QSaltLake Magazine - December 01 2006

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Q Utah’s Gay and Lesbian Newspaper December 1–15, 2006

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Beijing — Leading Chinese AIDS activist Wan Yanhai has been freed after police detained him for three days for trying to hold a public forum on the disease, his Beijingbased non-government group said. Wan was taken away Nov. 24 by police and forced to cancel the “Blood Safety, AIDS and Legal Human Rights Workshop,� an activity linked with the December 1 World AIDS Day, the AIDS Action Project said in a statement. The workshop was slated for Nov. 26 and intended to gather about 50 people who had contracted HIV from unsafe blood transfusions in China. Wan was detained by officials from the Beijing Public Security Bureau to “discuss� the workshop, the statement said. Phone calls by press organizations to the security bureau went unanswered. “In our future work we will actively seek the support and understanding of the government in an effort to avoid misunderstandings,� the statement said. “We also hope that concerned health departments will cherish the demands of several hundred thousand, or even over a million, ordinary people who acquired infectious diseases through blood transfusions.� The statement urged the government to

offer such victims “compensation, subsidies, medicine and care.� The group also said an AIDS activist and three people who had contracted the disease through tainted blood transfusions were being held in Shanghai, apparently for trying to raise awareness about the problem. Although the majority of China’s estimated 650,000 HIV carriers are believed to be linked to high-risk groups such as drug users and sex workers, thousands have contracted the disease through transfusions involving tainted blood. In the late 1990s, several villages in central China’s Henan province were devastated by AIDS after locals got the disease through government-backed blood drives. Victims of the scandal have protested loudly, although the government has failed to investigate those responsible and only slowly acknowledged the disaster, offering meager compensation. China’s health ministry said last week that 183,733 people were confirmed with HIV/ AIDS at the end of October, reportedly a 27.5 percent rise from the end of last year. The number of confirmed cases is significantly lower than the estimate of 650,000 put forward jointly by the government and United Nations health agencies.

Global Webcast for Teens on AIDS Planned for World AIDS Day

events] is to start meaningful conversations among youth and encourage them to learn the medical facts about HIV/AIDS prevention. Teens will have a chance to share their best ideas on education and prevention with one another,� Dr. Chittick said, “and the end result will be that innocent young lives are saved from making deadly mistakes.�

Boston — According to the Massachusetts non-profit organization TeenAIDS-PeerCorps, two U.S. teens get HIV every hour, and half of all newly-diagnosed HIV positive people in the world are 12 to 24. Furthermore, the Centers for Disease Control reports that nearly half of all high school students are sexually active, and a portion has had four or more partners. As a result of the teen AIDS/HIV problem, the CDC issued a new recommendation that all US teens be tested for HIV on a consistent basis. On Dec. 1 — World AIDS Day — and Dec. 2, young volunteers from over 50 countries will band together in an effort to educate their peers about HIV/AIDS prevention. “Global AIDS awareness events are being planned and executed by PeerCorps volunteers, who are organizing classroom discussions, walk-a-thons, bike-a-thons, rallies, street outreach, art exhibits and ‘Stop Action’ theater performances,� says a TeenAIDS-Peer Corps press release. The events will be documented via webcast. This will be “the first worldwide webcast for teens on AIDS ever held,� the press release noted. MTV International will be promoting the event through their “Staying Alive� campaign. TeenAIDS-Peer Corps believes that webcasting is the ideal medium to reach and teach today’s technology-oriented youth. “This unique cyberspace event is the prototype of how youth will be educated on a global scale from now on,� says Dr. John B. Chittick, executive director of TeenAIDSPeerCorps. “From the grassroots up, youth will share their activities with the world.� Chittick says that “the goal [of these

For more information visit: www.teenaids.org.

Howard Dean Wants More Gays, Minorities on the Ballot

By Anthony Cuesta Washington, D.C. — Howard Dean said the Democratic Party must work toward getting gay and minority leaders on the ballot. “We’ve got to share power, not just responsibility, from now on,� Dean told a crowd of about 200 at the International Gay & Lesbian Leadership Conference Nov. 25. Dean, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said little at the conference about gay-specific issues like same-sex marriage, and instead addressed broader Democratic agendas like raising the minimum wage. Flush from big Democratic gains in the last elections, Dean emphasized that the new Democratic Party reaches out to all citizens out of respect, even those less likely to vote for them. Dean called it the new “50 state� strategy and pointed toward Democrats sweeping judicial races in Dallas County — bringing an abrupt end to two decades of Republican domination — as a sign the plan can work. Democrats’ downfall, he said, had been its acceptance to represent half of the nation. “We’ve got to take the attitude: Everyone’s our boss,� Dean said.

Gay Penguin Book Causes Stir Among St. Louis Area Parents

By Troy Espera St. Louis, Miss. — A children’s book about two male penguins raising a baby penguin has some St. Louis area parents grumbling about the book’s appropriateness for elementary students. Some have suggested And Tango Makes Three be moved from a general shelf in the school library to a restricted area where parental permission is needed in order for students to check out the books. The concerns are the latest involving the illustrated children’s book based on a true story of two male zoo penguins at New York’s Central Park Zoo who adopted a fertilized egg and raised it. Complaining about the book’s homosexual undertones, some parents of Shiloh Elementary School students believe the book tackles topics young children aren’t ready to handle. One parent said she was blindsided when she began reading the story to her daughter — a kindergartener too young to understand sexual themes. “When it came to the point where the zookeeper saw that the penguins were in love, I redirected [my daughter],” she told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “That was the end of the story for her.” Another parent told the Post-Dispatch that ,while the book was fine for his sevenyear-old son to read, it was not appropriate for his five-year-old daughter. Superintendent Jennifer Filyaw says the book will stay put. “My feeling is that a library is to serve an entire population,” Filyaw said to the Associated Press.

that the Pentagon still continues to mischaracterize it as a ‘defect,’” said Rep. Marty Meehan, D-Mass., a member of the House Armed Services Committee. Pentagon spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said “homosexuality should not have been characterized as a mental disorder. A clarification has been issued.” The APA declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1973. Questions about the Pentagon’s guidelines were raised in June by The Palm Center.

Posters of Same-Sex Couples Rejected by US Ad Company Hartford, Conn. — A series of billboards by a Polish artist, whose work is being shown in the U.S. as part of Real Art Ways’ new exhibition of contemporary Polish art, was rejected by local billboard company Lamar Outdoor Advertising of Hartford. The images feature same-sex couples. The images intended for the billboards were created by Karolina Bregula. The 27year-old photographer took pictures of same sex couples holding hands. The images have been displayed on billboards in Poland,

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Billboard image by Polish artist Karolina Bregula that was rejected by Lamar Outdoor Advertising of Hartford.

where part of Bregula’s intention was to make visible a segment of the population that has struggled for acceptance and recognition. “We are very disturbed that this artwork, which features same-sex couples merely holding hands, was deemed too ‘controversial’ by Lamar Outdoor Advertising of Hartford to be displayed on billboards in the Hartford area,” Brian Friedberg, Real Art Ways communications coordinator told In Newsweekly. “[This is] an act of discrimination against both the gay community and artistic expression.” The Real Art Ways multimedia exhibition of the work of 31 contemporary Polish artists, titled POZA, was to display three of Bregula’s images of same-sex couples holding hands in Hartford and New Britain. After initially agreeing to do the project, Lamar Outdoor Advertising rejected Bregula’s images, refusing to run them on the billboards. In a conversation with Real Art Ways Executive Director Will K. Wilkins, Lamar’s regional vice president Steve Hebert stated that the company was concerned that the images could be perceived as controversial, and perhaps be marked by graffiti. When asked by Wilkins if he had any groups in particular in mind, Hebert said he did not. “To make a decision like this based on the anticipated actions of bigots,” says Wilkins, “does a real disservice to the gay and lesbian community and the broader community.” Marek Bartelik, guest curator of the show, says the images are no more provocative than “a print ad for the Gap or Bennetton.”

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By Anthony Cuesta Washington, D.C. — Pentagon guidelines that classified homosexuality as a mental disorder now put it among a list of conditions or “circumstances” that range from bed-wetting to fear of flying. The new rules are related to the military’s retirement practices. The change does not affect the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prohibits officials from inquiring about the sex lives of service members and requires discharges of those who openly acknowledge being gay. The revision came in response to criticism this year when it was discovered that the guidelines listed homosexuality alongside mental retardation and personality disorders. Mental health professionals were not satisfied by the change. In a group of letters written to the Defense Department in protest of the revision, the American Psychological Association asked the Pentagon to revise the instruction again so as to “eliminate the continued stigmatization of homosexuality as a defect.” “We appreciate your good-faith effort to address our concern that the document was not medically accurate,” James H. Scully, head of the American Psychiatric Association, wrote to David Chu, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. “But we remain concerned because we believe that the revised document lacks the clarity necessary to resolve the issue.” The guidelines outline retirement or other discharge policies for service members with physical disabilities. The rules include sections that describes other specific conditions, circumstances and defects that also could lead to retirement, but are not physical disabilities. Among the conditions are stammering or stuttering, dyslexia, sleepwalking, motion sickness, obesity, allergies and homosexuality. “More than 30 years after the mental health community declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder, it is disappointing

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‘All My Children’ Features Transgender Character Romney Takes Lawmakers to Court Over Gay Marriage By Anthony Cuesta Boston — Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney asked the state’s highest court to order a proposed anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment onto the state’s 2008 ballot if the Legislature fails to vote on it. The Republican governor, a fierce opponent of gay marriage and a possible presidential contender, filed the request with the Massachusetts Supreme Court after lawmakers put off acting on the question until January. The high court ruled in 2003 that the state could not deny marriage licenses to gay couples. Romney said that the state constitution required legislators to vote on whether the measure should go on the ballot. If they don’t vote when they return Jan. 2, the last day of the legislative session, Romney said the court could order the secretary of state to put it on the ballot. Romney’s complaint, which names Secretary of State William F. Galvin and Senate President Robert E. Travaglini as defendants, contends that by allowing the recess vote, Travaglini “failed to carry out his ministerial duty to require final action upon Marriage Initiative Amendment.� If Travaglini refuses to compel a vote in

January, Romney and the other plaintiffs — who all petitioned in their individual capacities as voters in the state — asked the court to direct Galvin to place the question on the ballot in November 2008 without lawmakers’ approval. The law requires two consecutive legislative votes for the issue to make the ballot. “Legislators took an oath to uphold the constitution,� said Romney’s spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom, to United Press International. “This is no longer about just gay marriage. It’s about the right of the people to participate in their own government.� But Marc Solomon, campaign director of pro-gay rights group MassEquality, told the Times that the complaint is a meritless political stunt by Romney, who leaves office Jan. 4. “This is simply another political ploy by Mitt Romney to boost his conservative credentials for his run for president,� Solomon said. “He knows that the request of the SJC has zero chance of going anywhere.� The postponement of legislative action was widely seen by supporters and opponents of gay marriage as a way to kill the measure. More than 170,000 people signed a petition backing the initiative, which would define marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

New York — In a story unusual even for a soap opera and believed to be a television first, ABC’s “All My Children� this week will introduce a transgender character who is

Actor Jeffrey Carlson will play Zarf, a MTF transgender character in ‘All My Children.’

