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Over the past 31 years of its existence the theatre has staged more than 35 world premieres; and also 31 U.S., West Coast, Southern California or Los Angeles premieres. On its website the Fountain points out that Fountain Theatre projects have been seen in New York City, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Seattle, Chicago, Massachusetts, Florida, New Jersey, Minneapolis, London and Edinburgh UK, among other cities and countries.
The wait is now nearly over as the stage is complete and the final touches on the performance areas are being finalized. This past week the Fountain announced that casting is complete and rehearsals begin this week for the Los Angeles premiere of a radical, incendiary and subversively funny Obie award-winning play by MacArthur F<-61285<6% EGenius Grant” recipient, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, a playwright who identifies as a Black queer but whose plays aren’t chiefly about LGBTQ life.
Like most of the region and certainly the entertainment world in LA, the House lights went dark at the Fountain as the coronavirus pandemic tore through Los Angeles and California. Undeterred, the artistic directors forged ahead and in January the theatre received approval from the City of Los Angeles to install a temporary outdoor stage for the purpose of presenting live performances and other events during the pandemic.
EPandemic permitting, we hope to open our first outdoor production by late spring or early summer,” says Fountain artistic director Stephen Sachs. E*0’re planning an exciting Los Angeles premiere that dramatizes urgent social issues using the Fountain’s signature bold and theatrical approach.”
For the past several months work has progressed in installing a stage in what is now the theater parking lot. The new performance area will be able to accommodate 50 to 84 audience members. It will feature seven rows of chairs, each six feet apart, as well as 12 high-top tables positioned six feet apart for use by patrons from the same Ebubble” households. Every aspect of the outdoor performance area will meet COVID-19 safety guidelines.
Performances of ‘An Octoroon’ will inaugurate the new outdoor stage at The Fountain Theatre on June 18. Performances run June 18 through Sept.19, with performances on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays at 7 p.m., except Saturday, June 19, which will be at 5 p.m. and will be followed by a special Juneteenth event, and July 30 through Aug. 2 and Aug. 27 through Aug. 30 which will be dark.
Four preview performances will take place on June 11, June 12, June 13 and June 16 at 7 p.m. There will be one press preview on Thursday, June 17 at 7 p.m. Tickets range from $25–$45; Pay-What-You-Want seating is available every Monday night in addition to regular seating (subject to availability).
The Fountain tells the Blade that it is proud to count L.A. City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell, and Mayor Eric Garcetti as supporters, reflecting the company’s successful history of partnering with the City’s government.
In addition to being a Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs grant recipient for decades, the Fountain launched a groundbreaking program that brings celebrity actors to L.A. City Hall to perform one-night free public readings in the City Council chambers.
The Fountain Theatre is located at 5060 Fountain Avenue (at Normandie) in Los Angeles. For reservations and information, call 323-663-1525 or go to FountainTheatre.com.
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American Academy of Pediatrics urged that youth get the Pfizer
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health began offering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last week, a two-shot regimen at the vaccine sites run by L.A. County that offer the Pfizer vaccine, for 12- to 15-year-olds.
Pfizer’s vaccine has been used for months in people 16 and older, and earlier this week the Food and Drug Administration cleared its use for those as young as age 12. The CDC advisory panel on Wednesday noted that it affirmed the recommendation by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this week.
The Associated Press reported that the CDC until now has recommended not getting other vaccinations within two weeks of a COVID-19 shot, mostly as a precaution so that safety monitors could spot if any unexpected side effects cropped up.
But the CDC said Wednesday it is changing that advice because the COVID-19 vaccines have proved very safe — and that health workers can decide to give another needed vaccine at the same time for people of any age.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics also urged that kids 12 and older get the Pfizer vaccine — and agreed that it’s fine to give more than one vaccine at the same time, especially for kids who are behind on their regular vaccinations.
!With the CDC approval today, affirming the FDA recommendation, L.A. County will begin vaccinating youth 12 to 15 with the Pfizer vaccine tomorrow. We are grateful to the scientists, clinicians, and the young people who participated in clinical trials that helped the FDA and the CDC determine that these vaccines are safe and effective for this age group,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health.
!The COVID-19 vaccine is the most powerful tool available to reduce transmission of COVID-19 and prevent hospitalizations and deaths from the virus. Increasing the number of people vaccinated speeds up our recovery journey and allows us to safely participate in the summer activities we all love and miss,” she added.
