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18 Transgender CON by Chris Angel Murphy 18 Alcoholism, the Thinking Disease by G-O Digillio TENTS 32 Living out by Sally Sheklow 1 TWO MOTHERS – Germany – Director, Anne Zohra Berrached REACHING FOR THE MOON – Brazil - Director, Bruno Barreto Enjoy a great line-up of LGBT films, including our annual celebration of diversity in cinema, the GAY!La screenings - for HIM and for HER - and party! Palm Springs International Film Festival features eleven unforgettable days of screenings, tributes and special events in the gorgeous desert setting of Palm Springs. With more than 185 films from over 70 different countries, it’s a singular celebration of the best of international and American cinema. Box Office Opens December 26, 2013 Special hotel rates available at psfilmfest.org/participate/travel/ Reel-Deal Six Packs & Special Event tickets NOW on sale online at: psfilmfest.org or call (760) 778-8979 title SPONSOR major SPONSORS is a proud sponsor of the Palm Springs International Film Festival Lesbian News Magazine | December 2013 | www.LesbianNews.com Subscribe To Lesbian News NOW With every 1 year subscription receive this LN perk. Subscribe to Lesbian News on your iPad & iPhone and access the magazine as well as LN digital extras each month. Advertise in LN 1.800.458.9888 3 December 2013 Features 14 Theorhetorically Speaking By Nikki McCauley 18 Transgender CON By Chris Angel Murphy 18 Alcoholism, The Thinking Disease By G-O Digillio TENTS 32 Living Out By Sally Sheklow 33 Positive Reflections Inside LN By Dian Katz, MS 42 Words That Make Sense 11 POETRY By Toni Hart 13 MUSIC 19 LIFE COACH’S CORNER 19 QUEERLY QUESTIONING Lifestyles 20 MOVIES EYE C 22 LOLs 10 Politically Speaking 24 HOT SPOTS By Donna Wade 26 BOOKS 12 Comic Of The Month 38 COMMUNITY ACCESS By Linda Montgomery 40 THE WEEKENDER 40 TRAVEL 15 Humanity Here By Karen Williams 41 FEMASTROLOGY 16 HERstyle By Christin & Ashley Kelly-Brown 27 Interview With Katherine Forrest By Terry DeCrescenzo 34 Miranda Otto By John Ester 28-31 Cover Story JANIS IAN : Still Connecting In All The Right Ways Cover Photo Credits: Lloyd Baggs By Nat Burns Lesbian News Magazine | December 2013 | www.LesbianNews.com 5 LESBIAN NEWS Publisher, Editor in Chief Ella Matthes • Executive Editors Zoe Edgerton and Gladi Adams, PhD • Arts & Culture Editor Terry DeCrescenzo • Entertainment Editor Dian Katz • Film Editor John Esther • International Editor Heather Cassell • Music Editor Nat Burns WHY DO WE LOVE LIKE ADULTS • Newsbytes BUT FIGHT LIKE CHILDREN Gillian Kelly Sports Editor Anne Winchester • Mark B.Gallo, Jr., MA Travel Editor Barbara Horngren MFT Registered Intern 61657 • Columnists and Contributors: Gigi Acevedo, Victoria Bearden, Heather Cassell, Toni Hart, INDIVIDUAL THERAPY & COUPLES COUNSELING Morag Hillsinger, Lillian Jensen, Dian Katz, Michele Khordoc, Kelly Lynch, Nikki McCauley, Carl Matthes, Chris Angel Murrphy, Kristi Pallino, Juno Parrenas, PhD, Sally Sheklow, BEVERLY HILLS & SILVERLAKE OFFICES Amanda Vallo, Donna Wade • Executive Vice President Stacy Cantrell 323 977 8444 • WestHollywoodTherapist.com • Creative Director Supervised and employed by Lorraine Rose, PhD, PSY 12803 & Jeffrey Nord, MA, MFT 46775 Karen Jones • Circulation and Distribution (310) 548-9888 • Board Members Gladi Adams, PhD, Sherri Davison, Carl Matthes, Lee Werbel • LESBIAN NEWS P.O. 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Pick Up the Phone Now and Call 1800-458-9888 7 CYNDI LAUPER’S TRUE COLORS FUND ANNOUNCES 3rd ANNUAL “HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS” BENEFIT CONCERT Star-Studded Concert to Raise Funds and Awareness for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth Homelessness Saturday, December 7th at New York’s Beacon Theatre October 21, 2013 [NEW YORK] – Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund Launched in 2012, the Forty to None Project grew out of a yearlong in- today announced the 3rd annual “Cyndi Lauper & Friends: Home for depth assessment into this crisis and the existing resources to address the Holidays” benefit concert on Saturday, December 7th at New York the issue. The project works to bring the number of homeless youth who City’s historic Beacon Theatre to help raise awareness about lesbian, identify as gay or transgender from 40 percent to none by educating and gay, bisexual, and transgender youth homelessness and funds for the engaging the public, advocating within government and media, creating organization’s Forty to None Project. empowering experiences for these young people, facilitating leading research, and aiding service providers in building their capacity and Cyndi Lauper will be joined on stage this year by P!nk, Josh Groban, creating an inclusive environment within their agencies. Susan Sarandon, Nelly Furtado, the Indigo Girls, Rosie O’Donnell, Ingrid Michaelson, The Hives, Matt & Kim, Hunter Valentine, The Cliks, and 100% of the net proceeds from the concert will go to underwrite the Forty returning host Carson Kressley. Additional guests will be announced to None Project’s many programs, including its efforts to ensure that gay soon. Tickets will be available at Ticketmaster.com starting Friday, and transgender youth are protected in the upcoming reauthorization of October 25th. the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act and the expansion of the Camp “Home for the Holidays is once again going to be an amazing night of True Colors program, with camps taking place in New York, Minnesota, music and comedy in support of a cause close to my heart, homeless gay and Texas for gay and transgender youth living in out-of-home care. and transgender youth,” remarked Lauper, co-founder of the True Colors Fund. “I’m proud that we have built a show that not only sells out every “Cyndi Lauper & Friends: Home for the Holidays” is proud to have the year, but has become well-known for bringing together a stellar array support of Platinum Sponsors Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, of artists to help change the world through an evening of incredible American Airlines, and the Jason Mraz Foundation, Gold Sponsors performances. This year’s concert will help us to continue to move our Barclays and The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., and Silver Sponsors Forty to None Project’s work forward to help these young people live Chipotle Mexican Grill, Johnson & Johnson, Kinky Boots, The Madison happy, healthy and productive lives.” Square Garden Company, Masie Productions, Oriental Medicine Specialists, and Van Gogh Vodka. In America, up to 1.6 million youth are homeless each year and up to 40% of them identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Yet, only up to ABOUT THE TRUE COLORS FUND 7% of the general youth population does the same. The most cited reason Grammy, Emmy, and Tony award-winning artist and advocate Cyndi for this disproportionate rate is family rejection based on the youth’s sexual Lauper co-founded the True Colors Fund to raise awareness about and orientation or gender identity. These young people are being forced out bring an end to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth homelessness of their homes at an alarming rate and a national effort is needed to help through its Forty to None Project, and to inspire and engage everyone, them. Seeing this need, Cyndi Lauper and her True Colors Fund created especially straight people, to become active participants in the the Forty to None Project, the nation’s first and only national organization advancement of equality for all. solely dedicated to addressing the issue of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth homelessness. For more information please visit http://www.truecolorsfund.org/ homefortheholidays and www.fortytonone.org.By Nat Burns Lesbian News Magazine | December 2013 | www.LesbianNews.com DR.
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