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 Contessa:
The Unexpurgated and Intimate Autobiography of the Great Star by
Jack Fitzgerald
Contessa, a glamorously seductive international
film star, having reached the age where she is no longer a
page-one celebrity, informs her public via this book that she
started off in life as a man. This is the story of a bootlegger's
son in rural Arkansas who ends up in Cuba for a sex change during
Castro's revolution and who subsequently treks on to Paris where
as a newly minted woman enters the world of international show
business. This fictionalized, as-told-to autobiography vividly yet
humorously tells the real circumstances of Contessa's secret life
and in doing so leaves no sequin unturned!
Contessa
brims over with adventure and intrigue but the real interest of
this book concerns the hate she had to endure to finally achieve
any happiness in life. At the end of the book, Contessa questions
what her life would have been like if she had remained a man.
"Where would I be today? What kind of life would I have led?
How happy would I be?"
This highly unusual book spotlights the ignorance, bigotry,
self-righteousness and absurdity society forces us to live under.
Specific cases of the sexual injustice various individuals have to
suffer are told with extraordinary insight. Contessa
is the perfect guide for saying bonjour to a new 21st Century
of sound social reasoning and adieu to the neuroses of the 20th
Century. As has been shown most recently in film, stage
productions and books, gender dysphoria is a very viable topic at
the present.
About the Author
Jack Fitzgerald, the author of Contessa,
is a writer of many plays and screenplays. He resided for
nine years in Paris where he established the only permanent
English language theater. About his writing, The International
Herald Tribune says, "Fitzgerald has an uncanny knack of
capturing American types and speech; it is in their conversation
and present-day mores that Fitzgerald's talent shines. Fitzgerald
is so adept with a pen he can make the improbable seem believable,
utterly believable."
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here to visit the author's website
Click
here for an excerpts of Contessa
Click
here to buy the book
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An entertainment industry
workplace education and support project
Hollywood Supports was launched in the fall of 1991 by
leading entertainment industry figures to counter workplace fear and
discrimination based on HIV status and sexual orientation. The prime
objective is to ensure a safe working environment free of stigma, fear and
bigotry.
Hollywood Supports provides the following free services
to the industry:
 | "AIDS in the Workplace" seminars
| "Sexual Orientation in the Workplace"
seminars
| Monthly general meetings on a variety of AIDS and
lesbian/gay themed topics
| Employee benefits counseling
| Information on establishing gay and lesbian employee
support groups
| Model policies for adoption of domestic partner
benefits
| Technical information and assistance on portrayals of
HIV in film and television |
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A Hollywood Supports task force created a model policy
for extension of group health benefits to employees' same-sex partners,
which has now been adopted by MCA/Universal, Viacom Inc., HBO, Warner
Bros., Time Inc., Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, CAA, William Morris,
the Writers Guild-Industry Health Fund, Ticket Master, Lucas Films, E!
Entertainment and Capital Cities/ABC. Hollywood Supports sponsors the
annual television event -- Day
of Compassion -- June 20th, in which most cable networks, national
talk shows and daytime soaps currently participate, with AIDS themed
programming and PSA's aimed at increasing AIDS awareness and modeling
compassion for people affected by HIV and AIDS. Hollywood Supports also
serves as an industry voice to respond to inquiries about the industry's
commitment to combating AIDS and AIDS- phobia. Hollywood Supports has a
commitment of $1 million over 10 years for AIDS education efforts from the
Permanent Charities Committee of the Entertainment Industries.
Hollywood Supports' "AIDS
in the Workplace" seminar provides vital information about HIV
and AIDS in a format specially designed for industry workplaces. Hundreds
of the seminars have been delivered at industry workplaces nationwide.
Hollywood Supports' "Sexual
Orientation in the Workplace" seminar is a unique 90-minute,
interactive session that leads employees through a discussion on why
sexual orientation is a workplace diversity issue and ways companies can
foster a more inclusive and productive workplace environment through a
greater awareness of sexual orientation.
To obtain more information on Hollywood Supports'
"AIDS in the Workplace" seminar or other services call Mark
Eaton at(213) 468-1270 or e-mail meaton@hsupports.org.
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bisexual, transgender, and queer visibility through media arts.
Through a variety of programs and activities, Frameline provides
access to films and videos dealing with a wide variety of issues
related to sexuality and gender. Each year Frameline presents the
San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, the
world's oldest and largest event of its kind. Frameline brings the
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