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February 17, 2006

Feast of Fools does gay Podcasting proud

feast of fools Feast of Fools has truly become a driving force in the world of Podcasting. Co-hosts Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion spend their weekdays crossing global lines and barriers while striving to reach listeners from all walks of life via the internet. As thousands of new podcasts have become available for download the boys remain on top. Feast of Fools is Chicago's #! Podcast, regularly ranked in the top 15 comedy podcasts on iTunes, and is the only gay-themed production to make iTunes “Top 100 Podcast" list - and with good reason. Whether it's an intimate rummage through Illinois State Representative's Sara Feingenholz’s office refrigerator, a walk through the deep parts of the Puerto Rican rainforest or a frank discussion of Chicago's sexual underground at the world's largest Leather Conference, Queer Day thinks you should be giving these Fools a listen.

February 16, 2006

First Indian drag queen film The Pink Mirror (Gulabi Aaina) now on DVD

pink mirror Quite awhile ago I told you about India's first film about drag queens - The Pink Mirror (Gulabi Aaina). Sridhar Rangayan�s debut film even won the best feature award at the Fire Island film festival. Well, the Bollywood comedy is finally available for purchase on DVD. While I don't ordinarily plug such sales, I've had particular interest in this film and supporting it supports queer cinema in India while providing funds for more future endeavors. Watch the trailer here.

February 15, 2006

Chi Chi Larue leaves Vivid over policy change to condom optional

chi chi larue Our favorite drag queen porn director Chi Chi LaRue has stopped directing straight productions for Vivid because they've changed their condom-only policy. "As a person who has been very vocal about condom usage in every aspect of the gay business as well as the straight, and as a person who went to work for Vivid because of their mandatory condom policy, I had to stop directing for them once it became condom-optional." Larue said, adding, "It's my policy to use condoms and it would be very hypocritical of me after how vocal I've been in this industry in the gay and straight sides to continue to do movies and not use condoms. Vivid's Howard Levine said, "My hat is off to Chi Chi for his commitment to his beliefs and I wish him the best, but I do wish he would return the dress he borrowed from me for the AVN Awards." (Thanks Dan-x)

February 7, 2006

Catherine Zeta-Jones to take transsexual lead role in April Ashley story

ashley and zeta jones It seems I was just talking about April Ashley, and now it looks like Britain's first transsexual will be getting her wish. Mark Sennet, an American film producer, has optioned the film rights to Ashley's story and it looks like Catherine Zeta Jones is going to take on the title role. Ashley says it would be completely fitting. "I said in an interview several years ago that I would like her to play me in any film about my life. I like to think that she epitomizes everything I stood for when I was young - which was sheer old-fashioned Hollywood glamour. And she's very much like me physically, when I was that age. If you look at any of my old photographs, you will see the resemblance.'' And with no disrespect, I too can't help but recall Zeta Jones' husband Michael Douglas joking that he thought Catherine was a man in drag when they first met because they didn't kiss until they'd been dating for nine months. And with Felicity Huffman's Transamerican Oscar nod, leave it to Zeta Jones to be taking on a real story.
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February 7, 2006

Branded a devil worshipping lesbian, Tresa Waggoner knows why God doesn't belong in school

faust video Tresa Waggoner, the Colorado music teacher who tried to introduce her students to opera and wound up forced to take administrative leave, is taking legal action against the Bennett School. Teaching at a K-12 school 25 miles east of Denver, Waggoner chose a video of Gounod's Faust, from the classroom shelf, to teach about bass and tenor voices, the use of props and trouser roles in opera. The latter resulted in the married mother of two accused of being accused of being a lesbian promoting homosexuality to school, and her choice of Faust got her labeled as a devil worshipper. Which trouser role are you?
And speaking of insanity in our schools, the Day of Truth folks are back and do they ever have an uncanny knack for mislabeling bullshit on their video.

