Sam Jay: Taking Aim - Metro Weekly, August 6, 2020
Whether it’s her new Netflix special or writing for SNL, Sam Jay is building a comedy career that is as bold as it is masterful. Interview by André Hereford. (Page 26) Also: Beyoncé’s visual album Black is King is a majestic love letter to Black communities past and present. (Page 37) And local theatre sensation Jade Jones is preparing to unleash her pandemic-born nonbinary persona, Litty Official. (Page 9) Out on the Town p.5 Spotlight: Speed Racer p.11 The Feed: Equality Pledge p.13 Salty Senior p.14 Criminal Behavior p.15 Federal Fumble p.16 Selling Hate p.18 Executive Action p.20 Bezos Backpedals p.22 Dangerous Deportation p.24 Gallery: Art & Activism p.32 Television: Streaming Through Time p.35 RetroScene p.38 Last Word p.41 Patron Saint: Danitra Vance
Whether it’s her new Netflix special or writing for SNL, Sam Jay is building a comedy career that is as bold as it is masterful. Interview by André Hereford. (Page 26)
Also: Beyoncé’s visual album Black is King is a majestic love letter to Black communities past and present. (Page 37) And local theatre sensation Jade Jones is preparing to unleash her pandemic-born nonbinary persona, Litty Official. (Page 9)
Out on the Town p.5 Spotlight: Speed Racer p.11 The Feed: Equality Pledge p.13 Salty Senior p.14 Criminal Behavior p.15 Federal Fumble p.16 Selling Hate p.18 Executive Action p.20 Bezos Backpedals p.22 Dangerous Deportation p.24 Gallery: Art & Activism p.32 Television: Streaming Through Time p.35 RetroScene p.38 Last Word p.41
Patron Saint: Danitra Vance
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LastWord.<br />
People say the queerest things<br />
Do you know what WE are sick and tired of?<br />
“<br />
our racist, homophobic, tyrannical, golfing<br />
idiot of a president.”<br />
—CLAUDIA CONWAY, daughter of presidential advisor Kellyanne Conway, in a tweet responding to President Donald Trump<br />
complaining about people being “sick and tired” of apparent congressional inaction with regards to “Big Tech.”<br />
We are thrilled to continue our legacy of<br />
“<br />
creating a holiday destination that is welcoming to all<br />
at Lifetime. ”<br />
—Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network programming Executive Vice President AMY WINTER, in a statement announcing that the channel<br />
is producing its first-ever holiday movie featuring LGBTQ leads, The Christmas Set-Up.<br />
Our treaties ensure that<br />
“<br />
every person in Europe is free to be who they are,<br />
live where they like, love who they want<br />
and aim as high as they want. I will continue to push for a #UnionOfEquality. ”<br />
—E.U. Commission President URSULA VON DER LEYEN, in a tweet supporting the Commission’s decision to cut funding and other opportunities<br />
to six cities in Poland that have declared themselves to be “LGBT-free” zones, as part of increasing intolerance towards<br />
LGBTQ people in the Eastern European nation.<br />
I might be the first person they’ve ever seen who stands up and just says, like<br />
“<br />
it’s a normal thing that you should not be ashamed of,<br />
that I’m transgender. ”<br />
—OWEN BONDONO, Michigan’s recently crowned Teacher of the Year, speaking to NPR-affiliate Michigan Radio about the importance<br />
of being an out, visible trans person in school. Bondono, a ninth-grade English teacher,<br />
is the first known trans winner of the award.<br />
Took me a while, but<br />
“<br />
I am proud to be gay.”<br />
—Swedish singer-songwriter DARIN, in an Instagram post coming out as gay. One of the Scandinavian country’s best-selling artists<br />
with seven number one albums, the 33-year-old wrote, “Everyone in the world should be able to be proud and accepted for who they are.<br />
I know how difficult it can be.”<br />
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