GAY AND LESBIAN ICONS • IN THE USA
• Amanda Lear, icône gay (Gay icon)
• Angelina Jolie, icône gay (Gay icon)
• Annie Lennox, icône gay (Gay icon)
Annie Lennox Chanteuse et compositrice du groupe The Eurythmics
- Date de naissance : 25 Décembre 1954
- Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Women's Voices Heard * Singer and songwriter Annie Lennox, left, playwright and V-Day Founder Eve Ensler, middle, and director Nathalie Uffner were among actresses and celebrities from all over Europe who joined together for a unique European benefit performance of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues," at the Flagey building in Brussels, April 19, 2005. The performance was part of a global movement fighting violence against women. (Photo: AP)
Singer Annie Lennox performs on stage during the Live 8 concert at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, Wednesday, July 6, 2005. The concert coincided with start of the G-8 summit held at nearby Gleneagles. (Photo: AP)
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• Barbara, icône gay (Gay icon)
• Bette Midler, icône gay (Gay icon)
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• Audacious, brazen, funny, and perhaps the unconscious inspiration for Madonna's shows, Divine Madness makes an absolute spectacle of itself. Bette Midler's raunchy, entertaining persona is on high in this concert film filmed in Pasadena. Midler tells dirty jokes, berates herself and the audience, and most of all belts out (some may say shrieks out) covers of Bruce Springsteen and rock and swing classics.
» Somewhere between "Everything's Comin' Up Roses" and "Vogue," Midler seems a bridge between eras, that of burlesque, do-anything-to-please-'em showmanship and shocking, pyrotechnic exhibitionism and aloofness. (A hint at just how old this 1980 movie feels, Midler unabashedly makes a reference to Georgie Jessel!)
» Directed by Michael Ritchie, whose Smile and The Bad New Bears were interesting takes on America, Divine is also a slice of the American experience. It's dirty enough to be fun and clean enough to stay just this side of bawdy. That used to be a fine American tradition.
» Note: The songs "Shiver Me Timbers" and "Rainbow Sleeve," which appeared in the theatrical release of this picture, are not included in this DVD. That's a shame because with Midler, more is more. --Keith Simanton
• Bette Midler plays a Janis Joplin-like singer overwhelmed by stardom and its excesses. Mark Rydell (On Golden Pond) directs what is a kind of hybrid showcase for Midler's concert talents and a standard pop biopic, with the usual rhythms of desire, success, betrayal, failure, and such. Alan Bates is the best thing about the movie as the Rose's ruthless manager, and Harry Dean Stanton and Frederic Forrest add some interesting seasoning. But as a whole, the film can't rise above its mixed purposes or clichés. --Tom Keogh
Actresses Glenn Close and Bette Midler, share a laugh as they dance together at the Fourth Annual Spring Picnic Tuesday, June 14, 2005, in New York.
Hosted by Bette Midler, the picnic brought together some 300 New Yorkers to celebrate the opening of two newly renovated community gardens on East 114th Street. (Photo: AP)
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• Cary Grant (1904-1986)
acteur américain, icône gay (Gay icon)
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• Catherine Deneuve - icône gay - Gay icon
• Catherine Deneuve - L'une des plus grandes actrices françaises
CATHERINE DENEUVE - ICONE GAY - GAY ICON
+ FILMOGRAPHIE CATHERINE DENEUVE
SUSAN SARANDON - ICONE GAY - GAY ICON
+ FILMOGRAPHIE SUSAN SARANDON
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+ 2006 PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL
+ 30 MARCH - 11 APRIL 2006
CATHERINE DENEUVE - SUSAN SARANDON
+ MOVIE THE HUNGER + FILM LES PREDATEURS
• CATHERINE DENEUVE - ICONE GAY - GAY ICON
Catherine Fabienne Dorléac
Actrice française bisexuelle
Née le 22 Octobre 1943
Née à Paris - France
Taille 1.68 mètre (5 pieds 6 pouces)
Premier film en 1957
• DENEUVE est l'une des plus grandes STARS mondiales françaises
Il y a aussi Brigitte Bardot et Jeanne Moreau sur le plan international !
Catherine Deneuve a joué avec David Bowie et Susan Sarandon dans le film The Hunger - Les Prédateurs de Tony Scott
Un film culte où la scène d'amour entre les deux femmes Deneuve et Sarandon est l'une des plus belles et grandioses du cinéma gay et lesbien !
Elle aimait profondément sa soeur Françoise Dorléac, morte hélas trop jeune (1942-1967) et laquelle serait devenue une toute aussi grande star que Deneuve !
