GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

October 11, 1996

Dykes Towatch Out For by Alison Bechdel

the Converts

1996 BY ALISON BECHDEL

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CLARICE

AND TONI'S ADOPTION CASEWORKER HAS SHOWN UP AT A

RATHER INOPPORTUNE

JUNCTURE.

http://www.visi.com/~oprairie/

HI, FOLKS! SORRY TO CRASH

YOUR DINNER. I'M GWENDOLYN.

WHO?

I'M HERE FOR THE HOME STUDY. SEEMS WE GOT OUR WIRES CROSSED ABOUT THE DATE.

UH... GWENDOLYN, THIS IS MR. AND MRS. ORTIZ,

TONI'S PARENTS:

GRACIAS A DIOS!

HOW VERY GOOD OF YOU TO COME, SISTER.

THAT IS UNUSUAL?!

THIS COUNTRY IS EVEN MORE WICKED THAN

I THOUGHT!

YES, IT'S A SHAME, BUT MANY LESBIANS' PARENTS TEND TO DISAPPROVE.

ALL THE WAY FROM

PUERTO RICO, I HEAR BUENOS DIAS! THAT'S ALL THE SPANISH

I KNOW.

·O'LA PLUMA TO MARIO VILLALOBOS.

WASH

HOW WHAT'S

DO YOU Do?

UH...MAMA Y PAPA, GWENDOLYN... VIENE DE GOING LA IGLESIA! Sí, sí! Y VIENE PARA HABLAR... UN... DEL BAUTIZO DE RAFAEL HERE? DECIDIMOS QUE SERÍA BUENO QUE LO BAUTIZARAMOS!

WHAT DOES EXACTLY, HER BENG MR. ORTIZ! A... A HOMO-IF ONLY MORE SEXUAL HAVE TO PEOPLE FELT DO WITH IT? LIKE YOU!

UH... MAMÁ, PAPÁ ... WHY DON'T YOU RELAX AND WATCH SOME TV WHILE WE GO TALK IN THE OTHER ROOM?

THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT THAT NUN. WHY IS SHE VISITING THIS MOCKERY OF A FAMILY?

*MOM, DAD... GWENDOLYN IS... FROM THE CHURCH! YEAH! AND SHE'S HERE' TO TALK.

< ABOUT, UH... RAFAEL'S CHRISTENING! WE'VE DECIDED TO GET HIM BAPTIZED!

FOR THE SAME REASON WE ARE, JORGE. TO SAVE THE SOUL OF AN INNOCENT CHILD.

WHAT DELIGHTFUL PEOPLE! HAVE THEY ALWAYS BEEN SUCH STRONG ALLIES?

UH... WELL, ACTUALLY, NOT UNTIL QUITE RECENTLY.

I HEAR YOU. THE ARRIVAL OF A CHILD OFTEN CAUSES PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR IN WAYS THEY'D NEVER DREAMED OF.

FUNNY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I

WAS JUST THINKING

BACK AT YA, BROTHER!

IT'S A PLEASURE IN THIS DAY AND AGE, TO MEET FOLKS WHO ARE SO SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR DAUGHTER'S DECISION.

The Mostly Unfabulous Social IT'S BEEN MONTHS SINCE INFATUATION WITH JIM CONSUMED YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS LIKE BRUSHFARE ON A MALIBU HILLSIDE...

Life of Ethan Green

...WE'LL RETURN TO THE PAGEANTRY AND SPECTACLE OF THE OLYMPIC SPONSORS AFTER THIS BRIEF LOOK AT THE GAMES IN ATLANTA...

abdd

BY ERIC ORNER

AND LIKE ALL TRUE INFATUATIONS,THIS ONE BUT YOU'VE LEARNED MORE RESILIENCY THAN WENT NOWHERE. YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, YOU'D EVER BE CAPABLE OF.

FAST

giddyup

C'MON,

IZ THAT ALL Y'GOT? PLEAZE MARY, MY GRAMMA'S GOT MORE PUNCH..

SO WHEN IT BECAME CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT HE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, YOU STOPPED THINKING ABOUT HIM.

hi, UH, IM, THIS IS ETHAN GREEN, We MET AT THE BEACH, A FEW WEEKS AGO ?I WAS WONDERING COUGH WOULD YOU LIKE TO GETTA biTE TO EAT POR SOMETHING, SOMETIME

COUGH

ACTUALLY, I'M SEEING SOMEONE. HE'S SEXIER, RICHER, MORE SUCCESSFUL, MORE ENGAGING, AND A BETTER DANCER THAN YOU, BUT,

HEY, THANKS FOR ASKING..

I'VE GOT ANOTHER CALL CIA

YOU CONSTRUCTED THE OUTER & INNER CONTAINMENT WALLS, BURLED THE WHOLE RADIO ACTIVE MESS AS FAR BENEATH YOUR EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPE AS YOU COULD GET IT...

STILL THOUGH,WE ADVISE CONTINUING TO WEAR THAT PROTECTIVE SUIT JUST IN CASE YOU FIND YOURSELF PAYING A SURPRISE VISIT TO THE REACTOR CORE...

Hi..uh... "EVAN" right?

OH.. JAM HELLO... IT'S ETHAN actually

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