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The Flirtations Nationally celebrated gay a capella singing group.
TransGeneration TransGeneration is an eight episode documentary series depicting the lives of four transgender college students during the 2004/2005 school year as they attempt to balance college, their social lives, and their struggle to merge their internal and external selves while gender transitioning. Two of the students are transitioning from male to female and two from female to male. All four are living on campus at four different colleges. TransGeneration is shown on the LGBT television network Logo, was broadcast weekly on the Sundance Channel from September to November of 2005 and released as a feature film at some festivals and independent theaters. If you want one or more of the people who have appeared on the show please contact us for availability and fee requirements.
Ruthie Alcaide In Real World Hawaii, Ruthie Alcaide proved to be one of the most interesting characters ever to appear on MTV’s Real World series. Openly bisexual, a native Hawaiian, Ruthie was born one of triplets and raised by a strict Filipino foster family. She joined a group of cast members from the mainland for the show and stirred things up with her carefree, independent, and often controversial lifestyle. Her presentation not only embodies these elements, but also the more serious side of her, having been shipped by the cast to rehab during filming. Ruthie courageously takes head on the issues of sexuality, addiction, and also just plain enjoying life, which explains her ongoing popularity and appeal to audiences around the country.
Alison Bechdel Since its inception in 1983, Alison Bechdels comic strip *Dykes To Watch Out For* has become a countercultural institution. The strip is syndicated in dozens of newspapers, translated into several languages and collected in a series of award-winning books. *Utne* magazine has listed DTWOF as "one of the greatest hits of the twentieth century." And *Comics Journal* says, "Bechdels art distills the pleasures of *Friends* and *The Nation* we recognize our world in it, with its sorrows and ironies." In addition to her comic strip, Bechdel has also done exclusive work for a slew of publications, including *Ms.*, *Slate*, the *Advocate*, and many other newspapers, websites, comic books, and 'zines. In 2006, Houghton Mifflin published her graphic memoir, *Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic*. The bestselling coming-of-age tale has been called a "mesmerizing feat of familial resurrection" and a "rare, prime example of why graphic novels have taken over the conversation about American literature.
Chris Beckman Chris Beckman was bucking for a promotion at a now defunct dot-com in Boston when his friends at his gym persuaded him to audition for MTV's The Real World. Chris ended up as a cast member for the Chicago episodes. Many of that season's episodes explored deeper into Chris's recovery from alcoholism to a burgeoning relationship. Chris has since been the recipient of the Congressman Gerry E. Studs Visibility Award for being a positive role model in the gay community. He is now on the lecture circuit and studying to be an actor. Chris says "I have a responsibility to talk about where my life was and where it is today."
Mohammed Bilal Mohammed Bilal, former cast member of MTV's highest-rated show, "The Real World" San Francisco. Bilal shared his life with over 1.5 million people every week, as one of the seven cast members of "The Real World." He is currently a member of Midnight Voices, a hip-hop band that has been nominated for numerous urban contemporary band awards. Bilal is a musician, poet and writer who educates audiences about some of today?s social ills. He will soon be publishing his first book that explores issues from image manipulation to anti-Semitism. Bilal will speak on the topics of diversity, AIDS awareness and personal responsibility. His lecture will be based on the negative effects that racism, drug abuse, AIDS and violence have had on young people. Through a high energy, poetic, hip-hop storytelling format, Bilal will encourage his audience to accept personal accountability for one's actions, with the hope of building a responsible society.