• TOUT SUR CATHERINE DENEUVE
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• Leo Delibes (compositeur): Lakmé • "Viens, Mallika" - CD - Amazon (FR)
• Le fameux Duo d'amour chanté par 2 voix merveilleuses "Mady Mesple et Danielle Millet" pour la scène d'amour entre Catherine Deneuve et Susan Sarandon • Listen to Samples (1. Prelude - Ochestre Du Theatre National De L'Opera-Comique, 2. Act One: A L'Heure Accoutumee - Danielle Millet, 3. Act One: Blanche Dourga, Pale Siva!, 4. Act One: Lakme, C'Est Toi Qui Nous Proteges!, 5. Act One: Viens, Mallika)
• Label: Emi Classics » LISTEN TO MUSIC » ECOUTER LA MUSIQUE - Delibes : Lakmé
• voir les paroles du fameux Duo d'amour •
• A l'ombre de moi-même • Auteur Catherine Deneuve • Biographie
• VOIR LA DEDICACE DE CATHERINE •
• A l'ombre de moi-même •
• La biographie cinématographique
• De et par Catherine Deneuve
• FNAC (FR)
» • A l'ombre de moi-même • Catherine Deneuve • amazon (FR)
» • A l'ombre de moi-meme • Catherine Deneuve • alapage (FR)
• DENEUVE parle ! • (« Petit clin d'oeil à GARBO talks ! »)
• Mémoires : Deneuve • De Peau d'âne (Jacques Demy) à Dancer in the Dark (Lars Von Trier) en passant par Tristana (Luis Buñuel)
» L'actrice Catherine Deneuve a régulièrement couché sur le papier ses souvenirs de tournage. » Ces carnets intitulés à l'ombre de moi-même, initialement destinés à rester secrets, sont disponibles depuis le 21 avril.
» FRANCE CULTURE
diffusera parallèlement une série d'entretiens avec LA STAR française menés par
Laure Adler
du 26 au 30 Avril 2004 de 17H à 17H30
» Ni complaisant ni condescendant, on n'y entend ni ragots ni commérages mais le son d'une voix brisée, entêtante, qui nous raconte le cinéma!
» C'est un rendez-vous avec Catherine à ne pas rater !
» Conseil de Marie-Panic!
• A l'ombre de moi-même • Auteur Catherine Deneuve • Biographie
» • A l'ombre de moi-même • FNAC (FR)
• Catherine Deneuve auto-biographie cinématographique •
• Mot de l'éditeur • STOCK •
» Pour la première fois de sa vie, Catherine Deneuve publie six carnets de tournage, les seuls qu'elle ait tenus en quarante ans de carrière, de Tristana de Luis Buñuel à Dancer in the Dark de Lars von Trier.
» On y découvre une femme au travail, parfois en détresse, toujours passionnée et assez solitaire. Jamais une actrice ne se sera livrée ainsi avec autant d'honnêteté et de modestie, mais surtout de vérité : ces carnets n'étaient pas destinés à la publication lors de leur écriture. On ne s'étonnera pas dès lors de croiser au fil des pages, comme on ne les a jamais vus, cinéastes, acteurs et actrices partenaires, membres de la famille et amis, autant de personnages qui composent et complètent le premier autoportrait de la plus grande star du cinéma français.
» Deux cahiers de photos inédites illustrent cet ouvrage; le premier, intime, en noir et blanc, est composé de photos tirées de l'album de famille de Catherine Deneuve ; le second, en couleurs, reproduit des photos de tournage prises par l'actrice elle-même, des fac-similés de ses carnets, des lettres de cinéastes.
» Afin de mettre en lumière et en perspective les fameux carnets et de visiter les films et les tournages au cours desquels Catherine Deneuve n'a pas écrit, un entretien exclusif avec le cinéaste et scénariste Pascal Bonitzer clôt ce livre qui ne ressemble décidément à aucun autre. Ni complaisant ni condescendant, on n'y entend ni ragots ni commérages mais le son d'une voix brisée, entêtante, qui nous raconte le cinéma.
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• Chantal Goya, icône gay (Gay icon)
• Clémence DesRochers, icône gay (Gay icon)
la plus grande monologuiste du Québec!
comédienne, chanteuse, poète canadienne
• Dalida
DALIDA
Passionnement
alapage
amazon
- fnac
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Producteur ORLANDO :
Près d'1 h 30 de programmes incluant les meilleures apparitions télévisées de l'artiste, de l'émotion, des sketches, de grands shows, des images d'archives exceptionnelles : de comme disait Mistinguett en passant par A ma manière, Bambino, Gigi l'amoroso, Il venait d'avoir 18 ans, C'est fini la comédie, Que reste-t'-il de nos amours ? et bien d'autres encore, près de 40 titres restaurés et remasterisés.
