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Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson Hosts Intimate Chats w/ Global LGBTQ Leaders & Their Allies
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Wednesday Mar 05, 2014
Wednesday Mar 05, 2014
Pam Grier legendary actor for her roles as
“Foxy Brown”, “Jackie Brown” and Kit Porter in “The L Word” talks about Dining
Out For Life, the HIV/AIDS fundraiser with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™. Dining Out For Life hosted by
Subaru® takes place in 60 cities across North America on Thursday, April
24th. The idea for this simple concept was conceived 23 years ago in
Philadelphia. More than 3,000 participating restaurants donate a
generous percentage of that day’s proceeds to support service providers
in their region to fund care, prevention, education, testing, counseling
and other essential HIV/AIDS services. An estimated $4 million will be
raised in just one day of dining. We talked to Pam about being a
spokesperson for this fabulous event and her spin on our LGBT issues.
When asked what her personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights Grier
stated, “As much as I can be a part to establish the fact that everyone
has a right as a human being to live like one. I made such great friends
for life whom I met during “The L Word” and doing “The L Word” for six
seasons, it’s in 23 countries, and to have people from all over the
world come over and embrace me and say ‘thank you’, and you can never do
enough. I can’t beat down people’s doors; I can’t take their religious
dogmas and make them listen to me; I would not be presumptuous to say I
can change people’s minds about community and life but you know I’m out
there and I’m working for it. I’m fighting for it.”
When asked about a possible L Word reunion Pam added, “I don’t really
know but you know what’s timely right now is not a reunion but to re-air
all six seasons of “The L Word” because we covered so many broad social
and political areas that’s it’s timely now. We finished our last show
in 2008, the sixth season and I’m sure we’re part of the conscious and
subconscious of viewership and made a difference in the political
arenas. It would be great to see it air again now and cast that wide net
of comprehension to a lot of people who didn’t watch it because it
started in 2002 and here we’re talking eleven years later, that’s over a
decade of serious battlement, comprehension, people making a difference
in the equality of the LGBT community. I think it would just be so
appropriate now so as far as a reunion, don’t know, as far as a movie,
don’t know but here again I would love to see it re-aired.”
Pam Grier’s memoir, “Foxy: My Life in Three Acts” became a New York
Times Bestseller, won “Best Memoir of 2010” Award from the African
American Literary organization and received the Golda Meir Center for
Political Leadership Award. In 2012 Pam received the Legend Award at the
Essence Black Women In Hollywood Awards. 2014 marks her fourth year
serving as a spokesperson for Dining Out for Life International hosted
by Subaru® and is joined by three other celebrity spokespeople for this
fabulous fundraiser including Ted Allen,
host of Food Network’s “Chopped”, designer Mondo Guerra, winner of
“Project Runway All-Stars” and chef Daisy Martinez from Food Network’s
“¡Viva Daisy!”.
For More Info: diningoutforlife.com
Wednesday Feb 26, 2014
Wednesday Feb 26, 2014
Kristen Ellis-Henderson and Cathy Henderson
cofounders of the all-female alternative country rock band Antigone
Rising talk to Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™. After touring with acts such as The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith,
The Allman Brothers Band, The Bangles and traveling to Israel and the
West Bank as cultural ambassadors for the United States Embassy, the
band has introduced their latest single "That Was The Whiskey". It’s
featured on the first of their two five-song CDs entitled "Whiskey &
Wine - Volume 1" set for release on March 25th. ("Whiskey & Wine -
Volume 2" will be out October 28th 2014.) Earlier this month Antigone
Rising appeared on Olivia Travel’s Caribbean Equality & Leadership
Cruise with Edie Windsor, Maya Angelou, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Meredith
Baxter and Judy Gold among others. We talked to Kristen and Cathy about
their music and their spin on our LGBT issues.
