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September 2007

CommuniKate
September 2007

-- Date With Kate Winner Announced
-- Private Internet Chat With Kate Clinton
-- Site News
-- DVD News
-- EduKate
-- Monthly Trivia Contest: New prize! Win A Marrying Kind CD
-- Fifty On Feminism
-- Kate Clinton Tour News
-- The Virtual World
-- Fan Spotlight
-- Booking and Publicity

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Photo: Madam President of CYO. We love it!

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And The Winner Is.........
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What an amazing pleasure to read the entries to our Win a Date With Kate contest! It was like E-Harmony without the homophobia!

First, I thank you all for your sweet respect of my 20 year relationship and I especially enjoyed those who invited Urvashi to join us on our date. You guessed right if you thought our date would be more fun if she were with us. You might not have guessed that she would make us end the night with a double espresso and then punk music with a pungra beat. One single woman asked us to help her cruise and get a date.

Many of your entries were also love poems to your home cities. I have duly noted your favorite restaurants, walks, views, and girl bars. Your perfect dates were invitations to softball games, poker, beach fires, mass with cocktails after, dates including 5 year old sons, scrabble, lots of ice cream, lots of mojitos, 12 step programs, the Bisbee copper mines, Greensboro art galleries, breakfast in Memphis, BLTs on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, lobster in Ptown, a movie in Montpelier, the Huntington Gardens in San Marino, a hike in Boulder, homemade dinner in Georgia, an Indigo Girls concert, snacks on a Lake in upstate New York, an Indian dinner cooked by very own girlfriend, then extreme Boggle. One gay man even wanted a date! One woman suggested time travel back to the Duchess bar in NYC in 1978. Love those lesbians in their wayback machines!

Reading your entries reminded me of giving writing assignments when I was teaching high school English. Like those essays, your approaches were so creative - some seductive letters, some historical narratives of your towns, some reminiscences of early shows, some clever disguises from friends who were amazed that anyone would want a date with me [you know who you are], some descriptions of partners who had passed and some not even a request for a date!! Thank you all for the time you put into your entries.

Though my people tell me I must chose one, I wish we could just name a centrally located city, a date and time and all have a giant Moonie type date. But that would change the specialness of the one-on-one date thing, and turn it more into a festival, so never mind.

Kate

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Congratulations to Helen Elizabeth Duffy.

When Helen received the news she exclaimed: "As we said in Catholic grade school... 'jesus, mary, and joseph' I am thrilled ....nothing expresses my astonishment. thank you."

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The Winning Submission

"I lost my partner in 2005 (December) We were the one and only for 38 years. We have seen your shows 3x in Columbus and attended Clinton’s inauguration in Washington and the Gay et al reception there. I saw you again and was so excited when I spoke with you, I kept saying how much I love you, but I couldn’t remember your name (I kept twirling your name badge). I am alone now but I will always have you in my heart. From an admiring recovering Irish Catholic... you know what I mean."
- Helen Elizabeth Duffy... age 73

Kate and Helen will meet in Columbus, Ohio on 5/13/08. Both are looking forward to spending some time together.

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Private Internet Chat With Kate Clinton Brought On A Fun-Filled Evening
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Thank you all for taking part in the chat. What a great evening. From Staten Island to Saginaw to Canada and back to The United States. Everyone came out to chat. Conversation flowed from Cinnamon Lemon Chicken to Restless Craig Syndrome. Keep your eyes out for future chat room dates!

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Site News
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Need a Sweatshirt for the Fall?

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Check out Kate's Climate Change tour apparel including warm and cozy hoodies and fan-favorite "Lazy Top" and "Women laughing together is like women coming together" shirts and accessories.
http://www.cafepress.com/kateclinton

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Updated Weekly - New Question Every Monday

K8T Asks: Kate asks, you answer, no registration necessary. Here's Kate's current question:
"We can't just kick back and wait for W to leave - he's not. He's busy. What would you tell your congressman or representative to do to keep the pressure on the president?"

Click here to tell Kate what you think!
http://kateclinton.com/communikate/2007/09/k8t_asks_what_would_you_tell_y.html

Ask K8T: Ever had a question you just wish you could ask? Well here's your chance - send your questions now to askk8t@kateclinton.com and we'll post selected questions and answers:
http://kateclinton.com/communikate/ask_k8t/

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Free Kate Clinton E-Cards

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Have you sent a free electronic Kate Clinton greeting card? Surprise someone with a note in their mailbox:
http://pub28.bravenet.com/postcard/post.php?usernum=2381952992

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Join Kate in the Forum

Almost one year to go before we vote in a new president. Yea! Kate would love to open this discussion up.

