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WORLD No Violence as Thousands Rally at Jerusalem Gay Pride Event

By Troy Espera Tel Aviv — The gay community in Israel faced vehement opposition from religious fundamentalists as it held a large rally Nov. 10 in Jerusalem, complete with live rock music, dancing and declarations of pride.

According to BBC News, about 4,000 gay men, lesbians and civil rights supporters gathered at the Hebrew University stadium.

Security was tight in the city with 3,000 Israeli police drafted in to stop clashes between the demonstrators and orthodox Jews. Police arrested 30 gay protesters who tried to march illegally through the city.

The event, originally planned as a march through the city, was held behind fences at the university sports stadium on the Holy City’s outskirts after organizers bowed to police fears of violent protests by ultra-Orthodox Jews.

The Associated Press reports that participants were mainly dressed in regular street clothes, making it a far more staid affair than gay pride events in the more permissive city of Tel Aviv.

Last year’s march was marred by bloodshed when an ultra-Orthodox man stabbed and wounded three participants.

In the past week, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews battled police and torched vehicles and trash bins in the streets to protest

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Cape Town, South Africa — South Africa became the fifth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage Nov. 14.

The government made last minute changes to the bill, removing language which created separate categories for same and opposite sex unions. It passed the National Assembly 230 to 41.

The new law allows the “voluntary union of two persons, which is solemnized and registered by either a marriage or civil union”.

The government had originally proposed allowing only civil unions for same-sex couples — something that LGBT rights groups and constitutional law experts said created a “separate but equal” status that would be challenged in the Constitutional Court.

A provision in the new law that allows churches to refuse to perform same-sex marriage continues to rankle gay groups but overall reaction has been favorable.

“In large part, the Act signals a rejection of previous attempts to render lesbian and gay people as second-class citizens. It demonstrates powerfully the commitment of our law-makers to ensuring that all human beings are treated with dignity,” said Fikile Vilakazi, a spokesperson for 17 LGBT groups.

The new law is called the Civil Unions Act, and while it allows gays to marry, the Marriage Act defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

The gay groups called on the government to harmonize the two laws to avoid confusion and legal challenges.

“A parallel administrative system for the two statutes only increases the burden on state machinery and is likely to lead to confusion. In addition, it continues to reinforce the

the planned march, and threatened further violence if the parade went ahead.

Police security worries intensified after errant Israeli artillery shells killed 19 civilians in Gaza earlier in the week and Palestinian militants vowed to carry out suicide bombings in Israel in retaliation.

At the stadium, a group of observant Jews from the Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism held placards pleading for peaceful coexistence.

“We want to pass on a message of tolerance and rejection of violence,” said Gershon Bar-Yaakov.

Some religious leaders proposed holding the event in Tel Aviv, but in an interview published Nov. 10 in the Haaretz Daily, Orthodox Jewish Lesbian Avigail Sperber said that to move the venue would be to miss the point.

“Despite the caustic reactions, the religious community is finally talking about the subject and is beginning to realize it has homosexual and lesbian members,” she said. “It’s more important to hold a gay pride parade in Jerusalem than in Tel Aviv because being gay in Tel Aviv is not much of a problem.”

As the event got under way, thousands of gay people poured into the stadium to hear a series of speeches.

Many wore T-shirts celebrating their sexuality while others held banners and flags.

One banner read, “There are different ways to be a Jew.” The four-hour event passed off without any reports of violence. Q notion that there is a need to separate samesex couples from other marriage forms, in some way,” the groups said in a statement.

Passage of the bill beats a December court imposed deadline to end discrimination against same-sex couples in South Africa.

Last year the Constitutional Court ruled that denying same-sex couples the rights of marriage was unconstitutional. It said that if Parliament fails to act by the December deadline the the law automatically be changed to include same-sex unions. But, it gave no specific direction on how the law should be changed. Last year the Constitutional Court ruled that denying same-sex couples the rights of marriage was unconstitutional. It said that if Parliament fails to act by the December deadline the law automatically be changed to include same-sex unions. But, it gave no specific direction on how the law should be changed.

The case that led to the court ruling was brought by Marie Fourie and Cecilia Bonthuys, who have been partners since 1994 but were unable to marry. Seven other same-sex couples later joined the case.

In 2004 the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman discriminated unfairly against same-sex couples, and that common law should be developed to take this into account.

The ruling was one of a series of legal wins for gays and lesbians dating back to 1998 when sodomy was decriminalized.

The following year immigrant partners of South African lesbians and gays were allowed to apply for permanent residence.

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NATIONAL Bill Maher’s On-Air Outing of GOP Boss Mehlman Deleted from CNN Broadcast

By Anthony Cuesta New York City — New York City wants to make it easier for transgender New Yorkers to switch the sex listed on their birth certificate even without undergoing sex-change surgery, putting the city at the forefront of efforts to redefine gender.

Under present city rules, only people who can show proof of surgery qualify for getting a revised birth certificate. Even then, the only change made is the elimination of any reference to gender on the document.

The new plan, unveiled in September, would let birth records reflect the new gender.

It would also allow changes for people who hadn’t had genital surgery, but could show substantial proof that they have undertaken other steps to irrevocably alter their genderidentity — like undergoing hormone therapy. “Surgery versus non-surgery can be arbitrary,� Dr. Thomas Frieden, the city’s health commissioner, told the New York Times. “Somebody with a beard may have had breast-implant surgery. It’s the permanence of the transition that matters most.�

The policy change is one that advocates for New York’s sizable transgender community have requested for years, but it has taken on greater significance in a post-Sept. 11 world of increased security. New Yorkers need to show picture ID to enter office towers, air terminals, public monuments, and all sorts of government buildings. They need them to apply for a job or buy beer at a neighborhood deli.

Transgender advocates consider the proposal an overdue bulwark against discrimination that recognizes an emerging shift away from viewing gender as simply the sum of one’s physical parts.

Some psychiatrists and doctors are skeptical of the move, saying sexual self-definition should stop at rewriting medical history. “They should not change the sex at birth, which is a factual record,� said Dr. Arthur Zitrin, a Midtown Manhattan psychiatrist who was on the city’s panel of experts. “If they wanted to change the gender for all the compelling reasons that they’ve given, it should be done perhaps with an asterisk.�

All but three states — Tennesee, Ohio and Idaho — now allow people who have had a sex change to get a new birth certificate and New York City has done so since 1971. The city now issues about a dozen of the revised birth certificates a year.

Of the states that allow similar changes of birth certificates, almost all currently require proof of a gender-reassignment surgery.

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By Anthony Cuesta New York City — Comedian Bill Maher’s stab on the Larry King Show that Republican Party bigwig Ken Mehlman is gay was edited out of the CNN broadcast when it aired in later time zones and deleted from program transcripts.

After telling King on the Nov. 8 show that the GOP was secretly run by hypocritical gays, Maher turned his tongue on Mehlman after a little prodding from King, who asked for the names of the homosexuals to whom Maher was referring. “Ken Mehlman, OK, there’s one I think people have talked about. I don’t think he’s denied it when people have suggested it,�

Maher said in a video clip taken from the web site Towle Road.

Viewers on the East Coast saw Maher’s slap, but his comment was edited out when the program aired in later time zones.

CNN’s transcript of the interview wipes out the line, saying: “A portion of this transcript has been removed.�

Mehlman, who stepped down as Republican boss Friday in the wake of his party’s landslide defeat on Election Day, could not be reached for comment.

Video clips of Maher’s quip were posted on YouTube.

Maher’s slap at Mehlman came at the end of a diatribe accusing the GOP of hypocrisy for gay bashing. “A lot of chiefs of staff, the people who really run the underpinnings of the Republican Party, are gay. I don’t want to mention names, but I will on Friday night,� Maher said in the Towle Road clip of the program. “There’s a couple of big people who I think everyone in Washington knows who run the Republican Party.� “Well, I wouldn’t be the first. I’d get sued if I was the first,� he said in the clip, and then pivoted to Mehlman.

Only the two sentences directly targeting Mehlman were edited out and pulled from the transcript.

Rumors of Mehlman’s sexuality were first called into question in an article in GQ Magazine in 2005, according to AlterNet. com. While the RNC quickly denied the rumors, when asked directly, Mehlman has repeatedly dodged the question.

At a White House Correspondents Dinner in May, Mehlman came out as a heterosexual, so to speak.

According to the Towle Road video, Mehlman addressed the crowd, saying: “I’m not gay, but these stories did a number on my dating life for six months.� Q

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NATIONAL List of Gay Republican Leaders Distributed to ‘Christian’ Rally Washington, D.C. — Mike Rogers, a leading gay activist blogger, last week took his campaign against hypocrisy by anti-gay Republicans and evangelicals who are gay themselves to the U.S. Capitol steps.

Under a full moon in front of the Capitol dome, at a prayer vigil organized by the Christian Defense Coalition “to put men and women in office that will honor God and the principles of this nation,” Rogers handed out flyers with a list of 27 “known homosexuals in the Bush administration and Republican party.”

On the leaflets was a version of an open letter that Rogers sent over 900 conservative Christian pastors on Friday, bearing a picture of Republican National Committee Ken Mehlman and saying that “a staggering number of leaders claim to support ‘family values’ in public, but secretly lead what many social conservatives call the ‘homosexual lifestyle.’”

Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney first told Rogers to stop leafleting, and when he did not, took the microphone to tell the crowd not to take

the leaflets and keep praying.

Rogers said, “I think that social conservative voters should be told by someone just how gay the Republican leadership is. I know I’m an unlikely messenger, but I think that upon reflection, social conservative leaders will at least agree that closeted gay politicians should be straight with the public about who they are, and let the political chips fall where they may.”

The event was covered by Washington FOX affiliate WTTG-TV which led its 11 p.m. news broadcast with a report on the confrontation between Rogers and Mahoney. A link to the report appears on Rogers’ blog at www.blogActive.com.

Two weeks ago, Rogers released what became one of the most-watched videos on YouTube, an ad parody about Mehlman’s hypocrisy. Mehlman marshaled social conservatives in the GOP’s vaunted “72-hour strategy” to drive conservative voter turnout against the “pro-homosexual agenda” in the midterm elections Nov. 7. However, Mehlman deflected a question about his own sexual identity as recently as three weeks ago on camera.

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Republicans lose the House or Senate, they only have themselves to blame. They have failed to energize and empower faith and value voters which provide a critical base of support ... Many evangelicals I have talked with feel used and taken for granted.”

Rogers in the open letter on his leaflets said, “At the top of the Republican party, Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman still refuses to answer reports that he leads a ‘homosexual lifestyle.’ Because of my work on this subject, I can provide you the truth that no one else will tell you.”

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Mass. Goes Another Round With Same-Sex Marriage Debate

By Troy Espera Boston — Hundreds of protesters on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate gathered outside the Massachusetts statehouse on Thursday as lawmakers debated a state constitutional amendment that would give voters power to ban gay marriage.

Protesters waved signs reading “Let The People Vote.” Gay rights activists sang songs and chanted slogans.

This latest developments in the divisive state-by-state battle over same-sex unions came two days after seven states voted to limit marriage to a man and a woman in ballot initiatives, effectively banning gay marriage. ‘‘It’s not like we’re looking for something extra,” Jeremy Spiegel said to the Associated Press as he stood on one side of Beacon Street holding a sign that read, ‘‘No Discrimination in the Constitution.” He added: ‘‘Same-sex couple just want the same rights as straight couples.”

Gay marriage supporters were working to kill the proposed amendment by forcing Thursday’s constitutional convention to recess without taking action on the proposal.

The debate in Massachusetts, the only U.S. state where gay marriage is legal, also follows a month after the New Jersey Supreme Court guaranteed gay couples the same rights as married heterosexuals but left it to state lawmakers to decide within six months what to call the unions.

According to a Reuters poll that week, most New Jersey voters support granting gay couples the benefits of marriage but do not want to call the unions “marriage.”

“I’m here because I’m against discrimination,” Nicole Roche, a gay rights supporter said.

The AP reports that gay marriage supporters have said Gov. Mitt Romney, a gay marriage opponent, could try to force a vote by reconvening the convention. On Thurs-

day, Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom refused to comment, other than to refer to a statement released Wednesday in which Romney called on the Legislature to vote on the question.

The convention comes just two days after Democrat Deval Patrick, a supporter of gay marriage, won election to succeed Romney, who decided not to seek re-election as he considers running for president.

“The Deval election result is wonderful, but it’s not clear, unfortunately, that it will affect the vote,” Arline Isaacson of the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus said to the AP. ‘‘We’re not optimistic right now,” Isaacson said. “But we’re trying and we’re hoping that Deval’s strong win will have an effect on some of our opponents.” Q

Soulforce Urges Compassion for Rev. Ted Haggard Austin, Tex. — In response to the news that Rev. Ted Haggard has been dismissed by New Life Church and resigned as President of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), Soulforce Executive Director Jeff Lutes urged the gay community to be compassionate. Lutes simultaneously called on the leaders of the NAE to claim responsibility for their role in the crisis.

“Rev. Haggard is just one more tragic example of how lives are destroyed by the lies about gay and lesbian people perpetuated by the NAE, the religious right, and both the Protestant and Roman Catholic Church. Taught by the church to hate himself, the only option from his point of view was to lead a psychologically and spiritually damaging double life marked by denial and self-destructive behavior. Rev. Haggard is a victim of religion-based bigotry that regularly demeans and demoralizes gay and lesbian people and refuses to acknowledge that we are part of the American fabric, and that many of us form loving families and practice a deep faith in God.” The NAE holds that “homosexuality is a deviation from the Creator’s plan for human sexuality.” In a 2004 policy statement, the organization opposes legislation that would protect gays and lesbians from hate crimes or employment discrimination on the grounds that “such legislation inevitably is perceived as legitimatizing [sic] the practice of homosexuality and elevates that practice to a level of an accepted moral standard.”

