List from Lambda.org
OMG additions-
*Alan Turing- British mathematician, father of the computer, invaluable to the WWII code-cracking effort. Killed himself when forced to undergo aversion therapy for the "crime" of homosexuality in the 50's.*
*Pedro Almodóvar- a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.*
*Michael Stipe- singer/songwriter*
*Rufus Wainwright- singer/songwriter*
*Leslie Cheung- actor, pop singer*
*Richard II- English king*
*Mary Renault- writer*
*Sybille Bedford- writer*
*Dr John Fryer- the US psychiatrist credited with convincing his profession to stop classifying homosexuality as a mental illness*
*Frank Kameny- Harvard astronomer and DC activist*
*Leopold and Loeb- infamous murderers*
*Richard Chamberlain- actor*
*George Takei- actor*
*Allen Ginsberg- writer*
*Rainer Werner Fassbinder- director*
* Patrice Chéreau- director*
*KD Lang- singer*
*Ted Casablanca – Journalist*
*Matthew Shepard - student and Hate crime victim*
*Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos - Poet*
*Louis Aragon – Poet*
*Reinaldo Arenas – Writer*
*Josephine Baker - Singer and entertainer*
*William S. Burroughs – Writer*
*Caravaggio – Artist*
*Angela Davis – Activist*
*Clark Gable – Actor*
*Jean Genet - Playwright and political activist*
*Nigel Hawthorne – Actor*
*James Ivory – Filmmaker*
*Derek Jacobi - Actor and director*
*Patria Jiménez - Politician-PRD member of Mexico's Chamber of Deputies-first openly lesbian member of Mexico's National Legislature*
*Annie Leibovitz – Photographer*
*Michelangelo - Sculptor, artist*
*Anaïs Nin - Diarist*
*Lily Tomlin - Actor, comedienne*
*Luchino Visconti - Film director, writer*
*António Variações - Singer-songwriter*
*Virginia Woolf – Writer*
*Franco Zeffirelli - Film director, theater director*
*Amelie Mauresmo- tennis player*
*Walt Whitman- writer, poet*
*Anthony Sher- UK actor and writer*
*TR Knight- actor*
*Neil Patrick Harris- actor*
*Marilyn Monroe- actress*
*Joan Crawford- actress*
*W. H. Auden- writer*
*Sir Ian McKellen- actor*
*Peter Tatchell- activist*
*Jake Shears- singer*
*John Barrowman- actor*
*Mary Oliver- poet*
*Rob Halford- singer*
*Boy George- singer*
*Sinead O'Connor- singer*
*David Bowie- singer*
*Graham Chapman- actor, member of Monty Python*
*Jimmy Somerville- singer*
*Ferron- singer*
*RuPaul- singer, fabulous!*
*Leslie Gore- singer*
*Beth Ditto- singer*
*Cris Williamson- singer*
*Clive Barker- author*
*Simon Doonan - designer -creative director of Barneys New York *
*Jonathan Adler - designer*
*Clay Aiken - singer*
*Lindsey Lohan - actress*
*Wicked- kind of a big deal in the Jausty fandom ;)*
From Wicked-
Now why are they posting a picture of the Chilmark store, you ask? Well, because this picture was taken on Monday by our own OMG travelling correspondent, JerseyTB/Tom, that's why! He may not have actually shaken hands with Jake, but he did walk on the same steps the great man trod. But did he also buy the same candy? I wonder if any other OMGers will have a Jake encounter this week. Just hope it's not me, because you all know I will tell him to shave!
Visit HRC's coming out page for more information on the 20th anniversary of National Coming Out Day-
HRC - Coming Out
Harry Smith of CBS Morning Show shows his dismay of not being on the schedule for this round of interviews for Rendition. We will have to wait and see if Jake stops by CBS or not.
"Since 1990 the U. S. has utilized an intelligence-gathering program involving the transfer of foreign nationals suspected of involvement in terrorism to detention and interrogation in countries where -- in the CIA's view -- federal and international legal safeguards do not apply. Suspects are detained and interrogated either by U.S. personnel at U.S.-run detention facilities outside U.S. sovereign territory or, alternatively, are handed over to the custody of foreign agents for interrogation.In both instances, interrogation methods are employed that do not comport with federal and internationally recognized standards."
"...some experts estimating that 150 foreign nationals have been victims of rendition in the last few years alone. Foreign nationals suspected of terrorism have been transported to detention and interrogation facilities in Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Diego Garcia, Afghanistan, Guantánamo, and elsewhere. In the words of former CIA agent Robert Baer: "If you want a serious interrogation, you send a prisoner to Jordan. If you want them to be tortured, you send them to Syria. If you want someone to disappear -- never to see them again -- you send them to Egypt."
ACLU - Fact Sheet:Extraordinary Rendition
Picture from worldexecutive.com
You're invited!
To join some fellow OMGers in Boston to see Rendition on its opening weekend. When? We are planning to go to an afternoon show on Sat., 10/20, place TBD as soon as we know where the movie will be playing. Why Boston? Spesh and NETB already live there, Tom is vacationing on the Cape that week, Destiny might also be in the area, and Wicked hasn't been to Boston in years! We'd love to see you there too. Keep your eyes on this space for further details!
Pure sent this scan from the magazine, NW-New Woman Daily, out of the UK.