BONUS DVD :
Olympia 74 (5 mn 39), Olympia 77 (2 mn 55), New-York (3 mn), Clips 'Laissez-moi danser (4 mn) et 'Mix live 2000' (2 mn 40), Galerie photos, Les spots de publicité TV, 40 succès en or, Coffret 15 ans déjà, Original, Révolution, Pub italienne, Les grands auteurs
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+ EXPOSITION
DALIDA
» Exposition DALIDA - à Paris (du 11 Mai - au 30 Septembre) 2007
Entrée libre et gratuite (de 10h à 19h)
(fermeture des portes à 18h15)
tous les jours (sauf dimanche et jours de fêtes)
» Dossier Dalida @ Ville de Paris
» Icone Gay Dalida @ FollementGay
» Agenda Paris événements
• Jusqu'au bout du rêve - Il venait d'avoir 18 ans - Salma ya salama - Pour ne pas vivre seul - Lambeth walk - Génération 78 - Les enfants du pirée - Monday, tuesday (Laissez-moi danser) - Finie la comédie - Rio do Brazil - Je suis toutes les femmes - Tico Tico - A ma manière - Comme disait Mistinguett - Danza - Besame mucho - Je suis malade - Il faut danser reggae - Gigi l'amoroso - Le jour le plus long (Séquence trophée) - Avec le temps (Séquence trophée)
» Le titre résume tout. Cette succession de tubes est un véritable florilège qui me fais regretter encore une fois la disparition de cette grande dame. Un grand moment de bonheur.
» Coffret Films Classiques Orientaux 2 DVD : Un verre, une cigarette / Salama va bien
» Partez à la découverte des multiples visages de la dernière star de ce siècle, Dalida. Un portrait inédit et bouleversant qui révèle une grande interprète au registre très large et une femme au destin exceptionnel. Le grand voyage, c'est aussi un voyage à travers le temps, la découverte de toute une époque, née et partie avec DALIDA.
» Dans la nuit du 2 au 3 mai 1987, Dalida mettait fin à ses jours, vingt ans jour pour jour après sa première tentative de suicide. Pendant plus de trente ans, elle a incarné un certain idéal féminin, à la fois proche et fatal, révélant au fil des années de nouvelles facettes de sa personnalité, mais aussi faisant d'elle une femme brisée et de plus en plus fragile. Orlando, son frère, confident privilégié et directeur artistique de sa carrière a accepté pour la première fois de témoigner sur la vie et la disparition tragique de celle qu'il a tant aimé. Il nous livre un portrait bouleversant. Deux cent photos issues des archives personnelles d'Orlando dont la plupart sont inédites et exceptionnelles.
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• Dave, chanteur français, icône gay (Gay icon)
• Doris Day
Doris Day
Date de naissance : le 3 Avril 1924, Cincinnati (Ohio USA)
Nom à la naissance : Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff
Taille : 5'7" (1.70 m)
chanteuse et actrice comédienne très populaire dans le monde entier * icône gay (Gay icon)
Doris Day est l'interprète de la chanson Que Sera Sera
Aujourd'hui, à l'âge de 80 ans, Doris Day s'occupe du Doris Day Animal League à Carmel, en Californie, lequel offre des foyers et de l'aide aux animaux de compagnie.
One of America's most prolific actresses was born Doris Mary Ann Von Kapplehoff on April 3, 1924 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
While filming for Warner Brothers, she met Martin Melcher, who became her agent and later, on her 27th birthday, her husband. In 1958 her brother Paul died and it was around this time that her husband started to make her sign to do films that she did not want to make. This eventually led to her becoming ill from nervous exhaustion. By the time he died in 1968, Doris was bankrupt and owed thousands of dollars - it turned out that he had squandered virtually all the money she had ever made - but she was eventually awarded $22 million by the courts. She married for the fourth time in 1976 and since her divorce in 1980 has devoted her life to animals.
Today, at 80 years old, Doris Day runs the Doris Day Animal League in Carmel, California, which advocates homes and proper care of household pets.
Trade mark : Theme song * Que Sera, Sera * Whatever Will Be, Will Be, which she introduced in the 1956 film, The Man Who Knew Too Much by Alfred Hitchcock.
Amazon.co.uk * Doris Day (2004 Updated Edition) * Book by Eric Braun 
Book Description
An in-depth and fascinating study of one of Hollywood's most popular gay icons - fully updated and including previously unreleased pictures.
Amazon.com * Doris Day Collection Movies 
Amazon.com * Doris Day * Listen to * Que Sera Sera
Amazon.com * Doris Day * Listen to * Secret Love From Calamity Jane
Amazon.fr * Doris Day * écouter * Que Sera Sera 
Fnac.com * CD album * The very best of Doris Day
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Il y a un homme dans le lit de maman @ fnac.com
Title : With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
Director: Howard Morris
With: Doris Day (Abby McClure), Brian Keith (Jake Iverson), Pat Carroll (Maxine Scott), Barbara Hershey (Stacy Iverson), George Carlin (Herbie Fleck), Alice Ghostley (Molly the Maid)
Story: Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teen-age daughter, get fixed up. They start dating and decide to get married. They're not prepared for the hostile reactions from their children, especially Jake's daughter Stacy, who wants to be the woman of the house, and Abby's oldest son Flip, who hates Jake.
Trivia for With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) @ imdb.com
The Grassroots is the band that performed the song "Feelings" in a nightclub.
