tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316232094843196462024-03-13T13:39:17.948-07:00AnarchondaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-55943242941826913652013-09-26T15:56:00.000-07:002013-09-27T07:32:07.090-07:00Queer Migrant - Cultural Geography paper 1<br />
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I consider myself
both a migrant and a Queer. Like these titles the paths that I have
traveled have shaped my cultural perception as well as the actual
person I have become. At ten months I was adopted and began life in
the suburbs of Wexford near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, in a good
christian household. Marylee Haas, the very last non liberated woman
after the sixties and also my mother. She held a desire to be middle
class above all else. She was raised poor and she shared a room with
three sisters in Hartford, Connecticut. Her father was a looming
German disciplinarian and her mother an artist who gave up New York
to raise a family. At 21 she married a middle of the road business
forms salesman Weston Hyde, to provide for her and offer the normalcy
she required. Weston had been raised by a father; also in the
Hartford area; who always wore mustard yellow and was a widower. Thus
Wes similarly wanted things just to be. Like the placid yellows of
his father he to was content in the suburbs having a good life as
promised by the American Dream.<br />
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Growing up I was a
shy if not fearful boy. I have always been what society calls
feminine. This was inexcusable to my parents and eventually estranged
us, as they became more abusive and christian. After my second
semester at the University of Pittsburgh I quit school and moved to
Trafford Pa. to live with my first boyfriend. Trafford was an old
mill town with woods and trains and very little else. Found just past
the whistle-stop of Willmerding, another steel belt town, the nearest
excitement was a mall. To find adventure we took a summer to live in
Nags Head, North Carolina and make some money waiting tables. Summers
end returned to Trafford and we took up residence in the comfortable
attic of said boyfriends grandmother. Being so near my parents and
in a small town were playing my youthful desires. I wanted to go
where being gay was accepted and celebrated. Pittsburgh could be very
hard in the late eighties for out gay people. I had always felt
that what made me different would be the thing that was my salvation.
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After the death of
a close friend in spring 1990, with three hundred fifty dollars, I
set out by train to conquer New York City. I managed never to settle
into a place to stay, or held a day job long. I was instead busy
becoming a star Drag Queen. I worked five to six nights in clubs in
drag and began to really explore my unique voice. I began learning my
gay history through the storytellers in the scene as well as being
part of living history. Yet all that partying turned roommates into
junkies and the schedule was rough to maintain, especially on the
liver.</div>
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Living in clubs and
hanging with the likes of Lauren Hutton and Debbie Harry for 8 years
I was suddenly very burned out. I hopped onto a bus to Provinctown
Mass., another gay mecca, to work another summer at the beach and
give the city a break. I spent the summer waiting tables, working in
a gallery, discussing art with artists, and being a handsome tan
twenty seven year old that attended yoga, meditation, thai chi and
even church. I tried to stay in this Ptown through a winter but the
dark at 4pm; due to its very eastern location geographically; and no
job or community in the winter months, sent me packing to San
Francisco.</div>
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The last queer
mecca, and still home, is San Francisco. I had found out I was HIV
positive at age twenty two and was beyond surprised that I was not
yet dead. I was actually very healthy but also not a youth. I also
needed some where less expensive to live, which sixteen years ago SF
was. The city is small enough and open enough for me to be different
and succeed. I won the coveted title Miss Trannyshack 2004 two weeks
after going All American as a swimmer. I*ve been Sainted by the
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in *09, and in 2010; using both my
boy and drag name Anna Conda; I ran for District 6 Supervisor. I now
sit as Neighborhood Representative on the Entertainment Commission
and serve this year as Vice Chair.</div>
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I have migrated
from a small city known in days gone by as the gate way to the west.
It has truly served as my gateway. Although I gained strength and
purpose during my years in New York it has only been since being in
San Francisco that I have truly blossomed and owned my power. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-35250376872496534392013-09-24T08:18:00.001-07:002013-09-24T08:18:09.346-07:00New Entertainment Commission policy regarding outreachTHANKS Entertainment Commission staff and especially Steven Lee and Naiomi Akers for the extra time and all the Commissioners for helping to pass this policy!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /> </b></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The
San Francisco Entertainment Commission</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>Guidelines
for Meaningful Neighborhood Outreach</b></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When doing the
outreach, the applicant must include the information about the type
of license applying for and the hours that this license will be in
use. The applicant is asked to do two to three of the types of
outreach listed below for new permits. The applicant should have this
outreach completed prior to their presentation to the Entertainment
Commission and should be prepared to answer questions about it from
the Commission. For Limited Live Performance Permits and Change of
Ownership amendments to existing permits, one or two of the following
outreach are strongly suggested. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Applicants must do
this outreach and provide proof of the outreach to the Commission at
their hearing. Meaningful neighborhood outreach is very beneficial
during the application process and the success of the venture moving
forward. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>Methods of
Acceptable Outreach</b></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Presentation to a Neighborhood,
Community or Residential Group. Specific information must be given
to the type of permit that the Applicant is seeking. The Applicant
is to share any and all relevant information such as hours of
operation, entertainment types, security plans as well as plans for
neighborhood integration. This should be an oral or visual
presentation that is given before the members of the group at one of
their regularly scheduled meetings and members should be able to
voice concerns about the license being sought. A notice from the
Community, Neighborhood or Residential group should be included in
the applicant’s application packet for review by the Commission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Presentation to the Leadership
of a Local Not For Profit, 501(c)3, that deals with community
support such as housing, at risk youth, health or mental services.
The presentation must include information about the type of permit
the Applicant is seeking including type of entertainment, hours of
operation and security, as well as neighborhood integration plans.
Evidence of completion from the organization should be submitted in
the application packet for review at the Commission hearing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">A petition - an appropriate
number neighbor signatures according to Applicants business address.
The Applicant may go out and present information to neighbors about
the type of permit the Applicant is seeking including type of
entertainment, hours of operation and security as well as
neighborhood integration plans. This is to inform neighbors of
changes to the neighborhood fabric and impress on the Applicant that
nightlife has a broader scope of influence in a community than just
the immediate surroundings. These signatures should be presented to
the Commission for review in their application packet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Presentation
to a Business Association. If there is no community organization or
Not for Profit within a reasonable distance of the Applicants
business, the Applicant may present to a business or merchant
association instead. Specific information must be given to the type
of permit that the Applicant is seeking. The applicant is to share
any and all relevant information such as hours of operation,
entertainment types, security plans as well as plans for
neighborhood integration. This should be an oral or visual
presentation at the groups regularly scheduled meeting before the
members of the Business Association and accompanied by a notice from
the Business organization to the Commission and should be included
in the application packet for review by the Commission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">For help finding organization we
suggest you contact the district supervisors’ office or look at the
list of Community Groups listed online at </span><a href="http://citidex.sfgov.org/"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">http://citidex.sfgov.org/</span></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Negative reviews by
any organization will be considered by the Commission, but are not
grounds for denial.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-56680107550555795902013-07-18T09:00:00.004-07:002013-07-18T11:45:21.565-07:00Female Trouble; The Divine Punishmnt of John Waters<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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The films of John
Waters carry with them the theme of suburban unrest can result in
individuals who live outside the law. From <u>Pink Flamingos</u>
through <u>A Dirty Shame</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> he
fixates on the outsider from the suburban norm and what the inability
to conform can do to the psyche. His works raise questions about
drugs, sex, rock and roll, family, sexuality, normalcy,
heteronormative dominance, filth and its place in the human
condition. His filth filled view of the suburban American dream when
viewed in modern times is a surprisingly accurate take on where
America was and is headed and what obsessions would become glorified
in the current age of instant media and sensationalism. His knowledge
that titillation was more important that morality remains a spot on
critique of current culture and the instant fame of murders and thugs
due to media saturation and repetition of their heinous crimes in the
twenty four hour news cycle.</span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;">
Waters uses saturation of shocking images and violence to make his
point. His repetition of shock and horror to engross the public is at
its slick best in </span><u>Female Trouble</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
This repetition of shock and awe is common practice in todays
xenophobic American Culture and was used to the extreme by George
Bush and his comrades during 9/11 when all else was blocked from our
televisions for three days showing us violence and promising the
threat of more. It was shortly after we were blindly led into wars
with little national resistance from the newly terrorized public.
