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FALL ARTS GUIDE 1978 Gay Murder Undie Utah Rebellion Dishing with Cold Case Reopened Run Celebrates Leather Anne Hathaway

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

HRC president to depart The head of the largest queer-rights organization in the nation, the Human Rights Commission, Joe Solmonese announced that he will not be renewing his contract with the organization in March 2012. He will remain at the helm of HRC until his contract expires on March 31, 2012.

“Joe Solmonese is an outstanding leader,” Anne Fay, who co-chairs the Foundation Board of Directors, said in press release. “While we will miss his extraordinary leadership, we enter this next phase, thanks to Joe, in the best place the organization has ever been. Not only has our community secured historic victories, but our membership is larger and more active than at any time in our history, and our financial health is secure even in these difficult economic times.”

Solmonese headed the organization through tumultuous and exciting times for queer rights. He helped lobby for the repeal of the anti-gay, “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the armed forces and saw the legalization of gay marriage in New York, one of the nation’s most populous states. He was also the lead point, in many cases, in the Prop. 8 battle in California.

“Leading HRC has been an inspiring ex-

perience and a complete privilege,” said Solmonese in a press release. “I could not be more proud of our staff, our volunteer leadership and of the extraordinary progress we’ve made together as a community.”

When he took over HRC’s top seat, it had approximately 750,000 members. That number has grown to more than one million.

“HRC has never been stronger and after nearly seven years this is the right moment for me to move on,” said Solmonese. “As I explore new professional possibilities, I plan on continuing to pour my heart and soul into improving the lives of members of our community — from battling proposed marriage amendments to creating more equitable workplaces to ensuring that President Obama is re-elected for a second term.”

The four volunteer co-chairs of the organization will search for a replacement for Solmonese.

Solmonese, and HRC, have been lightning rods for controversy, including from the queer community who argue that it is an establishment group that too often ignores the plights of trans and bisexual citizens. One queer activist and blogger

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Quips & Quotes ❝ ❝Even if an alcoholic is powerless over alcohol once it enters his body, he still makes a choice to drink. … And, even if someone is attracted to a person of the same sex, he or she still makes a choice to engage in sexual activity with someone of the same gender.”

—Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry in his book, On My Honor who manages the blog, Pam’s House Blend, has been calling for his resignation and a shakeup in HRC for some time now.

“With the perception of the HRC leadership as the province of wealthy white gay men living in gay-friendly environs, there are several questions HRC — including its board — will face,” she wrote on her blog about the resignation of Solmonese.

Solmonese was recently in Utah for the kick-off celebration of On the Road to Equality, a nationwide bus tour and awareness event.

Study: Male bisexuality exists A new report released in the journal Biological Psychology indicates what is no surprise for bisexuals — that male bisexuality exists.

In 2005 a widely publicized study was released that said the existence of male bisexuality was not conclusive and more studies needed to be conducted. The announcement by a group of psychologists in Chicago brought the ire of men and women who identify as bisexual or defy other sexuality labels.

However, the new study followed much more stringent guidelines and required more of participants. It indicated that while generalities are difficult to make, there was significant evidence to support the existence of male bisexuality.

The first study was advertized on gayleaning websites while the second looked for participants on sites geared specifically toward bisexuals. The studies were conducted in very similar fashions with electronic monitors attached to the genitals of men while they watched videos and images of men and women engaged in sexual activities. The first study indicated that the men who identified as bisexual reacted very similar to those that identified as gay.

However, the more recent research found that bisexual men reacted sexually to both men and women in very similar proportions, while gay and straight men did not.

The study was financed in part by the American Institute of Bisexuality.

❝ ❝Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic.

And we’ll change the world.”

—Canadian social democratic politician Jack Layton. He died Aug. 22, 2011

❝❝It’s like going out and

saying, ‘That tree is a car.’

Well, the tree’s not a car.

A tree’s a tree. Marriage is marriage. You can say that tree is something other than it is. It can redefine it. But it doesn’t change the essential nature of what marriage is.

Marriage is a union between a man and a woman for the purposes of the benefit of both the man and the woman.”

—Republican presidential nominee Rick Santorum who has also compared gay marriages to napkins

❝ ❝I believe in civil unions. …

I think we can do a better job in this country as it relates to equality and basic reciprocal beneficiary rights.”

—Republican presidential candidate and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman

❝❝Ladies and gentlemen I

don’t want to get weird on this so please take it for what it’s worth. But it seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America’s power, it has been the symbol of our great nation, we look at that monument and say this is one nation under God. Now there’s a crack in it, there’s a crack in it and it’s closed up. Is that a sign from the Lord?”

—Rev. Pat Robertson

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Gay dating site closing down The online world of gay dating could be considered shallow by some. It could also be considered dangerous, disgusting and difficult. But through all the hookup sites, late-night booty calls and anonymous chatting, one website has strived to rise above the rest. Connexion.org opened for business more than eight years ago and has been a gathering place for gay people to meet in an approachable atmosphere.

The rules of Connexion kept sexually explicit photos and fake profiles away while encouraging community interaction and a gathering for gay people to meet other like-minded individuals. The site also encouraged people to be polite and engaging with others.

But the site, which had more than 200,000 registered members, will be closing down on Sept. 14.

“It has been a fantastic eight years and we’ve all made a lot of great friends that we don’t want to lose contact with. The site will remain open until Sept. 14 for messaging people so you can communicate with your friends here and find alternate ways of contacting them,” a statement on the site reads. “Though 2011 has been the best year for us in terms of income and site growth it has not been enough to make us profitable.”

Connexion has brought Utah couples together and helped many gay men on their journey coming out and connecting with others.

Salt Lake City resident Michael Elliot said he’ll miss the site and that he cherishes the lasting friendships and relationships he made.

“You know, I signed up for Connexion. org a few years back. I’ve met a lot of really nice cool guys on it; a few boyfriends as well. I heard that it is shutting down, and I can’t even get into it anymore. I was really sad because out of all the dating sites, it was the best, because it wasn’t a hookup site, and it wasn’t a meat market. You could

meet guys who were genuinely interested in getting to know you, and not just what was in your pants,” Elliot said.

Along with meeting people, Connexion included a community calendar and a section for queer-related news. Connexion is allowing people to log into their accounts to collect information and connect one last time with friends and neighbors before the site is permanently closed.

NEWS

Gay man named to top seat at Apple

With the resignation of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, publicly outed Tim Cook will take the top seat at the tech company and become, arguably, the most powerful out gay person in the world of technology.

Cook has been running the day-to-day operations of Apple since 1998 and served as the chief operating officer. When rumors began circulating that Jobs would resign due to health concerns, Cook’s name was often mentioned as his most likely replacement. Jobs himself backed Cook’s ascension to the company’s top position.

Out magazine placed Cook to the number 1 spot in its “Power 50” in May, ousting lesThe rainbow flag is flying proud in Provbian talk-show host and actress, Ellen Deincetown, Mass. Recent census results inGeneres, to the second position. However, dicate it is the gayest city in the nation with Cook has not been extremely open about 163 per 1,000 households that are home to his sexuality and was outed by the online gay couples.

Wilton Manors, Fla. (139 of 1,000) and Palm Springs, Calif. (115 of 1,000) followed up to round out the top three queerest towns in the U.S. However, there are some Florida teacher fights the gays caveats when it came to rating the cities.

After same-sex marriage was legalized in New First of all, the census does not ask for York, one Florida teacher posted a rant against sexual orientation, so the U.S. Census Buthe decision and called marriage equality reau at the Williams Institute at UCLA Law School institute only tracked voluntarilya ‘cesspool’ and said he ‘almost threw up’ identified same-sex couples. This not only when he heard the news. After being moved means that gays and lesbians in conservatemporarily to an administrative position to tive cities might have hid their sexuality, evaluate the school’s response, he was reinit also means that single gays were not stated to his teaching position. However, he counted. has come under fire again for his statements Also, not all the data has been collected saying his is the kind of teacher Jesus would and released, yet. The Census Bureau is be, while he passes out a course description still waiting on North Dakota, New Mexico, that claims that students who aren’t ready to Mississippi and Tennessee. While few peohear the ‘truth of god’ need to get out of his ple would contend that any of those states class because he isn’t changing. This is the are home to an enormous gay population, same syllabus he’s been using for years. He is the data is still not complete. a history teacher claiming to speak for Jesus That being said, Provincetown has long and being paid by tax-payer dollars in a public been a top vacation destination for many school. queer tourists from around the world, and Craigslist mishap is an emerging safe-haven for gays and lesAnti-gay Indiana Republican lawmaker Rep. bians. The beachfront resort town is host Phil Hinkle is refusing to step down from his to many international events.

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news site Gawker, who quoted several anonymous sources that claimed he had a tendency to be attracted to Asian men.

Cook was already arguably one of the most influential openly gay people involved in the tech industry, but his new position places him above others, including Megan Smith, vice president of new business development at Google, Lisa Brummel, Microsoft’s head of human resources, and others.

His sexuality doesn’t seem to be an issue in his appointment and the board of directors recently released a press release praising Cook and lauding his credentials.

“The board has complete confidence that Tim is the right person to be our next CEO,” Art Levinson, chairman of Genentech, on behalf of the board, said in a statement. “Tim’s 13 years of service to Apple have been marked by outstanding performance, and he has demonstrated remarkable talent and sound judgment in everything he does.” position, even after calls for his resignation from his own party leadership, after he offered to pay a young man he met on Craigslist $80 for sex. Hinkle has been removed from his leadership and committee positions, however, he maintains that he is straight.

“I was on the road to self-destruction, and I don’t know why ... I say that emphatically. I’m not gay ... I went to the edge, but I didn’t fall over the edge,” Hinkle said.

Oppression of the Christians Anti-gay Family Research Council president Tony Perkins is complaining about his freedom to oppress. After a petition began circulating on Change.org against companies for advertising for anti-gay groups, Perkins cried foul. He blasted gay-rights groups and said they were merely doing the work of a loving god in denouncing homosexuality and gay rights. Perkins, who professes to be doing god’s errand, recently made headlines for his statements saying that an “extermination of homosexuals” might be needed to cleanse the nation of its menace.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

1978 murder cold case of gay man reopened crime and because there was no evidence of robbery. The murder occurred just days before the election of 1978.

Adams was well-known in the queer community in Utah and he helped organize a protest against Anita Bryant’s appearance at the Utah State Fair in 1977. Police never made any arrests in the case and were criticized by community members for not taking the case seriously.

Community leaders were not satisfied with the investigation and said they had knowledge from a closeted officer that some in the police force joked about Adams’ death, saying, “Nigger, queer, communist — three strikes, you’re out.”

Later that month, on November 30, Doug Coleman was last seen leaving the Sun Tavern, a gay bar. His body was later found in an abandoned boxcar behind the Union Station, shot in the head. Police determined that his murder was likely not a robbery because personal effects were not taken.

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By Seth Bracken

The murder investigation of a young, black, gay man in 1978 has been reopened for investigation, Salt Lake City police officials confirmed.

Tony Adams was the campaign manager for the Socialist Party in Utah and a gay-rights activist when he was stabbed to death in his Salt Lake City apartment. His murder was never solved and was just one of several violent murders of outspoken gay people in Utah during a short period of time.

Police are not yet releasing any information about why the case has been reopened.

Adams was discovered three days after his murder on Nov. 6, 1978. Adams was 25 years old when he was found in his apartment with multiple stab wounds and his throat slit. The coroner later determined the cause of death was three stab wounds to his chest, and his throat was slit postmortem. Members of the Socialist Party contended that the murder was politically motivated due to the violent nature of the

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SALT LAKE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT COLD CASE HOMICIDE Name: Anthony Adams Gender: Male Age: 25 Date of Homicide: 1978-11-06 Case Number: 1978-86442 Address of Offense: 125 1st Avenue Synopsis: The victim was found inside his apartment.

He had been stabbed. The initial investigation showed that the victim was a member of a local radical element. This is an open case and the Salt Lake City Police Department is seeking information.

Source: Salt Lake City Police Department

A nervousness began to instill itself in the queer community due to the recent murders, as well as the assassination of gay-rights pioneer, Harvey Milk on Nov. 27, 1978.

Rev. Bob Waldrop, who was a gay-rights activist and a friend of Adams’, met with police officials after the grisly murder and asked for better police action toward a “general atmosphere of violence against gay people.” Waldrop told officials that he had received 22 death threats and said there was an overall feeling that police officials were looking the other way when it came to anti-gay violence.

“The violence and our gathering together as a community served as a galvanizing moment, in some ways,” Waldrop said. “It was one of our most public moments when we gathered and held the police accountable for their actions, or inactions as it may have been.”

The current Salt Lake Police Department cold-case file simply says that Adams was found stabbed in his apartment and that he “was a member of a local radical element.”