beginning to make the transition from a man into a woman. The character, a flamboyant rock star known as Zarf, kisses the lesbian character Bianca and much drama ensues. The storyline begins with Thursday’s episode of the daytime drama. There have been a handful of post-surgical transgender characters in television shows, including a college professor in the 2001 prime-time CBS series “The Education of Max Bickford� and a model in the shortlived ABC soap opera “The City� in 1996, according to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Showtime’s “The L Word� currently features a character changing from a woman into a man. “All My Children� was looking for something new, and knows its audience is always interested in anything to do with sexuality, said Julie Hanan Carruthers, the show’s executive producer. “After 36 years, you start rehashing,� she said. “It’s inevitable. We didn’t want to fall back on the baby-switch story again.� The show wasn’t interested in doing

something just to be sensational, she said. GLAAD and some transgender people were brought in as consultants in shaping the character, teaching the producers when it is appropriate to call a character “she� even before surgery, she said. Damon Romine, a spokesman for GLAAD, said he hasn’t seen the show yet but feels people involved were genuinely interested in telling the story with dignity. Emotions are so close to the surface in soap operas, and this story can serve a purpose by showing what transgenders go through, he said. “I think it’s groundbreaking and breakthrough television for daytime to put a spotlight on transgender people and tell their story,� he said. “All My Children� could use some attention. Mirroring the decline of daytime dramas in general, its average audience has slipped from 8.2 million in 1991-92 to 3.1 million last year, according to Nielsen Media Research. Particularly last summer, “All My Children� has tried several new characters, said Carolyn Hinsey, editor of Soap Opera Weekly. “They’re trying really hard and they’re throwing a whole lot of desperate stuff against the wall to see what sticks,� she said. Actor Jeffrey Carlson portrays Zarf, an American who nonetheless speaks in an exaggerated British accent. He was on the show for one day last summer and was surprised to get a call pitching him the new story. Carlson said it can be intimidating feeling that he is representing the entire transgender community. “I worry about missing something, but I guess that would be the same with any character,� he said. “I want the ‘All My Children’ audience to go along. It’s not for shock value. It’s just another person who’s story is being told in Pine Valley.� After Zarf establishes a bond with Bianca that leads to the kiss, an angry Bianca tells him she’s a lesbian. It triggers something within Zarf about why it made such sense to be falling in love with a lesbian. It’s not clear, Carruthers said, whether “All My Children� will stick with the Zarf character through any surgery; one suspects the reaction of the soap’s audience to the story will have a lot to do with it. “She talks about peace so much,� Carlson said of his character. “I hope that she finds some peace.�

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Gay Porn Star Arrested in Slaying of Denver Business Man By Anthony Cuesta Denver — Denver police charged Timothy Boham, a man who starred in gay porn movies under the stage name “Marcus Allen,� of killing 43-year-old Denver business man John Paul Kelso. According to the Rocky Mountain News, Boham, 25, was arrested Thanksgiving morning near the U.S.-Mexico border one day after he was named as a suspect in the weekend slaying. Investigators launched a manhunt for the suspect after a housekeeper found Kelso shot inside his home the morning of Nov. 20. His body was in a bathtub according to police. Detectives believe Kelso was killed sometime over the weekend but declined to comment on a possible motive or detail what led them to Boham. Boham acted in several gay porn movies and posed for Playgirl’s “Campus Hunks� issue. His other titles include Never Been Touched and Ripe. He was awarded “Freshman of the Year� by gay porn magazine Freshmen. “He was just really handsome and always interesting to watch,� Doug Lawrence, editor for GAYVN, a publication that covers the gay porn industry, told the Rocky Mountain News. “He was a fairly big star.� Customs and Border Patrol officers spotted Boham in Lukeville, Ariz., about 10:40 a.m. Thursday. Boham was standing in the middle of a group of people attempting to enter Mexico and was loitering outside an inspection facility, Roger Maier, border patrol spokesman, told the Rocky Mountain News. According to the Denver Post, when he was approached by customs officers, Boham allegedly told them he was a first- degree murder fugitive out of Denver. The officers arrested Boham, and Denver detectives are making arrangements to have him returned. Boham, who has a five-year-old daughter, had “numerous girlfriends� according to the Post and once told a downstairs neighbor that he “sanitized� his apartment “by thoroughly scrubbing it because a gay man had lived there previously.� “He hated (gays). He hated their lifestyle,� the neighbor told the Post. Police are investigating the relationship between Boham and Kelso.

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By Michael Wilke Los Angeles — Swedish home furnishing retailer Ikea made worldwide news in 1994 for its U.S. commercial featuring a male couple buying furniture together. The company has returned to its roots with a new spot including another gay pair, this time with a child. Following a rainbow of families, the black and Asian male couple are joined by their Golden Retriever and daughter, snuggled in domestic bliss. An ending voiceover asks: “Why shouldn’t sofas come in flavors, just like families?� Ikea spokeswoman Mona Liss says, “Home is the most important place in the world, it’s the place where we grow our families, however we define family. That includes the people you choose to live with, and the friends and pets you choose to bring in.� The campaign for Ikea, which has 34 U.S. stores in the U.S. and will open a Salt Lake store in spring of 2007, was created by advertising agency Deutsch. The commercial airs on national cable networks and future versions will focus on other rooms of the home. However, no ads will appear in gay media — a place the company has never advertised in.

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Salt Lake County sees 100 Percent Increase in New HIV Cases Salt Lake Valley Health Department officials announced Nov. 28 that they have seen a significant increase of new HIV cases reported in Salt Lake County over the past six months resulting in a 100% increase over the previous year. Health officials are urging residents to reduce high-risk behaviors and get tested. “For the past 3–4 years, Salt Lake County has averaged about 50 new HIV cases each year,” explained Lynn Beltran, HIV Outreach Program Manager. “So far this year, we have seen 80 new cases and could likely, at this rate, finish the year with 100 new HIV cases.” While the number of HIV cases in Utah is lower than in many other states, health officials say the increase is a serious development. Officials are, as yet, unsure of the

reason for this rise but say most of the new cases are among high-risk individuals such as homosexual men and/or drug users. The CDC estimates that between 800 and 1,000 persons in Utah do not know they are infected with HIV. The HIV test is the only way to know if someone is infected so they can receive proper care. “By not knowing your HIV status, you may continue to engage in behavior that could jeopardize your health,” Beltran continued. “Your health, and the health of others.” The Utah AIDS Foundation and the Utah State Department of Health are having difficulites at press time verifying the numbers given by SLVHD and are withholding comment until they can validate them.

Movement grows to legalize polygamy By John Pomfret, Washington Post Services In her battle to legalize polygamy, the only thing Valerie hasn’t revealed is her last name. The mother of eight has been on national TV; she and her two “sister-wives’’ have graced the front cover of a glossy magazine dedicated to “today’s plural marriages.’’ She has been prodded about her sex life: ‘’He rotates. It’s easy — just one, two, three.’’ Quizzed about her decision to share a husband with two other women: ‘’You really have a good frame of reference when you marry a man who already has two wives.’’ Interrogated about what it’s like to live in a house with 21 children: “Remodeling a kitchen, that’s no small feat with three wives and a husband involved.’’ All the while, the petite brunette with the bright smile has insisted that she’s just like you and me: “I’m a soccer mom. My kids are in music lessons. They go to public school. I’m not under anyone’s control.’’ Valerie and others among the estimated 40,000 men, women and children in polygamous communities are part of a new movement to decriminalize bigamy. Consciously taking tactics from the gay-rights movement, polygamists have reframed their struggle, choosing in interviews to deemphasize their religious beliefs and focus on their desire to live ‘’in freedom,’’ according to Anne Wilde, director of community relations for Principle Voices, a pro-polygamy group based in Salt Lake. In recent months, polygamy activists have held rallies, appeared on nationally televised news shows and lobbied legislators. Before the Nov. 7 elections, one pro-polygamy group issued a six-page analysis of all Utah’s state and local candidates and their views on polygamy. ‘’We can make a difference,’’ the group told supporters. The efforts of Valerie and scores of others like her are paying off. Utah’s attorney general, Mark Shurtleff, no longer prosecutes bigamy between consenting adults, though it is a felony. Shurtleff and his staff have established an organization, Safety Net, to bring together at monthly meetings representatives from at least five polygamous communities and law enforcement officers. He has arranged to have representatives of polygamous groups address Utah police. And three years ago, he wrote legislation to

reduce bigamy between adults from a felony to a misdemeanor, although pressure from Utah’s county attorneys derailed that. In an interview, Shurtleff said his office now treats bigamy between consenting adults much like fornication or adultery, laws about which are still on Utah’s books. ‘’The thinking is this: This is a big group of people. They are not going away. You can’t incarcerate them all. You can’t drive them out of the state. So they are here,’’ Shurtleff said. “What do we do about it?’’ In their quest to decriminalize bigamy, practitioners have had help from unlikely quarters. HBO’s series Big Love, about a Viagra-popping man with three wives, three sets of bills, three sets of chores and three sets of kids, marked a watershed because of its sympathetic portrayal of polygamists. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2003 decision in Lawrence vs. Texas, which voided laws criminalizing sodomy, also aided polygamy’s cause because it implied that the court disapproved of laws that reach into the bedroom. ‘’I find polygamy an offensive practice,’’ said Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University who has written two op-eds for USA Today calling for the legalization of bigamy — and same-sex marriage. Turley has become something of a celebrity among polygamists in Utah. “But there is no way its practice among consenting adults should be a felony.’’ What Shurtleff has vowed to do in Utah, rather than enforcing the bigamy code, is go after members of polygamist groups who break other laws, especially involving children. In April, Washington County prosecutors in Utah charged Warren Jeffs, 50, the head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with two first-degree felony counts of rape as an accomplice on suspicion that he forced a 14-year-old girl to marry her first cousin, who was over 18. Jeffs, who was apprehended during a traffic stop in Las Vegas in August, is facing similar charges in Arizona. Shurtleff’s office has also moved to dismantle a communal property trust owned by Jeffs’ sect in Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz. Polygamy has deep roots in Utah’s history and in the history of the Church of the Latter-day Saints.

by Matt Christensen A former Nevada stake president sent an abusive letter to LDS Senator Harry Reid, D-Nevada, chastising him for opposing a constitutional amendment which would have banned same-sex marriage. The letter was reported in the Las Vegas ReviewJournal. “You chose your party’s agenda over Nevadans’, over your Prophet’s wishes, and defied God in the proSen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. cess,” wrote James Howard, who has been recently released after serving nine years as president of the Las Vegas East Stake. “You have sold out for power and position … You fear your party more than God.” Even though Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leaders claim that they do not meddle in politics, there is a long history of bishops and stake presidents harassing and disciplining members who dare express political views. In 2000, Yvette and Alan Hansen of Tracy, California, were placed on “informal probation,” a form of discipline, for opposing a California ban on same-sex marriage, and in 2005 Kim Lawson, Mayor of Kamas, Utah, sent a letter to the stake president of Matt Livingston complaining because the 17-year-old boy criticized Lawson for passing an anti-gay revolution.

