Monday, June 11, 2012
Freewheeling, frank discussion focuses on the lives of minority sexuality and gender-identity populations in the Gateway Arts District.
In a different setting it might be considered a rude question, but when Hyattsville resident Richard Morris asked if same-sex couples express traditional masculine-dominant, feminine-subservient partner roles as one might find in a heterosexual relationship, no one batted an eye. That's because Morris asked his question during yesterday's Conversations in the Corridor at Busboys and Poets which focused on life for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people along the Route 1 corridor and beyond. Soon after asking, Morris had an answer. "When I came out to my mother, the first thing she asked me was 'which one of you is the woman," said Colmar Manor resident Doug Bowles. "I said to her, none of us. That's kind of the point." Frank …
Sunday, June 10, 2012
With a referendum on same-sex marriage likely to be on the ballot in November, Conversations in the Corridor turns its attention to LGBT life in the Gateway Arts District.
After a short hiatus, Conversations in the Corridor returns to Busboys and Poets tonight with a discussion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered life in Gateway Arts District. Like previous Conversations in the Corridor events, it will feature a freewheeling, open-ended discussion of the topic at hand set amid the decor (and food and drink) of the Howard Zinn Room at Busboys. The event runs from 5 to 7 p.m. Previous discussions have examined issues like race and development or arts-district sectionalism. While demographic information on sexuality is difficult to pin down, Hyattsville and Mount Rainier both are reported to have larger-than-usual LGBT populations, according to The Washington Post. Data from the 2000 Census recorded …
Monday, March 12, 2012
Is Mount Rainier's arts community more authentic and more numerous than Hyattsville's? Does it even matter?
When it comes to the arts, is Hyattsville a poser? Is Mount Rainier's arts community more authentic or more numerous? These were the intentionally incendiary, if only slightly, questions raised at yesterday's Conversations in the Corridor discussion at Busboys and Poets on Baltimore Avenue in Downtown Hyattsville. Hyattsville City Councilor Candace Hollingsworth (Ward 1), moderator for the event, used the questions to lead a conversation which tangled with the idea of how to make the four-city coalition of the Gateway Arts District–Hyattsville, Brentwood, North Brentwood and Mount Rainier–work as a cohesive unit. Justin Fair, content manager for MyGatewayArts.org and editor of the SoulStrong Arts blog, said it isn't a question of who has…
Michael Theis
2:09 pm on Monday, June 11, 2012
Let's expand the question posed by the moderators to the greater internet audience: is the Route 1 corridor a welcoming place for the LGBT community? more ›