Keith Boykin Keith Boykin is the editor of The Daily Voice online news site, a CNBC contributor, a BET TV host and a New York Times best-selling author of three books. Educated at Dartmouth and Harvard, Keith attended law school with President Barack Obama and served in the White House as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton. Keith has been actively involved in progressive causes since he worked on his first congressional campaign while still a student in high school. He is a veteran of six political campaigns, including two presidential campaigns, and he was named one of the top instructors when he taught political science at American University in Washington. Keith has traveled extensively across four continents, and in 1997 President Clinton appointed him, along with Coretta Scott King and Rev. Jesse Jackson, to the U.S. presidential trade delegation to Zimbabwe. He was a star on the 2004 Showtime television series American Candidate and has since appeared on numerous national media programs, including Anderson Cooper 360, The O'Reilly Factor, The Tyra Banks Show, The Montel Williams Show, Judge Hatchett and The Tom Joyner Morning Show. A founder and first board president of the National Black Justice Coalition, Keith has spoken to audiences, large and small, all across the world. He delivered a landmark speech to 200,000 people at the Millennium March on Washington and he gave a stirring speech about the AIDS epidemic in front of 40,000 people in Chicago's Soldier Field in July 2006. Each of Keith's three books has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, including his most recent book, Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies and Denial in Black America. Keith won the Lambda Literary Award for his second book, Respecting The Soul, while his first book, One More River to Cross, is taught in colleges and universities throughout the country. Keith is an associate producer of the 2007 feature film Dirty Laundry and is working on his fourth book. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Keith currently lives in New York City.
The Real World Brooklyn Now you can bring The Real World experience to your campus. Cast members from The Real World Brooklyn are now available to come to your campus for your personal Reunion, where they discuss a variety of issues, including orientation, diversity, conflict resolution, volunteerism, multiculturalism, AIDS awareness, relationships and answer any personal questions audience members may have about them or the show. Every freshman has to deal with adjusting to a new living environment with people they hardly know. This program will be beneficial to students going through orientation. Likewise, graduating seniors will soon be entering the real real world and this program will help them to realize some of the issues they will be faced with. See what the cast members are up to these days in the real real world and choose from The Real World cast for a program that would work well at your school.
Jason Carney Jason Carney is a former skinhead who now uses poetry to continue to reform himself and heal others. As a young man, Jason was sent to a juvenile detention center after several violent incidents involving gay bashing and racial intolerance. While in the detention center, Jason was roomed with a young gay male who was HIV positive. A friendship formed from what could have been a volatile situation. The experience changed the way Jason saw people that were different from him. After Jason was released, he tried to look up his new friend only to find that he had lost his battle with the disease. Jason has made it his life work to heal and help eliminate intolerance. Carney is both author of the book, Flesh is the Only Lucid Language and a nationally recognized performer at colleges, youth centers, and high schools, but most memorable has been his appearance on HBO’s Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry. Tolerance, respect, and acceptance for all of the human race are the lessons within Carney’s workshops and poetry. His performances are both stunning and consciousness-raising.
Margaret Cho Margaret Cho started performing stand-up at age 16 in a comedy club called The Rose & Thistle above a bookstore her parents ran. Soon after, she won a comedy contest where first prize was opening for Jerry Seinfeld. She moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s and lived in a house with several other young performers. Arsenio Hall introduced Margaret to late night audiences, Bob Hope put her on a prime time special and, seemingly overnight, she became a national celebrity. In 1999, Cho chronicled her experience on the sitcom in an off Broadway one-woman show called I'm The One That I Want. The show was extremely well received, toured the U.S, and was made into a concert film and a best-selling book of the same name. The film, which garnered incredible reviews, broke the record for the most money grossed per print in movie history. After the success of her first show, Cho launched Notorious C.H.O. in 2001, a smash-hit 37-city national tour that culminated in a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall. Notorious C.H.O. was also recorded and released as a feature film, hailed by the New York Times as "Brilliant!" Both films were acquired by Showtime Cable Networks in 2004 and are currently airing on their channels. Cho embarked on her third sold-out national tour, Revolution, in 2003. The tour ultimately grossed 4.4M and was heralded as "Her strongest show yet!" by the Chicago Sun Times. The concert film premiered on the Sundance Channel in 2004 and was released on DVD later that year. The CD of Revolution was nominated for a Grammy for best comedy album of the year for 2003. In 2004, Cho took her politically charged State of Emergency tour through the swing states of the Presidential election. Lauded as "Murderously funny!" by the New York Times, State of Emergency eventually evolved into her fourth national show, Assassin. Her most political and topical work to date, Assassin toured the US, Canada and Australia and was filmed at the Warner Theatre in Washington D.C. The concert film premiered in select theatres and on the gay and lesbian premium channel Here! TV in late 2005. It was recently released on CD by Nettwerk records and on DVD by Koch Entertainment. Margaret was recently the recipient of the First Amendment Award from the ACLU of Southern California, and the Intrepid Award from the National Organization for Women (NOW). She has also been honored by GLAAD, American Women in Radio and Television, the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), and PFLAG for "making a significant difference in promoting equal rights for all, regardless of race, sexual orientation or gender identity."
