Somewhat surprisingly, this summer’s top cinematic draw for gay men is a political commentary on the plight of the working class. This film tells the story of a young man who has a dream, but also a credit problem. He’s good with his hands, but the only construction job he can get is non-union, and…
Sitting down to talk with writer-director-executive producer (and one-time British boy-band singing sensation), David W. Ross, you get the sense that queer cinema has long since moved passed its awkward, self-conscious adolescent stage and morphed quite naturally into adulthood. I Do, the latest project from David, addresses one of the many by-products of DOMA, the…
I try to keep my day job out of my column, but sometimes the political scene requires I bring the MD and PhD to bear. With the House effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act making headlines this week, it seemed a good time to talk about a few of the system’s dirty little secrets,…
thursday, july 5 Man of La Mancha One of the best loved musicals of a generation, the moving retelling of the classic story of Don Quixote celebrates the triumph of the human spirit. Imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition, Cervantes re-enacts the story of Don Quixote of La Mancha to win back a package of papers…
What should you do for someone who has forever changed your life in a positive and fundamental way? How would you honor a person who has improved your life on this planet? Would you take that person on a trip of a lifetime? Would you give her or him maid service for a year? Would…
Letters Looking for the common ground Dear Editor, I think that it was not appropriate for James Hartline to have taken our personal email exchange and turned it over to the press. I further think that most people would agree with me that it is not appropriate to release a private email exchange to the…
Earlier this year I had the good fortune to be asked to participate in session I of Explosive Time, a three part performance series at Space4Art down in the East Village. At the event, I dragged a small boat through the gallery crowd and then sat in it under a blue flood light to recite…
BY THOM SENZEE In a political mailer emblazoned with the words, “If you hate DOMA, blame Filner,” a locally-based lobbying group for the liquor store industry is pointing an accusatory finger at Rep. Bob Filner (D-San Diego) as being responsible for the existence of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), part of which, coincidentally today…
BALTIMORE, Md. (CNN) – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has announced its backing of same-sex marriage, following President Barack Obama’s expressed support for marriage equality. “The mission of the NAACP has always been to ensure political, social and economic equality of all people,” Roslyn M. Brock, chairman of the NAACP’s…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Barack Obama’s recent decision to support same-sex marriage was the lead selling point against Mitt Romney in the president’s campaign announcement last week of a new drive to court the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender (LGBT) community. “The choice we’re facing as a country and a community could not be clearer,” said Joe Solmonese, a…