Dawn Davenport is the American use of fear in the shape of a large
high school ruffian and she will get her way by asserting dominance
like the US itself does. Waters knows who is to blame and so does
Dawn and neither one is about to apologize for what will come next! </span>
</div>
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Dawns behavior in her school is not only pointing to the brazen
high school delinquent authority issues. It calls into focus
something far more troubling; the selfish greed our children are
raised to feel as they are taught through media to succeed at any
cost. Fame and riches are the goal and we can and should get them
without lifting a finger. We are taught we are owed everting just
because we are American. Businessmen, politicians and everyday people
are clawing their way to the top bending ethics and subjecting morals
to personal purpose. The character of the glutenous Dawn is repeated
in characters today like Eric Cartmen on televisions South Park. He
is the cartoon fourth grade Dawn Davenport and his behavior is still
shocking to us because we recognize this inherent selfishness in our
culture and realize our consumerism has trapped us in this cycle.</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"> In
his crowning masterpiece </span><u>Female Trouble</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
we see through the life of Dawn Davenport all that was, is, and will
be the driving themes of todays mass media culture created by the
masses for the masses in never ending loops. As the movie starts we
meet Dawn Davenport and her delinquent cohorts Chicklett and
Conchetta who are bored with life*s offerings in high school.
Learning very little in classes they spend their time smoking,
spraying their enormous hair do*s and eating a meatball submarine
sandwich right out in class. When their behavior is called to the
attention of the overwhelmed mousey teacher they use threats to gain
power over their accusers.</span></div>
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This movie is a prediction to the rash of violence that students
have been committing on each other in great numbers in recent years.
Gun toting students who do not fit in to the model society are
frequently turning to violence against their peers to express their
grave discontent. Since the mass coverage of the 1999 Colombine high
school shooting grabbed national attention and made a house hold name
out of the frustrated students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold who
killed over twelve students. They became the required viewing for
concerned Americans as they watched the students flee for their
lives. We heard the sound of shots over and over like the loop of and
experimental film. Every station and all day long for days we watched
the events unfold until our brains were etched with their images.
These images would be repeated as copy cat students disenfranchised
with the suburban American dream shot their way through their
despair, piling student bodies on the heap of discontent. Alarmingly
the violence is now being served to the students of elementary
schools as witnessed in Sandy Hook. Even the most vulnerable are at
risk now for instant notoriety.
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"> What
many fail to see in </span><u>Female Trouble</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
is that Waters gives us the solution and the reasons to senseless
violence. Firstly the movie blames poorly run schools; that are use
more as containment devices for the youth population as their parents
work at endless jobs to provide the American dream. Coupled with
teachers low wages. With and education system that lacks funding and
tools we instead ignore what this ignorance breeds in our children we
continue to look to the next status symbol that will bring happiness.
We are bombarded several hundred times a day by images of what it is
we must achieve materially to find happiness. The aim to have it all,
a house, kids, car and cha cha heels! </span>
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Dawn become pregnant instantly after leaving home, due to the
disappointment on Christmas morning when she gets dress flats instead
of the much desired cha cha heels. Her pregnancy is similar to that
of Jesus in that there was really only one person involved as she
rapes herself on a dirty mattress by the side of the road. We through
Dawns experience are literally told that we are fucking ourselves.
With no education and a man who refuses to accept his responsibility
for the child Dawn has an at home birth where she chews the umbilical
cord with her own teeth her life as a mother begins.
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Dawn sets out to provide for little daughter Taffy by being a
waitress, a go go dancer, and eventually turns to a life of petty
crime to support her daughter and get on track for the suburban
dream. As her criminal tendency grows so does Taffy and the mother
act wears thin. Taffy is chained to her bed by Dawn and her crime
pals for annoying them after a heist. This is Waters stabbing
directly at the heart of American folklore; family unity. For years
we watch Ozzie and Harriet, the Cleavers and Donna Reed raised polite
children that lived in homes with white fences and aproned mothers
who baked pies and lived a happy life. Dawns is a story we were not
told until the idea that sensationalism sells took over the board
rooms of Madison Ave.
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Dawns plight has now become exploited in our current media we have
the like of Nadia Sullman a down on her luck, plastic surgery
nightmare who found a doctor willing to give her sextuplets. She has
8 children and millions of hours of coverage on national and
international news and talk shows, media of all sorts have obsessed
over her. We paid her to undress for our titillation . She even has
an exercise video for sale. A cottage industry out of a selfish
childish action involving the lives of innocents. Shows like Jerry
Spinger and reality darling Honey Boo Boo use laughing at the poor
and uneducated acceptable and entertaining while ignoring that gangs,
religious zealots, and the hopeless had reached epidemic proportions
in our society. The Dawn Davenports are leading to violence and
reactionary behavior due to lack of education and the pursuit of
hollow consumerist dreams. The American dream was cracking in the
1970*s and Waters knew a world full of Dawn Davenports was about to
be hatched.</div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;">
As Dawn become more of a celebrity in the criminal world, well on
her way to become famed criminal like Bonnie Parket or Stephanie St
Clair, she finds that crime does indeed pay. Having been accepted as
a client at the famed Lipstick Beauty Salon where only the most
beautiful of the underground are accepted as clients her status rises
to the next level. The hairdressers are three queens Wink, Butterfly
and Dribble who are a nelly, a mary and a speed freak. Gator, the
lone straight hairdresser and star of the salon, is chosen by rising
star Dawn to be her attendant and a marriage soon ensues. The vision
of Divine, a drag queen, in a revealing dress of lace marching down
the isle is a brilliant commentary on todays battle for * marriage
equality * and the desire to mimic heteronormative behavior instead
of embracing the rituals of queer culture. It is a stab at the idea
of what marriage is and what it represents. It has become a privilege
that brings with it status and tax breaks. When arguing for marriage
equality the number one argument was to save money on taxes not to
strengthen a commitment. It is our greed that drives us even in
matters of the heart.</div>
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The wedding scene we again see Waters takes the normal and subverts
it to the bizarre and questions the very ideals of normalcy. Even
Dawn*s new mother in law Ida is a bizarre creature, played by the
true live bizarre woman Edith Massey, dressed in tight revealing
black as her beloved Gator continues down the straight heterosexual
path. Ida had warned her son of the evil and depraved life of the
heterosexual and tries without success to make her son gay and free
from the constructs of the American dream and its devotion to
following the rules and fitting in. If Divine as Dawn is the anti
hero then Edith Massey plays Ida as the anti anti hero. She finds her
new daughter in law intolerable and even dumps garbage into the
newlyweds yard signifying the refuse of the consumerist
herteronormative path her son has chosen, thus breaking her heart.</div>
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However Ida need not worry for her son Gator will soon leave Dawn,
loose his job and move to the fair city of Detroit to find solace in
the automotive industry. ( The irony in hindsight is even more
cutting than in 1974. Certainly it is even a bigger joke to find
solace in an industry that has all but vanished in America leaving
Detroit a virtual ghost town. ) Gator and Dawn had tried everything
from hammers and pliers to down right abuse. Gator had even tried to
get poor old looking stepdaughter Taffy to share his bed or suck his
dick. For all his pains Gator is left with nothing after his brief
marriage to Dawn. He looses everything as Dawn plots her rise to
stardoms next step.</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;">
But Dawn does continue to rise in fame eventually becoming a model
addicted to flash bulbs, fame and injections of liquid eyeliner. Her
new agents, the Fashionable owners of the Lipstick Beauty Salon, are
the wealthy Donald and Donna Dasher obsessed with the underground.