Katelynn Cusanelli Katelynn Cusanelli is 25 and grew up in West Palm Beach Florida but now lives in Missoula Montana. Katelynn Cusanelli was the first transgendered person on any MTV Real World season when she was cast onto The Real World Brooklyn. Katelynn sent a casting video of herself when she turned 24 and visiting Montana for the first time. She completed her transgender surgery in Thailand during the summer of 2008. Katelynn is very software savy and has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. College Lecture Topics LGBT Issues, Communication, & Diversity
Andy Dick Comedian Andy Dick is one of the many actors to experiment with a recording career after their star rises high enough to afford them such side projects. Brashly funny and often utilizing a manic personality to get his humor across, Dick was more often infamous for his legendary heavy partying and drug use before an incident with the law helped him change his habits. Raised in a military family, he knew early on that he was an attention hound and looked to comedy to relieve this feeling. He moved to Chicago to study at the Second City training facility, eventually making friends with actor Ben Stiller who was developing his own humor and trying to escape the shadow of his famous parents. The two hit it off and when Stiller had the chance to develop his own Fox television show, Dick was one of the first cast members. Although the show's cutting edge humor was a bomb in the ratings, an Emmy Award helped dull the pain when Fox cancelled the show. The various cast members moved on to successful comedy careers, but Dick kept relatively quiet until he was cast in NBC's News Radio. Enjoying his first successful national exposure, Dick also started gathering headlines over his hard partying. Rumors of drug use persisted, but appearances in several high profile movies helped him avoid bad publicity for a while. But everything came to a head when friend and partying buddy Chris Farley was found dead after an especially heavy binge. Dick was crushed, but the worst was yet to come as costar and friend Phil Hartman was shot to death in 1998 following an argument with his wife. Dick's drug intake grew, and by 1999 he was being investigated after allegedly exposing himself at a Florida concert. Later that same month, he was the last known person to be seen with David Strickland, an actor that hung himself in a Las Vegas hotel room.
Aneesa Ferreira neesa Ferreira says "I'm gay, black and Jewish. What else is there? People say an awful lot more for this former cast member of MTV's Real World Chicago. Being a lesbian and the child of an interracial marriage, her father is black and her mother is Jewish, Aneesa presentation stresses finding a place in a world that strives to be different. With brutal honesty and candor she discusses everything from her former roommates to setting goals and aspirations. As evidenced by memorable moments from the Real World, Aneesa has the tough personality to rise above difficult situations and at the same time show a remarkable sensitivity and compassion for people and the world around her.
