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Retired Navy Commander Zoe Dunning, second from left, and former Marine Staff Sergeant Eric Alva look on as President Barack Obama signs the bill repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Wednesday morning.

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atrick Carney and Hossein Sepas decorate the leafless bushes surrounding the Circle of Remembrance in the National AIDS Memorial Grove as part of a public holiday tree decorating party. The December 18 event included caroling by members of the St. Francis Lutheran Church choir.

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by Lisa Keen ollowing a dramatic and eloquent speech, President Barack Obama on December 22 signed the legislation that will launch the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a 17-year-old law that prohibits gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.

“This is done,” Obama said, looking up and

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slapping his hand on the table. The crowded auditorium in an Interior Department building in Washington, D.C., erupted with cheers and applause.

And while repeal of the anti-gay DADT policy is not immediate by Wednesday’s bill signing, it is the culmination of legislative action required for the policy to be dismantled.

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Milk’s nephew files trademarks City for famous relative’s name report blasts T SF Pride blistering assessment of San Francisco’s LGBT Pride Celebration Committee emerged from the city controller’s office this week, showing that the organization’s board failed to act in a “timely” Nikki Calma manner as a debt of $225,000 mounted, and that it now has “inadequate” operating reserves.

“Despite substantial negative balances on profit and loss statements as well as repeated treasurer’s report statements on tight cash flow, board members did not recognize the financial problems of the organization and therefore did not take timely action,” the office of Controller Ben Rosenfield said in a report released Tuesday, December 21. The report came in the form of a seven-page memorandum.

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Gabriel Haaland speaks about the failure of the Human Rights Campaign to include transgender protections in their lobbying efforts for a non-discrimination employee rights law during a protest at the site of Harvey Milk’s camera store and organizing center in the 1970s. The December 18 demonstration was held to protest the implementation of San Francisco’s new sit/lie ordinance and the planned relocation of the Human Rights Campaign action center and store to the site.

wanted to ensure that the sale of Milk merchandise would benefit the Harvey B. Milk Foundation, which he helped form last year.

“In terms of the personality rights, the family controls that. But it varies in the United States by every state. So each state has different laws on how long the personality right lasts,” said Milk.

“What we have done, in terms of the family, we have done the extra step of trademarking Harvey Milk’s name and image.”

Milk, who lives in Wilton Manors, Florida, has retained the services of Ava K. Doppelt, a Florida board certified intellectual property law attorney, to help him with the trademark process. He is only seeking trademarks for Milk’s name and has not tried to trademark his famous

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“Harvey Milk has been dead a long time.

There is a lot of stuff out there already. What we are going to try to do is rein it back in,” said Doppelt. “People see that and think it has something to do with the foundation and it doesn’t. We want to make sure anyone who uses the name or image of Harvey Milk is doing it with our knowledge, approval and, ultimately, control.”

Doppelt added that it would clear up any confusion among consumers of who is benefiting when they buy Milk merchandise.

“The effort here is to make sure nobody is misled or confused about who stands behind the Harvey Milk name,” she said.

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he fracas over the Human Rights Campaign’s plan to move into the late Supervisor Harvey Milk’s old camera shop in the Castro has raised questions about who owns the gay rights leader’s legacy three decades after his rise to power in San Francisco.

It has also brought to the fore who holds the copyright to Milk’s name and image, for HRC plans to sell Milk branded merchandise and donate portions of the proceeds to several local groups.

Who can claim they are carrying on the work started by Milk, the first openly gay person elected to public office in a major U.S. city, in the mid-1970s will likely be an ongoing argument for as long as there is an LGBT movement.

As for who can legally profit off of his memory, that question has a more finite answer.

Milk’s openly gay nephew, Lawrence Stuart Milk, who generally goes by his middle name, filed trademarks on March 24 with the United States Patent and Trademark office to control the use of Milk’s name on alcoholic products and various articles of clothing, from shirts and swimwear to underwear and lingerie.

According to the trademark office, the period for opposition to the application is now closed. The office has issued what is known as a Notice of Allowance to Stuart Milk, who has six months to file a statement of use with the trademark office. Until that document is received, the trademark will not be officially registered.

Harvey Milk’s family has also filed for trademark rights with the European Union. It already controls the publicity or personality rights to his name for commercial uses on a state-by-state basis. And under U.S. trademark law, the family already has the right to make trademark claims on the use of Milk’s name.

In a recent interview with the Bay Area Reporter, Stuart Milk said he decided to pursue the federal trademarks to secure greater protection over the use of his famous uncle’s name. He also

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Public health chief bids farewell

utgoing San Francisco Department of Public Health director Dr. Mitch Katz, right, stands with his family – partner Igael Gurin-Malous, left; son, Max; and daughter, Roxie – as he receives several proclamations from various elected officials during a farewell reception at City Hall Monday, December 20. Katz spent over 20 years working for DPH in various positions and has served as health director since 1997. He leaves next month to run the sprawling Los Angeles County Health Services Department.

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by Matthew S. Bajko an Francisco is expected to lose a state Senate seat and see its clout in Sacramento diminish when legislative districts are redrawn based on the 2010 census count.

Due to anemic population growth in not only the city but throughout the Bay Area, the region is expected to see dramatic changes in the boundaries in its state Senate and Assembly districts as well as congressional districts under next year’s redistricting process.

While final numbers won’t be known until early 2011, when the U.S. Census Bureau will release population data based by state and county, it is widely expected that the Bay Area will be short a significant number of people compared to other regions in California, which have experienced population booms since the last census count in 2000.

The result is that San Francisco will likely lose one of two state Senate seats and see its portion of one of its two Assembly Districts drastically reduced.

“It is more than a possibility. I would be shocked if it didn’t happen,” said Paul Mitchell, a Democratic consultant based in Sacramento who has been advising local lawmakers about next year’s redistricting process. “San Francisco will have only one Senate seat.”

Already, the city’s two Senate districts are the most under-populated in California, according to a report released this month by the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College. San Francisco’s two Assembly seats rank among the top 10 underpopulated Assembly districts in the state, according to the report.

State Senator Leland Yee’s (D) District 8 seat has the least amount of people of any Senate district in the state. Openly gay state Senator Mark Leno’s (D) District 3 seat is the second least-populated.

According to the Rose report, Leno’s seat is “particularly vulnerable” to being redrawn since it crosses the bay and extends into Marin and Sonoma counties. Under new rules adopted by voters, the state’s legislative districts are not supposed to jump geographic boundaries such as waterways. It is anticipated that Leno’s district will be short 133,900

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residents based on the new census figures.

Leno was traveling this week and could not be reached for comment.

Yee told the Bay Area Reporter that he intends to fight any decision to strip the city of its representation in Sacramento.

“I am going to fight tooth and nail to ensure we have the representation we currently have. We cannot lose any seat,” said Yee. “The fact is one vote is not enough for San Francisco given its diversity and we need to continue to exert the power that we have always had.”

The Assembly seats held by Democrats Fiona Ma (District 12) and out lawmaker Tom Ammiano (District 13) are collectively short 155,000 residents, according to the Rose report. It is expected that Ammiano’s district will be stretched to encompass a majority of San Francisco, while Ma’s seat will be joined with Assembly District 19, now held

by Jerry Hill (D), on the Peninsula.

While Ammiano acknowledged the city could see its power diluted in the state capital, he cautioned that it is too soon to accurately tell how the state’s newly formed Citizens Redistricting Commission will draw the lines. The voter-mandated panel, made up of five Democrats, five Republicans and four independents, has until mid-August to submit maps for the new legislative and congressional districts to state leaders.

“That is possible, but again, we don’t know yet,” said Ammiano.

“Based on the census the population has not grown that much. That will have a different effect on the Senate districts than it will on the Assembly districts.”

Ammiano did predict that his Assembly district will cover more of the city, while Ma’s will gravitate southward onto the Peninsula. As for the elimination of a Senate seat, he doubts local leaders will let that happen without a fight.

“I think there will be efforts to prevent that, but again, we don’t know what the outcome will be,” he said.

With the potential for less seats in the city, it comes as no surprise that Yee is running to be San Francisco’s next mayor and Leno is reportedly angling to be named interim mayor or jump into the mayoral race. Ma and Hill are both said to already be laying the groundwork to run for

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State Senator Leland Yee may have his district boundaries redrawn under the new redistricting commission.

Yee’s Senate seat should he become mayor next fall.

Depending on what the redistricting commission does, Yee, who is not up for re-election until 2014, could find himself representing a Senate district in which he no longer lives. Or Leno could find himself without a seat to seek re-election to in 2012 if his Senate district is dissolved.

“It basically is a coin flip as to which district will remain. Definitely, there is going to be one Senate district by 2012,” said Mitchell. “Whoever won that will be the senator in San Francisco. It will probably be the coolest senator in the state. You will be Da Senator, the only senator from San Francisco, like Willie Brown was Da Mayor.”

Bay Area could lose House seat Another worry among local political leaders is seeing the Bay Area’s 12-member House delegation be reduced by one seat.

According to the Rose report, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 8th Congressional District based in San Francisco has the “smallest population” of any California district. Since 2000 Pelosi’s district has lost 55,000 residents, an under-count of 17 percent, estimated the Rose report.

The redistricting commission will have to enlarge Pelosi’s district map, either by usurping parts of Congresswoman Jackie Speier’s (D) 12th District, which stretches from San Mateo on the Peninsula into the southern parts of San Francisco, or by jumping across the bay into Alameda County, states the Rose report.

Considering all of the districts neighboring Pelosi’s are short of people, there is the likelihood of seeing one Bay Area seat be divided up to

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Planners pan banner ban upervisor Bevan Dufty wants to allow the Merchants of Upper Market and Castro to maintain rainbow banners on lamp posts along Market Street, but even in the Castro, rainbows face a labyrinth of bureaucracy, protest, and environmental review.

The existing law allows banners to appear on Market Street lamp posts only within several days of a special event. Afterward, they must be promptly removed.

But due to an apparent oversight, the rainbow banners on Market Street in the Castro have remained in place for about a decade. By now, they’re tattered and have caused rust damage to the poles, which have been deemed historic.

Eight months ago, Dufty introduced a new ordinance to allow banners year-round, provided that they are properly maintained, cause no damage, are vetted by the city as appropriate symbols for the neighborhood.

Dufty’s legislative aide Alex Randolph made the case for banners at last Wednesday’s Historic Preservation Commission meeting. “The banners have become an important visual demarcation of the Castro neighborhood,” he said.

The Mission Dolores Neighborhood Association opposes long-term banners for the entire length of Market.

“We’d like to request an environmental review and environmental

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nancial oversight skills; improve its policy documentation; and rebuild senior management.

The controller’s office said Pride “supports many of these recommendations and is already implementing several of them.” Pride’s general counsel agreed with that in an interview Tuesday with the Bay Area Reporter.

However, Brooke Oliver, Pride’s general counsel, spent several minutes in a phone interview criticizing the B.A.R.‘s coverage of the organization over the last several months. She referred to the paper’s stories as “almost defamatory.”

But she acknowledged that board members “made some mistakes.”

“Spending got out of control this year, the fundraising that they hoped for didn’t come through, and they got upside down. But now their eyes are

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bolster the population counts of adjacent districts.

Spokesmen for Pelosi and Speier did not respond to the B.A.R.’s requests for comment.

Democratic Congressman John Garamendi, who represents the East Bay’s 10th Congressional District, said this week he could not say with any certainty what the commission members would do to Bay Area boundaries. But he did suggest one solution would be having the districts extend further to the east into the Central Valley, thus maintaining the dozen seats in the local delegation.

“Do I have any idea where district lines are going to be? No,” he said. “I think it is just as likely that the Bay Area will maintain the same number of seats, but they will extend outward from the Bay Area.”

He said he was pleased to learn Tuesday from U.S. Census Bureau officials that California did not lose any of its 53 House seats due to the de-

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One of the rainbow banners, in need of repair.

impact report,” said Peter Lewis, president of the MDNA. MDNA members said that they would not speak with the press, but provided public comment at the preservation commission meeting as well as a written letter of protest.

“While we completely support the diversity in the area, and we have nothing against the rainbow flags ... we strongly oppose the permanent placement of rainbow banners or any other banners all year long, since they damage this important landmark and are simply being used as a political tool,” the MDNA letter states.

The lamp posts on Market Street date as far back as 1916, and are part of a historic city landmark called the

fully open. The board is on top of this,” Oliver said.

She said 2011 “is going to be a great Pride.”

Oliver said she didn’t know when the deficit would be eliminated, but it “won’t be made worse.”

“Pride is working effectively in the community and with its advisers to develop a plan that will get that deficit repaid and rebuild its reserves,” she said.

Board Chair Nikki Calma said she is “glad” the report is “done and out.”

“Nothing in the report is new,” Calma said in an e-mail Wednesday.

“It shows where SF Pride is as an organization. We are glad that the controller’s report establishes that there has been no wrongdoing. The SF Pride board recognizes what could have been done better, what could have been done differently.”

She added that the board is “diligently working on implementing the controller’s recommendations now, and setting priorities for that organi-

cennial count.

“We were under no allusion we would gain a seat. It turned out the way we thought it could,” said Garamendi.

The maintaining of the status quo, in terms of the number of California House seats, is a double-edged sword, said Tunua Thrash, director of innovation at the Berkeley-based Greenlining Institute, which advocates for the proper political representation of communities of color.

“I think people certainly were hoping we would gain a seat to allow a little more wiggle room in drawing of new lines,” said Thrash.

Thrash said the institute is not opposed to seeing weirdly drawn districts as long as they protect the voting clout of various minority groups.

“We are concerned about do people in this district really have an opportunity to elect a person of their choice? Are there minority people in this district?” she said. “If a district is drawn in such a way there is disenfranchisement of a certain group, we would be concerned about that. But if it is gerrymandered to empower a certain group that is fine.”▼

“Path of Gold.” According to the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board, the Path of Gold was erected from Embarcadero to Seventh Street in 1916, and the poles were extended to Castro Street in the 1980s.

The MDNA letter also points out that the preservation commission recognizes the south side of Market from Octavia to Sanchez as the boundary of the Mission Dolores neighborhood. The rainbow flags would “obscure the gateway to our historic neighborhood,” the letter continues.

Initially, the rainbow banners were to stretch from Castro to Octavia. As a compromise, Dufty suggested narrowing their range from Castro to Church. MDNA members oppose all banners, and particularly objected to having any west of Sanchez, which they claim as the western edge of the Castro.

After an hour of discussion, the commission voted unanimously to approve long-term banners on the Path of Gold.

“The Castro is extremely important as an international symbol,” said openly gay Commissioner Alan Martinez. “I definitely do think that it’s important to have these banners.”

“When I look at Market Street as a whole and these light posts, they intersect a community, the LGBT community, that is historically significant,” added Commissioner Karl Hasz.

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zational development.”

Out gay Supervisors Bevan Dufty and David Campos had requested the controller’s assessment in October, after former Pride Executive Director Amy Andre and board President Mikayla Connell announced their resignations.

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by Seth Hemmelgarn he San Francisco Medical Examiner’s office has closed its review of the death of Philip DiMartino, 36, a gay San Francisco man who was found stabbed in his apartment at 138 Hermann Street on August 2.

The medical examiner’s report, which was closed Friday, December 17, says the manner of death was homicide and the method was “sharp injury.”

It lists the cause of death as “sharp force injuries with blunt force injuries” and describes 48 stab wounds, most of them in DiMartino’s back, among other injuries.

DiMartino’s body was found after a co-worker who had gone to check on him looked through a window and saw “a pair of what appeared to be

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bloody legs on the floor,” the report says. The co-worker did not enter the apartment, according to the report.

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sponded to the scene and entered through the unlocked front door, the report says. Police have said there were no signs of forced entry.

“Two notes were located in the living room that bore Spanish language,” the report says. What was written in the notes was not included in the report.

DiMartino was a senior marketing manager for Archstone, an apartment company.

SFPD spokeswoman Lieutenant Lyn Tomioka previously indicated that the homicide occurred on July 30. SFPD spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said this week that the investigation is still open.

Police are asking anyone with information about the case to contact the anonymous tip line at (415) 5754444, or text a tip to 847411 and type SFPD, then the message.

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Study into HIV ‘cure’ seeks volunteers

by Matt Baume groundbreaking new study being conducted in the Bay Area may hold the key to curing HIV, but time is running short to find volunteers.

The research is based on work with the so-called Berlin Patient, a Berlin resident who was HIV-positive in 2007 when he received a bone marrow transplant to treat his leukemia. The bone marrow donor had a rare genetic mutation that researchers believe provides immunity from most forms

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HIV researcher Dr. Jacob Lalezari is seeking patients for a new HIV study.

of HIV. Three years after treatment, HIV is undetectable in the man.

The man recently identified himself as Timothy Ray Brown in an interview in Stern magazine. Brown, 44, is a U.S. citizen who lives in Berlin.

Brown’s donor’s mutation only exists in about 1 percent of the population, and eliminates a specific protein, CCR5, from the immune system.

Without CCR5, HIV is unable to enter and infect T cells.

Researchers are now hoping to duplicate that result in an ongoing study led by Dr. Jacob Lalezari. Lalezari has studied HIV since 1989, and is currently the medical director at Quest Clinical Research, a research facility that specializes in front-line studies of emerging virology, and an assistant clinical professor at UCSF Mt. Zion Hospital.

“We’ve enrolled more people with HIV in studies than anyone else on the planet,” he said of his research group.

The study will explore a less invasive version of Brown’s treatment.

Rather than undergoing a costly and painful bone marrow transplant, researchers will attempt to modify patients’ existing immune systems through gene therapy.

Patients in the study will have their blood filtered to extract immune system cells. Those cells will then be treated with a zinc finger nuclease that will remove the gene that produces the CCR5 protein. After being cultivated for about three months, a large dose of treated immune system cells will be placed back into the originating patient, in the hopes that they will “take root” and replace the vulnerable cells.

Patients will be tracked with once-

monthly check-ins for a year, and then periodically for the remainder of their lives.

The treatment is expected to be painless and carry a relatively low risk of side effects, since patients will receive modified versions of their own cells. Brown, in contrast, received chemotherapy and immunosuppressive drugs to prevent rejection of the transplanted bone marrow.

Currently, the process of filtering, cultivating, and re-introducing T cells costs about a quarter million dollars per patient, Lalezari said, although he expects that cost to significantly decrease if the process becomes widespread. That’s still less than the hundreds of thousands of dollars in health care costs facing those with HIV over the course of their lives.

But finding volunteers for the study has proven difficult, since patients must fit a very specific profile.

Researchers are searching for HIVpositive volunteers who have not taken anti-viral drugs in the last 12 weeks, who are negative for hepatitis B and C, and whose T cell count is above 500.

Lalezari is optimistic that the study is a significant step forward on the road to curing HIV, though only time will tell whether the treatment is a long-term success.

“Do I know [Brown] is cured? I don’t know,” he said. “But we can call him cured. It’s no longer evident in his tissues or in his spinal fluid.”▼ Those who are interested in participating in the study can reach Quest for more information at (415) 353-0800, or at drjay@questclinical.com.

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‘Tree of Hope’ welcomed at City Hall

ainbow World Fund Executive Director Jeff Cotter, rights, holds origami and greets Linda Mihara, who directed the origami for this year’s “World Tree of Hope,” during the lighting ceremony that was held December 15 in City Hall. The origami cranes contain messages of hope from people around the world. This is the fifth year for the tree.

