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BROOKLYN PRIDE 2022
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged Attorney General, Batala, Berkeley Carroll, Bill de Blasio, brooklyn, Cheer, City Council, drumline, Eric Adams, friends, Gay, GMHC, Gotham, Herstory, lesbian, Letitia James, LGBTQ, Mayor, New York, NYC, Officers Action League, Parade, Park Slope, Pride, school, Trans Rights
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Trans Women are Women. Trans Men are Men. Non-binary People are Non-binary
I remember defending my identity as a bisexual man against gay men and women who passionately felt adding the B to what is now LGBTQ somehow attacked their identity. I remember defending same sex marriage against those who passionately believed … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged bisexual, Intersex, j k rowling, LGBTQ, same sex marriage, Trans Men, Trans Women, transgender
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The Sound of Recovery Music
Not your childhood van Trapps… The same friend who treated us to the SCA benefit performance “Snow White and the Seven Hos” invited us to see that show’s impresario Michael Roth’s latest romp “The Sound of Recovery Music”. Once … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Live! On Stage
Tagged 12 steps, AA, addition, drag, Gay, LGBTQ, Maria, Michael Roth, parody, promises, Recovery, SCA, Seven Hos, Snow White, sobriety, The Sound of Music, triggering
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50TH PRIDE NYC
11 Hours of Pride NYC – Watching and Marching – a Photo Diary 11:30am – Ed and I perched ourselves at 17th Street and 5th avenue to await the start of the 50th NYC Pride march … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged 50th, anniversary, Bears, Big Apple Corps, Bill de Blasio, bisexual, cartwheels, Chirlane McCray, drag queens, Dykes with Bikes, Empire State Building, Flatiron, Gay Liberation Front, Gay Rights, LGBTQ, March, New York City, Pence, photography, Pose, Pride, puppets, Quaker, Rainbow, Sage, Stilt walkers, Stonewall, Trevor Project, Trump, World Trade Center
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PRIDE MONTH DAILY MOVIE PLAYLIST
And so the daily LGBTQ movie shout out commences: Call that blog post by its name here. That Queer Movie blog post is its own country here.
Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup
Tagged 3, Alison Bechdel, Andrew Haigh, Ang Lee, Big Eden, Booksmart, Bound, Brokeback Mountain, Call Me By Your Name, Carol, Cinema, Cloud Atlas, Gay, Gentleman Jack, Go Fish, God's Own Country, Guys and Balls, In the Family, Jane Austen, LGBTQ, Looking, Moonlight, movies, Paris 05:59: Theo and Hugo, Parting Glances, Playlist, Pose, Pride, Pride Month, Queer as Folk, Rebecca Cantrell, Rocketman, Sam Smith, Sense8, Short Bus, The Broken Hearts Club, The Cakemaker, The Celluloid Closet, The Handmaiden, The Happy Prince, The L Word, The Wedding Banquet, Three of Hearts, threesome, Tom Tykwer, Touch of Pink, TV, Walk on Water, Warchowski, Weekend
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WE WILL SURVIVE – again and again
A Pride Month Special Look at “I Will Survive” and Some of its Many Covers with particular ruminations on what we will survive, or not The Original – Gloria Gaynor If one were to choose one song … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Andrews Sisters, Anthem, Aretha Franklin, Bishop Torbin, Blu Holliday, cake, climate change, Destiny's Child, Diana Ross, disco, diva, Funky Nashville, Gay Rights, Gladys Knight, Gloria Gaynor, Guys and Balls, I Will Survive, I'm a Survivor, J2, LGBTQ, Madonna, Männer Wie Wir, Postmodern Jukebox, Pride, Puppini Sisters, Remix, Sara Niemitz, Scott Bradlee, Shirley Bassey, Trump, Vogue
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The Belligerent Homophobe Who Ruined Rocketman For Us
The three or four loud sneezes that erupted behind us during the 20 minutes of previews were a warning shot that all would not turn out alright for us during this screening of “Rocketman” in midtown Manhattan. But the … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged 2016 election, Arrival, Ben Wishaw, bigot, Braveheart, Cloud Atlas, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Ed Elder, Elton John, Gay, homophobia, James D'Arcy, LGBTQ, love scene, MAGA, movie, Pride, Rocketman, Taran Egerton, Trump, Trumpian
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BROOKLYN PRIDE
Park Slope Comes Out! Highlights from the June 9 Brooklyn Pride Street Fare and Parade We are Family – Sisters Sledge
GETTING KINKY WITH JAKE AND WAYNE
Ed and I originally saw “Kinky Boots” when it was still in previews. We had treated each other with reciprocal Broadway tickets for Xmas, because we had high hopes for a Harvey Fierstein / Cyndi Lauper musical collaboration. The performance … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Literary Lyricism, Live! On Stage, Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Al Hirschfeld, Armistead Maupin, Boys Keep Swinging, Broadway, Bye Bye Birdie, Chita Rivera, Cyndi Lauper, Dick van Dyke, drag queen, Gesamtkunstwerk, Harvey Fierstein, House of David, Jake Shears, Kinky Boots, Lea DeLaria, LGBTQ, musical, Wayne Brady, Whose Line is it Anyway
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LGBT is Thrown Around All the Time, But Where is the “B”?
