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Nominations for Pride Sought New Hampshire Votes Down Gay Marriage Ban

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by Danny McCoy London — Wedding bells sounded over the weekend for former U.K. boy band singer Stephen Gately, who married longtime partner Andy Cowles in a civil ceremony at a hotel next door to Buckingham Palace.

The 30-year-old Boyzone singer had previously held a commitment ceremony with the internet entrepreneur in Las Vegas three years ago.

According to a Goring Hotel Stephen Gately, right, with husband spokesman, Sir Andy Cowles Elton John, who was expected to attend, could not make the ceremony because of professional commitments but sent well wishes. Former Boyzone band mates Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch attended but manager Louis Walsh was unable to attend for health reasons.

Gately first rose to fame with a small role in the ’90s cult hit The Commitments. In 1993, he joined the Irish boy band Boyzone.

The band scored six number one hits in the UK and sold ten million albums between 1993 and 1999. The band split in 1999 with lead singer Ronan Keating’s decision to pursue a solo career.

Gately attempted his own solo career but was dropped by his record label in 2001.

Today, he enjoys a successful career in musical theatre.

The singer told The Sun he would have preferred to tie the knot in his native Ireland, but the country has yet to introduce civil partnerships for gay couples.

Kabbalah Preacher Blames Gay Marriage for the Bird Flu

Jerusalem — A prominent Kabbalah preacher has blamed a push in upcoming elections to legalize gay marriage on an outbreak of the deadly bird flu in Israel.

With less than a week to go before polls open, the remarks from Rabbi David Basri have done little to dissuade liberal campaigners. According to Reuters, Mertez party member Yossi Beilin is seeking liberal votes with a pro-gay marriage stance through stickers that read, “Voice of the groom and groom” and “Voice of the bride and bride.”

Though Israel has recognized the common law marriage of same sex couples since 1994, this is the first time the issue of legal civil partnerships has played out so heatedly in the political arena.

According to U.K. site PinkNews.co.uk, it was Basri’s son who quoted his father, saying “God punishes depravity first through plagues against animals and then in people.”

It should be obvious, he concluded, that bird flu is caused by political parties “strengthening and encouraging homosexuality.”

Rabbi Danny Rich, the Head of British Liberal Judaism, responded, “This is so stupid it’s hardly worth responding to. Even scientists are not sure why bird flu has occurred, so I suppose this man is entitled to his flight of fancy. As far as I’m aware, birds are not

categorized by their sexuality, so what they have to do with gay marriage, I don’t know.

“This Kabbalist seems to be muddled by his own mysticism and mystery. He must be a confused, sad man.” —DM

NATIONAL New Hampshire House Votes Down Same-Sex Marriage Ban

by Angela D’Amboise Concord, N.H. — The New Hampshire House this week overwhelmingly defeated a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

The vote in Concord was 207-125 against an amendment that would have defined marriage as between one man and one woman in the state’s Bill of Rights.

Tuesday’s vote puts an end to this year’s vote for a ban of same sex unions. The proposed ban fell dramatically short of the 60-percent support it needed in the Senate and the House to go to the public for a vote.

Sen. Jack Barnes, a sponsor of the ban, said that the House had spoken and he would not pursue a similar amendment in the Senate.

He told the Associated Press he wasn’t surprised or disappointed by the result.

“We knew that right off, I mean it was a done deal,” he said. “‘The people’ is the third rail in politics and obviously the people that voted against it didn’t want to hit the third rail.”

Talk of an amendment first sprung up last year when a state panel was organized to study the effects legalized same-sex unions might have on the state of New Hampshire, with the findings to be presented to the legislature. At the time, gay rights activists criticized members of the panel for endorsing a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage before taking the time to study six months of research.

The same-sex marriage panel was a “colossal failure” according to Republican Rep. Richard Kennedy.

“It turned into a hissy fight, degenerate brawl, and not much respect or honor for this institution,” he said. “So I would suggest we are operating blind without the information we should have.”

While Kennedy called himself “no authority on gays and lesbians,” he wept as he implored lawmakers to defeat the amendment.

“If I cannot convince you, then I have failed,” he said. “Kill this thing.”

Though the vote can be considered a small victory for the gay community, it does not bring New Hampshire any closer to joining other New England states in offering some form of legal recognition to gay couples.

Civil unions are legal in Vermont and Connecticut and gay marriage is legal in Massachusetts. Maine bans same-sex marriage but has a domestic partner registry. Same-sex legislation has been proposed in Rhode Island.

Kimpton Hotels Group Forms Partnership with PFLAG

by Danny McCoy San Francisco — Boutique hotel chain Kimpton, owner of Salt Lake City’s Hotel Monaco, has announced a partnership with Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.

“Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants is proud to include PFLAG in our family of sponsored nonprofit organizations across North America,” Kimpton’s Senior Vice President

Tide Shifting Toward Support of Gay Marriage San Francisco — A nationwide study conducted by the renowned Pew Research Center shows that support for gay marriage has climbed dramatically in the past two years, with just about half of Americans supporting the right for gays and lesbians to marry.

The poll results also show and increase in support for allowing same-sex couples to adopt children, and substantial backing for the rights of gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. The survey was released one day after a poll of California residents indicated increasing support for gay rights in the state, including for samesex marriages. That poll showed almost 44 percent of California residents support the right for gays to marry.

The poll of 1,400 adults, conducted from March 8-12, found that 51-percent opposed same-sex marriage. In February 2004, as same-sex couples were marrying in San Francisco, a Pew poll found 63-percent of Americans opposed the right of gays and lesbians to marry.

“In 2004, (same-sex marriage) was an emotional issue that struck a very deeply rooted chord in a lot of people,” Michael Dimock, associate director of the Pew Research Center for People and the Press, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “It is still an issue – a lot of people who opposed it then still oppose it now. But a lot of people who opposed it then were in an intense environment and either

feel less strongly or feel that people can do what they want to do.”

Wednesday’s poll found the country is nearly split on same-sex adoption — 46 percent in favor, 48 percent opposed. In 1999, 38 percent of Americans supported adoptions by same-sex couples, while 57 percent opposed them. The biggest change, according to the Pew center, is that the majority of those polled support abolishing “don’t ask, don’t tell,” with 60 percent in support of gays and lesbians serving openly in the military.

“It indicates people are changing,” Dimock said. “They’re becoming more open and tolerant, and we also have a shift in generations, which has a big impact.” —DM

Lesbian Tennis Star Mauresmo Named World’s Top Player Out French tennis star Amelie Mauresmo was given the distinct honor this week of being named the world’s top player in the sport.

The World Tennis Association bestowed the title on Mauresmo for the second year in a row.

Despite being knocked out of the Dubai Open earlier this year by Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, Mauresmo clawed her way to the top with a 300-point lead over Clijsters, her closest competitor.

Mauresmo came out in 1999 just after the Australian Open and revealed her relationship with 31-year-old night club owner Silvie Bourdon. Mauresmo was 19 at the time.

Later, Mauresmo attributed her success on the court to coming to terms with her sexuality and finding love.

Since coming out, Mauresmo has dealt with her share of criticism. Fellow players have made jabs at her sexuality, from Martina Hingis calling her “half man” to Lindsey Davenport claiming she played like a man.

Mauresmo dismissed the comments as “a little stupid” and went on to beat both of these players in major competitions. —ADA

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Exodus International responded with a cease or desist order.

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by Angela D’Amboise on campu New York City — Taking home what is likely “By com the last of its big honors as award season ing homo comes to a close, Brokeback Mountain and environm director Ang Lee took top honors at the dangerou GLAAD Media Awards March 28 in New York.

School “Finally, an award that actually means ment issu something,” Lee said as he took to the any group podium amid a standing ovation. “[It will probably be] the very last award I will accept organized want. The for Brokeback Mountain. And to end the journey here tonight is like coming home.” the event threat aga The film, which was favored to win the Oscar for Best Picture but lost in an upset to Holding dark horse Crash, tells the story of a forbid- Fornicato God Hate den love affair between two ranch hands.

The film took home Oscars for Best Director Bob Johns a hostile e and Best Original Screenplay.

Brokeback Mountain beat out Capote, The “These ar Family Stone, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang and Rent on any on for the title of outstanding motion picture in awarenes Janall A wide release at the 17th annual awards. tening to “The fact is Brokeback Mountain has He said he helped to change the world,” Lee told reporters. Additional honors went to Super restriction “I’m Ch Size Me’s Morgan Spurlock, who took home an outstanding reality program nod for his just feels l month-in-the-life documentary series, 30 because I Days. Oprah Winfrey snagged an award for shouldn’t a coming-out themed episode of The Oprah campus.”

Winfrey Show, “When I Knew I Was Gay.” And the media watchdog group also named Melissa Etheridge the year’s outstanding music artist for her album, Greatest Hits: The Denver, C Road Less Traveled, as reported by E! Online.

March 27 GLAAD was formed in New York City in that woul 1985 as a response to biased AIDS coverage of the righ by tabloid newspapers and news stations. the Senate This year’s show took place at New York’s in Novem Marriott Marquis Hotel and will be televised The Col on gay network Logo on Apr. 15. For the first and Respo time, the program will also show on VH1 the sex couple following day.

‘Ex-Gay’ Group Backs Off Legal Threats Against Blogger Parody San Francisco — Exodus International quietly withdrew a cease and desist order against a Santa Rosa blogger who posted a parody of an anti-gay billboard they erected in Orlando, Fla. Citing First Amendment protection for parodies, the American Civil Liberties Union has come to the defense of a California man who received a cease-and-desist letter after posting a parody of a billboard advertisement for so-called “reparative therapy” on his website.

“The moment I saw the billboards last September, I was deeply offended. The inspiration for the parody I created came to me instantly. How would straight people feel if their very being, their sense of self was being so overtly disparaged?” said Justin Watt, a blogger from Santa Rosa, California. “Their response was to try to intimidate me into taking the image down. It’s troubling that an organization as big as Exodus would go to such great lengths to silence its critics.”

The billboard, sponsored by “ex-gay” ministry Exodus International, read, “Gay? Unhappy? www.exodus.to.” After seeing a photo of the billboards online, Watt posted an altered version reading, “Straight? Unhappy? www.gay.com” on his website, Justinsomnia.org. Liberty Counsel, an anti-gay legal group representing Exodus, sent Watt a cease-and-desist letter earlier this month claiming the parody violated Exodus’s intellectual property rights and threatening legal action if the parodies were not removed. In a response sent today to Liberty Counsel, the ACLU’s cooperating attorney, Laurence Pulgram of Fenwick & West, LLP, called upon Exodus to drop its attempts to censor Watt, pointing to case law holding parodies to be Constitutionally protected speech.

