Sept.-Oct. 2003: “Americana” Issue
The case of Lawrence v. Texas has been settled, and with it dies a legal monster that started life in 1533, in England, at the hand of King Henry…More
Browsing: September-October 2003
September-October 2003
Blog Posts
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
Tulsa is one of the gayest cities going; it’s just that its queer citizenry relies on the old dodges of the closet to get around the homophobia that televangelism seems to unleash.
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Augusten Burroughs on and off the wagon
Augusten Burroughs has been officially knighted as the literary scene’s “New Mad Hatter,” according to Book magazine’s second annual “Newcomers Issue”—a title Augusten Burroughs readily accepts with a wink-and-a-nudge and a fresh piece of Nicorette gum.
MoreFire Island: The Democratic Years
At the end of his tandem review of my three memoirs, Ambidextrous, Men Who Loved Me, and A House on the Ocean, A House on the Bay, the…More
Philadelphia Stories
IN HIS DIARIES Christopher Isherwood wrote about going to Philadelphia’s Camac Street Baths when he worked on Philadelphia’s Main Line as a conscientious objector. The time was WW II…More
An RV Park of One’s Own
The idea was to establish a home base that would be safe for women in general and lesbians in particular. In 1993, Swanagon and King identified an RV park that they were actually able to buy…
MoreA Gay Wedding (almost) in Waco
‘LET ME tell you ’bout my hometown in the middle of the Lone Star State. I might brag just a little but I really won’t exaggerate.” Thus begins the…More
U.S. Sodomy Ruling Ripples to India
Ripples from the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling in a Texas sodomy law case have made it all the way to India, where activists are fighting a colonial-era ban…More
Innocuhomoland Security: Rainbow Threat Alert
It isn’t enough that all Americans had to run out and create their own Disaster Supply Kit. For gay men, that included not only the usual duct tape, toilet…More
Appalachian Subculture
“Hillbilly” and “queer” are two words that oppressed groups have tried to reclaim. Being a member of both subcultures is often a double burden, one that many mountain people are eager to escape.
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