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GayMardiGras.COM • GayNewOrleans.COM • SouthernDecadence.COM • March 16-29, 2010 • The Official Mag: AmbushMag.COM • 11 ebration the last weekend of June. After consumers; expenses, 50% or $5,000, whichever is Purchase from companies/brands that pride corner greater, will be reserved for the following advertise in gay media, deliver product mes- year's celebration. Any remaining funds will sages in gay-specific advertising, support be divided with 50% going to the LGBT gay and lesbian community causes and are LGBT Community Center Presents NOLA Pride 2010 Community Center and the remaining 50% good to their own gay and lesbian employ- One Heart, One World, One Pride divided equally between five additional orga- ees ; lans are underway for NOLA Pride 2010. This year commemorates the first nizations chosen by the NOLA Pride com- Over 90 percent took a domestic trip annual NOLA Pride festival being hosted by the LGBT Community Center of mittee. A full accounting of all funds will be this year; PNew Orleans. Over the past 30 years, the Pride celebration in New Orleans has made available to the public following NOLA 60 percent took a foreign trip in the last evolved in many shapes and forms. This year marks the beginning of a new and exciting Pride at www.NOLAPride.ORG and through three years; tradition that will last another 30 years. a press release to media outlets. 65 percent identify themselves as hav- The next NOLA Pride Committee Meet- ing to have the “latest”; NOLA Pride Fest will kick off on Friday ary Presenting Committee including Hu- ing is Wednesday, March 24, 6:30pm at the 68 percent upgrade to a product’s lat- June, 25th, with the Pride Gala Kickoff Party. man Relations Executive Director Larry LGBT Community Center, 2114 Decatur est model; Saturday, June 26th will feature Family Day Bagneris, Buzzy's Boys & Girls' Marty Curtin Stree. 77 percent “believe in indulging in them- with a picnic in the park, and later that and Koo Gaffney, N'R Peace's Don Evans, NOLA Pride is providing an opportunity selves”; evening a Progressive Cocktal Party. The political activist Mary Griggs, Mr. Louisiana for businesses to tap into one of the stron- 57 percent “prefer to buy top of the line”; weekend ends on Sunday with the Pride Leather Toby Lefort, Gay Easter Parade's gest niche markets in the nation. LGBT 59 percent buy themselves whatever Second Line March at 1pm, then the Pride Rip and Marsha Naquin-Delain, PFLAG Households Have an average household they want; Festival Street Fair from 2-6pm in the French President Julie Thompson, and NO/AIDS income over $85.4K and are 3.4 times more Represent a large and growing seg- Quarter featuring an entertainment stage, Task Force Executive Director Noel Twilbeck. likely to have household income over $250K. ment of the consumer market in Austin, vendor and informational booths and many The LGBT Community Center has set According to the 2000 Census, gay men especially for certain industries: major cat- other exciting things on Bourbon Street, St. up a special account in the name of NOLA and lesbians live with partners in 99.3 per- egories to date have tended to include travel, Ann to Dumaine. Pride which will be open for review by NOLA cent of all U.S. counties; financial services, alcoholic beverages, au- Several notable members in the com- Pride committee members. All funds raised Go out more, buy more, have more tomotive, entertainment, hair and skincare, munity have agreed to serve on the Honor- will be used to put on the NOLA Pride cel- disposable income and are extremely loyal luxury goods, pharmaceuticals, and fash- ion; and “Gay-friendly” increasingly important for all industries – part of overall trend to incor- porate values into consumption decisions: ownership, partnership benefits, working/ customer environment, philanthropy/community involvement. Details of sponsorship opportunities for NOLA Pride 2010 are available. A mem- ber of the Community Outreach Committee would like to meet with you to work with you. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Co-Chairs TJ Rogers ([email protected]) and Darrin Duplissey ([email protected]) to discuss the opportunities that PrideFest can offer you and your business or call 504.945.1103.