“Parodies like Justin’s are protected by the First Amendment as a form of political commentary. His point was to make a comment on a very important issue he has strongly held beliefs about: that Exodus’s tactics are wrong, that there’s nothing wrong with being gay, and that being gay doesn’t make you unhappy,” said Ann Brick, a staff attorney with the ACLU of Northern California. “Just as a group like Exodus has a Constitutionally protected right to say whatever it wants to about gay people, even when that view has been roundly condemned by every major psychological and medical organization, Justin has a right to use parody to voice his opposition.”

The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association and other mainstream mental health and medical groups have denounced reparative therapy, stating that there is no evidence that

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Las Vegas, Nev. — Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was fired by a Subway restaurant because he has HIV. “Not only is it not good business to fire an employee who was rewarded for high achievement just because that employee has HIV, it is also against the law,” said Jen Sinton, staff attorney at Lambda Legal and lead attorney on the case. “Terminating Bob Hickman because he has HIV flies in the face of established law and basic science that shows that HIV did not affect our client’s ability to do his job.”

Lambda Legal represents Robert Hickman, who was hired by Donna Curry as a store manager and began work at the Subway restaurants owned by Curry’s company, Donna Curry Investments, in Henderson and Las Vegas, Nevada in Nov. 2004. Through her companies, Curry owns many Subway restaurants in Nevada. Hickman earned a merit increase in his salary shortly after being hired, and in December he was reassigned to manage a store in Las Vegas. After assuming his new role, sales at the store reached record levels. Despite praise and recognition of Hickman’s work as a store manager, Curry terminated him on Feb. 4, 2005, one day after she learned that he has HIV. Hickman first disclosed his HIV status to the company on Feb. 3, 2005, when filling out an application for health insurance, which he became eligible to receive at the end of a 90-day probation period from the date he was hired, the lawsuit claims.

In June, 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that HIV and AIDS are covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act and an employee cannot be terminated merely for having HIV. “My HIV status in no way interfered with my ability to perform my job,” Hickman said. “The one thing that should have mattered at all to my employer — my job performance — didn’t even seem to enter into their minds when they fired me because all they cared about was that I have HIV.”

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Reno, Nev. — Students of University of Nevada, Reno, counterprotested a small group of evangelical Christians preaching on the campus claiming the group’s anti-gay message violates the school’s anti-discrimination policy.

The preachers are traveling throughout the West, though QSaltLake can find no plans that they will visit Utah.

Their rallies are similar to those during General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, includd that se who ed holding signs, reading Bible excerpts ge to and testifying ort of about how said litigation God changed protects their lives. In Exodus fact, some of Tom Griner protests everyone from od of bul- their signs say “sodomites” to “Momons” their First that Mormons opinions “Make Me Sick.” Their message that homosexuality is a sin and a path to hell prompted gram, andgraduate student Erick Dubuque to organize n, Gay, the protest.

“This is not about the First Amendment,” Dubuque told The Reno Gazette-Journal.

“This is about them violating the university’s anti-discrimination policy. They do not have the right to create an unsafe environment on campus. t is likely “By coming out here and verbally attackason ing homosexuality, it’s creating an unsafe ain and environment for homosexuals, and that’s the dangerous.”

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School officials see it as a First Amendmeans ment issue. Provost John Frederick said the any group that follows their guidelines for [It will will accept organized events can say whatever they want. The school would intervene only in d the home.” the event of physical violence or a physical threat against students. in the upset to Holding a sign that said “Warning: a forbid- Fornicators Drunkards Thieves Adulterers God Haters Liars Homosexuals. Judgment,” hands.

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March 27 gave final approval to a measure City in that would grant same-sex couples many coverage of the rights of marriage. If it is approved by ations. the Senate the issue would be put to voters w York’s in November. televised The Colorado Domestic Partnership Benefits r the first and Responsibilities Act would allow samen VH1 the sex couples to register their partnerships.

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It gives the right to visitation and to be involved in the care of hospital patients and nursing home residents, protection of property rights, including inheritance and pension benefits, access to a partner’s health care benefits and family leave benefits, and the right to take possession of a deceased partner’s remains.

The House gave initial approval March 24, and voted 38-27 the following Monday to send the measure to the Senate. Because it puts final approval in the hands of voters, it is not subject to a veto by Gov. Bill Owens.

The vote was mostly along party lines.

GOP lawmakers say the bill is tantamount to endorsing gay marriage and attempted to insert a clause that would bar same-sex couples from adopting children.

Republicans are supporting a citizens’ referendum that would ban same-sex marriage in Colorado.

Coloradans for Marriage needs about 68,000 valid voter signatures to get the proposed amendment on the ballot.

The Secretary of State March 24 approved the language of the question, allowing Coloradans for Marriage to begin collecting names.

The proposed ballot question would read: “Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning marriage, and, in connection therewith, specifying that only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Colorado?”

Colorado law already bans gay marriage but supporters say putting it in the constitution would make it more difficult to change.

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Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr. has vetoed a bill that would prevent a court from awarding parental rights against the wishes of the biological or adoptive parent.

The legislation stemmed from a case that made international headlines in 2004 when a judge awarded visitation rights to the former lesbian partner of the child’s birth mother who claims to have turned straight after “getting religion.”

Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. The case, Jones v Barlow, is now before the Utah Supreme Court.

Keri Lynn Jones and Cheryl Pike Barlow met in 2000 and were together about three years.

“Probably after we were dating six months maybe, we decided we wanted to have a baby in the next year so we spent a lot of time talking to our attorney,” Jones contends in court papers.

Jones said they intended to rear the girl, now 5 years old, together and took several steps to establish a legal relationship for her and the baby. Barlow disputes that she never intended for Jones to have a legal relationship with the child.

At the beginning, both women shared in the joy of the birth. But then, Barlow said, she discovered Jones was having an affair

with another woman.

The bill was sponsored by Rep. LaVar Christensen (R-Draper) who also sponsored Utah’s constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and is involved in suit challenging Salt Lake City’s domestic partner benefits.

Opponents of the legislation said it could affect grandparents and/or stepparents.

“The biological parent’s right to exercise that authority unilaterally — casting aside bonds that have been created over the course of many years without so much as a hearing to determine what might be in the best interests of the child — would trump all other considerations unless the biological parent had previously “been adjudicated as an unfit parent,” Huntsman wrote in his veto.

“Giving such parents an absolute right to terminate a child’s relationship with a step parent standing in loco parentis would be a mistake. I must therefore veto this bill,” he said.

Christensen is lobbying his fellow legislators for a veto override in a special session, but most say the effort will be fruitless.

While the bill sailed through the House, it stalled in the Senate after concerns were raised about the rights of grandparents and step parents and child psychologists testified about instances where the best interest of the child would not be served under the law. The bill passed the Senate by a slim margin. Lawmakers have 60 days to reinstate the laws.

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By Hugo Salinas students and ask BYU President Cecil O. dedicatio Samuelson and the LDS Church to reverse its Katherine Riley, a 21-year old lesbian from transgend position on homosexuality.

Pennsylvania who converted to the Church The gra Vice President of Student Life Janet Scharof Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints six years man issued an email to students and faculty are presen ago, is one of 35 young Pride’s an stating the BYU campus is open to “all adults who will take an which kic visitors as long as they are courteous and eight-week bus ride to conCommun engage in nondisruptive, civil dialogue.” front religious and military Soulforce is, in part, protesting the BYU and ming colleges that discriminate Honor code, which states the following: and exam against GLBT students.

“Advocacy of a homosexual lifestyle join us in Sponsored by Soulforce, (whether implied or explicit) or any behaviors “It’s imp on April 10–11 the Equality that indicate homosexual conduct, including for their in Ride will stop at Brigham those not sexual in nature, are inappropriate ners,” said Young University, rated by Katherine Riley and violate the Honor Code. Violations of the tor of The the Princeton Review as Honor Code may result in actions up to and unturned the tenth most homophobic college in the including separation from the University.”

United States. nominees “School authorities may dismiss students ents have “I know what it is like to be oppressed as a for sexual transgressions independent of lesbian in the Mormon Church,” says Riley. and we ho action by a Church Disciplinary Council. No “I know what it is like to be told that what I’m In addi one known to be guilty of overt and active doing is wrong and a sin against God. I know Pride is al homosexual conduct is to be enrolled or how I feel to be told that you’re going to burn permitted to remain at Church Educational Youth Gra in hell for who you are. That’s why it’s imporSystem campuses as students, but the fol- awards w tant for me to go to Brigham Young Univerlowing conduct is not to be treated as “overt tributors sity and protest their anti-GLBT policies.” transgend “Even if LDS leaders think that homosexu- and active” for the purpose of this policy: Nomin a. Persons who have repented of evil acts ality is wrong,” Riley adds, “as Christians, the comm and totally forsaken them for a suitable they need to learn to be more caring, more lengthy period of time. loving, less judgmental, and to follow the Grand Ma b. Persons who have been guilty of irregu- marshal i teachings of Christ.” lar sexual behavior not equivalent to fornica- qualities a In a 1966 speech, BYU President Ernest tion or adultery and who are repentant and L. Wilkinson asked all gay students to leave lesbian, b show evidence that their irregularities will BYU “immediately.” “We do not want others communi not be repeated. The retention or dismissal on this campus to be contaminated by your prominen of students should be a matter of decision presence,” he explained. helps kick on an individual basis by the administration, Over the decades, BYU security has enNominee after considering the nature and duration trapped people suspected of being gay both may be of of involvement, the circumstances of the on and off campus. BYU administrators grand ma student’s work at the institution, and the have forced students to undergo electroing to acc recommendation of the ecclesiastical officer shock therapy to “cure” their “same-sex must avai having jurisdiction over the case.” attraction.” Gay students and professors Pride wee “Our policies are based on the teachings have been expelled, fired, and forced to drop include: C and doctrine of our sponsor church, the from the university.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” Steve Km Even though current LDS President Gorsaid BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins. “We Coy and o don B. Hinckley has repeatedly claimed that do acknowledge that the BYU environment the LDS Church holds gays and lesbians to The Dr. Kr may not be for everyone, however that is a the same standards as straight people, gay Award: Th decision that students make in coming here students have been expelled from BYU as and award and one that visitors will need to make in recently as 2001 for merely holding hands or humanita visiting our campus.” receiving gifts from their same-sex dates.

