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November 19, 2008 |
Issue # 73 |
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United for a Cause
Two-county art exhibition aims to raise AIDS awareness
By Andie Arthur
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| Soul Brothers by Noah Jones, 20x30, acrylic on paper, part of the art exhibition, “Through the Eyes of Love” |
We’re at the very threshold of revelation. - Tony Kushner, Angles in America
In 2007, there were over 800 new AIDS cases reported in Miami Dade County. Florida has the third highest ranking of AIDS patients in the country, with an estimate of over 125,000 people being HIV positive in the state.
In popular culture awareness, AIDS has morphed from being the disease that decimated the homosexual and arts community in the 1980s to the epidemic that is currently decimating the population of Africa. According to AVERT, an international AIDS charity, over 11 million children have been orphaned by AIDS in the continent.
In watching the disease spread across the global community, many have forgotten how prevalent it is at home.
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Back to the Future
Historical play becomes timely again
By Jonathan Wemette
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| The cast of 1,000 Homosexuals, the new play about Anita Bryant and her campaign to appeal gay rights in the 1970s |
Playwright Michael Yawney was in an awkward position on November 4. He wanted to see Florida’s Proposition 2, which cemented Florida’s ban on gay marriage by defining marriage as between one man and one woman, voted down. He knew, however, that if it was, his newest play would be outdated before it even opened.
Come November 5, though, the proposition had passed, and so had several other anti-gay right initiatives around the country, most notably Proposition 8 in California.
“Before [the election],” Yawney says, “1,000 Homosexuals was a play about a distant time. Now it’s really a play about right now.”
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