Anyone with information concerning the case should contact the Salt Lake Police Department, 801-799-3000. Q QSaltLake will post updates to the website qsaltlake.com as more information becomes available.

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WHEN: Sept. 17, 8 a.m bike ride & 10 a.m. walk WHERE: Liberty Park, 1300 S. 700 East Registration, INFO: UtahAIDS.org

PWACU BBQ Join the People With AIDS Coalition of Utah Barbecue Bash at Fairmont Park for dinner and a performance by the Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps. The event is free to supporters, volunteers and clients.

The recreation program encourages friendships and supports networks for those living with HIV and AIDS. WHEN: Sept. 11, 4 p.m.

WHERE: Fairmont Park, 900 E. 2400 South, Maingrove Pavilion INFO: RSVP by Sept. 7 at pwacu.org

Camp Pinecliff The 22nd annual Camp Pinecliff Weekend retreat for people with HIV/ AIDS, their family members and support givers will be held this month Thanks to fundraising by Third Friday Bingo and support from Gastronomy, Try-Angles, and many others, registration is still only $35 per person which includes all meals, lodging and activities.

WHEN: Sept. 23–25 WHERE: Camp Pinecliff, 18 miles beyond Coalville on the Wyoming border REGISTER: tinyurl.com/campPinecliff INFO: Ruby Ridge, ruby@qsaltlake.com or 801-597-9844

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Undie Run organizers hoping for world record

By Seth Bracken

Utah has been making national headlines lately. With two major presidential candidates with ties to the conservative state, it seems the nation is trying to understand what makes Utahns tick. For example, the New York Times recently did a cover story about Utah’s outrageously confusing liquor laws and lampooned l aw m a ke r s f o r their ludicrous approach to controlling alcoholic bevRun organizer Nate Porter erages.

But not all of Utah is so uptight and conservative as it appears in the media, said Nate Porter, the organizer of the Utah Undie Run 2011 Protest against Utah being so Uptight.

“I think so many people have all these misconceptions about Utahns because the angry, uptight ones are so vocal. And I’d like to see that change, even just a little. I am so sick of hearing all the crazy things Utah is known for, like the liquor laws, and don’t even get me started on Prop. 8,” Porter said. “I want to show a more interesting side of Utah.”

Porter started the idea as a small event with just his wife as co-organizer, but it ballooned into a viral hit on Facebook.

Shortly after creating the event and inviting his 500 or so friends on Facebook, there were thousands of people that had clicked the, ‘I’m Attending,’ button. There are approximately 9,000 people that have recently said they are attending the run, and plans are being made for up to 15,000 participants.

The casual run has morphed into a large event featuring a Guinness world recordbreaking two-mile run through the heart of downtown, and a festival in the park.

The festivities will begin Sept. 24 at 5 p.m.; the run/walk will kick off at 6 p.m. and the after-party will go until 10 p.m. Local musicians and disc jockeys and vendors will provide entertainment in the evening. The location of the run will not be disclosed until the week of the event.

“We want everyone 18 and older to come.

No matter your body shape or size. No matter your race or sexual orientation, please come and have a good time,” Porter said.

“This really is a rally of sorts to get the attention of the uptight people in the state so they can be reminded that they’re here.

They need to know that making people feel unwelcome is not acceptable. So come on down and join in the fun.”

One Utah mother, who is openly lesbian, said she supports any cause that tries to help people relax and not take life so seriously.

“It seemed like a ton of fun to just be silly and be a little bit overt about saying, ‘Utah please let down your hair.’ Please don’t take yourself so seriously,” Keri Sanders said. “And I think it really resonates in our community and I have a lot of friends who are planning on attending and genderbending.”

Utah’s queer community is bound to be well represented, Sanders added.

Salt Lake City officials are very receptive to the idea as long as participants follow the run’s rules, Porter said. There can be no nudity, thongs, g-strings or see-through underwear. However, these items can be worn over other pairs of underwear. No bare butts can be showing and to participate in the counting at the beginning of the run for the record, women must wear a tank top or other kind of covering and guys cannot wear shirts. And while beer will be available for purchase, arriving at the event too drunk could result in a public intoxication ticket. Q For more information, go to UtahUndieRun. com.

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Utah Rebellion serves as gathering for leather lovers

By Seth Bracken

When Darin Osborne showed up for his first date with Creig Nielson more than six years ago, he pulled up to the house on a motorcycle dressed in full leather, from head-to-toe.

“I love the smell and feel of it and always have. Ever since I was a kid,” Osborne said.

“It’s so hot.”

This first date was Nielson’s first experience with leather, and six years later, Osborne has converted him into a regular leather and S&M aficionado.

“It took some time to finally get into it and understand everything,” Nielson said.

“But after you get past all the misconceptions about leather and other kinks, you see there’s so much more to it.”

The key to leather, kink and S&M is trust and education, Nielson said. Most people that are involved with the scene are extremely willing, and excited, to discuss all aspects of sex and relationships, he said.

One of the resources available to those that are either just starting to get involved in the scene or are veterans is the annual Utah Rebellion. The event will be held at The Trapp, 102 S. 600 West, Sept. 9-11. Activities include a meet-and-greet on Sept. 9, and classes, vendors and demonstrations on Sept. 10, and closing with a brunch on Sept. 11.

In its sixth year, the Rebellion is a place for men who are interested in leather, fetishes and kink to get together, said Utah Rox, the co-founder and producer of the event.

“It’s the premier men’s leather and fetish event of the year,” Rox said. “We wanted a social event for men in the Utah area that are curious about kinky lifestyle to have a place to socialize and be around like-minded people.”

There are a lot of misconceptions about the lifestyle and it can be intimidating to get started, Osborne said.

“A lot of people think that if they start getting involved with S&M or leather they have to be willing to do everything,” Osborne said. “But that’s just not true. You can do as much or as little as you want.

And exploring what you like and expanding your tastes are part of the experience.”

“Like my mom always said, try something once and if you don’t like it, don’t do it again,” Nielson added.

Everyone has a little kinky side and learning to explore it sexually is very beneficial psychologically, Osborne said.

His self-awareness and confidence levels have been boosted from exploring limits through S&M. From watching go-go dancers in a cage at a club to football gear and jockstraps, there’s a little kink for everyone, he said.

confidence to come out as a member of the leather community, and at first, wearing his gear in public was intimidating.

“Now I just plain don’t care,” he said. “I love all the stares I get when people see me walking around in my leather and chain around my neck.”

There are a few local resources for those that are intrigued by leather or other fetishes but don’t know how to get started.

The Utah Rebellion is a terrific location to start meeting people and asking questions. It’s also a great place to start collecting gear. The Facebook group and Yahoo! group owned and operated by Nielson and Osborne, Wasatch Men and Boys of Leather is also a resource for interested participants.

“Even if you’ve just got a harness and want to wear it with other people, look us up. I love wearing leather with other guys,” Osborne said.

The Utah Rebellion has averaged more than 200 participants, and this year has some outstanding vendors and classes, Rox said.

“I know a lot of guys who go and buy a piece of leather that they’re curious about, they hang it up in their closet and it never comes out,” Rox said. “We wanted a place to put it on in a safe environment.” Q

Learning to express themselves sexually was liberating and exciting for Osborne and Nielson, and the journey led to a greater closeness and better communication in their relationship.

“Before each scene you have to communicate with each other so you know what your partner expects out of the experience,” Nielson said. “You have to learn to read more than just words, but also look for non-verbal communication and read body language.”

The leather community is large and has outposts around the nation. From the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco to International Mr. Leather in Chicago, there’s a tight-knit community that is based on trust, Nielson said. The very nature of S&M requires a higher level of trust and intimacy and brings a whole new level to the relationship, Nielson said.

“Most people don’t realize what an art form or a dance the different activities can be,” Osborne said. “A lot of the bondage arts come from historic backgrounds, like rope bondage in Japan.”

Osborne, who is the “boy” in the rela- For a complete schedule of events, go to tionship, said it took a whole new level of UtahRebellion.com.

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sanctity of marriage Government grant funds hate group Federal grant money awarded to the conservative group Iowa Family Policy Center to provide marriage counseling was used to pay salaries, rent and other expenses while the group fought gay marriage in the state. The $2.2 million received was supposed to be used only to fund marriage counseling for underprivileged couples. However, a records request

by The Associated Press revealed that the organization did much more than provide counseling. It was one of the leading opponents to marriage equality in the state and continues to advocate for overturning same-sex marriage.

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Salt Lake County Dems tap Equality Utah staffer for open position

years in prison for his conviction of

After more than seven years of volunteer and staff work for Equality Utah, Lauren Littlefield will be lending her skills and services to the Salt Lake County Democrats as new executive director.

Littlefield, who is openly lesbian, was the director of field operations and then moved on to be the manager of advocacy and programs with Equality Utah. She’ll be joining the staff for the Democrats in September.

“I am going to miss the people I got to work with at Equality Utah more than anything. The volunteers are amazing,” Littlefield said. “But I am looking forward to working with the Democrats in Salt Lake County. Having Democratic representatives is something that will affect people’s everyday lives.”

Littlefield graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in gender studies and a minor in campaign management. She began volunteering for EU in 2004, during the Amendment 3 campaign and continued helping the organization until she was hired on as a staff member in 2008.

Littlefield is most proud of her involvement with EU’s Common Ground initiative, which helped raise the level of dialogue in the state about queer rights, she said.

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She hopes to bring her experience working with grassroots efforts in vetting candidates and helping them be elected to the Democratic Party.

“Democrats are the party of the people,” Littlefield said. “The Democrats are trying to solve real problems for real people, and it’s something I feel very passionate about.”

Littlefield will be replacing Jeremy Slaughter, who left last spring, and the Salt Lake County Democratic leadership is excited to welcome her to the team, said Salt Lake County Democratic Party Chair Mary Bishop.

“We couldn’t be happier that Lauren has agreed to help us in our effort to elect more Democrats in Salt Lake County,” Bishop said in a press release. “She has distinguished herself at Equality Utah as a passionate and dedicated organizer, and we are delighted that she’ll be bringing her many talents to the county party.”

Everyone should get involved, and it is especially important for Utahns who identify as queer to try and better their communities, Littlefield said.

“Do whatever you can to get involved.

Walk for a candidate, donate $10, talk to a friend, re-post a story on Facebook. Do whatever you can,” Littlefield said.

aggravated assault on his wife. Curtis McCoy was accused of using nail polish remover to set his wife on fire after he the telephone. According to Cook County prosecutors, this angered McCoy so much that he attacked her, pinned her to the floor, poured nail polish remover on her head and lit her on fire.

Utah’s marriages not so sacred In a one-of-a-kind study released by the Census Bureau, it was found that the attitudes toward marriage and divorce varied widely by region in the United States.

It found that the North Eastern portion of the country, where several states have legalized gay marriage, the divorce rate is lower than anywhere else in the country.

Utah, Wyoming and Southern states had much higher divorce rates than average.

The study found that marriages where both people were educated and married at an older age lasted longer than others.

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Moab Pride plans activities and entertainment The first annual Moab Pride, which will be held Sept. 29–Oct.1, is starting to take shape. With activities for people of all shapes, sizes, ages, identities and orientations, the weekend will be filled with all kinds of queer fun.

Local bands The Vision, Marinade and Sister Wives, will perform, along with Sister Dottie Dixon as the festival emcee.

The weekend kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 29 with DJ Jen Wolfe a showing of the iconic film, Thelma and Louise, which was filmed in Moab and released 20 years ago.

The film will be sponsored by the Salt Lake Film Center and the Utah Travel Council, and will feature a Q-and-A session after the screening with the film’s producer, Mimi Polk Gitlin.

On Friday, Sept. 30, the fabulous Orange Party will be held at Frankie D’s Bar and Grill where participants are asked, but not required, to wear orange. The party continues all night and pushes the festivities into the Awareness March through Moab on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 11:45 a.m. The march will

take participants to the city park where the festival will open at 2 p.m. There is no charge to attend the festival, but there is a silent auction and raffle tickets for prizes.

Local businesses and city officials have been surprisingly receptive, said Amy Stocks, one of the festival organizers.

“Everyone has been so great,” Stocks said. “When we went to the city council, everyone was so helpful and we’re even planning on seeing the mayor and some of the city officials at the festival.”

The Pride events and weekend will go out with a bang with a party at Woody’s Tavern and a special performance by the sexy disc jockey from San Francisco, Jen Wolfe.

“The purpose of the festival is to get people together and have a good time, but there’s also awareness. We want the community at large to know we’re here and we want other people who are visiting to know that Moab is a great community that is welcoming to all people,” Stocks said.

“We’ll have a booklet of all our sponsors and everyone that’s been supportive and it can help serve as a travel guide, of sorts, so that people know where to find queerfriendly businesses in Moab.”

