This is just a quick post to say Happy New Year to all of you.
I hope 2008 is as rewarding and as wonderful as 2007 was. I also hope it’s a year full of intriguing stories in which I get to ponder and write opinions about.
Have a safe and joyous evening. And I’ll see you all next year.
Today’s Come Out & Play post spotlights Dani Campbell.
You know Dani Campbell from A Shot at Love, the dreadful MTV reality dating show with My Space slut and phony bisexual, Tila Tequila. 
I’ve already voiced my opinion on the show itself. And I can honestly say that I have never sat down and watched it. But, I have heard about a certain “futch” lesbian from the show who seems to be garnering quite the following. Enter Dani Campbell. She’s a firefighter from Florida, rescuing damsels in distress, and also easy on the eyes. Not so much my cup of lesbian tea, but I can appreciate her appeal.
I did a little research and found an interesting Q&A article about her on After Ellen. Upon reading it, I stumbled upon Dani’s coming out story and thought, what better place to post this than on this installment of Come Out & Play?
So, without further ado, here’s it is.
This week’s Notable Lesbian is:
Toshi Reagon
1964 -
Toshi Reagon is an African American folk/blues musician. 
She is the daughter of Sweet Honey in the Rock co-founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, with whom she has sometimes collaborated on musical projects. Her band, BIGLovely, has been performing together since September 1996. The name allegedly comes from a love-letter she received from her girlfriend, which was addressed “To My BIGLovely.” The band includes Judith Casselberry on acoustic guitar and vocals, Robert “Chicken” Burke on drums, Fred Cass, Jr. on bass, Adam Widoff on electric guitar, and Catherine Russell on mandolin and vocals. The line-up also includes Jen Leigh, Ann Klein, Debbie Robinson, Alison Miller, Kismet Lyles and Stephanie McKay as replacements. Reagon lives in Brooklyn, New York with her partner Valerie and her daughter.
Interesting tid bit:
Reagon began performing when she dropped out of college; soon afterward, Lenny Kravitz invited her to open for him on his first world tour. She has since shared the stage with performers ranging from Ani Difranco to Elvis Costello. She also appeared on a an episode of the L Word during the fourth season.
Reagon once told Curve magazine, “From where you are, from who you are in your everyday life, that’s where you make change…Whatever your gig is, make change through your strength.”
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For so many of us (and by us I mean gay people), when we were growing up we thought it was better to hide our sexuality rather than live it. And as adults, we strive each day to undo the damage that was done. We go to therapy, deal with emotional problems, suffer from a lack of confidence – you name it, the issues are endless. Some are worse off than others. They stay stuck in the closet for most of their lives, too afraid of what the consequences might be rather than inspired by what the rewards truly are.
I truly believe that had there been a more comfortable, encouraging atmosphere for us to come out in our adolescence, we wouldn’t be dealing with some of the issues that plague us as adults.
How do I know? Well, over the years, the stats have been calculated. The numbers have been crunched. The results are in. And it’s been proven that it’s healthier for GLBT youth not to hide their sexuality. When they hide it, or hide from it rather, the results are numbing.
GLBT teen suicide is still an ongoing issue in this country, though it isn’t reported on as much as say, when a well-to-do white female goes missing in Aruba. It’s out there. And it needs to be addressed.
How can we help? Simple. Make it comfortable for a teenager to be who they are, gay or straight. Let it be okay. Let them be proud of who they are. Let them voice it in any way possible (with in reason). For instance, don’t make them cover up a T-shirt.
School Apologizes To Lesbian Student Over Censored T-Shirt
by The Associated Press(Richmond, Virginia) A high school official made a mistake by telling a student to cover up a lesbian-themed T-shirt or face suspension the school’s principal now says.
The admission came Friday; a day after the ACLU demanded the school apologize to the teen.Bethany Laccone, 17, said she was asked to cloak a logo of two interlocked female symbols while attending a hotel management class this month at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth. She’s a senior at nearby Woodrow Wilson High School, where she has not faced a similar ultimatum.