Nominate Individuals for Pride Grand Marshal he Grand Marshal, as defined by Pride policy, “shall be an indi- Tvidual that has made a consider- able positive impact on New Orleans’ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community.” Individuals may have made this impact at the local, national, or international level, but should have had particular impact on the New Orleans LGBT Community. The Grand Marshal is expected to attend the 2010 Grand Marshal’s Ball, the LGBT Pride March, the Pride Festival and other Pride events. The Grand Marshal is the Ambassa- dor of NOLA PrideFest 2010 for the entire Pride Season. Nominations will be accepted from members of the public, including Pride per- sonnel. The nominating period will close at the Pride Committee public meeting in April. This meeting will be held at the LGBT Com- munity Center, 2214 Decatur Street All nominations for Grand Marshal must include a written submission that details a nominee’s contributions to the community and related pertinent information. The submission may be in person at the Pride Com- mittee meeting, via postal mail, or via elec- tronic mail. Contact the Center for a Pride Grand Marshal Nomination Form at 504.945.1103.

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12 • The Official Mag: AmbushMag.COM • March 16-29, 2010 • Official Gay Easter Parade Guide • GayEasterParade.COM Greta Garbo, Grand Hotel, 1932. #20 Louis, Swanson, Sunset Boulevard, 1950. I know I think this is the beginning of a beautiful you have your favorites too. E-mail me sappho psalm friendship, Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca, yours and I will check the list and let you 1942. #10 You talking to me? Robert DeNiro, know if it is on there and what number it is. Taxi Driver, 1976. #9 Fasten your seat Sometime I forget how much I enjoy the belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night, Bette movies. Tough guys who will face danger to Davis, All About Eve, 1950. #8 May the correct a wrong are great for me, and ad by Toni J.P. Pizanie Force be with you, Alex McCrindle, Star mystery into the mix to make it greater. I Email: [email protected] Wars, 1977. #7 All right, Mr. DeMille. I’m used to love war movies ranging from WWI ready for my close-up, Gloria Swanson, to Nam but I’m not enjoying the new movies Films How did your favorites of 2009 do in the Sunset Boulevard, 1950. #6 Go ahead, about Iraq and the Middle East. I guess I hate ’ve had the great opportunity to re- Academy Awards? Mine didn’t … Jeff make my day, Clint Eastwood, Sudden Im- Bush’s war that much; which brings me to view three films for this issue. They Bridges as Best Actor is a joke. He proved pact, 1983. #5 Here’s looking at you, kid, one last point. Iran the extremes from excellent to by his actions in accepting the award that he Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca, 1942. #4 Have you been reading the news feeds very poor. We’ll save the worse for last and is an old drunk so how was he acting. Sure Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? It looks like we start with Alice in Wonderland. The story the movie was good but that’s no reason to anymore, Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz, are very near to a repeal of that law. Within we’ve known from childhood. The telling of ignore the men who were really carrying a 1939. #3 You don’t understand! I coulda had the next year, GLBT people may have the the story was wonderfully done in 3-D. film like George Clooney. class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda right to serve Openly. Many of the top brass The Prytania Theatre has the best equip- Almost everyone can quote a favorite been somebody, instead of a bum, which is of the Armed Forces have said that DADT is ment for telling a film story in this style. The line from the movies over the years, and the what I am, Marlon Brando, On the Water- no longer necessary. Forum for Equality colors were true and bright, and when a American Film Institute has published the front, 1954. #2 I’m going to make him an has been sending out DADT information on cloud of purplish-blue drifted off the screen 50 most quoted lines from the movies. #50 offer he can’t refuse, Marlon Brando, The Facebook. There has even been a plea for and into the audience, I thought that I could Houston, we have a problem, Tom Hanks, Godfather, 1972. And #1 Frankly, my dear, signatures supporting the repeal of DADT. feel and even smell the pungent mist. The Apollo 13, 1995. #40 Mama always said life I don’t give a damn, Clark Gable, Gone With Check out your Facebook account and friend effects made you a part of the story from was like a box of chocolates. You never the Wind, 1939. Forum for Equality so that you too can be moving through a crowd of party guests to know what you’re gonna get, Tom Hanks, One of my favorites took #24 I am big! counted. falling down a rabbit hole or running from the Forest Gump, 1994. #30 I want to be alone, It’s the pictures that got small, Gloria Red Queen’s army to knowing what you do and do not want. Wonderland is the perfect place for Tim Burton’s imagination to bloom freely. The telling of this old story honors the imagination in a world with no rules. Johnny Depp is the Mad Hatter. The selfish, childish Red Queen is played by Helena Bonham Carter. Hair and makeup for the part took three to four hours to perfect. Gentle Anne Hathaway is the good White Queen with a touch of Mona Desmond makeup for fun. The actors reported that this was a fun film to make thanks to Burton’s flare and openness. This isn’t a film for small children as it could be frightening for little people. Ray described it as visually amazing. Other adults in the theatre said it was darkly fun. I totally enjoyed the new twist on an old story. Next was the award winning German film, The White Ribbon. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards. I enjoyed this film but had to watch it twice to understand this complicated story while reading sub- titles. I would have enjoyed it much more had I understood the language. Still it was easy for me to realize why it had won so many awards. The story is set in a small German village just before World War I. A variety of unusual deaths and near death experiences haunts the village. The narrator is the young (31 year old) teacher who is touched by each strange experience until he finally leaves the village to make a life for himself. This film is part of the Sony Pictures Classics series. It will open in theatres in this area on or about March 26th. The really bad film was My Family Wedding. What made it terrible was the Black vs. Hispanic theme. Two families with children that want to marry – my daughter ain’t marrying no N-word – my son isn’t going to marry a non-American S-word. Cultures battling cultures is not my idea of entertainment. I don’t find this funny or entertaining. The players were good as was the direction. The story gets a minus grade from me – like 5X minus F. Everyone was a stereotype. This made for a boring, predict- able film. Don’t waste your time and money on something so socially demeaning. The next film I am scheduled to see as a press screening is Greenberg. I’ve heard a few good things about it so I hope to have a good report for you.

