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GAY PEOPLE's ChroNICLE JUNE 9, 1995

EVENINGS OUT

Erica Martinez wins Miss Gay Cleveland Northcoast

by Jimmie

U4ia was the place to be on Friday, May 12 when MTM Productions presented their annual Miss Gay Cleveland Northcoast Pageant. Anyone who was anyone was there, so if you weren't there, well, hello! Tells the story, doesn't it?

This night seven

contestants vied for

the enviable title.

They were Justine Case, Petrice Dou-

glas, Erica Martinez, Raven Madd, Alexis Mackensey, Sandra Randall and Paige Turner.

This, the 26th year for the pageant,

The comical highpoint for those in the know had to be during the presentation when Paige Turner replied, "I have been to Virginia once, and hated it." This refers to the "lost year" of outgoing titleholder Sheila Davis who was in town, out of town, in town again, etc. Whatever!

The comical highpoint for those in the know had to be during the presentation when Paige Turner said, "I have been to Virginia once, and hated it."

opened with Jennifer Phillips, Jessica Michaels, Melissa Ross and Twiggy displaying their Las Vegas-style feathers, beads, and much skin for a great opening number. Performing were Dene Matthews, Patrick Steele (Mr. Gay Cleveland), and the aforementioned, and my good, good friend Kimberly Adrian, looking fab. Other notables were Ivana Grump, Keri Nickels, Coco Starr, and of course me and my "late" other half. But no Franklyn! ·

Anyhoo, "Dorothy" was a big hit in the talent category (and no, I don't mean Fuldheim), with two contestants portraying Glinda the good witch is there such a thing in impersonation? Sandra Randall had the best in costuming with her multidirectional

bookshelf bustle. Well, being that this was almost a four hour pageant, near the end I was getting cocktailed on Zima! Miss Gay Cleveland Northcoast of 1993, Jennifer Phillips, did the honors of crown presentation-seeing as how Sheila Davis was traveling abroad! It should also be said that this night was contestant Erica Martinez' birthday.

Erica Martinez was the winner, with Paige Turner first runner up.

During the crowning, the audience sang

"Happy Birthday" to a

very trembling Erica. Congrats!

Drag Dirt Department: What recently retired impersonator will be making her comeback as the host of the Miss Ohio Continental Pageant? This

pageant is also recently under new ownership. Other News:

Pageant Felicia

Fairchild walked off with the "Miss Big and Beautiful Cleveland" crown on March 10 at U4ia.

♡

Miss Gay Cleveland

North Coast pageant winner Erica Martinez

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Dykes To Watch Out For

The

TANGO ANGER

1995 BY ALISON BECHDEL

TONI. WHAT IS ALL THIS? YOU CHANGED MY SYSTEM!

214

THE

BOSS 15 BACK.

WELL, YEAH... I HAD A HARD TIME FOLLOWING IT, SO I SET UP A MORE, UH... CONVENTIONAL ONE. THIS WAY IT'LL BE EASIER TO PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER.

I SEE YOU DECIDED

TO EXPAND OUR SELECTION OF GAY MEN'S

EROTICA WHILE I WAS GONE, MO.

EXCUSE ME?

DID I ASK YOU TO COMPUTERIZE MY BUSINESS? I LIKED THE OLD

SYSTEM!

WHAT?! WE

DON'T HAVE A

MEN'S EROTICA SECTION!

BOOKS

POTBOILERS

Y'KNOW, JEZANNA, MAYBE YOU SHOULD

THEN WHY AM I LOOKING AT A BOX FULL OF VERY EXPENSIVE NAKED MEN?

TAKE A FEW DAYS TO UNWIND BEFORE YOU JUMP BACK INTO THINGS

HERE.

OH! I MADE A MISTAKE ON AN ORDER... I KEEP MEANING TO SEND THOSE BACK, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PACKING TAPE.

BOB 'N ROD

I'M NEVER LEAVING THIS STORE AGAIN! GOD KNOWS WHAT I'D COME BACK TO! DILDOES IN THE WINDOW DISPLAY, PROBABLY, AND ALTERNA TIVE INSEMINATION CLINICS IN THE BACK ROOM!