They are the lampoon of the Warhol phenomenon and the idea that
slumming is a rich peoples pleasure. The Dashers for their own
pleasure; since they have no sexual out let, introduced Dawn to the
glamorous world of modeling and crime for their vicarious thrill.
They photograph her as she act out and garners any attention and most
of it negative. Dawn goes to dinner at the Dasher home and on the way
we see regular folks gasp in shock at the delusional model prancing
down the street rubbing herself and mugging every few feet. Upon
arriving she deludedly exclaims, * I got Lots of attention on the way
over. Everyone was staring at me. I feel like a Princess!*</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;">
Dawn has fallen into the trap of fame and believing ones own press.
She is Lyndsy Lohan, Paris Hilton, Courtney Love, Alex Baldwin and a
slew of other Hollywood elite who act out due to believing their own
press and allowing themselves to act in beastly ways because fame has
made them other. Dawn is the hoards of people who clammer to get onto
a reality show like the Hills or Americas Next Top Model, to be
famous and on TV, for no reason other than fame. She is the
Kardashian girls cashing in on a sex tape and spoiled behavior to
earn millions and to teach young girls that if you are snotty and
conniving enough you can live the life of Riley without ever having
to really contribute anything.
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Dawn is a comment on the fashion industry; that since the seventies;
had begun to create household names out of mannequins that took
beautiful picture to sell the American dream in glossy magazines.
Dawn believes she is the face of the time gracing the ads that made
you desire what garment makers and ad men needed to sell.
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Of corse Dawn is a 300 pound drag queen in reality. She is also
living in a delusional state as almost all Waters films tend to be.
Who else but Dawn Davenport who would continue modeling even after a
horrible acid attack by her former mother in law who had just escaped
from imprisonment as a rare bird in Dawns home where she lost an arm
in her struggles. It is ludicrous to think that this is what models
are like.... or is it? Gia a famed model in the early 1980*s often
had her abscessed arm, from shooting heroin, covered up. Later the
Supermodel Linda Evangelista would not get out of bed for under
$10,000 a day. Beauty at any price, with the it girl of the moment,
giving prestige to a product that is manufactured and sold by
delusion of happiness being provided and making us like the model who
sells it. Little do we know it is just a spoiled brat who makes too
much money or a junkie propped up to look glamorous. We but the
delusion and Waters serves this delusion right to us in the form of
Dawn Davenport.</div>
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But like so many of the stars that grace the covers of magazines,
star in a show or two and get a taste for the American dream the fall
from grace can be deadly; as is the case for our anti hero Dawn
Davenport. Taffy has followed the rout of Jesus, the other immaculate
conception, and found spirituality with the Hare Krishna giving up
all possessions enraging her mother. Dawn like Michael Jackson in his
last days has only yes men around her. Pumping her full of liquid
eyeliner to get one more headline out of her while she is still able
to work because like Naiomi Cambell she is becoming increasingly hard
to control. Dawn has lost control of her fame and the machine has
taken over and like Britney Spears she just can not maintain.
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Dawn reaches the height of her criminal fame when after bouncing on
a trampoline and smearing fish all over her body in a crib she turns
on the audience that made her, with a gun. She cries out * I framed
Leslie Bacon. I called the Heroin hotline on Abbie Hoffman! I bought
the gun that Bremmer used to kill Wallace! I had an affair with Juan
Corona! I blew Richard Speck and I am so fucking beautiful I cant
stand it myself!!!! Dawn Opens fire as a devoted fan decides he wants
to die for art. Like any number of celebrity breakdowns of the famed
hollywood set Dawn has gone to far and there is no coming back. She
will not get the Robert Downey forgiveness and a second chance.
Instead like all actresses that misbehave enough there is no one that
will come to Dawns aid. She is washed up.</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"> Dawn
like the litany of names she unleashes is doomed for obscurity. Like
Andrew Cunanan her day in the spotlight had come but it is over.
Americans have a new killer to lust after. A new rich coat hanger has
just signed to Victoria*s Secret for half a billion dollars. TV
sweetheart Cory Monteith has overdosed in a hotel and David Lettermen
is fucking a staff person. We do not have time to remember Dawn
Davenport. Waters knows that the American society is on the the next
big thing, the overnight sensation, the killer on the front page. The
American dream has become the suburban nightmare and we like Dawn are
doomed to be electrocuted for our obsessions and desires. Dawns last
close up is the face of death and as Waters has predicted in</span><u>
Female Trouble</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> ours will be
as well, so you might as well enjoy the ride.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-20996029633120527272013-07-11T08:47:00.001-07:002013-07-11T08:52:43.987-07:00 Cross Dressing in American Film. No Laughing Matter<br />
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A paper for my Queer Film Study Class </div>
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In the <b>Celluloid
Closet</b> Quentin Crisp remarks that * There is no sin like being a
woman. When a man dresses as a woman, everybody laughs. When a woman
dresses as a man nobody laughs. * Mr Crisp certainly if referring to
the heteronormative power structure in our Western society and it*s
prejudices associated to gender rigidity permeating our media.
Heteronormative attitudes, influenced by Judeo/Christian values and
the cash stockpiles in their control, have guided the reining
cultural reference points through ownership of the corporations that
dominate and create mass culture. Even a man like Mr Crisp; who has
given his whole life over to the great pursuit of being a
professional poof; can fall into the trap of forgetting duality and
myriad of genders that line Kinsey*s world. Even in early cinema
conventions about gender fluidity have been expressed in the stories
of American film. Proving that Mr Crisp is too quick to believe the
convention of the day and its dominance in film. His comment is not
really true but instead steeped in the convention that has been sold
through heteronormative societies manipulation of projected image.
Perhaps saying that men in dresses are fools and women assuming power
are a threat to the belief system of our culture would be a more
realistic way to describe the situation.
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A truer take on
what it is that Mr Crisp is alluding to is that men put on a dress
and begin acting like prissy clowns and women become hard and
concerned. That they change clothing and become a parody or a
stereotype. A man dressed as women is often played for comedy but
women as men is usually a hard luck story or a power struggle
anchored to first wave feminist ideals or a mans world. Women who
have been asked to play men and have done it well were able to feel
the pressures of being closed and without an outlet for emotion. For
truly this is the mans plight through social conditioning. Men must
become hard less they rebel against the drudgery and cruelty of
modern society. Men in films are hardly ever shown to have emotions
unless it is the loss of a true love through death or the insane
consumption by love of an object, power, or a women. The roles of
men are fraught with dire circumstance like war and desire, lust,
greed and hardship that it is all his fault. The Patriarchal world
that we live in has not always been and may not always be as it is
and this scares the men of power and they fight and manipulate to
stay in control. Thus the films, usually a patriarchal set up from
director, script boy, lighting and even make up, men control the
media. They fight to control the movies and their hand in it because
it gives them power. They do not want to see the image of a woman
being a representation in all ways of their power.</div>
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Yet female stars
that really made it in classic Hollywood like Garbo and Hepburn were
strong and powerful. They were able to stand up to the bosses and
gained control. The strength
of Davis and even the severe manish beauty of Crawford stand the
testament of time and live on. Showing that men resent looking at
women as men but cant help but reward a woman, hold her as an idol in
the world of men, provided she can meet him at his level and
maintain. To seize mans power and hold on as a woman gets you
noticed! Only women who have subverted or gained so called manly ways
with a strong attitudes survive. It*s a mans world.</div>
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The movies worship
strength and power and these supernova women either played a man, had
sexual ambiguity, or used cross dressing to elevate them to this rare
stardom. Hepburn*s performance was laughable as a boy along side Cary
Grant in <b>Sylvia Scarlett. </b> Indeed there was nothing funny or
comic about the role other than how terrible it came across. Hepburn
is a down on his luck boy feeling the pangs of lust for Grant through
her disguise. Simply not a good movie. Hepburn, a favorite of mine,
is the worst man ever portrayed on screen. That is because she is
supposed to pass. What Hepburn is being asked to do is be a man not
represent a man. When a drag queen passes she is taken for a woman
and passing as a man as a woman is very hard and visa versa.
