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Everything You Need To Know About Gay Pride Parade info, full entertainment lineup, message from the director

Interview with True Colors’ Cyndi Lauper

Plan B Theatre Makes it to Off-Broadway ROTC-Salt Lake ‘Kicks Ass’ Crossword and Sudoku Comics The Gay Agenda

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Bloody Attack at Moscow Pride

by Rex Wockner

Moscow — Police stopped a May 27 gay pride rally outside Moscow City Hall before it could start, arresting most of the organizers as they arrived while anti-gay thugs beat up Russian and foreign gays and lesbians who had gathered for the event.

Police officers, including hundreds of state riot police, did little to halt the bloody assault and, in some cases, chatted casually with the anti-gay attackers and spewed homophobic insults at gay activists.

Mayor Yuri Luzhkov had banned a planned pride parade and any other public pride events. He said gay pride parades are “satanic.”

The gay activists, including members of the European Parliament and European national parliaments, had gathered

in Tverskaya Square near City Hall to symbolically deliver a protest letter to Luzhkov signed by 42 members of the European Parliament.

Among the many activists beaten and bloodied were British gay leader Peter Tatchell and Right Said Fred singer Richard Fairbrass, who was attacked while giving an interview to the Reuters wire service. Several other activists also were beaten in the middle of interviews with the more than 100 news organizations that covered the event.

“On numerous occasions,” said the BBC, “nationalists circled gay rights activists as they spoke with journalists, then reached in to punch or kick the person being interviewed. Police intervened to arrest dozens of gay rights activists and only rarely detained their attackers.”

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Anti-gay protesters and journalists mob gay activists as they arrive for a May 27 rally near Moscow City Hall. Police quickly arrested most of the organizers while anti-gay thugs beat up Russian and foreign gays and lesbians who had gathered for the event (above). Openly gay member of the German Bundestag (Parliament), Volker Beck, who was pummelled by 20 nationalist youths while being interviewed (left).

“There is no rule of law in Moscow,” said Tatchell, who had a seriously swollen and bloodied right eye.

“The right to protest does not exist. This is not a democracy.”

Tatchell said “marauding gangs” of “neoNazis, nationalist extremists and Russian Orthodox fundamentalists infiltrated the gay pride crowd and began indiscriminately attacking participants. The Moscow police looked on and did nothing.”

Tatchell was repeatedly punched, then slammed to the pavement and kicked over and over. Police then dragged him to a bus and pushed him into it with three neo-Nazis. One cop asked Tatchell if he was gay. When Tatchell said he is, the officer replied: “Wait until we get you to the police station. Then we will have some fun with you.”

“They arrested me, but let my attackers walk free,” Tatchell said.

German MP Volker Beck and Italian European Parliament Member Marco Cappato also were arrested, as was European Parliament administrator Ottavio Marzocchi.

As Marzocchi was shoved into a police bus, an officer yelled, “Do this in your own country, faggot,” said GayRussia.Ru. “It was [a] short [gay pride],” Dutch European Parliament Member Sophie in ‘t Veld said in a telephone interview with GayRussia.Ru. “Police immediately arrested [chief organizer] Nikolai [Alekseev] and also Nikolai Khramov. There were a lot of cameras everywhere. Many journalists. We felt eggs and other things being thrown. Police did nothing to arrest the hooligans. I saw a guy with a knife and I thought, ‘That’s it. I’m out of here.’ We are now in some restaurant with [Italian MP] Vladimir [Luxuria], [pop-music group] t.A.T.u. and [gay-friendly Russian MP Aleksei] Mitrofanov.”

Luxuria told GayRussia.Ru: “As soon as we got out of the car the police approached us and stopped in a violent way Nikolai and pushed him inside the van.

They arrested him and other organizers.

I tried to take Nikolai with me and the police pushed me very violently. They threw eggs on me and one went inside my bag on my passport. I am worried I can have problems to leave [Russia]. Then we tried to approach the City Hall but we [were] violently prevented. We are now

in a safe place with t.A.T.u. and Sophie.

We did not manage to [deliver] the letter.”

Pride participant Claudia Roth, chairwoman of Germany’s Green Party, said, “It has been shown once again today that human rights are systematically abused in [President Vladimir] Putin’s Russia.”

Chief pride organizer Alekseev was held overnight in jail along with activists Nikolai Khramov and Sergei Konstantinov.

A mobile phone text message received from Alekseev the afternoon of May 28 said: “I am released by court! Next hearing on June 9. Volker Beck was brilliant witness [and] MP Mitrofanov provided me a brilliant theatrical lawyer. ... He helped to lobby authorities in our direction. That was a great combination together with Western European pressure. Thanks to the German Presidency of the EU.” Alekseev had remained defiant as he waited in jail for the court appearance.

“The protocol written by the police is completely falsified and all the Western MEPs and MPs who were with us could confirm it,” he said in a phone call.

“We are accused of having blocked the streets and insulted the police which is a complete lie. We were on the pavement [sidewalk] and we never insulted the police. All this is nothing else than the good old method of the KGB.” “We will continue our fight for our rights no matter if it does not please Mr. Luzhkov. It’s time for the European Parliament to ask its member states to ban Luzhkov and his non-democratic team from visiting Europe for holidays.”

The day before the City Hall mêlée, about 150 people attended a pride conference at the Swissôtel. More than 100 journalists and 26 TV crews covered the event.

Last year’s first-ever pride ended the same way as this year’s. After Luzhkov banned a planned parade, organizers instead tried to lay flowers at the Kremlin’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and hold a protest rally near City Hall. Participants in both small events were violently attacked by neofascists, skinheads, Christians and riot police, and the pride organizers were arrested. The charges were later dropped. A lawsuit over last year’s ban is pending before the European Court of Human Rights. Q

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Polandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gay Pride Draws Thousands

By Anthony Cuesta

Warsaw â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Thousands of people marched in Warsaw on May 20 for the annual gay-rights parade, days after the education minister called for a ban on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;propagation of homosexualityâ&#x20AC;? in Polish schools. Close to 5,000 demonstrators marched from parliament through the capitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown, amid a heavy police presence, led by a truck festooned with red, blue, green and purple balloons and blasting strains of loud music.

Some marchers carried placards reading â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stop homophobia,â&#x20AC;? while others toted rainbow flags.

Homosexuality largely remains a taboo in predominantly Catholic Poland and elsewhere in eastern Europe. Activists are up against a widespread belief that it is a perversion.

In past years, gay rights rallies in Warsaw and the western city of Poznan resulted in violent clashes, but no incidents were reported on May 20.

In the week before the event, Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz Walz rejected pleas to ban a gay parade in the Polish capital, saying it posed no threat to morality.

She added that she had no grounds to ban the Equality parade, particularly as doing so would be in conflict with stands taken by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.

Canadian Man Arrested for Gay Slayings

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Aussie Gay Bar Allowed to Ban Straights Melbourne, Aust. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A gay bar in Melbourne, Australia, has been given the go-ahead to ban heterosexuals â&#x20AC;&#x153;so as to provide a safe and comfortable venue for gay men,â&#x20AC;? according to a recent report from Reuters.

A Victorian state civil and administrative tribunal ruled last week that the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Peel Hotel can exclude patrons based on their sexuality despite the fact that the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equal opportunity laws generally prevent people from being discriminated against based on race, religion or sexuality.

Owner Tom McFeely said the ruling was needed, though, to keep his patrons safe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I can limit the number of heterosexuals entering the Peel, then that helps me keep the safe balance,â&#x20AC;?

McFeely reportedly told Australian radio earlier this week.

Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state human rights commission supported the ruling, saying it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;in line with equal opportunity guidelines defending the rights of groups subject to discrimination,â&#x20AC;? according to the Reuters report.

Commission Chief Helen Szoke said the hotelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gay clientele had experienced harassment and violence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(They) also have felt as though theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been like a zoo exhibit with big groups of women on hensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; parties coming to the club,â&#x20AC;? Szoke told reporters.â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Q

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Halifax, Nova Scotia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; On May 15, U.S. authorities arrested a Nova Scotia man on three murder charges â&#x20AC;&#x201D; two in Nova Scotiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Halifax area and one in upstate New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; after a cross-border manhunt that stretched to the Mexican border.

Police in Halifax said they had charged Glen Murder suspect Glenn Race Douglas Race, 26, with first-degree murder in the death of Trevor Charles Brewster, 45, and second-degree murder in the death of Paul Michael Knott, 44, two gay men whose bodies were found in remote areas near Halifax earlier this month.

Police didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a motive for the killings, but Halifax authorities took the unusual step recently of warning the gay community to be watchful in gay sex cruising areas like the ones where the Nova Scotia victims were found.

U.S. border patrol officials say Race was acting suspiciously as he wandered through a field close to the Mexican-

Texas border before being arrested on May 15. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, he did put up a struggle. There was a scuffle and they did take him into custody after restraining him,â&#x20AC;? Border Patrol spokesman Oscar Saldana of the Rio Grande Valley Sector told The Brownsville Herald on May 17. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was combative.â&#x20AC;?

Race â&#x20AC;&#x153;is our suspect in the homicide,â&#x20AC;?

New York State Police Capt. Robert LaFountain said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will be seeking extradition on criminal charges in New York.â&#x20AC;?

U.S. police sources told the Canadian Press that Race was in possession of a firearm used at the hunting camp and had documentation on him linked to Darcy Manor, a married father of two children who died in Mooers, New York on May 10 from a gunshot wound.

At a news conference in New York City, officials said Manor appeared to be surprised by his assailant and there was no known link between the New York victim, the attacker or the two Canadian victims.

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‘That’s So Gay’ Girl Loses Case

Santa Monica, Calif. — On May 15, a judge ruled against Rebekah Rice, the famed 18-year-old Mormon student who sued her school because she was punished by the administration and bullied by other kids for saying, “That’s so gay.”

Rice and her parents first sued the school in 2003. The case put a spotlight on the phrase and its derogatory meaning.

Rice made the remark as a high school freshman, after students teased her about her Mormon upbringing, asking if she had 10 moms. In response to the taunts Rice said, “That’s so gay.”

Rice said she did not mean the phrase as a slur, and just said it to mean the remark about the mothers was stupid, silly and dumb. However, the administration said they needed to take a strong stance after a previous incident in which students were paid to beat up a gay student. “The district has a statutory duty to protect gay students from harassment,” the school district’s lawyers said in a legal brief. “In furtherance of this goal, prohibition of the phrase ‘That’s so gay’... was a reasonable regulation.”

The judge’s reasoning for the ruling was that Rice’s lawyers did not show that the school had done anything unlawful, or that they had solely picked out Rice for

discipline. But the lawsuit claimed that Rice and her family were targeted due to their conservative leanings.

Judge Elaine Rushing said she felt bad for Rice, but that being teased and disciplined was just part of being a teen in school. “All of us have probably felt at some time that we were unfairly punished by a callous teacher, or picked on and teased by boorish and uncaring bullies. Unfortunately, this is part of what teenagers endure in becoming adults,” she wrote in the ruling. “The law, with all its majesty and might, is simply too crude and imprecise an instrument to satisfactorily soothe deeply hurt feelings.”

Rushing said Rice was not entitled to receive money because the Rices sued under a law that does not apply to schools.

Furthermore, Rushing suggested that the girl’s family was just making the event harder for their daughter to bear by going forward so publicly.

“If the Rice family had not told everyone that Rebekah had been given a referral for saying ‘That’s so gay’ then no one else would have know it either, and she would not have been referred to as the ‘That’s so gay girl.’” the judge said.

The Rice family has not commented since the ruling.

Atlanta — After almost three months, a seven-year-old girl was reunited with the woman in whose care she’d thrived for almost a year. The Wilkinson County Division of Family and Children Services placed the child in a crowded foster home on Feb. 20, when a judge took the girl away from her home after he learned a lesbian was raising her.

“Emma and I missed each other so much while we were separated, and I hope she can put this painful experience behind her quickly. But I’m grateful to DFCS for recognizing that Emma’s biological mother always had her best interests at heart in wanting her to live with me,” said Elizabeth Hadaway, a 28-yearold paramedic who first took in the little girl when the child’s biological mother asked her to raise and adopt Emma.

“The law serves families best when focused on the needs of children, rather than the prejudices or assumptions of adults,” said Gerry Weber, legal director of the ACLU of Georgia, who represents Hadaway. “We’re pleased to have given a helping hand to reuniting this family, but no child should be torn away from a loving home because her parent is lesbian or gay in the first place.”

Hadaway has been caring for Emma for almost a year and the child calls her “mommy.” Their predicament came after several months of legal proceedings in which Hadaway fought to keep her. The little girl’s biological mother, who had sole custody, asked Hadaway to raise and adopt the child after struggling for years to care for her in spite of a variety of problems that included financial hardships and a difficult life on the road as a truck driver. With the biological mother’s blessing, Hadaway was granted legal custody in 2006. Under Hadaway’s care, the child began making great strides in

her schoolwork, self-confidence and emotional well-being.

Several months later, Wilkinson County Superior Court Judge John Lee Parrott was on the verge of granting Hadaway’s request to permanently adopt Emma when he noticed that the home study said Hadaway was living at the time with her partner of seven years. In January of this year, Parrott denied the adoption, ordering that Emma be sent back to her biological mother. Hadaway complied and met with the biological mother at a truck stop to hand over the girl. After accepting custody, thus satisfying Parrott’s order, the biological mother saw how distraught Emma was at being taken from Hadaway and again insisted that Hadaway should raise the girl.

Hadaway, who had moved with Emma to Bibb County in late December, again applied for custody in her new home county with the biological mother’s full consent. Shortly after that, Parrott ordered the little girl be taken from her home to live in foster care in spite of the biological mother’s wishes. In early April a Bibb County judge then granted custody of the child to Hadaway, after hearing evidence from an expert commissioned

by Wilkinson County DFCS to study Emma in her foster home. The expert found that the little girl was unable to get the individualized attention she needs in her foster home and was experiencing emotional trauma because of the separation from Hadaway.

In spite of all this, Parrott found Hadaway and her attorney in contempt of court, and sentenced them to jail time and a fine. On May 21, the ACLU argued that Wilkinson County DFCS must allow Emma to return home. The ACLU briefed the appeal of Judge Parrott’s contempt order in the Georgia Court of Appeals later this month.

Mass. Judge Validates Over 170 New York Gay Marriages

By Anthony Cuesta

New York City — More than 170 New York same-sex couples who married in Massachusetts between 2004 and 2006 are legally wed, a high court judge ruled on May 16.

Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Thomas Connolly ruled that since New York had not yet explicitly banned same-sex marriages before last July, the marriages that had taken place before the ban were legally valid. “The marriages are now legally valid in New York and they should expect to be treated as married couples,” Carisa Cunningham, a spokeswoman for Gays and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders in Boston, told Reuters.

Couples are barred from marrying in Massachusetts if their marriages would be prohibited in their home states.

The New York Court of Appeals ruled against same-sex marriages on July 6, 2006.

GLAAD had asked for clarification of the status of New York couples who married in Massachusetts before that ruling. Massachusetts became the first state in the country to allow gay marriage in May 2004.

A spokesman for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo indicated that his office considers the marriages at issue valid.

“Since 2004, it has been the position of the attorney general’s office that New

York law presumptively requires the recognition of marriages validly performed in other jurisdictions,” said New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

“Just being able to say without any qualifications ‘we’re married’, it feels great,” said Amy Zimmerman, a New York City resident who married Tanya Wexler in Somerville on May 19, 2004, the third day same-sex weddings were allowed in Massachusetts.

Denver Welcomes Gay Athletes Denver — On Memorial Day weekend, 70 rainbow flags flew on Denver’s 16th Street Mall to welcome over 5,000 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender athletes.

The athletes have come to the Mile High City primarily for three events: the North American Gay Volleyball Association Championships XXV, the International Gay Bowling Organization Annual Tournament XXVII “Strike Gold in the Rockies” and the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs Annual Convention XXIV. On May 23, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper formally welcomed the athletes from all three groups at a news conference at Skyline Park.

“We should not just tolerate but celebrate diversity,” he said.

Businesses in downtown Denver were also encouraged to place rainbow flags in their windows to further welcome the athletes.

Idaho University Criticized for Transgender Restroom

On May 11, a conservative group criticized a Boise State University administrator for saying that transgender people would be able to use a new unisex restroom in the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s student center.

The university will add one unisex restroom as part of a $35 million remodel for its student union that began in May. This restroom will be larger and will offer users more privacy than traditional multiuser restrooms segregated by gender.

Leah Barrett, the student unionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director, said the controversy began when she told student lawmakers that the restroom could accommodate families, students with disabilities and transgender students. Although the school officially calls the bathroom â&#x20AC;&#x153;unisex,â&#x20AC;? her wording drew fire from the Idaho Values Alliance, a conservative pro-family group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course we understand that the building code requires a restroom that will accommodate the disabled, and we all should be glad that they will have access to a user-friendly facility. However, this provides no explanation as to why Ms. Barrett has been referring to it as a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;transgenderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bathroom,â&#x20AC;? said Bryan Fischer, executive director of the Idaho Values Alliance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;BSU would never say, for instance, that campus bathrooms are not only good for hygiene purposes, they are also â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;suitable for intravenous drug users,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; because that would be an implied endorsement of drug abuse,â&#x20AC;? Fischer continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ms. Barrett was in fact legitimizing transgenderism by referring to the restroom as she did.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want the university to label this a transgender bathroom,â&#x20AC;? agreed Jonathan Sawmiller, 22, a BSU student senator and president of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

College Republicans in an April radio broadcast on a Boise AM station when the issue first came to public attention.

Fischer also said he is concerned that student organizations, including Bisexuals, Gays, Lesbians and Allies for Diversity, will be able to tell transgender students about the restroom in their literature.

Michael Laliberte, BSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice president for student affairs, said the university wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t infringe on student groupsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; right to do so. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have the right, based on their freedom of speech and of the press, and can frankly call a bathroom anything that they want,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, all official university publications will refer to it as a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;handicap accessible unisex bathroom.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Arrest Made In Two-Year-Old Colorado Gay Homicide Case Boulder, Colo. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A suspect is in custody in connection with the 2-year-old murder of Amancio Corrales, a female impersonator whose body was found in the Colorado River near Yuma two years ago.

Ruben Solorio, 23, of Yuma was arrested on the night of May 23 in the area of the river near Paradise Cove. He was booked into Yuma County jail on one count of second-degree homicide in Corralesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; death.

