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Ulne 20.2003 » 45 DIVERSIONS A ike the holidays, Pride is over really quickly considering all that prepara tion. Well, I squeezed every possible last drop of fun I could out of it before collapsing with sore-as-hell feet Sunday night. M e: Rocky Horror, god, how original. A t least they could have shown The Wiz or something. Friend: Yeah, that would have been good. Maybe they’re racist or something! M e: Yes, Level is racist! Friend: O r maybe they just don’t want to show anything with Michael Jackson in it because, no matter when it’s from, you always think o f how he is now. M e: O h , yeah, they’re probably just trying to spare us. So, thanks Level! Still, retire Rocky Horror. W ell, another year, another Pride. Pride-good. JH Harry Hay on PBS P Bad dicks at the Clinton C Are you going to Michigan? The Forest Group has got your number T PHOTO BY DANIEL NICOLETTA Speaking of my feet, that parade is too long. If it were shorter, there wouldn’t be so many blocks with no people. During a parade people=good. And another thing: Pride’s keynote speaker should be on Saturday or earlier in the day Sunday before the parade starts. That way scores of people who want to hear the wonderful people Pride Northwest always recruit wouldn’t miss out. T h e festival this year, though, was way cooler. T he change in setup allowed for more space, and it didn’t feel so crammed in the vendor area. T h e main stage was closer to the audience than in previous years, which made it much more intimate. Intimate=good. T he downer of the entertainment was, by far, Sophie B. Hawkins. T he B must stand for Boring because not once did the woman rev my engine beyond leaning a little left in my chair to see her better. And what were those comments about how we should all go back to using the word “gay” for everyone in the community? This from a woman who refers to herself as “omnisexual." Make up your mind, Ms. Boring. Perhaps she got better when she did her signature “Damn, I Wish I Was Your (Omnisexual) Lover.” I wouldn’t know ’cause I had already left. However, big kiss to Maria, who had to fill in for a 30-m inutes-late (and then boring) Sophie Hawkins. T h e poor woman just winged it in front o f hundreds of people. She was— is there another word?— fabulous. A nother bit o f a downer was the Dyke March. Now, I love the Dyke March. I go every' year, and I did notice this year there were more women over 30, which is marvy because then I don’t feel like so much o f a grandma. But the Dyke March has lost a bit o f its luster. W here were the Radical Cheerleaders? And the women on the sidelines who flash their tits at you when you least expect it? I needed some direction and a reason to yell. W hat happened to the wild Dyke Marches o f yesteryear? T h e Lesbian Avengers tried valiantly to get more people involved before the event, to no avail, and there were really only two o f them organizing the whole thing. T hey couldn’t even get enough marshals, which is crazy because everyone knows dykes like: a) bullhorns and b) bossing everyone around. So do me a favor. C all 503-309-5777 and say: “I want to join the Les bian Avengers. W hat do I do?” Lots o f Lesbian Avengers=good. O n e o f the highlights o f the weekend was Land o f Oz— the Saturday night combo o f Skervy queer night with club Level. Skervy took over Level’s patio/sandbox area— the result being a big outdoor party with super-good fire dancers and an indoor techno go-go treat complete with video screens doing The Wizard o f Oz■ It was the best o f both worlds, and this is what Portland’s hipster urban queer crowd has been waiting for. O ne little thing, though. A fter The Wizard o f Oz, Level chose to screen The Rocky Honor Picture Show, which, come on, is so tired. Actual conver sation with a friend at Level: _ L _ ________ __________ _________ Hits and misses t a snazzy gala event June 8, three remarkable young people were judged on formal wear, creative club attire and swimwear to win the titles of M r., Ms. and Miss Gay Pride 2 0 0 3 . T h e new Mr. G ay Pride 2 0 0 3 is B en (no last name, kinda like C her), who, according to Miss Gay Pride 2002 A nnie Rockafeller Moore Foxx, won the crowd over with his smile and per sonality. “He really went into it with a good attitude,” she says. “W h ich will take From left: M iss G ay Pride Viridia, M s. G ay Pride Savannah Ja ck so n and M r. G ay you a long way in life.” Pride B en celebrate th eir victories Ju n e 8 Miss G ay Pride 2 0 0 3 is Viridia, who has “drive and determination,” says A nnie, in spades. M s. G ay Pride 2 0 0 3 is Savannah Jackson, who, much like Ben, won with “a positive attitude from BS will air Hope Along the Wind: T h e Life of Harry the get-go,” claims A nnie. Hay by gay Portland filmmaker Eric Slade at 11 p.m. Previously there were only a Mr. and Miss Gay Pride, Ju n e 2 3 . but this year the Miss title was awarded to a drag per T he film premiered in March 2002 at a Hollywcxxl T h e former, and the Ms. title then went to a woman. T he atre benefit. Its festival circuit run has gone well, gamering change was to “be more inclusive,” explains A nnie. the biopic about the founding father o f the mcxlem gay “Drag is a very big part of our com m unity... we weren’t movement and getting as gcxxl o f representation o f all the facets of the the Radical community as we could have.” Faeries the. Saying goodbye to the title along with A nnie is Mr. Golden Gate Gay Pride 2002 David Krause. Being a Gay Pride, says Award at the A nnie, “was the best thing I’ve ever done in my San Francisco life. It was the most worthwhile thing because of International Film Festival the people I met along the way and the difference it made in my life.” and jury awards for Best D x:u- mentary at the Seattle and Philadelphia linton Street Theatre, always sniffing the queer film fests. wind, has come up with a double bill ir resistibly titled Bad D icks for one night only Hay died July 3. last year in T h e opener is the Starsky & Hutch Halloween San Francisco episode from the second season, starring noted at age 90. In wife-beater David Soul and thighmistress Suzanne an e-mail to Somers. But the real treasure is the obscure 1974 Just Out, Slade buddy-cop movie Busang. said: “Shortly before he died, Two vice cops— played by Elliot Gould and possible wife-killer Robert Blake— spend their time entrapping Harry and T h e production team o f H ope Along hookers, queens, tearcx>m fags and, in a fit of hubris, the friends spent the W ind: T h e Life o f Harry Hay, local crime kingpin. In a scene that seems to echo the the evening w hich airs Ju n e 2 3 on O P B . Sitting watching a Stonewall riots, the two impersonate a pair of homos at from left: H ay ’s partner, Jo h n tape o f Harry’s “that fruit bar,” the Cavern, where they awkwardly try to B u rnsid e; d irector E ric Slade; and Hay 90th birthday dance and dish under the heavily mascara-ed eyes o f all the queens. party.... After watching the tape, Harry [said) he finally W hen the two reveal they’re vice, the queens go had some idea of the impact he’s had on the world and on berserk, pinching Blake’s big muscles, pulling the boys’ the people around him. I hope we all get to say that at the end o f our lives.” hair and, in the most memorable moment, biting a piece out of Gould’s leg. T here’s unquestionable camp interest in this sequence, with A ntonio Fargas, star of many a blax- ploitation film, enthralling as the queen with the strong t isn’t often that a state name carries the meaning of not just incisors. a whole cultural event but a mission and a movement. But we all know what the dykes mean when they say “Michigan.” So, listen up. This year’s Michigan W om yn’s Music Festival is Aug. 12 to 17. Performer highlights include Sweet Honey in the R«x:k, C atie Curtis, Cheryl W heeler, Betty (off-Broadway r<x:k opera trio), Holly Near and Cris he Forest Group (Feminists o f Oregon Really Excited Williamson (o f course!), Toshi Rcagon and Bitch & A n i about Seeing Trees) has decided to slow down that mal. T here’s tons more; find them all at www.michfest.com. rabid hiking pace a little bit this summer to coax new T he week, now in its 27th year, also includes 200 different members with more leisurely hikes in the Columbia workshops, a film festival, a crafts fair and 650 secluded acres for camping (an^l, off the record, a whole lotta lesbian lovin’). River Gorge. T heir Gorge-ous Summer Saturday Loops include a T h e cost for all six days if you register before July 19 is June 2 8 hike to Triple Falls, a July 26 hike to M ultno $ 310-$360 sliding scale, which includes three veggie meals a day, plus camping space. T he price goes down the fewer mah and W ahkeena Falls and an Aug. 23 hike up Larch days you’re there. |H Mountain. If you’re the type who wants to slow down and figure out the name o f that bird or flower, this is for you. C all Tami at 503-659-2782 for more info. Compiled by L isa B raiìshaw and G ary M orris PHOTO BY MARTY DAVIS______________________________ Congrats new Gay Prides!
