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A lot of the topics on today’s show is about death. Not just the literal end of life, as in the death of Tammy Faye Bayer (who passed away on Friday at the age of 56) but also in the sense of transitions, as in the end of the literary series of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books.
On the same day, both Tammy Faye died and the final Harry Potter book came out.
Marc was up almost non-stop reading “Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows” to figure out how he would meet his fate. Will good triumph over evil? Will Harry Potter and Hermoinie (the girl protagonist) or Ron (the best buddy) “hook up?” More importantly, will Harry Potter come out as a fierce drag queen and start a popular nightclub act and tour the U.K.?
In case you’re wondering, we’re NOT going to tell you how it ends and reveal any spoilers here on the show notes. But if you’re curious, you can read Marc and Sal-E’s ending and figure out who’s telling the truth. If you haven’t gotten the Harry Potter book yet, click here to get it thorough Amazon.com and give us a little kickback!
On today’s show we also went to Women and Children First Bookstore to talk to the good people waiting in line. People like Dominick and Cole, some cute trans youth who really dig the series. Why do queer people love the Potter books so much, even thought their relationships aren’t directly represented in the books?
Join Marc, me, Fausto Fernós and our pal Steven Peterson (on the phone from San Francsico) to talk about the pitfalls and benefits to dating someone you work closely with, and the meaning of Tammy Faye Messner’s death.
Let’s take a moment and think of ways we can help build bridges between communities as we reflect on the glittery life of campy televangelist Tammy Faye Messner who died on Friday a the age of 65, weighing 65 pounds. She was one of a kind. I went and had a burger with fries in her memory.
I thank Tammy Faye for being a person who built bridges- between the religious fundamentalists and their perceived enemies, GLBT folks. In the last years of her life Tammy Faye became a reconciliatory figure, using her religious believes for self-empowerment instead of fostering fear and superstition.
I’d like to think she encouraged a lot of southern Christian people to accept their sexual identities and reconciliate themselves with their upbringings. Who can forget those dark mascara tears on Sunday television as she wept for the sins of mankind? Who can forget her undeterminable spirit as she sang “If Life Hands You a Lemon, Make Lemonade?”
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RcktMan says:
July 23, 2007 at 11:48And her name was Bakker, not Bayer. 
Get some sleep, girlfriend. 
XOXO
Steven says:
July 23, 2007 at 12:23It could have been worse — he could have called her Tammy Faye Dunaway…
ILOVEMYHUSBAND says:
July 23, 2007 at 13:46In 2004 Tammy Faye was on an interview on NPR. She was asked what her thoughts were on being a gay-icon. She actually had a good answer. She simply said that “we agree to disagree”. She did not agree with the gay life-style, but she was tolerant. If more of us could only “agreee to disagree”, we would be a much more peaceful planet.
Maia says:
July 23, 2007 at 15:36I’m still trying to figure out the mysterious significance of the empty 3+ minutes at the end of today’s podcast… I was hoping for an easter egg inside an easter egg (like those Russian nesting dolls). But just silence. A tribute to John Cage, maybe?
Friday night in Andersonville was fun — it was great to see so much hustle and bustle along Clark Street — I’m glad you captured some of it. We were at Sweet Occasions, and they had the black licorice ice cream! Cliff, there is hope!
RcktMan says:
July 23, 2007 at 15:42In Tammy Faye’s last interview with Larry King, she was asked via email:
“Unlike many of your Christian contemporaries, you have been a very positive influence in the gay community. Why do you think you found it in your heart to love and accept us?”
Her answer was: “Well, you know when I went – we lost everything – it was the gay people that came to my rescue and I will always love them for that.”
Maia says:
July 23, 2007 at 16:14no, no… it was a lesbian double-date with two of our best friends. Cliff is coming to town later - a week from now? … I was just giving hopeful news about the availability of licorice ice cream. You know we wouldn’t leave you out, Rick!
RcktMan says:
July 23, 2007 at 17:05LOL I know… just layin’ a guilt trip on ya. 
Meanwhile, people should be using this to comment on the show… hehe… Sorry, guys!!!
Fausto Fernós says:
July 23, 2007 at 18:22We were “hit and run” podcasting guys- we went to tape the people waiting in line, and then took off.
