We’re going to self-censor because words in this post might not make it past some filters. But we wish we could share the actual slurs with you to convey the ugliness of this incident.
The Huffington Post reports that thousands of so-called “Tea Party” protesters gathered on Capitol Hill yesterday abused Representatives James Clyburn and John Lewis, both veterans of the civil rights movement, along with veteran Congressman Barney Frank. (more…)
Whether or not it can make it financially on Broadway, Geoffrey Nauffts’ cinderella story play Next Fall has one critic’s attention.
Adam Feldman at TimeOut NY gives the play the magazine’s highest rating of 5 stars in his review in the latest issue. And this for a show who’s producers had the courage – and good sense – to retain the entire original company, including director Sheryl Kaller and the cast, none of whom “are matinee names.”
Don’t miss your chance; get to the Helen Hayes Theatre to the see “the Patricks” (Heusinger, above left; and Breen, above right) and the rest of the company bring in spring with a New York tale full of laughter, tears and whole lot of heart.
OutSports.com features an item about a Seattle Times article about Sherri Murrell, the out coach of Portland State’s women’s basketball team. Coach Murrell has taken her Vikings to the NCAA tournament for the first time in the team’s history.
OutSports says she “had been the coach at Washington State before resigning. When she took the Portland State job, she also decided to be more open about who she is”.
From the original article: “Murrell altered her coaching style and decided she’d be open about her sexuality, proudly placing a picture of herself, partner and twins in the media guide. She remains the only out Division I head women’s basketball coach, saying the honesty is easier on her partner, boosters and players”.
“It’s not like I had a team meeting and said, ‘Hey, I’m a lesbian,’ ” Murrell said. “But if the kids ask, ‘Coach, do you have a family?’ I tell them. I made a conscious decision this was how it was going to be”.
Read it all in OutSports and the original article in the Seattle Times.