Scott Fried Scott Fried is a national public speaker, health educator and author. He has devoted the past sixteen years of his life lecturing in nearly every state in this country, as well as Israel, England, Canada, Holland and Honduras, reaching more than a million people. He has spoken at over 500 institutions, including colleges and universities, high schools and middle schools, summer camps, synagogues and churches. In addition, he has lectured widely at youth retreats, juvenile detention centers and prisons, alternative schools, learning disabled populations, gay/straight alliances, PTO meetings and teacher training workshops. Topics include sexual responsibility, abstinence, dating, transmission of HIV, homosexuality, eating disorders, body image, self-mutilation, suicide, alcohol and drug misuse, dealing with divorce and broken-heartedness, among others. Scott uses himself as Exhibit A. He begins each lecture with his story of how he got infected with HIV in 1987 at the age of 24, during his first and only unsafe sexual encounter. His unstoppable approach to educating others can be encapsulated into one thought: one must understand the value of one's own life, and hold it sacred, in order to refrain from dangerous behaviors that could lead to HIV infection and other crises. He is the author of two books. If I Grow Up: Talking with Teens about AIDS, Love and Staying Alive is a moving chronicle of his experiences and lectures. The book is part journal, part guide and part love-letter, researched and compiled from hundreds of lectures to 1000s of students across the country. My Invisible Kingdom: Letters From the Secret Lives of Teens, presents a cross-section of the thousands of letters from students who have written to Scott in an attempt to share their pain and doubt on such diverse topics as rape, eating disorders, suicide, self-mutilation, coming out, addiction and broken hearts. The book is also intended for parents and other adults who are concerned about the physical and psychological well-being of today's youth. In addition to his lectures, Scott has conducted peer HIV-education programs for the tri-state area, encouraging teenagers to teach their own peer group and co-founded an HIV-positive speakers' bureau, through a nonprofit AIDS service organization and in connection with the NYC Board of Education, providing free HIV prevention workshops to students in the five boroughs. He was seen on the television daytime drama Guiding Light portraying Bart, a young man living with AIDS. Scott has been published in numerous periodicals and newspapers and is featured in the books The Five Gifts of Illness: A Reconsideration, Living Proof: Courage in the Face of AIDS, The Faces of AIDS: Lives at the Epicenter and The World is a Narrow Bridge: Stories that Celebrate Hope and Healing. He has been interviewed on ABC Eyewitness News and The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, received the Honorary Star of the Rainbow Award for his work with teens and is a biannual guest speaker at the Office of President Clinton in New York City.
Judy Gold Judy Gold gets around. It's pretty hard to miss Judy these days. She's the saucy, gregarious host of HBOs "At the Multiplex with Judy Gold" and is a regular fixture on Comedy Central's "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" and "Hollywood Squares." She can often be seen gabbing with the girls on "The View" and reminiscing about the past and counting down the greatest videos and celebrity moments on "VH-1's All Access." Judy's half hour special "Comedy Central Presents: Judy Gold" continues to receive high ratings as does Comedy Central's recent special, "Tough Crowd Stands Up." And if you think Judy has forgotten her roots... think again. She was recently featured on the BBC and Comedy Central special, "The Heroes of Jewish Comedy," and her one-person show about Jewish mothers, "G-d Doesn't Pay Rent Here," debuted to rave reviews at The Empty Space Theatre in Seattle. Judy also co-starred in the off-Broadway production of "The Vagina Monologues." On the small screen, Judy has appeared on a plethora of shows including "Sex & The City," "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Law & Order", "Law & Order, S.V.U.", "The Drew Carey Show", and "As The World Turns", just to name a few. She also co-starred with Glenn Close in the CBS movie of the week, "The Ballad of Lucy Whipple." She is surely no stranger to awards, either. Judy won 2 Emmy Awards for writing and producing "The Rosie O'Donnell Show", and she won a Cable Ace award for her own HBO half hour special. She was nominated twice for The American Comedy Award's funniest female stand-up.
Karen Green Her Coming Out Story, as seen on TV... Karen Green grew up in Southern NJ, in a very happy traditional household. Her mom encouraged her to join a speed roller skating team because she just loved to race around every Saturday afternoon at a local rink. By age 7, she had her first State Championship. And in 1987, at age 10, she earned a National Title. She was featured on an ABC News Special with Tug McGraw. They raced each other and Karen took the win…skating backwards. Karen attended community college and then transferred to a private school in western PA, where she blossomed as a singer and actress. She was accepted into Vox Nova, a chorus comprised of only twelve singers, and received a full scholarship. She landed lead roles in the college productions Becoming Memories and Ah, Wilderness. Karen’s greatest gift arrived in early 1998… her son, Zain. A single mom overnight, she immediately moved back to South Jersey, where she started a career in sales with a Fortune 10 communications company. She quickly climbed the corporate ladder into management, after winning numerous regional awards for her explosive sales percentages. In 2003 she started a full time consultation business. Karen’s mother, a former business owner, developed a very rare brain disorder (OPCA.) The disease is the shrinking of the cerebellum, which causes ataxia; slurred speech and slowing motor skills. OPCA is fatal and Karen helps take care of her mother several days out of the week.
