'Outrage' Documentary: Activists Outing Gay Conservatives

[IndianaGreen]

"Outrage" Documentary: Activists Outing Gay Conservatives

First Posted: 04-28-09 04:01 PM | Updated: 05-29-09 05:12 AM

"Outrage," a new documentary from filmmaker Kirby Dick, takes issue with the secret lives of closeted gay politicians -- especially conservative Republicans who outwardly oppose gay rights.

The film, which premiered last week at the Tribeca Film Festival, features tell-alls from men who say they've had relationships with various Republicans, including Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Bush strategist Ken Mehlman and former Senator Larry Craig.

According to Magnolia Pictures, "Outrage" is a "searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians with appalling gay rights voting records who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to."

In the documentary, Dick lambastes the mainstream media for not better investigating the politicians' "hypocrisy" and double lives. He told New York magazine that the film explores "the issues surrounding closeted politicians and their hypocrisy in voting anti-gay -- and how these people have harmed millions of Americans for many years."

"Outrage" premieres May 8 in five cities, including Washington, D.C.

Go to link to watch the trailer:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/28/outrage-documentary-activ_n_192476.html

[SpiralHawk]

1. "OK, so long as they don't get into heterosexual diaper sex." - Sen. David Vitter (R)

"Whew." - Sen. Diaper Dave Vitter (R)

[jonnyblitz]

2. this movie barely played anywhere. I had to travel from CT

to Cambridge, MA to see this movie in June. I will own this whenever i can find it.

[IndianaGreen]

3. It was shown uncut by HBO last week

and the names of the guilty, which included Ed Koch, are a who's who in American politics.

[lunatica]

20. Did Ed Koch actively work against gays?

[IndianaGreen]

22. Well, let's go to this link regarding Koch

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch Outraged over Outrage

Ed Koch is steamed over the new Kirby Dick documentary Outrage, which exposes closeted politicians who work against gay rights. But he's not pissed because it says he's gay, but because he says the film defiles his record (the film claims his record on AIDS and gay rights was virtually nonexistent).

Says Koch to Page 6: "It's a (bleep)ing outrage. Bella Abzug and I, in the early '70s, introduced in Congress a bill that would outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation...And when we later said the law applied to contractors doing business with the city, the Catholic Church and the Salvation Army sued me. In 1984, I was the first mayor to march in the Gay Pride Parade. I was the first mayor to appoint openly gay judges."

Koch recently told the NYT it's unacceptable to ask if he's gay, and still won't say if he is.

http://www.towleroad.com/2009/04/former-nyc-mayor-ed-koch-outraged-over-outrage.html

http://www.towleroad.com/2009/04/closeted-gay-republicans-hung-out-to-dry-in-outrage.html

[tblue37]

9. It's on HBO. nt

[jonnyblitz]

18. yup , i know. i haven't owned a tv since september 2008. nt

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Mehlman! Whither? Don't we miss those Kenny-boy lips?

[Chulanowa]

10. Reminds me of...

[lunatica]

21. Nemo? Is that you?

[napi21]

5. HBO is playing it for the next 2 weeks. Here's the schedule.

http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet?ACTION_DETAIL=DETAIL&FOCUS_ID=706669

[IndianaGreen]

6. Thanks! All DUers should watch this eye popping documentary

and be outraged about the phony marriages by the likes of the current governor of Florida.

[IndianaGreen]

7. Republican Congressman David Dreier is one of the 'stars"

David Dreier's former lovers are interviewed, and he is one of many exposed in the documentary

[IndianaGreen]

8. And let's not forget Lindsey Graham, Joe Lieberman's best warmongering buddy

At 52, the life-long bachelor has been fodder for such rumors for years, but with the resignation of Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho — the anti-gay politician who pled guilty to disorderly conduct after allegedly soliciting sex in an airport men's room — the internet is abuzz over who's next, and they're dying to know what's going on in Graham's bedroom. Is it the latest grasp for the light switch in South Carolina's powerful political closet? Or the inevitable labeling of "closet-clinging self-hater" that befalls any content bachelor?

Graham isn't the first South Carolina politician to face such questions. While other names are omitted from this story because they aren't at the center of national speculation (thank your lucky chinos, boys) they've reached some of the most influential seats in state politics.

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/PressTime/archives/2007/09/12/is-lindsey-graham-in-scs-gay-closet/

[SidneyCarton]

11. This was tiresome the first time, are you looking for flames?

K&U

[IndianaGreen]

12. Did you see the documentary at all?

Or are you of the mind that we shouldn't expose these hypocrites?

[SidneyCarton]

13. I'm of the mind that unless you have proof, this is character assassination.

And while that was cute back in Junior High, it's frankly pathetic now. Furthermore, unless this leads to something constructive, I fail to see what crap like this achieves. Do you actually think that the voters in these districts won't merely replace these people with equally conservative Congressmen and Senators. Or are all of them in the closet too? This is beneath us, and if it isn't then one ought to question if we stand for anything other than destroying our opposition. If that's all we stand for, then there is less difference between them and us than we'd probably like to admit.

[noiretextatique]

14. how do you know there isn't proof if you haven't seen the film? eom

[IndianaGreen]

15. You can't assassinate the character of people that have no character

and you are falling into the well known trap of playing according to Hoyle a game whose only rule is to beat the opposition into a pulp.

If my wonderful Congressman Andre Carson, who was just honored yesterday by Indiana Stonewall Democrats for his work in fighting for our rights, were a rightwinger pushing an anti-LGBT agenda, and we were to find out that he hung around Brothers (a local gay hangout), you bet we would be exposing his ass.

[SidneyCarton]

17. If the only point of this is to beat the opposition to a pulp, then why bother with rules at all?

Bullets are considerably cheaper than films, and terror renders far better short-term results than satire.

[IndianaGreen]

19. Oh, the faux outrage! We have been beaten to a pulp by the rightwing. No more!

We should strike at them with the same ferocity that they used to deny us our rights.

[SidneyCarton]

24. You are sufficiently caught up in your own narrative, you certainly don't need my help.

[dsc]

25. Unlike you, I have watched the film and they have definitive proof

on pretty much everyone they mention. They start with Craig, enough said. Then they move on to McGreevey, again enough said. Then they move onto Koch who has all but admitted it. Then a conservative activist who did admit it and is working now for Equality NC. Finally Christ and Melhman the only two I think there is any doubt about at all and for them they have, on the record interviews with several male ex lovers.

[mkultra]

26. witness accounts of direct experiences count as proof

you cant debate their honesty if you choose but its proof none the less.

[noiretextatique]

16. looking forward to seeing it

thanks for the post :hi:

[Ramsey]

23. I hope it outs Mitch McCOnnell.