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Compiled By Jack Nichols The Best There's Ever Been
With Clinton in office, gay rights has become an everyday issue. He
hasn't been perfect from a gay perspective, having signed the preposterous
Defense of Marriage Act, but with the impact of the military fight, his
appointment of more than 150 openly gay Americans to various posts and other
measurements, he's the best there's ever been.
Editorial—“ A Legacy to be Proud Of”--Buffalo News, May 8 Those TV Ads Make babies. Buy gourmet cat food. Lose weight by drinking diet beer. Your underarms stink. Wear designer underwear. Don't expect to get laid ever again if you're bald. Cellular telephone users are more successful than the rest of society. Drink bottled water. Get rid of that damned acne. Terry Everton—“Christian Angst”—Alternative Press Review, Spring issue 
Who is this Dr. Laura?
She's Jerry Falwell's prom date! Nathan Lane—quoted in The Wockner Wire #92 www.planetout.com/wocknerwire/ You Go, Julie! Tufts student Julie Catalano, an openly-"bisexual" member of the Tufts Christian Fellowship, recently endeavored for a leadership position in that group. However, fellowship leaders turned her down because her belief that homosexual acts are not biblically wrong countered their core belief. As a result, leaders of a Tufts student government panel has now ruled that the fellowship's policy violates the school's anti-discrimination policy. The Christian group has subsequently been stripped of its name and about $6,000 in annual funding from student fees. In addition, they are forbidden from meeting in campus classrooms. It appears that biblical morality is now a costly conviction. Rev. Jerry Falwell—“Bullying and Oppression on Campus”—Press Release, May 11 Rome's Catholic Clergy Fears Homosexual Anarchy
'Il Messaggero' said that a decision on whether to postpone the Gay Pride rally, billed as the first event of its kind, would be taken by Signor Bianco after he decides whether it poses a threat to public order.
Fears about homosexual anarchy in Rome were kindled further by Archbishop William Levada of San Francisco, who said that many homosexual militants would pose as priests and bishops and seek to ridicule the Church. "I can't believe it's possible that this should happen in Rome during the Jubilee," he said during a visit to the Pope. "I am amazed that the Government has not prevented it. Evidently the Italian authorities have no idea of what will happen. Demonstrations of this kind are uncontrollable."
John Phillips—“Pressure Grows for delay of Gay Rally in Rome”-- Times of London, May 12 Christian Fundamentalist Logic The transgender rights bill will allow pedophiles to dress as women and molest young girls in public toilets, according to a scare campaign launched this week. A Christian fundamentalist group calling itself the Salt Shakers has sent all state politicians an email which claims the anti-discrimination bill will protect pedophiles. In the letter, head of the Salt Shakers, Peter Stokes, writes: "Men who want to prey on young girls will be able to dress as women and gain easy access to women and girls in women's toilets, changing rooms and possibly even refuges and no one will be able to say that they cannot enter such places if they claim that they wish to identify as a female." Ron Bell—“Toilet Tactics! Pedophile Claims May Derail Trannie Debate”-- Melbourne Star Observer, May 12 The Adonis Complex as Macho High Ground
Philip Delves Broughton—“Men Journey into the Jungle of Hard-Bodied Paranoia”—The Age, Australia, May 11 Anal Sex Enjoyed by Only One in Four Swedish Women The Swedes' liberal attitude towards sex is becoming even more relaxed as increasing numbers experiment with anal sex, a report showed on Tuesday…A Folkhalsoinstitutet study found an increase in pornography had lead to more anal sex among all age groups. But more than half of the young women polled described their experience with anal sex as "negative"; only one in four said it was enjoyable. The Independent newspaper, South Africa--“Cheeky Swedes get a bang out of anal sex”—April 4 Look Kids! Nude Drunks at Pride Festivals!
Suzanne M. Struglinski—“Kids—Hide Your Eyes”—Alternative Family magazine, May/ June The AIDS Denialist Movement The AIDS denialist movement will be remembered if it can do serious damage to worldwide efforts to control the pandemic. Otherwise it will be largely forgotten, like similar movements during other epidemics in the past. John S. James—Publisher, AIDS Treatment News, May 5 |
The authors of The Adonis Complex, a psychiatrist from Harvard, one from Brown and a clinical psychologist from a Massachusetts hospital, examined 1000 men over 15 years and reached some pitiful conclusions. Modern American man, it seems, believes his ability to bulk up to Schwarzenegger proportions is his last piece of high ground in the battle of the sexes. With women now flying combat missions, a man's muscles are just about the only weapon left in his armory...In 1972, the researchers found, only one in six men admitted to being unhappy with their appearance. Now, nearly half look in the mirror and wince. A truly feeble minority admitted to turning down dates with women because they did not want to run the risk of eating restaurant food or because the date conflicted with an exercise session.
Are these Millennium March Festival attendees bearing too much? Some lesbian mothers say 'yes' 
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