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June, 1975

ARI 3: Maren 21-April 20

HIGH GEAR

GAY HOROSCOPE

This month's theme is "Now beginnings". Your natural initiative and aggresiveness come to full force, benefiting your mental outlook and powers of self-expression. With the New Zoon you may begin a study program or community project. se alert to new ideas and creative inspiration, for whatever is started now has good future potential. Most of the month is pleasant for romance and socializing. Around mid-month there is likely to spring a fona memory from the past. Keep an open mind-you'll have money opportunities and accomplish much.

TAURUS: April 21-May 21

Yeur Sun has highlights. Your interest is money: making it, spending it, saving it, and budgeting it. There may be

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ection here with property sale or purchses around the first week or so. Or, this may be the time when you begin a new financin1 enterprise, start a secondary source of income or use a skil] or talent for extra cash. Toward the middle and end of the month you will find yourself involved with friens and relatives. This period favors entertaining and romance.

GEMINI: May 22-June 21

You're in the spotlight now and in a good position to pursue personal and financial goals. With th New Moon you may see the beginning of an additional source of funds. In your per-

sonal life, you should be in demand socially, while domestic concerns proceed smoothly. The third week is ultradynamic for romance and you'll have to be sure to have your wits abou you.

Queen Anne's Lace

The subject is queens. Drag queens, to be exact. I have been around the U.S.A. as a queen for close to twenty years and when I saw the first copy of High Gear, it seemed to me that the time had come for one of our group to speak up. Soto all you people out there... a plea for a little understanding. To paraphrase an old lapel button... "Queens Need Love Too!" Not necessarily physical love, but just plain, ordinary understanding and common courtesy, and maybe a little friendship. So say "hello" next time you see us. There's probably no group of people in the world who is less understood than drag queens, and probably no group of people who understands them less than the general gay community. On the face of it all, drags seem to represent everything that today's gay activists want to discourage the general public from thinking of when they hear the word "gay." In our short skirts, cleanshaven legs and pantyhose, we stand out like proverbial sore thumbs.

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One thing is for sure-I can't remember a time anywhere when someone has been entrapped, rousted and hassled by a drag queen. No matter how much trouble Big Brother is making for gays at any moment-tain't never been one of their undercover people with guts enough to get all dolled up and hit the bars looking for bodies to keep the County happy. And here's a point worth thinking about. It takes a lot of guts to show up in public in drag. Any queen who does it, no matter how awful she looks, has to have a lot of courage. Consider... do YOU have guts enough to hang a four by six foot sandwich-board on yourself that says, in big pink letters, "I'm gay!?" just what a drag queen does, anytime she's out in public. But, a great deal more important, queens have feelings. Ask most of them and they'll readily admit to feeling like "a woman in a man's body." And don't think that just applies to the "Saturday Night Swingers." A survey conducted among "meter maids" (gay drag hustlers) who had been sentenced to psychological counselling in a large midwesrn city after one or more arrests for soliciting, revealed that they, too, had the same feelings! They were asked, "Why do you go in drag when you could easily make as much money as the cute guy you are out of drag? Better than 88 replied that they, "felt more comfortable in drag" or, because this is the real me and I like myself this way." And similar. So there's a lot more to us than just tinsel and shrieks, lipstick and stocking runs, pouts and powder! We're people. Each one is an individual. We like people, and we want to be liked.

That just barely scratches the surface. The whys and wheres and reasons for the members of this secret little subculture of gays are just beginning to become a matter of scholarly record and interest. The answers, even for the guy-turned-girl, are yet a jungle of half-truths, conjectures, and suppositions. Like, for instance, not all drag queens are gay. How's that for a grabber? But that's a subject for another time.

A simple "hello" from you, whether you're a guy or a gal, and a tiny bit of curiosity, might just make you discover a new friend and a whole new dimension over a beer in a bar somewhere in this town. You'd be surprised what you can learn if you just talk to someone!

CANCER: June 22-July 23

This month your attention is focused of private responsi→ bilities and obligations, as well as preparation of plans to be put into action later in the month. Py the second week you may arrive at a firm decision regarding such plans, these may concern a new method or approach for advancing an important air (personal or social). You should find harmony in all your relationships. Your ambition is intensified and so is creativity. With new opportunities for job progress now you should foster plans for the future.

LEO: July 24-August 23

You lions are in for a lively social life now. You will find pleasure and benefit from your involvement in organizations projects, and group-oriented activities. Come the New Moon on the 9th you may find yourself heading a committee or in charge of a large function; this could also coincide with the start of a new and valuable frienship, or the renewal of a prior relationship. Carreer advancement and recognition are possible now, as well. And toward month's end you could see yourself entering a partnership (business, greative, personal?).

VIRGO: August 24-September 23

The first three weeks of this month spotlights your career ambitions and reputation, both at work and in the community. You may very well see yourself starting a new job or achieving a higher level in your present position. You may also benefit now from some sort of public recognition, perhaps for work in a neighborhood program, polotics, or for a humanitarian project. The last week of the month brings personal popularity and a lively social life. Just don't overdo! Save som for next month!

LIBRA: September 24-October 23

Thoughts and plans for the future are all-important now. Interests move to academic pursuits, travel. This is also a period when social gatherings can lead to your making influential career contacts, a development that may be particularly helpful after the first three weeks. From then on your attention focuses on your job or career and your potential for advancement in this area. Possibly even a romantic interset may develop with someone connected with your job environment. SCORPIO: October 24November 22

Now you are concerned with financial matters involving others. This can refer to business or joint funds, loans, insurance taxes, etc., all of these separate from your own personal income. It is possible you may join with another in a commercial enterprise or get word of a financial program from which you may benefit. Around mid-month you will find opportunity for career advancement or the alleviation of a health problem. You will also find yourself making firm decisions for the immediate future.

SAGITTARIUS: November 23December 21

You now find highlighted the importance of relationships in your life and you are in the frame of mind to join with others in mutual endeavors. The New Moon on the 9th could see you entering into a business partnership or a dynamic new personal relationship. In any case, there's sure to be a great deal of communication between you and your associates. Romance this month will make you the envy of all, and you will find luck in all financial activities.

CAPRICORN: De зmber 22-January 20

Work and helath matters are indicated for you this month whether or not you are in the mood for it. Your everyday duties and responsibilities will take priority. A multitude of little tasks will come your way. Relationships may continue to bring some pressures or added responsibility for a while longer, but soon things will be in harmony. is evident on the home front. A lot of activity Entertainment, home renovation, and property dealings are all favored.

AQUARIUS: January 21-February 19

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Your Sun strongly favors romance and creative expresWith the New Moon this month you may find yourself beginning a love-relationship. It may also coincide with an opportunity to employ special talents in your job. For some

of you, an emotional attraction will develop in a career-related environment (business trip, company social function, etc.) Beginning the third week, the more nitty-gritty part of you will be emphasized. You are now in acycle when hard work is part of the picture, so don't expect too much recognition.

PISCES: February 20-March 20

Of particular importance this month are domestic interests, which can include entertaining friends, improving your surroundings. The New Moon this month could bring a start in residential way. This could be a move, a new roommate, or maybe a gorgeous redecoration program. Beginning the third week your love life blossoms. If your'e eligible this can be In any case, be objective

the start of a promising period. and don't be impetuous, and things will be fine.

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