Tully Satre
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Tully Satre is an American
gay rights activist and gay writer. In June 2005, Tully Satre founded Equality Fauquier-Culpeper in the rural suburbs of Virginia. Equality Fauquier-Culpeper was noted that summer in The Washington Post
, The Washington Blade, and other news outlets such as The Advocate
. Tully Satre has become a national youth activist for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights.
' liberal AMERICAblog
and later made headlines on AMERICAblog, Andrew Sullivan
's blog, the New York Times, The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, the Culpeper Star-Exponent, The Advocate, and other news outlets when he confronted U.S. Senator George Allen
(R-VA) in Culpeper during a town hall meeting.
After the establishment of Equality Fauquier-Culpeper, Tully has traveled around America sharing the story of his experiences from rural Virginia. He has appeared on shows such as Gay USA
with Andy Humm
, OutQ on Sirius Satellite Radio
with Michelangelo Signorile
, and was the first student to appear on Richmond's Education Radio.
Satre's article on Bisexuality, ("I'm no faggot, I'm bisexual" Published on Advocate.com has been the subject of controversy. He later released a rebuttal to statements made against him in several online gay commentaries.
Satre began writing for the Windy City Times
.
CAP 21 Studio for Musical Theatre.
Satre was nominated to serve on the Board of Directors for Equality Virginia, to become the first teenager to serve on a statewide gay rights organization in the United States but could not accept the position because he was under the age of 18.
Pamela Kulick / Staff Writer / Culpeper News / August 18, 2005
Arianne Aryanpur / Washington Post Staff Writer / The Washington Post / January 25, 2007
In 2007, he attended one semester at the The Theatre Conservatory of Chicago College of Performing Arts
at Roosevelt University
, majoring in Musical Theater.
United States
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gay rights activist and gay writer. In June 2005, Tully Satre founded Equality Fauquier-Culpeper in the rural suburbs of Virginia. Equality Fauquier-Culpeper was noted that summer in The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, The Washington Blade, and other news outlets such as The Advocate
The Advocate
The Advocate is an American LGBT-interest magazine, printed monthly and available by subscription. The Advocate brand also includes a web site. Both magazine and web site have an editorial focus on news, politics, opinion, and arts and entertainment of interest to LGBT people...
. Tully Satre has become a national youth activist for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights.
Early notice and controversy
Tully Satre began his online blog on John AravosisJohn Aravosis
John Aravosis is an American Democratic political consultant, writer, gay activist and blogger. Aravosis, an attorney who lives in Washington, D.C., is the founder of AMERICAblog and a co-founder of StopDrLaura.com....
' liberal AMERICAblog
Americablog
AMERICAblog is a liberal American blog founded by John Aravosis in April 2004, with several co-bloggers. The blog helped expose Jeff Gannon in 2005, and in 2006 helped make cell phone privacy an issue by obtaining Gen. Wesley Clark's call records. The blog focuses on U.S...
and later made headlines on AMERICAblog, Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Michael Sullivan is an English author, editor, political commentator and blogger. He describes himself as a political conservative. He has focused on American political life....
's blog, the New York Times, The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, the Culpeper Star-Exponent, The Advocate, and other news outlets when he confronted U.S. Senator George Allen
George Allen (U.S. politician)
George Felix Allen is a former United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the son of former NFL head coach George Allen. Allen served Virginia in the state legislature, as the 67th Governor, and in both bodies of the U.S. Congress, winning election to the Senate in 2000...
(R-VA) in Culpeper during a town hall meeting.
After the establishment of Equality Fauquier-Culpeper, Tully has traveled around America sharing the story of his experiences from rural Virginia. He has appeared on shows such as Gay USA
Gay USA
Gay USA is a weekly one-hour news program "...devoted to in-depth coverage of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues" on a local, state, national, and international level. It is filmed in the studios of, and aired by, Manhattan Neighborhood Network in Manhattan, New York...
with Andy Humm
Andy Humm
Andy Humm is a journalist, activist and currently co-host of TV news program Gay USA.-Career:As a gay news reporter, Humm has covered virtually every major gay and AIDS news story since the 1980s...
