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June 2002
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the Dish with Miss Priscilla Pride!
by Miss
Priscilla Pride
SOMEWHERE
OVER PRIDE’S RAINBOW, SKIES ARE BLUE...
AND THOSE DREAMS OF HOT LESBS & GAYS REALLY WILL COME
TRUE!
Someday
I’ll wish upon a star, that PRIDE’s Flag would wave
o’er near and far, to remind me! That "outing"
will be in the past and acceptance will be here at last...
that land’s whereee you’lll finddd meeee! Somewhere
Over PRIDE’s Rainbow.. .beyond the sky! This land’s
over PRIDE’s rainbow... I think I’ll give it a try!!!!
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH kiddies! Before I get into June, we have
some business to discuss.
 Do
you believe all that scuttle-but over the NY METS cutest butt,
Piazza? "Is he or isn’t he, does he or doesn’t
he?" Well... all I can state for certain is... like the
commercial says, "only his hairdresser knows for sure!
And those tips do a need a touch up!
Frankly
though, who cares? If he says he’s not and he is, then
he is in DE-NIAL (pronounced DE-NILE...not just a river in
Egypt, if you catch my drift). If he is not, then the prurience
exhibited is disgusting and shame on those who tried to "out"
him.
 MEMORIAL
DAY WEEKEND NEWS!
Priscilla spent the day on the Island --
of Fire of course -- Cherry Grove to be exact. Barry
Jones and Jim Coppola from GALFOLI
introduced me to a lovely couple, Mark Levy and Larry Lane,
owners of "UNCONDITIONAL LOVE" a cute chateau...
er, house on the Grove! These sweeties hosted a cocktail soirée
just for mói. WELLLL, if truth be told, Barry called
and they said, "If you must bring Miss THANG over couldn’t
you have picked another time, after all it is the unofficial,
official first summer weekend and the house is such a mess!"
Kids, they whipped their palace, I mean house, into a denizen
of beauty with all just the right ‘in the know’
pulchritudinous men from the Grove. I just loved it! The food...
sinfully delish... the drinks... libidinously devilish...
the men... hellacious... the weather... vivacious... the Grove
dish... sisterly sagacious! Mark and Larry... Priscilla loves
you for making me feel welcome and warm in your humble chateau!
...NEWS
FLASH... PRISCILLA PRIDE’s PERTINENT POOP...
One of Priscilla’s little birds landed
on my shoulder Memorial Day weekend to update me about "the
effect" Priscilla’s column is having on the mainland.
Priscilla has many birds darlings and I find it trés
interesante that this latest bird had to find me on Cherry
Grove to bring me mainland dish! It seems people are now interpreting
my column in public. Not to mention names... I never need
to since a perpetrator’s Modus Operandi is so obvious...
but someone is interpreting me to the nth degree. Now
sweeties, let me give you all some sweet advice... If you
are mentioned in my column and want to know what I meant when
I said this or that, then come to the one who wrote the piece.
Mama always said two things... 1) Don’t have the nerve
to speak behind their backs what you can’t say to their
faces and 2) Be careful what you spit in the air, it lands
everywhere, even on one’s face. So, my advice to one
and all that try to interpret me, falsely at best, BEWARE!
God is watching and He never punishes, He just sends it back
to you as a lesson to TeacH.
PRIDE
MONTH NEWS
June is for all of us who are OUT,
LOUD and PROUD! It’s also for those who can’t be
so OUT, shy away from the LOUD yet are still very PROUD! And
that’s fine since not all of us work in a safe environment,
live in a place where GLBTs are accepted and frankly...that’s
no one’s business but their own. Long Island PRIDE DAY
events are geared to let you know that the 2nd
Sunday in June each year is your day to let it ALL hang
out! Dearies, you have 5 hours in Heckscher Park where you
can let it loose, let that hair down and have fun and no one
will be there to tell you otherwise.
The
Long Island
PRIDE Parade Committee -- Jim,
Eva, Billy, Pete, Justine, Sandy, Linda, Cindie and Alycia,
see them and KISS them, will be running things on June 9th.
They worked their tooshies off this season to make this day
a true celebration. Kids we love you and your volunteers.
The buzz word for the day is FUN, FUN, FUN! This year’s
theme is: LONG ISLAND PRIDE, PRIDE WITHOUT PREJUDICE
and it is so timely. We must celebrate our community’s
diversity and embrace it. The day will be as meaningful as
you make it. So take your friends and head on down to Huntington
on June 9th and CELEBRATE LONG ISLAND PRIDE! I
will review the event in July’s article!
 GLBT
FILM FESTIVAL NEWS... There’s
a call out for local films. Those in charge of the festival
are looking to gain sponsors so that they can award prizes
for winners if they can get a selection process going! Send
all inquiries to: info@liglff.org,
they will be happy to hear from you! And don’t forget
to attend the Long
Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival between November
14th and November 17th at the Cinema
Arts Centre in Huntington.
