Who says there are no gay Republicans?
In the week before Miss America, pageant boosters wanted to talk about the fact that there are Ivy League students and a doctor in this year’s contest. This is supposed to be remarkable. But at a time when women constitute the majority of American college students, and are making especially big gains in medical and law schools, this shouldn’t be a shock After PNB’s discussion of gays in pageants over the summer, more people are being quoted in the media about the issue. Former Miss America (and PNB cover girl) Kate Shindle talked to a newspaper about the appeal this particular pageant has for gay men, and how that can clash subtly with the pageant’s socially conservative image. A storm to the east Hurricane Isabel threatened the pageant as it bore down on America’s East Coast from the Atlantic. New Jersey was spared the brunt of the storm, and the contest was unaffected. A storm to the west Unrelated to the Miss America Pageant, but of interest to every beauty fan, a girl from Alabama