In a letter sent Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia asked Norcom administrators to remove any mention of the incident from Laccone’s records and agree not to similarly censor other students.
ACLU leaders want administrators to clarify that students can express political views. The school’s dress code prohibits “bawdy, salacious or sexually suggestive messages.”
The ACLU gave the school until Jan. 11 to respond or possibly face further action.
“What’s happening to Bethany Laccone is a clear-cut case of unconstitutional censorship,” said Kent Willis, executive director of the Virginia chapter.
On Friday, Norcom Principal Lynn Briley said the school would comply.
“Yes, we did make a mistake,” Briley told The Virginian-Pilot newspaper of Norfolk. READ MORE
Now, the ACLU can often go overboard. In fact, they practically tip the boat on many of their supposed “causes.” But I have to agree with them on this one. If a straight student wore a shirt of a boy and a girl holding hands, would they be asked to “cover up?” I doubt it. Many people argue that you don’t see straight kids professing their sexuality or wearing T-shirts of straight symbols. Here’s my answer: they don’t have to. We live in a society where straight is the “norm.” Straight is given. Straight is everywhere.
The other day, I can’t remember exactly when it was; I was channel surfing and came across Bill O’Reilly (Let me get to my point before you roll your eyes because I promise when I’m finished you’ll have to pick your eyes up off the floor for rolling them too far). He was showing a yearbook photo of two girls hugging one another. They were chosen by their peers as “cutest couple” for the senior class yearbook awards. Why this aggravated Bill to the point of having to talk about it on the “no spin” zone, I’ll never know. (Aren’t there far more serious issues to discuss … like the war, the national deficit, the 2008 presidential election, lesbian gangs, for instance?)
His basic premises was this: the two girls should keep their sexuality to themselves. It doesn’t need to be displayed in a school yearbook for all to see.
Um. What?!
Okay. First, the two girls were chosen as “cutest couple” by their peers, Bill. Which means, the students don’t care about their sexuality. So why should you? If a straight couple had been chosen as “cutest couple” we wouldn’t even be having this conversation then, would we? It would have been appropriate for a boy and girl to be pictured together. Or would you have told them to keep their sexuality to themselves.? I highly doubt it.
I applaud the students of that high school, who took it upon themselves to say, “sexuality doesn’t matter to us, it’s a non-issue.”
It needs to be a non-issue. It needs to be talked about less on the Bill O’Reilly show.
I wonder if Bill has even looked at any of the statistics involving GLBT teen suicide. He claims to “care” about the welfare of children, doesn’t he? Maybe if he knew that hiding one’s sexuality was more damaging to kids than a high school yearbook photo, he might change his tune. But until then, he’ll keep singing the same old song.
As for the rest of us, we already know better. We know that covering up our sexuality causes more damage than good. We know because we have lived it. And that’s all the reason we need.
Merry Christmas!
Happy Hanukkah!
Happy Kwanzaa!
Joyeuz Noel!
Happy Holidays to everyone!
Did I leave anyone out? I swear, everything has to be so “PC” these days … I’m a fan of Christmas. I celebrate it. I love this time of year for many reasons.
Playing in the snow. Buying the gifts. (Speaking of gifts … is all your Christmas shopping done?) Trimming the tree. Hanging the stockings. Putting up the lights. Watching holiday movies. I pretty much enjoy anything and everything that has to do with the holidays. There’s something special about this time of year, and I’m not afraid to say so. These days you can offend people simply by saying, “Merry Christmas.” Lighten up. We can all rejoice in the spirit of the holiday season, no matter what our religion may be. There isn’t a better time, or reason for that matter, to put aside our differences and enjoy just being a kid again. When you tap into that magic, everything else seems trivial.
On that note, I’ll be back on December 26th. In the mean time, here’s one of my favorite holiday skits of all time courtesy of Saturday Night Live, and featuring Ellen Degeneres. It makes fun of the kind of “PC” rhetoric I’m referring to.
Enjoy it. Laugh. Play. Just be a kid. I promise you, it’s okay to do so.
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Today’s Come Out & Play post spotlights Celebrities of 2007.