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However in the
films <b>A Florida Enchantment</b> and <b>The Clinging Vine</b> we
have fine examples of actresses who did indeed pass in a much more
believable way then poor Kate would later. Both performances were
heartfelt and appropriate in their scale. They were believable and in
the <b>Clinging Vine</b> we are taken by the way the character is
played throughout. It is rare to see a sexual deviation that is so
flamboyant in her dress and attitudes not meet with death or sorrow.
It was refreshing to see a winner, who was a winner, on her strength
and that heteronormative morals did not rule the day.</div>
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As movies have
progressed there are few female performances that create a character
of a man in any meaningful way. A movie and role that smashes the
parameters of Quentin*s theory would be Julie Andrews in <b>Victor
Victoria. </b>Her performance is comic genius and goes from powerless
woman to powerful man to strong woman all in a faced paced comedy of
errors around gender identity. The Oscar winning tear jerker of a
trans mans death at the hands of a cold and vengeful society by
Hilary Swank in <b>Boys Don*t Cry,</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
is another fine example sans the comic effect. Truly a very raw and
believable performance. Finally the illuminating film staring Glenn
Close*s recent turn as a man in </span><b>Albert Nobels</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
A woman who must be a man to survive financially in a mans world.</span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
The thing the performances of these women share is the ability to
deftly change their manners and convince us that they were men in
male roles and by not over doing themselves. They didn*t become a man
but a character. If an actor concentrates on the idea of their gender
and the switch we loose the believability and realness. We get the
fool or mimic and the performance lacks truth and gains parody
instead. This is the general problem with drag and cross dressing men
in films as well. The fear that if they can be seen as women then
they will loose their power in the world or that it will open the
door to a truer understanding of gender equality and fluidity. To be
set equal to a woman means that there is no true power structure. So
Instead we use cross dressing as a way to belittle and oppress the
woman of the world and keep them adherent to the patriarchal society.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"> As
Hollywood has used the sissy as comic relief so has the cross
dressing male been the queen of capers and confusion garnering us
hours of film hilarity. </span><b>Some Like It Hot</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
a film staring </span>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Jack
Lemmon and Tony Curtis as cross dressing musicians is considered the
greatest comedy of all times in many critical circles. It certainly
helped that these two had one of the greatest drag stars in the form
of Marilyn Monroe to accent their rather dowdy appearance. This film
is actually a movie that gets drag right. Drag is a costume and not
always a gender signifier. The wearer to pull it off in a convincing
way must again subvert something in themselves and become a character
and not try to be a woman. To try and be a woman would have the drag
persona relying on stereotypes and not giving credence to the truth
that there is no way to act as a woman, because women; just like men
and gender; have infinite possibilities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Comparing
the fine film of Curtis, Lemmon and Monroe to two later offerings by
Robin Williams in </span><b>Mrs. Doubtfire</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
and Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze and John Leguizamo in </span><b>Too
Wong Foo Thanks For Everything Julie Numar</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
we see what little progress we have made in accepting the female
sides of ourselves. Where Curtis and Lemmon added some sincerity and
integrity to their roles Robin Williams hardly ever does. The biggest
complaint about Williams in </span><b>Doubtfire</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
is that he can change within seconds to the old lady made. Simply
dash behind the clock and out comes a plain but kindly granny. This
shows how little we understand about the cultural preparation most
women go through just to get out the door in the morning much less an
understanding of what drag entails! The production team should have
watched </span><b>Paris is Burning</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
a few times before making their film. The misconception also being
that drag teaches a man how to feel and understand his family is a
far fetched notion. Drag teaches men how to represent a feminine
identity around themselves not how to be, act and fell like a woman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"> In
the other film </span><b>Too Wong Foo</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
we have three men in roles that are so stereotypical and from such a
heteronormative view point that none of them could possibly be
believable. The situations that these drag performers get into is a
complete misrepresentation of what drag is. Drag is for the stage not
for mid day strolls down dusty paths in a small rural village where
the men want to kill you. To live as a woman is to live a
transgendered life and that is not what these three were to portray.
They were Drag Queens acting like Trans women in a movie about
American values and truth. When it comes to Queer culture being
represented by Hollywood there is more often than not these types of
mistakes. Mostly because we are not taught to think of gays and
lesbians as not having a culture. We instead as a society are thought
of as a square peg that needs to be taught how to fit into a round
hole. This film is a one hundred and ten percent misrepresentation of
Queer culture and a complete misrepresentation of our numerous gender
identities. Here Patrick Swayze is the square peg being shoved into a
Doris Day shaped hole and I doubt very much that a drag queen would
do this for any reason other than to parody the heteronomative world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Two
films that were able to use gender deference in a very real way were
the little known </span><b>Lillies</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
and the foreign film </span><b>Ma Vie en Rose</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
or </span><b>My Life in Pink</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
</span><b>Lillie</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> is a tale of
redemption for past transgressions of a dying man who has rotted away
in jail for a crime of passion against his gay lover he did not
commit. The crime was instead perpetrated by the gay priest who has
come to hear his confession and give his last rights. The confession
is heard in a gay prison ward and they hold the priest captive and
relive the drama of the crime in play form before the captive priest.
We the movie goer are allowed to see the drama as it really happened
with the inmates playing the same charaters but dressed as them in
the actual setting, thus mixing reality and dreams in the telling of
the tale. This movie takes the men playing women in the real world
and also has them play women in the dream world and they do it so
well the movie works seamlessly and is a true masterpiece of Queer
cinema.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><b>Ma
Vie en Rose</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> is the story of
Ludwig and his family in Belgium and the difficulty that his gender
identity causes for the whole family. He is a little girl inside and
would do anything to prove it to the world thus innocently outing
himself and shaming his family. The story is so close to the gender
confusion that queer children feel it is hard to believe how close it
comes to my own experience. A beautiful and triumphant tale of how a
family changes and lets go of their own prejudice to love their son
who thinks he is a girl. The cross dressing here is the innocent
childish play of childhood that is ended when dominant culture is
enforced through social pressure. It also relies heavily on a fantasy
world much like in </span><b>Lillies</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
but this one being filled with pink doll houses a living Barbie and
pretty dresses.</span></div>
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To do drag films correctly or males to cross dress as females and
for it not to be bafoonary there needs to be the idea of fantasy at
play. When we loose the fantasy and the magic it creates we loose the
idea behind gender and its portrayal becomes hollow. So it is not
really about a man or a woman being the joke. Nor is it about how
women are punished in a mans world. Instead of what Mr Crisp stated
it is about the heteronormative male dominated culture refusing to
look at anything but itself as acceptable thus remaining in power. In
Hollywood the laws must apply in general and certainly to gender
representation because the status quo and money flows must be
maintained. Gender deviance is often used to titillate (Dietrich),
show courage and strength (Garbo), ability (Hepburn) and the spirit
to achieve (Davis and Crawford) when applied to women. For men it is
a chance to subvert women*s power and make fun of queer identity.
