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By Jennifer Vanasco
Contributing Columnist
Some people have a problem with Bravo's
new television show Queer Eye for the Straight
Guy
Some commentators think that it only
pushes the gay community back into stereo-
type. I can see why they're worried. But I saw
the first two episodes during the show's pre-
miere last week. And 1 loved them.
In Queer Eye, the five gay experts make
over a skanky straight guy into someone of
whom women will approve. Every week there
is a mission: in the first episode, it was prepar-
ing the aptly nicknamed Butch for his first art
opening. In the second, it was throwing a
birthday party for Adam's neglected wife.
At the start of each episode, the Fab Five
scream up in their black SUV. They explode
into the straight guy's home, making catty
[and very funny] comments about everything
from the guy's decorating style to his facial
hair (Adam had a monobrow] to his under-
wear.
That part's pretty intimidating. But then, an
amazing thing happens.
The straight guy bonds with the gay guys.
And we watch it happen.
By the end, there's often a round of hug-
ging. At the end of the second episode, straight
guy Adam looks around his newly done house
with tears in his eyes. He fingers his beautiful
new suit. "My house is you're house," he says
mistily.
And the audience is not surprised at this,
because except for the initial rampage, the five
experts are startlingly kind and insightful.
They're just saying that it's all right to want
to look attractive and live in a nice home.
The subtext seems to be that taking care of
oneself and one's surroundings doesn't make
a man less masculine. It doesn't make him-
more — well, gay. It just makes him more hap-
Cathedral of Hope takes profits, runs
The Metropolitan Community Church in
Dallas was started by people that wanted to be
affiliated with MCC. Michael Piazza was
asked to come to Dallas as a minister of MCC
to lead the MCC church.
In the fifteen years he has been in that posi-
tion, he has collected tithes and offerings from
the congregation in the name of MCC. The
campaign to build Phil Johnson's rendition of
an "ice castle" was started and pledged by
folks, who, at the time thought they were giv-
ing money to MCC.
And now that some questions have arisen
about the money, the same guy that was hired
to be a MCC minister in a MCC church is lead-
ing the congregation in a "I'll just take all my
marbles and quit the game" mentality.
Not to mention, the now ex-MCC minister
says "oh and by the way, we're going to keep
all the money and assets that everyone gave to
MCC, even though we're not MCC anymore."
pily himself.
As Carson says cheerfully to Butch, "We're
not trying to change you — we're trying to
make you better."
And they do this first by making style deci-
sions that fit the straight guinea pig's personal-
ity and then by cheering him on as he hesitant-
ly makes changes. They shower him with the
kind of warm approval straight men rarely get
from other men, telling him how great he's
doing and how handsome he looks.
But there's another factor that makes the
show a success for our community. The
straight men come across as very, very com-
fortable with the gay men.
This is vital, because these five men are not
the straight-acting, straight appearing kind of
gay men. They are not assimilated. They are
GAY, honey.
Carson in particular is over the top. He
Mr. Piazza refers to this ordeal as being
similar to a divorce. I don't know of any
divorce where one party gets all the assets
after a 33 years of marriage. And if it can ever
be proven that either party in a divorce has
taken steps to move assets or cover up their
existence in anticipation of that divorce, the
law is pretty explicit about that kind of decep-
tion.
Everyone seems to forget that if it weren't
for the MCC name recognition, no preacher
would have been able to direct a church to this
much power and influence.
It was MCC, the name, ideals, and reputa-
tion, that first got people's attention and began
to serve the spiritual needs of this community.
If Mr.Piazza is going to stay in Texas, he
should learn one of the basic premises that all
youngsters here are taught: It is good manners
to 'dance with the one that brung ya'l
Samiel Kalin
Dallas, Texas
jokes about getting into Butch' s underwear.
He jokes about helping out in the shower. He
offers to unbutton Butch's pants to help tuck in
his shirt.
In other words, he's hitting on them, which
is what straight men seem to fear most about
gay guys. But instead of punching him in
response, the straight men play it cool.
And those are the moments that might help
turn the culture around for us. Because
straight men aren't afraid of gay men who look
and act like them. They're afraid of the gay
men who are gaily gay.
So Bravo is doing us all a public service.
Because by giving us weekly examples of the
differences between gay and straight men,
Bravo is showing America that we really all
can get along.
Jennifer Vanascoat can be reached at
vanasco@chicagofreepress.com.
Healing requires faith, trust in leaders
If there was any doubt that the spirit of God
had escaped the Cathedral of Hope these past
months, then the praise and worship service
last Sunday night by the contemporary
Christian group "Passage," surely put all
doubts to rest.
In a spirit filled two and a half hour con-
cert, this group reminded the congregation
just why we all feel love and commitment to
this church.
It's because we ALL feel at home when we
worship there. -
I like thousand of others have felt this wave
of comfort, not only the first time, but every
time, I worship with this congregation. As the
healing process begins, let us be reminded of
our faith in God, our belief in the mission of
the Cathedral of Hope and our trust in the
church's elected leaderslrip.
Samuel Geer
Dallas, Texas
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