Purple’s never looked so gorgeous! Gigi Gorgeous celebrates #SpiritDay

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Celebrity Chefs Support Gay Rights in Supreme Court Wedding Cake Case

Jose Andres, Elizabeth Falkner, and Carla Hall believe no other chef has the right to deny service to a same-sex couple.

www.advocate.com/politics/2017/10/20/celebrity-chefs-support-gay-rights-supreme-court-wedding-cake-case

This preview of tonight’s episode of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3” will leave you gagging
Curious who’ll be participating in RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars? So are we.

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HS Football Coach Told Team to Taunt Opposing Player with Gay Moms: ‘Who’s Your Daddy?’

Duane Greaton, a high school football coach at Gray-New Gloucester High School in Maine, instructed his team to taunt an opposing player with gay moms, using the chant “who’s your daddy” when the player was tackled.

The Press Herald reports:

The couple sent a letter to the superintendent of SAD 15 asking for a meeting to discuss the matter.

“He no longer works for SAD 15,” was all that Superintendent Craig King would say Thursday evening when asked if Greaton had resigned. King said Greaton’s last day of work in the district was Monday.

“MSAD 15 takes concerns about the safety and security of students very seriously and does not tolerate threatening or discriminating behavior,” King said in an email that he issued Thursday to WMTW.

Lynn and Stephanie Eckersley-Ray, the player’s parents got wind of the plan before the game.

The AP reports: “The Eckersley-Rays say parents and players told them about the taunting order before the game began, but no taunting was overheard during the game.”

It’s unclear if Greaton was fired or resigned.

It appears Greaton has a prior arrest record as well. A 2010 article in the Press Herald reveals that he was “charged with stealing more than $10,000 worth of Hood products between 2007 and 2009” as a delivery driver for the dairy company.

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HS Football Coach Told Team to Taunt Opposing Player with Gay Moms: ‘Who’s Your Daddy?’

Captain of the Virginia Military Institute swim team shares his inspiring coming out story
22-year-old John Kim is the captain of the Virginia Military Institute swim team.

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The Shirtless Violinist Finds His Upside Down in a Brilliant Take on the ‘Stranger Things’ Theme — WATCH

Be transported to the Upside Down with a new brilliant version of the Stranger Things theme from our friend the Shirtless Violinist, who layers 12 different violin tracks in this phantasmagoric clip.

Writes the violinist:

SHIRTLESS Things? Stranger STRINGS? Whatever you want to call it, this is certainly my most ambitious music video yet.

When I first watched the amazing Netflix series “Stranger Things” I instantly loved the electronic eighties sound that enveloped the viewing experience. But cover it on my violin?? It never crossed my mind! How would it sound? Could it be done in an interesting way? When I saw the trailer for Season 2 of Stranger Things I realized this was my chance to answer those questions.

I immediately started deconstructing the moody theme music and quickly realized I was going to have to utilize the violin in ways I’ve never attempted on this channel before. From pizzicato, col legno, and artificial harmonics – to percussion, spiccato, and octave glissandos! I dug deep into my magic bag of tricks. (if you understood all of that – Congratulations! You’re a musician)

Pulling apart and reassembling the cacophony of tones and hidden melodies became like a game. Just don’t try playing this at your next dinner party (unless I’m invited.)

If you listen closely you can hear at least 12 different layers of sound – each one made with my violin in the recording studio. I hope you enjoy this Halloween-inspired video as much as we enjoyed creating it! Because, as you know, it takes a team…

Watch:

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The Shirtless Violinist Finds His Upside Down in a Brilliant Take on the ‘Stranger Things’ Theme — WATCH

Youtubers like, comment, and subscribe to supporting LGBTQ Youth

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Transcendent ‘Torch Song’ Starring Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl Is Required Gay Viewing: REVIEW

Some stories both define and transcend a generation. When Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy premiered more than 35 years ago, first in scrappy downtown theatres and then on Broadway in 1982, some audiences were shocked; others saw their lives reflected back at them perhaps for the first time. Second Stage Theatre’s triumphant and beautifully imagined revival, which opened off-Broadway last night, proves that Torch Song remains both prophetic and timeless in a way few but Fierstein could have imagined.

