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FEBRUARY 1–15, 2007 ISSUE 71

Guide to WinterPride McCoy Sends Sodomy Bill to the Legislature Finding unexpected support

Equality Ride Will Revisit BYU

Three Utahns to join, including two former BYU students

School Club Bill Passes First Hurdle

Widely seen as a Gay/Straight Alliance killer Miss. Cops Sentenced for Beating Gay Men in Traffic Stop

Queers and Their Pets Your Valentines Ruby Rants about Skittles Crossword and Sudoku Comics The Gay Agenda

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QSaltLake Guide to WinterPride

In what the Utah Pride Center hopes to grow into the second largest gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual event in the state, WinterPride’s second year has a wide range of activities for a wide range of folks. Page 20

Families: It’s All Relative As part of WinterPride, photographers focused on families of many persuasions in an exhibit housed at the Downtown Salt Lake City Library. Take a sneak peak here. Page 22

Be My Valentine QSaltLake readers wish their loved ones a happy Valentine’s Day.

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A History of Utah’s Sodomy Laws Sen. Scott McCoy has entered a bill in the 2007 Utah Legislative Session to remove the sodomy law still on the books even though the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. A history all the way back to the day the pioneers stepped foot in the valley. Page 11

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UK Gay Groups Welcome Apparent Decision by Government on Gay Adoption London — Gay groups have welcomed Jan. 25 media reports that government ministers have decided not to allow Catholic adoption agencies to opt out of new anti-discrimination laws.

“This is a triumph for 21st century tolerance over 19th century prejudice,” The Times reported Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill as Stonewall UK Chief Executive saying.

Ben Summerskill “We’re absolutely delighted that the Government seems to have decided against an opt-out. The exemptions which Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor and others were demanding would have denied some of Britain’s most vulnerable young people a loving home, as well as stigmatizing lesbian and gay parents and the many children raised in stable, loving families by them,” he added.

The government has accepted a “compromise,” suggested by Stonewall, that Roman Catholic adoption agencies would be given up to a year to prepare for a law bar-

ring discrimination against gay couples.

Also welcoming the government’s reported promise not to grant religious exemptions to the Sexual Orientation Regulations is the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association.

But GALHA warns that “this is the first shot in a long battle.”

“The new Commission for Equality and Human Rights will soon begin operating,” secretary George Broadhad said. “It is an umbrella organization trying to protect the rights of all minorities. It has religion and belief as well as sexual orientation within its remit, and this latest battle over adoption agencies shows just how difficult it is going to be to reconcile the two.”

“This problem of religious homophobia is not going to go away,” he added. “As individual discrimination cases arise, Trevor Phillips, the head of the new commission, will have to try to decide whose rights are paramount.

“In the area of equality, there can be no compromise — gay people must be given complete protection from aggressive religious homophobia. There must be no conscience clauses, exemptions or special arrangements anywhere in law that allow religious groups to discriminate where no one else can.”

Mexico: Congressman Brings Transsexual Rights to the Table

Sanchez Camacho still has an uphill battle since his party holds only about one-fourth of the seats in the lower house.

Transsexual activists say they hope other nations will follow cue in pushing for similar legislative action.

By Anthony Cuesta

Puerto Vallarta — Transsexuals in Mexico may win equal rights if a congressmen’s bill to amend the predominately Catholic nation’s constitution is approved.

David Sánchez Camacho said Jan. 25 he will submit a bill in March that would amend the country’s constitution to guarantee the rights of Mexican transsexuals and change Congressman David civil laws to ensure they Sánchez Camacho can legally change their name and gender.

The bill would insert a paragraph into Article Four of the Mexican Constitution stating that “every person has the right to the recognition and free exercise of their gender identity and their gender expression.”

Article Four currently guarantees equal rights for women and men and states the rights of children and families, but it does not mention homosexuals or transsexuals.

A transsexual is a person who has undergone a sex change operation or whose sexual identification does not correspond with his or her sex at birth.

Two-thirds of both houses of Congress and two-thirds majorities in at least 16 of the 31 state legislatures must approve the bill in order for changes in the constitution to take place.

Claiming that his leftist Democratic Revolution Party will support his bill, Christian Broadcast News reported that

However, others agreed with Ruini’s controversial speech. “Even in lay politics, we have a responsibility to defend the family,” lawmaker Maurizio Gasparri said. “We must follow Ruini’s warning not to break up the family and to protect the natural one based on marriage.”

The proposal would allow all couples who aren’t married to have rights to inheritance, to receive couples’ medical insurance, to be able to visit their partner in prisons and hospitals and to be able to make choices for partners who are sick.

Hubbub Over Hong Kong SameSex Marriage Show Tokyo — Hong Kong’s Broadcasting authority criticized the nation’s public broadcasting network Radio Television Hong Kong over a television program about gay marriage.

The segment, called “Gay Lovers,” was shown during peak “family viewing hours” as part of RTHK-produced series Hong Kong Connection on TVB Jade on July 9, 2006. It featured the stories of two lesbians and a gay man. The broadcasting authority criticized the network for airing a program that was too accepting of same-sex marriage.

The Broadcasting Authority strongly advised the broadcaster to follow the family viewing policy after ruling on an appeal brought by a member of the public. It decided the documentary was “unfair, partial and biased towards homosexuality.”

According to the Broadcasting Authority, 22 complaints were logged about the show. However, watchdog group Tela told the South China Morning Post those were “unsubstantiated.”

The Authority agreed that those complaints were unsubstantiated in three areas: “that the show was misleading and unfair to Christians; that the major cause of HIV/AIDS was homosexual sex; and that the broadcaster had not displayed a sensitive content warning before showing the episode.” However, because the show only featured gay people, had a positive opinion about making same-sex marriage legal, and about gay people in general, it ran afoul of the Hong Kong television code that said it should be neutral on such issues. It was also deemed unsuitable for minors.

High Court Won’t Fund Canadian Gay Bookstore’s Lawsuit

By Anthony Cuesta

Cardinal Camillo Ruini

Head of Italy’s Bishops Speaks Against Same-Sex Unions Rome — On Jan. 23, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, head of Italian bishops, criticized a proposal allowing same-sex couples rights that are similar to the ones married couples receive. “It must be said that [gay unions] are at odds with basic anthropological facts, in particular with the nonexistence of the blessing of generating children, which is the specific reason for the social recognition of marriage,” he said, according to the Associated Press.

Some, like Daniele Capezzone from Italy’s the Radical Party, believe Ruini is becoming too involved in Italian politics.

Capezzone said Ruini was speaking “like a premier or the head of a political party setting his agenda to the government and Parliament.”

Vancouver, BC — A gay and lesbian bookstore’s lawsuit against Canada Customs over censorship of books and magazines will have to pay its own legal costs without federal aid, the Supreme Court of Canada decided Jan. 19.

In a 7-2 decision, the high court upheld a ruling by the British Columbia Court of Appeals and denied advance funding for the suit, which has been on hold since 2004 pending the decision.

Joe Arvay, lawyer for Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium of Vancouver, said the matter is finished unless a good samaritan appears with a lot of money.

“The case is dead,” he said, according to the Canadian Press.

Writing for the majority, Justice Michel Bastarache and Justice Louis LeBel said the case doesn’t meet the very special circumstances required to qualify for cash in advance.

“People with limited means all too often find themselves discouraged from pursuing litigation because of the costs involved,” they wrote.

“Problems like this are troubling, but they do not normally trigger advance

costs awards. Courts should not seek on their own to bring an alternative and extensive legal aid system into being.”

The decision comes at a time when the legal profession is warning that access to justice is out of reach for average Canadians. Also, the Conservative government recently killed a $2.8-million-a-year program that helped fund interest groups in raising Charter of Rights challenges.

Little Sisters has been in and out of court for the last two decades challenging book censorship by customs officials, who determine that much of the material bound for the well-known shop is obscene and therefore banned from entry into the country.

Arvay said customs bans thousands of books, comics, DVDs and videos at the border each year, 70 percent of them aimed at the gay and lesbian community.

“This demonstrates that there continues to be systemic discrimination directed at that community,” he said.

Joaquín Bermúdez Leal with his dog. Leal was killed in his home but his body has not yet been found.

Police Searching for Body of Gay Spanish Doctor

By Troy Espera

Oslo, Norway — On Jan. 19 police asked the residents of Norway’s capital to look in their garbage bins for traces of the body of a gay Spanish doctor who was murdered in his home.

Joaquín Bermúdez Leal, 49, was murdered in his bedroom and his body dragged out of his home by one or more people. He had been missing for three days from his job at the Radium Hospital in Oslo, where he was head of pathology for seven years, when police launched a hunt for the killer on Jan. 18.

On the same day, Norwegian police arrested a 37-year-old man who denies killing Leal. The man was detained in a blood-soaked car on the outskirts of Oslo.

When asked why there were blood stains in the vehicle, he replied: “They are animal blood,” reports Expatica, a Norwegian news site. The arrested man is from Trondheïm and has a string of previous convictions.

A search of Leal’s flat in the center of Oslo revealed further bloodstains, and it is thought that the body may have been dismembered prior to removal.

Fellow residents have reported hearing a noisy argument in the flat on Jan. 16, but failed to report the incident because “we didn’t hear the dog barking,” reports thinkSpain.com.

Leal was known to be gay and frequented Oslo’s gay district where he was well known as a bit of a loner. Colleagues said Leal, who was working in the area of hematology, was a “good doctor” and “good friend.”

National ‘Grey’s’ Washington Hashes Out Anti-Gay Slur With Gay Leaders

By Troy Espera

Los Angeles — On Jan. 22 Grey’s Anatomy co-star Isaiah Washington followed through with his apologetic offer to meet with gay community leaders to discuss his public use of an anti-gay slur.

Neil G. Giuliano, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and Kevin Jennings, founder, executive director of the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network and Washington came together in Los Angeles to lay the groundwork for an ongoing partnership to combat the prejudice and intolerance faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

At the beginning of the meeting, which came on the first day of GLSEN’s annual No Name-Calling Week, Washington candidly acknowledged the harm he had caused by his repeated use of the epithet.

“He knows that his future actions — including the genuine first step that today’s meeting represents — will demonstrate his sincerity in becoming part of the solution to anti-gay bigotry. We welcome the opportunity to work with him in the coming months to help improve the cultural climate faced by LGBT people across this country,” Giuliano said.

According to Jennings, Washington, himself a father, said he understands how the issue effects young people.

“GLSEN is thankful to ABC for arranging the meeting and hopeful that Isaiah Washington has come to a deeper understanding of the power of words, especially as we launch No Name-Calling Week in schools across the country,” Jennings said. “GLSEN’s research shows that name-calling is a significant barrier to learning, and this week is a particularly appropriate time for new allies to join the effort.”

colleague on the City Council, said in a statement issued last December.

Oakley received Victory’s endorsement in his 2001 and 2003 council races as part of the fund’s efforts to build a team of qualified openly gay elected officials whose experience will enable them to seek higher office.

Other Victory endorsees have fared well in recent area elections. Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez was elected in 2005, becoming the first woman, first Latina and first open lesbian to hold that post. In 2006, endorsee Gary Fitzsimmons was elected Dallas County District Clerk.

HRC Releases Annual Report: Equality from State to State Los Angeles — The Human Rights Campaign released the third annual “Equality from State to State: GLBT Americans and State Legislation” report on Jan. 24. The port examines the state of state legislation that affected gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender Americans in 2006.

“State capitols continue to be the epicenters in the quest for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality and we will continue to work with our allies

to support legislation that moves our goal of equality forward,” Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese said.

During 2006, almost 400 bills affecting the gay community were introduced in state legislatures, approximately the same as the previous year, with 44 becoming law. Although marriage equality dominated the public discourse about gay Americans, several significant non-marriage measures became law. Washington became the 17th state to pass an anti-discrimination law. The California Legislature became the first to pass a bill specifically addressing domestic violence in the gay community, and 15 measures extending rights to same-sex couples passed in six states and the District of Columbia.

“This past year, we saw a 42 percent increase in the number of favorable bills passed from 2005, with California passing the most favorable bills — 10 in total,” Human Rights Campaign State Legislative Director Carrie Evans said.

Of the 242 favorable bills — bills intended to increase the rights of the gay community — that were introduced in 2006, 231 were in the areas of antidiscrimination (87), hate crimes (32), relationship recognition (83), parenting

(five) and education/schools (24). Thirtyfour of the favorable measures passed; 15 of these were in the area of relationship recognition.

Of the 137 unfavorable bills — bills intended to abridge the rights of the gay community — introduced in 2006, 73 were in the areas of anti-discrimination (20), hate crimes (one), relationship recognition (16), parenting (19) and education/ schools (17). Five of these unfavorable measures unrelated to marriage passed.

Some highlights of the report include: • the first-ever defeat of an anti-gay state constitutional amendment by voters; • state legislatures defeating more antigay constitutional amendments than they passed; • eight additional states ratifying antigay constitutional amendments; • additional rights for same-sex couples in New York, Rhode Island, California, Maine, New Jersey and the District of Columbia; • southern legislatures accounting for half of the unfavorable bills passed in 2006; and • Democratic-controlled legislatures introducing more unfavorable legislation than Republican-controlled legislatures.

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Dallas — The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund has announced its endorsement of Ed Oakley, an openly-gay Democrat, in his race to become the next mayor.

The three-term Dallas City Councilman would become the first openly-gay mayor of one of the largest U.S. cities, in a race that could cost more than $2 million. The election will be held May 12, with a likely runoff set for June 9 featuring the top two vote-getters.

Victory Fund President/CEO Chuck Wolfe said Oakley’s endorsement is a milestone for the group and for the entire gay community. “Ed embodies the courage and commitment we all want in our public officials, and that shows in the strong support he is getting from both Republicans and Democrats,” Wolfe said.

“It’s an enormous achievement that an openly gay man is a serious contender to be elected mayor in one of America’s 10 biggest cities. We are especially proud of this endorsement.”

Oakley has stressed his campaign will be broad-based, reaching out to all parts of the city and all constituencies. “We’re going to the voters by knocking on as many doors in Dallas as possible. I want to earn their respect and vote based on my ability to lead our city,” he said.

“Ed may be a Democrat, but he will have a lot of Conservative Republicans like me supporting him because he does what is right,” Bill Blaydes, Oakley’s

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Mississippi Cops Sentenced for Assaulting Gay Men During Traffic Stop

By Anthony Cuesta

Jackson — Former Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agents, Gregory Reynolds and John Forman, were sentenced Jan. 24 for violating the civil rights of two gay men they assaulted during an unjustified traffic stop.

Reynolds received 30 days in jail and 11 months of home detention; Forman received 12 months of home detention.

Both defendants pleaded guilty in late 2006 to willfully violating the civil rights of the victims. James Buitt, then 42, and Michael Mathis, then 47, both of Bogue Chitto, filed a complaint Sept. 16, 2004, alleging abuse by MBN agents on Aug. 29,

2004, at a parking lot near Jack & Jill’s bar in Jackson because of their sexual orientation.

Buitt says he was sent to the University of Mississippi Medical Center with a broken arm and nose, and Mathis said his hand was broken.

Buitt and Mathis said they were pulled from their truck and called derogatory names, which they said suggest the abuse was a hate crime.

The defendants followed the victim to the hospital where they confronted him, and tried to get him to agree that he would not file a complaint against them if they would not charge him with driving

under the influence of alcohol.

The victim ordered the agents to leave, and accordingly, Reynolds and Forman filed a DUI charge against him. Forman later testified falsely against the victim in Hinds County Justice Court in relation to the DUI charge.

“In our country, all Americans are treated equally under the law, and are entitled to the full protection of our civil rights laws,” said Wan J. Kim, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. “The federal government will continue to vigorously prosecute law enforcement officers for using excessive force against our citizens.”

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Truth Wins Out is a non-profit organization that counters right wing propaganda, exposes the ex-gay myth and educates America about gay life. For more information visit www.TruthWinsOut.org.

Gay Groups Call on the Senate to Raise the Minimum Wage

Americans for Truth President Peter LaBarbera

Complaint Filed Against RightWing Group for Ex-Gay Video

Kentucky, Pure Life Ministries, where he sought counseling. In reaction to Johnston’s fall, LaBarbera told Southern Voice, “He obviously had a moral failing, that’s true.”

Despite publicly admitting Johnston had failed in his efforts at heterosexuality, Labarbera is now selling the It’s Not Gay video and portraying Johnston to unsuspecting viewers as a “former homosexual.”

Los Angeles — Truth Wins Out filed a complaint on Jan. 23 with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan against the Naperville, Ill.-based non-profit organization Americans For Truth and its president Peter LaBarbera for selling a misleading video on its website.

In a letter to Madigan, Truth Wins Out urged her to expeditiously pull the video, titled It’s Not Gay, from the marketplace, required a written apology from LaBarbera and that refunds be offered to dissatisfied consumers.

“Nowhere does Americans for Truth inform potential viewers that Johnston’s ‘cure’ did not endure,” wrote Truth Wins Out’s Executive Director Wayne Besen in the letter. “This organization is undeniably peddling false hope to vulnerable and desperate people and bilking them out of their hard earned money. In doing so, Americans for Truth is unscrupulously capitalizing on the sincere and heartfelt religious convictions of its followers and exploiting them for the organization’s financial gain.”

The primary spokesperson featured in It’s Not Gay is Michael Johnston, an HIV+ so-called ex-gay leader who offers testimony claiming he became heterosexual in 1998 “through the power of Jesus Christ.” He went on to collaborate with The American Family Association, Coral Ridge Ministries and Rev. Jerry Falwell.

In August 2003, Johnston’s claims at sexual conversion collapsed in an embarrassing scandal. Michael Hamar, a Virginia attorney, called Besen to say he had a client who had been having an affair with Johnston, not realizing, at first, Johnston’s true identity as a prominent ex-gay figure.

Besen was also introduced to another young man who claimed to have had unprotected sex with the ex-gay leader.

While in Virginia, Besen was shown a video of a man that looked eerily similar to Johnston having unprotected sex with several men. Hamar’s client signed an affidavit swearing the man was Johnston.

The news broke in Southern Voice, a gay publication based in Atlanta. Johnston resigned his ministry in disgrace and fled to a sex addiction facility in

Los Angeles — While applauding the recent passage of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 in the U.S. House of Representatives, eleven gay organizations urged the quick passage of the accompanying bill in the Senate, and a speedy signing

by President Bush.

“It is imperative that the LGBT community concerns itself with matters like these, not just because raising the minimum wage is an issue of basic fairness, but also because we know low-wage jobs and stagnant pay are issues that so many in our community face on a daily basis,” Nancy Wohlforth, co-president of Pride At Work, said in a statement made Jan. 23. “It makes me extremely proud to see so many LGBT organizations standing together in solidarity with the working-class members of our community in calling ... no demanding, an increase to the minimum wage.”

In the sign-on letter to the U.S. Senate, the organizations state: “Our community is diverse, with workers coming from many different economic backgrounds. The undersigned organizations recognize that an increase to the minimum wage would provide real relief to millions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers who currently work for $5.15 an hour. The proposed bill would raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour.”

“In a 1998 report published jointly by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and The Institute For Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies, Dr. M.V. Lee Badgett shattered the long-held myth of economic affluence among gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans. Dr. Badgett states, ‘The reality is that lesbians and gay men earn no more than heterosexual people.’”

“The current minimum wage makes it difficult for workers to support their families and themselves. As working peoples’ wages have remained stagnant or declined over the last ten years, their health care, energy and housing costs have increased substantially. For instance, it would take someone making the current minimum wage of $5.15 an hour 11.2 hours to earn enough money to pay for a tank of gas.”