The festival is seeking volunteers and sponsors. For more information about events and how to donate, go to MoabPride.org.

Eighth ‘Breast Dialogues’ goes for enhancement Breasts can be intimidating. For some they first appear during a tumultuous time of life but can be beautiful testaments to womanhood. They can also cause pain, sorrow and even death. Whatever the relationship is with breasts, they affect everyone: gay, straight, trans, female, male and everything in-between, which is why the Utah Pride Center hosts the annual Breast Dialogues each fall.

The performance, which will be held Oct. 29 at the Rose Wagner Center, is a free event to explore the relationship with breasts, puberty, and how people interact and view their bodies, said Lillian Rodriguez, an HIV-prevention and education coordinator with the Center. The event is sponsored through a grant from the Coleman Foundation, which raises awareness about breast cancer.

“This is really a chance for people to talk about their breasts. When they first noticed them and when they first noticed their body changing,” Rodriguez said.

“We’ll have everything from poignant tales of breast cancer survivors to humorous

stories about going through puberty.”

This year, the Center is allowing all forms of art submissions — from short films, to lyrics and interpretive dancing, everyone is invited to perform. To aid in the planning of the performance, participants are invited to attend a series of writing and performance workshops held throughout September and October. The event is open to everyone to participate and view, and is not limited to women.

“We want it to be even better this year than in years past,” Rodriguez said. “We want to just get together and collaborate on our ideas and help everyone improve.”

The Breast Dialogues has been held since 2004 and each year provides a mixture of performances and individuals.

“It is kind of like the Vagina Monologues, but about breasts, and it’s all community members that participate,” she said.

The workshops will be held during the evenings of Sept. 2, 16, 30 and Oct. 14 at the Community Writing Center, 210 E. 400 South, Ste 8. For more information and to register to perform, go to UtahPrideCenter.org.

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letters Gay fraud Dear Editor, I’m a vistor to Utah and I enjoyed reading your paper. Good for you for putting some serious content into it. But I have to take exception to your story “Gay parents face uphill custody battles.”

There’s a big difference between two gay people getting together and starting a family — or a person thinking they’re heterosexual, having kids, getting divorced and “becoming” gay — as opposed to what Mr. Adams did. According to your story, Mr. Adams knew he was gay before he met his wife, and discussed the situation with his pastors. He apparently didn’t discuss it with his wife until they had bore three kids. I think he perpetrated massive fraud, and caused those children to be conceived under false pretenses. (No? I think the chances that she would’ve had three kids with him are slim if she knew he would likely to pursue other men.)

In my opinion it’s such an outrageous fraud that she could rightly sue him. However, If she had known, and had stayed and they’d had the kids, that would have been different. But he didn’t give her the chance to know who he truly was, let alone have a heterosexual, committed husband and father. I’m a lesbian, have gone out of my way to support gay marriage though there’s zero chance I’ll ever be in one, and I support gay families.

I also support her decision to take the children out of the country, and fight for custody. I think he should get visitation, and possibly joint custody. But I think the issue of fraud he perpetrated is as significant as any discrimination he may face in court. While we let others tell us that our most important issues are gay marriage and the military ban, we could be engaging within the community, in discussions about whether it’s possible to live ethical, openly gay lives, as opposed to what Mr. Adams did. I think discussions like that might be of interest to young people who may never have thought about it. Wouldn’t it be cutting edge to write about the other side: from the straight spouses who are fine with it, to the straight spouses who survive it, to the families that are wrecked by gays who knew but kept it secret.

The other point is what kind of pastoral misconduct causes pastors to recommend that gays enter into heterosexual marriage to “cure” the gay? If I were that wife and found out that Adams had discussed his homosexuality with his pastor, but not me, and had been counseled to marry heterosexually, I would be asking questions.

One of them being is this kind of counseling condoned by the Mormon Church, or is it a few maverick pastors? And who in the Church is taking responsibility, and how, when it all goes horribly awry?

Brin Binn

from the editor Religious S&M

By Seth Bracken

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s his knee inched closer to mine, my bishop began to ask me questions. We were sitting in a small room with one table and two chairs.

He pulled the chairs out from the table to get closer to me.

“Are there any moral misdeeds in your life that need to be reported to the proper priesthood authorities,” he asked as he placed a hand on my knee.

“No, not that I can think of,” I responded, feeling nervous about his hand on my leg.

“Are you sure? We wouldn’t want you to get out in the mission field and have something you need to repent,” he continued inching closer, and by this time his leg was between my legs nearing my crotch.

“No, really, I am fine,” I stammered.

“There’s nothing to worry about.”

The breath felt like it was bathing me in the terrible stench of his dinner, that I am sure his wife made for him. The pause felt like an hour as he stared into my eyes, as he tried to decide if I was telling the truth.

There was nothing I could do to challenge him. He could intertwine his leg in

mine and feel my thigh all the while claiming it was a higher power that commanded him to feel the spirit while questioning my spirituality. My bishop was playing the dominate role, asking me about masturbation, sex and whether or not I thought of women when no one else was around.

“Masturbation is not condoned by God. Is that something you struggle with?” He asked me.

“No, I am fine,” he was one of the very few other men who had ever asked me if I jack off.

Again, came the pause as he pondered my answer.

“All right, Elder Bracken, be sure to follow the higher law and keep it that way,” my bishop told me while finally backing away from me. I took the first full, deep breath through my nose since the interview started.

I was reminded of this incident as I rounded my anniversary of my return from serving a Mormon mission on the same day that I interviewed two terrific and friendly men about their involvement with the

leather and S&M community.

I sat in the Starbucks sipping a chai latte and discussing the various ways Darin Osborne and Creig Nielson described the dynamics of their relationship. Osborne, who is the ‘boy,’ or more submissive role, shared his exploration of participating in the S&M community and playing with others who enjoyed playing the more dominate role.

My mind flashed back to the incident with the bishop.

As I continued speaking with others about S&M and kinky lifestyles, one friend shared with me his role play with a man in Canada. My friend plays the dominate role and tells him when he can or can’t have sex, when he can look at porn and basically everything he can or cannot do sexually with others.

“We both love it,” my friend told me. “It’s such a turn on to be in control and some people just like to be dominated.”

I couldn’t help but wonder if sexual morality stems from the same sadomasochism roots. Did sexual morality come from a desire to dominate, and be dominated, by some higher power and Supreme Being that tells us when we can and can’t have sex; who we can sleep with and what clothes we can and cannot wear?

I later spoke with other young men who were involved with the same bishop and heard similar stories of flirtatious touching and eye contact. I’ll never know for sure, but I can’t help but wonder how he might have wanted to punish me if he did find out I am gay. Q

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lambda lore The birth of Mormon homophobia

snaps & slaps SLAP: Lesbian mom booted from Boy Scouts One Virginia mother is in a committed relationship with her partner of more than 20 years, and the two have raised two smart and friendly children. Denise Steele felt it was important to bond with her son and encourage him to participate in the Boy Scout programs, so she began to volunteer.

Steele helped lead the troops for more than 10 years. She was intricately involved in the troop and her son’s life, but when one of the assistant scout masters found out that she was a lesbian, she was immediately removed from her post and asked not to return.

SNAP: Minnesota’s third largest party supports marriage equality The Independence Party of Minnesota has announced it will oppose a November ballot to ban same-sex marriages in the state.

e The party officials said the opposition to - the governmental influence is a perfect o example of an intrusion by government into personal affairs. Local queer-rights groups

M o are citing it as an example of people across the political spectrum that support marriage equality.

SLAP: Lesbian couple attacked in Kentucky A lesbian couple and their children attended a firework display in Kentucky where they were taunted, attacked and threat-

s ened, according to a complaint sent to e Kentucky Equality Federation. Misty Turner and Brandy Standifer said they attended

- the celebration and when the surrounding people discovered they were lesbians, they

, - shot fireworks at them, threatened their t lives, pulled a gun on them and beat them. t

One of the women suffered contusions and

o a rib fracture. Every imaginable gay slur d was shouted at the couple in front of their

r two, young children. The Kentucky Equality e Federation has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to look into the attack.

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By Ben Williams

rior to the 1950s a strong case could be made that the Mormon Church had an indifferent attitude, if not even a tolerant one, toward homosexuality. Discretion and church loyalty were the primary determinants of whether a person could maintain membership within the church prior to the nifty 50s.

A prime example of this was how LDS President George Albert Smith dealt with the homosexuality of his cousin Joseph Fielding Smith. In 1945 George became president of the Church and by all accounts was a very gentle, kind, yet emotionally fragile man. George’s great-grandnephew stated to me that he felt that George didn’t care if people had “that” sexual orientation as long as it didn’t embarrass the church.

This seemed to be the church’s position under George. As long as discretion was maintained, the church would look the other way. However when a person’s homosexuality became a source of potential embarrassment to the church, the individual was allowed to quietly resign.

In 1946, the following year, the Mormon Church faced its first known predicament regarding homosexuality within its inner circle when facts surfaced that the church’s patriarch, Joseph Fielding Smith, had been in an ongoing sexual relationship with a 21-year-old male Mormon sailor. The patriarch was allowed to resign office for “illness” without fanfare and quietly excommunicated. He was exiled to Hawaii for 10 years when his membership was then quietly reinstated.

This fall from “Mormon grace” by Mormon royalty must have left the leadership of the church pondering the nature of homosexuality and how it could so consume one of their very own with such disastrous consequences.

That same year George called 52-year-old Mormon Apostle Spencer Kimball to a special assignment to counsel Mormon men — who, like the former patriarch, had homosexual desires or experiences. This was the first time the Mormon Church set up a department to deal specifically with homosexuality. Unfortunately George could not have chosen a more unenlightened homophobic man. Perhaps the strain of zealously dealing with the number of homosexuals within the church was difficult for him because the following year Kimball had a heart attack.

In the year of Kimball’s heart attack, George wrote in his April appointment book the words: “Homo Sexual” without

explanation. According to Earl Baird Kofoed in an unpublished manuscript, George met with two homosexual men who came to him for advice on their homosexual relationship. According to Kofoed, George counseled the young men to “live their lives as decently as they could.”

George may have been genuinely puzzled by homosexuality and why so many church members seem to be tormented by it. However, for other General Authorities it was easier to teach that Satan was using homosexuality to destroy the Mormon Priesthood than it was to believe that

If there is indeed a ‘gay gene,’ it seemed to be prominent within the Mormon population homosexuality may be genetic within the Mormon population.

That homosexuality may be genetically intrinsic in Mormons is bolstered by a 1949 master’s thesis submitted by a University of Utah sociology student named John A. Pennock. He recorded the sexual experiences of 200 male students and found that 16.5 percent of men surveyed, reported they had had homoerotic experiences. Sixty-nine percent were Mormon, and 80 percent said they were actively Mormon. All of the students said they planned to marry.

If there is indeed a “gay gene,” it seemed to be prominent within the Mormon population, perhaps spread by polygamy which would have widely disseminated such a gene in such a narrow gene pool.

Pennock’s thesis is significant because it is the first publicly available study of homosexuality within the Mormon population and may have been influenced by the recent Kinsey report on male sexuality.

The 1948 Kinsey report was a milestone study which indicated that one in 10 males had had a homosexual experience and about 2 to 4 percent of all males were confirmed homosexuals on a scale of one to six.

In 1950, still during George’s presidency, a music teacher at Ricks College was fired from his position for having sexual relations with several male students. He was not excommunicated. When asked if the professor should be excommunicated, Mormon First Counselor, J. Reuben Clark

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replied, “thus far we had done no more than drop them from positions they held.”

George Albert Smith, the last gay-friendly president of the Mormon Church, died at his home on April 6, 1951. Two days later, at the spring General Conference, David O. McKay set the tone for his presidency of the Mormon Church sounding the “Battle Cry Against Vice.”

Nevertheless, the era of tolerance toward homosexuals continued at least another six months after George died. In Oct. 1951, the Mormon First Presidency, instructed a mission president not to excommunicate a missionary Elder for sexually fondling three young men. Richards stated that the missionary was only guilty “of great indiscretion.”

A year later, tolerance of homosexual behavior within the Mormon Church was no longer permitted. During the October 1952 semi-annual General Conference, the church publicly announced a radical shift in its attitude toward homosexuals from viewing them as being benign minor transgressors to dangerous threats to both church and State. This shift paralleled the United States’ labeling of homosexuals as security risks and the LDS Church’s new public relations campaign to be viewed as a mainstream church.

Clark, of the Mormon First Presidency, while speaking to the Mormon Relief Society, became the first General Authority to publicly warn of the “great influence” nationally of “homosexuals” and of homosexuality. He also acknowledged, in his address, masturbation and the existence of lesbianism for the first time.

