Preparations For The Queer Bar/bat/ba? Mitzvah
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Preparations for the Queer Bar Mitzvah: 1. Readings and Ideas a. Read ten random pages from <Song of Myself> by Walt Whitman. b. Read Suzanne Pharr's c. Read three poems of Essex Hemphill. d. Be able to explain briefly the importance of these historical figures: Leslie Feinberg, Harry Hay, Marsha P. Johnson, Bayard Rustin, Sylvester, Barbara Gittings & Kay Lahusen, James Baldwin, Vito Russo, Audre Lorde, Sylvia Rivera, W.H. Auden, David Wojnarowicz, Joseph Beam , e. Explain the distinction between a gay liberation and gay rights perspective . f. Read "Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian existence" by Adrienne Rich g. Read Eric Rofes "Gay Bodies Gay Selves" http://www.pdfcoke.com/doc/2347432/Gay-Bodies-Gay-SelvesUnderstanding-the-GayMens-Health-Movement h. Read Don Kilhefner 's "Gay Adults Gay Adults, Where are you?" http://www.pdfcoke.com/doc/2347437/Gay -Adults-Gay-AdultsWhere-Are-You 2. Cultural Artifacts a. Watch b. Attend a piano bar (e.g. Tavern on Camac Philadelphia, the Monster New York, Marie's Crisis New York) Request a favorite show tune. c. Research the life of one queer person who died of AIDS. Be prepared to talk about their life and explain about why they were important. d. Watch <Paris is Burning> e. Go to the LGBT Archives at the William Way Community Center. Photocopy two items that resonate for you and be prepared to present their significance. f. Choose one microcommunity in LGBT Communities (e.g. leather community, queer sports team, a vogue house, a trans organization, the Radical Faeries, a queer church/synagogues/religious space etc.) and explain both the strengths and the challenges of that microcommunity. 3. Community Project: create a project of benefit to the LGBT communities. To be done at the ritual: a. Recite one 50 line verse of a poem of your choice (ideally memorized) at the Queer Bar Mitzvah. b. Present the life story of the person whose life you researched (see 2C above)
c. Create a D'var Torah (a short talk outlining what is import ant about your poem/life story/ experience of preparing for the ritual.) d. Publicly acknowledge two elders and two youth who have made a difference in your life as a queer person. e. Create the music soundtrack for the ritual. Music should be composed or performed by queer individuals.
c. Create a D'var Torah (a short talk outlining what is import ant about your poem/life story/ experience of preparing for the ritual.) d. Publicly acknowledge two elders and two youth who have made a difference in your life as a queer person. e. Create the music soundtrack for the ritual. Music should be composed or performed by queer individuals.
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