder. 10/13/10-10/14/10, Cedar Falls, IA. 10/18/10-10/19/10, Whitewater, WI. http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical based on the 1994 Australian film. Toronto, ON. to 11/28/10. www.priscillathemusical.com.
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
***Transfiguration: Transgressing Gender in The Bible.Peterson Toscano finds gay Biblical people. 10/13/10-10/16/10, Phoenix, AZ. http://www.petersontoscano.com/Schedule
On Display
to 10/23/10: Los Angeles, CA: Jeff Sheng’s Portraits of service men and women who pose in response to DADT. Kaycee Olsen Gallery. http://www.kayceeolsen.com/
to 9/04/11: Kent, OH: Katharine Hepburn’s collection of costumes from stage and screen. Kent State University Museum. http://www.kent.edu/news/video/hepburn.cfm
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***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.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Trailer: . http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=171820
***The Kids Are All Right. Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star in a two-mom family dramedy. Their kids seek out their sperm donor father (Mark Ruffalo). http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/the_kids_are_all_right
***Stonewall Uprising, a new documentary by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner covering the 3-day Stonewall riots in 1969.
Out On Video & DVD
.
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
***Score. Radley Metzger’s 1972 film based on an off-Broadway play. One of the first mass-market films to explore couples who swing both ways. A gay sex scene with Cal Culver (Casey Donovan) was restored for the DVD release.
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
***September/October: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***WED: 10/13: Michael Feinstein's American Songbook, parttwo of a three-part series that explores the history of American popular music. www.pbs.org.
***THU: 10/14: Cheyenne Jackson guest stars on the live episode of “30 Rock”. 8:30PM. NBC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
10/18/10: New York, NY: The Normal Heart. Joel Grey directs a 25th anniversary staged reading of Larry Kramer’s groundbreaking play. Victor Garber, John Benjamin Hickey, Joe Mantello and Patrick Wilson star. An Actors Fund and Friends in Deed benefit. 212.221.7300, ext 133.
10/21/10: Los Angeles, CA: The Legacy Award, a gala to benefit Outfest’s Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation. www.outfest.org/tla/
10/21/10-10/24/10: Laughlin, NV: International Gay Rodeo Finals. www.finalsrodeo.com
10/27/10: Las Vegas, NV: Leslie Jordan headlines the Aid for AIDS Nevada Benefit. www.afanlv.org.
10/30/10-11/01/10: New York, NY: Queer Shabbaton. A weekend for LGBT Jews. http://www.nehirim.org/qsny
11/04/10-11/13/10: Chicago, IL: Reeling: Chicago Lesbian & Gay Int’l Film Fest.
www.reelingfilmfestival.org
11/05/10-11/07/10: Spokane, WA: Spokane LGBT Film Festival. www.spokanefilmfest.org
11/05/10: New York, NY: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. East Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
11/06/10: Boston, MA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Northeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
11/06/10-11/07/10: Bloomington, IN: Queering the Countryside: New Directions in Rural Queer Studies. Indiana University’s two-day, interdisciplinary conference and workshop. http://www.iub.edu/~gender/queering-the-countryside.html
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: National Coming Out Day
1. Question: Name this real-life teen who came out to his all-American family on January 15, 1973, on television’s first “reality series”. Hint: He later became a musician and a magazine columnist. Answer: Lance Loud. the Loud family was profiled on PBS’ “An American Family”.
2. Question: Name the comic strip, whose major character came out on February 10, 1976. He was the first comic hero to do so. Answer: Doonesbury. The character was Andy Lippincott.
3. Question: Name this singer, the first major entertainment figure to come out in an Advocate cover story on October 16, 1992. Her career never suffered as a result, and she paved the way for other entertainers, from Amanda Bearse to Nathan Lane. Answer: k.d. lang.
4. Question: Names this high-level American elected official who came out under duress on July 20, 1983. A fellow Congressman from his home state followed four years later. They were amongst the highest-ranked out public officers prior to Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin and New Jersey Governor James McGreevey. Answer: Gerry Studds, Massachusetts congressman. Barney Frank came out after him on May 30, 1987.
5. Question: Name this Emmy winner, who came out on television and on the cover of Time on February 14, 1997. Other Emmy winners who have since come out include: Rosie O’Donnell (2002) and Cynthia Nixon (2004). Answer: Ellen DeGeneres.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Marching for Equality
1. Question: When did the first major National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights take place ? It drew over 75,000 people to the Nation's Capitol to demand equal civil rights and urge the passage of protective civil rights legislation. It drew major LGBT figures of the times, amongst them Allen Ginsberg, Troy Perry, and Leonard Matlovich.
2. Question: Name this activist, very much involved in last year’s Equality March. A contemporary of Harvey Milk (he was played by Emile Hirsch in the recent film), he was a co-founder of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. His memorial initiative to people with AIDS was unveiled for the first time in public at the secondMarch on Washington.
3. Question: Name the initiative, which evolved from the second major March on Washington in 1987, which drew over 500,000 people to demand government action, especially by the Reagan administration, in the fight against AIDS. Today, this initiative supports an act of bravery in the LGBT community.
4. Question: Name this national center, which opened days before the 1993 LGBT March on Washington. It's part memorial, part history museum about the marginalization and extermination of minorities, gays included. One major gay rights symbol traces it roots to this dark historical period.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Volume 13 No. 40 October 11, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: October 11-17, 2010
thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris tours with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunkhttp://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
thru SUN: 10/17: Provincetown, MA: Women’s Week. http://www.womeninnkeepers.com/womens_week.html
MON: 10/11: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
MON: 10/11: New York, NY: PFLAG New York Awards Dinner, 3rd edition. http://www.pflagnyc.org/dinner
TUE: 10/12: Los Angeles, CA: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. 7PM. Los Angeles Public Library. Also: WED-THU: 10/13-10/14: San Francisco, CA. THU: 10/14: Seattle, WA: SAT: 10/16: Austin, TX: http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
WED-SAT: 10/13-10/16: Atlanta, GA: The 2010 Atlanta Queer Literary Festival. http://atlqueerlitfest.blogspot.com/
THU-SUN: 10/14-10/17: San Francisco, CA: Sundance Stampede. San Francisco’s annual country/ western dance weekend. www.stompede.com
THU-SUN: 10/14-10/17: New York, NY: Queer Black Cinema International Film Festival. http://www.queerblackcinema.org/
THU-SAT: 10/14-10/23: Washington, DC: Reel Affirmations: The Nation’s LGBT Film Festival. www.reelaffirmations.org
FRI-SUN: 10/15-10/24: Seattle, WA: Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. www.threedollarbillcinema.org
SAT: 10/16: West Hartford, CT: Hartford AIDS Walk to benefit AIDS Project Hartford, and the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition. http://adiswalk2010.dojiggy.com
SAT: 10/16: Portland, OR Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Northwest Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
SUN: 10/17: Atlanta, GA: AIDS Walk Atlanta. www.aidswalkatlanta.com
SUN: 10/17: Los Angeles, CA: AIDS Walk LA. www.aidswalk.net
SUN: 10/17: Westport, CT: Connecticut Cares 2010. http://support.lambdalegal.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=101401
Newsworthy:
Coming Out: Teacher Reassigned for Coming Out. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/04/Teacher_Reassigned_For_Coming_Out_to_Student/
National Sex Survey: 15% of adults are gay, according to Indiana University findings. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/10/04/Sex_Survey_15_of_Adults_Gay/
Washington, DC: 52 area Starbucks will be converting their restrooms to gender-neutral in the wake of pressure from trans equality groups. Edge reports: http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc&sc2&sc3&id=111155
Alyson Books, a longtime publisher of LGBT books, will only publish e-books. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/alyson-books-nixes-print-to-only-publish-e-books.html
News: Gay Teens, Bullying and Suicide
Coming Out: Another Outing and Suicide. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/nyregion/30suicide.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Recent Suicides Expose Pressures of Gay Teens. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/us/04suicide.html?src=mv
It Gets Better: the videos for LGBTQ teens: http://mashable.com/2010/10/03/it-gets-better-youtube-videos/
Gay Teen Suicide: a round-up from Towleroad: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/suicide.html
Video: Celebrities combat anti-gay bullying on “Larry King Live”. via Towleroad. http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/celebrities-combat-anti-gay-bullying-on-larry-king.html
Video: “We Give a Damn” with Ricky Martin and oithers. via Towleroad: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/ricky-martin-elton-john-and-wanda-sykes-help-fight-hate-crimes.html