This was Doris Day's final big screen appearance, following a 20 year career in the movies.
The final scenes of this film feature Doris Day teary-eyed, wearing a housecoat and slippers.
When her husband of 17 years Martin Melcher died suddenly just after production was completed, gossip magazines at the time used stills of Day from this movie, looking distraught and out-of-sorts, to accompany their articles about Melcher's death.
Amazon.com * With Six You Get Eggroll
Amazon.fr * Il y a un homme dans le lit de maman
Calamity Jane @ fnac.com
Titre : Calamity Jane (1968)
Amazon.fr * Calamity Jane
Amazon.fr * Doris Day * écouter * Secret Love de Calamity Jane
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• Ellen Degeneres, icône gay (Gay icon)
ELLEN DEGENERES
* Ellen Degeneres
* Coming Out April-30-1997
* TV Show Ellen * West Hollywood CA
Birthday : January 26, 1958
Actress and stand-up comic very popular in the US.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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ELLEN DEGENERES
* Ellen Degeneres * Coming Out April-30-1997 * TV Show Ellen * West Hollywood CA
Date de naissance : 26 Janvier 1958
Actrice et stand-up comic très populaire aux états unis d'Amérique!
Mariée à une femme (Euro-American Comedian/actor), icône gay (Gay icon)
Son nouveau show quotidien produit par la Warner Bros. est très apprécié
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
• Ellen interview des personnalités du showbizz superstars telles :
• Chat with Angelina Jolie (March 17 on Ellen)
• Christina Aguilera (March 19 on Ellen) perfoms "Beautiful" from her hit CD "Stripped"
• Ellen présente un nouveau monologue à tous les jours :
• Visionnez le monologue du jour Watch Ellen's Daily Monologue
• Couple de lesbiennes mariées (couple gay marié - married Gay couple)
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Ellen Degeneres + Anne Heche
Ellen Degeneres + Anne Heche
* Ellen DeGeneres + Anne Heche actress * Photo July-10-2000 in New York City * Couple split one month later.
* Ellen DeGeneres + Anne Heche actrice * Photo Juillet-10-2000 à New York City * Le couple se sépare un mois plus tard.
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Ellen Degeneres + Alexandra Hedison mariées
Ellen Degeneres + Alexandra Hedison
* Ellen DeGeneres + Alexandra Hedison photographer * Were married for 4 years (2000-December 2004)
* Ellen DeGeneres + Alexandra Hedison photographe * Mariées durant 4 ans (2000-Décembre 2004)
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Ellen Degeneres + Portia de Rossi
* Ellen DeGeneres + Portia de Rossi * Gay Couple January 16 2005 * Beverly Hills CA
* Portia de Rossi, american actress, TV serie Ally McBeal
* Portia de Rossi, actrice américaine, série TV Ally McBeal
• Plus d'infos sur
Ellen DeGeneres : Reluctant Lesbian Icon
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Ellen Degeneres + Bonnie Raitt
* Ellen DeGeneres + Bonnie Raitt * performed at the 39th annual Grammy Awards, at which DeGeneres served as host (Feb. 26, 1997 New York City Photo: AP)
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Ellen Degeneres + Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton helps Ellen De Generes celebrate her 47th birthday, during a special taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show Jan. 25, 2005, at NBC Studios (in Burbank California USA * Photo AP/Warner Bros.)
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Ellen Degeneres with her Cabbage Patch Kid
Ellen De Generes holds a one-of-a-kind Cabbage Patch Kid in her likeness during a taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show in Burbank, Calif., Sept. 23, 2004. The doll was to be auctioned off to benefit The American Red Cross and Noah's Wish, to aid in their efforts to help those affected by recent hurricanes. (Photo: AP/Warner Bros.)
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• Elton John, icône gay (Gay icon)
• Greta Garbo, icône gay (Gay icon)
Greta Garbo
• Greta Garbo with Athina Mary Livanos, mother of Christina Onassis, in Capri 1955
• Greta Garbo actrice de cinéma, icône gay (Gay icon)
• Greta Garbo - La Divine
• GRETA GARBO Née le 18 septembre 1905 à Stockholm en Suède - Décédée le 15 avril 1990 à New York aux USA
• Greta Gustafson dite Greta Garbo - actrice de cinéma suédoise naturalisée américaine, bisexuelle lesbienne
• Greta Garbo Famous Quote in the movie Anna Christie in 1936 :
• "Give me a whisky, ginger ale on the side, and don't be stingy, baby !"
• Sa personnalité fascinante et la beauté de son regard lui valurent le surnom de LA DIVINE
• Films avec Greta Garbo : Ninotchka - La Reine Christine - Le roman de Marguerite Gautier - Anne Karénine - Mata Hari - Anna Christie - La chair et le diable - La belle ténébreuse
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LES ICONES GAY • EN FRANCE
• Jennifer Beals * Star The L Word Serie
Jennifer Beals est enceinte depuis Mars 2005
Voici l'une des ses premières photos de femme enceinte, elle est radieuse !