February 6, 2006

Lee Tamahori arrested in transgender prostitution sting

tamahori Lee Tamahori, the major film director who brought the James Bond hit "Die Another Day" and "XXX: State of the Union" to the big screen, was arrested on a sex charge - while wearing a black off the shoulder dress and a wig. The Los Angeles Police Department has reported that Tamahori, 55, was arrested during a police sting operation and he was charged with prostitution and loitering, apparently after he offered to perform oral sex on an undercover cop for cash. He faces a maximum of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted.

January 6, 2006

Pete Burns enters UK's Celebrity Big Brother house

pete burns It's a good thing they identify this beauty as Pete Burns, because I wouldn't have recognized the Dead or Alive singer otherwise. Burns gave the middle finger to the jeering crowd before entering the Celebrity Big Brother House, wearing a cream fake fur-rimmed coat and some serious stilettoes. “I feel like I’ve been fired out of a cannon,” Burns told TV personality Michael Barrymore. "I have got no problem with other people. It's usually them that's got a problem with me." Here's all the contestants.

San Diego drag king style

San Diego: “Folks, I’d like to sing a song about the American dream,” begins a lip-synching Pachuco. He's already done Frank Sinatra, Mike from A Chorus Line and a very gay performance of Cake’s version of “I Will Survive.” That's right, we're talking drag kings baby.

September 30, 2005

Lady Bunny's Cliff Notes on Tom DeLay

delay With Tom DeLay indicted, the only thing that could make me happier is having Lady Bunny deliver her twirl-like-a-girl spin on it. She writes, "Last night I asked my hairdresser if he'd heard the scandalous news about Mr. Delay. He hadn't, and asked me if Delay was Madonna's manager." Feeling uninformed? Then "put down the gerbil and acquaint yourself with his situation." Lady Bunny's got your Tom DeLay Cliff Notes.

September 28, 2005

Bella Evangelista's killer pleads guilty

bella evangelista Antoine Jacobs, 24, is facing 12 to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of transgender nightclub performer Bella Evangelista, pictured. Evangelista was shot and killed by Jacobs after he learned that she was biologically male. Jacobs escaped a life sentence by pleading guilty to second-degree murder.

Kumarsutra brings drag queen to Singapore handphones

Singapore: Kumar, the country's most famous drag queen, is going high-tech - coming to 3G handphones with a series of two minute stand-up comedy sketches called "Kumarsutra." The irony is Kumar doesn't even have an email address. "I don't believe in the internet."

September 16, 2005

Round Rock's first drag show brings fire inspection

saradoras In Round Rock, Texas, about 18 miles North of Austin, city leaders ordered a fire inspection of Saradora's Coffee Shop three days after the hosting of the city's first-ever drag show. The event attracted over 150 people, but the fire code only allows for 84 at one time. Mayor Nyle Maxwell told KVUE News he was only responding to complaints about capacity. "That doesn't change the fact. The fact is there was a drag entertainment, drag queen entertainment - people were concerned."

Antony Hegarty shocked to win the Mercury Prize

antony hegarty Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons was surprised to win this year's Mercury Prize, despite all the critical acclaim being heaped on his second album, I Am A Bird Now. "I was really shocked. I just thought I was going to be like a nice sorbet: my role was to be a counterpoint to the main course, which was a role I'm comfortable with. I've never been the main course before," he said. The media aren't so sure what to make of it either. There is talk of "anger" and "bafflement" at Hegarty capturing the £20,000 award.

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September 14, 2005

Little Britain dolls include Daffyd, the only gay in the village

daffyd doll A talking doll version of Little Britain's Dafydd is set to fly off the shelves this Christmas. The 12 inch tall doll “speaks” a selection of lines from the television comedy like "These hotpants give me terrible chafing," in addition to his catchphrase “I’m the only gay in the village." Needless to say, I want one. The £19.99 Little Britain dolls also include a mini version of Vicky Pollard, wheelchair-bound Andy and his helper Lou, and “I’m a laydee” transvestite Emily Howard.

