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The Revolution Will Not be Oklahoman
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This is the wrong category for this post, but whatever.

Sensational piece of writing by my personal journalistic demi-goddess, Anne Hull. It’s a portrait of a naive, gay, 17-year-old boy and his equally naive mother. But I think it’s especially about the rest of us — the worldly, jaded, cosmopolitan, secular, sexxxtacular, post-post-bohemian creative-class-holes who think we know everything — who have to grapple with the exact same thoughts that seem so unformed coming out of the minds and mouths of Michael and Janice Shackleford:

Michael tried sending his mom a clue about his sexuality early on. He took her to a Cher concert in Tulsa, but she failed to make the connection.

“Apparently a lot of people don’t know she has a gay following,” Janice says, defensively. “The guys at work said how neat it was that I was going.”

She pauses, thinking back. “I have to say, it was a fantastic concert.” 

Here’s part two.

Part three and four will be along next Sunday and Monday.

If you wanted to get a taste of the worldly and cosmopolitan, try a little Lance Arthur. Especially the Gay Agenda.

September 28, 2004 / Uncategorized

3 comments

Ms.Cazh says…

I think that the sexxxtacular among us is also wondering when a, “spark of hope” can be felt upon seeing

ANYONE look at an Annie Lennox album cover.

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Robin says…

Ah ha ha ha ha! I love Lance Arthur! From his post on what he learned from Spider-Man 2:

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There’s certainly a lack of gay infrastructure, so to speak, in small towns — fewer people to consult for advice, etc., but sometimes the rules of the city just don’t apply. I remember reading an article not too long ago, probably in the Times, about the lives of gay prostitutes in New York. Many of them were small-town kids, or blacks or Latinos who were encouraged by shows like “Will & Grace” to come out to their families — when their families kicked them out, they ran away to cities like New York and soon ended up on the streets.

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