Jennifer Beals avec Dustin Hoffman * Avril 2005
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• Judy Garland, icône gay (Gay icon)
• K.D. Lang, icône gay (Gay icon)
• Juliette, icône gay (Gay icon)
• Juliette Gréco, icône gay (Gay icon)
Juliette Gréco Chanteuse interprète magnifique
* L'une des grandes de ce monde !
* One of the greatest in this world !
- Date de naissance : 7 février 1927
- Née à Montpellier en France
- Elle chante le désir, la passion, la beauté des femmes, de toutes les femmes !
• JULIETTE GRECO * Discographie Indispensable
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• Lucy Lawless * Star Xena Serie
LUCY LAWLESS
Gay Pride 2005
Festival in Los Angeles
11 June 2005
Xena : Warrior Princess
TV Series 1995
11 juin 2006 @ Los Angeles LGBT PRIDE CELEBRATION PARADE @ LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA USA
LUCY LAWLESS
at Gay Pride 2005
Festival in Los Angeles
11 June 2005
How Do You Wear Your Pride ?
Celebrating 35 Years of Gay Pride
Lucy Lawless Sings at L.A. Gay Pride
Lucy and Ginger Coyote
from the White Trash Debutantes band
Ginger and the band performed
at the Gay Pride
Festival in Los Angeles
with Lucy Lawless !
Lucy Lawless + Renée O'Connor
Xena princesse guerrière
Xena - Warrior Princess
Series 2 DVD @ amazon.fr
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Bio LUCY LAWLESS
Birthday 29 March 1968 - Mount Albert (Auckland New Zealand)
Birth name : Lucille Francis Ryan
Nickname : Unco, short for Uncoordinated, Loo, Luce
Height : 5'10½" (1.79 m)
DVD TV STAR LUCY LAWLESS
Lucy Lawless * Xena Season 4 @ amazon.com
DVD TV XENA STAR LUCY LAWLESS
Lucy Lawless * Xena Season 4 @ amazon.com
DVD PEACH STAR LUCY LAWLESS
CASTING Peach :
» Tania Simon (Sal), Joel Tobeck (Mog), Don Selwyn (Grocer), Lucy Lawless (Peach - star of Xena: Warrior Princess)
Amazon.ca * The Lesbian Romance Collection (Butterfly Kiss / Peach / The Watermelon Woman) 
Amazon.com * The Lesbian Romance Collection (Butterfly Kiss / Peach / The Watermelon Woman)
Peach (1993) (Réalisatrice Director Christine Parker) (Tania Simon, Joel Tobeck, Don Selwyn, Lucy Lawless) - VHS video cassette (english NTSC) - amazon (US)
Peach and Bitter Song (Réalisatrice Director Christine Parker) (Tania Simon, Joel Tobeck, Don Selwyn, Lucy Lawless) - DVD (english zone 1) - amazon (US)
 
Peach/ A Bitter Song/ Lavendar Limelight
Lucy Lawless (star of Xena: Warrior Princess), Don Selwyn, Joel Tobeck, Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, Tania Simon
Two short films featuring "Xena's" Lucy Lawless, plus the bonus documentary "Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film."
CASTING Peach :
Peach & Bitter Song (Réalisatrice Director Christine Parker) (Tania Simon, Joel Tobeck, Don Selwyn, Lucy Lawless) - DVD BONUS : Contains a Documentary and Two Short Films With Lucy Lawless (star of Xena: Warrior Princess) + Peach (1995, 16 min.) + A Bitter Song (1990, 24 min.) + the documentary Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film (1997, 55 min.) - (Studio : First Run Features) - DVD (english import USA zone 1) - amazon (FR)
Peach (1993) (Réalisatrice Director Christine Parker) (Tania Simon, Joel Tobeck, Don Selwyn, Lucy Lawless) - VHS video cassette (english NTSC) - amazon (US)
Peach and Bitter Song (Réalisatrice Director Christine Parker) (Tania Simon, Joel Tobeck, Don Selwyn, Lucy Lawless) - DVD (english zone 1) - amazon (US)
Peach/ A Bitter Song/ Lavendar Limelight
Lucy Lawless (star of Xena: Warrior Princess), Don Selwyn, Joel Tobeck, Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, Tania Simon
Two short films featuring "Xena's" Lucy Lawless, plus the bonus documentary "Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film."
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• Madonna, icône gay (Gay icon)
• Maria Callas, icône gay (Gay icon)
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• Martina Navratilova, tennis star, icône gay (Gay icon)
World Tennis Star * Lesbian Idol
Martina Navratilova BIO - WTA TOUR
Martina Navratilova (18 octobre 1956), championne de tennis américaine, la plus grande tenniswomen du monde, Czechoslovakian-American Tennis Champion and Activist.
