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...their own careers in protecting gays beneath them. Chuck Schoen of Clear Lake, California, head of a local gay-veterans chapter, last week sent a letter to President-elect Clinton commending him on the plan to drop the ban. Promised Schoen: "You will not hear the explosion of a Mardi Gras celebration but a sigh of relief from thousands of men and women." Schoen mentioned his own 19 years of Navy service, which began in World War II and ended with his forced departure, because of his sexual orientation...
...Mainstage productions like The Duchess of Malfi and Dreamgirls, when he wasn't swamped with responsibilities as Adams House Committee chair, when he wasn't throwing the most outrageous parties at Harvard, when he wasn't playing the piano at Boston's Club Cafe or Adams House's Club Mardi, when he wasn't club-hopping with his army of close friends, when he wasn't cavorting through the Harvard Yard snow wearing a pink fur coat and nothing underneath, when he wasn't chewing 20 sticks of Cinnaburst at once to win a bet, when he wasn't bumming...
...outfits whose memberships are never revealed, exclude not just blacks but also women, gays, Jews and Italians. They pay only $100.25 for parade permits but enjoy full city support, including police protection and street cleanup. Proponents of the new law argue that the issue goes beyond racial discrimination during Mardi Gras. Some of the most important krewes have direct ties to such hallowed hideaways as the Boston, Louisiana and Pickwick clubs, where important business deals are often hammered out. Says Taylor: "The Mardi Gras issue is only a smoke screen. There are no crowds of blacks waiting to jump...
...Taylor's critics contend that the makeup of the krewes is the very essence of Mardi Gras's mystical allure, and that gender bias is actually more prevalent than racial discrimination. The mostly black Zulu krewe, for example, excludes women, while the all-female Iris group bars men. Moreover, opponents question Taylor's motives in pushing for carnival reform, which was never a real issue until she suddenly brought it up. They say Taylor not only wants to run for mayor but is also out for revenge against Wilson, her council colleague, for successfully pushing a term-limit ballot amendment...
...Grinch That Stole Mardi Gras...