OutSmart’s oh-so-exclusive interview with Dame Edna, the modest "mother of all mega-stars," who will be gracing our fair city with her mauve presence. The Dame talks with OutSmart’s Blase DiStefano about her "hilarious" son and other intimate topics.

May 2001

FEATURES

• DAME EDNA: The Mother of All Megastars... has a "gay" son. by Blase DiStefano
  
• WHY A QUEER FILM FESTIVAL? by Ernie Manouse
  
• PARAGRAPH 175 by John W. Stiles
  
• A GAY MAN AND HIS MAMA by Randy Siegel
  

NEWS & COMMENT

• LETTERS
  
• PETE MARTINEZ by Ann Walton Sieber
  
• THE REFERENDUM PAGE Progressive Voters in Action by Alejandro Morua
• FROM THE MAYOR’S GLBT LIAISON These are important times. by Janine Brunjes
• MORE IN & OUT BRIEFS
  
• LEFTOUT Daryl Moore Highly skeptical about Bush’s openly gay appointee.
  
• OUTRIGHT Dale Carpenter Why is the gay community so highly skeptical about Bush’s openly gay appointee?
  
• BUSINESS NEWS
  
  

OUT & ABOUT

• CALENDAR - Gender-bending; boys in bed . . .
• GROOVEOUT Chris Sill - Ani DiFranco and Stevie Nicks.
• DINEOUT E.J. Arnell - Prego’s.
• FROM THE HEART Alan Cohen
• SIGNOUT Lilly Roddy
  

RESOURCE GUIDE

• YOUR COMPLETE REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE GLBT COMMUNITY