AD Main Menu  Beware of beards in women's bathrooms  Andrew
Halcro  bosom_buddies_verticleOPINION: It has been nothing more
than a coldly calculated conspiracy by Hollywood liberals to
keep a heterosexual brother ignorant. In short; my delicate
sensibilities about men, fashion and motive have been shattered.
The current public debate over the proposed ordinance sponsored
by Anchorage Assembly members to prohibit discrimination based
on sexual orientation has spawned one argument that is a direct
assault on existing beliefs perpetrated by the entertainment
industry about men who dress in women's clothes.  Opponents of
the ordinance claim that it would give carte blanche to men to
dress as dames to patronize women's restrooms.  The problem with
this argument is that it undermines some of the most memorable
and, dare I say, lovable, cross-dressing characters portrayed on
our TV boxes and movie screens over the last 30 years.
Characters that were driven to dress like divas not for
deviancy, but for economic and