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA'S TEAM Captain
Known Relationships: with Rita Mae Brown (American activist and writer), Judy Nelson
Lesbian Celebrities - Martina Navratilova : Hitting 40 Love
Martina Navratilova - ELMS - Lesbian Celebrities
Martina Navratilova - The Lesbian Icon: Kd Lang and Martina
Louise Allen's Book: The Lesbian Idol: Martina, Kd and the Comsumption of Lesbian Masculinity
Championne de tennis américaine / Czech-American tennis player BIO
Co-founder Martina Navratilova - The Rainbow Card
Martina Navratilova à ROLLAND GARROS
Martina Navratilova at WIMBLEDON
Martina Navratilova at the US OPEN - FLUSHING MEADOWS Tennis Stadium
News from PlanetOut
The Associated Press - AP Official Website
Olivia Cruises, Resorts and Outdoor Adventures dedicated to providing high quality, safe vacations for lesbian women travelers : Navratilova endorsement
NEWS MARTINA NAVRATILOVA
News from Associated Press
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 / 05:48 PM
PlanetOut : Navratilova settles credit card lawsuit
Martina Navratilova has settled her lawsuit against the sponsor of a credit card directly marketed to gays and lesbians.
The tennis star sued Do Tell Inc., which offers the Rainbow Card, in March because she disagreed with the way the card was being marketed.
Do Tell had used Navratilova to market the card since 1995 with the tennis star's permission, the suit said. But in late 2004, Navratilova became at odds with the card's marketing, which she called "inappropriate and repugnant."
On Feb. 8, 2005, Navratilova's attorneys sent a letter to Do Tell, based in Conshohocken, Pa., telling them to stop using the former Wimbledon champ's likeness. She objected to the card's being associated with the cable TV shows The L Word and Queer as Folk, calling the shows depraved, Do Tell said in court papers.
Terms of the settlement, reported to the judge handling the case last week, were not released. Lawyers for both sides declined comment. Navratilova had been seeking at least $75,000 in damages.
Navratilova is a nine-time Wimbledon champion and winner of 18 Grand Slam singles titles. She also owns a record 167 singles titles and 40 Grand Slam doubles titles.
The Rainbow Card helps fund the nonprofit Rainbow Endowment, which promotes the health and social well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender LGBT people.
NEWS MARTINA NAVRATILOVA
PlanetOut : Navratilova inks deal with Olivia
Patrick Letellier, PlanetOut Network
Thursday, March 24, 2005 / 05:13 PM
Tennis superstar Martina Navratilova has become a celebrity spokesperson for Olivia, a lesbian-owned travel company best known for its cruises for women.
As part of a six-figure, one-year contract with the company, Navratilova will make appearances at Olivia events, appear in print ads for the company, wear the company logo on her shirt and shorts during tennis tournaments and be a guest on Olivia cruises.
Navratilova, ranked among the world's top female athletes, has been open about being a lesbian for decades and has had difficulty securing corporate endorsements.
"This is the first deal I've gotten because I am gay," she told The New York Times. "Hallelujah."
"I've been fighting this negative connotation of an alternative lifestyle. It's not a choice, it's who you are, about not having to deny anything, but to celebrate who you are," she said.
Navratilova's endorsement by Olivia follows a similar deal struck last year between the company and another high-profile, openly lesbian athlete, golfer Rosie Jones, who at that time became the first professional athlete sponsored by a gay company.
"It's a terrific thing for us and for Martina," Olivia CEO, Amy Errett, told the PlanetOut Network. "Martina has been a trailblazer in being out. She's a delightful, very bright and grounded person. She's very comfortable in herself."
Navratilova's endorsement was announced Thursday at the NASDAQ-100 Open in Miami, where she is competing in a doubles tournament. Navratilova holds 173 doubles titles, 167 singles titles, and she is tied with tennis great Billie Jean King for a record 20 wins at Wimbledon.
Two weeks ago, Navratilova sued a credit card company, the Rainbow Card, for misusing her image in advertising after she had asked the company to stop.
About Olivia's endorsement, she told the Times, "We're a perfect match. We just feel free about who we are. They've done it for many years, and I've been doing it for many years."
She also told the paper that though she has never gone on an Olivia cruise, she is excited to do so. "I just haven't had the time. I know friends who did and who've loved it," she said. "But it's too much sitting still."
NEWS MARTINA NAVRATILOVA
PlanetOut : Record Wimbledon title eludes Navratilova
Tom Musbach, PlanetOut Network
Friday, July 1, 2005 / 04:47 PM
Elite lesbian tennis players Amelie Mauresmo and Martina Navratilova survived the early rounds at Wimbledon, with each advancing at least as far as the semifinals.
In fact, they played each other in the semifinal round of the women's doubles on Saturday. Mauresmo and her partner Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Navratilova and Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld, 6-4 6-4.
The Mauresmo-Kuznetsova pair could not repeat their winning ways in the final, losing to Africans Cara Black and Liezel Huber, 6-2 6-1.