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Jason & Jason Olympus Who Dat Nation

Bobby & Paul

Olympus Soccer Mom

They make a cute couple don’t they?!

Dillian & Ben Comfortable & Cute @ Olympus Bar ~ Alexandria, Louisiana

Nae’ & Kristopher Maxi in the house!!!

Don’t they look comfortable? Taelor & Keenon

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by Joey Collins, Lafayette, Louisiana Email: [email protected]

s spring ushers in, Acadiana all very excited about the cause.” For more readies itself for a season filled information on PFLAG Acadiana and its Awith events. The heat is about causes please visit www.pflag.org or email to be turned up so listen up with Joey Collins, [email protected]. otherwise how will you be well-prepared? On March 6th bar patrons styled themselves all pretty in pink for Sound Factory’s Weekend Recap Pink Party. Proceeds from this event were he local community owes much donated to the American Cancer Society of thanks to both Jules Downtown Acadiana. Much appreciation goes out to all Tand Sound Factory. Over the those who attended and helped to raise over past two weeks, the two establishments one thousand dollars. Sound Factory’s pulled the community together and decided manager, Mitch Tate, was pleased to see so to give to two wonderful causes. much support from the local community, On February 27th Jules Downtown held “I’m always touched when people support a fundraiser for PFLAG (Parents, Families, such a good cause, its times like this that and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) of prove how much we can really accomplish Acadiana and was able to raise several when we all come together.” For more hundreds of dollars. Many thanks goes out information on American Cancer Society of to the bar patrons who came out for the Acadiana and its cause visit Black Party. Your contributions will enable www.cancer.org or you mall call PFLAG Acadiana to do many outreach pro- 337.237.3736. grams as well as help families and friends who struggle with acceptance of their gay International DJ loved one(s). Jules Downtown owners returns to her roots Darren Parker and Wendy Wallace were n case you haven’t heard, the inter- very excited to oblige to such a community nationally renowned DJ, Alyson event. Parker expressed, “It is my pleasure ICalagna aka “Poptart”, will be the to help raise such funds for such a needed guest DJ on Saturday, March 20th. Calagna organization here in Acadiana.” Wallace was has been stunning bar-goers with her mind- pleased to announce, “The community here seemed as one, had a great time, and we’re [continued on 17]

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