ON THE AIROFF THE PRESS
New gay films wanted; old gay films catalogued
In 1991, Heidi Leiter created quite a stir in Manassas, Virginia when she took her girlfriend Missy Peters to her high school prom. The story of these two courageous teenage lesbians is being retold in More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter, the first 1994 episode of the HBO docudrama series, Life Stories: Families in Crisis. Elise Harris, in the April issue of Out magazine, reports that Leiter is pleased with HBO's portrayal of their story saying, "It's very accurate, and some of the lines are very good, very strong." In More Than Friends, Heidi Leiter is portrayed by Sabrina Lloyd while Kate Anthony plays Missy Peters.
Comedian Lois Bromfield came out of the closet when she was a guest on the Arsenio Hall Show a few weeks ago. Bromfield, whose sister Val'rie was one of Sandra Bernhard's ex-lovers, is married to a gay man living with AIDS.
If you didn't get a chance to show WVIZ Channel 25 you appreciate them for broadcasting In the Life by calling in a membership pledge when the show was being broadcast, it's not too late. Remember, viewer interest is a major factor when the station makes its decisions about purchasing independent programs for broadcast. A WVIZ spokesman during the pledge drive indicated that viewer response was evenly divided over the station's carrying In the Life. Call in a pledge to 398-2800. By the way, thanks to all of you who called in your pledges to the WRUW 91.1 FM telethon which carries our own GayWaves show.
The MC Film Festival Home Video Catalogue has just released its 1994 gay and lesbian catalogue. The catalogue lists over 800 titles of interest to our community, lists national and international gay and lesbian film festivals and compiles hundreds of famous quotes from the movies. Order it free of charge by writing to the company at: P. O. Box 20071, Tampa, FL 33622-0071 or by calling 800-445-7134.
Look in the March/April issue of 10 Percent magazine for the cover story interview with the Reverend Peter John Jones, the African-American chaplain of Harvard University's Memorial Church who came out of the closet when campus conservatives thought they had an ally and asked him to speak out against homosexuality. Also in the March/April issue of 10 Percent, complete with pictures, an interview with lesbian rock star Melissa Etheridge and her lover of four years, filmmaker Julie Cypher.
Frameline Distribution is requesting entries for the 18th Annual San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Frameline
also offers completion grants of up to $2,000 to help artists finish lesbian and gay film and video projects. The distributor also offers over 140 titles for rental and purchase. For a catalog and other information, contact Frameline at 346 Ninth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. Their phone number is 415-703-8654.
The Call and Post printed a statement by
'I don't do Magic Johnson jokes
and I don't do
gaybashing'
-Thea Vidale
Representative Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, on the uproar over remarks about whites, Jews and gays made by Nation of Islam minister Khallid Abdul Mohammed at Kean College of New Jersey. In the statement Mfume said that the Caucus considered the remarks "evil and vicious" and said that they were, "remarks that I have found since the beginning to be racist, sexist, antiSemitic, anti-Catholic and homophobic."
Also in the Call and Post, feature editor Shelly M. Shockley wrote a report on Thea Vidale, stand up comic and star of the ABC sitcom Thea who brought her act to the Palace Theater a few weeks ago. Instead of the comedy her character does in the sitcom, Vidale said that she tells the truth about "racism, homophobia and a lot of stuff that needs to be talked about." Vidale went on to say, "the only thing I don't do jokes about is AIDS, there's nothing funny about it. I don't do Magic Johnson jokes and I don't do gaybashing."
New in books, James Merrill's A Different Person: a Memoir from Knopf Books. A Different Person provides glimpses into the author and poet's life when he was in his twenties. After graduating from Amherst, Merrill, whose father founded the investment firm known at the time as Merrill Lynch, left for Europe to write poetry and come to terms with his homosexuality.
John DuAne Graves is a coproducer of GayWaves, on WRUW 91.1 FM.
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The Ohio Boys Club presents
White Magic
A White Party
Mystery. Energy & Sorcery
Muscial Energy by Mark Tarbox Los Angeles
Saturday, April 16, 1994 only at
V4ia
10630 Berea Road Cleveland
White Attire Requested
Romanovsky
&
Phillips @ CWRU
Saturday, April 16th, 8pm Thwing Excelsior Ballroom
One week left!! Get your tickets now!
Tickets on sale Mon.-Fri., April 11-15 from 11am to 2pm in the Atrium of Thwing Center, 11111 Euclid Ave. in Univ. Circle. Tickets will also be available at the door, but seating is very limited... Everyone will be there! Tickets are $7.50 general admission, $5 for students, seniors, and unemployed, and $2.50 for CWRU Undergrads. Buy quickly!
We'll have pastries & coffee available for you during the intermission from Truffles Pastry Shop and Marriott Catering. Join us for a real class event! The concert is a part of Unity Month on campus and will kick off a week of Take Back the Night activities.
Sponsored by the CWRU GLBA, University Program Board, Undergraduate Student Gov't, TBtN, Truffles, & Marriott. Call Chris at 754-1982 during business hours for more info.