Seattle Gay News
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 25, Volume 41, June 21, 2013
The struggles and triumphs of a Lesbian-Trans couple by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer
see diane / jacob page 40
Darcy Padilla
I first met Diane and Jacob Anderson-Minshall in Palm Springs, California, at the yearly Bold Strokes Books authors’ event held there. To me they seemed like the perfect couple, well-balanced in personality, career, and energy. Diane exudes gregariousness, being an editor/writer for The Advocate among many other publications, while Jacob’s subtlety seems to ebb forth like a warm tide. When Diane identified herself as Lesbian and Jacob as her Transgender husband, I was taken aback. Not because of any medical procedure, but because I have met very few people who radiate a personal harmony, an energetic serenity, more than Jacob did from the very first moment I met him. Over the weekend I had the pleasure of listening to them read from their upcoming memoir, Queerly Beloved (Bold Strokes Books; tentative release date 2014). I found myself intrigued, not only by the obvious challenges they’ve faced over the last 20 years, but how they handle the day-to-day obstacles life throws in everyone’s path. I
wanted to know more about them and was highly pleased when they agreed to do an interview with SGN. Eric Andrews-Katz: What were your given names at birth? Jacob Anderson-Minshall: I was born Susannah Christine Minshall, but preferred to be called Suzy. I was born a girl but my parents let me be a tomboy. They didn’t force me into gender roles. Eric: Describe the family you were born into and the life you had growing up. Jacob: My parents are both scientists, and I am a middle child. My older sister is two years older, and the other is 10 years younger than I. We lived in Pocatello, Idaho (then it was the second- or third-largest city in Idaho with a population of about 40,000). We moved five miles outside of Inkom, Idaho (population 800) when I was about eight years old. While my family was Catholic, Inkom is more conservative and more Mormon of an area. Eric: Were there childhood inJacob and Diane Anderson-Minsall
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer
ken holmes
THE BLING RING Opens June 21 I’m not sure what to write about Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring. The movie is as observationally distant as many of her previous films, especially Somewhere and, to a lesser extent, Lost in Translation, looking at its vapid, materialistic, fame-
Tom Stoppard uses two Bard classics to explore communication and censorship
see bling ring page 42
Corey Spruill in Dogg’s Hamlet/Cahoot’s MacBeth
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer DOGG’S HAMLET/CAHOOT’S MACBETH SOUND THEATRE COMPANY Through June 23 Sound Theatre Company mostly produces plays in the summer months, a time when many of the stages around town that rent space have more flexible openings. Many of the company’s shows are in the downstairs theater at the Armory (formerly known as the Center House) at Seattle Center. Such is the case with STC’s newest work, two one-act plays by Tom Stoppard that comprise a complete evening of theater: Dogg’s Hamlet and Cahoot’s Macbeth. (l-r) Taissa Farmiga, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Katie Chang, and Claire Julien in The Bling Ring
see hamlet page 38