“Having sold out your church, your state and possibly your soul for political power, I will have a hard time supporting you or voting for you in the future, should you attempt to hold on to your seat,” Howard added in his blistering letter to Reid. “Your soul is vacant, and you have lost your moral compass.” Reid believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman, but he opposed the constitutional amendment because he saw it as a ploy by the Republicans during an election year. After Reid’s office released the letter, Howard said that the letter was never intended to become public. “This was a personal letter,” Howard said. “I was not speaking for anybody else. I was not speaking for the Church. It was my opinion.” “I have been shocked and offended at the malice and rancor with which many who disagree with me on this issue have personally attacked me,” Reid responded in a letter to Howard. “Frankly, I expect better of my fellow saints who share with me reverence for Jesus’ example of forbearance, patience, and love.” Reid is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, for which he presently serves as Senate Minority Leader. In 2007, he will become the first Mormon Senate Majority Leader, after the Democrats won control of the United States Senate in the 2006 Congressional Elections. Reid is a converted member of the LDS Church and is a native of the small mining town of Searchlight, Nevada.

Buttars, Tilton Promise AntiGay-Straight Alliance Bill in 2007 Both State Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, and State Rep. Aaron Tilton, R-Springville, have vowed at least one repeat of this year’s failed bill to eliminate Gay-Straight Alliances in Utah’s high schools in the upcoming 2007 legislative session. Both legislators told the Deseret Morning News that Utahns should Sen. Chris Buttars, Rep. Aaron Tilton expect to see bills very similar to the failed bills of 2006 to be reintroduced. It was unclear whether the two will collaborate on the new drafts. Tilton’s 2006 bill sought to warn parents that certain clubs could expose students to concepts including homosexual, heterosexual, transgender and transsexual themes, adult sexual molestation and abuse. Debate centered on Gay-Straight Alliances. Ironically, if Tilton’s bill had passed, it would have been the first time the term “sexual orientation” would be written into Utah Code as a category to be protected against “bigotry” or “harassment.” Tilton was appointed by former Gov. Olene Walker in 2004 to replace former Rep. Calvin G. Bird who resigned in June 2004 after getting caught soliciting sex from a police decoy. A quick look at Tilton’s election web site

shows his ultra-conservative slant. His nine stated beliefs are: 1. The United States of America and the State of Utah were and are inspired by God. 2. All government receives its power and authority from its citizens. 3. Most government power should be maintained at the local level. 4. The lives and right of the unborn should be protected. 5. The 2nd Amendment right to bear arms is essential. 6. The tax burden imposed upon citizens should be for the basic necessities of government, rather than excesses and entitlement programs. 7. We do not need to change or enact a lot of legislation. We need to enforce the existing laws and impose strict punishment on criminals. 8. Our school curriculum should reflect local values, not the agenda of unions or bureaucrats. 9. We should implement various forms of tax credits or vouchers to help school districts with a growing student population and allow parents additional choices for education. Tilton carried the 2006 anti-GSA bill after Buttars became “gravely ill” with what was rumored to be a bowel problem. The bill did not make it through the session. Gay-Straight Alliances nationwide were borne out of Salt Lake City’s East High School in the mid-1990s.

‘Seasons Givings’ Brings Holiday Cheer to Utahns with HIV/AIDS by Matthew Gerber

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Eighteen years ago, the Utah AIDS Foundation started a program to give people a last Christmas and make patients comfortable at the end of their life. While people living with HIV/AIDS are not dying as quickly as they were in the early years of the epidemic, the program, Seasons Givings, continues to bring holiday cheer to people affected by the virus. The mission of Seasons Givings is to ensure that people living with HIV/AIDS, and those in their family, are not forgotten and are included in the cultural norms of the holiday season, thereby alleviating some risk factors for seasonal depression. AIDS is a disease of poverty. Even with good insurance, a co-pay of even 20% of the cost of the life-saving medications can run several hundred dollars a month; the Foundation attempts to ease the financial burdens of their clients by providing basic items, such as clothing, cooking items, and bedding. Of course the Utah AIDS Foundation is unable to achieve their mission without the help of the community. A Red Ribbon Tree has been erected in the lobby of the

Utah AIDS Foundation at 1408 South 1100 East in Salt Lake City. The tree is decorated with ornaments that contain a wish list for an individual or family in need. In addition, donors can also provide a “Personal Care” stocking containing items such as shampoo, soap, toilet paper, toothpaste, laundry soap, and other basic toiletries. Unfortunately these simple items often can not be purchased when patients are given the choice between them and food. Seasons Givings helps real Utahns. Seanna Williams, case manager at the Utah AIDS Foundation, recalls a touching story of a pediatric AIDS patient whose parents were almost bankrupt trying to pay her intensive care hospital bills. The mother had called to sign her daughter up for case management when Seanna offered the services of Seasons Givings. The mother broke into tears; Seasons Givings was able to provide the Thanksgiving and Christmas for their family that they otherwise would have gone without. To adopt an individual or family for Christmas, drop by the Utah AIDS Foundation to pick an ornament, or call 801-487-2323 for additional information.

Overcoming Obstacles to Male/Male Intimacy Many men seek deep, meaningful relationships with other men and express the desire to be in a loving, committed relationship. Considering the divorce rate among heterosexual couples, it would appear that creating and maintaining a lasting relationship is very difficult. George Limberakis, LPC will be presenting a men’s relationship workshop at the Utah Pride Center multipurpose room Dec. 9 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. In this interactive workshop you will have the opportunity to learn: Common mistakes that many people make as they enter into a potentially long-term relationship; obstacles that are unique to male/male intimacy; steps to preparing yourself to be Mr. Right; finding your Mr. Right and what to do with him after that; steps to building a committed love relationship.

There is a $15 registration fee that benefits the Center programs, scholarships are available. A continental breakfast starts at 8:30 a.m. To register contact Jennifer@glbtccu.org or call 539.8800.13 George J. Limberakis is the Director of Mental Health Services for the Center for Human Potential. He earned a Master of Educational Psychology degree from the University of Utah in 1985. He is licensed by the State of Utah as a Licensed Professional Counselor. George served an internship at the University of Utah’s Drug and Alcohol Abuse Clinic. His clinical experience includes substance abuse treatment, domestic violence, treatment for anxiety and depression, addictive/compulsive behaviors and relationship issues with a specialization in gay and lesbian issues.

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Cooperation and Unity

Sleep? Let Me Look That Up by Michael Aaron

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’Twas the morning of press time and all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even the Chow. Sss. The page proofs are strewn in stacks hither and yon In hopes that no typos will our pages be on Yes, I’m working on nearly no sleep again and waxing poetic as I spent the night watching the snow pile up eight inches deep outside the French doors. The running joke here is that I’ll get to sleep on Dec. 2. Our new directory, TheQPages, made it to press over Thanksgiving weekend and … poof! … it was time to put out an issue of QSaltLake as well! We knew it was coming and stuffed my chair with pillows, stuck a space heater at my feet and brought the coffee maker right to my desk to save valuable walking time. No, we didn’t go so far as to insert a catheter. We’re extremely proud of TheQPages. We came within spitting distance of making our financial goal, and we exceeded the number of listings in the previous two Lavender Books by over 25 percent. Yes, we realize they were among the smallest they printed, but hey, this was our first issue and it was an uphill battle convincing people that we were different somehow. We rarely – and I mean twice – ran into someone who had fallen for the other directory out there (the one we warned you about in August). We’re not sure what they are doing, but they apparently aren’t doing it well. The two we spoke to told us they were promised the book would be out by year’s end. We’re waiting with anticipation, but we’re not holding our breath. You should begin seeing TheQPages in the next week or so at all the fine places you normally find your QSaltLake. The color

pages were printed right before Thanksgiving and the black pages on Monday. Now comes the fun part (for the printer) of binding and trimming and boxing them up. I’d like to thank those that took the chance with us on our first issue. We have a good track record with on-time delivery — 67 of 67 biweekly newspaper issues out on the shelves on or before their due date — so convincing those familiar with us was easy. The rest, we had to make up for the sins of past gay publishers of more than one publication. JoSelle tried her hand at telephone sales and ended up selling nearly half of the book. She resolutely (had to bring up a thesaurus … doggedly seems such a bad term to use for a woman) called and called back and called back until she got an answer.

Some, of course, waited until the very last moment of the very last day to reply. By then, we had sold out of color space (weeks ago) and had closed design services (me), so they usually ended up with only a listing. Anyway, enough babbling on about what happens behind the curtain at QTowers. Please look for the book, use it and abuse it and tell us what you think about it and how we can improve it next year. More importantly, tell the advertisers you patronize that you appreciate them spending their dollars on you. It’s good for them to know that they are being spent wisely. Now to sleep, perchance to … oh, wait. Can’t do that yet. I must go to the bank and get a check to pay for all this, head down and meet up with the drivers …

Dear Editor: I am writing to express my appreciation to the many community organizations and business’s that have joined in the vision of “Building Community”. When the ThirtyFirst Reign stepped up, we all instinctively knew that our fundamental goal would be to serve the community. We try very hard to do this through respect for humankind and being in service for all people. I am very grateful in the last few weeks, to the Utah AIDS Foundation and to Toni Fitzgerald from the PaperMoon for recognizing what we seek to accomplish and include us in their events. They also will step forward upon request, if they know we want to sponsor a fundraiser, and lend their support and/or facility. I am grateful for that. Yet, let me go further and also recognize the Trapp Door, Heads Up, TryAngles, MoDiggity’s, the PWACU and the Trapp; because of their generosity in assisting us, we in turn, have outreached to others in the community. I am grateful to all of you for recognizing that we need you in order to provide assistance towards others. I, with the assistance and dedication from the members of the Royal Court, have thrown numerous functions within the community. The events that we sponsor enhance the Royal Court’s People’s Concern Fund, the AIDS fund, and the Cancer fund. I also realize that much of this is possible because of venues that businesses allow us to be a part of. I also am grateful for organizations such as the Utah AIDS Foundation, and the People With AIDS Coalition who invite us to their grand events. Masque For AIDS was a beautiful event, and thank you for inviting our organization to be a part of that. There is also the Pride Center for welcoming us when we have meetings for our organization at their building. I am honored to be with all of you. It takes cooperation and unity for a community to come together as one. I am in service, and my success in achieving this will come from the members of the Court and the various organization and business’s that believe in us and step forward with a positive attitude and generosity of giving to the well being of fellow community members. By the way, I recall wanting to raise some last minute funding for my PR’s (Vanessa and Nick) for the People With AIDS Christmas fund. It was the PaperMoon who allowed me to come in at the last minute (and I do mean last minute) and throw a function. Thank you! Let us all celebrate one another and our community!

