Showing posts with label Humour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humour. Show all posts

Monday, 3 September 2012

Bis-Serjetà: Gay people urged to get a dog instead of getting married

http://bisserjeta.com/2012/08/gay-people-urged-to-get-a-dog-instead-of-getting-married/
AUGUST 30, 2012 2 COMMENTS
By Karl Stennienibarra


The message comes after gay rights activists slammed the recently-launched cohabitation bill, expressing disappointment that it did not include any provisions for same sex partnerships.

Instead, the government is launching a scheme whereby gay people can benefit from tax breaks if they break up with their lovers and register their pets as spouses.


Saturday, 1 January 2011

YouTube: Frans [il-Ħamallu] u d-Diversità

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcqUkZaqQM4



Frans u sieħbu josservaw l-abnormalità...

[Ikklija hawn biex tara l-kummenti fuq il-YouTube.]

Friday, 31 December 2010

YouTube: Mamma siediti, ti devo dire una cosa...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa_0Ix57n0U



In un paese in cui la parola "pudore" ormai suona come un errore di battitura in una pubblicità per deodoranti, anche io voglio dire che mi sento fortunato.
Nonostante tutto, infatti, poteva andarmi peggio: potevo essere Berlusconi.

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

YouTube: Defenders 2009 BAN GAY MARRIAGE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNiqfRyoAyA


We shot this short film to protest the passage of Prop 8, the ban on same sex marriage in California. For more info check out our "Educate Against Prop 8" facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Educate-Against-Prop-8/47667975375

Thursday, 6 August 2009

YouTube: Sirenito - Little Siren (English Subtitles)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuv5pfDy4B8



Esther is worried because her son Saúl wants to dress as a Mermaid for the the School fancy dress party. Spanish Short Film with 9 awards and selected in more than a hundred of Film Festivals all around the world. More info: www.proyectafilms.com

Tuesday, 24 February 2009

YouTube: Are you STRAIGHT?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ1I_-MY_NY


This is a video response to Michael Buckley's 'Are You Gay?' video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjAVa9RAfWQ
The video is just poking fun at some of the silly questions straight people sometimes ask gay people. I hope people get the irony. There's bound to be a few who actually answer the questions though xD *sorry for the just-out-of-bed look in this video... I had just got out of bed before filming it xD

Sunday, 1 February 2009

YouTube: A bit of Fry and Laurie - The word "gay"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HcbOMqvK2M


From the first season of the show and one of my favorite sketches. I particularly love the inflection they give to the word "homosexual".

Saturday, 24 January 2009

YouTube: Dave Allen [on Adam and Eve] on Religion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCOZQSRzKmU

Adam and Eve; Genesis; Snake; Apple; Man; Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxo81Ok9Urk&NR=1

First day at Church School


Dave Allen on Self Abuse [Masturbation]
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Sunday, 13 July 2008

Times: A musing

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080713/local/a-musing
Sunday, 13th July 2008
Ariadne Massa

Toscano: "To people who are straight, I understand you don't get it, but it doesn't mean it's wrong."

With his infectious smile, spirited remarks and positive energy, it's hard to imagine how Toscano suppressed his true being for 17 years to fit in society's pigeonhole of 'straight' people. At 43, the long traumatic journey has failed to etch wrinkles in his flawless complexion, which he attributes to daily moisturiser and veganism.

"I knew I was different at six. I was on a cabin cruiser with my family and I was staring at these beautiful lace curtains and I just wanted to touch them. Suddenly my uncle roars: 'Don't wipe your hands on those!' " he says, smiling.

By the time he was eight, he had crushes on his male teachers , which he kept to himself.

"I got the message pretty quickly that boys are supposed to like girls, and I heard bad things about homos, fags and queers," he adds.

Raised a Catholic and fascinated by spirituality, Toscano contemplated becoming a priest because being celibate meant he did not have to deal with his sexuality. He even went on a Capuchins' retreat and that was where he confided in a priest.

"He said God could heal me. He had me lie on the ground and prayed to drive the evil out of me. That was my first exorcism," he recalls.

Not finding the solution in the Catholic Church, at 18 he joined the Protestant Christians because the pastor told him God would "fix it". This did not work either, so he joined an ex-gay group in New York.

"This was at the height of the AIDS crisis so it was yet another example of evil," he says.

So why did he refuse to accept himself and prolong the agony?

"I wanted to be a missionary, but I needed to tackle this problem, because I was told I couldn't be gay and Christian," he said.