But Herrin said a conversation about the AIDS crisi “Soulforce draws from the teaching of BYU environment is worthwhile. And a con- honor. It r Christ, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, versation, she said, is all Soulforce is after. to the gre with the goal of seeing all people treated transgend According to Soulforce, 13 percent of equally,” says Duane Jennings, a gay BYU students say they know a gay or lesbian given to in Mormon from Salt Lake City who is well student and 80 percent of BYU students do tinuing th acquainted with Soulforce. “If you teach and receive th not want a gay or lesbian roommate. defend a religious tradition but don’t engage This, they say, is the result of discrimina- queer com in a conscientious review of its teachings, Ries, “exe tion taught at Brigham Young University. this can often lead to perpetuating ignorance and promoting injustice.”

To learn more about Soulforce or to donate to has stood The rally will be held in Kiwanis Park in the Equality Ride, go to www.soulforce.org. For courage.”

Provo on Sunday, April 10, at 6:00 pm. Kiwanmore information about anti-gay activities at among th the award is Park is located at 820 N. 1100 East. The rally BYU, visit www.affirmation.org/byu.

Wortham will protest BYU’s history of discrimination Hugo Salinas is an associate director with against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender ­Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons.

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Utah Pride Seeks Grand Marshal and Award Nominations

Utah Pride 2006, “Pride, Not Prejudice,” a program of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender Community Center of Utah is calling for nominations for the 2006 Grand Marshal and other awards presented at the annual celebration.

Each year, Utah Pride selects an individual who represents the spirit and values of Utah’s queer community to serve as grand marshal in the Pride Parade and Festival.

The 2005 grand marshal, Sen. Scott McCoy, was chosen for his leadership in the “No on yla Bonewell, 3” campaign, fighting against the anti-gay Katie Higgins, marriage amendment, and for his work as a edger, Alisa state senator.

“We’re looking for a person who, like Sen. McCoy, represents all that we are and what we can achieve as a community,” said Jere Keys, coordinator of the 2006 Utah Pride.

“We’re looking for courageous people, role models, leaders, or anyone who exemplifies cil O. everse its dedication to Utah’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or allied population.” net Schar- The grand marshal and other honorees nd faculty are presented with their awards during Utah Pride’s annual Grand Marshal Reception, “all which kicks of the weekend celebration. us and Community members are invited to meet gue.” he BYU and mingle with these courageous leaders wing: and examples; to hear them speak; and to le join us in toasting their achievements. behaviors “It’s important that we ask the community ncluding for their input in selecting our award winropriate ners,” said Valarie Larabee, executive direcns of the tor of The Center. “We want to leave no stone p to and unturned as we seek out the best possible rsity.” nominees for these awards. The past recipistudents ents have set a high standard for excellence, ent of and we hope to continue that tradition.” uncil. No In addition to the grand marshal, Utah d active Pride is also accepting nomination for ed or ucational Youth Grand Marshal, and other annual the fol- awards which honor and celebrate conas “overt tributors to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in Utah. policy: Nominations are being accepted from evil acts the community for the following awards: able

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Community Volunteer of the Year Award: Established in 2005, the continued growth and development of the Utah’s queer community would not be possible without the dedication of volunteers who serve unselfishly to further he mission of non-profit and community service organizations all across the state of Utah. This award is given to acknowledge an outstanding volunteer for service to the community. The recipient is chosen from among nominees by The Center’s board of directors. Recent winners include Don Steward and Missy Larsen.

The Community Organization of the Year Award: Also established in 2002, the Organization of the Year Award is presented to an outstanding organization which has served the queer community by making outstanding contributions to advance diversity and acceptance in Utah. The recipient is chosen from among nominees by The Center’s board of directors. Recent winners include: sWerve and Salt Lake Metro.

by Jacob Fawson Crystal meth’s been on the move lately. Once known primarily as the drug of choice among circuit boys who wanted to stay awake for multi-day dance parties, crystal—otherwise known as Tina—has been all over the Internet in recent years, appearing on gay hook-up sites as “PnP” or “party and play.” Gay men of all ages and backgrounds are smoking, snorting and slamming Tina, sometimes combining it with Viagra (a potentially deadly combination in itself) for weekend sex sagas of pornographic proportions.

But it’s not just the drug use itself that has public health officials concerned—rather, it’s the risky behaviors people on Tina are more willing to engage in. A study in San Francisco has shown that crystal-using gay men are three times more likely to become infected with HIV. A year ago, the Utah AIDS Foundation developed UtahTweaker.com to give gay men a resource for learning about crystal meth.

The site provides non-judgmental information for the interested user, the user looking to quit, the friend of the user, or the person who just wants to learn more about the gay community’s drug of choice.

To make the issue more personal to us all, the Utah AIDS Foundation is launching “Dear Tina,” a new section of UtahTweaker. com. “Dear Tina” is a non-judgmental forum where people can describe their real-life experiences about meth use and crystal culture—good, bad, funny, tragic, or otherwise—for the edification or entertainment of others, or simply for the salubrious effect of sharing a secret.

“‘Dear Tina’ was created for people who want to ‘talk’ about meth without fear of judgment. We’re finding that gay men are looking for opportunities to talk about crystal and their own crystal use in a safe, non-judgmental way,” says Simon Pugh of the Utah AIDS Foundation. “‘Dear Tina’ gives them an opportunity to do this anonymously, and might give someone who is interested in using meth an idea of what to expect.”

Here’s an excerpt of one “Dear Tina” story from a former meth-user: Even though it seemed surreal at the time, I remember it vividly. I met Bob that weekend on the sex line and we spent hours doing meth and fucking like rabbits. Monday morning, the meth was gone and so was Bob; I never expected to see him again after that. Such was the way of my relationships after Howard died, great sex and a shortlived drug high. I was still wide awake and tweaking from regular slams of meth and it never occurred to me that going out to run errands on the third or fourth day of being awake was anything but normal. So, I set out to buy dog food.

It was a crisp, sunny, beautiful day in San Francisco with lots of street activity. On the way to the market I stopped at a couple of sidewalk sales. As I stepped off the curb to cross the street, I saw a silver Mazda careening toward me, knowing full well it was too late to get out of the way. Anything that may have been on my mind suddenly evaporated and a single thought took hold, “This is going to happen...”

To read the rest of the story, or to submit your own, check out “Dear Tina” at UtahTweaker.com.

Youth Grand Marshal: Established in 2005, Youth Grand Marshals are chosen to represent the future of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and allied community of Utah and to honor the achievements of our next generation. Nominees must be 19 years or younger, Utah-based, and cannot be a former Youth Grand Marshal. The recipient is chosen from among nominees by the Utah Pride committee. Past Youth Grand Marshals were Taunica Crump and Kourtni Coats.

Please submit all nominations for any category by Friday, April 1 at 5:00 p.m. Nomination should be less than one page in length and should include your name, which award you are nominating for, and the name of person(s) or organization you are nominating, and why you believe they are deserving.

Send your nominations to The GLBT Community Center of Utah Attn: Grand Marshal Awards/Craig Miller 355 N 300 W Salt Lake City, UT 84103 or email nomination to pride@glbtccu.org Attn: Grand Marshal/Craig Miller Utah Grand Marshal Event: Awards will be presented at the “Utah Pride Grand Marshal Reception” “Which honors and celebrates outstanding contributors to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender community of Utah.” Friday, June 2, 2006 at the Memorial House in Memory Grove ( 485 North Canyon Road). The reception begins at 6:00 p.m. Tickets to this event are $30. For more information, call The Center at 539-8800 x12 or visit utahpride.org. Award recipients will also be acknowledged during the Pride Parade and Festival on June 4, 2006.

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Grand Marshal: Each year, the grand of irregu- marshal is chosen to exemplify the best o fornica- qualities and achievements of Utah’s gay, ant and lesbian, bisexual, transgender and allied es will community. The grand marshal holds a smissal prominent position in the Pride Parade and cision helps kick off the Utah Pride celebration. istration, Nominees may be a local or national figure, ration may be of any age, but cannot be a former of the grand marshal. The recipient must be willd the al officer ing to accept the award if selected, and be must available to appear throughout Utah achings Pride weekend. Former grand marshals include: Charlene Orchard, Bruce Bastian, h, the y Saints,” Steve Kmetko, Alicia Suazo, Sen. Scott Mcins. “We Coy and others. ronment The Dr. Kristen Ries Community Service that is a Award: This award was establish in 1987 ming here and awarded to Dr. Kristen Ries for her make in humanitarian efforts in dealing with the bout the AIDS crisis, and forever named in her nd a con- honor. It recognizes outstanding service is after. to the greater gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in Utah, and is nt of or lesbian given to individual(s) dedicated to condents do tinuing that legacy of service. Those who receive this award are role models for Utah’s e. crimina- queer community and, like Dr. Kristen Ries, “exemplify everything that the award ersity. onate to has stood for: compassion, leadership and e.org. For courage.” The recipient is chosen from vities at among the nominees by past winners of the award. Recent winners include Doug Wortham, Ladonna Moore, and Jane & Tami with .

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The Pete Suazo Political Action Award: Established in 2002, in honor of Suazo’s legislative work, his tireless attempt to pass hate crime legislation in Utah, and his tireless ability to remind his colleagues in the Utah State Legislature of the great diversity found in the State of Utah. This award is presented to an elected Utah official who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to equal rights for the LGBT community of Utah through legislation, policy or declaration. The recipient is chosen from among nominees by a committee including leaders of Equality Utah, the Stonewall Democratic Club, Log Cabin Republicans, Human Rights Campaign and The Center.

Recent winners include Utah State Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and former Utah State Sen. Paula Julander.

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KRCL Proves That Being Queer is in the Radio Waves

by Michael Aaron Wednesday lunchtime is once again queer as KRCL 90.9 FM brings “Now Queer This” to the airwaves. The brainchild of producer Troy Williams, the half-hour show is run by a team of volunteers, few with any radio experience, making it a “learn-as-you-go” venture.

“KRCL has always been at the forefront of queer radio,” said Williams. “They started one of, if not the first gay radio show — “Concerning Gays” — back in 1980.”

“Now Queer This” was inspired by the radical Queer Nation groups of the 90s, according to Williams. “Queer Nation was born in a time when the word “queer” was a slur.

They took ownership of the word and now you have “Queer as Folk,” “Queer Eye” ... I heard a high school student say that ‘queer is the new gay.’ I love that.”

“I want this show to be randy and disruptive and irreverent and confrontational,” Williams continued. “It’s raw and it will eventually find its own format, and that’s great.”