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Christmas Day dinners served in SF nce again, service organizations in San Francisco will provide hot meals on Christmas Day for those who are in need or do not wish to spend the holiday alone.

First up is Tenderloin Tessie, which has been providing holiday meals catering to the LGBT community for over 30 years. On Saturday, December 25, volunteers will be providing dinner from 1 to 4 p.m. at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187

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Franklin Street (at Geary).

Board President Michael Gagne said volunteers are needed; those who are interested should contact him at (415) 584-3252. Help is also needed on Christmas Eve day with truck loading and unloading.

Meanwhile, Glide United Methodist Church also will provide a Christmas meal. Celebrations at the church, 330 Ellis Street, will be held at 9 and 11 a.m. December 25. Breakfast will be served from 7 to 8:30 a.m. and dinner will be served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Church officials expect to serve about 6,000 meals and are asking for

donations, which can be made online at www.glide.org. People can also sign up to volunteer by visiting the website and clicking on “volunteer now.” For questions, call the volunteer office at (415) 674-6080.

Erotic service provider holiday party The Erotic Service Provider Legal, Education, and Research Project’s holiday party will take place Wednesday, December 29 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Diva’s, 1081 Post Street in San Francisco. Organizers are requesting a $20-

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Two Joes aturday’s historic Senate vote to finally repeal the hideous “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy took 17 years and offered plenty of twists and turns along the way. President Barack Obama signed the law Wednesday, beginning the process of dismantling DADT so that gays and lesbians can serve openly in the armed forces.

This won’t happen immediately, but we’re on the way to making the military more equal for citizens who want to serve.

Last weekend’s vote on a standalone bill in the Senate was mostly due to Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut), whose hawkish politics have not always endeared him to liberals or LGBTs. But we must acknowledge the heavy lifting he did to introduce a separate bill after the Senate failed to break a filibuster a couple weeks ago on the defense spending bill (which included DADT repeal). Given that Congress has only days left in its lame-duck session and the general slow pace of the Senate, it was quite a feat that Lieberman and his colleague, Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), succeeded in bringing this bill to the floor for a vote. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (DNevada), who twice this year failed to get 60 votes to break the filibuster, also deserves credit for scheduling the vote before time ran out.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) and the rest of the leadership also deserve credit for passing a standalone bill last week in that chamber. Openly gay Representative Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) kept the pressure on, and outgoing Representative Patrick Murphy (DPennsylvania) made it his goal to see repeal of DADT realized.

But the sticking point was in the Senate, and Lieberman showed that he can count votes. He said several times since the failed DADT repeal vote in early December that there were 60 votes to move ahead on a standalone bill, and he was right.

In fact, the final Senate vote for repealing the discriminatory policy was 65-31, with eight Republicans bucking the histrionics of Senator John McCain and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

All of which brings us to another Joe – new West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. A Democrat who was elected last month, Manchin has already been sworn in because he is filling the term of Robert Byrd, the longest serving senator who died in June. But Manchin deserves a big lump of West Virginia coal in his Christmas stocking because he voted no on DADT repeal a couple weeks ago and on Saturday he was absent from the Capitol.

According to news accounts in the West Virginia Gazette, Manchin missed two major votes – DADT and the DREAM Act – because he had a previously scheduled family holiday party. A Manchin spokeswoman told the paper that the senator was in the Pittsburgh area where his daughter lives.

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That’s not leadership, Senator Manchin. would never have missed such a crucial vote, let That’s crass politics. alone two. If an elected officeholder is responsible to their constituents, Manchin failed. Oregon Death of a DREAM Senator Ron Wyden (D) was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer and yet he managed to vote While the Senate deserves kudos for voting to on Saturday for DADT repeal and the DREAM repeal DADT, there was disappointment for the Act, deciding to undergo what doctors DREAM Act. That bill was defeated on a 55-41 said was “perfect” surgery on Monday in vote Saturday. It would have created a pathBaltimore. way to citizenship for children of undocBy Tuesday, Manchin issued an umented immigrants who came to the apology to his constituents. He also United States before they were 16. Often, said he told Senate leaders that he these young people are the unwitting vicwould have voted against both bills. tims of their own parents, and sometimes That’s not surprising. He was the only Dethey don’t even know that they are in the mocrat to vote against it two weeks ago. At country illegally. The DREAM Act, the time, he issued a press release that which stands for Development, Restated, “While I believe the ‘Don’t Ask, lief, and Education for Alien Minors, E DITORIAL would have allowed young people to Don’t Tell’ policy will be repealed someday, and probably should be reobtain citizenship if they had two pealed in the near future, I do not supyears of college or served for two port its repeal at this time,” he said. “I truly unyears in the military. It was the least controversial derstand that my position will anger those who of several immigration reform proposals and had believe repeal should happen now and for that I been passed by the House already. sincerely apologize. While I am very sympathetIt’s unlikely the act will move forward next ic to those who passionately support the repeal, year when Republicans take over the House and as a senator of just three weeks, I have not had increase their numbers in the Senate. A path to the opportunity to visit and hear the full range citizenship for young people is a great start to of viewpoints from the citizens of West Virginia.” the enormous task of reforming immigration.

After that statement, DADT repeal advocates The Republican base is so anti-immigrant (now sent petitions with hundreds of signatures to his that anti-gay appeals have lost their potency office. And then he cowardly bailed on the day of since several high-profile gay GOPers have the vote to avoid taking a stand on the issue. He stepped out of the closet in recent years) that had already voted no, heard from people who faeven the moderate senators wouldn’t risk backvored repeal, yet couldn’t bring himself to do the lash from voting for it. right thing, so he left town for a party.

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Allgaier’s legacy will live on

by Ernest Hopkins an Francisco, and the entire nation, has lost a true champion in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The death of Randy Allgaier last month leaves a hole that cannot be replaced. His legacy will live on forever.

I worked alongside Randy in the policy department at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation for many years. What I remember most about him was his passion for organizing the community of people living with HIV toward self-determination. He was committed to eliminating stigma surrounding HIV, so that people could fully express their romantic, professional, and civic lives. Randy was an open book, as his husband Lee Hawn says. He believed the best G UEST way to advocate for the normalization of both HIV and gay life was to live as openly as possible. His integrity and his work ethic were both exemplary and honorable.

After Randy left SFAF, he threw himself into volunteering. He took on key projects in Washington, D.C. with the National Association for People Living with AIDS. Among them, he fought to ensure proper care for people with AIDS who relied on Medicare Part D, or who were infected with hepatitis C. While doing work for the Communities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief Coalition, Randy led the first community-based national survey of PWAs on their health care needs through the Ryan White CARE Act. The results of that groundbreaking survey were presented to the

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White House and the authorizing committees in both the House and the Senate. Randy also co-chaired the local Ryan White planning council, and chaired the national PWA caucus of CAEAR. We served together on the CAEAR board of directors for many years.

When Randy rightly decided he should get paid for at least some of the work he was doing as a volunteer, he took a job that was a perfect fit for his skills – staff to the San Francisco HIV Health Services Planning Council. He used all of his organizing, consensus building, advocacy, and community education skills to keep people well informed so they could make appropriate decisions. He made sure our citizens were in touch with the political scene locally and in Washington so they could understand the need to educate O PINION the mayor, the Board of Supervisors, the legislature, the governor, members of Congress, and the White House on issues surrounding HIV. He spoke for the many thousands of voiceless people living with HIV who still feel too much shame and stigma to speak for themselves.

Randy served on the coordinating committee of the Coalition for a National AIDS Strategy from 2008 until his death. It was a crowning achievement in his illustrious career. Early in the NAS process, he helped to organize a community forum in San Francisco so that local voices played a key role in the Obama administration’s plan. Randy was instrumental in a national consultation that produced key recommendations on HIV care and treatment for

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the plan. On July 13 of this year, President Barack Obama released the first-ever National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and it was one of the happiest days of Randy’s life. He was invited to a White House reception and Randy was quick with his camera, snapping pictures of himself with key policy leaders. It was a wonderful occasion, and Randy should be given credit for helping to make the national strategy a reality.

Randy was one of the first people locally to raise attention to the emerging issue of HIV and aging, as more people are living longer with HIV disease. He worked to bring together the HIV/AIDS and adult services organizations in San Francisco in a joint workgroup on HIV and aging. That group hosted a policy briefing and community forum earlier this year, and produced a trailblazing paper entitled, “Addressing the Service Needs of PLWHA 50+,” which sheds important light on the many complexities surrounding HIV and aging populations.

Randy was also a role model to gay and lesbian people who desire to get legally married.

He was living the dream with his husband, sharing a home together with their beagle, Darwin.

Randy Allgaier was my colleague and my co-conspirator on many a policy initiative on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco and for people living with HIV/AIDS across this country. But most of all he was my friend, and I loved him dearly. I will miss him come the next battle.▼ Ernest Hopkins is director of legislative affairs for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

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State’s first openly gay lobbyist recalls Gov. Brown

by Matthew S. Bajko s Governor-elect Jerry Brown prepares to take his third oath of office as the state’s top leader next month, George Raya is having a déjà vu moment.

For when Brown was first sworn in as California’s governor on January 6, 1975, Raya was also in the state Capitol. The month prior the Sacramento native had started work as a lobbyist for the Society for Individual Rights, a San Francisco-based gay rights group.

In doing so Raya became the Golden State’s first full-time openly gay legislative advocate. And he and other LGBT leaders at the time had high hopes that the newly elected governor would be an ally.

“I always was a big fan” of Brown, said Raya. “I had a crush on him when he first started out. He was good looking.”

Raya’s singular purpose at the time was to help then-Assemblyman Willie Brown pass his consenting adults bill AB 489, which would end the state’s sodomy laws and legalize sex between consenting adults of the same sex.

The governor had signaled to gay advocates that if they could get the bill to his desk, he would P OLITICAL sign it into law.

But the bachelor politician, already faced with questions about his own sexual orientation, also warned he wouldn’t publicly push for the bill, said Raya.

“It was not easy,” Raya, 61, recalled in a recent phone interview with the Bay Area Reporter.

Back then there were no out state lawmakers, although there were gay members of the Legislature, he said.

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halls of the state Capitol, his friends who were gay and worked for various lawmakers warned him that if they shunned him it wasn’t personal.

“A couple said point blank, ‘If I don’t say hello it is nothing personal.

I just don’t want people to know I am gay.’ Most times I had lunch by myself; no one wanted to eat with me,” said Raya, who was shuttling back and forth between his home in San Francisco and Sacramento.

Despite the many challenges, including his having to sell his blood to make money, N OTEBOOK Raya had a knack for lobbying. And he was successful at gaining support from LGBT groups and residents throughout the state for the legislation, helping to deflect attacks that it was only a San Francisco concern.

Having passed out of the Assembly, the bill nearly died in the Senate.

The chamber had deadlocked and the lieutenant governor, who casts tiebreaking votes in the Senate, was out of town. Democratic leaders had the

Senate doors locked until Mervyn Dymally could return back to the Capitol and vote for the legislation.

“It took all day to get him back. He walks onto the floor and says, ‘The lieutenant governor votes aye.’ All hell broke loose,” said Raya, who was seated in the gallery watching the proceedings.

The governor did sign the bill as promised, but he did so behind closed doors.

“Here is the thing, he would never publicly ever do anything with us,” said Raya. “Normally, when you sign a historical piece of legislation, you have a whole big ceremony. It is a very big photo opportunity. He signed it and there were no photographs.”

Raya, who currently works for the Sacramento County Human Assistance Department, marveled at how times have changed over the last 36 years. He remembers how his $100 donation to Brown’s gubernatorial committee was returned and how he was overlooked for an appointment in the administration.

“The governor didn’t want to accept money from a gay lobbyist. They gave me my money back,” he said.

“Now they can’t get enough of our money. Now everybody is out on staff.”

With Brown returning to the governor’s office, Raya said he intends to apply for a post in his new administration. He is hoping he has better luck the second time.

“I didn’t get appointed 30 years ago. Well, I am still around and am available,” he said. “He said he was going to hire new people but also bring back some of the old guard.

Well, that is me.”

And he once again has high hopes for the incoming governor.

“I am exited to see him take his oath of office,” said Raya. “I really do think he is going to be a good governor. You can’t fool him; he has already been there.” ▼

Stop the silliness over camera store

in size and scope of 2009. I worked closely with the executive director, Teddy Witherington, and four board presiWith the recent stories in the Bay Area Reporter [“Milk’s dents to maintain strict fiscal oversight of this budget. I am friends aghast at HRC store plans,” December 9 and “Compleased to report that we passed financial audits of our munity pushes Trevor Project for Milk camera store,” Deworking budget with ease during the time I was treasurer of cember 16], along with articles and columns in the New this organization. Also, SF Pride were fortunate to have great York Times and San Francisco Chronicle, respectively, about staffing with the talents of Andy Copper, Joe Wagenhofer, the controversy over the Human Rights Campaign’s plan to Marsha Levine, and others during that period of time. take over the site of Harvey Milk’s former camera store, I But, just like the for-profit corporations, a nonprofit corshould probably let this one go. However, as one who was poration will experience mishaps in personnel staffing indeed a friend of Milk’s since l973 and knew or financial management that detract from the him well, I am more than a bit disappointed with main purpose or mission statement of a corall who claim to know what Milk would have poration. The normal process in any corporathought of the idea. Harvey’s nephew Stuart, tion – private or nonprofit – is the resignation though himself only a child at the time Milk of involved officers and changes in the finandied, probably said it best when he told the cial management so that this type of problem Chron’s Phil Bronstein, “I know he [Harvey] does not occur again. This process is exactly would have been upset about the communiwhat happened with SF Pride last year and the ty’s weakness of always attacking each other.”

Get over it all you Milk spokespeople – he AILSTROM community is still responding to this problem to provide a remedy. was indeed about compromise and would If anything, the B.A.R. has roiled the water likely be laughing at all of this pure silliness. with our LGBTQ community by prematurely stirring up He surely would have had no problem seeing his image on and confusing the readership with disperate personnel and any number of objects; it only helps keep his memory alive political issues. This type of reporting by the B.A.R. is not and as much as I loved Milk, I’d be the first to admit (as constructive. Rather than providing clarity to your readers would he) that he had an ego the size of Montana. on the recovery of this organization, the B.A.R. has emAnd as for Cleve Jones, the self-anointed spokesman for barked upon a sensationalist approach to the recent events all things Milk, saying that Milk “despised those people,” that at SF Pride and I would suggest that the B.A.R. provide posis really funny. Harvey died in l978 and HRC wasn’t even itive views that give our community hope. I have known founded until 1980. Jones is likely more annoyed that no one board Co-Chair Nikki Calma for 12 years as a former asked his permission before going forward with the plan. board member and I am confident that she will provide the Again, get over it folks; Milk has been gone for more necessary guidance that the present board members need than 30 years and there must be better ways to remember to resolve this issue. him than to engage in a silly bitch fight among those who all claim to be speaking from the grave of Harvey Milk.

Ronald V. Wong Holiday greetings to all.

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Ex-Pride treasurer weighs in As a former member of the executive committee and treasurer of San Francisco Pride for four years, I am distressed and concerned that the Bay Area Reporter has taken such an extreme view of the manner in which SF Pride has conducted the business of our community event in recent times. While I was treasurer of this great organization from 2000 to 2002, I had presided over a budget that was similar

End of an era When I was called up for the Vietnam draft, I showed up at the induction center on barbiturates, wearing women’s underpants so I wouldn’t have to fight in an unjust war.

Sergeant: Do you always wear women’s underwear?

Sugar: Hell yeah, when it fits this well.

I still have my homo rejection 4F draft card. No more loophole. It’s the end of an era.

Jon Sugar San Francisco

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Brass balls for World Cup, mistletoe for a rugger

by Roger Brigham is the season of holly jollies, roasting organic chestnuts by crackling fires (on non-Spare the Air days), and driving our hybrid carriage over the river and through the snow to grandmother’s assisted living residence. In the spirit of the holidays and by the authority invested in me by the Grinch himself, here are my holiday presents for sports figures far and wide.

• For Air New Zealand, a video of Queer Duck’s Homo for the Holidays episode, to take the place of the in-flight safety video it removed from flights reportedly because members of the gay community objected to a scene in which All Blacks center Richard Kahui declines an offer to kiss a male flight attendant. The name of the flight attendant, for the record, is Will Coxhead.

We’re not making this stuff up, folks.

• For the staff at the Pentagon, front row seats to all of the meets next season of the West Point triathlon team. The Pentagon has the task of deciding how best to implement the end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” without risking the end of western civilization as we know it. If officials have any doubts members of the armed forces would have trouble taking commands from openly gay superiors, they should see the West Point triathletes in action. They’ve J OCK been coached for years by openly gay Lou Tharpe.

• For the Federation Internationale de Football Association, a continentalsize pair of brass balls for awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, with FIFA President Sepp Blather, proclaiming the organization’s desire to make soccer accessible to everyone everywhere, suggesting that gays who wish to attend the games will be welcome but would be advised to abstain from sex, which is illegal in the desert emirate.

Such Blather blather has many wondering if the great soccer pooh-bah didn’t push voters toward Qatar in a bid for the Nobel Peace Prize, but the desert country has pledged to build worldclass infrastructure including new stadiums to host the event. Suggested name for the stadium to hold the championship match: the Sepp-tic Tank.

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Soccer star Richard Kahui, right, declines a kiss from flight attendant Will Coxhead in this screengrab of an Air New Zealand in-flight video that was pulled after gays complained.

sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy. This is believed to be a major reason why so many professional male soccer players don’t bring their boyfriends to matches.

• For the newly elected members of the group that is supposed to formulate a plan for one quadrennial global event in 2018 for the LGBT sports community, DVDs of David Secter’s Take the Flame.

You want one unified event?

You had one before the advent of the World Outgames, which through its first two iterahas proved to be an TALK tions expensive, unsustainable drain on the LGBT sports community. Drop the WOGs, keep the Gay Games intact, and work to promote sports and culture through the continental Outgames.

• For the LPGA, a current calendar.

It will probably make sense to officials, now that they have emerged from the time-warp that had them using an archaic rule requiring members to be “female at birth” until voting to drop the rule this month. This paves the way for transgender golfers such as Lana Lawless to compete. Who knows, maybe eventually the LPGA will even acknowledge the fact that it has a huge lesbian fan base, tell the camera operators to stop avoiding crowd shots, and actively market to the folks who love them.

• For the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Association, a heaping pile of reality check. The association’s

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$50 donation.

The group works to empower the erotic community and advance sexual privacy rights through legal advocacy, education, and research.

Attorney H. Louis Sirkin will be the featured guest. He is one of the few litigators to argue cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and a wellknown First Amendment and criminal defense attorney.

Police arrest man in Castro area hold-ups; theater threatened Police have arrested a man suspected of robbing one Castro area business and trying to rob another Friday, December 17.

At 6:15 p.m. on the 500 block of Castro Street, according to police, a man in his 30s simulated holding a gun and told a 19-year-old female employee, “Open the register, do you want to get hurt?” He fled the scene, without money.

Then, at 6:36 p.m., police reported, the same man walked into a business at 24th and Noe streets, again simulated a gun, and said, “Times are hard, it’s the holidays.”