Corrales, a gay man who performed as a female impersonator known as Dalila, was found severely beaten to death May 6, 2005, in the Colorado River just west of Joe Henry Park. He allegedly spent the prior night at area bars.

The Corrales family had expressed unhappiness with the progress of the Yuma County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Officeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s investigation of the murder. They recently renewed their requests for more effort to find Corralesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; killer.

Calif. Couple Settles Lawsuit Against Adoption.com San Jose, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; On May 23, a San Jose couple settled a lawsuit against Adoption.com, an Arizona-based website that refused to let them post a profile in the hopes of finding a birth mother because of their orientation.

As part of the settlement, the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owners agreed to stop doing business with California residents. The company could have kept doing business in the state if they had been willing to let same-sex couples participate, but they were not.

News of the settlement came six weeks after a federal judge cleared the way for the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suit to go to trial by ruling that Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anti-discrimination laws applied to the Arizona-based Adoption Media, which runs both Adoption.com and Parent-Profiles.com.

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The Salt Lake Valley Health Department has been treating an active case of drug-resistant tuberculosis within the Salt Lake County gay community and officials urge all individuals who may have attended gay bars or other events within the gay community between July 2006 and April 2007 to consider being tested.

Although health officials have identified and tested close contacts (persons the department has determined spent a long duration of time in close contact with a person with TB), they remain concerned about those who frequented gay bars and events since they may have been exposed to TB. The close contacts in question are known to have frequented such events.

In explaining the reason behind the long period, Ilene Risk, from SLVHD’s Bureau of Epidemiology, said that people are at the most risk for contacting full-blown TB in the year after infection. She added, however, that the gay community should not be alarmed by the announcement.

“It’s mostly to err on the side of caution,” said Risk. “We don’t want to cause concern.”

Risk also said that the department is most concerned with HIV-positive individuals who may have come in contact with TB during this time period.

HIV-positive individuals who attended events or gay bars in Salt Lake County during this time frame given, however, are asked to contact their physician for TB testing. This is asked because HIV-infected people with suppressed immune systems often exhibit a reduced or absent reaction to skin tests for a number of infections, including TB. The possibility of a TB infection being masked by a false negative skin test in HIV-positive individuals is high.

Although only 10 percent of healthy people infected with TB bacteria ever develop the active disease, co-infection with TB and HIV dramatically increases the risk of developing the full disease.

For questions about TB or possible exposure, please contact the Infectious Disease Department at 534-4600.

Locations for TB testing can be obtained by contacting the SLVHD immunization information line at (801) 534-4693. The cost of the test is $11.00 at SLVHD immunization clinics.

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The Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Salt Lake City isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t your parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; color guard. Your parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; color guard probably didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have such fabulous uniforms. And its director couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been any prouder of his squad than Logan Brueck was when thirteen of his members took 2nd Place in Las Vegas Prideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pride Night Parade after twirling, strutting and dancing together for just one year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was a [year of firsts] in so many ways: Road trip, night parade and a first competition for most,â&#x20AC;? Brueck said of the Vegas win. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With a small squad of five flags and four rifles, plus four banner boys and our sound guys, marching against the Freedom Band of what looked like 40-plus members, and over 25 other units in our category, I must say we kicked some ass.â&#x20AC;?

ROTC SLC also kicked ass in a lastminute stage performance in front of 500 spectators. On the way to Las Vegas, Brueck received word that one of the groups slated to perform a stage show cancelled at the last minute, and the parade director wanted them to take their place. The group said yes, knowing that they would have to re-write the ending of one performance to fit the fifteen minute time slot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We said yes knowing that we had to bust some butt to get the ending re-written on our second song for this year and also teach it, we spent hours practicing the next two days,â&#x20AC;? Brueck remembered.

Although he thinks that the end was a little messy, the crowd loved them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was amazing, the response we had when people found we were from Salt Lake City,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What a way to start year two!â&#x20AC;?

And what a first year it has been.

ROTC SLC began after last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gay Games in Chicago, when Brueck and co-founder Kay Christensen read the Advocateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interview with the ROTC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chicago. The two loved the idea of a gayfriendly color guard.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We decided, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put something like that together here for the Pride parade,â&#x20AC;?

Brueck said. He got permission from the Chicago group to use the name, and the fledgling Utah group performed in last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Utah Pride parade, and at a number of other events.

Although there are several gay-friendly color guards across the country, corps in Chicago, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Toronto Ontario, Canada are currently the only ones to bear the ROTC name.

Like other ROTCs, ROTC SLC accepts members of all experience levels, from drum and bugle corps veterans to novices twirling a flag for the first time.

As Brueck explains it, if a novice wants to join, she or he is typically put into the flag line, as flags tend to be easier to handle than rifles, which have a complex system of weights and balances.

Although Brueck said that some people just never master the rifle, he said he and the other choreographers are willing to teach anyone who wants to learn. Unlike Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s group, which only admits men, ROTC SLC welcomes hard working members of all sexes, orientations and ages.

Although Brueck said interest in the corps has remained steady, the group still needs more sponsors, given the costs of rifles and flags, which can run as high as $30 and $20, respectively. Travel (to PrIdaho and Southern Utah Pride, for example) and uniforms are other expenses. Brueck said the corps can offer their sponsors a number of benefits, including putting their logos on the banners they carry in each parade. They currently do this for the bar TriAngles, one of their oldest supporters.

Along with this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performances, Brueck looks forward to ROTC SLCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next year. Their future goals, he said, include performing at Seattle and San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pride celebrations, as even the Maceyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parade.

The corps also has a score to settle for Vegas Pride 2008. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We only lost first due to the fact that we did not use lights on the flag poles,â&#x20AC;? Brueck lamented. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on that for next year.â&#x20AC;?

ROTC SLC performs yearly from February to November. For the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance schedule and information about joining or becoming a sponsor, visit rotcslc.com.

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KSL Gives Local AIDS Activist Award

by JoSelle Vanderhooft joselle@qsaltlake.com

On the morning of May 23, Stuart Merrill’s brother Chris called him and said he and his wife wanted to meet him for breakfast. Chris said his brother needed to hurry and meet them outside his house for another reason: he had a surprise that would “bloom as soon as the sun hits.”

“I thought it was a flower,” Merrill, the president of Campaign 2 End AIDS Utah, laughed in an interview later that day. “I’m pretty easily fooled.” Instead of a flower, Merrill and his dog found a KSL news truck and Eyewithess News Today! reporter Coco Warner.

She presented him with the channel’s “High 5” award, which the station gives to nominated people who have changed lives for the better. As Merrill discovered with Utah’s viewers, Chris was behind the nomination.

“He is amazing. He always helps the persons who can’t help themselves,” Chris told Warner.

His brother was refering to Merrill’s work with the Ryan White CARE Act, which provides federal money for people living with HIV who don’t have medical insurance or who can’t afford housing or medication. When state funding for people with HIV ran low two years ago, Merrill worked to get local and national leaders and public figures to help reinstate it. In February, 2005, the federal government announced a half-million dollar reduction in the money it would provide to the Ryan White AIDS Drug Assistance Program in Utah. Merrill turned to the state for help, but things looked uncertain. With the state legislature two weeks away from the end of their session, Merrill remembers Utah’s house majority leader telling him that finding money would “take a miracle.”

“So I said, how do I do a miracle?”

Merrill remembered. In looking for his miracle Merrill contacted a number of locals for help. These included lobbyist and Utah Eagle Forum president Gayle Ruzicka, who has earned notoriety in Utah’s gay community for her support of anti-gay legislation. Merrill figured it “couldn’t hurt to try.” Much to his surprise, Ruzicka signed on to his quest for funding immediately.

So did Senator Orrin Hatch, who eventually cosponsored the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006, which allocated more federal funds to the CARE act — and specifically to smaller states where the epidemic is spreading. In fact, at the beginning of Utah’s 2007 legislative session, Merrill, alone of all lobbyists, was able to tell the legislature that he didn’t need to ask them for money.

Merrill was excited about the award because he said it signaled that Utahns, especially the Mormon community, are concerned about HIV and AIDS issues.

“To me, the exciting part of this is we’ve worked really hard at the department of health to pose the HIV/AIDS is-

sue as a “feel good, mainstream issue”,” said Merrill. “I think we’ve achieved our goal if KSL [a Mormon-owned TV station] gives an award to an AIDS activist.”

The award itself — a KSL pin, an HDTV mouse pad, chapstick, popcorn and gift certificates to Dairy Queen — Merrill found less useful. After parking his car for the summer in an attempt to “go green,” he isn’t able to reach the nearest DQ in Sandy.

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APA Names Local Therapist to Sexual Orientation Task Force

entific literature on therapeutic responses to sexual orientation, particularly any research published since the Association’s resolution on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation was passed in 1997. If necessary, it will then recommend revisions or updates to the resolution.

Beckstead finds this part of the process the most important. As he sees it, the APA has spent too much time on the “long-standing” and “polarizing” debate between pro-gay and ex-gay arguments.

He also thinks that the organization has been too vague about dealing with the ‘exgay’ side of the debate.

“In a sense, there are only two stances you can take: being an out, affirmative gay or an ex-gay, and the APA supports the first,” he said. “Rather than continuing this debate between factions, I hope that we can work on finding other options.”

The task force is also expected to generate a report that will address: • The appropriate application of affirmative therapeutic interventions for children and adolescents who present a desire to change either their sexual orientation or their behavioral expression of their sexual orientation, or both, or whose guardian expresses a desire for the minor to change.

• The appropriate application of affirmative therapeutic interventions for adults who present a desire to change their sexual orientation or their behavioral expression of it, or both.

• The presence of adolescent inpatient facilities that offer coercive treatment designed to change sexual orientation or its behavioral expression.

• Education, training, and research issues as they pertain to such therapeutic interventions, and • Recommendations regarding treatment protocols that promote stereotyped gender-normative behavior to mitigate behaviors that are perceived to be indicators that a child will develop a homosexual orientation in adolescence and adulthood.

The task force is expected to meet twice in 2007. A schedule for completion of its work has yet to be determined.

Downtown Farmer’s Market Celebrates 15th Year

Artigues (Sandy), Grow Wild, (Salt Lake City), Knight Family Honey (Lehi), and Cibo Wild & Cultivated Mushrooms (Salt Lake City).

Also new this year are a number of local and regional purveyors of prepared foods, from pasta sauces and meat pies, to smoked fish and sausages. Culinary store Sur La Table will also offer cooking demonstrations.

“We’re also pleased to introduce Music at the Market every Saturday with a roster of local musicians who will be performing at Pioneer Park,” Farrington said. This program is presented by the Downtown Alliance, City Weekly and The Salt Lake City Arts Council.

Sponsors of the Farmer’s Market encourage a ‘green attitude’ when visiting and shopping including taking public transportation and biking (secure parking for bikes at the Bike Valet). Patrons are also encouraged to bring their own reusable bags for convenient shopping.

Bags will also be available for purchase at the market.

Both markets are open every Saturday from June 9 to October 20 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. QSaltLake will also have a booth on weekends after we publish. Stop on by and pick up the latest issue. Q

The Downtown Farmer’s Market, sponsored in part by QSaltLake, opens Saturday, June 9 for a twenty-week run at Pioneer Park, 300 South 300 West. In its 15th year, the market features produce and food products from 150 individual vendors this year. More than 70 artists and artisans will also have booths in the adjacent Art and Craft Market.

According to Bob Farrington, executive director of the Downtown Alliance which presents the Farmer’s Market, weekly attendance is from 5,000 to 7,000 people, many of whom are drawn to the market by favorite vendors, including Borski Organic Farms, Vosen’s Bread Paradise, Morgan Valley Lamb, Weeks Berries of Paradise and George’s Herbs.

Other shoppers come to the Saturday market to see new things, and this year there will be plenty of fresh attractions, from 20 new vendors to weekly musical performances. They include Shoves Spanish Saffron (West Valley City), Mayfield Hives & Produce (Sanpete County), Rachel’s Roosts (Eagle Mountain), Oakdell Egg Farms (North Salt Lake), Amanda

Community Briefs Flag Football Pick-Up Games Start The Mountain West Flag Football League invites players of all skill levels to their pick-up games, held each Tuesday at Sugarhouse Park at 6:00 p.m.

Teams will be formed on site from attending players. Coaches will also be there to teach rules and game fundamentals.

Although the pick-up games will continue throughout June, the organized fall league games will begin in July.

MWFFL welcomes all to participate at its social and athletic events regardless of sexual orientation, gender, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, political beliefs, athletic ability, physical challenge or HIV status.

For more information about MWFFL or the games, call 897-2211 or visit mwffl.org.

UAF, HRC Dinner Needs Volunteers The Human Rights Campaign has asked the Utah AIDS Foundation to provide volunteers for its annual gala dinner.

Volunteers are needed for set up on Friday, June 22 and for the actual event on Saturday, June 23 from 12:30-1:00 p.m.

Volunteers on both days will be provided either a lunch or dinner and a gift bag, and a changing room (one for men, one for women) will be offered in UAF’s tent. Volunteers are asked to wear yellow t-shirts.

Interested parties are asked to email Johnnie at Johnnie.Brakey@utahaids. org. John Ordway will serve as this year’s volunteer coordinator.

For additional information, please call Jennifer Nuttall at 801-539-8800 x 13. For more information about NCCJ, visit ­nccjutah.org.

Center Offers Scholarships for Social Justice Summit The Utah Pride Center, in conjunction with the National Conference for Community and Justice, is offering two scholarships for the upcoming NCCJ Camp Everytown, a week long adult human relations and social justice summit scheduled for July 9-13 in Big Cottonwood Canyon.

Camp Everytown is a five-day, fournight, transformative leadership development course offered once annually

by NCCJ of Utah. Participants from all backgrounds will be given the opportunity to explore difficult issues affecting communities and workplaces today like prejudice, discrimination, privilege,

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Dr. A. Lee Beckstead, who is known for his work with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues as well as his research into resolving religious conflicts associated with sexual identity, has been nominated to an American Psychology Association task force on therapeutic response to sexual orientation.

The APA task force will review current scientific research, Dr. A. Lee Beckstead with an eye to revising its 1997 policy statement on the issue.

“I am pleased to announce the initiation of this task force,” said APA President Dr. Sharon Stephens Brehm. “Its work will be of significant value as it will help inform all mental health practitioners about appropriate and effective therapeutic responses to sexual orientation.”

Task Force members were selected after an open nominations process. The APA Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns reviewed all nominations then forwarded the complete list and a suggested slate of nominees to the APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest for review. Stephens Brehm made the final appointments to the task force in consultation with the APA Board of Directors.

According to Beckstead, his nomination process was two-fold: several key people who “knew my work, my stance and agenda on issues of sexual orientation and therapy,” nominated him as well as Division 44, the division of the APA for research on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues.

He said that he is excited to be a part of the task force, because his research and his own background have focused extensively on helping clients resolve issues related to sexual orientation and religious practice.

“For myself, I think I hold an affinity for religion. The other members do, too, but that’s where I think my strength comes from,” Beckstead said.

The task force will review the new sci-

sexism and inequality. The summit also lets participants take an in-depth look at leadership concepts crucial for any organization, business, or institution, including cultural competency, prejudice reduction, conflict resolution, community networking and dialogue skills.

Applicants for the scholarship must submit a one-page essay containing: • Name, home mailing address, email address and daytime phone number.

• A brief description of the community work you have done (including dates and organizations).

• A brief description of the applicant’s future plans for working with the gay community.

• A brief statement outlining why the applicant should be chosen as the scholarship recipient • Two references at organizations with which the applicant has worked.

Applications should eb sent to the Utah Pride Center, Attn: Scholarship, 355 N 300 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84103 by June 15. Online submissions can be made to ­apply@utahpridecenter.org.

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Opinion

From the Editor The Need for Pride

by Michael Aaron, michael@qsaltlake.com

I have to make a confession. I’m a Pride junkie. There was a time when I was in a six-year relationship with a BFWFB (boy friend with flight benefits) when we would travel through the summer from Pride to Pride. Long Beach, Los Angeles, Key West, Fort Lauderdale, Fresno ... yes, Fresno ... and many more. I went to so many Prides my eyes lost the ability to see every color in the rainbow spectrum. “I am soooo over the rainbow,” I’d say. I thought I was funny.

So it is with great anticipation that I look forward to this weekend when we’ll be working 15-hour days, spending ourselves into debt and working on that farmer tan — now for three grueling days instead of one grueling day.

It is Pride when I see people wrangle themselves off the sofa and expose themselves to gay Utah. I seriously have dozens of friends whom I now only see on this festive day.

But many people ask if Pride has run its course. Do we need Pride any more?

As editor of this fabulous piece of art we call ­QSaltLake, I read dozens of stories a day. There are happy stories, hopeful stories, sad stories, horrific stories and everything in between. I read blogs and watch YouTube videos where people can share their deepest secrets and most intimate stories. Lately I’ve run across several local blogs of people struggling with coming to terms with their sexuality and gender identity. Some are high-school-aged kids, others are people who feel trapped in 20-year marriages.

Letters Because It’s Right, Not Out of Fear

Pride is more than a festival where emotionallystable queers go, take off their shirt and gyrate to music. Pride is also a place where a troubled teen can turn on the news and see emotionally-stable queers taking off their shirts and gyrating to music. It gives them hope. Pride is for the mother who thinks her child may be lesbian and can see there are thousands of happy-looking people right here in her own town just like her daughter. Pride is for the gender-confused kid who catches a glimpse of someone s/he has an immediate and unexplainable bond with.

So many places in the world are struggling to even have a Pride celebration. In this issue we show a story of how Warsaw arrested Pride organizers trying to deliver a written plea to allow a celebration, only to be attacked while officers look away. Just two years ago those attending Poland’s Pride wore masks to conceal their identity while onlookers brazenly attacked them while cameras filmed. This year, it was the anti-gay protesters wearing the masks. Pride celebrations help create change.

Pride celebrations also change those who attend.

Organizations swell with members and leaders after Pride. Much like new year’s resolutions, Pride brings a sense in some to do something; to make a difference. It reinforces a person’s sense of self. It reminds you we are the beautiful people, or as Connell O’Donovan put it last weekend at Affirmation’s 30th Anniversary, we are the angels here to test how the world treats us.

So my obvious answer to if Pride is needed is a bellowing “yes.” I will be there and I will encourage anyone I know to be there as well. Why wouldn’t anyone want to celebrate life once a year? Why wouldn’t anyone want to celebrate the differences we have and our unique gifts to this world? Why wouldn’t we want to celebrate being surrounded by eye-candy and eligible potential lovers and friends?

