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what they preceded to do.

We have two leaflets.

One is an invitation.

It says, "The Honorable

Herman Katz, City Clerk,

"invites you

to an engagement reception

"for Messrs. John Basso

and John C. Bond

"and Messrs. Steve Krotz

and Vito Russo.

All are welcome.

Dress optional."

[Laughter]

Spokesman for this should be

myself and Jim and John Basso.

WOJTOWICZ:
When I was

in the gay movement,

I didn't use the name Wojtowicz.

I coined the phrase

Little John Basso, OK?

Little is because

my prick is little, right?

So that's where I got

the nickname Little John,

and them-being my mother

was a Basso, B-A-S-S-O...

I used the name Basso so people

would know I was Italian.

RUBIN:
Are any people going

to try to get marriage licenses?

RUBIN:
John? Fine.

Now, a lot of what we do

is playing to press.

This is supposedly,

aside from my terror,

a very up action.

We're happy...

MAN:
Everybody

take some ups.

[Laughter]

MAN:
Give me a "G"!

"Gil!

Give me an "A"!

"All!

Give me a "Y"!

"Y"!

WOJTOWICZ:
Weddings, to me,

is a holy institution.

Love is a holy institution, OK?

If I love somebody,

I want to marry that person.

I want to make a commitment

to that person,

and in straight society,

the way you do that

is getting married,

and I don't see why gays

can't do that.

Oh, this is definitely

the Marriage Bureau.

Your mother and dad

want to get married?

Are they gay?

Oh, I'm sorry.

We can't help you.

CROWD:
Gay power!

[The Zombies

"Time of the Season" playing]

What's your name?

What's your name?

Who's your daddy?

Who's your daddy?

Is he rich?

Is he rich like me?

WOJTOWICZ:
I met Ernie

June 6, 1971.

It was St. Anthony's Feast,

and he was in what we call

semi-drag.

He had pants on,

but he had makeup on, OK,

and he was with two gay priests.

So I went over,

and he caught my eye

because, like I told you,

I'm one of those guys

when you first meet somebody,

you become infatuated with them,

and the first time I saw Ernie,

I knew I had to have him.

So we went

to 250 West 10th Street,

and this is the first time

that we had sex together,

which means I f***ed Ernie, OK,

and then after that,

our relationship started, OK?

I would bring him roses

every week,

and I would come here every week

and take him out.

LIZ EDEN:
I met John

at St. Anthony's Feast,

and we sort of hit it off

right away.

He was very, very romantic,

never forgot a date,

never forgot a birthday,

Christmas,

anniversary, or anything.

In the beginning,

it was a dozen roses

almost every time

we saw each other.

MAN:

I first met Liz Eden in 1966.

Liz sort of dressed like a guy,

but like a girl

because in those days,

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