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BY EILEEN SHAPIRO<br />
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT<br />
“I’M PRETTY. I’M FROM<br />
MINNESOTA. AND I USE MY<br />
REAL, LADY-LIKE BARITONE<br />
VOICE FOR ALL MY MUSIC!”<br />
Without a doubt, Miss<br />
Richfield supplied this<br />
interview with some of<br />
the funniest answers<br />
I’ve ever encountered.<br />
Although I’ve never met<br />
her, I know beyond a<br />
shadow of a doubt that<br />
she is one queen I must<br />
experience.<br />
Her show is called “Born<br />
Again,” and she will be<br />
unveiling it for all of New<br />
York at the Triad Theater,<br />
<strong>April</strong> 10-12. She will be<br />
touring the East Coast<br />
during spring as well. Her<br />
shows sell out quickly,<br />
so don’t delay in getting<br />
your tickets!
What can the audience expect from<br />
your show?<br />
My new show for <strong>2018</strong> is “Born Again,”<br />
which is a perfect title to draw in those<br />
critical, godless New Yorkers! It’s an<br />
exciting multimedia extravaganza of<br />
faith, fragrance and femininity. I do it<br />
all with new music, new videos, new<br />
audience interaction and most important<br />
for spiritual wellness, new outfits!<br />
What was<br />
your original<br />
inspiration for<br />
doing your<br />
act?<br />
I don’t think my<br />
act is inspired<br />
as much as<br />
required. I feel<br />
an obligation<br />
to share my<br />
beauty since I<br />
won the title<br />
Miss Richfield<br />
1981, in my<br />
hometown of<br />
Richfield, Minn.<br />
It was an honor<br />
to receive the<br />
sash and the<br />
crown, along<br />
with a $50 U.S.<br />
savings bond<br />
and a brandnew<br />
power<br />
lawn mower.<br />
It was very<br />
similar to Miss<br />
America, if<br />
you’ve heard of<br />
that.<br />
Tell us more about the premise behind<br />
your name. That sounds like a fun story.<br />
I only go by my beauty title, Miss<br />
Richfield 1981. I never release my name<br />
publically, mostly for privacy concerns<br />
and a sort of manly woman back in<br />
Minnesota who rides a Harley and finds<br />
me irresistible. If you’ll notice, I also must<br />
include the year of my beauty pageant,<br />
1981, so people know it’s me and not<br />
Miss Richfield 1982, who got heavy.<br />
What sets you apart from other<br />
queens?<br />
I’m pretty. I’m from Minnesota. And I use<br />
my real, lady-like baritone voice for all my<br />
music. In this crazy world of electronics,<br />
headphones and TV, I think people are<br />
yearning for something natural and real.<br />
Is there a queen that you most admire,<br />
and if so why?<br />
Anderson Cooper is always #1 with<br />
me! I adore his smarts, his no-nonsense<br />
hairstyle and the fact that he calls Gloria<br />
Vanderbilt<br />
“mother.”<br />
What do you<br />
like best about<br />
performing<br />
live?<br />
Immediate<br />
gratification!<br />
There is nothing<br />
like it! When<br />
you’re in front<br />
of a crowd, you<br />
hear what they<br />
like and don’t<br />
like. You get<br />
energy from<br />
the people.<br />
Plus, I think<br />
I’m prettier up<br />
close, and I get<br />
my money right<br />
away.<br />
Are you<br />
working on<br />
any new<br />
projects, tours<br />
or anything<br />
you’d like to<br />
mention?<br />
I’ve been<br />
touring the East Coast this spring, so<br />
I’ll be continuing on to Washington,<br />
D.C., Atlanta, Tampa, along with Atlantis<br />
Events’ Cancun resort, all before I head<br />
to Ptown for the summer. I’ll be doing<br />
shows at the Pilgrim House on the east<br />
side of town from the end of May to<br />
the middle of September. It’s a nonstop<br />
party, so plan to attend. But coming to<br />
NYC is always such a highlight for me—I<br />
love the crowds, the hustle and bustle on<br />
the streets and the gals who wear tennis<br />
shoes with their dress clothes! I love the<br />
Big Apple!
