ARTICLES & FICTION
18 "The Crisco Kid"
by Doug Richards
26 "Revels Ended"
by Phil Andros
30 "Conversation with Edmund White"
by Brandon Judell
58 "Jack Wrangler"
by Robert W. Richards
66 "The Gay Olympics"
by George Heymont VISUALS
9 "The Tattooed Preppy"
by James Michaels
22 "The Machinist"
from City Boy Studios
33 "The Mod Musketeer"
by California Guys Studios
40 "Roy Garrett's Hot Rod to Hell"
by Jay Kay
73 "One Night Stand"
from Mustang Productions MONTHLY FEATURES
4 Stallion Quickies
14 Roundup (Film, Books, Music, Theatre)
38 Letters to Casey
54 Our Gay Heritage: Michelangelo
78 Stallion Contacts
Editorial
The brouhaha that exploded last summer over the naming of the Gay Olympic Games
is a shamefully specific example of the homophobia that still runs rampant in
large segments of our society. Although the fact has been stated over and over
again in both straight and gay publications (including George Heymont's stirring
article, "The Olympics That Dared Not Speak Its Name" on page 66 of
this issue), we would like to call your attention one more time to the preposterously
selective homophobia evinced by the United States Olympics Committee seeking
a court order to prevent the use of the word "Olympics" in direct
juxtaposition to the word "Gay," while ignoring a multitude of other
so-called "Olympics," including the Armenian Olympics, the Police
Olympics, the Pasta Olympics, the Rat Olympics, the Chinese Little People's
Olympics, and the Special Olympics for the Handicapped.
The implication seems to be that any special interest group in this country
can hold an Olympics, thus name it, and expect no flak — except the gay
citizenry.
We can certainly appreciate the zealous protection of a logo and the legal protection
guaranteed a trademark, but the Gay Olympics Committee made no attempt to trade
on any of the USOC's visual symbols. On the other hand, the word "Olympics,"
is a generic noun long in general usage in the English language, not to mention
a variety of other tongues dating back to the Classic Greek. To forbid anyone
use of the word is about as ludicrous as the folks at International Harvester
telling International Business Machines that they own the word "International."
Or Coca telling Pepsi that there can only be one cola.
Jerry Douglas
Editor
