OUTmedia

OUTmedia is a leading queer cultural activist organization and social enterprise. Our mission is to increase the positive visibility of LGBTQQIA people and promote inclusive multiculturalism through the arts.To support that mission, OUTmedia has become a leading global source for LGBTQQIA and queer-affirmative national acts and celebrity talent.



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The courage of teachers By LZ Granderson, CNN Contributor Wed May 22, 2013 How could you overpay a teacher who risks or loses her life to shield kids? We should not vilify teachers, he says. Even on a normal day, what they do is amazing enough

The courage of teachers

By LZ Granderson, CNN Contributor

Wed May 22, 2013

  • How could you overpay a teacher who risks or loses her life to shield kids?
  • We should not vilify teachers, he says. Even on a normal day, what they do is amazing enough


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Roxanne, LZ, and Shelly having a damn good time fighting for marriage equality. (at 404)

Roxanne, LZ, and Shelly having a damn good time fighting for marriage equality. (at 404)



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OUTmedia congratulates two shining LGBT groundbreakers: Jason Collins on winning GLSEN’s Courage Award, and LZ Granderson on winning the Hero Award. 

  • “I challenge you to be a voice for every student in a hostile classroom right now.” - @Locs_n_Laughs accepting GLSEN’s 2013 Hero Award
  • “This is what I was called to do. And that’s why I hesitated when they said Hero Award. I don’t think of myself as a hero.” @Locs_n_Laughs
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Unfortunately, I am reminded that hate and ignorance still reside with us in NYC as well as the rest of the country and the world.- Emanuel Xavier

Passage

Had they known I was gay they would have killed me 
None of my poems about peace and unity 
would have kept me whole 
My thick skin, my loud mouth, my anger, my fists 
The God above who watches over everything 
Nothing would have prevented death 
The redefining of machismo taught by fathers they never even met  MORE



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Winnie and The Kinsey Sicks have arrived in London!

Winnie and The Kinsey Sicks have arrived in London!


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COLAGE’s annual fundraiser is today @ at Babeland/SOHO in NYC ! Proceeds will be used for scholarships for NYC COLAGErs and their families to go to COLAGE Family week in Provincetown this summer. Family Week is a life changing experience that should not be missed. Please support COLAGE in its effort to make the event more financially accessible! Come meet cool adult COLAGER’s including  OUTmedia’s Ben Rimalower, star of “Patti Issues”, the NYC smash hit! MORE

COLAGE’s annual fundraiser is today @ at Babeland/SOHO in NYC ! Proceeds will be used for scholarships for NYC COLAGErs and their families to go to COLAGE Family week in Provincetown this summer. Family Week is a life changing experience that should not be missed. Please support COLAGE in its effort to make the event more financially accessible! Come meet cool adult COLAGER’s including  OUTmedia’s Ben Rimalower, star of “Patti Issues”, the NYC smash hit! MORE



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Reblogged from outmediaoutloud

outmediaoutloud:

Kit Yan - 26 Steps (by Kit Yan)

A love poem.

The latest by Asian American trans slam poet Kit Yan. Kit has been featured in HBO’s Asian Aloud, and the queer poetry anthologies Flickr and Sparkle and Troubling the Line. Kit is a tireless promoter of queer and trans* visibility, working with OUTmedia and Campus Pride on “Be Queer Buy Queer” and the “Queer It Up” campaigns.

Fans of Kit can win a chance to meet him at Heritage of Pride, NYC, this year! More details at OUTmedia OUTloud’s Launch & Giveaway post!

Hey catch BK Kit on the LES @ Sidewalk Cafe tonight @8!


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Reblogged from outmediaoutloud

Jason Stuart comes out on GERALDO cira 1993. He is celebrating 20 years of being out as an actor & comedian!

outmediaoutloud:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKtosfHXKm0

Congrats to Jason for 20 years being out & proud!



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Hi there! We’re OUTmedia, working to promote LGBTQQIA artists, intellectuals, and performers since 1994! Today we are proud to present to you OUTmedia OUTloud (outmediaoutloud.tumblr.com), a fan-focused community blog to bring our fans and our artists closer together, and express what it means to be queer today!

In celebration of this launch, we’re having an exciting giveaway!

We will give a randomly chosen winner backstage access to meet Asian American trans poet Kit Yan at NYC’s upcoming Heritage of Pride rally in June!

