![]() ![]() With her signature wide-rimmed glasses and baseball bat-shaped cane, 95-year-old former All-American Girls Baseball League player Maybelle Blair knows how to make a statement. "Whether we're tackling the climate crisis, addressing energy prices or investing in cutting-edge research, I have the amazing privilege of working with some of the nation's most talented, devoted public servants," he says. His deft hand has helped Democrats expand low-cost broadband internet, boost America's scientific leadership and technology production, and ensure the new 988 suicide prevention hotline serves LGBTQ+ youth via a partnership with the Trevor Project.ĭeGraff's ability to get things done and keep the Speaker happy has turned him into one of the most powerful gay men in Washington - yet he stresses altruism over ego. In practical terms, he helps disparate Democrats - and even some Republicans - coalesce around legislation by smoothing over disagreements, finding common ground, and employing just a bit of horse trading. "We have had a lot of success - and the Inflation Reduction Act's historic climate investments are obviously close to my heart."Īs part of his role as senior policy advisor, DeGraff helps the Speaker craft, promote, and pass bills with a special emphasis on technology and the environment. "I take a lot of pride in playing whatever part I can in enacting as much of President Biden's vision into law as possible," DeGraff says. As senior policy advisor to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, DeGraff is riding a wave of recent Democratic wins. It's a good time to be Kenneth Russell DeGraff. "As a fan of the original Russell T Davies series and the Showtime remake, being a part of this new iteration - and bringing another positive example of LGBTQ+ television to audiences - has been an honor," says Alfano. More recently, Alfano worked on the new Queer As Folk series with Stephen Dunn and Jaclyn Moore, which she describes as a "terrific experience." I never forget how lucky I am to have a role in creating great television that resonates with the queer community." "Throughout the years, I've helped develop seminal LGBTQ+ series, such as Tales of the City for Netflix and both incarnations of Will & Grace for NBC. "My job allows me to have a producing hand on many of our shows, and I really enjoy the broad range of series I get to oversee," she says. Alfano also worked as an executive producer on 30 Rock and Project Runway, which garnered her an Emmy win for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2007 and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Reality Competition Program in 2011. In her current role and over the course of her career, Alfano has worked on many LGBTQ+ shows, including Tales of the City and Will & Grace. Earlier in her career, she was also the president of her own production company called Tray Entertainment, which had a first-look deal at NBC Universal Media Studios. Before that, Alfano was president of Brillstein Television, where she developed and executive produced ABC's Resurrection. Currently, Alfano is the executive vice president of Scripted Current Series and the Head of International Business Development at Universal Studio Group, an organization she has been with since 2013. Out producer JoAnn Alfano has had an impactful career in Hollywood that has contributed positively to the quality of LGBTQ+ representation on television. Comparisons to other famous (female) foursomes like The Golden Girls and Sex and the City abound in the comments. Over 8 million people follow Peterson, Robert Reeves (age 79), Bill Lyons (78), and Jessay Martin (69) on social media, with 1.5 billion cumulative views of the friends sharing stories from their past amid viral dances, skits, lip-synching, and colorful costume reveals. ![]() Peterson is accomplishing this mission as part of Old Gays, a quad of TikTok stars bringing global visibility to a demographic historically erased from (even queer) media: gay senior citizens. Also, I want to make sure that people laugh," he says. "The most important thing I want to give is a sense of hope for people. ![]() He attributes a feeling of purpose to helping bring him back from the brink. The gay man (now 66) was repeatedly hospitalized due to a neurological autoimmune disease, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy. There were three times during his 63rd year when Michael "Mick" Peterson believed he was going to die. ![]()
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