Video: Margaret Cho speaks out on pride and anti-gay bullying on “Dancing With The Stars”. via Towleroad: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/margaret-cho-uses-dancing-stage-for-gay-pride-suicide-prevention.html
The Buzz (People Making News)
Vaughan Walker, the Judge who declared California’s Proposition 8 unconstitutional, will step down from the bench in February 2011. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/prop-8-judge-vaughn-walker-stepping-down-next-year.html
Features
Coming Out: “What It’s Like to Be a Gay Teen”. Brian Moylan reports for Gawker. http://gawker.com/5652378/
Judy Shepard speaks out on the Clemente Suicide. CBS reports: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/01/earlyshow/living/parenting/main6918173.shtml
Give a Damn Campaign: is for everybody who cares about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. www.wegiveadamn.org. For public service announcements about “We Give a Damn”: http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=171536
Profile: It Gets Better, the campaign aimed at gay teens by those who’ve been through it. NPR reports: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130268587&sc=fb&cc=fp
Larry Kramer talks about his new epic book on the history of gay America. The New York Times reports: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/more-to-the-story-a-history-of-gay-america/
What a Drag! New York Times theatre writer Ben Brantley looks at female impersonators from Charles Busch to Charles Pierce. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/theater-talkback-what-a-drag/
Profile: Annise Parker, Houston Mayor. America’s first lesbian big-city mayor talks with Business Week. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_41/b4198096799595.htm
Profile: TR Knight. Out of the OR and back on-stage. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/theater/03knight.html?_r=1
Gay Fall Travel Getaways: The Advocate recommendations: http://advocate.com/Travel/Destinations/Fall_Gay_Getaways/
LGBT History Month
LGBT History Month: A short video about Serge Diaghilev, who changed the world of ballet, bringing luminaries like Picasso, Stravinsky and Chanel together. Diahghilev discovered the famous dancer Nijinski and later became his lover. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/constantin-bjerke/diaghilev-and-the-golden_b_744251.html
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart who plays an elderly actor and Knight’s mentor in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. thru 2/20/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***As Is. William Hoffman’s 1985 drama, one of the first plays to tackle the AIDS crisis in America. to 10/31/10. www.applecoretheatercompany.org
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch plays the Mother Superior driven to build a new convent school in his new play. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***La Bête, David Hirson's Moliere-inspired satire, starring David Hyde Pierce and Joanna Lumley (Patsy in “Ab/Fab”). http://labetetheplay.com/
***Oklahomo: The Adventures of Dave and Gary. A new rock musical about two Midwestern mall food court employees who are also partners in love (and eventually justice). 10/14/10-10/16/10. www.nymf.org
***Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. A new musical based on out filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s film. Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sherie Renee Scott star. www.lct.org.
Elsewhere...
***Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins. Brian Christopher Williams play about 1977 global recession, double digit unemployment and the fight for gay rights. to 10/24/10. San Francisco, CA. www.nctcsf.org
***Becoming Walt Whitman. The coming of age story of the famous poet, set in pre-Civil War Manhattan. to 10/24/10. Santa Rosa, CA. www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
***Boys Will Be Boys. The musical about a fundraiser to fight gay attention deficit disorder. to 11/20/10. Theatre Out, Santa Ana, CA. www.theatreout.com
***The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. The Tectonic Theater Project’s docudrama about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder. 10/13/10-10/14/10, Cedar Falls, IA. 10/18/10-10/19/10, Whitewater, WI. http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html
***Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the musical based on the 1994 Australian film. Toronto, ON. to 11/28/10. www.priscillathemusical.com.
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
***Transfiguration: Transgressing Gender in The Bible.Peterson Toscano finds gay Biblical people. 10/13/10-10/16/10, Phoenix, AZ. http://www.petersontoscano.com/Schedule
On Display
to 10/23/10: Los Angeles, CA: Jeff Sheng’s Portraits of service men and women who pose in response to DADT. Kaycee Olsen Gallery. http://www.kayceeolsen.com/
to 9/04/11: Kent, OH: Katharine Hepburn’s collection of costumes from stage and screen. Kent State University Museum. http://www.kent.edu/news/video/hepburn.cfm
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***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.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Trailer: . http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=171820
***The Kids Are All Right. Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star in a two-mom family dramedy. Their kids seek out their sperm donor father (Mark Ruffalo). http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/the_kids_are_all_right
***Stonewall Uprising, a new documentary by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner covering the 3-day Stonewall riots in 1969.
Out On Video & DVD
.
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
***Score. Radley Metzger’s 1972 film based on an off-Broadway play. One of the first mass-market films to explore couples who swing both ways. A gay sex scene with Cal Culver (Casey Donovan) was restored for the DVD release.
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
***September/October: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***WED: 10/13: Michael Feinstein's American Songbook, parttwo of a three-part series that explores the history of American popular music. www.pbs.org.
***THU: 10/14: Cheyenne Jackson guest stars on the live episode of “30 Rock”. 8:30PM. NBC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
10/18/10: New York, NY: The Normal Heart. Joel Grey directs a 25th anniversary staged reading of Larry Kramer’s groundbreaking play. Victor Garber, John Benjamin Hickey, Joe Mantello and Patrick Wilson star. An Actors Fund and Friends in Deed benefit. 212.221.7300, ext 133.
10/21/10: Los Angeles, CA: The Legacy Award, a gala to benefit Outfest’s Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation. www.outfest.org/tla/
10/21/10-10/24/10: Laughlin, NV: International Gay Rodeo Finals. www.finalsrodeo.com
10/27/10: Las Vegas, NV: Leslie Jordan headlines the Aid for AIDS Nevada Benefit. www.afanlv.org.
10/30/10-11/01/10: New York, NY: Queer Shabbaton. A weekend for LGBT Jews. http://www.nehirim.org/qsny
11/04/10-11/13/10: Chicago, IL: Reeling: Chicago Lesbian & Gay Int’l Film Fest.
www.reelingfilmfestival.org
11/05/10-11/07/10: Spokane, WA: Spokane LGBT Film Festival. www.spokanefilmfest.org
11/05/10: New York, NY: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. East Coast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
11/06/10: Boston, MA: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Northeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
11/06/10-11/07/10: Bloomington, IN: Queering the Countryside: New Directions in Rural Queer Studies. Indiana University’s two-day, interdisciplinary conference and workshop. http://www.iub.edu/~gender/queering-the-countryside.html
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: National Coming Out Day
1. Question: Name this real-life teen who came out to his all-American family on January 15, 1973, on television’s first “reality series”. Hint: He later became a musician and a magazine columnist. Answer: Lance Loud. the Loud family was profiled on PBS’ “An American Family”.
2. Question: Name the comic strip, whose major character came out on February 10, 1976. He was the first comic hero to do so. Answer: Doonesbury. The character was Andy Lippincott.
3. Question: Name this singer, the first major entertainment figure to come out in an Advocate cover story on October 16, 1992. Her career never suffered as a result, and she paved the way for other entertainers, from Amanda Bearse to Nathan Lane. Answer: k.d. lang.
4. Question: Names this high-level American elected official who came out under duress on July 20, 1983. A fellow Congressman from his home state followed four years later. They were amongst the highest-ranked out public officers prior to Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin and New Jersey Governor James McGreevey. Answer: Gerry Studds, Massachusetts congressman. Barney Frank came out after him on May 30, 1987.
5. Question: Name this Emmy winner, who came out on television and on the cover of Time on February 14, 1997. Other Emmy winners who have since come out include: Rosie O’Donnell (2002) and Cynthia Nixon (2004). Answer: Ellen DeGeneres.
This Week’s Trivia Quiz: Marching for Equality
1. Question: When did the first major National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights take place ? It drew over 75,000 people to the Nation's Capitol to demand equal civil rights and urge the passage of protective civil rights legislation. It drew major LGBT figures of the times, amongst them Allen Ginsberg, Troy Perry, and Leonard Matlovich.
2. Question: Name this activist, very much involved in last year’s Equality March. A contemporary of Harvey Milk (he was played by Emile Hirsch in the recent film), he was a co-founder of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. His memorial initiative to people with AIDS was unveiled for the first time in public at the secondMarch on Washington.