Perhaps Quentin Crisp should have said * Nobody laughs at a woman
with male traits because they are afraid of her power while men who
subvert the symbols of their power are nothing but fools in the
Hollywood eye. *</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-82100665448361208332013-05-31T06:25:00.000-07:002013-05-31T07:25:42.302-07:00ParentsRecently my birth family got in contact with me and asked to start up a relationship again. In 2007 after my then partner and I went to visit and took them to dinner for their anniversary, they talked about how pleased they were that I had settled down and I looked well. Heck if they didn*t have a cat we could have stayed with them, they stated. Then promptly donated $500 dollars through the church the employs my mother to fund Yes on 8.<br />
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They live in Pennsylvania and Christ Church was one of the well connected churches that supported George Bush Jr. I remember my mother was so proud that the minister of her church, her leader and mentor, was going to not one but also the second inauguration of President Bush. After a life of punishing me for being gay I cut them off again.<br />
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In the early 2000*s I had also removed myself from contact. I wanted to heal from the life I had lead up till then. Suicidal and emotionally volatile I had decided it was best to remove the source of these feelings..... my family. The memories of my upbringing and the relations since had taken me to a dark place. One that served as my cage. However I got the call when the olympics were on that they missed me and that they were reminded of me while watching the swimmers.<br />
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Our relation opened up again and I even sent them my All American metal from 2004 so they could be proud of me. However it did not change our relationship and my life style and core person remained an abomination to them. So in 2007 I asked for the metal back and cut off ties permanently. Although they have tried to contact me and open lines of communication again I have rejected their pleas.<br />
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24 years ago I tested positive for HIV and was told I already had AIDS. Few t cells and some minor issues placed me directly in the AIDS category. I was devastated. I called my parents. I wanted to feel safe and be told that I was ok. One week later their response came in the form of a get well card with a ten dollar check in it.<br />
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I was coming from a family environment that saw me as other. I had spent much of my early education in therapy at the request of my family to stop they fey little boy from being who I was. Later when questioned they said it was to *bring me up as their gay son*.<br />
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They had brought me up as their gay son though. They did that through rejection, abuse and emotional neglect even if I had lied every time I had seen the Doctor. I knew why I was there. Because something was wrong with me and needed to be fixed.<br />
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What was wrong was me? I was experiencing sex on a regular basis at home as a child. I believe that incest is the correct term. Incest and cutting then tucking the gay away in a closet to think about what I had made them do to me. I was to become straight at any cost and surly exposure to a female form was the way to do so. It was not.<br />
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Instead I have Bi Polar disorder, a deep mistrust of people, an inability to easily find worth in myself, and a manic personality, all because my defenses had been taken away from me as a child. Certainly after three suicide attempts this was apparent even to myself. I realized that something had to change or I would end up a statistic and never fulfill my potential.<br />
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Funny that even in the pain of everyday life I knew there was hope. I am luckier than most. It is in spite of my upbringing that I have survived not because of it. My family In Pittsburgh is owed nothing and I take this time to declare my continued independence from the past and a commitment to the future and a healthier life.<br />
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Almost 2 years ago I removed myself from an abusive relationship but it was not until this last attempt by my family that I realized that much of the pain was not from the actual leaving but because I had let myself stand in harms way and accepted it as my place in the world. When really that is not my truth. I left him and I left my parents. I am strong to do so. I am able to free myself of what is not working for me. I am able to remove myself from harm. I am moving on and achieving. Despite my family and not because of them.<br />
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This is why my gay brothers and sisters mean so much to me. This is why friends are a needed part of my life. This is also why I can be a hard friend to handle. This is why the rights of the homeless, the drug addicted, the oppressed mean so much to me. We are only realizing now how mental illness, drug addiction and the inability to care for ones self often stem from childhood abuse. Yesterday at the Club Health conference the statistic that around 90 percent of women who put themselves in situations that lead to over intoxication and sexual assault have suffered from sexual assaults in their childhood.<br />
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I am proud to struggle daily with what my family has given me. I am proud to be leaving my past in the past. I am glad to have people who remind me of the strength it has taken. I am lucky that I am alive today. All this in spite of my family. Life is very hard and a mental struggle every day and I am lucky and proud that I could be here to participate in it. I am glad I traded my abusive family for a community that cares. For many of us life is not easy. Thankfully for me my life is my life and it is only symptoms of my past that tie me to it.<br />
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I have made myself free.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-70375222230290941712013-05-22T06:14:00.001-07:002013-05-22T06:14:11.988-07:00Entertainment Commission - Tue 21st, 2013<a href="http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=99&clip_id=17593#.UZzElb4ztCE.blogger">Entertainment Commission - Tue 21st, 2013</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-86712301065475649602013-03-21T18:20:00.003-07:002013-06-24T08:15:11.760-07:00The New Normal<br />
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In this assignment I
plan on debunking the idea of gay marriage as a true desire of gay
people and prove it has absolutely nothing to do with equality but
instead the continued assimilation of cultures by the white male
anglo saxon view point that engulfs our society today. The
Imperialist European cultures of the West have removed the traditions
and displaced the harmonious lives of indigenous people across the
globe and the argument for gay marriage is just another attempt to
coerce conformity instead of enhancing the individuals rights to be
other and equal.
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The marriage that
will be discussed in this paper will not just take into account what
we in the Western world believe to be marriage, but will include the
many types of marriage that have and still exist in other cultures.
In the Western world we usually suffer from androcentic ways of
thinking that have christian morals applied for good measure. We very
seldom ask what else there is in the world other than a
heteronormative marriage, child producing, monogamous partnership
paradigm. Gay men; for example; since time began have been known for
a less ridged life style. The act of cross dressing leads back as far
as Quan Yun in early China. This cross dressing poet is credited as
one of the fathers of Taoist thought and was said to have many lovers
but was married to the King who was also married to a woman.</div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Other Asian
cultures such as India have arranged marriage where it is more of a
transaction between families to secure status and the woman*s family
must provide a dowery. The Hindus even have a third gender dynamic
the Hijras that are traditionally exhaulted as spiritual ties to the
Gods. Many native American tribes also have this dynamic in the two
spirited people who could marry same sex or opposite sex partners. In
several Native American tribes the men moved in with the women*s
family and if he misbehaved he would come home in the evening finding
his clothing outside of his wives house letting him know he was
divorced. A number of West African hunting gathering tribes have
what is known as woman marriage and permit homosexual partnering as a
way of life and even encourage same sex play in adolescents. In the
Andes women who seek wealth and control of their destiny marry other
women who then go and get pregnant so that they raise a large family
to have many hands to work the fields and sell crops in the market.