The organizations that have signed on to the statement are: Equality Federation; Family Pride Coalition; Freedom To Marry; Hudson Pride Connections; The Mautner Project; The National Association For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Centers; The National Center For Transgender Equality; The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Out And Equal Workplace Advocates; Pride At Work; AFL-CIO; and Queers For Economic Justice.

To read the whole letter visit prideatwork. org/page.php?id=413.

Regional Wyoming Bill Would Void SameSex Marriages

By KATHLEEN MILLER

Tahoe Rebuilds Gay Ski Week, Drawing 400 Stateline, Nev. — With warm days, hot nights, a new organizer and old database, the blue nature of Lake Tahoe is going lavender, as the South Shore’s gay and lesbian ski festivities went into full swing last weekend.

This year, the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority picked up the ball put into motion by the now-disbanded Lake Tahoe Gay Lesbian Foundation two years ago to tap into a $65 billion travel market, according to tourism-related surveys. The Blue Gay-la — the name replacing Ascent, the Winter Party — ran through Jan. 28.

The first foundation envisioned a large-scale event to rival the Aspen Gay Ski Week which attracts more than 3,500 visitors who dump about $12 million to the local economy.

Both towns are receiving a large dose of snow this year. But the thought is, Tahoe has the lake with skiing and entertainment including Saturday’s Drag Races at Heavenly Mountain Resort — which has more to do with racy costumes than racing skiers. “Our entertainment is unparalleled comparable to Aspen,� LTVA Special Events Manager Nicole Cox said.

The LTVA — which has sandwiched the lake’s version between Aspen and Whistler — expects about 400 people to roll into town and spend about a twelth of that amount with more to come for the future. “It’s something to grow off of. We wanted to keep the momentum going for what they started,� Cox said about the foundation members.

Heavenly, Sierra-at-Tahoe and Kirkwood Mountain Resort offered lift-ticket discounts, among other deals given out around town. One lucky guest won a raffle to go back next year to stay at MontBleu Resort Casino, ski at Heavenly and go out on the boat with Lake Tahoe Cruises.

Q uotes “Watching Anthony [Castro] receive his gold medal from teammate Esera Tuaolo gave me goose bumps; two out jocks, separated by a generation but bonded nonetheless.�

—OutSports’ Jim Buzinski. Castro had joined Buzinski’s gay flag football team, winning gold at the Gay Games. Castro was killed Jan. 21 in an automobile accident.

“Just another day at the office. Another day, another threesome.� —Lesbian icon Lucy Lawless, on her threesome with a man and a woman in an episode of Battlestar Galactica (AfterEllen.com, Jan. 21)

“By repeating the word Monday night, I marred what should have been a perfect night for everyone who works on ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’ I can neither defend nor explain my behavior. I can also no longer deny to myself that there are issues I obviously need to examine within my own soul, and I’ve asked for help.� —Grey’s Anatomy star Isaiah Washington, who issued an apology for using the word “faggot� during an interview at the Golden Globes ceremony on Jan. 15; gay rights groups met with Washington this week to discuss the matter (USA Today, Jan. 19)

“T.R. [Knight] is my best friend. I will use every ounce of energy I have to take you down if you hurt his feelings.� —Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl to Access Hollywood at a Golden Globes after-party responding to Washington’s remark (Associated Press, Jan. 17)

“I’d rather be called a faggot by someone who felt it — then you know where they stand. It’s so much better to say what you feel.� —Gay actor Rupert Everett reacting to the Isaiah Washington controversy (Eonline.com, Jan. 22)

“The homophobia driving this ugly and likely illegal effort is precisely what makes gay-straight alliances so crucial to fostering self-esteem, understanding and social acceptance at Utah high schools. For shame.� —Salt Lake Tribune editorial about Rep. Aaron Tilton’s House Bill 236 which would put additional restrictions on school clubs and likely abolish gay school clubs. (Salt Lake Tibune, Jan. 29)

“Gayle Ruzicka is upset because they have a gay-straight alliance club in a Utah County school. Oh my! Mr. Buttars and Ms. Ruzicka suffer from homophobia. I hope the majority on Capitol Hill reject the hate they spread.�

—Stephen Curtis Drabner in a Salt Lake Tribune letter to the editor denouncing HB236, (Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 29)

“What does this mean? Gay/Straight, is it to help us know that they are gay and trying to ‘convert’ the straights?

Why don’t they just call themselves ‘The sick perverts who could never get a girl club’ or ‘the lollipop licker’s alliance’ or call it what it was called back when I was in High School — ‘The Drama Club’ —A Provo Daily Herald reader using the alias “woody� in response to a story on HB236. “Woody� has responded on the Herald site 433 times in a two-week period.

(Harktheherald.com, Jan. 26)

“Certainly there are better things to do as a State senator than attempt to kibosh one of these student’s only sources of shelter from a judgmental world.

Maybe you could channel some of that energy into funding the infrastructure for Real Salt Lake’s new stadium.� —Kelly Francis in her blog, Help! I Think I’m Turning Gay!, to Sen. Chris Buttars on HB236 (kellyandamy.blogspot.com, Jan. 30)

“We broke up last week, but we’re really good friends. Nothing bad at all — nothing bad at all to say.�

—Lance Bass about his breakup with Reichen Lehmkuhl.

(People Magazine, Jan. 29)

“Wait, what? It’s not supposed to go down like this (pun totally intended).

MTV has taught me that when two gay dudes break up they’re supposed to call each other bitches and scratch and pull hair and shit like that. This just seems so ‌ civil. Lance, can I least get one of those sassy finger waves and maybe a ‘OH NO YOU DI’INT’â€? —Nick Jones (celebslam.com, Jan. 30)

“You can like sodomy, I don’t. I think sodomy is sickening.�

—Sen. Chris Buttars on Sen Scott McCoy’s “Out of Our Bedrooms� bill to repeal sodomy. (Salt Lake Tribune, Jan 28)

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Cheyenne — Gay couples who marry in Massachusetts and move to Wyoming would suddenly find themselves single if some Wyoming legislators have their way. A bill has been introduced that would allow the state to void same-sex marriages granted by other states.

Massachusetts is the only state that currently grants marriage licenses to same-sex couples; others permit civil unions but the proposed law only pertains to gay marriages. Wyoming already has a law in place that mandates marriages conducted in the state must be between a man and woman. “All the bill does is say that we don’t have to honor the same-sex marriages that are performed in other states,� the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Gerald E. Geis, R-Worland, said. “If a couple came from Massachusetts, or wherever they allow same-sex marriage, we would not have to recognize it here.�

Gay rights groups say the measure is unnecessary. “I don’t know where the fear of a mass influx of married gay people entering Wyoming and demanding recognition comes from,� said the Rev. Bob Spencer, social change coordinator for Wyoming Equality. “I cannot envision hordes of (married gay) couples from Massachusetts, England, Canada, Amsterdam or any place like that thronging to Wyoming at any point in the near future.�

Carrie Evans, state legislative director for the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay rights group, echoed that: “Surely the Wyoming legislature has real problems to deal with.�

But a co-sponsor of the bill, Rep. Owen Petersen, R-Mountain View, said the measure is extremely important. “In the past 30 years, most of the statistics support the fact that with the loss of marriage and a stable home environment there are more adverse impacts on society with crime and with various other things that cause a deterioration of our whole country,� Petersen said.

Petersen added that he has only had positive feedback from his constituents on the proposed measure. “I’m not supporting this legislation to cast aspersions or cause problems for anybody and their particular beliefs,�

Petersen said. “But I do believe that it’s something we should go forward with and support for the betterment of our society.�

Geis said he decided to sponsor the bill after some of his constituents asked him to tackle the subject. “A group of people in Worland asked me to sponsor it,� Geis said. “They didn’t want people from other states that say (homosexual couples) can be married to come in and say they get the same status in Wyoming. ... I’m just representing my district.�

The executive director of the Wyoming chapter of the ACLU, Linda Burt, said she hopes there isn’t enough popular support for the bill. “I certainly hope this law doesn’t stand a chance,� Burt said. “Particularly in a state that calls itself the ‘Equality State.�’ Where Wyoming stands on gay rights issues can be hard to tell, according to gay rights organizations. Evans says because

the state typically elects conservatives, people are surprised to learn Wyoming is actually one of a “special few states that doesn’t already deny recognition to samesex unions from other areas.�

But the groups also remember the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay, 21year-old University of Wyoming student who was beaten to death outside Laramie, apparently because of his sexuality. “So there’s some good and some bad,�

Evans said. “Wyoming tends to be very measured. It’s not very reactionary in terms of social issues. There’s no horrific anti-gay laws on the books, but they also don’t have any laws banning hate crimes even after Matthew Shepard’s death.�

Gay rights groups say they’re tracking the legislation but are not particularly concerned about it since a similar Wyoming bill was not advanced in 2005.

Geis himself said he’d been told his bill wouldn’t get a committee hearing. “You don’t have to worry about that anymore,�

Geis said. “They told me they’re not going to hear it in the (Senate Judiciary) committee. You’ll have to ask them why.�

But Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Tony Ross, R-Cheyenne, said no official action had been taken on the bill. “We haven’t decided that yet,� Ross said.

The ACLU’s Burt said she plans to speak against the measure if it does come up for discussion in committee. “I think the bill is probably unconstitutional under both the state and federal constitution,�

Burt said. “It codifies discrimination.�

The same-sex marriage bill is SF 0013.

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Utahns to Join 2007 Soulforce Equality Ride, Protest BYU may be queer students.

“Also, little got accomplished with administrators and students at BYU last year,” Kulisch said. One of the reasons for this, he said, was the “die-in” Riders perform to symbolize students who have taken their lives as a result of the school’s discriminatory policies. “The administration was adept at spinning the die-in so little got accomplished,” he said.

But Cramer and Kulisch say they have a better idea for dialoguing this year. Instead of a “die-in” they’d like to get between 1,000 and 3,000 people to walk around the outside of the school in what Cramer describes as a “wall of Jericho” against discrimination, especially gay and lesbian families with children.

“Last year at the demonstration, there was a lot of media, but very few students. What we’d like to do is have students not have an option but to see us as they walk on and off campus, because there’ll always be somebody there,” he said.

He quickly added that protesters must be “quiet and peaceful” in ac-

by JoSelle Vanderhooft joselle@qsaltlake.com

In April last year, 24 Equality Riders with gay rights group Soulforce stopped at Brigham Young University to dialogue with students, professors and administrators about the school’s anti-gay policies. This year, the Riders plan on returning with three Utah students in their ranks, including one BYU student who was kicked out after participating in last year’s demonstration.

According to Utah Riders Matthew Kulisch (the aforementioned student), 24, and Michael Cramer, 28, the Mormon-owned school will be one of the first stops on the Equality Rider’s tour of eighteen Western schools with policies that discriminate against queer students (another bus will visit 14 schools in the South and Northeast).

For them, the protest is even more urgently needed this year.

“The official reason why we’re returning to BYU is that it’s still the highest school for suicides in a state that leads the nation,” Cramer said. He added that a large percentage of those

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EQUALITY RIDE WEST BUS ROUTE

1 Mar. 8-9 Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 2 Mar. 12-13 Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI 3 Mar. 15-16 MidAmerica Nazarene Univ., Olathe, KS 4 Mar. 21-22 Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT 5 Mar. 26-27 Pepperdine Univ., Malibu, CA 6 Mar. 29-30 San Francisco Bay Area Outreach, CA 7 Apr. 1-2 Fresno Pacific Univ., Fresno, CA 8 Apr. 5 George Fox Univ., Newberg, OR 9 Apr. 9-10 Seattle Pacific Univ., Seattle, WA 10 Apr. 11 Northwest Univ., Kirkland, WA 11 Apr. 13 Northwest Nazarene Univ., Nampa, ID 12 Apr. 16-17 Brigham Young Univ., – Idaho Rexburg, ID 13 Apr. 19-20 Yellowstone Baptist College, Billings, MT 14 Apr. 23 Trinity Bible College, Ellendale, ND 15 Apr. 25 Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN 16 Apr. 26 Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN

EQUALITY RIDE EAST BUS ROUTE

1 Mar. 8-9 Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA 2 Mar. 12 Central Bible College, Springfield, MO 3 Mar. 14-15 Oklahoma Baptist Univ., Shawnee, OK 4 Mar. 19 Baylor Univ., Waco, TX 5 Mar. 22 Mississippi College, Clinton, MS 6 Mar. 26 Union University, Jackson, TN 7 Mar. 28 Univ. of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY 8 Mar. 30 Samford University, Birmingham, AL 9 Apr. 2 Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA 10 Apr. 4 Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC 11 Apr. 10 Montreat College, Montreat, NC 12 Apr. 12 Patrick Henry College, Purcellville, VA 13 Apr. 13 Messiah College, Grantham, PA 14 Apr. 16-17 Gordon College, Wenham, MA 15 Apr. 19-20 Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH 16 Apr. 23 Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids, MI 17 Apr. 24 Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI 18 Apr. 26 Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN

Former Brigham Young University students Matthew Kulisch (left) and Mike Cramer will participate in this year’s Equality Ride sponsored by Soulforce. Both participated in last year’s protest of BYU, Kulisch was expelled.

cordance with Soulforce’s history of nonviolence and civil disobedience.

“We’re not looking for people to be talking or yelling or chanting and holding signs,” he said.

Although Soulforce demonstrators have been arrested in the past, including last year at BYU, Cramer stressed that no one will be arrested just for showing up and participating.

“In Soulforce’s long history, everyone who was arrested got arrested on purpose,” he said.

Another thing both men plan on doing to get administrator’s attention is getting queer people and straight allies affiliated with the school, whether as alumni, former or current professors, former or current students or friends and family of students, to write down accounts of anti-gay discrimination they have witnessed.

“I feel that the grievances are the most important thing, because the hope is to not only give this list that will be a mile long to the administration of BYU but for people making these submissions to be willing to release this information to the media,” Cramer said.

He added that he also hopes to submit the complaints to the Northwet Commission on Colleges and Universities, whose accreditation committee frequently fails BYU for not promoting

academic freedom or creating an environment where all students are free from discrimination.

“It’s an area of pressure that hasn’t been explored yet,” Cramer said. “If we can give them a list of 1,000 people, 2,000 people, who knows how long we can make it, that’ll be interesting.”

In order to go on the multi-state protest, Cramer, Kulisch and the third Utah Rider, 21-year-old Kourt Osborn of Kanab, need to raise $3,500 each. To make their goals, they’re considering a number of fund raisers, including a missionary-style “sending service”.

Interested parties can also make taxdeductible donations for their trip on Soulforce’s website.

Above all, Cramer wants to make sure people understand that Soulforce and the riders don’t mean the private university any harm.

“Soulforce isn’t here to destroy BYU, but here to start a dialogue,” he said.

“We’d like to see the LGBT students treated the same as the heterosexual students, and as of now, they’re not.”

Free Film Screening and Forum

among users. The result is a candid, judge-for-yourself take on the topic.

This film is intended for mature audiences only.

After the screening there will be a Q & A featuring former and current users, Harm Reduction Project, and law enforcement.

METH is being shown in conjunction with the 2nd National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis. Organized by the Harm Reduction Project, this year’s conference will introduce the latest in methamphetamine research and innovative programming to a wide audience. For more information visit www.methconference.org.

A free screening of Todd Ahlberg’s new film, METH, will take place Friday, Feb. 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the Downtown Salt Lake City Library auditorium.

The film explores the rising wave of crystal methamphetamine use within the gay population. The documentary takes an unflinching, provocative look at past and present gay users.

Ahlberg gained remarkable access to their lives, their drug use (shown with unnerving candor on screen), and even a “party and play” sex event popular

For more information about Soulforce and the 2007 Equality Ride visit soulforce. org/2007riders. To donate to Michael Cramer visit soulforce.org/michael_cramer; for Matthew Kulisch soulforce.org/matthew_kulisch; for Kourt Osborn, soulforce.org/kourt_osborn. Watch upcoming issues of QSaltLake for further updates on the protest.

School Clubs Bill Clears First Hurdle BillWatch

by Michael Aaron

gal questions. She claims that local school boards and schools live in fear of lawsuits.

“We have groups that just threaten, sometimes very idle threats, so the school districts say, ‘we can’t go there.’ I hope we never find outselves in the situation in this state where we allow things that are inappropriate to go on in our schools because of the fear or threat of a lawsuit,” she said.

Carol Leer of the Utah State Board of Education disagreed.

“We all know that most school districts, the state board of education and also the legislature is isured by risk management,” Leer said. “So the fact that a local board might be sued or the state board may be sued ... the source of defense would be the same for any entity that is sued.”

“The state board voted yesterday to take the position of ‘unneccesary’ on this bill,” Leer testified. “The state board feels that the state board rule has been in place for close to ten years and there is great flexibility for school boards to make their own decisions.”

Others who testified spoke in favor of the bill, all invoking the need to restrict or ban gay/straight alliances.

Rep. Carol Spackman-Moss, who sits on the committee, said that, on its face, the bill didn’t appear to even address gay/straight alliances. However, because of the public testimony and the testimony of the bill sponosr, it is clear that is, indeed, the bill’s purpose.

“And so, now it becomes a concern,” Moss said. “The consequences of this bill are far-reaching, burdonsome and there are possible unintended consequences like banning other clubs.”

All Democrats spoke against the bill, but in the end the bill passed through committee.

At press time, the bill is on the Third Reading Calender for House Bills. Its next step is discussion and vote before the full House.

QSaltLake’s Short List of bills most important to the gay and lesbian community.

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S.B. 169 Sodomy Amendments

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Bill Targets Funeral Pickets

Mimicking similar legislation that is sweeping the nation in response to Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church pickets of funerals, Rep. Ron Bigelow, R-West Valley, sponsored House Bill 205 — Public Demonstrations at Funerals bill.

Phelps and his church, most members of which are his immediate family, have been picketing funerals of gay men for Rep. Ron Bigelow years, beginning with the funeral of Matthew Shepard. Recently, he expanded his targets to soldier funerals, saying “they turned America over to the fags; they’re coming home in body bags.”

Bigelow calls the bill “preventative in nature.”

The bill requires a 200 foot distance between demonstrators and any funeral.

It also restricts demonstrations from occurring one hour before to one hour after a funeral.

The bill has sailed through the House and the Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee with no opposition.

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As promised, Rep. Aaron Tilton, RSpringville, has placed a bill before the Utah State Legislature further regulating school clubs. Conventional wisdom shows that the intent of House Bill 236 is to do away with gay/straight alliances in Utah schools.

The bill cleared its first hurdle Jan. 23 at a meeting of the House Education Committee, which passed the bill out favorably with a vote of Rep. Aaron Tilton 11-4 along party lines.

Tilton introduced the bill to the committee members, saying it provides three things: it requires parental consent for student involvement in any noncurricular club, it requires that any and all material to be presented at any meeting of the club be made available to parents seven days in advance of the meeting, and it elevates current rules to the level of statute.

The bill, however, goes further than that. It also requires a long list of hurdles to be jumped before October 15 of each and every year for the formation of a club. The requirements include a statement of purpose, bylaws of how club leaders are selected and meeting rules of order, an annual budget showing where all monies will be raised and spent, and a statement that the club will follow all rules and laws including those involving human sexuality.

Will Carlson of Equality Utah was the first public speaker to the bill. Carlson outlined four reasons that Equality Utah opposes the bill: it would place a heavy burden on students wanting to form clubs, impose heavy burden on already-overworked teachers and staff, it is unnecessary since current laws already regulate school clubs, and the bill adds subjective decisions rather than objective ones by adding vague language such as “moral well-being of students” and “boundaries of socially-accepted behavior.”

“Now there have been some years that the legislature hasn’t been able to get a budget together,” Carlson testified. “I can imagine that as organized as the school clubs are, they may have trouble with this as well.”

ACLU staff attorney Margaret Plane also spoke against the bill.