Haggard submitted his resignation as president of the NAE on Thursday, shortly after allegations of homosexual activity were aired on Denver talk radio. On Saturday, Haggard was removed as pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs. In a letter to his congregation, Haggard wrote “there’s a part of my life that is so repulsive and dark that I have been warring against it for all my adult life.” He also wrote that the church’s overseers have required him to “submit to the oversight of Dr. James Dobson, Pastor Jack Hayford, and Pastor Tommy Barnett. Those men will perform a thorough analysis of my mental, spiritual, emotional and physical life. They will guide me through a program with the goal of healing and restoration for my life, my marriage, and my family.”

In reaction to the unfolding events, Lutes said, “our community’s anger at Rev. Haggard’s hypocrisy is completely understandable. However, my hope is that our community will take the high road and extend an olive branch of friendship and support when he is ready to fully come out as a gay man. Dobson and the others will counsel him to bury, deny, and repress his sexuality even deeper than before. They will wound his spirit, and he is going to need our prayers and our compassionate message that God loves him, affirms him, and calls him to live his life openly with honesty and integrity.” Q

Election Wrap-Up A National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Report Washington, D.C. — For the first time, a proposed constitutional amendment to ban any form of legal recognition for same-sex couples was defeated, and 37 percent of voters opposed the bans, a significant increase over the 31 percent who opposed similar ballot measures prior to 2004.

As important, election results in House, Senate and gubernatorial races coast to coast show that supporting fairness for gay and lesbian families is not a liability, while aligning with the extreme Christian right is.

Anti-marriage constitutional amendments Anti-marriage amendments were on the ballot in eight states and were approved in seven of the eight, but by significantly lower margins than in past years. In 2004, there were 11 anti-marriage amendments on the November ballot, and in only two of them did opposition top 40 percent. This year, five out of the eight states topped 40 percent, including Arizona, Colorado, South Dakota, Virginia and Wisconsin.

“It’s clear that fear-mongering around same-sex marriage by the GOP and the extreme Christian right is fizzling out,” said Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. “It doesn’t have the juice it had just two years ago — people are getting sick of it.”

Two states — South Dakota and Virginia — did far better than pundits expected. In South Dakota the margin was 48 percent to 52 percent and was attributed to a strong campaign run with meager resources by South Dakotans Against Discrimination and its campaign manager Jon Hoadley, and a strong “live and let live” ethos among South Dakotans.

In Virginia, the margin was 43 to 57 percent, a tie with the best-showing state in 2004 — Oregon. Assumptions that the margin would be higher reflected a failure to understand how much the Old Dominion has changed and underestimating the strength of the “Vote No on #1” campaign managed by Claire Guthrie Gastañaga.

Colorado, meanwhile, rejected a measure to extend domestic partnership rights to same-sex couples and their families.

Historic win in Arizona

Pro-gay candidates triumph over those aligned with extreme Christian right The influence of the extreme Christian right took a major hit this election as voters elected a number of pro-gay candidates and rejected some of the nation’s most vocal anti-gay candidates.

“Across the nation, voters rejected candidates who aligned themselves with the extreme Christian right wing agenda and repudiated Karl Rove’s divisive strategy of relying on the GOP’s base of so-called ‘values voters’ and divisive wedge issues to win elections,” said Foreman. “Voters didn’t fall for it this time. The extreme Christian right has been revealed as the Achilles heel of the Republican Party in races across the country.”

Defeat of Santorum and Hostettler Voters sent packing two of the most antigay members of Congress: Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, the third-ranking GOP leader in the Senate who compared samesex marriage to “man on child, man on dog” sex, lost his seat to Democrat challenger Bob Casey, and in Indiana, Democratic challenger Brad Ellsworth defeated Republican Rep. John Hostettler, one of the House’s anti-gay leaders. Hostettler, who was elected in the GOP sweep of 1994, worked to slash funding for AIDS programs and drafted the Marriage Protection Act, designed to prevent federal courts from ordering states to recognize same-sex marriages permitted in other states. In this year’s campaign, he ran a campaign ad that warned that if he lost and House leadership changed hands, “(Nancy) Pelosi will then put in motion her radical plan to advance the homosexual agenda, led by Barney Frank, reprimanded by the House after paying for sex with a man who ran a gay brothel out of Congressman Frank’s home.” The statement about Frank was factually incorrect.

“We are thrilled, ecstatic and overjoyed that Rick Santorum has been thrashed at the polls. His extreme and gratuitous homophobia will no longer pollute the Senate. Good riddance,” Foreman said. “Ditto for Hostettler in the House. To him we offer an equally enthusiastic good-bye.”

During the campaign, Kulongoski strongly supported civil unions and nondiscrimination legislation. Saxton, on the other hand, openly courted the support of the vehemently anti-gay Oregon Family Council and said he would veto any bill protecting gay people from discrimination.

“Oregonians re-elected the most pro-gay sitting governor in the nation, beating an opponent who courted and received the enthusiastic support of anti-gay forces in the state. Kulongoski was re-elected without wavering — and in fact, continually reaffirming — his commitment to civil unions,” said Foreman.

Nation’s first pro-marriage governors elected by wide margins In Massachusetts and New York, pro-marriage equality gubernatorial candidates Deval Patrick and Eliot Spitzer were elected by landslides. This is the first time pro-marriage equality candidates have been elected governor of any state.

“Massachusetts and New York voters have elected in overwhelming landslides the first two governors ever who support marriage equality for same-sex couples. These historic victories show that support for full equality for our families is not a negative but something voters are willing to embrace enthusiastically,” Foreman said.

Pro-equality local measures pass in Michigan and Oregon In Ferndale, Mich., residents overwhelmingly approved nondiscrimination protections based on sexual orientation by nearly three to one. Ferndale voters rejected a similar ordinance by just 117 votes in February 2000. This campaign was the third attempt since 1991 to pass a human rights ordinance barring such discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodation. And more than 60 percent of voters in Corvallis, Ore., voted to amend their city charter to provide equal protection and nondiscrimination for all, inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. Q

Pro-gay gubernatorial candidates victorious in Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio In Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan and Oregon, pro-gay gubernatorial candidates triumphed over candidates closely aligned with the extreme Christian right.

In Wisconsin, where an anti-marriage amendment was on the ballot, Democratic incumbent Gov. Jim Doyle defeated Republican Mark Green. Republicans, who dominate the state Legislature, put the marriage amendment on the ballot in a transparent attempt to influence the gubernatorial contest. Doyle campaigned against the marriage amendment while Green strongly supported it. Polls leading up to the vote showed the two candidates consistently within two to three points of each other.

“Jim Doyle’s convincing win proves that the right-wing attempt to win the governor’s mansion by attacking gay families failed and failed miserably,” said Foreman. “People who believe in justice and equality owe a lot to Governor Doyle for standing up for gay people so consistently and so courageously.”

In Ohio, Democrat Ted Strickland beat Republican Ken Blackwell by a wide margin.

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Arizona became the first state to reject an anti-marriage constitutional amendment, by a margin of 51 to 49 percent. Through this election, voters in 28 states have voted on marriage amendments since 1998, with Arizona being the only state to reject an amendment.

“It is always wrong to put basic rights up for a popular vote and it is nearly impossible for any minority to protect itself when that happens. But today, in Arizona the impossible happened,” said Foreman. “This sweet victory was due to an exceptional campaign run by ‘No on 107’ and its campaign chair Cindy Jordan and ‘Arizona Together’ and its campaign chair Kyrsten Sinema, and the hundreds of volunteers who worked on the campaign.”

The No on 107 campaign in So. Arizona was extremely successful at using messages that openly and honestly shared how same-sex couples in the state would be harmed by the amendment. And the statewide Arizona Together campaign was also extremely successful at showing how broad anti-marriage amendments that also outlaw domestic partner benefits and civil unions harm everyone, including heterosexual couples. Combined, the messages of both campaigns were able to convince a majority of Arizona voters that discrimination has no place in their constitution.

“Arizona has a special place in history as the first state to reject an anti-gay marriage

ballot measure. We know it will not be the last,” said Foreman.

gay elected officials in the nation, a chief advocate of Ohio’s 2004 anti-marriage constitutional amendment and an outspoken opponent of Cincinnati’s recent nondiscrimination law. Strickland, on the other hand, voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment as a member of Congress and opposed the 2004 Ohio state constitutional amendment banning same-sex partner recognition of any kind.

“We saw Republicans and Christian right extremists trying to use an anti-gay family amendment to help win Ohio for Bush-Cheney in 2004. Yet, in 2006, Ohio voters have rejected the politics of division and elected a moderate who opposes scapegoating gay and lesbian families for political gain.”

In Michigan, Democratic incumbent Jennifer Granholm defeated Republican challenger Dick DeVos. Gay and reproductive rights both played a role in the race. In mid-September, the Triangle Foundation, a statewide LGBT organization, linked DeVos to a $10,000 gift to the American Family Association, which is leading a boycott against Ford Motor Company because it advertises in gay publications. Because the financial woes of the big three auto companies have created financial hardships for the state, this received widespread publicity. Granholm picked up additional support through a series of ads telling that while she personally opposed abortion, she supported a woman’s right to choose while DeVos opposed abortion in all cases, including instances of rape or incest.

“In 2004, DeVos supported an amendment which stripped thousands of public sector employees in Michigan of employer provided health coverage. Then we learned that DeVos’ family is supporting the boycott of Ford Motor Company. Michigan voters have rejected this anti-gay zealot who puts his own bigotry ahead of the needs of Michigan families and workers,” Foreman said.

In Oregon, voters re-elected Gov. Ted Kulongoski , one of the most pro-gay governors in the nation, defeating Rox Saxton.

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Election Wrap-Up Gay Candidates Win in Record Numbers Washington, D.C. — The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund reported unprecedented success in electing openly gay candidates this year.

Sixty-seven Victory-endorsed candidates were elected to federal, state and local offices, with some winning historic races that make them the first openly gay or lesbian candidates ever elected in their states or legislative bodies. “This is the tipping point election for openly gay candidates,� said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Victory Fund. “We’re proving that qualified, well-prepared candidates matched with committed donors means gays and lesbians can move from having a stake in policy to actually making policy. There’s no reason to sit on the sidelines with our fingers crossed anymore.�

10 Key Victories in 2006:

Patricia Todd, who will represent District 54 in the Alabama State House. Todd is the first openly gay person ever elected to any office in the state.

Kathy Webb, who will represent District 37 in the Arkansas State House. Webb is the first openly gay person ever elected to any office in the state.

Henry Fernandez, who won a seat on the Lawrence Township School Board, making

him the first openly gay person ever elected to any office in Indiana.

Al McAffrey, who will represent District 88 in the Oklahoma State House. McAffrey is the first openly gay person ever elected to the Oklahoma state legislature.

Jolie Justus, who will represent District 10 in the Missouri State Senate. Justus is the first openly gay state senator in Missouri history.

Ed Murray, who will represent District 43 in the Washington State Senate. Murray, a former state representative, is the first openly gay state senator in Washington history.

Matt McCoy, who becomes the first openly gay candidate ever elected to the Iowa legislature. McCoy, a sitting state senator, came out during his last term.

Ken Keechl, who won a seat on the Broward County Commission in Florida, beating an appointee of Gov. Jeb Bush.

Jamie Pedersen, who becomes the third consecutive openly gay person to be elected to represent District 43 in the Washington State House.

Judge Virginia Linder will join Rives Kistler on the Oregon Supreme Court, making it the first state ever to have two openly gay Supreme Court Justices. Q Visit victoryfund.org for full election results.

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Historic First Win for Hawaiian Openly Transgender Candidate Honolulu — The Nov. 7 mid-term elections marked a historic first in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement for equality and civic engagement. With a comfortable victory garnering 81,532 votes, attorney Kim Coco Iwamoto was elected to Hawaii’s statelevel Board of Education (Oahu-at-Large), a non-partisan office.

Ms. Iwamoto, an openly transgender woman, is a member of the Kim Coco Iwamoto National Center for Transgender Equality’s (NCTE) Board of Advisors. Iwamoto holds a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law, is a volunteer guardian ad litem for the First Circuit Family Court, and is a frequent speaker at high schools and colleges on civil rights issues and community service. “This is a truly historic win and marks an important first in the American politi-

cal landscape,� said Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality. “Kim Coco Iwamoto is an outstanding individual with a long history of pro bono legal work and volunteerism benefiting her home state. She will serve the people of Hawaii well.�

There are currently only a limited number of openly transgender elected officials serving in the US and around the world. In the United States, Michelle Bruce serves on the City Council in Riverdale, GA and Jessica Orsini serves as an Alderman in Centralia, MO. There are also dozens of other openly transgender appointed public officials across the U.S. New Zealand’s Georgina Beyer has served in Parliament since 1999; Aya Kamikawa was elected as a municipal official in Tokyo, Japan; Vladimir Luxuria was recently elected to Italy’s Parliament.

As public education efforts aimed at ending misconceptions and prejudice against transgender individuals advance, more and more transgender people feel safe and comfortable living their lives openly. Concerned with the betterment of the country’s economy, educational system, health care and security, candidates who also happen to be transgender are running for—and winning—political office. Q

Arizona Voters Reject ‘Gay Marriage’ Ban Phoenix, Ariz. — The Nov. 7 ballot count resulting in the defeat of Prop. 107 marks a significant day for Arizona’s families. Prop.