When asked what her personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights Kristen
stated, “For me you know I’ve got family and I’ve got kids and I think
it’s really important to set the best example possible for them,
obviously. It’s also something that Sara my wife and I have naturally
moved towards. Sara was Chairman of Out At Time Inc. when she was
working at a magazine called Real Simple and so we often went out to
events hosted by HRC or GLAAD, things like that so we became part of the
movement. Then we ended up writing a book Sara and I because we got
pregnant on the exact same day but that’s a whole story to itself. With
that we realized we’ve got a voice here and we can be part of this
movement and we want to be. So we ended up working with GLAAD quite a
bit and going out and being spokespeople during the marriage equality
movement here in New York, which is the state we live in. We’ve become
involved in the movement and very passionate about it. My wife and I
want to be sure that our kids see that you can be whoever you want to
be. You can do whatever you want to do and you should be proud of who
you are and so that’s kind of our mission.”
Antigone Rising consists of Kristen Ellis-Henderson on bass
guitar/vocals, Cathy Henderson on lead guitar/vocals, Dena Tauriello on
drums and Nini Camps on rhythm guitar and lead vocals. Last spring
Kristen Ellis-Henderson and her wife Sarah Kate Ellis who was recently
appointed President and CEO of GLAAD were featured on the cover of TIME
Magazine's groundbreaking marriage equality issue. Antigone Rising has
also launched a fundraising campaign at pledgemusic.com to
support their music and touring, with 5% of the proceeds to be donated
to GLAAD. Next month they’ll be appearing at Church of Boston 69
Kilmarnock Street in Boston, MA on Friday March 7th at 8P and on
Saturday March 8th at Iron Horse 20 Center St. Northampton, MA at 7P.
For More Dates & Info: antigonerising.com
Wednesday Feb 19, 2014
Wednesday Feb 19, 2014
Anna Aagenes, Executive Director of GO!
Athletes, which is the first national educational organization dedicated
to LGBTQ student athletes talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™. GO! (Generation Out) Athletes connects
current and former LGBT student athletes and allies at high school,
collegiate and post-graduate levels to educate and empower future
generations of LGBT athletes. They also serve as a united voice to
encourage schools to create safer spaces for LGBT athletes. GO! Athletes
is also dedicated to educating coaches, administrators and fans to
foster athletic communities that are accepting of all athletes
regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. GO! Athletes has
created the #Out4Olympics campaign in response to the public outcry over
Russia's anti-LGBT policies. We talked to Aagenes about the importance
of this campaign and her spin on our LGBT issues.
When asked what her spin is on the Sochi Olympics with Russia’s anti gay
laws Aagenes stated, “You know it’s been very disheartening to see the
stories of brutal harassment attacks and the laws that are obviously
really discriminatory against the LGBT community and those who have
traveled there for the Olympic Games. We began a campaign last year
which we call Out 4 Olympics. So we hash tag Out the number Four and
Olympics. (#Out4Olympics) We’ve done grassroots campaigns before but
this is really LGBTQ athletes supporting fellow athletes. You know some
of us have the privilege of being able to come out and those who do we
hope can show support and solidarity to those in Russia, those traveling
to Russia and those who can’t come out yet or don’t feel comfortable
coming out yet. It’s really been exciting to see high school students,
college students, coaches, even professional players some of them,
utilizing the campaign. We have a Twitim which means you can change you
profile picture on Twitter and Facebook and what we’re going to do with
that is compile that into a culmination at the end of the games.”
Anna Aagenes was captain of the University of Pennsylvania Women’s Track
and Field and Cross Country Team, a school record holder in three relay
events and an NCAA Regional qualifier in the 800m and 1500m. Currently
she is the District Office Director for openly gay Pennsylvania State
Representative Brian Sims. February 28th will conclude GO! Athletes
#Out4Olympics campaign and all photos will be compiled into a book to be
presented to the USOC and the IOC.