In that October 1952 conference address entitled “Home and Building Home Life,” Clark told the Relief Society for “the person who teaches or condones the crimes for which Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed — we have coined a softer name for them than came from old; we now speak of homosexuality, which is tragic to say, is found among both sexes ... Not without foundation is the contention of some, that the homosexuals are today exercising great influence in shaping our art, literature, music and drama.”

Under the stewardship of President McKay the LDS Church became increasingly homophobic and with the rise of the John Birch Society movement in Utah, ultra-conservatives like Cleon Skousen and Ezra Taft Benson likened homosexuals to political subversives who would destroy the fabric of American Life if left unrestrained. To the General Authorities of the 1950s, homosexuality was a contagious virus to be eliminated. Many of the aging General Authorities of today are products of this time when homosexuality went from being viewed as harmless as masturbation to the “sin next to murder.”

These men have misguidedly set the policies that would ruin and destroy the lives of thousands of gay people and the people who loved them for the next 50 years. Q

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otherwise go unnoticed, and these are the people for whom we’ll be voting in just a few weeks. It is also important to note that it is from this pool that we can draw our next generation of state legislators, U.S. congress members, and potential presidential candidates.

There are a number of candidates running for municipal office in Utah that deserve notice. These are everyday people, people like you and me that have volunteered their time and their energy toward making our cities and towns better places to live. These are people like Tyler Andrus in West Jordan, Charlie Luke in Salt Lake City, Corey Rushton in West Valley City and Alan Anderson in Midvale. These aren’t professional politicians, they are citizens that care enough about our communities to put themselves through the rigors of a campaign and election in order to have the opportunity to serve the people.

The decisions that these people make may not seem like much in the face of environmental policy, energy, income tax, health care, and war, but these decisions have a much more profound day-to-day

impact on our lives and our futures. These are the decisions about our schools, our streets, our police and fire departments, and the balance our communities strike between business and residential needs.

These are the decisions in which our voices are crucial.

I constantly hear people tell me that their vote doesn’t matter, and so they don’t go out and vote. Ever hear the term selffulfilling prophecy? Even the vote that you don’t cast matters, as it helps to weaken the position of those that share your ideals.

What is even more ironic in this discussion is that those people are the same ones that don’t vote in municipal elections, the elections where votes matter even more, as there are far fewer voters.

Now is our chance to be a part of that difference. It is our time to get involved and work with these candidates to make our communities better. It is our time to get to know these people and to let them hear our ideas and our desires for our cities and our futures. It is time to participate, to give better of ourselves and to get better from our representatives. Q

ing to have to go all out with the pro-gay thing. The opposite strategy is obviously not working.

And so it is that Indiana State Rep. Phillip Hinkle, a supporter of an anti-gay marriage amendment to Indiana’s constitution, finds himself embroiled in a potBy D’Anne Witkowski calling-the-kettle-gay story.

I know, I know. Yawn, right? We’ve heard this tale before. It’s been done. And yet f I close my eyes and try really hard, I shocking is maybe too strong. How about there’s something about blatant, naked can almost transport myself back to a surprising or even unexpected. You know, (literally, in this case) hypocrisy that never time when gay sex scandals involving an- it’s getting to a point that in order to prove gets old. ti-gay Republicans were shocking. Well, their heterosexuality, Republicans are goHinkle, 64, allegedly found an ad in the men-seeking-men section on Craigslist by 18-year-old Kameryn Gibson that declared, “I need a sugga daddy.” Apparently thinking himself such a daddy, Hinkle answered the ad and offered Gibson $80, adding, “for a really good time, you could get another 50, 60 bucks. That sound good?”

Um, no. That does not sound good. Not only does that not sound good for Hinkle’s career, but it also falls way short of sugardaddy levels. Granted, I am not myself a sugar daddy nor have I ever sought one, but I think we can all agree that a maximum pay out of $140 does not a sugar daddy make. Also, 50 or 60 bucks? Would a “sugga daddy” really quibble over 10 dollars?

In any case, this is presumably how Gibson and Hinkle ended up in a hotel room together. One thing led to another and Hinkle ended up wearing nothing but a towel and Gibson ended up retreating to the bathroom to call his sister, Megan, to get him out of there. Megan ended up cursing Hinkle out and threatening to call the media, and Hinkle ended up offering up his “iPad, a BlackBerry and $100 in cash,” according to the Indianapolis Star.

Ok, wait. This kid and his sister are threatening to expose you so you give

them your cell phone? Your personal cell phone that your wife calls you on and is now being answered by someone who is super pissed at you and who tells your wife you’re a homo? Smooth move, Hinkle.

Hinkle has not denied anything at this point, though he has called the whole thing “a shakedown.” His fellow Republicans are all, “Dude, resign.”

Indiana Stonewall Democrats President Aaron Schaler told the Star, “This is almost a textbook example of what happens when someone is not allowed, by either community attitudes or by personal conflicts, to be open about their sexual orientation or gender identity.”

Perhaps, though maybe folks like Hinkle don’t actually want any of that openness and acceptance stuff. All of those votes against LGBT rights, all of that co-sponsored anti-gay marriage legislation, all of those claims that gays are nothing but sex perverts with too much political power — maybe it isn’t hypocrisy after all. Maybe it’s just an accurate representation of their sad, pathetic lives.

Think about it. If your only experience as a gay man was spent steeped in lies and disgust and contempt, why wouldn’t your public policy reflect your private shame?

Why wouldn’t you use your political power to shape the world into the vision of the very anti-gay hell you see as your life?

It’s no excuse, mind you. But considering the pandemic of anti-gay closet-cases in the Republican Party and the party’s decidedly anti-gay platform, I think it’s fair to say that the entire GOP has a big internalized homophobia problem. And judging from the GOP presidential hopefuls that are parading around, it’s only going to get worse. Q

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n my last column I argued that if we want better representation from our elected officials then we need to participate more in the process. We need to demand better, but we also need to give better of ourselves to make that happen. On Sept.

13, we all have a chance to do just that by voting in the municipal primary elections.

It never ceases to amaze me that voters turn out in droves for congressional and presidential elections, but when it comes to local races, the voters tend to stay home.

While it’s certainly important to get out and vote for our national officials, I tend to believe that it’s much more important to be involved in the local races, with the candidates and elected officials that are making decisions that impact our daily lives.

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In this coming election we’ll be voting for the members of the various municipal governments throughout the state. Before you dismiss city councils as irrelevant, you should stop and consider what Utah’s city councils have done over the past few years.

It is our municipal governments that are leading the way on issues like equality.

While our state legislature has wasted its time and our money on ridiculous message bills, our city councils have enacted nondiscrimination ordinances to provide employment and housing protections to the LGBTQ community.

In Utah it is our local governments that push our legislators to make changes at the state level. The actions of our cities push issues into the spotlight that might

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irst order of business, I have to say to my lesbian sisters: Girls ... you have really upped your game! Walking around the Equality Utah Allies Dinner last week, I could not believe how smoking hot you all looked! The hair, the shoes, the mini’s, I tell you, muffins, lesbians young and old were seriously working the glamor and it was truly an impressive sight to behold.

OK, now that I am done with the pleasantries, I need to vent.

Last Monday, little ol’ me and the posse went to see a friend perform in the musical Hairspray at she Sandy Amphitheater.

I had never been there before and I have to say it was a beautiful setting and a gorgeous facility. (It’s amazing what you can afford as a city when you have an affluent property tax base and you don’t have to shell out for silly little things like homeless shelters like socialist Salt Lake City has to ... snark!) While lying on blankets on the upper lawn I have to say it was really pleasant watching the sun go down over the Oqquirrh Mountains and seeing the lights of the Salt Lake Valley twinkling. I thought I saw the Jordan Temple lit up in the dis-

tance, but with my eye sight, cherubs, it might have been an inflatable milkshake on top of an Arctic Circle. My eyes had been horribly strained by a number of terrifying visual assaults during the performance. Namely the choreography, which looked like passing patterns from the BYU Cougars playbook, (seriously, March of the Penguins had better hand movements), it’s logic-defying costuming (set in the late 1950s and ’60s and yet I didn’t see a crinoline in the entire production; and when do you put your leads in matte black dresses for the big reveal of “Welcome to the ’60s”!?!), and the worst sin of all, darlings ... flat hair!! You heard me. How, in the name of all things holy, can you stage a production called Hairspray with flat hair?

I know you don’t allow gay people in Sandy, but couldn’t you at least bus one in that can back comb a wig?

Oh, and don’t get me started about the director’s “vision” of Edna Turnblad.

Whoever plays Edna is walking in the heel prints of giants. When your predecessors are larger than life like Divine, Harvey Fierstein, and even John Travolta (I admit I was skeptical about him too, but you have

to agree he really worked that fat suit!), you don’t send out some Jenny Craig version of Edna with her skinny chicken legs showing. If you’re too cheap to rent a fat suit for her then at least drop the friggin’ hemline to the floor! Jesus H. Costuming Christ!

Now, from my breathless bitching you would think I hated the show, but actually, pumpkins that’s not true. It was a fun and inexpensive night out and I was singing “You’re Timeless to Me” for days, so it’s all good. Community theater is what it is and you know that and accept all of its flaws when you buy the ticket. OK, so it’s not a big budget Equity production with professional costuming, choreography, sound design, lighting and direction, but then again the tickets didn’t

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cost the same amount as a mortgage payment.

My theory is despite the annoying and totally preventable directing problems, these individual actors, dancers and technicians are getting some real stage experience and they will take away valuable lessons from the production. I sincerely wish them well as their resumes develop and hope they never lose interest in live theater. Yes, I’m talking to you semi-white Felicia who played “minority youth number three.”

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How, in the name of all things holy, can you stage a production called Hairspray with flat hair?

You can see Ruby Ridge and the Matrons of Mayhem in all their polyester glory at Third Friday Bingo (every third Friday of the month at 7 p.m.) at First Baptist Church (777 S. 1300 East).

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here are mean things people say to make another person feel bad.

But most of them are common and mundane. This was one of the more creative insults I’ve received and it came right from someone in my extended family.

I drink blood and change people from straight to gay. My relative, at least, thinks I’m a vampire.

This relative told my parents that gay people come out of their closets, err ... coffins to enter into a world of complete and utter darkness. And no, he’s not the one suffering from mental illness. Not that anyone in the family’s aware of, anyway. This could easily become a debatable issue in the future.

He must not realize I was on the other side of this fantasy. For Pride and Halloween last year, I became the Vampire Slayer, complete with stripper boots, short skirt and fake blonde hair. Hey, I fought the vampires, I didn’t’ screw them or become one.

The reason I have every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer memorized is not because I’m in love with vampires or because I turned into one, it’s because I enjoy fighting the dark forces and the demons, keeping people safe. I’m like a graveyard cop, only not a cop.

On the other hand I do occasionally thirst for blood-like drinks. My favorite is Red Cream Soda and Negative-O Blood

from the FYE store where they sell DVDs, CDs and novelties like the True Blood drink.

I’m not really sure how my relative can think I’ve turned into a monster or into someone without a soul or conscience — just because I date more women than men.

Now maybe if they were actually under the age of 18, but no, I’m talking about real consenting sane adults. Well, most of them are sane.

As school approaches I wonder if my relative (we’ll call him Bill Compton) wants my offspring, if I had any, to remain segregated into schools with only gay or transgender people.

Compton must believe I drain my dates of all their blood. Hey, I like it a little bit rough but blood spilling is going too homicidal for me.

Well, I wish to tell my relative that when I came out of my so-called coffin, I came out of a box. A tiny place that traps the heart and soul of people and leaves them in a place where only a small amount of people are right in god’s eye.

It doesn’t matter how we are all created, it only matters if we are all the same. Instead of complete and utter darkness embracing me in the real world, I found compassion, tolerance and strength in people who not only walk in the light but know what its like to be beaten down in the dark by those who really do live in a box. Q

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Brent Godfrey: A man of different strokes Local gay painter talks about what makes a good art exhibit and how his upcoming show Connections: Painting

Life hopefully fits that mold.

By Tony Hobday

“I Will Be Your Fortress” contemporary representational painting by Brent Godfrey (in response to the fight for gay marriage and the lengths to which the Mormon church has gone to prevent it)

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Describe your medium, why you chose it and how does it influence you, or make you who you are? I use the painting process to ponder life and communicate ideas. Through paint I stretch beyond words, layering emotions and suggesting ideas through my marks and application techniques.

Painting is how I have spent the majority of my time for many years now, so it has become an integral part of how I think and connect with the world. It has heightened my sense of awareness. I suppose I have always seen myself as an outsider.

Devoting most of my time and energies to creative processes probably exaggerates this sense.

