Margaret Cho – Queen Fag Hag
Margaret Cho is the undisputed Queen Fag Hag. This title is not one given lightly. It’s one earned through a life of being the constant companion to gay men, and an outspoken voice of the women who love them. In the 90s it was people like her who spoke out for gay rights, not with a tepid whisper, but with a loud shit talking bull horn. She boldly said the things other comics and artist were afraid to say. She is the very embodiment of living a life unapologetically out. This week Margaret Cho was in Austin, and I was invited to see her performance and meet with her after the show. She’s every bit as lovely in person, as I’d always imagined her to be watching her comedy programs on TV.
2G3…Fated Reality
If you’ve ever watched an episode of MTV’s The Hills, or The Real World, and thought, “Hey I could do that!”, that’s exactly what Thomas Simmons, David Coley, and Dani Elkins did when they created 2G3. It’s a low budget, independent online reality show, filmed out of Raleigh, NC. One day Dani and David were talking and having fun and thought to themselves, “Why isn’t this being filmed?” All three of them are big personalities with lots of character. To watch their show is to believe that they had been literally best friends forever. However, their relationships just began in the early summer of 2009. They filmed their first episode in July of that summer. Without even realizing it they had chronicled their entire relationship together. In interviewing the three of them, it became clear that their lives really didn’t begin until they found each other. So how did they come together? What were they like before they became 2G3? What are their plans for the future?