Besides, since when do we need an excuse to have a party?

Happy Pride everyone and please enjoy this largest edition of a local gay magazine ever put out. Q

Editor: Despite listing several “potentially threatening” possibilities, Troy Williams jumped to a conclusion that is as vogue as it is implosive when he described how “Global warming is a fact” [“Eco-Queer Revolution,” Queer Gnosis, QSaltLake, May 16].

He told us about “overwhelming scientific consensus” (is there another kind?) that humans contribute to this “crisis” and describes 10 tips “eco-queers” can use to avoid catastrophes of Biblical proportion.

Gay Americans are quick to join Quixotic campaigns that encourage people to change their ways or else. Not that there’s anything new about that. Mostly non-gay Temperance activists warned about alcoholic criminality if their Constitutional amendment wasn’t adopted; it was and organized crime happened anyway.

But, from 1950s gay Communists and 1970s gay whaling protesters, to today’s eco-queers, I suspect gay Americans are susceptible to a kind of political greener-grass where our campaigning yields something better than the usual results.

These diversions can be entertaining, but turn quickly to fads. Reality lays waste to the sex appeal of Movementarianism. Communists showed how their governments cared less for equality than treasuries, and whales keep on keeping on despite absent gay commitment. Meanwhile, most gay Americans won better equality and health care.

Which makes me unenthusiastic about a globalwarming campaign. It does little for my equality. This is especially true when its advocate asks those of us who aren’t former U.S. vice presidents to use fewer resource “rations” so he can continue to use more than 20 times the amount.

I don’t know if consensus exists about global warm­ ing, but enough liberal and science experts (www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20070514&s=cockburn) doubted its fashionable conclusion to convince me that it’s far from fact and that its human contribution is far from aggravating. I practice every one of Williams’ tips because I want a more efficient Earth, not because pseudoscience scared me.

David Nelson Salt Lake City

Proud Alcoholic Editor, What pride means to me? My eyes have been opened in the last 10 months to a whole new kind of pride, and it is an honor and privileged to share my story with you.

My name is Heidi Shelton and I am a proud alcoholic.

For the first 28 years of my life from what I can remember at the age of 8 – I started destructing my life with a falsehood that I thought would never be toiled. I would lie about anything and everything to get people’s attention, to make them want to be my friends. I have struggled with the truth my entire life. I started drinking at the age of 23 and not long after that was a full on raging alcoholic. I’ve put many of my friends and my family on the line so many times I can’t even count.

I’ve lost amazing people in my life because of my addiction. I was like the energizer bunny when drinking, I could drink and drink, never throwing up or passing out – and then the mean, self destructive rage would come out and I would hurt anyone in my path including those that I love the most. When I finally hit rock bottom, and decided I had an addiction problem – I was flooded with guilt and shame, for everyone I’ve ever hurt – but the most influential hurt I caused was JJ. There we times we had parties in my parents garage, friends and family would attend to hear JJ’s band play.

It was fun, social and a chance for JJ, Zach and James to get comfortable in front of a crowd. But once I got drunk and the rage set in, it wasn’t fun anymore. I remember saying horrible things to him as a kid, that at the time I thought made me cool – being sober, I know it wasn’t the least bit cool and I don’t know how he can still love me the way that he does.

The last 10 months of my life have been a challenge;

it is not easy to give up something you love as I loved hard liquor. JJ and I have come so far, there is an undying, unconditional and often unspoken love and respect that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand. It boggles me that my family has never given up on me, not when I lied, came out or even drank uncontrollably. There is no possible way I could ever take back all the pain I have caused JJ or my family, but I have to try and start somewhere. JJ still plays in the same band he did back 6 years ago, and has become quite a hit. Still a young local band, but one I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be more proud of. They inspire me to stay on task with my sobriety. They have taught me no matter how big or little the dream, never give up. They are amazing friends, with amazing talent. Their lyrics give me and my girlfriend goose bumps and tears even if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard them a hundred times in shows, or just practicing. I love JJ with all of my heart and soul, for living a dream he never gave up on, for being the little brother every girl dreams of but most of all for inspiring me to be a better person. And so I decided that maybe a way for me to make up all the vicious drunk moments

Queer Gnosis Sen. Hatch, How Do You Sleep At Night?

By Troy Williams troy@qsaltlake.com

code to make it slightly more in line with expectations of non-gay students, the timing is too coincidental to believe that to be the case.

America didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t successfully rid itself of an oppressive situation in the late 1700s by wishing it away. They demonstrated by dumping tea imports into the bay. They went to war. Likewise, someone must stand up and demand what we know to be ours. Those who say otherwise would have us back where we were before the Stonewall Riots â&#x20AC;&#x201D; meeting in dark bars run by the mafia and constantly raided by the police.

So cheers to Soulforce. Keep up the good work.

Chris S. Snow Midvale

May Soulforce Be With Us

QSaltLake welcomes letters from our readers. Please email letters no longer than 300 words to letters@ qsaltlake.com. We reserve the right to edit letters for length, clarity or libel, if published. Your full name and telephone number must be included for verification purposes.

Editor, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to congratulate the Equality Riders for their many successes in their last ride across America [â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soulforce Equality Ride Ends,â&#x20AC;? QSaltLake, May 16].

While officials at Brigham Young University may deny that Soulforceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last two visits had no bearing on why the university chose to clarify its honor Al Qaeda was operating there prior to 9/11. He explained in his condescending tone that he sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, and therefore knows more than I do. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a citizen, I knew Iraq didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have WMDs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; how could I know what you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t?â&#x20AC;? I started to explain how UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter debunked the intelligence, but Hatch cut me off: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ritter is full of crap.â&#x20AC;? Without skipping a beat, I responded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scott Ritter was right and you were wrong, and now tens of thousands of innocent people have been murdered!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t killed them â&#x20AC;Ś they are killing each other.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because we destroyed their country!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saddam had bio-chemical weapons.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We sold them to him.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have your information wrong â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;?

I had no patience for his talking points.

I was just determined to give him an earful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How could you support warrantless wiretaps?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was blown out of proportion â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This administration has condoned torture!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dick Cheney outed an American spy!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, there have been some mistakes.

But you are misinformed â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Old Testament demanded an eye for an eye. After 9/11, you went for a whole body for an eye. But it was the wrong body!â&#x20AC;?

His very Mormon wife rolled up with the cart; seeing the nature of our debate, she obediently backed away. I was on a roll with no intent to stop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You no longer have credibility! Bush no longer has credibility! You have been dead wrong about everything.â&#x20AC;?

At this point, he was through with me. And in truth, I had been a rowdy-ass punk. He concluded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no point talking to you. I know you represent a growing number upset about the war, but we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talk anymore.â&#x20AC;?

As he walked away, I delivered my final rebuke: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The blood of thousands of innocent people is on your hands. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how you sleep at night!â&#x20AC;? He rolled his cart away and I stood alone, tremendous-

ly pleased with myself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That felt good!â&#x20AC;?

I thought. Then, I rushed home to write everything down.

In reflection, I do believe Hatch was kind of sincere. Arrogant, yes, but sincere. These men believe their own hypnosis. Their reality is crafted by consensus. If enough men repeat the lie, then it becomes truth. But Hatch was right about one thing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t listen.

Some may criticize me for being a dick, and they would be right. But I could care less. Reason and rational discourse have no value with these men, and we Americans have become far too passive. Fuck that. We need to start kicking some shit around. We need to get angry. These men are killing our planet. They are destroying our country. And Democrats are spineless cowards who are unwilling to use their power to rein in these violent warlords: They are equally complicit in this prolonged war.

Despite my rant, Hatch remains solid in his convictions. Of course. Despite the daily carnage, Hatch still stands by our decision to invade and occupy.

The well-being and prosperity of our country trumps the misery and despair of another. Neither reasoned or passionate discourse will move him from that position. Is it better, then, to say nothing?

What are our alternatives in a world gone mad? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an answer to that. I just believe it is our moral duty to confront power â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to get in their faces â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and to let them hear our outrage.

With that, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t advocate violence of any kind. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t share Hatchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s devotion to Old Testament deities. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe killing brings peace. But, I do believe the time for polite discourse has passed. I just pray that in time, reason and outrage will restore some sanity to our war-loving nation. I hope the pride we celebrate this week will inspire queers everywhere to rise up against power that dominates.

I hope we will always in stand in defense of those who are marginalized, and for those who suffer. And I hope Hatch will never again find peace in a Utah grocery aisle.

Troy Williams produces RadioActive and Now Queer This on KRCL 90.9 FM.

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m mostly a pacifist, but every so often my warrior side comes out looking for a fight. Particularly when I run into men of power who support policies that oppress others. Then I cut loose. Like the time I ran into Mormon apostle Russell M. Nelson. We were in the Smithsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; parking lot right after he had announced the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support for the Federal Marriage Amendment. He had just been sealed to his second wife in the temple â&#x20AC;&#x201D; making him a polygamist in the Mormon heaven â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and he had the audacity to endorse an amendment to our Constitution that would define marriage as â&#x20AC;&#x153;one man married to one woman?â&#x20AC;? So, I got in his face and denounced him as a fraud and a hypocrite. All to the dismay of my best buddy who was with me, who is himself the gay son of a Mormon GA. Of course, my verbal thrashing didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do anything to sway the man (he is, after all, self-deluded into believing he is an actual apostle of Jesus). But polite, friendly discourse wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t persuade him, either.

So was it better, then, to say nothing?

Two weeks ago, I was again shopping at Smiths and found myself alone in the organic food aisle with none other than Senator Orrin Hatch. I had that moment of, â&#x20AC;&#x153;God â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hatch! Should I continue shopping, or do I take a moment and rebuke him?â&#x20AC;? After all, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not everyday we common folk shop next to the yahoos who are fucking up our country. So, I reached out my hand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Senator Hatch, your support of President Bush and this war has been an absolute disaster.â&#x20AC;?

And then we threw down.

He politely replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thousands of terrorists are in America plotting our destruction.â&#x20AC;? I countered, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then why on earth are we in Iraq?â&#x20AC;? Hatch insisted that

I had with JJ was to give him a chance to play at the Utah Gay Pride Festival 2007 so I submitted his material and my story not knowing what would come of it. This is my first sober Pride Festival and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scary but worth it and I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have done it without my girlfriend, my family, or my brother and his band.

What does pride mean to me â&#x20AC;&#x201C; well Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve only had it for the past 10 months, but it means everything to me.. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m proud to be a member of the gay community, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m proud to be a recovering alcoholic, but most of all I am proud of my amazing little brother, his band and their accomplishments. I love you little brother so much â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and this is for you!!

Heidi Shelton Salt Lake City

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Lambda History Homo Wars III: The ERA Menace

by BEN Williams ben@qsaltlake.com

So, the first skirmish of the 30-Year Homosexual War was a stalemate.

The homos were kept from dancing in the sacred State Rotunda, but, alas, so were dewy-eyed Mormon debutantes.

Not getting their way was entirely something new to the powers that be in Utah, and it did not set well with the patriarchs running things from the LDS Church Administration Building and the Alta Club. However, it was a wake up call all the same. Out on the streets, you could almost hear the old men hollering, “What the hell is going on?” It was clear enough to them that perverts were proliferating, women were getting uppity and thanks to that damn mini-series Roots, the war against the sons of Cain was all but lost.

A little background on the bug that was crawling up Utah’s collective behind in 1977: Early in the year, the board of the Metropolitan Community Church of Salt Lake applied for a permit to hold a dance in the State Capitol, the Radicalesbian feminists had organized Women Aware, Alex Haley’s mini-series Roots showed that perhaps African descendants are human after all. Worst of all … 1977 was called the International Women’s Year.

In the good ol’ U.S. of A., each state was asked to hold a conference to settle the eternal question of, “What the hell do women want?” Non-elected President Jerry Ford, after having his titties twisted by wife Betty, proclaimed, “We must confront those inequalities that still linger as barriers to the full participation of women in our national life ... blah blah blah.”

So, Utah’s Democrat Governor, Scott Matheson, duly appointed a committee of women to plan a state conference and to set an agenda on what was eating women. No big surprise here, that Utah’s agenda was a tad more conservative than it was elsewhere in the country. This was due to the fact that the LDS Church ordered that at least 10 Relief Society sisters from each ward must attend the Utah conference to make sure the brethrens’ concerns were heard and addressed in this, the Year of the Woman.

What could have sent the benign General Authorities into such a tizzy that ultimately lead to the unleashing of the full force of LDS Womanhood? I will tell you in three words: The Equal Rights Amendment (Okay, so that’s four. Quit quibbling!) The ERA stated in sublime simplicity: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”

Passage of the ERA was one of the top goals for the burgeoning women’s rights movement. The National Or-

ganization for Women had a growing number of feminists ready to mobilize for the ERA’s passage. By 1977, the ERA was on a fast track to become the law of the land. It was passed by a Democratic Congress in 1972 and sent to the states for ratification with a seven-year time limit attached. Now, you needed 38 states to make the dang thing a law. All was going great guns until 1975, when the ratification movement stalled at 34 states. So what was the hold up? The bastions of the twin relics of barbarism: the Old Confederacy and the State of Deseret. Damn!

Wouldn’t you know it?

In 1976 the LDS First Presidency issued a statement against the ERA saying, “We fear it will stifle Godgiven feminine instincts,” and that the passage of the ERA would result in “an increase in the practice of homosexual and lesbian activities, and other concepts which could alter the natural, God-given relationship of men and women.” Don’t laugh. It’s true.

In the March 24, 1977 edition of the Deseret News, good looking LDS General Authority Neal A. Maxwell pondered innocently enough, “Would ERA confer upon homosexuals any privileges or status not intended?” Hmmmm. I wonder. Better not chance it.

Figuring it was an easy sell, the antiERA crusaders asked LDS officials if they could “educate” the Relief Society sisters who would be attending the conference about the dire consequences of unisex toilets, mandatory state funding for all abortions and the legalization of homosexual marriage. After all, everyone knew “a vote for ERA is a vote for abortion,” and homosexuals would use the ERA to gain the right to “teach in our schools ... and adopt children!”

The LDS Church winked and said no, but pre-conference teaching moments were held throughout the land, anyway. Here, obedient sisters met, thinking that the meetings were officially sponsored by the LDS Church.

Plausible deniability is why church lawyers get paid the big bucks. These sweet sisters were told that the IWY conference was full of hidden agendas, and that their homes, families and lifestyles were in peril. At these unofficial meetings, Bishop Dennis Kerr, who was a main organizer, warned about “Lesbian takeovers, unfair voting practices, and being subjected to pornographic films” at the IWY. However, this Legion of Dedicated Sisters created its own problem, since Scott Matheson had not foreseen the hit to the checkbook that this LDS-led insurgency would have on the state.

“There were no funds, nor space, nor facilities to support the sudden unforeseen 200 percent increase in attendance.” Breaking up the fights in the lines to the ladies room alone would mean calling out the National Guard.

Utah’s Radicalesbians, having bisexual spies in most of the LDS Relief Society meetings, published the “Lesbian Manifesto” in June of 1997, in preparation for the IWY’s battle royale. It proclaimed in part, “We have been polite and legitimate and

powerless ... the community will get to know us, fear us, fight us like hell, and do everything it can to destroy us.

By choosing the first alternative, we could exist for eons. We could live in harmony with all the powerless, pitiable, and pathetic token organizations the establishment allows to exit in the name of freedom and equality. Or we could choose the second alternatives.

We may be destroyed, that is the risk ... but win or lose, we have shown that we will fight, we will be heard, we will push, we will not accept tokenism.” So take that, you Sunbeams.

Probably not in retaliation (but perhaps), almost General Authority Barbara Smith, sporting a power bra, praised beauty queen runner-up Anita Bryant and her campaign to smear “lesbians and homosexuals” in the June 18 edition of the Church News.

Like lesbians aren’t big fat homos?

May be Smith was a closeted lesbian separatist! But I digress. The article’s weekly helpful hint for the harried Mormon housewives was a reminder for the sisters to attend the Utah International Women’s Year Conference on the following weekend.

So, here it is. Finally June 24, and the International Women’s Year state conference is held at the Salt Palace.

I suspect women roller derby tournaments are nothing compared to the mayhem experienced by the fairer sex in the Salt Palace. You know, eventually the building had to be torn down.

One woman who helped to plan the IWY convention admitted she was “shocked and sickened by the atmosphere of fear and anger created there,” and she was anti-ERA! Presenters were shouted down, booed and hissed, and sometimes not allowed to speak at all. Worse then a Hannity versus Rocky smack down. In several of the workshops, the LDS delegates shouted down women they identified as “feminists,” sometimes calling them lesbians. Ouch! Mysterious men, wearing suits and holding walkie-talkies, herded women around the convention. What was up with that?

The LDS sisters had a simple task, but a difficult one for them to complete. After years of being indoctrinated to say “yes” to everything, they were now told to vote “no.” This must have been terribly confusing and upsetting. Still, all the recommendations from the national commission — every single resolution — was voted down in Utah by margins above 90 percent, and not just on issues like ERA and abortion. Women’s issues such as more effective collection of child support, enforcing laws that prohibit employment discrimination against women, having homemakers covered under social security, revising of rape laws were all voted down. We do what we’re told in Utah ... or else.

Joyceen Boyle, chair of the Salt Lake Chapter of NOW, was looking panicked with all the blood drained from her face. She felt like Golden Hair at the Little Big Horn. It was a route! It was a massacre! It was a shame.

But at 50 East South Temple, giggles were heard. (To be continued) Q

Ruth Hackford-Peer Gunning for Equality

by Ruth Hackford-Peer ruth@qsaltlake.com

David Samsel The Spectacle of Gay Pride

by David Samsel david@qsaltlake.com

I’m not sure if it is becoming easier to come out or harder. Sometimes I think the amount of public scrutiny homosexuality gets in the media and politics is harmful to some. I remember being with an exboyfriend, who is not out to his conservative Republican father, [he] told me that images of men plastered on CNN “prancing” in veils in San Francisco during the period when Gavin Newsome married gays in contravention to California law would not make it easier for him to sit and talk to his father, but instead, harder.

A friend wrote that to me about a year ago, and his thoughts echo a letter to the editor in QSaltLake last year around Pride time. The author complained the spectacle of Pride actually hurt the gay community. Apparently, he doesn’t appreciate men wearing nothing but their speedos while dancing in the street. I can see why some people feel that way, but I really think they would do well to get over it.

