Curve articles from May 2002

Curve archives from May 2002

There's a place for us. (Frankly Speaking).
May 1, 2002... One impetus for starting CURVE was to create a home base for lesbians across the country and the world. Our vision of creating community has never waned. Over the years, we have explored new ways to expand and foster this ideal. And now, with...

Picture perfect. (Out in Front).
May 1, 2002... "I think the last feminine thing I wore was when I was 5 years old", says 17-year-old Nikki Youngblood. "I've always felt more comfortable with myself in jeans and a T-shirt." But officials at Robinson High School in Tampa, Fla., where...

Letters.
May 1, 2002... MARTINA HOLDS COURT Thanks for the enjoyable interview with Martina Navratilova in your February 2002 (Vol. 12, #1) issue. She has been one of my favorite athletes since I watched her and Chris Evert battle it out in a tournament final....

Ask Fairy Butch. (Curvatures).
May 1, 2002... Dear Fairy Butch: I'd like your best advice on how to protect expensive, king-size mattresses from copious amounts of female ejaculate. My partner and I are having a problem keeping enough clean towels at the ready and I don't want to stain the...

From the ground up. (Curvatures).
May 1, 2002... "THIS CENTER IS A PLACE WE CAN CELEBRATE ourselves," said California state assembly member Carole Migden at the ribbon-cutting ceremony that marked the grand opening of San Francisco's first Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community...

Hey! Baby. (Curvatures).
May 1, 2002... How did you and your friends go about establishing Moving Target Players? Do you have any suggestions for people who want to start theater groups? Just get out there and do it. If the heart is there, the rest will follow. Theater, for my...

"Can we quote you on that?" (Curvatures).
May 1, 2002... "Totally. They're the best things ever. I value my girlfriends so much. There is just nothing like a great girlfriend... it's so hard to find [unconditional love] outside your family... I'm so not into women who don't like women." >> Cameron...

Out on the Web. (Curvatures).
May 1, 2002... ARE YOU THE HALF OF THE COUPLE who's been dubbed "hubby" and your household honey-do list bears not one checkmark of completion? For both novices and old pros, here are a couple spots on the Web that offer sizeable doses of inspiration and...

Love through the signs. (Horoscopes).
May 1, 2002... IT'S THE YEAR OF THE WATER HORSE -- time to frolic with your favorite filly. The horse's natural element is fire -- she likes to move. Now she's swimming through deep emotional waters. Stroke steadily forward -- and use horse sense -- or you...

Out at the festival. (Sapphic Screen).
May 1, 2002... SUMMER IS ALMOST UPON US, AND it's time for many of us to start planning trips away from home to see the country or the world, while also looking for lesbian-centric spots to chill in community. Fortunately, summer fun also coincides with the...

Carol Coombes. (Q & A).
May 1, 2002... HEADING INTO ITS FOURTH SEASON, the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (April 26-May 5, 2002) is rapidly becoming a major player on the queer film festival circuit, skyrocketing from 5,000 to 11,000 attendees in just three years. As the...

More picks of previous fests. (Sappic Screen).
May 1, 2002... I'm all a-flutter imagining the new picks that will be offered at this year's festivals, but in addition to newcomers, there are a number of festival favorites you'll want to mark off on your schedule, including: A Boy Named Sue (2000) ...

Big Eden. (Special Advertisement).
May 1, 2002... Why will Curve readers want to see a movie about gay men? Simply this: Big Eden offers a refreshing change from most movies, a romance that's not too sappy, a fantasy that doesn't seem completely out of reach. You'll get a lump in your throat...

Road trips for biker babes: Six rides for the open road.
May 1, 2002... No matter where you hang your helmet, there's always a new adventure somewhere around that next turn in the road. CURVE asked women riders all over the country to share their favorite day trips. FROM TRACY SCHMIDT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO...

The doctor is out. (Q & A).
May 1, 2002... She's been in Hollywood for 24 years -- showing up in films like Deep Impact and sitcoms like Wings -- but television viewers around the globe know Laura Innes as the conflicted differently-abled and post-coming-out lesbian administrator Dr....

7th annual photo contest.
May 1, 2002... "Smile for the camera" is the mantra of families everywhere. From major events to everyday moments, it seems the flash of the camera is always there to punctuate our lives. Photographs exist to document the things that really matter. And so it...

