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ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER NOW SHOWING AT BRIXTON SQUARE
BOYS DON'T CRY NOW SHOWING AT AMC QUAIL SPRINGS |
Local
News xxNews Updated 2-19-00
OKLAHOMANS CAMPAIGNING TO 'STOP DR. LAURA'
In the past couple of days I have
received the following e-mail from several Oklahoma GLBT
and straight-supportive people. It was originally posted
to the Gaynet e-mail list by John Aravosis, founder of
Wired Strategies, a Washington, DC-based 'political
Internet consulting' firm (www.wiredstrategies.com) on
Thursday:
Friends, this is important - please help if you can, and forward to as many people as possible....
*** STOP DR. LAURA ***
When 60 Minutes' Andy Rooney belittled Native Americans ... he got suspended.
When golf announcer Ben Wright mocked lesbians... he got fired.
When writer Jimmy Breslin denigrated Asians... he got suspended.
When Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott disparaged African-Americans... she got fired.
When football player Reggie White attacked gays... he got dropped by CBS and Campbell's Soup.
When Jimmy-The-Greek stereotyped blacks... he got fired.
But Dr. Laura calls gays "biological mistakes"... and she's getting a TV show from Paramount.
Enough is enough. Paramount pulled a show in 1998 that offended African-Americans ("The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer"), but is fine when Dr. Laura equates homosexuality with incest and pedophilia. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Americans deserve equal respect, not a double standard.
WE STILL HAVE TIME, BUT WE NEED EVERYONE'S HELP. EMAIL PARAMOUNT NOW AND DEMAND DR. LAURA BE DROPPED. THEN SEND THIS MESSAGE TO 10 FRIENDS.
Paramount's email address:
television@pde.paramount.com
"How many letters have I read on the air from gay men who acknowledge that a huge portion of the male homosexual populace is predatory on young boys?'' - Dr. Laura quoted by Reuters/Variety, Feb. 13, 2000.
Friends, the real predator is intolerance, hatred and bigotry - and it has led to tragedy too many times. In the names of:
Matthew Shepard
Billy Jack Gaither
Allen Schindler
Barry Winchell...
In the name of every one of us...
PLEASE ACT NOW!
SUPPORT
GLBT FILM IN OKC! GO SEE ALL ABOUT
MY MOTHER &
BOYS DON'T CRY!
Editorial
by Rob Abiera - OKC's GLBT Community will
have a unique opportunity this weekend when 2 movies open
here, the likes of which almost never grace local theater
screens. Both films are independent, both feature unusual
and challenging subject matter, one is foreign, and,
perhaps most important to this market, both feature
strong GLBT themes. Pedro Almodovar's newest, All
About My Mother, is coming to OKC's
Brixton Square Theater from Spain, via Sony Classics and
some determined local independent film fans (visit filmheads.tripod.com for the
full story!), starting this weekend. It is the story of a
woman's search for the father of her son, who has been
killed in a car accident, a father she never told her son
about because, though her son was named Esteban after his
father, his father's name is now Lola. Boys
Don't Cry, the intense
dramatization of the story of Brandon Teena, starts at
the AMC Quail Springs 24 this weekend. Both films are
vying for Oscars (Best Foreign Film for All
About My Mother, Best Actress -
Hilary Swank - and Best Supporting Actress - Chloe
Sevigny - for Boys Don't Cry),
which surely accounts for at least part of the reason for
them being in OKC at all. All About
My Mother was NOT originally
scheduled to come to OKC. Before this week's developments
at Brixton, the closest All About My
Mother was supposed to get was
Norman, where it is scheduled to open next week.
GO SEE THESE MOVIES! Tell all
your friends, gay, straight, or whatever, to see these
movies! The more local theater managers see that we will
support these movies with our ticket and concession stand
money, and the more they see that movies like this are
not going to draw unwanted attention in the form of
protests by the Religious Right, and are not going to
chase the straight audience away from local theaters, the
more open they will be to bringing GLBT-themed movies to
OKC the next time an opportunity comes along!
