The TRUE Wino

Not skanky Amy Winehouse...but illustrious Winona Ryder! I actually woke up a couple days ago with a song in my head from the movie Mermaids, and I realized that morning, much as I realized almost a year ago that I HAD to put on a Hedwig and the Angry Inch festival, that showcasing a Winona Ryder marathon was going to be my one true calling this semester.

My goddess is actually appearing in a new movie soon called Sex and Death 101, which is a typical title for her, and apparently she's appearing nude for one scene for the first time in her career.

Now I pause to invite any readers to respond or to write to Qlisted if they wish, but mostly out of curiosity that someone shares my feelings...or just to make fun of me!

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What would Bobby do?

Thank you, John Tao, for submitting this excellent piece of news!

Famous bisexual pornstar Bobby Blake is coming out with a new book in May 2008 entitled My Life in Porn. But the book apparently isn't so much about porn as it is his recent reversion to Christianity!

Now an extremely conservative preacher in Tennessee, he is actually pursuing a career in criminal justice due to his vehement opposition to gay marriage, despite having had sex with hundreds of men. The real kicker, though, is that when you visit his website (would you expect any less of me?), the intro to the flash site consists of the covers of all of his previous movies, but upon entering all you see is news of his book and his ideology!

From a marketing perspective...I can respect that...

Here is the link to his site. Enjoy!

Oops I did it again...

Another great item from Dlisted! Apparentely it's video from NBC's 60th Anniversary in 1986 featuring, of all people, Bea Arthur's fierce ass, singing "We are a Family" from Dreamgirls. I love how she takes the stage and sings like she just smoked an extra pack for the hell of it, shoulder pads higher than Nell Carter's head, and just generally gayer (more lesbionic that is) than Christmas at Tammy Faye's Jesus Birthday Party on West Heaven Blvd.

Yes, Chris Daniels, I will be the Bea to your Rudy...

Sorry for all of the inside jokes, people!

As if I don't steal from him enough already

Dlisted reported that Sarah Jessica Parker finally responded to Maxim Magazine's rating her "Unsexiest Women Alive" 3 days ago (goes to show how behind the times I am with Dlisted) and convinced the world basically about how much better she really is...

"What they don't know is that one day I'll wake up fat. But I'll still be happy, just like I am now. I believe in the old 'sticks and stones' philosophy, so frankly their words don't come close to hurting. And it does not bother me in the least if people don't think I'm sexy. I don't think I am, either."

Oh Sarah, if I didn't already owe my soul to the other 3-named-person-ending-in-Parker, Mary Louise Parker, I would almost consider devoting a shrine to your humble greatness in my spacious bedroom!

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Still goin' strong!

And by strong I mean carved up like a Thanksgiving Turkey! *Did I just say that outloud?* According to an article at AfterEllen.com, the new season of Nip/Tuck is set to feature 3 out lesbian characters and 2 out lesbian actors. I swear this show is the biggest national primetime promoter of Vagitarianism, mostly because the LWord makes you pay for its services...just visit the link for further information and/or write to Qlisted with personal thoughts!

Worth the wait

I'm sorry to all of my many, many dedicated readers for taking such a long hiatus, but midterms and preparing for Transgender Awareness Week have consumed my life up to this point, but I'm happy to report I'll be posting more often now.

With that said, here is a pretty set list of fabulous week-long Trans events taking place next week! Tell you friends, go to events, make it sucessfull! And keep in mind, I will in fact be performing in drag at the DLP drag show on Friday ;)

Friday, 11/9: Julia Serano (Room of One's Own, 6pm)
Monday, 11/12: The Transgender Monologues (Memorial Union Play Circle, 7pm)
Tuesday, 11/13: Trans on Campus disccusion forum (Liz Waters, 6:30pm)
Arm-band making social (Campus Women's Center, 8:30pm)
Wednesday, 11/14: Speaker, Jessica Janiuk (1641 Humanities, 7pm)
Thursday, 11/15: Transgender Day of Remembrance (All day)
Remembrance rally, featuring Anne Enke and Tangled Up in Blue (TITU, 5pm)
Candlelight vigil (State St. Mall, 8:30pm) followed by hot chocolate reception (Campus Women's Center) -- Dress warmly!
Alix Olson (Room of One's Own, 6:30pm)
Friday, 11/16: Delta Lambda Phi Drag Show & Queer Performances (3650 Humanities, 8pm)
Saturday, 11/17: Queer Self-defense Workshop (Villari's on State St., 2pm)
Saturday 11/17: Trans Film Festival (Memorial Union Play Circle, 7pm) -- Featuring "The Aggressives" and "Ma Vie en Rose"

For more information visit http://www.wisc.edu/lgbt

Friends in hot places

Recently I've been checking in on last year's LGBT Campus Center Student Staff Supervisor, Brad Schmock, who is currently completing a study abroad program in Thailand. His blog, Compassionate Badger, currently deatails all of his latest adventures and has many pictures of his experiences so far. Check it out! Send him a message or comment on some of his entries!