RuPaul heralds 'the return of the goddess'

rupaul While RuPaul is currently reading Augusten Burrough's "Dry," it's "The Di Vinci Code" that changed her life. RuPaul writes, "I still can't shake The Di Vinci Code. The book answered so many questions (that I) have had for years concerning the demonization of feminine energy. I believe that goddess energy is making it's triumphant return in our lifetime. I believe that hurricane's are passionate and unpredictable like feminine energy. I've always said that if North America was a woman, the Mississippi Delta would be her womb.

September 12, 2005

Drag superstar Holly Woodlawn: I'm a cockroach

woodlawn Legendary drag superstar Holly Woodlawn was on hand for the screening of "The Life and Times of Andy Warhol" at the Houston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. "That whole era is gone, and it will never happen again, unfortunately - and sort of fortunately," she says. "I'm a cockroach. It's not symbolism or metaphor or whatever. I'm a cockroach because when the human race is wiped out, I'll probably be still living! I have no idea what I did."

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August 16, 2005

UK drag queen Sue Panover and pals get spooked for pride

panover Reading Pride festival organizers in the UK have come up with a spooky way of raising some money called "Out Of Your Mind." Supporters will join drag queen organizer Sue Panover in a haunted house for a sponsored slumber party in the Roebuck Hotel, famous for being the home of a ghost known as The Admiral. Paranormal Tours is helping out and the space will be decked out with electromagnetic field readers, infrared cameras, movement detectors and temperature cameras. Furniture moves, doors and windows lock, the sound of footsteps and hammering on the walls, sounds like a gay and ghostly good time.

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August 11, 2005

Beverly Kills gay feature film gets distribution

beverly kills TLA Releasing has acquired rights to "Beverly Kills," the Damion Dietz comedy starring an aging drag queen hell-bent on revenge after she's refused a part in a community theater production of "Balls Out," a gay nude musical. Beverly Jackson (Gary Kelley) tells an unimpressed directing duo at the Pride Playhouse, "I was a semi-finalist on Star Search, when I was a child." And they still didn't take her? The injustice! Anyway, the film won the best men's feature award at the Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. It's Dietz's third feature effort following "Fag Hag," and "Neverland."

Arizona drag kings and the Drag King Explosion!

holden cox Drag king Shannon Moran is dressed as her male playa alter ego, Holden Cox. He's wearing a uniform shirt that announces he's with the "Male Escort Service," sporting a name tag that reads "Dick." Cox gets a kick out of walking through clubs and asking if anybody's looking for Dick. From the living room, somebody yells, "Nobody here is looking for that!" It's all part of a thick, meaty and lengthy piece on Arizona drag kings that claims the H.I.S. Kings in Columbus, Ohio, started the current drag king explosion.

August 2, 2005

Drag queens compete for Entertainer of the Year

Kentucky: Divas from all over the country are set to compete in the 15th annual Entertainer of the Year pageant, Louisville's own national drag queen contest. What sets it apart from the others, according to co-founder Ed Lewis, is the emphasis on substance over silicone. Photos.

July 29, 2005

Feather Boa drags in the stars

justine tyme Welcome to Vancouver for another Sunday night at the Odyssey. The crowd is filtering in for Feather Boa, a weekly drag show that has become a tradition - and its attracted its share of Hollywood celebrities as well. Ben Affleck, Sir Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Debbie Reynolds, Alexis Arquette and others have all been spotted in the audience over the years. Justine Tyme, pictured, announces, "It's Pride Week, everybody! Happy Pride!" She pauses for effect and sips on her Molson Dry. Her face falls and she groans: "I am so tired of being Proud!" As Steven Schelling points out, "It takes a lot of work to stand up tall, head held high, and demand respect from the world around you. How much harder that must be when, like Ginger Rogers, you have to do it backwards, and in heels."