3. Question: Name the initiative, which evolved from the second major March on Washington in 1987, which drew over 500,000 people to demand government action, especially by the Reagan administration, in the fight against AIDS. Today, this initiative supports an act of bravery in the LGBT community.
4. Question: Name this national center, which opened days before the 1993 LGBT March on Washington. It's part memorial, part history museum about the marginalization and extermination of minorities, gays included. One major gay rights symbol traces it roots to this dark historical period.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 10/04/10
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 39 October 4, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: October 4-10, 2010
thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
Editor’s Note: The NPR Review: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130017341&sc=fb&cc=fp
thru FRI: 10/08: Atlanta, GA: Out on Film. www.outonfilm.com
MON: 10/04: Los Angeles, CA: Some Men, Terrence McNally’s play about the lives of gay men in America over 80 years in an all-star reading with Alan Cumming, John Glover, Luke MacFarlane, Jason Ritter, and Steven Weber. A benefit for 'Testimony,' a project of the Courage Campaign Institute. www.couragecampaign.org.
MON: 10/04: New York, NY: Broadway Takes The Runway. Carson Kressley and Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) hostan evening of song to benefit the Al D. Rodriguez Liver Foundation. Artists will be dressed by Broadway designers. www.AlDRodriguezLiverFoundation.com
TUE: 10/05: New Haven, CT: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 4PM. Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. Also: WED: 10:06: Boston, MA: 7PM. Museum of Fine Arts. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
TUE: 10/05: New York, NY: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. . 7PM. B&N Union Square. Also: WED: 10/06: Boston, MA: Boston Public Library.; THU: 10/07: Philadelphia, PA: Free Library of Philadelphia. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
THU-SAT: 10/07-10/09: New York, NY: 21st Annual New York Cabaret Convention, which salutes the best in Manhattan cabaret/ Elaine Stritch hosts an all-Noel Coward evening on 10/08/10. www.mabelmercer.org
THU-SAT: 10/07-10/09: Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.siglff.org
THU-SUN: 10/07-10/10: Los Angeles, CA: The World Goes Round, a benefit for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic. www.lagaycenter.org/worldgoesround.
FRI-SUN: 10/08-10/17: Provincetown, MA: Women’s Week. http://www.womeninnkeepers.com/womens_week.html
FRI: 10/08: Los Angeles, CA: GLSEN Respect Awards, honoring “Modern Family”, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates. www.glsen.org.
FRI-SAT: 10/08-10/09: Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Queer Studies Conference. lgbts@humnet.ucla.edu
FRI-SUN: 10/08/-10/10: Palm Desert, CA: Families in the Desert. Family Equality Council’s weekend for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_calendar
FRI-SUN: 10/08/-10/10: Pittsfield, MA: Out in the Berkshires. Fall foliage and LGBT activities. http://berkshirestonewall.org/events/2nd-annual-out-in-the-berkshires-weekend/
SUN: 10/10: Washington, DC: COLAGE 20th Anniversary Event. COLAGE is the national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more LGBT parents. . http://www.colage.org/programs/events/20th.htm
Newsworthy:
Another Teen Suicide from Bullying. The parents of Asher Brown, an eighth-grader who committed suicide last Thursday, say that their son killed himself in response to relentless antigay bullying at his Houston school. The Houston Chronicle reports: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7220896.html
Campus Discrimination. A new study from Campus Pride shows that 23% of LGBT college students say they’ve dealt with a “challenging climate” in terms of discrimination and harassment. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/gay-students-report-higher-discrimination-on-college-campuses.html
DADT: Judge Rules Margaret Witt’s Discharge Unconstitution. ABC News reports: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-administration-buy-time-policy/story?id=11718324
Ireland’s President: LGBT Rights Over Parade. Irish president Mary McAleese turned down an offer to head the New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade because of its history of shutting out gay Irish participants. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/23/Irish_Pres_Rejects_Parade_over_Gay_Rights/
Poland. A politician outed a gay man while debated him on national television. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/polish-politician-outs-gay-man-on-television.html
Georgia: A sex scandal threatens a pastor’s empire. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/us/26pastor.html?_r=1&hp
Florida: The state of Florida will immediately stop enforcing its ban on adoptions by gay people after Wednesday's decision by a state appeals court that the three-decade-old law is unconstitutional, Gov. Charlie Crist said 9/22/10.. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/22/Florida_Ends_Gay_Adoption_Ban/
Indiana: No Gay Cupcakes for National Coming Out Day. An Indianapolis bakery cited family values when it refused to complete an order of rainbow cupcakes and cookies requested by a local gay student group for National Coming Out Day next month. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/24/Indy_Bakery_Wont_Serve_Gay_Students/
Michigan: A TG teen won the votes to be named Homecoming King, but the school invalidated the votes, because he was enrolled as a female. The San Francisco Chronnicle reports: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=73229
Windy City Times, the LGBT newspaper for Chicago, will mark its 25th anniversary with a special issue 9/29/10. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/28/Windy_City_Times_Marks_25th_Anniversary/
Awards and Honors:
Roland Emmerich, the out filmmaker behind many of the highest-grossing movies in cinema history, will be honored by Outfest with its annual Legacy Award. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/21/Outfest_Honors_Emmerich/
In Memoriam:
Wayne Winterrowd, whose more than 30-year-old Vermont garden became an international inspiration and demonstration of an original American gardening style, died 9/17/10 at age 68. Winterrowd and his partner Joe Eck were gay rights activists. The Burlington VT Free Press reports: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100921/NEWS02/9210303/Garden-innovator-Winterrowd-dies
Photo Shoots and Video
Photos: “Angels in America” returns to New York from BroadwayWorld.com: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_ANGELS_IN_AMERICA_at_Signature_20100924
Photos: “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” in rehearsal from BroadwayWorld.com: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_PRISCILLA_Completes_NY_Rehearsals_and_Heads_to_Toronto_20100925
Features
Relationship Profile: Kell and Mell: The New York Times profiles the recent wedding of Kelly McGillis and Melanie Leis. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/fashion/weddings/26VOWS.html?_r=1&ref=weddings
Javier Fuentes-León’s debut feature movie, “Undertow,” deals with an uneasy and secret homosexual relationship in a fishing community in his native country, Peru. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/arts/29iht-undertow.html?_r=1&ref=arts
In Print:
Grant Wood: A Life by R. Tripp Evans. Knopf. A biography of the closeted artist behind one of America’s most famous paintings, “American Gothic” .
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart who plays an elderly actor and Knight’s mentor in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Both parts of the play, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, alternate in repertory. thru 2/20/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Brief Encounter, a multimedia revival of gay Noel Coward’s play. thru 12/05/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***Batt on a Hot Tin Roof. Bryan Batt (“Mad Men”) performs at Feinstein’s at the Regency. 10/03/10-10/04/10. www.feinsteinsattheregency.com
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. A new musical based on out filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s film. Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sherie Renee Scott star. Opens 10/05/10. www.lct.org.
Elsewhere...
***Becoming Walt Whitman. The coming of age story of the famous poet, set in pre-Civil War Manhattan. to 10/24/10. Santa Rosa, CA. www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
***Carrie. Stephen King’s horror novel turned stage play. Erik Ransom will pull a gender-bending turn as Carrie to 11/07/10. Philadelphia, PA. http://www.bratproductions.org/
***Dear Harvey, a play with music about Harvey Milk, the gay rights activist. to 10/10/10. Hollywood, CA. www.plays411.com/dearharvey
***Drag Queens of Comedy starring Miss Coco Peru, Shangelia, Lady Bunny, and Heklina. 10/09/10. San Francisco, CA. www.comedyinthecastro.com.
***Gut Bucket Blues: The Legendary Bessie Smith. World premiere musical byDavid Bell about the raucous blueser with interest in the women. to 11/07/10. Atlanta, GA: http://truecolorstheatre.org/
***The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. The Tectonic Theater Project’s docudrama about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder. 10/06/10-10/07/10, University Park, PA. http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
On Display
to 10/23/10: Los Angeles, CA: Jeff Sheng’s Portraits of service men and women who pose in response to DADT. Kaycee Olsen Gallery. http://www.kayceeolsen.com/
The Los Angeles Times reports: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-dont-ask-photos-20100918,0,4371491.story?track=rss
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Arias With a Twist. The incredible performance collaboration between performance artist Joey Arias and puppeteer Basil Twist is now a documentary. To see the trailer: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=759971528901
***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.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Also starring David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels.