"Blow
high, Blow low, A-sailin’ we will go, we’ll go a-sailin’,
a-sailin’ away. Away we’ll go, Blow me high and
low..." AHHH, those are
lyrics from my favorite musicale, Carousel. That reminds me,
there is a new group in our community, LI PRIDE BOATING.
Now listen, not the blowin’ but the sailin’ reminded
me... sometimes your minds are pure trash! These seaworthy
GLBTs meet monthly and can be reached at liprideboating@aol.com
for further information. I can see it now, a group of Drag
Queens think they can sail around the Island of Fire, suddenly
a storm swoops in and the sky is pitch black and the winds
howl and the rain hits hard and the waves swell and then SMASH,
they crash on shore and now they’re tossed. If it weren’t
for the courage of the fearless crew their make-up would be
lost, their make-up would be lost. So join them here each
week my friends and you’re sure to catch a smile from
Gill’sHotCan, his Skippy too, the hot male Stripper and
his thong, the porno star, the Drag Queens and all their men...
here on Gill’sHotCan Fire Isle!
Oh
my God, the Monday Night Fourplay needs members. I
got their email, opened it and realized it was not that kind
of play. DUH, it’s a bowling league. And a darned good
one too. I’ve been told these guys and gals know how
to throw their balls and they don’t scratch too much
either. Well that’s good news, especially in public!
They bowl in the AMF Syosset Lanes and the summer group started
June 3rd but call them to see if all spots are
filled and ask about their regular league in September. Contact
Todd at Todd@gothambowling.com
if interested or for more information.
LIGALY
(Long
Island Gay and Lesbian Youth) held their 2nd
Annual Prom June 7th and next month I will review
it objectively... well, I will try... see, they asked mói
to be a chaperone... I know, I agree... what were they
thinking? And then I said to myself, "Priscilla,
this is your chance! Let these kids see that to act lady-like
at all times is attainable!". And then I looked in the
mirror and said, yeah right... just behave you hussy or David
Kilmnick will smack you hard! I chose to wear my new creation
from GINGIN Hellstorm, ousted family member and ostracized
sister of Jenny Hellström, Swedish designer. Jenny
Hellström makes clothes for independent women who want
feminine yet comfortable clothes that function well as both
work wear and to go clubbing in. Her clothes are ensembles
that take us gals from working gear, such as boots and leggins’,
to that suburban feel of ‘just throw a stretchy over
it, tie a belt around it and it works for the clubs as well’.
While Jenny’s style uses basic shapes and is a futuristic
interpretation of the 50’s, 60’s & 70’s
fashion, GINGIN designed an ensemble that is part Brady mom,
part mod, part hip and part hop. It’s to die for and
to dye for! The pattern is so kitschy and the material is
so unlike anything you’ve ever felt... in fact it is
felt! The shapes she gets out of the fabric are divine! No
one will believe it, they will be pea green with envy since
the color is jus that, pea green! If no one likes it they
can go to Hellstorm in a hand basket... GINGIN also does accessories
too and my purse will be from her new line of faux purse/picnic
baskets. Now I can nosh inconspicuously while waiting for
the rubber chicken or cold piece of meat. That reminds me,
I have to find a date!
GALFOLI,
Dock of the Bay 2002 is set for
Sunday-Aug.18th and posters are up everywhere telling
how to buy tickets! So don’t miss it ‘cause it is
one of the most fun, exciting and silent-auction packed
events of the Long Island GLBT season! All money raised is
then distributed through grants issued based on their guidelines
at www.galfoli.org!
JUNE
9th-PRIDE DAY!
If you are reading this before June 9th,
PLEASE, I urge you to go to the information tables at the
Festival In The Park and visit all the worthy Long Island
not-for-profit groups, say hi and tell them that Priscilla
said HAPPY PRIDE DAY! Remember... we fought hard for this
day and we should be proud of it. The Parade Committee asked
me to tell you to please thank the Huntington Chamber of
Commerce (Gary & Dennis... we love you), Jon Cooper (I
know sweetie, that Jim Pizzo cutie could be such a nag, but
he sends KISSES your way), Barbara Lomoriello (you rock) and
Ronnie from The Long Island Lesbian (banner queen
extraordinaire)...these are just some of the hardest working
people that helped to make Long Island Pride 2002 extra special.
And as for businesses... well, CMP MEDIA LLC came trough
once again... they sponsored in full the cost to make the
banners you see across the streets in Huntington! THANKS TO
ALL OF YOU!
Well
Priscilla must run now and pick out my PRIDE ensemble... see
you June 9th if not, I will get you and just slap
the heck out of you... just fooling... no one can force anyone
to come, we just hope you will so we can celebrate together...
the more the merrier, or in PRIDE’s case... the more
the PROUDER! Kisses!
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