Since we’re nearing the end of 2007, I thought I’d do a Come Out & Play post on the most notable celebrities who have come out of the closet this past year.
This week’s Notable Lesbian is:
Sarah Paulson
December 17, 1974 -
Sarah is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress who was a series regular
on the cult television show American Gothic and the WB series Jack & Jill (1999), playing the character “Elisa Cronkite”. In addition, she had a minor role in the HBO series Deadwood, and was a focal character in an episode of the critically acclaimed FX series Nip/Tuck. She briefly appeared on the NBC series Leap of Faith (2002) as the main character, but the show was short-lived. In 2004, she had a supporting role in the ABC series The D.A., but that show also ended after a few episodes. Sarah’s movie credits include Down with Love, What Women Want, The Other Sister, Levitation, and Serenity.
In 2005, Paulson was indirectly outed by girlfriend Cherry Jones during the 59th Tony Awards, when Jones thanked her by the name “Laura Wingfield” (the character Paulson was then playing in The Glass Menagerie) during her award acceptance speech. In 2007, Sarah and Cherry declared their love for each other in an interview with VelvetPark at Women’s Event 10 for the LGBT Center of NYC.
Interesting tid bit:
Paulson starred in a revival of The Glass Menagerie on Broadway, and has appeared Off-Broadway in Killer Joe, Talking Pictures, and Colder Than Here. n fall 2006, Paulson co-starred in NBC’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip playing Harriet Hayes, one of the stars of the show-within-a-show. To date, this is her most notable role, earning her a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actress in a TV series. However, NBC canceled the series on May 14, 2007.
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I just play one on TV.
I’m always a tad bit critical when I watch a movie or a television show featuring a lesbian character played by a straight actress. It’s not as easy to do as you may think. Some actresses just can’t quite pull it off.
Take Heather Graham for instance. In the movie Gray Matters, she played a lesbian who falls in love with her brother’s girlfriend. Great concept. Believable plot even. Horrible lesbian. Sure, Heather’s easy on the eyes. But a lesbian she is not. Not even on screen. She was so awkward and out of sync with her character, I felt uncomfortable watching her.
The whole point of acting is to be something you’re not. You’re playing a role. A character. You have to make the people watching you believe you are that character. You have to become that role.
The entire time that I was watching Gray Matters, I didn’t believe for a second that Heather Graham was a lesbian.
The fact is that there are only a few straight actresses out there who can really pull off a lesbian role, so much so that I’m often left questioning their sexuality off screen.
They mesmerize. Tantalize. And somehow manage to waltz their way on to my top five.
I’ve made a little list and yes, I’ve checked it twice. I give you the best five straight actresses who played lesbian so well they made me wish (beg, really) that they weren’t just acting.
I play in a weekly basketball league with a group of talented and intelligent women. Last night, as we were warming up before our game, the conversation shifted to Jodie Foster and her supposed “coming out.”
For those of you who read the Come Out & Play last Friday, you already know that I don’t believe Ms. Foster was making any kind of “coming out” statement at all.
During the discussion last night, I voiced my opinion that I didn’t believe that Jodie Foster, or any celebrity for that matter, had an “obligation” to the GLBT community to come out.
“But we need people like her on our side!” one of my teammates exclaimed.
“Our side?” What does that mean? Are we using celebrities as political pawns?
Respectfully, I disagreed. Celebrities or people who live their lives in the spotlight shouldn’t feel pressured to come out or reveal their sexuality just so we can say they’re on our side. They have the right to privacy, don’t they? Even more so than we do I would think because their right to privacy is so impeded upon on a daily basis. Most celebrities can’t even go to the store without the paparazzi attacking them. Imagine living like that?
“But we need her to be a role model for gay teens,” another teammate professed.
Role model? 
Since when do celebrities have to be role models? Is there some written rule that says that when you become famous and you happen to be gay, you are required to become an advocate for GLBT causes or become an inspired GLBT activist?
Not every gay celebrity is built to be an activist. And you don’t have to be visibly taking a stand in order to contribute to the GLBT community. There are many ways to do so, whether its by giving to charitable GLBT causes or speaking at GLBT functions and events. Either way works for me.