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CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT<br />
PHOTO BY RICK STOCKWELL<br />
PAUL MONTOYA<br />
‘EL CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE ESCRIBA’<br />
Actor Paul Montoya has pursued a dream of working with director Jorge<br />
Ali Triana, a dream that has finally come true for him. Currently appearing<br />
in “El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba,” Montoya now picks and<br />
chooses his career projects.<br />
I shared questions and answers with Montoya regarding his professional<br />
acting career, his life philosophies and his influences.<br />
Rewinding to an interview from Mother’s<br />
Day 2014, the best word that described<br />
Montoya was a “dreamer.” Aside from a<br />
new tattoo, how much has changed since<br />
we last spoke?<br />
Thank you for having me back! Actually,<br />
two new tattoos: a butterfly on the back<br />
of my leg (meaning transformation) and<br />
the one lower my chest, one of my favorite<br />
Peter Pan quotes: “I do believe in fairies.” I<br />
feel like I’m a better version of myself—still<br />
making mistakes, yes, but at least I’m more<br />
aware of them and more aware of what I<br />
like and what I don’t like. In the past years I<br />
somehow learned how to put myself first in<br />
order to be there for others and discovered<br />
other passions to help me out of the<br />
routine, like traveling.
Tell me a little bit about the career you<br />
are trying to pursue. Are you actively<br />
acting at Repertorio Español theatre?<br />
I continue working on my career. Of course<br />
some changes happened. I decided to<br />
be more selective when I was choosing<br />
the projects that I was thrilled to work in.<br />
Yes, I’m actively working at Repertorio<br />
Español with a new show, “El Coronel No<br />
Tiene Quien Le Escriba” (No One Writes<br />
to the Colonel) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez<br />
and directed by Jorge Alí Triana. As you<br />
remember, this was one of my dreams<br />
to work with this director, and now I can<br />
actually check that off the bucket list.<br />
Dreams actually come true. It wasn’t easy,<br />
but it was worth it!<br />
Where would you like to be in five years,<br />
professionally?<br />
I currently don’t have a crazy, determined<br />
vision about the next five years. I’ve<br />
learned how to live more in the moment,<br />
of course involving where I want to be in<br />
my future. Meaning I’m studying different<br />
ideas and projects and [will] see where<br />
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From the looks of your Facebook, you<br />
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places you would like to share and the<br />
special memories behind the travel?<br />
Traveling is one of my passions. I had the<br />
chance to explore more in the past years.<br />
It’s like a different world everywhere I go. I<br />
don’t like to stay in fancy hotels or do just<br />
all the regular stuff; I like to almost become<br />
a local and explore, taste and live the real<br />
experience. So I have crazy and beautiful<br />
memories of each place. I can’t wait to<br />
keep traveling and discovering the whole<br />
world.<br />
Anything we haven’t covered that you<br />
would like to promote?<br />
Right now you can catch me at Repertorio<br />
Español in “El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le<br />
Escriba” with English subtitles -<br />
Friday, <strong>April</strong> 6, 8p.m.;<br />
Thursday, <strong>April</strong> 12, 7p.m.;<br />
Sunday, <strong>April</strong> 22, 3p.m.;<br />
Friday, May 4, 8p.m.;<br />
and Saturday, May<br />
12, 3p.m.<br />
Is there a moment in your life that<br />
changed the whole trajectory<br />
(course or path) of it?<br />
I have a couple of them, but I<br />
think moving to the U.S. changed<br />
my whole life. Now I’m trying to<br />