This marriage can be sexual but does not have to be anything more
than a financially beneficial arrangement.</div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
With all this in
mind I will choose to use marriage as a word that means a cultural
and/or sexual union between two or more individuals. This will allow us
the freedom to include polyamorous couples who live together as well
as more traditional views. I will argue through the Utilitarian and
Kantian views that the idea of marriage should be left only for those
who choose to call themselves married but no special privilege should
come with with this title and governments should not be dealing with
the creating of uniformity in the unions that any of us make be they
same or mixed sex or other.</div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Kantian theory
realizing morality based on <b>God</b> is problematic because it is a
poor motive for action and very hard to get past the fact that <b>Gods</b>
existence may indeed be a fallacy itself. We must rely on our reason
or gut instincts to tell us what actions are morally based. These
actions should create good will and follow the categorical
imperatives. Creating moral agents, acting as moral agents, towards
the moral agents that are our fellow man. It asks us not to justify
our actions because when we justify how we are acting then we are
more than likely not treating our fellow man as an equal but instead
as a means to an end. To do so we compromise both their and our
integrity and violate their moral autonomy. If you would will it to
be moral law then you are on the right track.</div>
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Does marriage need
to be moral law? Are we as Queer peoples really saying that we would
rather give up our culture instead of preserving our traditions and
duality? Instead we should heartily call out the idea that Gay
Marriage is a Gay problem and instead say the very idea of marriage
is a heteronormative nightmare created by western christian minds. A
forced belief, along with the rest of our culture; as moral law for
all who would be conquered by Western appetites for wealth and
control. Although the west has been quite good at erasing the
evidence of our natural instincts; what we have seen in the
indigenous peoples of the world is varied and extraordinary relations
that have involved every sort of coupling and sexual expression with
very little moral consequence.
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<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
To will marriage as
moral law is to destroy the essence of variation that is innate
within nature and all her creations. To act that marriage is somehow
to save women from the terrible man or to pass her his wealth after
his demise is also a fallacy of the West. When ever we enslave a
minority; or in the case of women a majority; we do so for control.
This control is used to justify the need for this control and
violates the principals of the categorical imperatives. Instead we
should release the special hold our governments have over the value
of marriage and rely solely on the individuals who want to get
married to provide the legal documents that they feel are valued and
needed in their chosen form of relationships. The government can deal
with those legal documents and stop glorifying the christian value
system and allow the idea of marriage to die the death it deserves.
Thus applying Kantian ethics to our dilemma of Gay Marriage we see
that it is not in the best interest to stop marriage or approve it
but to remove the privilege that comes with it.</div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
We will come to the
same educated conclusion after applying the theory of Utilitarianism
or Mill*s *Happiness Principal*. Utilitarianism is at its core a
numbers game and the idea is to act in ways the are for the greater
good and create the greatest happiness. The greatest happiness is a
hard one to define since it asks us to speculate on the future and be
accountable for people we can not truly comprehend being involved in
our actions or inactions. This creates an undue burden on the person
trying to reason on how to morally act. However if we were to simply
act in ways that create happiness to the greatest extent we could
arrive at exploitation of minorities. This suppression of minority
culture would lead to the suppression of non dominant cultural
thought and new and original solutions and ideas would cease to
exist. Homogeny and assimilation bring with them a natural greying of
ideas. This exploitation would lead to only one; or a limited few;
predominant ideas being expressed as dissenting views are absorbed.
Moral programing by majority. This stagnation would certainly not
bring the greatest happiness.</div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Thus for reasons
stated before we can see that abolishing the authority the word
marriage brings with it is the only way to preserve ideas and
cultures that differ and our greatest happiness. It is again the fact
that marriage, be it gay or not, is not in the best interest of the
general population. It is truly our forced Western christian
homogeny that has created speculation that other points of views on
family and sexual practice is wrong when indeed the privilege that
comes with marriage is the problem. Certainly the social pressures
and anxiety around marriage and the effect on couples; as well single
people; is not creating the most happiness possible. Being forced to
ad hear to a moral judgement about what signifies a union that
creates happiness is in clear violation of Utilitarian practice.</div>
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It is easy to see
that only Judeo-Christian and a forceful Western influence on the
world have created a debate about marriage not because it cares about
the moral state of the world but instead because it wishes to enforce
its practices on a global scale. When we have everyone believing the
same thing we can more easily control their desires and sell them the
ideas and products of the wealthy puppet masters. Gay people don*t
need marriage and all the trouble it brings as this will not truly
make us more equal. It simply makes us more alike or normal and
continues to march the world towards homogeny and away from being
free thinking individuals. It is the latest in the assimilation of
cultures and varied points of view in the name of greed and power.
Marriage is not the issue that begs to be morally dissected in the
name of my Gay brethren but the question is actually, <b>Can a
culture retain its character and ways of life in the onslaught of
forced morality?</b> Gays should not be being asked to be the new
normal but the heternormative majority should allow us to be
different but equal and do away with marriage all together.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-72415640352248747922013-01-29T06:10:00.001-08:002013-01-29T06:14:03.866-08:00A Community Member speaks to Supervisor Weiner<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">An open letter from my friend David Weissman to Supervisor Scott Wiener ..</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">"Dear Supervisor Weiner - we've met a few times. I'm the producer of the documentaries We Were Here and The Cockettes, both of which chronicle the history of Gay San Francisco. I've been a San Franciscan since 1976. In 19</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">79 I was on the campaign staff of Prop R, a rent-control initiative that didn't pass, but which pushed the Board of Supervisors to pass the significantly weaker Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Law. I subsequently became a Legislative Aide to Supervisor Harry Britt. I worked a couple of campaigns with Dick Pabich and Jim Rivaldo, and also worked closely with Bill Kraus - heroic leaders whose names I hope are familiar to you.<br /><br />I am being forced out of my apartment that I've rented since 1986 due to the Ellis Act. This will end my 37-year residency in San Francisco. I must say that I find your policies regarding housing in San Francisco - your consistent bias toward home ownership at the expense of tenants and affordability, to be dismaying, and an affront to the legacy of Harvey Milk. In my own situation, it has been extremely clear that the limitations on condo conversion provided somewhat of an impediment to the immediate eviction of everyone in my building (all gay, 3 out of 4 of us are seniors), motivating the landlord to at least pay us to leave rather than just evict us at very minimal cost to him. But even this is appalling - your efforts should be toward further combating the effects of the Ellis Act, rather than contributing to the tsunami of evictions that is destroying the fabric of our City. No buyout can compensate for the loss of our homes.<br /><br />I don’t doubt that you have good intentions, and that you have done some good things as Supervisor. Though you didn’t live here in the worst of the AIDS years, I assume you’ve been somewhat impacted by that history. But for those of us who elected Harvey Milk, who fought the Briggs Initiative and Anita Bryant, who created this amazing gay community centered around Castro Street, and then who fought for our lives and the lives of our brothers through two decades of AIDS deaths... having a gay supervisor promoting policies that are forcing so many of our generation out of our homes and out of the City to which we have given so much is heartbreaking.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />David Weissman"</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-4049611251269511402012-07-31T10:52:00.001-07:002012-07-31T10:52:27.530-07:00Best of the Bay 2012: BEST USERS UNION | SF Bay Guardian<a href="http://www.sfbg.com/specials/best-bay-2012-best-users-union">Best of the Bay 2012: BEST USERS UNION | SF Bay Guardian</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-71276059457491604832012-07-31T08:49:00.001-07:002012-07-31T08:49:06.902-07:00LGBT Activists Demand Preservation For Vacant Eagle Tavern In SF « CBS San Francisco<a href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/07/31/lgbt-activists-demand-preservation-for-vacant-eagle-tavern-in-sf/#.UBf-YbOIwms.blogger">LGBT Activists Demand Preservation For Vacant Eagle Tavern In SF « CBS San Francisco</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-59254494602326305922012-07-23T08:27:00.002-07:002012-07-23T11:16:32.463-07:00Save the Eagle Tavern<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Please join the Milk Club and email these supervisors and mayor.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Use our words or your own. Tell our electeds why this IS OUR SPACE!