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Steven Petrow Talks Etiquette in Politics
In this week’s advice column for The Washington Post, Steven Petrow took on a question from a gay Republican.
HRC.org
www.hrc.org/blog/entry/steven-petrow-talks-etiquette-in-politics?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
Brooklyn Man Who Shot Drag Queen Has Extensive Rap Sheet, 16 Prior Arrests
The 21-year-old Brooklyn man arrested after shooting a drag queen during an unprovoked assault last Saturday has an extensive history with the police, including 16 prior arrests and a “menacing” charge for shooting his gun in the same neighborhood a night before his latest attack.
Three men were arraigned on multiple charges over the weekend, including attempted murder, after harassing a man dressed as a woman near the corner of Broadway & Putnam in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood.
According to criminal complaints, 21-year-old Matthew Smith, 17-year-old Tavon Johnson and 22-year-old Cody Sigue began harassing the victim and two other men in drag on Saturday morning around 7am, calling them “faggots” and “trannies.” That’s when Smith decided to pull a gun and shoot one of the men “in the buttocks.”
All three suspects were pursued by police on foot after the attack and apprehended shortly thereafter. The victim, later taken to Brookdale University Hospital, was treated for minor injuries.
All three face charges with hate crime status — Johnson and Sigue were charged with menacing and aggravated harassment; Smith was charged with the same, including extra charges for assault, criminal possession of a weapon, and attempted murder in the second degree.
Department of Corrections records show that Smith has been arrested 16 times prior, and DNAinfo reports he’s been “in and out of the city’s incarceration system since December 2012.” They also claim he was “charged with firing off his gun” on his block the night before he was arrested.
While the victim and his two friends have chosen to remain unidentified, a spokesperson from AVP told BuzzFeed that “advocates don’t believe the victim identified as transgender, but was target in part because of his feminine clothing.”
Either way, this final crime is expected to get him some time behind bars.
Seemingly by coincidence, the Brooklyn DA announced this morning that the borough is launching a new hate crimes unit to deal with the shocking recent uptick in hate crimes.
Queerty Editor
James Earl Jones and Rose Byrne Open in ‘You Can’t Take It With You’ on Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR
Airy, quaint, sugary sweet and a little bit magical—if ever a play could be perfectly likened to cotton candy, it would be director Scott Ellis’ light-footed revival of You Can’t Take It With You, which opened on Broadway Sunday at the Longacre Theatre. Its sprawling and gifted cast, led by a dynamite trio of comediennes—Kristine Nielsen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), Annaleigh Ashford (Kinky Boots), and Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids)—recalls a fine-tuned circus act, spinning into animate life a stock roster of old-timey characters.
Deploying more than a dozen players over its swift three-acts, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s 1936 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy is Depression-era escapism at its most cheerfully saccharine.
Three generations of an outlandishly eccentric New York clan follow their own pursuits under one roof—Penelope (Ms. Nielsen) writes (though never seems to complete) plays, her daughter Essie (Ms. Ashford) dances (often to her own tune) and makes candy, Penelope’s husband Paul (Mark Linn-Baker) manufactures fireworks in their basement, while the family’s grand-patriarch, Martin Vanderhof (James Earl Jones) likes to attend commencement ceremonies, play darts and evade income tax.
The family’s primary shared trait is a particular optimistic ineptness: None of them really excels at what they do and not one of them gives a hoot. Affluence makes all this possible, and there’s a devil-may-care about the world outside their walls that shapes the family’s myopic, decidedly non-capitalist take on the American dream (the “it” in the title is money).
That is until their daughter Alice (Ms. Byrne), the only one with a real-world job, falls in love with Tony (Fran Kranz), a wealthy boy from a “nice” family and the heir to the Wall Street firm where she works. Planning a future with Tony means introducing their families, a prospect that rightfully terrifies her and makes up the bulk of the story.
