A Day in the Life of Team StarKid and Darren Criss
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Erika Munson has never been to a pride parade. But this weekend, she will be in one, along with at least 100 other active Mormons who — decked out in their Sunday best — will march at the head of the Utah Pride Parade to show support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
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Munson got involved after seeing her own children, as young adults, question their Mormon faith because of its stand on homosexuality, which, to them, seemed at odds with their own attitudes toward LGBT teachers, friends and neighbors and Jesus Christ’s message of love.
Source: Mormons to march in church clothes in Utah gay pride parade | Salt Lake City Tribune
This right here, this is where things are headed with religion and the gays. An entire generation of young church-going people who have grown up knowing gay people. Knowing them on TV. Knowing them in books. Knowing them on the internet. Knowing them in real life. And that knowledge is fatal to prejudice, to narrow-mindedness, to bigotry. Over the course of time, every branch of the Christian church has used the Bible to defend slavery, rape, genocide, coverture, and all manner of crimes against humanity — but reason wills out. The church (Catholic! Baptist! LDS!) and its political counterparts (Lookin’ at you, Republican Party!) will be forced to bring its doctrine and talking points in line with the values of an evolved human conscience, or it will become irrelevant and universally loathed.
Way to fight the good fight, Erika Munson. You are an oak of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.
For LGBT kids today, I imagine that it may be a little bit easier to come out of the closet because of the many images they see of LGBT people on television. Glee, alone, has done much to represent the diversity of the acronym that defines our community. I’ve smiled each time that newly out lesbian Santana shared sweet kisses with her bisexual girlfriend, Brittany. I’ve cried pretty much any time Mr. Hummel has said anything to his gay son, Kurt, while I’ve also appreciated how Santana’s disapproving abuela (grandmother) accurately depicted the difficulty that LGBT people of color have when coming out to their families. Perhaps I was most proud of Ryan Murphy when he introduced the first transgender/ gender nonconforming character to McKinley High, through a young African American teenager named Unique. Through these characters, young children who are LGBT can see that there are many ways to be and exist, and that LGBT people can be of all races, genders, body types, and character types. …
So, hey Ryan Murphy! If you need a gay Filipino American to make a cameo on Glee (perhaps as a teacher or Blaine’s cool, gay uncle), you know where to find me.
Kevin Nadal in “How ‘Glee’ and ‘Modern Family’ Are Making Us Less Afraid of LGBT People” [source] (via daxterdd)
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Darren Criss recording liners for Side B Radio and Uncharted Waves. Unedited. From 7/11/10.
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Darren Criss, Nick Jonas, Hugh Jackman, Olivia Newton-John Contribute to Actor’s Fund Auction of 1000 Stars
The Actors Fund’s Auction of 1000 Stars is currently live for online bidding through June 9. The event serves as a fundraiser for the organization’s free programs and services that help people in the entertainment industry.
Memorabilia includes autographs by Bea Arthur, Darren Criss, Hugh Jackman, Nick Jonas, John Kander, Angela Lansbury, Seth Rudetsky, Stephen Schwartz, and Stephen Sondheim.
Experiences include a caricature hung at Sardi’s; meet and greets with Michael Feinstein, Brian d’Arcy James,Jackie Hoffman, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Olivia Newton-John; backstage opportunities at Cirque du Soleil, The Metropolitan Opera, The Lion King, Newsies,Peter and the Starcatcher, Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and War Horse; walk-on roles in Chicago, Memphis, The Phantom of the Opera, and Priscilla; tickets to tapings of The Daily Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Key & Peele, and 106 & Park; and travel opportunities including a Caesars Palace Dream Package.
