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Compiled By Jack Nichols A Wig to Remember
Elton John—Revealing how his wig went up in smoke while he was on the way to celebrate his 50th birthday--“How Elton Blew his Lid on His 50th”—Sydney Morning Herald, May 6 Rather Well Put, Dan The conundrum the Republicans are facing now echoes the one with which segregationists of both parties were confronted as the black civil rights movement matured: once bigotry falls out of mainstream fashion, it's hard to talk the accepted talk without walking the walk. When the prevailing political winds force a party to abandon prejudicial rhetoric, how can it continue to advocate prejudicial policy without wrapping itself in the cloak of hypocrisy? Dan Rather—CBS-News Anchor www.cbsnews.cbs.com April 18. Fundamentalist Threats in Pakistan
Mostly the threats have come from the religious extremists.
I have come to a stage where I really don't feel afraid from
the state, but the non-state actors are very unpredictable.
However, the boldness with which the non-state actors today
threaten people's lives in Pakistan is the result of the
encouragement they get from the state.
Hina Jilani -- Lawyer-Activist who defends the Lives and the rights, of women in Pakistan, “Submission is Not an Option”—Amnesty Now, Spring issue Tourism Dies in the Homophobic Caribbean Islands The Caribbean's 33 island nations may have the world's most beautiful beaches, but they do not have the world's most thriving tourist business. Americans, the most important kind of Caribbean tourists are finding other places to go…Europeans, highly prized since they stay longer, spend more time and arrive in bigger parties, are being tempted to new destinations such as Dubai…The Caribbean is bottom of the tourism growth league at the moment. The Economist—“Tropical Blues”, April 29 Lobster Eaters, Boil in Hell!
Religion is so often saying this is an abomination, every religious person is
being somewhat dishonest, because the Old Testament uses the word
'abomination' 122 times. Leviticus 11 says that eating shellfish is an
abomination, and we don't treat lobster eaters the way we treat gays and
women.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach—author 'Kosher Sex'—Larry King Live, CNN, May 2 A Lioness Among Women You've become a representative Mother, you see, to gay and lesbian children everywhere because you've come forward in no- nonsense terms and they can feel it in your words. You've said what ever so many simply wish that their own parents would or could say. You've pointed angrily at ignorance and fear, not fearful yourself, no, but defiantly indignant and rightfully so. Your essay will become a part of history. I thank you for your willingness to share it with GayToday. We print it with profound thanks for nothing less than a compassionate demonstration of protective motherliness which makes you--in all of our hearts--a lioness among women. Jack Nichols—Replying to Sharon Underwood, the Vermont mother of a gay son whose widely-circulated letter talking back to bigots was printed in the Valley News. Andrew Sullivan--Bamboozled by Bigots?
Andrew Sullivan—“Enemies, a Love Story”—The New York Times Magazine, April 16 Religious Foresight Be it resolved: That the 1984 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association Affirms the growing practices of some of its ministers of conducting services of union of gay and Lesbian couples and urges member societies to support their ministers in this important aspect of our movement's ministry to the gay and lesbian community. Unitarian Universalist pamphlet-- “Where Love Is”—A Certificate of Union is available from the Sales Distribution Center, UUA, 25 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 
A New Executive Director for NGLTF
I assume Ms. Toledo is qualified for the job in every other way but someone who's been uncloseted only a few months cannot possibly have the gay experience one should have to lead one of the nation's oldest, biggest and most important gay organizations. Rex Wockner—“The Wockner Wire”, May 5 www.planetout.com/wocknerwire/ |
What with all the smoke coming from the wig, the driver lost his way and we were driving around for an hour and a half, with me screaming in pain because the wig was held on with knitting needles and glue, which hurt like hell… When we finally arrived at the party and I was lowered out of the van, I looked like Joan Crawford on a bad day.
None of them knew who we were (or that we were gay), and I did my best to keep it that way. I was curious to watch the enemy at ease. They were—how can I put this delicately?—charming. They seemed neither fanatics nor bigots. They had a sense of humor about themselves…I discovered a shocking secret
about the religious right: they're really quite nice.
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