le en ▁Z ell ner , ▁E y ler ' s ▁att orney ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁death , ▁continued ▁to ▁maintain ▁in ▁court ▁fil ings ▁that ▁the ▁sole ▁k iller ▁of ▁D anny ▁Br id ges ▁was ▁Larry ▁E y ler . ▁ ▁Dam ski ▁also ▁came ▁out ▁( ag ain ) ▁as ▁que er ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁not ▁long ▁after ▁the ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁Human ▁Rights ▁Ord in ance . ▁In ▁so ▁doing , ▁he ▁was ▁returning ▁to ▁a ▁non - label ▁label ▁he ▁had ▁tried ▁on ▁along ▁with ▁others ▁in ▁his ▁earliest ▁columns ▁when ▁he ▁expl ored ▁the ▁dynamics ▁of ▁being ▁called ▁" f ag got ," ▁" que er ," ▁" g ay " ▁and ▁" hom osex ual ". ▁Dam ski ▁is ▁arg u ably ▁the ▁first ▁que er ▁column ist ▁in ▁America . ▁Dam ski ' s ▁writing ▁seemed ▁to ▁take ▁wing , ▁in ▁some ▁ways , ▁at ▁this ▁point , ▁as ▁the ▁weight ▁of ▁political ▁activities ▁with ▁the ▁f abled ▁" G ang ▁of ▁Four " ▁could ▁give ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁fun ny ▁and ▁insight ful , ▁class ically ▁trained ▁mind ▁which ▁had ▁kept ▁its ▁eye ▁so ▁int ently ▁on ▁the ▁civil ▁rights ▁ball ▁for ▁fifteen ▁years . ▁This ▁work ▁and ▁his ▁que er ▁perspective ▁on ▁life ▁have ▁been ▁collected ▁in ▁the ▁anth ology , ▁dead / que er / pr oud ▁( Fire t rap ▁Press , ▁ 2 0 0 2 ); ▁with ▁his ▁Class ics ▁training , ▁Dam