***The Kids Are All Right. Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star in a two-mom family dramedy. Their kids seek out their sperm donor father (Mark Ruffalo). http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/the_kids_are_all_right
Out On Video & DVD
***A Single Man. Tom Ford's debut film, an adaptation of a Christopher Isherwood novel, about a day in the life of a gay man, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. .
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
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
***October: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***TUE: 10/05: More Liza. More “Confessions” on The View. ABC. Check local listings. For late nighters, she also visits Larry King Live.
***WED: 10/6: Michael Feinstein's American Songbook, part one of a three-part series that explores the history of American popular music. www.pbs.org.
***SAT: 10/09: Jane Lynch brings glee as host of SNL. 11:30PM NBC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
10/11/10: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
10/11/10: New York, NY: PFLAG New York Awards Dinner, 3rd edition. http://www.pflagnyc.org/dinner
10/12/10: Los Angeles, CA: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. 7PM. Los Angeles Public Library. Also: 10/13/10-10/14/10: San Francisco, CA. 10/14/10: Seattle, WA: 10/16/10: Austin, TX: http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/13/10-10/16/10: Atlanta, GA: The 2010 Atlanta Queer Literary Festival. http://atlqueerlitfest.blogspot.com/
10/14/10-10/17/10: San Francisco, CA: Sundance Stampede. San Francisco’s annual country/ western dance weekend. www.stompede.com
10/14/10-10/23/10: Washington, DC: Reel Affirmations: The Nation’s LGBT Film Festival. www.reelaffirmations.org
10/15/10-10/24/10: Seattle, WA: Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. www.threedollarbillcinema.org
10/16/10: Portland, OR Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Northwest Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: October Milestones
1. Question: Name this American celebrity, whose death from AIDS on October 2, 1985, brought international attention to the epidemic. Hint: One of his best friends stepped up to the arena to become the world’s leading HIV/AIDS fundraiser. Answer: Rock Hudson, the actor. Elizabeth Taylor began raising millions for AIDS research through her own foundation and AmFAR.
2. Question: Name this LGBT event, which began on October 11, 1988. Coincidentally, it’s also the birthday of a former First Lady, suspected of having a romantic relationship with another woman, a journalist. Their letters were made public on October 21, 1979. Answer: National Coming Out Day. The First Lady was Eleanor Roosevelt.
3. Question: Name this international musician and composer who came out bisexual in Rolling Stone on October 7, 1975. He’s since revised his statement and identifies as gay. Answer: Elton John.
4. Question: Name this gay man, the victim of a hate crime on October 6, 1998. (He died several days later). His murder, which inspired some important plays and films, launched a new era in the LGBT Rights Movement. His parents have taken on the cause. Answer: Matthew Shepard.
5. Question: Name this actor and muse (born October 19, 1946) of American cinema’s most famous bad boy. The muse did her own stunt work as the world’s filthiest person and died shortly after winning mainstream approval as the mother of a chubby teen. Answer: Divine, star of John Waters’ “Pink Flamingos” and “Hairspray”. .
10/04: This Week’s Trivia Quiz: National Coming Out Day
1. Question: Name this real-life teen who came out to his all-American family on January 15, 1973, on television’s first “reality series”. Hint: He later became a musician and a magazine columnist.
2. Question: Name the comic strip, whose major character came out on February 10, 1976. He was the first comic hero to do so.
3. Question: Name this singer, the first major entertainment figure to come out in an Advocate cover story on October 16, 1992. Her career never suffered as a result, and she paved the way for other entertainers, from Amanda Bearse to Nathan Lane.
4. Question: Names this high-level American elected official who came out under duress on July 20, 1983. A fellow Congressman from his home state followed four years later. They were amongst the highest-ranked out public officers prior to Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin and New Jersey Governor James McGreevey.
5. Question: Name this Emmy winner, who came out on television and on the cover of Time on February 14, 1997. Other Emmy winners who have since come out include: Rosie O’Donnell (2002) and Cynthia Nixon (2004).
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Volume 13 No. 39 October 4, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: October 4-10, 2010
thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
Editor’s Note: The NPR Review: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130017341&sc=fb&cc=fp
thru FRI: 10/08: Atlanta, GA: Out on Film. www.outonfilm.com
MON: 10/04: Los Angeles, CA: Some Men, Terrence McNally’s play about the lives of gay men in America over 80 years in an all-star reading with Alan Cumming, John Glover, Luke MacFarlane, Jason Ritter, and Steven Weber. A benefit for 'Testimony,' a project of the Courage Campaign Institute. www.couragecampaign.org.
MON: 10/04: New York, NY: Broadway Takes The Runway. Carson Kressley and Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) hostan evening of song to benefit the Al D. Rodriguez Liver Foundation. Artists will be dressed by Broadway designers. www.AlDRodriguezLiverFoundation.com
TUE: 10/05: New Haven, CT: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 4PM. Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. Also: WED: 10:06: Boston, MA: 7PM. Museum of Fine Arts. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
TUE: 10/05: New York, NY: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. . 7PM. B&N Union Square. Also: WED: 10/06: Boston, MA: Boston Public Library.; THU: 10/07: Philadelphia, PA: Free Library of Philadelphia. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
THU-SAT: 10/07-10/09: New York, NY: 21st Annual New York Cabaret Convention, which salutes the best in Manhattan cabaret/ Elaine Stritch hosts an all-Noel Coward evening on 10/08/10. www.mabelmercer.org
THU-SAT: 10/07-10/09: Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.siglff.org
THU-SUN: 10/07-10/10: Los Angeles, CA: The World Goes Round, a benefit for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic. www.lagaycenter.org/worldgoesround.
FRI-SUN: 10/08-10/17: Provincetown, MA: Women’s Week. http://www.womeninnkeepers.com/womens_week.html
FRI: 10/08: Los Angeles, CA: GLSEN Respect Awards, honoring “Modern Family”, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates. www.glsen.org.
FRI-SAT: 10/08-10/09: Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Queer Studies Conference. lgbts@humnet.ucla.edu
FRI-SUN: 10/08/-10/10: Palm Desert, CA: Families in the Desert. Family Equality Council’s weekend for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_calendar
FRI-SUN: 10/08/-10/10: Pittsfield, MA: Out in the Berkshires. Fall foliage and LGBT activities. http://berkshirestonewall.org/events/2nd-annual-out-in-the-berkshires-weekend/
SUN: 10/10: Washington, DC: COLAGE 20th Anniversary Event. COLAGE is the national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more LGBT parents. . http://www.colage.org/programs/events/20th.htm
Newsworthy:
Another Teen Suicide from Bullying. The parents of Asher Brown, an eighth-grader who committed suicide last Thursday, say that their son killed himself in response to relentless antigay bullying at his Houston school. The Houston Chronicle reports: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7220896.html
Campus Discrimination. A new study from Campus Pride shows that 23% of LGBT college students say they’ve dealt with a “challenging climate” in terms of discrimination and harassment. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/gay-students-report-higher-discrimination-on-college-campuses.html
DADT: Judge Rules Margaret Witt’s Discharge Unconstitution. ABC News reports: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-administration-buy-time-policy/story?id=11718324
Ireland’s President: LGBT Rights Over Parade. Irish president Mary McAleese turned down an offer to head the New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade because of its history of shutting out gay Irish participants. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/23/Irish_Pres_Rejects_Parade_over_Gay_Rights/
Poland. A politician outed a gay man while debated him on national television. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/polish-politician-outs-gay-man-on-television.html
Georgia: A sex scandal threatens a pastor’s empire. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/us/26pastor.html?_r=1&hp
Florida: The state of Florida will immediately stop enforcing its ban on adoptions by gay people after Wednesday's decision by a state appeals court that the three-decade-old law is unconstitutional, Gov. Charlie Crist said 9/22/10.. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/22/Florida_Ends_Gay_Adoption_Ban/
Indiana: No Gay Cupcakes for National Coming Out Day. An Indianapolis bakery cited family values when it refused to complete an order of rainbow cupcakes and cookies requested by a local gay student group for National Coming Out Day next month. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/24/Indy_Bakery_Wont_Serve_Gay_Students/
Michigan: A TG teen won the votes to be named Homecoming King, but the school invalidated the votes, because he was enrolled as a female. The San Francisco Chronnicle reports: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=73229
Windy City Times, the LGBT newspaper for Chicago, will mark its 25th anniversary with a special issue 9/29/10. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/28/Windy_City_Times_Marks_25th_Anniversary/
Awards and Honors:
Roland Emmerich, the out filmmaker behind many of the highest-grossing movies in cinema history, will be honored by Outfest with its annual Legacy Award. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/21/Outfest_Honors_Emmerich/
In Memoriam:
Wayne Winterrowd, whose more than 30-year-old Vermont garden became an international inspiration and demonstration of an original American gardening style, died 9/17/10 at age 68. Winterrowd and his partner Joe Eck were gay rights activists. The Burlington VT Free Press reports: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100921/NEWS02/9210303/Garden-innovator-Winterrowd-dies
Photo Shoots and Video
Photos: “Angels in America” returns to New York from BroadwayWorld.com: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_ANGELS_IN_AMERICA_at_Signature_20100924
Photos: “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” in rehearsal from BroadwayWorld.com: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_PRISCILLA_Completes_NY_Rehearsals_and_Heads_to_Toronto_20100925
Features
Relationship Profile: Kell and Mell: The New York Times profiles the recent wedding of Kelly McGillis and Melanie Leis. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/fashion/weddings/26VOWS.html?_r=1&ref=weddings
Javier Fuentes-León’s debut feature movie, “Undertow,” deals with an uneasy and secret homosexual relationship in a fishing community in his native country, Peru. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/arts/29iht-undertow.html?_r=1&ref=arts
In Print:
Grant Wood: A Life by R. Tripp Evans. Knopf. A biography of the closeted artist behind one of America’s most famous paintings, “American Gothic” .
