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A Little About Demian

Demian considers himself a “cultural worker,” engaged in performance and presentational arts. He has produced videos, films, photography, slide/tape presentations, theater, radio, comic strips, animations, marionette productions.

Currently, he writes and doctors scripts; produces, shoots, and edits digital videos; takes digital stills; is an actor; programs Web sites; and also does shiatsu-style massage work.

Major threads in his theater and video works have been justice, equality and gay liberation. He created Sweet Corn Productions in 1971 to produce many of these efforts.

Demian conducted the day-to-day business of Partners Task Force for Gay & Lesbian Couples, which he co-created in 1986. The Partners Web site was placed on the Web in 1995, and archived in 2022.

Since 1970, Demian has been vegan (no eggs, dairy, fish, etc.) with a Macrobiotic orientation.

First introduced to T’ai Chi Ch’uan by Cheng Man-Ch’ing in 1969, Demian studied T’ai Chi with T.T. Liang during the early 70s, and continues to practice to this day. In 1971, Demian made a short 16mm film of Liang demonstrating five T’ai Chi dances and being interviewed by Demian.

Bunny Listening. Demian is awfully fond of caring for rabbits and has had anywhere from one-to-13 rabbits at a time.Sadly, the house and yard have had no lagomorphs, following the death of Demian’s beloved Buster.

Stereoscopy — three-dimensional vision and media — is Demian’s all-time favorite passion. This began when he was 12 and was inspired by Holmes viewer images. He soon produced 3-D photos using his mom’s Brownie Hawkeye.

Cultural and Liberation Work
  • Created and operated the all-volunteer staffed Noodle vegan restaurant on the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Campus (1970).
  • Originated and co-created the Equinox,” a vegetarian restaurant in downtown Amherst, Mass. (1973).
  • Producer and host of “Gaybreak” radio magazine for the gay and lesbian community, Amherst, Mass. Interviewed scores of gay men and lesbians. (1973-1978).
  • Co-founder, newsletter editor Pioneer Valley Gay Union, western Massachusetts (1975).
  • Mounted a successful campaign in Amherst, Mass., to amend the town law to cover lesbians and gay men in civil rights investigations (1976).
  • President, People’s Gay Alliance, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass (1976).
  • Creator, facilitator “Self-Affirmation for Gay Men” workshops (1977).
  • Director, playwright, producer of theater plays (in Boston, San Francisco, Seattle) and videos for Sweet Corn Productions (1971-ongoing).
  • Producer and host of “GayWay” - radio magazine, Boston (1980).
  • Authored articles on gay issues in the “Utne Reader,” “New Age Journal,” “Gay Community News,” “Seattle Gay News,” “Fag Rag,” “Gay Comix,” “Gay Post,” “Out/Look,” “RFD,” “Win Magazine,” and a monthly column in the 70s for the “Valley Advocate” (mainstream Massachusetts newspaper).
  • Co-founder Partners Task Force for Gay & Lesbian Couples - director, writer, designer, webmaster (1986-2022).
  • Co-founder of Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington (1995) - webmaster, newsletter editor (1996-98).
  • Newsletter editor for the Yellow Sun Food Coop (1975-77).
  • Produced video series of Dharma teachings with Ven. Thubten Chodron and Ven. Ajahn Amaro (1995, 1998).
  • Webmaster, associate editor for Purple Circuit - GLQBT theater resources (2000-2022).
  • Webmaster for ASIFA-Seattle - an animators club (2002-2008).
  • Created Swamp Emperor - graphic novel political satire (2018).
  • Author “Operating Manual for Same-Sex Couples: Navigating the rules, rites & rights” (2022)
    - available on Amazon.
Items of Note
Education
  • Ed.D. and M.Ed., University of Massachusetts
    (Doctoral thesis based on leading 130 theater workshops)
  • B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art (painting major)
  • Theater and movement workshops with Carolee Schneeman and Yvonne Rainer
  • Theater workshops with The Open Theater, Manhattan Project, and The Living Theater
  • Certificate in Clock and Watch Repair, San Francisco Community College

Demian’s Résumés: Directing || Writing || Visual || Acting || plus Photo Gallery

Graphic animations created by Demian.

Article updated June 16, 2019
Bunnies Loom Large in Demian’s Legend
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