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tion. So there was a lot of last minute scunying
around. But they eventually got it together."
Tony says he'd request Gay Games organiz-
ers remove Scott's name from the results page,
but from their experience with the Chicago staff,
the North Texas couple don't have any faith that
organizers can manage the task.
"Ouch, I got butt lock!"
On a bus ride through Oak Park — the town
where Hemmingway and Frank Lloyd Wright
grew up — a sprinter from the Republic of Malta
and a pole-vaulter from Denmark introduce
themselves to a coterie of lesbian discus throwers
from Philadelphia. As we arrive at the bus stop
for Hanson Field, a Team San Francisco runner
races across the parking lot and tears off his
warm-up pants. Fie has less than 10 seconds to
get on the starting block before the starter gun
goes off for the men's 400-meter dash.
In the last meter, many sprinters purposely
dive over the finish line, tumbling hard and
scraping shoulders. Even sprinters in the 55-and-
older category hurl themselves across the line.
Dressed in matching blue-and-yellow
skintight uniforms, members of the Team Dallas
men's relay team are a sight to behold: ebony
muscle studs with bulging legs and maximus
glutes. Flanging out with Trent Flagler, Derwin
Flail and David Fitzgerald brightens up an
already sweltering morning. Inside the rehabilita-
tion tent, the busy AthletiCo staff takes their job
seriously. Athletes are constantly being reminded
to hydrate.
Fitzgerald blows everyone away in his heat
for the men's 400-meter dash. In the second heat,
Flagler does the same. After crossing the finish, a
winded Flagler stretches his quads in the shade.
"Ouch I got butt lock" Flagler says.
"Oh, I'm sure you can find someone to rub
that out for you," Fitzgerald laughs. "Actually, I
just got the most incredible 10-minute massage
in the AthletiCo tent."
With his cell phone and Sidekick, Flagler is
the mother hen of the gay sprinters — keeping
track of his teammates and volunteering to help
out whenever possible. When the gold, silver and
bronze presentation begins, Flagler notices that
no one bothered to set up the winner's medal
stand. Fie finds a dolly and sets it up himself.
Later that morning, Hagler and Fitzgerald climb
atop the medal stand to receive the gold and sil-
ver for the 400-meter in their age group.
Along with swing teammate Joseph Justin,
Team Dallas took home two more golds for the
4x200-meter relay and 4x100-meter relay.
Striking muscle poses
As expected, the gay bodybuilding contest
was well attended. Fans filled the halls of the
Welsh-Ryan Arena at Northwestern University
for the physique contest.
Deeply-tanned gay men wearing sparkle-bot-
tomed posing straps lip-synch to showtunes.
Lesbians with bulging biceps perform one-
armed pushups and do funky pelvic thrusts.
Homoerotic photographer Tom Bianchi flexed to
Corey Hart's ,!Never Surrender" in the men's 60
and older group.
But Joseph Justin, who lives in Hopatcong,
N.J., has already had a busy Tuesday: 8 a.m.,
Softball with the Chicago Cougars; 12:30 p.m.,
playing for New York's Bad Apples flag football
team; 2:30 p.m., track and field with Team
Dallas.
With Queen's "Flash Gordon" theme song
playing, Justin performs one of best-posed rou-
tines of the night. His moves are crisp and on the
beat. With veins popping everywhere, Justin's a
St
Homeboy flagger Phillip Bryan choreographed elements at
the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
textbook example of physical symmetry. He
wins a gold for the individual physique in the 30
to 35-year-old division. And posing to a mash-up
from the "Grease" soundtrack, Justin wins silver
in the pairs division.
When it rains ...
The first half of the week brought blistering
temperatures. The later half was considerably
cooler and wet. Three days of rain threw a
wrench into a lot of scheduling. Finding out
which field and at what time was problematic for
many competitors, including the Oak Lawn
Soccer Club.
Undefeated through the quarterfinals, only
nine OLCS teammates made it to the Oak Park-
River Forest High School fields when they found
out they were playing at 2:30 p.m. after they
were originally told their game was at 3:30 p.m.
This was, of course, after their start time had
been switched from 9:30 a.m. and then to 1 p.m.
According to Sean Faulkner, when OLSC
had to play again at 7 p.m., the team was pretty
much exhausted. The next day, they faced the
Toronto T-dot Hot Shots for the bronze in the
Division 2 Men's and came in fourth.
It's not all sports
Gay Games VII is a sports and cultural festi-
val. And the culture portion was overwhelming-
ly packed with gay-themed theater, literature,
concerts, art, lectures, films, dance, museum
exhibits, photography, political powwows and
comedy. As far as big names go, Margaret Cho,
Sandra Bernhard, Melissa Etheridge and Kate
Clinton all performed over a four-day stretch.
While there were plenty of high-ticket acts to
chose from, there were also a spate of freebies to
check out.
At the Chicago Cultural Center, a there was a
free screening of the documentary "Filthy
Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story,'' which was
hilarious and shocking.
I also headed to the Boystown gayborhood to
check out Dangerous Muse, the electro-throw-
back duo from New York. While they performed
at a nightclub called Circuit, I ran into Dallas
flagging impresario Phillip Byran, who I had last
spoken to after he performed at the 2005 Dallas
Cowboys' Thanksgiving halftime show at Texas
Stadium.
"At last, someone from Dallas," he said excit-
edly.
Bryan was still pumped from his recent
appearance at Soldier Field where he choreo-
graphed 70 flaggers from around the globe for
the Gay Games' Opening Ceremonies.
"And I'm doing the Closing Ceremonies,
too," he said. "So that makes Texas Stadium,
Soldier Field and Wrigley Field."
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