They have everything for you men to enjoy/ You can hang out with all the boys:
Secretary of State Colin Powell, having been the regular bottom for the Bush Administration cabinet sodomizing sessions, has finally given in to his inner homosexual. At the end of the ASEAN conference, a security meeting of ministers from around the world, the state officials "loosen up" with an evening of performances. Powell, in a blatant effort to reach out to wayward Log Cabin Republicans, put on a construction worker's uniform and sang a re-worded version of the Village People's disco hit "YMCA." No, really, he put on the costume and sang. Even better, other American diplomats sported the outfits of other members of the 70s and 80s band: the Indian chief, the cowboy, etc.

Let us pause here to remember the Village People, essentially a group of gay Monkees who became one of the great subversive bands in recent music history. They were put together by a producer to appeal to gay audiences during the disco era. And let's be direct here: the costumes were part of gay iconography. Check out a gallery or book of Tom of Finland's art. There, you'll see all kinds of ripped, muscular, hung guys fucking and getting fucked by, well, construction workers, Navy men, leather-clad biker guys. The lyrics to the Village People's popular songs masked their gay male love intent just enough to make them huge hits in a mainstream audience. And none more than "YMCA."

See, "YMCA" is a song that is about how, for a long, long time of its history, young gay men could come out of the closet and enjoy the anal and oral pleasures of other men at the YMCA. See, when the song says, "You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find/Many ways to have a good time," it meant, "You can go to the YMCA and get fucked in the ass and get blow jobs and maybe a good reach-around." So the next time you see the Secretary of State or your grandmother prancing around to the song, know that what they are celebrating is queer liberation, the freedom of gay men to finally have a place to fuck around. Oh, and perhaps find love.

And, incredibly, the Village People were fucking beloved in their time. And that's because to most people they were just funny guys. Some in the gay community saw them as minstrels of a sort, shuckin' and jivin' for the straights.

Which brings us back to Colin Powell. God, it's good when someone finally embraces who he is.