WHOLE DIFFERENT ‘ W O O F !’
THE AUTHOR OF “WOOF! THE GAY MAN’S GUIDE TO DOGS” EXPLAINS WHY GAY MEN AND DOGS ARE A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN. With national Pride Month coming, it’s DePrisco, author of Woof! A Gay Man’s a fine time to celebrate differences. So Guide to Dogs. are gay dog lovers somehow different from straight ones? “Dogs welcome any chance to be outdoors with a group of half-dressed Are the rumors true that in a comhomosexuals, whether it’s for a gay munity in which fewer members have pride parade, a Lady Gaga concert, or children, pets become a more crucial a Log Cabin convention in the Ozarks,” venue for caregiving love in our lives? jokes the charmingly comic author, Is a gay-dog connection one of the who counts Carson Kressley (and reasons that Pets Are Loving Support famous pet lover, the late Joan Rivers) (PALS), which helps critically ill Atlan- among his book’s many fans. tans keep and care for their pets, is so popular with local gay men? As it turns out, there are three key factors making dogs grateful for gay To find out, we went to the funny, parents, DePrisco explains, with his sassy, super gay source: Andrew tongue planted firmly in his cheek. 22 | 5.10.17
“The gay ‘family’ dog usually doesn’t have to play second oboe to two-legged children. “Dogs are, by nature, greedy. They don’t like to share their meals, their toys, or their owners (men). Gay men are essentially just as greedy, though we will share our toys with men if they buy us a meal first. “Dogs love to be the spoiled ‘kids’ of a gay couple — two incomes and all the baubles and nylon bones that money can buy.” He’s kidding, of course. Mostly.