The Pridelets Files for September 25
On this day in 1993, three members of the Lesbian Avengers are arrested out of the 22 loud and proud members of the activist group raising a ruckus at the official dedication of the new $30,000,000 Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. "Born-again" ex con Chuck Colson, one of the speakers at the event says that the gay agenda espoused by these troublemakers is more dangerous to the nation "than Watergate" (the break in that he was a slight God-approved part of.)
BIRTHGAYS (and the occasional straights)
* 1828 - Bisexual Red Cross founder, Swiss philanthropist Jean Henri Dunant
* 1849 - Critic, and translator of Ibsen, Sir Edmund Gosse
* 1914 - Lyricist Robert Wright
* 1939 - Novelist Sheila Ortiz-Taylor
* 1955 - Theatre Rhinoceros founder Allan Estes
* 1969 - gay for pay "Queer as Folk" actor Hal Sparks
* 1951 - Academy award winning director Pedro Almodovar (Some sources say September 24.)
* 1952 - Writer/Editor Cherrie Moraga
Q.UOTE
"All we want is our law-abiding, taxpaying gay son to have the same civil rights as our law-abiding, taxpaying straight son." -- Char Cepek
THE BIRTHDAY TABLE
"Pedro Almodovar: Interviews" with Paula Willoquet-Maricondi
"Pedro Almodovar: Interviews" documents the 22-year-long cinematic career of the most internationally celebrated Spanish art-film director since Luis Bunuel. Many of these interviews, from French, Italian, and Spanish periodicals, appear for the first time in English.
Covering more than two decades, the interviews collected here trace Almodovar's journey from the small village of Calzada de Calatrava to Madrid, from his humble and Catholic provincial upbringing to his superstar status as Spain's leading postmodern auteur. Originally published in Spain, France, Italy, and the United States, these conversations disclose as much about Almodovar's personal biography as they do about his thematic universe, his directorial personality, and his maturing style.
This work is copyright© 2006 Thomas Allen Heald, all rights reserved. Contact the author at tom@idontgetit.org and the latest column are always available at www.Pridelets.com.
BIRTHGAYS (and the occasional straights)
* 1828 - Bisexual Red Cross founder, Swiss philanthropist Jean Henri Dunant
* 1849 - Critic, and translator of Ibsen, Sir Edmund Gosse
* 1914 - Lyricist Robert Wright
* 1939 - Novelist Sheila Ortiz-Taylor
* 1955 - Theatre Rhinoceros founder Allan Estes
* 1969 - gay for pay "Queer as Folk" actor Hal Sparks
* 1951 - Academy award winning director Pedro Almodovar (Some sources say September 24.)
* 1952 - Writer/Editor Cherrie Moraga
Q.UOTE
"All we want is our law-abiding, taxpaying gay son to have the same civil rights as our law-abiding, taxpaying straight son." -- Char Cepek
THE BIRTHDAY TABLE
"Pedro Almodovar: Interviews" with Paula Willoquet-Maricondi
"Pedro Almodovar: Interviews" documents the 22-year-long cinematic career of the most internationally celebrated Spanish art-film director since Luis Bunuel. Many of these interviews, from French, Italian, and Spanish periodicals, appear for the first time in English.
Covering more than two decades, the interviews collected here trace Almodovar's journey from the small village of Calzada de Calatrava to Madrid, from his humble and Catholic provincial upbringing to his superstar status as Spain's leading postmodern auteur. Originally published in Spain, France, Italy, and the United States, these conversations disclose as much about Almodovar's personal biography as they do about his thematic universe, his directorial personality, and his maturing style.
This work is copyright© 2006 Thomas Allen Heald, all rights reserved. Contact the author at tom@idontgetit.org and the latest column are always available at www.Pridelets.com.
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