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart who plays an elderly actor and Knight’s mentor in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic. Both parts of the play, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, alternate in repertory. thru 2/20/11. www.signaturetheatre.org.
***Brief Encounter, a multimedia revival of gay Noel Coward’s play. thru 12/05/10. www.roundabouttheatre.org.
***Batt on a Hot Tin Roof. Bryan Batt (“Mad Men”) performs at Feinstein’s at the Regency. 10/03/10-10/04/10. www.feinsteinsattheregency.com
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. A new musical based on out filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s film. Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sherie Renee Scott star. Opens 10/05/10. www.lct.org.
Elsewhere...
***Becoming Walt Whitman. The coming of age story of the famous poet, set in pre-Civil War Manhattan. to 10/24/10. Santa Rosa, CA. www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
***Carrie. Stephen King’s horror novel turned stage play. Erik Ransom will pull a gender-bending turn as Carrie to 11/07/10. Philadelphia, PA. http://www.bratproductions.org/
***Dear Harvey, a play with music about Harvey Milk, the gay rights activist. to 10/10/10. Hollywood, CA. www.plays411.com/dearharvey
***Drag Queens of Comedy starring Miss Coco Peru, Shangelia, Lady Bunny, and Heklina. 10/09/10. San Francisco, CA. www.comedyinthecastro.com.
***Gut Bucket Blues: The Legendary Bessie Smith. World premiere musical byDavid Bell about the raucous blueser with interest in the women. to 11/07/10. Atlanta, GA: http://truecolorstheatre.org/
***The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. The Tectonic Theater Project’s docudrama about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder. 10/06/10-10/07/10, University Park, PA. http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
On Display
to 10/23/10: Los Angeles, CA: Jeff Sheng’s Portraits of service men and women who pose in response to DADT. Kaycee Olsen Gallery. http://www.kayceeolsen.com/
The Los Angeles Times reports: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-dont-ask-photos-20100918,0,4371491.story?track=rss
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Arias With a Twist. The incredible performance collaboration between performance artist Joey Arias and puppeteer Basil Twist is now a documentary. To see the trailer: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=759971528901
***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.
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Also starring David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels.
***The Kids Are All Right. Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star in a two-mom family dramedy. Their kids seek out their sperm donor father (Mark Ruffalo). http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/the_kids_are_all_right
Out On Video & DVD
***A Single Man. Tom Ford's debut film, an adaptation of a Christopher Isherwood novel, about a day in the life of a gay man, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. .
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***The Matthew Shepard Story. Stockard Channing plays Judy Shepard in the Lifetime network film about Matthew’s murder. Her performance is incredible.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
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
***October: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***TUE: 10/05: More Liza. More “Confessions” on The View. ABC. Check local listings. For late nighters, she also visits Larry King Live.
***WED: 10/6: Michael Feinstein's American Songbook, part one of a three-part series that explores the history of American popular music. www.pbs.org.
***SAT: 10/09: Jane Lynch brings glee as host of SNL. 11:30PM NBC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
10/11/10: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
10/11/10: New York, NY: PFLAG New York Awards Dinner, 3rd edition. http://www.pflagnyc.org/dinner
10/12/10: Los Angeles, CA: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. 7PM. Los Angeles Public Library. Also: 10/13/10-10/14/10: San Francisco, CA. 10/14/10: Seattle, WA: 10/16/10: Austin, TX: http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/13/10-10/16/10: Atlanta, GA: The 2010 Atlanta Queer Literary Festival. http://atlqueerlitfest.blogspot.com/
10/14/10-10/17/10: San Francisco, CA: Sundance Stampede. San Francisco’s annual country/ western dance weekend. www.stompede.com
10/14/10-10/23/10: Washington, DC: Reel Affirmations: The Nation’s LGBT Film Festival. www.reelaffirmations.org
10/15/10-10/24/10: Seattle, WA: Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. www.threedollarbillcinema.org
10/16/10: Portland, OR Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Northwest Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: October Milestones
1. Question: Name this American celebrity, whose death from AIDS on October 2, 1985, brought international attention to the epidemic. Hint: One of his best friends stepped up to the arena to become the world’s leading HIV/AIDS fundraiser. Answer: Rock Hudson, the actor. Elizabeth Taylor began raising millions for AIDS research through her own foundation and AmFAR.
2. Question: Name this LGBT event, which began on October 11, 1988. Coincidentally, it’s also the birthday of a former First Lady, suspected of having a romantic relationship with another woman, a journalist. Their letters were made public on October 21, 1979. Answer: National Coming Out Day. The First Lady was Eleanor Roosevelt.
3. Question: Name this international musician and composer who came out bisexual in Rolling Stone on October 7, 1975. He’s since revised his statement and identifies as gay. Answer: Elton John.
4. Question: Name this gay man, the victim of a hate crime on October 6, 1998. (He died several days later). His murder, which inspired some important plays and films, launched a new era in the LGBT Rights Movement. His parents have taken on the cause. Answer: Matthew Shepard.
5. Question: Name this actor and muse (born October 19, 1946) of American cinema’s most famous bad boy. The muse did her own stunt work as the world’s filthiest person and died shortly after winning mainstream approval as the mother of a chubby teen. Answer: Divine, star of John Waters’ “Pink Flamingos” and “Hairspray”. .
10/04: This Week’s Trivia Quiz: National Coming Out Day
1. Question: Name this real-life teen who came out to his all-American family on January 15, 1973, on television’s first “reality series”. Hint: He later became a musician and a magazine columnist.
2. Question: Name the comic strip, whose major character came out on February 10, 1976. He was the first comic hero to do so.
3. Question: Name this singer, the first major entertainment figure to come out in an Advocate cover story on October 16, 1992. Her career never suffered as a result, and she paved the way for other entertainers, from Amanda Bearse to Nathan Lane.
4. Question: Names this high-level American elected official who came out under duress on July 20, 1983. A fellow Congressman from his home state followed four years later. They were amongst the highest-ranked out public officers prior to Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin and New Jersey Governor James McGreevey.
5. Question: Name this Emmy winner, who came out on television and on the cover of Time on February 14, 1997. Other Emmy winners who have since come out include: Rosie O’Donnell (2002) and Cynthia Nixon (2004).
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 9/27/10
Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 38 September 27, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: September 27-October 3, 2010
thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary by David Sedaris. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
WED: 9/29: New York, NY: Tony Kushner speaks at a special exhibition of selected materials that celebrates the New York Public Library's opening of the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) records. 6:30pm. http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/tony-kushner-to-speak-at-gmhc-exhibition-at-nypl-s_30616.html
WED: 9/29: New York, NY: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade” in conversation with Honor Moore.. 6PM. New York Public Library South Court Auditorium. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
FRI: 10/01: Los Angeles, CA: The PFLAG LA Event. PFLAG’s first Los Angeles event at the London West Hollywood. www.pflag.org.