July 25, 2005

It's drag queen drivers education with Lady Una

UK: In Buckley, North Wales, like a tattooed wonder woman Brian Jackson transforms himself into Lady Una to teach ladies how to drive at the B Jackson School of Motoring. "I have been going out dressed like this for years. Everybody in Buckley knows me," he said. "Young women anxious about being alone with a stranger find it comforting that I'm gay."

July 24, 2005

Dr. Clifford Smyth comes out about his cross-dressing

smyth UK historian Dr. Clifford Smyth announced that he's spent most of his life fighting the urge to wear women's clothing. The well-known unionist commentator wrote a frank and honest account of his interest in cross-dressing entitled, "Dealing With My Sexual Brokenness." And now Sunday Life has published an exclusive photo of Smyth's alter ego, "Deirdre Blanchflower," pictured, taken at a charity Christmas function in Belfast in 1993.

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July 22, 2005

Lady Bunny frowns on fashion, disses Dubya

lady bunny Matthew Hays interviewed Wigstock wonder woman Lady Bunny, who will be appearing as part of Montreal's Divers/Cité line-up, and she let the fur fly about fashion and Dubya. "I think fashion itself has gone out of fashion. In today's shaky economy, who the hell can afford to buy a $500 belt which will be out of style in a year? The world is falling apart. Why not donate the $500 to some organization like moveon.org that's trying to stop the monster George Bush?" So what's on her wishlist while she's in Montreal? "How about a donkey-dicked, uncut, French stud? Of course, I love the dark ones that have a little Moroccan in them. I've had a little Moroccan in me as well!" I'm sure you have Bunny, I'm sure you have.

July 20, 2005

Navarasa weaves an Indian transgender tale

navarasa Transwomen in India believe they are the reincarnation of Lord Krishna, even if others won't even consider them to be human beings. Film director Santosh Sivan has put his award-winning skills and vision into "Navarasa" (Nine Emotions) to see the "third gender" become accepted, a combined feature/documentary with "real transvestites" in leading roles. In the film, a little girl (Best Child Actress National Award winner Swetha) discovers Uncle Gautum's secret life - man by day, woman by night. When he runs away to get married at the Koovagam festival, she sets out to save him.

Antony and the Johnsons score Mercury nomination

antony Nominations for the Nationwide Mercury music prize include many guitars and some heavy hitters like Coldplay, but the extraordinary vocals of gender bender Antony Hegarty of Antony And The Johnsons has placed the band firmly in the mix. Their latest release, "I Am Bird Now," features songs about transsexuality and death and ven though the nod has been labeled the "most unlikely nomination to date," they might even win it. "I'd put Antony up for the award," said Sean Gannon of the Magic Numbers. Check out this Queer Day favorite at Brainwashed.

July 13, 2005

John Leguizamo: Playing a drag queen was a killer

leguizamo as rodriguez Phillip Zonkel interviewed John Leguizamo recently and brought up something I'm sure at least a few of you have been wondering about. "You've said that playing drag queen Chi-Chi Rodriguez in 'To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar,' was a physically painful experience. How bad was it?." Leguizamo's answer? "It was killer. Doing that for five months. The first month was funny and hilarious, but then it got … I had bunions. I had corns. I had corns on my bunions. The constant shaving and the rashes, it was crazy." Leguizamo is starring in two very different films at present, George Romero's zombie flick "Land of the Dead" where he plays a mercenary and Sebastian Cordero's indie film "Cronicas" where he plays a relentless tabloid-TV reporter chasing a headline-grabbing story.

The Drag Industry Variety Awards voting begins

Australia: The Drag Industry Variety Awards began at the Stonewall Hotel in Darlinghurst this week and for the first time a drag king, Sexy Galexy, will be one of the "poster girls" for the awards. The public is encouraged to vote for their favorites.

