So, You Think You're Safe?

QUEER FREE By Alabama Birdstone Calamus Books, 1981 Box 689, Cooper Station, NY, NY 10276 $6.00 Reviewed by Dimid with help from Michael Glover h my God . . she said aloud, not meaning for me to hear. Remaining my usual-on-the-street-self, I tried to ignore the remark behind me, and continued waiting to place my order in the bakery just down the street from GCN. The next thing I knew she was on the other side of my friend, glaring at our earrings. Steven and I ex¬ changed knowing glances, hesitating as the well-to-do, middle-aged woman started to give us a hard time. “Look at that,” she said loudly, “Queers making fun of straight people.” “I wouldn’t bother,” Steven replied, though by this time we couldn’t help but laugh. Sensing our strength, she moved to the other side of the line of customers. “What’s this world coming to?” she yelled. “They oughta put a bullet through your heads.” “Sure. Violence is always the answer,” we screamed back so that...