Mauresmo's winning streak in singles ended Friday, when she lost in the ladies' semifinal match to top-seeded Lindsay Davenport, 6-7 7-6 6-4. The match began on Thursday but was halted during the third set because of rain.
Mauresmo, 25, was seeded third in the tournament, which is played on grass. For a brief period last year she was ranked No. 1 in the world.
Friday's loss was the French player's third in the Wimbledon semifinals.
Navratilova, a Wimbledon favorite, who at 48 continues to break records, was still a contender in both the ladies' doubles and mixed doubles going into the tournament's final weekend. But her hopes of capturing another record Wimbledon title were dashed on Saturday with two semifinal losses.
In addition to the women's doubles loss, she and her mixed doubles partner Mike Bryan lost to Ken Ulyett and Liezel Huber, 6-3 4-6 7-9.
According to news reports, Navratilova has been treated like a rock star by Wimbledon fans, some of whom have watched her play for decades. Many LGBT fans have also been watching from around the world.
"Martina's achievements are historic," said Sarah Warn, editor of AfterEllen.com. "Children of the '70s, '80s, '90s and today have been able to see a lesbian athlete consistently rank as one of the top players in the world, and her continued success in later years has challenged many stereotypes about women and older athletes."
Navratilova won the mixed doubles championship at Wimbledon in 2003 with Leander Paes of India. Last month the pair lost in a three-set struggle in the French Open championship.
Navratilova remains tied with Billie Jean King for winning the most Wimbledon titles; each has 20.
NEWS MARTINA NAVRATILOVA
PlanetOut : Navratilova Enters Hall of Fame
PlanetOut News Staff
Monday, July 17, 2000 / 12:20 AM
The winningest professional tennis player of all time, open lesbian Martina Navratilova, was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island on July 15. She was presented in the 45th year of Hall of Fame inductions by her former coach, transsexual Dr. Renee Richards. There was a crowd of about 4,000 despite cold, damp, threatening weather.
Richards said, "Did you see the Martina exhibit ["Martina the Magnificent"] in the Hall? Those nine silver Wimbledon plates, one for each championship -- she should give a dinner party." In an eloquent speech, Richards called Navratilova "a true freedom fighter." She said Navratilova "transcends the sport more than most -- the physical, the mental and the inspirational. One cannot teach courage and intensity. Martina raised the bar for women's tennis." Richards pronounced Navratilova "Magnificent Martina, the champion for all time."
Navratilova joked, "It's nice to be able to talk about yourself without feeling guilty or without having to pay somebody to listen to you." But it was a day among family, friends and fans who were only too glad to listen. She said, "I am completely honored to be inducted ... to be part of a building that houses not only the history of tennis but its future as well." She said, "I have given a big part of my soul to the game of tennis, but tennis has given me soul and that can never be repaid." She thanked all her coaches, saying, "They suffered with me, and they have my thanks." She also thanked all "the doctors who held me together, homeopathic people, osteopaths, massage therapists, and I'd like to thank my dogs for keeping me company throughout my career, even all the girlfriends who suffered through all the matches in the stands -- wherever they are."
In the Beginning
Her memory jogged by the presence of her mother and grandmother and having just visited her Czech birthplace of Revnice (outside of Prague), Navratilova recalled her beginnings. "We used to have to fix the courts in the spring. That was our membership dues. We'd spend about 20 hours pulling the weeds and putting the clay on, etc. My mother and [step] father [Mirek Navratil] met through me. When my father would take the clay to the court in the wheelbarrow, I would get in the wheelbarrow and he'd wheel me down. I was about 3 years old then. He liked me because I was smiling and so happy -- of course I was happy because he gave me a ride -- but that's how my parents met. So tennis not only brought my parents together, but then my parents being together brought me to tennis. It's a big circle. My parents taught me the game when I was seven. My grandmother and my mother made me eat carrot salad all the time -- good for the eyesight, they said."
Defection
At 17, Navratilova went professional, but the international travel of tennis didn't sit well with the communist regime in Czechoslovakia at the time. She said, "Jan [Kodes, who helped Navratilova leave the country and who was present at the ceremony] had standing in Czechoslovakia and he talked the tennis federation into letting me go to the U.S. Open in 1975. They weren't going to let me out of the country again; I was too independent. But Jan was persuasive thank God. And at risk to himself. My one regret is that I had to make that choice. I didn't want to leave my home and family, but it was the only way I could develop as a player and person. It was really no decision. If I wanted to play tennis I had to leave the country. The difficult part was doing it. I was 19, young and didn't think about the consequences of it. I had to make the choice. And what I regret the most is that I had to make that choice and that I can never have those years back with my sister, with my parents, with my grandmother. If I wanted to play tennis, I had to do it. Once I got out, I knew I couldn't go back."
