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Matthew Shepard

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    February 28, 2012

    Occupy the WBC: Air Guitarist Mormon Rockwell Leads Protest of Westboro Baptist Church's Oscar Protest

    This past Sunday, the Westboro Baptist Church gagged on a spoonful of its own medicine. During their annual demonstration against the Academy Awards show in Hollywood, the homophobic religious group, notorious for its zealous protesting of military funerals, was itself the target of picketing by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    'Stop SB 48' Fails to Gather Enough Signatures for Repeal of California Gay History Law

    Gore Vidal​"Stop SB 48," the group that sought to repeal a state law that allows California students to learn about important people in history who were gay, has officially announced that it has not gathered enough signatures from registered voters to place an initiative on the 2012 ballot. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Stage Raw: Wuthering "Heights"

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGEWUTHERING "HEIGHTS"​Lin-Manuel Miranda stars in his own Broadway hit, In The Heights, now at the Pantages. Photo by Joan Marcus "Wuthering" actually means windy not withering. Though the former is preval ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Stage Raw: The Other Festivals

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCurrent STAGE FEATURE on Anton Chekhov's 150th Birthday BashTHE OTHER FESTIVALS Running concurrently with the Hollywood Fringe (June 17-27) is Arts Olympus (June 17-20) on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach. AO includes a contemporary Russian exhib ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 26, 2009

    H8ters L.A. Vacation: Fred Phelps’ Antigay Baptists Come Out on Oscar Night

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCurrent STAGE FEATURE on Anton Chekhov's 150th Birthday BashTHE OTHER FESTIVALS Running concurrently with the Hollywood Fringe (June 17-27) is Arts Olympus (June 17-20) on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach. AO includes a contemporary Russian exhib ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    California Is for H8ters: The Oscars' Anti-Gay Picketers

    During his Oscar speech for winning the Best Actor award for Milk, Sean Penn pointedly attacked supporters of last November's victorious Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage in California:"For those who saw the signs of hatred as our cars drove in tonight," Penn said, "I think that it is a good ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Stage Raw: Bohemian Cowboy

    BOHEMIAN COWBOY is this week's Pick of the Week Crossing the Center Line A father heads into the desert, never to return By Steven Leigh MorrisThe original title of Raymond King Shurtz's one-man show was The Gospel of Irony ― which would have been a particularly ironic title, had it stuck, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Stage Raw: Film

    FILM is this week's Pick of the Week. Photo by Darrett Sanders Failing Better The Absurdists' convention Local playwright Patrick McGowan's new play, Film, has no right to be as good as it is. The central character is the late theater director Alan Schneider (Bill Robens) -- known for stagi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Queer Town: Human Rights Campaign's Shameless Spin

    Photo by Erin Broadley. Click image for entire slideshow. After spending several hours at the Music Box Theater in Hollywood last night, watching the voter totals for the passage or defeat of Proposition 8 fluctuate every few minutes, it finally became apparent by 12:30 a.m. that things weren't l ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    Sissystrata: Something Straight Between Us

    Also, Marc Cooper on the company Sarah Palin keeps

  • Music

    November 3, 2005

    Nightranger

    Also, Marc Cooper on the company Sarah Palin keeps

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2005

    UNMASKED

        "What are you going to be for Halloween this year?" I asked a friend of friend last week.    "I'm gonna be a 'ho," she replied matter of factly.    "That should be easy," I answered, not even thinking.     Later, our mutual pal pointed out just how bit ... More >>

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    Random Publicity

    A hate crime unnoticed by the public

  • Music

    June 27, 2002

    Unembarrassed

    Kristian Hoffman, a dedicated evader of fashion

  • Stage

    September 13, 2001

    Love! Valour! Crucifixion!

    The Gospel according to Terrence McNally

  • Stage

    August 30, 2001

    G.I. Blues

    Marc Wolf outs the uniform community

  • Columns

    July 19, 2001

    Heaven on Earth: The Seminar

    Marc Wolf outs the uniform community

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Beyond the Kiss

    A Roundtable Discussion on Gay Film, Queer Cinema and the Difference Between the Two

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Pomona Grandma Faces Backlash

    Son, others decry her desertion on gay rights

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    What's Next?

    The Gay Movement at the Crossroads

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    Hate Kills

    1,000 people assembled in West Hollywood Monday night for a candlelight vigil to remember Matthew Shepard

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