Perez Hilton He is the Internet’s most devilish gossip columnist. He currently resides in Manhattan with his pet poodle Mariel. His signature colors are blush and bashful. His favorite drink is a Viagra Martini, and his motto is “I’m gay, but I’m not as big a slut as Paris.” He loves animals, enemas and animus.
Jennifer Jako Jennifer Jako is a young HIV-positive filmmaker whose documentary, "True Life: It Could Be You," empowers HIV-positive youth who voice their confusion, grief and hope while educating others to avoid getting infected. The film, which accompanies her talk, premiered on MTV and has received numerous honors including a 1999 Ribbon of Hope Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Diagnosed with HIV in 1991 at age 18, Jako has taken her powerful message to thousands nationwide. Her personal story of infection and the making of the film are told with intelligence and an in-you-face sense of humor.
Rae Lewis-Thornton Rae Lewis-Thornton was diagnosed HIV Positive in 1986 at the age of 23, and today has AIDS. She uses her life as an example that AIDS is a non-discriminatory disease, challenging the common myths and stereotypes surrounding who can become infected with the HIV virus, and how the virus is transmitted. Featured in Essence magazine as well as the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, the "Oprah Winfrey Show," "Nightline" and on several national television documentaries, Lewis-Thornton is a political science master's candidate and is currently enrolled in a master's in divinity program. She is on a crusade to educate and challenge young and old audiences to take care of their bodies, futures and health.
Michelle Lopez Now 36 years old, Michelle Lopez tested positive for HIV in 1991. A lesbian,immigrant, and mother of two, Michelle enrolled in a training program for women to do advocacy and treatment work in 1997. She currently works as a Treatment Educator and Client Advocate at the Community Healthcare Network in the Bronx and serves on the board of the National Association of People With AIDS. Her closest encounter with death came in 1994 when, suffering from pneumonia and a fever of 105 degrees, she credits the images of her children with restoring her strength. Raven, age 12, is also HIV-positive and has recently come to understand what she is living with, explains Michelle. Rondell is 16 and learning to grow up with an openly gay mother who speaks publicly about HIV and AIDS. But for Michelle, the last chapter is to become an American citizen and to vote. "Coming from Trinidad, voting is something deep in my heart that I want to have before I leave this earth," she says. Her current mission is to bring the voices of immigrant women impacted by HIV/AIDS to the forefront. "We make up a large portion of this pie," she explains, "and our issues must be addressed and heard to level the playing field."
