Curve articles from June 2007

Curve archives from June 2007

Jorja on my mind.(Frankly Speaking)(Jorja Fox)
June 1, 2007... Every year at our staff retreat, we have a long brainstorming session where each staffer is allowed to call out the names of any celebrities they'd like to see on the cover of CURVE in the coming year. Sometimes they're the usual suspects...

Gay magazines at airports?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... I've wondered for a long time why no LGBT periodicals are available at airport newsstands, not even the Oakland International Airport. Certainly in the San Francisco Bay Area it would be reasonable to assume that there are many lesbian and gay...

Hot mamas.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... I enjoyed reading about the many different dyke styles in your recent fashion issue (Vol. 17, #3), but I'd like to suggest that next time you include ones for pregnant lesbians as well. Most maternity wear is designed for straight fashion...

Hottie body.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... I love that you have Jackie Warner on the cover this month (Vol. 17, #3). She is strong and an inspiration to me personally. I am overweight and struggling to lose it and get healthy. That's another story but anyway, kudos to you for...

We're sorry, Michaela.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... I'm a bit confused. I don't know what's going on, but since when does CURVE not check their photos and make sure the captions are correct? The person on page 41 of your April issue (Vol. 17, #3) is not Tuesday Smille, as the caption said. It's...

Have you seen her?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... I realize that this may be a bit out of the norm, but I need your help. Saturday night, March 31, at the incredible Dinah Shore weekend, in the main hallway of the Doral, I locked eyes with one the most amazingly beautiful women that I have...

Mom in Utah needs help.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... I don't know if you have covered the recent Utah Supreme Court ruling that basically says that a nonbiological parent does not have standing to seek visitation with a child they helped raise. Also that the bio parent can "exercise their right...

Queering Covina.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... Covina Book Store in downtown Covina, Calif., now sells CURVE magazine and The Advocate! After 50 years of selling thousands of books and magazines, our efforts paid off when the Covina Book Store called its distributor and began selling two of...

Gettin' hitched.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... I am currently in the process of researching where my girlfriend and I can get married. We want to get married and go through all the same steps that straight couples do. I believe that Massachusetts is the only state that allows a gay couple...

Buy dyke tees now, dammit!(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... OK, we screwed the pooch with our fashion spread featuring DykeTees.com ("Urban Chic," V17#3). Since the company is an online-only boutique, leaving out their Web site address was a big oops. When dozens of readers tried to Google "Dyke Tees"...

Business as usual.(OutinFront)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A former scenic carpenter for film and television, Chris Schuster left the entertainment world two years ago to pursue a lifelong love of math. It wasn't that she didn't love her work, but like many artists, Schuster had trouble making ends...

Forever young.(OutinFront)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Some of us come out later than others. Even though she says that as a young teenager she felt attracted to women, Elaine Weber waited until her husband of 51 years passed away to come out, which she did just three years ago, at 79. "My...

Friend of the family.(OutinFront)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... At a quick glance, Beth Teper looks like a teenager. It might be her petite stature or her thousand-watt smile, but it's more likely the large group of children and young adults that often surround her. Teper, who is actually 37 years old, is...

Dollywood, here we come.(Curvatures)(Brief article)(Calendar)
June 1, 2007... Mark June 16-17 on your calendar, all you Southern dykes. It's time for OUT at the Park (outatthepark.com), the official queer day at Tennessee's Dollywood and Dolly's Splash Country (because nothing says queer like Dolly Parton's water park)....

Who packed the S'mores?(Curvatures)(Triangle Foundation, Camping.OUT )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... For some, the smell of pine trees, sunscreen and toasted marshmallows connects to one thing: summer camp. The Triangle Foundation, a Michigan-based LGBT civil rights advocacy organization, will host its second annual Camping.OUT in northern...

Lesbian rabbi is first to lead.(Curvatures)
June 1, 2007... Reconstructionist Jews often feel out on the forefront. Of the four main movements, which also include Reform, Conservative and Orthodox, the Reconstructionists were the first to perform a teenage girl's Bat Mitzvah, the first to ordain a...

A radical in the suburbs.(Curvatures)
June 1, 2007... When Carol Russell won a seat on the city council of the small northern California city of Cloverdale last November, the big news wasn't that she's an out lesbian. It was that she wanted to help control the rapid growth of the small town and...

She said, she said.(Quotation)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... "The whole obsession with the fact that [Beth Ditto]'s overweight and a lesbian--that's all anyone seems to write about. Never mind the fact that she's got an absolutely fucking incredible voice and really good songs." >> Lily Allen, to...

