general gayety
by leslie robinson qnotes contributor
When things go bad
I spent an hour in the dentist's chair yes
terday, getting shots and enduring drills.
I'd rather do that again today than write
about Bruce LaVallee-Davidson.
But, I feel if I don't tackle the subjfect of
Bruce, I'll be hiding my head in the sand. And,
sand tastes no better than Novocain.
LaVallee-Davidson, who lives in Maine, is
a farmer. Not really a profession I associate
with sex parties.
LaVallee-Davidson, 50, is also a gun
collector and on an April day of last year he
brought along a handgun and a shotgun to
the South Portland home of Fred Wilson, 50.
Over a 12-hour period, the two men, along
with James Pombriant, 65, used the party drug
GBL, huffed aerosol inhalants, smoked pot
and had sex in the house's dungeon.
I guess that's one way to celebrate the
end of a Maine winter.
Three times that night said LaVallee-
Davidson's lawyers, he checked the revolver
to make sure it wasn't loaded. When he went
to the bathroom, the lawyers maintained.
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Wilson snuck a bullet into the gun's chamber.
A surprise from the host. After-dinner -
mints would've been better.
LaVallee-Davidson returned and Wilson,
engaging in a sex act with Pombriant, asked
LaVallee-Davidson to place the gun to his
head and pull the trigger in order to intensify
his pleasure. The first time, there was a click.
Again, said Wilson. This time, there was a
flash. And, it wasn't a flash of insight.
During LaVallee-Davidson's trial, both
sides agreed he didn't intend to kill. But, said
the prosecutor, "You just don't hold a gun to
someone's head and pull the trigger without
making sure it's not loaded." Recently a jury
convicted him of manslaughter. He's looking
at a minimum of four years in prison.
The Russian roulette, drugs and three-way
sex would be quite enough to capture atten
tion. Butthe fact is LaVallee-Davidson had
already captured attention in Maine. In April,
he arid his partner. Buck LaVallee-Davidson,
testified on behalf of the bill to legalize same-
sex marriage.
Bruce testified four days after fatally
shooting a man. I wouldn't have been able to
remember howto speak English.
So, there you have it: a gay activist with a
raunchy private life. With the drugs, guns and
dungeon, this mess is nectar to social conser
vatives. They owe Bruce LaVallee-Davidson a
thank-you basket from Harry & David.
Mike Hein of the Christian Civic League
of Maine is predicting the sordidness of the
case will halt plans for same-sex marriage
in Maine. That state, of course, lost gay mar
riage in November when voters ditched it, but
pro-gay forces haven't given up.
I think voters have more sense than to
think one seismically-stupid man makes a
movement. But, I know the opposition will use
this case as proof that gays are debauched.
That a devoted partner one day is a degener
ate the next
Some gays sure are. Some straights sure
are. Let's all do the hokey pokey.
On Queerty.com, readers weighing in on
the conviction said everything from public
figures need to keep their noses cleanto it's
always the unattractive ones who are into
BDSM.
One guy brought up Phil Spector, the
oft-married record producer incarcerated for
fatally shooting a woman in the mouth. "The
actions of Spector have no more impact on
Joe marrying Bettythan this dickhead's ac
tions ought to have on Joe marrying Fred."
That's how it ought to be, but it won't.
Minorities and women are held to higher stan
dards, and gays fighting for full rights need to
appear as upstanding as flagpoles.
Sometimes, we aren't upstanding.
Let's own up to it Perfection is exhausting
anyway.::
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