"Anyone have any good tactics for getting out the vote in 2008?"
http://kateclinton.com/communikate/forum/viewtopic.php?t=81

Meet her there to discuss!
http://kateclinton.com/communikate/forum/

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Climate Change: The Unfortunate Fall

"As you must remember, we’ve got an extra week before we fall ahead. Although we gain an hour of sleep, we have to start wearing miner helmets to work in the morning..."
http://kateclinton.com/communikate/2007/09/the_unfortunate_fall.html

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The HA [Humor Activism] Corner: High School Censorship

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"I'm at school right now researching and I wanted to visit your website. But the school internet won't let me visit your website. This is so f*&%ing stupid. I have no clue as to why they have blocked your website from the server. But I think that I'm going to bitch at them in a second."

Back To The Principal - What did The School Do?

"They didn't do shit actually. By the way I go to Olympia High School in Olympia, WA. It's a hella long ways away from you haha. I went to the principal and said that I wanted to know the reason that your website was blocked and he said that gay/lesbian issues weren't in the teaching book so there's no point to allow those websites in school. I can't believe this crap! I'm so pissed it's not even funny. He asked why I needed to access the website and I said that I was doing research, of which I was. I was going to use you in my heroes assignment. We're supposed to write about our hero and you're mine. And he said that if I really wanted to write about a dyke that I could do that in my own time."
- Kaleigh Costello

We want to hear your activism stories! Share some of the witty, gay civil protests you've done in our HA [Humor Activism] Corner:
http://kateclinton.com/communikate/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5

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DVD News
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All Out Films Presents: It's Come To This! 25th Anniversary DVD

Release Date: November 2007. You will love this collectors' item. Catch Kate in personal interviews, backstage in Los Angeles with Urvashi Vaid, and in performance outtakes.

Film Festival Screenings

Tucson, AZ - October 5th
Lesbian Looks 2007 15th Anniversary Season
http://www.wingspan.org

Austin, TX - October 6th
http://www.agliff.org

Rochester, NY - October 11
http://www.imageout.org

Seattle, WA - October 19
http://www.seattlequeerfilm.org

Royal Oak, MI - October 19th
http://www.reelpridemichigan.org

Pittsburgh, PA - October 22
http://www.plgfs.org

Also catch the show on LOGO. Check local programming for air dates.
http://www.logoonline.com/shows/dyn/kate_clinton_25th/series.jhtml

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Have you seen Kate talking a blue streak? here! Comedy Presents Kate Clinton

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Beloved political humorist, Kate Clinton, cuts lose and runs with the burning issues of the day - same and same old sex marriage, pop and pope culture, good and bad Bush fatigue - in this one-funny woman, standup performance. You'll laugh til you think!

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http://www.heretv.com

Find out more and order your DVD now:
http://kateclinton.com/katemart/2006/07/here_comedy_presents_kate_clin.html

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In Passing - A Film By Kate Fitzgerald

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Kate Clinton is a guest star in this urban Love Story between two women set in New York City. Vanessa Kelly and Julia Garrison portrayed by Veronica Mittenzwei and Lisa Rothe respectively. The film explores the dynamic of their relationship, how they reveal the treasures of their hearts and souls to each other and ultimately part, perhaps never to meet again. It is a universal story that many of us have lived through, cried over and grown from. In Passing... intimates that loving another is the surest path to knowing ourselves and that love always transforms us whether we experience incredible joy or deep sorrow. As the character of Julia reflects, "...One good thing about life is that it gives us the chance to love over and over again..."

http://www.inpassingmovie.com
http://www.olivefilms.com

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EduKate
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Quotable K8T

"I kept waiting for them to blame the hurricanes on gay marriage. When they started talking about weakened dykes, I thought, well here we go."
- Kate Clinton

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Outspoken Activist Of The Month: Dr. Betty Sullivan

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Dr. Betty L. Sullivan (LEFT) of "Betty's List" based in San Francisco, was honored by Lyon-Martin Health Services for her work in the Bay Area's LGBT community. In the photo with Betty are Dawn Harbatkin, MD, medical/executive director of Lyon-Martin (center) and Lindsey Jones, executive director of the San Francisco Pride Celebration Committee. (Photo by Cathy Blackstone, Special to Betty's List)

Dr. Betty Sullivan, founder and editor of "Betty's List," was recently honored for her community service by Lyon-Martin Health Services at its annual benefit, Barbeque By The Bay. In the San Francisco Bay Area, she is known for the quality events she produces and promotes the in the LGBT community. She has served on non-profit boards and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to benefit key organizations.

