FEATURES
By Stephen Hunter and Stephen Hunter,Film Critic | October 21, 1993
The 1993 Baltimore Lesbian and Gay Film Festival opens today with acclaimed filmmaker Derek Jarman's "Wittgenstein" at 8 p.m. at the Baltimore Museum of Art.The festival, sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Alliance, the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore and the Baltimore Film Forum, will show more than 48 films in 14 programs over the next 10 days. Screenings will be at the museum and at Bloomberg Hall on the campus.Jarman, who achieved worldwide attention with his brilliantly stylized "Edward II," tells the story in his new movie of the Cambridge philosopher who dazzled the intellectual world while treating the working-class man who was his lover rather shabbily.
NEWS
By Marina Sarris and Marina Sarris,Staff writer | June 14, 1993
It seemed like a typical summertime festival in Baltimore: the aroma of grilled burgers filled the air while people sat on blankets in the shade and danced to music in the sun.Only this was a little bit different.Here was an event in which gays and lesbians said they could be themselves without fear of harassment or rejection.Several thousand men and women gathered in the grassy Wyman Park yesterday to affirm their sexuality and commemorate their struggle for civil rights at the annual Gay and Lesbian Pride Day festival.
NEWS
By Knight-Ridder Newspapers | April 16, 1993
WASHINGTON -- President Clinton has invited gay and lesbian leaders to the White House today to talk about their legislative agenda and his apparent reluctance to participate in a major gay rights march here on April 25.It is the first White House meeting ever between a president and gay and lesbian leaders.Organizers of the march, which could draw as many as one million people, said they will lobby Mr. Clinton to address the demonstrators and ignore warnings that his identification with gay and lesbian causes will hurt him politically.
NEWS
By Laura Lippman and Laura Lippman,SUN STAFF | February 14, 2001
Baltimore Housing Commissioner Paul T. Graziano met with members of the gay and lesbian community last night, part of a promised fence-mending effort after a drunken December incident in which he made homophobic remarks during what he now calls "a blackout." The meeting at the headquarters of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center was one of several conciliatory gestures Graziano promised when he returned to work last week, after receiving treatment for a drinking problem. The meeting was off the record -- media members were allowed to attend but not to take notes during the session or identify anyone who spoke without permission.
FEATURES
By J.D. Considine and J.D. Considine,SUN POP MUSIC CRITIC | April 29, 2000
Performing at a big benefit concert is usually perceived as enlightened self-interest. Neil Young, who has an autistic child, organized the Bridge Concerts to raise money for the Bridge School, which treats such children. Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys is a Buddhist, so he helped organize the Tibetan Freedom Concerts. Because Sting is big on environmental activism, he's a regular part of the annual rain forest benefit concerts. So it's not surprising that Melissa Etheridge was the first artist brought on board for Equality Rocks, the gay and lesbian rights concert being held at Washington's RFK Stadium today.
FEATURES
By David Zurawik and David Zurawik,SUN TELEVISION CRITIC | June 7, 1999
"It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School" teaches a simple truth: It is better for children to be informed than ignorant.There is a world of information in this public television documentary that looks at six classrooms across the country in which teachers and elementary-school-age pupils are discussing gay and lesbian issues. And it is presented in an engaging, intelligent and straightforward manner appropriate for family viewing."It's Elementary" is public television at its best, offering thoughtful, provocative programming about issues of great cultural import.