Maia says:
July 23, 2007 at 20:44Rick, no more guilt trips!…. I have an overactive guilt gland, and you shouldn’t take advantage. ; )
Back to your regularly scheduled commenting:
I looked up Focus on the Family, and they were founded in 1977, making them the original FOF, the bastards. I can only take solace in the fact that if their name were pronounced by a certain German professor of mine, it would sound like “f*ck us.” That’s a small comfort.
I don’t know much about Tammy Faye, but I’m glad she was able to separate her personal feelings about gays from her religion. Really, for people to use a smokescreen of Christianity (a religion based on radical love and “judge not lest ye be judged”) to hit below the belt with messages of hate and fear in order to get money & votes… it’s just sick. Good for Tammy Faye for realizing the hypocrisy of the situation.
Gary T says:
July 23, 2007 at 20:48I was fortunate enough to see Tammy Faye at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Pink Saturday (the night before the Pride Parade) June 25, 2005. They were showing Tammy Faye : Death Defying at the GLBT Film Festival. She showed up to the showing in a pink dress, pink shoes and pink nails. She was in the gayest place on earth at the gayest time of the year, and she looked so radiant being adored by all the gay men. She answered questions after the movie and I was quiet impressed. Even though she didn’t support the term “gay marriage” she said she supported gay couples having all the same rights as “marriage”. She just got hung up on the word marriage for religious reasons. For a person of her upbringing to come that far I’m sure took a lot of courage and conviction.
Eric says:
July 23, 2007 at 20:55If not for actually benifiting gay rights, I must thank Tammy Faye for her time on the Surreal Life, which was incredibly entertaining.
I can’t decide if I should listen to the Easter Egg or not, as I’m sure it will have good insight into the book, but I want to finish it on my own first.
G.S. (of course).
trullyandutterly says:
July 23, 2007 at 21:19Um OMG I almost had a heart attack, I haven’t finished the book yet and I don’t know what Fausto was about to say but until i finish this book i think i need to stay away from all media outlets. Though I found that from as far as i have rea which is chapter 18 thaat whatI got for spoiler was not to far off base.
RcktMan says:
July 23, 2007 at 21:59Now for a REAL comment on today’s show..
Steven was so much fun on today’s show. He’s a funny honey… made me laugh out loud a few times (and Fausto and Marc, too!) More Steven!!!
I enjoyed the interview with the trans kids in line at Women & Children First. They sounded so sweet and sure of themselves. It’s so great that kids are able to feel confident in who and what they are at such an early age. When I was their age, I was such a wreck… it’s a wonder I made it out alive!!
One last thought: Weren’t the Muggles the guys that did “Video Killed the Radio Star?” Or was that the Buggles? I always forget.
Great show as always… can’t wait for The Simpsons!!!
Fausto Fernós says:
July 23, 2007 at 23:59We’ll be at Gentry on State at 9pm on Thursday evening, then head on to the movie theater (600 N. Michigan) at 10:30. See you there!
Anna says:
July 24, 2007 at 00:01I have a link and a blog sicker on my site. It’s been there for a while.
If anyone wants a more detailed spoiler, check the Wikipedia entry for the book.
Anna says:
July 24, 2007 at 00:02…but it’s not the one linked from my FoF profile. Here: http://www.eclecticlibrarian.net/blog/
Reneecamp says:
July 24, 2007 at 12:35About dating someone you work with… NOOOO!! I dated someone I worked with (and still do) and it ended badly and it took forever to get over it because he was in my face everyday. But now he has a different GF and he has become fat and gross and I hate that he saw me naked. NOT WORTH IT!
Andrew J says:
July 26, 2007 at 07:02Man I love Harry Potter. I was the 380th person in line (out of the people who had reserved it) in my bookstore. Got my book at 1 AM but I didn’t finish it until midnight on Sunday night. I had too many other things going on over the weekend. It was great.
Here’s my blog for the blogroll!
http://andrewjoslyn.blogspot.com
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Fausto Fernós created the Feast of Fools in 1998 as wacky artists variety show in Chicago, Illinois.
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gabe says:
July 23, 2007 at 10:04fausto you ditz! tammy faye was aged 65, weighing 65 pounds. poor girl.