She has worked for newspapers, including The New York Times, USA Today, New York Newsday, San Francisco Chronicle and more than 400 others throughout the US during her tenure as education director for the Newspaper Association of America Foundation based near Washington, DC and the World Association of Newspapers in Paris. She has conducted media education projects with PBS, Children's Television Workshop, the United States Olympic Committee, CNN Newsroom and more.

She has built web sites, conducted and appeared on national teleconferences, taught media education at Harvard and was an invited guest to White House luncheons and inaugurals during the first Bush and first Clinton administrations.

She once was asked to speak at a major conference on world literacy at the United Nations and has also received a distinguished alumna award from Columbia University in New York.

http://www.Bettyslist.com

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Outspoken Organization Of The Month: The Astraea National Lesbian Foundation

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Astraea began in 1977, when a small group of women created a multi-racial, multi-class, feminist foundation in order to address the lack of funding for women-specifically lesbians and women of color. They believed that even the smallest of gestures, when combined, could create, nurture and strengthen significant social change. And they were right.
Today, Astraea is the only foundation in the world solely dedicated to supporting LGBTI organizations in both the U.S. and internationally. We raise funds and issue grants based on the belief that all women can participate in the philanthropic process-from giving to grantmaking. Governed by a national board of directors, and run by a staff of thirteen, Astraea is primarily supported by individual members.

In the face of scant resources and at times, physical danger, Astraea grantees are fueling the movement for social change in villages, cities and towns around the world. A miniscule 0.3% of all foundation dollars is directed toward lesbian and gay issues. Astraea exists to fund these issues.

Formerly the Astraea Lesbian Action Foundation, in 2003, we became the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. Our new logo, much like Astraea grantees, grows, spirals and emits powerful energy. It has no sharp edges or precise borders. That's because true social change is propelled forward, from person to person, community to community, continent to continent.

http://www.astraea.org

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Page One: K8T is reading... Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy by Stephen Duncombe

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A twenty-first-century manifesto for the left - how we can draw upon popular fantasies to create an alternative politics through imagination and spectacle.
http://www.thenewpress.com/index.php?option=com_title&task=view_title&metaproductid=1354

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Page One: K8T is reading... BITCH

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Bitch: A Feminist Response to Pop Culture is a print magazine devoted to incisive commentary on our media-driven world. We feature critiques of TV, movies, magazines, advertising, and more-plus interviews with and profiles of feminist pop culture makers, new books and music, and lots more.
http://www.bitchmagazine.org

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Monthly Trivia Contest: New prize! Win "The Marrying Kind" on CD
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The first person to email us with the correct answer to the following trivia question gets a copy of Kate's "The Marrying Kind" on CD. Score! Here's the question: "Color not used in Kate's early LPS - red, yellow, blue, black?" Click here to email us your answer:
kate@kateclinton.com

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Last Month's Contest

Last month's question was "In 2005, what was the name of Kate's show?" Rynette Hubbard writes, "The answer is Talking a Blue Streak," and she's bsolutely right. Thanks for playing - better luck to the rest of you this month!

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Fifty On Feminism
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"Feminism taught me to listen and nod when told the biggest piles of crap; to pause then burst into guffaws; to recover then look them in the eye and say incredulously, "Oh my goodness, you MEAN it." They never say those lies again with any degree of confidence. Radical fun."

Kate Clinton,
humorist
Ms. Magazine

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Kate Clinton Tour News
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See Kate Live - Kate's Dates:
http://kateclinton.com/kates-dates/

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Get Ready for Climate Change!

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Did You Mark Your Calendar Yet?
Women's Week in Provincetown

10/11-7pm 10/12-3pm & 7pm 10/13- 3pm & 7pm Provincetown, MA
Women's Week 2007  Crown and Anchor
http://www.onlyatthecrown.com

Woman Of The Year Award

On October 13, 2007, the Women Innkeepers of Provincetown will begin a new tradition during Women’s Week by bestowing the Woman of the Year Award to a member of Provincetown’s women’s community. The intent of this Award is to honor a Provincetown woman who has made a significant difference in the lives of other women, and who has contributed in an extraordinary way to women and to her community.

