fruit fly
by angelica osborne
Weather report:
did everything in her power to get help from the
school and they failed to intervene.
Cloudy with a ChanCe of Bigotry
In the same week, parents in Ohio sued a high
school after their son, who did not claim to be gay,
shot himself after bullies clobbered him with anti-
gay epithets.
We might be tempted to say, “Well yeah- in OHIO”
but the passing of Prop. 8 woke us up to the reality
that this type of mentality is still going strong even
in our own backyards. I am working with the British
Film Festival L.A. right now, which is happening May
3rd-9th, with over 200 filmmakers from Europe and
local artists, as well. As I went out looking to gain
sponsorships, I had great success getting donations
and sponsors for the environmental film premiers
and of course, any of the ones that have “names” in
them, but not for LGBT films and I live 30 minutes
from West Hollywood! I spoke to Adrian Keats, one
of the filmmakers of “Stiff Luv,” a gay comedy we
are premiering and asked if they had suffered any
prejudices on the European film circuit and he told
me, “We have received some controversy over the
past year, for example, the Tel Aviv International
LGBT Film Festival had rejected our movie due to the
dangerous content within, i.e. men in
drag...it is still
regarded as a dangerous topic in that region even
though they have a gay film festival!... and in the UK -
When a friend first sent me the National Organiza- Mormans racing against Mother Nature’s queer
Swansea, Wales - a few audience members found the
tion for Marriage (NOM) commercial with the people disaster, leaving same-sex couples all along its path.
content offensive and disturbing while most found it
frightened by the impending storm of gayness Joeseph Smith’s spirit could be handing out ponchos
hilarious, and as such, we won an award there.”
coming, I honestly thought it was joke, like an SNL of righteousness to all his followers.
The problem isn’t in just the rural Midwest or
skit. I expected any minute for Harvey Feirstein to It makes me think maybe it was necessary for
Middle Eastern countries, its right here, right now.
jump out and say, “Who’s got the biggest Doppler, Prop. 8 to pass to keep us aware of how much more
Keep up the good fight! Keep talking, reading and
“Just because gays have their own talk shows, clothing line and hopefully the next
American Idol (go adam!!) doesn’t mean our work is done.”
bitches?” It just couldn’t be serious, could it? What work is to be done. If everything went too smoothly,
alternate plane of the universe did these people we might be tempted to say, “See? California is so
writing about the gay movement’s struggle. Just
live in where a group of them all agreed that ad was tolerant and progressive, now it’s all fine...” It forced
because gays have their own talk shows, clothing
a good idea? Of course there are already a bunch of the hate mongers out of their dark corners and
line and hopefully the next American Idol (go Adam!!)
spoofs on YouTube. I love the one that puts the ad pushed us back on the forefront of the battle for gay
doesn’t mean our work is done. Get out your rain-
together with The Weather Girls’ “It’s Raining Men” rights. It made sure we didn’t become too relaxed
coats and galoshes, people, because we are going to
video. Oooooh, the irony! in our circles of liberal, open-minded friends here
have to go out into the storm and maybe even get a
The best video response came from the touring in Southern Cali, lest we should forget all those still
little wet as we spread the good word that all love is
cast of the Broadway show Mary Poppins. It warns fighting everyday. One needn’t look far to see the
sacred. Want to support your fellow gay filmmakers?
good, God-fearing Americans about the storm that signs that there is still a ways to go.
Go to our website:
www.britishfilmfest.com and get
could cause whole families to be “washed away by Take the story of Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover. He
your tickets for LGBT night, May 6 - L.A. at The Custom
the wiles of Satan and his dark army of homos.” Ha! was an 11-year-old boy who was taunted by bullies
Hotel. Bring your umbrellas, it might just be raining!
I think it would be funny if they spliced the ad with who repeatedly called him gay. On April 6, he hung
the “Twister” movie. The storm chasers could be the himself in his Springfield, MA home. Carl¹s mother feedback?
fruitfly@ragemonthly.com
24 RAGE monthly | MAY 2009
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