1572 March 11, 2015

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March 11, 2015

Issue 1572

Longtime Phoenix drag bar faces demolition March 30

Paula Poundstone talks health and fitness before Tucson show OBSERVER STAFF Emmy Award-winning comedian Paula Poundstone ranks among Comedy Central’s 100 greatest stand-ups of all time, was the first woman to perform standup at the White House Correspondents dinner and was inducted into Comedy Hall of Fame in 2010. She’s a regular on NPR’s “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” and on stage at the Fox Tucson Theatre. Observer Weekly caught up with her by phone last week on a break from her current tour.

One end of the 47-foot Ted DeGrazia mural that’s expected to be lost.

OBSERVER STAFF PHOENIX -- The former 307 Lounge building, home of a longtime Phoenix drag bar and two murals by Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia, reportedly is

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scheduled for demolition March 30 despite neighborhood efforts to save it. Long gone are the days when drag giantess Tish Continued on page 3

SCOTUS schedules marriage-equality arguments April 28

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NRA Facebook page peppered with Giffords death threats Page 5

TIHAN’s Empowerment Award presented to George Vissichelli Page 6

When Hollywood helps — and we don’t Page 3

Gay man’s mother becomes surrogate, carries his baby Page 6

PP: Well, once I get up, I’m fine, you know. I go to work early. Tomorrow morning, I probably will be picked up Continued on page 16

CODAC celebrates opening of first-ofits-kind treatment center for LGBTQIs TUCSON -- CODAC Behavioral Health Services celebrated the March 5 opening of its newest integrated health and wellness center located at 3130 E. Broadway Blvd, at the corner of Broadway and Country Club. The event included a brief formal program, refreshments, entertainment and tours.

Tucson judge refuses to grant same-sex divorce

Musical work honors suicide victim Tyler Clementi

OW: First off, thank you for doing a morning interview. Are you a morning person?

WASHINGTON, D.C. -The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled arguments for April 28 in a consolidated marriageequality case involving plaintiffs from four states, according to SCOTUSblog. The court will hear appeals handled by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, so far the only appeals court to uphold bans on same-sex marriage. Last week’s announcement included a departure from standard procedure: Audio recording from inside the courtroom should be released by 2 p.m. the day of the hearing.

This newly renovated location is home to four programs that meet the unique health needs of: Continued on page 15

Dennis Regnier, CODAC president and CEO, cut a grand opening ribbon of the first-of-its-kind health center for the LGBTQI community.

Marriage equality ‘offends’ Rand Paul; lynch those blacks; and the week’s GOP pearl-clutching By R.D. Smith GUEST COLUMNIST Presidential candidate Rand Paul thought (out loud) last week that a good way to stretch the GOP umbrella was to say marriage equality “offends” him.

The court does not allow videotaping of its proceedings. This combined case includes cases from Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky. A decision is anticipated in June, and is widely expected to settle the issue of same-sex marriage nationally.

He allowed as how the country may yet outlaw it in favor of some sort of separatebut-equal contract. Meet radio-host chupacabra Andrea Shea King, ready to revive lynching.

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