To enter:

  • Like, reblog, or follow our new blog, OUTmedia OUTloud! A follow will be counted as 5 likes/reblogs!
  • Join our mailing list at http://outmedia.org/contact.asp — just remember to include your Tumblr name. A join will count as 10 likes/reblogs!
  • The contest will run until June 16th. A winner will be chosen via random number generator and announced at 5pm EST that same day.
  • Winners outside the New York City area will win a chance to meet an OUTmedia artist in their town.


Have fun and stay proud!

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Tumblr recently featured our blog news.OUTmedia.org, and 2700 more bloggers started following us. With that key growth, we’ve cooked up something new that we want to bloom into full community engagement.  Today we are proud to present to you OUTmedia OUTloud (outmediaoutloud.tumblr.com), a fan-focused community blog to bring our fans and our artists closer together, and express what it means to be queer today!

Tumblr recently featured our blog news.OUTmedia.org, and 2700 more bloggers started following us. With that key growth, we’ve cooked up something new that we want to bloom into full community engagement. 

Today we are proud to present to you OUTmedia OUTloud (outmediaoutloud.tumblr.com), a fan-focused community blog to bring our fans and our artists closer together, and express what it means to be queer today!



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Op-ed: My Friend, Dan Choi To many people, he’s Lt. Dan Choi, gay activist and the face of the movement to end “don’t ask, don’t tell.” To a fellow former solder, he’s just Dan. BY ROB SMITH

Op-ed: My Friend, Dan Choi

To many people, he’s Lt. Dan Choi, gay activist and the face of the movement to end “don’t ask, don’t tell.” To a fellow former solder, he’s just Dan.

BY ROB SMITH


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Sunday, May 19th // 7:30PM to 10:30PM 43 Mercer Street at Grand, in SohoNew York, NY 10013 Catch Ben Rimalower, star of NYC smash hit, Patti Issues! You must be 18+ to join the party, and 21+ to partake in the free drinks. COLAGE is a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) parent/s.

Sunday, May 19th // 7:30PM to 10:30PM

Babeland

43 Mercer Street at Grand, in Soho
New York, NY 10013

Catch Ben Rimalower, star of NYC smash hit, Patti Issues!

You must be 18+ to join the party, and 21+ to partake in the free drinks.

COLAGE is a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) parent/s.



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OUTmedia has been proud to support Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the arts and through the arts during this all important month. It strives to give voice and empowerment to AAPI people, not just in May, but throughout the year.  OUTmedia continuously works to break though marginalization of cultures through its diverse talent “one act at a time,” promoting diversity awareness and honoring our multiple rich histories and identities. MORE

OUTmedia has been proud to support Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the arts and through the arts during this all important month. It strives to give voice and empowerment to AAPI people, not just in May, but throughout the year.  OUTmedia continuously works to break though marginalization of cultures through its diverse talent “one act at a time,” promoting diversity awareness and honoring our multiple rich histories and identities. MORE



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Love this photo. Sapna Kumar kicking off Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Mo. Henna? Coconut water anyone? How about a comedy nut? MORE

Love this photo. Sapna Kumar kicking off Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Mo. Henna? Coconut water anyone? How about a comedy nut? MORE



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Robin is a NYC-based comedian and the host of her critically acclaimed live comedy show, “The Triple Minority Report,” which packs the house at NYC’s hottest comedy clubs. As a correspondent for NYC-TV’s hit television show, “Under the Pink Carpet,” Robin has been praised for her poignant interviews and coverage of NYC nightlife. Robin’s sassy, politically charged delivery coupled with her on-point character work has led her to be featured in GO NYC magazine’s “Top 100 Women We Love,” Time Out New York’s “Quote of the Week”, and was a finalist in NBC’s “Stand Up for Diversity Competition”. Her solo show, “Tales from the Big House”, was selected for the Fresh Fruit Festival, Emerging Artists Festival, and the Hot! Festival at Dixon Place. MORE

Robin is a NYC-based comedian and the host of her critically acclaimed live comedy show, “The Triple Minority Report,” which packs the house at NYC’s hottest comedy clubs. As a correspondent for NYC-TV’s hit television show, “Under the Pink Carpet,” Robin has been praised for her poignant interviews and coverage of NYC nightlife. Robin’s sassy, politically charged delivery coupled with her on-point character work has led her to be featured in GO NYC magazine’s “Top 100 Women We Love,” Time Out New York’s “Quote of the Week”, and was a finalist in NBC’s “Stand Up for Diversity Competition”. Her solo show, “Tales from the Big House”, was selected for the Fresh Fruit Festival, Emerging Artists Festival, and the Hot! Festival at Dixon Place. MORE