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">MILK CLUB LETTER ON THE EAGLE CLUB’S SALE</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">It has recently come to our attention that a non-LGBT group of entrepreneurs has entered into a purchase agreement for the former Eagle Tavern. This comes as a shock to many in the LGBT community as there was no outreach do</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">ne or notice given about this historical community space despite the fact that many LGBT San Franciscans had expressed much interest in the building’s future. Furthermore our community had previously heard that there were queer entrepreneurs in negotiation to take over this space; buyers who intended to return it to a place that would continue to serve as a center to those who previously patronized the Eagle and enjoyed it as a LGBT-friendly space.<br />This startling change of course has caused great concern within those of us who considered the Eagle as a haven and who still view it as a revered symbol of San Francisco’s continued struggle with the HIV/AIDS epidemic and a critical meeting site for the marginalized queer community. To our dismay, such spaces are becoming scarcer, and our marginalization is becoming more profound. The Eagle is more than a bar and a business, yet current city processes appear to regard it as just another tavern. The Eagle is hallowed ground for us, and we as stakeholders must participate in any decisions about its future through a vigorous community-wide dialogue where all voices can be heard.<br />We offer here several specific reasons why we consider the Eagle to be a sacred space. They are given so that you can understand and respect our alarm at these developments:<br /><br />*The ashes of gay men and women who died during the AIDS epidemic are scattered there.<br />*The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have blessed it as hallowed queer space and have used it to veil many postulants.<br />*Over its 30 year history over $50 million was raised for charities, particularly HIV/AIDS organizations.<br />**It was a place that was accessible to the full spectrum of diversity of the LGBT community.<br />It was our community center.<br /><br />Given the historical, cultural, and emotional significance of this site we find it just to demand a process where all members of the queer community have an opportunity to participate in decisions regarding its future. We demand that an open meeting be held at the earliest possible date and ask that our elected officials, community representatives, the general public, and all key parties be in attendance. We also believe that the Eagle must be given Historic Landmark status.<br />South of Market is undergoing a massive shift in its composition and it is important to allow members of the community to speak for themselves before rash decisions about its future are made. We look forward to this discussion.<br /><br />Your name here!<br /><br />Jane.Kim@sfgov.org (D6 home of the Eagle)<br />Scott.Weiner@sfgov.org (D8)<br />Christina.Olague@sfgov.org (D5 and head of committee reg. liquor license transfer)<br />David.Chiu@sfgo.org (D3 President of the BOS)<br />David.Campos@sfgov.org (D9)<br />John.Avalos@sfgov.org (D11)<br />Sean.Elsbernd@sfgov.org (D7 on committee for liquor license transfer)<br />Carmen.Chu@sfgov.org (D4)<br />Mark.Farrell@sfgov.org (D2)<br />Malia.Cohen@sfgov.org (D10)<br />Eric.L.Mar@sfgov.org (D1)<br />Ed.Lee@sfgov.org (Mayor)</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-91157908452316717682012-07-21T08:18:00.000-07:002012-07-21T08:18:04.348-07:00Gays being Gay in San Francisco<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">In the past 2 weeks the Gay Community and our Culture has received a sucker punch both in public and in private.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">In a lively debate about astro turf and bright lights at the Beach Chalet, Supervisor Elsburnd asked the question about the safety of children due to gay cruising in the bushes. To this police Chief Gregg Shur replied that he and his manly soccer friends are afraid to go into the bushes; all kidding aside.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">I thought this was an environmental issue being discussed but if it is really a question of getting bright lights so fags don*t cruise in the bushes, don*t bother we have Grinder for that now. As for me being a danger to children I could go into the fact that most pedophiles are straight but refrain from going there. NOT!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">In fact straight people are a generally violent lot compared to the faries and dykes I know. So look in the mirror if you wanna see who is hurting the children. Thats not my big gay culture staring back at you is it. Thats why I could care less about assimilation. I am proud of my culture. Oh and fear not she aint after no chillen! PUH leze!~</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">I don*t think gay men need to apologize for our behavior either. Just because straight people don*t care to have it around or understand it. It*s was through our generous persecution we ended up in the bushes in the first place.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Then the Eagle tavern liquor license debate. Now I know you can*t tell landlords and business owners what to do but I can ask Mark Rennie why he is working on a deal to oust 3 gay men in negotiations to buy the Eagle in favor of 5 straight men. Could have something to do with the Landlords broker being tied to the building housing Foreign Cinema and one of the new straight investors being part owner of Foreign Cinema. There is a connection but i just can*t quite put my penis... er um finger on it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">In his letter; that I understand was actually written by the 3 queers also having an exclusive deal with the Eagle property broker and a SOMA based liquor license as compared to the one that is on import from the Mission; Mr Rennie notes the sights importance to the Gay community and our historic ties to the space. I may be wrong but I do not think Mr Rennie is a man of the bushes so I question why he speaks for us.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">I*m worried that while we are noshing on our oven fresh pizza on the patio at the economically feasible beer bust we can remember the golden showers of yester year as commemorated by a plaque. This must be what Mr Rennie alludes to in his letter because those are the plans. The real kicker is the clever name of this enterprising group, Double Rainbow.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Personally I would rather we Queers speak for ourselves and own our own cultural institutions. It just gives it that authentic feel.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Now I have that off my chest I am heading to the mirror to apply my Queer war paint. Lots of work to do in the city these days.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-23527531319597530662012-06-27T06:47:00.001-07:002012-06-27T06:47:06.298-07:00Entertainment Commission<a href="http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=99&clip_id=15481#.T-sOyxA3CeU.blogger">Entertainment Commission</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-17896560345906452152012-05-18T14:16:00.001-07:002012-05-18T14:16:34.958-07:00Farewell SF!<br />
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The day after Christmas I finally had the guts to leave a relationship that was becoming more verbally and physically abusive over the last two of seven years. I stayed for as long as I did because I knew if I left I would be homeless. Now I am homeless and have been at the mercy of friends for almost 6 months. That is too long.</div>
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I have been without proper medical attention for a year. I have been HIV + for 25 years. This is a problem.</div>
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I have a bird named Conrad who I need to look after. He can not become homeless. We have been together for 17 years. I have to take care of him.</div>
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These pressures added to my PTSD; (due to my relationships abusive nature); have made it impossible to continue on in this manner. I have to do something about my situation.</div>
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I am 45 years old and have found my way through a 17 year stint in SF and now just have to move on.</div>
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I have by some miracle in this very traumatic last 6 months been able to get 2 As in college, led a very productive 5 months at the Milk Club and almost 1 year at the Entertainment Commission.</div>
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Here in the city I have been in several Pride parades and Taken Back Polk, been part of the Castro Street Fair for 6 years, been Sainted by the Sisters, swilled beer at the Eagle and any other hole that served welcoming drinks, graduated from Miss Martys School of Beauty, dragged it out from Miss Trannyshack 2004 to Charlie Horse, and run for political office. I gave you my all SF!</div>
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I love this city and it is just my nature to try really hard, but I can achieve where ever I am. Since the city of San Francisco keeps selling itself out to the highest bidder and making deals like Twitter, I dont see how a temporary fix on my housing will help in the long run. </div>
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Am I bitter... Hell yes!</div>
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I am mad as fucking hell!</div>
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I love you SF and you had better show up for the Milk Party this Monday because I have made up my mind to leave on the 30th.</div>
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Milk Soriee will be my last big appearence and I wanna share it with you. Because I love you.</div>
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This was a great 17 years! Changed my life. </div>
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Also looking for a farewell party/moving fundraiser at the Cinch around the 27th.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-72984984823810237292012-05-14T20:15:00.001-07:002012-05-14T20:15:18.547-07:00NO to 8 Washington<br />
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Dear Supervisors,</div>
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As President of the Harvey Milk Club, I
write to join the growing chorus of housing and neighborhood
advocates opposing the <u>8 Washington</u> luxury condo project. We
ask you to reject its flawed EIR and deny the precedent setting
bonuses it got from Planning including a 62% increase in height, a
doubling of bulk and quadrupling of parking. This might have been
justified for affordable housing but these condos will sell for $2.5
to over $7.5 million each including not 1 or 2 but 7 penthouses.