Kim M. Russo Emperor XXXI The Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire

Transgender Transference Editor, Thank you for the incredible coverage of Transgender Awareness Month in your Nov. 16 issue. From your story “Historic First Win for Hawaiian Openly Transgender Candidate about Kim Coco Iwamoto’s school board win to the guest editorial about the importance of National Day of Remembrance, this issue showed that you truly care about the rights and the challenges faced by transgender individuals. I very much appreciated the interview of

Jamison Green as your cover story. I was, unfortunately, out of town for the entire Transgender Month activities, so it was good to get a glimpse of what he might have presented in Salt Lake. Being a female-to-male transgender person, myself, it is rare that I naturally run into someone with similar struggles and experiences. I don’t yet involve myself with Utah’s transgender community out of fear — a fear that my not-so-perfect, yet it-works-for-me boat will be rocked and swamped and my tenuous-but-happy life will be at risk. I’m sure there are others like me who read each and every word of each and every QSaltLake. Please continue to remember us as we grasp at each issue and cling to the hope that some day we can be part of what you are reporting. Please accept my pseudonym,

Alan Rachelle Salt Lake City

Searching for In Search Of Editor, Why is In Search Of buried near the back of the paper instead of with your paper’s other columnists? I think “Salt Lake’s Odd Couple” are hilarious and when Mr. Keller finally finds his point it is usually right on. Mr. Thrash however seems to always have a down to earth common sense approach to the issues they grapple with in Utah. While Mr. Keller usually makes me smile or grimace, I agree totally with Mr. Thrash who in the last issue In Search of Family, more or less, stated that family is not always a biological construct especially in Gay relationship dynamics. So Mr. Keller, yes indeed cliques can constitute a family, even that of my houseboy and I. Happy Holidays

LaVarr Sterling Church Las Vegas, NV

Be Silly Editor, Just a quick note of how I LOVED the Holiday Shopping Guide in your last issue. Keep up the camp and the silliness. It’s refreshing to have something to grin at these days. I’m on my way to Tabula Rasa to find out why men have nipples.

Juan Gallegos Midvale

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Blood on their hands

By Chris Crain Tick-tock. There went a few more seconds off my proverbial 15 minutes of fame. This week Fox News, of all media outlets, has been airing a report on fundamentalist Islam in Europe that includes a brief reference to the April 2005 gay bashing of my boyfriend and me in Amsterdam, of all places. It happened on Queen’s Day â€” as in the monarch, not the queers â€” while we walked hand in hand down a busy street near the heart of the gay neighborhood in that gayfriendliest of cities. A young man of Moroccan appearance spat in my face â€” not an easy shot, considering I’m 6-foot-7 â€” and when we stopped to ask why, he spat out a heavily accented, anti-gay slur. Within seconds there were seven men pounding on us, and I was lying in the street with two black eyes and a broken nose, blood everywhere. The attack touched a chord with many Dutch people, gay and straight, because they have struggled with how to respond to second-generation immigrants from Morocco, Algeria and other Muslim countries who have rejected the Netherlands’ famously tolerant culture. It’s more than a little ironic for Fox News to report the attack now, 18 months later, as evidence of a rising tide of fundamentalist Islam in Europe. I’ve never seen the “fair and balancedâ€? folks at Fox take a similar interest in whether fundmentalist Christianity bears responsibility for fostering a climate of in-

tolerance here in the U.S. that results in gay bashings (of much greater frequency and often of much greater ferocity). Muslim bigotry plays much better to Fox viewers, obviously, than the homegrown Christian variety. To be “fair and balanced� about what happened to my boyfriend and me, it would be simplistic to imagine our Moroccan-Dutch attackers were acting on some fundamentalist religious faith. We were bashed as we walked to our hotel in the wee hours of Saturday morning through a streetful of holiday revelers. Our attackers weren’t on the corner for Friday prayers. There are those, of course, who do engage in violence — against gays, women and other innocent targets — in the name of fundamentalist Islam. We have become so inundated by such bloody attacks in recent years that many Westerners have come to conclude that fundamentalist Islam is an inherently violent religion. Pope Benedict XVI outraged Muslims in September when he quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor for that proposition. The pope has since apologized and distanced himself from the emperor, but the violent backlash in some parts of the Islamic world — like the violent reaction to the Danish cartoons of the prophet Mohammed earlier this year — only

Chris Crain three days after his attack in Amsterdam in April, 2005.

seemed to prove the emperor’s point. As the pope traveled to Turkey this week, tens of thousands have gathered in the streets there to protest his visit, still angry over the remarks. The true motive behind the angry crowds is a bit suspect, since the same masses haven’t felt similarly motivated to take to the streets when fundamentalists Muslims actually do engage in violence against innocents in the name of Allah. Such bloody jihadist claims do much greater insult to Islam’s reputation as a peaceful faith, and yet they almost never elicit much protest. My own view is that fundamentalist faiths of all stripes are directly responsible for a great deal of violence in the world and are indirectly responsible for an even greater

amount. When fundamentalist leaders aren’t explicitly condoning violence — something fundamentalist Muslim leaders do much more often than their Christian counterparts — they’re fostering a culture of intolerance. That’s not the same as a jihad against gays or women, but that’s what makes it more dangerous. It flies below the radar, giving religious comfort to all kinds of cultural bigotry â€” including the kind that spits in the face of a gay couple happily holding hands through the streets of Amsterdam. Chris Crain is former editor of the Washington Blade, Southern Voice, and gay publications in three other cities. He can be reached via his blog at www.citizencrain.com.

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So there I was, muffins, minding my own business at my favorite little comfort food heaven in Murray (which shall remain nameless to protect the innocent) when something appalling happened. I was demolishing my usual Greek breakfast of marinated pork, hash browns and coffee, when I witnessed the most obnoxious trio of diners who were running their poor little waitress ragged! I have to tell you kittens, it was everything I could do not to sashay across the restaurant and bitch-slap someone. Let me paint a mental picture of the tawdry event for you, shall I? The restaurant in question is one of my favorite little momand-pop’s in Salt Lake City. The owners are in their seventies and still work in the restaurant everyday pumping out great, inexpensive comfort food. In this age of faceless, tasteless, franchise restaurants, this place is just a little greasy-spoon treasure, darlings. So anyway, here comes this preppily-dressed middle-aged couple (in their 50s I would guess) and a semi-good-looking guy in his thirties. Ironically they had chosen to sit at the booth farthest away from the kitchen. So the waitress, a petit little thing about five-foot-four had to schlep the equivalent

Gay Bar Blues by Ben Williams

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It’s been 20 years since I first had anything published in a gay magazine. I had sent a poem called “I’ve Got the Gay Bar Blues� to the Triangle Magazine, which was published in the letter section of the December 1986 Issue. I was so proud. Come to think of it, I believe Michael Aaron had a hand in that periodical too. Over the last 20 years, Utah’s gay news periodicals, its gay bars, and I have changed a lot. When I wrote my ditty on gay bar life, Salt Lake City had a more vibrant, active, and concentrated social scene then today. Within a square mile of Salt Lake City there were five gay bars with a sixth on the outer fringes. Between 5th West and 8th West there were three hopping gay bars. Max Hunt’s Backstreet, 108 S. 500 West, located where the recently reinvented ICE is today, had two dance floors, two main bars and an outdoor patio. It was the premier performance bar containing a dressing room and stage area which was idea for the Royal Court’s fund raising. At the west end, 702 West and 2nd South, was Joe Redburn’s two story Sun Club, which four years earlier had relocated from 1 S. 400 West, (the northwest corner of the Delta Center uh excuse me, the EnergySolution’s Radium Stadium). The Sun was the premier dance club, gay or straight for the entire state. Everyone, I mean everyone in the intermountain west knew The Sun! Back then there was none of this Gay Fridays crap. Straights who went to The Sun, because it was the place for lurid excitement, to see and be seen, and to just plain mix it up, also knew that they better be on their best behavior. In fact the bar located on 2nd South between Backstreet and the Sun, coincidently named The In-Between, had a sign posted

of the Mormon Handcart Trail to bring them anything. And so it began ‌ After a number of shuttle runs to bring water, coffee, take their orders and bring their food, the plucky little waitress had done more cardio in fifteen minutes than I do in a week. As soon as she left the table each time, they would turn around in their chairs looking pissed and try to get the waitress’ attention again. Then the woman at the

Otherwise a six-foot-seven drag queen might descend from the sky and shove an eggplant casserole where God never intended it to go!

table, whom I can only refer to as the “old bitch� starts tossing empty plates and utensils on the clean table behind them, causing the bus boy to have to bus the table again. I was dumbstruck, petals, dumbstruck at how obnoxious and high-maintenance these people were. Then the old man starts waving at the waitress like he was in the stands of a baseball stadium and needed a hot dog. Apparently his omelet was cold so she traipsed

on their front door saying that the bar was a gay establishment and if one couldn’t accept that they could kiss owner Bobby Dubray’s Ass and take a hike. I am paraphrasing. While The Sun was a private membership club, for which one had to stand outside pleading to be sponsored in, both Backstreet and the In-Between were beer taverns. However back in those days it was not a problem getting a cocktail because 1) you could pour from a community bottle and tip the bartender, or 2) you could brown bag your own booze, however one did pay an arm and a leg for a soda or fruit juice, which were actually set ups. The In-Between was located at 579 West 2nd South on the northwest corner where Club Sound is now located. However in 1986 the bar was only the west portion of the building, with the east side being a gay restaurant called The Connection. The InBetween was a cozy neighborhood bar, and home bar for The Wasatch Leathermen and the Knights of Malta. It also had a great patio built from the ruins of a burnt out brick building. It had kind of a gay last days of Pompeii feel about it. Down the street and within walking distance, if one was brave or drunk enough to cross through Pioneer Park, was Steve Baxter’s The Deerhunter, located at 636 South 3rd West . The Deerhunter was at the time a renovated bungalow which had been gutted to support a circular bar in the center. It was a drinking, cruising, pool shooting bar without membership and on most nights it was packed with tight levi wearing men. The most memorable part of the place for moi was the north wall which was so narrow that between the men sitting at the bar and the men lined up against the wall, many a thrill was had squeezing through the aisle. Good times. The Radio City Lounge at 147 South State, believe it or not, was quite a happening bar twenty years ago with a dance floor, pool tables and secluded tables and booths. It

back to the kitchen and returned with his heated omelet. Then the old geek picks up his plate and a plate of toast and marches over to the kitchen. By now, Mr. Ridge is kicking me under the table to stop me from going over and cramming moussaka down their throats. It gets worse. The waitress (who deserves a medal for bravery, or at least a nomination for sainthood) takes their bill over to the owners who comp their meal. They eventually leave without even giving the poor kid a tip. I was so angry I was fit to be tied. Keep in mind, pumpkins, as high maintenance as I can be at times, I have never been rude to a waiter or waitress, returned a meal to the kitchen, or stiffed a server of their tip. But then again, I have worked in restaurants and know how strenuous it can be, so I tend to overcompensate. But therein lies today’s lesson, cherubs — simply treat people with respect. It doesn’t matter if you have a few bucks and are living large, you still need to treat the people around with a little dignity and kindness. Otherwise a six-foot-seven drag queen might descend from the sky and shove an eggplant casserole where God never intended it to go! You have been warned. Ciao, babies!  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 traditional chewy bagels turn into bland bread rolls (I really miss those dense rye bagels that Brachmans used to make).

was close, it was convenient, and it had a back door if one didn’t want to be seen walking in from the State Street entrance. Hattie Raddon’s Puss and Boots, 996 South Redwood Road, was the only Lesbian bar twenty years ago and was located on the far western outskirts of the city. The place was huge with a great lighted disco dance floor. The dirt parking lot was jammed with trucks, and you better have a dyke friend with you or you could go out on your ear. It was a private club with an infamous membership ledger. Gone with the wind, literally, went the Sun Club, off to merry old land of Oz. It’s hard to imagine that the little parcel of land that remains today could have contained so much raw sexual pulsating energy and drugs. I bet if you put your ear to the ground you could still here the Pet Shop Boys singing the “Sodom and Gomorrah Show�. The In-Between has been bikini waxed, and “straightened up� so often that most of its queer energy I imagine must reside in the dank dark basement where the smell of poppers still lingers. So I have it on good authority. Backstreet, once on the wrong side of the tracks, is now center stage for Urban Renewal with high-priced condos replacing the inexpensive but well used condoms which were once strewed along the tracks. The Deerhunter became too fabulous for its own good and went up in flames, literally, and was replaced by a self service car wash. While that may put a damper on things, I hear from the same authority that the ghosts of many of its bearded regulars still circle the car wash in an endless spectral search for hot hairy man action. (I better check with my sources on that one.) Puss and Boots demise was also pitiful. The Bull Dyke Dive became first a Mexican Bar called El Toro, the Bull, later a meat market, and now an African Ethnic Market. Then there’s Radio City, it was the first, it may be the last, but it is ever becoming more like a grand dame who has faded, surrounded by half empty beer glasses, smothered by a lavender haze of stale cigarette smoke, and who doesn’t realize that the party is over.  Q

and a son or daughter’s coming out doesn’t rank anywhere near a sibling’s engagement or bun in the oven.

