Curve articles from May 2004

Curve archives from May 2004

Cats? Or dogs?(Frankly Speaking)(pets of lesbians)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
May 1, 2004... I'm probably one of the biggest animal aficionados I know. Like many children, I aspired to be a veterinarian. I raised albino rabbits and talked my parents into living in a proverbial zoo--one Doberman pinscher, a handful of cats, three...

Marriage on her mind.(Out in Front)(Mary Bonauto, lead counsel support gay marriage in Massachussets Supreme Court case)
May 1, 2004... Last fall, when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that same-sex couples must be allowed equal access to marriage, it unleashed a frenzy of activity nationwide. Officials in San Francisco, bolstered by the ruling, began issuing...

Over The L Word.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... Everyone wants to defend The L Word for its gorgeous women. They argue that us "real" dykes are "used to stereotypes." Laurie Schenden goes on to say, "Personally, if I want to see an overweight dyke with no fashion sense, I'll look in the...

Defense of what?(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... What exactly are gay-marriage haters so afraid of? How exactly will giving two committed, loving gay men or lesbians all the same benefits as married straight people harm society? No one's asking to make murder or rape legal. We're asking...

Give Ellen another chance.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... I am big fan of CURVE and love to read it cover to cover the minute I get it. When I received my April (Vol. 14, #2) issue and read the review of Ellen DeGeneres' new book, The Funny Thing Is..., I felt it was incomplete. I think most of...

Got something to say?(Letters)
May 1, 2004... Send kudos and criticism by mail to CURVE Letters, 1550 Bryant St., Ste. 510, San Francisco, CA 94103; fax to (415) 863-1609; or e-mail to letters@curvemag.com. Please include your full name, city and state, and a daytime telephone number....

Mom in trouble.(Ask Fairy Butch)(lesbian relationship and dating questions)(Column)
May 1, 2004... Dear Fairy Butch: I married the man I was supposed to and had two children, as ordained by my mother. I suppose it's because I'm weak and couldn't bear to see my parents hurt by the real me (dare I say it, a lesbian). When marrying my...

Social insecurity.(Curvatures)(lesbian couples and Social Security)
May 1, 2004... "THERE IS NO TRAGEDY IN GROWING OLD, BUT THERE IS tragedy in growing old without means of support," said President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who signed the Social Security Act of 1935. However, as same-sex couples grow older, they often face...

Hey! Baby.(Curvatures)(writing for gay youth)(Column)
May 1, 2004... I began writing "Hey! Baby" when I was 14 and in the eighth grade. I started with a lot of questions about how to represent the queer youth community. It was personally important to me to have a very inclusive politic about "Hey! Baby."...

Truth and consequences.(Curvatures)(law suits and legislation of concern to lesbians)
May 1, 2004... Hail to the Mayors At press time, mayors across the country had begun stepping up for same-sex marriage rights. Mayor Gavin Newsom in San Francisco announced just before Valentine's Day that he was instructing the city to begin issuing...

Work now, play later.(Out on the Web)(websites on the fight for the right to gay marriage)
May 1, 2004... FOR EVERYONE WHO VOWED TO sleep right through President Bush's reign of tyranny: It's time to wake up. In just six months, Americans will go to the polls and, barring another Florida-type scam, may just demonstrate enough collective power to...

Spring fever.(Horoscopes )
May 1, 2004... AS THE YEAR CONTINUES TO TEST and try us, we're finding numerous planetary signs of spiritual growth. Situations abound that make us assess, and reassess, our core values. The questions are tough this month, but the answers may be even more...

Women of mystery.(Sapphic Screen)(Nightingale in a Music Box)(Bedwin Hacker)(Secret Things)(Movie Review)
May 1, 2004... THREE GRIPPING THRILLERS HITTING theaters now put women--and lesbians--center stage. Nightingale in a Music Box New Garden Technologies has patented a new life form: microbes that can be inserted into the human brain to control memory....

Other picks.
May 1, 2004... IN THEATERS: My Baby's Daddy: Joanna Bacalso falls for Naomi Gaskin in Cheryl Dunye's first blockbuster. D.E.B.S.: Intelligent and campy spy sendup with lesbian super villains and sexual awakenings. Against the Ropes: Meg Ryan...

Michelle Miller.(Q & A)(interviewee in the film "Trembling Befor G-d")(Brief Article)(Interview)
May 1, 2004... Like all the interviewees in the 2001 documentary of queer Hasidic and Orthodox Jews, Trembling Before G-d, Michelle Miller has undergone a plethora of changes. With the release of the updated DVD set--including a virtual sequel to the...

When we were wed: rose petals adorned the steps of San Francisco's City Hall last February, when the first of several thousand same-sex couples were married on the grand staircase of the building's ornate rotunda.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Love was in the air last Valentine's Day weekend, when hundreds of couples from all across the country made a mad dash for San Francisco's City Hall to be married. On February 12, Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered his staff to begin issuing marriage...

