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Today's Health - Wellness / Exercise / Reflections:***Special Article / Reflections***Tiny Tina Has Big ResolveNo Cha Cha Heels for Christmas but Fetcho says "It Gets Better"28 December 2010 /When The Copa was raided during a "wet jockey shorts contest" in '76, it was against the backdrop of an extreme campaign to criminalize homosexuality in Anita Bryant's Florida – an era which is hopefully a little different from today's Sunshine State. After all, you can see worse things than wet jockey shorts on prime-time television now.
At least that must be the way most people saw it when Attorneys Russell Cormican and Norm Kent (SFGN's Publisher) secured a speedy exemption from the State of Florida's Board of Nursing which would have allowed Fetcho to return to work.
Then, in early June of 2010, it began to appear that Fetcho's bad luck was only getting started. As one door opened, another slammed shut and Fetcho's diabetes gave way to major surgery whereupon his left leg was amputated below the knee.
It was at this juncture that many members of our community, including but not limited to SFGN, Kent & Cormican, The Manor Nightclub, Robert Trout and Nikki Adams were all expressing concern. Trout, for example, noted that Fetcho fell into a category where he could not receive Medicare. Medicare recipients must be age 65 upon retirement or be legally married to someone who is.
Eventually, a benefit was thrown and many tidings of encouragement were offered. That was back in June. "But I am not one to live in the past," says Fetcho, "I live in the now."
It seems that his stage presence has been retired for the time being but Fetcho has not given up on the moniker. He expresses his gratitude for all the support and encouragement he has been given and signs all of his correspondence with "Love Ya, Tiny Tina".
"I don't really foresee any performances in the near future, but I am able to walk with my new leg and getting better every day. I also had my car converted so I can drive using a left-side gas pedal."
Fetcho relies for now on Social Security Disability but has not given up on the idea of nursing. "I may work at it part-time in the future," he says. "I am under the doctor's care myself. My general health is doing well and my mental health offers some bad days but not enough for me to worry about them."
When he refers to his mental health, Fetcho is talking mostly about the turbulent angst that comes from suddenly not being able to utilize a limb. "I can go to the mall and I do some volunteer work with kids but I have to sit down a lot quicker. I have to re-learn everything just to function at 50% of the old me. I hope this New Year will bring me up to 75%."
Recalling the past but not living in it, Fetcho indicates that Florida is, in fact, different than it was in 1976. "You know back then, gay life was difficult. As a female impersonator, I had to apply for an Identification that clearly stated my gender and I was forced by law to wear at least 3 items of male gender-specific attire at all times," he laments.
"It's ok to be gay now. It wasn't before. Today we have not just gay bars, but gay cities and gay politicians. We can be honest with each other today. If there's a way to sum it all up, I'd have to go with that phrase… It Gets Better."
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Southern Maine Pride. Saturday, June 19th, 2010 in Portland, Maine
London Gay Pride; July 3, 2010
By Justin Elliott / Salon / Dec 28, 2010Even as the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" this month marked a major victory in the gay rights struggle in the United States, a very different story is unfolding within the conservative movement, where anti-gay forces are growing more aggressive.
The latest flashpoint is a fight over the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which regularly draws thousands of activists -- and would-be presidential candidates -- to Washington each February. At issue is the presence of the gay Republican group GOProud, which was (along with many other groups) a co-sponsor of last year's CPAC and will play a similar role this year.
In response to GOProud's role, the American Principles Project announced last month that it was opting out of CPAC, asserting that the gay group's "purposes are fundamentally incompatible with a movement that has long embraced the ideals of family and faith in a thriving civil society."
Several other groups have now joined the American Principles Project, and the conservative news website WorldNetDaily has been pumping up the boycott story every chance it gets. (WND's editor, Joseph Farah, clashed with Ann Coulter earlier this year over her participation in a different conference sponsored by GOProud.) On Monday, WND reported the latest developments in the growing boycott:
Two of the nation's premier moral issues organizations, the Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America, are refusing to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference in February because a homosexual activist group, GOProud, has been invited.
"We've been very involved in CPAC for over a decade and have managed a couple of popular sessions. However, we will no longer be involved with CPAC because of the organization's financial mismanagement and movement away from conservative principles," said Tom McClusky, senior vice president for FRC Action
In an interview with Salon, GOProud Executive Director Jimmy LaSalvia declined to respond directly to the groups boycotting the conference, saying only that "CPAC is an important event and I hope that all conservatives will join in participating. We're very proud of our record, and we'll put our conservative credentials up against anyone."
GOProud's role also caused a bit of a stir at the 2010 conference in February, when an anti-gay activist named Ryan Sorba got up during a CPAC youth panel and denounced the conference organizers for allowing GOProud to attend:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldnn8KwTPUk&feature=player_embedded
Despite that incident, LaSalvia says that at the 2010 conference "we had an overwhelming amount of support. One person after another came up to our booth and thanked us for being there." Next year, with many anti-gay conservatives boycotting the conference, one would expect perhaps an even friendlier reception.
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