The man stole cash, but Officer Albie Esparza, a police department

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decision to defend in federal court its outdated and discriminatory rule limiting the number of non-gay players who can compete in the Gay Softball World Series is wasteful, myopic, and downright bad sportsmanship. Sports are supposed to bring us together and tear down barriers, not lock us in and keep the world out.

• For the organizers of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, about a million vuvuzela mutes. My ears are still ringing from this year’s cacophony of horns.

• For Donna Rose, a USA singlet and renewal of her AARP membership. Rose, competing under her legal name of Donna Rosen, made history this year when she won a match in the U.S Open Women’s Freestyle Wrestling Championships at the age of 51. She was the oldest athlete in the event by decades and the first transgender wrestler to compete in a major national championship. Outstanding performance by any measure.

• To San Francisco ... hey, what more could you want? Super Bowls and Stanley Cups are nice, but we’ll never have a better memory than we had this year with the Giants taking the World Series in historically dominating fashion. Next time you’re feeling down and thinking things are getting impossible to handle, chill out, pop in a DVD of Game 5, and realize anything is possible. You have nothing to fear – except, of course, The Beard.

Happy Holidays!▼

Michael Tate, a chorus member spokesman, wouldn’t say how much, and president of the group’s board, citing department policy. Police told the Bay Area Reporter that he’d weren’t sure if the man had taken anything from anyone else at the business, heard about the call before the show. he said.

“Obviously, hearing something like Officers in the area subsequently that lets you know no matter how far arrested the man. you’ve come, there’s a lot of work to be Esparza said Monday, December done,” said Tate.

20 that the suspect’s name was not He said he told other chorus membeing released, pending further invesbers before that night’s show that they tigation. He also would not disclose could step out if they weren’t comthe names of the businesses, again fortable performing, but no one did. citing department policy.

Esparza said police had identiThere were no infied a pay phone on the 200 juries in either case. block of Noe Street as the oriEsparza didn’t know gin of the call. He said they Monday whether a spoke with a witness who had weapon had been found seen someone at the pay on the suspect or phone “looking nerwhether he was still in vous.”

N EWS B RIEFS custody.

That person was deAlso, at 6:13 p.m. scribed as a white male, on Thursday, December 16, police re30-35 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall and ported, someone called the operations weighing 175 pounds. He had blond manager of the Castro Theatre, 429 hair and was wearing an orange shirt.

Castro Street, and told him to cancel a Police indicated the incident was being show. The police statement indicated investigated as a hate crime. the call was about a show for ThursAnyone with information in the day night. case can call the SFPD anonymous tip According to police, the caller said line at (415) 575-4444, or text a tip to that if his demand wasn’t met, “I will 847411 and type SFPD, then the mesburn the theater down. There will be sage. The incident number is a bunch of fags burning.”

101157669.▼ The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus performed at the theater last Seth Hemmelgarn contributed to this Thursday night. report.

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Milk said he decided to seek the trademark after meeting relatives of former President John F. Kennedy, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and labor leader Cesar Chavez.

“Getting to know the Kennedy family and the Chavez family and the King family, I have realized it is important to take ownership and control and retain that. The King family keeps close watch on King’s image,” said Milk.

As he has taken on a greater role in preserving his uncle’s memory, Milk said he became concerned about how various groups were misusing Milk’s name or misrepresenting his political approach.

“There was an organization in Washington that was using Harvey’s name and vision, saying Harvey stood for gays and lesbians but not for bisexuals or transgenders,” said Milk.

“We must do our due diligence on it;

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“Because of these efforts, in the coming days we will begin the process laid out by this law,” Obama said.

“Now, the old policy remains in effect until Secretary [Robert] Gates, Admiral [Mike] Mullen and I certify the military’s readiness to implement the repeal. And it’s especially important for service members to remember that.

But I have spoken to every one of the service chiefs and they are all committed to implementing this change swiftly and efficiently. We are not going to be dragging our feet to get this done.”

The president was greeted with a roar of cheers and applause after he was introduced by Vice President Joe Biden at 9:13 Wednesday morning.

As the president greeted many special guests on stage with him, the crowd began to chant, “Yes, we can,” a prominent slogan of Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. When the president reached the podium, he smiled and called back, “Yes, we did.”

“I am just overwhelmed,” said Obama, beginning his prepared remarks. “This is a very good day, and I want to thank all of you, especially the people on this stage.” He then told a story about a soldier who fought in the Battle of the Bulge in the Belgian mountains against the Germans in World War II. The soldier, Andy Lee, who put his own life in peril in order to scale a ravine and rescue a fellow soldier, Lloyd Corwin. Forty years later, Lee let Corwin know he was gay.

“He had no idea,” said Obama of

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understanding” that saw several of Pride’s 2010 beverage partners receive payments that were thousands of dollars less than they had expected. Pride has pledged to make up those payments.

The controller’s assessment says Pride “lacks adequate documentation on and dissemination of policies and procedures” relating to external partners such as beverage partners and recommends Pride make its contracts more specific.

The organization owed almost $50,000 to beverage partners, but Calma said last week that additional payments still have not been made.

Debt The controller’s office said Pride’s $225,000 deficit includes $53,000 owed to the city’s public works department. The organization closed its 2009-10 fiscal year with a negative balance of about $380,000 and used $155,000 it had in reserves to cover the shortfall.

The report states that Pride’s $380,000 negative balance represents 24 percent of additional expenses above fiscal year 2009-10 revenue. The

we can’t just ignore it.”

The Milk foundation discussed the copyright issue at its retreat earlier this month. Foundation board member, San Diego resident Nicole MurrayRamirez, said he has been “stunned” by how some groups have used Milk’s name for their own gains.

“We want to make sure if there is finances raised, it doesn’t go to a company but for a just cause and not for someone’s pocket,” said MurrayRamirez, who started an annual diversity breakfast in San Diego to honor Harvey Milk’s legacy.

Up until now Milk said his family has relied on groups wishing to use Harvey Milk’s name or image to seek it out and ask for permission. Most requests from nonprofit groups only require the filling out of a form and the majority has been granted, said Milk.

“We send them the form if they contact us,” he said.

The Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy in the Castro, for example, received approval to sell a Harvey Milk wine to raise funds for the alter-

Corwin, “and didn’t much care. Lloyd knew what mattered. He knew what kept him alive.”

Obama also told the story of a young female servicemember who gave him a hug on a receiving line in Afghanistan several weeks ago, when the president made a visit to the troops. The woman whispered in his ear, “Get ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ done,” said the president. “And I said to her, ‘I promise you I will.’”

With the signing of the bill, Obama has also fulfilled a longstanding promise to the LGBT community overall, a feat that is prompting widespread praise, even from gay Republicans.

“He made this a priority,” said R. Clarke Cooper, executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans group.

“He was sincere and correct about making this a priority.” Cooper, a former service member who had a front row seat during Wednesday’s ceremony, said that, as the president shook hands with guests on the front row, following the ceremony, Cooper said to the president, “You said get me those [Republican] votes and I got more than you needed.”

In a critical procedural vote to force the repeal measure to the floor in the Senate on Saturday, six Republicans joined Democrats and independents to provide more than the 60 votes necessary to break the Republican-led filibuster. In the final vote, eight Republicans voted for repeal.

Cooper said the ceremony was a “very emotional” one in the auditorium and that “there were definitely many tears of joy” in his eyes and in

assessment stated that compared to fiscal year 2008-09, Pride spent an additional $42,600 on operating expenses, $126,000 in event costs, and $204,500 on personnel.

As previously reported, Pride has temporarily furloughed paid staff and is receiving help from an anonymous donor. The controller’s office said that Pride recently received $45,000 from a donor and a pledge of a $55,000 bridge loan.

Oliver identified the donor as the Dorian Fund. That could not be confirmed with the fund Tuesday.

She indicated that as of the December general membership meeting, her understanding was that $75,000 had come in through exhibitors so far for the 2011 event. Calma confirmed that, an added that another $3,775 had come in.

Governance The controller’s office found that at a November 3, 2009 meeting, the board approved a proposed budget exceeding its $1.8 million income by 19 percent.

“Board meeting minutes reflect that board members questioned the negative year-end balance [of $345,000],” but Andre – who had only started at the organization the month before – suggested that they might bal-

native public school.

“We have given permission free of charge to a lot of groups,” said Milk.

“Any organization using Harvey’s image appropriately, and as long as they are donating to charity, we give them permission.”

More complicated requests are handled by Martin Cribbs, a New York-based consultant specializing in celebrity branding and licensing, said Milk.

“If someone is doing something for sale for just personal profit or personal gain, that takes it to a different level,” he said. “If somebody is using Harvey Milk commercially, especially, we can’t look the other way.”

HRC items As of last week, Milk said he had yet to see HRC’s application for use of his uncle’s name on products it wants to sell in the Castro store where Harvey Milk operated a camera shop in the 1970s and out of which he ran his campaigns for public office.

An HRC spokesman said this week

the organization had no updates on its request to use Milk’s imagery. In an interview earlier this month, spokesman Fred Sainz said HRC had no reason to believe its request would be denied.

“I seriously doubt that would be the case. This is a good thing; Harvey Milk’s legacy is going to be given more attention,” Sainz had told the B.A.R., noting the sales would benefit both the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy and the GLBT Historical Society.

Stuart Milk said no one from the national rights group had approached the Milk family or Milk foundation leaders prior to the public announcement on December 6 that it had signed a lease for the historic storefront at 575 Castro Street. HRC expects to move into the retail space by Friday, January 7.

The news has been met by fierce opposition from Milk’s old campaign aides and friends, as well as Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar in 2008 for his screenplay for the movie Milk. This past weekend critics of

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HRC’s plans protested in front of the store space.

Negotiations are under way to allow the Trevor Project, a national LGBT youth organization, to operate its hotline at the site, as some of those protesting HRC’s moving into the space have proposed.

Stuart Milk said he sees no reason why the foundation would deny HRC use of his uncle’s image.

“We are not going to treat HRC any differently than any other nonprofits that have come forward with requests to use Harvey Milk’s name.

To be quite honest with you, if HRC was promoting a non-inclusive ENDA today we might say wait a second, but they are not doing that,” said Milk, referring to the group’s much maligned past support for a federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act that did not cover gender identity. “I think it is a much better use than a Thai restaurant going in there or another for-profit gift shop.

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the eyes of other former service members discharged under the DADT policy during the past 17 years.

The president acknowledged the tenacious work of numerous individuals during Wednesday’s ceremony, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), Republican Senator Susan Collins (Maine), and the bill’s House sponsor Representative Patrick Murphy (D-Pennsylvania).

NBC News Washington Bureau Chief Mark Whitaker, speaking on MSNBC shortly before the ceremony, said it was Hoyer whose idea it was to take DADT repeal language out of the annual defense authorization bill – which was being filibustered by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Kentucky), Senator John McCain (RArizona), and most Republicans – and

put it into a special standalone bill in the House last week.

The House passed that bill on December 15 on a 250-175 vote and sent it immediately to the Senate, which approved it December 18 on a 65-31 vote.

The president also singled out openly gay Representative Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts), in the front of the auditorium, for having “kept up the fight” in the House.

Speaking to MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Tuesday night, Frank characterized the congressional vote to repeal DADT as being “comparable to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.” “It is an enormous move forward,” said Frank. Frank said he was moved by a special ceremony held on Capitol Hill Tuesday by Pelosi and Hoyer to sign the enrollment document for the bill to be sent to the president. Frank said that hundreds

of people in attendance were saying “God Bless America.”

“It was a very moving moment,” said Frank.

Also on stage for Wednesday’s ceremony was Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mullen; Staff Sergeant Eric Alva, an openly gay Marine who was the first service member wounded in the Iraq War; and out retired Navy Commander Zoe Dunning.

The president used 15 pens to sign the legislation into law. It could not be determined by deadline to whom those pens will be given.

The historic ceremony took place less than 24 hours after McConnell took an 11th hour action of trying to make implementation of repeal much more difficult and time-consuming.

According to a report on Politico.com, McConnell tried to introduce an amendment to the annual defense authorization bill that would have required that implementation of DADT not take place until after the four service chiefs certify that it could be done without negative consequences for military readiness.

The DADT repeal legislation signed by the president requires certification by Obama, the secretary of defense, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

According to Politico, McConnell attempted to add the amendment by unanimous consent, but Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut), a champion of the repeal measure, objected.

Lieberman’s objection effectively blocked the amendment from being considered without first getting the consent of at least 60 senators.▼

ance the budget through “either additional income or cash reserves… .,” the report stated.

The report also says that two board members had been paid for “professional service” on Pride’s behalf, “contrary to agreements signed by board members.” The report does not identify the board members and noted the payments were not illegal. However, they were not allowed under Pride’s board agreement and code of conduct.

According to the controller’s office, Pride officials told them that the board members had received payments “of no more than $2,500 each.”

When other board members found out, the report says, both people were asked to either return the money to Pride or resign from the board. The report says one member resigned and the other is “repaying the organization through in-kind services.”

The lack of fundraising by the board was also noted in the report.

Pride board members and the executive director didn’t fundraise for the organization “until very recently,” the report says, but “the board’s current fiscal plan” to repay the debt “has begun to prioritize fundraising.”

year.

In a phone interview Tuesday, Deputy Controller Monique Zmuda referred to the Grants for the Arts funding as “a very small amount,” but she said, “to the extent [Pride] continues to be a contractor,” the controller’s office can follow up on the recommendations.

Asked about the possibility of punitive actions, Zmuda said, “There has not been any misappropriation of funds or any wrongdoing,” and most of the findings involve fiscal oversight and governance issues “that are common in other nonprofits, as well.”

Zmuda indicated punitive measures weren’t likely, but she said, “We will follow up on some of the recommendations to see whether or not they’re implementing them.” She said the controller’s office generally takes another look after six months.

She also said fiscal oversight and governance “are two common areas where improvements could be made” at nonprofits the controller’s office has reviewed, but she said, “I wouldn’t say [the issues found at Pride are] less serious or more serious.”

Dufty and Campos appeared relieved Tuesday that at least Pride’s situation is now more clear. The two had offered Pride help in fundraising and looking for a new executive di-

rector after Connell and Andre announced their resignations.

“I needed to have an outside assessment before taking sponsorships from people,” Dufty told the B.A.R. Tuesday, explaining he wanted to be “honest and upfront” with potential sponsors. He said he’s now “comfortable,” since the assessment lays out “what the parameters of the situation are.”

“Even though the news is more dire than I would hope, I remain confident that we can secure the financial support and get on track for 2011,” said Dufty.

He said, “the number one thing” is for the board – which currently has only five members out of a possible 15 – to expand and make “a serious commitment to fundraising.”

Dufty didn’t know whether there are any firm commitments from sponsors yet, but he said he’s been “meeting with potential sponsors every day.”

Campos said, “I think the extent of the problem was a little bit bigger than we expected,” but “I don’t think the problems are insurmountable.”

The controller’s review is based on select financial and compliance documents as well as qualitative interviews with “key” Pride personnel, including Andre, Calma, and Oliver.▼

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal advocates gathered at the LGBT Community Center in San Francisco Saturday after the Senate passed the bill. Those on hand included Bob Dockendorff, second from left, Julian Chang, retired Navy Commander Zoe Dunning, Dick Manning, and Supervisor Bevan Dufty.

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Brazil creates national council to protect LGBTs Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Human Rights Secretary Paulo Vannuchi signed a decree December 9 creating the National LGBT Council.

The document says the council’s purpose is to “formulate and propose guidelines for government actions, at the national level, aimed at combating discrimination and promoting and defending the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites, and transsexuals.”

The body is composed of employees from 15 government ministries and representatives of 15 non-governmental organizations.

“The creation of the council is something ABGLT has been pressuring for and is a victory for civil society and the Lula government,” said Toni Reis, president of the Brazilian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Association. “It shows respect for the deliberations of the first national LGBT conference, held in June 2008, and will be a means of ensuring social watch over the im-

The report concludes, “The risk of ostracism from a close family network and economic difficulties posed by living outside the family network may mean that LGBT persons do not live the lives they wish to or have to conduct homosexual relationships in secret.”

Nonetheless, an LGBT community is emerging in the nation. A Pride celebration launched in 2003. Four hundred people attended the culmination of the events in 2009.

Pride organizers have formed an organization called RoCK to support LGBT people and raise awareness among non-gay Cambodians.

And “the Internet has allowed gay Cambodian people to connect to other gay people, thus raising awareness of a wider, global LGBT community and the possibilities of participating in this,” the report said.

The research, funded by the Swedish Association for Sexual Education, can be downloaded in English and Khmer at www.cchrcambodia.org.▼ Bill Kelley contributed to this report.

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UN, U.S. officials attend LGBT event nited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United States’ U.N. ambassador, Susan Rice, joined a high-level UN panel December 10 that condemned anti-gay violence and the criminalization of same-sex relations.

The Human Rights Day event was hosted by several nations and organized by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Watch and other organizations.

“Violence will end only when we confront prejudice,” Ban said. “Stigma United Nations Secretary-General and discrimination will end only Ban Ki-moon when we agree to speak out. That requires all of us to do our part – to speak out at home, at work, in our plementation of the 166 actions conschools and communities. tained in the national plan to promote “Where there is tension between LGBT citizenship and human rights.” cultural attitudes and universal human rights, universal human rights must Groundbreaking report carry the day,” he said. “Personal disaplooks at LGBT Cambodians proval, even society’s disapproval, is no The Cambodian Center for excuse to arrest, detain, imprison, haHuman Rights released a groundrass or torture anyone – ever. ... Human breaking report December 9 titled, Rights Day commemorates the Uni“Coming Out in the Kingdom: Lesversal Declaration of Human Rights. It bian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender is not called the partial declaration of People in Cambodia.” human rights. It is not the sometimes It says that LGBT Cambodians face declaration of human rights. It is the unique challenges, including osuniversal declaration, guaranteeing all tracism from their families and comhuman beings their basic human munities, that often leads to economrights, without exception.” ic hardship as well as discrimination Rice told the gathering: “The story by employers and authorities. of my country is, in part, a story of the The report argues that the concept expanding boundaries of rights and of homosexuality as understood in dignity – of the way that discrimina“the West” may not directly transfer to tion and prejudice have been counCambodia. tered by acceptance and equality. I feel “The Cambodian understanding of this deeply and I feel it very personally. sexuality is derived from concepts of Even at a time of profound challenges gender, character and personality,” the at home and abroad, we dare not report states. “The focus on these give up on the great causes of character traits and outwardequality and fundamental ly visible characteristics inrights. And that includes stead of sexual orientation the pursuit of full and means that many Camboequal rights for the mildians who are homosexulions of people in this al do not identify themcountry and around the selves as such.” world who are gay, lesBuddhism, the report bian, bisexual or transsays, generally tolerates hoW OCKNER ’ S gender. mosexuality.

W ORLD “Change,” Rice said, However, in Cambodia, “comes from people ... cultural, social and ecowho refuse to move to the back of the nomic pressures override Buddhist bus. It comes from the leaders, the acteachings on marriage – family values tivists, and the ordinary men and are incredibly important and pressure women who believe that all human is strong for sons and daughters to beings have equal worth, equal dignimarry and have children. ty, equal consequence – and equal “Sexual behavior amongst male rights. This conviction underpins the youths may be seen as harmless exsignificant steps that the United States perimentation, since women are exhas taken over the past two decades to pected to remain ‘pure’ until maradvance the human rights of all of riage,” the report continues. “Youthful those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual indiscretions may be forgotten or may and transgender.” continue unnoticed. However, eventuThe event was sponsored by UN ally men are expected to marry and famissions from Argentina, Belgium, ther children. Given traditional gender Brazil, Croatia, France, Gabon, the roles, women have less ability to purNetherlands, New Zealand, Norway, sue same-sex relationships than hoand the United States and by the Delmosexual males, either privately or egation of the European Commission. publicly.”