Furthermore, why does Jodie Foster have to admit to being gay in order for teens to look up to her? Isn’t she already a stand-up individual, someone who has portrayed a sense of stability in an otherwise unstable career? Isn’t she a decent and respectable human being? Someone who exudes professionalism and humility in such a plastic and egotistical Hollywood community? That alone, to me, speaks volumes about her character. That to me is someone to look up to – gay, straight or otherwise.
I understand the need in our community for certain people in the spotlight to speak out on our behalf, because I felt the same way when other celebrities came out. But the thing I’ve since realized is that we have to give them the option. We can’t make it mandatory for them to become activists. As I said before, not everyone was meant to be the face of GLBT causes. Some people prefer to contribute from behind the scenes. And that doesn’t lessen their contribution by any means.
Besides, there are plenty of GLBT oriented groups and organizations out there to help our GLBT youth navigate successfully through their gay adolescence.
I was pleasantly pleased to read this article this morning in the New York Times:
For Gay Teenagers, Hope in Numbers
Michael Moreno, a 15-year-old 10th grader from Brewster, could not believe what he was seeing as he walked into the big hall at the Westchester County Center, and he grew quiet. There, for as far as the eye could see, were hundreds of boys and girls who belonged to gay-straight clubs at area middle schools and high schools.
“This is a great moment for him,” said his stepfather, Hector Ramos. “He’s always felt so isolated.”
Michael had so been looking forward to the daylong PrideWorks conference that he’d jumped out of bed that morning at 5:30. He was so happy and nervous, he kept forgetting basic pieces of information. “Dad, what’s my cellphone number?” he asked at one point.
The boy has felt different forever, long before he had a name for it, at least since age 5, he said. He told his mom when he was in the eighth grade, and she wasn’t surprised. “She figured how I was,” said Michael.
“He’d hang out with the girls, not the boys,” said Anna Trejo, his mother, a court worker.
“He had female tendencies and a sensitive part,” said Mr. Ramos, a flooring contractor.
For these differences, Michael suffered. He was treated for depression. Knowing no one like himself, he spent long hours on the computer. Several months ago he told his parents he’d met a nice boy from Australia online and wanted to bring him here for a visit. “He wanted us to pay for it,” said Mr. Ramos. “He was upset when we wouldn’t.”
How does a parent make friends for a child? “I had this weight on my shoulders,” said Ms. Trejo. “I didn’t know where to go and what to do. As his mother, I can help him only so much.” Which is why the family had put a good deal of hope in the conference here. As Michael said: “I was feeling kind of lonely and stuff. I wanted to meet people.”
This was the ninth year of the PrideWorks gathering, which is put on by the Hudson Valley chapter of the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network. The conference is sponsored by numerous community groups, including a local Merrill Lynch office, the Westchester-Putnam School Boards Association, the Westchester-East Putnam Region PTA and a state senator, Suzi Oppenheimer, a Democrat from Mamaroneck. READ MORE
It seems that many GLBT teens out there are doing just fine. And when you think about it, role models start with mom and dad. Parents are the people GLBT teens look for guidance first and foremost. They are the people who can give the love and support that GLBT teens need and deserve. Not Jodie Foster.
Get mom and dad on “our side.” The battle of acceptance doesn’t begin in the spotlight or even in Washington D.C.
It begins at home.
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If any of you pay attention to the weather channel, you’d know that I’m up to my ears in snow here in Buffalo. Mother Nature bestowed a generous amount of the fluffy white stuff yesterday – about a foot and a half to be exact.
Snow doesn’t bother me much. I enjoy it, especially at this time of year. Part of the reason is because I like to ski. The other part? I don’t know. There’s something about snow that makes me feel like a kid again.
People ask all of the time if I’d like to move down south to where my parents live. Of course not, I tell them. I like where I live. The thing about Buffalo is that we get a taste of all the seasons.
Winter. Summer. Spring. And fall. It’s the best of all worlds. Why would I want to move some place else?