107 failed by nearly three percent, with comfortable margins in the state’s two largest communities, Phoenix and Tucson. “First and foremost, I’m exceptionally proud to be an Arizonan today. This outcome speaks volumes about Arizona’s commitment to families,� said Kyrsten Sinema, chair of Arizona Together. “Arizona voters saw through Prop 107’s rhetoric and knew that the intent of 107 was to take away domestic partner benefits from thousands of Arizona families.� “Clearly, Arizona’s voters took the time to do their homework regarding Prop. 107,� said Steve May, campaign treasurer for Arizona Together. “We knew all along that once voters were informed about the true impact of Prop. 107 they would oppose this hurtful initiative. They made the right decision.�

Arizona Together campaign chairs credit research, truth, discipline and staffing for their win, “We exposed the Prop. 107 ballot language to identify exactly what impact it would have on Arizona residents. After that, we spoke to real people that would be directly impacted and told their stories to the public,� continued Sinema. “Once we discovered the truth about the initiative — that if passed it would take away important benefits from families — we worked non-stop to get this important information out and recruited the best people to help us.�

Joe Yuhas, a principle of RIESTER Public Affairs, consultants to Arizona Together, said, “Early public opinion polls affirmed our initial discovery while examining the Prop. 107 ballot language. We confirmed that Arizona voters don’t want families to lose benefits. Polling results from Lake Research Partners provided the framework for our campaign messaging, and from that point the campaign logged the hours, did the heavy lifting, and simply told the truth about Prop. 107. Arizona voters confirmed they want to preserve healthcare and legal protection for families. They also proved that they are smarter than proponents

expected, as Arizona voters clearly saw through proponents’ attempts to distract from the real issue.� “From a campaign strategy perspective, their initiative was a classic ‘bait and switch’ strategy, using same-sex marriage as a cover,� said May. “We didn’t allow ourselves to be distracted by the proponents attempt to make that the focal point. Throughout the campaign we talked about the real issues.�

Cumulatively, Arizona Together raised $2.1 million dollars, with 94 percent coming from in-state contributions. With a coalition of more than 18,000 volunteers, outreach and education spanned the spectrum including the placement and distribution of more than 3,000 signs statewide; distribution of more than 100,000 pieces of literature through events and door knocking; tens of thousands of phone calls; one million pieces of mailed literature; and a three-week run on TV. Support for Arizona Together and against Prop. 107 was widespread including mayors Phil Gordon of Phoenix, Bob Walkup of Tucson and Joe Donaldson of Flagstaff.

Arizona Together received a variety of new endorsements weekly, including members of the legal community through a personal letter from more than 150 attorneys in Pima and Maricopa County; public safety organizations such as the Tempe Firefighters and Officers Associations; senior and family advocacy groups including the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans and National Association of Social Workers-Arizona Chapter; and the medical community with donations and endorsements from Schaller Anderson and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. Such a broad range of support, from both Democrats and Republicans, along with the results only prove that Prop. 107 was a detrimental initiative for Arizona.

By the end of the campaign, all major news outlets that weighed in on the issue were against Prop. 107 including The Arizona Republic, East Valley Tribune, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Citizen, Tucson Weekly, Green Valley News, and The Yuma Sun. Q

people living in our state will continue to generate more and more GLBT individuals who want to run for office,� she said. “Regardless of the level of government, every GLBT elected official will play an important role in giving us a voice.� “Hopefully,� Biskupski continued, having three openly-gay people in the legislature “will increase our chances to be effective in our efforts to defeat bad legislation and pass bills that are greatly needed to protect our well being and that of our families.�

Not all openly-gay candidates won on Nov. 7. Murray School Board candidate Xander Gordon, who showed very strong in the primary election, fell to conservative incumbent G. Lloyd Nebber with just 42 perecnt of the vote.

Thompson celebrated the number of Equality Utah-endorsed candidates that won election.

And Then There Were Three All openly-gay candidates for Utah House and Senate elected.

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The tone at the Democratic after-election party this year was very different than those of previous years. As results poured in from across the country, there were hearty backslaps, huge smiles, hugs and cheers and hardly a groan all night as the Democrats took the House, toppled Santorum and had what looked like a shot at the Senate by night’s end.

Utah’s gay and lesbian community had much to hug and cheer about that night as well. All three openly-gay candidates for Utah’s House and Senate are heading to Capitol Hill in January.

New this year to the House is Christine Johnson after she whomped Republican challenger Kenneth Grove with 75 percent of the vote. The heavily-Democratic district that spans Salt Lake’s east bench and parts of Summit County, was largely decided in the July primary election when she beat out Josh Ewing.

Johnson, an outspoken mother, former board member of Equality Utah, real estate agent and member of the Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission, thanked her daughter and partner and all of her supporters in her acceptance speech the night of the election.

Jackie Biskuspski also easily won re-election with 77% of the vote.

What was looking to be a squeaker in Utah Senate District 1 turned out to be an easy slide to victory for Scott McCoy. McCoy received 11,630 votes to Joseph Jarvis’ 4,682 votes, despite The Salt Lake Tribune’s endorsement of Jarvis, in part because Utah already had a “gay� legislator but no “doctor� legislator. McCoy joked during his acceptance speech that, perhaps, he could have not been so worried.

Indeed, conventional wisdom may have put the race a lot closer than it had been.

Jarvis, a moderate Republican and doctor, ran a campaign message of working within the majority to represent the Avenues district. Voters in the heavily-Democratic district apparently saw through that message. “Scott’s campaign victory demonstrates he has proven himself as an effective senator and his constituents recognize that,� said Mike Thompson, executive director of Utah’s gay political action committee, Equality Utah. “The fair-minded voters in Senate District 2 were convinced that Scott’s leadership

added value to the Utah Legislature.�

McCoy was more blunt about his victory. “Dr. Jarvis was about the best candidate the GOP could have run against me. He is a moderate with Democratic tendencies,�

McCoy said. “But the voters saw through their ploy and decided they wanted to keep a true blue Democrat fighting for them on the Hill.�

Democrats know the district to be a “solid D.� When drawing district boundaries, the Republicans who control the legislature will often just give the minority party seats rather than try to split the area into several less liberal districts. Much of Salt Lake City proper falls into the Democratic camp. “I also think the large margin of victory will make any future potential GOP challengers think twice about taking a run at me in four years,� said McCoy. “Jarvis spent $50,000 just to get 27% of the vote — not a very good return on investment.�

Much of Jarvis’ money came from personal friends and Jarvis himself. Interestingly, Rep. Chris Buttars and Larry H. Miller donated $1,000 each to his campaign. McCoy raised over twice the amount Jarvis brought in, much of it from Orem philanthropist Bruce Bastian. Each candidate spent just over $10 per vote they received.

Few states have three or more elected gays and lesbians in their state legislators. “Utah is now one of only 11 states with more than two openly-gay elected officials in state legislature,� said Thompson. “This is huge for Utah — even in the reddest of red states, voters are recognizing that gay men and lesbian women are not single-issue candidates. Our representatives care about the same issues everyone else does: education for our children, healthcare that works for everyone, and protecting Utah’s natural resources.�

Three openly-gay leaders “will help immensely on Capitol Hill,� said McCoy. “We will have yet another person in Chris Johnson to help us dispel stereotypes and put a face on the LGBT community in the legislature. We will be able to forge more personal relationships with our fellow legislators and breakdown more barriers and biases that keep us from moving forward to a fair and just Utah.�

Biskupski sees the increasing numbers of gay men and lesbians willing to become politically active as an expected outcome in Utah’s culture. “The oppressive atmosphere for the GLBT

“With 17 of 37 endorsed candidates winning their races — a number greater than ever before — we have definitely demonstrated the influence we can have in local and state politics,� he said.

He further encouraged Utah’s gay community to become even more involved in the political process. “The best impact is made when members of the LGBT community step up and volunteer on campaigns, especially within their own districts. We, as a community, must continue to take responsibility for issues of equality by being actively involved the political process,� he said.

Biskupski agreed. “Breaking down walls and keeping an open mind ourselves will promote thoughtful conversation which is our strongest tool in this effort to gain equal treatment under the law and equal status in our state and in this country.� Q

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Local Artists Start Business Offering ‘Partyware for Your Gay Affair’ Just in time for your holiday soirées, two local artists have begun putting their designs on paper goods for your enjoyment. Scott Perry and Brian Johnson are packing their bags and heading out this weekend to New York City where to launch “Pinky Buckaroo Party Packs — Party Ware for Your Gay Affair” at the Gay Life Expo.

“We’ve always like theme parties — we are very big on throwing them,” said Perry. “We were tired of working for picky clients and wanted to do something fun.”

Perry left his job as art director of Salt Lake Magazine last year had had begun

taking on freelance clients to pay the bills. Johnson was recently laid off and the two joined minds on going into business together.

“We just sat around and thought what we should do and the theme party pack idea just took off,” Perry explained. “We went to the bank and got some money with no further thought and started designing.”

The packs can be found locally at Cahoots and the two are looking for other places to sell their wares.

They are also available online at ­PinkyBuckaroo.com, where you can also get party ideas, drink recipes and down-

Gay partyware by local artists-turnedentrepreneurs. This set is labeled Sheeza Mann: Was your last party a total drag?

Sheeza is the queen of zing.

loadable invitations that will match your party ware.

The packs include 20 dinner plates,

appetizer plates, dinner napkins and drink napkins for $29.95.

The two will release their first four designs at the expo.

“We were trying to find a big event to kick off our product and get our name out. We’d heard several stories of people going to the Gay Life Expo and having great success,” Perry said. “We decided if we can make it in New York, we’ll make it

Raibow Pride: These colors don’t run, they skip!

Stud Service: Calling all Dykes and Daddies! You can’t go wrong with basic black

Buck Nekkid: Giddy-up! or is that “Gay it up?”

Blood-stained shirt not included

Affirmation will present author, actress Carol Lynn Pearson on Sunday, Nov. 19, 7:30 pm. Carol Lynn will speak on topics related to her new book, “Circling the Wagons Around Our Gay Children,� her new play “Facing East� and topics related to thankfulness and families — either related or created.

The Salt Lake Men´s Choir will provide music. The event is being hosted by First Baptist Church, 777 S 1300 East. All are welcome to attend.

For more information, visit affirmation. org

Holidays with “Family�

The scene from last year’s Red Party AIDS fund raiser in the Hotel Monaco lobby

Hotel Monaco to Paint the Town Red The Hotel Monaco will host the second annual “Red Party� on December 1st from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Guests are invited to “Paint the Town Red� to raise funds for the Utah AIDS Foundation, commemorating 21 years of care in Utah. The Hotel Monaco is located at 15 West 200 South. The public is welcome.

A $10 donation at the door is suggested.

RSVPs are necessary and can be made by calling Julie Erickson at (801) 990-9729 julie. erickson@hotelmonaco.com The hip, vibrant living room will be bathed in red velvet, the drinks and cuisine will be red and red-clad, roller-skating drag queens will offer enticing auction items, including round trip airfare anywhere Jet Blue flies, luxurious stays at Kimpton Hotels properties around the country, and more. Prizes will be awarded for the best dressed (in red, of course) and there will be drawings for additional treasures. Hors d’oeuvres will be served by award-winning Bambara restaurant.

One unique component of Kimpton’s Red Ribbon Campaign is the Red Ribbon fundraising party. Kimpton Hotels hosts Red Ribbon Parties sponsored by Bacardi USA that will take place across the country. Each Kimpton region will sponsor a fundraiser to support a local HIV/AIDS charity. Twelve parties will be held throughout Novem-

ber and December 2006, with fundraising results announced on December 1st – World AIDS Day. Kimpton’s 40 hotels will launch a two month guest and employee education campaign beginning in October emphasizing the importance of continuing the fight against the disease. 2006 marks the 25th anniversary of AIDS. Kimpton’s campaign will support and reemphasize the global message that 25 years later, the AIDS pandemic is not over.

HIV/AIDS educational literature will be displayed in Kimpton lobbies, elevators and guest rooms. “Kimpton’s commitment to HIV/AIDS education and assisting people with the disease is one we take very seriously,� said Steve Pinetti, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants. “The company started in San Francisco 25 years ago right at the beginning of the epidemic. As a result, Kimpton and our employees gave their time, money and support to the local fight against AIDS. We have seen firsthand the devastation caused by HIV/AIDS and we have lost many employees, customers and friends. Kimpton has been fighting HIV/AIDS alongside partner AIDS service agencies for over two decades and our fight continues.�

2nd Annual Celebrity Auction Honors World AIDS Day

well as photos, set lists, instruments, scripts, magazines and other autographed memorabilia. New items are arriving daily.

Some of the more unusual items include a bicycle signed by Will Ferrell while promoting his film Talladega Nights on MTV, rollerskates signed by Jessica Simpson, a leather and chain hat worn by Prince on the cover of his 1992 release “My Name is Prince,� sneakers signed

by John McEnroe and Nelly, a meet-and-greet with Joan Rivers, skis signed by Olympic skier Bode Miller, a Star Trek doll signed by Whoopi Goldberg, tambourines used by 50 Cent, and MTV Movie Awards backstage access passes signed by celebrities.

The centerpiece of the auction is one-ofa-kind celebrity autographed “Lend-A-Hand to LIFEbeat� cards. Stars were asked to trace their hands on special paper, add their own personal artistic touch and a signature. Every item comes with a certificate of authenticity, and was obtained directly from the performers, their agents, their labels, their studios, or other professionals in the industry.

For more information visit Bid2BeatAIDS.com.

Holiday help is needed by the Utah Pride Center, which will be open from 11:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day offering a holiday feat with all the trimmings.

The Center is in need of volunteers and donations.

Volunteers are needed to take shifts to help set up, take down and generally help out. They also need donations of prepared dishes, including, but not limited to turkeys, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, vegetable dishes, salads, beverages, pies, desserts, paper goods for 75 people, salt, pepper, butter and table cloths.

The Center’s dinner will include vegetarian and vegan options as well as the standard fare. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Contact Rachel@utahpridecenter.org or 539.8800.14 to sign up for a shift or to donate a dish as soon as possible.

Pride Center Seeking Interns The Utah Pride Center is currently accepting applications for a part-time paid internship for the fall of 2006 though 2007.

The Center Intern Program seeks to facilitate the development of paraprofessional social service skills in event planning, program planning, group facilitation and community outreach/education.

The internships are open to individuals age 18-24 who are interested in developing work skills in a non-profit setting approximately 12-20 hours each week. The Intern Program is open to those considering further education and training as well as those already in school or training.

The Center Intern Program integrates training with the practical skills necessary for employment in social services or a related field. Interns who complete the Internship may wish to continue their education in order to go on into professional careers in the non-profits or social services.

