January 14, 2015
‘Tales of the City’s’ final installment comes out in paperback this month
Issue 1564
Curt Beall named Man Of The Year by G3
OBSERVER STAFF In 1978, when we first walked into 28 Barbary Lane in San Francisco and met Anna Madrigal, nobody told us she was transgendered. Wouldn’t have done a bit of good if someone had told us that -- in 1978, we couldn’t have guessed what “transgendered” might mean. Back in the ‘70s, kids who grew up in places like Habakkuk, Texas, and Pretty Poultry, S.C., didn’t know about “trans” except Trans Am. “The Days of Anna Madrigal” is the ninth and final book in the “Tales of the City” series. “Tales of the City” was originally serialized in The San Francisco Chronicle in 1978.
Inside Chuzapalooza 2015 hits the lanes this week Page 13 Mayoral proclamation for Chuzapalooza Days Page 3
‘We are all in this together –’:
What drag means for us
Fireside Chat Page 10
Ask Jeb Bush if his respect for ‘religious freedom’ means the freedom to fire or evict gays Page 5 Anti-gay Quran-burning pastor now burning french fries
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National Religious Freedom Day getting special attention this time Page 6
But plenty of us got our asses to places like San Francisco as soon as we could, and the minute we entered Continued on page 12
PFLAG Tucson scholarship applications now available TUCSON – PFLAG Tucson 2015 scholarships are available to southern Arizona high school seniors, undergraduate students, and graduate students to attend an institution of higher education, wherever that may be. This year again PFLAG will be awarding several $1,000 LGBT scholarships in the name of Gene Moore, its past president, and one $1,000 scholarship in the name of Art and Mark Woodland, husband and son of Elaine Woodland, strong PFLAG supporters. Application materials are now available on PFLAG Tucson’s website at http://www. pflagtucson.org/scholarships. For further information you may also contact PFLAG at 520-3603795, pflagtuc@pflagtucson. org, P.O. Box 36264, 85740.
Curt Beall has worked in the HIV services community for twenty years.
By Christopher L. Pankratz OBSERVER WEEKLY TUCSON – An emotive crowd cheered at the announcement that Curt Beall is the man of the year named by G3, a local gay men’s happy hour on Jan. 9. G3 event producer Pete King, Observer editor Nick Pafford, TIHAN executive director Scott Blades and SAAF
executive director Wendell Hicks congratulated Beall on his years of volunteer service to the Tucson community. Beall frankly told the Observer that he came to Tucson to die. In 1995 he was given a diagnosis of AIDS and told he would not survive. After seeing friends in similar situations pass away around him, Beall and his partner moved from New York State
Beall has continued to work in the HIV services community for twenty years including work at the Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network, and the Community Advisory Board at El Rio Special Immunology Associates. He has also been on the Pride board for five years Continued on page 12
Will Congress force ‘female’ to be the gender that dare not speak its name? By R.D. Smith GUEST COLUMNIST For someone who churns out a lot of political columns, you’ll notice I don’t often rant about the “war on women.”
The application deadline is March 31, with award decisions made in mid-April followed by an awards reception on May 6 at the Ward VI City Council Offices. Founded in 1972, PFLAG is the largest organization in the U.S. for parents, families, friends, and allies who support people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer.
to Tucson where he began volunteering with PACT, which is now SAAF and Wingspan.
Usually, I figure if I wrote about it, women might ask (with good reason) what the hell I would know about being patted on the head and sent off to fetch the master’s cigar and jammies.
The tiny microbrains of congresscritters know that science is a lie.
To which I now retort that Continued on page 11