SAT-FRI: 10/02-10/08: Atlanta, GA: Out on Film. www.outonfilm.com
SAT: 10/02: Anaheim, CA: Youth Programs at Gay Days (at Disneyland). Programs for the under 21 set. www.gaydaysanahaeim.com.
SAT: 10/02: Charlotte, NC: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Southeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
SUN: 10/03: San Francisco, CA: Castro Street Fair. Street fair started by Harvey Milk. www.castrostreetfair.org
SUN: 10/03: Hauppauge, NY: Long Island GLBT Business and Life Expo. http://ligaly.org/content.php?pgID=453
Newsworthy:
DADT Bill Stalls in Senate. With Congress increasingly paralyzed by the partisan fury of the midterm elections, the Senate on 9/21/10 voted against taking up a major military bill that includes a provision allowing the repeal of the DADT policy regarding gay soldiers.
The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/us/politics/22cong.html?hp
Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/dadt-repeal-efforts-stall-as-senate-motion-to-proceed-fails.html
Russian Gay Rights Icon tells of his abduction. Nikolai Alekseyev was kidnapped by people he believes to be members of Russia’s security services. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/world/europe/21russia.html?_r=1&hpw
New York: A new, inclusive adoption law signed by governor David Paterson allows unmarried partners, including same-sex couples, to jointly adopt children. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/21/NY_Law_OKs_Unmarried_Partner_Adoption/
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Matt R. Salmon is up-and-coming in the Arizona GOP. He’s the youngest son of conservative Republican Matthew James Salmon, Mormon, and gay.The Phoenix New Times reports: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2010-09-16/news/over-the-rainbow-the-namesake-son-of-conservative-mormon-matt-salmon-wants-to-make-a-name-for-himself-in-republican-politics-only-he-s-gay/1/
Weddings, Civil Unions and Engagements:
Kelly McGillis, the actor, and partner Melanie Leis tied the knot on 9/15/10. The couple first met in 2000. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/fashion/weddings/15MCGILLIS.html?_r=1&ref=weddings
Awards and Honors:
2010 Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame Inductees. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/20/G_and_L_Hall_of_Fame_Honors_15/
In Memoriam:
Jill Johnston, author of “Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution” and a longtime cultural critic for The Village Voice died in 9/18/10 at age 81. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/arts/21johnston.html?hpw
Photo Shoots and Video
Coming Out: Jane Lynch talks about her coming out on “Ellen”. http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/watch-jane-lynch-tells-ellen-she-helped-her-come-out.html
Features
Coming Out: Profile: Rev. James Stoll, one of the first out ministers in America and gay rights pioneer. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/us/18beliefs.html?_r=1
Gay History Month LGBT Icons. Gay Rights Media chooses one a day for October 2010: http://gayrightsmedia.org/2010/on-the-2010-glbt-history-month-icons/
Laramie Revisited: Greg Pierotti takes a deeper look at “The Laramie Project” and “Laramie: 10 Years Later” and why the performances will resonate long after you leave the theater. (Editor’s Note: Tour dates listed in On-Stage listings). The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Theater/On_the_Road_With_Laramie_Sept_14_2010/
Don’t Enforce DADT. A New York Times editorial: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/opinion/17fri1.html?_r=3&ref=opinion
In Print:
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation. Edited by Kate Bornstein; S. Bear Bergman
Seal Press The result of its editors’ sense that in the fifteen years since the publication of Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us, a generation of transgendered, genderqueer, and gender nonconforming folks grew into their queer selves with the analytical toolbox that Kate Bornstein and other queer theorists—Judith Halberstam and Judith Butler are often cited as well—provided.
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary by David Sedaris. Little Brown and Company. A new collection of stories featuring animal characters.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart who plays an elderly actor and Knight’s mentor in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays to 10/04/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***Batt on a Hot Tin Roof. Bryan Batt (“Mad Men”) performs at Feinstein’s at the Regency. 10/03/10-10/04/10. www.feinsteinsattheregency.com
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch’s new play. Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***Joey Arias in Concert. The drag artist’s first New York concert in nearly a decade. Arias will channel Billy Holiday. 10/01/10-10/09/10. http://www.abronsartscenter.org/
***My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding. A new musical. Claire’s new job gives her the opportunity to discover her sexuality, rediscover her faith, and find the strength to come out to her teenage son, her ex-husband, and her homophobic mother. to 10/17/10. www.nymf.org
***Orlando. young man turned immortal woman still lives, now as a stage character in Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Woolf’s 1928 novel. to 10/07/10. www.classicstage.org.
Elsewhere...
***Carrie. Stephen King’s horror novel turned stage play. Erik Ransom will pull a gender-bending turn as the titular high school student with telekinetic powers. 10/02/10-11/07/10. Philadelphia, PA. http://www.bratproductions.org/
***Dear Harvey, a play with music about Harvey Milk, the gay rights activist. to 10/10/10. Hollywood, CA. www.plays411.com/dearharvey
***Gut Bucket Blues: The Legendary Bessie Smith. World premiere musical byDavid Bell about the raucous blueser with interest in the women. to 11/07/10. Atlanta, GA: http://truecolorstheatre.org/
***The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. The Tectonic Theater Project’s docudrama about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder. to 10/02/10, Boston, MA. 10/06/10-10/07/10, University Park, PA. http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html
***Sassy Gay Friend Comedy Show. Brian Gallivan, creator of and star of “Sassy Gay Friend” entertains with SGF stories and his own story of coming out. Los Angeles, CA. thru 10/01/10. http://www.secondcity.com/performances/detail/338/
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
On Display
to 10/23/10: Los Angeles, CA: Jeff Sheng’s Portraits of service men and women who pose in response to DADT. Kaycee Olsen Gallery. http://www.kayceeolsen.com/
The Los Angeles Times reports: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-dont-ask-photos-20100918,0,4371491.story?track=rss
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Arias With a Twist. The incredible performance collaboration between performance artist Joey Arias and puppeteer Basil Twist is now a documentary. To see the trailer: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=759971528901
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Also starring David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels.
***Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. A new documentary which follows from gig to gig, onstage and at home, and historically through the ups and downs of her career.
***The Kids Are All Right. Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star in a two-mom family dramedy. Their kids seek out their sperm donor father (Mark Ruffalo). http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/the_kids_are_all_right
Out On Video & DVD
***A Single Man. Tom Ford's debut film, an adaptation of a Christopher Isherwood novel, about a day in the life of a gay man, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. .
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
***My Trip Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan’s one-man autobiographical show. A recent Off-Broadway hit. www.mytripdownthepinkcarpet.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
***September/October: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***FRI: 10/01: Liza Minnelli talks about her new album, “Confessions” on Good Morning America. ABC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
10/04/10: Los Angeles, CA: Some Men, Terrence McNally’s play about the lives of gay men in America over 80 years in an all-star reading with Alan Cumming, John Glover, Luke MacFarlane, Jason Ritter, and Steven Weber. A benefit for 'Testimony,' a project of the Courage Campaign Institute. www.couragecampaign.org.
10/04/10: New York, NY: Broadway Takes The Runway. Carson Kressley and Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) hostan evening of song to benefit the Al D. Rodriguez Liver Foundation. Artists will be dressed by Broadway designers. www.AlDRodriguezLiverFoundation.com
10/05/10: New Haven, CT: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 4PM. Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
10/05/10: New York, NY: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. . 7PM. B&N Union Square. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/06/10: Boston, MA: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 7PM. Museum of Fine Arts. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
10/06/10: Boston, MA: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. Boston Public Library. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/07/10: Philadelphia, PA: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. . Free Library of Philadelphia. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/07/10-10/10/10: Los Angeles, CA: The World Goes Round, a benefit for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic. www.lagaycenter.org/worldgoesround.
10/07/10-10/09/10: Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.siglff.org
10/08/10-10/17/10: Provincetown, MA: Women’s Week. http://www.womeninnkeepers.com/womens_week.html
10/08/10: Los Angeles, CA: GLSEN Respect Awards, honoring “Modern Family”, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates. www.glsen.org.
