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Jul
22
Lindy Zucker, Star of Lesbian Web Series BJ Fletcher on SistersTalk Radio
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Tonight on SistersTalk Radio, we interviewed Lindy Zucker, star of the lesbian web series BJ Fletcher: Private Eye.
Lindy is an actress, performer, writer, curator and freelance technician who enjoys being both on the stage and behind the scenes. Lindy has performed numerous theatrical and indie film roles. Today, we learned more about Lindy and discussed her role on BJ Fletcher.
Hear Lindy discuss:
*Her role in creating the series
*Where the idea for the enormous tape recorder came from
*Differences between doing theater and a web series
*Which character reminds her the most and the least of herself
*Her coming out story
*How being out has or has not affected her acting career
*The future of BJ Fletcher – soon to be a TV show
*Upcoming projects
Jul
22
I don’t usually pay attention to Twitter #hashtags unless they involve an event or person I’m very interested in. One of today’s hashtags caught my eye, even though it doesn’t have anything to do with admirable people or events. The #InHighSchool hashtag has kept me amused all day. Some of the funniest ones:
@kengibbsjr: @rashaunh : Not to be a follower but… #inhighschool I swore the white man was out to get #theblacks. Oh, how times have changed. LOL
@therealpoin: #inhighschool I got robbed on my way home by 6 dudes. I hope they split that 15$ up equally lmfao!
@thaydilla: #inhighschool I have a 790 SAT math score. Wanted to retake it to get an 800 like Dwayne Wayne
@rahelalicious: #inhighschool I rocked reebok classics in damn near every color…thought I was the shit
@jovonmarie: #inhighschool: I didn’t have a curfew, cause I was usually in bed by 9
@mistahcato: #inhighschool i was hella fat and didnt give a fuck
The fact that #inhighschool is a trending subject on Twitter today doesn’t surprise me. A few weeks ago, I posted an update asking “Did you (or do you plan to) attend your 20th high school reunion? Why or why not?” Most of the responses were something close to “hell no! I hated high school and everyone there.” Apparently, questions about high school seem to provoke very passionate and bitter responses.
But, high school is over and we all need to get past the narrow-minded, backstabbin’, hatin’ classmates we shared time with. I’m excited about my 20th high school reunion in June 2010. I can’t wait to see how fat those backstabbin’ classmates have gotten.
Jul
21
Is a Missing Gay Man Connected to Religious Extreme Ex-Gay Therapists?
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I just saw a link on Facebook pointing to a story about a missing gay man from Arkansas who vanished after his family supposedly manipulated him into going into ex-gay therapy:
Bryce Faulkner is a bright young pre-med student who, like many in college, was totally dependent upon his parents for survival. His car, his cell phone, his education, even his job was all connected to his parents purse strings. Bryce was making plans to come out to his parents, but before he had the opportunity to carry out these plans, his mother found his email password and discovered communications between he and his lover Travis Of Green Bay, Wisconsin. . . . In order to manipulate Bryce into accepting “treatment” for his homosexuality, they took away everything and left him the choice of becoming homeless and destitute or going into therapy. As anyone can imagine, this wasn’t much of a choice. Being in the closet in a small town left him no one to speak to or to seek help to get him through the transition from the closet and into the light of day. His family took away every resource he had and left him with no phone to call for help, a car to drive to any help that might be out there and no money to even take a bus to Wisconsin to be with his lover. The program he is going into is a 14 month program, one of the most severe and intense of these kinds of programs.
According to the Help Save Bryce Faulkner web site, Bryce has been missing 36 days.
This story isn’t new. In 2005, a Tennessee gay teen named Zach claimed he was being sent to a religious bootcamp against his will. Zach claimed he was being abused and he chronicled his experiences there on his MySpace page. Weeks later, an investigation cleared the religious camp of all wrongdoing stating the Tennessee’s Department of Children’s Services found no evidence of child abuse at the religious bootcamp.
It’s not uncommon for extremely religious families to threaten to disown a gay family member – unless he or she seeks religious counseling they hope will cure their loved one of the supposed gay disease. I don’t understand that line of thinking. Even if I weren’t a lesbian, I can’t imagine disowning my child – for any reason. It’s a blessing to see groups and web sites like PFLAG, Gay Family Support and OutProud.org. But, there are too many anti-gay religious groups feeding on insecure and scared-of-going-to-Hell parents who believe it’s best to bully their children into heterosexual submission.