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Best of the year in the arts, part 1

Divine Miss M

Holiday appearances

Highlights in theatre, TV & classical CDs. Next week: film, music, fine arts & porn.

‘The Showgirl Must Go On,’ her Vegas act, coming to HBO.

Donna Sachet goes out ‘On the Town’ this Christmas season.

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writer, cast and director Mitchell, in his first non-queer film subject, do a sublime job of exploring.

Rabbit Hole opens eight months after the ac-

and with Al Green on the stereo, starts gently massaging her neck.

“You wanna have sex.”

“Don’t say it like that.”

Director John Cameron Mitchell z on filming ‘Rabbit Hole’ y ~ by David Lamble ~

cident, as parents Becca (Nicole Kidman) and Howie (Aaron Eckhart) find themselves stuck in neutral. One night after dinner, Howie lowers the lights, pours a glass of wine for Becca,

“Why not?”

“It sounds crass and selfish.”

“Well, don’t you think it is a little crass and selfish for you to be roping me into sex?”

“I wasn’t roping you into anything. Jesus.”

“Al Green isn’t roping?”

“I was trying to make things nice.”

“I’m sorry. But things aren’t nice anymore.”

Grief turns Becca into a prickly pear, keeping Howie at a distance, upset that he clings to tokens of Danny’s existence: videos of the kid playing with his dog, his bedroom an intact museum.

Becca is also curt with her wild-girl sister Izzy (Tammy Blanchard), annoyed that Sis is newly pregnant, by a musician no less. Finally, Becca’s pissed at her garrulous mom Nat’s (Dianne Wiest) habit of comparing Danny’s “innocent” demise to the heroin death of her son. Howie insists on dragging Becca to a therapy group of couples sharing memories of their dead kids as a way of “moving on.” But these folks, too, are stuck, their unresolved feelings a kind of narcotic.

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irector John Cameron Mitchell’s Rabbit Hole is a delicately threaded, darkly funny tale of how grief over the accidental death of a four-year-old boy continues to haunt the family he leaves behind. The film’s screenplay was written by David LindsayAbaire, based on his play.

Some time during my first viewing, I remembered a terrible secret I hid from my mother: that at 10, I was nearly run over after I dashed into a Mamaroneck, NY street after a red rubber ball. At the time, I was an only child like Danny, who chases his dog and is run over by high school student Jason (Miles Teller). My premature death would have changed absolutely everything within my strange little family unit. Danny’s death shakes his parents and extended family to the core, provoking some unusual and richly entertaining reactions that the

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Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart in Rabbit Hole.

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Sara Razavi as a Hindu god and Cheryl Smith as a wary tourist offered two of the year’s memorable performances in A Perfect Ganesh at NCTC.

Theatre Rhinoceros produced two wildly ambitious world premieres during the year, both written and directed by Artistic Director John Fisher. First came SexRev: The Jose Sarria Experience, which offered a meta-theatrical exploration of the San Francisco gay rights pioneer and a founder of the Imperial Court System. Later came another John Fisher experience, this

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one an interpretation of The Picture of Dorian Gray that added homoerotic imagery, a cornucopia of theatrical styles, and bounding physicality to Oscar Wilde’s 1890 story of the forever-young libertine.

Berkeley Rep was a fount of world premieres, including two from gay authors. Lisa Kron, one of the Five Lesbian Brothers, offered her new play In the Wake, which featured a lesbian affair but was mainly about latter-day yuppies arguing whether or not the whole human experience is a miserable fraud. Cheerier times were had in Todd Almond’s gay twist on Matthew Sweet’s cult-classic album Girlfriends, who became boyfriends in this cute-as-a-button musical of puppy love.

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here is obviously cache to the words “world premiere,” and Bay Area theaters were busy cashing in (or hoping to) during 2010. Small theaters, big theaters, and in-between theaters used these magic words in abundance in the year soon to be a memory. It’s a good place to start in this highly arbitrary rear-view look at 2010.

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Memorable year for memoirs

by Roberto Friedman ineteen books that had us turning pages this year, in alphabetical order by title. We furnish a few with excerpts, while for some, their subtitles tell it all.

Beautiful – The Life of Hedy Lamarr by Stephen Michael Shearer (St. Martin’s): “[On the 1939 film Lady of the Tropics] Hedda Hopper wrote in her column, ‘The story is yardage of tripe. But from the moment Hedy made her Mona Lisa entrance to her final fadeout in her death scene, she made you realize O UT that girls can dye until they’re black in the head.

But they’ll never look like her.”

Death of the Liberal Class by Chris Hedges (Nation Books).

Gay Bar – The Fabulous, True Story of a Daring Woman and Her Boys in the 1950s by Will Fellows and Helen P. Branson (U. of Wisconsin).

The Godfather of Kathmandu by

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The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman (Dial): “Corrections have proliferated of late. A handful even earned a place on Herman’s corkboard: Tony Blair included on a list of ‘recently deceased dignitaries’; Germany described as suffering from ‘a genital malaise in the economy’; and almost daily appearances from ‘the Untied States.’”

Infinite City – A San Francisco Atlas by Rebecca Solnit (U. of California).

Just Kids by Patti Smith (Ecco).

A Life Like Other People’s

by Alan Bennett (Farrar, Straus and Giroux): T HERE “I suspect the motorbike was bought as another means of escape, something to ‘go off ’ on at weekends perhaps or for little evening runs round the lanes of Adel, Eccup and Arthington.

It’s hard to imagine, looking back, that Mam could ever have been persuaded to ride pillion, but though

she was never keen (‘too draughty for me’) she was still game enough in those days to give it a try.”

Patti LuPone – A Memoir by Patti LuPone with Digby Diehl (Crown).

Party Animals – A Hollywood Tale of Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll Starring the Fabulous Allan Carr by Robert Hofler (Da Capo): “[Felipe] Rose’s gimmick was to dress up as an Indian in a costume of bright feathers and flapping loin cloth right out of Central Casting. It was quite an act, but then again, it had to be exceptional to keep the customers liquored at the bar instead of spending all night in the Dungeon, where everything from blow jobs to fist-fucking was de rigueur. Popping up from the Dungeon one night, Morali spotted Felipe, and the idea struck him: American icons of masculinity. ‘We’ll make a group of macho American men!’ he told Belolo.”

The Professor and Other Writings by Terry Castle (Harper): “Suddenly conscious – somewhat painfully – of the age difference between myself and my boisterous bride-to-be, I felt a stab of pure seventies-nostalgia, at once perverse, plaintive, and selfrighteous. You have no idea what it was like to be gay then. Nobody ever talked about it. There weren’t any other lesbians.

At least where I was. It wasn’t like being at Yale with Maia and Sylvia and Jodie Foster in 1987.”

Robin and Ruby by K.M. Soehnlein (Kensington).

Role Models by John Waters (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).

Secret Historian – The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade by Justin Spring (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).

The Talented Miss Highsmith – The Secret Life and Serious Art of Pa-

I had such a warm feeling towards him. I know Lenny is for Lenny, basically – he’s not particularly sympathetic to me or my music. My colleagues are basically egos; you have to live around them. However, in Lenny’s case, he has every reason to be egotistical.” – Morton Gould (diary entry).

White, Christian by Christopher Stoddard (Triton).

Hola, Javier!

tricia Highsmith by Joan Schenkar (St. Martin’s).

Things We Didn’t See Coming by Steven Amsterdam (Pantheon): “We picked RoboCop, a mutual favorite. The sappy story about the friendship between two cops is decent, but the futuristic stuff is interesting because they got everything so wrong. Robotics were promising and crime was grim, so they made a movie about it. But then violent crime resolved (or became part of the food distribution problem), and robotics fizzled. Next? You think you’re worrying about the right thing and then you’re sideswiped. The seasons change, as Margo likes to say, with a ton of darkness added on.”

True Prep – It’s a Whole New Old World by Lisa Birnbaum with Chip Kidd (Knopf): “We do not wear our cell phones or BlackBerrys suspended from our belts.

(That includes you, President Obama.)

“Real suspenders are attached with buttons. We do not wear the clip versions.

“Learn how to tie your bow tie. Do not invest in clip-ons.

“Preppies are considerate about dressing our age.

It is for you, not for us.”

Walking with Bernstein

by Jack Gottlieb, with Leonard Bernstein At Work – His Final Years, 1984-1990, photographs

by Steve J. Sherman (both Amadeus): “Seeing Lenny that day,

We’re already looking ahead to the new year! The 22nd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Jan. 6-17) will present Academy Award winner Javier Bardem with the International Star Award at its Gala on Sat., Jan. 8, in Palm Springs, CA. The award recognizes an actor who has made the successful cross-over from foreign-language films to international recognition. Bardem will join honorees Jennifer Lawrence and Carey Mulligan.

In 2008, Bardem received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for No Country for Old Men. Most recently, Bardem won Best Actor at the 2010 Cannes film fest for his performance in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Biutiful. That’s the one where he plays a Barcelona street hustler in his last days, coming soon to a theater near you. Also this year, Bardem starred opposite Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love. He’s currently in production on the Untitled Terrence Malick film.

Bardem was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor for his portrayal of gay Cuban poet and dissident Reinaldo Arenas in Julian Schnabel’s Before Night Falls. Bardem has won Spain’s equivalent of the Oscar, the Goya Award, four times. His notable film credits include Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, John Malkovich’s directorial debut The Dancer Upstairs, Fernando León de Aranoa’s Mondays in the Sun, Michael Mann’s Collateral, Mike Newell’s Love in the Time of Cholera, and opposite Natalie Portman in Milos Forman’s Goya’s Ghosts.

Pedro Almodóvar gave Bardem a small role in his film High Heels, which led to Jamon Jamon and Live Flesh. Bardem’s other film credits include Bigas Luna’s Golden Balls, Dias Contados, Mouth to Mouth, Ecstasy, Dance with the Devil, Washington Wolves and Second Skin. What a film career so far.

PS: Welcome to the brave new era of Do Ask, Do Tell! Where do we sign up for the soapy celebrations in the Marines showers? We hope this means our boyfriend in the Pentagon will finally come out!

RIP Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, ahead of his time in so many ways.▼

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Boxing days onscreen

by David Lamble oxing Gym If you can get to the Roxie Theater this holiday season, you’ll be treated to a master at work. Gym rats especially should devour filmmaker Frederick Wiseman’s study of a working-class Austin, Texas boxing gym.

The 80-year-old Wiseman, who has spent a half-century applying a 16mm camera to the examination of American institutions (High School, Hospital, Juvenile Court), drops in on an Austin institution founded by expro boxer Richard Lord. The facility welcomes members from every walk of life. We see a mom with an epileptic son ask Lord if the kid can train without sustaining a seizure-inducing head injury – the answer: of course. A well-built college student, a culinary major sporting a fresh shiner, asks Lord to put him on a self-defense regimen. A balding ring vet, psyching himself for a last fight, coaches a novice. Lord’s gym attracts many women, both single and working moms, who park their kids near the weight bag.

Thirty minutes into the narrationfree tour, a young Hispanic man asks a 20something white guy, with spiky hair and a cutoff T-shirt sporting the word EDGE in bold letters, about the gym’s vibe.

“It’s so funny, because people view it as a violent sport. Granted, we’re mainly focused on hitting each other and aiming for places that would really knock somebody out, but everybody here is super nice and friendly.”

“I see that already.”

“And anybody who does come in here acting tough ass don’t last very long. It’s just like, dude, it’s just not that kind of atmosphere.”

Boxing Gym is visual catnip for serious documentary students. Wiseman lets the pictures do the talking, with camera shots that slice across layers of workouts, from women sweating out a new sports bra to blubbery middle-aged men. For wannabe pugilists: there are tips on everything from working the speed bag to prop-

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Scene from Frederick Wiseman’s Boxing Gym. er footwork for launching an uppercut, to the maintenance of a good mouthpiece. (Roxie, through Dec. 28) The Fighter There’s a great comeback story lurking inside The Fighter, ostensibly the tale of how a Lowell, MA kid, “Irish” Mickey Ward, escaped an environment where ex-cons outnumber college grads to claim a title, springboard to a boxing trilogy fans consider among the greatest in modern ring history: Mickey Ward vs. Arturo Gatti.

The Fighter is less a boxing movie than the screwiest of screwball comedies in which the poor pug, Mickey (a ring-ready Mark Wahlberg), dukes it out with a control-freak mom, Alice (Melissa Leo), and his crack-addicted half-brother Dicky (scene-stealing Christian Bale), for the honor of getting his block rocked in the ring. The power of the family stuff is a tribute to the movie’s real comeback kid, director David O. Russell, who, as YouTube fans know from his verbal meltdown with Lily Tomlin on the set

of I Heart Huckabees, has a real mouth on him. Russell created two of the 90s’ looniest family comedies: the Gus Van Sant-inspired, mother/son incest, Oedipal-angst romp Spanking the Monkey; and the spoof Flirting with Disaster, with a queer Federal agent on acid. Here he confronts the American Irish behaving-badly hijinks of Gone Baby Gone and The Town, and finds glee amidst the bar fights, bad grammar, bad hair and assorted low-life flotsam.

In 2006’s Frozen River, Leo sparked a career revival with her hard-bitten cashier whose tough love included pulling a pistol on her cute teen boy (Charlie McDermott) when he takes a blowtorch to their trailer. Here, Leo trims her soft edges, goes brassy blonde, and delivers a harrowing portrait of a slum mom who’s all but married to her crackhead son. Russell ably manages the terror-tinged slapstick of Leo chasing Bale out of crackhouses (leaping into dumpsters) while throwing everything but the kitchen sink at

Still struttin’ her stuff Feeling in need of some “personal attention,” Soph struts over to the local nursing Bette Midler - The Showgirl home, “where I can still turn a Must Go On (HBO, few heads.” There, she and old premieres Dec. 31) Mr. Feldman engage in “relations.” “I didn’t know you were er beloved Sophie still a virgin,” says Mr. Feldcharacter may be 93 man as they “bask in the afteryears old, but neither glow.” Replies Sophie, “If I Soph (her boyfriend Ernie alknew you could still get it up, ways calls her Soph!) nor the I’d have taken off my pantyDivine Miss M, herself now 65, hose!” are sweet old ladies. In this As herself, Bette isn’t afraid filmed record of The Showgirl to poke fun at her age. At one Must Go On, her recent twopoint, she collapses on stage, year stage show at Caesar’s gasping for breath. “Celine, Palace, Bette Midler does excome back,” she cries, “all is actly what her fans expect: forgiven! Thirty years ago, my she sings, dances, shakes her audience was on drugs. Now, booty, and shares raunchy they’re on medication!” stories. “Salty songs and dirty As always, she acknowljokes put my daughter edges her sizable gay audience. through private school,” she “Where are the gays?” she quips gleefully. quips, as she peers out into the In truth, her song selecbleachers. “They always travel tions aren’t salty at all, but are in such well-manicured in fact quite lovely. Bette puts packs.” her heart into chestnuts like But in promo interviews “From a Distance,” “Friends,” Bette Midler in HBO’s The Showgirl Must Go On. currently airing on HBO, Bette “Wind Beneath My Wings” takes on a more serious tone. and “The Rose.” John Prine’s She recalls her days in the early torch singer, belting out classic “cry “Hello in There” is particular1970s, when she was the featured in your beer” tunes. In the other, she’s ly moving. She performs this ode to performer at the Continental Baths a larger-than-life drag queen, runsenior citizens against a stark, blackin NYC. She speaks of her longning madly to and fro, telling tales and-white blow-up of a foggy New standing support for gay rights. “I that would make a sailor blush.

York City skyline which underscores hope I did something to bring the It’s the way she tells these stories the sadness of the song’s heroine. movement forward,” she says. At 65, that makes them so funny again and These musical performances Bette Midler, as sassy and as energetic again. While sharing anecdotes from highlight Bette’s formidable talent: as ever, proves that age is only a numSophie’s colorful life, Miss M uses she has two distinct personas in her ber. The show and the showgirl will only the most proper language, as beact, and she moves between them indeed go on.▼ fitting Sophie’s status as a “lady.” with ease. In one, she’s an old-school

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Known for delivering uncomfortable material in a style where dark comedy does a St. Vitus Dance with drama, Russell provides an early litmus test on whether you’ll go the distance with The Fighter. Mickey has given the finger to both mom and Dicky, pairing off with a sassy bartender (Amy Adams) who urges him

to get professional management.

Alice and all seven of Mickey’s sisters drive up in a kind of pimp-mobile, knocking over trash cans. The raiding party gallops up onto the girlfriend’s porch, causing a hair-pulling melee.

“Why are ya hiding from us, Mickey?”

“He’s not hiding.”

“I wasn’t talking to you, I was talking to my son. What are ya doing, Mickster, huh? What are ya gonna do?

Turn your back on Dicky next, huh?

All we ever wanted for you was for you to be World Champion.”

“He’s a grown man, he can think for himself.”

“Shut your mouth.”

“Skank!”

“Don’t call me skank. I’ll rip that nasty hair right out of your head.”

Yes, there is a women-in-cages flavor to the first two-thirds of the movie, which includes a Russell-created film-within-film faux HBO doc about Dicky’s descent into crack addiction, possibly to escape the tyranny of family expectations. Russell’s genius for staging physical comedy keeps you looking even when your best instincts say flee the scene.

The boxing scenes pop, and the acting is the high-voltage, grandiose style, playing to the cheap seats, that gets noticed at Oscar time. Bale creates a charming addict brother, so twitchy and needy you can see why Mickey had little energy to spare for his ring fights. I miss the Gatti fights, but The Fighter is worth its slapstick Southie chronicles for the prize of getting David O. Russell back in the director’s chair.▼

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Homecoming queen

by Jim Piechota Mary Ann in Autumn by Armistead Maupin; HarperCollins, $25.99

elcome home, Mary Ann Singleton! Local author Armistead Maupin catches Tales of the City fans up with Mary Ann in Autumn, another heartfelt drama (after Michael Tolliver Lives in 2007) from his serial saga which began way back in the 1970s. Now facing 60, Singleton is back in the “lost wonderland” of San Francisco after abandoning her cheating (via Skype!) husband, and feeling the brunt of a recent cancer crisis.

She arrives back in town in the late fall of 2008, after 20 years in a tony Connecticut suburb tending to the duties of house and home, a sacrifice she’d made in 1989 that left her housemate, the then-newly HIVpositive Michael “Mouse” Tolliver, on his own to sift through the ashes of the AIDS epidemic at its most lethal destructiveness. Michael welcomes her with open arms, and accepts her distress with the unfettered grace of a weathered, heard-it-all gay San Franciscan. Michael catches Mary Ann up as well, and recounts his futile attempts to marry Ben, his

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younger partner, three times so far, along with the frustration at the related Proposition 8 decision.

Though she recognizes bits and pieces of places she once knew, much has changed, most notably the Barbary Lane apartment house of her vibrant, bohemian youth, which has been sold and renovated (complete with a security camera at the entrance).

