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Worse than The Farhud
“I survived Baghdad to get cancer”? Mom says ironically as we drive to one of the many medical appointments. We do most of our talking in the car, driving to and from the doctors. Today it is with a Dr. Rossman, a hypnotherapist highly recommended for his work with people struggling with life threatening illnesses. […]
Reasons to Love Jane Lynch
I first noticed the queerness in Jane as Harrison Ford’s best friend in The Fugitive. She has always had a self-possessed manner that says “dyke†to me but really just means she’s a strong woman with a wicked sense of humor and a deadpan delivery. Ten years ago she burst into mainstream popularity in her […]
Gyms, Sweat & Hairless Private Parts
In my 61 years I have learned many things and have some good old-fashioned common sense. Send your questions to Eleanor@lesbiangcemag.com. Dear Battleaxe, I go to Bikram Yoga and I always shower there because I sweat like a pig. Last time I was there, we were all naked and a woman looks over at […]
Murder in Uganda, Light a Candle
Ugandan Gay rights activist David Kato was asleep in bed when an unknown assassin entered his home and beat him to death with a hammer. Uganda is a country that was the target of several decades of fundamentalist Christian proselytizing that featured the strongest condemnation of same sex love, combined with affirmation of the threat […]
Beach Party Blow-Out
Last summer I drove down to Southern California from the Bay Area to take part in a beach party event and promote Epochalips. I grabbed my surfboard, picked up Monica Palacios in Venice beach and headed down the coast. Apparently, there was a last minute change in location and a mix up in communication. We […]
Performative Sexuality
Not being an academic I rarely have the opportunity to use the word ‘performative.’ And it feels good. It conveys the sense of taking a familiar idea to a higher level of significance. With a word like ‘sexuality’ already fairly weighty in US culture you can only go to the head of the class by […]
My Jersey Shore
My first ‘long term’ college relationship lasted almost three years. Annie was a sailor born and raised on the Jersey shore. Her last name was Italian, but her world was in a universe very different from the popular cable TV show. Her Sicilian American father held the highest civilian security clearance in the local military […]
Martin & Coretta have been to the Mountaintop
When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968 I was a teenager sitting in my bedroom. I remember that as clearly as the assassination of JFK. I sobbed and naively thought that his death would mean the country would wake up and repudiate the racism and violence that plague the country. How […]
Meredith Comes ‘Untied’
Meredith Baxter is an amazing woman. I met her about a year ago on the Sweet Cruise where she and girlfriend Nancy Locke came out publicly as a couple and then returned home to come out to the world at large. I knew she was planning on coming out soon, but when she came home […]
What is a Battle Axe?
What exactly is a battle axe and why do I consider myself one? Whatever it is, people always laugh when I say I have a column called “Ask A Battle Axe”. It’s clear that the term battle axe really tickles people’s fancy. Originally a battle axe was an axe used in battle. It was a lightweight […]
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