Greg Louganis Greg Louganis began competing in diving at age 10. By 16, he had won his first Olympic medal, a silver medal on the platform in 1976. At 24, he became the first man in 56 years to win two gold medals in diving by winning both the platform and springboard events. In 1988, competing against divers half his age, he became the first to win double gold medals for diving in two consecutive Olympics. Louganis diving accomplishments do not stop there. He is a six time World Champion and has held 47 National Championship titles. At the Pan Am Games he earned six gold medals and in 1985 he was awarded the Sullivan Award as the nations most outstanding amateur athlete. Louganis is clearly the worlds greatest diver and a fine athlete. At the 1988 Olympic Games he was awarded the Maxwell House/United States Olympic Committee Spirit Award as the Olympic athlete who had best exhibited the ideals of the Olympic spirit, demonstrated extraordinary courage and contributed significantly to the sport. Louganis is more than just a diver, he stands out as a human being as well. Although he is best known for his accomplishments as an Olympic Gold Medalist, Louganis has battled depression and persevered despite that and other challenges in his personal life. His best-selling autobiography, Breaking the Surface, is a revealing account of a man struggling with far more than simply striving to be a great athlete. For years, Louganis cheerful public persona never hinted at the personal troubles he had to surmount - his HIV diagnosis, coming out as a gay man, domestic violence, substance abuse, dyslexia and surrounding all of this, his depression. Today, Louganis speaks out for many organizations including youth clubs, drug and alcohol rehabilitation groups, and organizations for the dyslexic on obstacles he has overcome with a warmth and grace that embody the Olympic spirit. A popular speaker for universities, community associations, health care organizations and corporate groups, his honesty and message of tolerance and understanding have inspired millions around the world. Louganis autobiography, Breaking the Surface, spent five weeks at number one on The New York Times bestseller List. He then produced a video diary called "Looking to the Light," which picked up where Breaking the Surface left off. His second book, For the Life of Your Dog, has just been published.
Davis Mallory Davis Mallory of MTVs Real World Denver Davis Mallory, 23, was born on August 23rd 1983 in Marietta, Georgia where he still lives close to presently in nearby Atlanta, Georgia. On the Denver Real World he fits the typecast of the general one gay person role, but he is much more than that as being a devout Christian he has some internal conflicts he even now presently trying to figure out regarding his sexuality.Davis always surrounded himself with straight people as he only recently came out but still has interest in women. He first told his family he may be gay when in the 6th grade but now proclaims himself to be a very "straight acting" Southern Baptist gay guy. These were the characteristics he felt got him cast on the Real World when he first attended an open casting call in Tampa, Florida.Davis from the Real World Denver has his Business & Medicine degree from Stetson University in May 2006 as he originally wanted to be a plastic surgeon, but after his Real World experience he is contemplating being in the business side of the music and entertainment industry. Davis Mallory would be great for college speaking engagements regarding the coming out process, LGBT issues, persecution within the family, homophobia, alcohol abuse, and being Gay while also being a devout Christian
JD Ordonez JD Ordonez is 23 years old and lives in Miami Florida. JD Ordonez is a person of a poor immigrant family pulling himself out of poverty and foster care to graduate college before joining The Real World Brooklyn cast. He shares many similarities with Pedro of the third Real World season in that they both are Cuban gay men from Miami and HIV activists. JD graduated from University of Miami. He currently works at the Miami Seaquarium as a dolphin and whale trainer since the age of 19. JD is rumored to have dated Anderson Cooper of CNN. College Lecture Topics Immigration, Diversity, & LGBT Issues
SuChin Pak Born in Korea, SuChin Pak joined the MTV news team as a correspondent in 2001. A political science major at U.C. Berkeley, she has become a role model for many bi-cultural Asian-American teens.Suchin Pak, MTV News team member, has cover world entertainment to 9/11 news, and had presentation such as Growing Up Asian and Pak Attack: Suchin Rolls onto MTV.
Melinda Paras Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Policy Institute, she served as Health Commissioner of San Francisco and pioneered efforts to make AIDS services available to poor disenfranchised communities.