"I swallowed the lies that as a gay I couldn't be trusted, so I put my trust in older, wiser, straight men. The 10th Commandment says not to covet thy neighbour's wife, but I was coveting my straight neighbour's life."

So intent was he on becoming straight that at 25 he married a woman. She knew his concerns, but the pastor encouraged it and they both believed God would work a miracle.

"We were compatible companions, but I never desired her sexually, which must be one of the cruellest things a woman must face. I battled with depression and even contemplated suicide," he says.

After five years his marriage broke down and he enrolled in the ex-gay residential programme, Love in Action, which he graduated successfully from two years later. This period in life inspired his successful comedy Doin' Time in the Homo No Mo' Halfway House.

After being a "phantom of myself", he finally saw the light in December 1998, at the age of 33. Together with ex-gay survivor, Christine Bakke, he went on to set up Beyond Ex-Gay, an online resource for ex-gay survivors, and speaks regularly about the harm of therapies to change gays.

Toscano's advice to gay people is: "It's not easy or convenient, but if we're ashamed of ourselves, it's as if we give them permission to treat us shamefully."

His brain finally cleared, he started doing what he loves best - acting and stand-up comedy, earning a global reputation for his work, featuring in The New York Times, People Magazine and The Tyra Banks Show, among others.

He is now in Malta to present two performances: The Re-education of George W. Bush on Friday, and the Transfiguration, Transgressing Gender in the Bible on Saturday, at Warehouse 8, in Marsa (park near BoV and follow the signs), at 9 p.m.

"The Re-education of George W. Bush is not just about bashing Bush; it looks at issues of racism and sexism. We all have a little George Bush inside us, we just have to re-educate him. It weaves comedy and pathos and raises a lot of questions. For some people it's a bumpy ride," he says.

Peterson is in Malta on the invitation of Drachma, a Catholic group of gay people. For tickets call on 7940 4134.

Wednesday, 9 July 2008

L-Orizzont: Jgħallmek waqt li jdaħħkek

http://www.l-orizzont.com/news.asp?newsitemid=45672
9.7.8 minn Sammy Sammut

Meta persuna taċċetta lilha nfisha u ma tħossiex mistħija li tkun dak li fil-fatt hi, tkun ukoll kapaċi li tkisser il-ktajjen u ċċarrat l-irbit kollu li jkun qiegħed jassarha u xxekkilha. Dan il-pass iqawwiha u jnissel fiha l-ħila li toħroġ is-sabiħ kollu tagħha li forsi nżamm mistur kawża tal-biża’ li tesprimi dak li tassew tħoss, u li tattwa l-ħolm ta’ l-immaġinazzjoni fertili.

Peterson Toscano ħela kważi nofs ħajtu sakemm irnexxielu jsib rkaptu ta’ din il-filosofija, espressa f’The Identity Monologue, l-awtobijografija tiegħu rrakkontata f’żewġ minuti permezz ta’ YouTube.com. U dan għalih ma kienetx ħaġa faċli, iżda biss wara li qatta’ snin sħaħ jipprova jsib il-paċi mat-twemmin u l-omosesswalità tiegħu.

Fil-jiem li ġejjin, id-drammaturgu/attur/kummidjant Peterson Toscano se jippreżenta lill-pubbliku Malti tnejn mill-aqwa xogħlijiet teatrali tiegħu, The Re-Education of George W. Bush u Transfigurations - Trasgressing Gender in the Bible. Dawn il-produzzjonijiet se jkunu possibli bl-inizjattiva tal-grupp LGBT Kattolika, Drachma, b’kollaborazzjoni sħiħa ma’ Warehouse No.8 tal-Marsa.

Imwieled fi New York 43 sena ilu f’familja Kattolika iżda liberali ta’ dixxendenza Taljana, fl-adoloxxenza tiegħu Peterson inħakem minn biża’ kbir meta nduna bil-ġibdiet omosesswali tiegħu u ried li akkost ta’ kollox jeħles minnhom għax dejjem kien mgħallem li dawn kienu affarijiet maħmuġin u mmorali li jwasslu biss għad-dnub. Darba fost l-oħrajn, meta kellu sbatax-il sena, waqt li kien f’kamartu ħass il-preżenza ta’ Alla u hemmhekk iddeċieda li jibdel ħajtu u joffrilha lil ‘l Alla.