Anyone younger than 18 should be accompanied by a parent, guardian or responsible adult, and present photo identification and verification of age, county public health officials said. Parents or teens with questions about the vaccine should contact their healthcare provider or visit the Public Health website for more information on vaccine safety and efficacy.
Dr. Janet Woodcock, the FDA’s acting commissioner offered answers to questions regarding the vaccine shots for 12-15 year olds during a call with reporters:
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Pharmacies, state sites and other places that are already vaccinating people 16 and older with the Pfizer vaccine should be able to give the shots to all authorized ages in most cases.
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Parental consent will be needed, but exactly how it’s obtained could vary.
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Pfizer’s late-stage vaccine study tested the safety and efficacy of the shots in about 44,000 people 16 and older. The study then enlisted about 2,200 children ages 12 to 15 to check for any differences in how the shots performed in that age group.
!This is just extending it down from 16 and 17 year olds, and getting further information,” Woodcock said.
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Because only Pfizer, which developed the vaccine with its German partner BioNTech, has completed studies in younger teens. Moderna recently said preliminary results from its study in 12- to 17-year-olds show strong protection and no serious side effects, but regulators still need to review the results before it can be offered to younger people.
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Common side effects were similar to those experienced by adults, and included fatigue, headache, muscle pain and fever. Except for pain in the arm where the needle is injected, the effects were likelier after the second shot.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it’s updating its guidance to say other routine vaccinations can be given at the same time as the COVID-19 shots. It previously advised against other vaccinations within a two-week window so it could monitor people for potential side effects.
The American Academy of Pediatrics said it agrees with the position.
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It’s unclear how long the ongoing trials or regulatory reviews will take. But Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, recently suggested it could happen this year.
!We think by the time we get to the end of this year we will have enough information to vaccinate children of any age,” he said.
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Even though children are far less likely to get severely ill if infected, health officials note the risk isn’t zero.
Vaccinating children is also key to ending the pandemic, since children can get infected and spread the virus to others, even if they don’t get sick themselves.
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HAVANA — The Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) hung a Pride flag on the outside !"#$%&#'()*+,)-%(-&#$.#&,//!-%#!"#%'(#012345#6!77,.$%89#:'!&(#-$;'%&#%!#<(;)<#7)--$);(9# access to artificial insemination and full recognition of gender identity are currently being *(=)%(*#$.#>,=)?
Tremenda Nota was able to confirm the University of the Arts’ Faculty of the Arts of Audiovisual Media (FAMCA), in addition to MINSAP, also celebrated the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia by placing an LGBTI+ flag on its '()*+,)-%(-&?
Activists said the embassies of the Netherlands and of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, in addition to these institutions, also raised the Pride flag on Monday. La Marca, an Old Havana tattoo parlor, and AfroAtenAs and El Mejunje in Matanzas and Santa Clara respectively are among the independent community centers that showed solidarity with the LGBTI+ community by hanging LGBTI+ flags.
Some activists took to social media to thank MINSAP for its support and interpreted the gesture as a favorable sign in government policy, which must introduce the family code bill in Parliament in July. Others were critical and referred to the Cuban government’s history !"#'!7!/'!=$)?
U.S. to recognize citizenship of couples’ children born abroad
The State Department on Tuesday announced it will recognize the U.S. citizenship of a married couple’s child who is born outside the country if one of their parents is an American citizen.
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@This updated interpretation and application of the INA takes into account the realities of modern families and advances in ART (assisted reproductive technology) from when the Act was enacted in 1952,” added Price.
@This change will allow increased numbers of married couples to transmit U.S. citizenship to their children born overseas, while continuing to follow the citizenship transmission requirements established in the INA,” he said. @Requirements for children born to unmarried parents remain unchanged.”
Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg, a gay couple from Atlanta, sued the State Department
after it refused to recognize the U.S. citizenship of their daughter, Simone Mize-Gregg, who was born in England via surrogate. The couple in a statement that Lambda Legal, who -(/-(&(.%(*#%'(7#$.#%'($-#6)&(9#&(.%#%!#%'(#2<)*(#!.#3,(&*)8#&)$*#%'(8#)-(#@(D%-(7(<8# pleased to see the State Department take this long-overdue step.”
Immigration Equality represents Allison Blixt and Stefania Zaccari, a lesbian couple who sued the State Department after it denied U.S. citizenship to their son.
Blixt, a U.S. citizen, and Zaccari, who was born in Italy, were living in London in 2015 when their son, Lucas Zaccari-Blixt, was born. The two women’s civil partnership became a marriage under British law in 2015.
