DANCING WITH THE 'TARDS!

LADY BUNION ATTEMPTS TO LEARN THE CHA CHA WITH BRUNO FROM DANCING WITH THE STARS, ON AN OUT.COM SEGMENT CALLED SHOW AND TELL. I AM DEFINITELY THE LARRY KING OF THE SEGMENT. THE CHA CHA CHA WAS EASIER, BUT LATER IN THE WEEK THEY MADE ME DO THE LINDY HOP AND THE PASO DOBLE. I WAS CLUELESS! WAS?

WATCH SHOW AND TELL.

ALSO OF INTEREST ON OUT.COM: AN ARTICLE ON GAY NIGHTLIFE BLOSSOMING AGAIN..FINALLY!

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT BY JOSHUA DAVID STEIN

A husky man with a mullet and stonewashed jeans is tying a husky police officer with a mullet to the bars of a jail cell on the wall of the Hose, a new gay bar in the East Village. The scene, from a vintage porno, is being projected during Moose-knuckles, a weekly party hosted by the otter king of New York City, Paul Short. The room is packed with men who seem to be having a good time. Otters chat up art fags. Bearded East Village homos hit on each other and others. On the bar, a go-go dancer in strange grandma panties lethargically humps a pole, but seems more interested in watching the porn and the bartender with a torso teleported from the ’70s who’s doing a brisk trade in Stella Artois below him. A guy in a pea coat asks in a thick English accent, “Where’s the coat check?” His hand brushes my thigh.

Heralding the return of the gay bar is a bit like trumpeting the resurgence of long shadows at dusk. The observation is predictable, perennial, and at the same time, true. Gay bars are back.

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