“The Federal Equal Access Act governs noncurricluar clubs. Once schools allow any noncurricular clubs, they cannot discriminate or engage in unequal treatment of any other noncurricular clubs.

The Act is pretty clear. HB236 distracts from that clarity,” she said.

Plane also expressed concern that parental permission slips will disproportionately affect students who need clubs the most — those students with disengaged parents.

Utah Eagle Forum President Gayle Ruzicka took issue with that notion.

“Parents need to know what is going on and they certainly need to be involved,” Ruzicka testified. “To suggest that we can’t have parental permission slips for anything that is going on in the school because parents who aren’t involved in the lives of their children wouldn’t be able to sign the slips ... I think that’s a real putdown to parents.”

Ruzicka also said that, because the bill raises rules to state statute, the Attorney General’s office would bear the brunt of le-

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McCoy Sponsors Bill To Remove Sodomy from Utah Statutes Sen. Scott McCoy has introduced Senate Bill 169 before the Utah State Legislature to repeal the law against sodomy between consenting adults.

The current sodomy law, along with similar laws in 12 other states, was stuck down by the landmark Lawrence v. Texas United States Supreme Court decision in 2003.

Sen. Scott McCoy The majority decision found that “the intimate, adult consensual conduct at issue here was part of the liberty protected by the substantive component of the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process protections.”

Holding that “the Texas statute furthers no legitimate state interest which can justify its intrusion into the personal and private life of the individual,” the court struck down the anti-sodomy law as unconstitutional.

Gay rights advocates say that sodomy laws that remain on the books send a signal of second-class citizenship.

Ultra-conservatives have used the law in political arguments. In 1998, Utah Eagle Forum President Gayle Ruzicka invoked

the sodomy law against Jackie Biskupski in her first run for the Utah House.

“She is living an illegal lifestyle,” Ruzicka said. “In Utah, sodomy is against the law.”

Equality Utah released a “talking points” paper about the sodomy bill stating: The current criminal code on sodomy is outdated and unenforceable. The Supreme Court’s decision Lawrence v. Texas, which held sodomy statutes unconstitutional and unenforceable, has made Utah’s sodomy statute obsolete. S.B. 169 would modernize the code to bring it into conformance with the United States Supreme Court decision.

Maintaining unenforceable laws on the books is a waste of resources. As long as an obsolete sodomy law is on the books, a prosecutor could charge someone. This would needlessly cost the state thousands of dollars in fees.

The sodomy statute applies to everyone. The current sodomy statute prohibits specific forms of intimacy between consenting adults, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, or marital status. S.B. 169 allows consenting adults to express intimacy freely without fear of government intrusion.

Minors are still protected under S.B. 169. S.B. 169 amends the statute so that

Evergreen No Longer Carries “Addiction” Book by Gay Authors

Although Evergreen no longer offers Breaking the Cycle at its website, the book is still sold by LDS Church-owned Deseret Book. The bookstore is also selling other anti-gay titles such as Dean A. Byrd’s Homosexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ and Joseph Nicolosi’s A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality.

The notion that homosexuality is an addiction that needs to be “repaired” is supported by fringe scientists. By contrast, the National Association of Social Workers, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Counseling Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics do not support that notion.

An official statement issued by the American Psychiatric Association in March 2000 states: “Psychotherapeutic modalities to convert or “repair” homosexuality are based on developmental theories whose scientific validity is questionable. Furthermore, anecdotal reports of ‘cures’ are counterbalanced by anecdotal claims of psychological harm.

In the last four decades, ‘reparative’ therapists have not produced any rigorous scientific research to substantiate their claims of cure. Until there is such research available, APA recommends that ethical practitioners refrain from attempts to change individuals’ sexual orientation, keeping in mind the medical dictum to first, do no harm.”

Michael Aaron contributed to this story.

by Lisa Hansen

Two years after two LDS authors admitted they are gay, Evergreen International, an organization supported by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for “people who want to diminish same-sex attractions and overcome homosexual behavior,” has stopped selling a 1990 book that calls homosexuality an addiction. In their book Breaking the Cycle of Compulsive Behavior, LDS authors Martha and John C. Beck lumped homosexuality together with alcoholism and drug abuse as “addictions” or misguided compulsive behavior that must be overcome. Since then, the couple have divorced, left the LDS Church, and come out as gay.

Dave Pruden, executive director of Evergreen International, said that the decision to no longer carry the title had more to do with lack of interest in the book.

“Books have a natural lifespan,” Pruden said. “Books come in, gain a lot of attention, and then evolve away. We no longer carry it because interest just died away. The book died out long before the issues with Martha and the church came out. We didn’t receive any complaints. In fact, we’ve never delibrately decided to not carry a book that people are interested in.”

consenting adults over the age of 18 do not commit a crime when engaging in intimacy covered by the statute. Persons 14 to 18 who engage in the intimate conduct described and persons over 18 who engage in the conduct with someone 14 to 18 would still be guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Sodomy with a minor younger than 14 will remain a felony.

The government does not belong in the bedroom. Non-commercial intimate association and conduct between consenting adults should not be criminally prohibited by the state.

McCoy wrote the bill to remove sodomy penalties only between consenting adults, since the Lawrence decision specifically spelled out “adult consensual conduct.”

“I have been surprised by the support for this bill coming from both sides of the aisle,” McCoy said. “There are some Libertarian conservatives who tell me this makes sense.”

Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, is not one of those Libertarian conservatives.

“You can like sodomy, I don’t,” he told the Salt Lake Tribune. “I think it’s sickening.”

He has vowed to fight the bill.

A petition started by long-time gay activist David Nelson has drawn few signatures, likely because of lack of exposure.

The online petition, available at ­onlinepetition.com/utsodomy, was started prior to McCoy making public his plans to run SB169. It calls upon the legislature to remove sodomy as a crime, including between minors.

“Utah’s sodomy law was nullified by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Lawrence, et al v. Texas in June of 2003, however it remains in Utah Code. The sodomy law has been used in Utah to vilify gay and lesbian citizens, including being used to justify not protecting them

from hate crimes. The law also criminalizes a large portion of Utah’s non-gay citizens in that it makes oral and anal sex a crime,” the petition reads.

The suggested version of the bill leaves in place only forcible sodomy as a crime.

“Let’s use our precious resources on protection not persecution,” wrote Shahara Thomas as part of her signature.

“Repeal this Victorian era law,” wrote Mary D. Quinn.

“This harmful and unconstitutional law needs to be stricken from the books, as Rep. Biskupski promised she us would do several years ago,” wrote former Utahn David Thometz.

At press time, no member of the House had signed on to be the House sponsor of the bill.

Utah Pride Center Holds Free Legal Clinics

tion services and individual rights • Basic wills, medical and financial directives • Domestic violence issues including protective orders and civil stalking injunctions • Landlord/tenant issues including eviction, habitability and safety • Employment issues including those covered by EOE and sexual harassment policies “Too often, members of the GLBT community don’t seek remedies to certain legal problems because they are unsure of their rights and the resources available in the community,” said Stewart Ralphs, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake. “These clinics are an opportunity to bridge that gap and begin to meet some of these important needs.”

The clinics will be held at the Utah Pride Center, located at 361 North 300 West in Salt Lake City, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Feb. 8, May 10, Aug. 9 and Nov. 8.

The member agencies of the Community Legal Center – The Disability Law Center, the Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake and Utah Legal Services – will hold quarterly legal clinics at the Utah Pride Center beginning this month.

Underwritten by the B.W. Bastian Foundation, a local philanthropic organization founded by former WordPerfect chairman Bruce Wayne Bastian, the four clinics will allow members of the GLBT community to meet with an attorney for information and advice free of charge.

Eric Mitchell, Director of Community Relations at the Disability Law Center said, “We are excited to partner with the Utah Pride Center and the B.W. Bastian Foundation to provide free legal assistance to members of the GLBT community. This is part of an on-going effort of the agencies at the Community Legal Center to reach out to a variety of underserved communities in Utah to ensure access to justice for everyone.”

The clinics will be staffed with attorneys that can respond to questions on a variety of issues including: • Disability Issues related to voting, housing, Medicaid, discrimination, public benefits and services, disabilityrelated accommodations, special educa-

SODOMY AMENDMENTS 2007 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH

Chief Sponsor: Scott D. McCoy House Sponsor: ____________

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 76-5-403 is amended to read: 76-5-403. Sodomy -- Forcible sodomy.

(1) A person commits sodomy when the actor engages in any sexual act with a person who is at least 14 years of age [or older], but younger than 18 years of age, involving the genitals of one person and mouth or anus of another person, regardless of the sex of either participant.

(2) A person commits forcible sodomy when the actor commits sodomy upon another without the other’s consent.

(3) Sodomy is a class B misdemeanor. Forcible sodomy is a felony of the first degree.

To schedule an appointment to speak confidentially with an attorney, contact Chris ­Serrano at 328-8891 ext. 3347 or by e-mail at cserrano@andjusticeforall.org. Interested parties may also “drop-in” at the legal clinics any time between 6:00pm and 8:00pm and wait to speak with the next available attorney. For more information about the Community Legal Center or its partner agencies, please visit communitylegalcenter.org.

The History of Sodomy Laws in Utah

By George Painter

The Post-Revolution Period, 1776-1873 Utah was settled in 1847 and organized as a territory in 1850. It enacted its first code of laws in 1851 as the “State of Deseret.” Included was a criminal code that prohibited “any man or boy” from having, or attempting to have, “any sexual intercourse with any of the male creation.” The penalty was set at fine or imprisonment “as the court may direct.” This law, though probably not valid since Utah was a territory and not a state, nevertheless evidently permitted prosecution for fellatio. The “any sexual intercourse” term seemed broad enough to permit it. This would have been only the second such law in the nation.

A new code was adopted in 1852. This code made no mention either of sodomy or common-law crimes, thus legalizing sodomy in the territory.

Despite the legality of sodomy in Utah at this time, it apparently met with punishment in certain cases.

In 1853, a Mormon Apostle, Parley P. Pratt, gave a sermon recommending “blood atonement” for sodomy.

In 1856, a married woman in Salt Lake City was accused of trying to seduce the daughter of a man in town. No legal sanctions were brought against her.

In 1857, a man was castrated for an undisclosed sex crime, the punishment meeting with the approval of LDS President Brigham Young. The man so punished later “went crazy.” Two castrations for sodomy or accused sodomy also occurred in 1859.

Also in 1857, a 21-year-old Mormon soldier in Utah was ordered to be shot for an act of bestiality with his horse. Although he was pardoned, the horse was shot.

There is no documentation for sodomy with a human leading to a death sentence.

In 1864, a soldier, Frederick Jones, was arrested for sodomy, but released by the trial court because there was no law making sodomy a crime. After his release, Jones was murdered (apparently by the father of his sexual partner), but charges against the father were dropped for lack of witnesses.

II. Sterilization Sterilization was recommended in the biennial report of the State Board of Insanity issued in 1912. The report was moralistic, sexist, and misandrogistic.

Although it began on a gender-neutral note discussing hereditary disease, the report turned misandrogistic.

“For that man who marries, knowing himself to be affected, no punishment is too great. The moral sense of the public would approve almost any form of legislation that would insure to the pure wife protection from conjugal infection, and consequently the mental anguish of having diseased or defective offspring.”

Thus, the state believed only men could transmit hereditary illnesses. Also recommended was “personal examination of applicants as to their fitness for marriage and reproduction.” The penal code should be amended “to authorize the courts of superior jurisdiction, to impose, on recommendation of the board of eugenics, sentences of castration as the alternative to imprisonment for certain crimes of sexual perversion” and to make sterilization “a condition precedent to the granting of pardons, or paroles, from penal institutions” whenever sterilization “would be advisable.”

The use of the term “castration” meant that only men should endure a penalty such as this.

It took more than a decade to adopt any sterilization law. In 1925, Utah enacted a law to cover inmates of state institutions who were afflicted with “habitual sexual criminal tendencies[.]” Due process guarantees were included and, unlike the 1912 report’s recommendation, the law was gender-neutral.

In 1929, the law was amended to insert the word “degenerate” into the description of those eligible to be sterilized. Now, “habitual degenerate sexual criminal tendencies” were required to be possessed before one could be sterilized.

The sterilization law was challenged in the interesting case of Davis v. Walton, from 1929. (The case was decided after the 1929 amendment was passed, but before its effective date, and brought under the 1925 law). The Utah Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the law, but also unanimously blocked the planned sterilization of prisoner Esau Walton. Walton, who, the Court said, was unmarried and began his criminal career with the theft of “silk shirts,” was scheduled to be sterilized because he had been seen with another inmate in a cell at the state prison. “A blanket was hung over the window of the cell. Appellant and the inmate were both partly undressed. They had their pants down. Appellant’s associate was lying on his stomach on a cot. The appellant was on top of him. When interrupted, the appellant’s penis was erect. The guard further testified that appellant frequently acted lovingly towards other boys who were confined in the prison.”

Another prisoner testified that Walton had solicited him. Nevertheless, the Court found this activity not to be covered by the command of the law.

The Kinsey Period, 1948-1986 An amazing case was decided by the Utah Supreme Court in 1949 in State v. Cooper. Grant Cooper had been convicted of an indecent assault on an 11-year-old boy. The conviction was upheld, but of interest is an essay by Justice James Wolfe, who wrote for the Court.

The crime involved “is a type of homosexual offense” and “[h]omosexual practices may result either from congenital homosexuality, psychopathic homosexuality, or excessive sexual vigor expressed in homosexual practices in the absence of opportunity for heterosex-

ual relations. Congenital homosexuals, and to a certain extent, psychopathic homosexuals, may be wholly unresponsible for their homosexual acts. They are motivated by biological and physiological factors which may be beyond their power to combat or control.

“However, while such persons cannot be left to prey upon society, and particularly upon young children, the wisdom of declaring their conduct to be criminal may be seriously questioned. In the light of advanced biological and medical knowledge, the legislature might well provide for their confinement in sanitaria for necessary treatment. Up to now the legislature has made no distinction between the various classes of offenders of this type, and we have no choice but to accept the legislative mandate.”

Two of the other four members of the court joined Wolfe, giving his opinion precedental value. Justice Roger McDonough concurred in the result, and Justice Lester Wade “concurs but expresses no opinion on unnecessary matter discussed.”

Utah enacted a psychopathic offender law in 1951.

Specific criminals, including anyone convicted of sodomy, lewdness, or an attempt to commit either, were required to be referred for mental examination prior to sentencing. Commitment for life was compulsory for anyone so examined who was determined to be suffering from mental illness.

This law was amended in 1953 to add “assault with intent to commit sodomy” to the list of referable crimes. In 1955, in State v. Turner, the Utah Supreme Court unanimously rejected the defendant’s contention that his voluntary intoxication excused him from culpability. “The offense with which defendant was charged could not have been committed by accident or while intending to do some other act.”

In 1969, Utah became the first state in the nation to pass a law whose sole purpose was to reduce the penalty for sodomy from a felony to a misdemeanor.

The new law eliminated the reference to “detestable and abominable crime against nature” and reduced the penalty for consensual acts to a maximum of six months in the county jail, and/or a fine of up to $299.

Other acts of sodomy were penalized more severely.

In a comprehensive criminal code revision of 1973, a statutory abrogation of common-law crimes was enacted and the sodomy penalty of 1969 was retained.

However, the wording made clear that the gender of the parties was irrelevant. Other changes were that married couples were exempted from prosecution, a three-month statute of limitations for the initiation of prosecutions was established, and an act of sodomy was determined to have been completed upon “any touching.” The vagrancy law was repealed.

In 1975, in State v. Atkinson, the Utah Supreme Court refused to reduce the sentence of a man sentenced to 1-15 years in prison for sodomy with a minor. The curious aspect of this case is that Atkinson had been sentenced in 1974, allegedly under a felony sodomy law.

However, in 1969, the penalty had been reduced to a misdemeanor (q.v.) and the trial judge and the Court of Appeals were both apparently unaware of that fact.

The trial court decided on its own that force had been used by Atkinson in his sexual act, and sentenced him to 1-15 years. The Utah Supreme Court noted that the 1-15 year sentence was less than the 3-20 years he could have gotten under the old law. “Inasmuch as the defendant actually has a lesser sentence than would have been warranted under the law, we do not see wherein he has any just cause for complaint.” Atkinson then went into federal court. In 1978, in Atkinson v.

Smith, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously directed that he have his sentence reduced, pointing out that there was no evidence of the use of force by Atkinson. The per curiam decision tersely stated that it was “axiomatic that due process does not permit one to be tried, convicted or sentenced for a crime with which he has not been charged or about which he has not been properly notified.”

The federal court maintained the error about the law, also overlooking the 1969 misdemeanor statute.

In 1980, Utah revised its psychopathic offender law, removing the possibility of consensual sodomy from being a triggering offense.

Post-Hardwick Period, 1986-Present State Sen. Scott McCoy introduced a bill to the 2007 Utah Legislative Session to reduce sodomy laws to apply only to those under 18 per the Lawrence v. Texas U.S. Supreme Court decision.

Top Ten Reasons...

Winter Should be Over During a deafening lull of conversation in the Salt Lake City Gay.com chat room this week, a chatter/QSaltLake reader suggested a “top ten” article about why winter needs to up and go away. The 85 chatters in the room collaborated as the inversion smog was so bad you couldn’t see a half block away.

Frost is nippin’ at more than 10 Jack my nose. no brunch on the patio at 9the There’s Ruth’s Diner on Sundays. It’s just not same drinking mimosas inside. hypothermia when I pass out in 8 Ithegetyard after the club. mow the lawn in my Speedo in 7 Ithecan’t winter.

The red, yellow and green days for 6stoplight burning are changing faster than the down the street. there aren’t any lights at Temple 5 IfSquare ... what’s the point? air tastes 4 The like copper like to wash the car but need to call 911 to chip away the ice 3 I’d like to be able to see the house 2 I’d across the street harder to convince hot boys to 1whenIt’s take their clothes off on the deck it’s 10 degrees.

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Victorian Morality Period, 1873-1948 I. Sodomy In 1876, a man accused of sodomy, George Naylor, a Mormon, was sent on a mission to Arizona to keep him separated from his sexual partner, Frank Wells.

Later in 1876, the legislature enacted a new code that contained a sodomy law with the common-law definition providing for a penalty of up to five years in prison. Another law established a penalty of up to 10 years for anyone making an assault with intent to commit the act. It is unclear why the Utah legislature felt that an incomplete act should receive twice the penalty as a completed one.

The first known trial in Utah under the sodomy law occurred in 1881. Perry McClanahan, a physician held in jail during an investigation, engaged in sodomy with a 17-year-old male, supposedly without consent.

McClanahan said in his defense that he hadn’t “slept with two men for fifteen years.” He endured two trials with hung juries, but the judge left him in jail for three months after the second trial, and then released him.

In 1882, two different men were convicted of sodomy and were imprisoned for just four months after their trials.

In 1891, a man was acquitted of sodomy even though numerous witnesses to the act had testified in the trial.

In 1907, Utah enacted a law stating that “every lewd or dissolute person” was a vagrant and punishable in jail for a term of up to 90 days.

In 1913, the Utah Supreme Court was presented with the legality of fellatio in the case of State v.

Johnson. After beginning the opinion, for unclear reasons, by stating that defendant Johnson was “a negro,” and reviewing the case law in England and the United States on the subject of fellatio, the court reluctantly concluded, “while we, from the standpoint of decency and morals, fully concur in all that these and other courts have said regarding the loathsome and revolting character and enormity of the act charged, yet we cannot, in the absence of legislative enactment making such acts criminal and punishable, denounce and punish them as crimes. To do so would in effect be judicial legislation.”

In 1922, in the case of Moorehouse v. Hammond, the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the state did not

recognize common-law crimes.