July 6, 2005

New female student turns out to be her brother in drag

Russia: A young girl was not admitted to an entry exam at the Moscow State University after it was discovered that she was actually a young man trying to pass the exams for his sister. Security got suspicious because of the prospective student’s “outstanding” breasts, which turned out to be fake. (Thanks Dima)

July 5, 2005

Crystal Waters knows her gay fans are the most important

waters Crystal Waters' raspy voice and her fondness for men’s suits had people questioning her sexuality from the gate. “I was so shy when I first started,” she says, but she learned a lot from drag queens. “Drag queens have these amazing stories about not being accepted, but they still put their best foot forward. I’ve learned a lot about self-confidence by watching gay men, (even though) they still say I’m gay. That used to bug me a little, but now I take it all in stride. They say you’re not famous until people say you’re gay." The secret of her success is she knows how important we are.

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June 30, 2005

Transamerica wins Best Feature at Frameline29

transamerica Frameline29, the world's largest and oldest Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender International Film Festival in San Francisco, announced their awards with Duncan Tucker's "Transamerica," starring Desperate Housewife Felicity Huffman, pictured, capturing Best Feature. The film tells the tale of a transsexual who discovers a long-lost son arrested for prostitution. Sasha Aickin's "Blood, Sweat, and Glitter chronicling drag queens vying to become Miss Trannyshack 2004, was honored as Best Documentary. Frameline29 featured 266 films representing 33 countries.

June 28, 2005

The making of Denver drag diva Tracy Edwards

Colorado: The Denver Post takes a close look at the making of drag diva Tracy Edwards, known off-stage as Ed Calbart. Calbart's mother said in a documentary prior to her death in 1999, "I'm very proud of my son. He's one of the top entertainers in Denver for drag, so yes, I'm very proud."

June 27, 2005

Murder of Amancio Corrales mobilizes a community

delilah I admit it. I blew it in not previously reporting on the Arizona murder of Amancio Corrales, 23, a gay man and popular drag performer known as "Delilah" - pictured. For some strange reason I kept confusing the story with the murder of John Mayos. Perhaps there's a psychic connection and I'll wind up on Medium next season. But for now, with overdue respect, I must tell you that his body was found, in drag, in the Colorado River on May 6. Cause of death has been reported only as "violent trauma." There haven't been any leads in the case, although there's been talk on Gay In Yuma that Corrales may have been killed by U.S. Marines.

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June 24, 2005

Andre (or Andrea) Guthrie bank robbery tests gender identity

Cross-dressing college student Andre Guthrie, 22, pulled a toy Glock on four Sovereign Bank tellers in Lowell, Massachusetts during his alleged bank robbery. He was wearing an auburn wig, bra and make-up at the time - which is problematic in that being convicted of armed robbery "while masked" requires a minimum of five years behind bars. His lawyers say he wasn't "masked" and was merely displaying his female alter-ego, Andrea Guthrie. In an affidavit Guthrie said, "I dress as a woman as much as possible and socialize with a similar and like-minded community. I have been exploring both elements of my psyche for the last eight or nine years.'' Throughout the robbery Guthrie threatened to shoot someone if they didn't give him the money. They did, nearly $20,000.

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June 23, 2005

Gender bending Azis runs for Bulgarian parliament

azis Bulgarians are preparing to vote in Saturday's parliamentary elections and gender bending singing star Azis is running for office. Azis, also known as Vassil Boyanov, is the cross-dressing male folk singer who simulates sexual acts with men onstage. He has a strong following among Bulgarian gypsies. I'm betting he'll do well. He was recently elected honorary chairman of the Bulgarian political party.

June 22, 2005

Antonio Wright's gay/trans murder a hate crime, despite the law

major It's not entirely clear if Antonio Wright (or Antonio Sydney or Sidney Wright), 26, was a gay Chicago drag queen who went by Kasha Blue, or a transgendered woman named Sidney. What I do know is it was Wright's birthday and she was walking to her car after getting off work when Michael Major, 25, sitting in his car with his wife, said something homophobic and a fight broke out. Major (pictured) stabbed Wright in the chest, killing her, before tossing his keys to his wife and saying, "I got faggot blood on me."

