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Compiled By Jack Nichols Elton's Rocket Man
David Furnish, 38, and Elton John, 54, have become the
most conspicuous gay couple in the world. Together, arm in arm, they make
extravagant appearances in powdered wigs at high-profile costume balls, and
throw overblown, star-studded bashes that raise millions for charity.
Whatever you think of Elton's floristry bill, eccentric thatchings and
funereal rendition of 'Candle in the Wind', you must give him credit for
having the courage to live his life as publicly, as unapologetically, as any
straight superstar. Or more so, because Furnish is utterly off the leash,
more so than the partners of most straight pop icons are ever allowed to be.
Harriet Lane-" Elton's Rocket Man"-- The Observer, London, September 9 The Gospel According to Terrence McNally We follow Joshua through some awkward moments at Pontius Pilate High School, where he feigns interest in girls but is easily seduced by a teenage Judas (Aaron Lohr). In this redneck Nazareth, most of Joshua's classmates consider his sexual leanings to be decidedly not of this Earth, so after graduation he leaves behind Mr. Iscariot in order to hitchhike on the open road, resisting, along the way, worldly temptations offered by a Satan (Leigh Miller) who assumes the alluring guise of James Dean. After this wander through the wilderness, it's fishes-and-loaves time as Joshua gathers his disciples, performs miracles and argues with his father, the guy upstairs. Steven Mikulan-"Love! Valour! Crucifixion!"-- L.A. Weekly, September 7 Poor Economy? The Republican Solution
U.S. Congress Member Charles Rangel, (D.-NY) -In a statement responding to Mr. George W. Bush's public reaction to news of a worsening economy, September 8 Is Tempe's Gay Mayor a Corporate Gofer? Look what has happened to my city. It has become a Corporate USA, a Mill Avenue Inc. Don Henrich-- president of Sheridon Inc.-" Mayor's recall election stirring passions" Arizona Republic, September 9 Why Travel Agents Should Boycott Egypt
The Egyptian state is ever more willing to ban books,
jail dissidents and prosecute those seen as deviants in an effort to
undermine fundamentalist arguments that the country is becoming too
Westernized…"This is a battle between the modern and the old," said a brother of
one of the defendants, who would identify himself only as Maged. "The
problem is that the old has the power."
Howard Schneider-"Cultural Struggle Finds Symbol in Gay Cairo"--Washington Post, September 9 An Ex-Gay No Longer For me, the religious taboos I felt were so strong, I didn't feel it was right to do that as a Christian…The choices were either suicide or changing my sexual orientation. Scott Harrison-" A View from the Experts: 'Ex-gay' reconciles sexual identity with view of God"-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 9 
Life's Greatest Privilege The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. Joseph Campbell-Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion- Selected and Edited by Diane K. Osborn (HarperPerennial, publisher) Bush' Doily Defense While we may not understand W's urgent, self-destructive craving for his ineffectual missile shield any better than we understand Scarlet's urgent, self-destructive craving for her ineffectual Ashley, we must stand in awe before the purity and grandeur of his obsession. He would rather risk the world being destroyed than to slow his race to build something to protect it. Maureen Dowd-"His Magnificent Obsession"-New York Times, September 5 Welcome to Its Shark Infested Waters!
Dan Savage-" Is No Adoption Really Better Than a Gay Adoption?"- New York Times, September 8 Monkey Business A number of new AIDS vaccines tested on primates have shown success in blocking development of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to studies presented this week at the biennial AIDS vaccine conference in Philadelphia. AFP-"AIDS vaccines promising in primate research studies"-September 7 |
The Republicans' own polls say Americans know the country is on the wrong track. The Republicans' solution seems to be to go down that wrong track faster. Their solution to the problem created by their enacting vast tax cuts for the wealthiest people in our society is MORE immediate tax cuts for the wealthiest people in our society. We could not afford that before, and we really can not afford it, now. Instead, we must turn around and help the backbone of our economy, the hard working men and women of this country and make sure that nobody, not even the President, use Social Security and Medicare surpluses for any other purpose other than what they were meant for.
Any state that uses a married-home standard to prevent gay people
from adopting would also, a reasonable person might assume, ban adoptions by
unmarried heterosexuals. But that's not the case in Florida, where a
quarter of all the children adopted every year go to single heterosexual
adults. How can Florida justify the creation of hundreds of new
single-parent families every year if lawmakers there believe every child
should have a married mom and dad?
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