In 1923, nearly a decade after the Johnson decision that fellatio was not illegal under the sodomy law, the legislature acted. The statute broadened the definition to outlaw “sodomy or any other detestable and abominable crime against nature” that was committed “with either the sexual organs or the mouth.” The penalty also was raised to 3-20 years from the 5-year maximum.

The next reported sodomy case was State v.

Gregorious, decided in 1932. In this case, a male about 15 years of age willingly submitted to an act of sodomy with the defendant. The witness stated in the trial that Gregorious started “kissing me and loving me and then he slid down my pants” and then pushed him onto a bed. He made no effort to resist, saying that he “did not see any reason why I should resist from it.” The state contended that, because of his youth, the witness’s testimony required no corroboration. By a vote of 3-2, the Court reversed the conviction, saying that corroboration was needed and noting other errors in the trial.

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Opinion

Letters Quick Note Editor, I just wanted to drop in a comment on Chad Keller & Mark Thash’s article, “A New Year’s Party” Witty, engaging & cohesive.

Thanks for the existence of this newspaper Tischambia Salt Lake City

Laugh at Ourselves Editor, Happy New Year! Another year past of old transgressions and wonderful joys realized. A new year here yet to be discovered. Yet here we are at the start of a new year and already unnecessary DRAMA! In your new years issue [QSaltLake, Jan. 1], the column ‘In Search Of...’ by Mark Thrash and Chad Keller took on a fun and witty perspective (as always) to New Year’s Parties. The article highlighted each bar in town who had advertised a New years party for our Gay community, then had some fun quip from the authors about each one.

And that’s where the New Year’s Drama comes from. I guess when Mark and Chad said their fun little comments, some people just forgot to laugh.

It never ceases to amaze me that some people will take a open statement and always turn it to something negative.

One statement made about a certain club about their clientele and recommending reservations due to over-capacity crowds. I take that as — okay the bar is packed. Not a comment about someone’s weight. I am a plus size man and the comment did not hit me there.

Another comment made about another bar makes note of the owner’s

inebriated state. Well if the shoe fits!

Come on people — laugh a little! Have we forgotten so easy the ability to laugh at ourselves? I try to do it daily.

It’s refreshing.

However it saddens me to think that all of this boils down to how closed minded we have become in our little city. We think everyone is out to get us — including ourselves! And how can this be? Because when someone speaks their mind and shows the slightest bit of truth or sass or joke — someone HAS to be offended.

Like Mary Cheney and being a lesbian. When it was said, Dick got all up in arms like it was some insult. Not to her, not to anyone, really. He got mad because it was the “thing to do.”

I am going to close this rant with the quip Mark and Chad chose for the bar I work for, GOSSIP: MARK: GOSSIP! is featuring a Studio 54-themed event this year. That has testosterone induced trouble written all over it: disco glitter dancing boys, three cash balloon drops and a special midnight ball drop and show.

CHAD: Cash balloon drop? If Tom Taylor is dropping money from the ceiling I could drag myself there. It won’t really be Studio 54. No one has enough glitz and drama to recreate that venue. I’m intrigued by the “special midnight ball drop.” I wonder what Nova’s concept of balls dropping will entail.

MARK: Porn stars, entertainers from Chicago and other surprises are rumored, but no one knows what to expect until the night actually occurs. I guess vague advertising does work.

CHAD: As a former bar promoter, I know that vague verbiage and rumors are just lip service. I may grab a flask and head to First Night to see the real fireworks. Then I’ll head home to fall asleep with Ryan Seacrest wishing me

Happy New Years. God I’m old.

If anyone should be up in arms — don’t you think it should be me or the owner of GOSSIP? No — we know when to laugh at ourselves and see something for what it is, fun and simply being a part of the joke. Chad seems to laugh at himself enough in his own article! If our community can’t laugh with and at ourselves, we have a lot more to work at than human rights.

Nova Starr Salt Lake City

Chad Responds

Queer Gnosis New Gender Nation

By Troy Williams troy@qsaltlake.com

Queer teens are everywhere. They have arrived in a diverse array of gendered bodies, pop politics and androgyny chic. Queer youth comprise the new-edge of our cultural zeitgeist.

The ultimate Queertopia inhabited by a New Gender Nation.

Over the past three decades, Queer Consciousness has rapidly accelerated throughout our culture. Kids are coming out at 15, 14 and younger — and many are rejecting familiar labels like “gay” and “lesbian” for inclusive terms like “genderqueer”. For many teens, sexuality has become peripheral to identity. Sexual orientation is no longer the totality of queer ontology. In addition, straight teens are demonstrating unparalleled acceptance of their gay peers. Today there are over 3,000 Gay-Straight Alliances in American high schools.

The term “New Gender Nation” was coined by Amy Ray. She describes this generation as “the ones to articulate it the most. It’s the idea that we’re not contained into one gender any more. We understand gender fluidity. We’re looking at it in a new way and we’re going to challenge you at every turn.”

The ‘60’s Sexual Revolution and the LGBT political movement certainly set the context, but what explains this punctuated shift? Well, I’ve got a couple wikistyle theories (that I’m open to editing). I believe the rapid rise of the New Gender Nation can be attributed to three megamemes: the Internet, ‘90’s Rave Culture and, of course, Madonna.

First, a word about memes. Coined by Richard Dawkins, “memes” are mindviruses that spread cultural information.

Memetic catch-phrases like “that’s so gay”, or a sudden mass awareness of, say, global warming, are all “thought contagions” that we share cross-culturally.

The maven of all queer mega-memes was Madonna. This post-modern diva commanded our collective fascination in the ‘80’s. She modeled gendered power and unapologetic sexuality. Madonna cruised underground gay culture, appropriated “vogue” attitude and sold it back to the masses. Her love of genderplay was so infectiously absorbed by the mainstream that we all began to loosen.

Fluid gender memes got into the groove,

Eliminate the Food Tax Completely Editor, Working class Utahns spend a much larger percentage of their income on basic necessities than wealthy people.

Therefore, any tax on basic necessities such as food is regressive. It’s great that last year Utah’s legislature decided to reduce the tax on food in Utah, but they did not go far enough. The tax on food hurts the poorest of us the most. As far as taxes go, it is the worst of the worst and should be eliminated entirely.

Daniel McGuire Salt Lake City

quicker than a ray of light.

Queer consciousness continued to expand from the UK rave culture of the ‘90’s.

Acid House music opened up new psychic possibilities for mutineer punks and raucous misfits. The raver subculture was an exquisitely queer, underground fringe rejection of the mainstream. All-night parties were hosted in industrial warehouses and secret rural locations far from the gaze of panoptican eyes.

The spirit-goddess Ecstasy tempted partygoers to “stop, drop and roll”. Her empathic pills came disguised in varied colors with deviant corporate icons: “Blue X-Boxes”, “Yellow Supermans”, “Green Volkswagons”. Her outlaw chemicals released a rush of serotonin through the eager body and triggered an

Kids are coming out at 15, 14 and younger — and many are rejecting familiar labels like “gay” and “lesbian” for inclusive terms like “genderqueer”. all-consuming love for everyone. That was her gift. Even straight homophobic jocks while “rolling” under her influence, would hug and massage each other’s naked chests and confess their profound mutual love. “E” annihilated our cultural Fear of the Other.

Later, in the post Y2K genderverse, America’s millennial children gained unprecedented access to the Internet.

Young people today are born with wireless modems in their Crown Chakra. They stream high-speed connections to their Ecstatic Virtual Tribe. This vast neural network of our global mind has forever altered how we construct identity. Peer 2 Peer networks formed overnight, instantly connecting “Net-Geners” to opensource systems like MySpace, Flickr and YouTube. A rural trannydyke in Kanab, Utah could now access other omni-gender youth anywhere on the planet. No longer isolated or alone, these on-line cross-dressing kandy-ravers came into their own.

Viral queer mega-memes were now global.

But sometimes, we adults still project our yester-memes onto young people.

And we have often perpetuated the stereotype that queer youth are overly

QSaltLake welcomes letters from our readers. Please email your letter of less than 300 words to ­letters@­qsaltlake.com.

We reserve the right to edit for content, libel and appropriateness. depressed and suicidal. Don’t believe it.

Psychologist Ritch Savin-Williams recent book, The New Gay Teenager, challenges this idea. While being interviewed on KRCL’s RadioActive, he argued: “The early research on gay youth has been done by clinical psychologists who for very good motives, studied youth to point out the harassment and the victimization, suicidality, depression, prostitution, HIV status — all of these rather negative things. The purpose was good, to get support services for gay youth and a lot of those where successful.

The problem is that a lot of the kids who first participated in research were those who were the most out, most visible, and quite frankly, not exactly representative in terms of their mental health.”

Savin-Williams argues that the earliest studies of queer youth involved “at risk” teens comprised of runaways, drugabusers and hustlers. From this narrow sample, a pathologized meta-meme was formed about queer kids. This is now shifting. He continues: “Later studies have shown if you get a much wider breadth of youth with samesex attractions, you begin to find less of this pathology. You have a study where you show that 15% of gay youth have attempted suicide and that rate is three times larger than straight kids. But what is interesting to me is that 85% of the youth did not attempt suicide. We never talk about the resiliency and strength and the power of youth with same-sex attraction. We have been so focused on the kids who are having problems that we have neglected the kids who are actually doing quite well. We have overemphasized the negativity.”

Wow. Could the tragic memes we’ve been spreading about queer kids really be our generation’s story? Have we become too persistently nostalgic for our own Apocalypse? What would happen if we saturated the world with the phenomenal stories of queer youth? What if we unleashed a global onslaught of positive über-memes to infect the entire planet?

If we did, I bet those kids struggling with suicide would discover more truly fantastic reasons to live.

It’s happening. Today’s youth are post-gay neo-queers. Their identity exists beyond sexual orientation and biological constructs of gender. They are re-creating how to be and exist in the world. We are on the verge of a social Queertopia — encompassing a radical shift in gendered consciousness.

The youth are already here, waiting for us to arrive.

NQT audio “qcasts” are available at nowqueerthis.com.

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Editor, I feel it’s important to respond to a reader’s 829-word attack on our New Year Eve’s “In Search of” column. It never was our intention to malign anyone in the GLBT community. We even previewed the final version of our column to many of our regular readers before it went to press.

Unlike our critic, they seemed to have understood the tongue in cheek banter we intended. No one took issue with the column.

Only after the breakout of the current debacle, did malicious intent issues arise and then only because of our critic’s rant. Many we have talked with about the criticism, felt our detractor was the one out of touch with the modern incarnation of the GLBT community.

In response to the personal attacks made by our reader, I would like to state that providing a service to the community as oppose to giving of one’s self in community service are quite different. Personally, I have helped to establish and participated in many community organizations. I have also assisted many businesses including one of our critic’s own, a fact he evidently chooses to ignore. People who know me know that I love the many exciting aspects of our community.

I continue to professionally consult with and promote many businesses throughout the West for the betterment of our community. In my opinion we gay people tend to be the best service providers and own the best businesses.

My respect runs deep for all our local organizations, people and businesses.

That said, I have never professed to be the voice of the community. I speak only for myself. I may not always agree with everything that happens within our community, but I’m still respectful of our differences. My opinions are often interpreted as being loud and brash, but if so it’s because I’m passionate about our community. Besides, aren’t we all entitled to an opinion, our critic included?

Beyond all that, what I find most offensive is the suggestion that I have financially manipulated others for personal gain. I have never earned or taken a dime for my service to our community. The author goes on to unfairly state I have cheated businesses through sponsorships. This is false. He should look to his own affairs before making accusations.

I have grown over the past few years and learned from my mistakes. I’ve learned that life is full of vast possibilities. Finally my critic has demanded an apology. I am sorry, sorry that

he failed to laugh or see humor in a benign column that he apparently felt was directed at him. I am sorry he cannot share in the laughter that unites us not divides us. Perhaps the absence of the ability to laugh at ourselves in our community is a sign we have farther to go in our quest for equality than we originally expected. A community that cannot laugh together certainly cannot take on battles together. In Utah there is much that should make us laugh.

Obviously his asinine assessment of our column will give insight to what the letter from Brittany Spears or Paris Hilton would look like to Mr. Blackwell.

Chad Keller Co-Author IN SEARCH OF

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CHAD: God, have we ruffled enough feathers? I think not, but per request of the owner of our paper, if they have a signed contract for advertising, they’re off limits. So, if you’ve been thinking of advertising with this paper, sign those contracts now and remove yourself from the list of likely subjects we could discuss.

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MARK: I never knew we’d ruffle any feathers. Hell, I thought I had all the feathers in my costume closet. Who has been in my shit? I’m sure all that remains is raffia. I’ve done the tribal thing. Time for exaggerated top hats and sequins. If you missed the preview, keep your eye out for upcoming performances in February.

CHAD: Don’t I have therapy for that?

Clarification is such a broad word, but I guess this subject would have to be addressed eventually. If we’re clarifying our column, I have believed since the beginning that it was supposed to be a witty look at our community, entertainment and people. I guess we can now take “people� off our list. However, to those interested, catch me in person for the really good gossip. I may not be seen regularly, but I do get around.

MARK: Yes, yes, yes‌ it seems we must clear the air and explain ourselves. I thought that is why we had 1000 words every two weeks. Color me surprised.

CHAD: What color?

MARK: Careful‌ someone might say you’re racist.

CHAD: Come on‌ who’d think that?

MARK: I guess that’s why we’re here “clarifying� ourselves. Our mission has always been comedic relief. No matter the topic, we believe that humor can be found in every place we look. It is humor that carries us through the struggles in life. Without the ability to laugh at ourselves and each other, we don’t have room for growth. From time to time, everyone will have something about themselves that others may find awkward, hilarious, even down right embarrassing. Those differences are what ultimately unite us.

CHAD: Take me, for example. Many of you have laughed at me for decades. I’ve taken it in stride, but each time I didn’t go ripping out the voodoo doll to cast some spell on the ones that were laughing at me. It never took those laughing at me long to be subject of the next round of laughter. The nice part was that we were all laughing together. If you think that we will only be searching for chocolate cake recipes, the best tight butts, a place to purchase size thirteen high-heels or

even the best Bloody Mary; some day we might, but we’re not limiting ourselves to fluff.

MARK: Did you say, fluff? Are we going in search of oral sex? Why does my mind automatically think everything is a reference to sex? Okay, clarification‌ we never know what topic might be the focus of our banter each time we write.

The fact remains that we’ll always try and find a way to laugh at everything we discuss.

Yes, even political topics can be funny. It is all in how you choose to look at it.

of losing. I never hurt feelings and seldom have my own feelings hurt. Life is a breeze. I’m witty and calm most of the time. If I just keep clear of backstabbers, I’ll be worry free.

CHAD: Keep clear of backstabbers? You live in Salt Lake! Calm? You’ve had moments. Oh, did they tickle the wrong soft spot? Let me take a whack at it. Survey says I’m most like Ernie. Because I’m fun and popular. I’m a real crowd pleaser. I’ve been out on the town my share of times, yet I come home with the values that my mother taught me.

Marriage and children are important to me, but only after I have fun. I shouldn’t let the people who I please influence me to stray.

We believe that humor can be found in every place we look. It is humor that carries us through the struggles in life.

CHAD: Think of us as Mr. Waldorf and Statler from The Muppet Show. In every episode they always stirred up shit, but in the end they kept the crowd laughing over the antics on stage. We have box seats overlooking our community stage.

To answer your question, Mark, about where your mind wanders, I don’t think even the wise man Freud would dare to venture, and I’m not foolish.

MARK: Even though Freud nor you may be brave enough to tackle my thoughts, let’s consult the team of researchers who got together and analyzed the personalities of The Muppets to see who my thoughts most resemble. After taking the mere 10-part questionnaire, it was determined I’m most like Elmo. Because I’m cute and everyone loves me. I’m a best friend that no one takes the chance

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Legislacists

by Laurie Mecham laurie@qsaltlake.com

My, how time flies!

The last holiday to whiz by was Martin Luther King Day. This is a special holiday in Utah, because it’s the day that the Utah legislature convenes in order to pass bills ensuring that young Utahns who are the children of undocumented immigrants won’t suck more precious government resources by getting instate tuition rates. On Martin Luther King Day, the legislature hopes that you’ll remember that they are not racist, they just want to make double sure that people obey the law, except laws about bigamy or polygamy. Isn’t it bad enough that those people sneak into our great, free land of plenty and opportunity? Do they have to go sneaking an education too?

According to Senate President John Valentine, if the legislature acted like the other state offices and observed the Martin Luther King holiday, it would be a disservice to King’s legacy. I’m paraphrasing now, but Valentine said something like, “It would put that King holiday on the back of the bus. They get more press coverage because we meet.

Otherwise, it gets lost in the chatter of everything else.� I know what he means, because sometimes my birthday falls on Mother’s Day. And ‌ stuff.

I read that there is going to be a new

MARK: Damn, even the researchers who created The Muppets personality quiz know we’re gay. Elmo and Ernie? Do we have rainbow halos above our heads? Well, I guess the truth speaks loudly, and even a short online questionnaire can hit the nail on the head. I hope each of you can laugh at yourselves as much as we laugh at ourselves daily. Go to savethegoldfish. co.uk/fun/muppet.php and laugh too.

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state holiday to commemorate the abolition of slavery. Although June 19 is the real African-American emancipation day, Utah will observe Juneteenth on the third Saturday in June every year.

Who would’a thunk? It was only five years ago that we turned Human Rights Day to Martin Luther King Day, like it was supposed to be in the first place. So take that, blue states! Who’s racist now?

Besides, this holiday will always be on a Saturday, so there will never be any question of inappropriately celebrating human dignity and freedom on the Sabbath.

I wrote about all this to my good friend Chris, and told him how much I miss commiserating with him during the legislative session. Even though we have to shit-talk long distance now, he didn’t let me down. “Yeah I’m looking forward to my annual blood pressure-fest. I’m excited that we got racism out of the way early. I’m now looking forward to some sexism, homophobia and just plain anti-adulthood in the future weeks.

Did you see the picture accompanying the immigrant education article in the Trib? There were two high school kids holding signs, one of which said, “racists shouldn’t be legislators.� I was pleased that the kids were taking an interest in politics and social issues.

Sure, one kid had to change “rasists� to “racists� with a marker. But since the legislature shares some of the blame for her inability to spell, she was really making two statements at once. I envy her efficiency.�

Laurie Mecham is with you in spirit.

Mountain Meadow Mascara No Skittles?

by RUby Ridge, ruby@qsaltlake.com

Well surprise, surprise! After cramming our adoring Cyber Slut Bingo fans into the Utah Pride Center’s Black Box Theater for the last 18 months, we finally moved to our spacious new venue at the First Baptist Church.

Darlings, let me tell you, the place was PACKED! Every comment we heard for weeks was positive and supportive, and businesses came out of the woodwork wanting to sponsor the event. Can you say “I told you so,� people? Oh I think you can!

Our volunteers were outstanding setting up and decorating the hall Luaustyle with this whole South-Pacific-onacid motif. The Sluts wore grass skirts and fetching Hawaiian muumuus. (Don’t you think “Pearl Harbor� would make the greatest name for a Polynesian Cyber Slut? Or how about Tora Tora Tora Spelling?)

Well anyway ‌ we lost count after 150 people, and we were still rolling in extra tables and chairs long after we were scheduled to begin, but the great news is we raised $1400 in two hours! The response was overwhelming, cherubs, and we were just thrilled! Half of the proceeds went to the Utah Pride Center for their programs, and our half went

Lambda Lore This Month in History by ben williams ben@qsaltlake.com

1927 FEB. 8 A secret midnight performance of The Drag was held in New York City.

The play about gay men was written by Mae West.

