Issue 385
Queer As Folks
Minnesota Lynx Re-Sign Seimone Augustus The Minnesota Lynx announced February 9 that it will re-sign US Olympian Seimone Augustus, who originally was chosen first overall by the team in the 2006 WNBA Draft. A two-time WNBA All-Star, she is one of the most prolific scorers in league history, with her career scoring average ranking first…
A Trip to the Maul
Suburbs have always been a dangerous place. I should know. I was born and raised there. All that peanut butter on Wonder Bread. All those in-ground swimming pools. All that gin. I was lucky to escape with my life. That’s why I reacted to a recent birthday party invitation with more than a shudder of…
Coming Soon, to a Psychiatrist Near You
Used to be, GLBT folk were just sick in the head—at least, sick according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Bible, first published in 1952.
How To: SPRING Cleaning for Dummies or Lazy People
OK, so it might not be spring just yet…or ever, if you live in Minnesota. With 49 states reporting snow on the ground, we in fact can say that hell has frozen over. But that is no excuse for your closet giving off a smell you can’t claim for sure isn’t a dead animal, and…
Big Gay News
National News Grinnell College Names Openly Gay President Iowa’s Grinnell College announced February 17 that it has named an openly gay man, Dr. Raynard Kington, to be its next President. He presently serves as Deputy Director of the National Institutes of Health. David White, Chair of the Grinnell College Board of Trustees, said in a…
The Outlandish Spirit of Gay Icon Noel Coward Infuses Minneapolis
Guthrie and Jungle Present Two of His Greatest Plays Noel Coward (1899-1973) epitomized high British elegance and sophistication in the theater and life in general. As fluffy as his personality and his writing may have seemed to some, his pen was a sword that subtly sliced up hypocrisy, and questioned the morals around issues like…
Lesbian Twin-Sister Singers Tegan and Sara Hit the Orpheum
Interview with Sara Quin Over the past 12 years, Canadians Tegan and Sara Quin have carved out a distinct place in the music world. Mixing pop, rock, folk, and a personal style, the identical twin sisters—both lesbian—have made album after album of songs that not only are fun to listen to, but also reveal a…
Dance Therapy Footloose Rocks Chanhassen
Imagine a world without dance. I’m not talking about Swan Lake, which even the God Police would condone, because it looks about as fun as flagellation, but rather a world without a whole lotta shakin’ to a loud, outrageous beat. Fine, I guess, if you’re sitting in your Barcalounger, as we glimpse the Reverend Moore,…
On the Townsend
No Child / Through Mar. 14 / Pillsbury House Theatre, 3501 Chicago Ave. S., Mpls. / (612) 825-0459 / www.pillsburyhousetheatre.org / Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire / Area Cinemas Sonja Parks was named this column’s Best Solo Actor 2009 for No Child, by playwright Nijala Sun. This monologue, revived by Parks and…
The Page Boy
The Children of Mother Glory C.M. Harris Spinster’s Ink $14.95 C.M. Harris’s riveting first novel (nominated for a Lambda Award) weaves family, fundamentalism, gender, and love through the lives of four members of the Midwestern Potterite sect. Glory Potter, daughter of the Potterite reverend leader, first appears as a 10-year old tomboy. She has feelings…