GIVE ME STRENGTH.

I'LL GET RIGHT ON IT, AS SOON AS I UNPACK THIS STUFF.

LISTEN, I KNOW YOU'RE UPSET ABOUT YOUR MOTHER. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT? HOW's, SHE DOING?

AND WHAT ARE ALL THESE RUGRATS DOING HERE?

ARE WE OFFERING DAYCARE Now?

MY MOTHER IS AN UNREPENTANT OLD HARRIDAN. AT HER WEAKEST WITH THE CHEMO, SHE MANAGED TO REMIND ME THAT IF I LOST WEIGHT, I MIGHT STILL BE ABLE TO FIND A HUSBAND.

SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S PROBABLY SCARED, AND JUST LASHING OUT AT WHOEVER'S HANDY.

NO, TONI AND HER FRIEND GLORIA BRING THEIR KIDS OVER WHILE TONI DOES THE PAYROLL. STELLA JUST STARTED WALKING.

TONI, IS RAFFI WITH YOU? I LOST SIGHT

OF HIM!

RAFAEL!

SORRY, JEZ. THEY'RE A LITTLE WOUND UP. ARE YOU READY TO GO OVER THE BOOKS?

OKAY, LET'S SEE HOW YOU MANAGED.

RIPK

DAMMIT, MO!

I HOPE YOU LIKE

BEEFCAKE, GIRL, BECAUSE YOU JUST BOUGHT YOURSELF A COFFEE TABLE BOOK.

THE MOSTLY UNFABULOUS SOCIAL LIFE OF ETHAN GREEN...

YOUR LONG WEEKENd With ETIENNE MASE SAid ALL THE RIGHT THINGS, AND ENOUGH

LEFT YOU HOT & BOTHEREd.

I'M OBSESSING

About A MAN.

HOW NICE FOR YOU! Here, Take My Dessert

Of the WRONG THINGS THAT YOU KNEW he

WASN'T LYANG...

You HAVE BEAUTIFUL, SENSUAL HANDS...

I WILL CREATE A DELECTABLE NEW PASTRY & CALL IT L'ETHAN

NO ONE AROUSES ME AS YOU DO... I'M GROWING CONCERNED THAT YOU ARE TOO NEEDY..

BY Onic ERner...

You Would'VE CALLEd in Sick, And STAYld THROUGH TUESDAY, BUT HE Told You LE HA& WORK TO DO ON His NEW Cookbook, AN & CALLE Leesa To TAKE YOU TO THE AIRPORT. So,UH, YOU'RE REALLY GONNA NAME A

CAKE FOR ME?

genhals u

ETTE, YOUR PHONE'S

RINGING.

PARDONNE. OH, YES YES, ALORS,LON VOYAGE MON AMORE SAFE

www.

LEESA is SULLEN ON

THE WAY, AS IF SHE'S DONE THIS SORT OF THING FAR Too

MANY TIMES BEFORE.

Till, SHE CAN'T RESIST TALKING ABOUT him. You're SLOWLY UNDERSTANDING THAT ETANNEou don'T KNOW WHEN THERE SEEMS TO BE ANOTHER LOVER IN THIS PIC|| is A Body Around Which A WhoLE CONSTELLA HO'LL LET You see Him -ture, buT DETAILS Are SKETCHY...

I SUPPOSE HE HASN'T TOLD YOU ABOUT JOBERT.. WELL, YOU CAN HEAR THAT FROM Him..

7000

XION OF FRIENds And LOVERS ORbit...

Sibling

CUTE MOCKEY PLAYERS

LEESP

MCGILL Professors

SOMEONE HAMED JOBERT

ADORING

FIREY epa

FOOD CRITICS

PRESIDENT & MRS. MITTERAND

ASSORTED

TRICKS

AGAIN....

& WONDER T HE'S WORKING MAYBE SHOULD CALL

THESE SEATY DON'T HAVE PHONES.. MAY. THE PILOT