, OutQ on Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
with Michelangelo Signorile
Michelangelo Signorile
Michelangelo Signorile is a gay American writer, a national talk radio host whose program is aired each weekday across the United States and Canada. He is a political liberal, and covers a wide variety of political and cultural issues...
, and was the first student to appear on Richmond's Education Radio.
Satre's article on Bisexuality, ("I'm no faggot, I'm bisexual" Published on Advocate.com has been the subject of controversy. He later released a rebuttal to statements made against him in several online gay commentaries.
Satre began writing for the Windy City Times
Windy City Times
Windy City Times is Chicago's oldest LGBT newspaper, and the only Chicago gay publication with an independent circulation audit current as of 2008....
.
Leadership
Tully served as the hired Executive Director of Equality Fauquier-Culpeper since its inception in June 2005, headquartered in Warrenton, Virginia. He stepped down from his position with Equality Fauquier-Culpeper in June 2007. In January 2006, Tully founded Commonwealth Education Equality Virginia (CEEVA), a statewide organization advocating for GLBT/Q youth, and is current president of the board. He is the founder of The Voice Project for LGBTQI Equality, Support & Inclusion, an internet outreach program for GLBT/Q youth which also promotes civic participation among teens for equality. (TVP formed as a national web and community-based organization which sponsors the online network project known as Equality Myspace.) Tully is the official blog writer for The Advocate, and also maintains a personal blog on activism on Livejournal.com. During the Summer of 2006, Satre attended the NYU Tisch School of the ArtsTisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University ....
CAP 21 Studio for Musical Theatre.
Satre was nominated to serve on the Board of Directors for Equality Virginia, to become the first teenager to serve on a statewide gay rights organization in the United States but could not accept the position because he was under the age of 18.
At 16 years of age, Tully Satre, is spearheading one of the most controversial equality groups in Culpeper and Fauquier counties.
"We're living in two very conservative counties that have a great amount of discrimination with no policies or laws protecting gay citizens," Satre said. "I am an activist, I'll always be an activist and age is just a number and can never define a person's capabilities." Satre, founder and executive director of Equality Fauquier/Culpeper (EFC), said the reason he wanted to create an organization that reached out to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered (GLBT) and questioning community is so that equal rights might one day be established.
Pamela Kulick / Staff Writer / Culpeper News / August 18, 2005
Theatrical Credits
In 2006 - 2007, Tully Satre worked with the Creative Youth Theater Foundation and Loudoun Youth Initiative in an original production about bullying. The story was covered in The Washington Post:
Tully Satre, 17, says he knows what it's like to be bullied. He knows how it feels to be called names and ostracized.
"I'm gay and I go to a Catholic school. You get the picture there," said the senior at Notre Dame Academy in Middleburg.
But through his involvement in "Normal," a play about bullying and the teenage experience, he has come to understand that he's a bully, too.
"What's so intense about this process is that we realize we've all been bullies, that some of the things we've said or done could have hurt other people. It's been very awakening," said Satre, one in a cast of 26 students from Loudoun and Fauquier county schools.
Arianne Aryanpur / Washington Post Staff Writer / The Washington Post / January 25, 2007
In 2007, he attended one semester at the The Theatre Conservatory of Chicago College of Performing Arts
The Theatre Conservatory of Chicago College of Performing Arts
The Theatre Conservatory of Chicago College of Performing Arts is an theatre arts conservatory based in Chicago, Illinois at Roosevelt University. It primarily focuses on the training of actors and actresses in the career fields of musical theater and acting. The school offers Bachelor of Fine Arts...
at Roosevelt University
Roosevelt University
Roosevelt University is a coeducational, private university with campuses in Chicago, Illinois and Schaumburg, Illinois. Founded in 1945, the university is named in honor of both former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The university's curriculum is based on...
, majoring in Musical Theater.
Awards and nominations
- Capital PrideCapital Pride (Washington)Capital Pride is an annual LGBT pride festival held in early June each year in Washington, D.C. As of 2007, the festival was planned and produced by Whitman-Walker Clinic, and is the fourth-largest gay pride event in the United States.-1970s:...
Hero 2006 - Colin-Higgins Foundation, Nomination