Curve articles from February 2000

Curve archives from February 2000

Frankly Speaking.
February 1, 2000... LAUGHING OUT LOUD "Elvira Kurt is up next," said a short, dark-haired woman sitting beside me on a plaid blanket at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. "She's good, really good," she added as Kurt emceed the night stage with authority....

ONE-WOMAN SHOW.
February 1, 2000... "JTIBET TAUGHT ME THAT THE TRADITION IN WHICHWE DO GAY POLITICS IN THE STATES IS VERY much from the tradition of 'You stand toe to toe with the establishment and you nationally acclaimed writer and performance artist Canyon Sam. Her...

Letters.
February 1, 2000... THE NUMBER ONE REASON TO STAY UP LATE I haven't watched The Tonight Show in years, but will definitely check it out now, just to see Vicki Randle. What a curie! I've got to say that I don't understand how she can say Jay Leno's anything...

HEY! BABY.
February 1, 2000... Giselle Gibbons, 18, is a senior at an all-girl Catholic school in San Francisco. She plans to pursue a career in art therapy. What is it like being queer at an all-girl Catholic school? Do you feel safe there? I don't feel repressed...

Curvatures.
February 1, 2000... Show Us the Money Because too many financial institutions have historically been unfriendly toward gay and lesbian customers, a number of organizations have sprung up in recent years that specifically target us. Some of the new financial...

Sapphic Screen.
February 1, 2000... SMILE FOR THE CAMERA! Falling for the King Too bad we won't see our shared dyke fantasy of Jodie Foster playing a lesbian role materialize in her new film. Her current release, Anna and the King, is an epic that picks up where the 1956...

Melissa Takes a Chance.
February 1, 2000... Even while she juggles the Breakdown tour with family life, Melissa Etheridge continues to find the time to host The Lifetime Network's new television show, Beyond Chance. Every Monday night since the show's first airdate this past August,...

On Memory and Change.
February 1, 2000... With Calie Chula, first-time filmmaker Veronica Majano follows a Salvadoran/Ohlone girl through her San Francisco Mission District neighborhood on a search to understand the changes brought on by colonization, dislocation and gentrification....

Fighting FOR HER Life.
February 1, 2000... As kids, many of us were told that girls shouldn't fight and boys shouldn't cry, but when a guy finds himself in the ring with nine-time world champion kickboxer Ramona Gatto, girls do indeed fight, and boys have been known to shed not only...

LAUGH TRACK Kurt.
February 1, 2000... Elvira Kurt launched a successful career from Toronto's famous Second City and hasn't stopped yet to catch her breath. Clearly, Elvira Kurt has been places. Ever hear of The lmprov, The Comedy Store, Caroline's, Catch a Rising Star or The...

For Better of For Worse.
February 1, 2000... OUR FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO MARRY As the fight for the right to marry heats up nationwide, it's s fair to ask whether it like virtually every other political issue framed in recent years by the radical right, is a marriage borne of mutual...

The State of the Union on Same-Sex Marriage.
February 1, 2000... On March 7,2000, Californians will vote on an initiative that reads: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.,, The Knight Initiative, named after chief sponsor Republican state senator William J....

Passing Attraction.
February 1, 2000... First-time feature filmmaker Kimberly Peirce wrote and directed the popular new film Boys Don't Cry after visiting Falls City, Neb., the town where Brandon Teena lived and died. A likely candidate for an Academy Award, the film gives afresh...

Photo Play.
February 1, 2000... JULIA'S WOMEN IMAGES FROM THE AGE OF INNOCENCE Though her most famous portraits chronicle the lives of famous men of her day, including Alfred Lord Tennyson and Charles Darwin, the majority of images by renowned 19th-century photographer...