Sarah Rice Sarah Rice is 22 years old while being born and raised in Orange County she now lives in San Francisco California. Sarah Rice acts as the knowledgeable counciler which provides support and advice to the other cast members on The Real World Brooklyn. Sarah went to The Real World casting call audition in San Francisco after hearing about it on the radio along her thinking she had nothing else to do. On the show she volunteered at The Gay and Lesbian Center in New York by initiating an art therapy program.Sarah previously only dated women but is now exclusive with her current boyfriend. She looks forward to competing in a future Real World Road Rules Challeneg. Her father, of whom she has distanced herself from due to sexual abuse, got the phone number of The Real World Brooklyn house by her aunt NOT production. College Lecture Topics Sexual Abuse, Diversity, & LGBT Issues
Ignacio Rivera Ignacio Rivera is a Queer, gender shifting, Trans- Entity, Black Boricua, lecturer, activist, filmmaker and performance artist. Ignacio has shared their poetry, spoken word and storytelling for over 10 years. Ignacio has been performing their one-person shows, Dancer and Lagrimas de Cocodrilo/Crocodile Tears internationally. As a lecturer/ trainer, Ignacio has spoken on such topics of racism, sexism, homo/transphobia, transgender issues, trans 101, sexual liberation, anti oppression, anti-violence, multi-issue organizing and more. Ignacio also consultants with various LGBT and non violence organizations in New York City. As a filmmaker, Ignacio debuted their first experimental short, Crossing in August of 2007. Crossing is an experimental adult short about crossing the realm of normality and kink. It is a narrative short that explores opinions on negotiation, communication and kink. Ignacio will be sharing their new short, They. It will be viewed at Mix New York City Queer Experimental Film Festival, in October 2008. They, is an experimental short, using archival footage, about one persons journey through their fluid and loose gender expression. Ignacio is one of the founding board member of Queers for Economic Justice, a progressive non-profit organization committed to promoting economic justice in a context of sexual and gender liberation.
Henry Rollins... Spoken Word For almost two decades, Henry Rollins has been doing talking/stand-up shows internationally. He tours with his hard-rock group, Rollins Band, and is a Grammy Award-winner for Best Spoken Word Performance. The former frontman of legendary Californian band Black Flag, he is the author of Smile You're Traveling (Black Coffee Blues Part 3). Rollins has written articles for Spin and Details; published numerous books under his own imprint, 2-13-61 Publications; and done EPKs for Black Sabbath, Wayne Kramer and Jerry Lee Lewis. Singer, songwriter, MTV darling, actor, monologist and writer, Henry Rollins has been making edgy, humorous observations on a variety of topics for almost two decades at his international talking/stand-up shows. He also tours with his hard-rock group, Rollins Band, whose albums include Weight (which went Gold and featured the hit single "Liar") and Get Some Go Again. A Grammy Award-winner for Best Spoken Word Performance for his album Get in the Van, he is the former frontman of legendary Californian band Black Flag and has written articles for Spin and Details. A real Renaissance man, he has done EPKs for Black Sabbath, Wayne Kramer and Jerry Lee Lewis; is the host of the Fox TV suspense series Night Visions, which features stars such as Bridget Fonda and Brian Dennehy; played at Woodstock '94; and has hosted VH1's The List. A culture icon in all facets of media, he acted in the movies Heat with Al Pacino, Frost with Michael Keaton, Lost Highway, The Chase with Charlie Sheen and Johnny Mnemonic with Keanu Reeves. Rollins has appeared in ads for Macintosh, General Motors, Partnership for a Drug Free America, The Gap and anti-gun promotional spots. He has also been a guest on Dennis Miller, The Tonight Show, Conan O'Brien and Politically Incorrect. Rollins has published numerous books under his own imprint, 2-13-61 Publications, and is the author of Smile, You're Traveling (Black Coffee Blues Part 3), Eye Scream, Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag and The Portable Henry Rollins. The king of the spoken word show, he relishes going on stage and talking to college students. His observations never fail to touch a nerve with audiences. He has said, "Those 20 kids that stick around after a show- that is my family, That's why I'm never nervous before I go on stage. That's why I talk for three hours. I wanna take 'em all home. They're the only people I need."
George Takei Best known as Sulu on "Star Trek," Asian-American actor George Takei presents an entertaining inside look at the "Star Trek" phenomenon. Takei began recurring appearances as the announcer for The Howard Stern Show on January 9, 2006, after that show's move to satellite radio. He is currently cast in the TV hit show Heroes as Hiro Nakamura's father Kaito Nakamura.