I would speculate that at least some of the people we saw in San Francisco years ago, as well as many of the people we see participating every year in Pride Parades across the country now, have done more to further the cause of equality than any gay man who hasn’t come out to his conservative Republican father. Somebody has got to represent the gay community, and there isn’t a closet big enough to hold the population of the world. You have to come out to do it.

I know there are many people straight, gay and everything in between who are uncomfortable with those members of the gay community who “prance” around unabashedly being the people they feel they are inside. A friend once told me how much he respected drag queens for the way they express themselves. Because when your hair and your footwear make you four feet taller than you normally are and two feet taller than the tallest player on the Jazz, there’s no hiding from those who might ridicule you.

By nature and upbringing, I live along the more conservative line of things, but I sure am glad that everyone doesn’t!

What a boring world it would be without diversity. People who shun diversity because it makes them uncomfortable need to recognize that as their own problem.

Besides, there’s no way that you’re going to get the feather headdress-wearing drag queens back in the closet. If you don’t feel that they adequately represent the gay

don’t own dozens of guns, but my dad does. No matter what one thinks of gun ownership, he’s a good ally to the queer community. And he’s a good ally to me.

My dad believes queer folks deserve the same safeguarding of rights and the same protections under the law as his guns deserve, I realized. The pride welled up. My dad made me feel as important as guns.

And not just hypothetical guns — but HIS guns. He made me feel as important as HIS OWN guns, as important as the Second Amendment, the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. What American couldn’t help but feel pride in that? community, then join the club. Really, join the club and help the gay community more fully show who they are.

I don’t believe in padding the truth so that it will be easier for people to take. Now, that doesn’t mean that you throw it in people’s faces, but you surely don’t hide the truth for fear that someone might have to deal with their own ignorance or bigotry. Hatred should not be tolerated by either our actions or our lack of action. I believe it is in the best interest of the world to promote understanding through honest living and transparent relationships.

If you move at all through the gay community you will find people of the highest quality. It is my personal belief that if we are not better than most of our straight counterparts, then we are doing something wrong. The very fact that many of us had to become the people we truly are without the support of the social systems in which we were raised should give us a foot up in this world; it puts us out ahead.

Use your struggles, stand on top of them and see how it improves your view of the world. Accept who you are and let yourself be better for it.

You have no reason to be ashamed of the community you belong to, even if that community has men who wear dresses and dykes on bikes. Be proud that your community holds members who cover the full spectrum of the rainbow. Those dykes are not on bikes out of bigotry or shame. Those men are not wearing dresses in public out of self-loathing. It’s the beauty of being gay that you don’t have to be like everyone else in your community, you can be just who you are and you’re still welcome to march along with us in our parade. It’s true that our sense of community has a ways to go still: The gay community is far too cliquish and self-involved in my opinion. But I think we’re improving. I believe we have the capability to overcome the deeply rooted self-hatred that almost imperceptibly manages to rule so much of our social structure.

Gay Pride is an opportunity to come out and be surrounded by members of your community. And just like being a member of the world community doesn’t make me Hindu or German, being a member of the gay community doesn’t make you effeminate or a dyke on a bike.

Gay Pride is about celebrating diversity.

If you want to participate, no one will expect you to compromise who you are; so please, stop expecting others to compromise who they are because it makes you uncomfortable. An accompanying song for this month’s column is “Be As”

by Prozzak. Please party responsibly, use protection, and maybe try making a few new friends — and just for the sake of making a few new friends, not because you want to sleep with them. Happy Pride, everyone! Q

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30 May 2007 the point of no return It was a very simple prayer. I asked if coming out was the right decision.

I lay there for about 30 seconds, and then I suddenly just felt peaceful, calm and happy. I started smiling. And then I knew that I was making the right decision. It’s not just what I want, but it is what is right for me at this time.

And that’s that.

I’m a gay Mormon, and I don’t care who knows.

I know that this is not going to be an easy path, but it is the one I feel is best. I feel that not only will this be a positive thing in my life, but that by being open about this, I can help others as well. By putting a face on this ignored and misunderstood issue I hope to at least help others out there to start thinking, start exploring, and start understanding.

So, world, are you ready for me? Can you handle my unabashed honesty and openness? Will you really listen to what I have to say?

Ready or not, here I come.

The QSaltLake offices will be CLOSED Monday, June 4 through Wednesday, June 6 to lick our wounds from the trials and tribulations of being a gay newsmagazine and directory which publishes four of our largest issues in the month of May. We’ll be back bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Thursday, June 7.

Thank you for your patience.

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Growing up, I thought there was a concerted effort by the powers-that-be to take away my father’s guns. I’m not sure who I thought wanted them, but my dad made it clear that his guns were not “safe.” He viewed any law that restricted absolute gun ownership as a severe violation of the Constitution. In fact, gun laws were often compared to the spread of communism in my house. Often, my father even used the slippery slope argument so familiar to people who argue against gay marriage: “Once one restriction is passed, they begin working on the next level, until suddenly the second amendment means nothing.”

Our family calendar revolved around the seasons — hunting seasons, that is.

Besides the regular deer and elk season, there was pheasant, rabbit, bighorn sheep, bison, antelope, moose ... and the list goes on. In the spring, when there was not a good hunting season to look forward to, my parents invented their own: the shed hunt. Deer and elk shed their antlers in the spring and do not re-grow them until late summer. So my parents would walk miles through the muddy underbrush searching for the cast-offs.

In grade school, my mother tricked me into eating almost anything by adding the coveted McDonald’s “Mc” to it.

Somehow, pheasant McNuggets tasted better than plain pheasant. But by middle school, sick of the taste of never-ending wild meat, I asked mom if she could buy some beef or chicken. She responded that we did not have the extra money to purchase such luxuries. Then she tried to convince me that we saved money by hunting for food. But I did not let her fool me. I calculated the cost of state hunting licenses, gasoline and bullets. I added hunting vests, a percentage of the purchase price of each gun, and missed work days into the equation. What I found in my slightly biased research, was that if — and that’s a big if — one of them killed a deer, the cost of the meat would still be higher than the cost of a t-bone beef steak every night for dinner all winter.

Yeah, guns were a daily part of my existence.

I counted them while home from college one summer and was shocked and dismayed to find that there were over 50 in our house. My father had two big gun cabinets. The bed I grew up sleeping in held a secret gun compartment. Dad also kept a handgun at his bedside, a gun under his bed and several muzzle loaders on the common room’s walls.

I wanted to ask what a family of six needed with so many guns. I personally found it backwoods-militia-man scary, but I needed a place to stay for the summer, so I didn’t push. But as an adult, I have completely separated myself from the culture of hunting and guns. Or at least I’ve tried. But somehow, no matter what the subject, my dad can bring the conversation back to guns.

For example, recently I was explaining to him how my family and especially my children were even less protected under the law because of the passage of Amend-

ment 3. He responded, “Damn them.

Next it’ll be my guns.” Then he started to mumble about how we need to make the Constitution so difficult to amend that his guns would be safe in his arms forever.

I was immediately pissed off. Here I was baring my soul to my father, explaining how the law justified my status as a second-class citizen, and opening up about how homophobia affects my life.

And there he was mumbling about guns!

Just as quickly, though, the anger made way for a rush of pride. I guess I’m the type of person who will take my allies anywhere I can find them. I certainly

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Load of Bullshattuck Here Comes the Pride

BY RYAN SHATTUCK RYAN@QSALTLAKE.COM

It would be far too easy — and far too obvious of a cliché — for me to compare overcommercialized Utah Pride Weekend to a carnival.

Sure, I’d love to say: “Step right up, and welcome to the Utah Pride Weekend Carnival! Sword-swallowing men and large bearded women have nothing on OUR gay men and lesbian women! You’ll see plenty of public displays of affection as drunk gay men give each other hickeys until the hickeys become the size of unwed pregnant teenagers! You’ll see swarms of doppelgängers for “that one guy I went out with once, who I could have sworn was in a porn!” You’ll see hordes of pancake makeup-wearing drag queens, who are only two Dress Barn sizes smaller than so-obviouslya-drag-queen-when-not-motivationallyspeaking Tony Robbins! You’ll see masses of angry militant lesbians who are, in fact, only as dangerous as a Belle & Sebastian album! You’ll see Diana Ross in Mahogany — and really wish you hadn’t! All here at the Gay Pride Weekend Carnival!”

Sure, I’d love to say all of the above.

But I’ll resist the temptation.

I like Pride, really. I don’t love Pride, but I like Pride. I like Pride as much as I like hearing that biologists have recently discovered that Kevin Federline is one of the few men in existence who can shorten a woman’s gestation period simply by sleeping with her (which would explain his ability to father as many children in one year as, oh, I don’t know, a Labrador Retriever).

I may not love Pride, but I’m certainly curious how it works and why it exists.

I may not love Kevin Federline, but I’m certainly curious how he works and why he exists.

I have a rather complicated history with Pride, although I realize that is a rather redundant thing to say. Considering that I am a gay man and Pride is a gay event, it is assumed that as long as ‘gay’ is the adjective being used to describe something and that particular something’s relationship, said relation-

ship will be inherently complicated. I can’t speak for everyone, but I imagine that many people, like me, enjoy attending Pride without entirely understanding the reasons why we celebrate it.

While my initial gut reaction — like that of other cynical gay men and women — is to dismiss Pride entirely as an overwhelmingly commercialized, self-centered, hedonistic carnival of alcohol, skin, and homages to women whose musical careers peaked more than a decade ago, I naively want to believe that there must be more to it than same stereotypes we’ve all grown to know and love.

While my inner James Randi tells me to be critical and question everything, perhaps I’ll instead indulge my inner Sylvia Browne and embrace all things that don’t make sense, but feel good. Like Pride.

While I personally attended my first ‘Gay Pride Weekend Extravaganza Variety Show Spectacle Blowout: The Musical!’ only a year ago, I found it quite fascinating to learn that the Utah Pride Festival itself has been around since 1977. For people such as me who weren’t even alive during the Carter administration, 1977 is quite impressive.

Not only is Pride over three decades old, but in the years that have passed since that fateful first punch thrown by Miss Sylvia Rivera in the June 1969 Stonewall Riots, Pride has grown to include over 88 festivals in the United States alone, as well as in 40 other countries including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldova, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, The United Kingdom and Venezuela.

Now, I’m no Veronica Mars, but it

doesn’t take series-canceling detective work — and amazing breasts to match!

— to realize that Gay Pride is a phenomenally successful social event.

That being the case, why do some of us still cynically balk at Pride? With the incredible success it has found over the years, why aren’t more of us, well, proud of Pride? Is it, perhaps, because there are more people who understand that Noam Chomsky is not a character on Cheers than who actually understand Pride’s political symbolism?

Understanding the history and politics of Gay Pride may not always be as obvious as product placement on American Idol (speaking of which, I have this sudden, unusual desire for a Coke right now). But our lack of understanding the very philosophy behind Pride puts us at danger of allowing the celebration to become overwhelmed by commercialization.

In response to this, an event called Gay Shame has begun to catch on in popular-

You’ll see hordes of pancake makeupwearing drag queens, who are only two Dress Barn sizes smaller than so-obviously-adrag-queen-whennot-motivationallyspeaking Tony Robbins!

Should They Date?

BY RYAN SHATTUCK RYAN@QSALTLAKE.COM

Have you ever questioned whether you and another individual should be dating?

Have you ever wondered why money can’t buy you love – unless your name is Donald Trump?

ity. Founded in Brooklyn, New York in 1998, Gay Shame is a response to what organizers felt was an overcommercialization of Gay Pride. While the idea hasn’t spread much, it does prompt the question: Has commercially endorsed, commercially sponsored Pride crossed that soul-selling line yet — and if not, how close are we? As Gay Shame inquires, does Pride support gay rights as much as it supports consumerism?

Oh, please. While we’re at it, let’s also convince ourselves that Bald Britney’s crap belongs at Sotheby’s and not on eBay. I accept the fact that I don’t entirely understand Pride. But this year I want to learn the history, philosophy and political symbolism behind it. Maybe as soon as some of us begin to understand its actual significance, we can cease our cynical complaining, and understand Pride as the symbolic gathering of our community that was meant to be thirty years ago.

To Brenda Howard, L. Craig Schoonmaker, Miss Sylvia Rivera and many other gay pioneers, I thank you for your contributions to gay politics and to the gay rights movement in general.

To Flamin’ Hot with Limon Cheetos, I thank you for sponsoring this issue of Load of Bullshattuck.

Ryan Shattuck is a freelance writer, University of Utah student, and will super-size your gay pride for only 39 cents more.

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In this issue of SHOULD THEY DATE, CARIN R. wants to know if she should begin dating DAWN W., and PHIL S. asks us if his relationship with LANA C. will survive.

NAME: Carin R. AGE: 34 RESIDENCE: West Jordan, Utah OCCUPATION: Kickbox Instructor IDEAL FIRST DATE: “A traditional German picnic in the country, as long as it doesn’t include any meat.”

NAME: Dawn W. AGE: 32 RESIDENCE: Murray, Utah OCCUPATION: Restaurant Manager IDEAL FIRST DATE: “Vicodin”

• Many people underestimate the magic that is to be found at the Paper Moon, where Carin and Dawn first met. They saw each other across the bar – Carin looked beautiful, Dawn looked drunk – and they instantly felt a connection. Although after five shots of Jager, Dawn would have felt a connection with anyone.

• Carin has a son from her marriage of several years ago but fortunately for her, Dawn is great with children and has no problem with Carin hav-

ing a son. Primarily because Carin’s ex-husband has custody. And lives in Nebraska.

• IN SUMMARY: Cupid may be a fickle individual but despite his intentions, any new relationship can have potential. There are very few new relationships that can’t be prodded along with honesty and open communication. And failing that, narcotics and alcohol also work.

SHOULD THEY DATE? YES

NAME: Phil S. AGE: 67 RESIDENCE: Probably jail OCCUPATION: Record Producer/Non-Murderer FAVORITE BRAND OF CEREAL: “Any cereal that makes Lana’s death look like a suicide.”

NAME: Lana C. AGE: 40 RESIDENCE: Probably Heaven OCCUPATION: Former Actress FAVORITE BRAND OF CEREAL: “Can I say my favorite cereal is ‘Life?’ Is that too ironic?”

• Phil and Lana met in 2003 at the Sunset Strip House of Blues, where she had been working.

He ordered “The Elwood” chicken sandwich.

She mistakenly brought him an all beef “Blues Burger.” It was mistake she wouldn’t ever make again (mostly because she would be dead).

• Most people understand the difficulty of having a healthy relationship with a suspected murderer.

But if you’re dating a suspected murderer who

also happens to be a suspect in your murder? That can’t be too healthy either.

• IN SUMMARY: The next time you go out with a guy who says he invented the ‘Wall of Sound’ production effect – and who also happens to shoot you – don’t make plans for a second date.

Although to be honest, you may not have any other choice.

SHOULD THEY DATE? NO

Mountain Meadows Mascara Perennial Issues

by Ruby Ridge ruby@qsaltlake.com

OK, muffins, will one of you gardening gurus out there please tell me what the hell I am doing wrong with my Gaura plants? For two autumns in a row now, I have planted healthy and happy Gaura plants in my garden, and each spring they wind up deader than Anna Nicole Smith! What gives? According to my gardening mags, Gaura grow like weeds here in the desert, but for some reason, mine all have a death wish.

I mean, I know Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not easy to live with, but Puhlease!

Between you and me, peaches, I am soooo conflicted. Deep in my heart, I want to do the Al Gore thing and reduce my evil over-consumptive ways and curtail my water usage. But I have to tell you, cherubs â&#x20AC;Ś the flesh is weak. I know I should rip out my huge lawn and start mulching and xeriscaping like a mad woman, but it is so damn expensive!

Seriously, have you seen the price of one gallon perennials? I swear to God, drought-tolerant plants are more expensive than heroin! And what is the deal with drought-tolerant ornamental grasses? I LOVE them, but they must be smuggled in by organized crime syndicates or something, because the retail prices for them are just out of control. If I am being charged 25 bucks for a two inch-wide pot of xeric Switch Grass, then I at least want some type of an exotic back story to justify the expense, not just a tag saying it was grown in some greenhouse in Layton!

At these prices, I want to know that an evil grass cartel bribed a border agent to ignore the â&#x20AC;&#x153;muleâ&#x20AC;? trafficking thirty

Miscanthus plants up his ass just to make my front yard eco-freakingfriendly! And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even get me started about how expensive flagstone, shrubs and irrigation systems are. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no wonder people just lay down grass sod and say screw the long-term costs of watering.

I had a slightly less angry version of this conversation a few years ago with Lorraine Miller (the original owner of Cactus & Tropicals) while we were standing in line at the Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s English Bookstore (yes, I can read books without pictures, you hateful wenches!). She was smack dab in the middle of campaigning against the Home Depot that eventually got built on Highland Drive. As much as I would like to support small local businesses, I said, I have a hard time paying eight dollars for some native or droughttolerant plant from a local perennial grower when I can get a mass-grown alternative from Lowes for $3.50. She, of course, made absolute sense by saying without supporting local growers, they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t compete against the massmarket growers who only focus on a few easy-to-propagate varieties that everyone else has. They had no diversity, no local knowledge, she said. I knew she was right, but that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop me from loading up later with an armful of Yarrows and Russian Sage plants at Lowes.

Alright, I admit I did feel like a complete corporate whore!

So I say, if you can afford it, support your local nurseries and hopefully the increased demand for locally appropriate and xeric native plants will help them create a supply that will knock down the price for everyone. And remember, kittens: mulch, mulch and mulch some more. Ciao!

I swear to God drought-tolerant plants are more expensive than heroin!

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For Gay Daters Watch Out! The Dude’s A Player!

By Brian Rzepczynski

I was recently interviewed by freelance writer Caroline Stanley from MSN.com for a cover story she was writing about dating “player-types”. This article includes the content that I contributed for her research into this topic. This article will shed some light on the profile of a “player,” provide some tips for the “ex-player” to promote successful dating relationships without letting his past destroy genuine opportunities, and suggest potential warning signs for the gay dater that might signal that the guy he’s seeing might actually be a “player.”

What Is A Player?

My definition of a “player” is someone who’s not really on the “up and up” in his dating interactions and intentions with others. His words are not congruent with his behavior. This type of individual tends to be manipulative and selfcentered, using people to meet his own needs in a selfish way that disregards the feelings of others. He tends to be very

crafty and creative in his efforts to win a person over to obtain gratification of his sought-after goal and can be insensitive to the needs and wants of the other.