Applicants should complete the internship application form www.utahpridecenter.org/applications/intern.htm and include a resume and two references to jennifer@utahpridecenter.org If appropriate, The Center will work with the intern’s training facility, school, college or university to assure class credit is received for the Center Internship. The status of any particular internship as credit or non-credit will be determined before an internship is offered. The intern will primarily, though not exclusively, work at The Center offices. Interns are responsible for their own housing, living expenses and any other costs.

Contact Jennifer with any questions at 801.539.8800, extension 13

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Celebrity-obsessed fans will have a field day come December 1, 2006 (World AIDS Day) when bidding begins on eBay for BID 2 BEAT AIDS, an annual auction of rare and autographed items from stars in music, film, theatre, sports, politics and television. Proceeds benefit LIFEbeat, the Music Industry Fights AIDS. The inaugural auction last year raised over $75,000 to support AIDS/HIV programs that reach countless people nationwide. The auction start date, December 1, coincides with the commemoration of World AIDS Day. Sponsors include MTV, Borders Books & Music, and Sirius Satellite Radio.

LIFEbeat has already amassed over 500 items for the 2006 auction: CDs signed by such popular artists as Mariah Carey, The Killers, Hoobastank, Alanis Morisette, Usher, Olivia Newton-John, Tiffany, Hilary Duff, and Eminem; signed books by Madonna, Jackie Collins, Jimmy Carter and Britney Spears; DVDs autographed by Jack Black, Bo Derek and Ludacris; posters signed by Nick Lachey, Il Divo, Diddy, Green Day and Coldplay; gold records from Metallica, Michael Jackson, Annie Lenox and Aerosmith; as

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Choir Article Misses the Point Editor, Tony Hobday’s review of the Salt Lake Men’s Choir misses the point (‘The Rhythm of Life’ Persuades Us,” Oct. 16, 2006). If Hobday is more concerned about “technical hiccups” like “spotty rhythm” and lisping S’s, then perhaps his focus is what needs to be polished and not the choir’s sound.

The men’s choir, first off, is not a professional organization. The singers not only do not get paid to perform, they pay for the privilege. A paid professional choir would be rehearsing daily for months to pull off a quarterly performance. These men take time out of their personal lives to rehearse twoand-a half hours a week and some Saturdays to rehearse together and whatever other time they can spare to practice individually.

To get the technical precision they accomplish is … well, a huge accomplishment.

Secondly, the choir is an open choir, meaning everyone from the most talented singer to the most tone-deaf, from those who barely utter sound to divas that belt and from those who can read music upsidedown and backwards to those who have no idea what the spots on the page mean are welcome to join and sing. No auditions are necessary — only a desire to make music.

But the greatest reason Hobday misses the point is that technical proficiency isn’t what the choir or its concerts are supposed to be about. In fact, it has little to do with any artistic organization’s purpose. Concerts are about enjoyment of the music. Salt Lake Men’s Choir concerts are about connecting with and moving the audience. To me, they are about watching men whom I have something in common with touching my soul through song. In my opinion, the “technical hiccups” enhance the performance because they make it real.

Ask any audience member who saw the concert what they enjoyed most about the concert was, and it wouldn’t be the stunning harmony or the precise Ts that, indeed, were present. It would be the life in the eyes of the singers, the smiles on their faces and the momentary eye-to-eye contact they made with one or more of the singers. It would be the anguish in one singer’s face during the heart-wrenching “Homeward Bound” that made your own heart break. It would be sharing in the swell of pride obviously felt after any one of the particularly good numbers. In fact, many people I heard talking in the after-concert reception mentioned their favorite moment as your own editor looking to the audience and mouthing the words “It’s my fault” when he forgot the words in a duet he shared with his partner. The audience chuckled and the pair finished strong and topped off “It’s in His Kiss” with, well, a kiss.

A concert that makes you laugh, makes you cry or just makes you feel is well worth any price to attend. If you want precision, go to a math fair.

Congratulations to the choir and its new artistic director. We’re pulling for you and look forward to the holiday concert.

Joshua Lowell Salt Lake City

Keep Your Hypocracy. I’ll Keep My Faith.

Editor, I grew up in the Calvary and Southern Baptist Churches; and once science gets it right, I hope they define me as “Gay Since Conception.” I’m GSC. I was even the Sunday School piano player in my youth, and my mother was the church secretary.

I don’t think I was exposed to a harmful chemical, or over-exposed to a priest that made me prefer men. Or, as Bill Maher eloquently put it during his Larry King Live interview, “caught gay,” unless there’s one hell of a bug going around.

I grew up in the church as a proud, and closeted, gay man. The latest Haggard scandal, coinciding with the Foley frolic is a slap in the face to faithful faggots like me, when we’re in such need to reconcile — not our sexuality with the bible — but our presence in the church.

Ted Haggard, Marc Foley, or Jeff Gannon for that matter, didn’t reveal a salacious side of homosexuality, they personified hypocrisy to its fullest extent.

All of those scandals, not to mention the GOP ad saying a vote for Pelosi would be a vote for the gay agenda, only further denigrate those of us, like me, who are deeply faithful, and accepting of our sexual orientation.

While we should serve as examples to this nation, and others, that it’s okay to be both faithful and a faggot, we have these ya-hoos that come along and screw it up because they’re powerful, corrupt and liars.

What’s contemptible about the offenses that these morons formulated was — Foley was the Chair of the House Caucus for Missing and Exploited Children. Ted Haggard was so anti-gay-marriage, anti-drug, and anti-lie, yet did all three. His lies are contemptible, because he violated his wife, his congregation — who was drinking his Kool-aid — and himself.

It sort of brings you back to another dark time in electronic evangelical history when Jimmy Swaggart got up on the dais after getting caught with his britches down with prostitutes, after sentencing James Bakker and his ministry, PTL — Praise The Lord, as “a cancer on the Body of Christ.”

But, I’m going to keep my faith, for after all, that’s what my Lord taught me.

Even after the evangelicals blame me, a homosexual for mine, and Nancy Pelosi’s gay agenda for taking down these once powerful, and influential servants, messengers, and ears to the All-Mighty, at least I’m at peace with myself when I get up to the Pearly Gates, and my first question to St. Peter will be, “Where’s Ted, Jimmy, James, and Marc?”

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This Month in History

by Ben Williams

ben@qsaltlake.com

16 November 1978 Utah’s first entry in the Mr. Gay America contest was held at the Sun Showroom, with Grover Smith winning the title.

17 November 1956 SL Police Chief W. Cleon Skousen issued orders to charge homosexuals under a state law rather than with violation of city ordinances. In this way a conviction would enable authorities to commit offenders to the Utah State Hospital for life.

1985 Pamela J. Calkins of Los Angeles became the first woman to be ordained into the LDS Melchezedic Priesthood in the Church of Jesus Christ of All Latter Day Saints.

1987 Ben Williams, director of Unconditional Support, and Ben Barr, director of Utah AIDS Project, began Utah Names Project modeled after the AIDS Quilt project.

1991 Austrian-born pianist Leslie Howard gave the United States premier of the Tchaikovsky Piano Sonata in Salt Lake, cosponsored by The Utah Stonewall Center and the Museum of Fine Arts.

1996 Rev. Barbara King of Atlanta spoke at the People With AIDS Coalition of Utah’s Banquet and raised $25,000 for the group.

1998 A federal judge allowed East High School’s Gay-Straight Alliance to meet as a school-sponsored club until the case went to trial.

1998 Salt Lake City adopted a non-discrimination ordinance without using the words “sexual orientation� for city employees.

18 November 1975 Babs De Lay held a Consciousness Raising Group for women discussing “Dealing With Straight People� at the Gay Community Service Center.

1978 Dean Walton, a.k.a. “Auntie De,� hosted the first “Salute to Cowboys� held as a benefit for the Imperial Court of Utah.

1990 Jeff Friedman founded Utah’s first gay bowling league, Salt Lake Goodtime League.

2000 At Barony Ball 8 / Coronation I, The First Emperor and Empress of The Barony of Northern Utah were crowned and changed its name to The Imperial Rainbow Court of Northern Utah.

19 November 1968 An article written by University of

20 November 1975 After a year-long engagement, two lesbians, Shirley and Camille, exchanged vows at the Rusty Bell Tavern. They were married by Rev. Bob Darst of the Grace Community Church in a double-ring ceremony.

1992 The Art for Life benefit auction raised more than $20,000 for the Utah AIDS Foundation. According to the state’s Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, 371 people had died of AIDS in Utah since 1983.

1994 State health officials said the typical new Utah AIDS victim is still a homosexual

21 November 1978 A gay bar, The Rail, located at 363 W. South Temple, opened and was operated

by Krazy Pete.

1985 The Studio Theater at 223 S. State was raided by police for showing pornography.

1985 The “Fear of AIDS� was prompting more hospital patients to request that transfused blood come from family and friends. Utah had 23 cases of AIDS, 12 of them fatal.

1991 Weber State College held a debate over whether gays and lesbians should receive protection under proposed hate crime legislation. Though the event was to be a debate, only Michael Aaron, founder of the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, showed. He stated that a survey of 230 gay and lesbian Utahns last year found 87 percent of the men and 69 percent of the women had been subjected to anti-gay comments and 75 percent of the men and 50 percent of the women had been physically assaulted.

22 November 1988 Gordon Church, a gay drama student of Cedar City was brutally murdered in Millard County by convicts Michael Archuleta and Lance Wood.

1991 Utah Queer Nation Activists staged a kiss-in at The Bay, a gay-owned Salt Lake nightclub that would not allow same-sex dancing.

23 November 1988 Ben Barr, the director of Salt Lake AIDS Foundation dropped out of the state school board’s AIDS education program in response to objections by Families Alert, that Barr was “a practicing homosexual.�

1991 The second annual benefit for the Utah Stonewall Center called “Just For Laughs� featured comedian Micaela Nelligan.

1991 Queer Nation, as part of its Suburban Homosexual Outreach Program (SHOP), donned army boots and pearls and walked through ZCMI stores.

24 November 1976 The Sun Tavern and KSXX bought out the 10 p.m. showing of the Ritz at Trolley Square for private use of the Gay Community.

1985 A Salt Lake Tribune poll asked “If you learned that a child with AIDS was attending the same school as a child of yours, what would you do,� 22 percent of Utahns

25 November 1954 Zang Tavern, located at 145 E. Broadway, was raided by the Salt Lake Police Morals Squad.

1991 The Deseret News featured an article on AIDS activist David Sharpton, who said, “According to my doctor, I’m the longestliving AIDS patient in Utah right now. I’m very proud of that.�

1998 School teacher Wendy Weaver won her suit against Nebo School District, which ordered her not to talk about her lesbian orientation in school settings.

Pacific Station across from the Sun Tavern.

His was one of a series of murders committed against gay men in the fall of 1978.

1985 The LDS excommunication of Clair Harward, a gay man dying of AIDS made national news.

1985 The detection of the AIDS virus in a Salt Lake prostitute prompted health officials to begin testing for AIDS anti-bodies in women arrested on charges of soliciting sexual acts.

1991 The death of Allen E. Ofeldt, a member Salt Lake Men’s Choir, caused controversy when the choir performed the following day without acknowledging that Olfedt had died of AIDS .

1996 For the third time in four years, a gay student club is established at Southern Utah University in Cedar City. Clifton Wright, started the Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Club. Q

26 November 1991 Romanovsky and Phillips performed in Salt Lake City promoting their new album “Be Political Not Polite.�

1995 Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America: Part I, Millennium Approaches,’’ made its Utah premiere at Salt Lake Acting Company.

27 November 1978 Openly gay San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone are assassinated by an angry, homophobic fellow city supervisor Dan White.

28 November 1979 Women Aware held a planning meeting to determine the function of the organization, membership and identity. “Are we to be known publicly as a feminist group, a lesbian group, a group of supportive lesbians and women in transition?�

1998 Cleve Jones, founder of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, was the keynote speaker at the PWACU awards dinner.

29 November 1991 Salt Lake Men’s Choir’s president, Jim Alexander, when asked whether the group would ever align itself with the gay rights movement, replied, “we make music, not a political statement.“ 1996 Melissa Etheridge played at the Salt Palace Convention Center.

30 November 1978 Douglas Ray Coleman was found shot to death in a boxcar behind the Union

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Utah’s Daily Utah Chronicle reporter Mary Ellen Sloan, entitled “Urban Plunge Examines Human Social Spectrum,� is the first known news article on Salt Lake’s gay bars.

1981 Charges of distributing pornographic material were filed against two employees of the Studio Theater at 228 S. State with police confiscating two films.

man between the ages of 25 and 44. For Utah men, AIDS ranks as the fourth leading cause of death, right after cancer.

1998 New private club AXIS opened at the old site of Club 108 and BackStreet.

said they would fight to have an AIDS child removed from school.

1987 National Organization for Women sponsored a night with Sonja Johnson, excommunicated ERA Feminist turned lesbian.

1988 Nationally-syndicated columnist Jack Anderson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, was the special guest on Joe Redburn’s KTKK radio program.

1991 A letter from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was read over every church pulpit in the world stating, “Any other sexual contact (outside of marriage), including fornication, adultery, and homosexual and lesbian behavior, is sinful.’’

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by Laurie Mecham laurie@qsaltlake.com

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2. The next finger is the pointing finger. Pray for those who teach.

3. The next finger is the tallest finger. It reminds us of our leaders.

STOP RIGHT THERE. I had started to throw up in my mouth a little bit, but then the Five Finger Prayer reinforced what was, for me, the most inspirational message possible in this, George Bush’s sixth improbable, how-did-thishappen, year. When we think of our current political leaders, the uncontrollable urge to curse, spit, and flip them off is a natural one.

