No shame.I want to applaud Q. Allen Brocka's column "Gay Shame Gay Shame is a movement from within the LGBT and queer communities described as a radical alternative to gay mainstreaming and directly posits an alternative view of traditional "gay pride" events and activities which have become increasingly commercialized with corporate sponsors Is a Drag" [June 20]. Being a professional drag performer myself, I agree that we need to get back to making films with and about drag queens for ourselves and, more important, by ourselves. When we leave the portrayal of drag to straight, mainstream Hollywood, they never quite get it right. None of the drag performers I know live in drag outside their performance life, a la Too Wong Foo, with Patrick Swayze driving across the desert in full face and feather-trimmed hat. And many of the men I know who do drag do not flit around NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City in everyday life in headbands with handbags, a la Philip Seymour Hoffman For other persons named Philip Hoffman, see Philip Hoffman (disambiguation). Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Biography Early life Hoffman was born in Fairport, New York to Gordon S. in Flawless. How about we stop worrying about a drag queen drag queen Female impersonator, gynemimetic Sexology A ♂ with ♀ affect–often 'overplayed'; a ♂ homosexual and ♀ wannabe, with ♂ genitalia; DQs may take hormones to ↑ breasts, and thus are hormonally, but not surgically movie making us, "the gays," look bad and start worrying about portraying a complete, rich, character of depth--who happens to pay the rent bringing joy to his community and beyond by donning a gown or two. JOSEPH RITSCH/SUNRIZE HIGHWAY via the Internet I abhor the personal ads that are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. someone who is "straight-acting." Don't get me wrong. I'm a classic bear. Gut, hairy shoulders and back, ape-like gait, absolutely no sense of fashion. Of course, put me in a blue dress and blond wig, and I'm absolutely fabulous. I acted straight through high school. I acted straight through a Mormon mission. I acted straight through most of college. I refuse to do it again, and I have no time for someone who wants me to. I'm also not exactly sure what "straight-acting" means--self-loathing, maybe? How straight-acting do you want your man to be? Liberace? Rock Hudson? Robert Reed? Maybe it's just that guy you met online: BtmBiMM5kidsBDscrt. Be careful, you might just get exactly what you're looking for. WILLIAM MUNK MUNK Funk, Metal and Punk (music genre) via the Internet |
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