Ro, Ro, Ro, your boat. (Lesbofile).
May 1, 2002... Lesbians across the nation weren't surprised to hear who floats Rosie O'Donnell's boat, but what may just get your goat is the back story about the women who fought for a piece of Ro before all the world knew Ro was homo. Longtime rivals...

Reno on the mend. (Lesbofile).
May 1, 2002... Jammin' Janet Reno, candidate for governor of Florida, is on the mend since collapsing at a press conference after a busy day of campaigning in Rochester, New York. The 63-year-old former U.S. attorney general, who has Parkinson's disease, is...

Bono saved. (Lesbofile).
May 1, 2002... Georgia Sand My darling dumpling Chastity Bono has finally put down her chopsticks and sesame steamed spinach with silky tofu long enough to finish her biography, The End of Innocence: A Memoir. If you think that sounds like the title of...

"V" is for Velma. (Lesbofile).
May 1, 2002... While all eyes were on Rosie's coming-out fete, another media maven quietly confirmed all our speculations about who's sharing her Scooby snacks: none other than the bowl-cutted mystery sleuth Velma Dinkley! Played by Linda Cardellini...

BFF (Best Friends Forever). (Lesbofile).
May 1, 2002... Meanwhile, George W.'s other brother, Neil Bush, is in a world of fatherly woes since his daughter, Elite fashion model Lauren, has a new best friend. Lauren, at 17, has until now kept a lower party profile than her cousins Jenna and Laura...

Station to station. (Lesbofile).
May 1, 2002... Wave a tearful goodbye to Agent Scully, as Gillian Anderson and The X Files will close up shop after nine seasons on the air. The last original episode will air this May and then it's on to rerun city. Maybe the execs at Fox should package...

Between the sheets. (In the Stacks).
May 1, 2002... IT'S TIME FOR THE ANNUAL ROUNDUP of women's erotica titles, which have hit the shelves just in time for a literary spring fling. Every year there seem to be more collections like this to review, and this time, we'll have a peek at five. ...

Leslea Newman. (Q & A).
May 1, 2002... FROM THE AUTHOR PERHAPS BEST-KNOWN FOR THE ground-breaking children's book Heather Has Two Mommies, Leslea Newman's latest collection of short stories, She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not (Alyson Publications $14.95), shifts into the realm of...

A normal lesbian life. (According to).
May 1, 2002... IN THE PREFACE TO MY BOOK, Living Wabi-Sabi: An Imperfect-Perfect Life, I wrote, "When I came our as a lesbian the world thought I was wabi-sabi, when I felt normal for the very first time." Wabi-sabi is the Japanese aesthetic of the...

Happy anniversaries! (Dyke Drama).
May 1, 2002... ANOTHER YEAR? YOU'RE PULLING my rapidly aging leg from my slowly disintegrating hip joint. CURVE is turning 12? How strange that both of us are hitting puberty at the same time. After all, I was a mere child when I began writing for CURVE in...

Alana Davis. (Music Watch).
May 1, 2002... Fortune Cookies Elektra A dreamy, evocative R&B smoke glides from the lips of Davis on this 11-track, appropriately titled collection. Each song lays down a sage offering not unlike the wafer's treasured tiny message. Time...

Holly Near. (Music Watch).
May 1, 2002... Early Warnings Appleseed Recordings A thematic blend of two previous collections, Watch Out! and Sky Dances, Early Warnings is 14 inspirations hand-chosen by Near. The theme blasts loudly: the power of humanity to rise above...

Electrelane. (Music Watch).
May 1, 2002... Rock It to the Moon Mr. Lady Records These four women have a lot to say without even opening their mouths. Nearly all instrumental, the driving force behind their sometimes-spooky incantations is keyboard mixed with thrashing rock...

Indigo Girls. (Music Watch).
May 1, 2002... Become You Epic Records Become You, the eighth album from the Indigo Girls, journeys back to the simplistic folk-pop melodies the duo are most known (and loved) for. Evenly divided compositions between Amy Ray and Emily Saliers...

Stories untold. (Brownworth).
May 1, 2002... IT WAS ONE OF THOSE DINNER parties that I love: interesting women, challenging conversation, good food, lots of laughter. Most of us were academics, in fields ranging from history to science. Though some of the women wrote in their field, I was...

Gay games. (Photoplay).
May 1, 2002... CARMEN MORRISON, SAN FRANCISCO SPORT: Track and Field DAY JOB: International Business Strategy/Marketing Consultant HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE GAY GAMES BEFORE? Yes, San Francisco in 1982, New York City in 1990, Vancouver, Canada in...