The day before the election, I got an email from my pal in SLC. “Just sitting at my desk wanting to bitch about elections, republicans, pastors, evangelicals, god, voting machines, democrats, the media, polls, gerrymandering, attention spans, hackers, young people, old people, people in-between, and other such topics that come to mind when the first Tuesday in November rolls around.�

He sounded so bitter. I thought that perhaps I could reach out to him and offer some words of encouragement, to wit: “God bless us every one. Republican

Looking Haggard?

by Ruby Ridge

ruby@qsaltlake.com

Oh come on, pumpkins, you know me well enough to know I can’t let this one slide! Let’s talk about the bizarro turn of events involving Pastor Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals shall we? And for the sake of propriety I will forego my usual high-five, touchdown, told you so “superiority dance� because quite frankly, in these heels I am soooo above that.

Haggard, the long time anti-gay crusader and Pastor of a 14,000 member megachurch in Colorado Springs, and President of a group of 45,000 Evangelical congregations, was outed by a gay escort (by the way‌exactly when did we stop calling them hustlers and start calling them masseurs?

Did you get the memo?) who apparently had meth fueled acrobatic sexual encounters with Pastor Ted for about three years. The level of hypocrisy, deceit, and tragic irony of the situation is just mind numbing. I feel so sorry for Haggards’ wife and five kids, and all of the people in his congregation that looked up to his righteous hetero façade as a model for their own lives. Mostly though I am just pissed off and angry that this guy would throw gays and lesbians to the wolves to cover his tracks, and advance his career.

gerry-fucking-mandering mother fuckers, I hope they get some ramifications where it makes them holler.�

But November 8 was the dawning of a new day. Hope was reborn, and it just kept getting better. The Democrats had the House!

Rumsfeld resigned! The Democrats had the Senate! My friend Bob stopped by my desk and said, “For the first time in years, I don’t feel like I have to move to Canada.�

So, here are some post-election thoughts.

First of all, I wanted you to appreciate one of the freedoms you enjoy in Utah: the freedom to say wacky shit in support of a political position for free. The voter guide in Oregon is like nothing back home. The way it works here, apparently ANYONE can get a 325 word statement printed in the guide— but they have to pay $500. Some nuggets:

Measure 43 — Requires 48-hour notice to unemancipated minor’s parent before providing abortion Arguments in Favor: “...A 15 year old daughter needs her Mom or Dad to go with her to sign a permission slip so she can get her ears pierced. But she can saunter* to the local abortion provider and have a major medical procedure done without her mom or dad even knowing.  *Laurie sez: That’s what really gets to me.

It’s not that these girls get themselves pregnant in the first place, or even that they get themselves abortions. It’s that saunter that drives me nuts. That casual, window-shopping, what-do-you-want-to-do-today stroll that young pregnant girls use when they breeze through the clinic doors. “What do you wanna do today, Brit’Nee? We could steal some nail polish or go try on shoes. I dunno, maybe I’ll get an abortion.� “PARENTS ARE A GIFT FROM GOD TO PROVIDE WISDOM ON THE TOUGH DECISIONS OF LIFE.�

Laurie sez: Duh! This costs money. Tell us something we don’t know. “...MY PARENTS ALWAYS TOOK ME TO

What a Bastard! OK, so much for not being judgmental, but I tried.

Haggard fell from grace so quickly that James Dobson was probably trying to buy a 10-foot pole off ebay in his jammies. And the right-before-the-election timing of the scandal could not have been worse for Karl Rove and the Republicans, who depend on

“Let’s face it, kittens, the Republicans have used evangelicals like a box of motel Kleenexâ€? a mobilized horde of evangelicals to get out and vote for them. And let’s face it, kittens, the Republicans have used evangelicals like a box of motel Kleenex. By throwing out red meat “issuesâ€? like gay marriage, abortion, and school prayer to the Christian Conservatives (or as I lovingly think of them as ‌ “The God Squadâ€?), the Republicans don’t even have to work for their votes. My one hope is that eventually these folks will

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Signed, Diane Meyer Oregon Citizen, Had Secret Abortion at 17 years old�

Laurie sez: Wait a minute, didn’t I read that headline in the “Reader’s Digest?�

Signed, Laurie Mecham Oregon Citizen Came out of Closet at 38 years old And last, this little tidbit regarding a proposed legislation to cut taxes (excerpted from a five-stanza rhyme)  “The Transportation Dept. spends $2 billion to help you and me.

Yet $2 billion still can’t buy, a shorter line at the DMV.�

Laurie sez: METER, people! METER. Second, I would like to have a moment of reflection on how good it feels when the right thing finally happens. Besides, what made Judge Leslie Lewis think that just because she had power, she could make her own rules? She doesn’t even hold the priesthood.

Third, as proof that Americans — the same Americans who support the success of endless reality TV shows, the continued production of pork rinds and an ongoing market for chia pets — really do run the government: Astoria, Oregon just reelected their mayor to a fifth term. Willis Van Dusen won easily, in spite of getting his third DUI in September. (Yes, he’s a drunk, but he’s a HAPPY drunk.) The Astoria City Council President said, ““I’m very happy that Willis won because he’s been a very good mayor, and he’s working hard to change his lifestyle.� Now there’s a campaign slogan for the next election. “Mark Foley – working hard to change his lifestyle!� Q Laurie Mecham is a fag from hell. Whether or not she is a hooker or slut-puppy depends on whether or not you registered to vote.

see through Karl Rove and the born-again posturing of the President, and realize that their allegiance to God and their spirituality has been misdirected and abused. The way I see it, muffins, if Christ didn’t mention homosexuality in his 33 years on earth, then I’m thinking it probably isn’t high on God’s “to doâ€? list. You know “Create the Universeâ€? was definitely a priority, but “Smite the Sodomitesâ€? is most likely down there with ‌ Pick Up Dry Cleaning ‌ and Order Pie for Thanksgiving ‌ and that sort of thing.

In the wake of the Foley scandal (don’t get me started, cupcakes!), the McGreevy scandal in New Jersey, and the anti-gay mayor of Tacoma scandal, you have to wonder how many stealth faggots are out there who feel compelled to hide their true identities.

Think of all the politicians, clergy and scout leaders and so on, who are in positions of authority and trust like Reverend Haggard.

It’s kinda creepy when you think about it.

So, straight folks in America, you have to ask yourself this question: “Would I prefer a deceptively straight acting closet case leading my church or governing my community‌. or would I prefer a gay person living their life honestly and openly with full accountability?â€? I know who I would vote for ‌ even if they were a masseuse!

Ciao Cherubs! Q 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 Orrin Hatch suddenly call for bipartisanship after years of shredding Democrats when they were in the minority.

Day of Remembrance — Remember the Transgendered

By Marcel A.Q. LaFlamme

Let’s start at the beginning. When we talk about transgendered people, we mean those individuals who do not identify and perform as “man� or “woman� in accordance with a binary system that prescribes gender expression solely on the basis of one’s genitalia. This includes, but is not limited to, transsexuals (pre, post, and non-operative), transvestites, persons with ambiguous genitalia, and persons who have chosen to perform ambiguous social genders.

This month marks the eighth annual observance of the National Transgender Day of Awareness, a day set aside to remember those who have lost their lives because of anti-transgender fear and hatred. The Day of Remembrance began as a way to publicly grieve for Rita Hester, a transgendered woman murdered Nov. 28, 1998. An online monument and scattered candlelight vigils soon gathered momentum, and the scale of this year’s observance will hopefully draw America’s attention to her transgendered citizens and to the fear and hatred they encounter every day.

It’s a solemn day, in a somber month, and these are scary times. Perhaps it’s easier not to remember Rita Hester today, it’s easier not to dwell on the dozens of known victims of anti-transgender violence since the last Day of Remembrance.

But notwithstanding the November gloom and the warplanes winging their way eastward, today we must remember.

We remember today because it affirms our commitment to exposing and condemning anti-transgender violence as long as it persists. The mainstream success of Kimberly Peirce’s 1999 film Boys Don’t Cry briefly brought anti-transgender violence into the media spotlight. But the spotlight is fickle, and a month later some other name supplanted Boys Don’t Cry on the cinema marquee.

The Day of Remembrance is our commitment to not just moving on. We owe it to the victims whom we remember to remind the media about the persistence of anti-transgender violence. Brandon from Boys Don’t Cry isn’t the only one we’ve lost, and anti-transgender violence didn’t disappear once Hilary Swank won her Academy Award.

We remember today because in remembering the victims’ deaths, we affirm the value of their lives. “Too often,� wrote Day of Remembrance founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith, “people want to make our dead into forgotten people.� Police investigations are often lax, and murders are carelessly catalogued as accidents or suicides. But the Day of Remembrance calls murder murder, and highlights the brutality of anti-transgender killers who attempt (in the words of one Day of Re-

membrance organizer) “to obliterate their victims, perhaps in an attempt to erase them completely, by any means necessary.�

The Day of Remembrance denies murderers the prerogative to erase their victims, and also resists more subtle forms of erasure. Insensitive news media frequently trivialize victims’ gender identification by using victims’ “birth pronouns� and by describing transgendered people as almost delusional, convinced they are something which they manifestly are not.

The Day of Remembrance allows us to publicly testify to the gender identities of these victims—not in ironic, pathologizing “air quotes�, but in a respectful manner consistent with the rich lives they led.

Finally, we remember today because it reminds us not to be complacent. Yes, some cities have transgender nondiscrimination policies written into the law books. Some universities and corporations have policies that recognize transgender issues. But we still have a long way to go.

We remember so that we might celebrate the life of Rita Hester and so many others. We remember so that we might shine a light on the inhumanity of their killers. We remember in the hope that next November, there will be no new reasons to mourn.

Marcel A.Q. LaFlamme is a folklore and mythology concentrator in Mather House. He is public relations chair of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance.

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it was a very busy few weeks at the Q Towers and we just had to break out and have a gay therapy session — shopping. Tony, Christian, Rachel and I (Michael) first headed to 9th & 9th, to stop in at Cahoots. We decided it was a “say something hat day” as Cahoots had a huge assortment ranging from $5.95 to $14.95. Rachel thought Tony would love a “Screaming Scream” ($19.95). I think Tony is holding his ears at the screech. It would be a perfect gift for the art lover with a sense of humor.

To the far left, you’ll see that Christian was occupied with a Lollicock ($7.95).

At the checkout was this ... pencil sharpener. It scared us so much we didn’t look for a price.

We then walked up the street to see what I would look like with a face lift, botox and collagen injections.

Turns out Radiance Medspa is having a holiday special on what they are saying is the strongest Botox treatment in the state — just $10 per unit.

I worried about botox treatments on my unit.

I was transfixed by the “Major Award” leg lamp, a replica of the one in A Christmas Story ($199). It has real, honest-to-god fishnet stockings that you have to touch. Well, I had to anyway. Cahoots only has four left, so you’d better hurry.

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We then jumped in the Q Jeep (yes ... we finally put the top on it) and headed to Trolley Square to visit Tabula Rasa. What better place to buy the cards you’d actually send your family?

Christian was stuck in the book section studying fascinating medical facts in the book Why Do Men Have Nipples? ($13.95). He also claims to have a stunning resemblance to Greta Garbo on the cover of Greta Garbo Book — A Cinematic Legacy ($50). We bought The Hypochondriac’s Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have ($14.95) for JoSelle.

Rachel, on the other hand, was over in the Christmas collectibles section and found a collection of Cody Foster & Co. American Folk Art vintage reproduction decor. Remember the flocking-covered cardboard houses that you poked the window gels out of when you were a kid? You can now replace them from Tabula’s huge assortment.

Rachel’s favorite was the snowman box ($30).

Christian does look quite a bit like Greta Garbo.

We think that Rhett has an art project outside the door of Cahoots.

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And, of course your butt will look just like the one on this mannequin if you wear Unico underwear. I swear by them because of the pouch. ($15.99) The back room had a huge assortment of cock rings as well. I’ve seen the plastic guides for rings for your fingers, but...

Across the hall from Tabula Rosa, we stopped at Cabin Fever. Don’t we look like corporate power brokers with our campy assortment of lunch boxes ($15.95)? Especially Christian.

The store has a slough of sacrilegious paraphernalia (glad this program has spell check), such as the Jesus Action Figure ($9.95) and other cheesy plastic Madonnas and angels.

Tony thought that Rachel looked just like the “Our Lady of Guadalupe” Glow in the Dark statuette (below — $5.95), but Christian thought the SL,UT sweatshirt ($36) was much more appropriate. I don’t think Rachel appreciated that.

I ducked out and headed to Retrospect off 7th South and State to visit some of my favorite fixtures for our 1917 Craftsman Bungalow. I’m sneaking in a hint to Christian ... or anyone else, for that matter ... on what to get me for Christmas. Retrospect has a large collection of Arts & Crafts style pottery by Ephraim Faience Pottery which is perfect for any lover of Stickley. My favorite is $299. I also have my eye on a faucet for our eagle-claw tub.

Hint, hint. They also have Mario Sabino deco-style art crystal for those enamored with houses and art of the 40s and 50s.

Ruby Ridge called while we were out and about and told us about the “fabulous finds for Fido” (her words) at The Dog Show. They have hand-crafted dog dishes and toys by local artists and crafts people. He was gushing so fast, and loud, that we couldn’t take notes. We’ll have to get up to the 15th and 15th neighborhood for the perfect gift for Xena Warrior Puppy.

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actually, trans culture has existed since the beginning of time. Trans people have been present in every race, every class, every culture, in every epoch. There’s mythology within every culture — Chinese, Greek, Nordic — about people who change their sex. It’s everywhere.

It’s not new. People in America thought it was just that changing sex was something that just started in the 50s.

Actually, people have been changing their sex, according to the agreements of their culture, since the beginning of time. Otherwise we wouldn’t have this kind of mythology. And I think that — well, we know that surgeries were performed in the early part of the 20th century. The first FtM surgery that was written in the medical journals was in 1948. But we know that there was a surgery performed in the 20s in Europe. And that there were definitely some surgeries being performed in Germany in the 30s.

DW: In your opinion, has their been any credible research done to try to figure out why people are sometimes born in bodies that are obviously not gendersuited to them?

