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Fast Lane

Lane: Out at last.

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[DON'T GREET PEOPLE BY SAYING, 'I'm Nathan Lane, and I'll be your homosexual.' I just assume a lot of people know. It's never been a secret." So says Nathan Lane in The Advocate, fresh on newsstands this week. Lane can afford to be glib in what's being touted as his "semi-official" coming out-after all, who didn't know he was queer? Still, it's his official coming out, we suppose and that counts for something, doesn't it?.

"The truth is, nobody cared about my sex life before The Birdcage," says Lane. "Now they call me from across the street. Of course, they still don't know my name."

After winning the Tony Award for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and the recently cancelled NBC series Encore! Encore! (in which he played a, wink, wink, womanizing opera singer) increased his fame, Lane says he still didn't feel he actually was in the closet.

"I didn't seem to be keeping it a secret, and I made jokes, and I went out to bars. There

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were no secrets in that sense. I didn't know I was supposed to make a public declaration. I didn't think anybody cared!"

Maybe Lane and Ellen can team up for a remake of The Odd Couple. Or better yet, Some Like It Hot.

Equality Appointee

LAST WEEK, LONGTIME WASHINGTON GAY activist and HRC Board Member Everett E. Jennings was appointed of two spokespeople for Equality Begins at Home, a series of coordinated actions taking place

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state by state across the nation in March. The events, to include a rally at Freedom Plaza, a lobby day, and a celebratory event will commence on March 21 and continue through March 27. Speakers are currently being organized for the week of

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