Seattle Gay News
Issue 12, Volume 39, March 25, 2011
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Movie star/AIDS activist The hidden Holocaust The history behind Seattle’s upcoming Elizabeth Taylor dies by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer
In the often treacherous world of Hollywood, she earned a reputation as a loyal friend. Hollywood icon and AIDS activShe stood by Michael Jackson, ist Elizabeth Taylor died on March for example, throughout the twists 23. She was 79. and turns of his career, appearing at his 2005 trial to offer moral support. Jackson’s funeral in 2009 was her last public appearance. It was her friendship with Rock Hudson, however, that changed her life. The two met on the set of Giant in 1956, and remained close friends for almost 30 years. When Hudson announced he was dying of AIDS in 1985, Taylor became interested in combating the see taylor page 33
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Elizabeth Taylor
exhibit and performances
by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN Contributing Writer World War II ended over 60 years ago. Remembering and honoring those who perished is the obligation of the living. As the 66th anniversary of liberation from oppression approaches, Seattle prepares to remember the past with two events. The Seattle Men’s Chorus honors the lives of Gay men under Nazi rule through songs of the era. In conjunction with the SMC performance is a touring exhibit from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which chronicles the events that led up to the Nazi persecution of homosexuals, as well as the gruesome results. The Nazi persecutions of the 20th century are perhaps the single largest atrocity against humanity. The horrific and systematic murder of more than 11 million souls considered degenerative by the Reich focused primarily on Europe’s Jewish population, but many other groups (Roma/Sinti, Jehovah’s Witness, the mentally disabled) were included in the attempt to “cleanse” German blood and create a “master race.”
Solidarity by Richard Grune
Though the war ended over 60 government only nine years ago, years ago, it has been less than and were the last minority group three decades since homosexuals to receive one. have been recognized as one of the persecuted groups. They were see holocaust page 32 issued pardons from the German
by Milton W. Hamlin SGN A&E Writer Contemporary 4 Pacific Northwest Ballet Through March 27 Pacific Northwest Ballet opened its mixed repertory production of four contemporary works last weekend. The program, billed as Contemporary 4, continues
Cour tesy Dina Mart ina
Pacific Northwest A history lesson with Dina Martina Ballet continues Contemporary 4 performances through Sunday, March 27. Fans of traditional ballet will rejoice that the next two PNB programs are full-length story ballets: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, running April 8-17, and the premiere of a newly restored Giselle, running June 3-12. The four-part program of contemporary ballet features two returning titles to PNB’s see PNB page 33
Angela Sterling
Dina Martina
by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor
Carla Körbes and Olivier Wevers in Pacific, presented as part of Contemporary 4
Dina Martina: LIVE at Re-bar’s Place! Re-bar Through April 30
Dina Martina has been described as many things: a comic genius, a superstar, a horrifying legend. After watching Dina’s latsee martina page 31