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Compiled By Jack Nichols
Mark Shields—“Capital Gang”—CNN, March 17 What Happened to Old Fashioned Disco? Mark the calendar for Monday, April 2, for it's time again for "Super Disco Bingo."…For five years, drag queen Daisy Mae has hosted Disco Bingo. Every Monday night at Rehab, the swank front lounge of Circuit Nightclub, 3641 N. Halsted, in Chicago, Daisy Mae holds court over a crowd of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and straight folk, all gathered to play Bingo and have a great time. Men and women (and everything in between) join in the fun. Bachelorette parties mix just fine with gay men on dates, with everyone using their "Audience Response Cards," to make sure they participate correctly in this communal party. Press Release-- March 13 Village People's Glenn Hughes: 'Bury Me in Leather'
Sonicnet.com— www.sonicnet.com/artists/ai_singlestory.jhtml?id=1441609&ai_id=18551 Virtue, Art and the YMCA The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom respectable. No virtuous man--that is, virtuous in the Y.M.C.A. sense--has ever painted a picture worth looking at, or written a symphony worth hearing, or a book worth reading. Henry Louis Mencken—A Mencken Chrestomathy, Vintage Books A Rosie Scenario
The Globe—“Rosie O: Gay and Proud”, March 20 So Many Christians, So Few Lions A campaign aimed at attracting homosexual tourists to Cape Town - billed as an international holiday destination for gays - has sparked a backlash among religious groups…Thousands of Christians will gather at Newlands rugby ground in South Africa's gay capital on Wednesday, Human Rights Day, to pray for a sin-free city and an end to this official promotion of a town already ranked fifth in the world as a venue for gay travelers. Karen Macgregor-- Faiths unite to fight gay invasion of Cape Town”— The Independent, London, March 18 
Stock Market Blues
We need a new program called 'Who used to be a Millionaire?' Margaret Carlson—“Capital Gang”, CNN, March 17 GOP Sex Morality gets Tiresome I am tired of talking about sex. This is a monumental waste of time and taxpayer's dollars. Rep. Alice Miller--D-Shaftsbury (Vermont)—responding to a 12-hour debate in the Vermont legislature during which Republicans have attempted to repeal the state's same-sex civil unions law.—Rutland Herald, March 16 Oscar for Dubya
We want to nominate Bush for an Oscar--Best Performance in a Coup…
We want stars who have said that they are part of this movement, the Alec
Baldwins of the industry, to join us on camera. The response [to earlier protests]
has been overwhelmingly positive, even in backwoods Southern towns, where we
get......many more thumbs-up than middle fingers.
Bob Kunst—quoted in Johnny Angel's column in L.A. Weekly http://www.laweekly.com/ink/01/17/offbeat.shtml Mugabe Once Thanked Peter Tatchell
Financial Gazette--(South Africa), March 15— www.fingaz.co.zw/fingaz/2001/March/March15/1014.shtml |
Environmental Carnage
The Group's original biker, who died March 4, had kept in touch with 35,000 fans
via e-mail…Glenn Hughes, the original biker of the Village People, lived for the disco
group he joined 24 years ago, even requesting to be buried in his leather
costume, friends said Tuesday (March 13).
Rosie O'Donnell is out of the closet -- and happy about it.
The big-hearted talk-show titan has never made a secret of her
sexuality, say pals, but she's never shouted that she's a lesbian from the
rooftops, either…Now, Rosie has been outed officially by New York Magazine and she's
saying "What's the big deal?" to pals. The 38-year-old Queen of Nice
shrugged her shoulders when she heard that the magazine was including her in
a special edition entitled Gay Life Now.
When Robert Mugabe publicly thanked (gay activist) Peter Tatchell for his
contribution to the Zimbabwean struggle four years ago, little did he know
that soon he would not be speaking to him…In fact, that their relationship
would break down so badly that Tatchell would soon be stalking his former hero—
trying to arrest him. In the 1970s Tatchell had marched alongside
young Zimbabwean firebrands like Didymus Mutasa, who later became Speaker of Parliament, and
Chen Chimutengwende, who became information minister.
He also raised funds to buy medical kits for ZANU guerrillas fighting
against Ian Smith's racist government.