For those unlearned in visual art, what about it should inspire them to visit an exhibit? (I know this is a broad, subjective question, I just want the readers who think they don’t understand art to feel comfortable about it.) A good art exhibit is both life-confirming and challenging. It has taken nearly 30 years of painting to be able to create the works in this show. The paintings incorporate a large, disparate range of techniques to survey moments and perceptions from birth through adulthood. It is not completely exhaustive in its scope, nor does it consistently follow a clear theme. It is a glance here and a pause there, moving somewhat spasmodically like human thought processes.

The exhibit is, at once, impassioned and non sentimental. I am interested in the complexity of relationships; nuances and contradictions, not just simple hugs and kisses.

Give a synopsis of your upcoming exhibit Connections: Painting Life. These paintings are segments of my story. Through them I ponder experiences, events and societal observations.

Referencing family photos, tabloid clippings and historical illustrations I combine varying degrees of abstraction and representation to inform and challenge the viewer. Some of my marks define objects while others layer emotional and cognitive content.

Some of the ideas have floated for decades waiting for stylistic inspiration and a full quiver of abilities. While the pictures may suggest

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beginnings or conclusions, they are all part of a continuum, glimpses of moments along the way.

Together, they form a temporary whole: chapters in an evolving narrative.

The exhibit incorporates paintings done over the past six years, being shown for the first time.

Many of the works are parts of several ongoing collections of varying themes that all come together as part of my life story. They incorporate ruminations on and observations of social issues and the status quo.

I am interested in adding paintings of underrepresented themes and populations to the pool of art images including: men with children, broader ranges of affection (i.e. same-sex and older people as opposed to just young, attractive heterosexual) and cultural perspectives that are not included in mainstream media.

Give a brief history of your background and how you came to be an artist. I was raised in Roy, Utah (a suburb sandwiched between a military base and farmland) in a traditional, conservative, Mormon Republican family. The oldest of five children and the first of many grandchildren, I was trained to be a caretaker and expected to be an example. In my youth being an example meant being a standard bearer for the family beliefs. As an adult I stand for independent thinking, thoughtful behaviors that challenge social norms, and perpetual evolution.

The arts have always been an important part of my persona. As a child and teen I was involved in music, theater and writing as well as the visual arts. Being a painter is, for me, part of a life in the humanities in its broadest sense.

In college I studied drawing, painting and photography while obtaining degrees in writing and psychology. During graduate school my need to create visual art grew more prominent, leading to a year away from school dedicated to painting. This was followed by post-graduate art studies in Italy and Taos, N.M. While I have lived most of my life in Utah, I have also lived in New Mexico and Sweden and have traveled broadly. My art is probably more influenced by time spent in museums throughout the world than anything learned in classes.

Connections: Painting Life, on exhibit Sept. 9 – Oct. 10, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at A Gallery, 1321 S. 2100 East.

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repertoire. But more than anything, the talented and inspiring people in Utah help make RDT a powerhouse among the Utah arts community.

The impressive range of performances and classes offered by RDT require dancers to be constantly training and able to display a versatile

ince 1966, Utah’s Repertory Dance Theatre has been on the leading edge of dance and is one of the few resources for dance-lovers in the state. RDT, which focuses on the creation and perpetuation of modern dance, is unique in its scope and

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and dynamic style, said Nick Cendese, a 10-year veteran of the dance company.

“RDT has a very clear mission. While most organizations may focus on one aspect, like contemporary, RDT also focuses on education and relating historical influences with today’s issues,” Cendese said. “Everything we do is based in the past, related to the present and geared toward furthering education and appreciation of dance.”

Cendese has been working with RDT since he was around 12 years old, and over the past six seasons, he’s had the opportunity to dance with his romantic partner of more than 10 years, Nathan Shaw. The pair often dance together in routines and RDT is extremely welcoming and affirming of the queer community, Shaw said.

“It adds an interesting dynamic, but it has strengthened our relationship as dancers and romantically,” Shaw said. “In a piece where we might have to connect, we already have that out there and making that connection apparent to the audience can be a very intimate look into our lives, but something a little unique.”

“I couldn’t be happier and I am so blessed to be able to come to work and be with my partner and experience everything together. He totally gets me and it is so wonderful to be able to talk with him about everything at work,” Cendese said. “I don’t think very many people have that opportunity.”

RDT was founded as a cooperation between the Salt Lake City community, the University of Utah and a major grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Since its inception, it has advanced the arts not just in metropolitan centers, but also brought dance to smaller communities and school-age children.

Along with performing at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, RDT has toured the world and are just as likely to be seen in the Kennedy Center as they are in a small theater in a rural

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town in Idaho.

The seven-member troupe train daily and RDT also offers a series of community classes available to all people, regardless of dance skill.

RDT offers a unique experience for Utahns, Aaron Wood, a dancer for RDT, said.

“We have over 300 dances to call upon,” Wood said. “From classical to contemporary, we cover it all.”

The dances are both educational and entertaining for audience members and while there are educational resources available through RDT, novices and dance experts alike can enjoy the experience, Wood said.

The two fall performances, Vanguard and Snapshots, will illustrate very different aspects of dance. The Vanguard performance, Oct. 6-8, will feature the works of Merce Cunningham and Yvonne Rainer and will showcase some of the most influential dance from the beginning of the modern dance movement, Wood said.

The approach to the Cunningham piece is very unique and the order of pieces will not be announced until the evening of the performance, and the dancers cannot listen to the music until the day of the performance, Shaw said.

“It’s really interesting because we’ll learn the dances beforehand, but we won’t know the musicality of the performance until the day of the performance,” Shaw said.

The November performance of Snapshots will feature family-friendly dances with an emphasis on green spaces in Utah’s communities.

“There’s something special and unique about RDT,” Cendese said. “And it’s not just for me and my boyfriend. It’s for everyone that wants to experience something different.”

“It’s important to find ways to allow yourself the opportunity to experience some good vibes,” Wood said. “When you go out to a dance show or a theater event it’s a chance to do something different. Support the art and experience joy. It’s easy to go to the movie theater for some escape, but try supporting a local arts organization and you won’t regret it.” Q

For more information and to purchase tickets, go to RDTUtah.org.

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By Seth Bracken

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lue October is one of those bands that most people don’t know that they know. The name doesn’t have the same recognition power as other hip-hop, pop or even rock groups. But most people can immediately recognize some of their radio-played hits, including the selfdestructive anthem, “Hate Me.” But what is perhaps more interesting is the group’s staying power throughout experimental bouts with hip-hop beats mixed with angst-ridden lyrics and an album that is best listened to in its entirety.

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leased in August, Any Man in America, which is currently the number eight album on the Billboard Top 100, the highest of any record the band has released. However, there is no single in the top 100, and their last single to make the list was in 2006. Blue October will be in Salt Lake at In The Venue on Sept. 23.

The newest album is an exploration of new sounds and an expansion of the band’s sound, Justin Furstenfeld told QSaltLake in a phone interview.

“There’s definitely some new hip-hop sounds in this album. It’s expanded sound and music. I recently went through a tough divorce and I am still working on custody issues and hip hop was the only way I could really feel any better,” Furstenfeld said.

The album is a journey through heartache and hurt with an exploration into depression and ultimately, redemption. The album tells a story and is best listened to and appreciated through a full listen; however, the tracks, “Everything,” “For the Love,” “Drama Everything” and “Any Man in America” are easily some of the band’s best works.

“We called the album Any Man in America because of what I was going through with the custody issues, and all that shit really could happen to any man. I had to write what I was feeling and that’s one of the messages I really want to get out there,” Furstenfeld said. “I think most men struggle to talk about emotions. Guys never get together and say, ‘Hey, I was abused by a girl. I want to talk it through.’”

The album follows the true Blue October styling of baring all and sharing the deepest hurt and pain with the world.

“It’s tough to share everything. But I like putting myself out there,” Furstenfeld said. “I think it’s why we have such a loyal following and I love that people can identify with our music.”

Blue October has been to Utah several times, and Furstenfeld said he has many close friends and fans in the area and even started collecting phone numbers of some of his close fans, but he lost his phone and is working on rebuilding his contact list with old and new acquaintances.

“I love Utah, you guys are so crazy!

Supportive, but crazy! Totally off the wall!”

Furstenfeld said.

Any Man in America is the latest installment from a group that has a sound a style all to its own. Part hip hop, part rock, part ballad and a mixture of folk thrown in for good measure, there’s something for everyone. Q To purchase tickets, go to smithstix.com.

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‘Street Theater’: Liberating gays

By Tony Hobday

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here are many, but certainly not all, homosexual Americans who either remember, or know the significance of, the overnight hours of June 27 and 28, 1969 — which is considered the culmination of the Gay Liberation Movement, when hundreds took to the street in revolt of the frequent police raids on gay bars, particularly the Stonewall Inn on that night, in Greenwich Village, New York.

Alan Doric Wilson, an actor/playwright/director was not only a participant in the “uprising” on that fateful night on Christopher Street, but also his witness to the events and his subsequent gay-rights activism-through-artistry ordained him the “Founding Father of Gay Theater.”

Wilson wrote 11 plays before his death in the spring of 2011 at the age of 72; each play dealt honestly and openly with the transcendent homosexual experience. His final play, written in 1982,

called Street Theater, is an award-winning satire about the experiences he had just prior to, and during, the three nights of the Stonewall Riots.

Coming this fall is a Utah production of Street Theater, which will be performed Oct. 20–23 at Studio 115, 240 S. 1500 East, on the University of Utah campus; in correlation with the university’s Campus Pride there will be Student Preview performances of Street Theater on Oct. 18–19.

According to Bill Poore, director of the Utah production said, “Doric wrote Street Theater not so much as a history of the event but as a record of the people he knew and the incidents he was involved in on Christopher Street in the months, days and hours leading up to the night gays fought back. The play focuses on the panorama of drags, dykes, leathermen, flower children, vice cops and cruisers — the innocent and not-soinnocent bystanders who would turn the 28th of June, 1969 into D-day in gay history.”

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Street Theater has been produced hundreds of times during its 29-year history, both in original form and in Wilson’s preferable second-act rewrite. The play consists of a large ensemble cast and, according to Poore, some of whom portray characters based on actual people that Wilson had encountered during the riots.

“After I graduated from the U I moved back to New York City and lived three doors from Stonewall and got to know two of the drag queens that were arrested that night,” said Poore. “The two drag queens in the play, (Ceil and Boom Boom), are based on these two people, Miss Masha and Yvonne.”

The main setting of Street Theater is a bar in Chelsea, and the array of characters also include the bar’s mobster-tied owner, a dazed flower child, rough leathermen, a butch lesbian (probably based on the actual lesbian that was first to fight back against the police), queer politicos and what Wilson called “Sweater Queens” — mundane, superficial gay men.

Poore, like Wilson, believes that a decades-old

play about the homosexual experience is still relevant today, especially one like Street Theater that symbolizes a milestone in the history of the gay movement; a history that so many young people today seem to take for granted.

“The young queers in this town need to meet the leaders of the our fight,” said Poore. “Not Jefferson, Washington, Adams ... our leaders, who were low lives that hung out in the Mafiaowned dive called Stonewall Inn. Street kids who lived in the park across the street were the first line of attack.”

“Thanks to AIDS silencing some of our most eloquent voices and the religious right prohibiting even a passing reference to our community in public education, most young gays have almost no sense of their culture unless it is naked and singing,” said Wilson in a 2002 interview. “They have superficial or no knowledge of their own past. Street Theater, because of the history it presents, is a perfect choice to begin with.”

In reflection on the Stonewall Riots, Wilson said: “We were ourselves for the first time.” Q

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The Wizard of Oz Oct. 13–29 Miss Evers’ Boys Feb. 2–18

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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Now through Sept. 24 My Fair Lady Oct. 4–Nov. 26 A Christmas Carol Dec. 3–23 The Game’s Afoot Dec. 31–Feb. 4 ZORRO The Musical Feb. 15–April 11

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Thriller Oct. 12–Oct. 29, Kingsbury Hall

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Forever Dead Sept. 9–Oct. 27 Dracula vs. Jekyll & Hyde Sept. 30–Oct. 29 Grouch Who Stole Christmas Nov. 25–Dec. 30

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The Sunshine Boys Nov. 3–19

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Next to Normal Sept. 16–Oct. 1 The Tempest Oct. 21–Nov. 5 Annie Dec. 2–23 Find & Sign Jan. 13–28 Emma Feb. 17–March 3

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Lady Macbeth Oct. 27–Nov. 6

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Some Men (Reading) Oct. 10 Last Lists of My Mad Mother Nov. 3–19 Seven Feb. 23–March 11

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Vanguard Oct. 6–8 Snapshots Nov. 18–19 Charette Feb. 11

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Polychromatic Sept. 22–24 Prism Dec. 16–18 Kaleidoscope Feb. 3–4

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Sept. 23–Oct. 2 Hair Nov. 11–20 The Adding Machine Feb. 3–12

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Street Theater Oct. 20–23 Snapshot Nov. 17–20 Les Belles Soeurs (The Beautiful Sisters) Feb. 16–19

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In-Betweens Now through Sept. 25 Lori Campbell: Horizons Now through Sept. 25 Relevant 2011 Show Now through Sept. 11

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Fallen Fruit of Utah Now through Sept. 17 Final Light: V Douglas Snow in Retrospect Now through Oct. 22 Looped: Enduring Now through Nov. 3 Bild: Jared Lindsay Clark Now through Dec. 17 Doublespeak Oct. 7–Jan. 7 Kim Schoenstadt Nov. 7–Feb. 18

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LeConte Stewart: Depression Era Art Now through Jan. 15 Final Light: V Douglas Snow in Retrospect Sept. 1–Jan. 8 Color Sept. 16–Jan. 8 David Burnett: Too Close Oct. 7–Jan. 29 Xaviera Simmons Nov. 18–Feb. 26 Georges Rouault: Cirque de L’Etoile Filante Feb. 3–May 13

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Works on Paper Now through Oct. 1

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Renee Lee, Todd Keith: Halloween Horror Oct. 4–29 Make SLC, Robots Nov. 1–26 Derek Dyer: Tree of Life Nov. 29–Dec. 31

Blue Man Group Dec. 6–11 100 Years of Broadway Jan. 19 Joe Goode Performance Group Feb. 25

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The Fantastiks Sept. 9–18 The 39 Steps Sept. 24–25 Thriller Sept. 30–Oct. 8 Park City Burlesque!

