The Pridelets Files for October 16
On this day in 1975, the Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles is caught being a civl servant (or perhaps just somebody's servant) during a raid of the city's gay porn theaters.
BIRTHGAYS (and the occasional straights)
* 1854 - Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, short story writer and icon Oscar Wilde
* 1928 - Scholar Mary Daly
* 1938 - "Gay" newspaper co-founder, and one of the founding fathers of the gay and lesbian liberation movement Jack Nichols
* 1945 - Author, poet, and activist Paul Monette
* 1971 - Author/anthologist Lawrence Schimel
Q.UOTE
"I discovered my own gayness, I realized it would make me an outsider in society. I began to identify with other groups of outsiders, people who had no control over their own lives. I identified with women in their struggles against oppression, with the working class in their struggles against exploitation and with the Third World in their struggles against imperialism and poverty." -- Bob Cant
THE BEDSIDE TABLE
"Here's What We'll Say: Growing Up, Coming Out, and the U.S. Air Force Academy" by Reichen Lehmkuhl
Reichen Lehmkuhl was playing the role of his life while in the Air Force. Not wanting to face a court martial for being gay, he had to live in a world where he had to watch everything he did and said for fear of being outed; and in another world where he was free to be himself. “One of the hardest things for me to reconcile was the fact that I was completely open with my family and friends but faced the very real possibility of being court martialed and going to jail if I was open with my 'work' colleagues.” As Reichen explains, “The don’t ask don’t tell policy is so contradictory to what the Air Force and all the armed forces stand for ... but they force you to lie in order to serve your country.” It was the contradictions which led Reichen to leave the Air Force once he completed his commitment. Happenstance brought Reichen to meet a friend at a Los Angeles restaurant where he was approached by the casting director for “The Amazing Race.” Reichen believes his military training was extremely helpful in his winning the show’s million dollar prize.
This work is copyright© 2006 Thomas Allen Heald, all rights reserved. Contact the author at tom@idontgetit.org and the latest column are always available at www.Pridelets.com.
BIRTHGAYS (and the occasional straights)
* 1854 - Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, short story writer and icon Oscar Wilde
* 1928 - Scholar Mary Daly
* 1938 - "Gay" newspaper co-founder, and one of the founding fathers of the gay and lesbian liberation movement Jack Nichols
* 1945 - Author, poet, and activist Paul Monette
* 1971 - Author/anthologist Lawrence Schimel
Q.UOTE
"I discovered my own gayness, I realized it would make me an outsider in society. I began to identify with other groups of outsiders, people who had no control over their own lives. I identified with women in their struggles against oppression, with the working class in their struggles against exploitation and with the Third World in their struggles against imperialism and poverty." -- Bob Cant
THE BEDSIDE TABLE
"Here's What We'll Say: Growing Up, Coming Out, and the U.S. Air Force Academy" by Reichen Lehmkuhl
Reichen Lehmkuhl was playing the role of his life while in the Air Force. Not wanting to face a court martial for being gay, he had to live in a world where he had to watch everything he did and said for fear of being outed; and in another world where he was free to be himself. “One of the hardest things for me to reconcile was the fact that I was completely open with my family and friends but faced the very real possibility of being court martialed and going to jail if I was open with my 'work' colleagues.” As Reichen explains, “The don’t ask don’t tell policy is so contradictory to what the Air Force and all the armed forces stand for ... but they force you to lie in order to serve your country.” It was the contradictions which led Reichen to leave the Air Force once he completed his commitment. Happenstance brought Reichen to meet a friend at a Los Angeles restaurant where he was approached by the casting director for “The Amazing Race.” Reichen believes his military training was extremely helpful in his winning the show’s million dollar prize.
This work is copyright© 2006 Thomas Allen Heald, all rights reserved. Contact the author at tom@idontgetit.org and the latest column are always available at www.Pridelets.com.
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