Other characters come into the soft focus of Maupin’s storytelling lens: transgender landlady Anna Madrigal is now an 80-something elderly woman “plodding around the neighborhood in kimono and sneakers, a look that could sometimes border on bag-lady.” She’s been living with Jake, Michael’s female-to-male transgender gardening partner, for three years in the Duboce Triangle, and still remains a hoot. Fueling the plot are Shawna, Mary Ann’s adopted daughter, who writes a sex blog and stumbles on a drug-addicted homeless woman with a barrelful of secrets; and Cliff, a heavy-drinking dog-owner whom Ben befriends at Collingwood Park, with an uncomfortable problem of his own to sort out.

There’s a gun, a Snuggie, and some Facebook “friending” thrown

in to stir up a plot that readers will enjoy but may fail to connect with, since it’s all about the characters – how they speak, and how they feel – that is the main draw here. That’s the sheer magic of an Armistead Maupin story, both within the Tales series and in others like 2000’s brilliant roman a clef The Night Listener.

As Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears puts the finishing touches on the musical version of Tales of the City (look for it in June 2011), Maupin, at 66, now begins to expand his empire to the stage. Yet he seems to have lost none of his literary narrative powers, as he draws readers in with memories of past volumes while keeping his prose fresh with references to present-day San Francisco. Transgender issues, Facebook, a myriad of technological advances, and the ways and means of gay men fly off the pages of a novel that is breezy, affecting, and leaves one wanting even more. With nostalgic and sentimental flourishes, this continuation of a timeless series reveals San Francisco’s true colors: a rainbow flag of delightful people all trying to beat the clock of aging, while still being mindful of their roots, and respecting the past as a place where hopes and dreams are conceived. ▼

Sympathetic, flawed, ‘Possessed’

by Tavo Amador he 1978 publication of Mommie Dearest, Christina Crawford’s vicious memoir about her adoptive mother, classic Hollywood’s Joan Crawford, seemed to have permanently damaged the superstar’s reputation. Over the last decades, however, more nuanced information about the actress has emerged, mitigating much of the harm done by the book and the 1981 film starring Faye Dunaway. The latest is Donald Spoto’s Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford (William Morrow, $25.99).

Spoto proves that Crawford was born Lucille Le Seuer in 1906, not 1908 as she claimed, and not 1904 as her daughter asserted. He recounts her physically and emotionally abusive Dickensian childhood. Her formal education was limited, something that haunted her all her life.

These early sections of Possessed (the title of two distinct Crawford films) are the best, helping us understand the drive that turned this ignorant, boisterous, flamboyant chorus girl/flapper into one the screen’s most enduring stars, one who influenced

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generations of women and gay men.

Spoto quotes Crawford’s two youngest adopted daughters, twins Cathy and Cindy, who deny their sister’s allegations, insisting their mother was loving, generous, affectionate, and a sensible disciplinarian. Although both were beneficiaries of their mother’s will, their legacies were modest, $77,500 each.

Most of Crawford’s $2 million estate went to charities.

He documents many inconsistencies in Christina’s statements, in Mommie Dearest and in published interviews, about her mother. It’s evident that Christina, a failed actress, resented her mother’s success.

Infuriated over having been disinherited, she took a hatchet to her image. Her rebellious adopted brother Christopher, also disinherited, supported his sister’s claims in exchange for money. Both contested their mother’s will and received a settlement.

But Spoto ignores much regard-

ing Crawford’s relationship with her colleagues, most famously Bette Davis. Despite considerable evidence, he dismisses stories of a feud.

(The bibliography omits Shaun Considine’s definitive Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud.) Davis’ resentment and dislike of Crawford is well documented.

It began with Crawford’s 1935 marriage to actor Franchot Tone, with whom Davis was passionately in love, and continued long after their teaming in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962).

Similarly, he fails to mention her reaction to The Star (52), in which Davis played an actress modeled on Crawford. Crawford’s friends Katherine Albert and Dale Eunson wrote the often unflattering screenplay, even though they had named their daughter Joan in her honor and she was the girl’s godmother. Crawford‘s revenge was swift: she hosted her teenage goddaughter’s wedding in her own home, then called the stunned parents to give them the “happy” news.

He discusses her marriages to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Tone, minor actor Philip Terry, and Pepsi Cola CEO Alfred Steele, as well as her longterm affair with Clark Gable, her brief fling with Spencer Tracy, her troubled romances with attorney Greg Bautzer and with director Vincent Sherman, but says nothing about Yul Brynner, her rumored seduction of the gay Rock Hudson, or her possible liaison with openly lesbian director Dorothy Arzner.

While he accurately reveals that Steele’s unexpected 1959 death left Crawford deeply in debt, Spoto suggests that Pepsi Cola voluntarily came to her financial rescue. In truth, the new CEO disliked her (and she him) but Crawford gave an emotional interview to gossip columnist Louella O. Parsons revealing the company’s harsh treatment of her.

After that interview was published, the company announced her election to its Board of Directors, gave her an annual salary, a secretary, and access to their corporate jet.

Spoto’s evaluation of Crawford’s skills as an actress are, to be kind, generous. She was more limited than most great stars of her era. With careful casting and a good director, she could be effective. But her poor or mediocre performances outnumber the good ones. He opens the book

with an account of watching her in Sudden Fear (1952), when he was 11.

The movie was a huge box-office success, and earned Crawford a third Oscar nomination. Spoto cannot praise her work enough, but modern audiences laugh out loud at her hammy melodramatics. In discussing her poor choice of roles in the 1950s, he omits the arrogant demands that cost her the lead in the acclaimed and popular From Here to Eternity (53). He’s perhaps the only critic who considers Crawford an accomplished screwball comedienne.

She’s funny playing a bitch in The Women (39), delivering caustic dialogue superbly. Carole Lombard, however, she wasn’t.

He cites how she often used elements from her life to give authenticity to her performances, often powerfully, as in A Woman’s Face (1941) and Harriet Craig (50). Yet he dismisses her superb, scene-stealing cameo in The Best of Everything (59).

Spoto writes about her alcoholism, which became worse as she got older. He confirms that after a nasty fall, she stopped drinking cold turkey and remained sober for the last three years of her life. She spoke candidly about her loneliness, but had little self-pity. He rejects the common perception that without a career, without being “Joan Crawford,” she had no identity. He insists that in those last years (her final performance was on television in 1972) she finally discovered herself.

Crawford was a more volatile, colorful person than Spoto suggests. He rightly reveals her unpublicized generosity to organizations and people, including many unheralded members of the film industry whose medical bills she footed. Certainly, she wasn’t the monster Christina invented. But she was harder, more aggressive, more erratic, more arrogant, and perhaps more frightened than he asserts. She was an Eliza Doolittle who transformed herself without Henry Higgins.

Critic David Thomson’s entry on Crawford in his Biographical Dictionary of Film is sympathetic but balanced. Perhaps he’ll write the definitive story of a woman whose nearly 50-year career, from silent films to Steven Spielberg, whose relentless dedication to being a glamorous Hollywood star, will never be equaled.

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Best & worst on the lavender tube 2010 couple after straight couple landed in the sack on-screen. All these men were neutered, which made Mason’s t’s the most wonderful time of sexual come-on to Noah seem posithe year: time to laud the good tively perverse. and excoriate the bad, and ponATWT did manage a solid and der the almost-but-not-quites in the honest first step toward realistic gay TV landscape. Some years it’s easier characters in an ongoing TV show than others to point to the best and where most queers are solitary figures worst, because there’s little in-benot in relationships, or in relationtween. This has been, for good or ill, ships with people who are off-screen. one of those years.

But by removing the actual sexuality Despite what some organifrom these men, it neutered zations might say, it was a them, and made their bad year for queers on relationships less roTV. There were fewer mantic for the viewer representations than in than the straight relarecent years, and among tionships of their fellow those representations, soap denizens. For exmany were problematic. ample, Chris and Katie Take, for example, our were not a very exchoice for Best Gay citing couple.

Male Storyline. It also L AVENDER T UBE Tragic, yes. Excithappens to be our ing, no. But Luke choice for Worst Gay and Reid? Fantastically hot together.

Male Storyline. And the awards go to: We wanted to see them go to the next As the World Turns, for the Luke, level. The idea that they could have Noah, Mason, and Reid story of love, extended, passionate kissing and not deception and redemption. end up in bed was hard to fathom.

ATWT ended its 54-year run in September, bringing the front-burner Grey areas gay story to a close. The coupling of The Best Lesbian Couple award Luke and Noah lasted several years, goes to Callie and Arizona on Grey’s and brought some very fine and honAnatomy. This show has always had a est kissing to the small screen in the complicated relationship with queermiddle of the day. Decrying the hetness, both onscreen and off. The erosexist myth that only pretty lesbian now-infamous debacle with former couples could become fan favorites on cast member Isaiah Washington, who the tube, Luke and Noah quickly beis African American, calling former came a super couple – the first gay cast member T.R. Knight, who is gay, male super couple in soap history. a faggot, was widely publicized and They were adorable. The problem resulted in a fistfight between Washwas, they never had sex on screen in ington and another cast member, three years. The audience never saw Patrick Dempsey. Yet another cast them in bed together once. They member, Katherine Heigl, close waited to have sex for months – friends with Knight and an up-andsomething that doesn’t happen in real coming film star, threatened to leave life among young gay male couples in the show over the debacle. Washingcollege – and when the moment fiton was ultimately fired and entered nally came, Procter & Gamble (the rehab to deal with his hate issues, show’s sponsor) got anxious and took then used the word faggot again at an the scene off screen, depriving viewawards ceremony at which GA won. ers of the chance to see the consumThe show’s creator, Shonda mation of the romance and heat that Rhimes, who has battled consistent had been building for eons. rumors that she is a lesbian, has nevNevertheless, the storyline reertheless given viewers the best bisexmained front-burner. The show adual/lesbian character currently on the dressed homophobia, HIV/AIDS, tube in Dr. Callie Torres, played with same-sex marriage (the fictional Emmy-worthy élan by Sara Ramirez.

Oakdale, where ATWT was set, is in Callie’s romance with Dr. Arizona Illinois, a state that doesn’t recognize Robbins is far and away the most resame-sex marriage), anti-gay violence alistic lesbian relationship on the and gay sexual harassment. The prestube. This season the couple has sures that family imposes on gay coustruggled with Callie’s desire for a ples were also a big part of the story. child, at odds with Arizona’s desire The claustrophobia of the relafor a child-free lesbian relationship. tionship opened up when Noah’s colThey also endured a break-up when lege mentor, Mason, a gay man, Arizona was awarded a grant to work began making advances to him. This in Africa that may or may not last. sent a trajectory of events into play Arizona returned at the end of the which ended in an accident that damfall season, pledged her love for Calaged Noah’s sight, got Mason dislie, but Callie slammed the door in missed from the college, and caused her face in the last minute of the final Luke and Noah to break up. episode. Talk about stay tuned! The Enter Reid Oliver, neurosurgeon couple is sexy and likable, and their and arrogant pain in the ass. Luke storyline front-burner. And no one brought him in to consult on Noah’s has been killed by a train. case, and the two became lovers. Well, The Best Solo Lesbian/Bisexual lovers without sex.

Character on the tube is Kalinda If Luke and Noah had been a cute, (Archie Panjabi) on The Good Wife. hot couple, Luke and Reid were off This show is one of the best on TV, the charts smokin’. Reid was compliand Kalinda is just extraordinary. cated, difficult and incredibly sexy in Complex, street savvy, slightly crimia harsh kind of way that turned hot nal and incredibly sexy, Kalinda when the two were alone together. brings a fascinating edge to this suBut they never consummated their perb show about Chicago politics and relationship. corruption.

In the final two weeks of the show, Best Recurring Lesbian Character: Reid, a risk-taking, hot-shot surgeon Bizzy (played with ferocity by JoBeth first and foremost, was racing to get a Williams), Addison’s mother on Priheart for a transplant, and his car got vate Practice, which also gets the Most hit by a train. Really. And he gave the Improved Prime Time Soap award for legal consent for his own heart to be its searing portrayal of Charlotte’s rape. donated so that his straight doctor Brothers & Sisters deserves a “best” colleague Chris, engaged to his good for its earnest attempt at making friend Katie, could live. And thus, Scotty and Kevin a real married couBest Gay Male Storyline and Worst. ple with the same concerns as straight ATWT made every effort to use married couples, including trying to this storyline as a teachable moment have a child through a surrogate, and on issues vital to the queer commuScotty’s brief liaison with another nity. The four actors in the gay male man. roles were superb. But ultimately the More effective has been Saul’s storyline failed – both the Luke and coming to terms with his newly disNoah coupling, and the Luke and covered HIV+ status, and conReid coupling – because the sexuality fronting the man (with whom he was was always off-screen, even as straight in love) he believes infected him. That

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man (played with verisimilitude by Richard Chamberlain) didn’t even remember their night together, he was too drunk. Saul’s storyline has been poignant, believable and compelling.

It’s one of the best gay storylines of the year, particularly because it acknowledged that there are gay men over 40.

The Absolute Worst Gay Storyline of 2010 award goes to The Young & the Restless. The most award-winning and often groundbreaking soap on the tube, Y&R didn’t just fall short with its two-and-a-half gay men story, but totally tanked. The return from the dead of Phillip Chancellor, who explained that he faked his own death because he couldn’t deal with coming out to his family (extreme even by soap standards), had potential, but never went anywhere.

The show exacerbated the problems with the storyline by failing miserably at reconnecting Philip with his family, especially his son Chance, recently back from serving in Iraq. The unaccountably wooden performance by gay actor Thom Bierdz, who originated the role of Phillip in the 1980s, added insult to injury, and made the storyline virtually unwatchable.

That storyline, however, was not the Worst of the Worst. That dubious achievement is reserved for Adam having sex with Rafe. Rafe is the gay man who isn’t there on Y&R. The show’s only Latino character is also the show’s only regular gay character, and also the show’s most limited character. He plays an attorney who only gets trotted out when Y&R‘s other two attorneys are really, really busy. Adam, who is not gay, but who pretended to have a sexual attraction to Rafe to get his help, lured Rafe into bed once. Off-screen, naturally. This storyline also caused the actor who previously played Adam to leave the show, making way for a much better re-cast, but creating a great deal of controversy.

More awards The Best Dramedy is, of course, Glee, the gayest show on the tube not on Logo. Glee has everything, including lesbian actress Jane Lynch. It’s great.

Among the best shows of 2010 were Big Love and True Blood, both of which had solid gay characters and subtextual queer storylines. Another best: HBO’s Boardwalk Empire: strange and wonderful, but barely seen. And of course the series finale of Lost which makes owning the DVD set even more essential.

The Best SitCom Award goes to Modern Family. This show not only has a wonderful and fun gay couple (who have an adopted daughter), but is consistently the most hilarious show on the tube. It’s fabulous.

Worst SitCom: S#@! My Dad Says!

The show is tediously unfunny, and the anti-gay jokes are endless and more than tiresome. Ugly.

Best Comedy Show: SNL has surged this season with a cast and writing that is the best since the stellar 1970s. Best Guest Host: Betty White. You go, girl!

On the reality front, the Best Talk Show is still Oprah. Her Farewell Sea-

son has been spectacularly good, with many queer-related shows and shows dedicated to issues important to women and social issues. A secondary Best goes to Lisa Ling, whose investigative reporting for Oprah and the National Geographic cable network are superb. Ling risks her life to tell the stories of some of the most silenced people on the planet.

Worst Talk Show: A tie between the irritating women of The View and the even more irritating women of The Talk. The difference? The Talk is live, which means the inanity can’t be edited out. Oh, and there’s also a token lesbian, Sara Gilbert, who rarely speaks.

Yet despite how awful The Talk is, The View still wins top honors for Most Despicable Co-Host in Whoopi Goldberg, who managed to stand up for a perpetrator of dog-fighting Michael Vick, who went to prison for his crimes and is now trying to rehabilitate his image. According to Whoopi, Vick was the victim of a cultural backlash.

Jon Stewart wins hands-down for whatever category his show fits: Best Comedy, News, Harangue-the-Assholes Show. What much of the actual news media fails to do, Stewart does, holding people accountable.

Most notable: His recent lambasting of the Obama Administration and Congress for failing to address the health care needs of the 9/11 responders. “Just fucking do it!” he exclaimed on a recent show.

Keith Olbermann gets the Worst Pundit in the World award for taking on-screen irascibility to a level previously seen only in Mel Gibson. Plus,

his head is too big for TV. When you make Bill O’Reilly look nice, you might need rehab. Or retirement. Ask Larry King, whose head is now twice the size of his body. Rachel Maddow gets the Best Consistently Underachieving Pundit Award. Much as we love her, she’s losing her luster.

Also losing her luster is Christiane Amanpour, the Worst Recast of a Political Host. The buzz surrounding Amanpour’s much-vaunted move from CNN to ABC has turned into a big, expensive snooze. ABC does, however, hold onto its Best Investigative Reporting on Network News for Nightline and reports by Brian Ross and Dan Harris, both extraordinary reporters.

Best Late Night Talk Show Host: Craig Ferguson. He’s funny, smart, irreverent, pro-gay and rarely gets through a show without some reference to queers or dressing in drag. He also believes in having writers and political movers and shakers on his show, which is refreshing in the Kardashianization of the tube.

Worst Late Night Talk Show Host: Jay Leno. No wonder NBC is the Worst Network.

Best Drag TV: RuPaul on Logo, with Glee as a runner-up.

Best Cable Network: AMC and Showtime. What HBO used to be, only edgier, Boardwalk Empire notwithstanding.

Worst Reportage of a (Gay) News Story: Every TV news outlet for their fixation on Julian Assange and virtual ignoring of Bradley Manning.

Manning is the gay intelligence analyst who is alleged to have leaked thousands of documents to Assange and Wikileaks. Manning is being held in torturous conditions – nearly seven months of insanity-inducing solitary confinement in a maximum security cell, without benefit of trial.

While Assange has been surrounded by celebrities who want to help him, Manning languishes at Quantico in conditions that are considered torture by the Geneva Convention. Sans celebrities.

So there they are, the Bests and Worsts, plus the News You’re Not Seeing. As 2010 draws to a close, queer is still a subtext on the tube, despite some front-burner stories. Which means while 2010 may not have been the worst year for queers on the tube, it certainly wasn’t the best. Which means in 2011, you really must stay tuned. Happy Holidays!▼

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From the 1980s with love

less-experimental dance beats.

Standout tracks include “What We Do,” “Don’t Shoot (I’m a Man),” “Sumthin’” (which owes a debt to “Whip It,”) and “Later Is Now.” Beginning with their groundbreaking 1983 EP And a Time to Dance and continuing with their fulllength major-label debut How Will the Wolf Survive?, East LA’s Los Lobos gave their fans something to howl about. Just last year, the band went Disney for a kid’s record, but have returned full-force with Tin Can Trust (Shout Factory). Notable numbers include the title cut, “Burn It Down,” “Jupiter or the Moon” and “West LA Fadeaway.”