Billi ma setax jipproċessa u jifhem din l-esperjenza, Peterson tkellem ma’ xi parroċċani li bħalu kienu jiffrekwentaw il-knisja f’Times Square u dawn ikkonvinċewh li b’din l-esperjenza kien twieled mill-ġdid u messu jingħaqad mal-knisja nisranija tagħhom, kif fil-fatt għamel. “Dawn qabdu l-esperjenza spiritwali u ġenwina li kelli u interpretawha kif riedu. Nifhem li m’għamlux dan b’xi intenzjoni ħażina, iżda lili fixkluni. Bħala nisrani ridt li nogħġob lil ‘l Alla iżda waqaft infittxu direttament u minflok qgħadt fuq dak li kienu jgħidulu l-mexxejja tiegħi dwar x’ried Alla minni” huwa jgħid.

Għal Peterson Toscano, minn hemm ‘il quddiem bdiet taqbida mifruxa fuq medda ta’ kważi għoxrin sena, fejn għamel dak kollu possibli biex jeħles jew jgħakkes kemm jista’ l-ġibdiet omosesswali tiegħu, fosthom permezz ta’ trattamenti li għalihom nefaq xejn inqas minn $30,000 u għamel żmien jaħdem bħala missjunarju f’Żambja ġewwa l-Afrika u saħansitra żżewweġ lill-akbar ħabiba tiegħu għax ħaseb li b’hekk seta’ jinbidel u jsir “normali”.

Ħaseb li b’dak li kien qed jagħmel seta’ jirbaħ din il-battalja iżda bħal xi ħadd maħkum bil-vizzju tad-droga, huwa beda jgħaddi minn livell għall-ieħor fit-tfittxija tiegħu li jsib il-paċi u s-serħan miegħu nnifsu billi jfittex il-mezz li jeħilsu mill-ħażen li kien iħoss qed jaħkimlu lil qalbu u lir-ruħu.

Iżda minkejja kollox xorta waħda baqa’ ma sabx il-paċi miegħu nnifsu. Wara li kien attenda għadd ta’ gruppi ta’ appoġġ, kellem lil min jaf kemm il-mexxej tal-knisja, bi żwieġ li sfaxxa fix-xejn u li tellfu lill-akbar ħbieb li kellu, u saħansitra wara tliet eżorċiżmi, għaraf li kien jinħtieġ għajnuna professjonali u għalhekk involva ruħu fil-moviment Ex-Gay.

Aktar tard huwa kkommetta ruħu li jattendi programm terapewtiku ta’ sentejn magħruf bħala Love in Action fejn kienu jgħidu li permezz ta’ dan il-programm residenzjali setgħu jbiddlu lil persuna omosesswali f’waħda eterosesswali. Iżda l-verità kienet ħafna ‘l bogħod minn hekk.

Ġurnata minnhom bħal donnu ġie f’sensih u induna li dik deskritta bħala terapija ma kienetx qed tagħmillu xejn ħlief li kienet qiegħda tkissru fiżikament u psikoloġikament..... u agħar minn hekk, kien għadu omosesswali daqs kemm qatt kien. Peterson jgħid: “Matul dan iż-żmien kollu ħsibt li kont kristjan nitqabad ma’ l-omosesswalità, meta fil-fatt naħseb li kont omosesswali nitqabad mal-kristajniżmu”.

Għalkemm il-bidu ma kienx tant faċli, minn hawn ‘il quddiem ntefa’ b’ruħu u ġismu għat-teatru li kien abbanduna ftit snin biss wara li kien ggradwa fih mill-Università ta’ New York. Kien żmien meta kellu wkoll jitqabad ma’ twemminu għax kien ħasel se jibda jitlef il-fidi tiegħu. “Għal snin sħaħ qrajt il-Bibbja bħala arma kontrija”, huwa jgħid waqt li spjega kif waqt li kien f’Memphis sab grupp ta’ nsara li kienu gay u hemm tgħallem li seta’ jkun gay u nisrani fl-istess ħin. Għalih din kienet aħbar tajba għax għaraf li minkejja kollox xorta waħda kien għadu jħoss il-ħtieġa li jkollu kuntatt mill-qrib ma’ Alla.

Fis-sena 1999, Peterson waqqaf il-kumpnaija p2son productions u beda jippreżenta l-produzzjoni tiegħu Footprints: An Inspiration Comedy. Dramaturgu u attur ta’ karattri komiċi, Peterson jibbaża ħafna fuq il-poeżija, il-Bibbja u kitbiet oħra, kif ukoll intervisti estensivi biex jispirawh fix-xogħlijiet teatrali tiegħu.