For More Info: goathletes.org
Monday Feb 17, 2014
Monday Feb 17, 2014
Federal Judge Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen rules that Virginia’s ban on marriage for gay & lesbian couples is unconstitutional. The court held that Virginia’s laws prohibiting gay men & lesbians from marrying including a provision in the Virginia Constitution that prohibits marriage equality in the state violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen wrote in her 41 page decision, “We have arrived upon another moment in history when We the People becomes more inclusive, & our freedom more perfect. The men & women, & the children too, whose voices join in noble harmony with Plaintiffs today, also ask for fairness, & fairness only. This, so far as it is in this Court’s power, they & all others shall have.” Plaintiffs’ lead co-counsel Theodore B. Olson added, “Through its decision today, the court has upheld the principles of equality upon which this nation was founded. Virginia’s prohibition on marriage for same-sex couples relegates gay & lesbian Virginians to second-class status. Laws excluding gay men & lesbians from marriage violate personal freedom, are an unnecessary government intrusion, & cause serious harm. That type of law cannot stand. The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) who is the sole sponsor of Bostic v. Rainey Executive Director Adam Umhoefer concluded, “The court’s decision is clear: where you live should not determine who you can marry. Everyone—in Virginia & every other state—should have the freedom to dedicate their life to the person they love, & every state should recognize that right equally among all Americans. Today’s victory gets us one step closer to making that a reality.”
Thursday Feb 13, 2014
Thursday Feb 13, 2014
Rea Carey, Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ about the 26th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change that recently took place in Houston, Texas. Over 4,000 people from all over the country attended this five-day program that featured over 390 workshops, training sessions, meetings and events. This year’s Keynote speaker was Laverne Cox best known for her work on “Orange is the New Black”. Carey gave the State of the Movement address, looking forward to critical legislative issues specifically affecting our LGBT community, including passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) and fair immigration reform. She also included the need for access to quality, affordable health care and racial and economic justice-related issues. We talked to Rea about this important conference and her spin on our LGBT issues.
When asked what her personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights Carey stated, “Well it started in a few places. My parents were very politically active in the progressive community and in grassroots politics going door-to-door talking about issues they cared about and I grew up with that. I also grew up in a community that cared very much about racial justice in the 1960’s and 1970’s and it’s really been my life’s work. I started my activism and advocacy working on issues that effect LGBT queer youth as well as HIV/AIDS. In fact, at the same time, I was a member of Act Up DC and I was an LGBT lobbyist. So that also has formed my commitment which is that there are many strategies that we have to engage in grassroots organizing, legal strategies, sometimes taking to the streets, talking to decision makers, in order to achieve change. So I have truly devoted my life to evolving justice for LGBT people.”
Rea Carey is one of the most prominent leaders in the U.S. LGBT rights movement. She became Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in 2008 after serving as their deputy executive director since 2004. Through her leadership she has advanced a vision of fairness and justice for LGBT people and their families that is broad, inclusive and unabashedly progressive. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force was founded in 1973 and works to build the grassroots political power of the LGBT community to win complete equality.
Monday Feb 10, 2014
Monday Feb 10, 2014
In a historic milestone for marriage equality the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia heard oral argument for the first time on the constitutionality of Virginia’s marriage ban. The Plaintiffs in Bostic v. Rainey were represented by the bipartisan legal team of Theodore B. Olson & David Boies who argued that the provision in the Virginia Constitution that prohibits marriage equality in the commonwealth violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We caught up with the legal team minutes after they left the court in this exclusive audio press conference. The press conference was hosted by Adam Umhoefer, Executive Director, American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) who was joined by Olson & Boies, the Plaintiffs & Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring who two weeks ago announced his decision not to defend the ban on marriage for Virginia’s gay & lesbian couples. This is a rare opportunity to listen to the legal team & the Plaintiffs Tim Bostic & Tony London who have been together for 24 years & Plaintiffs Carol Schall & Mary Townley who have been together for almost 30 years & were legally married in California in 2008. The Plaintiffs express their reactions to the case & talked about the possible outcomes. AFER successfully sponsored the constitutional challenge that eliminated California’s Proposition 8, is the sole sponsor of Bostic v. Rainey.
Thursday Feb 06, 2014
Thursday Feb 06, 2014
Pothik Chatterjee talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™ about an
important panel he has organized entitled “LGBT Rights in India: The Way Forward” that
takes place at Harvard University on Sunday February 16th from 4:10P to
5:10P. The panel will be addressing the recent re-criminalization of
homosexuality by the Supreme Court of India with Section 377. The panel
will focus on how this anti gay law will affect the lives of our LGBT
community in India and how to channel this setback into productive
policy and effective strategy. It’s all part of the Harvard India
Conference 2014: ‘Turning the Page: Prospects & Paradoxes” that
takes place February 15th and 16th. We talked to Pothik about “LGBT
Rights in India: The Way Forward” and his spin on our LGBT issues.
