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Art Museum and Mario’s) welcoming Mafalda
Margarethe, princess and landgravine of Hesse,
Germany.
“That’s rich,” I thought. “The queens are
meeting the princess.”
So, there we stood among the elegantly
dressed, raising our rosé to Mafalda and rapping
about the Oct. 29 opening of Hesse: A Princely
German Collection. Spanning five centuries of
art history with 400 paintings and decorative
pieces, including some that have never been
seen outside Germany, the collection promises
to be a sold-out blockbuster and a high point in
Portland’s cultural life.
Among the queers quaffing cocktails were
the well-dressed trio of Foy Renfro, Dennis
Deming and Chris Pleasant. Q Center co
chairwoman Gwenn Baldwin crashed the
party and accidentally hip-checked her royal
highness.
While I’m on the topic of royalty, the
night before meeting Mafalda, Basic Rights
Oregon held a fund-raiser to replace our own
monarch, House Speaker Karen Minnis,
who’s a royal bitch.
As you probably know, Minnis successfully
outmaneuvered the queer community, side- .
tracking a bill that would have legalized civil
unions in a move known as “gut and stuff.”
After those shenanigans, the evil queen should
be gutted and stuffed herself, so BRO kicked off
its campaign to depose her royal high-ass at the
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On the other side of the political spectrum,
1 was also invited to an organizing meeting for
Log Cabin Republicans, which I tried to attend
with an open mind.
Now, let me say upfront that some of my
best friends are Republicans. But I don’t under
stand them. For instance, one gay GOPer who
shall remain nameless (mainly because I can’t
remember his name) told me he voted for King
George because “I know he’s going to stab me
in the back, but at least I know where he
stands.” Yup, right behind you, knife poised.
So, there’s just'no way I’m ever going to
like their politics—although I like their hors
d’oeuvres. Republicans have nice canapes,
and host and organizer Brian Wilson (with
help from Terry Longway) outdid himself
with a spread worth every penny of the
Republicans’ selfish and misguided tax cuts.
Others planning the
rejuvenation of the
moribund Oregon
chapter (Log Cabin
claims 49 chapters
around the country) were
former Lake Oswego City
Councilor Karl Rohde,
clothing designer and
Michael Allen’s pro
prietor Michael
Fredrickson and Bend
resident Derek Hanna,
co-organizer of the event.
Tending bar was former
Mr. Gay Pride Benny
Fischer and his equally
handsome beau, Tyler
Spurgeon (both
From left, Joe D'Alessandro, Matt Jaffe, Gregg Macy and Eric
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dents, they assured me).
And if you really want
to see some royal beauties, check out The Lion
Upon arriving, each guest filled out a name
King through Oct. 23 at Keller Auditorium,
tag that said: “My name is______ . I think that
featuring gorgeous costumes as well as gorgeous
even______ would make a better Speaker of
men who wear very little. Portland Opera
the House.”
spokeswoman Julia Sheridan says that ticket
I wrote in “my 5-year-old neice [sic]” and
sales are “very brisk” but that good seats are still
then introduced myself around the room until
available.
one helpful revolutionary pointed out that
Lastly, the Rose City lose^ its queer queen
Just Out’s bon vivant columnist couldn’t spell.
of the avant-garde as Portland Institute for
My favorite suggestions for Speaker of
Contemporary Art founder Kristy Edmunds
the House included “My Butt” (Joe
moves on to new challenges. Among the many
D’Alessandro), “A Banana Slug” (Chris
highlights of PICA’s third annual Time-Based
Towney), “My Dog” (Charlie Hinkle) and
Art Festival, I’ll never forget “kamikaze
“A Furby” (Arthur Hung).
cabaret
” performer Meow Meow singing a song
Members of the ever-busy BRO PAC,
of farewell and pressing Edmunds’ face
headed by Alisa Simmons (who's also Mult
between her sizable breasts in a show of soli
nomah County Chair Diane Linn’s campaign
darity and sorrow. We wish Edmunds well and
manager), hope to turn the successful social
are sorry to see that she’s Out Going. JM
gathering into a regular event. Judging by the
size of the crowd and the cute factor among
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