Family Part 2

by Chad Keller and Mark Thrash

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Where were we before we were so rudely interrupted by the limits of a thousand words? Oh, that’s right‌ Chad was about to have another classic “stick his foot in his mouthâ€? moment. In case you didn’t read the last installment, let’s bring you up to speed‌ From the last issue‌

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 gayâ€? conversation during the holidays. Try like Mark did, invite the family to YOUR thome - 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 outâ€? 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.

And we continue‌ MARK: So Chad, who gets to come out? CHAD: Well it seems you want to have a discussion on youth, and I’d be happy to have that with you at a later date. Say January? It’s a discussion long overdue in our community. MARK: No, I’m merely saying that anyone who chooses to embrace their sexuality and have that confidence should be allowed to speak openly — no matter of their age. CHAD: I never said they couldn’t. I merely made the suggestion to watch their timing. You get one “realâ€? family in life. Wouldn’t you want to try and keep that family rather than alienate them by choosing to be dramatic during a family day?

MARK: I will agree the family may not embrace the announcement with joy, but my point is that a truly loving and accepting family who practices unconditional love should still embrace the child’s choice. CHAD: In a perfect world, every person would be lucky to have that family. Truth be told, life is not that warm embracing Hallmark moment. There are some cold realities that are being missed.

For most families the holidays are a time when everyone can share important announcements: engagements, marriages, pregnancies, etc. It has never been guaranteed that these announcements will be viewed as a joyous moment for everyone

MARK: For most families the holidays are a time when everyone can share important announcements: engagements, marriages, pregnancies, etc. It has never been guaranteed that these announcements will be viewed as a joyous moment for everyone who is there to listen. Nonetheless, it is at this time when good families embrace that person’s happiness. CHAD: For every action there is a reaction. Based on my personal knowledge of traditional families, they are very conservative,

MARK: Nothing is being missed except the focus of this column. We’re going In Search of Family and how many people in our limited community must often turn to others to find the love and acceptance that should be offered by blood relatives.

CHAD: My Grandfather taught me three lessons on family: 1) No one can replace your real family, 2) You have friends who will fill the role of a family that can be counted on one hand, and 3) You’re all you’ve got. You have to get yourself out of bed in the morning and take on life’s challenges. You can’t rely on others to do that for you. MARK: AGREED! And finally you’re coming closer to what I’ve been trying to get us to discuss since we started this banter on November 1. Oh my gay hell ‌ I thought after weeks and weeks of debate on our selected topic, you’d actually have a plan formulated before we were typing ‌ OH, BUT NO!

CHAD: Talk about me wasting words and staying on task. Oh, let’s bitch about me some more. I have a method to my madness. I speak from the heart. Back to task, I have seen countless members of our community make heartfelt communication on the holidays and then ask everyone else why their family didn’t embrace the news like all the other “joyousâ€? family news. Just trying to save a few broken spirits. MARK: Oh, I see ‌ save them by telling them to limit their expression? It is apparent that we’re not going to find a middle ground on this topic, but we still must form a conclusion because I refuse to be discussing this “searchâ€? on December 15. CHAD: Well okay, we agree to disagree on one’s own Holiday-Coming Out-Disaster. MARK: Who’s the drama queen? I hope no one is confused. CHAD: Remember, Ben Williams called us Yin and Yang. MARK: I won’t address the obvious color reference. So, as we bring this topic to an end‌ let’s find some closure for both our opinions. Family should be a group of individuals who love us unconditionally and that doesn’t mean they agree with the choices we make. If that type of love isn’t found in your genetic bloodline, don’t choose to be alone. Find your own sense of family in a group of supportive individuals who may or may not be related by blood. Every year we live, we create our own family. Families can be created through marriage, relationships, friends or bar stool buddies. These new members come in all shapes, sizes and walks of life. You know who they are, and they love you unconditionally. Choose to spend these festive last days of 2006 with the most positive of that group.  Q

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ccording to a report released Nov. 21 by UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on AIDS, the global AIDS epidemic continues to grow and there is “concerning evidence that some countries are seeing a resurgence in new HIV infection rates which were previously stable or declining.� However, declines in infection rates are also being observed in some countries, as well as positive trends in young people’s sexual behaviors. According to the report, an estimated 39.5 million people are living with HIV. There were 4.3 million new infections in 2006 with 2.8 million (65%) of these occurring in sub-Saharan Africa and important increases in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where there are some indications that infection rates have risen by more than 50% since 2004. In 2006, 2.9 million people died of AIDS-related illnesses. New data suggest that where HIV prevention programs have not been sustained or adapted as epidemics have changed—infection rates in some countries are staying the same or going back up.

In North America and Western Europe, HIV prevention programs have often not been sustained and the number of new infections has remained the same. Similarly in low- and middle-income countries, there are only a few examples that have actually reduced new infections. And some countries that had showed earlier successes in reducing new infections, such as Uganda, have either slowed or are now experiencing increasing infection rates. “This is worrying—as we know increased HIV prevention programs in these countries have shown progress in the past—Uganda being a prime example. This means that countries are not moving at the same speed as their epidemics,� said UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot. “We need to greatly intensify life-saving prevention efforts while we expand HIV treatment programs.� HIV PREVENTION WORKS BUT MUST BE FOCUSED AND SUSTAINED New data from the report show that increased HIV prevention programs that are focused and adapted to

reach those most at risk of HIV infection are making inroads. Positive trends in young people’s sexual behaviors — increased use of condoms, delay of sexual debut, and fewer sexual partners — have taken place over the past decade in many countries with generalized epidemics. Declines in HIV prevalence among young people between 2000 and 2005 are evident in Botswana, Burundi, CĂ´te d’Ivoire, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. In other countries, even limited resources are showing high returns when investments are focused on the needs of people most likely to be exposed to HIV. In China, there are some examples of focused programs for sex workers that have seen marked increases in condom use and decreases in rates of sexually transmitted infections, and programs with injecting drug users are also showing progress in some regions. And in Portugal, HIV diagnoses among drug injectors were almost one third (31%) lower in 2005, compared with 2001, following the implementation of special prevention programs focused on HIV and drug use. ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES: KNOW YOUR EPIDEMIC In many countries, HIV prevention programs are not reaching the people most at risk of infection, such as young people, women and girls, men who have sex with men, sex workers and their clients, injecting drug users, and ethnic and cultural minorities. The report outlines how the issue of women and girls within the AIDS epidemic needs continued and increased attention. In sub-Saharan Africa for example, women continue to be more likely than men to be infected with HIV and in most countries in the region they are also more likely to be the ones caring for people infected with HIV. According to the report, there is increasing evidence of HIV outbreaks among men who have sex with men in Cambodia, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam as well as across Latin America but most national AIDS programs fail to address the specific needs of these people. New data also show that HIV prevention programs are failing to address the overlap between injecting drug use and sex work within the epidemics of Latin America, Eastern Europe and particularly Asia. “It is imperative that we continue to increase investment in both HIV prevention and treatment services to reduce unnecessary deaths and illness from this disease,â€? said WHO Acting Director-General, Dr Anders NordstrĂśm. “In sub-Saharan Africa, the worst affected region, life expectancy at birth is now just 47 years, which is 30 years less than most high-income countries.â€? The AIDS Epidemic Update underlines how weak HIV surveillance in several regions including Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North Africa often means that people at highest risk — men who have sex with men, sex workers, and injecting drug users — are not adequately reached through HIV prevention and treatment strategies because not enough is known about their particular situations and realities. The report also highlights that levels of knowledge of safe sex and HIV remain low in many countries, as well as perception of personal risk. Even in countries where the epidemic has a very high impact, such as Swaziland and South Africa, a large proportion of the population do not believe they are at risk of becoming infected. “Knowing your epidemic and understanding the drivers of the epidemic such as inequality between men and women and homophobia is absolutely fundamental to the long-term response to AIDS. Action must not only be increased dramatically, but must also be strategic, focused and sustainable to ensure that the money reaches those who need it most,â€? said Dr Piot. Q

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by Kathleen Cravero

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Women are caretakers of the sick: when they die, the sick are left to fend for themselves. In short, women hold together the fabric of society. Throughout history, they have shown rock-solid resilience in the face of famine, illness, war and disasters. The simple truth is that empowering women and girls to protect themselves and their families from AIDS is key to getting ahead of the epidemic — and reducing global poverty. Conventional prevention strategies are leaving generations of women in jeopardy. What we call the ABC method of prevention — Abstain, Be Faithful, Use Condoms — is a good start. If every woman and man could choose — and did choose — to follow those three principles, we could stop AIDS in its tracks. Unfortunately, however, most women cannot choose any one of the three. We teach that abstinence until marriage can help prevent AIDS, yet we live in a world where girls are married off as children or are otherwise forced into sexual relationships. We tell women to be faithful to their partners, but know that their partners are often unfaithful to them. We tell them to use condoms, but know that their partners often refuse. We tell them to support their families, but know that they often lack the tools and the opportunities to do this, except through risky behaviors. Today, being married is actually a risk factor for some women. In many countries, girls between the ages of 15 and 19 who are married get infected at a higher rate than girls in the same age group who are sexually active but unmarried. Why? Because girls have more power to negotiate condom use with same-age boyfriends than they do with much-older husbands. And because older husbands have usually had many more sexual partners than the same-age boyfriends. A recent study —continued on page 16

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et me start with a story that plays itself out over and over again in Uganda and elsewhere. A young woman is married — as a teenager — to a much-older man. She is aware of AIDS. But she has never taken drugs. She is faithful to her husband. She doesn’t engage in high-risk behavior. So she doesn’t think AIDS can affect her. Then, when taking a routine blood test during her second pregnancy — she is told that she is HIV-positive. She knows immediately how it has happened, but she is terrified to tell her husband. She knows that — even though she has never been with anyone else but he has (many times) — he will blame her. Silenced by fear, she says nothing ... for months. Only when her baby becomes sick does she explain to her husband that both she and the baby have AIDS. Her husband responds just as she feared he would — with anger and violence. She is thrown out of her house, fired from her job and ostracized from her community. Eventually, this young woman, her daughter and husband will all succumb to AIDS. Tragically, this story is not unique. It is the story of millions of women living with HIV. The fate of these young women provides a much needed “reality check�, both about the impact of AIDS on women and girls and about our response. In that context, four truths are abundantly clear: (1) Without engaging in any “high-risk behaviors,� women are more vulnerable to AIDS than men. (2) Our current efforts to help women and girls protect themselves from AIDS are not working. (3) If we don’t expand our concept of what prevention means and make our strategies more relevant for women and girls — time, energy and countless lives

will be lost. (4) Women who are infected with HIV need to be able to access treatment and be freed from the fear of stigma. Today, 60 percent of all the people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are women — almost half worldwide. More than 75 percent of young people with HIV in South Africa are girls. In Kenya, for every 10 young men with HIV, there are 45 young women with the virus. In one Kenyan city, the rate of HIV infection among young women is seven times as great as the rate among young men. More than half of all pregnant women in their mid to late 20s seeking ante-natal care in Swaziland tested HIVpositive. In Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa, one in five pregnant women is living with HIV. In Brazil, the number of new AIDS cases among women increased by 75 percent in the late 1990s, compared to just 10 percent among men. In Trinidad and Tobago, infection levels among teenage girls are six times higher than among males of the same age. In Honduras, AIDS is the leading cause of death for women. Among African American women, the picture is very similar: AIDS kills more African American women ages 25-34 than anything else. Among teens and young adults becoming infected in the U.S., where HIV infections are being reported, 47 percent are girls. Last year in Russia, 38 percent of all registered HIV cases are in women — a bigger share than ever before; in Ukraine, 42 percent of people newly diagnosed with HIV were women. The disproportionate infection of millions of poor women isn’t merely an injustice. It’s a socio-economic disaster. In many countries, women are the food producers. Their deaths can lead to famine. Women are mothers: when they die, their children lose love, care and support.