Bonnie Barrett: artist, crafter.(OpenStudio)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Vintage floral dinner plates sound kind of tacky until you see artist Bonnie Barrett work her magic on them. Barrett hones her craft power with her weapons of choice--glue guns, thumbtacks, found postcards and used stamps--transforming...

Casey at the bat.(Curvatures)
June 1, 2007... Not many aspiring journalists get the opportunity to jumpstart their careers by traveling with a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist to Africa to report on the tragedies that have befallen the continent's population. Casey Parks,...

Passion of the tee.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The "Love Thy Neighbor" scripture is becoming a hit not just with the Jesus set but with a number of progressive organizations and lesbian activists who've begun sporting a new message T-shirt that posits that sacred slogan with a number of...

The Gossip mill keeps churning: some celebrities just can't seem to stay out of the tabloids.(Lesbofile)
June 1, 2007... The dirty little secrets of Anna Nicole Smith's life continue to surface, even months after her death. The 55-Year-Old Virgin Steve Carell may have popularized the notion of the middle-age innocent in the film The 40-Year-Old Virgin,...

Girls still wanna have fun.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Musicians Erasure, Debbie Harry and the Gossip will join '80s icon Cyndi Lauper on June 8 at the Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena to kick off the 15-city True Colors Tour, a nationwide tour benefiting the Human Rights Campaign. Lauper,...

Meyerson takes top honors.(Curvatures)(Andrea Meyerson )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Few lesbians in Los Angeles have never heard of Andrea Meyerson. Producer of several documentaries including Laughing Matters and Kate Clinton: 25th Anniversary Tour and founder of the L.A. Women's Fest and Women on a Roll (one of the country's...

Kudos to sexy gay shamus.(Curvatures)(Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Apparently we're not the only ones who love the gay detective Donald Strachey. The National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications nominated Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery for a Vision Award in the original movie...

Golden Crown Literary festival.(Curvatures)(Golden Crown Literary Society )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A handful of new board members were announced for the Golden Crown Literary Society (goldencrown.org), hosts of the annual celebration of modern lesbian fiction that draws lit lovers from around the world to Atlanta from June 7-10. The new GCLS...

Steppin' out for Pride.(Curvatures)
June 1, 2007... Just across the Bay Bridge from the original San Francisco Dyke March, a group of strong-willed women decided five years ago that they had reason to spread the love eastward. The result was Sistahs Steppin' in Pride, an annual festival in...

The verdict on Britney Spears.(Curvatures)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Between the new tats and the shaved head, everyone's favorite Mouseketeer-turned-tabloid queen is looking more and more like that cute generic butch girl we keep running into at the local lesbian bar. We asked our readers what they thought of...

Where the girls are.(Curvatures)
June 1, 2007... Let's face it: despite the dreams and delusions of many a Hollywood type, most women don't actually catch their big break by dancing in a cage. Then again, Chris Chappon's not "most" women. Chappon is the creative and business mastermind behind...

Scene.(Brief article)(Photograph)
June 1, 2007... For those of you who couldn't make it to our L Word Meet Papi Party at the Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood last March, we've devoted our entire Scene section to the lovely lasses at the event. 1 Margaret Cho shows her support alongside...

Switching teams.(Ask Fairy Butch)
June 1, 2007... Dear Fairy Butch: How do I deal with the fact that the girl I was with for more than two years, my first true love, has somehow made the switch back to the other side? Should I feel inferior because she has found in a man what she could never...

Don't play games.(Lipstick & Dipstick)
June 1, 2007... Dear Lipstick and Dipstick: This girl I really liked broke it off with me, so in a pissed off rage I went to the first guy I saw. When she saw us together, she was outraged. But why? She broke it off with me. I wanted to get a reaction out of...

Planning the first date: you only get one chance to make a first impression. Don't screw it up.(Relationships)
June 1, 2007... The goal of any first date is to get a second date. As we know, this is a mere baby step away from the lesbian wedding of your dreams. Don't forget: location, location, location. It's not only the mantra of your real estate agent, but also the...

Is summer lovin' in the stars?(Astro Grrl)
June 1, 2007... When it comes to love, you can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk, Gemini? Hmm, maybe you should just lie back instead. Gemini (May 22-June 21) Sex: When it comes to love, you can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk? Hmm,...

