http://www.q-weho.com Your On-Line Source for All Things QUEER in West Hollywood Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:21:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Before Ellen and before Cho, there was Suzanne Westenhoefer. Fearless, bold, unapologetic, and "freaking hilarious" best describes Comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer. She's made a career out of telling the truth. And, the truth is, life is funny and no one is off limits. From her mom's Last Will and Testament to her ... http://www.q-weho.com/entertainment/comedy-fiction/q-comedians/feature-profile-suzanne-westenhoefer-guaranteed-fresh/q-comedy-staff-writer/ David Kaufman has now written the long-awaited, definitive biography of Doris Day. By telling Day's incredible, previously untold story, Kaufman takes the reader to the epicenter of American popular culture- a roller-coaster saga, from the 1940s to the 1980s. While Day symbolized virtuous America to the rest of the world-especially ... http://www.q-weho.com/entertainment/books/doris-day-the-untold-story-of-the-girl-next-door-by-david-kaufman/tom-jackson/ A few years back a friend remarked to me after a particularly rough day "I feel human today." I laughed and amusedly asked "Don't you normally feel human?" She replied "No, usually I feel like a dragon!" I remember at the time feeling a bit confused and wondering what I ... http://www.q-weho.com/columns/true-living-with-authentic-intention/nov-17/angel-true/ . High School in South Texas was not kind to Paul J. Williams.  As a "creative" teenager, he was in band, choir AND drama.  Wimp.  Nerd.  Fag.  To counter the endless teasing and name-calling, Paul learned early on to always have the last word.  Eventually, this defense mechanism developed into a ... http://www.q-weho.com/entertainment/comedy-fiction/q-comedians/feature-profile-paul-j-williams-left-out-and-not-right/q-comedy-staff-writer/ Stand Up Comedian, Actor, Writer and Producer, Margaret Smith does it all! A Six-time Emmy Award winner, Margaret recently left her gig as a writer and producer for the Ellen Degeneres Show to work on her own projects. She is currently in negotiations on a pilot she has developed. She also ... http://www.q-weho.com/entertainment/comedy-fiction/q-comedians/feature-profile-margaret-smith-as-it-should-be/q-comedy-staff-writer/ The longtime partner of Raymond Burr says he has not seen the new book out on the late actor but is planning on writing his own tome about his life with Burr. Robert Benevides, 78, told the Bay Area Reporter that he is working with a writer to tell the story ... http://www.q-weho.com/entertainment/books/hiding-in-plain-sight-the-secret-life-of-raymond-burr-by-new-york-post-tv-writer-michael-starr/tom-jackson/ Long before Ellen and Rosie, Suzanne Westenhoefer belonged to an elite club of funny ladies who dared to be gay out of the gate. Since 1990, the riotous, openly lesbian blonde comic has made audiences—on land and water—cry from laughing. And she’s never put her sexual orientation on the back ... http://www.q-weho.com/q-culture/interviews/ten-minutes-with-suzanne-westenhoefer/tracy-gilchrist/ . Karen Williams is known as that thin Black lesbian stand-up comic with a lot to say and the gift for saying it in a screamingly funny way. Heads turn at her rapid-paced raps on single motherhood, dating, relationships, celibacy, AIDS, economic inequity, racism, codependency, and whatever topic strikes her fancy, ... http://www.q-weho.com/entertainment/comedy-fiction/q-comedians/feature-profile-karen-williams-haha-institutes-leading-light/laura-post/ Now, some might call me a whore, but I'll kiss just about everyone!  Quit giggling.  What other expression can mean so much?  A hug?  Nah.  There's only like 3 kinds of hugs. First, there's the "Buddy" hug the quick arm-wrap-and-squeeze thing that lasts just amoment ofr two.  The Buddy hug is ... http://www.q-weho.com/entertainment/sometimes-a-kiss-says-everything/staff-writer/ Boidyke. Stem. Down low. Trannyboy. In this lively and broadly researched book, Cornell University psychologist Savin-Williams reveals that the words gay teenagers use to describe their sexual preferences have changed radically over the past 30 years, and so have their attitudes towards same-sex relationships. In fact, many of them are ... http://www.q-weho.com/entertainment/books/the-new-gay-teenager-adolescent-lives-by-ritch-c-savin-williams/tom-jackson/