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June 20, 2005

RuPaul: I'm no ordinary drag queen

rupaul RuPaul headlined Baltimore's Pride Block Party this weekend and the Baltimore Sun asked her a few questions, like - "Does it ever get old being a drag queen?" RuPaul responded, "You say that like I'm just a drag queen. I'm the drag queen, not a drag queen. The rules are different..." They also asked if drag queens age. RuPaul noted, "Unfortunately, yes. But it's all good. ... My story is a pretty important story to a lot of young people, particularly during gay pride season. For people to put things together it's important for people to know what time period we're talking about."

Bermuda drag queen Sybil Barrington has a Patti LaBelle dream

Bermuda: Drag queen Sybil Barrington has a dream and since Patti LaBelle is coming the island for the Bermuda Music Festival, maybe Barrington will be able to make it come true - performing with Patti Labelle, her idol.

June 17, 2005

Colin Farrell and drag queen Elaine Lancaster - in bed

elaine lancaster Jamie Foxx hosted a big bash at Casa Casaurina that everyone in South Beach was trying to get into. Those who did saw something they hadn't expected - Colin Farrell rolling around on the bed of the owner's suite with Elaine Lancaster. And we have to wonder, did Farrell know he was grooving it up with South Beach's hottest drag queen? Apparently there are honest to goodness photographs commemorating the event, as it were, and Velvet Underground gossip queen Lesley Abravenel has seen them.

Mount Sterling testicle festival welcomes drag queens

Missouri: Mount Sterling's testicle festival includes a drag queen contest this year. Testicles and drag queens. Sounds like one hell of a good time. As for eating testicles, Mary Beeder says,"You bread 'em and deep fry 'em, and they're good."

June 14, 2005

South Dakota club owner threatens to hold a drag queen festival

South Dakota: Bob Rieger, owner of Racehorses Gentleman's Club and Adult Movie Theater near Salem, said he'll sponsor an outdoor drag queen festival if McCook County commissioners place new regulations on his business.

Noche de Arcoiris: a queer youth prom in Mexican American Chicago

prom "I didn’t go to prom with my boyfriend because I was afraid of what people would think,” Andreas Villazane says. "We couldn’t go to prom together, so we got to do it tonight." Noche de Arcoiris (Night of the Rainbow) was held in Pilsen, Chicago's largest Mexican American neighborhood. The event was hosted by WRTE 90.5 FM's Homofrecuencia, the country's only Spanish-language queer youth radio show. Producer Tania Unzueta said, "We want to create a safe space for us within our own communities. We want to be who we are, where we live. ... If youth can't see gays within the Latina community, and Latinas within the gay community, it affects their image of themselves.”

June 13, 2005

Karina Lombard gender bends Playboy

lombard L-Word star Karina Lombard is appearing in Playboy magazine and she's turning the gender tables in the process. Lombard told Page Six, "I wanted to show the dichotomy between the sexes, the wild self versus the tame self, the male side in the female, and the female side in the male." Lombard cross-dressed and used digital graphics to show herself in each photo as both a man and a woman. "The reason I finally said yes (and agreed to pose nude) is I had this dream. These pictures are exactly what I saw in my dream." Cool. As for the rumors she was fired from the L-Word for being a diva and that she was having an affair with another castmember - I'll tell you more when I know more.

June 10, 2005

Drag queen porn director Chi Chi Larue spills the beans

larue Drag queen porn director Chi Chi LaRue notes, "I take these movies very seriously." LaRue, who contrary to popular myth, does not direct in drag. "It's hard work for me and for the people who work for me. I feel it's my job to protect people. That's why I don't shoot barebacking and [other unsafe sexual practices]. ... I don't want to preach and tell people not to bareback," she continues. "People can do what they want. So that's why in my movies, I educate by showing how hot and how nasty and how fun safe sex can be." LaRue is scheduled to ride in Saturday's Capital Pride Parade, flanked by two of Tag Adams and Colton Ford, and she'll perform at Sunday's festival - promising to deliver "some dirty songs with some dirty, funny lyrics."

