Our guests this week were Rob Schlein, president of Log Cabin Republicans Dallas; and Dru Rivera, 2011 Voice of Pride winner. Tune in live next Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. at RationalBroadcasting.com. You can also subscribe to Pink Noise on iTunes, and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. The video version of the show is below.
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‘Morphing’ at The Ochre House tonight
Dark comedy runs in this family
Sure we’ve heard the stories where hidden secrets discovered over a funeral or vacation begin to eat away at an already dysfunctional family. Playwright Matthew Posey has that covered in Morphing. They just don’t usually involve live music, dancing, a video performance, and a large man-eating puppet.Let’s not even get into the morphine addiction thrown into this show.
DEETS: The Ochre House, 825 Exposition Ave. Through Sept. 15. 8:15 p.m.$15. OchreHouseTheater.com.
Woman pleads guilty in case of videotaped beating of trans woman at McDonald’s
Teona Brown, 19, has pled guilty Thursday, Aug. 4, to first degree assault charges and a hate crime charge in connection with the beating of transgender woman Chrissy Polis last April in Towson,
Chrissy Polis
Md. The attack was captured on video by a McDonald’s employee — who filmed the assault rather than step in and try to stop it — last April. The video went viral online and was used, along with new footage from a surveillance camera, in court hearings this week. CBS Baltimore has this report on the plea.
Conviction on a first degree assault charge carries a maximum sentence of 25 years, and a hate crime conviction could add another 10 years. Because Brown pled guilty to the attack, prosecutors are recommending that the judge sentence her to five years in prison. A sentencing hearing has been set for next month.
Polis was present in court on Thursday, but told reporters she was nervous about being there and had no comment. “I just want to lay low and keep my life as normal as possible,” she said.
A second person charged in the attack was 14 at the time and has been charged with assault as a juvenile. Because she is a minor, her identity has not been released.
Below is a video of a news report aired on the Washington, D.C., Fox news program when the attack happened. It includes video of the attack and, as State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger said this week, “The severity of the beating is much easier to understand when you see a video. They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. Well, a video’s worth a million.”
WATCH: Why I spend too much on underwear
WATCH: More video of LGBT advocates speaking at Dallas County Commissioners Court
In the video above are Annemarie St. John, Tori Van Fleet and Cece Cox. In the video below are Elizabeth Lopez, Patti Fink and Stephen Sprinkle. To watch the other six speakers, go here.
DVtv: Easter in the Park 2011
DVtv’s Israel Luna and Brad Pritchett filed this video report from Sunday’s Easter in the Park celebration at Lee Park. To view our slideshow from the event, go here.
Video: Pat Robertson vs. ‘their way of doing sex’
Just minutes ago on “The 700 Club”
“Some of these radical gay groups are willing to do in
anything in the world to have their way of doing sex
legitimized by this country.”
[CBN]
Yes, gays: Forget cigarettes. Mailing “Was I Legitimate Enough?” comment cards to Pat Robertson’s house is apparently the new post-coital trend.
Video: Why? Two gays.
Y2GAY – Tropfest 2011 Finalist [YT]
Somewhere, a satirically-challenged “protect marriage” ad person just got her next thematic idea.
