8.19.11 Adam News & Info

I think it's really great that the Do something vid clip focused on the Trevor Project if they just wanted to highlight one or two charity activities (I'm sure all the nominees were involved in more causes also, but they had to choose just one or two to highlight for brevity/impact).

Partly because while fandom has put its' mighty weight into fundraising for Donors Choose and Charity Water, logistical difficulties as well as other considerations made the Aftermath Remix sales a smaller scale. Pennyroyal is a wonderful opportunity too (as soon as their new site has all the kinks worked out.)

Therefore along with feeding into the narrative BTM and DoSomething wanted to create about Adam, it also brings more attention which brings more donors to this cause which clearly means a lot to Adam.

Earlier today I handed the trevor project lifeline phone number scrawled on a scrap of paper to someone. The conversation in my studio with my young intern had come around to Michelle Bachman and in a round about way he revealed that he was really worried because a friend who wasn't out yet had made a suicide attempt over the weekend. I told him about the Trevor Project, and offered the number and he asked me to double-check it to make sure it was written correctly before he caught his ride home. All I can do right now is hope, I can't sleep.

The Trevor Project is currently doing a fundraising celebration to raise 13,000$ by the end of the month for their 13th birthday celebration, I just set up a page as part of their drive on stayclassy for any Adam Fan who wants to donate as inspired by him.

(You can donate anonymously, although it looks like you need to create an account to leave comments, you can use a username instead of your real name though).

www.stayclassy.org/fundraise?fcid=121330

click on the "activity" tab to comment and see donations.

I invite you to join me!

Here is the link to the Trevor Project's birthday donation invite: www.stayclassy.org/west-hollywood/events/raise-13000-for-trevors-13th-birthday/e7067

ETA: I'm too tired at the moment to come up with a nice non-generic short blurb for this page. Any suggestions?

I think they focused on the Trevor Project because of the LGBTQ connection and left it at that :(

Re: The possible Out magazine shoot. I think that both Out and Adam are between the rock and a hard place with this.

First, it's an issue of the magazines policy. Out Magazine knows that people are following how they'll treat Adam. If they'll include Adam in their Out 100 list, it's news. If they don't, it's news. So they can't just do nothing about it, because doing nothing is a statement, too.

Second, it's a simple matter of journalistic content. There are only so many of public figures that are out in America. They aren't excately crowded with openly gay people with ready made public regognition and draw. The magazine can't afford to substitute people that would draw interest with people who woudn't be famous or woudn't be gay. Also, there is no journalistic reason for leaving Adam out, as no-one can argue against him fitting in the 100 most influential LGBT oriented people in U.S.

As for Adam, there really is no reason to carry a grudge for long. First, he isn't (yet) in a position where he could be very picky about his promotion opportunities. Especially if he's offered a shared cover. Second, Adam is scorned by a portion of gays and gay culture outlets. It wouldn't be good to stenghten this dislike.

I believe that Adam will be included in the Out 100. I hope that he gets the cover, but I strongly doubt that he will. The magazine would sell plenty of additional copies because of it, but the core readers, who are the life of any paper, might see it as selling out.