Once he’s gotten what he wants, he tends to taper off his contact with the person or completely disappears with no word.

Sometimes he’s purely after sex; other times it’s about conquest (the thrill of the hunt, and once he’s been validated that he’s desired, he withdraws).

Why do they do this? The reasons are very individualized and varied, but more commonly it could be that they have intimacy issues and have difficulties with attachment and commitment, are narcissistic and selfish, or have control issues. Sometimes as specified earlier, it could be a self-esteem issue in that their need for validation is so strong, that once they perceive it as being obtained, they move on to the next person in an endless pursuit of “strokes” from other people that they’re “good enough” and valued. And sometimes these men are married in heterosexual marriages or are already partnered in a gay relationship with someone else and will never fully be available or have any intention of deepening a relationship with the single, yet hopeful gay dater.

Tips For “The Reformed Player” If you have a history of being a “player” and you’re starting a new dating relationship and genuinely want to develop it further, your past could come back to haunt you if you’re not up front and honest with your new love interest. It can be a small world, and the last thing you want is to run into a scorned “ex” when you’re out on the town with your new boyfriend.

I always believe that honesty is the best policy and helps set the foundation for trust and safety. It’s not something you’ll want to dump on the person immediately; as you get to know your new dating partner, you’ll be pacing the self-disclosures as the intimacy grows in your new relationship at a level that’s comfortable.

As the two of you begin discussions about your past relationships, you can use this topic as a segue toward sharing about your past tendencies. It’s important to be direct, nondefensive, and acknowledge responsibility for your behavior. Explain the mind-set shift that took place for you that allowed you to become “reformed”, emphasizing the benefits you’ve experienced as a result.

Transition, then, into sharing your excitement about dating this new person and the appreciations you have toward him. A discussion like this can be a great

starting point for other more important talks about commitment, monogamy, and relationship expectations and visions.

And then make sure that you live with integrity, ensuring that your words and actions match and that you’re truly living your new values.

Tips For The Gay Dater For Screening Out “The Player-Types” Unless you have hard-core proof and evidence that your new dating partner is playing around on the side, you must be careful about making assumptions or interpretations of his behavior. That being said, the following are some signals to keep your antennae wired for as potential red flags that you may be dating a “player” and can indicate to you the importance of going slow as you get to know him, observing his behavior to get the most accurate picture of his character as possible, and communicating and “checking things out” with your partner during the dating and get-to-know-you process: • he takes your phone number, but won’t give you his • he doesn’t follow through with things he says he’s going to do or cancels and rearranges plans you’ve made frequently • the times that you get together or the activities that you pursue tend to be on his terms • the times that he’s available to connect with you are sporadic or he doesn’t seem to make time to include you in his schedule • the discussions that you have are very “surface-oriented”, vague, with no depth and he doesn’t reveal much personal information about his life • you tend to do more of the work in trying to cultivate the relationship; you find that you are more accommodating and that you do all the giving; the relationship is not very reciprocal • he never invites you over to his house and he gets a lot of cell phone calls in which he dodges answering when you’re around • he sexualizes the conversations you have • when the two of you are out on a date, he doesn’t look at you and give you respectful eye contact, cruising the room at the other hotties present instead • his attentiveness and dedication to you is inconsistent at best Conclusion Unknowingly dating a “player” can be a painful experience and roller-coaster ride for the gay dater seeking his Mr. Right.

That’s why it’s so important to pace all your dating relationships and not invest yourself too prematurely before you’ve really had a chance to get to know the person you’re seeing to gauge for compatibility. Make sure you always keep your non-negotiable/deal-breaker needs in the forefront of your mind and screen your dating partner for goodness-of-fit. The more experiences you share with him, the more able you will be to test consistency of his behavior and character. “Playertypes” are capable of change; if this is you, you can begin to use the above information to help you begin to modify your behavior and move in the direction of more authenticity. Love can be challenging, but oh so rewarding! Be true!

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Gay Geeks (Another Dirty Broomstick Joke)

by JoSelle Vanderhooft joselle@qsaltlake.com

Darth Masq: It has that element that gets to me every damned time — it’s a story of the supernatural or sci-fi that pretends to happen in the real world. Harry’s Earth is our Earth, not an alternative universe or a galaxy far, far away. So every moment of magic and mystery has to be carefully hidden from us ordinary folk, which is why we see no evidence of witches and wizards.

So, come to think of it, there is an element in this related to queerness. Being a wizard gives Harry an “other” status which is disdained by the people he grew up with. He subsequently finds a community of people like himself in book one, a hidden sub-culture with its own traditions, mores, history and politics.

Then he must straddle the line between both worlds, one of which (the non-mainstream world) is more real to him simply because it is more reflective of who he is.

Kate Bartholomay: There is no such thing as “normal” in the Harry Potter universe. Yes, there are the Muggles, but the villains of the series think of them as sort of an inferior slave species, and even among the rest of wizarding society, the general consensus seems to be that the Muggles are missing out on something great. Normality is to be pitied, and the bizarre is prized. I doubt there is a gay person in the entire world who hasn’t fantasised about being embraced because of their “aberration” rather than in spite of it. The idea of a reality in which being in a minority makes you “special” is fantastic and inherently appealing.

And here’s the one that really got me, folks.

HPMOMMA: In summer 2001 a good friend introduced me to Harry Potter. I had just had my heart trampled on by a lover, my grandfather died and my dad was near death from a massive stroke. I was beyond depressed and I was about 1700 miles from home. My friends (who were using Harry Potter in a college dorm setting) suggested an escape in the series. I read the first book in a little over three hours and then re-read to make sure I didn’t skip something. I smiled for the first time in literal weeks. I read the second and third Potters all day the next day. For me, the series is about identity.

It is about finding your place in a world that is so unfitting for you. You know there are more [like you], but where?

Harry is the rebound that worked out for me. Harry was there when I needed to be my own hero. He was there when I needed to redefine myself. I was no longer anyone’s girlfriend, I was no one’s granddaughter and I was very close to losing my status as daughter; and Harry, orphaned and alone in many senses just like me, was there. I have shared his cupboard since that day in August 2001 and I will continue to do so. The boy who lived, indeed. He lives on and on.

Happy ... er... Harry Pride, everybody!

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There is nothing quite like attending Phoenix Rising, a Harry Potter symposium in New Orleans, with roughly 1,000 other screaming, geeky fangirls — especially when the overwhelming majority of those fangirls are women, and a substantial portion of those women are lesbian or bisexual. The concentration of estrogen in the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel was strong enough that it actually became not just a living entity, but an entity that agreed to write my column for me this week, thereby allowing me to get some much-needed sleep. I mean, those late-night movie showings really take a lot out of a girl, you know?

This week’s column belongs to lesbian and bisexual Harry Potter fans, some of whom attended Phoenix Rising, some of whom did not, but all of whom will attempt to answer the age-old question: why the hell do queer girls like Harry so damn much?

Some women I talked to asked to be refered to by their real names, others chose to use their online handles or screen names. It’s a geek thing. I found their answers illuminating, individual and in some cases, downright touching.

C. Tachikawa: Harry Potter is one of the few series that I can read over and over again. I will admit that I did not get into it at first; it seemed like some huge phenomenon that wouldn’t be worth my time. But as the first film was coming around, I decided to finally crack the first book open and I was hooked.. As for what draws me towards this series, I would have to say it’s the world that J.K. Rowling created. She’s made something magical feel real. I’m also drawn to the characters. I can see all kinds of relationships forming [between them], romantic and friendships alike. Being a bisexual woman and a fan of this series, it allows me to think about the possibilities for these characters. What will they think of each other in the future? Who would likely be straight and who would be experimental? Can any of these feelings be justified by what J.K. Rowling has given us? How will other characters react to anyone who’s gay, bisexual, transgender, etc.? Do prejudices for that exist (considering wizards have prejudices against certain bloodlines, would they have them on a person’s sexuality?). I just love thinking about this and wondering how sexuality and relationships would work in the Harry Potter world.

Kimberly DeCina: I don’t think there’s necessarily a connection between my being bi and being a Harry Potter fan.

There are tons of characters with a wide variety of relationships, and that makes the series really accessible for slash fans [fans of fan fiction featuring male/male or female/female pairings], but I don’t think that’s necessarily the same thing since many slash fans are straight and often even married women. I think part of what connects me to the series, though, which may have connection to how queer women feel, is that there’s a lot of psychological truth to Rowling’s characters

— and a good chunk of that truth comes from how well she understands human cruelty. She really has a knack for displaying, covertly and overtly, the challenges people face. And prejudice isn’t the least of these, although she showcases “racism” [in how pureblooded wizards treat those of non-magical parentage] for lack of a better word and classism rather than homophobia. Having an ongoing discussion of that, along with characters like Snape and Neville that showcase how cruel treatment can damage people, might connect with queer readers because it treats being “different” with such realism and such sympathy.

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

9pm, The Mynt Lounge, a private club for members, 63 W. 100 South. Tickets $15, 24tix.com.

I should have my gay membership revoked for pulling a Keanu Reeves — flip-flopping Channing Tatum’s name in the last calendar. I guess my mind was too enthralled thinking about his abs. To give you a similar vision, that’s him

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1FRIDAY Q Well bend me at the knees and call me HeadOn (I’m your homo-pathic relief), Pride is three days long this year. I don’t see it holding people’s attention that long ... I mean, this is the highest ranking ADD state in the union, or so it seems. But, kudos to this year’s organizers for dreaming big.

Through June 3, Library Square, 200 E. 400 South. Ticket prices vary, 539-8800 or ­utahpridecenter.org.

Q If you’re one of those straight-friendly gay persons, then consider the Doublemynt party at The Mynt Lounge tonight.

Music by Stro & Glyde, DJ Jet, Jason Rickard, Justin Rinker, Dj: k, Paul B. and Jluvv add an au fait touch to glow ropes and swanky martinis. Green and white attire is requested in honor of The Mynt Lounge’s 2nd anniversary.

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Q Day two of Pride includes a live performance by En Vogue.

Then dance some more during the Pride Dance immediately following the concert. For those of you who “Never Gonna Get It,” may get it tonight because I’ll be there, honey and I’ll have cash!

11am–11pm, Library Square, 200 E. 400 South. Ticket prices vary, 539-8800 or ­utahpridecenter.org.

Q If you’d like to get away from the some 20,000 festival-goers for a minute or two this weekend, check out the new art exhibits at the Kimball Art Center in Park City. The three fabulous artists featured: Mixed media painter Jacqui Larsen (oil on collages); photographer Keith Sharp, and still-life painter Erin Berrett.

Hours vary, through July 24, Kimball Art Center, 638 Park Ave. Free, 435-649-8882 or www.kimball-art.org.

3SUNDAY Q Final Pride day ... are you still with us?

I was impressed by the turn out at last year’s Pride Parade; I hope there will be

KEITH SHARP See June 2. many, many more this year. QSaltLake’s entry will be a giant dinosaur (No, not Michael on stilts), so check us out among others like the sexy swimmers of QUAC, the charming Salt Lake Men’s Choir and the unflappable Dykes on Bikes.

10am–6pm, Library Square, 200 E. 400 South. Ticket prices vary, 539-8800 or ­utahpridecenter.org.

5TUESDAY Q Even though this next quip focuses more on business writing, the concept flows over into verbal Communicating with Confidence. Forget the “I think I have the flu, so I can’t make it to work.”

Learn to feel confident saying “I holed up in a bottle of Cuervo last night and played Jeannie with this cute guy I nicknamed Major Nelson ... well, actually he was more of a half-Nelson, so I can’t make it to work.”

6–8pm, Tuesdays through June 19, SLCC Community Writing Center, 210 E. 400 South. Registration $30, 957-4992, slcc.edu.

6WEDNESDAY Q Many of us know his music and many of us know his stint as Grace’s cheating but irresistable hubby on Will & Grace, but how many of you know Harry Connick Jr.’s thick, beautiful hair is actually a toupee? It’s my truth dammit and I’m stickin’ to it.

7:30pm, Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple. Tickets $35–60, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

Q If you tuned into American Idol a couple of weeks ago, you’d have noticed last year’s contestant Elliott Yamin looks like the Stepford lovechild of Harry Connick Jr. But alas, he sounds much better now that he’s had his teeth adjusted. Oh, stop!

7pm, In The Venue, 219 S. 600 West. Tickets $20, 467-8499 or smithstix.com.

Q It’s that time of year again for the Salt Lake Acting Company to present an-

other vivacious parody on Utah’s social, political and religious climates. This year’s production pays tribute to Rocky Anderson with Saturday’s Voyeur: The Mayor Rocky Musical Variety Show.

Check out many of SLAC’s veteran actors, as well as a couple of new faces as they mock and mimic those who had metastisized over the past year including Chris Buttars, Gayle Ruzicka and Larry H. Miller.

7:30pm, through Aug. 12, Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North. Tickets $39–54, 363-SLAC or saltlakeactingcompany.org.

7THURSDAY Q Even though her movies aren’t big hits, Janeane Garofalo has always held a special place in my mental ‘actors I love to watch’ purse. She just exudes a genuine comic flare even when the jokes are dumb. Anyhoo, check out this funny girl, I think you’ll agree.

7pm, In The Venue, 219 S. 600 West.

Tickets $30/adv–$35/day of, 467-8499 or smithstix.com.

8FRIDAY Q I just can’t help myself — I like to push Michael’s buttons ... I mean, he’s got more of them than the Quilted Bear.

Anyhoo, the Salt Lake Men’s Choir’s next “little” concert pays homage to Broadway Babies. “Carol Channing” is scheduled to perform, and there’s a cabaret-style duet by Edna and Wilbur (from Hairspray). Other hot Broadway numbers include “Bring on the Men,” “Hey Big Spender” and “What I Did for Love.” They will also attempt a kickline or two, but don’t get your hormones all in a tizzy, I’ve seen most of these guys’ legs. They ain’t the Rockettes. Hehe!

7:30pm, Libby Gardner Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, UofU. Tickets $10–15, 581-7100 or kingtix.com.

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While our community is large enough to support multiple events on the same day, it is still often good to check what other organizations are doing before planning your major group’s activities. QSaltLake brings you this calendar of major annual events.

June 8 Broadway Babies, Libby Gardner Hall saltlakemenschoir.org June 9 True Colors Tour, USANA Amphitheatre smithstix.com

Aug. 26 Utah Pride Center Golf Classic, utahpride.org Aug. 29 Equality Utah Allies Dinner, Salt Palace equalityutah.org SEPT. 16 PWACU End of Summer BBQ, pwacu.org

June 9–Oct. 20 Farmers’ Market Pioneer Park Saturdays SEPT. 27–29 June 21–24 Out & Equal Workplace Utah Arts Festival, Summit 2007, Library Square Washington D.C. uaf.org outandequal.org June 23 Human Rights Campaign Utah Gala, Home of Bruce Bastian, hrc.org

SEPT. 28–29 Southern Utah Pride, Zions Nat’l Park southernutahpride.org

June 30 Gay Freedom Day, Harmony Park pride365.org

OCT. 5 Salt Lake Men’s Choir 25th Anniv. Fundraiser, Ladies’ Literary Guild saltlakemenschoir.org

July 21–23 2007 Bear Ruckus, Lava Hot Springs utahbears.com

Nov. 2–8 Salt Lake Gay and Lesbian Film Festival saltfest.org

July 30 “And the Banned Played On,” Plan B Theatre Co., ­planbtheatre.org

Nov. 6 Election Day

Aug. 9–12 PWACU River Trip pwacu.org AUG. 17-18 Women’s Redrock Music Fest, sWerve, Torrey, Utah redrockwomensfest.com AUG. 17–19 PrIdaho, Pocatello, Idaho, pridaho.org

DEC. 1 Red Ribbon Party, Hotel Monaco, utahaids.org DEC. 7–8 Salt Lake Men’s Choir 25th Anniversary Holiday Concert, First Baptist Church, ­saltlakemenschoir.org If you would like your event considered for this list, email tony@­ qsaltlake.com.

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Q I haven’t seen Cyndi Lauper in concert before ... well, unless you count the camp drag performance my friend Blaine did of her in my living room. I just hope she’s as hot as he was that night. Anyhoo, the True Colors Tour will likely be over five hours of pure queer foreplay. See our interviews of Lauper and The Cliks on the following pages.

6:30pm, USANA Amphitheatre, 5400 S. 6200 West. Tickets $40–99, 467-8499 or smithstix.com.

Q Yoga ... the premise of a musical? Well bend me into a pretzel and lick the salt off my ..., it has been done. SB Dance comedy opens their original new show, Yoga the Musical. I don’t foresee this as a relaxing, serene performance as it’s been dubbed “witty with occasional gusts of crudity.” Sounds like a heated debate with Elisabeth Hasselbeck less the wit ... and the crudeness. Ok, bad analogy.

8pm, Black Box Theater, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $17, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

10SUNDAY Q The 61st Tony Award nominees include Christine Ebersole, Vanessa Redgrave, Swoosie Kurtz, Ethan Hawke and Billy Crudup. Also, the gay-themed The Little Dog Laughed is nominated for Best Play. So, throw your own gay soiree or attend Utah Contemporary Theatre’s Tony Awards Gala chalk full of live music, refreshments and of course, a big screen telecast of the show.

6pm, Embassy Suites Hotel, 110 W. 600 South. Tickets $40, 674-2312.

13WEDNESDAY Q It’s that time of year again where local bands battle it out in the 4-Play Concert Series for a spot on the X96 Big Ass Show stage later this summer. At press time, the line-up had not been scheduled.

7pm, Wednesdays through Aug.1, Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main Street. Free.

15FRIDAY Q The Lambda Hiking Club is heading north on their weekend Summer Car Camp: Granite Hot Springs. Enjoy hiking, mountain biking and soaking those sore muscles in the hot springs with a nice group of guys.

Through Sunday, Granite Hot Springs, Wyoming. Camping/pool fees $21, 5232401 to reserve a spot.