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in Chinandegas (Nicaragua) shows that married women were twice as likely as sex workers to be living with HIV. In a study in Zambia, only 11 percent of women believed that they had the right to ask their husbands to use a condom, even if they knew he was unfaithful or HIV-positive. A health survey in Rwanda revealed that nearly half of men and two thirds of women agree that refusing sex, going out without your husband, or voicing your opinion all are acceptable reasons for domestic violence. Realities of Life for Women and Girls If we are going to help women protect themselves, we have to acknowledge, and act on, the realities of their lives. In places where economic options are few, many men take jobs that keep them away from home for months on end. They often visit sex workers and expose

themselves to HIV. When they bring the virus home, the family’s cycle of illness and death begins. In many countries, women are restricted from owning or inheriting property. When her husband dies, a woman is either given to her husband’s family in what’s called a “widow inheritance,” which includes marriage to one of his relatives; or she is completely dispossessed. This is a practice well known in Uganda. Either way, the vulnerability to HIV increases. In poor countries where school fees are the rule, many girls resort to drastic measures to get an education. These include transactional sex in which girls rely on older “boyfriends” to pay their tuition or related costs. These relationships are often long-term, so the girls don’t ask these “boyfriends” to use condoms or to take an HIV test. And so they begin a pattern of

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risky behavior that often costs them their lives. Getting HIV from much-older boyfriends, or unfaithful husbands, or through forced marriages, all stem from one stark reality — that women lack control over their bodies and their daily lives, and the tools, resources, and support needed to change their situation. If women had more options 3 the option to choose marriage, rather than have it forced on them; to decide when and with whom they have sex; to negotiate condom use with their partners; to live their lives free from violence; to earn incomes adequate to feed their families; to help shape laws rather than suffer their weaknesses — their ability to protect themselves from HIV would be real. This is doable, but reducing women’s vulnerability to HIV means increasing their access to information, to services, and to resources. It means promoting long-term solutions, not quick fixes. It means challenging long-standing but now fatal laws, customs and traditions. It means changing the way the world works — and the way we do business. It won’t be easy, but if we value life, if we value women, and if we are committed to stop AIDS, we have no choice. Solutions for Women and Girls The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS was launched in 2004 by a wide ranging group of partners who share two key goals: • to spotlight the issues of women, girls, and AIDS; and • to catalyze changes that make the AIDS response work better for women. To that end, the Global Coalition has embraced four key principles: • Women are not victims and their vulnerability does not stem from weakness. In fact, the resilience of women to persevere against all odds is inspiring; • Women — particularly those living with HIV or whose lives are otherwise affected by HIV and AIDS — are leaders in the fight against AIDS. • The realities that make women and girls more vulnerable to HIV can be changed with sufficient attention, commitment, and resources; and • Men and boys can and must be positive forces for change in improving the situation of women and girls. The goal of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS is to spur concrete action that helps women take control of their own lives and, ultimately, lessen the impact of the epidemic on themselves and their families. It seeks to broaden HIV prevention strategies so they are relevant to women’s lives, what might be called ABC+, by ensuring women can access information, essential services, and opportunities. In other words, by ensuring their ability to realize their human rights. Persistent violations of women’s rights to employment, access to credit, ownership of property, freedom from violence, and political participation are increasing their vulnerability to HIV. These violations are, therefore, directly fueling the AIDS epidemic. We know what to do to stop these violations. There are international conventions and agreements that spell out very clearly what needs to be done.

Here are some of the “pluses” in ABC+: Securing access to education: Educated girls have a better chance of building a future for themselves and their families. They also have lower rates of HIV infection. Abolishing school fees, providing cash grants, and introducing flexible schooling are all ways to help girls get an education. Keeping girls in school prevents HIV. Reducing violence: Women who live in fear for their lives or the well being of their children are in no position to negotiate anything, much less condom use. Reducing violence against women increases their access to services, their courage to negotiate safer sex and their ability to take advantage of education and job opportunities. Reducing violence against women prevents HIV. Securing property rights: Protecting women’s property and inheritance rights reduces their need to engage in risky behavior to meet basic needs. It helps them keep their children in school, food on the table, and secures the respect of their families and communities. Securing women’s property rights prevents HIV. Improving access to prevention services: Far too often, women are crowded out of treatment — even free treatment — cannot overcome the transportation, child care, or “domestic” barriers they face. If women and girls (including those who are HIV-positive) can access reproductive and sexual health services, they are far more likely to be able to continue caring for their children, attending work and school, and keeping their families intact. Ensuring women’s access to healthcare prevents HIV. Investing in microbicides and female condoms: Prevention methods that women control are vital to long-term change. For women who can’t choose when and with whom to have sex, for women whose partners will not use condoms or be faithful, and for women who are too beaten up or beaten down to ask, methods that they control will make all the difference. An additional investment of $1 billion today could put an effective microbicide in women’s hands within the next ten years. Making microbicides and female condoms a reality for women prevents HIV. For young women who never imagined that they could be infected by their husbands…. for the women who are terrified of negotiating condom use… and for the girls who do not have the “right to abstain”, we must work harder to make education, economic opportunity and healthcare realities rather than dreams. This conference is a step in the right direction – i.e. toward action. Awareness of the impact of AIDS on women and girls is insufficient, pity is useless and anger alone is futile. Don’t just know about the disproportionate impact of AIDS on women – do something about it. We can, in fact, enforce women’s basic human rights. We can reduce domestic violence, protect women’s hold on property and keep girls in school. We can make female condoms and microbicides available in every community. The decisions are ours – and history will judge us by the choices we make.  Q

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tony@qsaltlake.com

Please forgive this issue’s lackluster events calendar. My legs were recently used like a Thanksgiving turkey wishbone, which pinched the sciatic nerve, leaving me mostly immobile for many, many days. Plus the Loratabs I’ve been shoveling down my throat have left me drowsy and uninspired.

1FRIDAY

Q  Although I was informed that David Sedaris’ performance a couple of weeks ago left something to be desired, I won’t hold it against him. He is still and always will be a comic genius. Fast becoming a holiday tradition, Santaland Diaries returns this season. This one-man show is based on three humorous short stories by Sedaris. The first two are spoofs about theatre criticism and the television industry; the third, a personal and outrageous look at Sedaris’

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work as an elf during the Christmas season at Macy’s New York, is simply hilarious. 8pm, Tonight through Saturday, December 30, Studio Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $22.50, call 355-ARTS or visit arttix.org. Q  Fine, I’ll admit I am infatuated with Paula Abdul. I wanted to be her. So there is a tinge of guilt saying I think American Idol has run its course. Over its past five seasons I think, it has only produced two real singing sensations: Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. Now, I’m not a huge fan of country music, but I like Underwood’s style. So even though I give kudos to the show for helping forge a brilliant career for her, I think its time Fox take “a Louisville Slugger� to the show. Q  Today, all people across the globe commemorate World AIDS Day—a day of remembrance, celebration and hope. Join the Utah AIDS Foundation and Hotel Monaco at this year’s Red Party; an evening of scarlet drinks, drag queens, tiaras, feather boas, food and a whole lot of attitude sure to make us all dig deep in our pockets. 5-8pm, Hotel Monaco, 15 W. 200 South. $10 donations at the door. Please RSVP by calling 990-9729 or emailing julie.erickson@hotelmonaco.com.

2SATURDAY

Q  The Lambda Hiking Club are trading in their summer hiking boots for winter ice skates. Join them today on the ice or just drop on by and watch the group do some striking figure-eights and triple sow cows. After the skates come off, be part of the an-

nual Christmas party where white elephant gifts will be exchanged. Noon, Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main Street. Rink admission price $5 and $3 rental fee. After-party to be announced. Call 532-8447 or visit gayhike.org for more information. Q  Are you stressed or perturbed about doing your Christmas shopping? Were you one of the thousands of wackos that attempted their Christmas shopping the day after Thanksgiving, but only accomplished a splitting headache? Well, the Enchanted Garden Retreat & Day Spa is holding a Holladay Christmas & Tea Bazaar. So put your best duds on, have some tea, mingle, and maybe do a little stress-free shopping. 5-9pm, Enchanted Garden Retreat & Day Spa, 4751 S. Holladay Blvd. Call 274-3801 for more information. Q  Nothing says Happy Holidays like a handmade Christmas wreath strategically hung on the front door, right? Or is it a mistletoe strategically hung over your bed with a punchbowl of spiked eggnog on your nightstand? If you said the latter, call me. If you said the wreath then you may consider Red Butte Gardens’ Wreath Workshops this season. Times vary, Today and Sunday, Red Butte Gardens, 300 Wakara Way. Prices $50/members $60/non-members, call 581-4747 for more information.

5TUESDAY

Q  So here’s a man who’s been around the nativity scene a few times; Kurt Bestor, a Utah-based composer and performer offers good tithing this season with his inno-

vative interpretations of classic Christmas carols. He’s been a Utah favorite for years. 8pm, Tonight through Saturday, December 9, Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple. Tickets $17.50-35, call 355-ARTS or visit arttix.org.

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Q  Put a little spice in you Christmas season with the passionate sound of mariachi music enveloped in the season’s favorites during A Mariachi Christmas. American traditional classic songs will be intertwined with a traditional Mexican ensemble of bass, guitar trumpets and violins. 7:30pm, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. President’s Circle, UofU. Tickets $25.50-29.50, call 5817100 or visit kingtix.com.

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Q  The last time I attended a Passion Party, I was basted in some kind of sensual nipple lotion and all the women at the party (some straight, some not) suckled on me like newborn piglets. It was gross. What the hell was I thinking. Anyhoo, the Utah Pride Center hosts one of these femme fatale parties tonight. Phermones, ladies. Boys…just walk away. 7pm, Utah Pride Center 355 N. 300 West. Free unless you want to buy nipple lotion.