Too good to pass up!

I'm sure some of you Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon fanatics out there might be able to find some random correlation between this story and the queer community, but for my purposes I found it to be amusing (excuse me, tragic) enough not to matter.

Anyway, last Friday a herd of 40 elephants apparently broke into Chandan Nukat, a small village in India, and drank copiously from from their supply of brewed rice beer, became intoxicated and engaged in a frenzied rampage. During the commotion, six of the elephants uprooted an electrical pole, got electrecuted and died! Oops...

Here's the story from MSNBC.

Makin' a plug

Not a buttplug (is there a minicourse for that?)...but a mini-promotion let's say...for Halloqueen this weekend! Details:

Majestic Theater
Saturday, Oct 27
9pm - 3am
All ages
$10 at door ($8 in advance)

The rest is on the flyer, check it out! I will most certainly be there, in the shadow of Velvet Goldmine's Jack Fairy character, and looking somewhat gayer than I or any of you have probably ever seen! There will also be a performance by Chris Daniels and Emily Shor at some point in the night. Truly a sight to see! Go to Indie Queer Madison for more details!

The O has spoken

Oprah has released a trailer for her next program to air this week: Gay Around the World. You can view it here. Some of the guests expected to appear include "United Kingdom’s John Amaechi, the former basketball player who came out after his career in the NBA; the Indian prince, Manvendra Singh Gohil, who came out to the consternation of his royal family last year; and the feminist spoken word poet, Staceyann Chin, who will explain that being a lesbian in Jamaica made her so fearful that she moved to a different country."

I swear sometimes I don't know what to think of this woman, with her *marriage* of convenience and all! It certainly is perfect timing considering Mahmoud Ahmedinejad's claim last month about the non-existence of gays in Iran (I'm sure to the tune of many other world leaders that assume the same thing). Watch out for the program, take a look at it and let Qlisted know what you think! Comment or write to qlisted@gmail.com

Can you say 'love'?

Forgive me, but I have to take two seconds today to express my queeniness and report that Gucci came out with it's newest ad campaign for the fall/winter line...and it is truly something lust-worthy! The entire campaign is set against the a Citizen Kane-esque backdrop with eerie panther paintings and a dark collection complete with feathers and my all time favorite, when done correctly, FURS! mmmmm.......I'm like a regular Cruella Deville!Pretty soon I'll have PETA on my ass.

Here's the link

We've got shoes to fill!

The LGBT Campus Center is HIRING!!! for two positions:

Educational Outreach Specialist

and

Web Services Specialist

For job desciptions and online applications, just go Here or stop by the LGBT Campus Center on the 2nd Floor of Memorial Union for a paper application. All apps due November 13th at 5pm.

The newest addition to the Silverfox network...

Name: Albus Dumbledore
sex: Male
Age: 126
orientation: Gay
Fetishes: Wands, Broomsticks, Potions, BDSM
About me: Tall, mature and hairy
Looking for: Same for mutual witchcraft/NSA fun
Out?: Outed by J.K. Rowling @ Carnegie Hall on Friday, Oct. 19th

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I wish I knew how to quit this movie

This is better than that chain email that went around a couple years ago about "The Fur Traders"! I'm going to take this time to use the few opportunities I've allotted myself for pure trashy gossip on this site to talk about OK! Magazine's new report about the potential greatest film of our time: Brokeback Mountain 2! *Please detect the sarcasm in my electronic pseudo-voice*

Maybe it's true, maybe it's not. I'm not surprised really that I wouldn't be dissapointed either way; at least a sequel would provide some entertainment quality during those more dull intervals before a party...and who ever said the canon of terrible gay cinema was too full?!

