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Folks in Englewood generally believe that the cops have nabbed the wrong people. They are not only having trouble imagining little kids committing an act so violent but say it's downright implausible that such featherweights--the boys weigh 50 lbs. and 56 lbs.--could drag Ryan more than a foot or so. "Every kid gets a little mischievous to get a little attention," says Blanton of the Wash Factory. "But something like this--no way. Not these two little kids." Echoes Cedric, a 15-year-old neighbor: "They got the wrong two people." Family members at the crime scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Kid Stuff | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

Whether tending to your own daily upkeep is a joy or a drag, one of the side-effects of being alone is all those little voices bouncing around in your head when you are all by your lonesome. What to do with all those deep thoughts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POSTCARD FROM LOS ANGELES | 8/14/1998 | See Source »

...insists that her life-style eventually eroded into "deception, and emotional instability." John is a character out of a Lifetime mini-series. There was Curt, his first love, who left him; his summer job as an $80-an-hour prostitute; and three years of performing as a drag queen. After his college pastor saved him, John tossed his high heels, dresses, jewelry and wigs into a Dumpster, telling "Candi" goodbye and "I don't need you anymore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Praying Away the Gay | 7/27/1998 | See Source »

...Christine Jorgensen, journalists have periodically revisited the subject in tones varying from the dryly medical to the hotly sensational. But today many forms of gender nonconformity have actually become mainstream. In the past five years, several movies, plays, tabloid shows and famous cross-dressers like RuPaul have moved drag from the fringes of gay culture to prime time. Even Teletubbies, a show for toddlers, features Tinky Winky, a boy who carries a red patent-leather purse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trans Across America | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

...loathe the leaden drag in my arm, the lack of steam in my throw. Live, I look like a slo-mo replay. But I can still reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Game of Catch | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

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