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MOST ELIGIBLE SINGLES: Brock Thompson
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Brock Thompson (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Name: Brock Thompson
Age: 38
Occupation: Realtor
Identify as: Homosexual
What are you looking for in a mate? Compassion. Also, willing to overlook certain flaws.
Biggest turn-off: Smoking, gum chewing, abject racism
Biggest turn-on: Is he looking to buy or sell a home?
Hobbies: Reading, cooking, falconry.
Describe your ideal first date: A roaring fire made up of Mike Huckabee books. Some boxed wine. Some Joni Mitchell playing. Nothing fancy.
Favorite TV show: “ALF,” “60 Minutes”
Celebrity crush: Former Michigan Sen. Carl Levin
One obscure fact about yourself: The Broadway hit “Miss Saigon” was taken from my fifth-grade short story, “Saigon Sally and Her American Boyfriend.”
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This John Waters interview has been edited for readability — but perhaps not human decency
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By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell.
The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass.
The occasion was the Blu-ray releases of two of his movies — the 1977 dark comedy “Desperate Living” and his enduring 1988 musical “Hairspray” — on June 23 by the Criterion Collection, which publishes restorations of films it deems culturally important. The Criterion stamp of approval has become the gold standard among cinephiles.
“It’s like getting an award,” said Waters, who wrote and directed both films.
The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13.
(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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