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Gut Check

Gut Check

When Dick Cheeeney was asked why he had not served in Vietnam, he harrumphed that he “had other priorities in the ‘60s than military service.” Like applying for six deferments.

Side note: come to find out, the very long E in “Cheeeney” is the family’s preferred pronunciation of their surname. The ubiquitous-as-homemade sin, Liz Cheeeney announced this top-secret fact on a morning show, and now Chris Matthews has dropped the long A in Chaney and cheeses out Cheeeney whenever he can. I

If you Twitter, what tweet would you send out on June 28 – the 40th Anniversary of Stonewall? Now send it out.

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STONEWALL 40

On an early morning flight from Orlando, after appearing at the 19th Annual Gay Days at Disneyworld, I was “sirred” twice by a cab driver and flight attendant. All before 7 a.m. I would have thought the brand new faux leopard Croc flats I was sporting would have thrown them off. Or that the “Gay Day” banners everywhere would have heightened their threat levels to rainbow.

Usually I find mistaken identification an embarrassment or irritant. In past years I would correct quickly with “That’

Dear Michelle,

I've Been Everywhere

For LGBT comics, Gay Pride Month is like our national trade show. Comic troubadours fan out across the land to Gay Pride parades, rallies, block parties, garden parties, and hootenannies. No wait, the hootenannies are for National Coming Day. We emcee rallies, introduce local politicos, ride in open convertibles waving sweatily to spectators pointing at us and mouthing, “Who’s that?” Sometimes we even get to perform short sets in between mega-amped, lip-syncing divas of the dance club scene.

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What A Riot

Unless you are already perfect, what is one of your summer self-improvement goals?

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June 12 and 13th

Join Kate in Boston at The Wilbur Theater and The Comedy Connection in Chicopee, MA

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Cold Comfort Farm

Barbar Dyke

“Well there’s a job I never wanted,” my mom once remarked as we watched an elephant trainer on some TV variety show putting a pachyderm through his paces. If I remember correctly, the gentle, possibly drugged, giant was in a top hat and tails doing “Putting on the Ritz.” I said, “I’m glad you are narrowing down your career choices.”

I never wanted to run a bankrupt car company either, but as a taxpayer apparently I now own one. Okay, here’s what I want done by next Tuesday: change the name “G