Written by Though incessantly threatening to stay away in droves from Gay Mecca, ultra-Christian fringies can’t seem to make up their righteous minds. Boycott–kinda, sorta, maybe, not really I: Within a week of calling for a “nationwide boycott” of Eureka Springs, the rabidly anti-gay Jericho Riders (so-called) Christian Motorcycle Ministry had an apparent change of heart and [...]
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Post Label
Just when we thought we’d heard the last word on gay slang (which happened about the time our local Religious Rightfolk decided that “eclectic” is secret code for “gay,”) a new definition appeared in the Official Gay Dictionary. (Why yes, Mary. There is one.) Our Gay News adjective of the day is, “Post Label,” defined [...]
READ MORE »Dumbledore is gay!
We knew it. Here at Gay News, we weren’t a bit surprised when J.K. Rowling outed an imaginary character from her popular, “Harry Potter” series. We always suspected the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry likes a bit of wand. One imaginary gay icon reacted swiftly to the news. “He had to wait [...]
READ MORE »Staff infection
A two-thirds majority of the Gay News staff was recently stricken by flu. We know America counts on the GLBT community to keep our less fortunately endowed brothers and sisters ahead of the cultural curve. So we’re pleased to report that, by the time the first flu clinic in Arkansas opened, Gay News staffers were [...]
READ MORE »The big four-oh
Written by September 12, 2007 Blog Numero Uno got so much attention–I’ve been swamped with positive feedback from people all over the country and lots of townspeople here in Eureka Springs, where it got picked up by the local website gaynewsbureau.com–that I find myself already cranking out my second blog just two weeks later. Notice how comfortable [...]
READ MORE »Houston-based journalist absorbed into alternate universe
Hi from Eureka Springs, Arkansas–the funkiest little town in America and perhaps the entire world! This place has so much character–and so many characters–I can’t believe it took me 40 years to discover it. A mere village of just 2,000 people, Eureka Springs is New Orleans meets Aspen meets San Francisco meets Hooterville! I got [...]
READ MORE »Dear Jericho Riders
Written by I saw an article in the news today describing how your organization is protesting the decision of the city of Eureka Springs, Arkansas to welcome participants in the Celebrate Diversity festivities this coming weekend. After hearing about the goings on in Eureka Springs during the last visit by a motorcycle gang in which a handful [...]
READ MORE »My Parents Always Said … Don’t judge a book by its cover!
Written by Now that I am a mother to three almost grown children, when I look back at my childhood I am amazed and thankful for the way that my parents raised me. As a Baptist Minister it would have been really easy for my father to place everyone into two classes: the sinners and the believers. [...]
READ MORE »Winners ‘n Sinners
NOAH? YOU CAN RETIRE NOW Sinner: “We don’t believe that a Rainbow is a symbol of perversion or an alternative lifestyle. We do believe it is our promise from God that the world will never be flooded again.”–Jericho Riders motorcycle ministry. WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH KIDS TODAY? Winner: “The culture shift is becoming more and [...]
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Today’s pick of Winners and Sinners in the Eureka Springs Court of Public Opinion: Liar, Liar Pants on Fire Sinner: “The (Eureka Springs) city council passed the (Domestic Partnership) ordinance unanimously, which basically is the equivalent of the city’s leaders recognizing and forcing ‘gay marriage’ on the city’s residents.”–Don Wildmon, Arkansas Family Association. Punishment Without [...]
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