More like Hall of Flamers

Last night former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington was inducted in the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame, posthumously. He died in 1987, but like most people who receive this local honor, his efforts to improve the rights of LGBT people in Chicago were far-reaching even after his death. He was also the first African-American mayor of Chicago when he was elected in 1983. Among his achievements was the passing of the 1988 Human Rights Ordinance, protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination. He also "encouraged and facilitated a new group of independent and progressive gay leaders in Chicago," during a time when AIDS and attitudes particularly among South-side Chicagoans did not reflect favorably on the community. "Washington was the first Chicago mayor to appoint a LGBT liaison and headline a gay rights rally. He also established Chicago ’s first official committee on gay and lesbian issues, now called the Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues," reports 365gay.com.

Other inductees last night included Jeff McCourt, the late founder of Chicago gay weekly Windy City Times; Vera Washington, HIV/AIDS counselor, LGBT youth service coordinator, and co-founder of Executive Sweet Inc., which provides opportunities for lesbians of color to build a strong community network; and Chicago Games, Inc., which hosted Gay Games VII in Chicago.

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They never learn...

According to the lastest news from an article at 365gay.com today, "Uganda's leading Muslim cleric has proposed to President Yoweri Museveni that gays be rounded up and marooned on an island in Lake Victoria until they die." The statement was a result of escalating opposition to gay rights in Uganda following a plea by masked homosexuals back in August for basic civil rights. This opposition is frightfully characterized often by murders and threats commited by a Muslim Tabliqh youth "anti-gay squad." What's more is that last week's International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission revealed that the Bush administration has "funded groups in Uganda that actively promote violence and discrimination against lesbians and gay men."

Personally I find all of this very upsetting, scary, and perplexing. But at the same time I take a look at the idea of committing genocide against LGBT people and I find the whole thing rather ridiculous, and impossible! LGBT People are not an ethnic group that can be "cleansed," or even identified by any form or external recognition with any real accuracy, and most of all, no matter what theory of sexual orientation development that you accept (whehter it's genetic, by choice, developmental, etc.), all of them support the idea that The Gay will live on forever. The only way to get rid of it is to destroy the human population entirely! Under this philosophy, you could almost assume that LGBTI is really only one of two things (from a demographic perspective): a naturally-occuring advantage in the evolutionary cycle, or a naturally-occuring disease that cannot be eradicated in any way. I think if more people realized this, things would be different.

What do you think? email qlisted@gmail.com or comment!

Xena was robbed!

I love AfterEllen.com, specifically when they post things like the 11 Top Lesbian/Bi Moments in SciFi & Fantasy! The list is quite comprehensive and entertaining, but Xena and Gabrielle were placed at Number 3, which dissapoints me a little bit! Granted I am a little biased, having spent most of my childhood years watching the relationship between Xena and gabrielle unfold everyday after school at 3:30, but who can deny that Amazonian chemistry!? Anyway, check out the list and let everyone know how you feel with a comment, or send a post to qlisted@gmail.com

An apple a day keeps the doctor...wait, bring that doctor back!

Don't forget to check out the LGBTI Health Summit in Madison, WI on November 3rd. It's from 10am to 5pm in Grainger Hall on Universtiy Ave. Refreshments will be povided and the event will feature physicians, therapists, community leaders and keynote speaker Joe Hollendoner from Howard Brown Health Center in Chicago, specializing in LGBT health and HIV/AIDS. If you want more information contact Shawn Neal from AidsNetwork here in Madison.

Why am I not surprised?

Thanks to the negligence of Gov. Mike Beebe of Arkansas, an "inadvertently added word" that went unnoticed was passed as Arkansas state law earlier this year, which can now only be overturned in the legislature. This brilliant piece of legislation now reads:

"In order for a person who is younger than eighteen (18) years of age and who is not pregnant to obtain a marriage license, the person must provide the county clerk with evidence of parental consent to the marriage," the not being the inadvertently added word. Basically, as it reads, anyone under the age of 18, even babies, can get married with consent of the parent, provided that neither partner is in fact pregnant!

For a state that, like many others in the recent past, amended their constitution to prevent same-sex couples from the right to marry, this sure does send a comforting message about norms in our society ;)

What do you think? Leave a comment or write to qlisted@gmail.com!

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Galleria di Eshto

Check out the fabulous and edgy artwork of my good friend who likes to go by Rygar! Everything from portraits, self-portraits, paintings, sketchings, digital manipulations, and much more!