For Love of Journalism… The Common Language Project
26th Jan 2012
Sarah Stuteville, co-founder of The Common Language Project
I suppose this COULD fall into the category of Geek News, but if you are a fan of journalism, independently reported media, humanity or things so banal as The First Amendment, then take a moment to check out The Common Language Project.
CLP co-founder Sarah Stuteville spoke at TEDxRainier here in Seattle – an offshoot of TED, the organization committed to “Ideas Worth Spreading”, most universally via their series of brief talks (available online at their website), but you can hear her story here about her finding the path she was destined to travel:
Sarah and the CLP are certainly friends of Seattle Gay Scene, and whether or not you realize it yet, they’re your friend too. Websites like ours, that live day to day to share news of LGBTQ life here in Seattle, owe a debt to people like Sarah Stuteville, Alex Stonehill and Jessica Partnow at The Common Language Project who do the hard work and heavy lifting to protect a culture of fair and open media, and preserve an environment where those of us on the SeattleGayScene.com team can rant and rave and share our unfettered opinions on everything from Marriage Equality to the relative perkiness of Darrin Criss’s butt.
If you’re in a position to do so, please support them in this mission. Because if the alternative is a life where politics can and will sway a journalist’s voice, then it’s no longer the America that we know, love and deserve.
Tim Gunn has kept it holstered since the Reagan Administration…
26th Jan 2012
The impossibly dashing Tim Gunn
If you’re a fan of Project Runway, or are a devotee of contestant mentor Tim Gunn, you’re probably already aware of his shockingly anti-dating stance that he’s adopted since the end of a particularly unpleasant relationship. What you may not have known, is that Mr. Gunn has also been celibate. Here’s what he has to share on his new daytime help show THE REVOLUTION:
“I haven’t had sex in 29 years,” Gunn confessed during Tuesday’s show, which focused on how to improve your sex life. “Do I feel like less of a person because of it? No, not even remotely.”
As much as I adore Mr. Gunn, I hope his doesn’t portend a new trend of people abdicating sex because of the damage caused by bad relationships or unpleasant sexual experiences of the past. As my dear departed Granny used to say, “The best way to get over one man, is to get under another one.”
And I’m certain there are no shortage of gentlemen that would make themselves available to Mr. Gunn if the invitation were ever extended.
Snohomish County film fans get their own film festival this Sunday.
26th Jan 2012
Why should Seattle get all the arty fun? LGBTQ film fans live all over the place including Snohomish County but they tend to get the fuzzy end of the lollipop when it comes to arts events specifically for the queer community. Our neighbors to the north have decided to rectify that, and have announced the 2012 Winter Film Festival which will be held Sunday, January 29, 2012 at the Everett PUD Theater, 2320 California Street in Everett, WA. Here are the details:
Sno-GLOBE Equality Alliance Presents:
2012 Winter Film Festival
We are honored to announce Sno-GLOBE Equality Alliance’s first Snohomish County LGBT Film Festival.
Our inaugural program showcases three films that draw attention to the lives and hearts of LGBTQ and their stories young and old. Please join us for an afternoon of inspiring LGBT stories.
Our inaugural program showcases three films that draw attention to the lives and hearts of LGBT and their stories young and old. Please join us for an afternoon of inspiring stories.
-1:00pm Social and desert and drinks concessions (cash and checks only please)
Resource TablesShowings:
-2:00pm Inlaws & Outlaws “It’s marriage from the inside and out.”
We are excited to announce that Writer and Film Maker Drew Emery will be joining us with a special introduction and Q&A after viewing.
Inlaws & Outlaws cleverly weaves together the true stories of Pacific Northwest couples and singles— both gay and straight — and all into a collective narrative that is as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.
Drew Emery is also providing DVD copies with 50% of sales being donated to SnoGLOBE Equality Alliance.
-Intermission
-2011 Web Cam Confessions, a film short highlighting the voices of Snohomish County LGBTQ Youth.
First debuted at the third annual Voices of Youth teen film festival.
