Slog - Comments on Mr. Savage Goes to (Eastern) Washington http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington Over the weekend, Dan Savage got on a plane and checked into the Spokane hotel where fallen Republican lawmaker Richard Curtis stayed two weekends ago. Richard Curtis? Maybe this will jog your memory: nylon rope, $1,000-dollar bareback sex, women's lingerie, an alleged gay prostitute, doctor's toys, money left under a flower pot on the Washington Street Bridge--but anyway! The hotel. What's the hotel like? The lobby, my God, the lobby."Everlasting Love," an early disco hit, is booming over the sound system. The walls and floors of the L-shaped room are covered in beige and tan marble. Faux-Victorian chandeliers dangle... Copyright 2008 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:25:46 -0800 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:55:12 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by chicagogaydude Dan Savage:

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=433857

"Curtis's heterosexuality—if he is heterosexual—doesn't excuse his antigay voting record, of course. If anything, his willingness to vote against gay people while indulging in inarguably gay sex acts—whatever was going on in his head—is less defensible in light of his potential autogynephilia. Even if Curtis's attraction to men was a kink, a means by which he was able to indulge his fantasies about being a woman himself, having sex with men should have sensitized him to the issues faced by men who are capable of loving other men, not just using them.

"But it casts Curtis's actions, and his early statements, in a different light. It certainly explains the cross-dressing, which is out of character for a gay man. It also might explain why Curtis didn't go to the nearby gay bar, opting instead for a far-off adult bookstore patronized by straight and "straight" guys. Yes, Curtis is a victim of the very homophobia that his votes worked to sustain, but he was not, as Murray says, one of the jerks."

]]> chicagogaydude http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844674 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844674 Nepotism Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:59:55 -0800 Comment by clock check Just sayin' it's 4:58 am now and your post is dated 5:25 am, so go ahead and give yourself credit for that extra early start on the day (or did the paper just get to bed extra late?).

]]> clock check http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844675 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844675 Nepotism Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:01:20 -0800 Comment by Just Me When the prostitute did the porn "Damon Blows America #3" did he get paid $1000.00 to do that? I mean that movie is produced by a studio that does nearly ALL Bareback videos.

Just wondering.

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844684 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844684 Nepotism Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:20:42 -0800 Comment by catalina vel-duray "As for Worthy's lauded sense of taste, well, it appears to have been fatally struck by an automobile as it attempted to cross the street."

Now THAT was funny. Very Parker-esque. Thanks for starting my day with a good laugh.

I've been meaning to go over to Spokane and check out the Davenport for quite a while now. Thanks for clarifying the difference between the real hotel and "the tower"

]]> catalina vel-duray http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844687 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844687 Nepotism Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:33:53 -0800 Comment by elenchos The not-gay theory is kind of, you know, Byzantine, isn't it?

Also, does everybody have to start calling him Mr. Savage now?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844696 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844696 Nepotism Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:36:24 -0800 Comment by gillsans A few things:

The Davenport: Awesome
The Davenport Tower: Ugly box with tacky interior

Irv's and The Merc are also gay bars in Spokane and they're not nearly as depressing as Demsey's.

]]> gillsans http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844713 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844713 Nepotism Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:31:33 -0800 Comment by come again
use Abe Twist more...

]]> come again http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844722 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844722 Nepotism Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:50:09 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The Davenport also has a nice restaurant -- not quite as nice as it thinks it is, but in the old-school hotel style. You could take your grandmother there, but you'd also get a decent meal -- something that's pretty difficult in Spokane above the diner level (I love diners, but they don't encompass my world).

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844781 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844781 Nepotism Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:56:01 -0800 Comment by gillsans catalina: The Fox theater is re-opening soon. It should be sweet. You can make it part of your Spokane architectural tour. Maybe Mudede will be willing to guide...

]]> gillsans http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844784 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844784 Nepotism Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:58:54 -0800 Comment by chermo "River Park Square seems to have removed what little foot traffic there was in downtown Spokane from the streets. I pass a dozen or more shuttered storefronts on my way to the mall."

Bullshit.

]]> chermo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844850 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c844850 Nepotism Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:21:17 -0800 Comment by Bet Could have been readable story by Savage had he done any original reporting, not merely show up late at the crime scene...The whole piece is just rehash from other newspapers.

]]> Bet http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c845052 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/mr_savage_goes_to_eastern_washington#c845052 Nepotism Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:55:12 -0800