The Women Innkeepers of Provincetown are honored this year to bestow this prestigious Woman of the Year Award to Kate Clinton, writer, activist, and comedian, for the great work she has done in raising political awareness and encouraging other women to live honestly and consciously. We wish to honor her twenty-five years of bringing laughter to the thousands of women who have listened to her unique perspective, and whose lives have been changed by her words.

The Award is represented by a stylized ceramic sculpture of a woman, designed and created by renowned Provincetown sculptor Gail Browne. The original sculpture will be on display at Gail Browne Studios on Commercial Street during Women's Week, prior to the presentation.

The Women Innkeepers of Provincetown will present the Award to Kate Clinton during the gala Masquerade Ball on Saturday, October 13 at 10:30pm. The Ball will be held at Paramount at the Crown and Anchor, 247 Commercial Street, and features a night of dancing to the music of the incredible Claire Daly Band.

The mission of the Women Innkeepers of Provincetown is to promote, cultivate, and assist member innkeepers in business in Provincetown. Our primary focus is to fill our guest accommodations through networking, group marketing and advertising, mutual referrals and sponsorship of events. In addition, we work to provide a quality Provincetown experience to visitors and support our local Provincetown community.

The Women Innkeepers of Provincetown is a not-for-profit 501 (c) (6) organization, comprised of 7 member inns located in Provincetown, MA.
http://www.womeninnkeepers.com/

WW Special Events

10/10- Join Girl Power Events and Kate Clinton for a night out dancing at the Pied.
http://www.girlpowerevents.com/

10/11- Join Kate Clinton and NCLR
Kate Clinton Touch Football Classic
Bas Relief Park, 12 noon
Free

10/13 at 12 noon - Women's Week Romp, Stomp & Rally at the Crown and Anchor - Kate will be there to join in on the fun.

10/13 at 10:30pm - Kate receives Woman Of The Year Award at Crown and Anchor.

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New York, New York: Kate's Only 2007 NYC Appearance!

Thursday, Nov. 1
7:30pm
Gotham Comedy Club, 208 West 23rd St., NYC
http://www.gothamcomedyclub.com
Reservations: 212-367-9000

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Upcoming Tour Dates

9/28/07
Washington, DC
Out and Equal  The Annual Summit Gala Dinner Washington DC Hilton http://www.outandequal.org
Note: private event for conference attendees only

10/27/07
Lexington, KY
Singletary Center
http://www.singletarytickets.com 859-257-4929

11/16/07
Alexandria, Virginia
The Birchmere http://www.ticketmaster.com 202-397-SEAT
For more information:
http://www.birchmere.com 703-549-7500

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The Virtual World
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YouTube

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IuciaIAHDsA

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Olivia Connect

http://connect.olivia.com/connect/

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OurChartreusers!

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http://www.ourchart.com/blog/41

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The Huffington Post - Breaking News and Opinion

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/becoming-fearless/

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Over 1,500 MySpace Friends!

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Kate's MySpace Fan Club:
http://groups.myspace.com/kateclinton

Kate's MySpace Page:
http://www.myspace.com/kateclinton

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Fan Spotlight
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Send Kate a letter or a photo - we're always posting new fan photos on the site and Kate loves to hear from you! Here are some recent letters and photos. Keep 'em coming!
kate@kateclinton.com

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Can I Clone You?

When they made you... Funny, Smart, beautiful.... need I go on?? Can I get a hair or fingernail so I can clone you? I want a KC all to myself!

Clare.

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HATCH

Ms. Clinton,

Thank you so much for your correspondence. I am still hoping you will come and see what Houston has to offer if you've never been. I am with a few organizations, and I still plan to volunteer with Houston's Pride Parade next year. There are pictures in my album. I volunteered with Pride Houston and I even worked the festival. I'm with AssistHers, an organization that assist lesbians with debilitating illnesses, HATCH, the Houston Area Teen Coalition for Homosexuals, and The Women's Group, it's a houston feminist group that's been meeting for 25 years. I feel all special because I'm the youngest and they baby the hell out of me! But with all that I do, I at times still feel inadequate. I'm not sure I'll ever know, when what I'm doing is enough. And I unfortunately won't be able to make it to the conference because I'm a full-time college student, meaning that I can't afford the trip and I'd miss classes, but I'll ask someone I know is going to take lots of notes and lots of pictures.

Again, thank you,

-A'Ja

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Be My Friend On Myspace!

