Re: g_b The last castrato: Moreschi: the Angel of Rome
Liz, Perhaps you may be aware that modern day singers who sound like contraltos are called counter-tenors. No, they are NOT castrated and very often sport beards and moustaches to prove that! The best-known today are David Daniels (gay), Paul Bowman and a Parsi - Bejon Mehta. The latter is a relative of Zubin Mehta, the conductor. I had the pleasure of hearing the former in the flesh in London. What a voice! Asfan. --- On Wed, 10/12/08, myonepe...@aol.com wrote: From: myonepe...@aol.com Subject: Re: g_b The last castrato: Moreschi: the Angel of Rome To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, 10 December, 2008, 3:28 PM In a message dated 12/9/2008 10:26:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, adit.b...@gmail. com writes: Hi Elizabeth, Thanks for lettingme know. I will try and look it up and if possible in my next trip to Bangkok get a pirated copy. :-) BTW one reason why I posted the article was also because I was kind of fascinated by the similarity with Hijras (I know the differences are stark too). The fact that music, often devotional was the reason for castration.. ..being one. best, Aditya B Aditya Possibly if we could catch them sooner...we could have some singers to put Asha and Lata to shame.. But in India it is illegal to castrate before 18 without a parents permission.. .and most already cannot keep a tune...no less modulate...in falsetto or high soprano...at that age.. In Bangkok and US drag bars most of the kathoey singers lip-synch... like most movie stars in India.. Though probably not castrated... Michael Jackson remains my favorite...kathoey real singer and dancer.. Elizabeth Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
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THE NEW YORK TIMES December 10, 2008 Gay Marriage Ban Inspires New Wave of Activists By JESSE McKINLEY SAN FRANCISCO — They’re calling it Stonewall 2.0. Outraged by California voters’ ban on same-sex marriage, a new wave of advocates, shaken out of a generational apathy, have pushed to the forefront of the gay rights movement, using freshly minted grass-roots groups and embracing not only new technologies but also old-school methods like sit-ins and sickouts. Matt Palazzolo, 23, a self-described “video artist-actor turned gay activist,” founded one group, Equal Roots Coalition, with a group of friends about 10 days ago. “I’d been focused on other things in my life,” Mr. Palazzolo said. “Then Nov. 4 happened, and it woke me up.” Often young and politically inexperienced, the new campaigners include an unlikely set of leaders, among them a San Francisco chess teacher, a search-engine marketer from Seattle and a former contestant on “American Gladiators,” who jokingly suggested that he had become involved in the movement as a way of making up for his poor performance on the show. “We’re a gay couple in West Hollywood, neither of us involved in activism, but we just wanted to help,” said Sean Hetherington, 30, a stand-up comic who was the first openly gay contestant ever to do battle, however briefly, in the Gladiator Arena. “And we were amazed at what happened.” Mr. Hetherington and his companion were among several people surprised by the strength of positive reaction after starting Web sites geared toward a demonstration planned for Wednesday, “Day Without a Gay.” Its organizers are asking gay rights supporters to avoid going to work by “calling in gay” and volunteering in the movement instead. Many grass-roots leaders say the emergence of new faces, and acceptance of tactics that are more confrontational, amount to an implicit rejection of the measured approach of established gay rights groups, a course that, some gay men and lesbians maintain, allowed passage of the ban, Proposition 8. “I think we are demanding as a community that we democratize our processes and ensure we all have a voice,” said Molly McKay, media director of the volunteer group Marriage Equality USA. “Because we are not a campaign. We are a movement.” The executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Kate Kendell, a member of the No on 8 campaign’s executive committee, said the criticism was understood. “Even from my vantage point, I would have a wish list of things I would have done differently,” Ms. Kendell said, adding that she would have preferred “to give our community a greater level of engagement.” Now, however, the ballot initiative’s passage has forced many in the gay community “out of our stupor” and opened the door for new leaders, she said. “It’s totally legitimate to say that the normal way of doing things did not get us to the finish line,” Ms. Kendell said. “And now some of those groups need to move over a couple of lanes to make room.” On Tuesday, another group behind the failed campaign, Equality California, announced that it would add several new board members to reflect a surge in interest. The group has also added two “faith leaders,” reflecting the opinion of many critics that the campaign should have courted the religious vote. The new activists have impressed some gay rights veterans. “They’ve shown a clear ability to turn out large numbers of people,” said Cleve Jones, a longtime gay rights advocate and labor organizer. “It’s also clear that they are skeptical of the established L.G.B.T. organizations. And I would say they have reason to be.” The ban, which passed with 52 percent of the vote, overturned a decision by the California Supreme Court in May legalizing same-sex marriage. The same court is currently considering a challenge to Proposition 8. But many activists seem unwilling to wait for a legal solution and have planned a series of events to keep the issue in the public eye, including a nationwide candlelight vigil later this month, a Million Gay March in Washington next spring and continued protests at county clerks’ offices throughout California. “We’re doing an end run around the mainstream organizations that run our causes,” said David Craig, a movie producer who is an organizer of Wednesday’s “call in gay” protest. “And the Internet has given us the tool to create these events.” Indeed, in much the same way a previous generation used phone trees and megaphones, Amy Balliet used Facebook and Twitter to spread the word about protests on Nov. 15 that drew tens of thousands of people in scores of cities and towns across the nation. Ms. Balliet said the skills she used had been learned in her work at a search-engine marketing firm in Seattle. “I’m good at driving traffic to Web sites; that’s what I do,” said Ms. Balliet, 26, who with a friend, Willow Witte, founded a group called Join the Impact last month. Sh
Re: g_b The last castrato: Moreschi: the Angel of Rome
In a message dated 12/9/2008 10:26:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Elizabeth, Thanks for lettingme know. I will try and look it up and if possible in my next trip to Bangkok get a pirated copy. :-) BTW one reason why I posted the article was also because I was kind of fascinated by the similarity with Hijras (I know the differences are stark too...). The fact that music, often devotional was the reason for castration..BTW one rea best, Aditya B Aditya Possibly if we could catch them sooner...we could have some singers to put Asha and Lata to shame.. But in India it is illegal to castrate before 18 without a parents permission...and most already cannot keep a tune...no less modulate...in falsetto or high soprano...at that age.. In Bangkok and US drag bars most of the kathoey singers lip-synch...like most movie stars in India.. Though probably not castrated...Michael Jackson remains my favorite...kathoey real singer and dancer.. Elizabeth **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom0010)
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