For Queer Mice

by BROWWWSER

ATTACK OF THE 50 MB MEGALOMANIAC DRAG QUEENS FROM CYBERSPACE!

No, it's not a new science fiction movie, it's reality! What better way to say ME, ME, ME than having your own web page? And since drag queens have always been at the forefront of a revolution (who threw the first coins and bottles at stonewall?), it's no surprise that some fabulous divas have taken the World Wide Web by storm, spreading love, peace, and fashion tips to all new crowds. While most of these talented ladies are usually too broke to afford all the computer equipment, there are a few that have squandered their tips or have rich boyfriends. These selected queens are taking over our browsers with their attitude, advice, and plenty of dish. Can't you just feel the suspense?!?

SEE THE VIDEO!!! E-mail me!"Fats, femmes, druggies, and the cosmetically challenged" are all welcome at Hedda Lettuce Worldwide at http://www.hedda.com. Hedda is a prolific and media-savvy performance artist in New York City with fabulous green hair that wouldn't fit through most doors. Become a Hedda member by entering your name and birthdate at her website and get a personal horoscope. Hedda Lettuce has her own TV show on NYC Cable and you can download clips from them (if you have a fast modem, that is). See her cartoons and sketches, photo album, the Hedda files, visit her Java chat room, actually listen to her bedtime stories, and read her interview. Warning: Hedda can be very blunt! Easily offended beware!

HEAR THE AUDIO!!! Who else could claim to call their site the "official home of the Queen of Cyberspace" but the incomparable RuPaul? Her luscious site at http://www.teleport.com/~rupaul/ is strikingly designed in red, white, and black, with frameless frames adding a sophisticated touch. At RuPaul's House of Love you can pick up the latest dish, read the RuPaul FAQ, write Ru, and check out her 'snapshots', calendar, and catalog. RHOL has the latest info about her next video from "Foxy Lady" called "A Little Bit of Love" (it should be released around Valentines Day), her show on VH-1, and more. Cruise the link page for some great shortcuts to other RuPaul pages and drag sites, or visit her record label website (http://www.rhino.com) at Rhino Records.

FEEL THE ATTITUDE!!! Truly one of the most fabulous drag queens on the planet isn't even human! And she'll even turn YOU into a drag queen! She's Go Girl! The Pinball Machine, and she's waiting for you at http://www.exo.net/michaelb/gogirl/gogirl.html. She's a queer-positive campy interactive pinball machine. gremouse.gifWhile playing her you'll be standing in a pair of big red high heels being taunted by drag queens criticizing your pinball abilities from the video monitor facing you. If you're good you'll go into "Wig Mode" where your face is on the video screen trying on different wigs. And if you're truly divine you can try "Make-Up Mode" and have your digital face made up too! Go Girl! The Pinball Machine is actually an interactive art exhibit, so don't look for her in the arcades yet (unfortunately). But watch out for the Go Girl! Across America Tour in 1997 for your chance to play the most fabulous pinball machine ever designed.

SMELL THE HAIRSPRAY!!! Even though Wigstock '96 was a "Wig NOT" the Wigstock homepage is still a groovy site. Visit the "Lady" Bunny at http://www.at-beam.com/Wigstock/default.html for the history of Wigstock, some hot shots of Wigstock '95, and the new Wigstock West. Shop at Bunny's Boutique for some collectible necklaces by Todd Oldham and Wigstock '95 t-shirts, find links at Hair Extensions, and listen to Girl Talk with Linda Simpson, Lurleen, and of course the "Lady" Bunny herself. Then if there's a Wigstock '97 this year and you need to plan your outfit in advance, drop by http://www.wigs.com for that piece-de-resistance from Wigs.com.

TASTE THE DANGER!!! This site has not one, not two, but three drag queens to give you shivers! Trudy is the main webmistress at the Datalounge, filling her pages with tales from her trailer, her dog, and more. Also at http://www.datalounge.com you may be ensnared by the Draginatrix who will whip some personal information out of you and give you a new drag name to boot. Finally there is Barbra: read her saga of being on the run from the law. After visiting the Datalounge you may never be the same again!

THEY'RE COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU!!! grecomp1.gifSt. Louis also has its own self-appointed cybermistress. Lady Kiska de Tasenka at Gaystlouis.com will reveal your Zodiac Homoscope, partly from the goodness of her heart but also because she's so nosy! Well, if she finishes them on time, that is! Then jump into her Magic Vortex for a bizarre trip through the World Wide Web. Yes, http://www.gaystlouis.com was offline for a week or so in January because Lady Kiska spilled a Big Girl cocktail all over her hard drive when typing in the February homoscopes. Let that be a lesson to you: no drinking and typing!

THEY'LL BE BACK!!! You know what they say: you can't keep a good drag queen's hair down. And you can't keep them off the Internet, no matter what the 1996 Telecommunications Act says! Like Diva DuWeb's divine link list at http://home.istar.ca/~missdiva/, or Francine's Wall of Drag at http://www.randy.com/fran.htm, or even Frank Marino's Home Page at http://www.teleport.com/~fmarino/. Let's face it, the web is just another medium for these funky divas to take over, and they will. THERE IS NO ESCAPE!!!

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"For Queer Mice" appears in SLAM Magazine, the alternative bar rag for St. Louis. For more links, please visit my GAYDAR site (always under construction!). Know some good queer web sites? Please e-mail them to me! Thanks, and happy browwwsing!

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