Here’s another question. This one posed by ABC. It’s a fair question, just like the one about living some place else. Only this question digs a little deeper. It’s not so much about where you live, but who you decide to live as.
Today’s Come Out & Play post spotlights Jodie Foster.
Jodie Foster 
made a sort of cryptic announcement regarding her sexuality earlier this week by “thanking” her partner in public for the first time ever. Many people, and by people I mean bloggers and columnists, believe this to be her shinning coming out moment! This was her big, “I’m gay!” statement to the world!
… or was it?
In my professional blogging opinion, I believe this was nothing more than a heartfelt “thank you,” to someone very special in Foster’s life. It wasn’t meant to be a declaration of any kind.
In the coming out sphere, Foster has long since portrayed the stance that she could care less whether the world knew or didn’t know she was gay. Her personal life, sexuality included, always remained her personal life. She separates herself from Hollywood, which is a rarity in the industry and I commend her for it. That’s why I don’t think that the statement Foster made was meant to be a “statement” at all.
Jodie Foster is the kind of woman who doesn’t need approval from her peers, critics, or even the world. She knows who she is. She has always known. Therefore, making a declaration on the fact that she is gay probably never even crossed her mind. It wasn’t an issue when she got together with Cydney, so why would it be an issue now? Foster carries herself so well that Hollywood stars such as Britney Spears should be taking notes on how to conduct oneself in public. They should be calling her for advice on how to separate one world from the other.
See, what Foster figured out a long time ago is that the celebrity world is nothing more than a mirage. It isn’t reality, it’s a world of make believe. And Foster knows the difference between reality and make believe. She knows the importance of separating her real life from her celebrity life. She keeps the two on separate plains and never lets one get mixed up with the other.
I have always admired Jodie Foster. She was forced to figure herself out at a very young age, and the way she has navigated her career in the spotlight through a journey of adolescence and acceptance is truly amazing. You can’t tell me that, after years of keeping her head on her shoulders when it came to celeb-reality and reality, she suddenly decided to mix the two. I don’t buy it for a second.
Jodie Foster didn’t finally come out. She’s been out to herself for years. And the rest of us are just catching on.
Tune in every Friday for the Come Out & Play series, featuring coming out stories of celebrities, every day people, personal reflections, advice, tid bits and everything else concerning the complicated world of coming out!
Got an interesting coming out story to tell? Contact me and I will feature it in an upcoming post of Come Out & Play.
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This week’s Notable Lesbian is:
Ada Dwyer Russell
1863 - 1952
Ada Russell was a Mormon actress of the stage. She pe
rformed on stage in Broadway and London. Russell married, and was widowed, and in 1909 met writer Amy Lowell. The two entered into long-term lesbian relationship, or a “Boston marriage” (the term for a 19th century romantic female relationship) beginning in 1912, which would last until Lowell’s death in 1925. Russell was the subject of many of Lowell’s explicit poems, such as the Taxi. Russell was also the executrix of Amy Lowell’s will, and burned all her items upon request.
Interesting tid bit:
In “The Taxi,” Lowell conveys a strong sense of her separation from Russell and her pain. Lowell also left her fortune in a trust to Ada Russell.
The Taxi
When I go away from you
The world beats dead
Like a slackened drum.
I call out for you against the jutted stars
And shout into the ridges of the wind.
Streets coming fast,
One after the other,
Wedge you away from me,
And the lamps of the city prick my eyes
So that I can no longer see your face.
Why should I leave you,
To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night?
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The holidays are upon us. It’s officially 12 days before Christmas. Have you gotten all of your shopping done? Or are you the type of person who waits until the 23rd to get out to the mall? I like to do a little at a time, so that I don’t feel too overwhelmed. This year has gone quite smoothly actually. All I have left to do is get the rest of the gifts I have on my list for my girlfriend.
I don’t know about you, but my girlfriend is annoyingly picky. I like for her to give me certain “hints” about what she wants. (And by “hints” I mean, she tells me exactly what she wants). That way I save us both the aggravation of having to return something. Additionally, I save her from utter disappointment and save myself from looking like a schmuck for getting my girlfriend something she would A., never wear, or B., never buy in the first place.