Nov. 11–12 Imagine — Remembering The Fab Four Nov. 25–27 Jesus Christ Superstar Dec. 15–31

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Erasure Sept. 28 Blast!

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QQ Tonight urban hip-hop artist Jason Derülo performs hits from his self-titled debut album. The super hot Miami-born singersongwriter and dancer blends pop, rock, electronic and R&B elements. Some of you might remember him perform on tour with Lady Gaga. Plus, Utah native, Cameron Rafati, will perform, and he is gaining national attention with his powerful voice and his

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Broadway hit Grey Gardens The Musical. Presented by Wasatch thursDAY — A spoonful of Robo helps the purple Theatre Company the musical follows the elephants boogie down ... Walt’s rolling over. A spoonprogression of their lives from aristocrat ful of sugar helps the medicine go down. This is all I can to isolation. The piece explores the motherremember about Mary Poppins except doesn’t she dance daughter relationship and dysfunction that on a hot tin roof? Wait ... no, doesn’t she fly around in a only makes their demise all the more tragic. habit? No, that’s The Flying Nun ... Sally’s throwing one of her 8pm, through Sept. 24, Studio Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. famous tizzies. Oh, shut up Tony. Broadway in Utah brings the Broadway. Tickets $15, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org. popular musical hit to Utah. Don’t miss this “irresistible story, friday — Egyptian Theatre presents The plus brand-new breathtaking dance numbers and spectacular Fantastiks, the musical story of love found, stage-craft.” lost and found again. Two fathers scheme to 7:30pm, through Sept. 25, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South. Tickets $22.50–135, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org. make their children (Taylor J. Smith ... hot! and Gracie Berletic) fall in love by forbidfriDAY — “It burrrns!” That can be said about so many ding them contact with one another, under the things, but Hedwig and The Angry Inch really hits it in premise that children always disobey their parthe eye! Openly gay director John Cameron Mitchell delivers ents in matters of love. But the plot thickens, a fabulous glam-rock, transexual, punk musical film. This is a tragedies both real and false befall the lovers, cult classic, don’t miss it! and the swarthy narrator, El Gallo, helps twist 11:30pm tonight and Saturday night, Tower Theatre, 876 E 900 South. a web of deceipt.

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restaurant review Nuch’s Pizzeria — not just pizza

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ust one word sums it up — wow! For nearly two years now I’ve driven past Nuch’s Pizzeria & Restaurant on my way to work.

Sort of hidden, at the top of 2300 East in Millcreek, Nuch’s exterior belies what’s going on inside. One thing I noticed right away was the sumptuous aroma the minute I stepped out of my car. It reminded me of Little Italy in San Diego, and when I walked into the simple but elegant dining room it was like a bell ringing.

This is a special place!

Heath Koltenuk is the owner/chef and was very busy in the open kitchen. You can really see all the cooking that’s going on in a very small space, but the miracles that happen there are anything but small. Chef Heath has his mis-enplacet perfectly organized to create beautiful pizzas in brick ovens, as well as an exquisite array of Italian fare.

The small dining area in the front of the restaurant probably has about two dozen seats;

high back, brown leather chairs and Europeanstyle banquettes around the sides. Warm, cozy colors, stained concrete floor and rustic, hanging lanterns give the place a welcoming glow, and white linens on the tables let you know right away you’re in a nice place and not just another pizza joint. There is also patio dining in the back.

It’s a nice area surrounded by wildflowers.

I was met by a charming and well-mannered young server who introduced me to Shelly, my waitress, who was a mature woman and made the whole experience lovely. She knew exactly how dishes were prepared and knew all the

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ingredients and easily pointed out things she suspected I would like; she just knew!

I was handed a menu and told about several specials. There was one soup, one salad, two pastas and a New York steak. I went for the chilled melon soup. I make one myself out of honeydew so I was glad to hear about another one. Chef Heath told me it was about equal parts watermelon, honeydew and cantaloupe, blended up with a wand blender. Then he piped Greek yogurt flavored with fresh mint into a spiral inside the soup — delicious, refreshing and gorgeous!

Next, I tried one of the pasta specials. This was one of the chef’s most interesting inventions: butternut squash raviolis served in a sage-infused beurre noisette or brown/butter sauce. The plate was nicely put together with grilled yellow zucchini, asparagus spears and two very tasty chunks of grill fennel. (At first I thought the fennel was artichoke because of the color but was pleasantly surprised by the tangy, licorice notes in the fennel. Thank god they brought bread so I could sop up the browned butter — I ate every bite.

Next, even though I was getting quite full, I tried a menu item called Dave’s Calzone. If you don’t already know, a calzone is a wrapped up pizza with the crust forming a sort of purse around the toppings. I chose Dave’s Calzone because it had my favorite pizza toppings in it; sausage, bell peppers, onions and mushrooms.

The crust was thin and crunchy and almost pastry-like and when you cut into it. The purse became a jewel box bursting with goodies.

I only ate half of the calzone; it was a meal in itself. I can’t tell you how luscious and juicy the filling was—like hand-picked, perfectly cooked veggies in an elegantly fresh tomato sauce. I had the other half the next day for lunch.

Shelly insisted I try dessert although my protruding tummy protested. She brought me a small, sampler plate of lightly sweetened mascarpone cheese topped with fresh berries.

There was also a very soft and lightly frosted cookie made of house ricotta and a small panna cotta topped with a square of bacon. A simple and elegant end to what may be the best meal I’ve had in ages.

Chef Heath is from Brooklyn, N.Y. and came to Utah to ski 30 years ago. He has owned and sold several pizza parlors but this time, he says, with a grin, “I wanted to do more, really step up the culinary part of owning a restaurant.�

And, believe me he has. I chastised Heath for a very small and rudimentary wine list but he promised he was working on a better wine selection. His food truly deserves an offering of the best wines Utah can offer.

Nuch’s is open for lunch and dinner and is open late Thursday through Saturday — open Sunday for dinner only. Entrees are from $10-15 which is probably not enough for how good they are. I rate Nuch’s a well-deserved 96 points.  Q

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One (gay) day with Anne Hathaway Actress talks gay ‘pod,’ her new romantic drama and her Catwoman role

By Chris Azzopardi

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ays adore Anne Hathaway for more than her sweetheart sensibility and frumpyto-fashionable underdog role in The Devil Wears Prada. She’s practically an honorary member of the community, contributing to the “It Gets Better” project, receiving an award from the Human Rights Campaign and quitting Catholicism for her gay brother.

And then consider the super gay trajectory of her career: Brokeback Mountain and, as reported, an upcoming role as Judy Garland in the gay icon’s biopic and a stint on Glee, as Kurt’s lesbian aunt.

Hathaway is cast as Emma Morley in her latest movie, the lovely screen adaptation of David Nicholls’ bestselling novel One Day, which chronicles her relationship with Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess of Across the Universe) on the same day every year for two decades.

The day after the premiere in New York City, the actress cheerfully breezes into a suite at the Waldorf Astoria, appearing so tiny you could put her in your pocket. And lesbians everywhere just might want to after seeing her vacuum-sealed in a vinyl cat suit for The Dark Knight Rises, which she’s currently filming. When Hathaway sits down, she’s her usual bubbly self, discussing the most significant day in her life, her upcoming role as Catwoman (as much as she can, anyway) and the enduring power of love for all people.

Even though this is a story about a straight couple, how do you think it can resonate with a gay audience? Love is universal. Anybody who has a heart can relate to what it is to have it broken again and again and again, and like I said, that’s universal — gay, straight, questioning, whatever you are.

Do you know a gay couple that has that type of enduring relationship like Emma and Dexter? Oh my god, yes — I went to Vassar! I have like a pod now, and we’ve all been in each other’s lives for 10 years — and they don’t admit it, but I have gay friends that I think are secretly in love with each other.

What can people take away from One Day? It’s up there with the classic love stories. It requires you to open your heart and feel, and a lot of movies don’t mind if you feel. I personally think there are few things more satisfying in life than crying in a dark room with strangers. That sounds a little funny, but go to see One Day at 4 o’clock on a Wednesday and you’ll know what I’m talking about.

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Emma’s arc follows her through many years, from college to potential motherhood. What about her did you cling to throughout all those years? The book! I clung to the book, tightly. (Laughs) The thing that I clung to about Emma was that she’s a survivor. She is somebody who gets up when you knock her down, she is somebody who wants to grow; she’s somebody who wants to be her best self, she’s somebody who, contrary to what she might profess, believes that things are going to turn out OK. How did you bring Emma to life? The accent was key. It informs so much about Emma and Dexter’s relationship that we don’t necessarily talk about in the movie.

To understand her education, one of the things I did was I tried to read as many books that David mentions by name in the novel, but I’m a really, really good reader and they were a little arduous. (Laughs) I much preferred Dexter’s (reading material), like The Face magazine. And then I just went to England as early as I could and went up to every single person that I could meet from Yorkshire and asked them as many questions as I could.

Were you familiar with the book before you got the part? I was sent the script first and then, as soon as I read the script, I was deeply in love with it, and then I read the book and I fell even more deeply in love with the whole idea.

Do you think if Emma and Dexter had hooked up in the early days their relationship would have lasted as long? No, not at all. Definitely not. It’s one of the bittersweet parts of the story — they couldn’t have gotten together a day before they do.

Emma and Dexter change from year to year, but there’s still something about them that stays the same. What about you do you see changing most from year to year?

And what is something that always stays the same? I’m happier. I get happier every year. I find that as I get older, I take in life more and I think that’s making me a better person. As I get older I, funny enough, become more trusting, but I trust fewer people. The people that I do trust, it’s gone much deeper. What stays the same? I’m a really curious person. I believe that imagination is not something you grow out of, and I find that stays the same. Oh, and I love books!

How quickly did you and Jim click? It’s very hard not to get along with Jim. If you don’t get along with Jim, there’s something seriously wrong with you. We have a lot of friends in common. You know when there are those people that when their name is mentioned everything stops, people grab you by the shoulder, they peer deep, deep, deep into your eyes and they think they’re talking to your soul but really they’re just looking kind of bugged out and they just shake you a little bit and describe their love for this person? That happened to me when I told people I was working with Jim, so I knew I was going to be meeting someone pretty awesome. And he did not disappoint. Now

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I’m one of those “bugged out, I’m gonna take you and tell you to like Jim Sturgess!” people.

Talk about the costuming in the movie. In the Persian scenes, everything I wore was vintage or recreated from vintage and the look was informed by the book. You know, we didn’t have a very large budget on this movie, especially considering all the change that had to happen — you would expect over 20 years to have a huge budget but we had geniuses working. I don’t know how they did it. They literally spun gold from pennies.

Who are your favorite designers? My favorite designers are Valentino, of course, and Isabel Marant, Vivienne Westwood ... gosh there’s so many, and Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen. Thank you so much for giving us Kate Middleton’s wedding dress. It’s been a highlight of this new decade!

You really had to convince director Lone Scherfig to cast you in this film. What was the casting process like for The Dark Knight Rises, and how would you describe your interpretation of your character in it, Selina Kyle? I can’t talk about the interpretation, because that is just a hermetically sealed secret ... I mean, if you want to take on (director) Chris Nolan, you’re more than welcome to, but I’m intimidated.