Notes from the “BiView: Bisexual Representation in Media Panel” at NewFest2017 October 21st I attended the panel discussion on Bisexuality in the Media, the first of its kind at a NewFest/Outfest film festival. Moderated by bisexual activist and journalist Eliel … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged 13, Alexandra Bolles, biphobia, biplus, bisexual, Bob's Burgers, Callie Torres, David J. Cork, Denarii Grace, Eliel Cruz, GLAAD, Grey's Anatomy, House, How To Get Away With Murder, Insecure, LGBT, LGBTQ, media, NewFest, Olivia Wilde, polyamory, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Queer, Sara Ramirez, Studio Responsibility Index, Taylor Behnke, The Bold Type, Wonder Woman
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ILLUMINATING LGBTQ LIVES – Documentaries at NewFest 2017
Features: 100 Men – My Wonderful West Berlin – A Womb of Their Own Shorts: Bayard and Me – Umbrella – DES!RE – The Son I Never Had – Resist – House of JXN “We have gay people. Hey, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup
Tagged 100 Men, A Womb of their Own, Bayard & Me, Bayard and Me, Bayard Rustin, Dating My Mother, DES!RE, documentary, House of JXN, Jochen Hick, Kathy Najimy, LGBTQ, My Wonderful West Berlin, NewFest, Paul Oremland, Pidgeon Pagonis, pregnancy, The Son I Never Had, transgender, Umbrella, West Berlin
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, SAM, and then Play It Again
I took a Swoon Dive this weekend. I read André Aciman’s “Call Me By Your Name” while playing Sam Smith on endless shuffle. It was almost irresponsibly intoxicating. Say It First – Sam Smith I first heard about the Gay … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Literary Lyricism, Melodies Linger On
Tagged A Room with a View, André Aciman, Armie Hammer, bisexual, Burning, Call Me By Your Name, Community Bookstore, Gay, James Ivory, Lay Me Down, LGBTQ, Love Is A Losing Game, Luca Guadagnino, Lucy Honeychurch, Nirvana, Park Slope, Sam Smith, Say It First, Sundance, Timothée Chalomet
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QUEER NARRATIVES at the MOVIES
NewFest 2017 Feature Length Dramas: After Louie – God’s Own Country – Against the Law – My Son is Gay – Discreet – The City of the Future – Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Last year I saw only … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, After Louie, Against the Law, Alan Cumming, Alec Secareanu, Angela Robinson, Anthony Johnston, Bella Heathcote, Best International Narrative, bisexual, Brazil, Cinema, Claudio Marques, Daniel Mays, David Drake, Discreet, Everett Quinton, Francis Lee, God's Own Country, India, Johnny Mars, Josh O'Connor, Jury Award, Justin Vivian Bond, LGBT, LGBTQ, Luke Evans, Marilia Highes Guerreiro, movies, My Son is Gay, NewFest, Peter Wildblood, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Rebecca Hall, Richard Gadd, Tamil, The City of the Future, threesome, Travis Mathews, Vincent Gagliostro, Zachary Booth
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Notes from a Composer 