Queer Kid of Color

The search still continues.

Last March, I was suppose to complete my short film, Welcome To Rainbow’s End, but I could not. Number 1: I only had a week here in NYC to get the film done, since I was in college. Number 2: I never found my Joseph, one of the leads of the film.

So I’m casting someone who LOOKS 17 and LOOKS African American.  You have to LOOK it, not BE it. There is no pay [sorry]. But you’ll get yummy food and you will be reimbursed for your transportation. The film is coming along great [lies].  I think I’m going to create a new blog on the short film, only because I know I’m going to want to rant and rave after every production day.  Joseph Patterson is a 17 year old sex worker.  So you must be able to play that to the tea [or is it t?] You MIGHT kiss someone, depending on your comfortability. But you wont be doing any sex working, at least not on camera.

I’m also looking for a camera person, lighting person, and a boom operator. That does pay. Send me your rates. But please, remember that this is low budget.

Also if you’re a boom operator, camera person, or a lighting person, and dont have any equipment, I can supply it. I got connections like that [smile]. For this, I’ll create the rates.

Iight? Iight.
Serious Inquries only.

Please send a photo of yourself [and an acting resume, if you have one] to queerkidofcolor AT yahoo DOT com

And if you’re a crew person please send it to the address above.

It’s a week before his birthday. You’re sick and tired of dating this dude and you just want him to stop sending you lovey-dovey messages on Myspace, calling you up at all hours of the night, and you just can’t wait three days after his b-day to dump him. What do you do? To this I say: why the hell wait? Do it now. Don’t drag your feet, this guy doesn’t owe you anything. The 10 days you fake your likeness for him, is 10 more days of him making you sicker. Call him up, get into slow conversation, and just be like “yo listen, I don’t think this is going to work out. You’re smothering me and I don’t feel comfortable with that.” If he really likes you, he’ll say that he’ll cut down the smothering, but at this point the mo’fo done f’d you up enough. Just tell him, “it aint going to work partner.” And if he doesn’t get it, tell him your mom is calling you and hang up on him. If you don’t have a mother, substitute for your best friend. If you don’t have a best friend, you got issues.

This is the guy who invites you every Sunday to church. He wants you to pray with him over the phone, and under his Myspace ‘who do I like to meet’ section he has Jesus Christ. You’re tired of him preaching about tolerance, you hate the fact that he has to read the terms and services of every application on the internet before he can agree to something, and he doesn’t like to say the word bitch. You’re annoyed by his cleanliness. So, how do you get rid of him? You ask him out to an independent movie, perhaps something from FOX searchlight, they usually have great films. After the movie you invite him out to dinner, you pray after being served, afterwards you lay it on him. “_____I got something I want to talk to you about. I’m ok with your religion and everything. But God is an entity I can not compete with. I’m kind of getting annoyed with the fact that you’re bringing religion into this relationship. I tried putting up with it and everything, but I decided I much rather be your friend.” Remember this is a church boy so he might say something to the effect of, “Oh God.” And that’s ok. You’re unwilling to go back with him, after my quote, the convo is in your hands–or God’s.

He writes emails to mainstream organizations because they’re not focusing enough on LGBTQ images. He sends handwritten letters to gay organizations thanking them for their newest campaigns, and what they’re doing for the community. He’s at every city hall meeting, he rallies at the gayborhood for equality, he’s the first to report breaking gay news on his blog. But this is all good. So what’s so bad? He’s just too aggressive with his viewpoints. And you’ve had enough. Actually this is the ideal man for you–when you’re ready to marry. But you’re not at that stage in your life. How do you dump this uber aggressive man? You have to let him down easy. Don’t be a coward. Dumping him won’t be the most difficult of my advice, being that there is no process in which to do so. He’s the type of guy you need to have a conversation with. And let him go easily in person.

When you met him he was the most intelligent man ever. He can hold a conversation. He paid for all the dates. He called you up to make sure you got home safely. But somehow it all faded and now you’re ready to move on. What do you do? This may come out as a shock: you treat him like shit. Sorry, these are usually the hardest ones to get rid of. Ignore his phone calls. Don’t respond to his text messages. If he messages you on Myspace don’t even bother reading them. Let go of this loser. How dare he stop paying for the dinner dates…especially if he calls himself a ‘top’. How typical.

He’s one of the few type of gay men out there. He supports the war. He’s a republican. He’s addicted to Bill O’Reilly and FOX news, and he‘s an aggressive debater and very argumentative–especially on things he knows he‘s right about.. How do you get rid of him? Hmph. This is me. I have no idea how to get rid of myself. Stop reading my blog? I don’t know.

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On behalf of our client Dwight O’Neal we would like to thank you for your concern and well wishes in response to the injustice that took place recently. We understand your frustration and disappointment, and we implore you to not be consumed by this act of discrimination as we are working towards resolving this matter.

Lynne Rene
Royalty Media Group

Dwight O’Neal, executive producer of Christopher Street the series, was the subject of discrimination after coming out of a train station in Harlem. Below is a statement concerning the events that took place..