Events like OUTART 99, which
brought several GLBT-themed movies here last year, are
important. But our local theater managers need to see
that GLBT movies can stand on their own, outside of any
special occasion. OUTART was great but it's only one step
toward the goal of getting GLBT movies accepted year-round
in mainstream commercial theaters here in OKC. We
need to support movies like these here in OKC whenever the opportunity presents itself.
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ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER
Now showing, Brixton Square Theater. http://www.spe.sony.com/classics/
allaboutmymother/index.html
BOYS DON'T CRY
Now showing, AMC Quail
Springs 24 Theater.
http://www.boysdontcry.com/boysdontcry/index.html
OGLPC SPEAKERS BUREAU
Sun, Feb 20, 3PM, home of Paul Thompson, 1133 NW 32nd.
Organizing meeting open to everyone interested in the
Speakers Bureau.
HERLAND SISTER
RESOURCES BOARD MEETING
Sun, Feb 20, 4:30PM, Herland, 2312
NW 39th. Open to the public.
CENTRAL
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Mon, Feb 21, 5:30PM, Episcopal
Diocese, 924 N Robinson.
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CITY
Thurs, Feb 24, Copa
OGRA FUNDRAISER
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MEN'S CHORUS
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PRIDE PARADE
MEETING
Mon, Feb 28, 7:30PM, Paul Thompson's
house, 1133 NW 32nd.
ASIANS AND
FRIENDS MOVIE NIGHT
Feb 28, The Center
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Saturday, February 19, 2000
The Advocate
NYC wins St.
Pat’s case
Second
thoughts on adoption bill
Hate crime
called a hoax
Court
disallows inheritance
Hate crimes
up in Toronto
Two men
marry on Politically Incorrect
Savage book
bought for TV
Joan
Collins on Will & Grace
Dolls still
fabulous
Spielberg
imposter also cross-dresses
Miller
takes Sacramento
Patent for
gene linked to HIV
PlanetOut
IL Gender
Violence Bill Advances
CO Senate
OKs Anti-Marriage Bill
UT Adoption
Bills Controversial
WA Court
Denies DP Inheritance
No Gay St.
Pat's March in NYC
The Data Lounge
Bradley Appeals for
Gay Vote in New York
Movement Toward DP
Compromise in Vermont
Appeals Court Strips
Gay Partner of Estate
Jury Rejects Gay
Irish Demand to March
Yahoo! News - Gay
and Lesbian
Gay-nuptial
prohibition advances
The War
Against Gay Marriage
Dr. Laura
to offer 'many points of view' on homosexuals
GLAAD,
Paramount Taming Dr. Laura?
Dr. Laura
Reaches Truce With Gay Group
Gay-rights
supporters recruiting for march
'Don't ask,
don't tell' program for gays is working, Shelton says
Brazil Gay
Murder Protested
Gay Portals
Come Out
Couples put
love on the record
Policy on
Gays Part of the Drill at Army Base
FA tackles
homophobia in soccer
New
Firestorm Erupts Over Vermont's Domestic Partner Plan
Canada
Moves To Give Benefits To Gay Couples
School
Board Seeks Curb on Gay Tolerance Clubs
School
board in Calif. reviews gay-club ban
Parents-
Ban Gay Club Or End All Clubs
MPs back
gay sex at 16
MPs' third
gay sex vote ensures law change
Gay Rights
Group To Endorse Gore
To Outlaw
Gay Group, District May Ban Clubs
Vermont
Panel Shies From Gay Marriage
Vermont
Panel Backs Gay Benefits
Gay Sex
Columnist Lashes At Right
Blunkett
tries to heal wound of Section 28 defeat
Washington Blade
WEEK OF February 18
The courtship
continues
Gore vows to institute panel on partnerships
Bradley
accuses Gore of using 'scare tactics'
HRC throws its support behind vice president
Viatical probe targets PWAs
Va.
House OKs sodomy bill
Legislators call for impeachment
Methodist
decision triggers backlash
GOP Gay debate refueled
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