Gay cowboys hit US screen, but no rings just yet

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gay cowboy movie won rave reviews on Friday as mainstream Hollywood embraced the tale of Marlboro men in love, but for most gay Americans the acceptance symbolized by marriage remains a distant dream.

Based on an Annie Proulx's short story, "Brokeback Mountain" is about two cowboys who meet and fall in love while wrangling sheep in Wyoming in 1963. Their love lasts through two decades as they each get married to women and live "normal" lives.

"Moving and majestic," said The New York Times; "An American masterpiece" said the New York Observer; "Unmissable and unforgettable" said Rolling Stone.

But The Wall Street Journal asked, "Is America ready for Marlboro men who love men?"

One answer delivered by a New York state court this week was "No" -- at least when it comes to marriage.


more...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051210/film_nm/life_gaymarriage_dc

we even have threads here questioning weather ''the gays'' have hobbled liberal politics.

like two stolen elections, an illegal war, corruption so deep the bush drags it with him wherever he goes in public,
white house staff under indictment, more poor people than ever --

and someone suggests ''the gays'' have been too out there.


any way i can't wait to see the movie --

and let's hear it for transamerica while we're at it.

starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064665/

Trivia: The only X-rated film ever to win a Best Picture Oscar. (more)

No sex between Voight and Hoffman but definitely love there.

Think I'll watch it this afternoon!

Can't wait to see it...

... it's posted on the New Yorker archives here:

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/content/?051212fr_archive01

(I noticed that this is slightly different than the version of Annie Proulx's short story published in the book Close Range.)

if you want the original, find the short story by itself

I guess it would be the magazine version