For better or worse, Wall of Voodoo, like Oingo Boingo (the band that launched the career of Danny Elfman), was a sort of LA version of Devo. Just listen to the band’s massive hit song “Mexican Radio” to

see what I mean. WoV frontman Stan Ridgway went on to have a solo career and garnered a cult following, due in part to his distinctive vocal style. As cinematic as ever, Ridgway’s Neon Mirage (A440) goes cowboy/western over the course of 12 howdy-pardner tracks, including “This Town Called Fate” and “Lenny Bruce.” Be sure to catch the oasis of “Desert of Dreams” and hip-twister “Turn a Blind Eye.” “Take On Me,” the massive 1985 hit by Swedish electronic band a-ha, was the perfect combination of infectious music and lyrics and groundbreaking video. It also helped that the trio was incredibly sexy. To mark the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Hunting High and Low (WB/Rhino) has been reissued in a considerably expanded double-disc set featuring the original album plus bonus tracks on the first and B-sides, demos and rarities on the second. Aha’s less successful sophomore effort gets the same expanded reissue treatment, while the 19-track single disc The Singles 1984-2004 (WB/Rhino) finally gets a domestic release.

It’s hard to believe that the same early 1980s Boston music scene that gave us essential musical units such as The Cars, Mission of Burma and Human Sexual Response would also give us Billy Squier. But let’s not forget that Aerosmith, J. Geils Band and Boston also came from the same fertile ground. Squier’s 1981 album Don’t Say No (Capitol/Shout Factory) has been reissued in an expanded 30th anniversary edition that includes a pair of live tracks. The original album, featuring the hits “The Stroke,” “In the Dark” and “My Kinda Lover,” is definitely a product of its time, although it holds up well.▼

surprise climax makes this short feel like the first act of a feature we’d pay to see.

Raw Love In Martin Deus’ frisky short, a gaggle of lovely lads from the Argentine give each other ceremoni-

al hugs and kisses for their graduation video scrapbooks.

For the slender, sensitive Jeremias (Valentino Arocena), the occasion prompts a bittersweet mixture of joy and regret over his soon-to-be departed bunkmate Ivan (curly-haired hottie Juan Felipe Villanueva). Deus provides a rambunctious and sensual exploration of the ambiguities of adolescent passion, along with flashbacks to the recent past when Jeremias and Ivan spooned the nights away.

Their sleeping together involved risks and pleasures for both lads – there’s a droll scene where they fool Ivan’s mom into thinking her lad has been dating the school’s bad girl. Raw Love offers the same sense of youth’s fast-fading ecstasy that infused the Patagonian feature Glue. You may never see goofy boy wrestling pictures quite the same way again.▼

by Gregg Shapiro rior to forming Crowded House in the mid-1980s, Neil Finn logged several years with brother Tim in the beloved New Zealand act Split Enz. Post-Crowded House, Finn released some decent solo discs, then re-teamed with Tim as the Finn Brothers. Intriguer (Fantasy) is a good name for CH’s first studio disc in a few years because it’s never short of interesting. Beginning with the rocking “Saturday Sun,” CH returns to more familiar sonic territory on “Archer’s Arrows” and “Falling Dove.” But the real intrigue here is the increased use of piano, and the touch of twang.

Howard Jones arrived in 1982 with a new wave haircut and the ridiculously catchy electronic single “New Song.” He had all the markings of a one-hit novelty, but went on to deliver a string of hits throughout the rest of the decade, including “Things Can Only Get Better,” “No One Is To Blame” and “Everlasting Love.” The decidedly mellow Ordinary Heroes (DT), Jones’ first studio album in five years, finds him revisiting recognizable themes and delivering his standard chin-up, old chap message on songs such as “Straight Ahead,” “Fight On” and the title tune.

Sting isn’t the first person to reimagine his hits, both solo and as a member of a band, in an orchestral setting. But he may be the first to do so in such a dull fashion as he does on Symphonicities (Deutsche Gramophone/Cherry Tree). Sure, it’s fun to hear the frenetic Police number “Next to You” in this setting. But a solo cut such as “Englishman in New York” (about the late Quentin

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Crisp) doesn’t sound all that different from the way it did on Sting’s 1987 Nothing Like the Sun disc. The results are unfortunately uneven.

“Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” veers towards schmaltz, but the slow simmer of “I Burn for You” (from the 1982 Brimstone and Treacle) and the brassy take on “We Work the Black Seam” (from 1985’s The Dream of the Blue Turtles) fare somewhat better.

Before she became a successful and popular solo artist in the mid90s, Natalie Merchant was the celebrated voice of 10,000 Maniacs. For a few years, beginning with 1987’s breakthrough album In My Tribe, Merchant and her bandmates were the toast of the radiowaves. On her fifth and latest solo studio effort Leave Your Sleep (Nonesuch), singer/songwriter Merchant turns her attention to the words of others,

including poets Gerard Manley Hopkins, e.e. cummings and Ogden Nash, for a soothing set of numbers meant to lull listeners of all ages.

The kooky kings of the American new wave castle, Ohio’s Devo oozed onto the scene in the fertile musical year of 1978, but it was their 1980 Freedom of Choice album, containing their classic smash “Whip It,” that made them household names. Unfortunately, they were unable to recapture that electronically charged spark on subsequent releases. But don’t feel too badly for them, as a few of the members went on to have successful behind-the-scenes music careers. As comeback albums go, Something for Everybody (Warner Bros.) is a solid effort. Full of all sorts of contemporary cultural references, the sound of the disc owes more to Devo’s post–Freedom of Choice output, with a focus on consistent and

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by David Lamble he Boys Life 7 DVD queer shorts collection (Strand Releasing) blows into stores with four edgy pieces that stimulate without letting their well-conceived messages spoil our fun. All were featured at Sundance, and several made it to our Frameline festival. The Young and Evil Julian Breece illustrates the problem of the elevated HIV-infection rates among black gay men with a harrowing tale of desire and fatalistic despair. His young hero Karel James – Vaughn Lowery, giving his impetuous teen the body language and moxie of Marshall Mathers turned gay – is on a mission to receive unprotected anal intercourse with a different stranger every night until he gets “the gift.” This evening takes him to the basement home of an older black man whom he saw on a safe-sex video. Breece’s handling of

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his volatile young cast and total immersion in the down-low setting remove any trace of preaching to the choir. It’s a scary, provocative bit of agit-prop filmmaking.

Spokane Larry Kennar’s raw short kicks off at a wedding party where the gay-identified brother of the groom, David (Jason Waters), chats up the straight-identified James (Kyle Bornheimer).

“So, James, do you go by James all the time, or are you more of a Jimmy or a Jim?” “No, I like James.”

“I thought only gay men used their full names, you know, like Michael, Donovan, Steven, James.”

“No.” “Just fucking with you.”

“I think James sounds pretty fucking straight if you ask me!

There’s James Brown from Good Times, and James Dean.”

“Oh yeah, James Dean sucked a dick or two in his day.”

“Really?”

“Just fucking with you.”

The story takes the “just fucking with you” premise to the end of the line, where the guys fool around in a motel room while kinky straight porn plays on the TV. Kennar and his really cool leads give the naked fumbling a loose, unscripted feel that leads us to believe it could go anywhere at all, including someplace very nasty.

First Date The engine of Gary Huggins’ high-octane romance is a sizzling, loose-cannon performance by an amateur actor who moonlights as a cop. Santiago Vasquez’s volatile mood swings – one moment he can coo like a love-advice columnist, then he can turn on a dime and give the impression of impending mayhem – lend a dark, anarchistic spin to his character’s lunatic resolve to do literally anything to keep an online arranged date with an underage boy. A quirky

Jazz for heaven & earth

by Jason Victor Serinus Cerulean Landscape, Jason Robinson and Anthony Davis (Clean Feed)

i-coastal jazz saxophonist Jason Robinson, 35, an Assistant Professor of Music at Amherst College and former musician with the San Francisco Mime Troupe, seems to be blowing nonstop these days. No less than three albums that showcase the seemingly limitless range of his versatile musicianship have hit the literal and virtual shelves this fall.

Cerulean Landscape was recorded in Amherst, mixed in Southern Cali-

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fornia, and sports liner notes written in San Francisco. It features the fruits of Robinson’s 12-year partnership with pianist and composer Anthony Davis, 59, himself a professor at UC San Diego. Given that Davis’ oeuvre includes the opera X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X, which caused quite a stir in its 1986 premiere at New York City Opera, and the incidental music for the Broadway version of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, expectations are for middle-of-the-road mush.

Surprise is the order of the day.

The CD launches in an extremely relaxed, lyrical mood, then catches you

off-guard with its frequent and unheralded shifts into high gear. On “Andrew,” the music is initially discordant, then begins to bop along as it goes through a string of unexpected gear shifts. “Cerulean Seas and Veridian Skies,” the last of the album’s seven tracks, is equally unpredictable. Now in brighter mode – Robinson switches among soprano, alto, and tenor sax to achieve the coloring he seeks, and also throws in alto flute – the music opens itself wide to the blue beauty of nature’s realm. Together, these men create a multi-hued, high-flying lyricism for the 21st century.▼

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Cooking with classical gas Best classical releases of the year 2010

by Tim Pfaff Agneta Eichenholz in the title role of Christof Loy’s Covent Garden production of Berg’s Lulu.

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omposers’ last operas yielded the best and most important classical discs of 2010. At the top of the list was Rene Jacobs’ new recording of Mozart’s Die Zauberfloete (Harmonia Mundi) that gave us, for the first time in the history of recorded music, a Magic Flute that resembled the Singspiel Mozart and his playwright-singer collaborator, Emanuel Schikaneder, unveiled in Vienna in 1791, the year of the composer’s death (in poverty, let’s remember, despite great fame). Besides restoring nearly every word of the play, it accomplished a music-word meld unprecedented for this opera, and in a brilliant ensemble effort, the musicians onstage and offmade genuine magic.

Falstaff, Verdi’s crowning masterpiece, updated rather than backdated, sparkled with a similar brilliance and sense of life-affirming perfection in a live performance from Glyndebourne (Opus Arte DVD) conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. Richard Jones’ mind-bogglingly ingenious production proved a deft match for Verdi’s supremely nimble score, and a nearideal ensemble cast whirled around the tirelessly resourceful singing-acting of Christopher Purves as Sir John.

Christof Loy’s controversial Covent Garden production of Berg’s last opera, Lulu (Opus Arte DVD), gave us Antonio Pappano’s conducting at its most penetrating (the same year it gave us Pappano’s equally astounding Il Barbiere di Siviglia, with wheelchairbound Joyce DiDonato, on Virgin Classics). Despite a hundred individual touches I found gratuitous in Loy’s work, no other Lulu in my experience (which goes back to Silja at the War Memorial before we had all three acts of the opera) has bored as deep into the core of this unfathomably mysterious, psychologically harrowing opera. Heading another great cast, Agneta Eichenholz’s mesmerizing performance of the title role burned holes in the memory. For me, this Lulu was Recording of the Year – and like having heroin in the house.

Wagner’s Parsifal, an opera of equal mystery and profundity, was captured in an astounding live performance from St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre (on its in-house label) led by Valery Gergiev, not the most reliable of Wagner conductors but here at his very best. It’s slow, with an inwardturned intensity unusual for the fierytempered Gergiev, and it achieves and sustains the transcendence without which, why bother with the piece at all? At the head of another exemplary cast is Rene Pape’s Guermanz, a model of noble sensitivity.

Wagner’s first opera, the rarely performed Rienzi, was captured in a brilliant staging from the Deutsche Opera Berlin (Arthaus Musik) I’ll review in detail soon. Richard Jones’ misfire of a production of Lohengrin for Munich (Decca) was, in proper Wagner fashion, redeemed, and more than, by Jonas Kaufmann’s masterful first outing in the title role (which he promptly took to Bayreuth). Goetterdaemmerung, last opera of The Ring, was revealed in all its glory in a concert performance by Mark Elder and his Halle Orchestra on its house label.

Every year is a big year for Bach on disc, and in 2010 John Eliot Gardiner’s Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, arguably the most important recording project of our new century, saw its final issue on another “home” label, SDG, for Soli Deo Gloria (or, in the words of the naughty British press, “Sod Deutsche Gramophon”). But otherwise it was women who swept the Bach honors.

The solo violin works got splendid outings with Alina Ibragimova (Hyperion), Isabelle Faust (Harmonia Mundi) and, best of the lot, the always searching Viktoria Mullova (Onyx).

But Bach honors of the year go to Joanna MacGregor for the boldest,

most imaginative, individual and involving recording of the Goldberg Variations this century (Sound Circus/Warner Classics).

The most important orchestral release of the year was of gay musical titan Thomas Ades’ Tevot (EMI Classics), with the Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle, with Ades conducting his own Violin Concerto and Three Studies from Couperin, and

Paul Daniel filling it all out with a suite from Ades’ infamous Powder Her Face. If Ades is indeed the new Benjamin Britten, the “old” one got the best vocal recording of the year, Gerald Finley’s of his Songs and Proverbs of William Blake and assorted other songs (Hyperion), and best chamber recording by way of the Elias Quartet’s achingly beautiful recording of the second and third

Jonas Kaufmann in Richard Jones’ production of Lohengrin for Munich.

string quartets (Sonimage). Choral CD of the year was Eric Whitacre’s resplendent Light & Gold (Decca), with his own chorus.

Pianists took the prizes in the overwhelming Chopin and Schumann “Years,” gay keyboard prestidigitator Stephen Hough for his imaginative Chopin recital on Hyperion, and Mitsuko Uchida for her luminous performances of Schumann’s

C Major Fantasie and Davidsbuendlertaenze (Decca).

Alex Ross’ invaluable Listen to This (Farrar Straus Giroux) would have been a shoo-in for music book of the year if it hadn’t been for Oliver Hilmes’ towering, authoritative biography of Cosima Wagner, The Lady of Bayreuth (Yale University Press), the most compulsively readable book to have fallen into my hands this year.▼

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Arabian Nights @ Berkeley Rep Revival of Tony Award-winning director Mary Zimmerman’s popular staging of Powys Mathers’ translation and adaptation of the classic fables; a co-production with Arena Stage. Thru Dec. 30. 2025 Addison St. Berkeley. $18-$73. Tue-Sat 2pm & 8pm.

Sun 2pm & 7pm. Some alternate times. www.berkeleyrep.org

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Steven Lopez’ holiday tree at Art Zone 461 Gallery

his week’s events are for those who don’t visit their family, don’t have the obligations and/or pleasure of leaving town for a TSA molestation and plane trip, and want to celebrate the holidays in festive and unusual ways.

Take trees. Being a green fairy, I no longer buy a cut down tree. I do buy a fresh wreath, because it blocks the odor of my typically burnt Christmas cookies.

Between shopping trips and bar-hopping, you naughty Pagan types and devotees of all faiths can enjoy a trippy Yule/Christmas tree in the window at Art Zone 461 Gallery. See director Steven Lopez’ suspended motorized spinning holiday tree made of PVC, vintage ornaments and recycled materials. Also, enjoy steep discounts on the gallery’s unusual art inventory, and see their current exhibits. WedSun 12pm-6pm. 461 Valencia St. at 16th. 441-8680. www.art zone461.com Hark the herald angels sing! Glory to a big drag queen! Well, actually, it’s the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus at the Castro Theatre, performing Home for the Holidays Christmas Eve, December 24. Their annual ChristAngels in America at 20 mas-themed concert includes pop songs and classics, with Santas, elves and jingle bell rock, all conducted by outgoing Director Kathleen McGuire. Guest performers include Kim Kuzma, Karen Hart, Donna Sachet and the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco. $10, $20$60. 5pm, 7pm, 9pm. 429 Castro St. 865-2787. www.sfgmc.org Angels we have heard on high?

My favorite angels are in America –the Tony Kushner play, that is. See Angels in America at 20 at the Museum of Performance & Design. The exhibit documents the award-winning drama, which premiered here in San Francisco, with an array of original costumes, props, manuscripts, video clips, photos, designs and audio interviews. Wed-Sat 12pm-5pm. Thru Mar. 26. 401 Van Ness Ave. 255-4800. www.mpdsf.org Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow… just not here. I mean, really.

Bay Area motorists are inept enough Ho Ho Ho Bang’s real fake snow! with a little rain.

If, however, you’re lucky enough to be able to celebrate Christmas Day locally with a big (biological or chosen) family meal, your evening is probably going to beg for some calorie-burning activity. Your best disco bet –and BARtab‘s Pick of the Week- is Ho Ho Ho Bang at Deco Lounge, Dec. 25. With real fake snow and holiday-tinged disco tunes, hosts and DJs Sergio, Tres Lingereie and Steve Fabus bring the gifts of fun ambiance and cheap drinks. It’s the perfect break from tradition, and the start of a new one. $5. 9pm-3am. 510 Larkin St. at Turk. www.gobangsf.com For other fun stuff to do on Saturday, see the listings. But be sure to check other venues to see if they’re open or closed over the weekend.▼

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Musical comedy revue, now in its 35th year, with an ever-changing lineup of political and pop culture icons, all in gigantic wigs. Special holiday shows, schedules, including under-21 matinees, thru Nov & Dec. $25-$80. Wed, Thu 8pm. Fri, Sat 6:30, 9:30pm. Sun 2pm, 5pm. (Beer/wine served; cash only). 678 Beach Blanket Babylon Blvd. 421-4222. www.beachblanketbabylon.com

Cavalia @ AT&T Park Sweeping and acclaimed multimedia show in a gargantuan tent, with 100 human performers, 50 horses, music and pageantry, aerialists, acrobats, and family entertainment. $64.50-$229.50. 24 Willie Mays Plaza at Embarcadero. Thru Jan. 4. (866) 999-8111. www.cavalia.net

A Christmas Carol @ American Conservatory Theatre ACT’s annual production of the popular stage version of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic returns. $15-$102. 7pm. some matiness 2pm & 1pm. Thru Dec. 24. 415 Geary St. 7492228. www.act-sf.org

Coraline @ SF Playhouse Musical stage version of the story and animated film about a girl whose family changes in an alternate reality; extended thru Jan. 15. $30-$40. Tue-Sat 8pm. Sat & Sun 3pm.

Some 7pm weeknights. 533 Sutter St. 6779597. www.sfplayhouse.org

Cultural Encounters @ de Young Museum Weekly parties that mix live and DJed music, hands-on art projects for all ages, and drinks and a fun scene. Free-$12. 5pm-8:45pm.

Golden Gate Park. www.famsf.org

Forever Tango @ Marines Memorial Theatre Luis Bravo’s dance show stars local instructor (and Dancing With the Stars pro) Cheryl Burke, with 12 dancers, a live band, and hot tango dancing. $55-$100. Tue-Sat 8pm, Sun 7pm. Also Wed, Sat, Sun at 2pm.

Thru Jan. 9. (Special New Year’s Eve dinner and dancing packages $100-$250.)

609 Sutter St. 2nd floor. 771-6900. www.marinesmemorialtheatre.com

Hayes Valley Show @ Marlena’s Galilea’s weekly drag show starts off your weekend with Kitty Glamore, Saybaline, Melenie, Sofonda Boyz, Emma Peel, Ella Gant, and Anna Mae Cox. No cover. 9:30pm. 488 Hayes St. at Octavia. www.marlenasbarsf.com

Kung Pao Kosher Comedy @ New Asia Restaurant The annual Jewish holiday comedy & dinner show returns, with Wendy Liebman, Joe Nguyen, Nathan Habib and host Lisa Geduldig. Partial proceeds benefit local charities. $42-$62. Dinner show at 5pm; cocktail show (with veggie eggrolls) at 8:30pm. Dec 24 and Dec 25, dinner show at 6pm and cocktail show at 9:30pm. 772 Pacific Ave. (925) 275-9005. www.koshercomedy.com

Lemony Snicket’s The Composer is Dead @ Berkeley Rep

Ron and Bruce host movie classics, with popcorn, at the GLBT sober space. Free/donations. 10pm. (Also Dec. 31). 4058 18th St. 5526102. www.castrocountryclub.org

The Nutcracker @ War Memorial Opera House Kathleen MaGuire conducts the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus

story-score about Clara’s hallucinogenic Christmas Eve. $39-$200. Tue-Sun 2pm and/or 7pm; some alternate times. Thru Dec. 27. 865-2000. www.sfballet.org

Santaland Diaries @ Eureka Theatre David Sinaiko performs the stage adaptation of David Sedaris’ witty story about working as a Macy’s elf. $20-$30. 8pm. Also 3pm and Sun at 7pm. Thru Dec. 30. 215 Jackson St. (800) 838-3006. www.combinedartform.com /santaland

Shrek, the Musical @ Orpheum Theatre The hit musical based on the Disney animated film plays through the holidays. $30-$99.