combine both the Colombian and<br />
the now New Yorker and get the<br />
best of both for new chapters.<br />
If you could pick two famous<br />
parents to be your parents,<br />
who would you pick and why?<br />
Interesting one. I was raised by<br />
strong women, and I feel like if I<br />
have to choose I will identify with<br />
powerful, kind and loving women<br />
like the ones in my family. I will say<br />
names like Madonna, Angelina<br />
Jolie, Ellen, Michelle Obama. Girl<br />
power.<br />
Knowing what you know now,<br />
what advice would you give your<br />
younger self?<br />
To stop second guessing and just<br />
believe and love yourself. In order<br />
to help and love others, you have to<br />
start with yourself.<br />
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BY TY SEECOF<br />
ARE STRAIGHTS<br />
STEALING<br />
OUR SAFE SPACES?<br />
It’s no secret that the gays have officially<br />
penetrated mainstream society. It’s<br />
gone beyond marriage, as well as our<br />
predecessor’s wildest dreams.<br />
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” has our straight<br />
co-workers gagged. Trans people are<br />
earning positions of power in politics.<br />
Parents are supporting young boys by<br />
buying them makeup and dolls. The<br />
world is certainly changing, but let’s<br />
not kid ourselves into believing it has<br />
completely changed, sweeties.<br />
Unfortunately, there’s still a good chunk<br />
of hate out there. That’s why it’s nice<br />
to go to a queer space, where we feel<br />
protected and free. So what happens<br />
if our spaces disappear? We need to<br />
recognize this potential reality. While we<br />
knock down borders and claim our right<br />
to equal opportunities, we find ourselves<br />
in a bit of a predicament. In exchange<br />
for being a part of the straight world,<br />
they expect to be a part of ours. Equality<br />
continues to come at a cost.<br />
You can barely go to a gay bar these<br />
days that’s not flooded with herds<br />
of women. I don’t mean gay or<br />
queer women, who may actually feel<br />
threatened at some gay bars. That’s<br />
a whole other conversation. No, I’m<br />
talking about straight women who come<br />
to our bars, sometimes without the<br />
accompaniment of a queer person.<br />
They sashay their way to us with their<br />
bachelorette crowns and selfie game<br />
faces because they want a real life<br />
RuPaul experience. They say they like<br />
our music better. They say they don’t<br />
feel threatened by gay men.<br />
Ty Seecof is a gay,<br />
New York-based writer. He<br />
currently works as a copywriter<br />
in advertising, but his work also<br />
includes essays and screenplays.<br />
Contact him through<br />
TylerSeecof.com or find him on<br />
Instagram @The_TyGuy_.<br />
Sometimes, however, it may feel like<br />
they invade our spaces for the novelty.<br />
Often times, it seems they don’t<br />
understand that this isn’t an act; it’s<br />
our culture. We’re not here for their<br />
entertainment. In fact, they’re putting us<br />
in danger.<br />
Our safe spaces are vanishing. It’s<br />
not only bars disappearing; all of our<br />
spaces are on a decline. It’s our cafes,<br />
bookstores and neighborhoods that are<br />
endangered. In Brooklyn, some of my<br />
favorite queer spaces have either closed<br />
or turned into hetero hangouts. To find<br />
a seat at <strong>Out</strong>post, a once popular queer<br />
café, I first have to sift through a sea of<br />
straights. At C’mon Everybody, I feel<br />
weird dancing with other guys unless it’s<br />
specifically a gay party.<br />
The worst part is that many straight<br />
people don’t even recognize what<br />
they’re doing because they don’t know<br />
the history of these spaces. For them, it’s<br />
all just fun and games. Here’s the T: The<br />
queer community is being displaced and<br />
is going through a social gentrification.
