Announcement Page for DOASKDOTELL.COM

Occasionally, I will post announcements (on this page)  that visitors at this site may be interested in.

Announcement 1:  (1/1/2005)

There is an important stage play coming to Los Angeles about gays in the military in January 2005. Here is what I know about it, based on an email Dec 30 2004 from Aaron Belkin at the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military

There is a new play The Eyes of Babylon (author Jeff Key??) showing at Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays in  starting at January (3??) 2005 at 8:00 PM
Location: The Tamarind, 5919 Franklin Ave, Hollwood, CA  90028
Reservations: (323) 960-7726; $15 All Shows

Here is a synopsis provided to me by Aaron Belkin at the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military. Here is a synopsis:

“Told by Lance Corporal Jeff Key with excerpts from his personal journals
from Iraq.  The play follows him from the morning of September 11th, 2001,
through his tour in Iraq, and on to his return to America.  Key decides
that the time to stop lying about his sexuality has come and goes on to
use the ban on gays in the military to exit the Marine Corps.  More the
story of a psychological and emotional journey culminating in spiritual
epiphany than a documentation of the war, this piece is a profoundly
personal look inside the conscience of a man faced with near impossible
decisions.”

I will try to see this as soon as possible, particularly if  SLDN  later arranges for it to show in the Washington DC area (I presume this will happen) and provide a review.

 

I also put this announcement at the end of one of my drama reviews, at http://www.doaskdotell.com/plays/pheart.htm

I am still keeping up with the progress of Dream Out Loud's project "Don't Ask Don't Tell" at http://www.dolfilms.org/current.html

Announcement 2: (1/1/2005) I have a letter about eldercare, somewhat tangential to the gay marriage debate, published today in The Washington Times. Please go to http://www.doaskdotell.com/personal/submissions/submit3.htm

Announcement 3: (12/29/2004) I have a reply from my letter to Rep. Moram (D-VA) regarding the draft and universal service. His reply suggests that the situation in Iraq does risk necessitating a draft at some point. Go to http://www.doaskdotell.com/personal/submissions/tomorandraft.htm

Announcement 4: (11/2004): I have replies from both Senators Allen and Warner (R-VA) on the proposed Induce Act. Go to http://www.doaskdotell.com/personal/submissions/riaainduce.htm

Announcement 5: (12/7/2004):  The ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation were to file briefs in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania federal district court for the retrial of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). For more info, please see http://www.doaskdotell.com/content/colpa.htm or http://www.doaskdotell.com/copa.htm and http://www.doaskdotell.com/special/copasup.htm

(July 27, 2007) I now use my blogs to make these kinds of "announcements", as a page like this gets dated quickly. Please see the links in the middle of the index page.

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