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Eve Ensler: Embrace Your Inner Girl

Thanks to Susan for bird-dogging this video. 

Brad Lamm: From Professional Partier to Intervention Specialist

Here's a second -- and completely new -- interview I conducted  of the addiction expert for OUT Magazine.
 

     Brad Lamm was once reigning king of the gay late night scene. As host of Party Talk, a ‘90’s cult TV show seen in New York, L.A. and other markets across the country, Lamm held court each week in front the camera while reporting on the hottest nightclub trends.

     The party continued for Lamm even when the show didn’t: A few years after Party Talk went off the air, the Oregon native nearly died from alcohol and drug addiction until some friends intervened and convinced him to go check into rehab. Once clean and sober, Brad opened an intervention practice. Seven years later, he’s now a consultant to Oprah and Dr. Oz.

     The openly gay author is traveling the country with his new book, How To Change Someone You Love, which hit bookstores this month. Out recently caught up with Lamm to chat about his tour.

To read the full interview, click here.

Together In Change

An interview I conducted for the January 7, 2010 edition of Gay City News

Brad Lamm’s experience tells him we can help addicts help themselves

Tremors sometimes caused Brad Lamm’s hands to shake all day long. The TV anchorman and newspaper columnist had become essentially immured in his life of crystal meth and booze –– to the point where his friends feared he would die. They intervened, convincing Lamm to check into rehab.

Seven years later, the long-time New Yorker’s life has completely turned around. First, he opened an intervention assistance practice to help families coping with addiction. Now, talk show superstar Oprah asks him for advice. Her protégé Dr. Mehmet Oz often invites him to appear as an expert guest on his show. This week, “How to Change Someone You Love,” his first book, arrives in bookstores across the country.

To read the full article, click here.

Nothing Taboo (A Love Song for the Outcast)

When the New York Senate rejected a marriage equality bill, word of an inpromptu rally quickly spread via Facebook. Eddie and I ran the twenty blocks north to join others near the TKTS booth in Times Square.



A song about equality and the freedom to love, with images from the Times Square Rally the night the New York State Senate denied same-gender couples their civil rights, December 2, 2009.

Music and lyrics by David Brown with additional vocals by Jeff Stults. Photography by Carlos Gustavo Monroy. Video created by David Turan. "We're just singing our love song....There's nothing taboo about me and you." For more music by David Brown visit DavidBrownMusic.com.