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Q  Celebrated Celtic group Stonecircle will perform an encore performance of their masterpiece “Winter Solstice,” as well as traditional instrumental and vocal tunes in the Celtic style. Stonecircle has been described as flawless and magical. This is a musical experience that is both ethereal and beautifully uplifting. 7:30pm, Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $12/advance

10SUNDAY

Q  Snowball 2006 continues with Babes & Boys in Toyland. Ooooo…things are a twitchin’. Presented by Prince Royale XXXI Nick Syndrom Prespentte and Princess Royale XXXI Vanessa Vaughn from Hell, this fund raiser dinner event offers more than your typical boys and their toys. 4pm, Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $20, call 355-ARTS or visit arttix.org.

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Q  If you’re a freethinker, which I hope you are, then you may enjoy a special screening of The God Who Wasn’t There, a provocative and hilarious film that tests modern Christianity. 7pm, Utah Pride Center, 355 N. 300 West. Free.

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Q  Buying music is a hit-and-miss game regardless of the artist. When I checked out Supply And Demand, the new CD by Amos Lee, I was pleasantly surprised. I had never heard his music before, so I wasn’t expecting such a beautifully soulful voice to jump out of the speakers at me. The album is a little bit country, a little bit bluegrass, a little bit rock and a firestorm of soul. The kicker is all 11 tracks are light and memorable—a definite hit. 9pm, The Depot, 13 N. 400 West, Gateway. Tickets $17-19, call 888-TIXX or visit smithstix.com. Q  Ririe Woodbury presents a kinetic experience in modern dance with Jump Cut, a series of works including the premier opening of Charlotte Boye-Christensen’s Anatomies. With the aid of Danish composer Jens Horsving, Boye-Christensen reinterprets anatomical drawings into three dimensional space. 7:30pm, Tonight through Saturday, December 16, Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $20, call 355-ARTS or visit arttix.org..

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Q  The vision of lesbians putting together gift baskets is one with a garage full of sleeveless t’d gals filling oil pans with flannel boxer shorts, venus flytraps, motor oil and Susan Powter fitness videos. But what do I know. The women of sWerve host a Holiday Giving Party, where they will donate 20 holiday gift baskets to local seniors. Your donations are needed and appreciated. 7-9pm, Utah Pride Center, 355 N. 300 West. Call 539-8800 or visit swerveutah.com for more information.

Upcoming Events

Debby Boone, Dec. 22-23, Abravanel Hall Black Eyed Peas, Dec. 29, Las Vegas Sir Elton John, Jan. 30, Las Vegas

Speaking for Herself: An Interview with Imogen Heap by Gregg Shapiro On “Speak For Yourself” (RCA/Megaphonic), Imogen Heap returns as a solo artist for the first time in a few years. After making her debut as a solo artist in the late nineties, she spent some time as one half of the duo Frou Frou. Now on her own again Heap has much she wants to say musically, and does so in ways that are new and fresh. I spoke with her shortly before she embarked on a U.S. concert tour. She will be in Salt Lake on Dec. 8 at In the Venue. Gregg Shapiro: You appear to be an artist whose pop music career can be divided into three distinct phases. The first is when I became aware of you in the late 90s, with the release of “I Megaphone.” What were you doing before “I Megaphone”? Imogen Heap: I don’t know if I can remember that far back! (laughs) Well, I was signed to a label when I was eighteen. For basically a year I was in the studio writing those kinds of songs trying to figure out what the hell. I write a lot of different kinds of music; I’m interested in orchestral score, I’m very interested in dance music, and I love all this kind of stuff. I was trying to find some kind of direction and at eighteen I was very directionless. I did a few collaborations, one of my favorites was with this band called Urban Species, and I wrote a song with them called “Blanket.” I very much enjoyed touring with them and their ten incredibly good dancers, so we all danced around Europe together and got lots of good drinks down us. That was very fun. Then I started working on my record when I was 18 or 19. But previous to that I basically have always studied music; music has always been right at the forefront of my life. My first memories are of me playing the piano learning the blues scale from

my brother when I should have been learning Bach or something, and getting very excited about improvising and playing for hours and hours on the piano. I don’t remember not playing the piano so I must have learned before memories started to form. From that I started taking lessons, and then I realized that the more lessons I took with music the more academic lessons I got out of. I learned the clarinet and I learned the cello, and then I did lots more theory and lessons and started on the trumpet but gave up quickly. When I was twelve I was introduced to an Atari computer and got very excited about programming, and I learned how to use a very early sequencing program. I studied classical music and orchestra and arrangement and mixing and engineering and all of that, and I didn’t know exactly what part of music I was going to be involved in. Singing came much, much later for me, it came kind of accidentally and I didn’t take myself very seriously at all. Everyone else thought I would end up being a singer because they thought I had a good voice but it never crossed my mind until I was about sixteen or seventeen. Even then I wasn’t that bothered if it didn’t happen (laughs). I just wanted to write music and conduct orchestras and travel around the world playing the piano in concert halls and things like that. It’s a bit of a random thing that I’ve ended up doing this. But I’m very happy to be doing it. I think that as a result of it not being my dream to be Madonna with pointy tits dancing around stage with those lights on me, I’ve never felt like I’ve failed. GS: That’s interesting, because you probably developed the beginning of a following with “I Megaphone.” Since that was your official solo debut album, what was it like making that record?

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Q  Imogen Heap brings her sweet, butterfly-catching sound to the stage tonight. Don’t miss out on the talent of this unique artist. To learn more about Heap, read the article on this page. 7pm, In The Venue, 219 S. 600 West. Tickets $16.50/advance $20/day of show, call 888TIXX or visit smithstix.com. Q  It’s true, I do occasionally miss the point. But the point of anything is subjective, really. My point about the Salt Lake Men’s Choir, which again is subjective, is this: regardless of one’s level of familiarity with the choir, one does carry a level of expectation. I simply aimed to inform people to not base too much of the performance on their preconceived expectations. With that said, the choir’s holiday production The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, is bound to appease all expectations. Longtime fans and newcomers will surely have “the most wonderful time” at this performance. 7:30pm, Tonight and Saturday, First Baptist Church, 777 S 1300 E. Tickets $15, call 355ARTS or visit arttix.org. Q  The Nutcracker may make some men wince (and not only because it’s a ballet), but nevertheless, it is a timeless holiday classic. For those out there wincing other than the fact that it’s a ballet, let me just say that it’s a magical story of imagination, love and innocence. Now, doesn’t that make you want to weep in tender joyfulness more than wince. 7pm, Tonight through Saturday, December 30, Capitol Theatre. Tickets $17-65, call 355ARTS or visit arttix.org.

$15/day of show, call 355-ARTS or visit arttix. org. Q  RCGSE proudly presents the Snowball 2006 weekend fund raiser for their People With AIDS Christmas Fund. First up is the Toy Story in-and-out of town show hosted by Syren Vaughn, Ana Duvet and Godiva Manhattan Vaughn. 9pm, The Trapp Door, a private club for members, 615 W. 100 South. $5 donations at the door.

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IH: It just felt like I wasn’t actually doing any work at all because it was so much fun. Preproduction was done in Jamaica with Dave Stewart. We’d have Jamaican rum punch every day, and there’d be forty-legged caterpillars on the ceiling, and all kinds of things are happening in Jamaica and it was great fun. We had the basics of the whole album there, and every now and then they’d record me just playing keyboards and singing and telling people what to do, so that was great. Then we went to LA to Michael Kamen’s old house and recorded the album there. It was like one party after another and somehow we managed to do an album in there but I have no idea how. I really had a great time and I just got loads of confidence, and I was a bit surprised that everyone took me seriously and that we did what we wanted to do. In hindsight, I think not a lot of eighteen yearolds would have been in the studio with Dave Stewart kind of going “No I want it like this,” and “What about this?” and playing all the keyboards and programming and mixing and doing all of this stuff and I think he was just like “OK, cool.” GS: A few years went by and you recorded the Frou Frou disc with Guy Sigsworth who you also worked with on “I Megaphone.” How did the idea of working more collaboratively come about for Frou Frou? IH: It just kind of happened really. There wasn’t any discussion or anything like that, it was just that we’d both fallen out with our previous record companies. We were both feeling a bit

Tis’ the Season to Be Tipsy Nobody does cocktails quite like Vegas. And with Thanksgiving upon us and so many spending the holidays with family, we all know the perfect mix of booze and sugar has never been more essential. Since family can be, in a word, trying this time of year, we turned to the Bellagio hotel’s master of mixology Drew Levinson to get his picks for the must have drinks of the year. So before you cope with mom’s nagging by downing a bottle of Scotch in the basement, get a load of these three fun recipes and see if you can’t make drowning your sorrows a tad more tasty in the process.

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down about everything. It’s horrible when you’re signed to a record label and you kind of feel like you’re owned and that any music you do you feel like you’re doing it for them, so it’s not like it gets to your creative juices or anything. So he rung me up and said “Listen I’m in my studio, I actually live just down the road from you now” and I was like “Oh cool, let’s get together because I’m so angry with everything and I don’t want to do anything,” so he kind of inspired me to get out of the house and do some music for a change. The first thing that we worked together on was a song called “Flicks,” and originally it had a basic backing-track idea, and then I came in and wrote the lyrics and the melody and sang it all there. It was just a couple of bars’ worth of music that was looped through the whole four or five minutes. I was so inspired by working with Guy again and feeling excited because lyrically, great stuff was coming out of me and he was really encouraging and helping me and making this first idea great. We were both really inspired by that. We got together and did some more. He started writing lyrics and I started producing and we both accepted that we can both just do everything. It was very organic. Guy is very used to being the man who does everything. I wasn’t used to working with anyone because I’d never done it before, and in the beginning it was figuring out a balance for him to trust me enough to musically do my thing. He had to give up a lot of that because he’s so used to doing it, but in the same way I had to give up quite a lot lyrically because he wrote some of the lyrics. By the end we were very equal and it was great. We could give each other space and each trust the other enough to get on with our own thing in the studio for

