Jody Watley
barred from talking about gays

V103, an urban Chicago radio station, in an interview with singer Jody Watley would not allow her to discuss her live performance at this year's Gay Games. Watley performed on July 15 in Soldier Field for the opening ceremony.

The disc jockey for the morning show was given instructions from the station manager that Watley was not to discuss her performance at the Games. Instead she talked only about her in-store appearance at the local Virgin Megastore. Watley reported to Keith Boykin on his site keithboykin.com, "I was surprised, but I wasn't really surprised." The singer had come from a "pop" radio station earlier in the morning and reportedly talked only about her Games performance. Watley goes on to say, "It just reaffirms a narrow-mindedness and a close-mindedness that I think is very unfortunate." (The Advocate)