fabulous faggots in Genet's THE THIEF'S JOURNAL who made a procession to pay last respects to a favorite pissoire that was going to be torn down . . Everybody's wondering how long that bar where the waiters wear only loin cloths is going to last. Anybody else wondering if Letch Feeley's fig leaf in that huge camp, LITTLE ME, had to be that big? Stanwyck's role in WALK ON THE WILD SIDE is a juicy one, that of a lesbian madam . . . In Munich, just before the premiere of his new play at the Little Comedy Theatre, Helmut Weiss, long famous as actor, author, and producer of conversation pieces, was arrested for alleged acts with 2 other men but was cleared in 48 hours. His attorney said the charge was an act of revenge by a young actor who didn't get a role. The editors of VIM and GYM, two beefcake magazines, were convicted by a U. S. District Judge in Chicago last February of conspiracy to mail obscene matter, and one count was promoting a pen pal club . . . In Athens, 67-year-old Archbishop lakovos was elected Primate of the Orthodox Church of Greece but then a parish priest formally lodged a charge of "unmentionable acts"

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Julien Green's play about the Civil War, "South," which has a homosexual officer in it, was refused a license for public showing in England in 1955 by the Lord Chamberlain but now has been okayed... Six cowboys from the same ranch near Marshville, Utah, were charged with "crimes against nature." The 45-year-old foreman was one of the six . . . Pyramid Books has a new Fletcher Flora paperback, "Strange Sisters." And "The Sixth Man is now out in paperback. Jess Stearn, the author, is slated to appear at the Daughters of Bilitis convention. Hope he isn't

sickened by the sight of blood. Homophile conclaves have a way of getting rough. Like good old Havelock Ellis said, homosexuality is always the most prevalent in the most warlike tribes The City Council of Reno frantically whipped up one of those silly antifemale-impersonating laws when THE JEWEL BOX REVUE headed its way after a long Los Angeles run Watch for increased worrytalk about population explosion. Brains like Huxley have been warning of it a long time. Could it be that some easing of the law like in Illinois recently is partially due to this very real danger? . . . In La Puente, Calif., Stanley Montonya, 23-year-old female impersonator, Succeeded only halfway in his murder-then-suicide plans only nicked his 24-year-old-roomate . . The reviews of the new Queen Christina biography sound like it horribly hetero's her . . . Van Cliburn was to show up for rehearsing Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto with the L. A. Philharmonic. They waited. And waited. Finally they all went home. Van later said he overslept. But he showed up at the concert and did Peter's old warhorse up brown to a SRO house

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If you're in L. A., don't miss seeing the gayest calendar hanging in ONE's offices that a Texas friend womped up using male fashion ads with gaylarious captions. . . We get the damndest suggestions from visitors that drop by. One was for building gay fallout shelters. Another was for our annually announcing THE QUEER OF THE YEAR-and he had some kicky nominations, too! .. 2 clever-named places in L. A.: "Le Gai Pooch" on Santa Monica, a clip joint for longhairs, and a men's clothing shop on San Vicente (advertising "Hip Hugger" slax) called "Ah Men."

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