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This is <u>not</u>
the kind of housing San Franciscans want or need. It is housing for
the ½ of 1%. A lot of it will be second, third and fourth homes for
millionaires. As you know from a recent report by your Budget
Analyst, this is the one (and only) category of housing in San
Francisco that is overbuilt. Why build more?</div>
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In addition to the obvious problems
with this project, it would also:</div>
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• reward owners of the Golden Gateway
(they own 80% of the 8 Washington site)
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at the same
time they’re converting many of their 1,254 rent-controlled
apartments
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to short-term hotel use, destroying
the kind of housing we actually <u>do</u> need.</div>
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• allow the Port to divert $30
million of future <u>City</u> tax revenue to Port projects,
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including giving the developer a $5
million city subsidy.</div>
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• create a 400-car underground garage
for a project touted as “transit oriented”</div>
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• put 20,000 dump trucks on The
Embarcadero, up to one every 2 minutes, to
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remove 110,000 cubic yards of dirt
to build an underground (underwater) garage.</div>
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• destroy an active recreation
facility used by thousands of residents each year.</div>
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Finally, the
developer wants you to believe that those who oppose this outrageous
project are “just a few vocal neighbors” or “the rich fighting
the very rich”. That is simply not true. I join with the SF Tenants
Union, Housing Rights Committee, Senior Action Network, San Francisco
Tomorrow, SF ACCE, Affordable Housing Alliance, the Golden Gateway
Tenants Association, the SF Green Party, the Coalition for San
Francisco Neighborhoods and many more in opposing this ugly, needless
project.
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Please join us.</div>
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Sincerely,</div>
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Anna Conda/Glendon Hyde</div>
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President of the Harvey Milk LGBT
Democratic Club</div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03950884345728673865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931623209484319646.post-51872521854932592502012-05-08T23:07:00.004-07:002012-05-09T08:45:51.613-07:00Questions about Milk Club PartyHello Everyone,<br />
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First off let me state for the record we talked about pricing of the party A LOT!<br />
$40 dollars is pricey but this is a major special event and only $10 after 10! However I totally understand the perspective that $40 is a lot to ask. I am there myself.<br />
I scrape by in this city by the skin of my teeth and sandwiches provide by my work on Monday and Tuesday. (I cant wait for them to go back to the hummus. Egg salad not so much but I eat it.)<br />
I am really grateful that I have dedicated myself to this club because the work that is being done is going to make people stand up and take notice.<br />
It is part of our goal to really invite expressive exciting Queers to hang out with us.<br />
Dont get me wrong we work very hard to bring a voice that is pro nightlife, pro drug policy reform, pro housing, pro people, pro sexworker, pro worker and questions why some voices are heard more than others.<br />
This work and being a chartered Democratic Club require that we have money because we have programs to run.<br />
That money goes to help people like Jamie Rafaella Wolfe run for the DCCC and offer a new trans voice to the discussion. She is someone I truly stand behind and am proud to be organizing to support her future in the discussion.<br />
This is what I am doing and to do this work takes money. Not for an office or for pay to any one. All labor is love motivated only.<br />
So to help get your voice we are having a swanky shin dig at $40 dollars a pop. But um like I get the messages to go to these events and this price for what you are getting is pale in comparison. NOT that I can afford it but really we tried to be at least be reasonable.<br />
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Also from 10-2 there is a 10 dollar admission and that gets you a membership to Milk for a year! Thats how we arrived at that price.<br />
That features Stay Gold, Hard French, Honey Sound System, Bear-z-Bub, SOME Thing- Historic, Sucker Punch, and many more.<br />
We want you to celebrate Harvey s Birthday with us! We are trying as hard as we can to get you to be with us.<br />
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So again its $40 and up from 7-10 where we give awards to<br />
Jose Sarria (Total radical Ass Kicking mother of all Queens honey!)-Harry Britt Life Time Achievement, <br />
Jon Ginoli (Pansy Divison) and Lynee Breedlove (Tribe 8 and Homobiles) Hank Wilson Activist Award,<br />
The Ducal Court of SF- Bill Kraus HIV/Aids Activism Award,<br />
El Rio - The Community Ally Award,<br />
Transgender Law Center - Baynard Rustin Civil RightsAward<br />
The Cockettes - Sylvester Pride in the Arts Award<br />
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Plus tributes to our awardees with live performances by Thrill Peddlers, Doug Hilsinger, Tom Orr and surprise guests. Along with Catering to die for!<br />
This is a multi media presentation and amazing footage will be shared. Honestly I think Nate Albee thought he was producing a SMASH episode!<br />
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So we have a great night all night lined up no matter what your price range and if not this year join us and help out next year.<br />
I would love to let everyone in for free.... trust Charlie Horse never cost no body nothin but maybe a liver or two, but this is simply a different situation.<br />
Trust me I HATE knowing $40 is too much for some and nothing to others. It just reminds me why I am doing this work.<br />
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Anna Conda<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dear
Mayor Lee and Board of Supervisors,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We
are writing on behalf of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club and
the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club to ask you to fully fund
HIV/AIDS services for San Francisco in the budget for the coming
fiscal year. We ask that you find local General Fund dollars to
replace the lost federal funds for San Francisco. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As
you know, the LGBT community has borne the brunt of the HIV epidemic
in San Francisco since the beginning. Our two clubs have lost
countless members to this disease and many of our members are
currently living with HIV. Gay and bisexual men and transgender women
have been particularly hard hit. This is an issue of utmost
importance to us, and we ask that you prioritize filling these
federal funding gaps as you put together your budget. We pledge to
help you with this in any way that we can.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There
are more people living with HIV in San Francisco now that at any
point in the epidemic. And yet our HIV budget is shrinking. San
Francisco is facing major cuts in the federal funds that we depend on
to reduce the spread of the disease and to take care of San
Franciscans living with the virus. Ryan White funding has decreased
over the years from $37.5 million in 2001 to $20.8 for 2012, a
decrease of about 45%. This year we are facing:</span></span></span></div>
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A 20% cut, or $4.7 million reduction to the Ryan White grant for San
Francisco, which would result in the loss of medical care, food,
dental care, hospice care, mental health services, legal services,
home health care, and other essential programs;</span></span></span></div>
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A 20% cut, or $3.1 million (the first installment of a 50% cut over
five years) in HIV prevention funds from the Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention (CDC); and</span></span></span></div>
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The loss of $500,000 in services for young people with HIV at Larkin
Street Youth Services because of a change in federal funding
priorities.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If
those funds are not replaced, San Francisco may see an increase in
new HIV transmissions and a decrease in access to life-saving
services for people living with HIV/AIDS, potentially leading to a
preventable increase in deaths. We call on you to do everything you
can to help avoid those outcomes. We understand that the city is
facing economic challenges and that the budget is tight. If we do not
replace these grants, however, we will face higher public health
costs down the road: increased transmissions, expensive
emergency room access and hospitalizations. It is more cost-effective
to invest in prevention and care now.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank
you for all of your work on behalf of the LGBT communities and we
offer our help in building political support for a budget that
replaces these funds. We look forward to working with you on this.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sincerely,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Martha
Knutzen and Reese Aaron Isbell, Co-Chairs of the Alice B Tolkas LGBT
Democratic Club.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anna
Conda/ Glendon Hyde</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">President,
Harvey Milk Club</span></span></span></div>
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