News Briefs – July 2006
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May 2006
Date Night – Gay Mating Season
I’m usually really good about doing my research before making a big decision. Now, we’re not talking scouring the papers for the coupon that will save me 25 cents on that exorbitantly priced bottle of lube (try Target’s store brand), but I’m known for at least a little due diligence. […]
Movie Review – Poseidon
Call me nit-picky. I wanted to be swept away by this remake of The Poseidon Adventure, a smash hit in 1972 and up for several Oscars; it walked away with one for music and second for special effects. […]
Book Marks
Inside Out: Straight Talk from a Gay Jock, by Mark Tewksbury. John Wiley & Sons, 262 pages, $24.95 hardcover. […]
Talking It Over – Coping with a New World
The contestants on Jeopardy the other night were stumped by questions relating to the culture of the 1950s, which I knew cold. On the other hand, one of them breezed through a category of modern pop music that left me out in the cold. I knew nothing. […]
Stay Healthy This Summer, and “Check The Pulse”
The Kansas City metro area has one statistic about the months of June and July, and it’s not a pleasant one. STD’s show much higher transmission rates during the months of June and July. […]
Lesbian Notions – Do the Paperwork
The man who sat across from me was good-looking and in his mid-30s – a corporate type who was crying as he ate his bagel. Almost six months after losing his 41-year-old partner, Rich Janulis, to a bad heart, Jim Salengo’s pain is palpable. […]
OutThere, More Than Cards and Gifts
To say that OutThere, formerly Larry’s Cards and Gifts, is an institution in the Kansas City gay community might be an understatement. […]
“The Changer” Celebrates Thirty Years
The first time I saw Cris Williamson sing was in 1995. I had flown to Berkeley, California, for the 20th anniversary concert for Olivia Records and I fell head over heels for the songbird perched on the piano bench, singing lyrics that were elemental, spiritual—and all about me. […]
The Diva is Coming! RuPaul to Rock KC At Pride
GET READY KANSAS CITY. Because you’re gonna WORK. Yes! RuPaul is gracing this year’s Gay Pride Festival At the Liberty Memorial on the evening of June 4, 2006, with his brand of show stopping, disco hopping drag which made him a household name. […]