Rakoff and the Republicans

There’s an article in this month’s GQ about the Log Cabin Republicans. Not an eye-opener, really, since the facts are nothing new, but I made a point to take a look at it, ’cause it’s written by David Rakoff, whom I enjoy reading and hearing: his wry observations are occasionally heard on This American Life. Entitled “They’re Here, They’re Queer, They’re… Republican?” the GQ article opens:

“I’ve heard it all,” says Mark Mead, director of public affairs for the Log Cabin Republicans. “Everything from ‘You guys are like Jewish Nazis’ to ‘What are you, the syrup lobby?'” What the Log Cabin Republicans really are, Mead informs me, is a bunch of political renegades, 10,000 strong and growing. “We’re the cutting edge of the gay civil rights movement,” he says.

I almost let out a hearty “And I am Marie of Romania!”–until I see he is not joking.

Nice.

[Update (17 May): In his comment to this entry, Seyd points out (with photo link, thanks!) the clever Victor Juhasz illustration that accompanies the Rakoff article. Dominated by political and religious symbols, it depicts a pair of pink gay elephants, pierced by arrows à la St. Sebastian, subject to the wrath of a fiery-sword-wielding elephant on high. Looming in the background is a dome I assume to be the U.S. Capitol, here topped with a cross.]