Omg! So I'm headed to San Francisco this Friday for a little stay by the bay with all my homosexual friends and lovers. Okay, some heterofolk too. I'm so excited! But the icing on the cake came tonight when my dear friend Jack invited me to be his "gay date" to this gala fundraiser for Lyon-Martin Health Services next Monday. He thought I'd be excited to hear that Wilson Cruz (My So Called Life) would be performing. But what he didn't tell me was that LORETTA DEVINE would be there! OMG! Loretta Devine is the fabulous Black woman I always wanted to be! She's amazing!!!
If you're in the SF area, you should totally get a ticket. Lyon Martin does fabulous work for queer folk in San Francisco. Support them. You can find out more info here, but make sure to buy your tickets via Lyon Martin here (or otherwise designate them as your beneficiary when you purchase).
P.S. I just have to share the e-mail exchange that just happened about this:
Jack: Will you be my gay date?
Trevor: My dear, what else could I say but yes? But I think you mean Monday, February 9th, yes? And PS you didn't tell me LORETTA DEVINE will be performing!!!!! Omg
Jack: Who's Loretta Devine?
Trevor: Are you effing kidding me? Only one of the most famous Black female comedians today. It is the event whose flyer is here, right:
http://www.lyon-martin.org/images/LoveGalaEflyer.gif
Jack: That's the one! Well, good, I was secretly afraid this would be boring and I was going to need you to heckle with.
Trevor: Well I mean, I'll wear a velvet jacket and jerk off on someone's face in the bathroom (point A --> point B). It won't be boring! And Loretta Devine!!! OMG!
Jack: Ooooh, a velvet jacket...if you have an extra one bring it along and we can wear ascots and eyeliner...
Trevor: Shut up! Can we really? I do have an extra. Blue, purple, or Black with red stripes? :)
Jack: We REALLY can. We might have to do a little shopping over the weekend to look for ascots. Do you tie them with a necktie or a scarf? What color are you wearing? I'm down for whatever as long as it fits.
Trevor: OMG! I wanna wear an ascot!! I have no idea to tie one. We’ll post a craigslist ad (“You tie our ascots, we’ll suck your cock”). The purple is the shortest, so probably best for you. I’ll bring purple and blue. We’ll be so cute together! I can hardly stand it. PS I already blogged the shit out of it: www.trevorhoppe.com
Great blog and glad that you're so excited about our event. Hi, my name is Lauren and I'm the board of directors chair at Lyon-Martin, also very excited about this event. If you see me, please say hi, I always like chatting with fellow midwesterners (it's been a while but I grew up in Iowa)...I can't wait to your fabulous outfit!
-Lauren
Hope to see you there, Lauren!!!