Upcoming Events June 19 — Indigo Girls, Red Butte Gardens June 25 — Fall Out Boy, E Center July 15 — Lyle Lovett/k.d. Lang, Deer Valley July 21 — Jewel, Deer Valley Resort July 28 — Fergie, Las Vegas

Rox Box

By Mikey Rox

Before American Idol, Paula Abdul was a pop star in her own right — churning out six #1 singles from 1989 to 1991. And now that people care about her again, each of those songs, including “Forever Your Girl,” “Opposites Attract” and “Rush Rush” — along with 12 other tracks that made a blip on the Billboard charts — can be found on one album, Paula’s Greatest Hits: Straight Up! While it’s important to note that the artist formerly known as Emilio Estevez’s wife released a greatest hits album in 2000 — which flopped commercially — she was a force with which to reckon when she actually made sense back in the late ’80s/early ’90s. Ya know, before she appeared on QVC awkwardly clapping, swaying and slurring her words. But notwithstanding whatever personal problems she has, you can’t deny her half-dozen homeruns and eight Top 10 singles — all of which have helped her score a Grammy Award, seven MTV awards and record sales exceeding 30 million worldwide. Sure, she may be “Cold-Hearted,” according to recent reports of her diva-like ways, but Paula Abdul “Ain’t Never Gonna Give You Up.” Not until you buy this record, at least.

If the success of Out.Anthems, volume one, is any indication, DJ Ricardo! Presents Out.Anthems 2 should top the iTunes dance chart for months to come.

Just in time for the 2007 pride season, young gun Ricardo releases this pulse-pounding 16-track set, which includes songs such as “Elektro,” the #1 dance-radio single from Outwork feat. Mr. Gee; “Destination Calabria,” a joint effort between Alex Gaudino and Crystal Waters; an exclusive from Victor Calderone entitled “Let Me Set You Free”; and “Yeah Yeah,” by Bodyrox feat. Luiciana, the hot-weather hymn projected to take over dance floors from Boston to Bali.

“The Bodyrox track always gets a huge response,” says Ricardo! “With its rock-and-roll attitude, it’s probably what best describes the new gay anthem.” Also adding to the grittiness of Out.Anthems 2 is the album’s host, Johnny McGovern — star of LOGO’s The Big Gay Sketch Show — widely known as The Gay Pimp. “I was intrigued by the idea from the beginning but had no idea it would come out as unique as it did,” says Ricardo! “Johnny is hilarious and fits in perfectly with the album.” From electro to techno, house to hump, Out.Anthems 2, like its predecessor, is a hybrid of sex and sound — an auditory emission, if you will. Without the cleanup.

Recorded in just two short weeks at La Frette, a 200-year-old manor house on the outskirts of Paris — Leslie Feist’s sophomore album, The Reminder, is one of those discs that was simply meant to be. With her live band in tow — comprised of Julian Brown, Bryden Baird and Jesse Baird — and guests Chilly Gonzales, Mocky and Jamie Lidell, Feist (as she prefers to

As far as fierce female foursomes go, The Cliks could kick your girl group’s ass. And if given the chance, it probably will. Based in Toronto, this queer quartet of indie rockers challenges stereotypes and breaks down barriers before the first beat booms from its debut disc, Snakehouse. True, the lead singer, Lucas, is a transgender man, and, yes, the two guitarists are lesbians, but what really matters here is that these ladies (and gentleman) will turn out a crowd quicker than Ricky Martin can say, “I swear he’s just my brother-in-law.” Don’t believe it? Then follow the hordes of neohipsters to your local venue where they’re lining up to catch the Ontarian outlaws dropkick conformity in the clavicle. From “Complicated,” the ballsy beginning to which implores you to “Fuck your pain away,” to “Oh Yeah,” Snakehouse’s first single and current LOGO network favorite, to a cover of J. Tim’s “Cry Me a River,” The Cliks — with its unpretentious, angsty, psychologically disturbed aura — have unleashed one of the first real rock-and-roll records of the year. No matter how much Lithium it might have taken to get there.

Ah, Baltimore.

According to media reports, this working-class city is all crab cakes, crime and chlamydia. But take a closer look and there’s much more to the forgotten metropolis — such as Grime, Silk & Thunder, Ultra Naté’s latest album, inspired by the tragically heroic grunge band, Nirvana.

Kicking her career into high gear with the smash “Show Me,” Ultra — a Baltimore native and resident — reached number one on the U.S. dance charts for the first time in 1994. In 1998 she returned to the top with “Free,” a millionselling international hit single. And if you haven’t heard by now, the black beauty is back with another club-banging #1, “Automatic,” a radically re-envisioned recording of the 1984 Pointer Sisters’ classic. Other noteworthy tracks on Grime, Silk & Thunder — Ultra’s fifth album — include the Giorgio Moroder/Grace Jones-inspired “Love’s the Only Drug”; the dub-laced “Slow Grind”; and the soul-sweeping, Philly-esque “Getaway.” Like Baltimore itself, Ultra’s newest release is radiant jewel amid otherwise unrefined surroundings. Unlike Baltimore, you won’t need antibiotics to enjoy it.

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

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2-For-1 Arts Tix.

Q Beyond the fact that the Utah Pride Center is co-hosting this next event, I happen to like the Utah Progressive Network and what they work towards.

Progressive Student & Youth Council, an arm of UPN, presents Baby, Think it Over. This multi-local band concert “rocks for reproductive rights.” PSYC is non-partisan and addresses social and environmental justice issues through art- & media-based activism.

7pm, The Depot, 400 W. South Temple.

Free, 502-6546 or upnet.org.

be called) set up shop in the house’s dining area and parlor with a piano, vibrophones, organs, guitars and amps. Then the music makers shoved two drum kits against the stained-glass windows and scattered mics like mousetraps around the wood-floored rooms. What emerged from this haphazard recording session is an album so full of life – barking dogs can be heard on some tracks — that you can almost feel the uninhibited bohemian influence as the kick-drum heartbeat bellows from tracks such as “Brady Alexander.”

Other notable songs include “Sealion,” with its cell-phone synth treatment; the ominous “Limit to Your Love,” and the singles “My Moon My Man” and “1234.” To be embraced by The Reminder — as if to be coddled by Feist herself — is not farfetched; it’s simply “how her heart behaves.”

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by Gregg Shapiro

The GLBT community has a long history of unbridled devotion to its divas. From Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand to Diana Ross and Bette Midler, from Cher and Madonna to Whitney Houston and Christina Aguilera, we love them, we really love them. As our divas go, Cyndi Lauper rises head and shoulders above the rest of the pack. Her mighty and emotive voice, her distinctive personal style and her commitment to GLBT causes have placed her in a class of her own. Her True Colors Tour, which runs throughout the month of June, firmly cements her status as reigning goddess.

With Lauper as both a performer and an organizer, and GLBT organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign, Matthew Shepard Foundation and PFLAG, involved, True Colors promises to be the event of the Pride season. As Cyndi herself says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Listen, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a party, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be fun. I hope to see you there.â&#x20AC;?

Gregg Shapiro: When I interviewed Andy Bell (of Erasure) last spring, he mentioned the True Colors tourâ&#x20AC;Ś

Cyndi Lauper: I know! That we were trying to get it together, but couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. We got it this time!

GS: He talked about it maybe taking place in Sept. of â&#x20AC;&#x2122;06, but now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening in June, Pride Month, of â&#x20AC;&#x2122;07.

CL: Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when it should begin, in June, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pride month. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my birthday, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pride, we spend it together anyway, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to go have a good time. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first annual True Colors tour. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presented by (gay cable network) Logo this year. Every dollar from every ticket that is sold will go to the HRC (Human Rights Campaign).

GS: Did you go to Logo and HRC with the True Colors tour concept or did they come to you?

CL: I wanted to do a festival tour. When it came up that we were going to do True Colors, they said what about the True Colors tour? I said that we should do something with the HRC because of what the song has meant to the community over the years. I knew that personally because I started reading the emails when I had a minute when I was pregnant. I read a lot of stories from people from the community who wrote me and told me about the times when they came out and how tough it was and that they were cut off from their workplace, their friends, their family, and that they were almost suicidal and then they heard â&#x20AC;&#x153;True Colorsâ&#x20AC;? and it helped them through. I felt that after that I could never look at the song the same way. So, I wanted to help.

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CL: First of all, I was never invited to (perform at) Lilith Fair much to my great disappointment, and I am friends with Sarah (McLachlan). At that point, I went out with Tina Turner and did our own kind of â&#x20AC;&#x153;women-are-sisters-aredoing-it-for-themselvesâ&#x20AC;? tour. I know that there are other festival tours. This is five hours of music. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see their tours, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really know what they did. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s me, Erasure, Debbie Harry, The Dresden Dolls, The Gossip, The Misshapes, and The Cliks. And Margaret Cho is the MC. And there are special guests in certain cities. In Washington, D.C. and the Boston areas, Rufus Wainwright will come and appear and be our special guest. Rosie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell will be our special guest in New York City at Radio City Music Hall, and she will come into Texas and do all of our Texas dates with us, in Austin, Houston, and Dallas. Indigo Girls are going to be our special guest at our opening at the MGM Grand, June 8th in Las Vegas. And other organizations that will be there will be PFLAG, parents and friends and family of gays, and also the Matthew Shepard Foundation. When you come into the concert, everyone will be given these purple bracelets that Judy Shepard, Matthewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mom, had made, that say â&#x20AC;&#x153;Erase hate.â&#x20AC;? That will be a great way to start the concert.

GS: Absolutely. How involved were you or are you in the selection of talent and

performers?

CL: I knew Andy and we were going to do it last year. And Andy knew Debbie. I met the girl from The Gossip, Beth (Ditto), and I really love her. The other people, I tried to get all kinds of people to come and join us. This is the first year. I think that all the people are talented that joined us, and even the people behind the scenes are really gifted and have been working really hard to put this thing together. This is the first year and hopefully there will be more and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to effect a real change and bring real joy to the community.

GS: There are lots of great musical acts involved, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wonderful that Margaret Cho is acting as MC, because as she will tell you, she canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sing.

CL: She is a stitch though, she will make us laugh.

GS: Was it important to have a comedy element to the show as well?

CL: Oh, of course, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really important (laughs). And Rosie, too. But Rosie wants to play drums. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fine with me.

GS: In addition to being an incredible supporter of the GLBT community, you were also an early AIDS activist. Are you still fighting the fight?

CL: I have tried, you always try. When you can, you do what you can, all the time.

Because of the people that we have lost in the community, and our friends, to honor them.

GS: In the midst of all the plans for the True Colors tour, I understand that you are also recording a new album.

CL: I am trying to get my album done. I am doing new music on the tour so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the same old tired story. I will be doing new music. I have an album that will be coming out in the summer. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Savoir Faire.â&#x20AC;?

Cyndi Lauper performs at the True Colors Tour with Erasure, the Dresden Dolls, The Cliks and more at the USANA Amphitheater Saturday, June 9. Tickets are available through smithstix.com.

Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer on The True Colors Tour Could there be a better fit? The Dresden Dolls, champions of sexual freedom and activists for the culturally dispossessed, are taking their weird and wonderful act on the road this summer as part of the True Colors Tour, a project created

by Cyndi Lauper to benefit the Human Rights Campaign, the national gay and lesbian advocacy organization. Joining Lauper and the Dolls on the tour (launching June 8 in Las Vegas) will be such idiosyncratic musical talents as Debbie Harry, Erasure, The Gossip and The Misshapes. The hilarious Margaret Cho, no stranger to mouthing off about issues important to the GLBT community, will serve as the tour’s emcee.

With a sound that’s impossible to pin down — “punk,” “cabaret,” “Broadway” and “glam” are all words that have been bandied about — the Boston-based Dresden Dolls, comprised of writer/singer/ pianist Amanda Palmer and drummer Brian Viglione, have always refused to pander — or market — to any specific audience, choosing instead to create their fan base one eccentric soul at a time.

“This band is about freedom of expression, whether it’s sexual, musical or aesthetic,” says Palmer. “There’s a power in not being part of any one group or genre. I try not to stake my political flag and declare my views — I try to keep my songs deliberately interpretable.”

According to Palmer, the band has garnered a fair share of GLBT fans since releasing their self-titled debut album on Roadrunner Records in 2004. “To me, it seems clear as day that this band would appeal to someone who was gay or sexually out of the mainstream,” Palmer has said in a past interview. “I figured out I was bisexual when I was a teenager, and Brian is a completely straight guy who is so passionate about cross-dressing.”

Their critically-acclaimed second album, Yes, Virginia and live DVD, The Dresden Dolls — Paradise, have only enhanced their status as one of music’s most fearless — and fascinating — bands.

Here, Palmer talks about the True Colors Tour, her excitement at going on the road with her childhood idol Cyndi Lauper, and her highly anticipated duet with friend Margaret Cho. QSaltLake: How did you end up on the True Colors Tour?

QSL: How do the Dresden Dolls fit in with the philosophical message of this tour?

AP: The Dresden Dolls have always waved the giant flag of expressionism and individualism. We’ve always been very clear that we’re a trans-friendly, gay-friendly, freak-loving band. We express that through the way we dress, the way we perform, the way we tour — in all ways.

QSL: What kinds of fans are drawn to your shows?

AP: Our shows are like all-inclusive art

QSL: You have talked about being bisexual in our last interview. Is this something you talk about freely in interviews?

AP: The fans know, but it’s not something that I go around preaching about.

For anyone who’s ever asked me, I tell them, And for my fans who follow my story, they know it. I’m a heavy blogger, so that’s another way that people know.

But I never discuss my actual sex life because that would be rude to whomever I’m involved with. I’m bi, and so is everyone else. I don’t think twice about it.

QSL: Have you experienced prejudice or ignorance from people who don’t approve of the way you live your life?

AP: I feel blessed because I’ve never had to worry about it. I come from a city and a music community that is so open-minded. I’ve just never had to fight for the right to live my life the way I want. But as I’ve connected with our fans around the country and around the world, I know that’s not true for everyone. I’m constantly reminded that some people live within close-minded communities and families. It really makes me appreciate where I come from.

QSL: Have you always been so open about your sexuality?

AP: As long as I can remember. I’m from Lexington, Mass., and when I was in high school, some friends and I actually formed a group that fostered discussions on gay issues. That was in 1993 or ’94.

There was nothing controversial about it at the time. We got sanctioned by the school, and we would just hang out and talk. After we graduated, people renamed the group and kept it going. They created a much more legitimate group.

QSL: Have you gotten the sense, from your younger fans, that’s it easier to be openly gay in high school these days?

AP: I like to think it’s become much more acceptable to experiment with your sexuality today. When I was in high school, we wouldn’t necessarily walk around and declare it. But meeting kids today, they say, “Oh, yeah — I’m bi or gay or whatever.” They just talk about it like it’s just a matter of course.

If you’re a alternative kid, experimenting with your sexuality just seems like something you do.

QSL: Cyndi Lauper has had a big influence on many artists over the years. Has she been an influence of yours?

AP: Cyndi Lauper was huge in my life when I was growing up . One of my first records was “She’s So Unusual.” She is such an icon to me. And hers was the first concert I ever went to — she broke my concert cherry. I had terrible seats, and she was like a flea onstage, but I didn’t care. She made such a big impression on me. If you had told me when I was ten that I was going to meet her, let alone go on tour with her, I would have

laid down and died right there.

QSL: And I know that you’re a big Margaret Cho fan as well.

AP: Margaret Cho and I have already been working together. She emceed our DVD shoot in London. We’re planning on a doing a song with her on the tour.

I’m really looking forward to being around the women on this tour. I’m so excited to learn from them. I usually see mostly guys on tour, so I’m eager to watch how women are on tour — how they pack, how they are with their crews, how they find time for themselves. I mean, they’re Debbie Harry and Cyndi Lauper — they’ve gotta have some answers. I feel so honored to watch them in action and see how they roll.

QSL: Talk to me a little about Brian.

What should new fans to your music know about him?

AP: Brian is fearless about expressing himself completely authentically onstage. He’s not afraid to wear high heels and a dress onstage, even though he’s basically this heavy metal drummer. He’s not afraid to do anything onstage — he’s a total freak. It’s such a powerful message — to be that in touch and that unafraid to express who you are in a music business that’s so incredibly sexist and macho. He gets so much respect from me and from our fans for just being that way.

The Dresden Dolls will perform at the True Colors Tour with Erasure, Debbie Harry, Margaret Cho and more at the USANA Amphitheater Saturday, June 9. Tickets are available through smithstix.com.

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Amanda Palmer: I believe that Cyndi reached out to our manager. I’m hoping it was because she saw that we were this freaky, like-minded group of bohos. Looking at the whole line-up, it’s really brilliant. Between us, the Gossip, Erasure, Blondie and Cyndi Lauper, it covers every base.

party. One of the things that I’ve found, without being intentional or obvious about my sexual agenda, is that we get a lot of trans and gay folks at our shows because they connect with our message.

We’ve become a beacon for people who are on the fringe.

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As I flipped back and forth between Access Hollywood and the local news the other night, I was stunned by a dapper, handsome and all together gorgeous Brad Pitt as he took to the red carpet

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for the premiere of Oceanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thirteen. At 43 years old, he is still the movie star Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d most like to screw. In fact, ever since he first popped up on my radar with that hot and steamy hotel sex scene in Thelma & Louise, there hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been a man in film Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather do more.

Of course, I can dream all I like â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to get me very far. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too busy filling out the ultimate United Colors of Benetton ad with Angelina to notice me â&#x20AC;Ś and when they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t adding to their brood, something tells me theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re busy doing some screwing of their own behind closed doors.

So, since we all know what it feels like to fall under Bradâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magic spell, I thought it might be fun to take a look back at a few of my favorite photos featuring him, including this latest from Cannes. Enjoy!

By now, most of you have probably seen the You Tube clip, watched the show on TiVo or read a transcript. Maybe you even caught a glimpse of Elizabeth Hasselbeck talking to any number of the newsertainment reporters who stopped her as she left the set of The View on Wednesday, May 24. Hard to believe, but yes indeedy, Rosie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell and Hasselbeck went to the mat again on the air, this time over a comment Rosie made last week that right-wing media interpreted as a comparison of U.S. troops to terrorists.

So Rosie, eager to clear her name, asked Elizabeth on Monday, May 22â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do you think I believe that U.S. troops are terrorists?â&#x20AC;?

A yes or no question in Rosieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind.

Instead of answering that way, Elizabeth

asked her to better explain what, exactly, she meant to the audience.

Somehow, what started as an innocent political squabble between Joy Behar and Hasselbeck (Behar was running down a list of reasons Bush deserves to be impeached) turned into a personal battle.

Rosie in one corner, sick of fighting with Lizzie because every time she does, the media paints her as a big, fat, loud lesbian. In the other corner, Elizabeth, confused why turning the floor over to Rosie to explain her position on the troops is not the same as saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think you believe our troops are terrorists.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a behind closed doors squabble, but the two ladies couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resist â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and on the last day of sweeps, no less. Go figure.