Magħruf sew għat-trasformazzjonijiet impekkabli tal-karattri diversi li jintepreta, fuq il-palk Peterson litteralment ibiddel il-fiżjonomija ta’ wiċċu u s-sura ta’ ġismu, flimkien mal-vuċi u l-aċċent li juża għal kull karattru maħdum minnu.

Kien għamel id-debutt professjonali tiegħu fuq il-palk fl-1989, fil-play ta’ Peter Hanke “Kaspar” f’Cafè Bustello fi New York. Ħadem ukoll f’diversi films, fosthom Star Queen - A Star is Bored fl-2002, Getting Married? ta’ Eli Parker fl-2001, Fish Can’t Fly fl-2005 u Chasing the Devil: Inside the Ex-Gay Movement fl-2008. Aktar tard din is-sena mistenni wkoll jieħu sehem fid-dokumentarji This is What Love in Action Looks Like u For Such a Time as This.

Kien kemm-il darba mistieden jindirizza konferenzi lokali u internazzjonali, deher f’diversi programmi televiżi u radjofoniċi kemm fl-Ewropa kif ukoll fl-Amerika, fosthom The Montel Williams Show, Public Radio International, Current TV u The Tyra Banks Show, waqt li dwaru u l-esperjenzi li għadda minnhom kitbu għadd kbir ta’ ġurnali, inklużi The York Times u People Magazine.

Ix-xogħlijiet teatrali tiegħu huma diversi. Fis-satira li kien ippreżenta fl-2003 Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House, permezz ta’ l-esperjenzi tiegħu huwa jesplora b’mod umoristiku l-istorja ta’ l-omosesswalità, l-omofobija u kwistjonijiet oħra ta’ diversità permezz ta’ monologi minn diversi karattri li jinterpreta fl-istess ħin.

Is-sena ta’ wara kien kiteb Queer 101 li addattaha għall-istudenti ta’ l-iskola sekondarja fejn, minflok ma jitkellem dwar l-istorja ta’ ħajtu, Peterson jagħmel użu mill-poeżiji lesbjani u gay biex jesplora d-diversità u l-umanità.

Bħal Identity Monologue, il-klipp maħduma għal YouTube u How the Indians Discovered Colombus, iż-żewġ plays huma l-vetrina tat-talent li jipposjedi biex jittrasforma lilu nnifsu f’persuni oħra differenti, b’vuċijiet u aċċenti differenti.

Apparti fl-Istati Uniti ta’ l-Amerika fejn huwa jgħix, Peterson ippreżenta x-xogħlijiet teatrali tiegħu f’diversi pajjiżi, fosthom fil-Kanada, fil-Kamerun, fl-Isvezja, fid-Danimarka, Spanja, l-Ingilterra u Wales.

U issa, bis-saħħa ta’ l-inizjattiva meħuda mill-grupp LGBT, Drachma, Peterson se jżur ukoll Malta fejn se jippreżenta lill-pubbliku Malti l-aħħar żewġ xogħlijiet teatrali tiegħu fil-Warehouse No.8, fil-Marsa. Il-biljetti qegħdin jibiegħu bil-prezz ta’ €11 għal rappreżentazzjoni waħda jew €15 għat-tnejn.

Nhar il-Ġimgħa, 18 ta’ Lulju, huwa se jippreżenta l-produzzjoni ta’ The Re-Education of George W. Bush, fejn bħas-soltu, bid-diversi karattri differenti maħluqin u maħdumin minnu, jagħti lezzjoni lill-President Amerikan Bush u lill-udjenza preżenti dwar l-istorja, il-gwerer, il-privileġġ li jġib miegħu l-kulur tal-ġilda, l-ambjent, is-sessiżmu, il-qari żbaljat tal-Bibbja, l-umanità u ħafna aktar.

L-għada s-Sibt, 19 ta’ Lulju, Peterson jagħti ħarsa mhux tas-soltu lejn l-iskrittura Ebrajka u dik Nisranija permezz tal-kummiedja Transfigurations - Transgressing Gender in the Bible, fejn huwa jiffoka l-attenzjoni tiegħu fuq diversi karattri li kellhom sehem kbir fil-ġrajjiet irrakkontati fil-Bibbja u li kienu transesswali jew ta’ xorta ta’ sess omosesswali.