Jamiel Terry Jamiel Terry, “a child of movement royalty”, as the Washington Post once called him, is the son of Randall Terry. Randall Terry, an icon of the religious right, is the founder of Operation Rescue, which led large-scale nationwide protests against abortion. He is also an outspoken opponent of granting special rights to homosexuals, and has championed the fight against same-sex marriage. Randall thought his son’s homosexuality was something that he would just have to overcome. Some very personal and life altering moments in Jamiel’s life finally forced him to face his inner struggle and accept himself for who he was.
Van Toffler Van Toffler is MTV Networks Group President, responsible for all of the MTV Networks music services including: MTV, MTV2, VH1, CMT and all their affiliated digital services, as well as Logo, MTV Networks soon to be launched network for the gay, lesbian, bi and transgender audience. Additionally, he is President of MTV Films, the feature film division he helped create in 1995. As MTVN Group President, Toffler also provides leadership for all other ancillary businesses related to these brands. At each network, there is a dedicated team of executives who oversee day-to-day operations, with Mr. Toffler overseeing strategy and long term planning.
Nick Verreos Nick Verreos is a fashion designer and contestant on the second season of the reality television program Project Runway. He is openly gay[ and is currently the contributing fashion editor of Frontiers magazine.
Linda Villarosa Linda Villarosa is a freelance writer, an Essence Magazine editor-at-large and contributing writer to the New York Times. Formerly, she edited the health pages for the Times, where she redesigned and expanded health coverage for Science Times and for the newspaper at large. Linda was also the executive editor of Essence Magazine, where she wrote or edited a number of award-winning articles. Twenty years ago, Linda wrote what may be the first article to cover the topic of AIDS in an African-American publication when she wrote about women and children battling the disease for Essence. This year, two of her articles on African-Americans and HIV/AIDS appeared on the front page of the NY Times. In 1981, with her mother, Clara, Linda wrote Essence’s ground-breaking article, “Coming Out,” which received more mail than any other in the magazine’s history. Due to the overwhelming response, the two women followed up with an additional story several months later. Linda is the author of Body & Soul: The Black Women’s Guide to Physical Health and Emotional Well-Being. A Blackboard Bestseller, there are more than 200,000 copies in print. She is the coauthor of both Finding Our Way: The Teen Girls’ Survival Guide and The Black Parenting Book. As a lecturer, Linda has spoken to groups from Harvard, Wellesley, Dartmouth, Indian University, the University of California at Davis and Swarthmore, to name several. Shehas also provided testimony to the U.S. Congress and the National Institutes of Health and offered workshops for the Radcliffe Publishing Course, the American Society of Magazine Editors, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Press Association. This year she traveled to the International AIDS Conference in Bangkok to help train journalists from around the world to cover HIV.
Norah Vincent Norah Vincent is a journalist and author, known for being a conservative lesbian. Vincent was a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies from its 2001 inception to 2003. She has also had columns at Salon.com, The Advocate, the Los Angeles Times, and the Village Voice. Vincent's most recent book, Self-Made Man, retells an eighteen-month experiment in which she disguised herself as a male. She talked about it in HARDtalk extra on BBC on April 21, 2006 and described her experiences in male-male and male-female relationships. She joined an all-male bowling club, and visited Catholic monks in a cloister. She dated women and describes how inferior she felt, when judged by women during flirting.
Shane L. Windmeyer Shane L. Windmeyer, M.S., Ed., is a leading author on gay campus issues, national leader in gay and lesbian civil rights and a champion for LGBT issues on college campuses. He is cofounder and executive director of Campus Pride, the only national organization for student leaders and campus organizations working to create a safer college environment for LGBT students. Released Fall 2006 by Alyson Books, Windmeyer is the author of The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students, the first ever college guide profiling the 100 Best LGBT-Friendly Campuses. He is also the editor of Brotherhood: Gay Life in College Fraternities and co-editor of the books Inspiration for LGBT Students & Allies, Out on Fraternity Row: Personal Accounts of Being Gay in a College Fraternity and Secret Sisters: Stories of Being Lesbian & Bisexual in a College Sorority.