Michael Urie steps into Fierstein’s outsize stilettos as Arnold, the quippy Jewess and drag performer whose quest for love drives the story, which has been condensed here and titled simply Torch Song. (The playwright won a Tony for his performance as well as for Best Play, and starred in the 1988 movie opposite Matthew Broderick and Anne Bancroft.) Urie, who’s proven to be a master of both character and comedy on stage and the small screen, makes the role unmistakably his own. The Younger star is at the height of his talents pedaling Arnold’s sweet cynicism and physical humor while rendering a larger-than-life character entirely in flesh and blood.

We first meet Arnold dolling up backstage at International Male, a watering hole where he entertains men passing in and out of the backroom. It’s 1971, according to a neon sign. Arnold soon meets Ed (Ward Horton, charming, doe-eyed), who is as confused about what he wants as he is goodlooking, and becomes involved with a woman as well, Laurel (Roxanna Hope Radja). Between Arnold and Ed, the phrase “it’s complicated” is wildly insufficient.

By 1976, the play’s second part finds Ed and Laurel and Arnold and Alan (Michael Rosen), Arnold’s young model boyfriend, in bed together — literally. In a riff on Pillow Talk-style romantic comedy (the scene is titled ‘Fugue in a Nursery,’ also in neon), the four lovers (and two former lovers) spend a weekend up at Ed’s farmhouse. What could go wrong? After the interval, we fast-forward to 1980, when Arnold introduces his “Ma” (an imperious and show-stopping Mercedes Ruehl) to his adopted son (an impressively teenage Jack DiFalco).

Though the final act shifts into sitcom mode, this is where the meat of story spills real blood — in explosive and devastating scenes between Urie and Ruehl, as Arnold fights tooth and nail for his mother’s respect. It’s a battle that’s certain to rend hearts from their chests — no one with a mother is immune; those who’ve faced upward battles for acceptance will recognize every impassioned twist and turn.

That Torch Song takes Arnold’s journey toward love and acceptance with all seriousness is what made it so groundbreaking more than three decades ago. Of course, the play is also funny as all hell. The cast lands punch lines and navigates nuanced emotional turns with equally exquisite rhythm, thanks to Moises Kaufman’s finely calibrated direction.

The play’s staging is no small logistical challenge, and Kaufman’s production unfolds with an easy panache on David Zinn’s ingenuous scenic design. Missing from the truncated revision is a full portrait of Arnold’s relationship with Alan (an intermission, like any good wallpaper, covers over a multitude of sins), but its emotional impact on Arnold is painfully clear to see as he ventures into parenthood alone.  

Carving out a queer family — even before the catastrophic crisis of HIV — was once considered a revolutionary act. Though that may no longer be the case, we’re certainly in no position to forget what it means to fight.    

Recent theatre features…
‘Downton Abbey’s Elizabeth McGovern Opens in Puzzling ‘Time and the Conways’: REVIEW
‘A Clockwork Orange’ Shows Plenty of Skin, Skimps on Danger Off-Broadway: REVIEW
No Tea, No Shade — Off-Broadway’s ‘Charm’ Wants You to Behave: REVIEW
5 Actions to Take Now Inspired by Michael Moore’s ‘The Terms of My Surrender’ on Broadway
Bette Midler Is Back on Broadway in ‘Hello, Dolly!’ and You Probably Can’t Handle It: REVIEW

Follow Naveen Kumar on Twitter: @Mr_NaveenKumar
(photos: joan marcus)

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55 DOs and DON’Ts of Attending a Gay Sex Party

www.advocate.com/sexy-beast/2017/10/20/55-dos-and-donts-attending-gay-sex-party