Jul
19
Regan Latimer, Producer of Lesbian Web Series BJ Fletcher on SistersTalk Radio
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Tonight on SistersTalk Radio, we interviewed Regan Latimer: creator, producer, writer and director of the web series BJ Fletcher Private Eye.
Created and produced by Regan Latimer and Bee Charmer Productions, B.J. Fletcher: Private Eye is an exciting new web series which has just finished posting its second season. Season One has already received a fantastic response having won the 2008 AfterEllen.com Web Series Contest in the United States.
Hear Regan discuss:
*How an AfterEllen.com web series contest motivated her to create BJ Fletcher Private Eye
*What’s happening with season 2
*The unique challenges she faced with producing a web series, especially one whose main characters are lesbians
*The most fun thing about producing a web series
*The character who reminds her the most of herself
*The character who is the least like her
*The odd chemistry between 2 of the main characters’ mothers (what’s going on with that in season 3)
Listen to the podcast now, or dial this unique number to listen to the archived show directly from your phone: 347.633.9957
Jul
17
It’s been an interesting post-corporate America ride for me. While deciding whether I want to return to corporate America, a question came to mind:
I have lots and lots of “what the fuck?” corporate America stories to share, but I don’t think I have the time or space to do so.
Related: The Good Ol’ Boys Club Is Still Recruiting in Corporate America
Are you as fed up with corporate America as I am?
Jul
17
I don’t trust Meghan McCain. After I sent Meghan a question on Twitter asking her why she waited until after her father lost his bid for the presidency to speak up about her support for gay rights, she blocked me. I guess she’s not ready to answer to the gays who haven’t fallen for her BS yet.
Meghan McCain was silent about gay rights issues while her Daddy ran for president, now she’s suddenly a staunch advocate for gay rights. And if that’s not enough to make you roll your eyes, we’re learning she had strong opinions that varied from her father regarding his BFF Joe the Plumber. Like a true flip-floppin’ politician, MCain’s now suckin’ up to the gays and supposedly (although I seriously doubt it) finding her own voice (of course since it’s now safe to do so!):
Meghan McCain has always done her best to prove that, sometimes, the apple does fall far from the tree.
And now, she’s at it again.
During a recent interview with Out Magazine, the 24-year-old Republican openly dismissed the importance of Joe the Plumber, the everyman character on which her father John McCain’s campaign hinged. “Joe the Plumber — you can quote me — is a dumbass. He should stick to plumbing,” she said. [read the rest of the story]
Other news . . .
This week, gay-rights advocates at the Episcopal Church convention here chalked up two major victories — moves that both liberals and conservatives agree are probably a turning point in their church’s history.
Earlier in the week, the church voted to open the door to ordaining openly gay bishops. And on Thursday the bishops voted to start the process of developing rites for blessing same-sex marriages, and to give the green light to bishops who are already doing so. [read the rest of the story]
The head of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said two agents violated policy by raiding a Fort Worth gay bar on June 28, and that their supervisor has announced his retirement.
“I don’t think we have to dig very deep to figure out that TABC has violated some of their policies,” Commissioner Alan Steen said in an interview with The Dallas Voice, a newspaper that focuses on matters of particular interest to gay readers. [ the rest of the story]
A judge has agreed to remove the state of California as a defendant in a lawsuit challenging the 1996 law that prevents the U.S. government from recognizing same-sex marriages.
U.S. District Judge David Carter says the state is no longer an appropriate target in the case because the gay couple who brought it got married in California last year before voters approved a ban on same-sex unions. [read the rest of the story]
Taleon Goffney, a gay porn actor, is going to prison, reports the Associated Press. Taleon Goffney was busted last year for breaking into a beauty shop. And now it’s time for Taleon Goffney to pay the piper; he pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal conspiracy charges, and, according to The Associated Press, will be going to prison for at least three years.
The Taleon Goffney story would be interesting enough if it were just about a gay porn actor going to prison for burglary. [read the rest of the story]
Guess who now favors same sex marriage? The godfather of the “Defense of Marriage Act”, Bill Clinton.