@We are relieved and thankful that our fight for our family to be recognized by the government has finally ended,” said Blixt in an Immigration Equality press release. @E(# knew we would succeed eventually, as trailblazers before us fought and won marriage equality.”
Immigration Equality Executive Director Aaron Morris in his organization’s press release *(&6-$=(*#%'(#)..!,.6(7(.%#)&#@a remarkable moment for all the LGBTQ families who fought the U.S. State Department’s unconstitutional policy.” Lambda Legal Senior Counsel Omar Gonzalez-Pagan agreed. ;<4=>?@)A7)@>B?CD
Biden: Growth of authoritarianism threatens LGBTQ rights
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Biden criticizes authoritarian governments, as well as the coronavirus pandemic, for endangering LGBTQ people in the IDAHOTB statement and specifically enumerates violence against %-).&;(.*(-#/(!/<(#$.%(-.)%$!.)<<8#)&#).#!.;!$.;#$&&,(?
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2$*(.#)<&!#(.,7(-)%(&#$.#'$&#&%)%(7(.%#'$!77$%7(.%#%!# LGBTQ people at home, recognizing they lack basic protections in 25 states and renewing his call for passage of the Equality Act.
Biden makes the statement as Russia and China are challenging democratic systems across the world and seeking to undermine the United States as a global leader and
“My administration will always stand with the LGBTQI+ community,” Biden said. “Already, we have rolled back discriminatory polices targeting LGBTQI+ Americans, and we have made historic appointments of LGBTQI+ individuals to the highest levels of our government. We continue to implement my executive orders to advance equality and equity. And I continue to urge Congress to pass the Equality Act, which would confirm critical civil rights protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity for all Americans.”
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Summer film and TV preview
The LGBTQ productions that will take you to the ‘Heights’
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Freshly dropped is the second and final season of this surprise hit series from Ryan O’Connell, a semi-autobiographical comedy about a writer with cerebral palsy (played by O’Connell himself) trying to navigate life in the Los Angeles “scene” as a gay man with a disability. The abbreviated (only four episodes) final arc follows Ryan as he tries to “get his shit together” after the disastrous events of season one – including a fight with his mother Karen (Jessica Hecht) that has left them estranged ever since – that have left him with a nasty case of writer’s block. New relationships are also on the horizon for both Ryan and BFF Kim (Punam Patel), and the journey toward self-discovery and self-actualization takes center (0.,$&.(&01'(&/'(.%#'+,36&)1.%#'+,&.+/&%$2%$(1'+,36&"+($+0'#$+0.3&)*#$/6& – currently the only show on television to feature a disabled LGBTQ person as its main character – comes to a close. Max Jenkins, Charlie Barnett, Ana Ortiz, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lauren Weedman, and Leslie Jordan are among those joining the show for season two, alongside returning cast members Marla Mindelle, Gina Hughes, and Patrick Fabian.
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The popular teen dramedy, inspired by the hit LGBTQ teen romance “Love, Simon,” returns for season two as the newly out Victor (Michael Cimino) enters his junior year at Creekwood High. As his story continues, Victor faces challenges such as a family struggling with his revelation, his heartbroken ex-girlfriend Mia (Rachel Hilson), and the difficulties of being an openly gay star athlete – all while navigating the excitement of his relationship with new boyfriend Benji (George Sear). Odds are good that this continuation will deliver more of the same blend of heart, humor, and diversity that helped the first season become one of last summer’s must-see highlights. Anthony Turpel, Bebe Wood, Mason Gooding, Isabella Ferreira, Mateo Fernandez, James Martinez, and Ana Ortiz also star.
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THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD’S HUMAN RIGHTS SPEAKERS SERIES AND ONE CITY ONE PRIDE LGBTQ ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENT:
breaking fast
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2021
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Online Event. Free Admission.
RSVP: http://bit.ly/hrss-breakingfast
Join the City of West Hollywood’s Human Rights Speakers Series for an open discussion of the feature film, Breaking Fast, and its themes related to navigating the di cult conversations and real-life impacts of faith, sexual identity, and community.
Exploring the Intersection of Faith and Sexual Identity
SPECIAL GUEST PANELISTS
Mike Mosallam, Writer/Director, Breaking Fast
Christopher Hanke, Actor, Breaking Fast
Eman Abdelhadi, Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD)
Rabbi Benay Lappe, SVARA
John M. Erickson, City of West Hollywood Councilmember, Moderator
