Fag vs Fag Hag November 2009

Word: DJ Angus Wong & Jules
DS: With Film being the theme for this issue, who’s the most iconic gay character in a film for you?
FAG: Mike from My Own Private Idaho (River Phoenix), he just passes out whenever he is in an awkward situation and he gets to have sex with Keanu Reeves…Dah! Doesn’t hurt that he was hot too. And can I just say, the post-modern Gus Van Sant stop-motion love scene is one of the most subtle, yet erotic, scenes in film history.
FAG HAG: Hmmmmm…despite the fast succession of queer characters since the 1970s. I’d have to say for me, it would have to be Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, not only because his performance was outstanding, but it showed that being gay doesn’t necessarily mean being ‘camp’ – think The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert and although incredibly entertaining and from my experience downright bloody accurate on many levels, to often the gay male is typecast and again, ideologies and belief structures are enforced. Heath reveals that sexuality is much more than human organs and more about the human experience.
DS: Latex or Spandex? Which would you chose to wear for a Pride March anywhere in the world?
FAG: Personally I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing Latex or Spandex in a Pride March. A little Lycra in your designer’s jean is style; but full on Latex or Spandex suit? Save that for Lady Gaga! Oh and make sure the designs come with a cape and maybe a latex headdress-masque thingie attached too. (Oh wait… hasn’t she already done that?).
FAG HAG: This is a no-brainer…think Britney Spears or Ali Larter, Eliza Dushku and Shannon Elizabeth in the clip from Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back – hot, hot, hot baby…and if I had a body like any one of those girls, I’d be flaunting my stuff proudly in a black latex bodysuit, without doubt…as for Lycra in your designer jeans…you can’t be serious?
DS: Would matching or coordinated party clothes be a good or bad thing for a fag and his fag hag?
FAG: Hmmmmmmm NO! I am gay partly (a big part) because I despise coordinated outfits on couples! Designed for nothing but to humour (in some case humiliate) the people who are wearing them. Besides, who has time to coordinate? I have to do my hair! I love hags, it’s fun to braid each other’s hair and do each other’s nails and all that. Coordinated outfits though, really, NO.
FAG HAG: Aaaah that my friend is NEVER gonna happen… No, no, no, no, NO! I’ve got standards baby… Who does that? Although perhaps de rigeur for some (almost compulsory in certain circles), as long as my feet tap these wonky streets, you aint gonna see me matching up with anybody! Although, tweaking clichés… you could almost do a ‘mini-me’ version, but everything shorter, for HIM of course…





