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studentat the middle school to come to his home about 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 15,saying a womanwouldbe there Tfeacher indicted toperform oral sexonthe boy. But after Mr. Mitchell took Ae boy to his home, he tied the victim upand puta toweloverhiseyesmd for sodomy of boys performedoralsexonthe boyhim self, according to court documents. JohnsonMiddleSchooluntilhisOct.^ The youth told police he pulled the By Jim Keary 16 arrest. County school officials blindfold awayand sawMr. Mitchell THE WASHINGTONTIMES said he has been removed from peforming the sex act. APrince George's County middle classroom duties since his arrest. The 26-count indictment charges While police were investigating school worker was indicted yester that incident, anotherboyat the Lan- dayon charges that he sexually as Mr. Mitchell with sodomy, child ham schoolsaid he also was coerced saulted male students after luring abuse, false imprisonment, assault, solicitation, battery, unnatural and and assaulted by Mr. Mitchell the them to his home on promises that a same way on Oct. 7. That student, a woman there would perform oral pervertedsexpracticesandsecond-, Mr. Mitchell told third- and fourth-degree sex of 14-yearold, said sex on them. him a woman performed oral sex on Shimnar Mitchell, 21, of the 9700 fenses. According to court records, Mr. him,but the victim sawnowomanat block of Locust Avenuein Seabrook, the home. was a teaching assistant at Thomas Mitchell enticed a 13-yearold male Essay
cock rings dangling from chains aroundllteirnccks? How mimymcsli shins docs International Male sell io IheJunes and Wards of our great nation? Whatthe littlegirlsweresee ing,and telling Mattel was cool, wasn't what their relations were wearing—unless tliey hadhip,queer relatives—but the homoerotie fa.sh- ions and imageryilieywere seeing on MTV, what they saw Madonna's dancers wearing in her concertsand Keep films and,as it happens, whatACl' up/Queer Nation fagsand dykes were wearing to demos and raves. When you've made it to tltc aisles of Toys R Us. your movement has arrived—remember Ihe sudden appearance of Arriciin-Aiuericun m Barbie-style dolts after the full Kmi Hm Whenyau've made itta ByDanSavage the aisles of Toys BUs, your tno¥ementhas " We 're not in the business ofputting cock arriMBd. Queer Ken lepre- rings into the hands seatseHher queerMAra- oflittle girls." ~Usa McKendall, tionintopopularcultureor manager ofmarketing and communications, Mattel Toys. theappropriation ofqueer Mattel's new Ken doll Is on culture byheterosexuals. thSOIOrilBt. New Ken isgelling almusi us much press as New Coke did. Since his introduction at a loy cunvenlionin New York Cily, impactof the civil rights movement Ken's been everywhere, including began to be fell? Queer Ken is the Ihe rtoni page ofThe New York high-water mark of. (Ic|)ending on Times' A/ts and Leisure section. your ptiintof view, eillierc|uccr WhyIhehoopla? Ken's Jlrslpierc inHllration intoixipnlar cultureor ing—his lef) ear—and his iwo-tone the thoughtlessa|>pr(ipriation of "greased lighlening"hairdo. queer culture by heictosesual.s. Lisa Bu(an imporlaiilpart or Earring seemed gemiinely unaware of Ihe Magic Ken's new wardrobe has origins of Ken's "necklacc"—and been overlookedby the straight it's highlyddubtfu! Mattel'sdesign media—Ken's cock ring. Hanging teams were lurking at queer raves. around Ken's neck, on a tnetullic Queer imagery has so permeated oui silver thread, is what 10 out of 10 culture thai from rock .stars (Axl Tags willtellyouat a glanceisa Rose and his leatherchaps) to loy cock ring. MM designers, mainsiieam America isn't MattelToys, inthe pcreonof Lisa even aware when it's adopting queer fashionsand mores, Or when they're McKendall. deniesthe ringaround types with brajid new leather jackets what the X was pulling down. she i.sn't a one-hit wonder) strut her putting cock rings, even little plastic Ken'sneck isa cockring. "Absolute took to wearing cock ring.son On closer inspection, Ken's entire fine stuff for the heartland, l^'sbian ones, into Ihc hands of litlle girls. ly not," siw said."It's a necklace.It whichever side looked best or, to the Earring Magicoutfit looks like 3- comics on Ar>icnio (how far he's Earring Magic Ken is available holds charms he can share with Bar horror of the leather crowd, on both year-old rave wear. A Caiilticr pur come!—thank you. Queer Nation). at Toys K Us stores in Ihe 'hurbs. bie.C'mon, this isudolidesigned fur sides. Tops? Bottoms? Versatile? ple faux-leather vest, a stmight-out- Guy and lesbian activists in the Oval littlegirls,something likethatwould Clueless? Who knew? Then newly- of-lntemational Male purple mesh Office chatting up the president. A He's made in China, costs only S10,99 and comeswitha set of |ko- be entiretyinappropriate." Okay, minted sex-positive dykes staned shin, black Jeans and shoes, h \vould live feed of the Queer March on plc-size earrings you can wear Lisa,let's caJI ita necklacc. Queers wearing Ihem—cocksor not, they seem Mattel's crack Ken-redesign Washington ninning on C-.SI'AN. havebeenwearing cockrings as didn't want to miss out on any of the team spent a weekend in LA or New Suddenly,it's hip to be (|ucer. around the house or out to the bars. And while Ken now has a cock ring, necklaccsfor yean. sex-positive accessorizing. York dashing from nive to rave, tak Tlie little girls of our great nation he still doesn't have a cock. When they're not fashion state Cock rings exploded (ouch!)—as ing notes and Polaroids. wanted a liipper Ken, and Mattel 'Traditionally, Ken doesn't sell ments, the things are worn around vest zipper puils. as key rings, as Ken's redesignwas promptedby gave them a hip Ken. A (jueer Ken. as well as Uarhie. Ken is a girls' the base of one's penis. Slip one on bracelets; rubber ones, leather ones, tlie advice of little girls who play "Ken and Barbie both reOect toy.,." said Lisa. Bui Mattel may be> whenson; once hard,it trapsblood chain mail. But the thick chrome with him. 'Two years ago wedid a mainstrcam society, reflecl what lit inthepenis, increasing sensitivity variety, the Classic Coke of cock survey," Lisa McKendall said, "We tle girissee in their world,"said my surprisedhow wellCock Ring and prolonging orgasm. rings, was and is iiuist often worn as asked girls if Barbieslunildget a new pal Lisa, who was ^'ottingawfully Magic Ken sells as queers .snapup Chrome cock rings, like Ken's, a necklace. Chrome cock ring neck boyfriend or slick with Ken. Iliey testy .ibout my line of ([ucstioning. the new Ken. were long worn by the leather crowd laces became Je ri);ueiir rave wear. wanted Barbie to stay with Ken, but "What they see their dads, brothers 1already got mine, [ 1 un Iheshouldersof theirbikerjack I'or about a year, every guy boy at a wanted Ken to liH>ka little cooler." ajid uncles wearing, they want Ken ets (left for top, right for bottom). In rave was wearing at least one— And what's cool in the USA right to wear," Dim Siivtiyf is a free-lance Ihewaningyearsof our long nation these c