Gay Encounters: Theater Beat
Concept Can't Sustain 'Confidentially, Cole'
Sean Hayden's solo musical "Confidentially, Cole" uses Cole Porter lyrics to explore the nature of love in the lives of two gay men of different generations. It's a catchy but contrived concept, and it falters toward the end of this 80-minute showcase at the Tiffany Theater.Hayden's voice is certainly up to performing the music, and the onstage band led by Bryan Schimmel is also fit for the task. But the homosexual potential of...
Gay Encounters: Red Cross defends blood-donor questionnaire
The University of Victoria's determination to protect gay men from discrimination threatens the Red Cross blood supply, says a clinic organizer. A blood donor clinic to be held on campus next week has had to be relocated after university administration reiterated support for a student who filed a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Council last summer.The council has yet to rule on the matter.But the complaint led the university to scrap one clinic over concerns a Red...
Four Years Later, His Torment Lingers
Ex-congressman talks of his gay encounters
Robert Bauman, the former Maryland congressman, says he was introduced to homosexual sex as a teenage page on Capitol Hill, and spent the next 25 years leading a secret, sordid life of gay encounters and heavy drinking. "Why did I do it?" Bauman writes in his forthcoming book. "In many ways I was driven by a force over which I seemed to have little control. I was willing to risk my marriage, my wife, my children, even life itself."Bauman, 49,...
Gay Encounters: CITY TO TIGHTEN SECURITY AT SPOT FAVORED BY GAYS
MALDEN - New lights, a buzzer system, and an increased police presence are among the steps officials are considering to improve public safety around a men's bathroom at City Hall that is listed on a gay website.Security cameras also may be added throughout Malden Government Center, a six-story building in Malden Square that houses City Hall. The commission in charge of the building will meet on March 14 to finalize a new safety plan, an official said....