When asked what his personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights
Chatterjee stated, “My personal commitment to LGBT civil rights began
when I was an undergraduate at Georgetown University, which you might
know is a Catholic/Jesuit university. While I was an undergraduate I was
part of the student movement to establish an LGBT resource center on
our campus to help undergraduate students with coming out to their
family and friends, being out on campus and deal with bullying and some
harassment that was taking place on campus. We faced a lot of opposition
initially because of the Jesuit administration and fears about how the
alumni would react but ultimately we were successful and Georgetown has
an LGBTQ Student Center and so that was a great victory. Since then I
have marched with the Human Rights Campaign at Washington D.C.’s Pride
and before that I use to live in Toronto, Canada where I volunteered for
the Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention and I helped facilitate a
queer support group called DOSTI for South Asian gay men and many of
them were recent immigrates so they were new to Canada and new to North
America. It was a great experience and I continue that LGBT activism
here at Harvard with my involvement with the gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgender student alliance and I think it’s a good time to be at
Harvard Business School where people have a more open mindset and people
are more willing to talk about being gay and being out and open in the
context of business in the professional world. So it’s quite an exciting
time.”
Pothik Chatterjee is currently finishing his MBA at Harvard Business
School and will graduate in May 2014. Speakers for the “LGBT Rights in
India: The Way Forward” panel will include Ashok Row Kavi, Mesma
Belsare, Apphia Kumar, Amit Dixit, Ramakrishnan Kazhiyur-Mannar,
Siddharth Narrain and Jonathan Ripley at the Harvard Kennedy School
Sunday February 16th from 4:10 to 5:10P.
For More Info: harvardindiaconference.com
Thursday Jan 30, 2014
Thursday Jan 30, 2014
Ted Allen, television personality and host
of Food Network’s “Chopped” talks about Dining Out For Life the HIV/AIDS
fundraiser with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™. Dining Out For Life hosted by Subaru® takes place in 60
cities across North America on Thursday, April 24th. The event was
conceived 23 years ago in Philadelphia and the concept is quite simple.
More than 3,000 participating restaurants donate a generous percentage
of that day’s proceeds to support service providers in their region to
fund care, prevention, education, testing, counseling and other
essential HIV/AIDS services. An estimated $4 million will be raised in
just one day of dining. We talked to Ted about being a spokesperson for
this fabulous event and his spin on our LGBT issues.
When asked what his personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights Allen
stated, “Well you know I’m living this life. I’m a member of this team. I
don’t profess to be any sort of hero. I think there are a lot of
activists who devote their whole lives and work a lot harder than I do
and I’m grateful for all of those folks. The one thing that all of us
can do is just the fact of being out. That’s one thing that the “Queer
Eye” boys and I were able to do. Just that even today has an impact on
young people. It’s a nice first step.”
Ted Allen is host of the hit primetime Food Network series “Chopped”
which received two James Beard Awards; one for the show itself, the
other for Ted as host. Previously Ted was a judge on the first four
seasons of Bravo’s “Top Chef” and Food Network’s “Iron Chef America”. He
first appeared on the reality TV scene as the food and wine specialist
on the groundbreaking Bravo series “Queer Eye,” which was nominated
twice for an Emmy Award and took the prize in 2004. 2014 will mark his
seventh year as spokesperson for Dining Out For Life. He’s joined by
three other celebrity spokespeople for this fabulous fundraiser
including actor Pam Grier (Foxy Brown, The L Word), designer Mondo
Guerra, winner of Project Runway All-Stars and chef Daisy Martinez from
Food Network’s “¡Viva Daisy!”