The first show aired Wednesday, March 22 beginning with QNews, sponsored of course

by QSaltLake, queer music from Le Tigre, a discussion of “queer theory” and a rant about the crimes against Brandon Teena and Matthew Shepherd.

“Queer theory offers us categories that are always in flux, in transition,” Williams explained. “With the rise of gay and lesbian media appropriated by corporations and marketed back to us, there is a reductive nature to our identity. Our identity becomes

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QUAC Member Named Top Nationwide Barbara Nash began swimming with Queer Utah Aquatics Club about a year and a half ago after deciding to try a sport less hard on her knees than volleyball. After just a few months, she realized her swimming ability had been sleeping under the surface. “I have never swum competitively in my life ... but I went to my first meet and was surprised to find how fast I am,” she told our reporter, Joel Barbara Nash Shoemaker, last July.

Nash immediately began shattering state records, and this year is listed by the United States Masters Swimming as the top in the 50-yard breaststroke in her age category nationwide, with a best time of 45.17 seconds in 2005. She has since placed first in the 50 yard breaststroke at the Utah Masters Swimming First Annual Charity Meet with a time of 40.67 seconds.

She also placed third in the 100-yard breast stroke, seventh in the 50-yard freestyle and 10th in the 200-yard breaststroke.

Nash joined QUAC after the thought of doing laps alone in a “cement box filled with water” didn’t appeal to her. “I didn’t think I would like it,” she said at the time. “If I had

token, superficial stereotypes.”

“Now Queer This” isn’t limited to those stereotypes and can grow and morph as the community changes, according to Williams.

KRCL was borne out of civil disobedience and action. Stephen Holbrook became a civil activist while in Washington, D.C. during the time of Martin Luther King and race riots.

Back in Utah in 1970, he and others staged a protest that gathered 2,000 people to Social Hall Avenue where all three television stations were housed demanding debates on the Vietnam war. He was successful.

Holbrook opened the station in late 1979 with the help of Robert Redford. It was on air 12 hours a day out of a cold, small studio in the old Blue Mouse, a theater that ran art and social-conscious films.

“Concerning Gays” was one of the first public affairs programs on KRCL and one of the first gay radio shows in the country, airing Mondays at noon, where it stayed for nearly two decades. The show eventually moved to 12:30 Wednesdays. It also changed to “Concerning Gays and Lesbians.”

Becky Moss, who joined the show in 1983 as “Mickey Moss,” was host for over two decades.

After Moss left the show, KRCL replaced it with the nationally-syndicated “This Way Out,” which aired until last month.

“Now Queer This” airs Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. on KRCL 90.9FM after RadioActive and is rebroadcast Mondays at 5:30 a.m.

Williams hopes to have podcasts available of the show shortly at krcl.org. just gone to the U. of U. alone and got in the pool, I would have done about six laps and said, ‘this sucks.’”

Nash is a professor of geology and geophysics and chair of the University of Utah Teaching Committee.

Other QUAC members who ranked in the top 10 for short course meters include: • Seth Hancock (18-24 age group): 4th for 50 yard freestyle, 7th for 100 yard freestyle, 7th for 50 yard butterfly • Tom Scott (35-39 age group): 10th for 200 back, 10th for 200 fly • 7th for 400 Free Relay with: Seth Hancock, Doug Fadel, Paul Reynolds and Brandon Hutchinson • 9th for 800 Free Relay with: Brian Harper, Jim Viney, Jeff Breglio and Doug Fadel • 7th for 400 Medley Relay with: Deborah Blumenthal, Barb Nash, Brandon Hutchinson and Tom Scott

Center Space Needs Volunteers The Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Community Center of Utah’s Center Space is open to the public Monday through Saturday from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. because of a small group of volunteers. The Center is seeking individuals to join their ranks, and is holding an orientation on Monday, April 3 at 6:00 p.m. Those who can give three hours a week or even three hours a month will help make a difference in our community. Volunteers will be trained to open and close The Center, give out resources and referrals, check out library books and to serve up a ‘cup o’ joe.’

Interested people should RSVP to Jennifer Nuttall, Adult Program Director at 539-8800, extension 13 or jennifer@glbtccu.org

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Kanab Businesses Promote Acceptance Kanab, Utah — A group of Kanab business owners who recently banded together to start the “Kanab Boosters,” targeted their city council’s recent “Natural Family Resolution” with stickers proclaiming “Everyone Welcome Here!”

The stickers have begun to be posted at businesses in the small tourist town that has been the target of a boycott, including a call by travel guru Arthur Frommer in his widely-read syndicated travel column.

“It’s not just about tolerance, but acceptance of those different from you,” JoAnne RandoMoon, who owns the pet supply store The Critter Corner, told the Salt Lake Tribune.

The brightly-colored sticker features a graphic of the local redrock mountains, the draw of tourists from all corners of the world, surrouned by the welcoming slogan and five

different-colored figures holding hands.

The council approved the resolution promoted by the ultraconservative Sutherland Institute based in Salt Lake City. It declares that marriage between “a woman and a man, a man and a woman” to e “ordained by God.” It also calls for young women to become wives and homemakers and young men to become husbands and home builders and encourages a “full quiver of children.”

Ted Hallisey, executive director of the Kane County Travel Council, is supportive of the effort and “glad the businesses have taken on this issue.”

So far, little effect has been seen after the boycott call. Campground and motel reservations, in fact, are higher than normal during this off-season time.

How Men Can Help Prevent Sexual Violence

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The Women’s Resource Center of the University of Utah are hosting a presentation by Marty Liccardo titled “How Men Can Help Prevent Sexual Violence.”

April is Sexual Assault Awareness month.

Liccardo will be talking about men and the anti-sexual violence movement, including what a man’s place is in this work and what a man’s responsibility is. He will also discuss current trends in violence prevention, intervention and education and cultural concerns as they relate to the men’s involvement.

Liccardo graduated from the University of Utah in 2002 with a Bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies. He has worked to prevent and end sexual violence for over five years, including involvement as an advisor for the U’s PEER team (Peers Educating to End Rape), working for the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault, coordinating the Utah Men Against Sexual Violence Program, and working as a Community Educator for the Rape Recovery Center of Salt Lake County and a member of their Hospital Response Team.

The presentation will take place April 11th at 12:00 noon at the Women’s Resource Center, Olpin Union Building, Room 293, University of Utah.

The event is sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center’s Food For Thought Lunchtime Series and is free and open to everyone. For more information or for directions, please contact the University of Utah Women’s Resource Center at 581-8030.

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The Campaign 2 End AIDS–Utah, had a good year at the 2006 Utah Legislative Session, having been able to funding needed to treat HIV/AIDS in Utah for one more year.

The group plans to go back next year and build on their growing base of support to ask for permanent funding.

The Capitol Crime They are hosting a“Victory Celebration and Open House” at their new office they are sharing with the People with AIDS Coalition of Utah Thursday, March 30th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

The office is located at 175 W. 200 South, Suite 2010 in offices recently vacated by Equality Utah, who moved to the third floor.

“Let’s take some time to enjoy our victories as we prepare for next year,” said Stuart Merrill, president of C2EA-Utah.

Rep. Barney Frank to Visit Utah Utah Stonewall Democrats are welcoming Mass. Congressman Barney Frank to their annual fundraiser Friday, April 21 at the University of Utah Fine Arts Museum. Limited seating for the gourmet buffet is available at $60 per ticket and corporate tables are available.

Contact Nikki Boyer at Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. 532-5330, Adam Bass at 414-4586 or the Utah State Democratic Party at 328-1212.

Frank is the senior Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. The openly gay congressman has been in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981.

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‘Capitol Crimes’ Brought Snickers and Ire to the 2006 Legislative Session

by Michael Aaron An act of civil disobedience on the last day of the 2006 Utah State Legislative Session was either hilarious or infuriating, depending on where you stood. People on both sides of gay issues were also on both sides of whether the flier, The Capitol Crimes, was funny or not.

Under the headline “State Senator Obsessed With Gay Sex?!*” was a parody newsletter that charged that West Jordan Sen. Chris Buttars, sponsor of many anti-gay bills, “just couldn’t get gay sex off his mind.”

The newsletter was distributed on car windshields, at a pro-gay rally sponsored by Equality Utah, and on the capitol grounds.

Equality Utah representatives were quick to deny involvement in the flyer.

“The 2006 Legislative session may go down as the most ‘gay’ session ever!” the flyer started. It “quotes” Buttars as saying, “Oh I’ve got gay friends alright, and let me

tell you, they’re perverts! All of ’em!”

The flyer charges Buttars with distributing detailed accounts of gay sexual activity — a reference to slanted research by Paul Cameron, a psychologist who was dropped from the American Psychological Association for ethics violations. Cameron’s work is often touted by ultra-conservative groups as scientific data. The American Sociological Association adopted a resolution against him that stated, “Dr. Paul Cameron has consistently misinterpreted and misrepresented sociological research on sexuality, homosexuality, and lesbianism” and noted that “Dr. Paul Cameron has repeatedly campaigned for the abrogation of the civil rights of lesbians and gay men, substantiating his call on the basis of his distorted interpretation of this research.”

The Capitol Crimes flyer also charged Rep. Aaron Tilton and Rep. LaVar Christensen as being preoccupied with gay sex.

Both men sponsored anti-gay legislation during the session as well.

“I know all about the gays, I live in Art City, Utah,” said Tilton, according to the flyer. “and some of the bronze sculptures I’ve seen with the brawny sweaty barechested men with their lean muscles and hardened pecs, thrusting their hammers and slaving away, well sometimes it just disgusts me something fierce!”

The flyer also poked fun at recent revelations that Buttars made at the annual Utah Eagle Forum convention that there was a “Homosexual Handbook.”

The flyer ends with an asterisked and bolded paragraph that warns the reader that “Like Senator Buttars’ facts on homosexuality, some of the information in this article may be satirical.”

The timing of the flyer enraged Utah Eagle Forum President Gayle Ruzicka, who confronted those attending the Equality Utah rally in the capitol plaza. Ruzicka claimed that the flyer was pornographic and had been thrust into the hands of children. She threatened that, should she find out who was responsible for the flyer,

she would file charges with the attorney general for child endangerment.

Ruzicka also brought Buttars and others off the floor to show them the flyer. Offended legislators went to the House Rules Committee demanding that the anti-gay bills that Rep. Jackie Biskupski had successfully gotten dropped that morning from the House calendar be reinstated. The bills were, indeed, reinstated, but cooler heads prevailed and they were once again removed and never revisited before the end of the session, effectively killing them for the year.

