HOW TO BE A FAG

—for David Halperin

Let the fags fuck—

And the Christians burn

Just because you think you’re Str8t—

Doesn’t mean you’re Hetero-normative

Fags learn how to be Fags, my dear

From other Fags not Str8ts, honey

Fags tell us what we think we know—

Whether we’re Bubble heads or not

What is the role of Faggotly, dearest

When it comes to this gay identity? 

Well, just ask Bette in Baby Jane—

About those rats down in the cellar

Hollywood Babylon has done more

To pervert Fags than anything else

Grande operas and gay musicals—

An well as campy Diva worship

Drag, muscle culture as well as

Style, Fashion and Interior Design

Well, anyway, I may be a Faggot—

And not a Hetero-normative Hunk

But at least I’ve gone beyond the

Dreary deary Mildred Pierce routine