Global Queer Read-In: A Virtual Pride Event
This Way Out
CREATE YOUR FUNDRAISER
SIGN IN
COMPLETE
Create your own Fundraiser
Start a fundraiser for this campaign. Provide some starting information. You can edit these further after this step.
CANCEL
Your Fundraiser Name
Fundraiser Goal
$
Profile Picture
Edit Profile Picture
Your Story. Personalize it!
The organizer's content is below by default, however you can personalize the content now or later to make it your own.
<p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">GLOBAL QUEER READ-IN™: </strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">A Virtual PRIDE event</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">THURSDAY JUNE 25th, 2020 </strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">Marathon begins at 12pm PT on Zoom and Twitch</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8"><a href="http://www.thiswayout.org">ThisWayOut.org</a></strong><br /> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">2020 Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown, Maryland Poet Laureate Grace Cavalieri, actor Alfre Woodard, playwright Charles Busch, writer/poet Alexis De Veaux, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins join a list of over 30 LGBTQI writers, playwrights, activists and artists on camera reading passages from their favorite and influential works of queer literature and poetry for the first marathon Virtual Global Queer READ-IN™, June Thursday, June 25th starting at 12pm (Pacific Time) on Zoom and Twitch. </strong></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">This Way Out: International LGBTQ radio (OP/TWO) will host the event FREE to the public to honor and celebrate the power of the written word, but additionally serves as an optional fundraiser for OP/TWO (Overnight Productions, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation). </strong></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">“I wanted to bring queer literature and poetry to the present and hear it read by a wide range of LGBTQI people and our straight allies. The Thursday before the weekend marking the 50th anniversary of PRIDE I want to sit down, pull a book off the shelf and read words of wisdom, love, joy, pain and rage- but as a global family. What the participants have selected to read stresses how literature impacts LGBTQI lives and how a single book or poem changed our lives or informed our journey to our authentic selves. In response to the worldwide protests I have enlisted extraordinary people to read the words of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde ”- Brian DeShazor</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">The online broadcast is set to be a 12 hour marathon with more than 30 readers presenting 10-15 minutes each interspersed with music and This Way Out’s LGBTQI Newswrap headlines, a weekly summary of news from around the world affecting LGBTQI lives.</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">The broadcast will close with a presentation of <a href="https://latw.org/">L.A. Theatre Works</a> production of “8” by Dustin Lance Black, a full length radio drama presenting in its entirety uninterrupted with an all-star cast about the historic fight for marriage equality. "L.A. Theatre Works is honored to have our production of 8 by Dustin Lance Black highlighted in the Global Queer Read-In”-LATW</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8"><a href="http://thiswayout.org/">This Way Out</a> is the only internationally distributed weekly LGBTQ radio program, founded in 1988, when most of the mainstream media believed that all of LGBTQ life, news and culture could be summed up in one word: AIDS. Even some progressive journalists and community radio stations worried that coverage of our issues should be “balanced” with homophobic voices. </strong></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">“Society depends on literature, art, and human expression— lights that show where we’ve been and where we need to go; art is the reality of spirit made manifest in action. Without this we’d never know the truth of who we are, our past creations, or the history of the moment. There would be life, yes, but without civilization-- the mud, without the lotus.”- Grace Cavalieri, Maryland Poet Laureate</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">The event can be viewed online at: <a href="http://thiswayout.org/">http://thiswayout.org</a>/<br /> TWITCH <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/thiswayout">https://www.twitch.tv/thiswayout</a></strong></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/ThisWayOutRadio">https://www.youtube.com/ThisWayOutRadio</a><br /> Twitter: @<a href="https://twitter.com/TWORadio">TWORadio</a><br /> Facebook @<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThisWayOutRadio/">ThisWayOutRadio</a><br /> Instagram @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thiswayoutradio/">thiswayoutradio</a></strong><br /> </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">With:</strong></p> <p><strong>Kathleen Battles</strong> reading<em> Pandemics and its Metaphors: Sontag Revisited in the Covid-19 Era by </em>David Craig<br /> <br /> <strong>Peggy Berryhill</strong> reading<em> Rubyfruit Jungle</em> by Rita Mae Brown<br /> <br /> <strong>Jericho Brown and Grace Cavalieri</strong> reading his 2020 Pulitzer Prize winning <em>The Tradition</em><br /> <br /> <strong>MJ Brown/Miss Barbie-Q</strong> reading <em>Red</em><em>efining Realness</em> by Janet Mock<br /> <br /> <strong>Charles Busch</strong> reading his memoirs in-progress, <em>This Never Leaves the Dressing Room </em>by Charles Busch<br /> <br /> <strong>Mary Ann Cherry </strong>reading <em>Morris Kight: Humanist, Liberationist, Fantabulist </em>by Mary Ann Cherry<br /> <br /> <strong><strong>Alexis De Veaux </strong></strong>reading <em>Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde</em> by Alexis De Veaux<br /> <br /> <strong>Rabbi Denise Eger </strong>reading from <em>Mishkan Ga'avah: </em><em>Where Pride Dwells: A Celebration of LGBTQ Jewish Life and Ritual</em> edited by Rabbi Denise L. Eger<br /> <br /> <strong>Emma’s Revolution </strong>reading <em>Always, Rachel: The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964 </em> by Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman Edited by Martha E. Freeman<br /> <br /> <strong>James Gavin</strong> reading <em>One Christmas </em>by Truman Capote<br /> <br /> <strong>Sophie B. Hawkins</strong> reading <em>Mrs. Dalloway</em> by Virginia Woolf and performing "Not Beating Around the Bush" by Sophie B. Hawkins<br /> <br /> <strong>Jason Jenn</strong> performing historic LGBTQ love poetry from <em>Let Love Flourish!