Civil disobedience is rare in Utah these days. Rallies and civil actions for queer rights were much more common in Utah in the 80s and 90s when groups like Queer Nation and ACT-UP! would stage protests ranging from picketing LDS General Conference to “kiss-ins” at businesses known to discriminate against gay and lesbian people.

Conservative and moderate queer activists generally eschew confrontational tactics, saying they only make things worse in the long run. Liberal and radical activists counter that much of the progress made to date is thanks to those tactics.

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Larry’s Brokeback Moment Editor, As basketball fans, we watched the unveiling of Karl Malones stautue. We are fans of the Jazz. Always have been, Always will be, desipte who owns them.

Watching Larry Miller ‘weeping’ his I love you’s to Karl Molone, made us laugh!

This man who cannot even explain why he banned the showing of Brokeback Mountain in his theaters, sure has no problem showing his ‘sensitive side’ in front of all the fans and cameras. It gave us the impression that he ‘Wished he could QUIT Karl’.

It is not the fact that he will not show the movie. It’s the fact that he refuses to explain why. His theaters will show other movies that are similarly rated, but not this movie.

In our opinion, because he has choosen not to defend his stand, he has created yet another hurddle for the gay and lesbian

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The Salt Lake Tribune reported March 23 that Gastronomy is in the process of selling the building that houses Cafe Pierpont and Baci Trattoria to the Latitude Restaurant Group that operates a number of restaurant chains in the valley. Both restaurants are said to be closing to make way for yet another chain restaurant, Ruth’s Chris Steak House.

So, another local business is lost to the onslaught of franchisees — something to be expected in these days of the Walmartization of the economy.

Salt Lake has some wonderful locallyowned restaurants downtown. Many are at least as good as those in cities much larger than Salt Lake and more known for great food. It is sad that they are being pushed out one-by-one in deference to yet another Chili’s or Olive Garden or, worse, Cracker Barrel.

We’ve all heard the benefits of shopping and eating at locally-owned businesses Local businesses have banded together to create the “Buy Local First Utah� project to encourage people to choose locally-owned businesses over the big-boxes and chains They

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give three economic reasons to shop locally: 1. Sense of place. Without the distinct character of local businesses, our communities would all look and feel the same.

2. Economic contribution. Emerging research suggests that locally owned businesses contribute more to our local economy than do national or international corporations.

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Peaches, are Ben Williams and I the only queer folks who think the Hate Crime Bill is just a worthless public relations product designed to comb over Utah’s intolerant image? From the conversations I have had with many of you, apparently not. The word that I am hearing from the “gay street� is that the law only passed because A) gays and lesbians were actively excluded from the bill’s language; B) the conservatives (Sutherland Institute & Eagle Forum) let it pass because they knew gays & lesbians would never be able to use it; and C) Utah’s image had taken such a beating nationally and internationally over the Larry Miller fracas that the governor, development, and tourism folks were looking for some high-profile cover.

I have to agree with your healthy and delightfully conspiratorial skepticism, petals, because lets face it: the new hate crime law makes about as much sense as kosher pork rinds.

Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely respect Rep. David Litvack and the folks who carried the bills for the last God-knows-how-many years, but this “compromise� offers little for our community to be happy about. According to well-educated legal minds who know way more about the mechanics of this law than I do, if a queer hate crime case ever gets reported (which unless it’s a fatality or a near-death beating is highly unlikely), and it can make it all the way through the legal process (also unlikely), then there is a chance that it could create a precedent saying gays and lesbians are probably covered as an unlisted group (possibly), and then the enhanced sentencing component could kick in, kind of, sort of, maybe, hopefully. I know that kind of concrete reassurance and lasersharp legal interpretation is letting me sleep much better at night. NOT! I know what some of you are asking. “Isn’t a watered-down hate crime law better than nothing at all? Well if you are attacked

community to jump, and by doing so he also, publicly announces that he supports diiscrimination and this could breed more hatred and a possiblty of more violence against gays and lesbians.

Mr. Miller, IT IS ONLY A MOVIE! We should all go out to the Larry Miller Subaru dealership and ask if they have the Brokeback edition of the Outback.

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because of race or religion then, yeah, it’s just peachy. But people or property attacked because of race or religion are not socially stigmatized (unlike queer folks in Utah who are vilified) and already have access to the courts and other civil protections in employment, housing and so on. That makes them far more likely to come forward and report a hate crime. They do not have to worry about being revictimized by the legal system or the media. Gays and lesbians, however, simply don’t have that type of social support or access, and the anti-gay crowd, that has resisted enforceable hate crime legislation for years, knows it.

Here’s a quote from the Sutherland Institute website which asked: “Should the Utah State Legislature pass a hate crime law that includes penalty enhancements for crimes based on a victim’s ‘sexual orientation?’�

Their answer: “Enhancing penalties based only on the victim’s participation in certain sexual behavior or membership in a social class is merely a symbolic gesture designed to show favor or sympathy for the behavior or class, unconnected to the purpose of law enforcement. In fact, there is reason to believe that specifying a new legal class such as ‘sexual orientation’ in hate crime law could create a legal precedent for recognition of such a class in other areas of the law such as non-discrimination or family law. This sends a statement that sexual behavior is analogous to non-behavioral and benign classifications such as race or ancestry.�

Think about what they are actually saying, cherubs. Think really hard and then tell me why a group with such fear and hatred of the gay and lesbian community would ever let an enforceable hate crime law pass. They know that the hate crime law is a comb-over that only looks good from the front — just don’t look too close. Unfortunately the bald discrimination underneath is still there and it’s getting bigger. Ciao!

Lets face it: the new hate crime law makes about as much sense as kosher pork rinds.

Ruby Ridge is one of the more opinionated members of the Utah Cyber Sluts, a camp drag group of performers who raise funds and support local charities. Her opinions are her own and fluctuate wildly due to irritability and watching LaVar Christensen faking moderation in order to run for Congressional District Two. It’s nauseating.

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Blog On!

by Ben Williams, ben@qsaltlake.com

Do you blog? The question itself is kind of intra generational and the word new enough that even my spell checker doesn’t include it. I will admit that I only heard of the mysterious world of “blogging” a couple of years ago and even then I had no real understanding of the term. I probably don’t even know now, a tenth of what high school age kids know but finally this year I have become converted to blogging. I am now a blogger as well as being an old fogy.

There are a couple of internet sites out there that makes it really easy for novices such as me. I mean really easy. If this old dog can learn a new trick any one can.

I stumbled upon a site called Yahoo! 360°.

It’s now my main blog site which I call “Ben Edgar’s Blog.” Catchy, huh? Now I know some purists would never use a Yahoo site but, hey, it works for me and it’s easy to connect with others who also blog on the 360 site.

I also use two other cool sites called LiveJournal and Blogger that are linked to my Yahoo 360. Blogger is operated by Google and is easy to set up also. I am posting on Blogger my journal entries from 1986 which I call “Memoirs of a Gay Activist in Utah: Extracts from the personal journal of Ben Williams dealing with his life and interaction with Gay leaders in helping to build and shape the queer communities of Salt Lake City, Utah in 1986.” After posting this 1986 Journal, which will be in its entirety with footnotes, I now kind of feel a guilty pleasure, akin to public masturbation. I don’t know whether to be proud or ashamed. I will go with proud. The names, by the way, have not been changed to protect the guilty.

LiveJournal is cool because you can keep your thoughts public or private and is a excellent way to record feelings you would rather not have the world see until after 20 years or at least until every one you know is dead.

As you might have guessed, I am a diary writer. Journalist if you prefer. Pen and paper had been my preferred style of keeping the account of my brief existence on this planet. I have been doing so since I was 16.

Every historian knows the value of personal journals and I was inspired to start mine after reading an account of one found in the story of the Donner Party. The Breen

Diary gave an invaluable historical record of sorts of their terrible struggle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Old Patrick Breen mostly recorded the weather but occasionally gave juicy tidbits of who was eating whom.

My journal from 1968 is not so colorful, but I recorded faithfully what the weather was in Garden Grove, Calif. and what my mom fixed for dinner. Fascinating, we had meatloaf again! I was a teenager after all. But also on spent a lo those pages I scribbled how I felt about the a secret, b Tet Offensive in Vietnam, the assassinations had to ge of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kening, but th nedy, my first erotic crushes on two Texas combinat teenage cowboys, and the birth of my first to It. It wa nephew. I recorded the price of comic books, washed w every Suzy Q and Royal Crown Cola I ate and pesky ope sucked down. All the teachers I was mad at are in the book, and I even surreptitiously re- Ladies corded how many times I was whacking off a remove yo day. I think six was my max. I need to go back and place and recheck. I do not have the staying power upon you and relax that 16 year kid did, even with Viagra.

I was too in love with John Cunningham in for when 1969 to keep a journal, my one great regret begins. U and void in my records. I vowed later never to new state let that happen again.

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My other journals through out the years I’ll give are like little time machines, taking me back to weep, s to places and friends that no longer exist. My I can’t w early college days, my conversion in and out documen of Mormonism, the gay-witch hunts at BYU released. in the mid 1970s, my marriage and separa- human dr tion and divorce are all there. Some of these minds rec items are too painful to dwell upon, but they ments an are in the books. meaning, Samuel Pepys is remembered for one thing the very e and one thing only. He kept a diary in the Utah, any 1660s of the court life of London. struggle m Is there anyone keeping a journal of the with phra day-by-day happenings in Utah’s Royal adjectives Court? That would be fun reading.

So, my friends, blog on! Every life is worth internet, at least a sentence or two and, besides, the their labo more you write the better writer you will be- the battle come. I love reading other people’s blogs. It’s site, simp a semi-voyeuristic pleasure! However if you For that w are going to bad mouth a lot of people and the paten especially your boss, or engage in activities was too c that may land you in the hoosegow, perhaps a Higher S you may want to reconsider making your their shou blog public. home now By the way, I will be speaking at the Utah pick a nu State University Pride Alliance retreat at the three!” Th Bear Lake Retreat Center on Sat. April 1 on room whe “Gay Identity and Getting Involved: What being gay means to us, helping hands, where we covered th came from and where we’re going and why it number 4 they pick matters.” I hope to see many of you there.

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I’ll give you a moment to weep, silently.

