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to review the case, and to restore VL’s visitation rights at once while the litigation is pending. Once again, we await High Court action on a critical gay rights issue. I’m not sure how quickly the justices must reply to such a motion, but keep an eye out for some news from the Big Nine.
Come to Me, Bend to Me
I just checked Google to see if something earth shattering occurred in the thirty minutes since last I checked, and I was encouraged by the mysterious headline “Screening of Brigadoon addresses LGBT issues.” Ever seen Brigadoon? One of the 15 myths about gay men was the “myth” that my gay brothers are all experts on show tunes. And again, I know that’s not a myth, and I
know that only age separates those of you who remember the Lerner and Lowe stage and screen classic from those of you who do not. Personally, I think of it every time I roam through a field of heather. You can imagine how intrigued I was to discover that there might be a gay angle to the haunting tale of the mystical (and musical!) town that comes to life only once every hundred years. Did someone perhaps produce a version where the two American men fall for each other and remain in Brigadoon to avoid the homophobia of the 1950s? Or did I misread the headline, which actually referred to a screen of the youtube video “Bridegroom?” Um, yes that’s what happened. Listen, those of us who remember Brigadoon cannot always see without reading
glasses, so give me a break. Or give me a gay break as our generation used to say, for reasons that elude me at present. Sing with me: What a day this has been! What a rare mood I’m in. Why it’s almost like being in love!
Gossip Boys
Speaking of aging, eyesight is not the only threatened human function. Memory goes too. I was just reading about actress Holland Taylor, who sort of came out of the closet the other day but sort of was never in the closet to begin with. I patted myself on the back at the news, because I had long known about Ms. Taylor’s orientation thanks to a buddy of mine who saw her enjoying what appeared to be a romantic liaison with another woman at a hotel bar.
Ha! I thought. Dan was right. I subsequently reviewed Taylor’s filmography, or whatever it’s called, only to realize that it was not Holland Taylor who Dan saw at the bar, but Kate Mulgrew, the erstwhile Captain Janeway of the starship Voyager and currently the compelling Russian prisoner on Orange is the New Black. A quick check of Mulgrew indicates she is twice divorced, so Dan’s tip (in which he identified the actress as Captain Janeway and who I then mistook for Holland Taylor) must go back into the “who knows?” category. I will leave you to chew on that, and to consider another one of the 15 so-called myths, namely that all gay men are gossips. Again. Not a myth. Who came up with these myths anyway? A bunch of PFLAG mothers? n
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