GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE APRIL 7, 1995

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1293 W. 9th Street

Cleveland, OH 44113

216-696-0595

Flex

Wednesday, April 12 -Monthly meeting of Cleveland Jacks at the flex 8 pm. Call Tom at 842-3611 for details.

Every Thursday -Movie Day. Current general releases and vintage adult flicks from our video vault.

(Bring in an original adult video you no longer want and get a free Standard room Monday Thursday.)

Wednesday, April 19 -Leather Night. Wear that leather and strut your stuff in the hot Dungeon and Vault Room.

Saturday, April 22 -Underwear Party. Get Earthy on Earth Day with our monthly party. See the latest in unmentionables on great models. Strut in your own silk boxers, Clavins, Joe Boxers or Jocks. Party roars from 10 pm to 4 am with breakfast buffet, hot music and beverages.

Gym, sauna, private rooms, executive suites, lockers, bunk room, Leather dungeon, Vault room and cells, huge whirlpool, steam room, dry sauna, party room, snack machines, TV lounges, security boxes. Open 24 hours per day.

In & out privileges at all times so you can get your room early; then go party!

(Now accepting applications for part-time clerk and back up)

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EVENINGS OUT

The Love Goddess demands

your

feather boas and baubles

by Doreen Cudnik

Talking with the stand-up comic and actress Judy Tenuta, who brings her all-overthe-place, stream-of-consciousness brand of humor to the Agora Theatre on Friday, April 14, is like riding a roller-coaster while buzzing from too many cups of coffee.

The self-described "multi-media Bondage Goddess" and "Aphrodite of the Accordian" is currently experiencing the kind of cross-over success that many per-

Judy Tenuta

formers never realize. Joan Rivers has dubbed her "the funniest woman in the world." Her fans, ranging from fetuses to fossils, gays to geishas, all beg to chew her gum and kiss her feet because, as she says, she is the only "fun-feminist of the 90's to preach that all women should be worshipped

a New Direction! as Love Goddesses and all men have an equal

Saturday

9am-4pm

APRIL

West Shore U.U.

20401 Hilliard Rocky River, Ohio

Internationally known author, playwrite, therapist, Jo-Ann Krestan conducts a workshop that will

• track the energies and passions that have dominated lesbian's lives. • convert passions into personal creative forms (writing, art, music, speaking, career, etc.)

• confront blocks, regrets, roads not taken, and shame about self expression.

Don't miss this opportunity to work with this vocal representative of lesbian & bisexual rights!

Women, Love, & Creativity Pre-registration

Name

Address

Return to The Network, P.O. Box 5614, Cleveland, OH 44101

Number where you may be reached

(Walk-in registration from 8:30-9:00 am)

Hours

Tickets at $45.00 per person

Total

Make check payable to The Network. Call 216-962-3662 for more information.

opportunity to be her furniture." It could happen! Her latest live CD, Attention ButtPirates and Lesbetarians, recorded at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade, is an affectionate tribute to her many gay and lesbian fans. The following is an excerpt from a recent conversation.

Doreen Cudnik: So, tell me about this tour and your upcoming visit to Cleveland.

Judy Tenuta: Well, it's not really a tourI'm always working. I'm just making a special stop in Cleveland because I love bowlers! Tell me about your religion, "Judyism"-how does one earn the privilege of becoming a convert?

Well, most people are just totally not worthy, so let's forget about it. But basically, they should just kneel down and chant my name until they become a human speed bump and bring me offerings! They need to bring me offerings in Cleveland, and not just their used bowling shoes-I don't want any of that crap. The Goddess needs baubles!

So, you need a real token of their appreciation for you...

Yes, canned goods and emeralds are good, and anklets, feather boas-you know, stuff like that.

Basically anything a drag queen would

use?

That's right! Exactly! Whatever a drag queen would like, the Goddess would like.

Tell me about the title of your new CD, Attention Butt-Pirates and Lesbeterians. Can you expand on that title a little bit?

Yeah, well, as you know, many of my love slaves are gays and lesbians and that was recorded live at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade, and I love to have nicknames for my gay fans, so I affectionately call them butt-pirates and lesbetariansand they like it!

I suppose there's the potential that some people in the "politically correct" movement might get a little offended.

We're tired of being politically correct! Like at the O.J. trial. The pig F. Lee Bag-Lady accused Mark Fuhrman of being a racist because like, how dare he present evidence to the court. I mean, really!

You call yourself the "fun feminist of the 90s." Define your concept of feminism for me.

Well, it's like I'm still allowed to be a sexual grenade--and of course

I am because I'm the Love Goddess-but I also stand up for women. Like I say, women should be worshipped as Love Goddesses and all men should be our furniture that gives them a purpose. And if they're women-intraining, like gay men, then they can give us their outfits! They love

it!

Did you really grow up Catholic or is that part of the schtick?

Oh yeah-like, how could I make that up? "St. Francis of the Talking Mule" was the school I went to thank you! and Father Shanky McBlowfish was the first man I ever had a crush on because he wore all those fabulous dresses. It seems to me that you also use a lot of S-M imagery in your act.

Oh yes, I do. Well, I think a lot of that has to do with being raised Catholic because when you think about it, there's a whole lot of S-M imagery there-like you should suffer for you sins, you should always be on your knees, you should confess your sins to a total stranger who's probably getting off while you're doing it—and he's wearing a dress-hello! As Catholics, we're always supposed to be punished... And the nunshello!-like if you don't do your homework, you're going to get whacked with a ruler. I don't know why the nuns aren't wearing leather-probably because it's too expensive. And meanwhile, the priests are supposed to be celibate, but they can be engaged to altar boys!

So, you've taken all that and turned it around, and now you get to be the Goddess.

Oh yeah, and a lot of that comes out of my Catholicism too. Like the Blessed Virgin Mary is considered like a goddess. She's worshipped and prayed to just like a god. So. on one hand, it's almost like a feminist thing, that image of the Virgin Mary. The connection was all very subconcious, but very influential.

Well, I'll make sure that all the drag queens and the leather folks come out to see your show on the 14th, and that they bring proper tributes.

Oh, that would be very much fun! . . . Oh good, I'll dig it!

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