Ellis keeps the play’s many gears turning smoothly across David Rockwell’s meticulously cluttered set (which itself spins too, of course), and the kooky family’s bond is deeply felt, even as they seem to be orbiting each other on different planets. Every member of the big ensemble delivers his or her own singular brand of funny, including Patrick Kerr as Paul’s pyrotechnic sidekick and Julie Halston as the blissfully drunk actress Penelope hopes will read her play.
The ease and sweetness that Ms. Byrne brings to her roles onscreen fit perfectly here, as does her instinctive comic timing. An experienced stage wit, Ms. Nielsen packs a scene’s worth of laughs into a single word of dialogue, and Ms. Ashford’s physicality alone makes her every moment onstage a complete riot. Jones brings a buoyant charm to the head of the family and his rich, deep baritone lends some weight to the conclusion’s pat moralizing. (Do what makes you happy, the rest is hogwash.)
While we may be in no less need of escape than audiences in 1936, whipping up decades-old humor into a fresh, frothy confection isn’t easy—this production makes it seem all but effortless, leaving you with a grin that’s sticky-sweet.
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Follow Naveen Kumar on Twitter: @Mr_NaveenKumar (photos: joan marcus)
Naveen Kumar
Perseguição religiosa LGBT e PT
Alerta Geral! O movimento LGBT, formado por gayzistas da esquerda e do PT, quer implantar leis que criminalizarão os cristãos por apregoarem em suas igrejas contra o homossexualismo! Mesmo…
Transgender College Student Attacked in Possible Hate Crime
The 20-year-old suspect claims the attack on a transgender SUNY Geneseo student was the result of ‘drunken stupidness,’ but some are pushing the local district attorney to pursue hate crime charges.
Parker Marie Molloy
www.advocate.com/crime/2014/09/30/transgender-college-student-attacked-possible-hate-crime
Gay Men Try To Explain Tampons, Have 'Literally No Idea' What's Happening
There’s nothing like watching a few good-natured gay men discuss some unfamiliar territory — in this case, feminine hygiene products.
BuzzFeed asked a few of its gay male employees to explain tampons, sanitary napkins and diva cups, items that are “a little out of their wheelhouse.” To help the men demonstrate, BuzzFeed also provided a plastic model of a woman’s vagina.
“Literally, no idea,” says one man, holding up a tampon.
Another holds up the plastic model and a sanitary napkin, saying, “I’m assuming the Georgie O’Keeffe painting right there is where you target it.”
These guys are good sports, but just because you don’t have a vagina and maybe don’t interact with vaginas doesn’t mean you shouldn’t know how they work. Someone get these guys a copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves!
Bisexual Men Fight For Visibility
Bisexual men have significantly higher rates of suicide than all other groups except bisexual women, and they are also much more likely than gay men or straight men to experience sexual assault and domestic violence.
HRC.org
www.hrc.org/blog/entry/bisexual-men-fight-for-visibility?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
Neil Patrick Harris Shares More Photos, Stories From Dream Italian Wedding
Neil Patrick Harris shared some photos from his intimate Italian wedding on The Late Show last night, telling the kind of fabulous insider details you’d only expect from a famous gay man talking about his secluded gay wedding.
The 41-year-old actor married his 10-year partner David Burtka at a private ceremony in Italy earlier this month.
Last night, he told David Letterman that the setting (a castle) was perfect, Elton John’s first dance introduction was surreal, Kelly Clarkson’s “A Moment Like This” brought a tear to his eye, and most importantly, the “fireworks dude” set the fireworks off at the right time.
Check it out below, and if you missed the photos that include their adorable children, check those out over at People:
Queerty Editor
Lady Gaga Kills With Live Performance of 'Bang Bang' – VIDEO
During her performance at Lincoln Center highlighting her jazz collaboration with Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga turned out a chilling rendition of Cher’s “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down).” Gaga made sure to sport her Moonstruck-era Cher hair for the occasion.
Watch the performance that’s sure to thrill, AFTER THE JUMP…
Sean Mandell
www.towleroad.com/2014/09/lady-gaga-kills-with-live-performance-of-bang-bang-video.html
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