Relationship or a coma? Maybe things aren't bad per se, but they--hey, wake up!(Dyke Drama)
June 1, 2007... Being bored with a girl is way worse than hating her guts. In the movies, the girl whom you're not really in love with quickly and quietly fades away once your true love enters the picture. In real life, you'll spend somewhere between two...

In the name of love: in the post-Stonewall era, we sometimes forget that Pride is a privilege.(Politics)
June 1, 2007... When Pride month rolls around each year, I contemplate what I should say about it. I wonder if there's anything new to say after all the years I have been writing about this annual celebration of our queer identity. I usually affirm my own...

Civil Union Act passes in Illinois.(IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The Human Services Committee of the Illinois House of Representatives passed House Bill 1826, otherwise known as the Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, with a 5-4 vote in March. Under H.B. 1826, LGBT couples are granted the same...

Queer science.(IN THE NEWS)(National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technology Professionals )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... This year, the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technology Professionals participated in the third annual Global Marathon For, By and About Women. Dr. Amy Ross, mentoring program coordinator for NOGLSTP and vice president...

Transgender City Manager fired in Florida.(IN THE NEWS)(Steven Stanton)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... LGBT and civil rights organizations such as the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union have criticized the City Commission of Largo, Fla. for violating its own discrimination policy after it terminated Steven...

New bill protects LGBT students.(IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Under California's Safe Place to Learn Act, AB 394, schools will be a lot safer for LGBT students. The bill, if passed, would require the State Department of Education to monitor its public schools and school districts to improve implementation...

GLAAD Media Awards excludes LGBT programs.(IN THE NEWS)(Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has received complaints from LGBT media outlets such as Logo and here! Networks regarding its policy of not accepting nominations from queer outlets for its annual GLAAD Media Awards. According to...

New Mexico Senate is silent over domestic partnership.(IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The passing of a domestic partner bill remains stagnant in New Mexico after the state Senate's refusal to discuss the legislation. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and the state House of Representatives passed the bill, but it remains on the...

LGBT protesters face IHOP.(IN THE NEWS)(International House of Pancakes, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Missouri LGBT advocacy group PROMO staged a protest at an International House of Pancakes in Kansas City, Mo., after a group of women were asked to leave because a couple in the group was kissing. In March, Eva Sandoval said that she gave her...

Cool down in Quebec: it's hot as hell outside--time to start dreaming of a place that will chill you out.
June 1, 2007... You can learn a lot about a person by spending a night with her in the Ice Hotel: her ability to follow instructions, her tolerance level for adversity, her sense of humor. In fact, though couples do come here to get married in the Ice Chapel...

Fear of flying: a lesbian mom rediscovers the joys of the airport.
June 1, 2007... My wife and I rarely travel. In the early days, it was because we were barely out of college and had jobs that paid a pittance. Later, it was because we were busy with babies. Mostly, it's because I could happily stay at home forever, and I am...

The 2007 Pride guide: it's Pride, baby!(Buyers guide)(Calendar)
June 1, 2007... Admit it, no matter how postqueer and over the rainbow you are, when it comes to the summer's annual LGBT Pride festivities, you still get a little thrill. From the just-out baby dyke to the labels-don't-matter genderqueer, Pride is still...

Literary darlings: authors T Cooper and Felicia Luna Lemus have become New York's sexiest and most provocative literary darlings--and they're a couple.
June 1, 2007... T Cooper and Felicia Luna Lemus are real writers' writers: serious about their craft, good storytelling and a structured narrative. With two published novels each, they are, separately and together, the current darlings of New York City's...

Lesbians last: does queer media conglomeration affect diversity and lesbian visibility? Stephanie Schroeder investigates.
June 1, 2007... Lesbian and gay media talk diversity and visibility, but often doesn't walk the walk. Since LGBT media have long written about the dangers of media conglomeration, critics say it's surprising that nobody has talked about what it means to have...

Endangered reading: the downsizing of women's publishing.
June 1, 2007... Women's publishing in the United States is undergoing some serious downsizing. The announcement of both the Advanced Marketing Services' and the Independent Press Association's bankruptcies several months ago heralded the collapse of a number...

Where is the love? After 13 years in queer publishing, Venus founder Charlene E. Cothran finds God.
June 1, 2007... When the 38,000 subscribers to the African-American queer magazine Venus received the January issue, they got a shock: The mission of the magazine had changed--a lot. It was no longer simply for African Americans "in the life." Now it's aimed...

