Last night we attended a benefit reading of Tea at Five starring Charles Busch. The play, written by Matthew Lombardo, is set in the parlor of Katherine Hepburn’s Fenwick estate. Here, Hepburn recounts the highs and lows of her life and career, including her brother’s suicide, her break into Broadway and the movies, her relationship [...]
29Nov11
Tea at Five with Charles Busch
Despite all the good, they do a lot of harm as well. Think before you give. For more info, check out Bill Brownings’ post at Bilerico Project. Perhaps this year you could consider giving to the Ali Forney Center in NYC or to your local GLBT center.
1Jan10
New Years Goals 2010
It’s that time of year again. A new year begins and it’s time to look backwards and forwards. At the start of 2009, I had these goal categories in mind. How did I do? Let’s see: Volunteering: I connected with the The Ali Forney Center at the beginning of the year and by mid-year I [...]
13Sep09
A Queer Professional Discussion
One of the things I do as a Life Coach at the Ali Forney Center is help to put together seminars, or what they call Life Retreats, so the clients we work with can learn about topics that can help them in the real world. Some of the retreats I’ve participated in since I’ve been [...]
I spent a part of this afternoon at a panel discussion put together by the Ali Forney Center to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. The riots, which started the night of June 28, 1969 and went on for several more nights, marked the beginning of the gay rights movement. On the first [...]
4Apr09
Boundaries and Engagement
I’ve attended three more training sessions since I wrote last month about how it was going in my efforts to become a life coach for the Ali Forney Center. The training has been enlightening. Much of it has centered around how to connect with the clients and engage them in the right way. It’s really [...]
8Mar09
Becoming a Life Coach
Back in late January I wrote that I was looking at becoming a life coach for the Ali Forney Center. Since then I’ve been to a general orientation session about the program and have attended the first of six training sessions. I knew this was going to be a challenging undertaking and the initial training [...]