Stuff for fluff and spot.(pet supplies)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... McRoskey AirFlex Dog Mattress The Cadillac of mattress manufacturers has created the perfect bed for the most discerning of canine companions. McRoskey Airflex Mattress Company's new dog mattress comes with a removeable slipcover designed...

Gossip grows in this garden.(Lesbofile)(celebrity gossip)
May 1, 2004... HEY, HEY, LITTLE LADYBUG, HAVE I got some dirt to make your garden grow! With all the lesbo antics happening all around me, I know better than to turn a blind eye. No way, honey, not Miss Georgia. I'm keeping both my peepers open for business,...

Quote unquote.
May 1, 2004... "When we were first dating and nobody knew we were together, we would be at the restaurant and Tammy would go outside to smoke and the guys would be like, 'Hey, how are you,' and they would all try to hit on her and she would say something...

Edison Woods.(Voices from the Inside)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
May 1, 2004... Seven Principles of Leave No Trace Glitterhouse Records Don't mistake Edison Woods, fronted by New York multimedia artist Julia Frodahl, for a band. They're more like performance art. Most of the nine tracks on Seven Principles...

Tori Amos.(Voices from the Inside)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
May 1, 2004... Tales of a Librarian Atlantic Records Interviewing Amos for this magazine a handful of years back, this reviewer remembers the musician's single most profound comment: "I don't trust people who don't believe in faeries." Amos does...

Kelis.(Voices from the Inside)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
May 1, 2004... Tasty Arista Records Tasty is nasty R & B. Having earned the infamous "Parental Advisory/Explicit Content" label, Kelis' third release explores a montage of audio delights--aural soft porn, if you will. Sexual, yes, but submissive...

Kelsang Chukie Tethong.(Voices from the Inside)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
May 1, 2004... Voice From Tara Narada World Music Living in exile, Tethong is serious about her music. Eleven years of studying in India with elders and learning core techniques and innuendos of Tibetan folk music has prepared the singer well. ...

Kierstin Gray.(Q & A)(singer-songwriter)(Interview)
May 1, 2004... LIKE MANY ARTISTS WHO HAVE CHOSEN the path of independent musician, singer-songwriter Kierstin Gray has found that the lifestyle offers some advantages as well as drawbacks. But the recent college grad (Bryn Mawr College, class of 2001) has...

First aid for the freshly dumped.(Dyke Drama)
May 1, 2004... THERE ARE A MILLION JOKES ABOUT the duration of lesbian breakups, but you ever heard the one about lesbian heartache? Of course not. It lasts so long it's not even funny. My friend got dumped, and she was a mess. I found her in her car,...

Karen X. Tulchinsky, Ed.(True Confessions)(Hot and Bothered 4: Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire)(Best Lesbian Erotica 2004)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Karen X. Tulchinsky, Ed. Hot and Bothered 4: Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire Arsenal Pulp Press $15.95 Tristan Taormino and Michelle Tea, Eds. Best Lesbian Erotica 2004 Selected and Introduced by Michelle Tea...

Jennifer Finney Boylan.(True Confessions)(She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Jennifer Finney Boylan She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders Broadway $24.95 What is it like to be born a man and know that inside, from your earliest memories, you only wanted to be, and should have been born, a woman? That is...

Margo Perin, Ed.(True Confessions)(How I Learned to Cook and Other Writings on Complex Mother-Daughter Relationships)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Margo Perin, Ed. How I Learned to Cook and Other Writings on Complex Mother-Daughter Relationships Tarcher/Penguin $14.95 Editor Margo Perin has assembled a soulful collection of mother-daughter stories, beginning with Paula Fox's...

2003 Lambda literary award nominees.(The Best Lesbian Books of the Year)
May 1, 2004... EROTICA Best Lesbian Erotica 2004 Edited by Tristan Taormino Selected and Introduced by Michelle Tea CLEIS PRESS The best-selling lesbian erotic series in America. "I believe that sex and writing can save people,...

Lisa Moore.(Q & A)(RedBone Press editor dicusses the Lammys, given to the best Lesbian literature by the Lambda Literary Foundation )(Interview)
May 1, 2004... SINCE 1988, THE LAMBDA LITERARY Awards have given a much-needed boost (and critical attention) to books by and for the LGBT community. Sponsored by the Lambda Literary Foundation, the Lammys have been bestowed on some of the most renowned...

A simple test that saves lives.(Brownworth)(pap smear test detects cervical cancer)
May 1, 2004... LOUISE BETH KUNEY DIED DECEMBER 30, 2003. She was 46 years old. Her death was tragic. And unnecessary. Louise wasn't famous lesbian--not an Ellen or Melissa or Rosie. But like many women in our community, her life pooled out in concentric...

Shop curve shop.
May 1, 2004... VIDEOS & DVDS A. THE GIRL Set in Paris, a film noir about the spiralling love affair between two women, a painter and a cabaret singer. VHS 27012 $24.95 DVD 27011 $29.95 B. COMING OUT PARTY A celebration of love, life and freedom as...