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Memorial for Dan Luckenbill
Please join us at ONE Archives in remembering the life and work of our beloved past board member Dan Luckenbill.
Sunday
May 6, 2012
2:00pm-4:00pm
909 W. Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 741-0094 |
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May 20, 2012
Culture Series:
Ian MacKinnon
"The Gay Hist-Orgy!"
With his time traveling hot pants, performance artist Ian MacKinnon cruises gay icons in his one man multimedia show that covers thousands of years of homo history and is educational, dirty, and fun.
Sunday
May 20, 2012
2:00pm-4:00pm
$5.00 Suggested Donation
909 W. Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 741-0094 |
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Greetings!
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives is 60! Although some might be shy about revealing their age, we are indeed proud that we have been in existence and fighting for social justice and equality for over half a century. So remember us. We Know Your History!
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April Activities at ONE
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ONE Archives has been a beehive of activity. We have had eight events in April. First, we hosted USC and The Center for Feminist Research's A New Directions in Feminist Research Seminar event: "Embodying Race, Sex, and the Archive: A Symposium," with two days of panel discussions and presentations, as well as keynote speaker Ann Stoler.  We also hosted a book party for Micha Cárdenas' The Transreal: Political Aesthetics of Crossing Realities. Then we hosted Gayle Rubin in a panel discussion in conjunction with the USC Gender Studies department.
We also had our April Culture Series event, Harry Hay Centennial, and our 3rd annual ONE Queer Film Festival with filmmaker and actor Q&As at REDCAT.
And the Gay Straight Alliance Network held their all day GSA Youth Leadership Summit, which introduced 65 administrators and students of Southern California GSA's to ONE.
In addition, our ONE Archives Gallery & Museum in West Hollywood opened a new and exciting exhibition Let Your Body In. And ONE Director Joseph Hawkins and board member Chris Freeman participated in the Queer LA panel at the Los Angeles Times' Festival of Books. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for more events to come!
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| David "Gaard" Lostegaard
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David Lostegaard, one of the earliest gay liberation playwrights, died Wednesday, March 29, 2012 in New York City. He was 71.
David Bruce Lostegaard was born April 4, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota and adopted by Edna and Al Lostegaard. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1962 and moved to Los Angeles where he worked in the mail room at ABC. He also worked for several Hollywood casting agencies and operated a telephone answering service as a way to increase his income. In 1967 he moved to New York City and began writing his first play "And Puppy Dog Tails" which opened for previews in October 1969. It was among the highest grossing productions of that theatrical season.
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After its run at the Astor Place Theater in NYC, productions of "And Puppy Dog Tails" played in Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles. Appearing in the Chicago production was actor Bill Murray, before his Saturday Night Live fame. In addition, Lostegaard operated a noted off-off Broadway theater for many years with his life partner Sanford Kaplan called The Nighthouse Theater on West 18th Street. Lostegaarde went on to write other gay-themed plays produced off-off Broadway such as "Shadow Boy" and "About Bernard Carleton," which he also directed. Often writing under the name "David Gaard," he also directed several well received productions of "Stonewall Stories" by Carol Polcovar.
In the short period in 2007 when California permitted gay marriage, Mr. Lostegaard and Mr. Kaplan went to California to be married by longtime friend, Pastor Hugh Romney also known as Wavy-Gravy.
Mr. Lostegaard died of brain cancer on March 29. He is survived by his husband Sanford Kaplan, his brother-in-law Bob (Renee) Kaplan, his nephews Scott, Bradley and Randy Kaplan, his little sister Mary and her family, his friends Jahanara and Hugh Romney, Steve Siporin and his many Minnesota relatives. A memorial service will be announced. The David Gaard Collection is available for research at ONE Archives.
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