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...formal training in photography, (including a Masters degree from NYU,) plays the role of chameleon performance artist. She orchestrates and appears as the protean subject of all of the featured photographs, assuming a different identity in each of 13 projects, including "The Drag Queen Project", "The Hispanic Project", "The Lesbian Project," "The Ohio Project," "The Punk Project" and more. Despite the diversity of the roles she assumes, Lee never fails to present herself convincingly...
...seems grossly to objectify and stereotype the various groups whose identities she attempts assume. Some may find it offensive that Lee apparently feels as though she can assume the identity-even if fleetingly-of already marginalized groups by taking advantage of the very stereotypes which marginalize them. In "The Lesbian Project", for example, Lee appears to be attempting to look as masculine as possible; In "The Hispanic Project", she often sports gaudy gold chains and obscene amounts of makeup. Her "Punk Project" features pink hair and black fishnet clothing...
...Cannell's "marriage" lacks legal standing, the situation is brighter for homosexual couples elsewhere in Europe. Earlier this year the Netherlands became the first European country to give homosexuals the same rights as heterosexual couples. Last month in Germany, a new law regulating the marriage of gay and lesbian couples took effect guaranteeing them the same rights as heterosexuals in such matters as inheritance and health insurance. But there's still a long way to go: critics say many of the new laws neglect to give gay couples the same rights as their straight counterparts when it comes to issues...
Mmmmmhmmmm, just what the doctor ordered: lesbian-transsexual folk-rock from the goddess Ani Difranco’s Righteous Babe stables. Except…well. Bitch and Animal come across occasionally as ukelele-brandishing, homosexual takes on Blink-182, with songs about “The Best Cock on the Block,” a moving tribute to the wonders of dildos, and “Sparkly Queen Areola;” the songs are, according to the liner notes, “mainly ramblings on our cereal box of life, the sparkly sparkly pussy.” Only instead...
Martina Navratilova, a lesbian who has fought her own discrimination battles, agrees. "I think they've been treated with kid gloves," she says, citing a display by Richard Williams after Venus beat Davenport at last year's U.S. Open final. "If Mr. Williams had been white and done that victory dance in front of Lindsay Davenport, he would have been reprimanded much more. People have been afraid to criticize them because they don't want to be called racist...