For More Info: diningoutforlife.com
Thursday Jan 23, 2014
Thursday Jan 23, 2014
Filmmakers Daniel Cardone and Marc Smolowitz
about their new documentary "Desert Migration" for The HIV Story
Project with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™. Since
HIV treatments have improved, many HIV positive men ages 50+ from all
over the US decided that Palm Springs seemed like a viable place to
retire where health services are great, housing is affordable and it’s
always sunny.
Filmmakers Cardone and Smolowitz who are both HIV positive are telling
these men’s stories in their new documentary “Desert Migration.” We
talked to Daniel and Marc about their relevant new film and their spin
on our LGBT issues.
When asked what their personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights
Cardone stated, “My personal commitment to LGBT civil rights is just to
live an open and affirmative life where I’m not apologetic for who I am
and be proud and active and engaged and interested and I think that is
key. You don’t necessarily have to be in a march or a rally or something
like that but you do have to be interested and I do think you have to
be engaged in your community and know and be informed. That’s what I try
and do; I just try to know what’s going on. I don’t want to be a
clueless person and just say ‘my little corner is just fine, so I’m
fine’. I think everything I do comes through I can’t hide under a
bushel. I have to be out and I have to be gay and pride is something I
had to earn. For a long time I was not proud to be gay. I didn’t
understand the concept of gay pride and I think as I’ve gotten older now
I know why we do this.” Smolowitz added, “When I think about my
personal commitment I feel like that it is a lifelong commitment. I
think with each new phase of my life and my work whether I’m talking
about my work as a filmmaker or how I envision the world as an activist
or as a person who is committed to social change, I’m consistently
learning and relearning how to move through the world as an LGBT person.
I feel very committed to making films about LGBT issues. The vast
majority of my work touches the lives of LGBT communities and stories
and today we’re talking about a film that has to do with HIV and AIDS.
So when I talk about LGBT civil rights, when I talk about HIV and AIDS,
I’m talking about the same thing and that’s how I bring those
commitments together.”
Director/Producer Daniel F. Cardone was born in Australia and worked in
production on critically-acclaimed films such as “The Home Song
Stories”, “Animal Kingdom” and the HBO mini-series “The Pacific”.
Daniel was also an Associate Producer on the groundbreaking Australian
sitcom “Outland”. Marc Smolowitz is an Academy Award® nominated film, TV
& new media producer of “The Weather Underground”, “Trembling
Before G-d”, director of “The Power of Two” and executive producer of
“Still Around” and The HIV Story Project with over twenty years of
experience across all aspects of the entertainment and media business.
For More Info: DesertMigration
Thursday Jan 16, 2014
Thursday Jan 16, 2014
Brian Silva, Executive Director of Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) which is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots organization working towards full civil marriage equality at the state and federal levels talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™. Since the US Supreme Court ruled DOMA and Proposition 8 unconstitutional in June, legally married gay and lesbian couples will qualify for federal rights and protections this year. Eighteen states have now passed marriage equality including Utah though that state has taken an illegal position on the wrong side of history refusing to legally recognize gay and lesbian marriages. We talked to Brian about this, what advancements he would like to see happen for our LGBT community in 2014 and more.
When asked what his personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights Silva stated, “As a gay man I think it’s very personal. It’s fighting for my own equality and my own ability to live in a world where I’m treated no differently than anyone else. Just with the same equality, the same protections and the same opportunities afforded to my straight friends and colleagues. For me it’s extraordinarily personal and I think for many people that are involved in LGBT equality work it’s extraordinarily personal and that’s why we do it. That’s why we volunteer, that’s why we get involved, that’s why we do all these things to make a better world for ourselves and also make a better world for future generations of LGBT kids who are growing up.”
Brian Silva’s leadership has expanded MEUSA’s grassroots education and advocacy work into communities across the United States. MEUSA has helped lead 12 field campaigns that brought marriage equality to nine additional states via the nationally recognized National Equality Action Team (NEAT) coalition. In addition, MEUSA co-led the United for Marriage Coalition events in Washington D.C. and around the country for the Supreme Court hearings and Decision Day for the 2013 Windsor v. United States and Perry v. Hollingsworth cases. Silva has spoken and been published in numerous venues and received multiple awards for his work both in and outside of LGBT equality.