Karl Rove. Father. Gold Cock Ring - nuff said!!
So there on the floor in his library, amid teaching videos on piercings and piles of [Piercing Fans International Quarterly], I listened to one man’s account of his travels through the Los Angeles piercing community in the 70’s and 80’s — the "piercing parties" with folks getting pierced on coffee tables in private homes, nurses that helped, and a guy named Jim. I knew about Jim. I had both my nipples pierced at The Gauntlet. Louie also knew about play piercings; I wanted to learn and so he taught me. And so between splashing in the pool, brunches, visiting his volunteer list of AIDS patients, eating at all numbers of restaurants, visiting friends who lived around the area, birding at the Salton Sea and eating TV dinners, we explored needles and the effect they have on you. During the day I was told the names of piercings ... I hated the words but I wanted to know about each kind. To this day I’ve never gotten dydoe because Louie told me it was a hard heal. I never copied Louie’s piercings but I never got them out of my mind. Some years after I last saw him, I found another friend, a professional piercer name Sque3z who took me on another journey recounted on BME. Louie would be proud.
This story almost makes all this G.W. shite worth it!! So according to an essay on BME Zine, Louis Claude Rove Jr., adopted father of Karl Rove, "was not only gay, but a part of the early body piercing scene and a regular at 70s piercing parties... There are pictures of him on BME," according to founder of BME Shannon Larratt. Below is an excerpt:
Louie loved his piercings, they made him smile. People who are pierced will understand.
Spin that one to the conservative Right Karlie boy, your dad was one of us!! Damn, I'm gonna sleep good tonite.........