Green: There hasn’t been anything that involved enough people, or has been far-reaching enough or long enough, because there’s very little funding for this kind of area of study, as you can imagine. We have problems right now with the National Institutes of Health approving anything that mentions homosexuality or even purports to deal with HIV to some extent. So, imagine trying to study transness. People think it’s completely frivolous and ridiculous and they don’t want to spend any money on it. However, Dr. Milton Diamond at the University of Hawaii is doing research on it now, he has been doing this research for awhile, but he has not had the opportunity to write up a lot of his stuff yet. And his study of twins right now is still going on — he’s trying to study pairs of twins in whom one or both are transsexual or transgendered and looking at that to see if there’s a biological component. Most doctors who work with transsexual people believe there’s a biological component.

DW: How are employment issues looking nationally for people who are trans?

Green: There’s been an incredible improvement in the area of discrimination in the corporate world. Most large businesses — well, not most — a lot of large businesses like IBM, J.P. Morgan, Chase, Bank One, Apple, — a lot of major corporations have added gender identity and expression to their non-discrimination policy and are actively — I mean, IBM has an active office of LGBT recruitment. These companies recognize the fact that LGBT people are talented and can make a contribution to the corporate bottom line. And they do not want to lose the best and the brightest people that are available.

DW: Is there a difference in the statistics regarding violence against LGB folk and violence against trans folk?

FtM Trans-Activist Jamison Green to Speak in Salt Lake I think

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identity politics are somewhat like an adolescent phase in life, where you’re trying to figure out who you are, and you need that space. Which you might need to retreat to every now and then, you know, that’s why we have clubs for, you know, Blues lovers, and clubs for gay people, and we do this and that, but we don’t live in that club.

Internationally-known FtM trans activist and author Jamison Green is speaking this week in Salt Lake City. This interview took place right after he released his latest book, Becoming A Visible Man.

Dawn Wolfe: How far back does awareness of “transness” go in American culture?

Green: I think in popular American culture it began when Christine Jorgenson stepped off the airplane in 1952. It was front page news all across the country, “Ex-GI becomes blond bombshell.” And that was the beginning of education about transsexual issues, and also opened up, in a more underground way, the possibility for cross-dressers to express themselves more openly. I think that

Green: Well I think if we — if it’s true that what stimulates violence against people who are different is actually gender characteristics, then the violence against LGBT — excuse me — violence against T people is broader, but it’s not recorded. Most — many instances of violence against transgender people are not noted as a transgender offense, or an anti-trans incident. These people are often disappeared; the thing, the incident might be recorded as anti-gay violence, not anti-trans violence, or it may not be recorded at all. So it’s very difficult to know. I don’t think we’re clear enough about the distinctions, and often there are trans people — for instance in communities, many communities of color, who don’t identify as trans, even though they are living a trans life, they are identifying as gay, and a lot of the violence occurs in communities of color.

DW: What is it about gender and differentiation from cultural gender stereotypes, at least in this country, that causes some people to feel violent? What’s the issue?

Green: I really think it’s a part of our reptilian brain thing. It’s a fight or flight situation. It’s a learned behavior that we haven’t trained out of ourselves. There are many other cultures in the world where gender variance is not a threat and where there is a social place for gender-variant people. Polynesian society, Hawaiian society, some Native American tribes, had places for

gender-variant people. And we, however, have not cultivated that in our culture, whether it’s because of religious beliefs or simple survival issues and the use of oppression. Gender-variant people present this conundrum for people who need this assurance about the order of their universe. And you know the problem is not that there are gender-variant people, because gender-variant people have always been with us. The problem is people don’t know how to respond to difference.

They have not been trained and they allow their fears and their prejudices to get the best of them and they respond with the fight or flight response.

DW: What progress do you feel has been made in incorporating “T” in LGB, in terms of politics and in organizing — and what do you think is left to be done?

Green: Well, I think there’s still a lot of places in this country, let alone the rest of the world, where we don’t really clearly understand both the difference and the simultaneous synergy between LGB and T. I think a lot of places have tried to just tack on the “T” and say, “Ok, you know, now we cover that,” but they don’t know what it means. We still are in the sort of upward swing of the educational effort that’s needed. And I think that there are a lot of well-meaning people who simply don’t have all the information they need.

And I think that trans people have not held up their end, to a certain extent, by not coming forward and contributing to organizations that don’t expressly serve their interests. And they need to do that to build coalition with other people and also to help people understand what your or our issues are. ... And I think that’s what people [also] need to take on — people who are leading these [non trans-specific] organizations need to take the responsibility to learn about trans issues themselves and understand them and understand why they need to be including them.

DW: Given what you’ve said about people who don’t identify as straight or trans or gay — given that this is not an identity block in the same way, say, as are AfricanAmericans — what kind of models for organizing and education do you think we should have?

This article was originally printed by Between the Lines News and is used here with permission.

Movie and Popcorn!

Transgeneration:

Every Tuesday in November, 7:00 pm Center Space: Hosted by Transgender Education Advocates Four transgender people navigate the university experience in this eight-part documentary series. We will be showing two episodes each Tuesday. Raci, a hearing-impaired Filipino undergraduate at California State University, Los Angeles, juggles her academic aspirations with her desire to pass for a biological female and her need to buy cut-rate hormones from street dealers. T.J., a grad student at Michigan State University, struggles to reconcile his political activism and his achievements as a Fullbright scholar with the demands of his unaccepting family back in Cyprus. Gabbie, a male-to-female University of Colorado sophomore, tries to overcome her awkward social skills and prepare for gender reassignment surgery. And Lucas, who attends Smith College in Massachusetts, studies neuroscience and bonds with Kasey, a fellow female-to-male trans student. As all four protagonists negotiate their relationships with parents, romantic interests, professors, and college staff, they reach a wide range of milestones in their quest for peace with their gender identity.

Transgender in the Workplace: A Survivor’s Perspective Wednesday, November 15, 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm City and County Council Chambers Rm 315 451 S. State St. , Salt Lake City *Please RSVP to teaofutahevents@yahoo.com Transgender issues in the workplace are at the forefront of diversity and inclusion efforts. The number of companies that have implemented supportive transgender workplace policies have increased over tenfold since 2002 and continue to increase as more and more companies realize the unique challenges faced by their transgender employees. This informative presentation by nationally-renowned expert Donna Rose helps to separate fact from fiction by providing an overview of the broad spectrum of transgender experience, the effects on the workplace, why supportive policy makes good business sense, and what can be done to minimize disruption while maximizing productivity and overall success.

The afternoon session is tailored for businesses’ and corporations’ HR departments, managers and anyone in hiring positions.

The evening session is tailored for all those who could not make the afternoon session including, transgender individuals, GLBT groups from businesses, allies, community organizations, etc.

Donna Rose is a nationally recognized writer, speaker, and advocate for transgender and transsexual issues. Donna is passionate about the concept of “community”, and is active in local and national GLBT organizations. She is the first and only openly transgendered person on the national Board of Directors of the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, DC, where she also serves as the national diversity co-chair.

She is particularly proud to be a member of the HRC Business Council, which guides HRC on business-related issues. She was the vice-chair for the Transgender Advocates of Central Texas, is on the Board of Advisors for the National Center for Transgender Equality, and is a member of the Transgender Advisory Committee for Out and Equal. She works with leaders around the country to develop and implement supportive GLBT

policy in their workplaces and on their campuses. Her website, donnarose.com, is a respected source of information and support for/about the transgender community.

Transgender Victories and Challenges Thursday, November 16, 2006 Reception 6:00p.m. Main Event 7:00 p.m.

Utah State Capitol Complex, Room W135 House Building *Please RSVP to teaofutahevents@yahoo.com A nationally recognized political speaker and advocate on transgender issues, Mara is the executive director for the National Center for Transgender Equality in Washington, DC. She has been instrumental in educating Congress on issues effecting transgender people and advocating successfully for policy change.

Mara will be providing a workshop/training session on transgender political issues, including the national political landscape and how that is affecting the fight for transgender equality. This event is important for all progressive political organizations, individuals and allies. Utah’s elected officials and others interested in enhancing their knowledge of legislature and policies regarding transgender issues are encouraged to attend.

A reception with light refreshments will be provided at this event.

Building Trans Communities: A Day with Jamison Green Saturday, November 18 Guest Speaker, Jamison Green Room 315, Council Chambers, City & County Building, 451 S. State Street *Please RSVP to teaofutahevents@yahoo.com Connecting across Divides.

10:00am to 1:00pm Jamison Green will facilitate a forum for the transgender communities and our partners and allies to speak to each other about the goals and ideas we have for our futures; about the barriers that exist between us and around us that can prevent us from reaching our goals and how we might overcome those barriers. Together we’ll discuss how we can better relate across the generational divide, as well as between the many different identity positions that exist under the transgender umbrella. Learn and practice the skills that will enable you to effectively communicate your experience, and how to network with those whose experience may be different from your own. Explore the benefits of building an inclusive and empowering community. Light refreshments will be provided.

Effective Leadership

2:30pm to 4:30pm Are you interested in taking on a leadership role in your community? Do you have ideas and passion, but you’re not sure how to go about creating change? Come to this leadership workshop facilitated by Jamison Green and learn concrete skills to help you become a key player in the transgender movement and to make a difference right here in your local community. Activists and advocates will benefit from enhancing their skills and exploring strategies for moving forward together. Light refreshments will be provided.

Becoming Visible!

7:00pm to 9:00pm Jamison Green reads from his prize-winning book, “Becoming a Visible Man,” followed by discussion/Q&A, and a reception with food, music, and a chance to meet and chat informally with Jamison. Sam Weller’s Bookstore

National Day of Remembrance & TEA Party Monday, November 20, 7:00 pm Utah Pride Center 361 N. 300 W. A candlelight vigil honoring transgender individuals who have passed on, followed by a light social celebrating the lives of those still living. The Vigil will be a short program featuring spiritually enlightening sentiments by a respected local Reverend.

TEA Party to follow vigil will include refreshments and a brief awards ceremony

by TEA to recognize the local individual and organization most instrumental in assisting the transgender community and TEA for the year of 2006. We will also have live music by the phenomenal Seattle band “Coyote Grace”.

Utah GAB Movie Night Wednesday, November 29, 7:00 PM SLC Downtown Library Auditorium The Gender Advocacy Board (Utah Gab) is proud to present its first film Home Is Where The Heart Is sponsored in part by The Human Rights Education Center of Utah. It is a film discussion about the transgender community and the courage and joy they feel by being their true authentic selves.

Transamerica, starring Felicity Huffman who portrays a transsexual named Bree who gets the shock of her life when a week before her final sex reassignment surgery discovers a son she didn’t know she had. It is filled with deep emotions of laughter and heartache and well worth seeing. Huffman won several awards (and an Oscar nomination) for her role.

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Green: I think we have to get away from identity politics, frankly. And we have to talk about the issues that affect human beings. I think identity politics are somewhat like an adolescent phase in life, where you’re trying to figure out who you are, and you need that space. Which you might need to retreat to every now and then, you know, that’s why we have clubs for, you know, Blues lovers, and clubs for gay people, and we do this and that, but we don’t live in that club. We live in the bigger world, and I think the trans community can use the model of diversity because we are diverse. To promote the issues of real actual human acceptance.

The trans community is the example for why we need to include everyone.

Because we can’t isolate it down to one characteristic. The trans community is the door to real human equality.

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will be on hand with copies of the book for sale (get yours autographed!), and Seattle’s Coyote Grace will provide entertainment.

Open to everyone. Light refreshments will be provided.

Author, educator, and internationallyrespected transgender activist Jamison Green will lead several sessions on Saturday, November 18, focused on developing and empowering transgender communities.

One of the founders of the transgender movement, Jamison has appeared in ten documentary films and received every major award given by the largest national transgender organizations. As an ambassador for many transgender communities, he has traveled and changed the world. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet and work with him.

Come to one, two, or all three events and be inspired! All events are free and open to all.

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DJ MICRO AND DJ Baby Jane See Nov. 25

By Tony Hobday tonyqsaltlake.com

Please forgive the awful pictures of me in the Holiday Gift section of this issue — Michael neglected to inform me in advance. I’m about as photogenic as postpartum Britney Spears. What was I thinking wearing a ‘Hang Ten’ t-shirt. I haven’t done anything with a “ten” since … I think his name was Victor, in West Hollywood a couple of years ago.

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Q I honestly accept that parents love their children unconditionally regardless of who they are or what they’ve done. But what I don’t accept is a parent’s conscious denial, a resistance to the truth. The denial is so

apparent that unhealthy emotions drown a child, which can lead to suicide, low selfesteem, unworthiness, and so on. Plan-B Theatre and Carol Lynn Pearson delve into the darkness of parent-child discretions in Facing East. It’s the story of a Mormon family whose “idealistic” (coercive) life is shattered by their gay son’s suicide.

8pm, Tonight through Sunday, Nov. 26, Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South. Tickets $10-15, call 355-ARTS or visit arttix.org. Post-show discussion with Carol Lynn Pearson on November 17, 22 and 24.

Q You may have noticed Michael’s psychedelic cover art interpretation of Transgender Awareness Month. Maybe that’s the way the inside looks like when it knows it’s caught in the wrong body.

Tonight, a political workshop, Transgender Victories and Challenges, led by the executive director of D.C.’s National Center for Transgender Equality, will cover the

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national political climate and legislative policies affecting transgender equality.

6-8:30pm, Utah State Capitol House Building, Room W135, Capitol Hill. RSVP to ­teaofutahevents@yahoo.com.

Q Jared Leto is like a bad habit … a dirty little secret … the Casanova of raunchy, skanky shame. From his roles as the high school bad boy every wide-eyed girl and confused boy wanted on TV’s My So Called Life and the homicidal burglar in Panic Room to his up-and-coming rock project 30 Seconds to Mars, Leto’s sexual prowess will forever be an exclamation. Nominated this year for an mtvU Woodie Award, 30 (if not for Jared’s sexiness alone) is sure to rock your pants off.

7pm, Saltair, 12408 W. Saltair Drive, Magna.