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June 8, 2005

Drag king Transformers deliver Boy Bands Against The War

transformers San Francisco drag king wonder band The Transformers are serving up an anti-war extravaganza called, of course, "Boy Bands Against the War." All the hottie gender-benders protesting the occupation in Iraq will be on hand rallying the troops, as it were. Drag kings and world peace. I ask you, how can you resist? On a sad note, rumor has it one of the Transformers was queer bashed in front of the LGBT Center this weekend. I hope he's ok. Show info is on their site.

June 3, 2005

Unveiling of gay legend Alexander Wood statue chock full of queer fun

alexander wood Bagpipers, drummers, members of the ROTC (the Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps, of course) and people in giant pineapple and kiwi costumes eagerly awaited the unveiling (2nd item) of Toronto's newest monument. Everyone cheers as the sheet, that had become stuck to the statue of gay pioneer Alexander Wood's head, finally slides off, revealing a 2.5-metre bronze man with frilly cuffs, a bulging crotch and a Superman tuft of hair hanging above his handsome, chiselled face. A plaque on the statue's base reads, "Alexander Wood 1772-1844." "I knew him," says Dora, a 73-year-old drag queen. "I used to date him when I was 12."

Victory! Nuclia Waste to be crowned Asparagus Queen

nuclia waste Those of you anywhere near Denver, Colorado, are going to want to be there on Monday at 7pm when Noodles & Company to watch the very first Asparagus Queen crowning go to radioactive drag queen Nuclia Waste. I know Queer Day readers helped rock the vote too so you should all be proud. Waste earned more than 78,000 votes, making her truly the people's choice for my favorite vegetable. Did you miss her winning entry?

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May 27, 2005

Queer eye for a Purim ritual

purim UCLA students recently gave Queen Esther, Haman and Queen Vashti a makeover. To jazz up the deliverance of the Jews from evil Haman, 10 undergrads staged "Purim for Divas." Perhaps this will help if you're unfamiliar, like me. Anyway, a bisexual woman donning a black cape, Mardi Gras mask and triangular hat played the evil Haman. A drag queen resplendent in tight sparkly skirt and heels appeared as Queen Vashti; Queen Esther was a gay man in a dress — his long, brown hair flowing freely. Afterwards, the students drank and danced the night away. "Women embraced women; men flirted with men. A good time was had by all." Who knew Purim was so much fun?

May 25, 2005

The new radical queer world at Yale

loren Imagine a world where gender is fluid, where a person can cross the boundaries of male and female, gay and straight, and freely roam the in-betweens. Imagine that world at Yale, then read the 11 page Hartford Courant story "The New Radical" with many photos. "Loren Krywanczyk wants to change the way you think about gender. Call him Loren, or call him Lauren. Call him he, or call him she. He won't correct you. Correcting implies there's a right answer. There isn't one."

Mom says Timothy Blair was murdered because he was gay

blair Louisville teenager Timothy Blair was murdered three days ago and while police say they still don't have a suspect or a motive, Blair's mother, Rosalynd, says her son's murder should be considered a hate crime, saying, "(He) was not a thug. He was not a drug dealer. He was just gay." She believes he was gunned down for that very reason. Police say they don't know if his sexual orientation was a factor, although they admit he was hassled for wearing women's clothing the night he was killed. Rosalynd hopes her son's murder can be a lesson for other gay teens not to put themselves at risk - "These kids are meeting people off these chatlines, they're meeting things off this phone chat lines. It's not safe." The family has a fund set up at National City Bank to help pay for the cost of the funeral.

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