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UM Delegates Entertained By Dueling Drag Queens, Local Lesbians And Gay Performances, Pagan Drummers

Calling all freaks!!! Two of New York City's cutting edge comedy acts are the latest to feel the fallout of Janet Jackson's barbed nipple. The DUELING BANKHEADS were booked to perform for a group of college students only to be censored and cancelled due to obscenity charges by corporate sponsor Citibank. Come and see what all the fuss is about.

Drops of  Water

Published Daily During GC 2004 by Affirmation: United Methodists
for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns
April 30, 2004 GC 2004 Issue #3
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Open Arts Open House for Open Minds... event will feature the outrageous New York drag cabaret artists, the Dueling Bankheads, and local lesbian and gay performance groups, the Renaissance City Choir and the Renaissance Wimmin’s Drumming Circle. The Evening Factory, featuring hands-on art- making projects in the spirit of Andy Warhol and centered on the theme of gay marriage, will be open throughout the evening. All exhibits will be open for viewing as well.

Open Arts Open House will be from 5 – 10 p.m. tonight at the Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., Pittsburgh. Admission is $5 at the door and an additional but optional $5 to see the Dueling Bankheads.

The Western Pennsylvania Reconciling Ministries, Affirmation and the Reconciling Ministries Network sponsor this event.