1967 Feb. 11 Several Los Angeles homosexual organizations joined to coordinate the Black Cat demonstration. About 240 demonstrated while 40 picketed in front of the Black Cat bar against police brutality.

brought to our attention for improvement? Hmmm ‌ let me think. Oh yeah, the ONE whiny, bitchy ONE that complained about everything! That ONE! The one that said we needed more parking (when there are only 28 spaces at the Center and parking for days at the new venue and across the street at East High); the one that said we need better prizes (when prizes at the old venue included bottled water from Pride 2002 and all of our new bingo prizes were valued at $50 and above); the one that said the Cyber Sluts shouldn’t announce events at gay bars (we briefly plugged our winter bingo season at Club Try-Angles Mondays from 7–9pm that supports the Pinecliff AIDS Camp); the one that said their life was completely unfulfilled and bereft of meaning because they couldn’t buy Skittles at the concession table (operated by the church’s teenage girls to support their service projects).

And the trivial complaints kept coming. I swear to God, pumpkins, if the bar is set so high that one negative response can be used to trash a successful volunteer program, then it’s no wonder people in the gay community are so hesitant to step up and volunteer. I say choke on your damn Skittles.

Ciao!

Feb. 1 Stephen Holbrook, director of Listeners Community Radio of Utah Inc., received a grant from the Utah Endowment for Humanities to produce 39 programs called “The Right to Know�.

Feb. 1 John Cooper, President of the Salt Lake Chapter of Affirmation, resigned to move to California.

The poor kids might think Ronald McDonald was going through gender reassignment in Thailand

Feb. 3 The office of Utah Lt. Governor David S. Monson granted the Metropolitan Community Church of Salt Lake permission to hold a church dance in the Rotunda of the State Capitol. Permission was later rescinded.

Feb. 7 The US State Department lifted the ban on the employment of homosexuals.

Feb. 8 Officers from the National Gay Task Force met with White House aide Midge Costanza to discuss how the Carter administration could help advance gay rights. It was the first time White House officials had met with representatives from the gay community.

Feb. 14 A Gay Valentines Day Party was held at Radio City Lounge. Patrons were charged 20 cents for mixes and drafts.

1987

Cosmic Aeroplane Books located at 258 East 100 South stated that they carried a “complete selection of gay books, and periodicals�.

Sen. Stephen Rees, R-Salt Lake, sponsored a bill making it illegal for people with AIDS to marry. Several insurance lobbies, which did not want to pay benefits to surviving family members, backed him. Utah became the only state to invalidate marriages if a partner contracted AIDS.

Mac Hunt opened The Comeback Club located at 551 South 300 West “Where the friendly Men are�. Every Wednesday all you can eat Spaghetti Night for $2.50.

Salt Lake Mayor Palmer DePaulis refused to revoke the business license of owner Joe Redburn after police raids last year found some employees selling drugs.

1977

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 within a statistical margin of error.

Feb. 2 The Connection restaurant at 577 West 200 South closed its doors due to lack of business. The space became Between Friends CafĂŠ operated by Danna Rollins and Mary Johns, former managers of the long since defunct Reflections.

Feb. 4 Liberace died of AIDS in Palm Springs, California at the age of 62.

Feb. 8 David Chipman spoke at Wasatch Affirmation about his infamous entrapment experiences with BYU security.

Feb. 9 Michael Aaron spoke at the University of Utah’s Lesbian and Gay Student Union about his Anti-Violence Project.

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Feb. 12 The Gay and Lesbian Community Council of Utah voted unanimously to take responsibility for Gay Pride Day. Feb. 14 During a CBS TV Interview Mormon Apostle Dallin H. Oakes stated that “he did not know whether individual priesthood leaders had given such advice, “ when asked if the church had counseled homosexuals to marry as a cure for homosexuality.

1997 A 27-year-old Utah State Prison inmate was sentenced to concurrent prison time for sodomizing a fellow prisoner.

Feb. 10 Rep. David Ure, R-Kamas, Utah introduced a bill that would decriminalize sodomy for married couples and leave in place Utah’s prohibition on sodomy for unmarried couples.

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Feb. 9 The cast of The Captive, a play about a woman’s obsessive love for a married woman, is arrested. Among them is Helen Menken, Humphrey Bogart’s first wife.

to Intermountain Therapy Animals whose volunteers do fabulous work with hospitalized kids and special needs folks.

In fact our very own Cyber Slut “Chevy Suburbanâ€? and her dog volunteer with ITA visiting abused kids at the Primary Children’s residential program. We’re very proud of her. Thankfully she doesn’t go in make-up, otherwise the poor kids might think Ronald McDonald was going through gender reassignment in Thailand, and that kind of mental image might not exactly help in their recovery. But I digress ‌ So, dumplings, you’re probably asking, “Do you ever get tired of being right all of the time, Ruby?â€? Well frankly, yes, it does get a tad clichĂŠ, but it’s nowhere near as annoying as being surrounded by unbelievers who question my papal-like infallibility. Here’s a case in point: At our first night of bingo in the new location, the Center slapped down surveys on every table so they could see how people responded to the new venue, blah, blah, blah. Now, cherubs, it may surprise you to know that despite my vacant blond supermodel looks, I took graduate-level classes in research design in college, so I am all about surveys and quantitative methodologies.

They can be really useful tools, but in this case it was kinda annoying and let me tell you why.

Of the 98 surveys returned, 97 were overwhelmingly positive. So after busting our asses getting a bigger and better venue, more sponsors, bigger prizes and better concessions, guess which one was

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David Samsel Dating Tips

BY DAVID SAMSEL DAVID@QSALTLAKE.COM

There are two types of gay men: the type that seem to be perpetually single and the type that never stay single for longer than a few weeks, maybe a few months if it’s the slow season. And I think we’ve all heard the joke about lesbians bringing the U-Haul on the second date. That being said, it would appear that there are quite a few gay men who are also lesbians.

The relationships and dating patterns I’ve seen in the gay community trouble me. I’ve put a lot of thought into what I can do for a happier and more stable single-gay-man-dating future. I don’t want to fall victim to the pitfalls of express relationships. I want a deep and balanced relationship with another

human being and I’m willing to wait for someone who is capable of that, which brings us to my first dating tip: — Do not settle! Double check, maybe triple check, to ensure that you don’t have unrealistic relationship standards, but never settle. You won’t be content if you know in your heart that you chose a situation that is less than you deserve.

— You need to know what you want out of life and whomever it is you’ll be dating. If you don’t know what you want, then almost anybody will do just fine.

— If you’re not okay being single, I don’t believe you are either ready or mature enough to create a healthy longterm relationship.

— Realize that once you really know yourself and what you’re looking for, it’s probably not going to be easy to find a person with whom you really click on that level.

— It might be easier to recognize what you don’t want rather than what you do.

Start there. If you don’t want to be one of those men who cycles through boy-

friends at the same rate they go through toothbrushes or car leases, then evaluate what you think you can do to have a different outcome.

— True emotional connections are rare and worth waiting for. Oh, and they take effort; sexual and emotional chemistry will only get you so far.

— If someone pays you a compliment, JUST SAY THANK YOU. I don’t care if they just complimented the one part about yourself that you loathe more than any other. Insecurity is unattractive no matter how you wear it.

— You can’t have the relationship you really want as long as you remain in a relationship that isn’t what you want. The dating pool would flood the earth if all the people staying in relationships for the wrong reasons left those relationships.

— Do everything you can to get yourself in a good place before you put yourself out there on the dating scene.

While nobody will know, it shows that you considered the hearts of those you will eventually meet and date.

— Have consideration for your partner even before you meet him and especially after.

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— Logically we know that every man should have two balls, but, surprisingly, many gay men don’t seem to have any.

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to those who wait, but better things go to those that take some initiative.

— You can’t expect something in someone else if you don’t possess it yourself. You can hope that the other person will have qualities that you don’t, but you can’t expect them. In other words, if you’re dishonest, then you can’t expect the other person to be honest. If you want to date a gym body, then you should probably get to a gym on a regular basis as well.

— Don’t be an ass. Karma’s a bitch and she can’t wait to get even with you.

— You ought to have your shit together. If you’re a mess emotionally and don’t know what you really want AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET IT, then chances are you will ruin the relationship you’ve been looking for if it does come along.

Remember, being single does not make you a leper. It doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you, and it’s ok if you don’t appreciate the shock of total strangers that you’re single even though you’re “so cute.” It seems that once a person gets into a relationship they totally block out what it was like to be single, as if it’s really that bad.

Dating is hard; it’s destabilizing, and it can be incredibly draining. It takes energy and time to get to know people.

Take your time, follow your heart and always treat the people you’re dating the way you would want to be treated.

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David Samsel Dating Tips

by David Samsel david@qsaltlake.com

There are two types of gay men: the type that seem to be perpetually single and the type that never stay single for longer than a few weeks, maybe a few months if it’s the slow season. And I think we’ve all heard the joke about lesbians bringing the U-Haul on the second date. That being said, it would appear that there are quite a few gay men who are also lesbians.

The relationships and dating patterns I’ve seen in the gay community trouble me. I’ve put a lot of thought into what I can do for a happier and more stable single-gay-man-dating future. I don’t want to fall victim to the pitfalls of express relationships. I want a deep and balanced relationship with another

human being and I’m willing to wait for someone who is capable of that, which brings us to my first dating tip: — Do not settle! Double check, maybe triple check, to ensure that you don’t have unrealistic relationship standards, but never settle. You won’t be content if you know in your heart that you chose a situation that is less than you deserve.

— You need to know what you want out of life and whomever it is you’ll be dating. If you don’t know what you want, then almost anybody will do just fine.

— If you’re not okay being single, I don’t believe you are either ready or mature enough to create a healthy longterm relationship.

— Realize that once you really know yourself and what you’re looking for, it’s probably not going to be easy to find a person with whom you really click on that level.

— It might be easier to recognize what you don’t want rather than what you do.

Start there. If you don’t want to be one of those men who cycles through boy-

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friends at the same rate they go through toothbrushes or car leases, then evaluate what you think you can do to have a different outcome.

— True emotional connections are rare and worth waiting for. Oh, and they take effort; sexual and emotional chemistry will only get you so far.

— If someone pays you a compliment, JUST SAY THANK YOU. I don’t care if they just complimented the one part about yourself that you loathe more than any other. Insecurity is unattractive no matter how you wear it.

— You can’t have the relationship you really want as long as you remain in a relationship that isn’t what you want. The dating pool would flood the earth if all the people staying in relationships for the wrong reasons left those relationships.

— Do everything you can to get yourself in a good place before you put yourself out there on the dating scene.

While nobody will know, it shows that you considered the hearts of those you will eventually meet and date.

— Have consideration for your partner even before you meet him and especially after.

— Logically we know that every man should have two balls, but, surprisingly, many gay men don’t seem to have any.

How can this be? And where did all those balls go? If you don’t have any, you need to get some. Good things come

to those who wait, but better things go to those that take some initiative.

— You can’t expect something in someone else if you don’t possess it yourself. You can hope that the other person will have qualities that you don’t, but you can’t expect them. In other words, if you’re dishonest, then you can’t expect the other person to be honest. If you want to date a gym body, then you should probably get to a gym on a regular basis as well.

— Don’t be an ass. Karma’s a bitch and she can’t wait to get even with you.

— You ought to have your shit together. If you’re a mess emotionally and don’t know what you really want AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET IT, then chances are you will ruin the relationship you’ve been looking for if it does come along.

Remember, being single does not make you a leper. It doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you, and it’s ok if you don’t appreciate the shock of total strangers that you’re single even though you’re “so cute.” It seems that once a person gets into a relationship they totally block out what it was like to be single, as if it’s really that bad.

Dating is hard; it’s destabilizing, and it can be incredibly draining. It takes energy and time to get to know people.

Take your time, follow your heart and always treat the people you’re dating the way you would want to be treated.

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David Samsel Dating Tips

BY DAVID SAMSEL DAVID@QSALTLAKE.COM

There are two types of gay men: the type that seem to be perpetually single and the type that never stay single for longer than a few weeks, maybe a few months if it’s the slow season. And I think we’ve all heard the joke about lesbians bringing the U-Haul on the second date. That being said, it would appear that there are quite a few gay men who are also lesbians.

The relationships and dating patterns I’ve seen in the gay community trouble me. I’ve put a lot of thought into what I can do for a happier and more stable single-gay-man-dating future. I don’t want to fall victim to the pitfalls of express relationships. I want a deep and balanced relationship with another

human being and I’m willing to wait for someone who is capable of that, which brings us to my first dating tip: — Do not settle! Double check, maybe triple check, to ensure that you don’t have unrealistic relationship standards, but never settle. You won’t be content if you know in your heart that you chose a situation that is less than you deserve.

— You need to know what you want out of life and whomever it is you’ll be dating. If you don’t know what you want, then almost anybody will do just fine.

— If you’re not okay being single, I don’t believe you are either ready or mature enough to create a healthy longterm relationship.

— Realize that once you really know yourself and what you’re looking for, it’s probably not going to be easy to find a person with whom you really click on that level.

— It might be easier to recognize what you don’t want rather than what you do.

Start there. If you don’t want to be one of those men who cycles through boy-

friends at the same rate they go through toothbrushes or car leases, then evaluate what you think you can do to have a different outcome.

— True emotional connections are rare and worth waiting for. Oh, and they take effort; sexual and emotional chemistry will only get you so far.

— If someone pays you a compliment, JUST SAY THANK YOU. I don’t care if they just complimented the one part about yourself that you loathe more than any other. Insecurity is unattractive no matter how you wear it.

— You can’t have the relationship you really want as long as you remain in a relationship that isn’t what you want. The dating pool would flood the earth if all the people staying in relationships for the wrong reasons left those relationships.

— Do everything you can to get yourself in a good place before you put yourself out there on the dating scene.

While nobody will know, it shows that you considered the hearts of those you will eventually meet and date.

— Have consideration for your partner even before you meet him and especially after.

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— Logically we know that every man should have two balls, but, surprisingly, many gay men don’t seem to have any.

How can this be? And where did all those balls go? If you don’t have any, you need to get some. Good things come

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to those who wait, but better things go to those that take some initiative.

— You can’t expect something in someone else if you don’t possess it yourself. You can hope that the other person will have qualities that you don’t, but you can’t expect them. In other words, if you’re dishonest, then you can’t expect the other person to be honest. If you want to date a gym body, then you should probably get to a gym on a regular basis as well.

— Don’t be an ass. Karma’s a bitch and she can’t wait to get even with you.

— You ought to have your shit together. If you’re a mess emotionally and don’t know what you really want AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET IT, then chances are you will ruin the relationship you’ve been looking for if it does come along.

Remember, being single does not make you a leper. It doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you, and it’s ok if you don’t appreciate the shock of total strangers that you’re single even though you’re “so cute.” It seems that once a person gets into a relationship they totally block out what it was like to be single, as if it’s really that bad.

Dating is hard; it’s destabilizing, and it can be incredibly draining. It takes energy and time to get to know people.

Take your time, follow your heart and always treat the people you’re dating the way you would want to be treated.

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David Samsel Dating Tips

by David Samsel david@qsaltlake.com

There are two types of gay men: the type that seem to be perpetually single and the type that never stay single for longer than a few weeks, maybe a few months if it’s the slow season. And I think we’ve all heard the joke about lesbians bringing the U-Haul on the second date. That being said, it would appear that there are quite a few gay men who are also lesbians.

The relationships and dating patterns I’ve seen in the gay community trouble me. I’ve put a lot of thought into what I can do for a happier and more stable single-gay-man-dating future. I don’t want to fall victim to the pitfalls of express relationships. I want a deep and balanced relationship with another

human being and I’m willing to wait for someone who is capable of that, which brings us to my first dating tip: — Do not settle! Double check, maybe triple check, to ensure that you don’t have unrealistic relationship standards, but never settle. You won’t be content if you know in your heart that you chose a situation that is less than you deserve.

— You need to know what you want out of life and whomever it is you’ll be dating. If you don’t know what you want, then almost anybody will do just fine.

— If you’re not okay being single, I don’t believe you are either ready or mature enough to create a healthy longterm relationship.

— Realize that once you really know yourself and what you’re looking for, it’s probably not going to be easy to find a person with whom you really click on that level.

— It might be easier to recognize what you don’t want rather than what you do.

Start there. If you don’t want to be one of those men who cycles through boy-

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friends at the same rate they go through toothbrushes or car leases, then evaluate what you think you can do to have a different outcome.

— True emotional connections are rare and worth waiting for. Oh, and they take effort; sexual and emotional chemistry will only get you so far.

— If someone pays you a compliment, JUST SAY THANK YOU. I don’t care if they just complimented the one part about yourself that you loathe more than any other. Insecurity is unattractive no matter how you wear it.

— You can’t have the relationship you really want as long as you remain in a relationship that isn’t what you want. The dating pool would flood the earth if all the people staying in relationships for the wrong reasons left those relationships.

— Do everything you can to get yourself in a good place before you put yourself out there on the dating scene.

While nobody will know, it shows that you considered the hearts of those you will eventually meet and date.

— Have consideration for your partner even before you meet him and especially after.

— Logically we know that every man should have two balls, but, surprisingly, many gay men don’t seem to have any.

How can this be? And where did all those balls go? If you don’t have any, you need to get some. Good things come

to those who wait, but better things go to those that take some initiative.

— You can’t expect something in someone else if you don’t possess it yourself. You can hope that the other person will have qualities that you don’t, but you can’t expect them. In other words, if you’re dishonest, then you can’t expect the other person to be honest. If you want to date a gym body, then you should probably get to a gym on a regular basis as well.

— Don’t be an ass. Karma’s a bitch and she can’t wait to get even with you.

— You ought to have your shit together. If you’re a mess emotionally and don’t know what you really want AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET IT, then chances are you will ruin the relationship you’ve been looking for if it does come along.

Remember, being single does not make you a leper. It doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you, and it’s ok if you don’t appreciate the shock of total strangers that you’re single even though you’re “so cute.” It seems that once a person gets into a relationship they totally block out what it was like to be single, as if it’s really that bad.

Dating is hard; it’s destabilizing, and it can be incredibly draining. It takes energy and time to get to know people.

Take your time, follow your heart and always treat the people you’re dating the way you would want to be treated.

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Our Pets We got so many pictures last issue when we asked for you and your pets, that we couldn’t get them all in! We also got told people loved the pics and wanted to see more. So, here we are. I’m afraid it is Tuesday morning that we go to press as I do this, so you’ll have to imagine your own witty little write-ups for the pics.

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We got so many pictures last issue when we asked for you and your pets, that we couldn’t get them all in! We also got told people loved the pics and wanted to see more. So, here we are. I’m afraid it is Tuesday morning that we go to press as I do this, so you’ll have to imagine your own witty little write-ups for the pics.

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Our Pets We got so many pictures last issue when we asked for you and your pets, that we couldn’t get them all in! We also got told people loved the pics and wanted to see more. So, here we are. I’m afraid it is Tuesday morning that we go to press as I do this, so you’ll have to imagine your own witty little write-ups for the pics.

Jim, Kirby and Bailey >

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Q Valentines To Jay, Being with you, makes it Valentine’s Day every day.

My heart belongs to you.

Together forever.

—Love, Gary •❤• To my loving partner Michael ... Thanks for 16 wonderful years and hope to have at least 16 more.

—Love Stephen •❤• To Jeff...

Happy Valentine’s, Babe!

And Happy Anniversary.

These past 5 years have been amazing.

Let’s eat sushi!

Love, John •❤• I love my gal, yes I do!

I love my gal, and Mollie too!

I love her smilin’ I love her cryin’ I love my Val ‘Cause she’s my gal L’ove L’aura •❤•

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Ron, I don’t know how, but you’ve put up with me for 11 1/2 years. I love you.