BC was speaking at the liberal Campus Progress National Conference when he was asked if he personally supported same-sex marriage. Said Bill: “Yeah.” “I personally support people doing what they want to do,” Clinton said. “I think it’s wrong for someone to stop someone else from doing that [same-sex marriage].” [ the rest of the story]
Jul
15
Lesbian Web Series Producer Charmain Johnson on SistersTalk Radio
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Tonight on SistersTalk Radio, we interviewed Charmain Johnson, producer and director of the lesbian web series The Lovers and Friends Show
.
Lovers and Friends is the first web series that features a cast of same-gender loving women of color.
Hear Charmain discuss:
*Where the idea for Lovers and Friends came from
*The unique challenges she faced with producing a web series
*The unique challenges she faced with producing a lesbian web series featuring same-gender loving women of color
*The character that reminds her the most of herself
*The character that reminds her the least of herself
*A sneak peek into season 3
*Stereotypes about the black lesbian community
*What’s next for Lovers and Friends
Jul
14
Mariah Carey Does Drag in New Music Video
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Mariah Carey’s new video for her single Obsessed premiered on Yahoo! music today. The guy who’s obsessing over her in the video is really Mariah herself – in drag!
Is Mariah a bit narcissistic? And is it just me, or did Mariah get her breasts enhanced?
Update: Is Mariah makin’ fun of Eminem? Take a look. And . . . does this dress look familiar?
Jul
14
Opinion Needed: Diversity Issues, Cover Musicians, Lesbian Folk Artists
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My assistant producer and I are working on scheduling a series of Friday night shows on SistersTalk Radio. The Friday shows are designed to highlight independent musicians in the LGBTQ community. We’re interested in presenting a diverse group of musicians who create dynamic music in all genres. We’re facing a few challenges:
#1. Finding out and ethnically diverse musicians who can bring something different to each show.
#2. Finding members of the LGBTQ community who represent the L, G, B, T and Q segments of our population.
# Finding enough out members of the LGBTQ community to represent all genres of music (jazz, blues, country, rock, punk, folk, gospel, R&B, hi-hop, etc)
We’ve received inquiries from lots of white lesbian and bisexual folk singers. Hey, that’s great! But, I need to be very honest here: we don’t want the show to be all about white folk musicians. Other members of the LGBTQ press/media have done a very, very, very good job at that for years and years.
In addition to the diversity requirement, we decided we didn’t want to interview cover musicians. To me, a cover musician is someone whose entire career has been built on performing someone else’s hit music. A cover musician does not write her own original music; she records her version of someone else’s very familiar hit song.
A few questions came up after meeting with my assistant producer:
#A. Do we sacrifice the main goal of the show and present the musicians we can find – even if they don’t meet the diversity requirement we’ve established?
#B. Do we present a cover musician who meets the diversity requirement just for the sake of being able to say we’re being inclusive – even though we originally didn’t want to interview cover musicians?
#C. Does a cover musician deserve the same kind of recognition as a struggling indie musician who is writing her own music?
My assistant producer and I debated item #C using the song Feeling Good as an example. Nina Simone performed the original version of Feeling Good. Michael Buble did an amazing and unique cover of the same song. Both the Simone and Buble versions are happy feel-good songs, but in comes Muse with a very tortured and painful version. Three different artists presented three different sounds – all performing the same song.
What’s your opinion? Does a cover artist deserve the same recognition as someone who writes and performs her own original work?
Jul
13
Obama Uses The Word ‘Change’ Instead of ‘Repeal’ When Asked About DADT
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Anderson Cooper spoke with President Obama about the Clinton administration’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy. Obama stated that while he’d like to see DADT changed (sooner, rather than later), he insisted it’s not appropriate for the president to say he won’t enforce a law that’s constitutionally valid. Obama stated: “I do think that there’s the possibility, though, that we change how the law is being enforced even as we are pursuing a shift in congressional policy.”
What’s interesting to note here is that Obama used the word “changed” instead of “repealed,” although he recently called on Congress to repeal both DADT and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
I don’t know about anybody else, but I’d like to beat Bill and Hillary Clinton with a nail-spiked baseball bat. The Clinton administration left a mess for Obama to clean up.