Listen, I get that The View is a show based on the differing opinions of women â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s typically hosted by three loud, outspoken Democrats and a 30-yearold Christian mother whose prior claim to fame is being voted off Survivor. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not exactly a balanced fight, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a political bitch fest all the same.

But what had the power and the opportunity to be an educated discussion about politics quickly descended into a name-calling, finger-pointing mess, complete with Lizzie suggesting Rosie would prefer to fight with someone â&#x20AC;&#x153;obnoxiousâ&#x20AC;? like Donald Trump and Rosie calling Liz â&#x20AC;&#x153;cowardlyâ&#x20AC;? for not having her back. Minutes later, when Lizzie took to the streets, she assured the press that off-camera, the two really are â&#x20AC;&#x153;e-mail buddies.â&#x20AC;?

Much as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to believe that â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and much as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to turn to The View as an intelligent, valid source of educated entertainment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not. Sure, outspoken Rosie and the increasingly opinionated Elizabeth have set off a firestorm of TiVo-worthy headbuts over the course of the season, but that does not an intelligent talk show make. And try as Joy Behar might to keep the back and forth banter on the level on May 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show, when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dealing with toddlers, well â&#x20AC;Ś what can one woman (even one as loud as she is) do?

I love Rosie. I think sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brave, I think sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smart, I think sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influential. I also think sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stupid. Time and time again, she takes what could have been the perfect opportunity to make a valid point about any number of topics in entertainment and spoils it by flying off the handle and making outlandish claims she canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take back.

That said, Elizabeth tries to hold her own, but lets face it. Against Joy, Rosie, May 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guest host Sherri Shepherd and typical grand dame Barbara Walters, she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a shot in hell â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not to mention that among the 35 and under set, a pro-life, anti-stem cell research conservative Christian isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly the picture of influence.

Rosie only has three weeks left â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if she comes back at all, as recent reports suggest she might not â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but entertaining as sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made this season on The View, the time has come. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping her next stop is a Daily Show-style sound-off where she can be as loud, rude and opinionated as she damn well pleases.

Now, on to someone we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard a peep out of in months â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mary-Kate Olsen, who (unless you count her blinkand-you-miss-it turn in last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Factory Girl), will step before cameras for the first time without her sister Ashley to film the third season of Weeds. Mary-Kate who went to rehab for drug use â&#x20AC;&#x201D; too perfect.

Word is Mary-Kate will play Tara, a born again Christian who sinks her

claws into pot dealing momma Nancyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Mary Louise Parker) teenage son Silas (Hunter Parrish).

No word yet on whether Taraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ways will have an effect of Silas, or if heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll drag her down into the pot-smoking, mattresspouncing lifestyle of normal folks in the suburbs.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just hoping the phrase â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You got it dudeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is nowhere to be found in the script.

If you thought Rosie and Lizzie knew how to draw blood, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve obviously never seen Sharon Osbourne fight. The famous face-lift artist had some choice words for Kiss frontman Gene Simmons in this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issue of Blender Magazine, responding to claims that Gene called her kids drug addicts. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve both been to rehab, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neither here nor there.

Sharon responded: â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Kissâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gene Simmons] said that our kids are on drugs and that his arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t messed up like that.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll always be C-list, and his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s snatch has been rubbed on every pole in L.A. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll fucking tear his head off and stick it up his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cunt!â&#x20AC;?

Yikes.

Those be fighting words. And while I hate to support such profanity, Shannon Tweed has made, according to Celebrity Nudity Database, 38 films in which she appears nude or semi-nude. Now, the fact that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not actually Geneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife would come back to bite Sharon if she were a professional journalist, and Shannon deemed Gene an insult to her image and sued for libel. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no denying the fact that many a man has likely seen the nether regions of Shannonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body.

Whether sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually rubbing up against a pole, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say, but given that juicy statement, I for one canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait for the Simmons clan to fire back.

Oh, and by the way Sharon, much love, but your kids are totally C-list, too.

To close out this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s column, have you folks seen the public service announcement Greyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anatomy star Isaiah Washington filmed as penance for his little on-set outburst?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice little speech, whether or not he meant a word of it. Check it out at tmz. com/tmz_main_video?titleid=932807395.

No word yet on whether the about face was enough to save his job. We already know it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough to get him a pay raise along with the rest of the cast. With the season finale leaving the door wide open for him to disappear into television oblivion, we wont know until next fall whether the shout out for GLAAD did the trick.

And that, my friends, brings us to the end of another fun-filled week of gossip.

Stay safe, and remember: take time to stop and smell the gossip!

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First Person Plan B Hits Off-Broadway

BY JERRY RAPIER

We at Plan-B Theatre Company had no idea when we began working on Carol Lynn Pearsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facing East last year that we would end up enjoying two sold-out runs in Salt Lake City, much less hittinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the road with the show!

As I write this from my sublet in Manhattan overlooking the Hudson River, we have just completed a string of preview performances. Now, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re enjoying our day off before we officially open the play Off-Broadway tomorrow night.

So far, the show has been very well received. Audiences are reacting a little differently than they did in Utah, but, by the final moments of the play, they are just as emotionally connected as Salt Lake audiences were. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less about the gay Mormon issue and more about family dynamics here in New York. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we hoped: that the play would feel truly universal.

Everyone involved in the production is having the time of their life. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dream come true for all, and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine a better group of artists to share this with.

I could try to say something profound about our experience thus far, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really very simple: pretty fuckinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cool! We all have perma-grin. Everytime I head to the theatre itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little surreal to see Plan-B on the front of an Off-Broadway theatre. What could be better?

Here are a few comments from cast and crew members: CHERYL CLUFF (sound designer): Um, yeah, pretty damn cool.

JAYNE LUKE (Ruth): I came to New York to be an actress in the 70s. I was very naĂŻve and very poor. I spent my time taking tap dance classes and trying to figure out how to get an acting job. Now, thirty years later, it is lovely to take the subway to work in a beautiful theatre and act in a stunning, interesting play!

JENNIFER FREED (stage manager): When I left New York City fifteen years ago to move back to Salt Lake City, I never though that I would be opening another show in the Big Apple. How amazing that our little theatre company would be what would take me back to Off-Broadway. Life is truly an amazing and joyful experience full of magic and wonder. Being in New York with people I love and trust with a great show is so much fun. I am enjoying every moment. Life is good!

CHARLES LYNN FROST (Alex): Remember the first time you had your ass pinched really hard by another man? Remember the first time your lips touched those of another manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s? Remember the first time you woke up with another man lying next to you? Well, take all those first times and then times them by ten. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what this experience is all about for me. Bloody amazing. Hourly overwhelming, emotional levels heretofore never pushed.

Stage and real lives colliding into major breakthroughs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; MAJOR! JAY PERRY (Marcus): I expect this is very much like what a doctor experiences on the first day in his own practice.

Absolute joy mixed with nerves and an overwhelming sense of having arrived at a landmark moment in life. That first

curtain call was absolute magic ... the most amazing manifestation of a dream come true.

RANDY RASMUSSEN (set designer): More exciting than I expected. And such men to look at!

CORY THORELL (lighting designer): New York City, finally! After twenty-two years of a life in the arts, I have made it to the Big Apple ... a dream come true, indeed! After ten years of opera and eight of ballet, both of which specifically supported my love for theatre and plays, my first love. And here we are! I am thankful for the freedom to create a piece of living art, to bring it to the center of the American art world â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an honor. You only get one NYC debut...bring it on!

ROSS THORELL (crew): This the second show I have done outside of Utah for

Plan-B. I went to Frankfurt, Germany to be the one-man crew for the one-man show for A Letter to Harvey Milk, which was amazing. Being in New York with Facing East is an honor and a huge step forward for me and my career in theatre.

Since I am only 21, I should be loading out shows and calling around for my next job, but was lucky enough to find Plan-B. My first week in New York has been great, although I have been lost the whole time!

Facing East plays off-Broadway through June 17 at Atlantic Stage 2 in Chelsea, N.Y. Tickets can be purchased by calling 212-2794200 or at ticketcentral.com. If you go, use discount code PLAN for $29.50 tickets (they are normally $40). The show will then run in San Francisco August 10-26. Tickets for that performance are available now at planbtheatre.org/facingeast.

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Fourteen courts from around the region joined the Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire in ending the 31st reign and welcome the 32nd.

Because no eligible candidates stepped forward to run for Emperor or Empress this year, the Court’s Board chose between several past monarchs who placed their names in the hat to run. Newly crowned: Emperor Regent XXXII Alan Anderson and Empress Regent XXXII Sheneka Christie.

QSaltLake Cover Boy Contest at the Trapp Door

Four contestants vied to be on the cover of a future QSaltLake on Saturday. May 12 at the Trapp Door. Audience participation was high and Matty from Logan was chosen for the coveted spot. He also won two tickets to the True Colors concert worth $200.

Dresden Dolls CDs and DVDs were also given away throughout the evening.

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Dining Guide Nick-N-Willy’s Pizza

4536 S. Highland Drive (801)273-8282 M–F 10:30am-9pm, SA 11am-9pm SU 12pm-9pm

What a refreshing surprise it was to try Nick-N-Willy’s World Famous Pizza in Holladay. The location in the Albertson’s Plaza is the first in Utah, with several more rumored to open up along the Wasatch Front. The company’s premise is a range of higher-end toppings atop small-batch-produced crust. The franchise started out of Boulder, Colorado, so this isn’t going to be a New York or Chicago style of pie. It seems every place has its signature style. As far as I’m concerned, Salt Lake has yet to lay out its pizza manifesto (and I won’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 M–TH 11am–3pm; 5pm–9:30pm F–SA 11am–3pm; 5pm–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 wine—all serviced by a small and efficient wait staff.

Meal portions are huge — perfect for sharing around the table. The real adventure in dining out at Café Med is the Persian dishes, all of which come with aromatic basmati rice. Koofteh—plum stuffed meatballs stewed in a light tomato sauce—showcases the playful balance of sweet and savory flavors of Persian cooking. The Persian eggplant stewed in tomatoes and served atop the restaurant’s signature dill basmati rice is an unforgettable creation.

Urban Bistro

216 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City (801) 322-4101 M–TH 11am-3pm; 5pm-9:30pm F–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. über-chic flatware, one of a kind Riedel stemware) are superfluous additions. Charlie Trotter and devotees wax poetic about dining in pared down décor. Devoid of distractions such as background music, artwork, etc., the food can truly be the center of attention.

If you can’t live in a loft, you can at least enjoy a meal in one.

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sorize 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.

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 preor post-event menu.

Avenues Bakery & Bistro

Belgian Waffle & Omelet Inn

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, it’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 that’s inviting to moms with strollers and the suited working-class.

Bambara

202 S. Main St. (801) 363-5454 Breakfast M–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 “buzz” make Bambara a popular gathering spot. You can

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 (cheese-covered 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.

Caffé Molise

55 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City (801) 364-8833 M–TH. 11:30am–2pm; 5:30–9pm F 11:30am–2; 5:30–10pm Sat. 5:30–10pm

There’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 carbphobic capital of L.A.), a good Italian restaurant has to offer at least one version of gnocchi.

How? They don’t care. Swathe it in nothing but a velvety and artery-clogging mixture 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 ’em the gnocchi. So, needless to say, Mr. R. was especially thrilled to see the gnocchi di patate on Caffé Molise’s dinner menu.

Mazza

1515 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City (801) 484-9259 M–SA 11 am to 9 pm

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

In fact, it’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.

Those going to Capitol Theatre across the street can enjoy a preor 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

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TAURUS (Apr 21–May 21) It’s a happy day for queer Bulls with sun in Gemini. The money bells chime and finances appear to turn the tide. Contemplate your nest egg rather than your navel; the attention that you now divert into more practical concerns will be an asset to you in the months to come. Bulls and bears make money but piggies lose shirts.

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CANCER (JUN 22–JUL 23) As sun enters Gemini, pink Crabs turn their attention to their cosmic senses.

Meditate and embrace life. You de-stress and begin to feel more in control of even your most uncontrollable faculties. Try your hand at some psychic tool. You may find answers to life hidden in dreams. Stop when you begin to talk to lamps.

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LEO (Jul 24–Aug 23) Proud Lions can’t help but feel like the center of the social universe. Friends and complete strangers gravitate to your orbit and gyrate to your rhythms.

You call the tune so choose your music carefully. There is the temptation to manipulate others but it is the wise Leo who creates a utopia rather than a penal colony.

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VIRGO (Aug 24–Sep 23) Thoughts turn to professional matters. It’s high time to put those random thoughts into eloquent directed action. Take the bull by the horns; this is your opportunity to make impressive strides in your corporate ascent. What you can’t accomplish by pure pluck, you gain through clever manipulation. The more the better!

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LIBRA (Sep 24–Oct 23) There is much to be gained from expanding your field of vision with Sun in Gemini. Proud Libras may be thinking about traveling or seeking a change of scenery. It’s time to make it happen. Pursue legal remedies now and you may get your justice. If you are the injuring rather than the injured party, the punishment may be less severe, unless you request otherwise...

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SCORPIO (Oct 24–Nov 22) Are you daydreaming about sex? This week delivers on every lurid promise.

Lucky and steamy proud Scorps can have their cheesecake and eat it too. But don’t fritter this festive energy on just desserts, it is also a good time to turn a green eyeshade to your financial situation. Handling it now rather than waiting until the end of the year will be less, shall we say, taxing?

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CAPRICORN (Dec 23–Jan 20) Caps are in their element this week. Much can be accomplished on the job as tasks you carefully planned last week can be tackled and completed. Don’t be surprised if there’s an extra reward for burning the midnight oil in your favorite cubicle.

Hint: pack extra oil so you can sharpen your pencil and push your paper clip.

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AQUEERIUS (Jan 21–Feb 19) Most of us have our noses pressed upon the glass windows of the finest parties, but not Aqueerians. They are the ones in the center of the action, sipping champagne out of various footwear and carousing with abandon. This is especially true when the Sun enters Gemini. Party heartily you party animal. And don’t be surprised if one of the toads you kiss turns out to be royalty.

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Pride at Work, Utah Chapter. . . . . . . . 531-6137 QUEST (Queer Utah Educators & Students Together) . . . 809-5595 National Conference for Community and Justice 359 W Pierpont Ave. . . 359-5102 National Organization for Women . . . . . . . . . . . . 483-5188 Pride at Work, Utah Chapter. . . . . . . . 531-6137 Salt Lake County Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Employees. . . 273-6280 jdonchess@slco.org UTAH GLBT BUSINESS GUILD utahglbtbusinessguild.org Utah Progressive Network, UPNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466-0955

ALCOHOL & DRUG TREATMENT Alcohol/Drug Detoxification Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . 363-9400 Alcoholics Anonymous. . . . 484-7871 utahaa.org . Sunday 3pm — Acceptance Group, Utah Pride Center Monday 8pm — Gay Men’s Stag Utah Pride Center .Tuesday 8pm — Live and Let Live St Pauls Episcopal Church . Wednesday 7:30pm — Sober Today 4601 S 300 W, Washington Terrace . Friday 8pm — Stonewall Group St Pauls Episcopal Church, 261 S 900 E Alternatives, Inc.. . .(800) 342-5429 alternativesinc.com alternativesinc@att.net Center for Women and Children. . . . . . . . . . . . 261-9177 Crystal Meth Anonymous. 859-4132 crystalmeth.org . Saturday 7:30pm — Utah Pride Ctr Discovery House. . . . . . . . 596-2111 discoveryhouse.com First Step House 411 N Grant St. . . . . . . 359-8862 Harm Reduction Project . . 355-0234 ihrproject.org The Haven . . . . . . . . . . . . 533-0070 Metamorphosis breakaddiction.org Ogden Clinic, 536 24th St, Ste 6-A . . 622-5272 Salt Lake City Clinic, 339 E 3900 S. . . . . . . . 261-5790 Serenity House uafut.org Substance Abuse Day Treatment Program. . . . . . . . . . . . 355-1528

POLITICAL American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521-9862 acluutah.org, aclu@acluutah.org Disability Law Center. . . . . . . . (800) 662-9080 info@disabilitylawcenter.org EQUALITY UTAH. . . . . . . . . 355-3479 equalityutah.org, info@equalityutah.org Human Rights Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 628-4160 Human Rights Campaign, Utah hrc.org, HRCSaltLakeUT@aol.com Log Cabin Republicans, Utah lcrutah.org, lcr@lcrutah.org Utah Stonewall Democrats utahstonewalldemocrats.org njmikeutah@yahoo.com 455 S 300 E, Ste 102. . 328-1212

EDUCATIONAL Information & Referral Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-3333 informationandreferral.org U of U Women’s Resource Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . 581-8030 sa.utah.edu/women U of U LGBT Resource Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . 587-7973

RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL Affirmation — Salt Lake Chapter affirmation.org. . . . . . . 486-6977 Cache Valley Unitarian Universalists 596 E 900 N, Logan . 435-755-2888 First Baptist Church of Salt Lake firstbaptist-slc.org, office@firstbaptist-slc.org 777 S 1300 E. . . . . . . . 582-4921 First Unitarian Church slcuu.org 569 S 1300 E . . . . . . . 582-8687 Glory to God Community Church 375 Harrison Blvd, Ogden . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394-0204 Holladay United Church of Christ 2631 E Murray-Holladay Rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277-2631 Inner Light Center. . . . . . . 268-1137 innerlightcenter.net Integrity/Utah - St. James Church. . .

