THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

From the 'Good-Name-Bad-Bod' file the Chicago Sun-Times ( 1/8 ) reported that the band Gays In the Military was hired to play a gig last August in their skivvies. A picture was provided. Unfortunately. The group may or may not play well but they would pass neither the military nor the Halsted Street physical.

From the 'Don't-Cry-For-Me-Argentina' file, the BBC News ( 1/13 ) says that Buenos Aires has become THE new vacation spot for gay tourists. City officials believe 20% of their 5.25m visitors are gay. The city has gone so far as to plan a 5-star gay hotel, legalized same-sex unions, and encouraged an enormous gay pride parade ( in our winter ) . Evita could probably handle this but Juan Peron, her fascist hubby, is , no doubt, spinning in his tomb like a ferris wheel.

Murray Hill is so into his Borscht Belt comic role—a 50ish paunchy patriarch—that he doesn't want to be called ... a drag king and in fact says The NY Times ( 1/9 ) he won't even reveal his feminine birth name. He is given, when not hosting various venues, to such acts as rollerblading maniacally between night-club tables to the Flashdance song, 'What a Feeling.'

Two local Chicago columnists have commented on the refusal of Florida to allow gay adoptions: Steve Chapman in the Chicago Tribune ( 1/16 ) lists people allowed to adopt in Florida—single adults, those with serious illness and/or disabilities,drug addicts, and even child abusers. Not gays. Obviously Florida believes 'Kids are better off with no parents than with gay parents.'

Neil Steinberg in the Chicago Sun-Times ( 1/12 ) —'A child should have a mother and a father ... Well, yes and a ... pony and a sailor suit and an old swimming hole. But lots of kids ... don't have any parents at all, and to exclude a sizable portion of potential adoptive parents based on your religious bigotries is not only un-American, it's cruel.'