Tue-Sat 8pm. Wed, Sat, Sun 2pm. Sun 7:30pm. Thru Jan. 2. Market St. at 8th. www.shnsf.com/shows/shrek

Siddhartha, The Bright Path @ The Marsh Revival of the uplifting popular 2007 Youth Theatre adaptation of the story of the Indian prince and his journey to become the Buddha, with Indian Bollywood dances, music and scenery. $10-$50. Mon-Sun 3pm. Thu-Sat 7:30pm. Thru Jan. 9.

1074 Valencia St. at 21st. (800) 8383006. www.themarsh.org

Smuin Ballet @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Local company performs the late Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet, a mix of tap, jazz, ballet and more. Also, two world premieres by choreographer Amy Seiwert and Amy London. $20-$62. Tue-Thu 8pm. Sat & Sun 2pm & 8pm. Thru Dec. 24. 701 Mission St. 9782787. www.smuinballet.org

White Elephant Sale, Alien Sex Party @ Center for Sex & Culture Sale and gift exhange of random stuff (7pm11pm) and a screening of the zilch-budget comedy about horny scifi geeks in a video store. $5-$20. 9:30pm. 1519 Mission St. www.sexandculture.org

Sat 25>>

Bud E. Luv Christmas Show @ The Rrazz Room Fun jazzy local band performs holiday classics and movie theme songs. $30. 8pm. 2drink min. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. (800) 380-3095. www.TheRrazzRoom.com

Curious George Saves the Day @ Contemporary Jewish Museum Fascinating exhibit of 80 drawings by Margret and H.A. Rey, cocreators of the impish monkey books, and how their daring escape from the Nazis in Europe was aided by their drawings. Also, Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker and Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations (both thru March).

Thu-Tue 11am-5pm. Thu 1pm-8pm. 736 Mission St. at 3rd. 655-7800. Thru March 13. www.thecjm.org

Dancing Ghosts of Christmas Past @ The Stud A dark wave holiday party, with DJ Xander and guests spinning Dickensian goth and unusual holiday music; plus, eggnog shots, cookies, candy canes and more. $3. 21+. Bring a non-perishable food item for the SF Food Bank and get $1 off admission. 9pm-2am.

399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Kung Pao Kosher Comedy @ New Asia Restaurant

See Friday. www.koshercomedy.com Strangely amusing musical comedy based on SF Hiking Club @ Citywide the author’s orchestral narrative work; starTake a holiday break from by trekking across ring Geoff Hoyle and 100 puppets; developed San Francisco with LGBT outdoors fans.

by Phantom Limb Company; music by Meet 9:15am at Safeway sign, Market at DoNathaniel Stookey; directed by Tony Taccone. $14.50-$73. Tue, Thu-Sat 8pm.

Wed & Sun 7pm. Thu, Sat, Sun BOOBS Defying 2pm. Thru Jan. 15. (510) 647Gravity, Tue 2949. www.berkeleyrep.org

Movie Night @ Castro Country Club

San Francisco Ballet’s production of the sugary-sweet Tchaikovsky

Beach Blanket Babylon, Fri.

lores, or 10am at the ocean end of the NJudah line. 864-2275. www.sfhiking.com

Sweet Can Circus @ Dance Mission Theatre Local circus troup of acrobats, aerialists and more perform two kid-friendly shows, Candid (Dec. 17-Jan. 9) and Mittens and Mistletoe (Dec 24 & 25). $15-$25. 8pm. Fri-Sun. Various times. 3316 24th St. at Mission 8264441. www.dancemission.org

Tron: Legacy @ Castro Theatre Disney’s sequel to the video game adventure flick starring Jeff Bridges is shown in digital 3D (3D glasses included). $10-$12. 1pm, 4pm, 7pm, 9:45pm thru Jan. 6 (excluding Dec. 24). 429 Castro St. 621-6120. www.castrotheatre.com

Ice Skating @ Union Square Rink Celebrate the holidays (or exhaust visiting relatives) at the retail center of town, with a round of ice skating. $4.50-$9. 10am-10pm.

Powel St. at Geary. Thru Jan. 17. www.unionsquareicerink.com

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Affordable Art for the Holidays @ City Art Group collective exhibit of varied artists.

7pm-10pm. Exhibit thru Dec. 31. 12pm-9pm daily. 828 Valencia St. www.cityartgallery.org

Art/Object @ Museum of the African Diaspora Exhibit of masks, costumes, sculptures and objects from ancient Africa, which shows how they’re used in rituals and contemporary settings. Thru Jan. 16, 2011. 685 Mission St. 358-7200. www.moadsf.org

The Art of Dr. Seuss @ Dennis Rae Fine Art Fascinating exhibit of rarely seen prints, paintings, sculptures and a few of the more known drawings by Theodor Geisel, the author/illustrator of the immensely popular children’s books. Ongoing, with updates and new items. 351A Geary St. 391-1948. www.dennisraefineart.com

Animation Exhibits @ Walt Disney Museum See biographical exhibits about Walt Disney, early sketches and ephemera from historic Disney movies. Frequent lectures and film screenings. $12-$20. 104 Montgomery St., The Presidio. www.waltdisney.org

A Christmas Memory @ Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto Musical adaptation of the Truman Capote short story, about a small Southern family and their eccentric holiday traditions. $19$67. Tue-Wed 7:30pm. Thu-Fri 8pm. Sat 2pm, 8pm. Sun 2pm-7pm. Thru Dec. 26.

1305 Middlefield Rd. (650) 463-1960. www.theatreworks.org

Conservatory of Flowers @ Golden Gate Park Ongoing exhibit of fascinating floral displays. $5-$7. Tue-Sun 10am-4:30pm. 100 JFK Drive, Golden Gate Park. 831-2090. www.conservatoryofflowers.org

Design & Wine 1976 to Now @ SF MOMA Exhibit of the rich culture of wine, with historical artifacts, art, installations designed by Diller Scofidio and Renfro. Special contests with prizes, including hotel stays in Napa, SF and Sonoma. 151 3rd St. www.sfmoma.org

Happy Hour @ Energy Talk Radio Interview show with gay writer Adam Sandel as host. 8pm. www.EnergyTalkRadio.com

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Kim Nalley @ The Rrazz Room

Yoga Classes @ The Sun Room

Meg Mackay & Billy Philadelphia, Tue.

Soul, blue and jazz singer extraordinaire performs classic cabaret songs, with a special New Year’s Eve show.

7pm $32.50. Dec 29 & 30, 8pm, $35.

Dec. 31, $135, 10:30pm (includes NYE party favors, champagne, post-show buffet). 2-drink min. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. (800) 380-3095. www.TheRrazzRoom.com

Heated, healing weekly yoga classes in a new location. Suggested donation $1020. 12pm-1pm. Tue & Thu. 2390 Mission St, 3rd floor. 794-4619. www.billmohleryoga.com

Wed 29>>

Pixar: 25 Years of Animation @ Oakland Museum of California

A-List Martini Nights @ Various Bars

More than 500 drawings, paintings and sculptures from the animation studio’s hit films (Thru Jan 8, 2011). Also, Bay Area figurative art, Dorothea Lange archive, Early landscape paintings, Gold Rush Era works, California ceramics.

Gallery of California Natural Sciences focuses on California’s unique status as a region of extreme biological and geological diversity. $6-$12. 1000 Oak St. Oakland. (510) 238-2200. www.museumca.org

Antoine Delaitre’s roving weekly cocktail events for gay men and their pals, held at different stylish venues. Sign up for email updates. www.sfalist.com

Badly Happy @ Performance Art Institute Pain, Pleasure, and Panic in Recent Romanian Art, a group exhibit representing a generation which struggles to make sense out of the rapidly changing postcommunist world. Wed-Sat 12pm-6pm.

Thru Jan. 8, 2011. 575 Sutter St. 5010575. www.theperformance artinstitute.org

Photo Show @ Good Vibrations Exhibit of works by photographers Rink Foto and Kija Lucas and painter Sholeh Asgary. Thru Jan. 20. 1620 Polk St. at Sacramento. 345-0400. www.events.goodvibes.com

Visual Aid. Thru Jan. 7. Mon-Fri 11am-7pm.

Sat 11am-5pm. 268 Church St. www.underglassframing.com

Ten Percent @ Comcast 104

Sundance Saloon @ Space 550 Country-western dancing for the LGBT community and friends two night a week, every Sunday and Thursday. $5-$8. 21+. Sundays 5pm-10:30pm, lessons 5:30–7:15pm. Thursdays 6:30–10:30pm, lessons 7pm-8pm. 550 Barneveld Ave., near Bayshore and Industrial. www.sundancesaloon.org

Sunday’s a Drag @ Starlight Room Donna Sachet and Harry Denton host the fabulous weekly brunch and drag show. $45.

11am, show at noon; 1:30pm, show at 2:30pm. 450 Powell St. in Union Square.

395-8595. www.harrydenton.com

Swing-out Sundays @ Rock-it Room

David Perry’s new talk show about LGBT local issues. Mon-Fri 11:30am & 10:30pm, Sat & Sun 10:30pm. www.davidperry.com

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BOOBS Defying Gravity @ The Rrazz Room Leanna Borghesi, Jessica Coker, and Soila Hughes (Busty, Outrageous, Over-the-top Broads) perform a titillating comic music show with the Graham Sobelman Trio. $25.

8pm. 2-drink minimum. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. at Ellis. 394-1189. www.TheRrazzRoom.com

Dirty Little Showtunes @ New Conservatory Theatre Tom Orr’s wicked and wacky musical revue of campy parody songs includes six special guest performers. $24-$40. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm. Thru Jan. 16. 25 Van Ness Ave., lower level. 861-8972. www.nctcsf.org

Galeria 4.0 @ Galeria de la Raza 40th anniversary exhibit, with Latino/Chicano works spanning four decades.

Wed-Sat 12pm-6pm (Tue 1pm-7pm) thru Jan. 29, 2011. 2857 24th St. www.galeriadelaraza.org

Of the Earth @ Ashby Stage, Berkeley Shotgun Players’ production of Jon Tracy’s update on The Odyssey, with a focus on the insanity of war. $17-$30. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 5pm. Thru Jan. 30. 1901 Ashby Ave. (510) 841-6500. www.shotgunplayers.org

Slim Jenkins and other bands play weekly for your same- and opposite-sex swing dancing pleasure. $5 includes a lesson. 8pm-11pm.

406 Clement St. www.Swing Championships.com

Blue Room Comedy @ Club 93

Our Vast Queer Past @ GLBT History Museum

Weekly adults-only jokes at the divey small bar; David Hawkins hosts. 10pm. 93 9th St. at Mission.

Teatro Zinzanni @ Pier 29

Funny Tuesdays @ Harvey’s

See the new exhibit from the GLBT Historical Society, with a wide array of rare historic items on display. Free for members-$5. WedSat 11am-7pm. Sun 12pm-5pm. 4127 18th St. www.glbthistory.org

License to Kiss II is the new show at the theatre-tent-dinner extravaganza with Kevin Kent, twin acrobats Ming and Rui, Vertical Tango rope dance, plus magic, comedy, a five-course dinner, and a lot of fun. $117$145. Saturday 11:30am “Breve” show $63—$78. Wed-Sat 6pm (Sun 5pm). Pier 29 at Embarcadero Ave. 438-2668. www.teatrozinzanni.com

Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and Beyond @ de Young Museum Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay, the second of two exhibitions from the Paris museum’s permanent collection, thru Jan. 18. Also, Developed and Undeveloped: Photographic Landscapes, thru March 6. $10-$25. Tue-Sun 9:30am5:15pm. Thru Jan. 18, 2011. 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park, www.famsf.org

Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker @ The Independent Two bands co-founded by David Lowery perform. $25. 8pm. 628 Divisadero St. www.campervanbetthoven.com www.theindependentsf.com

30-year retrospective of SM and leather-themed sexual portraiture by Mark I. Chester. Thru 2010 by appointment. 1229 Folsom St. 6216294. www.markichester.com

Japanesque @ Legion of Honor Exhibit of Japanese prints from 1700-1900, and its relationship to Impressionism. Thru Jan. 9. $6-$10.

Tue-Sun 9:30am-5:15pm. 100 34th Av. at Clement, Lincoln Park. www.legionofhonor.org

Jeremy Novy @ LGBT Center Exhibit of gay street art stencils by the local artist. Thru Jan. 18. 1800 Market St. www.sfcenter.org

Little Gems @ Underglass Framing Exhibit of 17 small works by different artists. Sales proceeds benefit

Hot Draw @ Mark I. Chester Studio Sketching session for amateur and pro artists, with a nude male model in erotic and kinky poses. Reserve space day of session: 621-6294. 6:30pm-9:30pm. 1229 Folsom St. www.markichester.com/hotdraw

Meditation Classes @ Kadampa Buddhist Temple Tessa Logan teaches drop-in meditation classes. $10. 7-8:45pm. 3324 17th St. 503-1187. www.meditationinnortherncalifornia.org

Meg Mackay & Billy Philadelphia @ Aurora Theatre, Berkeley Cabaret husband and wife duo perform Naughty & Nice: A Meg and Billy Christmas. $23-$25. 7:30pm. Remaining shows Dec 2830. 2081 Addison St. (510) 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org

Mon 27>>

Doing Time on Folsom St. @ Mark I. Chester Studio

Ronn Vigh hosts the weekly LGBT and gayfriendly comedy night. One drink or menu item minimum (we recommend the chicken salad). 9pm. 500 Castro St. at 18th. 431HARV. www.harveyssf.com

Will Durst @ Julia Morgan Center, Berkeley Political comedian, along with Johnny Steele, Sarah Palin impersonator Mari Magaloini and others, bring their 18th Annual Big Fat Year-End Kiss-Off Comedy Show to Berkeley. $18-$20. 8pm. 2640 College Ave. 8209628. www.willdurst.com

Bud E Love, Sat.

Reprise @ Robert Tat Gallery Favorite photographs on display at the fine art gallery of historic prints. Thru Feb. 26.

Tue-Sat 11am-5:30pm. 49 Geary St. #211.

781-1122. www.roberttat.com

Tom Shaw Trio @ Martuni’s Jazz trio performs with singer-actress Jennifer Ekman in a show titled “Over the Rainbow: Songs in the Style of Eva Cassidy.” $7.

7pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market. www.dragatmartunis.com

Thu 30>>

Erika Jayne @ City Nights Pop singer performs at The Crib. 10pm-3am.

18+. 715 Harrison St. at 3rd. www.thecribsf.com

It’s all a Blur @ SOMArts Cultural Center Exhibit of works by Guillermo Gomez-Peña, Dale Hoyt and Tony Labat. Exhibit Tue-Fri 12pm-7pm. Sat 12pm-5pm. Thru Jan. 28.

934 Brannan St. at 8th. www.somarts.org

Nightlife @ California Academy of Sciences Weekly parties with different themes at the new museum of life sciences. Enjoy the exhibits while drinking and schmoozing; Life: A Cosmic Story, narrated by Jodie Foster in the Planetarium. $12. (Reg, admission $20-$30). 21+. 6pm10pm. Golden Gate Park. www.calacademy.org/nightlife

Tubesteak Connection @ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge Retro tunes and retro cruisy crowd, each Thursday in the risky part of town. DJ Bus Station John plays records. $4. 10pm-2am.

133 Turk St. at Taylor. www.auntcharlieslounge.com

Note: some events may have different hours through the holidays. Please check in advance.

To submit event listings, email jim@ebar.com.

Deadline is each Thursday, a week before publication.

For more bar and nightlife events, go to www.bartabsf.com

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by Donna Sachet t the invitation of good friend Liam Mayclem of CBS-5’s Eye on the Bay, we made an early morning appearance at the Gold Room of the Fairmont Hotel for a breakfast supporting Walden House.

Any excuse to soak up the glorious holiday decorations at this sumptuous hotel will do, but in this case, we learned much more about an organization that is successfully altering the tragic cycle of recidivism in our state’s jails. We heard story after story of lives changed, patterns reversed, and hope rekindled. Among the supporters were State Senators Leland Yee and Fiona Ma, Rick Camargo, Ben & Dianne Fong-Torres, Akilah Bolden-Monifa, David Wilson, and Dan Kerman. Of course we couldn’t leave before making a quick Donna, Dianne & Ben Fong-Torres, and Liam Mayclem at the Fairmont. stop upstairs to say hello to friends at Mr. Eckhard’s Beauty Salon, an elegant place long trusted by San Francisco’s elite for luxurious treatments and beauty transformations.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence gave tradition a refreshing twist with last Friday’s Noel Noir.

The festively dressed crowd packed the lobby and nearby galleries, eventually filling the main hall for an incredible fashion show of original creations modeled by Sisters. Also included were an unusual silent auction, a drag performance by La Monistat, wine-tastings, cult film screenings, and continuous music, notably a great set by Ejector. We ran into Suzan Revah, Michael Loftis, Eric Nickel, Richard Sablatura, Philip Mayard, Coy Ellison & Sal Origami cranes on Rainbow World Fund’s Tree of Hope in City Hall.

Meza. Proceeds will support the free and low-cost programs of the Center and charities dear to the Sisters. dedication ceremony for Rainbow Gomez, and Entertainment ComKrewe de Kinque’s 14th Annual World Fund’s Tree of Hope in the missioner Audrey Joseph. The towHoliday Leather Brunch at the Edge Rotunda of City Hall last Wednesday. ering tree is lit with twinkling white brought out lots of regulars and This event’s fifth year drew the largest lights and laden with hand-folded once-regulars at the crack of Noon crowd ever, including Charles origamis with hopeful wishes written last Saturday, raising money for Sanderson, Tommy Taylor, upon them. In a touching nod to the Positive Resource Center Xavier Caylor & Jeffrey unique decorations, Consul General with entertainment, of Japan Hiroshi Inomata and Doney, Keith Addy, Cajun food, raffle prizes, Don Berger, and Susan Joaquin Torres from the Mayor’s Ofand a silent auction. PRC’s Fahey. Entertainment fice of Neighborhood Services exexecutive director Brett Anstarted with the Grammy changed origamis as a gesture of drews’ kickin’ chicken and Award-winning SF Boy’s goodwill. Make it a point soon to see Gary Virginia’s jumbalaya kept Chorus, Veronica Klaus, and this dazzling Tree of Hope in City the hungry coming Tammy Hall, Hall, currently bathed in holiday red back for more. Emand green light. followed by reO N T HE T OWN peror John Weber Next, we relished in the vocal talmarks from emceed the show ents of Kim Kuzma in a special solo RWF’s Jeff Cotter featuring Diva D, Saybeline, Frankie, and Paul Stankiewicz, origami artists show at Martuni’s. Loyal fans packed Emma Peel, Mark Paladini, and othLinda Mihara, KRON-4’s Jan Wahl, the room as she jumped from classic ers performing holiday music with a civil rights activist Cleve Jones, TV blues and rock-and-roll to personal twist. personality and chef Porter William, holiday ballads and foot-tapping Our last official day of holiday apReverend Nobu Hanaoka, Supervipage 27 pearances started as emcee of the sor Bevan Dufty, comic Marga

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Coming up in leather & kink >> Thu., Dec. 23: Underwear Night at the Powerhouse (1347 Folsom), 10 p.m. Wet undie contest and drink specials. Go to: www.powerhouse-sf.com.