Happy Valentine’s Day! —Todd

This is for my Valentine Sandra.

Because it’s Valentine’s Day, I’d like to make some very special wishes just for you.

I wish you the happiness of special times spent with people you love.

But I also wish you some other things, the kinds of things we sometimes take for granted.

I wish you good health and peace of mind, and time to relax and enjoy life.

And most of all, I wish you the special kind of happiness that comes from being loved!

Happy Valentine’s Day. —Aubrey

Tony, Roses are red, violets are blue, It’s a well-known fact that I love you, But this message I`ve sent is to prove That I love you more now than ever before.

—Andy

•❤• Christian, The more I pushed you away, the tighter you held on. That’s exactly what I need. You are exactly what I need.

You brighten my nights and days, You are a delight on which to gaze, You cheer me up when I am sad, You calm me down when I am mad, I am the luckiest boy on the land, To be walking with you hand-in-hand, I love you pumpkin head.

—Michael •❤•

We’ve been together now for 35 years, Through lots of happy times and a few tears, I wouldn’t change you for a million pound, Because, my darling, my love for you will always abound.

—Sue

For my dearest Kim: Even though your state is too far away to carry our paper, you are never far from my heart.

I love you, querida.

—JoSelle

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Kevin, When you kiss me it feels like coming home, when you make me laugh I know I’m home, you have my heart, you complete me.

—Bud

Ash— I know this isn’t your favorite holiday but I wanted to wish you a Happy Valentines Day! Luv ya, —Sean

•❤• OMG Becky!

I love your eyes, your smile, your skin, and most of all you.

Cannot wait for even more adventures!

Love, Rebecca •❤• Gabe— I’m so blessed to have you in my life.

Thank you for sharing life’s journey with me.

I LOVE you Monkey!

—Always, Sean P.S. Will you be my Valentine?

•❤• Dave, its been so long since I saw you “eating pizza” at Der Ratskellars. I hope you are well. Happy Valentines Day Friend. ~J

•❤• Hi Navira, “Within you I lose myself.

Without you, I find myself wanting to be lost again.”

Navira, you are my valentine every day.

You call it madness, but I call it love.

—Sammy •❤• I live in your heart and I’ll strengthen your soul.

Touch me in the moments, we dream, while we’re apart.

To love you is much more, much more is held within my breath I’ll hold for ever more.

—TC

•❤• To my wonderful “Valentine,” Thank you for being such a great friend and husband.

Forever in my thoughts.

All my love & Co. —Allen •❤• To Hubbs, It’s always hard to find a greeting good enough for you, You are so very special, Mark, the usual ones won’t do. But this one’s virtually perfect, Making it quite clear, That I love you madly now and throughout the coming year.

With all my love, darling.

Here’s to the next 30 years!

Scott •❤• To my Lizzie, You know I’m a bit of a wit, Perfection?

Lizzie you are IT! You’re totally ace, With a gorgeous face, So saucy and scrummily fit!

Love you forever, Diggers •❤• Would you like eggs for breakfast, honey-bear? xxx —Pete

•❤• Happy VD to my Try‑Angles family.

•❤• LaMar— I knew you were the one for me when I found out you had waited every day for two weeks at the Amtrak Station for me to step off the train when I was returning from Chicago. Since that day I couldn’t have wanted a more steadfast and honest love. It will be 37 years this October and I love you more than ever.

You may not be the most handsome or most rich, but you are certainly my best friend and true love.

Thank you for being you.

—Kent.

•❤• To know you is to want you, To want you is to need you, To need you is to love you, To love you is forever.

Thanks for being you.

XOXOXO —Peter •❤• Do you remember Gosport?

Shall we do it again?!

—Heather •❤• To my dearest David, the best partner, lover, friend, companion and conspirator in mischief imaginable. Thank you for three wonderful years since that first valentine card. Here’s to the next three.

—Love from Matt •❤• Who? Me. Who? You. What? Love. When?

Always. What? The beloved.

—Steve Keel •❤• Butthead, I love you.

—Jerkface

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Heey, hobosexual ... the sun and moon rise and set in your eyes ... you are perfect. Burnsie

Gilligan, you know how I feel, right? You’re an amazing man to me! I’m very proud of you in so many ways and there are so many ways I want to tell you. Yvie.

To Blaine, Steve, Trigger, Justin Chance, Veneita, Lara, Michelle and Michelle, you are the best, most insane, and unconditionally-loving group of friends ever to grace this earth. I am astounded by each and every one of you. Happy Valentines Day. Love, BooBoo

Sue Ann— I know we’re not supposed to do this, but you are my best friend and I’m grateful every day for the time we spend together. You might not be my valentine in the normal way, but I want you to know you’re in my heart. Love in friendship —Rebecca

•❤• My beautiful baby boy Adam. You are so tight and so clean on this Valentine’s Day. Will you be my Queen? Bubba •❤• You are the one.

I love you so much.

You make my life complete. Let’s make this last. Love ya, Tom. •❤• Christopher, through all our ups and downs, we still manage to keep it together for the both of us. Let’s continue to ride this rollercoaster I call Love, together. I love you.

RooRoo

•❤• Happy Valentine’s to all my new friends in Salt Lake. Chris S. •❤• Hey Precious, this one’s for you. Happy “V” day.

Lots of love. Forever, Dale •❤• To all the special ones, I would like to wish all of you a Happy Valentines.

Sebastian •❤• To Joe Redburn and the Staff at the Trapp, thanks for all you do.

Happy Valentines.

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To all my friends, I love you and thanks for sticking by me. All my love, Greg.

Ralph, You are the best. Thanks for all you do. Will you be mine?

Happy Valentine’s Day. Anonymous

•❤• Tom, Happy Valentine’s Day my Fancy Face.

With love forever yours, Scottie.

•❤• Matt Will you marry me?

Tyler

•❤• To QSaltLake Readers, thank you for all of your support and Happy Valentines Day. •❤• Roses are Red, Violets are blue. I want to spend the rest of my days with you. Brandon, you are my reason for being, my happiness and my joy.

And you are a great lay.

Here’s to many, many years together. Gene.

•❤• Josh, Do you still think about me? I still think about you. I heard you’re single again. Do you think we could make it work this time? I’d like to try.

You know the number.

Jeremy.

•❤• Brandy, I’ve got surprise for you.

On the 14th, my mom is going to watch the kids, so don’t worry about picking them up. Wear something that can get messy. No fair cheating to find out what I’ve got planned!

Love, Tina.

•❤• That picture on the living room wall of our trip to the beach… I look at it every day when I get home and wonder how I got to be so lucky. You are the sexiest man I know and I love you!

•❤• QSaltLake Readers, thank you for all of your support and Happy Valentines Day.

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he Utah Pride Center is rolling out the lavender carpet for the second annual “Salt Lake City WinterPride” festival. This year’s theme, “10 GAY DAYS! ... and of course ... 10 lesbian days ... and 10 bisexual days ... and 10 transgender days ...” runs Feb. 9–18.

The event boasts 25 different events to choose from, many of which are free.

Festival passes and individual tickets are available via the Internet.

Salt Lake City’s “Utah Pride Festival” draws over 20,000 attendees each June.

“WinterPride was designed to be a contrasting event to our summer festival,” John Johnson, the creator of WinterPride explains.

“It didn’t make sense to duplicate festivals with a winter version, but rather do something that hadn’t been done before.”

WinterPride consists of three main elements, a conference and community fair, a Valentine’s gala and then the “Flurries,” which includes 20 cultural and social events.

Knowing that everything is not for everyone, the Utah Pride Center hopes to have provided at least something for everyone.

This year’s WinterPride Conference “Politics – Passion – Power” will include an opening keynote address, a dozen sessions, and a lunch debate. National, regional and local presenters are currently being solicited for participation. Topics under consideration include workshops to challenge your notions of identity and labels, politically intriguing explorations of wedge issues, and an in-depth look at the impact of the rhetoric used by the religious right and how the community can turn that to their advantage.

The Valentine’s Gala returns for another fun night for singles as well as couples. This year’s theme,

For more information, go to slcwinterfest.org.

“Carnival In Rio!” features music by Salsa Brava and the Brazilian dancers Viva Brazil! Feathers, beads and black ties will abound as attendees escape to the white beaches of Rio De Janeiro for a night of samba beats and Latin heat. The evening includes a cocktail party, silent auction, dinner, entertainment and dancing, all benefitting the programs and services of the Utah Pride Center.

The third element of WinterPride is the “Flurries.” These 20 cultural and social events guarantee a “flurry” of activities outside the conference and valentine’s gala. he “Opening Weekend” (Feb. 9–11) includes an Opening Night Comedy Show, backstage party, theatre performances, and gallery reception.

The “WinterPride Weekdays” (Feb. 12–15) includes a night of “family” ice skating downtown on an open air ice rink, as well as “B” and “T” socials, the unveiling of a new photo art exhibit “Families – It’s All Relative” and the premier of new films.

Everything wraps up with the “Closing Weekend” (Feb. 16–18) with an activity for college students, a youth dance, WinterPride Welcome Party, Sunday brunch, a parents program and Family Bowling Party.

Both the conference and the gala will be Saturday, Feb. 17th at host hotel Salt Lake Sheraton City Centre, which is offering a “WinterPride” discount room rate of $79.

Salt Lake City’s Queer Utah Aquatics Club is also hosting their annual “Ski-N- Swim” weekend with contestants from all over the country coming to participate in the swim competition and enjoy some time on Utah’s world famous ski slopes.

... and of Course 10 Lesbian Days ... and 10 Bisexual Days ... and 10 Transgender Days

SELISSE BERRY began her notable career as founding executive director of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates in 1996. Based in San Francisco, California, Out & Equal is the nation’s oldest and only national nonprofit organization specifically dedicated to creating safe and equitable workplaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Ms. Berry co-edited the book, Called Out: Voices and Gifts of LGBT Presbyterians. She serves on the business council of the Human Rights Campaign and the board of the LGBT Center at the Pacific School of Religion. Prior to her tenure at Out & Equal, Selisse served several nonprofit agencies as executive director, such as Building Bridges and the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. She has a master’s degree in special education from The University of Texas and a master’s degree in theology from San Francisco Theological Seminary. She lives with her partner, Cynthia Martin, and their two 4-legged children in Berkeley, California.

In “Celebrating Our Successes,” Selisse will share the techniques that helped Out & Equal achieve its goals, and explain why workplace equality is such a key issue for the LGBT community. Please plan to join us as she shares the good news about how far we’ve come in so little time, how we got there, and what lies ahead.

In noticing the increasingly rapid pace with which corporate America is embracing LGBT diversity, Forbes magazine recently noted, ”it’s clear where big business is going. What’s interesting is to watch it pull the rest of the country along.” Few people have witnessed the social and political shift in global business climates as up-close and as personally as Selisse Berry, Founding Executive Director of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, a nonprofit organization that has been a driving force for promoting workplace equality over the last decade and more.

by Selisse Berry, Executive Director of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, San Francisco, California

“Celebrating Our Successes”

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Conference Registration/Check-in, 8-8:30am Opening Key Note Speaker - 8:30 – 9:30am

Conference Workshops:

This workshop takes us into a deeper exploration of how and why we organize for social justice. In particular, we will examine the nature of oppressions and the ramifications of single issue organizing, versus multi-issue organizing. This full day workshop is valuable for individuals and groups organizing for social justice, including all progressive organizations, their boards, staff, and volunteers.

Come prepared to delve into the issues at their root level and examine the intersection of oppressions on a personal as well as organizational level.

Facilitated by: Paul H. Hawkins, CEO of International Foundation for Justice Research, Inc. and National Training Co-facilitator with the National Association of Black and White Men Together; and by John R. Williams, Board Member and National Training Co-facilitator of the National Association of Black and White Men Together.

Looking Beyond the Single-Issue Lens: Understanding the Intersection of Oppressions

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Pre-Conference Workshop: 9:00am

Pre-Conference Workshop:

Room #1: Sexual Orientation: Your Choice or Your Biology?

Room #2: Dos & Don’ts of Dealing with the Religious Right Room #3: Healing The “Isms” As We Heal Ourselves Room #4: Queer Radical vs. Assimilationist: What is Your Take?

Conference Session #3 - 2:15pm-3:45pm

Pearson has written numerous educational motion pictures, including the well-known Cipher in the Snow, as well as many plays and musicals, two commissioned by Robert Redford’s Sundance Theater. Her one-woman play, Mother Wove the Morning, in which she plays sixteen women throughout history in search of the feminine divine, was performed over 300 times internationally and earned an award from “Booklist” as “one of the top 25 videos of the year.” During last year’s WinterPride, Pearson’s play Facing East premiered

by Plan-B Theatre Company. Pearson has an M.A. in theater, is the mother of four grown children, and lives in Walnut Creek, California.

CAROL LYNN PEARSON is the best-selling author of more than thirty books and plays. In her classic Goodbye, I Love You, she tells the story of her marriage to a homosexual man, their divorce, ongoing friendship, and her caring for him as he died of AIDS. Pearson shared her story on such programs as Oprah and Good Morning, America, and she has been featured in People Magazine.

Many of her poems have been widely reprinted in such places as the Ann Landers’ column and Chicken Soup for the Soul, as well as college literary textbooks.

Through personal stories, some of her own writing, and bits of wisdom from her gay former husband Gerald, Pearson will help us renew our commitment to erasing the boundaries that divide us: gays and straights, Mormons and non-Mormons , Christians and Muslims. In the words of archeologist Howard Winters: “Civilization is the process in which one gradually increases the number of people included in the term ‘we’ or ‘us’ and at the same time decreases those labeled ‘you’ or ‘them’ until that category has no one left in it.”

Note: A $15 lunch pass is required for admission to this presentation.

by Carol Lynn Pearson of Walnut Creek, California

“Us” and “Them” No More

2pm

Buffet Lunch & Special Presentation - 12:30-

Room #1: Family, Community & Sexuality: Building a Movement from the Ground Up – Part 2 Room #2: Bisexuality: Myths or Reality Room #3: God Hates Fags: The Rhetorics of Religious Violence Room #4: Sexual, Religious and Social Conflicts: Finding Your Path to Harmony

Conference Session #2 - 11:15am-12:30pm

Room #1: Family, Community & Sexuality: Building a Movement from the Ground Up – Part 1 Room #2: Walking In Beauty: American Indian Harmony, Balance and Wisdom of Gay Lifestyles Room #3: Achieving Marriage Equality by Challenging the Politics of Fear & Bigotry through Increased Political Literacy Room #4: Exploring Gender Issues Through Public Policy

Conference Session #1 - 9:45am-11:00am

WinterPride Conference Utah Pride Center Presents 10 Gay Days

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It’s All Relative Salt Lake City Public Library 210 East 400 South

This interactive original photo exhibit tells the stories of Utah’s diverse families. Explore the past and present definitions of family. Exhibit opens Valentine’s Day at 6pm with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon Enjoy this sneak peek.

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The Gay Agenda YOUR CALENDAR OF ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT & IMPORTANT EVENTS

I was recently accosted at a local watering hole with the “Let’s fuck!” stare from a cute guy. Though I appreciate the sentiment, the execution creeps me out. I tend to lean towards some verbal contact to get my libido going. On another note, Ellen from Queer Lounge totally rocks—she put us up on a pedestal during the Sundance Film Festival and we thank her so much.

1THURSDAY Q The Youth Theatre at the U program presents a mysterious Harry Potteresque production of famed author Louis Sacher’s childrens books. Sideways ­Stories from Wayside School is filled with oddities and magical mysteries. Wayside is a 30-story school—one classroom per floor and the teachers have unusual talents that entertain and mystify the students.

7pm, through Friday; 11am & 2pm Saturday matinees, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, UofU. Tickets $5–10, 581-7100 or kingtix.com.

3SATURDAY Q Since we’re on the subject of morality, I’m delighted ... and a bit wary to inform you The Vagina Monologues returns.

The Eccles Center for Performing Arts brings the Obie award-winning production back by popular demand. Inspired by true stories, this masterpiece digs deep into the experiences, fears and fantasies of women. It’s brilliant and haunting, a must see ... unless you’re a member of the CLRCR. 7:30pm, Eccles Center, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City.

Tickets $10–25, 435-6553114 or ecclescenter. org.

2FRIDAY Q Adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit—the loose prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy—The Academy of Performing Arts brings Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf to the stage in search of a stolen treasure.

7:30pm, Friday, Saturday and Monday, through March 10, The Academy of Performing Arts, 3188 S. 400 East. Tickets $10–12, 898-2728 or 486-2728.

Q The Utah AIDS Foundation and Salt Lake Film Society present a screening of Meth, a disturbing documentary exploring the ever-rising use of crystal methamphetamine in the gay communities. The film contains explicit drug use and sexual situations. Everyone, and I mean everyone (even if you’re not a meth user) should see this film.

7pm, City Library, 210 E. 400 South. Free.

Q I’m a little surprised that the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights has never petitioned a ban on Swan Lake. Hello ... a young prince who falls in love with a ‘swan.’ Sure, the swan used to be a woman until an evil sorcerer transformed her into a bird.

But, she’s still a bird! Ok, maybe I’m pushing the envelope on morally-questionable art. I suppose there is a huge difference between paedophilia and zoophilia. Anyhoo, the Utah Symphony presents Tchaikovsky’s beloved Symphony No. 5.

8pm, through Saturday, Abravanel Hall, 123 S. West Temple. Tickets $12–48, 355‑ARTS or arttix.org.

4SUNDAY Q Do you want others wearing you on their backs? Oh, that’s colorful. I’m referring to shirts. Black Chandelier, a unique clothing boutique is holding their inaugural T-shirt Artwork Design Contest. The winning designs will be sold in their retail and web stores, as well as displayed at the Jared Gold May Fashion Show. Also, the winners will receive a $250 Black Chandelier gift certificate. I suppose this gives the winners an opportunity to purchase their own shirts. Designs must be submitted

by April 20.

Visit blackchandelier.com for contest rules and regulations.

6TUESDAY Q Sure, National Lampoon movies are cliché and bone-headed, but at least their soundtracks are good. So good in fact, a concert tour has been developed.

The Van Wilder Tour features the indierock sounds of Everclear, Jonny Lives, God or Julie and Neon Culpa. I dare you to go in a toga.

8pm, The Depot, 400 W. South Temple.

Tickets $17/adv and $19/day of, 467-1055 or smithstix.com.

Q After Michael was kind enough to make me the arts editor of QSaltLake, I decided as part of my job I would occasionally go out and buy CDs of artists unknown to me. That’s how I stumbled upon Toby Lightman. Her genre is a unique mold of Jan Arden, Vonda Shepard and Alicia Keys. Both of her albums, Little Things and Bird on A Wire are hot. Don’t miss her in concert tonight, you won’t be disappointed. She is touring in support of Carbon Leaf.

Star Bar, 268 Main Street, Park City. ­Tickets $10–12, 435-615-7588.

7WEDNESDAY Q Jazz at The Station, a monthly concert series developed by Weber State University’s Department of Performing Arts presents Joe McQueen: King of the Sax. FYI ... the saxophone is an aphrodisiac for me. Use that bit of per-

sonal info as you wish. It’s sure to be a sultry evening.

7:30pm, Union Station Grand Ballroom, 2501 Wall Avenue, Ogden. Free, 801‑626‑6431 or weber. edu.

8THURSDAY Q Sorry, this is long, but I have to share the whole description.

Pilobolus is a phototropic zygomycete — a sun-loving fungus that grows in barnyards and pastures. It grows on a stalk as a small bladder, pressurized by cell sap and topped with a tiny black cap filled with spores. When time and Pilobolus are ripe, this entire sporangium is blasted off with incredible force and the little spore bags can shoot over a cow like clowns out of a cannon. It’s reported that the acceleration — from 0-45 mph in the first millimeter of flight — is the second fastest in nature. Now, the innovative dance troupe of the same name comes to Salt Lake with a humorous, gravity-defying and partially nude performance. Sounds like Twister without the mat and spin card.

