Where I was born in Bath, England, swans are an everyday occurrence; in fact, hardly a day went past without me seeing at least half
a dozen. They're everywhere, and I've even been attacked by swans … twice! Get too close to a swan's nest and they will come after
you, and I've heard their wings can break a leg.
Since I moved to the States I haven't seen a swan. I'd forgotten all about them until I read an article titled 'Canada's last royal
swan mourned by same-sex partner' on Gay.com U.K.
It begins: 'The last of twelve swans donated to Ottawa by the Queen in 1967 has died, leaving behind his crestfallen male mate.'
Apparently, the gay swan that died was called Patch and his surviving partner is Buddy.
Now I'm worried about Buddy finding a new partner. To be more specific, I'm worried about some chicken taking advantage of
Buddy and using the old swan to feather their own nest … so to speak.
How does an old gay swan find a new partner? The personals? 'Mature GWS seeks similar for mutual beak rubbing/maybe more.
Interests include water sports, nesting, standing around and flying in formation.'
If you happen to be walking around a bathhouse in Canada and bump into an old swan looking dejected, go ruffle his feathers.
Give the old bird some respect.
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Oh god this is tiresome!! A suburban school board in Vancouver has voted to ban three gay picture books from its classes: Asha's
Mums, Belinda's Bouquet, and One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dads, Blue Dads.
Two words for the Surrey school board: Grow up!!
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Dorothys, good witches, bad witches, a Cowardly Lion or two, all turning up in costume to Sing-A-Long with the Wizard of Oz in
New York City.
Well, it worked with the Sing-A-Long Sound of Music …
What I'm waiting for is the Sing-A-Long Jesus Christ Superstar when I can go as Mary Magdalene. Can you see me dressed as a
b
iblical whore? Stiletto sandals …
'He's a man
He's just a man
And I've had so many
Men before
In very many ways
He's just one more.'
Ain't that the truth, sister.
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A new biography called Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino by Emily Leider asks if the sultry movie star was
gay.
Duh! He married two lesbians, wore make-up off screen, made a fortune in cash, squandered it on crap and died in tragic poverty.
Was he gay? Does the Pope shit in the woods?
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The San Francisco Examiner reports that, 'In the general population, most murder victims are shot with a gun. In the gay
community, they tend to be strangled, stabbed or bludgeoned.
'Heterosexual murder victims are rarely killed in bedrooms.
'Homosexuals who are killed are almost always found among blood-soaked bedsheets or strangled in a bedroom closet.'
Go visit the Gay Homicide Study Web site at mngayhomicide.org
