In the run up to Object of Her Affection, I’m answering some frequently asked questions about the performance and subject matter.
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On March 12th, 2011, The Calgary Herald published an interview that described my work as “light years away from the child-oriented Muppets universe that Jim Henson introduced.” While at the International Animated Objects Festival, I performed Fudgie’s Death, presented an artist-talk, Object/Fetish, and introduced a Handmade Puppet Dreams screening.
Susan Stryker: on hormones, transsexual body art, and testicle hackey sacks, my interview with Susan Stryker, was originally published in Fnews in May 1996.
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In 1994, The Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth produced a documentary I appeared in on the formation of the commission and the passage of the Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights Law of Massachusetts, which I worked on. Continue reading “Gay and Lesbian Youth – Making History (documentary)”
On August 14th, 1994, The Chicago Tribune covered the passage of The Gay and Lesbian Student Rights Law which I worked on through the Coalition for Lesbian And Gay Civil Rights in Boston.
On May 22, 1994, The New York Times covered one of the first public school LGBT proms that took place after the passage of the Gay and Lesbian Student Rights Law, which I worked on in 1993. Continue reading “New York Times 5/22/94”
On March 24, 1994, Bay Windows covered two stories related to the aftermath of the Gay and Lesbian Student Rights Law which I worked on in 1993. The first was about a protest to a faculty member’s homophobic letter to a school newspaper at Boston Latin High. The second was about a conference at Northeastern University on how to enact the law in schools. Continue reading “Bay Windows 3/24/94 (LGBTQ Press)”
On February 3, 1994, I was interviewed for Newsday, a Long Island / NYC newspaper, about the passage of The Gay and Lesbian Student Rights Law. Also included in the story were fellow activists, Fred Simon, Anya Yankovich, Sarah Lonberg-Lew, and Chris Hannon
Continue reading “Newsday, Long Island, NYC (LGBT Activism, Press)”
On January 3rd, 1994, I appeared on “The Group”, a half-hour roundtable discussion on WGBH, Boston about the Gay and Lesbian Student Rights Law.
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On January 2nd, 1994, In Newsweekly covered the passage of the Gay and Lesbian Student Rights Law. The Gay and Lesbian Student Rights Law added sexual orientation to the list of protected classes of students in Massachusetts public schools.