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three hours and not have to be hawk-eyeing them about what they’re doing. We ended up just loving what the other did. Well we always did, it was just giving each other the freedom to do it. It was a really great experience. GS: “Let Go,” a song from the Frou Frou disc was heard in the movie Garden State and, in addition to that, some of your other work has been showing up on other soundtracks and in some TV shows. Do you like the experience of hearing your music out of context? IH: I think it’s really important in this day and age when radio rules the roost so much, to have this other medium which is being explored much more than it ever was, for song placement. It gives people like me who maybe don’t get on daytime radio the chance to have this other channel to get music into peoples’ ears. I think also that it’s sometimes easier to get into people’s heads when they’re not expecting it. They’re watching a film and they’re loving the film, and maybe if they’d heard “Let Go” out of the context of that film they wouldn’t have been so into it but because it relates to a great part in the movie they’re not being force-fed something like they are on the radio. They’re taken off-guard and maybe can accept that they like something a little bit that they wouldn’t have ordinarily heard or chosen to listen to. GS: A few more years passed, and now you’ve returned once again as a solo artist with “Speak For Yourself” which is on RCA and also your label, Megaphonic. Is Megaphonic a reference to “I Megaphone”? IH: It is indeed. GS: Would you say it’s a fair description to say that the new disc is a synthesis of the sound you created on your first album and then the stuff you did with Frou Frou? Is it a blending of the two? IH: I hope so. I really didn’t think when I was making this record that it has to be like the last thing but it also has to be for the people who liked “I Megaphone.” A lot of people who loved “I Megaphone” really didn’t like Frou Frou, and some people who liked Frou Frou didn’t necessarily like “I Megaphone.” They’re very different. But I feel like I’ve kind of conquered all now because there seems to be a kind of general love for this record from both sets of fans. I didn’t engineer that or think about it but I guess it just naturally happens. It’s going to sound like the last record I did because I spent four years doing it, and also technology-wise I’m now finally capable of making a record on my own, under my own steam, in my own time, and I can get it just the way I want it. I couldn’t have done that on my first record because you had to pay for studios every day, and that’s like a thousand pounds a day, and you had to pay for engineers and all this. With Pro-Tools it was so liberating to be able to make an album like this. I think it cost me fifty grand to buy all my gear and rent my studio out for a year; it’s so much cheaper. I just couldn’t have made this kind of record ten years ago. GS: “Hide and Seek,” which is one of the songs that was in The OC, reminded me of the early Laurie Anderson stuff that she did with the vocoder, and it’s really kind of an unlikely hit. When this song was created, did you envision it being done with vocoder or did you sit down and create it first at the piano? IH: No, basically this song started and ended exactly the way it sounds. There was never any piano, or any question of something else

musically that should go into it. I had a really bad time in the studio, as sometimes you do, and I didn’t want to leave the studio with this bad feeling of not getting anything done that day. I’ve learned from the months before that if you do that you come back the next day and you’re at the same kind of low-level and then it just spirals out of control and a week later you done nothing. I try to always leave the studio doing something positive and sometimes that’s a few minutes on the piano and recording that, and that’s how the idea comes about. Or plug in a piece of gear that you haven’t used before and see what happens. I plugged in my Digitech harmonizer, and basically I played a keyboard and whatever note I play on the keyboard – say you play a C (plays a C) – then you’re singing an E (sings). Whatever note you play on the keyboard, it makes your voice sing that note, so I’m playing and singing all my voice at the same time. That whole song happened basically in the space of four minutes, all the harmony and all the melody, all the breaths and about forty percent of the lyrics all just spontaneously crawled out of me. GS: Are you going to be doing the club remixes for “Hide and Seek,” or are there other remixers working on them? IH: Basically there’s one that’s officially been done. I really didn’t envision having any music over this in the beginning, but when people heard it for the first time — no lie — I’ve received about 40 remixes from people. Just fans going, “Oh, I had to remix it!” Everything from a fan doing a full-on house remix to somebody putting an electric bass under it going, “There, it’s finished now! You’ve got the electric bass, that’s what it needed.” I knew that people were going to remix it wherever, so I thought I might as well just do one I’m happy with. I have a friend who played me some stuff that he was doing recently, but it was kind of housey and clubby, so I worked with him on it. I wanted to have a flavor of me in it musically, rather than just everybody else’s music all over it, because there’s no bass line or anything. I timed the vocal because it was free-form and people were having real trouble timing the vocal, and then put some strings around it, and then did a bass line and my idea of the rhythm, and then handed it to my friend Jethro who worked on it for a week and then we went back and forth. I think it’s good. GS: Not that you may not already have a considerable queer following, but club mixes will certainly guarantee you more of that. Are you aware of that kind of a following, even before doing club mixes? IH: Yes, I certainly am, because I have met many, many different gay friends. When I was in specifically San Francisco, I think about half the audience was gay, and it was a great show. I really enjoyed it and actually went off to quite a few gay bars afterward. But I can’t answer the question of why my music seems to appeal to a gay audience, but I’m very grateful that it does. GS: Did you tour the states with “I Megaphone” or Frou Frou? IH: With “I Megaphone” I toured the states, yeah. I toured on my own and also with Rufus Wainwright. GS: Wow, well there you go! IH: That’s probably why (I have a gay following). Obviously he has a very high gay audience. Maybe that’s a little bit of the reason. Q

Kim Russo traveled from Salt Lake to Ogden and back again to get you these photos. The Imperial Rainbow Court of Northern Utah in Ogden held their 2006 coronation — Prizmatic Elegance — A Black and White Affair — at the Ogden City Marriott Nov. 16-19.

More photos from Ogden’s Coronation.

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By Ross von Metzke It’s days like today I’m not a big fan of Rosie O’Donnell. I know, I know—gay people everywhere are going to burn me in effigy because I’m dogging the ‘Queen of (is she so?) Nice’ as she goes to bat for the rights of (allegedly) gay people. But I’m going to go out on a limb and say that, not only was what Rosie did to Kelly Ripa on Tuesday’s episode of The View ridiculous, it was down right defamatory, perpetuating the same hate she’d just accused Ripa of spewing. For those of you who have been knee-deep in stuffing the last 48 hours, allow me to recap. With Regis gone on one of his many gallivants around the United States Nov. 24, Clay ­Aiken was called upon to step in as cohost of Live with Regis and Kelly. The show started out like any other — coffee talk banter about nothing much at all — but from the get-go, Clay’s generally attitude toward the whole experience seemed to be a bit removed, snarky even, kind of like he’d rather Kelly Ripa get up and walk off the stage than share the spotlight with her. Some have suggested it was nerves, which is possible, but it certainly made for an awkward exchange. As the cohosts moved on to talk with guests Emmett Smith and his Dancing With the Stars partner Cheryl Burke, the wedge between the two started to widen as Ripa, likely sick of Aiken’s attitude, took over the interview and conducted it as if he weren’t there. After asking if he could signal when it

was his time to talk, he took matters into his own hands … literally … and clamped his palm over her mouth. And now, the words that set off a fire storm of media attention. “Oh, that’s a no-no,” she said. “I don’t know where that hand’s been, honey.” Mel Gibson’s attacking the Jews. Michael Richards is calling audience members “nigger” — and this is what Rosie chooses to focus on. “To me, that was a homophobic remark,” O’Donnell said the following Tuesday on The View. “If that was a straight man, if that was a cute man, if that was a guy that she didn’t question his sexuality, she would have said a different thing. I guarantee if that was Mario Lopez, she would not have said the same thing.” Maybe she wouldn’t have. Hell, Rosie, if it had been Mario Lopez, I might not have said the same thing. But that doesn’t make it homophobic. A disrespectful exchange that peaked and perhaps got a bit uncomfortable? Maybe. But not homophobic. Beyond the obvious error in Rosie’s wording that essentially outs Clay Aiken, who thus far has refused to comment on media speculation that he’s gay (which, by all measurements, negates O’Donnell’s comment, “If that was a straight man …”), what disappoints me most about O’Donnell’s latest tirade is that it’s directed at someone who is quite obviously not a homophobe — Ripa’s emotionallycharged call to The View that same morning to defend herself proved that. Unlike the string of celebrity apologies and explanations we’ve been bombarded with in recent months, hers was genuine and filled with emotion. Take a look at the picture we found of Kelly Ripa hugging GLAAD Executive Director Joan M. Garry at a GLAAD function in

New York City. Ripa was on hand to present an award of excellence to her former soap, All My Children, which was being honored for its positive portrayal of gay and lesbian characters. Ripa has also turned up at awards events for the Human Rights Campaign and has spoken frequently on the show of her warm feelings for the gay and lesbian community —“my peeps,” she said on one broadcast, alluding to the fact that she and husband Mark Consuelos have chosen to raise their family in the diverse (and largely gay) Soho/Greenwich Village district of Manhattan. Ripa is also Rosie’s friend — Rosie said it herself when she told Kelly on the program that she’d been a champion of her “from the beginning.” And she means it. Ripa was a frequent guest on The Rosie O’Donnell Show, making nine appearances over the show’s six year run … four of them before she even got her gig as co-host of Live, when she was just known to soap fans for her work on All My Children. O’Donnell made guest appearances on All My Children and the two have been photographed together at several events — in some photos, Kelly appears with husband Mark and Rosie appears with partner Kelli. In today’s world, I equate the word homophobic with the word racist — it’s not a word you use lightly. I’m not excusing blatant racism or homophobia. Michael Richards’ remarks at The Laugh Factory over the weekend were inexcusable and he more than deserves the backlash of a fed-up public that will no longer accept reprehensible behavior from celebrities with bottomless bank accounts.

What I am debating is O’Donnell’s careless use of a word that threatens to do Ripa’s reputation a whole lot more damage than any of the words she directed toward Aiken. In essence, O’Donnell defamed her colleague — her friend — something I for one feel is inexcusable. And I haven’t even gotten to the part where, if you dissect O’Donnell’s statement, she essentially outs Clay and then calls him ugly. Unless I missed something, that too is worse than the statement, “I don’t know where that hand’s been, honey.” Ripa claims she was alluding to germs, flu season and the fact that Clay’s cold, clammy hand had been shaking virtually every hand in the studio audience. She also points to the lack of respect, saying that had Clay been cohosting with Reege, that never would have happened. And if the honey she added at the end is what sent O’Donnell over the edge well, let me assure you — perhaps it has something to do with the fact that gay as Clay acts, Kelly probably threw it back at him like she would have any of her other gay friends … with a girlfriend, a sistah or a (yes) honey. Rosie O’Donnell is entitled to react to situations in whatever way she sees fit. I’m not her — I can’t control her emotions or know what she feels on the inside. Rosie said as a gay woman that is how she interpreted the comment. Fair enough. That’s an honest assessment. But to defame another person on national television with the way you interpreted a comment as your only defense — that is the true offense here Rosie, and in the words of Kelly Ripa, “you know better.” Q

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Rams simply cannot sit at home this December. You crave adventure and yearn to travel. So why limit yourself to the usual? Plot an international itinerary that is guaranteed to get you going when six planets posit in Sadge. However, if time and money are tight, fix your sights on exotic diversions a bit closer to home. Decorate a few trees in the neighborhood. TAURUS (APR 21–MAY 21)

Bulls feel lusty and sexy this December. You are a force with whom to be reckoned and can attract anyone that you set your sights on. Spread your joy around. Remember that hesitation is a buzz killer. Make your best moves while six planets sit in Sadge and don’t be stingy with your affections. Spike the eggnog while you roast a few chestnuts.

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Twins are forced to face relationship issues head on this December. Are there unresolved problems that are creating an uncomfortable undercurrent? Are you giving too much or too little? (Remember, it is better to give than to receive.) For those who are trawling the bars with their portable mistletoe, seek some new haunts filled with holiday spirits... err ... spirit. CANCER (JUN 22–JUL 23)

A cavalcade of planets in Sagittarius focuses more of your efforts on work this December. Oh goodie. Crabs find themselves burning the midnight oil on the job like just another old Cratchett. Yes, you will be very productive but don’t aspire to be an office drone. Find time to hang the tinsel, stuff the stockings and make very merry. LEO (JUL 24–AUG 23)

Lions are unleashed and on the prowl this December. Tis the season to have festive fun, so party hearty and maneuver among the various movers and shakers. You have great energy reserves so seek and accept as many invitations as you can fit on your blackberry. Ah but will you overdo and imbide a bit too much? We can only hope so! VIRGO (AUG 24–SEP 23)

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