Her mother Jana told the Associated Press of those times, "I hate communism. It was almost four years [that the USSR-controlled Czech government barred any contact with her daughter]. It's still hard to talk about." But at the induction, Jana told the Montreal Gazette that, "I'm so happy to be here, it's such a long way from where she started."
Homosexuality was grounds for barring immigrants, so Navratilova's lesbianism "was something I couldn't even talk about" until she was granted U.S. citizenship in 1981 [in the Los Angeles courtroom of fellow inductee non-player Judge Robert Kelleher, as it happened].
Career Turning Point
Many noted that one of the changes Navratilova brought to the game was an emphasis on physical conditioning, but she didn't start with that. She said, "I really started late as far as total commitment to the game and conditioning were concerned. The thing I have noticed the most in recent tennis is the stress the young people are putting on conditioning. Even the coaches are exercising. I was 26 when I really got going. I'm happy that I finally gave it my best shot.
"I was almost 26. It was 1981. I'd already won Wimbledon twice, but this year I got beat in the semifinals [after finishing in the quarterfinals of the French Open and the semifinals at Eastbourne], and I thought I was a failure. So did my friend and coach, Nancy Lieberman [also present at the ceremony]. She said, 'You're wasting your talent, not working hard, and you're getting older. It's disgraceful. You could be the best ever if you'd shape up. But it'll soon be too late.' I always said I would play until 30 and then we'll see. Thirty wasn't so far away. I'd better get going. So I did. I started working out that summer. Nancy was absolutely right. It was late to really start with a new outlook. But Nancy sold me on total commitment to the game. I went to the gym and started working out seriously. She worked me harder than I ever imagined. I'd been irresponsible, but I changed, thanks to her burning me.
"The one thing I can hold my head up [about] is that even though I got started late in my total commitment to tennis, once I figured it out, I stuck with it, just gave everything I had to the game in becoming the best player I could be and hopefully making others want to be that way as well. It's never too late to get going and achieve your goals, however lofty they might be."
Basketball great Lieberman-Cline gave her version of the story to the Montreal Gazette: "I remember going to French Open the first year. And I was thinking when we got back to the hotel, and then I asked Martina, 'When are you going to practice?' And she said, 'Well, I just did.' I went, 'You've got to be kidding me. You call that practice? You hit the ball for 15 minutes, you talk to Billie Jean [King], you wave to someone else, you hit an overhead and then we went back to the hotel. No wonder you don't win all the time. Your practice habits stink.'"
The Evert Rivalry
Navratilova said, "I was lucky to play against some amazing champions. Winning is great, losing is not often fun -- but the bottom line is enjoying the game." As for arch-rival Chris Evert, "What do you want me to say about it? It was wonderful to be one-half of the greatest rivalry in sports. Period. You may have team rivalries, but as for players, I can think of [boxers] Ali and Frazier, but how many times did they fight? Three? We had 80 battles in singles [Navratilova won 43, Evert 37] and many more in doubles. We played together in exhibitions. We made each other better."
Civil Rights Activism
As for her civil rights activism, Navratilova said, "It's important, and I think every piece of legislation is important. I will continue speaking out on behalf of gays and lesbians until we have equal access and protection under the law. I don't want it to be an issue, but it is because we don't have equal rights. Vermont is a start, but it's a small state. I couldn't be open until I got my citizenship. They would have refused a lesbian naturalization. It shouldn't be that way. We have it pretty well in this country -- but there could still be improvement."
Playing Doubles
Navratilova addressed former doubles partner Pam Shriver [who was present], saying, "One of our records they'll never break, Pam, is the 109 straight wins, 1984 - 85."
Shriver told the Boston Globe, "How can she not be called the greatest? Unimaginable numbers -- 167 singles, 165 doubles titles -- and the fact that for 20 straight years she was in the top four, most of the time number 1 or number 2." Remembering Navratilova's first U.S. Open singles victory in 1983, Shriver said, "I hugged her and congratulated her, [saying] 'It's been a long wait for a great player.' You know what she said? 'Bitch! If you hadn't beaten me in the 1978 semis, I'd've done it a lot sooner."
Of her recent return to professional doubles play, Navratilova remarked that when she retired in 1994, "I thought if I didn't pick up a tennis ball the rest of my life, I wouldn't need it. I was wrong." She said, "I'm looking for partners now for the [U.S.] Open. And if I'm in shape, I hope I can play next year. The beauty of the sport is the variety. If you take away the couples, you take away a great part of the game. Doubles should be written about more. The young people should know, if you play doubles you can become a better singles player."
By the Numbers
Navratilova won a record 167 tournament singles titles, 165 doubles titles (79 with Pam Shriver) and 1,438 singles matches. From early 1983 through December 1984, her record was 128 - 1. She was world number one in women's singles for a total of 331 weeks, and was world number one for the season for 5 consecutive years 1982 - 1987. Her Grand Slam titles included nine at Wimbledon, four at the U.S. Open, three at the Australian Open, and two at the French Open.
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