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Re: Is lgbt going to build a moc together?
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Wed, 22 Sep 2004 04:05:48 GMT
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In lugnet.people.lgbt, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
No! No!!!! Aaaah! FAAAAAAAAbulous!
Make sure you click through to http://www.bmts.com/~bccook/oz.htm, kiddies!
Priceless!
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Couldn’t resist posting that MOC, but seriously, didn’t know there was a
connection. Maybe someone could enlighten me before the winged monkeys come
take me away. Please don’t tell me to ask the wizard.
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The wizard is just an old fool. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Short answer: “Come out, come out, wherever you are.”
Long answers: Click http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20030909.html to learn more about
why Judy Garland is such a gay icon; I’ll add that many believe her death in
1969 sparked the Stonewall Riots, issuing in the modern gay rights era. And
every time I watch “The Wizard of Oz,” the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, and
especially the Cowardly Lion just get gayer. I mean, that number Bert Lahr
(Lion) does at the gates to the Wizard’s palace is just about the minciest thing
I’ve ever seen. “I’m just a dandy lion” ? Puh-lease.
Personal answers: It was definitely my favorite movie growing up. Every year,
CBS would broadcast it, and every year I’d plop down and get swept away into the
magical technicolor world. When Margaret Hamilton came on Mr. Rogers out of
costume, I screamed and ran out of the room before I could learn the valuable
lesson that she was just pretending to be the Wicked Witch. My dad read it to
me when I was little, and some of the first books I ever read on my own were
from the series. (I’d guess a dozen volumes are still in my parents’ house.)
As soon as I figured out how much gay subtext you could read into it, I loved it
even more, and bought a copy of it on tape long even though I wouldn’t own a VCR
for years. I know the film made it easier to come out to my parents. The first
time I ever sang karaoke, I sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” (It did not go
well, and I did not care. My boyfriend at the time barely forgave me.) When I
lived in North Carolina, my license plate was “FRNDOF.” (The punctuation is
absolutely critical to getting it, kids.) I still cry when I watch the film.
There’s a lot about me that isn’t stereotypically gay, but I am a Dorothy
loving, Wizard of Oz watching, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” singing queen, and
damn proud of it. I guess the only thing I haven’t done is dress up for
Halloween. Someday...
 --oops--
Yellow Brick Teddy
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| (...) Funny, I re-read the text of my page, and must admit, had a little laugh at that quote from the movie when I was about to post. Seemed doubly fitting. (...) (snip) Well Teddy, thanks for the link. I had no idea, but I must say, it does make (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.people.lgbt, FTX)
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| (...) (Snip) Hmmmmmm did someone say, (URL) follow the yellow brick road?> (URL) Couldn't resist posting that MOC, but seriously, didn't know there was a connection. Maybe someone could enlighten me before the winged monkeys come take me away. (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.people.lgbt, FTX) !
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