Thu., Dec. 23: Edges Wet Munch at Renegades Bar (501 W. Taylor St., San Jose). 7 p.m. Happy hour for the sex-positive and alternative communities: 4-7 p.m. Go to: www.edges.biz or www.renegadesbar.com.

Thu., Dec. 23: Locker Room at Chaps Bar (1225 Folsom). Featuring DJ Hotwire. 9 p.m.-close. Go to: www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com.

Fri., Dec. 24: Dee’s Meander: an easy walking group for kinksters (Bestor Art Park, Bestor & S. 6th St., San Jose). 4-5 p.m. Go to: fetlife.com/events/31850.

Fri., Dec. 24: Escape at Chaps Bar. Get away from the family, cruise and get some booty. Lots of drink specials.

Go to: www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com.

Sat., Dec. 25: Castrobear presents 100% SOMA Beef & Co. All Beef Saturday Nights at the Lone Star Saloon (1354 Harrison St.). Go to: www.castrobear.com.

Sat., Dec. 25: Back Bar Action at the Eagle Tavern (398 12th St.). Back patio and bar open to all gear/fetish/leather.

10 p.m. to close. Go to: www.sfeagle.com.

Sat., Dec. 25: Boot Lickin’ at the Powerhouse, 10 p.m.

Go to: www.powerhouse-sf.com.

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Sun., Dec. 26: Castrobear presents Sunday Furry Sunday at 440 Castro. 4-10 p.m. Go to: www.castrobear.com.

Sun., Dec. 26: PoHo Sundays at the Powerhouse. DJ

Keith, Dollar Drafts all day. Go to: www.powerhouse-sf.com.

Sun., Dec. 26: SF Men’s Spanking Party at The Power Exchange (220 Jones St.). This is a male-only event. You must be 18+ with valid ID. 1-6 p.m. Go to: www.voy.com/201188/.

Mon., Dec. 27: Cheap Ass Happy Hour at Chaps Bar. Mon.-Thu., 6-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 4-9 p.m. Lots of drink specials. Go to: www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com.

Mon., Dec. 27: SF D/s (Dominant/sub) Discussion Group at the SF Citadel. Doors open 7 p.m., discussion 7:30-9:30 p.m. Go to: www.sfcitadel.org.

Tue., Dec. 28: 12-Step Kink Recovery Group at the SF Citadel. 6:30-8 p.m. Go to: www.sfcitadel.org.

Tue., Dec. 28: Ink & Metal followed by Nasty at the Powerhouse. 9 p.m. Go to: www.powerhouse-sf.com.

Tue., Dec. 28: Skins N Punks at Chaps Bar. Drink specials. Go to: www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com.

Wed., Dec. 29: Bear Buddies at Blow Buddies (933 Harrison). Doors open 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Play til late. Go to: www.blowbuddies.com.

Wed., Dec. 29: Busted! at Chaps Bar. This week’s edition: Piss. Yellow is the color of the night. Go to: www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com.

Wed., Dec. 29: SoMa Men’s Club. Every Wed., the SoMa Clubs (Chaps, Powerhouse, Truck, Lone Star, Hole in the Wall, Eagle) have specials for those who wear the Men’s Club dogtags. See your favorite SoMa bar for details.

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by John F. Karr ops. I was gonna recommend some eroto-goodies for you to stuff in your man’s Christmas stocking. Almost too late for that! But on those stayat-home, snuggle-up days leading to New Year’s, there’s still a lot of stuffing to be done. So you might try the following.

Up the butt has never been as upscale as with this very special item for the bottom who has everything.

It’s the Chanel Butt Plug. It’s so pretty with the brand’s insignia set off handsomely against black rubber that you may want to display it on the living room coffee-table. But think about this: the Swarovski Crystals butt plug would have been even prettier. And added some knobby little thrill-bumps to the ride.

Confession. All I ever wanted in life was to play with the big boys. But I guess it’s hopeless. I can’t even get that newfangled, three-holed elastic combo cockring/ ballstretcher thingie on. First, I couldn’t tell what thing went through which hole. Then I nearly turned myself inside out torturously twisting myself into a pretzel as I tried to get it around my junk, and the painful squishing and scuffing on said junk were just too much.

Oh, yeah, the thing looks pretty good on the model in the ads, but for all I know they had a crew of three experts to wrangle it on the dude. So I’m not sure I can recommend it. Stick to sex flicks. They’re easier.

There are three categories of bon bon DVDs I’d like to find in my stocking. Dildo, Oral Cum Shots, and Ink. Falcon heads off category one with Men and Toys, a doubleThe Cock Sling.

DVD set that delivers four hours – count em, four! – of dildo delights from 14 Falcon flicks. I was glad to find two obscure but fondly remembered scenes. Dean Johnson tops handsome Boyer Colt in the only movie the striking bottom ever made, The First Time. And, oh boy, here are amazing Dillon Reid and Shawn Justin in a macho stunner scene from Coming Together. You might better recall starry scenes like Dean Monroe’s impressive solo from Up All Night, or blond cupcake Kevin Miles getting his cakes cupped in two scenes, one of them a dildo gangbang. There’s one of Christopher Scott’s trashy displays (I’m sure fond of the little hottie), along with ass-masters Thom Barron, Todd Cops on Duty, Sex Club Scenes, MusMitchell, and Adam Archer. And of cle Madness, Military Secrets, Wild course, Ray Butler. Yoo-hoo, Falcon!

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dance music. She was the special guest the next night with the SF Gay Men’s Chorus, and will be heading to Puerto Vallarta next for a long performing season in the sun.

Finally, we joined a cast of singers at Patrik Gallineaux and Stoli’s Christmas at the Disco, benefiting Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation at Toad Hall in the Castro. Strolling sexy Stoli Boys, live singing from Caroline Lund, Phoenix Normand,

Leanne Borghesi, and Jason Brock, and continuous dance beats from DJ Sam LaBelle kept the crowd happy.

It was great to see this beautifully appointed recent addition to the Castro scene full and rocking.

We’ll start New Year’s Eve at Marga Gomez’s Spectacular benefiting Theatre Rhinoceros at the Victoria Theatre. Also on the bill for the shows at 7 and 9 p.m. are comics Natasha Muse and Casey Ley. Let’s join this funny troupe in supporting the oldest gay theatrical company in the country!

Closer to Midnight, we’ll be at the legendary End Up for Stoli’s Bunny

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I melt for Johnny Gunn; explosive Adam Killian flips with Scott Tanner, and Alexsander Freitas pummels Damian Dragon, whose body is covered with an ink mural in the Japanese style. I don’t think I’ll ever tire of Logan McCree, so I jumped for The Best of Logan McCree, a collection thankfully labeled Volume 1, and available now at a sale price at the company’s website. They’ve also packaged Inked Boyz # 1 and #2.

P.S. That three-holed stretchy thing is called a Cock Sling. I had my main squeeze squeeze one on me.

You go balls first in the bottom hole, and then cock through the upper one. The results were pretty nifty. So go ahead and stuff one on your man.▼

Party, saluting the upcoming Year of the Rabbit, 2011. The list of DJs and performers is mind-blowing, notably Sunday’s a Drag featured performer and Showtime’s Wild Things realityshow star Cassandra Cass. If you haven’t seen her entertain an audience, you may wonder if she’ll hold her own at that night’s Playboy Mansion VIP Party. Playboy bunnies, beware: she’ll steal the show!

Wherever you find yourself at Midnight on Dec. 31, may your 2011 be packed with wonderful experiences with those you love, and a few delightful surprises along the way!▼

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Higher ground Mirror, Charles Lloyd Quartet (ECM)

or 50 years, Charles Lloyd’s excursions on tenor sax, flute, and alto sax have defined the inner and outer limits of jazz. Inner, in that Lloyd journeys to an inner sanctum reserved for the few, from which originates a language very much his own. Outer, in that in his hands, the simplest of ballads can become flights into uncharted terri-

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tory, and familiar melodies mere launching pads for far-out excursions.

Lloyd’s artistry went through a post-bop, rock period that saw him move from performing in his first, very progressive jazz quartet with pianist Keith Jarrett to touring with, of all things great and small, the Beach Boys. At one point, he created the Band Celebration with fellow followers of Transcendental Meditation. Then he withdrew from music, spending almost a decade exploring

in Big Sur. Now 73, Lloyd continues his idiosyncratic journey. Since 1989, he has recorded for ECM, releasing a string of fascinating albums that reflect his own higher guidance. His latest CD with his quartet, Mirror, mixes the eponymous composition and two other Lloyd originals with repertoire as diverse as Sammy Cahn

and Julie Styne’s “I Fall in Love Too Easily,” Brian Wilson and Tony Asher’s “Caroline, No,” two tracks by Thelonious Monk, and arrangements of traditional tunes “Go Down Moses,” “The Water is Wide” and “La Llorona.” On a CD where Johnson & Johnson’s “Lift Every Voice and Sing” precedes Lloyd’s “Being and Becoming, Road to Dakshineswar with Sangeeta,” the Charles Lloyd Quartet takes us on a spiritual journey like no other. ▼

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Rabbit Hole means to be a grownup zone where adults face the reality that there is no closure, no tidy solutions or easy mantras to ward off longterm grief. The filmmakers employ some sharp, dark humor to keep things from becoming unbearably sad.

Nat delivers a wacky monologue on the Kennedy clan’s decades-long dance with death, and Howie decides to smoke pot before the meetings with a lonely woman (Sandra Oh) whose husband has ditched group and her. A wicked moment occurs in the bedroom of the dead kid when Howie, showing the house to prospective buyers, young parents with their own young son in tow, suggests almost gleefully that if they buy his house, the ghost of his dead son will be tossed in as an odd kind of closing bonus.

Lindsay-Abaire has expanded on his Pulitzer Award-winning play. A major upgrade involves Becca tailing Jason’s school bus. Becca and Jason’s scenes are crucial to the film’s nuanced take on the intractably openended nature of grief. If you’re put off by the feeling that Becca is “stalking” Jason, maybe that’s a deal-breaker. If, however, you enjoy characters who

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Actor, playwright, filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell has had ample opportunity to grapple with grief, from the childhood death of a younger brother to his work in Larry Kramer’s classic AIDS drama The Destiny of Me, to creating his miraculous queer redemptive comedies Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus. Our phone chat covered his daring collaboration with the writer and the stars – co-producer Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, and newcomer Miles Teller.

Director John Cameron Mitchell and Nicole Kidman on the set of Rabbit Hole.

trespass across social boundaries, then this almost flirtatious “courtship” across the generations should pique your interest. The scenes add emotional credibility to a sci-fi metaphor in Jason’s comic book Rabbit Hole, in which a child pursues his dead scientist dad into a strange vortex of parallel universes.

“Somewhere out there, there’s a version of me, what? Making pancakes?”

“Sure. If space is infinite, then there are tons of you’s out there, and tons of me’s.”

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It’s always heartening when actors with national reputations choose to ply their craft in regional theaters. The gutsiest plunge by a big name into local waters belongs to Sharon Gless, who commissioned and starred in an adaptation of Jane Juska’s A RoundHeeled Woman at Theatre Artaud.

Gless threw herself body and soul into the staged memoir of a divorced middle-aged woman who spent a year of sexual adventuring with men ranging from barely legal to barely alive.

Miles Teller has a remarkable face. It’s one people haven’t seen, so they won’t confuse him with any other character.

Miles almost slipped through the cracks, the agents were pushing all these inappropriately cute people because that’s the only people they represent lately. But this kid had to be real, he had to be that guy who probably doesn’t have a whole lot of friends, who now speaks to fewer people be-

They’re almost having a platonic affair.

It’s flirtatious.

He’s with this beautiful woman whose life he destroyed, they’re the only people they can stand to be with.

Then she seeks him out in a kind of almost secretive, I’m-having-an-affair kind of way, in which she sees him going to the prom in such a perfect moment. Not only does this boy have a life outside of hers, but he stands in for her child, Danny, who will never have a prom. It’s a perfect moment for her to collapse.▼

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Leading lights

John Cameron Mitchell: It’s almost Pinteresque. I encouraged Aaron to improvise. “You know, I still talk to my child, he’s here, he’ll always be here.

Whoever buys the house, he’ll be with them.”

Nicole and Miles are like mother and son. It’s hard to describe how this arc develops, but it’s appropriate in a funny way.

Jared McNeill, Dawn L. Troupe, and Lakisha May helped bring to life Tarell Alvin McCraney’s In the Red and Brown Water at Marin Theatre Company, one of three theaters introducing this rising star to local audiences.

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The year also brought to our stages several epic-sized events, including the three-theater collaboration to present The Brother/Sister Plays. Marin Theatre Company, the Magic, and ACT each took one part of the contemporary/folk trilogy by Tarell Alvin McCraney, an exciting (and gay) new star of the American theater.

Berkeley Rep went big with The Great Game: Afghanistan, from London’s Tricycle Theatre, which put together 12 short pieces, by as many writers, that covered 1848 to the present in that maddening country. Presented in three parts best seen in the daylong marathons, the plays only too clearly depicted the history-repeating folly of the British, the Soviet Union, and the US in a story that should be unbelievable but sadly isn’t.

Jerry Springer The Opera belatedly made its SF debut thanks to the wildly ambitious Ray of Light Theatre.

This heaping serving of social satire was staged at the Victoria Theatre with a huge cast, show-stopping performances, and a theatrical imagination that made up for any budget limitations.

“And this is just the sad version of us, there are other versions where everything goes our way.”

“Right.”

“That’s a nice thought. That somewhere out there, I’m having a good time.”

Rabbit Hole pivots on a troubling, conflicted relationship, two people reaching out across an abyss, neither friends nor enemies, neither mother/son nor lovers. This most atypical couple perches on a park bench constructing a new myth, one that allows them to pursue their separate fates.

David Lamble: Howie’s tour through Danny’s room radiates black humor.

He’s imparting the message that if you buy this house, your son’s bedroom will be haunted by my dead son.

cause of this incident that will affect him for the rest of his life. Miles had these eyes that had seen things before his time, he knew something that 20year-olds don’t know. He had experienced loss, of his best friend, the year before the audition. Nicole saw him blush on camera in the callbacks, and that’s what sold her. I gave him special attention because I know that a young actor can crumple under the luminescence of a Nicole Kidman, and he really held his own in those key scenes. I had to work some magic to keep him relaxed. I really love him, but as I told him, I created him, and I can destroy him!

Mandy Patinkin brought his trademark intensity to Rinne Groff’s Compulsion at Berkeley Rep, where he starred as a successful Jewish-American writer obsessed with adapting the Anne Frank diaries into a Broadway play. When he lost his bid for the assignment, his obsession grew to epic proportions that Patinkin’s performance movingly illuminated as he interacted with both with flesh-andblood characters and evocative marionettes of the Frank family.

Two luminaries returned to ACT with rewarding results. Bill Irwin, a human mound of Silly Putty, brought forth big laughs in his own adaptation of Moliere’s Scapin. Earlier in the year, Olympia Dukakis stole the show by keeping her mouth shut as a sly old lady in Morris Paynch’s Vigil.

Local lights Of course, there are numerous area performers who got chances to shine on our stages. New Conservatory Theatre Center offered four of the memo-

rable examples. First came Scarlett Hepworth as Sister Aloysius in Doubt, a dragon of a role so vividly played by Cherry Jones on Broadway and by Meryl Streep in the movie. But Hepworth made the role her own in a dynamic, fully engaged performance.

More recently at NCTC, Michaela Greeley and Cheryl Smith expertly played the emotionally huge roles of grieving mothers traveling uneasily together in Terrence McNally’s A Perfect Ganesh. And Sara Razavi brought a sweet, soothing, and wise presence to the Indian god of the title and numerous human roles, and that she wore an elephant trunk throughout became a perfectly natural component of the performances.

Patrick Michael Dukeman had a thespianly rich year in two choice roles. He played it calm, cool, and collected amid the madness as the title character in Ray of Light’s Jerry Springer The Opera. Earlier in the year he sashayed his way through Paul Rudnick’s The New Century at NCTC

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by Jason Victor Serinus

Olympia Dukakis (with co-star Marco Barricelli) was nearly mute in ACT’s Vigil, but her performance was one of 2010’s highlights.

as a gay relic with a cable-access show and an elaborate pompadour. He capped his showcase scene with an explosively funny 60-second recap of the history of gay theater.

Added attractions There are many more highlights, but scant room to elaborate. A few of them, in quick succession, include D’Arcy Drollinger’s ingenious slasher musical Scalpel! at Brava, Impact Theatre’s backstage romp through theatrically packaged porn in The

Play About the Naked Guy, Berkeley Rep’s quizzical but intriguing take on Lemony Snicket’s The Composer Is Dead, Thrillpeddlers’ delirious revival of the Cockettes’ Hot Greeks, Aurora Theatre’s charming production of Stephen Karam’s high-school angst comedy Speech & Debate, Morgan Ludlow’s contemporary polyamorous take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and solo artist Sean Eisen’s impressionist history lesson in Blackbird: Honoring a Century of Pansy Divas.▼

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His partner, Tony Buff, is handsome and mucho masculine, but overly cloaked in leather: almost head-totoe, leaving precious little skin for us to enjoy. He’s wearing unzipped chaps below, above a leather harness that is almost entirely obscured by an apronlike contraption. I could see setting the scene with leather, but then peeling it off to reveal the reason we are watching this DVD in the first place, the Folsom Flesh.

The next chapter, featuring the same pair, ratchets the explicit sex up several notches. The bottom is suspended in a sort of vertical sling I’ve never seen before. It’s quite different from the typical horizontal sling in which the slut bottom is laying on his back. Perhaps a better way to describe the device would be to say the catcher is wearing an all-encompassing harness that is suspended four ways to the ceiling by elasticized ropes that give the parties a lot of latitude for sexual movements. Just a tap from his partner sends the bottom bouncing up and down on his erect prick. It seems way more effective than the traditional, tried-andtrue leather sling.

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Of course, the title made me think of San Francisco’s world-famous Folsom Street Fair, so I was surprised that there was no hint of the annual leather event. Furthermore, there wasn’t so much as a streak of sunlight in the entirely indoor set, from a company renowned for al fresco, onlocation productions set anywhere from the towering California redwood forests to the black-sand volcanic beaches of Maui.

The scene with Will Parker suspended like some dangling sex toy is reason alone to run out and buy Folsom Flesh. The device reminds me of a similar bamboo-constructed expedient, the “basket fuck,” used in straight brothels in Indochina since at least the Vietnam War era.▼ Folsom Fresh, Titan Media, 194 minutes, released 2009. Available in DVD widescreen, Blu-ray, pay-perminute, streaming rental and by download. Retail price: about $50.

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