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Article: Support your local gay performer: gay men will turn out in droves to support our favorite female stars. But with gay entertainers, we're not interested. What's up with that?(COLUMN: MOUTH OF THE SOUTH)(Column)
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- April 8, 2008
- Author:
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GAY MEN LOVE FEMALE PERFORMERS SO much you would think they were on salary. A brassy woman on the stage can count on our adoration. Cher, Bette, and insert name here would never have lasted without gay fans. They even latched on to Tammy Faye Bakker, forgiving her fundamentalism because she looked like a drag queen.
In comedy, Margaret Cho and Kathy Griffin have huge gay followings to thank for their bank accounts. But will that same audience pack a theater for a gay man? I spoke to several friends who are successful out performers. According to one well-known comedian, "If you aren't a strong female or fat black woman, good luck getting gay men to come out and ...
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... ... nearly 20 years ago, more black and Hispanic gay men were diagnosed with the illness than white gay men over a year's period, federal health officials ... were 18,153 AIDS cases diagnosed among gay men in 1998, the most recent year available ...
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