After 35 years of performing as an 'Openly Gay-Out of the Closet-Butch-Sissy-Queen-Queer-Fag' singer/songwriter, it still blows my mind to hear someone say..."Why do you have to be so gay?" So Gay? So Gay? Because we are Blanche, we are! Once again we find ourselves at a time in history when living ‘out’ of the closet is being political. I know that our struggle to hold onto the rights we were all born with wasn’t going to be over in the 70’s or 80’s, but I must admit I wasn’t quite ready to be the scapegoats again so soon... “So come out, come out wherever we are, it is more important now than ever!”

peace, pride & respect,

Chris & Michael VonTanner