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New film series to feature acclaimed films
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here! Network’s ‘Kevin Thomas
Presents’ to air in June
by Will Billings . Contributing Writer
A new film series on here!, one of two pre
mium LGBT TV networks in the U.S., will fea
ture critically-acclaimed, queer^themed films
and special commentaries and interviews with
film writers and directors.
The series, “Kevin Thomas Presents,” will
feature several films, including “The Amazing
Truth of Queen Raquela,” “Breakfast with
Scot” starring
Tom
Cavanaugh
and Ben
Shenkman, the lesbian-lhemed period piece
“The World Unseen” and the romantic come
dy “I Can’t Think Straight.” Both “I Think” and
“Unseen” star Lisa Ray and.Sheetal Sheth.
Among the special interviews are trailblaz-
ing behind-the-scenes heavyweights, such as
David DeCoteau, director of “Leather Jacket
Love Stor)^’ Jonah Markowitz, director of
“Shelter,” and Sean Reycraft, writer of
“Breakfast with Scot.”
Kevin Thomas is a film critic with more
than 40 years of experience in gay cinema.
Thomas was one of the first critics to pro-
•vide regular reviews of some of the most
notable indie and foreign works. His “Special
Screenings” column became a staple of the
Los Angdes Times in 1984 and the trigger for
venues that exhibit limited release runs in
LA and throughout the country. He is also
the founding member and past president of
the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and
the recipient of the National Lesbian and
Gay Journalists Lifetime Achievement Award
for his support of gay cinema.
“We have such admiration for Kevin;
working with him has truly been a delight.
Being able to offer our audience his exclusive
insight and perspective is a privilege for us,”
said Meredith Kadlec, herd’s senior vice presi
dent of original programming.
The series will be available on here! Network
in the summer. Stay tuned for details. ►
It can’t happen to me
from page 25
A bead of spit rolled down my cheek. I
felt sick.
The more I tried to get him off of me, the
more excited he became. So I stopped strug
gling and just lay there with him on top of me.
He hesitated, seemed puzzled. I felt some of
his weight lift off of me and used the opportu
nity to slide out from under him.
My escape surprised him. He let go of my
wrists. I pulled my boxers up. He sat on my
bed with hiS pants open. 1 didn’t want to look
at him.
“Get out,” I said, my voice trembling.
“I’m sorry, JoJo. I just — “
“I said, get the fuck out! Nowf’
Tony stood up, buttoned his pants, and
walked to the door with his head down.
“You’re not made at me, are you? I didn’t
hurt you.”
I looked at the floor, my arms folded across
my chest. “Just go.” I pulled my arms tighter
around myself.
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Tony opened the door, then slammed it
shut as he walked out. The noise made me
jump. I stood there trying to gather my
thoughts, feeling cold. I paced back and forth
in my room. I’m not sure for how long.
Grabbing my soap dish, towel and washcloth, I
quickly walked to the shower, looking first to
see if Tony was waiting for me. In the shower I
frantically pushed the button to turn the water
on, not even bothering to take my boxers off.
As the hot water cascaded over me,.I realized
that even under it I was shivering.
I cursed myself. How could I have been so
stupid? Why did I let him do that to me? Why
didn’t I fight harder?
I soaped up my washcloth, scrubbing my
skin. I could still feel Tony on me, his skin
rubbing mine. As I rinsed off and scrubbed
down again, I looked down and saw I still had
my boxers on. My mind told me to take them
off, but my body wouldn’t listen. I just stood
there, letting the water flow over me, still feel
ing dirty.
1 remembered reading that this was how
rape victims feel after being assaulted. All at
once I felt a wave of shock wash over me with
the water. 1 felt pain in my jaw and teeth, and
realized it was from how hard I was clenching
my jaw. I looked down to see my washcloth
wound tight in my hands, as I squeezed it
harder.
Shit! I told myself. No, this didn’t happen. I
didn’t get raped. I just let things go too far. It
was my fault. I’m a guy. Guys don’t get raped. It ^
can’t happen to me. I must have led him on
somehow. It’s my fault.
So why couldn’t 1 convince myself? Why
did I feel raped? ►
This piece was originally published in The
Urban Hiker in April 2004.
— Joe Urbaniak was sentenced in 1995 to
20 years imprisonment for indecent liberties
with a child and crime against nature.
He hopes to be released in 2010.
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