Daily Archives: 07/17/2011

(Community Matters) Just received a copy of this picture from the President’s April visit in Austin.

(Community Matters) a note I wrote in response to an email chain among national LGBT philanthropists, activists and bloggers:

Re: ACT UP – let’s not underestimate their value. It was* tremendous, critical, life-saving . . . much beyond their numbers.

Were it not for their “extreme” positions and demonstrations, those of us who were tasked with negotiating public financial support, services & research for people living with AIDS/HIV would NOT have achieved the successes we achieved in the 90s. In Austin, we didn’t have an ACT UP chapter. Friends and I had to create one when local elected officials began seeing our moderate proposals as radical.

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(Community Matters) There’s a guy at our church who’s dying. In fact, most of us thought his visit to St. James Episcopal three weeks ago would be his last. He had written a letter to all of us which the rector read aloud. James’ mom and brother attended the service, people said their goodbyes. And, I left wondering whether James might be Jesus in disguise.

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(Community Matters) Lady Gaga

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(Community Matters) Steven and I saw the rough cut of Andrew Garrison’s documentary last nite w/ Allison Orr, Blake Trabulsi, JoeJoe (4mos old!), Graham Reynolds (music), Shawn Sides, Julie Showden, Stiles White and Angela Pires, the film’s editor – fantastic. Trash Dance is a performance & so much more. It’s about men & women who work so hard w/ pride & who hold down 2 & 3 jobs. It’s about how they see themselves, their work & their families. Over 2k attended last year’s performances. Being produced again on 8/27 & 8/28. More information at http://forkliftdanceworks.org . The below youtube posting isn’t Andrew’s documentary but a video of the performance. For Andrew’s trailer, go here

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