The Village Voice La Dolce Musto It's all on the gay table in Saint of 9/11, the loving documentary about Father Mychal Judge, the fire department chaplain whose good works included ignoring the Vatican ban on queer appreciation. (I saw the movie at—everyone now—the Tribeca Film Festival, and didn't go for the delete button.) I learned that Father Mychal urged gays and PWAs to live with openness and pride, and though he himself was publicly closeted, his friends say he did that more to shield the fire department from scandal than to protect himself from it. They also say his sexuality humanized him and actually made him a better minister (not to mention a better drag fairy godmother, which he . . . no, see the film for yourself. Just don't tell the church.)
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