10/08/10-10/09/10: Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Queer Studies Conference. lgbts@humnet.ucla.edu
10/08/10-10/10/10: Palm Desert, CA: Families in the Desert. Family Equality Council’s weekend for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_calendar
10/10/10: Washington, DC: COLAGE 20th Anniversary Event. COLAGE is the national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more LGBT parents. . http://www.colage.org/programs/events/20th.htm
10/11/10: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Touchdown
1. Question: Name this NFL running back, who is 1975, became one of the first professional athletes to come out. He was an All-American running back at The University of Washington, where he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers. He played pro-football from 1964 to 1972. Answer: David Kopay. Today, he is a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation. His 1977 biography, The David Kopay Story, was written with Perry Deane Young.
2. Question: Name this NFL offensive lineman with the New York Giants and later with the Washington Redskins during Super Bowl XVIII in 1984. In 1992, he came out on the Phil Donahue Show. Answer: Roy Simmons, whose autobiography, "Out of Bounds" (written with Damon DiMarco) detailed his drug addiction, prostitution, and promiscuity. Around 1997, he learned he was HIV+.
3. Question: Name this NFL defensive lineman, born of Samoan ancestry, and nicknamed "Mr. Aloha". He reached the Super Bowl in 1998 while playing with the Atlanta Falcons. He also played for the Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers during his career. He came out on HBO's "Real Sports" in 2002. Answer: Esera Tavai Tuaolo, who has since worked with the NFL to attempt to combat homophobia in the league and is a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation. Tuaolo's autobiography, "Alone In The Trenches: My Life As A Gay Man In The NFL", was released in 2006.
4. Question: Name this gay or bi football player who was a tight end for the NFL's Washington Redskins from 1965–1977. Sports Illustrated called him "an outstanding receiver among tight ends, with the ability to break open for a long gain." He was the first former professional football player to die of AIDS. Answer: Jerry Smith. Although he acknowledged that he had AIDS, he never publicly acknowledged his gay activities. Smith's sexuality was confirmed after his death by a former teammate, pro NFL football player David Kopay.
9/27: This Week’s Trivia Quiz: October Milestones
1. Question: Name this American celebrity, whose death from AIDS on October 2, 1985, brought international attention to the epidemic. Hint: One of his best friends stepped up to the arena to become the world’s leading HIV/AIDS fundraiser.
2. Question: Name this LGBT event, which began on October 11, 1988. Coincidentally, it’s also the birthday of a former First Lady, suspected of having a romantic relationship with another woman, a journalist. Their letters were made public on October 21, 1979.
3. Question: Name this international musician and composer who came out bisexual in Rolling Stone on October 7, 1975. He’s since revised his statement and identifies as gay.
4. Question: Name this gay man, the victim of a hate crime on October 6, 1998. (He died several days later). His murder, which inspired some important plays and films, launched a new era in the LGBT Rights Movement. His parents have taken on the cause.
5. Question: Name this actor and muse (born October 19, 1946) of American cinema’s most famous bad boy. The muse did her own stunt work as the world’s filthiest person and died shortly after winning mainstream approval as the mother of a chubby teen.
The first person to submit the correct answers gets their name in print right here. Email your answers to: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com. If you do not want your email address to appear in the blog format of this newsletter, please indicate that. http://cosnewsweekly.blogspot.com/
Volume 13 No. 38 September 27, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com
The Fine Print
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Subscription Information: This newsletter is available via free email subscription only. Our mailing list is confidential.
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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: September 27-October 3, 2010
thru SUN 10/31: Nationwide: LGBT History Month
thru SUN: 10/24: Chicago, IL: The Great Plays of Terrence McNally. A series of readings and performances of the out playwright’s major works. Pride Films and Plays. www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
thru THU: 12/02: Nationwide: David Sedaris does a book tour with his new book: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary by David Sedaris. http://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/appearances/sedaris.html
WED: 9/29: New York, NY: Tony Kushner speaks at a special exhibition of selected materials that celebrates the New York Public Library's opening of the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) records. 6:30pm. http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/tony-kushner-to-speak-at-gmhc-exhibition-at-nypl-s_30616.html
WED: 9/29: New York, NY: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade” in conversation with Honor Moore.. 6PM. New York Public Library South Court Auditorium. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
FRI: 10/01: Los Angeles, CA: The PFLAG LA Event. PFLAG’s first Los Angeles event at the London West Hollywood. www.pflag.org.
SAT-FRI: 10/02-10/08: Atlanta, GA: Out on Film. www.outonfilm.com
SAT: 10/02: Anaheim, CA: Youth Programs at Gay Days (at Disneyland). Programs for the under 21 set. www.gaydaysanahaeim.com.
SAT: 10/02: Charlotte, NC: Campus Pride College Fair and Prep Day. Southeast Region. http://www.campusclimateindex.org/events/default.aspx
SUN: 10/03: San Francisco, CA: Castro Street Fair. Street fair started by Harvey Milk. www.castrostreetfair.org
SUN: 10/03: Hauppauge, NY: Long Island GLBT Business and Life Expo. http://ligaly.org/content.php?pgID=453
Newsworthy:
DADT Bill Stalls in Senate. With Congress increasingly paralyzed by the partisan fury of the midterm elections, the Senate on 9/21/10 voted against taking up a major military bill that includes a provision allowing the repeal of the DADT policy regarding gay soldiers.
The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/us/politics/22cong.html?hp
Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/dadt-repeal-efforts-stall-as-senate-motion-to-proceed-fails.html
Russian Gay Rights Icon tells of his abduction. Nikolai Alekseyev was kidnapped by people he believes to be members of Russia’s security services. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/world/europe/21russia.html?_r=1&hpw
New York: A new, inclusive adoption law signed by governor David Paterson allows unmarried partners, including same-sex couples, to jointly adopt children. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/21/NY_Law_OKs_Unmarried_Partner_Adoption/
The Buzz (People Making News)
Coming Out: Matt R. Salmon is up-and-coming in the Arizona GOP. He’s the youngest son of conservative Republican Matthew James Salmon, Mormon, and gay.The Phoenix New Times reports: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2010-09-16/news/over-the-rainbow-the-namesake-son-of-conservative-mormon-matt-salmon-wants-to-make-a-name-for-himself-in-republican-politics-only-he-s-gay/1/
Weddings, Civil Unions and Engagements:
Kelly McGillis, the actor, and partner Melanie Leis tied the knot on 9/15/10. The couple first met in 2000. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/fashion/weddings/15MCGILLIS.html?_r=1&ref=weddings
Awards and Honors:
2010 Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame Inductees. The Advocate reports: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/20/G_and_L_Hall_of_Fame_Honors_15/
In Memoriam:
Jill Johnston, author of “Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution” and a longtime cultural critic for The Village Voice died in 9/18/10 at age 81. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/arts/21johnston.html?hpw
Photo Shoots and Video
Coming Out: Jane Lynch talks about her coming out on “Ellen”. http://www.towleroad.com/2010/09/watch-jane-lynch-tells-ellen-she-helped-her-come-out.html
Features
Coming Out: Profile: Rev. James Stoll, one of the first out ministers in America and gay rights pioneer. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/us/18beliefs.html?_r=1
Gay History Month LGBT Icons. Gay Rights Media chooses one a day for October 2010: http://gayrightsmedia.org/2010/on-the-2010-glbt-history-month-icons/
Laramie Revisited: Greg Pierotti takes a deeper look at “The Laramie Project” and “Laramie: 10 Years Later” and why the performances will resonate long after you leave the theater. (Editor’s Note: Tour dates listed in On-Stage listings). The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Theater/On_the_Road_With_Laramie_Sept_14_2010/
Don’t Enforce DADT. A New York Times editorial: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/opinion/17fri1.html?_r=3&ref=opinion
In Print:
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation. Edited by Kate Bornstein; S. Bear Bergman
Seal Press The result of its editors’ sense that in the fifteen years since the publication of Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us, a generation of transgendered, genderqueer, and gender nonconforming folks grew into their queer selves with the analytical toolbox that Kate Bornstein and other queer theorists—Judith Halberstam and Judith Butler are often cited as well—provided.
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Beastiary by David Sedaris. Little Brown and Company. A new collection of stories featuring animal characters.
In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance
New York City (and Broadway)
***A Life in The Theatre. T.R. Knight stars with Patrick Stewart who plays an elderly actor and Knight’s mentor in David Mamet’s play. to 1/02/11.
***Another American: Asking and Telling. Mark Wolf’s tour-de-force one man show about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Mondays to 10/04/10. Proceeds benefit several LGBT non-profits. http://www.facebook.com/anotheramerican
***Batt on a Hot Tin Roof. Bryan Batt (“Mad Men”) performs at Feinstein’s at the Regency. 10/03/10-10/04/10. www.feinsteinsattheregency.com
***The Divine Sister. Charles Busch’s new play. Busch plays an indomitable Mother Superior driven to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. www.DivineSisterOnstage.com.