Tickets $21, call 800-888-8499 or visit thirtysecondstomars.com.

Q In 1992, The Barony of Northern Utah, the daughter organization of RCGSE, was established. Then in 2000, The International Court Council granted them courtship, and during their first coronation, they changed the name to The Imperial Rainbow Court of Northern Utah. Celebrating their sixth year as a court, IRCONU holds Coronation 2006. Let’s all hope daughter doesn’t succumb to mother’s example from earlier this year.

Tonight through Sunday, November 19, Ogden Marriott Hotel, 247 24th Street, Ogden.

Tickets $30/individual, $300/table, or $50 individual package. Visit irconu.com for schedule of events and ticket purchases.

Q Students of the University of Utah’s Department of Modern Dance proudly present their very own production called Housefly: Between Uncommon Incidents.

A collection of original works surely to be “uncommon”, so get out there and support the arts; and at only $3 a pop, it’s no wonder the poor saps now pay $5,000 a semester. Ah, the joys of higher education and life-long debt.

7:30pm, Tonight through Saturday, Marriott Center for Dance, Studio 240, UofU, 330 S. 1500 E. Tickets $2/students, $3/public. Call 581-7100 or visit kingtix.com.

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Q For somebody my age — in bed by 9pm … aching gluteal muscles from three games of bowling … owns a nose hair trimmer and uses it more often than Wet Platinum lubricant — you’d think I would enjoy the symphony, but alas I’m a be-bop queen at heart. Anyhoo, for those who have the sophisticated touch, the Utah Symphony presents Rach(maninoff) 3 with Garrick Ohlsson. Garrick performs the

powerful Russian concerto for the piano in D minor, and is accompanied by Debussy’s Trois Nocturnes.

8pm tonight and Saturday, Abravanel Hall, 123 W. Temple. Tickets $12-48, call 355-ARTS or visit arttix.org.

Q After its successful run last year, Repertory Dance Theatre’s Time Capsule: A Century of Dance is back for a two-night encore presentation. This multi-media retrospective pays homage to the creative spirit of legendary 20th century choreographers. It’s a stunning visual lesson in the evolution of dance, particularly in context with social and political environments over the decades.

8pm, Tonight and Saturday, Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South. Tickets $30, call 355-ARTS or visit arttix.org.

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Q I don’t want to say too much here since, for lack of a better cliché or something original and clever, it was all blood, sweat and tears penning the Howard Jones interview. I mean the pressure was really on to write a phenomenal article. See it on page 22, and if you think it doesn’t even deserve wiping your ass with, then at least attend HoJo’s acoustic concert, it will be spectacular.

7:30pm, Kingsbury Hall, UofU, 1395 E President’s Circle. Tickets $20.50-49.50, call 581-7100 or visit kingtix.com.

Q Ladies, here’s the chance to share your romantic love letters, hate letters, pen-pal letters, restraining orders, inmate correspondence, chain letters, or any other written document revealing your inner thoughts and feelings. sWerve presents Letters and Martinis, a teary-eyed … or more likely a bar-brawl ... evening of wisdom, vengeance and Polly Anna-ism. Oh yeah, Coyote Grace performs.

9pm, MoDiggity’s, 3424 S. State Street, a private club for members. $5 Registration fee, register at swerveutah.com or at the door.

Q Today, three brilliant and enlightening conferences will be held at the City & County Building under one umbrella, Building Trans Communities with Jamison Green : Connecting Across Divides; Effective Leadership; and Becoming Visible!.

These Transgender Awareness Month conferences will be held sporadically between 10am and 9pm.

10am–9pm, City & County Building, Council Chamber, Room 315, 451 S. State Street.

Please RSVP to teaofutahevents@yahoo.com.

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Q  Though Salt Lake Acting Company’s production of Ice Glen opened several days ago, I wanted to include it in the calendar because apparently the last time I did a write up on SLAC, I had hurt a few participants’ feel bads. In truth, I commend everybody at SLAC for their hard work, dedication, and ability to show audiences a great time. I feel confident in relaying to you that this dramedy about an unlikely family unit incognito confirms the strong following SLAC has built with such ease over the years.

Times vary through Dec. 3, Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North. Tickets $13–34, call 363-7522. Food and beverages permitted.

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Q  Transgender Awareness Month events continue with National Remembrance Day and TEA Party hosted by the Utah Pride Center. A candlelight vigil will be held honoring transgender individuals who have passed on. Following the vigil, there will be a social gathering presented by TEA (Transgender Education Advocates of Utah) with an awards ceremony recognizing local individuals and organizations that have been instrumental to the transgender community. Live music by Coyote Grace.

7pm, Utah Pride Center, 350 N. 300 West. Free.

Vince Gill is called the “ambassador of country musicâ€?. Is that because he’s married to Gwenyth? No ‌ Rene? No ‌ Prince?

Oh, who gives a flying fig newton. The 14time Grammy award winner — which ties him with Clay Aikens‌oops, I mean Chet Atkins, my bad — slips on his shit kickers for some down home, cowpokin’, good ol’ country boy music ‌ well, probably mixed with some jazz and bluegrass, too. Hee Haw! ‌ oops, I mean Yee Haw! 7:30pm, Abravanel Hall, 123 W. Temple.

Tickets $39.50-49.50, call 355-ARTS or visit arttix.org.

Q  She has studied herbology, human and animal biology, Maya abdominal massage, reiki, craniosacral, and Ayurveda therapy for animals. Plus she owns the quaint Heart 2 Heart Pet Services here in SLC which offers pet sitting, dog walking, and pet transportation. Now put all this knowledge into a comedy routine and you’ve got Full Body Laughter: A Comedy Experience with Karen Bayard. She’s a wacky New York native and her sense of humor will leave your pets hopping on hind legs.

7pm, Alchemy Coffee, 390 E. 1700 South. Free, but “love offerings� appreciated (take that as you will).

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Q  This year on Thanksgiving day, I will give thanks to Michael for his support, generosity and for bringing me such joy with all his little idiosyncrasies. I will also give thanks to my family and friends for their wacky personalities, which make my own odd ways seem normal. And I will gives thanks

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Q  The inclination to add Lights On, Hallelujah! to the calendar baffles me, but whatever. From now until January 1, 2007, everyone will be seeing something shiny when they go downtown. Pedestrians will be bumping into each other, cars will be rear ending each other‌or is that the other way around. The Temple will once again be the focal point, spangled with thousands of Christmas lights, summoning herds of Mormons from around the valley. Bah Humbug!

4-8pm, Gallivan Ctr, 239 S. Main Street. Free.

Q  After you watch the church suck up all the energy in the city—well, I guess that happens every day, I know it wears me out on a daily basis—head on over to the Paper Moon where Emperor XXI Kim Russo presents the PWA Christmas Fund fund raiser, Humanism. Now, doesn’t this seem like a more spirited event.

9pm, Paper Moon, 3737 S. State Street, a private club for members. $5 donation at the door. Call 713-0678.

Q  Charles Dickens’ classic short story A Christmas Carol finally comes to life on stage. Just kidding, we all know it’s been around the block more times than Paris Hilton. But there’s no Tiny Tim in Paris’ life‌ is there? I must admit it’s a heartwarming story of love and redemption. Bah Humbug!

8pm, Tonight through Saturday, Dec. 23, Hale Center Theater Orem, 225 W. 400 North, Orem. Tickets $10.50–16.50, 226-8600.

sprung onto them earlier this year, winning them the coveted MTV 2006 Video of the Year award. Their concerts are full of crazed fans and bottle-flinging‌yea, what fun.

7pm, E Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Drive.

Tickets $30, call 888-TIXX or smithstix.com.

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Q  I have occasionally done my civic duty by volunteering my time, and certainly one of the more fun-filled volunteer jobs was at Ten Thousand Villages, a non-profit, fairtrade retail organization. Nearly everything in the store is handmade by people of third world countries. It is a worthy organization and the merchandise is incredible and inexpensive. In support of other local nonprofit organizations, TTV hosts KRCL Night, where a portion of all sales proceeds will be donated to KRCL, the station that brings you Now Queer This!

5-8pm, Ten Thousand Villages, 2186 S. Highland Drive. Refreshments included.

Q  Another respectable non-profit organization No More Homeless Pets in Utah proudly hosts Yappy Hour, an auction fund raiser event for a precious cause. Plus, you get to take you teacup poodle or pudgy pug with you. Auctioned items include your teacup poodle and pudgy pug. Just kidding, actually a 12-dinner package for two at great local restaurants and a photo tour of southern Utah with Clay Myers will be auctioned.

6:30-10pm, Butterfly Restaurant Grand Ballroom, 400 W. South Temple. Tickets $35, call364-0370 or visit utahpets.org.

Upcoming Events

Carrie Underwood, Dec. 1, Delta Center Santaland Diaries, Dec. 1, Rose Wagner Ctr. The Nutcracker, Dec. 8-30, Capitol Theatre Salt Lake Men’s Choir: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Dec. 8-9, First Baptist Church Black Eyed Peas, Dec. 29, Las Vegas, Nevada Sir Elton John, Jan. 30, Las Vegas, Nevada

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Q  DJ Micro’s thirteen years behind the turntable has evolved a style described as “spiced with rippling acid melodies and plenty of surging drumrolls.â€? More importantly, his biceps look like cinder blocks‌meoowww.

DJ Baby Anne’s signature sound compiles Miami bass and electro with funky Breaks.

More importantly (for Chelle), she looks like Alyssa Milano. I have a feeling the clicking of my keystrokes is echoing off her cleavage.

Don’t miss the energetic electro underground music of DJ Micro and Baby Anne. I know Chelle and I are already entranced.

8pm, In The Venue, 219 S. 600 West. Tickets $20/advance $25/day of show, call 888-TIXX or visit smithstix.com.

Q  Another quintuplet band from Canada is fast emerging as one of the most stylish bands in North America. The Duhks (pronounced ducks) offer a unique acoustic style of music which threads soul, gospel, North American folk, Brazilian samba, country string, zydeco and Irish dance music. Gee‌talk about multifaceted.

7:30pm, Eccles Center for the Performing Arts,1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City . Tickets $1865, call 435-655-3114 or visit ecclescenter.org.

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Relieve the bloating and tension of hump day during Salt Lake Symphonic Winds, a free concert sharing standard wind ensemble literature, marches and holiday classics. Fun for the whole famn damily.

There, not so momo sounding.

7:30pm, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 1501 White Pine Canyon Road, Park City. Free.

After reading the bizarre history of Panic!

At The Disco, a group unknown to me, I decided to add their concert to the calendar.

They are a pop-punk band from Las Vegas, and are, from my interpretation, super bitchy dudes. I just love it. However, fame

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Q  Five guys formed a group at summer camp some fifteen years ago and named themselves The Barenaked Ladies. Now, the scenario may make you want to cream your drawers, but these Canadian guys are married with children. They most likely have a million dollars, too. I wish they would buy me a green dress.

7:30pm, E Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Drive.

Tickets $34.50-62, call 888-TIXX or visit smithstix.com.

to my beautiful new niece, Aari, who lights up my day each time I see her. Happy Gobble Gobble Day, everyone.

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HoJo Rising

By Tony Hobday

tony@qsaltlake.com

Prelude: Speaking with Howard Jones not only exhilarated my self-esteem, but also ignited in my heart a renewed warmth and admiration for a musician who I once dedicated my teenage years. The memory of dancing around my lemon yellow bedroom in an oversized white concert t-shirt imprinted with a large close-up of HoJo and parachute pants, and lip singing to vinyl recordings of his music with posters of him pinned to the wall, still puts a wide smile on my face. —TH

His life and career in the UK over the last twenty years has taken him from singer/ songwriter to producer and label owner ‌ from activism to Buddhism ‌ from performer to restaurateur ‌ from husband to father. Now, it’s time to reacquaint Americans with his prodigious existence.

During the early 1980s, Howard Jones made a name for himself in the UK and the U.S. as a solo synth-pop musician with a burgeoning fan base. Today, their dedication still holds water. Regardless of starting his own British recording label Dtox in 1997, and of shying away from the U.S. limelight during the past several years—with the

exception of spotted tours—HoJo has not fallen from the well-deserved stardom he had raised to over twenty years ago.

The 1983 debut single “New Song� from the album Human’s Lib made it into the top 30 on the U.S. music chart and UK’s top 10. “I think its success was a combination of the song, what the lyrics were about, and the fact that there was a video of it,� he says. The third single released “Hide And Seek�, was the first of many tunes to show HoJo’s spiritual side.

HoJo’s second full-length album Dream Into Action, released in 1985, spawned his first No. 1 hit in the U.S. with “No One is to Blame�, a poetic symbolism of human desires. Additional hits from the album include “Like To Get To Know You Well�, “Things Can Only Get Better�, and “Look Mama�. The latter having a quintessential subject matter that spans generations. “What it’s [Look Mama] saying is you have to look around your mistakes and you have to step off and start your own life.� “It’s great to have good advice and it’s great to have love from one’s parents but there comes a time when you have to say ‘look this is my life now’, and I think everyone runs through this.� The less-known single “Elegy� is beautiful in its simplicity, but cringing in its honesty about self-doubt and loneliness.

HoJo’s vegetarian lifestyle and distaste for animal cruelty prompted the song, “Assault and Battery�, which he says signifies the “terror and reality of taking an animal’s life�.

Today, however, HoJo’s activism has evolved. “I don’t see it [animal rights] being the most important thing facing humanity,� he says. “I think there are far more pressing issues we need to confront. I’m much more concerned about human rights and respect, and I think animal rights will naturally follow along from that.�

Now a 13-year practicing Buddhist and a man seemingly of profound enlightenment, HoJo supports the rights of the GLBT com-

munity, particularly in regard to the issue of gay marriage. “I absolutely am in favor of it. I think if [any] two people want to have a marital structure to their relationship, it should be recognized by society. I’m absolutely and completely in support of it.�

HoJo’s predisposition to experimentation with music led to 1992’s In The Running—a darker, more solace album using less synthesizer and a more “organic� sound—and 1994’s Live Acoustic America. “It’s quite neat to hear different versions of your own songs,� he admits. “I like all kinds of music and I like to experiment with everything.�

HoJo also admits he likes “doing the big band thing�, but loves doing the acoustic shows because he “can strip down the songs and give them more elegance�.

