New Editing Project
My latest editing project is a little bit... gay.
I'm doing a 20 minute documentary piece about the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (henceforth known as GLAD) with director Seth Bernstein! Right now I'm digitizing footage, always the least exciting part of the job, but the rest of the work is going to be really fascinating.
We're going to be covering 5 cases from GLAD's archives, starting with the Boston Public Library case. From a draft of 30th Anniversary materials...
In 1978, a sting operation targeting gay men took place in the Boston Public Library, resulting not only in the entrapment and arrest of 103 men, but also in an energetic response by the gay community, and the creation of Gay & Lesbian Advocated & Defenders (GLAD).
We're going to be using what happened there as a base to bring us through some of GLAD's biggest cases (and, thus, a partial history of gay civil rights in America) all the way to today's struggle over the right to marriage and all the fun and excitement of seperate (but equal!) civil unions.
I got permission to post clips, so you'll see some of the people who actually lived the stories talk about their experiences.
Anyway, back to work!
can't wait! got to fwd this on to my gay lawyer slash stand up comedian friend. you listen to TAL? This is a particularly good episode: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1188
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1188
the GLAD lady at my school had a lesbian daughter(actually she was PFLAG parents and friend of lesbians and gays) and i kept getting notes to see her during study hall. people really really thought i was gay, like the the administration of my high school.
anyway, she ended up leaving her husband about 3 years ago to shack up with a lady herself. kinda weird.
Whats your steamID steve?