Rachel Maddow finally got an uninterrupted interview with National Guard First Lieutenant Dan Choi of Knights Out, the group of 38 West Point graduates who came out of the closet last week to form a support group for US Military Academy active duty alumni, cadets, and their families and offered to serve as liaisons between alumni and Army administrators as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is repealed.
I am a queer Filipino American theater artist/comic/writer/entertainer. I am currently entered in this
contest for MTV/Logo’s “The Big Gay Sketch Show.” My audition involves submitting videos and blogs and then having people hit the MTV/Logo website and voting for me.
I would greatly appreciate you support, VOTE every day, yes every day, I am in the TOP 25 and currently I am the only API in the top 50. It would be great to get more Asian representation in the media -oh and
I’m funny and talented too!
Please check out the link and see my submission, and please vote, and share with friends. I am only going to get there with votes, tons of them -and I am hoping there is a grassroots of APIs that can come through for me.
CNN reported that Jason Wu, a young New York designer originally from Taiwan, designed the gown Michelle Obama wore to the inaugural balls tonight. He said he didn’t know she would wear it until he saw her on TV tonight. Various designers had submitted creations to her.
He went to Parsons and interned with Narciso Rodriguez. He’s working on a collection for Fashion Week in two weeks.
1/24 – Updated - NY Times article, about his career and boyfriend.
At last it has happened. Hong Kong’s first gay pride parade processed through the crowded streets of Hong Kong Island on the afternoon of Saturday 13 December. And it was a huge success. Some 1,200 men and women, young and old, mostly gay but with some straight friends too, marched for just under two hours from the assembly point outside the Causeway Bay MTR entrance in Great George Street, one of the most congested places on the face of the planet, straight along the major East-West thoroughfare of Hennessy Road to its final destination in the public Southern Playground near Wanchai’s station.
Here we go! The unveiling of the next handmade ornament to be raffled off at our Sat. Dec. 13 Holiday Dinner at Riques, 5004 N. Sheridan in Chicago. It’s called “We Have Energy!” and it’s made by AFC Board member Harry Chan. “The focus for the future will be ‘going green’ and I believe we have the resources to switch to alternative energies,” he says. “We just have to commit to the change.”
You can now purchase presale tickets to the dinner on the AFC Web site www.afchicago.org. After Nov. 30, tickets go from $30 to $35. AFC has the private back room and will start the festivities at 7 p.m. Call to RSVP (312) 409-1573. Leave a name, phone number and number of people coming to secure your presale rate.
Pictured here is “Obama’s Star,” the first of several hand-crafted ornaments (with a new one revealed each week on AFC’s blog) to be raffled off at the upcoming Asians and Friends Chicago Holiday Dinner, Sat., Dec. 13, 2008 at Riques Regional Mexican Restuarant, 5004 N. Sheridan, just south of Big Chicks in Chicago. The festivities will start at 7 p.m. and dinner service will be at 7:30 p.m. Starter beer and wine will be provided. The restaurant is BYOB. Take advantage of the presale rate of $30 by calling the AFC Hotline (312) 409-1573 and leaving your name, phone number and number of guests by Nov. 30. The $35 door rate will apply after that time.
“Obama’s Star” was crafted by AFC Board Member Dat Nguyen to commemorate the historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States. “He is a person of integrity and intelligence and he will do well as the country’s president. If you ask me, he will ’shine.’ That’s why he’s a star.”
From fridae.com