But the process for getting Dark Knight Rises was: Chris met with a bunch of girls and then he called the list down to do screen tests, so everyone with an XX chromosome in Hollywood was just literally sitting on pins and needles for three-and-a-half months, and then I understood he screen tested a few of us. I felt bad because we tested, I think, on Thursday and the Golden Globes was that Sunday — and I didn’t mean to, but wherever I went that whole weekend I just

kept bumping into Chris and I’m like, “I swear I’m not stalking you!”

A few days later I was back in Brooklyn, and my manager called me and I answered the phone and she goes, “Meow.” And I was like, “Haha! Oh no, wait! Really?!” And she said, “Yes!” One of the best days in my life. And I really should know that date. January ... something. (Laughs) Do you believe in a soul mate? Of course I do.

What a drab life you would have if you didn’t.

I don’t know that I necessarily believe that traditional romantic view that there’s one person out there for everyone. I think that we have many soul mates. But I think there is probably one soul out there that lights up your soul more than any other one, and I think that’s just what a soul mate is — someone who lights you up and who you light up in return.

But traditionally, it’s said that we only have one soul mate and if we don’t meet them, we’ll never be satisfied. That’s like the most saddest thing ever! So, no! The idea of having a soul mate is truthful, but to limit it to one is a mistake. And by the way, my friends are my soul mates. My dog is my fucking soul mate!

Do you have a date that’s as significant as the one in the book? Aug. 3, 2001. That’s when Princess Diaries came out, and that date changed my life. Every Aug. 3 for the past 10 years, I just give thanks to the universe — a big, big openhearted thank you — because that was the day that my dreams came true for me.

There’s a lot of aspects to my life that are very real, but there are a lot of aspects to my life that are very fairy tale, and that was the day when my fairy tale started. How embarrassing would it be if it were actually Aug. 5? (Laughs) Q

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rom hair colorings to same-sex wedding preparations and standard haircuts, the local queer-friendly Butterfly Jac Salon, 1310 S. 300 East, is one of the best salons in the nation, according to Elle magazine.

The world’s largest fashion magazine, with 42 translations distributed in more than 60 countries and a readership of 4.8 million people, honored Butterfly Jac as the best salon in Utah and one of the top in the country. The salon specializes in top-notch customer service and integrating itself in the community, said co-owner, Daisy Johnson.

“There are so many great hairdressers and stylists in Salt Lake City, it’s actually kind of astounding,” Johnson said. “Customer service is above all the most important factor. Not a pretentious customer service, but a friendly and high-end service.”

Butterfly Jac opened in April 2008 by two young co-owners, Megan Draper and Danielle “Dani” Sandell, and their business mentor, Johnson. The three dubbed their salon Butterfly Jac because of their love for the symbolism of a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, and added Jac so as to not alienate the male demographic.

Johnson brought her experience from two other salons that she owned and operated — the Warehouse Salon (1992-2002) and Blue Chaos Salon (2002-2007).

In addition to terrific customer service, the stylists at Butterfly Jac are current on hairstyles and fashion, especially within the queer community, Johnson said.

“There are hair styles that some queer men and women face that others don’t. Some women are going to male barbers because they want that masculine look and sometimes stylists don’t know how to translate a more masculine look into a female cut,” Johnson said. “We’re not just gay-friendly, but we also know how to incorporate queer style into cuts and styling.”

All customers, especially members of the gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender community are welcome at the salon and will feel right at home in the stylish surroundings with the queerfriendly employees.

The honoring by Elle puts the salon in the same category and caliber of locals as some of the top stylists in the nation, including businesses from San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. For more information about the salon and the services offered, go to ButterflyJac.com.

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By Ed Sikov

never hear from readers, the folks Norma Desmond describes in Sunset Boulevard as “those wonderful people out there in the dark.” So I was glad to get a message from “Joey” in Denver. Here’s his note, quoted with his permission: Dear Ed: I love your column, even though I think you’re a crud for cheating on Dan. How can you risk throwing away a good man for an asshole (literally!)? Anyway, I’m not writing to scold but rather to share a recipe. I call it ‘The Escondido Surprise.’ It’s basically a gimlet with emotional problems.

I’m an IT guy for a financial company in Denver, where I grew up. Fifteen or so years ago, my parents retired to Escondido, California.

Escondido’s website describes the place as follows: ‘Settled in a valley in the coastal mountains of Southern California, Escondido — which means hidden in Spanish — lies 18 miles inland and 100 miles south of Los Angeles. Surrounded by avocado and citrus groves, Escondido is a vibrant community with just the right mix of small town friendliness and big-city buzz.’ I describe it as ‘hell on earth, with a stinking mix of deadly heat and Reagan-worshipping cretins,’ but anyway. ...

I just moved my parents out of their trailer.

Neither of them is in good health anymore, and my older sister, Julie, found them a “retirement apartment,” which is to say a one-stop-shopping residence that will see them through daily check-ins by nurses’ aides to hospice care. The Escondido Surprise is the concoction I mixed after shipping my parents along with 12 boxes of clothes, horrible tchotchkes (note: Yiddish for “worthless crap”) and diabetes supplies to Seattle in Julie’s SUV. It sounds dire, but it’s actu-

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ally a huge relief to know they’ll have emergency pull-cords in every room.

In the back of a cabinet was a bottle of Beefeater with enough left for one drink. I found a yellow lime on the ground on the side of the trailer, and as I picked it up, I heard Phyl, the newly lonely next-door neighbor, bark, “Take ‘em all, I don’t care!” I grabbed three more and squeezed the juice into a glass with the gin. The stone-like sugar at the bottom of an ancient box wouldn’t kill me, so I smashed it on the counter with my shoe (hygienically wrapped in an unused trash bag) and randomly poured some in the glass. I pried some brownish ice chips off the bottom of the freezer and gave it all a couple rounds with my index finger. Surprise! It was delicious — the perfect cocktail with which to say good riddance to Escondido and hello to the next phase of my family’s life.

I don’t know if this is funny or pathetic, but you can use it in your column if you want.

—Your faithful reader, Joey Well, Joey, New York supermarket limes are green, our icemaker produces clear ice, and our sugar isn’t clumped, but otherwise I duplicated your recipe, and it was terrific. Here’s to you and your folks, Joey. Having gone through this myself, I can tell you: It isn’t pathetic. It’s an act of love.

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By Annalisa Millo

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f lesbians and bi girls are attracted to other women, then why do so many of them dress and act like men?”

This is a common topic that I’ve heard time and time again from every kind of person — queer, straight, male, female, even other lesbians and bi women. It was easy for years to disregard it and change the subject, simply because I did not have a good, solid answer.

I recently overheard this yet again while meandering through the throngs of people at one of the concerts at Pioneer Park. For no apparent reason at all, the most obvious explanation presented itself in my noggin: Sexual preference or orientation is absolutely and completely distinguishable from gender identity.

Nobody would ever sit and discuss with their friends as part of an intellectual, stimulating conversation as to why Chuck Norris is more masculine than Justin Bieber. He just is, and

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guess what, they both like girls too (or at least I’m assuming so).

From personal experience, and in speaking with many other similar girls, the first statement about it is that for some of us, we choose to wear men’s clothing occasionally, or always, because it’s just more comfortable.

I figured the best person to consult about this would be someone who has firsthand experience in dealing with society’s response to both matters of gender identity and sexual orientation.

I have a friend named Rory Thompson. He loves to sing, he’s the biggest Queen fan I’ve ever known, and wants to one day design his own line of fully functioning prosthetic penises.

I’ve personally known him for the past five years, and it has been unanimously decided that he’s a great guy all around. Rory was once a straight woman physically, and has, over the past few

mind gaymes The other ward

By Kyle Foote

e all have our preconceived notions about what a psychiatric ward is and what goes on in one.

For many of us, it conjures images of severe electroshock therapies and giant pliers going toward the screaming mouth of a patient.

This is so far off the mark, that it’s unreal.

As people become better educated about brain diseases and neurological disorders such as bipolar I, bipolar II, schizophrenia, depression and even generalized anxiety disorder or OCD, the psych ward becomes all the more acceptable by the mainstream.

Just like any other treatable ailment in a hospital, there may be times when the patient isn’t able to have visitors, or special precautions may need to be taken in terms of gifts — for example, chocolate may not mix well with a patient’s medicine — but that is common procedure for any hospital patient.

Bearing that in mind, let’s take a tour of the psych ward and see if we can lessen some of the kooky stigmas that are associated with it. The first step in any patient’s psych-ward visit is the admission. There are two types of admission for psychiatric patients: voluntary and involuntary. Voluntary is when a patient admits him or herself under a doctor’s advice and supervision. Involuntary admission can be required if a patient is in danger of harming him

or herself or others. It might also be necessary if the patient is not coping with life, or remaining in touch, with reality due to his or her disorder.

Hospitalization is always a last resort for psychiatric care. Once admitted, the length of stay will vary according to the patient’s mental condition, medications and doctor’s orders.

While visiting a friend or loved one in the ward, it may be a little stressful and cause a bit of anxiety in the visitor. There are, however, some predictable things you will see and experience which should help take the stress out of it. First, the individual in the hospital may be confused, disorientated or dazed due to their medication. This is par for the course. Typically, during the day, the patient has been following hospital routines with “lights on” and “lights out” at regular hours, and three nutritious meals a day. In addition, they are probably working in therapy groups which may be emotionally painful for them. They may be a little more easily distressed, a little more raw emotionally and may cry easily. This is normal and truly is a signal that the patient is on the road to recovery. And, finally, be sensitive to the fact that there are patients there for good reasons and receiving treatment for disorders ranging from anorexia, psychotic episodes, depression and self-harming attempts. Try not to stare or be horrified by who and what you see. Everyone on the psych

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years, been transitioning into the body that he feels most comfortable in, as a gay man.

My favorite remark that he made was when he compared this argument to a heterosexual couple. If a straight girl finds a straight man attractive, then that doesn’t necessarily mean that she wants to start dressing and behaving like the men that she’s attracted to.

It’s so simple and so obvious, but I couldn’t have observed and articulated it better than he did.

He explained that the varying degrees of sexuality and sexual fluidity are comparable to the countless shades of gray in the gender spectrum.

“They say sexuality is fluid. Whether it’s, ‘I like girls today and guys tomorrow,’ or, ‘I like this particular type of girl today,’ it’s a similar thing with gender identity. One day I’ll feel like, ‘I’m going to go out to the garage and build something!’ and the next day it’s more like, ‘You know, the vacuum is just sitting right there and the floor is dirty, so I’ll just do it.’”

He continued on about how he, like everyone, comprises both masculine and feminine characteristics. He explained that because society is the way that it is, and has been for the past thousands of years, it is typically more accepted, and therefore more common, to find masculin-

ity expressed in women rather than femininity expressed in men. A woman embracing her masculine traits is typically seen as feminine empowerment, whereas a man showing feminine attributes would be cast away from other men and seen as weak and inadequate.

So, this question that I’ve been asked by straight men, gay men, lesbians, straight women, President Obama, and Kermit the Frog, can be answered with a simple response. Everyone has a gender identity that likely varies every day, as well as a sexual preference that fluctuates just the same. If a person wants to further the neutralization of gender barriers, then why should there be any comment about it besides a high-five and a congratulations? I say way to go.

I once heard a theory that because of the further acceptance of interracial couples, racial and ethnic boundaries will become more and more blurred over time until eventually mankind will all be essentially the same race, with little deviation in skin color, cultural traditions, etc.

Gender variants can be compared to this race theory. Because of gender-bending and gender nonconformity gaining more support all around, that in time, there will be no gender boundaries either, and we we’ll no longer have to deal with this inane question in the first place. Fingers crossed. Q

ward is there to get healthy and re-establish mental equilibrium. Keeping your perspective and even a sense of humor is helpful for both you and the patient.

In the movie It’s Kind of a Funny Story, the psych ward is portrayed in a sensitive and humorous way. Bobby is the character played by Zach Galifianakis who is in and out of the psych ward regularly. Craig is the depressed teenage protagonist who becomes his friend. Here’s Bobby’s version of how he ended up on the psych ward and why: Craig: [During a basketball practice in the hospital] How’d you end up in here?

Bobby: Man, you don’t give up, do you? I’m on vacation.

Craig: Seriously.

Bobby: I am serious. Some people go to Hamptons. I come here. Get a little R&R. People feed you. I get high sometimes, man.

Craig: That’s not what I’ve heard about you.

Bobby: [sigh] What did you hear?

Craig: [hesitating a bit] I heard you tried to

rape a penguin at the zoo.

Bobby: [straightening up] Who told you that?

