Issue 386
Bank On It
Produced by Mike Hnida Photography by Mike Hnida, Lavender Studios Models: Clare, Bruce Clothing & Jewelry provided by J.NOVACHIS & BCBGMAXAZRIA Shot on location at BANK Restaurant/The Westin Hotel, Mpls
Queer As Folks
Rally Held at State Capitol for Same-Sex Marriage On February 11, a group of clergy and lay people from a broad array of faith communities gathered in the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda to demonstrate their approval from a religious standpoint for allowing same-sex couples to marry under state law. Organized by OutFront Minnesota, the event…
Big Gay News
National News HUD Seeks Help with Antigay Discrimination Study The US Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) is asking the residents of Chicago, New York, and San Francisco to help design a study aimed at antigay discrimination in housing. It would be the first national study of its kind. HUD’s effort to collect data is…
On the Record
2 Retribution Gospel Choir Even amid the brittle beauty of Low, you always could tell that guitarist Alan Sparhawk wanted to crank it up and rock. Though Low continues at its own pace, Sparhawk’s other projects—including Retribution Gospel Choir—give the guitarist and singer a chance to heat it up. The songs here are, like the…
On the Townsend
My Antonia / Through Mar. 20 / Illusion Theater, 528 Hennepin Ave., Mpls. / (612) 339-4944 / www.illusiontheater.org Much has been written on the encoded queerness of the novels of Willa Cather (1873-1947). A lesbian shaped by the rough-and-tough Midwestern prairie, she actually never wanted her books to be adapted into plays. But since her…
Your Humble Columnist Publishes a Book
Life, Leather and the Pursuit of Happiness After 15 years, Your Humble Columnist finally is about to become Your Humble Author. With this edition of the “Leather Life” column, I am pleased to announce officially my first book: Life, Leather and the Pursuit of Happiness. To be published later this spring by Nelson Borhek Press,…
Ann Arbor: A City for All Seasons
College towns generate an energy that keeps the juices flowing even when the weather’s cold and blustery. Consider, for example, Ann Arbor, home of the University of Michigan (UM) main campus since 1837. Ann Arbor itself was founded in 1824 by John Allen and Elisha Walker Rumsey, who had settled the new Michigan Territory with…
Homme/Divine Skin Care
How a former program director/men’s magazine publisher joined together with a retired chef to launch a skin care company, Maric Group, is a long story, according to President Marlene Solomon and Vice President Richard Hoffman. Suffice it to say that the duo, who had experienced how different chemicals in a variety of food and skin…
Youthful Folly
For the past six months, I’ve been certain—certain!—that a girl at the gym was in love with me. And when I say “girl,” I mean girl. She’s in her late 20s. Generally, I’m attracted to older, matronly types, because I’m determined to be the eternal ingenue. But these days, I’ll take what I can get….