If your girlfriend, or friend for that matter, is like mine and you have absolutely no idea what to get her for Christmas – I’ve got some ideas.
Following is a list of 12 things (in honor of the 12 days of Christmas) that any lesbian would love to find under her tree.
(Click on any of the gifts mentioned for direct links to purchase them!)
Here’s a riddle.
What’s suffering from a severely sprained ankle, has a sore throat and is PMSing in the worst way?
Give up?
Me.
That’s right. I’m in the worst mood possible as circumstances in my life have come together to form the “perfect storm.” I feel dark, cloudy and ominous. Lighting is shooting from my nostrils every few seconds. Honest.
Drama aside, I feel as though I need something light and fluffy today to put me in a better mood, to calm the so-called “storm” that has taken over me at the moment. So I’ve put together a fun little post on the best (and most recent) lesbian couples on television. These are ranked in order from 5 to 1, and are based on my personal preference. If you disagree or feel that anybody is missing - feel free to sound off in the comment section below.
Here they are:
Forget Heather Has Two Mommies. 
More and more scholastic books on homosexuality are emerging on the shelves of school libraries across America. And more and more parents are trying to stop it from happening.
As reported in the Washington Blade, a group of parents who objected to the discussions of gay families in their children’s classrooms have taken their case to a federal appeals court. The lawsuit filed by the parents explains why they sued after their son brought home a book from kindergarten that depicted different kinds of families, including a gay family. Another couple signed on after they found out that a second grade teacher read the class a story about two princes falling in love. (Oh, the horror!)
The parents cried that their “rights to religious freedom and to control the upbringing of their children” were violated by the school system.
I’m all for religious freedom and the right for parents to “control” (they mean “teach”, right?) their children how they see fit … but, if they enroll their children in a public school, they do not have the right to dictate the curriculum. Furthermore, if certain parents want to monitor what their children read and learn, then they should be home-schooling them. They can’t expect an entire school system to change their curriculum on account of a few students.
If you are a parent who cringes at the thought of your child reading a fairytale about two men living happily ever after (pun intended), then pull your kid out of school. Have them read books that deal with the kinds of subjects you deem educational, the kinds of subjects that you feel expose them to the way the world really is (in your mind). I’ve got news for you though. When he or she graduates from twelve years of sheltered schooling, while other kids have gained a wealth of knowledge from all walks of life, your child will certainly be a step behind the times.
Here’s the deal folks. If you hadn’t noticed, the world is changing. What was considered taboo twenty years ago isn’t so “hush hush” anymore. You’d be surprised to know that your little five-year-old is more open-minded and accepting than you are, maybe even more than you will ever be. Why try to shelter your child from reality? The fact that there are interracial families in the world is real. The fact that there are single-parent families in the world is real. And, I’m sorry to say, the fact that there are homosexual families in the world is also very real.
You shake your head at me. You say, “It’s not my reality.” Fine. Then hide the book from your child. In fact, don’t ever let them step foot in a library. Who knows what they might find! Who knows what they might read. But if you do that, then you’ll have to keep them from watching television. You’ll have to keep them off of the computer. And don’t let them have any friends either, because they might learn a thing or two that you don’t approve of from little Mary down the street. As far as school goes – what if your child ends up in the same class as the child of two women or two men. What then? Maybe it’s best if you lock your child up in the house and board up all the windows and doors. Let them out for church only. Then bring them back home where they will be safe.
Sounds absurd, doesn’t it? Well, so does your idea of banning books that deal with subjects you don’t approve of.
I know of an author who has been the subject of banned books. What a horrible person this must have been, you think. What garbage did she write about, you ask?
Her name is Judy Blume. And she is one of the most beloved children’s book authors of this era. The book she wrote that has been banned is called Forever. The reason it was banned was because it dealt with teenagers having sex.
Aren’t you glad some people fought to have that book banned from bookshelves? Teenagers would be having sex all over the place.
Oh wait. They have sex regardless.
Maybe that means that banning books on homosexuality won’t stop it from happening either. Hmmm.
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