Again, having a sense of perspective and humor with sensitivity are helpful for everyone involved in the psych ward. After all, we all know laughter releases endorphins which are the “feel good” hormones in our bodies. At times, laughter really is the best medicine. Now, see, it’s not such a bizarre or scary place to be. If someone you know or love is seeking help and needs to be hospitalized, it means that they are getting the proper care and attention to both treat and properly manage their mental illness. All healthy stuff, indeed. Q

Kyle Foote facilitates a free NAMI Connection Support Group for the LGBT community who suffer mental illness. All in need are encouraged to attend. The group is held Monday nights, excluding holidays, 7 p.m. at the Downtown campus of the Salt Lake Community College across from Library Square, (231 E. 400 South, Room 111). For information on the support group visit namiut.org.

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h my Gus! It’s that time of the year again when we all run around the house trying to put together our schedule for school. I know, not all of us go to school, but we sure do have someone in our family who does — our children, our cousins, our nieces or even our parents.

In my particular case, I always plan my entire schedule up to the smallest little detail of when and where to buy books and go online to read reviews of my teachers. Despite this, something always goes wrong. For example: I had my schedule ready two months ago. I decided I was going to take a religion diversity class. You know, to see what else is out there other than the boxy way of thinking of the religion in which I was raised.

To my surprise, my new teacher was Mormon.

Even though this class was supposed to teach the diversity of religions out there, the first 60 minutes of class revolved around how the Mormons viewed other religions. Meh. Boring.

My mind started to wander, thinking about my other classes, job interviews, assignments, the long beard my teacher had, his awful belt in the shape of a beehive, and his smooth voice that gave me the creeps.

Enough! I came here to learn about religion.

Yes, a different one than what my Sunday school teacher once taught me when I was younger. I looked around and most of the class was falling asleep. I knew then that I needed to find a different class. I instantly got on my iPhone and dropped the class and signed up for what I thought was going to be a fairly easy subject: dance.

Class dropped! Now what? Should I just get up and leave? That would be so rude. But I was so bored and it was a three-hour class. Finally, after too much debate, I got up and left. I later felt bad and sent the poor man an email apologizing for my rude behavior. He never replied. Who is the rude one now? (Wink.)

Dance, I thought, was my only option. Fairly easy for a brown kid; I have the Salsa and the moves. I was born with them. I was way excited.

Later that day I attended my first dance class.

A classroom full of women and, yaay, gay men.

To my surprise, I saw my teacher and my little gaydar went off. There is a saying in the country I served my mission that says, “ojo de loca no se equivoca” which means, “the queer eye never goes wrong.” Yaay, he was gay. I loved it.

Now I have competition, I thought. (Just kidding.) He seems like a nice guy, totally committed to his subject. I am pretty sure that he will make me sweat. In class, of course. (Ha ha.)

Wait, what? Mr. Editor, you can omit that part?

No, not really ...

The point is, school is hysterical and let’s face it, we all have been through it. Let’s try to understand and be more patient with the future of our nation. These women and men are our future leaders. Oh, crap. Who is going to save us now? Q

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h my Gus! Es esa época del año en que todos nos encontramos corriendo por toda la casa tratando de ordenar y echar andar nuestros nuevos horarios para la época escolar. Lo sé, no todos nosotros vamos a la escuela, pero estoy muy seguro de que alguien en nuestra familia lo hace, nuestros hijos, nuestros primos, nuestras sobrinas, y si incluso nuestros padres.

En mi caso en particular, siempre planeo mi horario con mucho tiempo de anticipación, cada uno de los detalles esta fríamente calculado hasta el último detalle. Muy a pesar de esto, siempre algo sale mal. Por ejemplo: Había tenido mi horario listo desde hace dos meses. Decidí, luego de mucha meditación que tomaría una clase para aprender más acerca de las religiones en el mundo. Ustedes saben, nunca esta demás aprender algo más de cultura general. Necesitaba ver las religiones desde un punto de vista distinto. No como siempre desde el punto de vista Mormón.

Para mi gran sorpresa, mi nuevo profesor era Mormón y a pesar de que esta clase seria acerca de la diversidad en la religión. El tema giraba desde el punto de vista Mormón.

Mi mente empezó a volar, pensaba en otras clase, entrevistas de trabajo, en el almuerzo de esta tarde, en la barba del profesor, en la horrorosa correa en forma de panal de abejas de mi profesor y como si fuera la cereza sobre el helado, en la suave voz del maestro ... su voz honestamente de dama temor. ¡Basta!, pensé, vine a estudiar religión, no lo mismo de siempre, lo que mi maestro de la escuela dominical me ensenaba cada domingo mientras yo trataba de escapar sigilosamente

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del salón. Mire a mi alrededor y la mitad de la clase estaba durmiendo o pensando en algo más. Supe en ese momento que debía cambiar de clase, instantemente y sin pensarlo cambie de clase, estaba listo para salir volando del salón. A mi parecer cambiar religión por clases de danza contemporánea fue la mejor opción.

Listo, ahora ¿qué? ¿Salir corriendo del salón? ¿Sera que era tan bajo y sin modales?, pero al mismo tiempo estaba tan aburrido. Finalmente después de mucho debate, me levante y salí del salón. Así tal y cual, sin desparpajo. Sentí que todas las miradas se dirigían hacia mí. Oh ¡que carajos! para ser honestos, me sentí mal y envié a mi ex maestro un email pidiendo disculpas por la manera tan grosera de dejar la clase, no recibí ninguna respuesta, ¿quién es el ignorante ahora?

Jaja sigo siendo yo ... oh well Entonces pensé que en mi siguiente clase, danza, al fin y al cabo el color de mi piel es marrón, la salsa y los movimientos vienen innatos en mi? o no? Oh ¡crap! entra al salón y mi pequeño gaydar se encendió al instante. Mi maestro, súper gay ... y como se dice en el norte del Perú, donde serví mi misión “Ojo de loca no se equivoca” yay era gay ... pero ¿a quién le importa no? Pero ¿será que tenía competencia con el maestro? (no lo creo) pensé, El parece ser un gran tipo, sabe de que lo que está hablando y parece estar comprometido con lo que respeta a su curso. Estoy seguro de que me hará ¡sudar! Mmmm En clase claro esta (Señor editor puede omitir esa parte) No mejor no ...

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Ask your friends for the most far out entertainment they can think of. Go one better if you can! Better yet, read something that will challenge your political or spiritual values.

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PISCES (February 19–March 19) You and your baby need some fun.

How much to spend can be a bone of contention. Get creative about economizing, but don’t go overboard about it. The best way to keep domestic peace is to keep your mind on long-term goals.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Venus in your sign brings charm that you can use to social advantages.

That can boost your sex life, but with messy

Jack Fertig, a professional astrologer since 1977, is available for personal and business consultations in person in San Francisco, or online everywhere. He can be reached at 415-864-8302, through his website at www. starjack.com, and by email at QScopes@qsyndicate.com.

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Q scene Tavernacle Social Club is an ‘anybody bar’

By Michael Westley

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remember the first time I heard Scott Alexander say the name of the new dueling piano bar he and a couple of partners were building on the corner of 200 East and 300 South. The Tavernacle, as it would become known, was a great play on words – edgy and provocative, with a little poke-in-the-eye to conservative Utah culture.

I mean, who else would take the name of a sacred Mormon meeting place, twist it slightly to include a reference to alcohol and plunk a couple of back-to-back grand pianos inside for a completely different kind of entertainment than you will find on Temple Square?

All that needs to be remembered is that it worked. And nearly 10 years later, the bar has become a mainstay of Salt Lake City nightlife and live shows.

Alexander says that the universal appeal of the music is what has kept their doors open to a wide range of patrons including a healthy portion of the LGBT community.

“It just kind of happened that way,” Alexander said. “From day one, we decided we were going to be an ‘anybody bar.’ We let the weirdos in too.”

Most nights, patrons will find an all-request piano show or karaoke, which lately has kept things lively on Tuesday and Sunday nights.

The piano shows are fun and hold mass appeal

with a Top 40 song list from the last 30 or 40 years that everyone can sing along to. Drinks are reasonably priced and the staff is friendly, especially co-owner Susy Hadley who has been involved since day one.

Alexander says that a healthy gay crowd has been in the bar on Sunday nights fairly regularly for the last eight years. It was never promoted or intended that way, but they don’t mind the company. And over the years, he says he has seen gay couples and lesbian couples and straight couples alike get onstage and woo one another.

The casual atmosphere of the bar has made it a great place for events. “We have wedding parties and divorce parties and gay and straight parties.”

And really, isn’t it a no-brainer that the gays are going to be attracted to a live piano and a show-tune song list?

So why not promote a gay-only night?

Alexander says that to host or advertise a gay-only night would be contradictory to the “anybody bar” concept that has kept them open for nearly a decade.

“We have never excluded anybody. To have a gay-only night would exclude somebody else,” he said.

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hen my longtime friends invited Charlie and me to a Saturday afternoon barbeque, Charlie was a little skeptical. He was still reeling from the debacle I created at his niece’s birthday party. Well, he calls it a debacle, I call it “his mother’s a bitch.” I can be such an infant sometimes.

I told him that Geoff and Gregory, whom I’ve started calling Gigi when I’m speaking to or about both of them, would not be blatantly distrustful of the thirteen-year gap in our ages. Or would show any level of distrust for that matter.

Of course they might read him the riot-act about being good to me, but I instinctively left that to myself.

“I don’t know,” Charlie started, with an expression of disgust like he just ate a Brussels sprout. “Our track record for fun family and friends gatherings is not so good.”

I smirked. “We’ve been to one. Stop acting like me, it’s unbecoming.”

He smiled. “Everything about you is becoming.” I think my response was the same expression like I’d just eaten a Brussels sprout.

“I don’t like when you do that, Tommy.” He chided me.

“What?” I said it with exasperation, but I knew what he meant.

“Never mind. Fine, you win, we’ll go to your friends’ party.” He took my hand and and pulled me for a hug, at which I stepped on his foot.

“Oh, sorry!” I apologized as we hugged awkwardly. He just laughed.

On the day of the barbeque the temperature spiked to 94 degrees ... but it felt like 95. The party was in full swing when Charlie and I arrived with marinated boneless chicken breasts — our contribution because, well, honestly I can’t eat meat off the bone, my gag reflex kicks in, and I know from experience that Gigi love bones.

They’re like junkyard dogs.

As the afternoon progressed and the temperature felt like 96 degrees, I was gloating and patting myself on the back, which by the way was beginning to make my arm hurt, about how swimmingly Gigi and Charlie were getting along.

Once George laid down the law about my heart to him — as if George had a stake in it — they were as close as best friends.

After we enjoyed a nice spread of great barbeque fare, Gigi, Charlie and I kicked our feet up around the patio table and shared in some great conversation ... that is, until the beer began flowing a little too rapidly.

In one of those awkward seven seconds of silence, Geoff blurted, “I’m as sweaty as Ryan Seacrest watching Brokeback Mountain!” We all burst into laughter.

“I’m as sweaty as Michael Jackson at a middle school,” Charlie suddenly chimed in. I shot him a look that I was not amused, but then we all

burst out laughing again.

“I’m as sweaty as the underside of Dolly Parton’s boobs!” My contribution.

“I’m as sweaty as Lindsay Lohan in a department store,” Gregory joked.

Eventually, we came to the realization that it would be more entertaining as a drinking game: If you don’t think of one within five seconds you must pass your turn and take a drink from your beer.

“I’m as sweaty as a Mexican crossing the Rio Grande!” I said it within the allotted time but I took a drink anyhow, as if it would wash away the guilt I was feeling. No pun intended.

“I’m as sweaty as Ellen DeGeneres on top of Portia de Rossi!”

“I’m as sweaty as Elizabeth Smart in a turban!”

“I’m as sweaty as Big Buddha on an early morning walk!”

“I’m as sweaty as the Pope in a Mormon Temple!”

The game continued on for a dozen or more rounds before it came to a screeching halt. I had been forced to skip my last four turns because, in my beer-haze, I couldn’t come up with a witty analogy under five seconds, so I finally just blurted out on my turn, “I’m as sweaty as Molly Ringwald on the set of The Secret Life of the American Teenager!” This led to me being chastised incessantly by Gigi and Charlie about watching ABC Family channel. Again, in the beer-haze, all I could say was “It’s a new kind of family!” I can be such a putz.

“Charlie, come to the bathroom with me,” I then said, struggling out of the chair.

“Why?” “Pleeeaaaseee!” I used the infamous drunken-drawl.

When I get drunk, I’m overcome with fear about going to the bathroom alone, I prefer to use the “buddy system,” like I’m worried I’ll get lost along the way or accidentally pee in the sink — it’s not an irrational fear since one of these two things has happened to me before.

“Alright, don’t get your panties all twisted up,” he remarked in a playful huff.

“I really like your friends,” Charlie then said as he followed me into the house.

I abruptly turned around and said, “Oh, you like Gigi” as we bumped into each other. Again, he just laughed at my clumsiness.

He followed me into the cramped bathroom and closed the door behind us. I undid my damn, annoying button-fly.

“Tommy, move about a foot to the right.” Q

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