</em><br /> <br /> <strong>Don Kilhefner</strong> reading <em>The Radical Faeries at 40: Rainbow Capitalism or Queer Liberation </em>by Don Kilhefner<br /> <br /> <strong>L Morgan Lee </strong>reading <em>The Women of Brewster Place </em>by Gloria Naylor<br /> <br /> <strong>Sheri Lunn</strong> reading <em>The Price of Salt</em> by Patricia Highsmith<br /> <br /> <strong>Renee MacKenzie </strong>reading <em>Kai’s Heart</em> by Renee MacKenzie<br /> <br /> <strong>Roger Q. Mason </strong>performing <em>Age, Sex, Location </em>by Roger Q. Mason<br /> <br /> <strong>Neish McLean </strong>reading <em>Crossfire</em> by Staceyann Chin<br /> <br /> <strong>Dr. Bonnie Morris</strong> <em>Sappho’s Overhead Projector </em>by Dr. Bonnie Morris<br /> <br /> <strong>Paul Outlaw</strong> reading <em>The American Dream and the American Negro</em> by James Baldwin<br /> <br /> <strong>Robert Patrick</strong> reading from <em>Temple Slave</em> by Robert Patrick<br /> <br /> <strong>Steven Reigns</strong> reading <em>Ceremonies</em> by Essex Hemphill<br /> <br /> <strong>Hugh Ryan </strong>reading <em>When Brooklyn Was Queer</em> by Hugh Ryan<br /> <br /> <strong>Justin Sayre</strong> reading<em> The Ballad of Miriam Blotch </em>by Justin Sayre<br /> <br /> <strong>Jessica Stern </strong>reading<em> Our Right to Love: A Lesbian Resource Book</em> by Rita Mae Brown<br /> <br /> <strong>Robin Tyler</strong> reading<em> When We Were Outlaws</em> by Jeanne Cordova<br /> <br /> <strong>Phillip Ward and Brian Edward</strong> reading <em>The Last Word: An Autobiography</em> by Quentin Crisp, edited by Phillip Ward and Laurence Watts, <em>And One More Thing</em> by Quentin Crisp, edited by Phillip Ward and Laurence Watts, and <em>Quentin Crisp: The Last Word</em> (the play) by Quentin Crisp, adapted by Phillip Ward and Brian Edward with Spencer Whale<br /> <br /> <strong>Anthony Wayne</strong> reading Men<em> of the House: A B-Boy Blues Novel</em> by James Earl Hardy<br /> <br /> <strong>Alfre Woodard </strong>reading <em>The Fire Next Time</em> by James Baldwin. Excerpts of <em>The Fire Next Time</em> were selected and compiled for Ms. Woodard by Mr. Melvin Rogers, Associate Professor of Political Science at Brown University</p> <p><a href="http://getlit.org/"><strong>Get Lit</strong></a><strong> Poets </strong>featuring Tyris Winter, Jonah Henry and Jelina Hendrickson performing poetry by C. A. Conrad, Ocean Vuong, and Franny Choi plus their own original pieces.</p> <p><a href="https://latw.org/"><strong>LATheatreWorks</strong></a> <em>“8”</em> by<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/dustin-lance-black"> Dustin Lance Black</a>, Directed by<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/rob-reiner"> Rob Reiner</a> With<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/brad-pitt"> Brad Pitt</a> ,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/george-clooney"> George Clooney</a> ,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/martin-sheen"> Martin Sheen</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/kevin-bacon"> Kevin Bacon</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/jamie-lee-curtis"> Jamie Lee Curtis</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/christine-lahti"> Christine Lahti</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/john-c-reilly"> John C. Reilly</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/jane-lynch"> Jane Lynch</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/jesse-tyler-ferguson"> Jesse Tyler Ferguson</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/matthew-morrison"> Matthew Morrison</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/chris-colfer"> Chris Colfer</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/yeardley-smith"> Yeardley Smith</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/matt-bomer"> Matt Bomer</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/george-takei"> George Takei</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/rory-omalley"> Rory O’Malley</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/cleve-jones"> Cleve Jones</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/james-pickens-jr"> James Pickens Jr.</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/jansen-panettiere"> Jansen Panettiere</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/bridger-zadina"> Bridger Zadina</a>,<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/vanessa-garcia"> Vanessa Garcia</a> and<a href="https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/campbell-brown"> Campbell Brown</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <hr /> <p><strong id="docs-internal-guid-b58e172e-7fff-bde0-1d9a-54acba951eb8">Tax deductible donations support the operations of <a href="http://www.thiswayout.org">www.ThisWayOut.org</a> founded in 1988. It is an award-winning half-hour magazine-style program and the only internationally distributed weekly LGBTQ radio program, currently airing on over 150 local community radio stations around the world and online everywhere. This Way Out is produced and distributed by <a href="https://www.guidestar.org/profile/95-3786721">Overnight Productions, Inc.</a>, a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation whose mission is: To educate, inform and entertain audiences around the world by making freely available the presentation of news, features and cultural works by and about the international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community via audio broadcast and cyber media.</strong></p>
NEXT: SIGN IN
CANCEL
CREATE YOUR FUNDRAISER
SIGN IN
COMPLETE
INVITE TEAM OWNER
Provide details for the fundraiser team owner. The person below will be notified of their fundraiser and they will be able to login to their own account to manage and run their campaign.
CANCEL
First Name
Last Name
Email
NEXT: COMPLETE
CANCEL