I can’t wait for the documentary to be released. Imagine the human drama of great minds recounting moments and icons and meaning, debating one thing the very essentials of life — well, life in n the Utah, anyway. How great their $14 million struggle must have been. They wrestled of the with phrases and grappled with nouns and yal adjectives, armed only with thesaurus, is worth internet, and rhyming dictionary. At last, es, the their labors came to a thrilling climax as u will be- the battle was distilled into these exquiblogs. It’s site, simple words: “Seek Higher Ground.” er if you For that was the motto they chose, but in ple and the patent office it was determined that it ctivities was too close to Colorado’s slogan, “Enter perhaps a Higher State.” So the ad team shrugged your their shoulders. Everybody wanted to go home now and someone said “screw it, he Utah pick a number.” One guy called out, “fortyat at the three!” They walked into the conference ril 1 on room where the brainstorming notes still What bewhere we covered the walls, and Roger or Len found nd why it number 43, which said, “Life Elevated?” So they picked that one, and called it a day. there.

I don’t know what the process was like, of course. I only imagined it. Maybe it started with a conversation had by a couple in Chicago. He told her that he wanted to move to Utah, and she replied, “UTAH? Are NCE you HIGH?” But the part about Colorado is true. So now that the $14 million is gone, we need to get our money’s worth, use the slogan a lot, and try to get it right. “Life Elevated.” Governor Huntsman likes it, that’s part of his job. He was proud to say that the words embody Utah’s heart and soul and will ‘help emasculate Utah in the minds of people around the world,’ or something to

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that effect.

While reading up on state slogans, I learned a few things that I hadn’t known before. I think we all remember “Utah: A Pretty, Great State,” because it was so lame.

It might as well have said, “Utah: Not Your Ugliest Sister.” Did you know that Mike Leavitt had his own slogan, “Utah! Where Ideas Connect.” That one apparently didn’t connect, because I never heard of it. When the trend of marketing states began, Utah ran through a few slogans. In the 1940s we had “Utah, the Friendly State.” Doesn’t that just make you want to drive a few hundred miles in a hot car with the kids grousing and no air conditioning to spend your tourist dollars? Those Utahns might have horns and tails, but they’re friendly! How do you think they get all those wives?

Other gems of the 40s and 50s were “Utah, Land of Color” (of course it wasn’t referring to the population) and this powerhouse: “Utah the Unique.” I can just see the doofy 12-year-old kid lisping that one in front of the class for his social studies report. Actually, “Utah the Unique” makes “A pretty, great state” sound almost brilliant.

Fortunately for us, a lot of other states have their own embarrassing sayings. It’s like when you’re in fifth grade and your mom still gets to pick your haircut.

It would have been worse, but a lot of the other girls had old-lady hair too. Wisconsin is whiny and demanding, “Stay Just a Little Bit Longer.” God, let go of my arm! Delaware is a bitch, taunting “It’s Good Being First.”

Yeah? Well, how about, “Go to Helaware!”

Florida and Indiana are like tired old hookers, going through the same uninspired routine for the three-thousandth time.

“Visit Florida.” “Enjoy Indiana.” But what if you don’t? There are no consequences, like there are with New Hampshire’s “Live Free — or Die.” Now that is a serious motto. Even Texas’ former “Don’t Mess With Texas” made you think twice.

Back to Utah—sure, our slogan could be better, but it could be worse. The most important thing for any kind of ad is that it has to be memorable. Quick, look at the list below and see if you can pick out our new motto: LIVE and INFLATED! Like, Elevated…

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Excommunicated?

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early a year and a half after marrying his male partner in Canada, a gay member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may be in trouble with church authorities.

On March 15, Buckley Jeppson of Washington, D.C. told the Associated Press that a senior church official said Jeppson’s union with partner Mike Kessler was incompatible with church teachings. According to Jeppson, stake president Nolan Archibald has repeatedly encouraged him to resign from the church to avoid a disciplinary hearing. Such hearings are held when church leaders deem a member’s behavior incompatible with church teachings.

Disciplinary hearings are often a prelude to excommunication — where an individual loses his or her church membership and the ability to take the sacrament. Though excommunicated members can still attend church services, they are barred from actively participating in them, from tithing or donating to church charities and from wearing temple garments. They also have their names removed from church records and are unable to enter LDS temples.

In the past, church members have been excommunicated for several reasons, including committing murder, participating in the adult film industry and publishing theological and scholarly texts that contradict church claims. However, this is the first widely-documented case where a Mormon in a legal same-sex marriage has been threatened with excommunication.

Current LDS teachings define marriage

as the union between a man and a woman and consider gay sex — and all sex outside marriage — sinful. Gays and lesbians can remain members in good standing only by remaining celibate. Additionally, the LDS church has donated money to support legislation banning same-sex marriage in Hawaii, Alaska and California.

Jeppson told the Associated Press that he would not resign willingly, even though he does not expect to be victorious if the disciplinary action goes forward.

“I don’t believe in being told that my marriage and my life are not legitimate and that I don’t have a legitimate family,” he said.

“I feel I have been forced to the edge of a cliff, where I stand holding hands with my husband, my daughter and her husband, and our ancestors,” he continued. “Our hands are joined with those of gay Mormons who are being shunned throughout the world. I will not leap off the cliff, denying my heritage and my faith, to save the church from embarrassment. The church is going to have to push me and live with the consequences of their decision — in this life and in the afterlife to come.”

He added that he would prefer the church simply ignore him and let him attend and live as he has always done.

“I’m not attending [church] in a dress or wearing a boa or anything,” he said. “I show up in my suit and white shirt and split after sacrament meeting. I just want to participate and I want to worship quietly in a safe place. I just want to be left in peace. I just want to have my quiet little family.”

Jeppson also believes that the church

isn’t practicing its own preaching when it comes to family. “I didn’t understand at the time why this church that talks about the family so much was so intent on tearing mine up.”

Archibald has declined to comment specifically on the situation, saying that he needs to keep matters involving church members confidential. He did say, however, that Jeppson’s take on the situation was “a total misrepresentation of the conversation we had.” Letters Jeppson gave to the Associated Press indicated that he and Archibald have been discussing the status of his membership since November, 2005.

Buckley Jeppson and Mike Kessler

Jeppson has said that Archibald has questioned him about why he wants to embarass the church. “I have no reason to embarrass the church. It is what it is. You believe you have the truth and you open your doors. People can accept them or they The LDS don’t.” initiative Asked in an interview by John Dehlin ter-day Sa of Mormon Stories Podcast whether he to send p is seeking to be a test case or a national members activist, Jeppson replied, “At the beginning, and still if they called it all off, I would council a dency in be delighted. I would be perfectly happy.

That’s my goal. But also in the back of my excommu mind, now that it has gone this far against The gro my will, I’m of the mind that if somebody informati else can see it and learn from it, maybe be- in the cas coming more enlightened about the issues, Buckley J about the ramifications of what they are saying about Canadian civil law and their legally m respect for it and if they think about the real 27, 2004. natures of families and how they put them and Buck his churc together … if I get people to think about Buckle that along the way then that’s a bonus. But then, I’d be perfectly happy if they just let it ried for se that Verm go away. in that it d Jeppson does feel that, eventually, the church will have to focus on the fairness of ity to sam how they treat gay and lesbian members andto travel t familes. “I think eventually they are going to courts de have to pray about it a lot, ask the questions, issued to seek inspiration, seek revelation, whatever it Mitt Rom takes to bring peace. In time, we’ll look back used his e and say, ‘You know, it really wasn’t worth all riage lice the pain we put people through. A family is outside th a family and they want the same thing for So Buc their kids. It’s just part of life.’” decision The Mormon Alliance, an organization married. seeking to “identify and document ecclesi- hired an a astical/spiritual abuse in the Church of Jesus the authe Christ of Latter-day Saints” has expressed Province support for Jeppson and Kessler. The group for the pe has called the threatened disciplinary action work fina “particularly hypocritical” due to Jeppson’s Toronto, status as a legally-married man. ronto City “Buckley Jeppson and Mike Kessler went parents fl to considerable trouble and inconvenience their witn to make their union a legal marriage,” wrote Mormon Alliance trustee Lavina Fielding attended other who Anderson. “For Buckley to be threatened with them with church discipline for his fidelity in this marriage is a shocking revelation that rousing w the LDS Church really does have a double family me standard.”

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The LDS Safe Coalition, a two-year-old initiative supporting gay and lesbian Latehlin ter-day Saints, has organized a campaign er he to send pink flowers to Nolan Archibald, onal members of Washington, D.C.’s Stake high ginf, I would council and the church’s entire stake presidency in response to Archibald’s efforts to happy. k of my excommunicate Buckley Jeppson. against The group has released the following mebody information about why they are involved aybe be- in the case: he issues, Buckley Jeppson and Michael Kessler were ey are nd their legally married in Toronto, Canada Aug. ut the real 27, 2004. Now their family is under assault ut them and Buckley faces excommunication from his church. about Buckley and Michael wanted to be marnus. But just let it ried for several years. They did not feel that Vermont’s Civil Union was sufficient, in that it did not grant full marriage equaly, the rness of ity to same-sex couples. They planned mbers andto travel to Massachusetts as soon as the going to courts demanded marriage licenses to be uestions, issued to same-sex couples, but Governor hatever it Mitt Romney (ironically also a Mormon) ook back used his executive power to deny marworth all riage licenses to same-sex couples living amily is outside the state. ing for So Buckley and Michael made the decision to travel to Canada to be legally zation married. They gathered the paperwork, ecclesi- hired an attorney in Toronto to assist with h of Jesus the authentication of the papers with the ressed Province of Ontario, and waited for weeks he group for the permission to arrive. The paperary action work finally arrived and the couple flew to ppson’s Toronto, where they were married in Toronto City Hall on August 27, 2004. Mike’s sler went parents flew in from Florida and stood as venience their witnesses. The civil ceremony was ge,” wrote elding attended by Toronto-area friends and another who flew from Houston to celebrate atened with them. In the fall, they were given a ity in on that rousing wedding reception attended by double family members, friends, and coworkers.

What has changed? In the late summer of 2005, two branches in Washington, DC, were combined to form the Washington DC 3rd Ward, and a new bishop, Ross Davidson, was called to lead the congregation. After a few weeks, the new bishop called Buckley into his office after services for a discussion. He expressed his disapproval of the “lifestyle” Buckley had “chosen.” He said it was his duty to report him to the stake president, Nolan Archibald.

That was the first indication that he was not welcome in full fellowship any longer and that the integrity of his family was in jeopardy. See the Chronology for the latest status of the case.

Why is this case important? To our knowledge, this is the first time the Mormon spouse of a legally married gay couple is faced with excommunication.

The implications for the LDS Church and for other gay couples are huge. Pres.

Archibald has taken the unheard-of step of giving Buckley the opportunity to resign his membership rather than face a Church disciplinary council. In fact, he has offered that option three times. The Church is aware that the publicity stirred up by this case will be harmful to its image and would prefer to avoid the glare of the light of day by having Buckley resign and go away quietly.