Peterson Toscano, li kien għamel ukoll xi żmien jgħallem kemm studenti kif ukoll għalliema, jispjega li permezz tal-ħiliet teatrali tiegħu flimkien ma’ l-esperjenzi u l-ħafna weġgħat li għadda minnhom, fix-xogħijiet tiegħu jista’ jħares lil ‘l hinn minnu nnifsu u jolqot l-għeruq tal-passjonijiet interni ta’ dawk kollha li jkollu quddiemu.

Illum li sab u għaraf lilu nnifsu, huwa kapaċi jitratta aħjar il-problemi tal-ħajja ta’ kuljum. U b’dan il-mod, permezz tat-teatru kapaċi jdaħħak u fl-istess ħin jgħallem lil ħaddieħor mingħajr ma dawn jirrealizzaw. Għax ma jkunx qed jgħallimhom billi dawn jużaw moħħhom iżda għax jolqothom fil-qiegħ ta’ qalbhom. Jekk trid tkun taf kif u għaliex, nissuġġerilek ma titlifx dawn ir-rappreżentazzjoniet ta’ Peterson Toscano.

Thursday, 3 July 2008

Peterson Toscano in Malta 18, 19 July, Drachma

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=15599629882

organised by Drachma LGBT Malta


Friday, July 18, 2008 at 9:00pm: The Re-Education of George W. Bush

Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 9:00pm: Transfiguration - Transgender Bible Stories

Warehouse No. 8 Marsa, Malta

Contact Email: drachmalgbt@gmail.com

€11 per show or €15 for both shows

Description

On the 18th and 19th of July Drachma in collaboration with Warehouse No. 8 is organizing Peterson Toscano’s (A theatrical performance activist who thoughtfully and humorously explores queer issues): ‘The Re Education of George W. Bush’ & ‘Transfigurations-Transgressing Gender in the Bible’.

Peterson Toscano studied Theater and English Literature at City College of NY after which he worked as a teacher and the director of education at CASES, a NYC alternative program for youth offenders. In 1995 he moved to England then Zambia to work in radio production for a Christian mission.

As a gay man, Peterson's journey out of the closet has been long and complicated. After years of submitting to reparative therapy through counseling, ex-gay support groups, and even three exorcisms, Peterson enrolled in the ex-gay residential program, Love in Action. He graduated successfully from the program nearly two years later, but in January of 1999 he finally came OUT and fully accepted himself as a gay man.

Later in 1999 Peterson founded p2son productions and began performing his one-man play, Footprints--An Inspirational Comedy. A comic character actor and a playwright, Peterson often draws on poetry, the Bible and other texts as well as extensive interviews to inspire his theater work. Known for his flawless character transformations, Peterson literally changes the way his whole body and face appear on stage along with his voice and accent.

He made his professional acting debut in the Peter Hanke play Kaspar at Cafe Bustello, NYC (1989). His film credits include "Star Queen--A Star is Bored" (2002), Eli Parker's Getting Married? (2001), Fish Can't Fly (2005), Chasing the Devil: Inside the Ex-Gay Movement (2008), and is slated to appear in the documentaries This is What Love in Action Looks Like (2008) and For Such a Time as This (2008).

Peterson has been featured in the US Media including The New York Times, People Magazine, the Montel Williams Show, Public Radio International, Current TV and The Tyra Banks Show. Peterson has also presented his work internationally in Canada, Cameroon, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, England and Wales. He is featured in German and Swedish Wikipedia and has been interviewed on radio and Television in Europe and the UK.

Peterson's published writing credits include pieces he has written for The New Statesman, New York Blade, and Planet Out.

In 2007, along with fellow ex-gay survivor, Christine Bakke, (with technical assistance from Steve Boese) he launched Beyond Ex-Gay (bXg), an on-line resource for ex-gay survivors. Together with SoulForce and The University of California at Irvine, bXg hosted the Ex-Gay Survivor Conference--Undoing the Damage, Affirming Our Lives Together.

Also in 2007 Peterson premiered two new theater pieces, The Re-Education of George W. Bush--No President Left Behind and Transfigurations--Transgressing Gender in the Bible. He has begun work on his next piece which will explore race relations in the US, the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Father/Son issues through the story in the Hebrew scriptures of Abraham and his servent Elieazar.

Peterson currently lives in Hartford, CT and is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) in West Hartford, CT. His ministry among fellow Quakers has been endorsed through the form of a Travel Minute

Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Blasphemy :-)

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Friday, 16 May 2008

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