Curious Jorja: she's been gracing television screens for 15 years now, but there's still something mysterious about 38-year-old actor and activist Jorja Fox.(Interview)
June 1, 2007... Every lesbian's favorite CSI star, Jorja Fox, isn't your average sexpot. The attractive but geeky tomboy hasn't graced the pages of Vogue, she doesn't spend each episode in impossibly high heels, and you're more likely to find her at a PETA...

We're a sexy teen. Jealous?
June 1, 2007... OK, last month was technically CURVE's 17th anniversary but who really cares about exact dates, anyway? Anyone who over tried to figure out a lesbian anniversary (first date? first kiss? first U-Hual?) knows that. So here, without further ado,...

Who are you? You know all about us now, but do you know yourselves?(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Every issue of CURVE requires one very critical ingredient: you. Our readers are a motley group of women and girls (and a handful of bois, boys and transmen) who come from a wildly diverse array of backgrounds, regions and socio-political...

Let's talk about sex: just in time for Pride, 18 female celebrities dish on sex and love with other girls.(Quotation)
June 1, 2007... "I've had sex with women, yeah. I'm married to a man. One of the things he loves about me is that I find a lot of women really attractive--and I don't find as many men attractive. My mother [literary agent Charlotte Sheedy] is gay, and...

Joan Nestle: writer, teacher, archivist, activist.(Q+A)(Interview)
June 1, 2007... At 67 years old, Joan Nestle is a living lesbian legend; in 1976, she opened the Lesbian Herstory Archives in her pantry with her then-partner Deborah Edel. Nestle continues to make and record herstory, writing explicitly about love, lust,...

Size matters.(Q+A)(Bibliography)
June 1, 2007... They say one clue tells you what a gift is worth: it's size. The most expensive gifts are either huge (a BMW or an HDTV) or tiny (a Tiffany diamond tennis bracelet). The same could be said for reading material. THE WEE ONES Let's Get...

They began to rock steady: is there an East Coast monopoly on hot rocker chicks?(Sound recording review)
June 1, 2007... I can't guarantee that you'll be seeing any of the following female rockers at your local Pride celebration this month (though you never know!), but the Moaners, Swati and Joan as Police Woman are definitely pricking up lesbian ears and...

Kristi Martel: singer-songwriter.(Q+A)(Interview)
June 1, 2007... Rhode Island-based singer, songwriter, composer and pianist Kristi Martel dives into an emotional abyss and lives to tell about it on Ravengirl, her fifth full-length release on Sealed Lip Records. Martel has shared the stage with Melissa...

Queer Arts Fest.(Q+A)(National Queer Arts Festival )(Interview)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... San Francisco's National Queer Arts Festival (queerculturalcenter.org) celebrates its 10th anniversary May 26 to June 30 with an unbelieveable offering of theater, spoken word, dance, exhibitions and unbridled performances from artists...

No dog day afternoon: it's finally time for a light-hearted girls' night in.(Movie review)(Television program review)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
June 1, 2007... Get the girls together! A new funny buddy movie out from Wolfe and two TV shows, one you probably grew up watching and one your kids might, offer lesbian hijinks, subtext and plenty of palling around. Big Dreams in Little Hope (Wolfe) ...

Shani Heckman: filmmaker, Media gadfly.(Q+A)(Interview)
June 1, 2007... Shani Heckman has been producing queer events for more than a decade in San Francisco, but recently her films have garnered her the most attention. Her short, the silent films Another Day, explored gender fluidity; her documentary, Wrong...

Boys and their toys: Father's Day gifts to thrill boys and bois alike.(Tech Girl)(Buyers guide)
June 1, 2007... Sorry, Mom, but it's this masculine rite of passage known as Father's Day that attracts the coolest gifts around. Whether you're shopping for dad, that special butch in your life or even yourself, try these fun tech trifles. A Lesbian...

A hell of a massage: Hellerwork goes way beyond the simple rubdown.(I Tried It)
June 1, 2007... I'll be the first to admit it: I am a massage slut. It's no deep secret among my friends and family that I'll do almost anything for a massage. My woeful tales of bizarre experiences are legendary, from the Nevada masseuse who offered happy...

Top ten: reasons we love Butchlalis de Panochtitlan.
June 1, 2007... Ready to be fisted with fierce theatrical talent? The Butchlalis de Panochtitlan is hot on our tails. These four Latina/o butches are poetic pros making national theatrical waves. Native Los Angelinos Mari Garcia, Nadine Romero, Claudia...