Why not just resign from the Church?

Buckley describes the situation: “I feel I have been forced to the edge of a cliff, where I stand holding hands with my husband, my daughter and her husband, and our ancestors. Our hands are joined with those of gay Mormons who are being shunned throughout the world. I will not leap off the cliff, denying my heritage and my faith, to save the Church from embarrassment. The Church is going to have to push me and live with the consequences of their decision--in this life and in the afterlife to come.”

In his March 3 letter to President Archibald, Buckley wrote: “You asked me this evening why I wanted to be a member of a church that was so disapproving of my relationship.

That question stung me hard because it so demonstrated your lack of understanding of the strength of my faith. I explained that being a member of the Church is not like belonging to a club. It is my history, my family heritage, my testimony, and the faith to which I have devoted the last 58 years of my life. I have prayed, fasted, and studied for decades, just as you have, and feel that my petitions to my Heavenly Father about my life and its direction are answered regularly. . . . That’s how seriously I take my membership and my covenants.

What does Buckley want? He says, “I just want to be true to my faith, worship quietly and peacefully in a place that is safe. I don’t ask the Church to change its doctrines or practices. I just want us to be left alone again.”

Outcomes and implications. Buckley has repeatedly asked for the case to be dropped so he and his family can get on with their lives. That request has been repeatedly denied. If the case continues to go forward, Buckley will be excommuni-

Chronology 10/16/05 Buckley is asked to meet with the bishop of his ward (congregation) after services. During a brief discussion, Bishop Ross Davidson expresses his disapproval of the lifestyle Buckley has “chosen” and says he feels it is necessary to divulge the information to the president of the stake (diocese), Nolan Archibald.

11/12/05 Buckley and Archibald meet. Archibald insists that Buckley is not following a fundamental teaching of the church and that his marriage is not legitimate in the eyes of God, then gives him the choice of resigning his church membership or appearing before a disciplinary council to face excommunication.

Buckley asks that he and his family be left alone. Archibald suggests Buckley resign to avoid a disturbance, and asks him to think about it. Buckley agrees to get back to him with his decision.

11/14/05 Buckley sends a certified letter recounting briefly their conversation and clarifying the choices he was offered, to make sure there are no misunderstandings. In the letter, he asks for a confirmation from Archibald affirming their agreement on procedure, at which time he will convey his decision in writing. The letter is delivered 11/21/05.

11/23/05 During his earlier meeting with Archibald, Buckley learns that he had spoken to Ralph Hardy, a member of the LDS Church’s Sixth Quorum of the Seventy and Buckley’s former stake president. Buckley meets with Hardy at his law office and expresses sorrow that the church seems so determined to break up his family.

Hardy expresses sympathy, but reiterates the Mormon position on the definition of marriage. Buckley suggests he speak with Archibald about the alternatives to see if there is a way to let Buckley and his family continue living their lives together in peace.

• When he dies, he cannot be buried in traditional white temple clothing.

• The sacred ordinances that he participated in, that bind him to his family members, ancestors, and progenitors for all eternity, are severed.

Implications. It isn’t just about Buckley and Mike’s family. It will be a sad signal to other gay Mormon married couples that their families are not accepted as legitimate and never will be. This goes for couples married in Massachusetts, Canada, The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, South Africa, and other countries that are marching toward full marriage equality.

It is also a sign that the Church does not recognize marriages conferred by many sovereign nations and is, by extension, immune from the civil laws of those countries with which it disagrees. Q

2/11/06 After not receiving word from anyone for three months, Buckley is called by Archibald and meets with him again.

Archibald confirms having received Buckley’s letter in November and asks if he has considered his options, again encouraging him to resign his membership. Buckley declines to do so. Archibald declares it his duty to call a disciplinary council.

2/27/06 Buckley’s bishop visits him and they discuss where the case is headed. Buckley explains his sadness that Archibald is so intent on getting him to resign: jump off the cliff or be pushed. Buckley explains his intention to fight if backed into such a position. Bishop Davidson asks permission to speak to Archibald again and Buckley agrees.

3/2/06 Buckley and Archibald are finally able to speak by phone.

Archibald asks why Buckley is so intent on embarrassing the church. Buckley explains that it is not his intent, that he has resisted requests for press interviews to this point, but if the action moves forward he will do what he can to save his family.

Asked if he has spoken with any leaders in Salt Lake City about the broad implications of his crusade, Archibald does not confirm or deny.

Buckley again refuses to resign and Archibald agrees not to hold a disciplinary council until after early April, when Buckley returns to the Washington area.

3/3/06 Buckley sends Archibald a letter, with a copy to Davidson, explaining again the depth of his faith, how important the LDS Church is to him, and why resigning is not an option. He pleads with Archibald to reconsider and urges him to seek the counsel of others.

Source: LDS Safe Space

After Conference Sunday Fireside & Mission Reunion Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons and Reconciliation announce their annual Fireside and Mission Reunion.

April 2, 5pm at the Metropolitan Community Church, 823 South 600 East.

Potluck, Guest Speaker.

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Buckley’s commitment to his church is life-long. He was raised a Mormon, served in the church throughout his youth, served a mission in South America, and was married in the Los Angeles Temple.

His three brothers served missions and married in the temple, as did his sister.

His service to the church has included responsibilities as branch president, Gospel Doctrine teacher, elder’s quorum teacher, elders’ quorum presidencies and instructor, high priests’ group leadership and instructor, seminary teacher, and in two bishoprics.

After his separation from his wife of over 25 years, Buckley moved to Washington, DC, where he has attended his local branch (congregation) as an openly gay man for over eight years. His branch and its leaders have universally been kind and welcoming. He has hosted missionaries for dinner, and the apartment he shares with Mike serves as a safe and welcome

oasis as they do their rounds.

cated. Excommunication means: • Buckley’s name will be removed from the records of the Mormon Church.

• He will not be allowed to partake of the sacrament (communion).

• He cannot pray in church, speak, teach, or otherwise participate in church services. He may only attend meetings.

• He cannot tithe to the Church or donate to its charities.

• He cannot serve as a Home Teacher, ministering to and serving families within his ward.

• He cannot use his ordained priesthood powers to bless his family, including participating in the blessing and naming of his first grandchild in April.

• He cannot enter to worship in Mormon temples. That means he cannot attend family weddings.

• He cannot say he is a Mormon.

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1SATURDAY Q I would love the power to control people’s actions just by snapping my fingers but, alas, I cannot snap. At least not with any authoritative decree. So, when I’m feeling “un-manly” I’ll rent or, better yet, go see a production of West Side Story to boost my ego, but without losing my man-loving gaiety. It’s a typical tragedy: one of love, loss, and prejudice; however the musical numbers are fabulous — they will have you leaving the theatre feeling “pretty, oh so pretty, witty and gay.”

3:30pm & 7:30pm today, 7:30pm Monday, Hale Center Theater, 225 W 400 N, Orem.

Call 801-226-8600 or visit haletheater.com for ticket information.

Q MTV Networks and Noggin bring the national show, Jamarama Live! KidsFest to Salt Lake City. An entertaining afternoon is to be had by all kids ages two and up (and for those adults who

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still act like kids—you know who you are, poopyheads). This year the show is interested in gay and lesbian families attending. Free tickets are available through Monday, March 31. Call 5583184 or email skup17@aol.com.

2pm, Capitol Theatre, 50 W 200 South.

Tickets $22.50

Q Since our new temporary office is in such disarray and the desk I share with the editor is buried in Altoid boxes, bus maps, Happy Meal toys, thermometers, Post-Its, spools of thread, sunglasses, decks of cards, and little plastic doohickeys, I find it necessary to share the news of a seminar offered by the TAO Institute. Clutter Clearing: Free your Energy, Free your Life promises that “if you do any of three of the suggestions, your life will change.” Hint, Hint, Mr. Editor.

11am–12pm, TAO Energy Emporium, 2030 S. 900 East, Free.

2SUNDAY Q With it being Conference Weekend and all, many people will be able to

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hosted by the Wasatch Chapter, Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons and Reconciliation. Excuse me, but what is up with the mile-long names? Is it the LDS equivalent to shoe size?

5pm, Metropolitan Community Church, 823 S 600 East. Guest Speaker, Loren Jenner, author. Free except for a food dish to share with all. For more info visit www.affirmation.org

Q The Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire presents CP Ball 2006, A Night of TV Classics — dedicated to hit television series of the 50s, 60s and 70s. This year’s fundraiser benefits youth and education. Two friends and I dragged as Charlie’s Angels one Halloween (I was Kelly Garrett) — we were sad looking.

Hopefully if the Angels appear at the ball they’ll be hotter.

7:30pm, Heads Up, 1330 S State Street. $6 at the door

4TUESDAY Q A “shorts” production themed around water and the West. Sounds like I’d be getting up to pee every five minutes. Salt Lake Acting Company presents The Water Project, 12 original short pieces by several commissioned writers.

Storylines include illicit sex, murder, religion, obsession, love, environmentalism, and extraterrestrials; the seven fundamental foundations of life.

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7:30pm tonight and Wed.–Sun. through April 30. 6pm, April 1, Special Benefit Performance. $100 donation. Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W 500 North. Tickets $20

5WEDNESDAY Q The Poet Tree, a not-for-profit organization hosts Dead Poets Night. Spend an evening honoring influential past poets with readings and discussions. It should be less tragic than Dead Poet’s Society, but just as inspiring.

5–8pm, Nostalgia, 248 E 100 South. Call 336-0924 or email thepoettree@gmail.com for ticket information.

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Q Spring has sort of sprung, similar to what happens to you-know-what when touched by a woman. The Lambda Hiking Club has scheduled its first camping trip of the season. The trip will include backpacking through Coyote Gulch, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. If you’re like me and must pack your entire closet even for a simple weekend outing, you may want to visit the LHC’s “What to bring on a backpacking trip” section on its website. Trust me, eight pairs of shoes is not on the list.

Group size is limited to 12.

Today through Sunday, Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument. Call 532‑8447 to register.

7FRIDAY Q StageRight Theater Company presents the audience-acclaimed The Foreigner by the late Larry Shue. This nonstop hysterical farce that audiences around the globe hail is about an introvert named Charlie whose friend, Froggy, has dragged him to a fishing lodge in Georgia and tells the town folk that Charlie is a foreigner who does not speak or understand English. Undoubtedly, zany antics erupt and devilish truths come to surface.