7:30pm, through Friday, Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $34.50–49.50, 581-7100 or kingtix.com.

Q The Saltair concert venue has certainly come a long way since the Great Flood of ’81. Great bands from Coldplay to The Dave Matthews Band have graced its stage in recent years.

Tonight, the success continues with per-

formances by Three Days Grace, Buck Cherry and Royal Bliss. The two-story venue will be rockin’, but you can forget about the taffy.

7:30pm, Saltair, 12408 W. Salt Air Drive.

Tickets $24, 250-6205 or ktix.ticketforce.com or smithstix outlets.

Q The University of Utah’s Theatre Department showcases Experiments in Ink VIII, their 8th annual festival of student plays. Selected students reap the opportunity to premiere their short plays in front of audiences. And we all know how college students are today with their damned dirty mouths and blazing hormones, so be forewarned it may not be suitable for children.

7:30pm, through Sunday, Studio 115 Theatre, 240 S. 1500 East, UofU. Tickets $5–9, 581-7100 or kingtix.com.

9FRIDAY Q The second annual WinterPride Festival kicks off tonight with its Opening Night Comedy Show featuring Bobaloo, Karen Ripley and Karen Bayard. There will be a backstage party after the show with light hor d’ouvres and cash bar available. See the full list of events of the 10-day festival on page 20. All proceeds benefit the Utah Pride Center.

7pm, Jewett Center, Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East. Tickets $25 plus $5/backstage party, 539-8800 or slcwinterpride.org.

Q When I was about eight years old, Santa Claus brought me a pinball machine. It wasn’t the Elton John Captain Fantastic, but it sufficed. And like all the other hobbies I threw a tantrum about in front of my parents, I quickly gave it up and never became a pinball wizard. But, The Who’s Tommy sure did.

I’m grateful though because I wouldn’t want to witness a murder, then turn deaf, dumb and blind, and eventually become a religious cult figure just for the fame.

7:30pm, through Mar. 10, Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main Street, Park City. Tickets $16–38, 435-649-9371 or egyptiantheatrecompany.org.

Q Ballet West presents the classic fairy tale The Sleeping Beauty. If you don’t already know the story, then you’ve been living under a rock. But if you haven’t seen the ballet interpretation, then you’ve been missing out on the hot male dancers in their bamba shorts.

7:30pm, through Wednesday, Feb.7, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South. Tickets $17–65, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

10SATURDAY

Q Charette is the French term loosely defined as brainstorming a creative design in a limited time frame. Repetory Dance Theatre’s annual search for Utah’s “Iron Choreographer” uses the concept to draw out one of five choreographers with the most ingenuity and spark.

7pm, Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $50, 355–ARTS or arttix.org.

Q It’s the season of chocolates, roses, Sweethearts, ‘Be My Valentine’ cards and for some, anonymous sex. It’s also the season for RCGSE’s annual King & Queen of Hearts pageant. Good luck to all the contestants from the staff of QSaltLake.

8pm, Trapp Door, a private club for members, 615 W. 100 South. $5 donation at the door to benefit the RCGSE.

7pm, Abravanel Hall, 123 S. West Temple.

Tickets $11–17, 355-ARTS or arrttix.org.

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Toby Lightman. See Feb. 6

13TUESDAY Q This next event reminded me of It’s Alive, a 1974 B-movie about a mutant infant terrorizing a community. When I saw it many decades ago, I wet myself and begged my mommy to get her tubes tied (I had also been reading Gray’s Anatomy at the time). But then I rented it a few months ago and I wanted to poke my eyes out with my Rabbit Habit. Once again I digress ... the Utah Symphony presents Mozart Alive! Nice segue, don’t you think? Actors, theatrical elements and the symphony bring Mozart to life; and most likely won’t kill you unless you can’t stand the symphony.

Q Happy Valentine’s Day to all my peeps including my enablers Gene, Stan, Joe and David. I love you all like a crack and sac wax. Just kidding, you all have different qualities that inspire me to move out of state. Damn, I just can’t stop. No really, you are the joys of my life, the apples of eyes, the burning sensations in my penis. Oh hell, I give up ... luvs and kisses!

UPCOMING EVENTS

QUAC Ski & Swim, Feb. 16-18 Pete Yorn, Feb. 22, Suede, Park City UAF Oscar Night America, Feb. 25, Rose Wagner Center Christina Aguilera, Mar. 3, Las Vegas Snow Patrol, Mar. 5, Saltair Eric Clapton, Mar. 8, Energy Solutions Arena Bernadette Peters, Mar. 24, Eccles Center, Park City

Student Improv Draws Few; Pushes Limit on Gay Slurs

By Tony Hobday

“Yo mamma’s so nasty, she melts soap!” ... “Yo mamma goes down more than wiley coyote!” ... “Yo mamma has wooden titties and breast feeds beavers!”

These were just a few of the “Yo mamma” insults flung between contestants at the inaugural Trash Talkin’ Tourney put on by the Slapstick Association, a newlyfounded student group at the University of Utah. Joseph Rogan and Jesse Parent, a local improv duo that tours nationally, have a dream: bring sharp, no-holds-barred local improvisational theatre to Utah. It’s no easy feat, what with all the opinionated and closed-minded people here.

In this, the first annual improv tournament, contestants battled it out with their best insults during six preliminary rounds held at different venues over several weeks in January. Entrance to the preliminary rounds were open and free to the public. The only requirement: Reactive, quick-witted original “burns” sure to win you a spot in the final round, held Jan. 24 at the Union Theatre on the UofU campus.

Finalists verbally duked it out with “Yo mamma” jokes during the first round.

Round two provided an opportunity for each contestant to cast insults on each others “loved one”— a friend, lover, spouse, co-worker — who they brought with them; the final round, contestants were required to reference a certain subject in their insults. For instance, this year the Bible, video games and cartoon characters were a few of the subjects referenced.

The first place winner received over $550 in prizes, with second place garnering over $100 in prizes rewarded by such

businesses as The Off Broadway Theatre, Graywhale Entertainment, KBER101.1 and our very own Utah Pride Center.

However, though the Utah Pride Center was recognized as a sponsor prior to the onset of the tournament, the contestants slipped in a few “gay” insults. “You’re so gay, even Elton John wouldn’t have sex with you!” “You’re so gay the only place that’s seen more cock than you is KFC!” One contestant quipped about his intimate entrance into the back door of the other contestant’s father (verbatim would be too much even for this publication). His opponent shot back, “So, you’re a fairy.”

Luckily the emcee jumped in to remind the wise-asses of some limits. It’s difficult to say if the same would have applied if Utah Pride Center had not been a sponsor and a representative of QSaltLake not present in the audience. Personally, the cracks weren’t offensive. But others may certainly view it differently.

All-in-all, the event was entertaining, albeit short and far from sweet. The overall outcome of the number of trash talkers to participate was far less than Joe and Jesse had hoped, but they remain optimistic about their next event.

The Slapstick Association will be holding an improv showcase Feb. 22. Visit myspace.com/theslapstickassociation for more information about the group and/or to become a member. Maybe some of us “fairies” should join and slap them with “You’re so straight even yo mamma wants to be a fag hag!” ... “Yo mamma’s so stupid she tells her friends your sweaty ass is full of anal beads!” ... “You’re so straight the military’s starting a ‘Don’t Marry, Don’t Procreate’ campaign.”

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When songbird Norah Jones flew onto the scene in February 2002, she was greeted with modest expectations. That is, until her debut album Come Away With Me grew into a multi-platinum phenomenon in less than a year, establishing her as an international touring sensation and sweeping the 2003 Grammy Awards with eight wins, including Best Album, Best Record, Best Song, and Best New Artist.

Nearly five years since that celebrated premiere, the New York-based Jones releases her third and most personal statement to date, Not Too Late, a collection of 13 originals written or co-written by the singer-songwriter-pianist and produced by longtime songwriter partner and bass player Lee Alexander. Presenting a more complete picture of the artist herself, Not Too Late graduates Jones to a new level of confidence after what she jokingly refers to as her â&#x20AC;&#x153;awkward phase,â&#x20AC;? ultimately giving way to a mature artistic astuteness.

The album features many musicians familiar to Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fans, including guitarists Jesse Harris, Adam Levy, Robbie McIntosh and Kevin Breit; drummer Andy Borger; and singer Daru Oda, among other talent. From the Kurt Weill-esque â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sinkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Soon,â&#x20AC;? to the darkly comic â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Dear Country,â&#x20AC;? to the poignantly uplifting closing song which reassures us that â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not too late for love,â&#x20AC;? Not Too Late is everything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come to expect from the deftly perceptive Jones and more.

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A modern nomad of sorts, native Londoner Lily Allen attended 13 different schools before dropping out at age 14. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never had time to make enduring friendships,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Music became a lifeline to me.â&#x20AC;? A lifeline, it seems, that will soon be pumping pure gold. Allen, now 21 years old, took Britain by storm this past summer with her debut album, Alright, Still, rocketing onto the U.K. Album chart at #2, and its first single, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smileâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;a song about feeling guilty, but not that guilty, when an ex-boyfriend cries because

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I know sometimes it might hurt...

Being you.

I know sometimes you might cry...

Being you.

I know sometimes you might hate...

Being you.

But donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ever be something youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not.

Please be proud of who you are.

Please stand up for what you believe in.

Have faith.

Never give up.

Show people the light.

Never back down.

Show society we can love too!

LOVE WILL WIN ANY WAR! Because...

Some people change.

First step: Kill hate by killing the hate inside of you.

she wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give it another goâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;topping the U.K. Airplay chart for six consecutive weeks. Now sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s set her sights on America, and early reports suggest that Alright, Still will fare well as an 11-track antithesis of sugar, spice and everything nice. On â&#x20AC;&#x153;Knock â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Em Out,â&#x20AC;? a lame pickup line is met with a litany of bogus reasons (ranging from various STDs to a house fire) why â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not gonna happen/not in a million years.â&#x20AC;? And while the chorus of â&#x20AC;&#x153;LDNâ&#x20AC;? overflows with unabashed affection for the British capital Allen calls home, the verses are an adroit social commentary exposing the warts of a town intent on keeping up appearances.

Finallyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a Brit that leaves her hoity-toity â&#x20AC;&#x2122;tude in Trafalgar Square.

You should shake Dave Kozâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand. The world-renowned saxophonist releases his eighth studio album, At The ­Movies, a lush collection of timeless songs that offers cinema lovers remarkable renditions of their favorite theme musicâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sans sticky feet or spitballs. Guest artists on the album include India Arie (â&#x20AC;&#x153;It Might Be You,â&#x20AC;? Tootsie); Anita Baker (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somewhere,â&#x20AC;? West Side Story); Johnny Mathis and Chris Botti (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shadow of Your Smile,â&#x20AC;? The Sandpiper); Barry Manilow (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moon River,â&#x20AC;?

Breakfast at Tiffanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s); Donna Summer (â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Whole New World,â&#x20AC;? Aladdin); and Vanessa Williams (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Way We Were,â&#x20AC;?

The Way We Were). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a dreamcome-true project, recording these classic film melodies with great guest artists,â&#x20AC;? says Koz. At The Movies also includes six stunning instrumentals showcasing the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interpretations of themes from Casablanca, Schindlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s List, Cinema Paradiso, Pink Panther, Summer of â&#x20AC;&#x2122;42, as well as an exuberant rendition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the Rainbowâ&#x20AC;? featuring a sample of Judy Garlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unforgettable vocals. As if you werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a friend of Dorothyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one thing to reach the #1 spot on the Billboard Club Play chart; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an entirely different thing to steal that spot from Madonna. Say hello to The Bird and The Beeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Inara George and Greg Kurstin, respectively â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a pop army of two who crushed Her Madgestyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crown with their dance smash â&#x20AC;&#x153;F*cking Boyfriend,â&#x20AC;? the first single off their self-titled, 10-track Metro Blue Records debut. In this purely give-and-take musical partnership, handclaps, tambourines, bumblebee bass lines, and Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beguiling vocals blend together in a summery concoction that evokes the spirit of Los Angeles at its most optimistic. On â&#x20AC;&#x153;Birds and the Bees,â&#x20AC;? the measured pulse of the chorus juxtaposes vividly with the steady verses, while the layered vocals of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a Broken Heartâ&#x20AC;? echo the classic sound of an early Phil Spector production or the harmonies of The Association. Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the pièce de rĂŠsistance, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fcking Boyfriend,â&#x20AC;? which opens with an ominous drone reminiscent of David Bowieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Low,â&#x20AC;? then blossoms into an effervescent ditty that distills the agitation of a troubled heart into unbridled ecstasy. Simply stated, The Bird and The Bee pack quite a sting.

Just ask Madonna.

Who is Mikey Rox? Who gives a fuck! But you can visit him at myspace.com/roxmikey.

LOVE SONGS

BY MATTHEW ZEIBERMAN

Love means different things to different people. According to Madonna, love makes the world go round. Captain & Tennille promised that love will keep us together. Others believe Def Leopard said it best with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Bites.â&#x20AC;?

This Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, out artists Jason & deMarco and Billie Myers share their ideas on the second most powerful four letter word.

JASON & DEMARCO â&#x20AC;&#x153;THIS IS LOVEâ&#x20AC;?

MATTHEW ZIEBERMAN: WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO MAKE YOUR NEW SINGLE A VALENTINEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RELEASE?

DEMARCO: When the video hit #1 on MTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Logo, we knew that we had to release it as its own entity.

Naturally, the theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Loveâ&#x20AC;? being consistent with Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, it was a no-brainer that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d tie the release into the special day.

MZ: WHAT DOES YOUR SONG SAY ABOUT LOVE? JASON: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Loveâ&#x20AC;? is about what you feel when you begin to realize that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re falling in love with someone and all that goes on in your mind and in your heart in that moment.

MZ: DO YOU AGREE WITH THE SONGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MESSAGE? JASON: I agree with the message that no matter how the world may judge our love, our relationships, or us period, no one can take what we feel away from us.

MZ: IN YOUR OPINION, IS LOVE MEANT TO BE FOREVER? DEMARCO: It could be. I find that love means so much to gays and lesbians be-

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MZ: WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO MAKE YOUR NEW SINGLE A VALENTINEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RELEASE? BILLIE MYERS: Because Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day is a time to celebrate the people you care about most. My new song has a slightly tongue in cheek feel to it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basically saying relax. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ok to like somebody.

cause weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had to fight so hard for it and have often had sacrifice our relationships with our family, our faith, our jobs and even the places we live for it.

JASON: Love allows us to grow, to learn, to forgive and to see ourselves through othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; eyes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Loveâ&#x20AC;? to be a simple word, but when it becomes an actual â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;practiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, then it has the potential to be forever.

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MZ: IN YOUR OPINION, IS LOVE MEANT TO BE FOREVER?

MZ: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE VALENTINEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MEMORY? BM: My favorite Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s was spent at a Cher concert with the people I love most, my friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just Sexâ&#x20AC;? is available in stores and on i-Tunes now. For more info, go to billiemyers. com.

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Love means different things to different people. According to Madonna, love makes the world go round. Captain & Tennille promised that love will keep us together. Others believe Def Leopard said it best with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Bites.â&#x20AC;?

This Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, out artists Jason & deMarco and Billie Myers share their ideas on the second most powerful four letter word.

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MATTHEW ZIEBERMAN: Why did you decide to make your new single a Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release? deMarco: When the video hit #1 on MTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Logo, we knew that we had to release it as its own entity.

Naturally, the theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Loveâ&#x20AC;? being consistent with Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, it was a no-brainer that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d tie the release into the special day.

MZ: What does your song say about love?

Jason: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Loveâ&#x20AC;? is about what you feel when you begin to realize that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re falling in love with someone and all that goes on in your mind and in your heart in that moment.

MZ: Do you agree with the songâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message?

Jason: I agree with the message that no matter how the world may judge our love, our relationships, or us period, no one can take what we feel away from us.

MZ: In your opinion, is love meant to be forever? deMarco: It could be. I find that love means so much to gays and lesbians be-

BILLIE MYERS â&#x20AC;&#x153;JUST SEXâ&#x20AC;?

MZ: Why did you decide to make your new single a Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release?

BILLIE MYERS: Because Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day is a time to celebrate the people you care about most. My new song has a slightly tongue in cheek feel to it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basically saying relax. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ok to like somebody.

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Jason: Love allows us to grow, to learn, to forgive and to see ourselves through othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; eyes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Loveâ&#x20AC;? to be a simple word, but when it becomes an actual â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;practiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, then it has the potential to be forever.

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Jason: Our first Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, deMarco had to work so I spent it by myself. I bought him chocolates and a monkey. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy me anything.

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MZ: What does your song say about love?

BM: That love for a night can simply be a physical thing.

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MZ: What is your favorite Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory?

BM: My favorite Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s was spent at a Cher concert with the people I love most, my friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just Sexâ&#x20AC;? is available in stores and on i-Tunes now. For more info, go to billiemyers. com.

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Love means different things to different people. According to Madonna, love makes the world go round. Captain & Tennille promised that love will keep us together. Others believe Def Leopard said it best with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Bites.â&#x20AC;?

This Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, out artists Jason & deMarco and Billie Myers share their ideas on the second most powerful four letter word.

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MATTHEW ZIEBERMAN: Why did you decide to make your new single a Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release? deMarco: When the video hit #1 on MTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Logo, we knew that we had to release it as its own entity.

Naturally, the theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Loveâ&#x20AC;? being consistent with Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, it was a no-brainer that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d tie the release into the special day.

MZ: What does your song say about love?

Jason: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Loveâ&#x20AC;? is about what you feel when you begin to realize that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re falling in love with someone and all that goes on in your mind and in your heart in that moment.

MZ: Do you agree with the songâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message?

Jason: I agree with the message that no matter how the world may judge our love, our relationships, or us period, no one can take what we feel away from us.

MZ: In your opinion, is love meant to be forever? deMarco: It could be. I find that love means so much to gays and lesbians be-

BILLIE MYERS â&#x20AC;&#x153;JUST SEXâ&#x20AC;?

MZ: Why did you decide to make your new single a Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release?

BILLIE MYERS: Because Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day is a time to celebrate the people you care about most. My new song has a slightly tongue in cheek feel to it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basically saying relax. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ok to like somebody.

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cause weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had to fight so hard for it and have often had sacrifice our relationships with our family, our faith, our jobs and even the places we live for it.

Jason: Love allows us to grow, to learn, to forgive and to see ourselves through othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; eyes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Loveâ&#x20AC;? to be a simple word, but when it becomes an actual â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;practiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, then it has the potential to be forever.

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Jason: Our first Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, deMarco had to work so I spent it by myself. I bought him chocolates and a monkey. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy me anything.

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BM: Yes, love and sex should not be judged as good or bad. It should simply be felt.

MZ: In your opinion, is love meant to be forever?

MZ: What is your favorite Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory?

BM: My favorite Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s was spent at a Cher concert with the people I love most, my friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just Sexâ&#x20AC;? is available in stores and on i-Tunes now. For more info, go to billiemyers. com.

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By J. Paul Miles miles@qsaltlake.com

Not all of us have the bank roll to splurge on fine dining every time we want to go out to eat. Yet, most of us would rather not sit in our carbon monoxide-spewing cars in a drive-thru, sandwiched between a carload of teenagers ordering four waters and one large fry, and the mini van-o-Mormon behind us, just to save a little coin. Thus, the creation of the casual dining restaurant that introduced us to onion ring loafs and birthday songs.

When I chose the restaurant this week, I was excited to find a different take on the casual style dining restaurant in MacCoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Public House. MacCoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offers a wide variety of traditional and Americanized Irish fair, all made in house. The prices seemed reasonable, so I found a date and drove to Foothill Village on a new adventure. Little did I know what an adventure this would be.

