Skip to main contentAt the time that Bush's flesh-presser at the Hilton Hotel was being tumultuously countered by protesters surrounding the building, there was a third gathering going on deep inside the bowels of the Hilton's Grand Ballroom, and it wasn't an after-event for Dubya's exorbitant shakedown. This was a ball of a different color.
The "Twisted Talent Night" has always been a highlight of the annual Gay Softball World Series (see "Base on Balls," the Aug. 14 QW). Basically an alcohol-fueled drag show, it's a chance for queer ball players to take off their gloves and pick up a few drinks.
This year was no different--for the players.
But I think it was just a little "different" for the failed-baseball-team-owner-turned-president. That's because, in what had to be the first time in his wacked-out political career, a bevy of Secret Service agents and a kajillion cops weren't the only ones surrounding Bush.
Instead of spending the night in the White House curled up with First Lady Laura and a bowl of pretzels, Bush was stuck in a building with a battalion of 2,500 bat-wielding homos in the mood for love and other games.
This bizarre twist of timing essentially turned our very own Hilton Hotel into the most well-guarded gay bar on the entire planet. While I don't know about the hot and hunky Secret Service dudes (who seemed to be oh-so "comfortable" in this sexed-up environment), the home-run homos who got stuck in this building weren't about to let the most queer-unfriendly of Presidents spoil any of their fun. They were here to party!
Once it got rolling, of course.
Not only was it a tad difficult to get into the Hilton, the show itself also was running behind (it was on drag time). That gave me plenty of time to talk to players like Chris Gurskis. A 31-year old lesbian baller on Boston's G-Force team, she was not very happy when one of Bush's operatives flipped over the signs that welcomed the gay softballers in the Hilton's lobby minutes before Dumbya slid into the building. But she never complained. Neither did the drag boys of the Birmingham Sliders. They were too busy getting ready for their big number to worry about what Georgie was up to.
But after the starry spectacle started up, George got plenty of action. Our emcee even made sure to yell out his room number--twice.
But that's not what I will remember.
My fondest memory of the night will be that I was in the same building as the President when a drag queen from Los Angeles pretended to shove a plunger up her ass.
How can you top that?
Legal Eagles
The Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force presents a free legal clinic with advice for you and your foreign partner. And pizza, too.
PSU Smith Center, Room 236, 1825 SW Broadway, 471-1568, or email
lgirtfpdx@hotmail.com for more info. 6:30 pm Thursday, Aug. 29.
Solid Gold
DJ Stormy's monthly she/h e -bang at the Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge has a Solid Gold theme!
4904 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 10 pm Saturday, Aug. 31. $2 members, $5 non - members. 21 +.
A Space Odyssey . . . and Beyond
The La Femme Magnifique International Pageant showcases the "most beautiful female impersonators in the entire universe." Always a hoot, it's going to be hard to top the pleasures of the reigning La Femme, Tiara Desmond. But these girls will try, oh, will they try.
Jantzen Beach Double Tree Inn, 909 N Hayden Island Dr., 222-5338. 8 pm Sunday, Sept. 1. $25.
WWeek 2015