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  • Just because you're heterosexual doesn't mean you're wrong!!

    08/12/2003 11:11:54 PM PDT · by Elkiejg · 10 replies · 724+ views
    Townhall ^ | 8/13/03 | Kathleen Parker
    Our either-or cultural template has come to an unattractive head during the recent Gay Moment, as these days are being dubbed. Of course we've already named it. We can't just let an epic or a decade or a moment slip by without a title. A label. A category. Labeling, in fact, is one of our favorite things in compulsive, either/or America. As in, you're either for us or against us. You're either from Mars or from Venus. You're either pro-gay marriage - or you're a right-wing, fascist, dogmatic homophobe. Well, no, not really. Sometimes you're not a homophobe, but you...
  • Straight 'Pride Idol' ruffles some gays' feathers

    06/29/2003 9:24:12 AM PDT · by I_Love_My_Husband · 25 replies · 270+ views
    SF Chronicle ^ | 6/29/03 | Matier & Ross
    Watch out, "American Idol." San Francisco's first "Gay Pride Idol" makes her debut at today's big parade and rally -- only guess what? She's not gay. Or lesbian, bisexual or transgender, for that matter. She's straight. And boy, are some people ticked. "It is a huge slap in the face," fumed one losing "Pride Idol" contestant. "Completely outraged," another Pride-proud woman from Corte Madera wrote in an e-mail to parade organizers. "This should have been an opportunity for someone . . . who lives their life as a Queer and feels the joys and the pain of being Queer." Those...