On the first visit, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but fall in love with the unique decor that MacCoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has to offer. Each table seems different in size and shape; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all made mostly of polished wood, aside from the gigantic booth just inside the door.

At night, it gives you the feel of an Old

Dining Guide Nick-N-Willyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Famous Pizza 4536 S. Highland Drive (801)273-8282 Mâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;F 10:30am-9pm, SA 11am-9pm SU 12pm-9pm

What a refreshing surprise it was to try Nick-N-Willyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Famous Pizza in Holladay. The location in the Albertsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plaza is the first in Utah, with several more rumored to open up along the Wasatch Front. The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premise is a range of higher-end toppings atop small-batch-produced crust. The franchise started out of Boulder, Colorado, so this isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to be a New York or Chicago style of pie. It seems every place has its signature style. As far as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m concerned, Salt Lake has yet to lay out its pizza manifesto (and I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even consider Jell-O anywhere in this equation). Consider it a carte blanche to enjoy any damn style you prefer, or better yet, crave.

Cafe Med 216 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City (801) 322-4101 Mâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;TH 11amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;3pm; 5pmâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;9:30pm Fâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;SA 11amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;3pm; 5pmâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;10pm

On any given night, the eclectic

environment of Cafe Med houses and feeds a range of folks. One evening included double-dating gay couples toasting with Armenian Kilikia beer, two interracial couples, a small group of ladies distressing over the state of local theater, and a family with full-grown children sharing glasses of wineâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all serviced by a small and efficient wait staff.

Meal portions are huge â&#x20AC;&#x201D; perfect for sharing around the table.

The real adventure in dining out at CafĂŠ Med is the Persian dishes, all of which come with aromatic basmati rice. Kooftehâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; plum stuffed meatballs stewed in a light tomato sauceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;showcases the playful balance of sweet and savory flavors of Persian cooking. The Persian eggplant stewed in tomatoes and served atop the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature dill basmati rice is an unforgettable creation.

Urban Bistro 216 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City (801) 322-4101 Mâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;TH 11am-3pm; 5pm-9:30pm Fâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;SA 11am-3pm; 5pm-10pm

There are those in the dining world whose approach to food is so austere that anything but the

food and the immediate necessities (i.e. Ăźber-chic flatware, one of a kind Riedel stemware) are superfluous additions. Charlie Trotter and devotees wax poetic about dining in pared down dĂŠcor. Devoid of distractions such as background music, artwork, etc., the food can truly be the center of attention.

If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live in a loft, you can at least enjoy a meal in one.

Works from local artists accessorize cement walls, exposed brick, and high ceilings. Enough color and visual interest to strike up a conversation or give you an excuse to drift off on a thought when conversation gets too boring for actual participation.

CaffĂŠ Molise 55 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City (801) 364-8833 Mâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;TH. 11:30amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;2pm; 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9pm F 11:30amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;2; 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10pm Sat. 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10pm

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always one foolproof test when it comes to rating Italian restaurants with my friends: gnocchi. In the world according to Mr. R., Mr. Y, and especially our good friend Mr. M (now residing, ironically, in the carb-phobic capital of L.A.), a good Italian restaurant has to offer at least one version of gnocchi. How? They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care.

Swathe it in nothing but a velvety and artery-clogging mixture

World tavern. We were greeted promptly by a bubbly little hostess who showed us to a table with three large Celtic crosses sticking right out of the table top. Not the best table for a date, or a conversation for that matter. Tony, our server, came up to the table with the cool demeanor of a professional snowboarder, and proceeded to tell us what was, in his words, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the shit.â&#x20AC;?

The food at dinner was pretty good, but not what I would call fabulous. We shared the lamb quesadilla ($8.79), which was nicely layered with lamb and cheddar and served with a dot of mint pesto. For the entrĂŠe I had the buffalo shepherdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pie ($13.75), which came out piping hot with a layer of sharp cheddar cheese to break through. Problem was, I found a lot of sausage, but no buffalo or venison as advertised on the menu. My date had the meatloaf ($13.19) at Tonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommendation. The meatloaf itself was quite over-spiced, but the house-made mashed potatoes and BBQ sauce were very tasty.

Here is where the story takes a bad turn. After dinner at MacCoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s I was inspired enough to go back and try out their Sunday brunch. I have had friends who have had bad experiences at this service; but being the adventurer, I just had to see for myself. Now, I am not going to talk about food or prices at this visit, but what I will talk about was the incredibly bad service. I have had far better service at far less â&#x20AC;&#x153;qualityâ&#x20AC;? restaurants. The

of Gorgonzola and butter. Let it macerate in enough pesto to keep your breath volatile for two days. Or, in true gluttonous fashion, transform the entire dish with a tangy tomato sauce and enough cream to make it electric pink. Just give â&#x20AC;&#x2122;em the gnocchi. So, needless to say, Mr. R. was especially thrilled to see the gnocchi di patate on CaffĂŠ Moliseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dinner menu.

Avenues Bakery & Bistro 481 E. South Temple, Salt Lake (801) 746-5626 Daily 7am-10pm

The vibe at Avenues Bakery & Bistro is unique in Salt Lake.

Situated on the fringes of downtown and its namesake neighborhood, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great respite for residents of the area. Its appeal is urbane, with distressed floors and exposed ceilings and brick. But even with all its sophisticated trappings, it manages to be quite comfortable. The lofty space with abundant windows gives it an elemental charm thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inviting to moms with strollers and the suited working-class.

Mazza 1515 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City (801) 484-9259 Mâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;SA 11 am to 9 pm

hostess this time seemed almost afraid that three gay men just walked into there restaurant on â&#x20AC;Ś SUNDAY. How dare we disturb the east side Mormons as they break the Sabbath? We were quickly scurried into the bar area, (good move), and although there were plenty of tables in the main area, we were put at a very uncomfortable corner table right up against the wall (bad move). The server/ bartender, both terms used loosely, decided to let us sit for fifteen minutes before she graced us with her presence. She will therefore be known as Her Majesty.

Her Majesty, however, made the mistake of staying in plain view of our table and rolling her eyes. Finally, she made it over to the table and was nice enough to force a smile while she took our order.

But she was not nice enough to turn all the way around before rolling her eyes at us again. That was going too far. As Her Majesty made her way around to her other tables, I noticed she was genuinely happy and cheerful with them. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take a rocket scientist to figure this one out: Her Majesty did not like homos in her place, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fine because I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be back. Our food was cold, our server was slow and rude, and I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like spending the rest of my meal apologizing to my guests about choosing MacCoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

MacCoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Public House * out of 5 stars 1400 S Foothill Blvd Suite 126 801-582-3111 Price: $-$$ out of 4 Reservations: No Hours: Lunch, Dinner, Sunday Brunch Kids Menu: Yes Booze: Full bar Parking: Lot Delivery: www.slwaiter.com Gay Friendly: Depends on the day

I try not to review restaurants where I know the folks. Never mind the ethics behind it; simply, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bloody uncomfortable trying to review a place that you frequent and adore. There are plenty of selfish reasons for this as well. When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on a firstname basis with a favorite place, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your space. It has nothing to do with the professional realm.

In fact, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a refuge from it.

There, you meet up with friends and get a good meal. So, why on earth would I want to transform this relationship and throw it into the cauldron of work-related stress? In this instance, the answer is simple. Mazza is a great place to eat. Period.

Bambara 202 S. Main St. (801) 363-5454 Breakfast Mâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;F 7-10am; SA-SU 8-11am Lunch: Daily 11am-2pm Dinner: SU-TH 5:30-10pm, F-SA 5:30-11pm

Seasonal menus reflect regional American and international influences at this artfully designed destination restaurant. The setting, formerly an ornate bank lobby adjacent to the swank Hotel Monaco, is as much of a draw as the food. An open marble-fronted kitchen, big windows framed in fanciful hammered metal swirls, and a definite â&#x20AC;&#x153;buzzâ&#x20AC;? make Bambara a popular gathering spot. You can

also dine in the adjoining private club, or simply enjoy a cocktail while snuggled in a velvet-lined booth.

Those going to Capitol Theatre across the street can enjoy a pre- or post-event menu.

Orbit Cafe 540 W. 200 South (801) 322-3808 M-TH 11am-10pm; F 11am-3am; Sat-Sun, 9 am-3 pm

With so much to enjoy visually at the Orbit, and friendly servers who make everyone feel welcome, it might seem as though the food is secondary. Not so.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not cutting-edge trendy, by any means; most of the items would fall in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;classicsâ&#x20AC;? category, with garlic burgers, fish and chips, club sandwiches and a Philly cheese steak among them.

But sometimes nothing tastes better than an old favorite, and that, too, could be said of Orbitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offerings. The peppercorn steak is a good example, with the super-peppery top sirloin served with a delicious green peppercorn sauce and garlicky smashed potatoes. We also enjoyed the asiago-crusted halibut, which was moist and flaky with a creamy pine nut sauce. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dubbed the house specialty for good reason.

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Belgian Waffle & Omelet Inn 7331 S 900 E, Midvale, (801) 566-5731 Open 24 hours

The Belgian Waffle & Omelet Inn is a favorite for skiers heading up to the slopes to gorge themselves with the carbs they’ll need for the day. The restaurant is big and casual, usually filled with big families, seniors and kids from across-the-street Hillcrest High.

On the weekend mornings, expect to wait a few minutes for a table.

The namesake Belgian waffles come loaded with whipped cream, ice cream or fruit. Go for the garbage hash (cheesecovered potatoes with ham, bacon, onions, peppers and mushrooms) or one of the gargantuan omelettes (they come out looking like a pancake, served flat and smothered with cheese). Lunch and dinner choices range from burgers and sandwiches to giant platters of roast turkey, pot roast and chicken fried steak.

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1) Sharing payments: If you are both planning to contribute equally to the transaction, there is more to consider than just the purchase price and monthly mortgage payments. You will need to divide the down payment, which can be up to 20 percent of the purchase price, and closing costs, which will likely be a few thousand dollars. And there are other incidental expenses such as mortgage insurance, homeownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insurance, and property taxes.

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In most states, a contract can be drafted that spells out the agreement between partners so that there is no confusion and other legal obstacles are easily overcome. The contract can be recorded at the courthouse, but if you prefer for it to remain private, that is also an option.

2) Applying for the mortgage: When two people apply for a mortgage, the lender will check such things as credit history, income, and assets for both parties. If one of you has stellar credit but the other has had a recent bankruptcy, for instance, it could create problems with the loan. On the other hand, if both of you have great credit and substantial income, combining your track records may get you a lower

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Los Angeles — After spending seven days straight fending off below freezing temperatures as I bounce from screenings to symposiums to the occasional cocktail party, you’d better damn well believe I wouldn’t leave Park City, Utah devoid of gossip. From my afternoon with Tara Reid to the gossip columnist who finally broke up Lance and Reichen, there’s tons to tell from my week at Sundance.

It’s the one time of year when all of Hollywood pack their bags, wrap their necks in designer scarves and hop a commuter flight to the hills above Salt Lake City, single-handedly giving the conservative, largely Republican population of the country’s most conservative state, a healthy dose of liberalism.

I arrived on a Friday, promptly dumped my bags in the living room of our condo and wandered on down Main Street for a five-course meal with Utahstyle cocktails (the law in Utah says you can only serve one ounce of booze to each person at a time in a restaurant, so in my attempt to get buzzed, that translated to six martinis) and took a bit of time to settle in to my surroundings.

The following meeting, rested and unpacked, I hit the streets in search of some good shit to tell you folks this week. And boy, did I stumble on plenty.

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As the programming director of the TromaDance Film Festival, Jonathan Lees has a lot more on his hands than Troma Entertainment Film character the Toxic Avenger’s signature toxic slime. Each year, he is responsible for screening anywhere from 700 to 1000 or more independent films to find the 50 or 60 that premiere during the same time the Sundance juggernaut commandeers Park City.

But for all his busyness, Lees said he couldn’t be happier with helming a film festival kick-started by Sundance’s rejection of South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s infamous tale of Mormons and mayhem, Cannibal!

The Musical.

“It’s liberating to see what films people around the country and the world are making,” he said.

Lees, who describes himself as primarily attracted to men but “open to anything”, has an extensive background in independent and avant-guard cinema that made him the perfect choice to take the helm of TromaDance in 2002, when the festival was only two years old. Earlier, Lees worked for the Anthology Film Archives in New York

Reid reformed? The typically wild and crazy Eddie Murphy kicked back, subdued and hugging a couch while the party goes on around him? And a certain gossip columnist breaking some not-so-nice news about reality hunk Reichen just minutes after he and boyfriend Lance Bass finished with the slopes for the day?

Let’s start with the meanest moment of Sundance. We all know gossip columnist Perez Hilton has been on a rabid quest to break up newly out boybander Lance Bass and Amazing Race winner Reichen Lehmkuhl since the minute he confirmed their relationship. First was the rumored affair, then Reichen threatened Perez with a lawsuit — at one point, even a publicist for Bass confirmed the two had split.

But then they both showed up in Park City, sharing a ski lift with Justin Timberlake, who’s here singing, dancing and promoting his latest flick Black Snake Moan.

Things looked just peachy until Perez posted a story alleging that Reichen had flown into Park City to be with his man fresh off some group action in Atlanta. One of the guys Perez alleges Reichen slept with is Davis from this season’s The Real World.

Boy, if these rumors are to be believed, Reichen sure likes to keep it in the family.

Neither of the boys has yet to confirm whether they’ve called it quits for good this time around, but Lance was spotted at a party in Park City earlier this week “thanking” Perez? What? Now there’s a duo I’ve never seen chatting it up, let alone being friendly about it! How much truth is there behind the rumors? I just don’t have enough evidence to say one way or another, but I do know this much. If Lance is actually giving Perez the time of day, there’s drama somewhere in paradise.

Speaking of drama, do you have any idea how nuts it is to walk into an interview

City where he curated sixteen films.

Here he met independent director and producer Lloyd Kaufman, who founded Troma Entertainment Films in 1974 with Michael Herz. Shortly after, Lees joined Troma’s staff and cut his teeth on the company’s unique mission — producing low-budget, independent films with shocking imagery such as graphic violence, sexuality and gore — by doing everything from film editing to publicity. In taking on these tasks, he not only gained experience, but a feel for the company’s democratic nature, where employees are regarded as equals, regardless of rank.

“It was a big boot camp. They put trust in people that wouldn’t normally be allowed to deliver your coffee,” he said.

In 2002, when the festival was only two years old, Lees took over for Doug Sakmann as TromaDance’s program director. While he appreciated his predecessor’s work, he decided that the festival needed an overhaul.

“I found the movies [Doug chose] carried a lot of Troma’s signature sex and violence, but I don’t think there was a lot of care in the programming,” he said. “I take my programming from the stance that I’m playing to an audience that sticks around.”

Unlike other film festivals in Park City, thanks in part to the free admission, TromaDance has a dedicated audience who typically attend every screening . To keep them entertained for up to eight hours at a time, Lees had to vary the pacing and themes of his films accordingly. He also expanded TromaDance’s mission by adding more doccumentaries, international and ex-

with Tara Reid and find that she’s early, coherent, totally prepared to chat and actually well-spoken? I know it’s not the rolling-down-a-ski-slope-drunk Tara Reid story you were probably hoping I’d bring home, but, frankly, I think this one’s better.

Now that the press has literally spent the better part of two years roasting Tara’s career on an open fire, the now 31-year-old actress has decided to put her partying days behind her and focus on her career. I mean, she’s starring in a Sundance flick with Whoopi Goldberg and Sharon Stone. That’s a huge step up from direct-to-video pictures opposite Christian Slater, which is where she was this time last year.

And Tara is producing — she told me about a flick she has going before cameras in 2007 in which she plays a woman that other women hire to prove their hubbies are cheating on them. Yeah, that sounds like a good part for our girl. But, proof she hasn’t completely abandoned her party girl ways — about four hours after our afternoon sit-down, she popped up at a party for the William Morris Agency, mingled with friends over a couple cocktails, and when we ran into each other in the stairwell, offered up a “Hey baby, how you doing?” Unlike the shit-faced drunk Tara of years passed, this was just a slightly tipsy one — and ain’t nothing wrong with that.

At the same party, Eddie Murphy sat perched on a sofa smack dab in the middle of the dance floor with a “what the fuck am I doing here” sort of look on his face. The folks sharing the sofa with him seemed to be having a good time, and while Eddie had yet to receive word of his Oscar nod (they came out the following morning), you’d think the open bar and free-flowing dark chocolate fountain

perimental films than his predecessor.

He also increased the number of films by women and queer directors, whose work especially interests him.

“I think queer people are intensely intelligent and artistic people,” he said. “I love the community. That’s why I program queer films for a mainly straight audience, so they don’t think we’re all screaming mimis or butches” whether they’re thrilling to a drama or laughing at a camp film.

This year’s two day festival of mostly short films had several entries by queer filmmakers or featuring queer themes.

One of these was camp New York director Lola RockNRolla’s short Night of the Living Gay, where buxom “female-fe-

would have done something for the guy.

But hands down, the biggest scandal of Sundance revolves around a pint-sized actress in a grown-up role. Dakota Fanning is getting a ton of heat for her work in Hounddog, a coming-of-age drama in which the 12-year-old actress is raped.

Critics and religious folk alike are not only slamming the film, but slamming Dakota and her mom for allowing the actress to do it.

Here’s the thing. What you see on film is mild compared with what the critics are making it out to be. And to make matters worse, critics are making it sound as if they made Dakota simulate sex on a man on film. She didn’t even shoot most of the scenes with another person. Mad as the critics have been, the person flinging the most mud is Dakota herself. She’s livid people would criticize her family for helping her make what she considers to be an artistic choice, and says that for critics to attack the moral fiber of her family is taking it “too far.” She doesn’t stop there — she goes on to tell the critics to back off and stop building up the scene to be more than it is.

Besides, I saw another movie called Trade in which a 12-year-old Mexican girl is sold into sex slavery. No offense, but if she were getting paid $4 million a movie, I think the critics would be making a bigger stink over that!

OK, I really want to dismiss Dakota as another pint-sized flash in the pan, but every time the girl gets a bit more feisty, I love her that much more. Take that, folks.

I wish I had a sordid tale of debauchery or public drunkenness, but folks, this is what I saw and heard, so it’s what you get!

Alright — Until next time, from the slopes of Sundance, stop and smell the gossip!

male impersonator” The World Famous *BOB* flees a pack of gay zombies.

“In the end they get her, rainbow flags and all,” Lees laughed.

But one of the films that excited him the most this year was a sneak peak of Anna Biller’s feature, VIVA. This homage to the sexploitation films of the 1970s follows a suburban housewife as she tries out bisexuality, swinging, orgies, prostitution and nudist colonies in her search for sexual fulfillment.

“It’s a freeing movie, and I think [Biller] understands the point they were trying to make with those movies — that sex isn’t dirty and should be explored from every angle. And in this film, they really do use every angle!”

Although the two-day festival doesn’t get as much media attention as its larger predecessors, Lees said TromaDance offers something for everyone, whether they’re an independent filmmaker, an audience member, or a volunteer dressing up and taking to Park City’s snowy streets to promote the event.

And the best thing of all? Everything, from submitting a film, to screenings, to the yearly panel discussions with filmmakers is free and will always be so, even though festival costs rise each year. By staying true to Troma’s principles of promoting independent cinema and encouraging everyone to participate, Lees hopes interest in the stillyoung festival will continue to grow.

“I’m waiting for the day when we’re really taken seriously,” he said.

For more information about Troma Films and TromaDance visit www.troma.com and www.tromadance.com.

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