This 8 minute short highlights the voices of our Snohomish County’s GLOBE (GLBT Loving Ourselves Becoming Empowered) youth on topics of identity, coming out, bullying, religion and what most important to them.
-4:45pm Out in America, A moving, diverse portrait of LGBT Americans.
We are also excited to announce Out in Americas first film festival screening in Washington State.
Premiered on PBS stations June, 2011 OUT in America is an uplifting collection of unique, trans-formative stories and inspiring personal narratives told through the lens of the country’s most prominent LGBT figures and pioneers, as well as many average, yet extraordinary, citizens from Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender communities.
*Show times may very base on Q&A discussion
For more information on Sno-GLOBE Equality Alliance and future events please visit http://www.snoglobe.us
Your Religion is Irrelevant…
26th Jan 2012
Ken Hutcherson needs more attention. And he will come after the civil rights of others if he thinks it'll get him some press time.
If I’ve realized nothing else about the conversation we’re having about Marriage Equality, it’s that no one (and I’ll say it again for emphasis) NO ONE is against it. Except for people who oppose it for specious religious reasons. But we’re talking about a matter of civil rights and the law where RELIGION IS IRRELEVANT.
Marriage Equality is About Civil Marriage, Not Religious Marriage. This is not about forcing any church to perform or extend religious recognition to any marriages it doesn’t want to. This is about the right to the civil marriage license issued by the state, which religious groups should not interfere with (just as the state should not interfere with religious ceremonies).
Seattle Channel has a (softballed, but serviceable) conversation about Marriage Equality viewable after the jump:
This sounds filthy (like a Cazwell song…): “Flaunt It, Smack It, Stroke It” at Re-bar.
25th Jan 2012
Note: Mr. Cazwell will NOT be in attendance at this event...
“Flaunt it, Smack it, Stroke it” Drag Night and Techno Dance Night is happening TONIGHT, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at Re-bar starting at 9pm. It sounds like dirty fun…and, it’s only $5.
Drag Queens flaunt their talent, smack down their junk and stroke the ego’s of everyone around them.
Join Abaddon Productions and Re-Bar for “Flaunt it, Smack it, Stroke it” this Wednesday night at Re-Bar beginning at 9pm until the doors close for a drag show featuring some of the hottest and fresh/raw talented queens on Capitol Hill such as Ursula Major and Cherry Sur Bete…
After the drag show, stay and rip up the dance floor with one of our hottest DJs…
DJ Tony Burns with techno dance all night long!Cover – $5
Gasp! Two of our favorite local party producers team up: Hard Times + ElektroPOP = HOT MESS!
25th Jan 2012
You now have a reason to leave the house this Thursday, January 26, 2012. From the Hard Times website:
Hard Times Press joinsElektroPOP Thursdays at The Baltic Room for a very special“Hot Mess” edition next thursday, January 26th!
Sinfinite Productions’ has created one of Seattle’s HOTTEST Thursday night destinations! Each week, their skyscraper hostess, the one and only“Mama Tits”, hosts a wild and crazy night of dancing, drinking, live performances, games, prizes, and much, much more!
Along with the amazing resident DJ talents of the one and only DJ Skiddle, there are rumors of appearances by Ms.Colby b and L.A. Kendall on the decks churning out the choons that are gonna make the dance floor go BOOM! Appearances by, eh, hem, a past Hard Times Press covergirl, andCharlatan Twins are slated as well. We’ll be on hand with our Hard Times Pressphotobooth, courtesy of Ginger Girl Photography.
We’ll also have PLENTY copies of the latest issue! …and if you get don there early, rumor has it there are gonnabe $1 shot specials! The first five to come in an buy a round of shots will recieve an exclusive, highly collectible HARD TIMES BOX SET!
So come on down, express yourself, and enjoy the spectacle! You know y’all a Hot Mess!
Thursday January 26th, 2012 - Baltic Room – 1207 Pine St (Seattle) – 9PM – 2AM
Should be funner than a box of lube!