Apparently riding the train as a black gay man is an invitation for police harassment in the city of New York. I was leaving Club Splash around 3:00 AM on Wednesday June 20, 2007 (Keep in mind that I had not had any liquor or any other type of intoxicant) when a New York City Police officer, approached me on the A Train heading uptown and forced me to get off the train. After grabbing my arm and making me get off the train he and his fellow officers went on to interrogate me about where I was going and why was I out so late. When I answered their questions, I then asked why did you remove me from the train the officer then replied that I was sleeping on the train. I then stated my head was leaning on my arm, because I was tired and did not feel well. The harassment then went further when he began asking me questions about why I did not have a New York cell phone number, why I live where I live, and other things that were irrelevant to the situation. I stood there and took the harassment and noticed the other officers were laughing and making comments under their breath. I then remembered that upon approaching the 125th stop my friends who are lovers had exited the train, and upon leaving the station they had noticed the officer looking at them in a disrespectful manner. So apparently the officers chose to bother me because I was the only one left.After asking me the series of unnecessary questions the officer issued me a citation. I asked what was the reason for the citation and he then replied that I was occupying two seats. However, I was not preventing anyone from sitting because there were five other people seated comfortably in the car. I have always been a fighter of injustice, so I need to know what steps can we take to get our community to come together to stop this thing from happening during Gay Pride week and our lives! I have never had an incident with the law like this and I am outraged. I even brought it to the officers attention that he was only doing this because I am BLACK AND GAY. He disagreed. I then stated that two years ago I was sexually assaulted and the police still have not caught the individual, however I was subjected to harassment on the train. I never thought I would have to disclose my life like this, however it needs to be done to put a stop to the injustice that we as young gay minorities face in the city of New York.

 

People don’t have anything better to do, than to want to pick a fight with someone. It has now been confirmed that Roberto Ducanson, 20, was stabbed to death by Omar Willock, 17, because he was gay and thought that Roberto was making advances at him. I knew about this story for weeks, but decided not to post anything, because nothing has been confirmed. I didn’t want to write alleged things without any information. For more info on this posting check out Kenyon Farrow.

- Hatecrimesbill.org 

Brooklyn, June 14, 2007 – Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the indictment of Omar Willock, 17, in the stabbing death of Roberto Duncanson, 20, because he was gay. Willock is charged with Murder in the Second Degree, Murder in the Second Degree as a Hate Crime and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree.

On May 12, Willock and Duncanson passed each other on St. Marks Avenue in Crown Heights, and Willock became enraged, accusing Duncanson of looking at him and shouting anti-gay remarks. Duncanson walked away and continued to a friend’s house. When he returned, Duncanson again passed Willock, and Willock again berated him for his sexual orientation. Duncanson tried to walk away, but Willock pursued him and started a fistfight. The indictment charges that Willock then pulled out a knife and stabbed Duncanson four times in the back. Duncanson was taken to Kings County Hospital and died an hour later.

An indictment is merely an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.

The case is being prosecuted by Senior Trial Attorney Howard Jackson from the Homicide Bureau. Ken Taub is Chief of the Homicide Bureau.

I was hanging with my friends in GREENWICH VILLAGE, the gayest place in all of New York, when I came across this sign.

1) You just got dumped over a text message. You knew your relationship was on the brinks, and you wanted to try to make it work. Yet he beat you to the punch and broke it off. What do you do? Simple: you text him the words “ok” and you keep it moving. Change your myspace status, but don’t delete him. You need to let him know that this can’t affect your swagger. At this point you’re at the brink of tears, but don’t cry. You knew this shit was going to happen. And if you didn’t know it was going to happen, then you a ___________ for not noticing the hints. Believe me, there are always hints. Take a shower. Get dress. You’re going out with your friends tonight. If anyone can make you feel wanted than your friends can.2) You can’t stand the fact that every time you go out to the village this mo’fo is there with a new man. Sad. You’re hurt. Because you’re not over it, but he is. To this I say, get over it. He’s done with you. His mourning period is over. Yours should be too. You can’t erase the fact that you [once] loved him, so don’t even try. Instead put yourself out there too. You don’t have to look for another relationship, but try to make yourself feel wanted by at least going out with a couple of people who are interested in you. And if no one is interested in you…change your marketing techniques.

http://blog.abenjaminirby.com

I’m telling you, he’s the next hot blogger. My friend Joseph and I are going to have a kee kee every week reading his blog.

http://blog.abenjaminirby.com

“…a one-time only targeted advertising campaign designed to bring heightened visibility to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people from Communities of African Descent…” -GLAAD

So, I finally got to see some of those ads that GLAAD was using as part of their campaign to “heightened visiblity” in the African Descent communities. I thought the ads were great. I went on to their site to see if there were more ads and behold I found their press release. In it it was revealed that this would only be a one time thing.  I dont get how GMAD/NYSBGN both have operating budgets no more than $2 million and they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on their campagins to heightened visiblity in our communities. GLAAD has MILLIONS upon MILLIONS of dollars and they’re not even bringing the campaign back. And not only that, GLAAD’s ads are running for one week in newspapers  no one’s even heard of. Who has ever heard of these newspapers: The New York Amsterdam News, The New York Beacon, Los Angeles Sentinel, Chicago Defender, Oakland Post, Atlanta Inquirer and Dallas Weekly.  Raise your hands if you have, because I sure haven’t.  Maybe the NY Amsterdam news and I only seen that newspaper once in my lifetime!

GLAAD has always been one of my favorite organizations and it still continues to be, but they are slowly falling apart. They need to understand that homophobia is rampet in our communities and its going to take more than a one time thing to educate the ignorant. While I’m grateful for the campaign, I’m upset that it will only get so far. In a few months we’ll all forget the campaign.

GLAAD you need to get your act together. Learn from HRC.

People of Color Contact at GLAAD: taher@glaad.org

Hey everyone, check out the article I wrote on how you can have the Gayest Summer Ever.

 http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2007/6/gayteensummerguide