Billy Jean King Athlete – Humanitarian – Activist
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(800) 631-6277 • OLIVIA.COM 3 Features September 2013 8 Indigo Girls By Nat Burns 14 Theorhetorically Speaking CON By Nikki McCauley 16 Out in the World By Heather Cassell 20 Transgender TENTS By Chris Angel Murphy 21 Living Out By Sally Sheklow Inside LN 26 Alcoholism, The Thinking Disease By G-O Digillio 20 LIFE COACH’S CORNER 35 Positive Reflections By Dian Katz, MS 21 QUEERLY QUESTIONING 26 BOOKS 42 Words That Make Sense 28 LOLs By Toni Hart 30 MOVIES EYE C 31 MUSIC 34 POETRY Lifestyles 37 HOT SPOTS 38 COMMUNITY ACCESS 4 Major Crimes and Jonathan Del Arco 39 THE WEEKENDER By Gladi Adams, PhD 39 TRAVEL 41 FEMASTROLOGY 12 Politically Speaking By Donna Wade 13 Humanity Here By Karen Williams 18 HERstyle By Christin & Ashley Kelly-Brown 32 Diana King By Michele Khordoc 22 Cover Story Billie Jean King: Athlete – Humanitarian – Activist Cover Image: Andrew Coppa Photography By Marsha Naify Lesbian News Magazine | September 2013 | www.LesbianNews.com MAJOR CRIMES and JONATHAN DEL ARCO | Gladi Adams, PhD he focus of the show this season has been to bring JD: In the case of behavioral causes. Current treatment is to physically an awareness to the enormous problem of bullying gender dysphoria, modify their bodies so they match their gender identity. Tespecially as it exists toward gender dysphoric the treatment of children. Bullying exists in public schools and in the these kids is more JD: I was unaware of that information. social media. Suicide has sadly become a remedy for the heinous and cruel. mistreatment these young people experience from their After watching the LN: Can you share any other information about peer groups. Lesbian News had the opportunity to have a preview of this show, upcoming programming with us? personal conversation with Jonathan Del Arco, the Medical I actually felt ill examiner on Major Crimes. Jonathan’s character, a gay man and very emotional JD: It is going to be an amazing season that will continue himself, plays the Coroner on the show. because of its into the winter. Our cast is incredible because they are very outcome. supportive and protective of children. They are naturally LN: Could you explain to our readers how you feel about so kind and thoughtful. And our writing team is really this show and its subject matter? LN: Do you feel developing and continuing the theme of bullying and gender the character dysphoria. Bullying is a terrible problem even if the child is JD: The subject of this show is particularly painful and tragic you portray will not gay because the bully uses slanderous gender degrading to me because of the ending and what happens to the child help the public language to threaten and berate. as a result of bullying. As a gay male, I have experienced understand LGBT the way society treats gays. For myself, the notion of being youth? LN: The season sounds like one not to be missed. Can out in high school as gay was not an option. I could not do you keep me updated, Jonathan? it. The notion of being transgender was ‘are you out of your JD: I certainly hope mind?’ It was totally incomprehensible to me. I think the so especially in the case of Rusty, who is dealing with the JD: Absolutely. We would love to have an even bigger changes we have experienced toward gays and lesbians are subject of his own sexuality. We become friends and I see audience than the more than 7 million we now have. It due to generational changes. Young people are very open this as helping him. ranks as basic cable series top 5 original series of the year. and accepting. In fact the more open we are about our own It is produced by The Shephard/Robin Co. and Walking E sexuality with our friends, neighbors and co-workers, the LN: Recently I read that children assigned male at birth Entropy, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. television. more accepting they have become. are 3 times more likely to be transgender than those We especially want to generate support from women. 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