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Top Stories The winter holidays have come to an exhausted close and 2012 is upon us. The last of the Christmas cookies have been eaten and dried out spruce trees line the sidewalks waiting to be carted off. And now the attention shifts in earnest from retail frenzy to the US presidential election. Or rather who will run against Barack Obama in November. Maureen Dowd summed it up pretty well in a recent NY Times OP-Ed piece entitled The Grating Santorum, "But the whole Republican field seems... Read Full Story
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Top Stories We held our fifth (and likely final) public reading of Rights of Passage a few weeks ago. As per usual, our ensemble of 8 actors led by director Arturo Catricala were stunning. The packed house shared their views pro and con. Always so interesting to hear what resonates with one person and not the other. The true nature of art – subjective. Now it really is time to finish tinkering with the script, jump into pre-production mode and raise the money for the world premiere at NCTC... Read Full Story
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Top Stories Photo: Paula Ettelbrick and Ed Decker at IGLHRC headquarters in New York. Paula Ettelbrick, a courageous leader in the queer civil rights movement, passed away on October 7, 2011 in New York at the age of 56 from cancer. I met Paula when she was the director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission as we began our research for Rights of Passage in 2008. Paula was an amazing force of nature whose tireless work on behalf of global human rights was inspirational... Read Full Story
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Top Stories Don't Ask Don't Tell is within a hair's breadth of being flushed down the toilet of bad compromises. I can almost hear the gurgling water as I type this. Apparently, there are still some who walk among us, such as Senator John McCain of Arizona, who believe that an insufficient number of careers, lives and families have thus far been ruined or damaged for a policy that makes no sense. More they rumble, throw more bodies on the fire. Our military men and women of the heterosexual... Read Full Story
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Top Stories Mosque and Hindu Temple at Lake Bratan, Bali Each morning the crowing roosters and the delicate chiming of temple bells meant only one thing; we weren't in San Francisco, but 10,000 miles away on the tiny island of Bali. The smells of incense and frangipani merge with the fragrance of stale garbage; mangy dogs lap up the rice from tiny offerings laid at almost every doorway. Hindu deities share the diminutive volcano dotted landscape with mosques where the call to prayer is... Read Full Story
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Top Stories The way to fast forward a memorable interview is to spill tea all over your guest. That is a sure way to sear the event into memory and a very good way to stain clothing. Human rights activist Peter Tatchell managed great composure as he ran for a towel to dry himself off with me trailing behind offering profuse apologies. Thankfully, he did not flee the scene all together and we were able to spend the better part of an afternoon talking. I’ve long wanted to meet this amazing man... Read Full Story
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Top Stories The media has reported that Uganda's parliament adjourned without debating a controversial bill which includes the death penalty for some homosexual acts. First introduced in 2009, the bill could still be brought up when the new parliament meets later this year. The basics are: Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda but the bill would increase the penalty for those convicted to life in prison. Those found guilty of "aggravated homosexuality" - defined as when one of the... Read Full Story
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Top Stories David Kato, Ugandan LGBT activist who was brutally murdered earlier this year. Photo by Projo.com. We have less than 48 hours to help save thousands of gay Ugandans from possible execution. On Wednesday, the Ugandan Parliament could pass a law that imposes the death penalty for homosexuality. An international outcry shelved this bill last year -- if we can ramp up the pressure again and keep the gay death penalty law from reaching a vote this week, it will die when Parliament... Read Full Story
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Top Stories On Sunday April 3, 2011 we held our third public reading of Rights of Passage . We are happy to report, and our invited audiences agree, the play has taken another huge leap forward. One of the greatest challenges is sharpening the structure of the storytelling in a manner that allows for global LGBT human rights perspectives to unfold with clarity and compassion. The two-act play continues to be anchored by the life of its central character, a gay Hindu named Wayan. From time to... Read Full Story
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Top Stories The rumors are true. The next draft of our play Rights of Passage will be read at NCTC on April 3, 2011 at 2pm. In other breaking news...We just received word from the US Office of Homeland Security that NCTC will indeed be permitted to host 4 performances of Gender Mystic next month featuring our friend and highly regarded international artist Didik Nini Thowok. Didik uses masks and dance forms from different Asian traditions to embody different characters, moods and contemporary... Read Full Story