But isn’t this what we want? Don’t we<br />
want equality? Isn’t it only fair to let<br />
them in our spaces if we want to be in<br />
theirs?<br />
No, I don’t think this is what we want,<br />
nor do I think it’s fair. Sure, this may<br />
sound a bit hypocritical, especially<br />
considering most of these outsiders<br />
mean no harm. However, we need<br />
to remember that although we’ve<br />
made progress in obtaining equality,<br />
we still don’t fully have it. We’re still<br />
not legally protected in every sense,<br />
and don’t even get me started on the<br />
atrocities that happen to international<br />
gays. Many queer people still feel<br />
uncomfortable around an all-straight<br />
crowd, and some straight people still<br />
act violently towards LGBTQIA+ folks,<br />
especially toward trans people. Until<br />
our idealistic, equal world becomes<br />
a reality, we need to protect our safe<br />
spaces.<br />
Next time you go to a queer space,<br />
especially a bar, remember you’re not<br />
there alone. You’re sharing this space<br />
with a whole gaggle of gays. No one<br />
wants to decipher who’s gay or not<br />
before striking up a flirty conversation.<br />
No one is trying to masc up at the<br />
bars or talk quietly about gay politics<br />
in cafes.<br />
Now, don’t get me wrong: I love<br />
bringing a straight companion with<br />
me sometimes, so of course I’m not<br />
demanding you leave your hetero<br />
sidekicks back home. All I’m asking is<br />
for you to be mindful of our communal<br />
spaces. Find what’s comfortable<br />
for you but that’s also respectful to<br />
others. Remember, even if you’re<br />
comfortable enough in your sexuality<br />
to be surrounded by any crowd, not<br />
everyone else is. We all have to play<br />
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SAWDUST
BY IAN-MICHAEL BERGERON<br />
@ianmichaelinwonderland<br />
PART ONE<br />
THE LAST DATE<br />
Flashback: two years ago.<br />
AJ (my most recent ex)<br />
and I had been on several<br />
dates, but he was being<br />
standoffish. I couldn’t tell if<br />
he was playing hard to get<br />
or if he didn’t like me at all.<br />
He really upset me when<br />
one of his best friends was<br />
visiting from out of town,<br />
and he specifically told me I<br />
couldn’t go out with them.<br />
So, instead, I went on a<br />
date. Enter C, the chef.<br />
C took me to his friend’s<br />
restaurant in Brooklyn,<br />
where the seafood<br />
was delicious and the<br />
champagne ever-flowing. I<br />
could tell he was nervous,<br />
wearing a full suit, while I<br />
showed up in jeans and a<br />
black v-neck.<br />
I liked C. I enjoyed getting<br />
to know him while we ate—<br />
but I was only half-paying<br />
attention. The other half<br />
of me was focused on AJ,<br />
thinking about him out with<br />
his friend, making fun of<br />
sappy, pathetic little me.<br />
Why didn’t he want me to<br />
meet his friend? Why was<br />
he so intent on building a<br />
wall between us, when we<br />
were so good together?<br />
After dinner, C wanted to<br />
get drinks—and I didn’t<br />
want to go home and be<br />
alone with my insecurities.<br />
We found a dive bar<br />
around the corner, ordering<br />
strong cranberry vodkas<br />
and using the last of my<br />
cash on a photo booth.<br />
I started to let loose and<br />
have fun, pushing thoughts<br />
of AJ away. If he didn’t<br />
want to spend time with<br />
me, I’d spend time with<br />
someone who did.<br />
Well-intoxicated, I decided<br />
to show C a game. “You<br />
put your hand over the<br />
candle,” I said, indicating<br />
the votive between us,<br />
“and see if you can stand<br />
the fire long enough to put<br />
it out.”<br />
“That’s stupid,” he<br />
chuckled. It was: A straight<br />
guy showed it to me once.<br />
The point of the game is<br />
to get the other person,<br />
who’s never played, to put<br />
their hand over<br />
the candle—and<br />
then you put your<br />
hand over theirs,<br />
making them burn<br />
themselves.<br />
“Yeah. I don’t know<br />
why I thought of<br />
that just now.” My<br />
back pocket buzzed:<br />
a text message.<br />
Blurry-eyed, I<br />
peeked at my<br />
screen: AJ. I took<br />
the phone all the<br />
way out of my pants<br />
and read it:<br />
“Hey. I told my<br />
friend about you<br />
and she really wants<br />
to meet you. Wanna<br />
come over to East<br />
of Eighth?”<br />
“Everything OK?” C<br />
asked. I don’t know<br />
why I did this, but I put<br />
my hand over the candle.<br />
“Wha—Stop!” He tried to<br />
grab my hand, but I held<br />
strong until the flame went<br />
out.<br />
Maybe I was punishing<br />
myself. I’m just not sure<br />
if I was punishing myself<br />
because I went on a date<br />
when I knew I was falling<br />
in love with AJ, or because<br />
I was leaving an amazing<br />
date to go see him.<br />
Either way, my hand hurt<br />
for two weeks—and that<br />
was the last date I went on<br />
before AJ and I became an<br />
official couple.<br />
PHOTO BY STEVE BRENNAN