In his latest work, Revolution of the Heart, HoJo transcends two decades of pioneering music, and returns to his classic synthesizer roots. Seemingly, a lyrical reflection of Buddhist teachings, it is likely his strongest undertaking—a conscientious, heartfelt perception of the political, social and spiritual realities facing the world today.

Born February 23, 1955 in Southampton, England, HoJo found a deep love at an early age for music, the piano his muse.

The piano also brought a different love into his life—Jan Smith, a childhood student of his who later became his wife, and who has since bore him two sons and a daughter. This dominion over his personal and professional life segued a prolific career in the industry as well as inspired a lifelong spiritual and uplifting personal journey. His personality exudes through his pragmatic music—one full of faith, hope, compassion, courage and hair moxie (take a gander at the Revolution of the Heart cover).

HoJo’s life is an example—a sketch of utopian existence, and his music wakens the mind, soul and body. Q

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Since our editor failed to update the title of our column in the last issue, we’re including our topic now for this two-part installment — IN SEARCH OF FAMILY. Is that clear, Michael Aaron?

And since it is a two-part installment, you can copy and paste the title again for the Dec. 1–15 issue without a chance of error.

MARK: As the traditional holidays sneak upon us in just a few short weeks, I wanted to take a look at the topic of family and what that word means to various people. Some lose a connection with their families when they conjured the courage to openly embrace their sexuality. So, those individuals have had to create their own sense of family.

CHAD: Is a clique a family?

MARK: I’d imagine for those individuals it is. Although, if one has the opportunity to choose their own family, it is very weak of them to only surround themselves with others exactly like themselves. However, that is just my limited opinion.

CHAD: I’ll take that as a “no.”

MARK: Are you having difficulty finding something to say on this topic?

CHAD: No, no, no… just saving my words.

Remember… five hundred for you and five hundred for me, and I’m avoiding being painted into a corner.

MARK: Oh, so you think silence is the only way to avoid being painted into a corner? If I’d known painting you into a corner would

keep your mouth shut, I would’ve started that years ago.

CHAD: Let the word counting begin. For those who’ve unfortunately chosen to remove themselves from their own personal family, I’m sad for both of your losses. It is never too late to say, “I love you, and I understand.”

MARK: Maybe their families chose to exclude them? I think that is a more accurate way to phrase what happens to some individuals.

give them. Again, they already knew.

CHAD: By all means…

MARK: Okay, I suppose that since they already knew you’re saying we have no need to talk about it? That is Utah and Mormon mentality after all. Where are you from again?

MARK: Why is it just the women who are cooking? In my family, everyone assisted in making dinner. Maybe that made it easier for me to blurt out my own personal acceptance at the age of sixteen. No, I didn’t do it at Thanksgiving dinner, but I did make dinner for my family of eleven and announced it to everyone in one swift swoop.

CHAD: Jesus Christ, why do I find paint on three sides of me now? I guess I just don’t understand with so much to lose why we don’t handle this issue with greater care and planning. Parents, if they’re real good parents, will love you unconditionally.

You’ve got to warm them up to the idea at first rather than drop the big “G” bomb on them at Thanksgiving dinner

CHAD: Timing is everything — even in coming out. Sadly, often we make that choice unaware of the ramifications it will have on our personal relationship with our immediate family.

You’ve got to warm them up to the idea at first rather than drop the big “G” bomb on them at Thanksgiving dinner, setting in motion decades of unreturned phone calls and misunderstandings when your parents already knew.

MARK: Are you saying we should wait until THEY want to hear it before WE tell them?

That is surprising coming from you. I always pictured you as this “let’s hit them over the head with a rhinestone rolling pin while making pie shells” kind of character.

CHAD: No, it’s a rhinestone meat mallet, sweetheart, for tenderizing all kinds of meat and topics. Our parents and our siblings deserve a little more respect than we often

MARK: Even if we “come out” at Thanksgiving, right?

CHAD: Well again it goes back to timing.

MARK: I see… it is conditional love based on correct timing. Now I understand how it works for you Utahns.

CHAD: Take it from your mother’s and all of your sisters’ points of view. They have slaved over that stove to create the ultimate memorable family dinner. The table is set with the Thanksgiving china. Everyone is there and, like an idiot, the fag in you takes hold and you blurt out, “I’M GAY!” Forks drop, silence falls over the room, everyone gasps as your mother starts to cry. She is not crying over the fact that you’re gay. She already knew. She is crying because you just destroyed the Norman Rockwell moment.

You feel liberated. Your family now holds bitter animosity. It’s all in the timing.

MARK: Thanks for that descriptive and colorful scenario. Allow me to analyze one point.

CHAD: Men in my family did their part in cooking, too. I’m a great cook. However, I must know — is that day now celebrated as a national holiday in the Thrash household though?

MARK: Well, they still request that I cook the same meal often. So, yes … bitter?

CHAD: Every family is different; IT’S ALL IN THE TIMING. For those of you out there contemplating taking this big step in your life, nothing is worse than to have the “I’m gay” conversation during the holidays. Try like Mark did, invite the family to YOUR home — YOUR turf. Fix them a meal and have a conversation in some other meaningless month. All of your family will thank you.

MARK: Ahhh, I see … now they must wait until they have their own home to come out?

Lovely, let’s teach everyone that coming out isn’t allowed until we’re self-sustaining and financially independent.

CHAD: We were talking about adults. If you’re eighteen and able to vote, you’re able to take care of yourself.

MARK: Who said we were talking about adults? Only adults can “come out” and embrace their sexuality?

CHAD: People under eighteen coming out is a whole other ball game. I don’t usually think of children. I don’t see them in bars. They don’t exist.

To be continued.

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By Ross von Metzke buzz@qsaltlake.com

Of course, of course, there is much to talk about in Hollywood. Britney’s divorce. Reese’s divorce. The fact that Nicole Ritchie (gasp) seems to have gained some weight.

But I’d be a truly pathetic writer if I didn’t at least make mention of the great strides we made on election night this week. True, there were some disappointments (though I don’t really think many people expected us to have much luck with gay marriage in states like Idaho and South Dakota).

But that the Democrats managed to take control of the House and, in the eleventh hour, the Senate—that is truly remarkable news. Now maybe we’ll finally make some real progress on this whole “war on terror” George W. Keeps quacking about, and get our troops home where they belong.

OK, now that I’ve gone all political for just a second, on to news you really care about… like Britney’s divorce.

Ironic that Britney should show up on Letterman sporting a brand new look and a super slim physique less than 12 hours before filing paperwork essentially kicking KFed to the curb. Can we say planned?

Yes, KFed allegedly found out Brit was calling their marriage quits via text message— from a member of her staff. Talk about turning a cold shoulder. To make matters worse, the news came just about the same time Fed found out his debut album, Playing With Fire (which features a guest “vocal” by Brit) sold just 6,000 copies in its first week on the Billboard charts. With even the most lucrative record contract, that would pocket Kev about $18,000—a decent amount to make in a week for most people, but he probably has to hand the entire check back over to his

record label, not to mention the bazillions of dollars he’s probably run up on tabs around town by dropping Brit’s name.

In the papers, Britney sought full custody of their two children. KFed holla’d back, saying he wanted full custody. Let’s see! Is the judge going to award custody to the woman who’s worth $130 million or the man who supposedly had his car repossessed last year when he couldn’t afford to make the payments. Of course, rumor is Kevin’s just doing this to make sure Britney coughs up some cash before she cuts him loose—you know, spousal support for all the good he’s done her.

Across town, Shar Jackson, the baby momma of KFed’s other two kids, was all smiles when she popped up at a Playstation event. Now I’m sure she’s not rolling in dough (though Moesha residuals probably make her a bit more money than Fed’s rap career), but I’m also damn sure she’s happy she ain’t mixed up in this mess.

As a final observation, how funny is it that just two weeks ago, America was ready to write Britney off as irreparable trailer trash.

But then suddenly she signs these papers, goes blonde and puts on a mini and it’s ‘Where have you been all my life, Brit?’ The girl’s still trash—just trash with a pre-nup.

Check in next week when we bring you the latest on who’s screwing who out of what.

In a slightly more mature divorce (“slightly” being the operative word), Reese has actually agreed to joint custody of the kids, but word is she’s trying to get her people to refuse spousal support to Ryan Phillippe.

I know they didn’t have a pre-nup… I mean, these kids have been married since they were pulling down Cruel Intentions size salaries (i.e. a couple hundred thousand a picture). But times, they have a changed, and Reese is now the highest paid actress in the world, pocketing a reported $25 million for an up-coming thriller. But it’s not like Ryan’s

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making direct-tovideo Skinemaxtype stuff. He just pocketed a perfectly respectable $2 million for the Clint Eastwood war drama Flags of Our Fathers, and he has another two pics in the can. That seems like more than enough money to live a comfortable life.

But it seems like the true drama is the rumor that the marriage ended because Ryan stepped out on his wife with one of his co-stars, a young actress named Abbie Cornish. Abbie denied the rumor. Ryan issued a statement saying it’s flatly not true.

But because Ryan has been seen out and about in recent months, sometimes nursing a bottle of something, the assumption is he caused the break-up.

Get a load of Reese teaching Ellen DeGeneres how to cook a roast in a crock pot on her show last year. Once you see that clip, you might understand why a hottie like Ryan would need to knock back a few.

OK, that was low. I love Reese. Election IS my favorite movie. I’m sad to see this couple call it quits, I’m just hoping they do it amicably and the kids don’t suffer.

In news of yet another breakup (though admittedly, this one is of a significantly lower profile) Danny Roberts of The Real World New Orleans fame (and arguably my favorite gay in the show’s history) has broken up with his military boyfriend Paul Dill and is talking all about life as a single man in the latest issue of The Advocate.

The pair was together for seven years, if you can believe it, which is long even by Hollywood standards, let alone gay standards. But, in the end, Danny says living with a man who had to hide who he really was for fear of being booted out of the military was the beginning of the end. Ultimately, Danny couldn’t take it anymore and told MTV’s John Norris in an interview they were calling it quits.

These days, you’re most likely to find Danny doing what so many of his Real World cohorts before and after him do—he speaks on college campuses, promoting tolerance, talking about what it was like to come out and now, quite likely, talking about his relationship.

But for those of you who always harbored a little crush on Danny, this might just be your lucky day. Because as Danny tells The Advocate, he’s not too keen on being single and will always be in the market for Mr. Right. And, judging from the pics in the mag, he’s still every inch as hot as he was five years ago.

A new development in the Paris/Lindsay battle. It seemed, at least for a while, that Paris and Lindsay had buried the hatchet over that nasty firecrotch scandal. But according to a video found on You Tube, taken last week at Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel, that might not be the case.

If you thought calling someone a firecrotch was low, try calling someone a cunt.

That’s what Lindsay does on the video.

Granted, she’s obviously downed a few…

OK, maybe more than a few, and she’s trying to make a getaway from the paparazzi, but when some photog asks her what she thinks of Paris Hilton, she very clearly says ‘Paris is a c**t.’ When he asks her to clarify, she backtracks, stating, ‘Paris is my friend.’

Sarcasm? Not quite sure.

One thing we do know for certain—Lindsay has something of a warped perception of her own fame.

Her latest sob story is that she fears she’s going to wind up like

Princess Diana, what with the paparazzi chasing her.

She claims that last week, while she was leaving Hollywood hot spot Hyde at 2am, the press slammed into the back of her Mercedes while chasing her.

Far be it from me to make a suggestion here — it’s not like I know what it feels like to have cameras following you everywhere. But I have learned in my day that when you yell things like, ‘Paris is a cunt,’ to a photog who’s looking for dirt to write in the morning paper, they’re going to follow you when you suddenly do an about face and say, ‘Paris is my friend,’ then leave with no explanation.

It’s just the nature of the beat.

So Linds — before you go crying ‘I’m gonna die like the Princess,’ take a look at your behavior and let us know if you really have a leg to stand on.

In some sad news, my favorite show on television, nip/tuck, is about to lose my favorite cast member. As tortured wife Julia McNamara, Joely Richardson has long been that show’s backbone, mking you feel emotions you didn’t even know you had.

Unfortunately, in a case of life almost imitating art, as Julia has adjusted to life as a stay at home mom to care for her sick baby this season, Joely is leaving the show to be with her sick daughter in London who’s about to undergo a series of surgeries to increase circulation to her legs.

Joely will sincerely be missed, but at least this proves she has her priorities straight.

And finally, your favorite part of every week and mine, the hottie!

This week I’ve gotta say was a no-brainer because the second you put a picture of a hottie in a dirty wife beater in front of me, I’m putty. Not trailer trash, mind you. Artsy

dirt. And this weeks’ dirty wife beater is worn by Jared Padalecki of the CW’s Supernatural. Jared’s been the hottie on Gilmore Girls, he’s been the hottie on the big screen, but he’s never been so hot as when he’s fighting demons with his equally hot brother Jensen Ackles. And just look at those muscles. The things that come to mind!

OK, folks, I think that about covers it.

Thanks for bearing with us and, until next time. Q

Once again, our staff photographers catch the goings-on of Utah’s gay and lesbian community from pageants to elections.

The Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire held its annual Golden Spike Universe Pageant at Club Heads Up. Stepping down were William Munk and Emily Rose.

Crowned this year’s Mr. Golden Spike was Biff and Miss Golden Spike is Lola Taylor.

Equality Utah held an after-election party at Mynt Lounge where election results were posted as they came in.

After Mynt Lounge, election night die-hards filled a room rented by gay candidates Scott McCoy, Jackie Biskupski, Xander Gordon and Christine Johnson. The three winners gave acceptance speeches after midnight. For the record, Rep. Jim Matheson did not come into the room, we chased him down.

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