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Single, Straight and Coming to Dinner
A few weeks ago, I was invited to a dinner party. What a TREAT to be eating someone else’s home-cooked food for a change. But I almost said no. The reason? The other guests were two couples, and I wasn’t up for being the fifth wheel. I confessed to my host, who’d been single for years. He soon emailed that an unattached friend would be joining us. As it turns out, everyone at the dinner party is gay (but me). And I realized that this scenario is a total no-brainer. On a related subject, read a fascinating piece in Scientific American about the stereotype of the “fag hag.” And at 2 minutes, 13 seconds into this video, watch the late, Rue McClanahan (of Golden Girls fame), play one. From a 1971 film, “Some of My Best Friends Are…”
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Great finds—thank you for digging, sharing, commenting. Proof that while the Golden Girls’ role was funny and fab, it may have been partly caricature of what this actress could do.