Wow! I'm honoured to be on your top list of friends. You know one thing that is REALLY over looked... is same sex binational couples. I am British and my partner is from Minneapolis, MN USA! All we've wanted to do for the last 5 years is find a way to move back to the states. My partner, Julie misses home. And I miss it too. I love Minneapolis. It's just so sad that the US will let a foreigner into the country if he/she is in a relationship with someone of the opposite sex from the US. I think they only need to meet a couple of times and don't have to know each other very long. But Julie and I have been together for over 5 years. Our relationship is FOREVER! We are very devoted to each other and intend on growing old together. But the US won't let us come back home. It's really heartbreaking. We have had to spend everything we had (plus borrow) to get Julie over here. But atleast in England, if you can prove you've been together for 2+ years you can be granted an extension. And after 2 more years (if your still together), the foreign partner can stay indefinitely . England is good in that way. Plus we have Civil Partnerships now (which is the closest thing to marriage we can get). I would love to have our story told someday. I was thinking in the lines of Oprah or something. We'd love to help pave the way for others in our situation. Maybe one day things will change. Anyway... thanks for listening. Sorry to bore you too much!

Peace, love and respect
Tameka and Julie xx (living in the UK)

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Michigan Shoutout!

Hi Kate,

You have been an inspiration with your humor for years. I first saw you in the late 80's with my former partner. My current partner and I have together for 14 years and haven't missed an Ann Arbor show of yours.

One of the fortunate and unfortunate things that have happened to me was losing my former partner last December 2006 in a plane crash. She was on a rescue mission. I was in the hospital in Ann Arbor with Leukemia and was almost died on the day of her Memorial Service. As soon as I was home from the hospital I received a laptop from partner and I immediately signed up for your newsletter. It was and still is the best therapy (laughing).

My Mom was one of nine children, five them were gay including my Mom but she came out two weeks before she died. My Mom's youngest sister, Judy is who you look like to me. If you look at my carepage my Mom is ther, she looks somewhat like my Aunt Judy.

Thanks for the laughs,
Peg McPhee Gordon

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Speaking Of Michigan

Does anyone remember what Kate was doing in this photo from the Michigan Women’s Festival back in the '80's? Email us if you know the answer!
kate@kateclinton.com

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Celebrate Being Out!

Kate -

Thanks for your thoughts on the worthiness of just trying to find oneself a little joy. Whenever I hear the well-intended talking about wanting to protect our community and watch them get a little too off on relaying all the bad things that happen to us as proof of how horrible it is to be gay and how much they need donations to keep protecting the weak, beat-up, pathethic gays, I feel sad for a moment and wish that there was a group working to reach that golden ring just past "tolerate" where we're celebrated because of just how fantastic we are. I want a group that is so spreading the good gay word that the number of participants in Natl Coming Out Day increases by the millions - because people think it's just the best thing to be gay and they want to be gay too. Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate - because it's good, real good, to be gay. :) Just as activists who "demand peace now" seem to have missed the mark just a bit, only focusing on all of the bad, bad, ugly things will wear you out fast. Isn't communal joy where we're trying to go, anyway? Thanks for putting that happy little reminder out there. Here's to just buckets and buckets of joy awaiting you around every corner,

:) Anna Deligio
Tucson, AZ

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See fan photos:
http://kateclinton.com/kate-multimedia/

Send Kate a photo or letter:
kate@kateclinton.com

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Booking and Publicity
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Whether you're with an organization, corporation, club, theater or bookstore, feel free to inquire about having Kate entertain you for the evening. You can now find workshop and presentation descriptions here:
http://kateclinton.com/booking-publicity

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For personal appearances/performances (i.e. standup, hosting, emceeing, business and organization presentations) contact:
Tam Martin, Artist Representative
Beachfront Bookings/Productions
[Beachfront Bookings/Productions logo]
P.O. Box 13218, Portland, OR 97213-0218
(503) 281-3874 phone | (503) 281-3881 fax
tammartin@aol.com
http://beachfrontbookings.com

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For College and University lectures, contact:
Jodi Solomon
Jodi Solomon Speakers Bureau, Incorporated
325 Huntington Avenue Suite 112, Boston, MA 02115
(617) 266-3450 phone | (617) 266-5660 fax
http://www.jodisolomonspeakers.com

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For all other Kate Clinton Inc. business (i.e. media, merchandise, newsletter, marketing, web site and more) contact:
Michele Karlsberg Marketing & Management
47 Dongan Hills Ave, Staten Island, NY 10306
(718) 351-9599 phone | (718) 980-4262 fax
karlsbergm@aol.com

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kate@kateclinton.com
http://kateclinton.com/booking-publicity

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