***Joey Arias in Concert. The drag artist’s first New York concert in nearly a decade. Arias will channel Billy Holiday. 10/01/10-10/09/10. http://www.abronsartscenter.org/
***My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding. A new musical. Claire’s new job gives her the opportunity to discover her sexuality, rediscover her faith, and find the strength to come out to her teenage son, her ex-husband, and her homophobic mother. to 10/17/10. www.nymf.org
***Orlando. young man turned immortal woman still lives, now as a stage character in Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Woolf’s 1928 novel. to 10/07/10. www.classicstage.org.
Elsewhere...
***Carrie. Stephen King’s horror novel turned stage play. Erik Ransom will pull a gender-bending turn as the titular high school student with telekinetic powers. 10/02/10-11/07/10. Philadelphia, PA. http://www.bratproductions.org/
***Dear Harvey, a play with music about Harvey Milk, the gay rights activist. to 10/10/10. Hollywood, CA. www.plays411.com/dearharvey
***Gut Bucket Blues: The Legendary Bessie Smith. World premiere musical byDavid Bell about the raucous blueser with interest in the women. to 11/07/10. Atlanta, GA: http://truecolorstheatre.org/
***The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. The Tectonic Theater Project’s docudrama about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder. to 10/02/10, Boston, MA. 10/06/10-10/07/10, University Park, PA. http://www.tectonictheaterproject.org/Tectonic.html
***Sassy Gay Friend Comedy Show. Brian Gallivan, creator of and star of “Sassy Gay Friend” entertains with SGF stories and his own story of coming out. Los Angeles, CA. thru 10/01/10. http://www.secondcity.com/performances/detail/338/
***Take Me Out. Richard Greenberg’s award-winning drama about a major league baseball player who comes out. to 10/31/10. Los Angeles, CA.
www.celebrationtheatre.com
On Display
to 10/23/10: Los Angeles, CA: Jeff Sheng’s Portraits of service men and women who pose in response to DADT. Kaycee Olsen Gallery. http://www.kayceeolsen.com/
The Los Angeles Times reports: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-dont-ask-photos-20100918,0,4371491.story?track=rss
On Screen (and Video & DVD)
Out on Screen...
***Arias With a Twist. The incredible performance collaboration between performance artist Joey Arias and puppeteer Basil Twist is now a documentary. To see the trailer: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=759971528901
***HOWL, the docu-feature about Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Also starring David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels.
***Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. A new documentary which follows from gig to gig, onstage and at home, and historically through the ups and downs of her career.
***The Kids Are All Right. Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star in a two-mom family dramedy. Their kids seek out their sperm donor father (Mark Ruffalo). http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/the_kids_are_all_right
Out On Video & DVD
***A Single Man. Tom Ford's debut film, an adaptation of a Christopher Isherwood novel, about a day in the life of a gay man, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. .
***Glee. The Complete First Season.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Mädchen in Uniform, the 1958 lesbian classic.
***Modern Family: The Complete First Season. Follow the story of Mitchell and Cameron.
***My Trip Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan’s one-man autobiographical show. A recent Off-Broadway hit. www.mytripdownthepinkcarpet.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
***September/October: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***Weekdays: The Nate Berkus Show. Oprah’s out protege goes hourly in syndication. Check local listings.
***FRI: 10/01: Liza Minnelli talks about her new album, “Confessions” on Good Morning America. ABC.
Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events
10/04/10: Los Angeles, CA: Some Men, Terrence McNally’s play about the lives of gay men in America over 80 years in an all-star reading with Alan Cumming, John Glover, Luke MacFarlane, Jason Ritter, and Steven Weber. A benefit for 'Testimony,' a project of the Courage Campaign Institute. www.couragecampaign.org.
10/04/10: New York, NY: Broadway Takes The Runway. Carson Kressley and Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) hostan evening of song to benefit the Al D. Rodriguez Liver Foundation. Artists will be dressed by Broadway designers. www.AlDRodriguezLiverFoundation.com
10/05/10: New Haven, CT: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 4PM. Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
10/05/10: New York, NY: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. . 7PM. B&N Union Square. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/06/10: Boston, MA: Justin Spring does a reading/booksigning of his new book, “Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade”. 7PM. Museum of Fine Arts. http://www.secrethistorian.com/events.htm
10/06/10: Boston, MA: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. Boston Public Library. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/07/10: Philadelphia, PA: Michael Cunningham does a reading and booksigning of his new novel “By Nightfall”. . Free Library of Philadelphia. http://www.michaelcunninghamwriter.com/tour/
10/07/10-10/10/10: Los Angeles, CA: The World Goes Round, a benefit for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic. www.lagaycenter.org/worldgoesround.
10/07/10-10/09/10: Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. www.siglff.org
10/08/10-10/17/10: Provincetown, MA: Women’s Week. http://www.womeninnkeepers.com/womens_week.html
10/08/10: Los Angeles, CA: GLSEN Respect Awards, honoring “Modern Family”, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates. www.glsen.org.
10/08/10-10/09/10: Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Queer Studies Conference. lgbts@humnet.ucla.edu
10/08/10-10/10/10: Palm Desert, CA: Families in the Desert. Family Equality Council’s weekend for LGBT families and friends. http://www.familyequality.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_calendar
10/10/10: Washington, DC: COLAGE 20th Anniversary Event. COLAGE is the national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more LGBT parents. . http://www.colage.org/programs/events/20th.htm
10/11/10: Nationwide: National Coming Out Day. www.hrc.com/ncop
Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: Touchdown
1. Question: Name this NFL running back, who is 1975, became one of the first professional athletes to come out. He was an All-American running back at The University of Washington, where he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers. He played pro-football from 1964 to 1972. Answer: David Kopay. Today, he is a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation. His 1977 biography, The David Kopay Story, was written with Perry Deane Young.
2. Question: Name this NFL offensive lineman with the New York Giants and later with the Washington Redskins during Super Bowl XVIII in 1984. In 1992, he came out on the Phil Donahue Show. Answer: Roy Simmons, whose autobiography, "Out of Bounds" (written with Damon DiMarco) detailed his drug addiction, prostitution, and promiscuity. Around 1997, he learned he was HIV+.
3. Question: Name this NFL defensive lineman, born of Samoan ancestry, and nicknamed "Mr. Aloha". He reached the Super Bowl in 1998 while playing with the Atlanta Falcons. He also played for the Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers during his career. He came out on HBO's "Real Sports" in 2002. Answer: Esera Tavai Tuaolo, who has since worked with the NFL to attempt to combat homophobia in the league and is a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Athletics Foundation. Tuaolo's autobiography, "Alone In The Trenches: My Life As A Gay Man In The NFL", was released in 2006.
4. Question: Name this gay or bi football player who was a tight end for the NFL's Washington Redskins from 1965–1977. Sports Illustrated called him "an outstanding receiver among tight ends, with the ability to break open for a long gain." He was the first former professional football player to die of AIDS. Answer: Jerry Smith. Although he acknowledged that he had AIDS, he never publicly acknowledged his gay activities. Smith's sexuality was confirmed after his death by a former teammate, pro NFL football player David Kopay.
9/27: This Week’s Trivia Quiz: October Milestones
1. Question: Name this American celebrity, whose death from AIDS on October 2, 1985, brought international attention to the epidemic. Hint: One of his best friends stepped up to the arena to become the world’s leading HIV/AIDS fundraiser.
2. Question: Name this LGBT event, which began on October 11, 1988. Coincidentally, it’s also the birthday of a former First Lady, suspected of having a romantic relationship with another woman, a journalist. Their letters were made public on October 21, 1979.
3. Question: Name this international musician and composer who came out bisexual in Rolling Stone on October 7, 1975. He’s since revised his statement and identifies as gay.
4. Question: Name this gay man, the victim of a hate crime on October 6, 1998. (He died several days later). His murder, which inspired some important plays and films, launched a new era in the LGBT Rights Movement. His parents have taken on the cause.
5. Question: Name this actor and muse (born October 19, 1946) of American cinema’s most famous bad boy. The muse did her own stunt work as the world’s filthiest person and died shortly after winning mainstream approval as the mother of a chubby teen.
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