7:30pm Thurs. & Fri. Nights through May 6. StageRight Theater, 5001 S Highland Drive. For ticket information, call 272-3445 or visit www.stageright.org

8SATURDAY Q Portland’s “little orchestra” Pink Martini will be painting Park City pink tonight. Try saying “painting Park City pink” three times. Now try it after a couple of cocktails like me. It’s harder

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7:30pm, Eccles Center for Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Blvd, Park City. Tickets $15–50 at 435-655-3114 or ­ecclescenter.org

Q It’s time to lose all that excess fat and flab from the winter hibernation. Let’s Get Raw (that’s what I always say to my boyfriend … ok, well I would if I had a boyfriend) — Detox & Cleanse, a 5-hour workshop billed to help detoxify the body and regain control over nasty food addictions should help do the trick.

10am. Call 944-4184 or visit www.LivingFoodsLifestyle.com for more information.

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7:30pm, tonight through Saturday / Matinees Friday and Sunday, Lab Theatre, U of U Performing Arts Building, 240 S 1500 East. Tickets $7 General / $5 Student. Call 581-7100 or visit www.kingtix.com

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Everybody should see it at least once in his or her life.

7:30pm, tonight through April 22, Capitol Theatre, 50 W 200 South. Tickets $17–65, Visit www.arttix.org.

15SATURDAY Q The award-winning, Diet Pepsidrinking, animal-loving comic Paula Poundstone sweeps into Park City for a night of quick-witted, off-kilter jokes based on her views of the world, her children, her pets, and every pointless thing in between. She is comically wellequipped to make your cheekbones hurt for several hours after the show.

7:30pm, Eccles Center for Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Blvd, Park City. Tickets $15–50 at 355-ARTS or www.arttix.org.

‘Hairspray’ in Vegas Hopes to Hold On Like Aqua Net Harvey Fierstein Recreates his Tony-winning role

by Ross von Metzke

Though noticeably watered down from the cult-classic 80s movie by director John Waters and nearly an hour shorter than the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, this latest incarnation of Hairspray is perhaps the finest tuned.

Stepping back into his Tony-winning role as repressed ’60s mama Edna Turnblad, Harvey Fierstein’s tour de force is one of those must-see theatrical experiences. The man can barely carry a tune (his gravelly rasp has all the appeal of a coffee grinder) and he sure can’t dance, but hell if there isn’t an electricity to his performance that is a rare find in today’s theatre world. Equal parts camp and tenderness, Fierstein alone is reason enough to make the trip to Sin City.

On its surface, Hairspray is a spoof of the standard musical. The dance numbers are kitchy, the characters come out with zippy one-liners that you’d be hard-pressed to find the Judy Garlands and Fred Astaires of the day fling — and the hair, the costumes … Well, OK, maybe I have seen a few outlandish coifs and clothes throughout musical history.

Dig a bit deeper, though, and Hairspray is my favorite form of entertainment: An education (albeit an off-color one) you don’t even realize you’re getting. Tracy Turnblad (Katrina Rose Dideriksen), a pleasantly plump and perky teen dying for a shot on a local American Bandstand-style show, teaches suburban Baltimore a thing or two about race relations when she drops by the set with a few of her black friends.

They, of course, aren’t welcome, and so Tracy and company take a stand for what they believe in. It might not be the same as watching civil rights riots played out in documentary format, but you have to take the education where you can get it.

Along the way, she makes friends, including the superb Fran Jaye as Motormouth Maybelle — a disc-jockey who works at the TV station but whose talents are reserved for “Back” night; and enemies, most noticeably, Amber Van Tussle, played as a spiteful snot by the delightful Katharine Leonard. She also makes a big impression on the audience with her wide-eyed naiveté and hypersexual yearnings (“Won’t go all the way, but I’ll go pretty far,” she sings at one point to uproarious laughter).

The cast is uniformly superb, from hunky Austin Miller as teen would-be heartthrob Link Larkin, who has a swing to his pelvis that would make Elvis swoon, to ’80s throwback Susan Anton, who has a deliciously good time as the producer/ stage mother from Hell, Velma Von Tussle.

And also reprising his Tony-winning Broadway role is Dick Latessa as Mr. Turnblad with a spring to his step that is a joy to watch.

Though it’s not clear if this recent Broadway-takes-Vegas phenomenon has the muscle to really take off and fly (it was just announced that the nine-month-old Avenue Q will close due to sagging ticket sales), if any show has the right combo of camp appeal and quality entertainment to do it, it’s Hairspray.

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by Ross von Metzke Dude, for a celebrity I actually have to look up on the Internet every time he makes headlines to remind myself exactly what he’s done, Tom Sizemore sure does make the rounds.

From beating his wife to stints in drug and alcohol rehab to being the notorious bad boy on film set after film set to Robert De Niro threatening to haul his ass to jail if he didn’t sober up, he’s like the Charlie Sheen of today, just without any of the acclaim or the fame.

The latest Sizemore scandal? The Saving Ryan’s Privates star (oh no wait, Tom was actually in the REAL movie) claims he screwed Liz Hurley back when she was still married to Hugh Grant.

The two co-starred in this lame early ’90s Wesley Snipes action pic Passenger 57 and Sizemore claims when he professed his love for Hurley, she took him to bed.

“Her body is to die for,” he told a British tabloid. “She has these long smooth legs and the most perfect boobs I’ve ever seen. We kissed and stroked every last inch of each other. We couldn’t get enough.”

Allegedly, the 44-year-old druggie has got this one on tape too, in addition to tapes he says he has of him with Paris Hilton and a bevy of Hollywood whores. And, just because

he hasn’t seen his name in the headlines for a few weeks, he’s threatening to leak this one, too. What a way to treat your lady love!

The admittedly talented character actor was on a roll in the late 90s for his acclaimed role in Ryan, followed by a Golden Globe nominated performance in 1999’s made-forTV movie Witness Protection. After following those gigs with high-profile roles in Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down, Hollywood has apparently grown sick of Tom’s shit. His latest flick co-stars Shar Jackson … aka, the other woman in Kevin Federline’s life. Ouch!

A fitting end for a true loser. If guys can be bitches of the week, this one is the ultimate!

So how about we shift the focus to something a tad more pleasant: It appears that everyone’s favorite pint-sized pop-star, Kylie Minogue, is finally well on her way to a full recovery after her year-long battle with breast cancer.

Sporting a super hot spiky blonde hairdo while her locks grow back in, Minogue was seen in public for the first time last week without a head scarf, looking healthy and happy, according to onlookers.

Sister Danni also happily reported that Kylie is writing lyrics and

anxious to get back in the studio this year to cut an album she hopes will be out in early 2007.

The prognosis did not look good for Kylie amid reports last year that she was wasting away, couldn’t keep food down and was advised by her doctors she was too weak to travel home to Australia for the holidays. Kylie also had to cancel the Australian leg of her Showgirl tour when she was first diagnosed in early 2005.

Danni has been acting as the unofficial spokeswoman for Kylie’s recovery in recent months, even stepping in for her sister at a huge benefit concert in the UK when doctors said Kylie would not be well enough to attend.

From your legion of gay fans and wellwishers, Kylie, we couldn’t be happier.

OK, now back into some funny shit. You gotta love Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz.

Honestly, I’m not quite sure which one of the happy duo speaks worse English. The Spanish siren who sounds like she just stepped off the plane yesterday or the Texas hick who sounds like he abruptly halted his education just about the time the other kids were learning compound sentences.

In their latest venture as a Hollywood super-couple, their inability to communicate with each other might not pose a problem.

It seems they’re doing European tours while running at the speed of light. In an attempt to

dodge the paparazzi that is constantly on their tails, a British tabloid has reported Cruz and McConaughey, who met on the set of their hit Sahara, have signed up for a running tour of Rome called “citijogging.” The idea is the stars can see the sights, but will be running so fast fans and photogs won’t spot them.

A source says, “Celebrities like these tours because they’re unlikely to be recognized.

Most people just think they’re local joggers.”

Hmmm… I just got a crazy idea. Maybe Kevin can treat Britney to a “citijog.” Absorb some culture, and take off those last few baby rolls.

Back to the language thing for a sec: McConaughey claims that the fact the pair has to work at communicating is actually an asset, because you think very carefully about what you want to say. “When I speak Spanish, I choose my words very carefully,” the hunk says. “Instead of saying ‘I am from Chicago’, I may say, ‘My first days in this world were in the city with the wind.’ All of a sudden you frame this little poetic thing.” Now isn’t that enough to make you choke on your tapas!

Now for a riotous revelation: Joan Rivers is looking online for love.

If you’re a member of the dating site Match.com, you too can navigate the murky waters of love. Perhaps you’ll stumble upon Joan’s profile. According to E! Online, she and her assistant Matt Stewart have put out the word. Joan Rivers is looking for the perfect man.

The comedienne is looking for a man between the ages of 65 and 75 – funny, warm-hearted and breathing.

Rivers has been single since her late husband, British producer Edgar Rosenberg, committed suicide in 1987. And while she’s open to the idea of living and loving again, she claims that, so far, things are off to a sluggish start.

“We were hoping to meet Mr. Right. We didn’t even get a wink,” she cracks. “Maybe there is somebody sitting out there in the east side of New York who’s right for me.”

Can you imagine the type of guy who might actually answer Joan Rivers’ personal ad?

Uh, hey Joan. I’m 68 and I just love the way your face twitches every time you try to smile.

The way you botch everyone’s name on the red carpet because your glaucoma’s so bad you can’t read the prompter… Brilliant. If you’re into botox, long walks down Rodeo and QVC shopping sprees, drop me a line.

To sweeten the pot, Rivers says she has two “eggs in the refrigerator” for any potential suitors desperate to be dads. Yeah, how long have those been in there?

And now, without further delay, it’s time to name our Hottie of the Week.

I’ve never had an easier time appointing a hottie. This week, with the return of my favorite show, Prison Break, it was a given. Wentworth Miller is so devastatingly handsome it almost hurts. When he’s upset, I wanna hold him. When he’s angry, I’m right there by his side. When he slips out of his jumpsuit and hits the showers, you gotta clear the room. Add to that the fact that he can act, is so not “into” the Hollywood scene and could quite possibly be gay (the rumors about him are frequent and compelling) and you’ve practically got to peel me off the ceiling with just the mention of his name. Wentworth, we salute you.

And now, ’tis time to close out another scathing installment of the Buzz.

TO REVIEW: Sizemore’s a sleazebag; kudos to Kylie; Matt and Pen may just be running through a town near you; someone please find Joan Rivers a flipping man; and clear the room on Mondays — it’s Wentworth hour!

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