566-1311 Lifebreath Center/Interfaith Ministry 363-9229

HEALTH & HIV Camp Pinecliff . . . . . . . . . 518-8733 City of Hope, Utah Chapter . . . . . . . . 531-6334 Gay Men’s Health Summit — Invenio utahgaymenshealth.com Northern Utah HIV/AIDS Project Walk-Ins Welcome. Every other Monday 5–7pm 846 24th St, Ogden . . 393-4153 People with AIDS Coalition of Utah 175 W 200 S, Ste 2010. . . . . . . . . . . 484-2205 Salt Lake Valley Health Dept. HIV/ STD Clinic 610 S 200 E. . . . . . . . . 534-4666 University of Utah Department of Family and Preventative Medicine uuhsc.utah.edu/dfpm. 581-7234 Utah AIDS Foundation. . . . 487-2323 utahaids.org, mail@utahaids.org

BUSINESS & Professional Aetna ANGLE. . . . . . . . . . . 256-7137 HuntR@Aetna.com Armed Forces Support Group. . . . . . . 581-7890 LGBTQ-Affirmative Psychotherapists Guild of Utah www.lgbtqtherapists.com

Homeless Services Center for Women and Children. . . . . . . . . . . . 261-9177

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Body Electric—Celebrating the Body Erotic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322-1444 slcbecordinator@msn.com Camp Pinecliff . . . . . . . . . 518-8733 Coloring Outside The Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957-4562 Delta Lambda Sappho Union Weber State Univ.. . . . 627-1639 Engendered Species engenderedspecies.com.320-0551 Gamofites gamofites.org . . . . . . . 444-3602 Gay and Lesbian Parents of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467-9010 glccu.com/glpu, glpu@hotmail.com Gay Men’s Health Summit — INVENIO utahgaymenshealth.com Imperial Rainbow Court of Northern Utah, irconu.org Kindly Gifts by Stitch & Bitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487-7008 P-FLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) pflagslc.org Polyamory Society. . . . . . 309-7240 1st Tue 7-9:30pm at the Black Box Theater at the Center

qVinum gay & lesbian wine group www.qvinum.com Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. . . . . . . . . . . . 779-1287 Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire. . . . . . . . . . . . . 531-1115 rcgse.org, chairman@rcgse.org Southern Utah GLBT Community Center. . . . . . . . (435) 313-GLBT groups.yahoo.com/groups/suglbtcc, suglbtcc@yahoo.com STRENGTH IN NUMBERS (SIN) SALT LAKE health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ SINSaltLake sWerve swerveutah.com U of U Women’s Resource Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . 581-8030 sa.utah.edu/women U of U LGBT Resource Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . 587-7973 UTAH BEAR ALLIANCE utahbears.com. . . . . . . 949-3989 Utah Families Coalition, UFC . . . . . . . . . 539-8800 Ext. 23 utahfamilies.org, admin@utahfamilies.org Utah Gay Pride 2007 utahpride.org Utah Male Naturists www.umen.org Utah Power Exchange. . . . 975-0346 utahpowerexchange.org Membership@UtahPowerExchange.org UTAH PRIDE CENTER utahpridecenter.org, thecenter@utahpridecenter.org 361 N 300 W. . . . . . . . 539-8800 Toll-free. . . . . . . . 888-874-2743 Utah Queer Events groups.yahoo.com/group/ UtahQueerEvents Western Transsexual Support Group.

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SPORTS Frontrunners Utah. . . . . . . 519-8889 frontrunnersutah.org Lambda Hiking Club . . . . . 532-8447 gayhike.org Mountain West Flag Football League mwffl.org . . . . . . . . . . 359-2544 Mountain West Volleyball League slcgaa.org . . . . . . . . . . 407-6183 QUAC – QUEER UTAH AQUATIC CLUB quacquac.org, questions@ quacquac.org. . . . . . . . 232-7961 Salt Lake City Gay Athletic Association, slcgaa.org

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Dear Brent — I’ve been dating this really hot guy for a month now and when we mess around, I tend to climax long before I should. It’s so embarrassing. Is there anything I can do to make things last longer or go more smoothly in bed?

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— Brent Corrigan Dear Brent — I just found out my boyfriend of six months has been lying to me about his job (he doesn’t have one) and about his life (he has a girlfriend). I need to break it off, but I can’t quite figure out how to tell him just how badly he’s hurt me.

— Screwed Over Dear Screwed — I hate to be the one to tell you this, but it appears your boyfriend hasn’t been approaching this “relationship” with the same amount of sincerity you have. That’s completely unfair to you, and I think you should tell him that. Six months is a long time to keep these very important little details from you. Based on that fact alone, from where I’m standing, this guy was planning on keeping it from you as long as he could manage.

There are certain key elements to a relationship just about every gay man covets: trust, loyalty, romance, sex.

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Good luck! And remember, when one door closes another one opens.

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I want to speak frankly about our festival this year, and let you know why I am very excited about an event of this caliber for our community. Simply stated, it’s about time, we deserve it, and this is, truly, ‘A Celebration For Everyone.’

When I came on board, it was very clear to me that this festival was ready to go to great heights. Since the announcement of the Olympics in Salt Lake City some 10 years ago, this city has experienced a continuous spurt of growth — not just in population (although those numbers have increased as well), but in awareness. That major international event did this town, its culture, its economy and its self esteem a “world” of good. And bringing this down to the level of individual elements within our geography, we, too, have benefited.

And so, it would seem that our town is, indeed, ready for “the little festival that could.”

The Utah Pride Festival in the past has been a marked, good festival. This year we aim for the stars and hope to be great. We expand, as you know, to a three-day festival. With a goal of continued out-reach into the corners of our community, this added time allows many other members of our city to attend that otherwise might have been limited to previous one-day formats. In this allotted time, there’s a whole lot more Pride to go around.

We bring added quality to our “Taste of Pride” food vendor area. We are bringing more exhibitors with greater variety to the mix.

You’ll see all the favorite returning events (like the film festival, Dyke March and Rally and InterFaith Service), and some events done just a little bit differently (a Pride Parade with judging, prizes and grandstands, for example). We are adding new elements this year that will give the festival ... well ... just some more fun things to do, such as Bacardi Beach, the Pride Preview party, the Coffee Grounds, the Kid’s Circus and the closing social Pride Tea Party/Dance at The Depot.

But mostly, entertainment will be ... let’s just say ... over the top. As you may have heard, headlining performances by the incomparable Sheena Easton come to the Festival Stage on Friday night, and En Vogue on Saturday evening, followed by the best Pride Dance yet, “Just Wanna Dance”

with Nick and Jesse and featuring the Dance-O-Lettes. Additionally, daytime entertainment on two stages will include Hell’s Belles, Whoa Nellies, Saliva Sisters, The Chimpanzees, Debi Graham Band, The Spazmatics, Salty Frogs and Sister Wives ... to name a few.

In doing all of this, the Utah Pride Center stands to make a little profit so it may continue to serve our community in the wonderful ways it has, and does. But it also takes a potential risk with these enhancements. Consequently, a bigger and better festival comes with a bit more of a price tag. I ask you to please understand this. Of course, I kindly request that you consider a “Circle of Pride” donation opportunity as an individual or couple, and a full Pride Sponsorship as a business (see our website). But for attendees, pricing is commensurate with the kind of Pride experience you choose, and the amount of events you want to attend.

Those that want the Pride experience of old, come to the one-day experience on Sunday, as usual, after the parade for only $5.00. But I encourage you and yours to come and be a part of the ‘new and improved’ Pride experience. The Pride Passport is an amazing deal with all festival, all entry use for $40. This includes the Sheena Easton and En Vogue concerts, the Pride Dance, parade grandstand seating, the Tea Party, cocktail purchase capability at the only bar on site, The Diamond Lounge, and everyday entry to the Festival. The Pride Gold Passport is a true fund-raiser, and guests pay $100 to enjoy all of the elements of the Pride Passport, with the addition of the Grand Marshal Reception honoring this year’s guest, John Amaechi.

The two-day Pride Party Pass is also a terrific deal, giving you most of the elements of this year’s fun, including En Vogue, the Pride Dance, and Sat./ Sun. entry to the Festival. Be sure and visit the website, utahpride.org, for complete details, event schedule, ticket pricing and availability, individual events and so much more.

All in all, this year’s festivities stand to go down as one of the most successful queer events in the state of Utah’s history. You will make the difference in that happening. Invite your family and friends, and friends of friends.

We want to bring together a terrific group of people that appreciate our community, our distinctions, and want to be with us as United For Equality, this year’s theme, and just have a great time together making wonderful memories. To that end, take pride in your community and in this festival, and let’s make it the best party this town has ever seen. See you there all three days (and nights), June 1–3. Q

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I The Utah Pride Interfaith Coalition is presenting the sixth annual Pride Interfaith Service and Celebration. Among the 30 participating organizations of the coalition, which inspires the spiritual celebration of the innate sacredness and integral rightness of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, include Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Lavender Tribe, Affirmation, Gamofites, Salt Lake Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir, Kanzeon Zen Center, several denominative churches and many others.

The evening will begin with a potluck at 6:00 p.m. followed by a service

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The event will take place at The United Church of Christ, 2631 E. Murray-Holladay Road, Thursday, May 31.

To learn more about the evening and participating organizations, visit ­utahprideinterfaith.org.

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The 2007, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Damn These Heelsâ&#x20AC;? Pride Film Festival sashays into theaters this week with a fabulous film selection of queer cinema. Much larger than last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival, this fourth install offers screenings of eight feature-length films, a half dozen documentaries, short films and a special engagement with local filmmaker Stephen Williams.

The Utah Cyber Sluts host opening night at the Tower Theater (Thursday, May 31) with their own â&#x20AC;&#x153;specialâ&#x20AC;? on-stage cameo revision of the queer cinema classic, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rocky Horror-style!

The festival, which runs through June 4, includes films for just about every taste (except porn) like the sensually-shot drama Loving Annabelle, the sporty German coming-of-age story Summer Storm, the comedic exploration of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;bearâ&#x20AC;? gay subculture in Bear Cub and the Spanish musical 20 Centimeters, which follows the life of a narcoleptic transsexual prostitute.

The six documentary films cover such topics as partner benefits, FtM and MtF transitions, gender identity and queer cinema. There will also be a special reading of Stephen Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new script David & Jonathan, a tumultuous drama about a prominent LDS man struggling with his sexuality. Audience feedback will be elicited and may help shape the

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This festival does not happen without hardworking staff who attend meetings, make phone calls, get the people out and clean up afterwards — with the help of many unnamed volunteers, of course.

Here are a few things you should know about Your 2007 Pride Committee:

TERRY MITCHELL NANI Festival Director Event Planner, Creative & Outrageous, Actor-Director-Producer, Father-Grandfather, Italian-IrishVirgo, Partnered, Psychologist, InFlight Purser, Passionate & a tad outspoken.

BENJAMIN HARWARD Pride Assistant Coordinator Providing intuitive creativity, spontaneous spurts of astuteness, determined uninhibited piano playing infatuation-junkie.

DUANE JENNINGS Interfaith Celebration Coordinator Committee Chair six years running; spirited, creative, dependable, and in for the long haul.

TODD BENNETT Entertainment Coordinator The entertainment committee processes performance requests, makes their selections, and brings quality entertainment on two stages throughout the Pride Festival.

FRAN PRUYN Opening Ceremonies, Grand Marshal Reception Coordinator Director-producer, over-extended between day job (marketing), night job (theater), her cause (Utah Pride Center), her horses (demanding), and her partner (good natured!), always seeking a good pair of cowgirl boots!

JEFFREY CHAPPELL Media & Public Relations Coordinator Strategist, writer, active father of two, philosopher, media wiz, PR guru extraordinaire, the detail guy.

RACHEL SCOTT Marketing Team, Graphic Designer Outspoken, strong, caring, articulate, intelligent, outdoorsy woman who is passionate about the GLBT community.

STEPHANIE GOODFELLOW Kid’s Circus Co-Coordinator Proud mommy to Hannah, happy, encouraging, energetic, loving, silly, funny, caring, and committed.

TRISTA EMMER Kid’s Circus Co-Coordinator Pisces, poet, mother, dreamer, passionate about creating community.

LOGAN BRUECK Pride Parade Coordinator Partner,Twirler, Potluck, Entertainer, Tanner’s, Traveler, Father, Brother, Dreamer, Vocal

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Utah Pride 2007 kicks off once again with the annual Grand Marshal Reception honoring this year’s recipient John Amaechi. Each Pride season, former Grand Marshal recipients bestow this honor on an individual who has given a significant amount of their time, activism, leadership and effort to the LGBT community over the previous year.

Amaechi, former Jazz forward/center, was picked as this year’s Grand Marshal for his work with the HRC’s Coming Out Project among other important endeavors within the community.

Also during the reception, the [LGBT] Community Awards will be presented to this year’s recipients mayor Rocky Anderson and Doug Fadel. Pride organizers recognized Anderson for his leadership in progressing the rights of gays and lesbians. Fadel, founder of Queer Utah Aquatic Club, is “an excellent example of the difference that one committed individual can make in the life of a community,” according to Pride organizers.

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Two-time Grammy Award-winner Sheena Easton will kick off the 2007 Utah Pride Festival: United for Equality with her performance, “An Evening with Sheena Easton” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 1 on the festival grounds main stage.

Easton’s 1980 debut, the single “Morning Train”, topped Billboard Magazine’s Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts.

A year later, she appeared in the opening credits of the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only singing the movie’s titular song (for which she was nominated for an Academy Award). She is the the only artist to have done this in the entire Bond series.

“Consistent with the overall agenda of this year’s festival, a Celebration for Everyone, having Sheena Easton as the opening headliner for Friday night is a perfect fit,” said Terry Mitchell Nani, Utah Pride Festival Director. “She has an amazing range of musical appeal and a wide fan base — making her show a treat for all who attend. Clearly, I’m very excited.”

Other celebrities appearing at the three-day event include Festival Grand Marshall former NBA Utah Jazz player John Amaechi and the 90’s R&B quartet En Vogue, who will perform on the main stage at 7:30 p.m., June 2. Q

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Pride Parade, State Street, South Temple and Second East 12–12:45pm Leraine Horstmanshoff FESTIVAL STAGE 12:30–1:15pm In Manhattan CELEBRAT. STAGE 12:45–1pm Emcee Derek Hartley FESTIVAL STAGE 1–1:45pm Whoa Nellies FESTIVAL STAGE 1:15–1:30pm Emcee Karen Bayard CELEBRAT. STAGE 1:30–2:15pm Mary Tebbs CELEBRAT. STAGE 1:45–2pm Emcee Derek Hartley FESTIVAL STAGE 2–2:45pm Sister Wives FESTIVAL STAGE 2:15–2:30pm Emcee Karen Bayard CELEBRAT. STAGE 2:30–3:15pm Freddy Freema CELEBRAT. STAGE 2:45–3pm Emcee Derek Hartley FESTIVAL STAGE 3–3:30pm Princess Kennedy, FESTIVAL STAGE Kenny Wayne 3:15–3:30pm Emcee Karen Bayard CELEBRAT. STAGE 3:30–3:45pm Emcee Derek Hartley FESTIVAL STAGE 3:30–4:15pm Lost By Reason CELEBRAT. STAGE 3:45–4:45pm Elijah Black & the Boyz FESTIVAL STAGE 4:15–4:30pm Emcee Karen Bayard CELEBRAT. STAGE 4:30–5pm Salt Lake Men’s Choir CELEBRAT. STAGE 4:45–5pm Emcee Derek Hartley FESTIVAL STAGE 5–6pm Adrian and the Sickness FESTIVAL STAGE 5–11pm Closing Social “Tea–Party” at The Depot, Gateway Mall, 100 S 400 West

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Sunday, June 3 12:30–1:15pm In Manhattan 1:15–1:30pm Emcee Karen Bayard 1:30–2:15pm Mary Tebbs 2:15–2:30pm Emcee Karen Bayard 2:30–3:15pm Freddy Freema 3:15–3:30pm Emcee Karen Bayard 3:30–4:15pm Lost By Reason 4:15–4:30pm Emcee Karen Bayard 4:30–5pm Salt Lake Men’s Choir

Let’s talk about drinks for a moment. But first, let’s explain something you may not know.

Unique to Pride Festivals across the country is the fact our festival here in Salt Lake City is brought to our community by The Utah Pride Center. The most important and major fundraising entity for The Center with this event is all beverage sales, and The Center greatly appreciates your support. Attending the festival, you may experience some initial confusion about the beverage process. So, in a nutshell, it comes down to this.

You need to purchase a beverage coupon ($2 for non-alcoholic, $4 for alcoholic, or 4-pak for $15 coupon), and then proceed to the beverage outlet of choice (brought to you by either Coca-Cola or Budweiser). You cannot purchase a beverage at one of the nine beverage trucks with cash. You also need ID, and then wear a wristband to consume alcohol (different color each day!). You may purchase beverage coupons at the main entrance at the same time you purchase entry tickets, or there are three coupon purchase-points within festival grounds (see map at kiosks, or just look for the signs.)

That’s it .. so drink up, but of course, drink responsibly.

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12–12:45pm Never Tried Stopping CELEBRAT. STAGE 12:30–1:15pm Salty Frogs FESTIVAL STAGE 12:45–1pm Emcee Karen Bayard CELEBRAT. STAGE 1–1:45pm The Dialectic Collective CELEBRAT. STAGE 1:15–1:30pm Emcee Doria Biddle FESTIVAL STAGE 1:30–2:15pm Debi Graham Band FESTIVAL STAGE 1:45–2pm Emcee Karen Bayard CELEBRAT. STAGE 2–2:45pm John Ashfield CELEBRAT. STAGE Unplugged Power 2:15–2:30pm Emcee Doria Biddle FESTIVAL STAGE 2:30–3:15pm The Spazmatic FESTIVAL STAGE 2:45–3pm Emcee Karen Bayard CELEBRAT. STAGE 3–3:45pm The Chimpanzees CELEBRAT. STAGE 3:15–3:30pm Emcee Doria Biddle FESTIVAL STAGE 3:30–4:15pm Saliva Sisters FESTIVAL STAGE 3:45–4pm Emcee Karen Bayard CELEBRAT. STAGE 4–5:15pm Dyke March, City Creek Park, North Temple and State Street.

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12:30-1:15 — Salty Frogs Festival Stage Salty Frogs have the training and experience of seasoned experts along with a passion for their instruments and music that can be seen first hand at their shows. Band members include: Bronwen Beecher (fiddle, lead vocals), Derrek Wright (electric guitar, back up vocals), Lisa Marie (bass, back up vocals), and Mark Towner Williams (drums, percussion, back up vocals). The Salty Frogs are an electric, powerful, original, groovy, funky, energetic, Celtic fusion experience. All four members are professional musicians who have dedicated their lives to music.

1:00-1:45 The Dialectic Collective CELEBRATION STAGE Band members Secily & Chandra add a great collective experience to their band. Secily has performed with Debi Graham Band, Salty Frogs, Less Than Never, and among many others. Chandra’s talent is raw and rare.

She is likened to Bonnie Raitt, Lauryn Hill, & the Indigo Girls.

1:30-2:15 Debi Graham Band Festival Stage The Debi Graham Band consists of three extremely talented, high energetic musicians. All seasoned in their field, each with a unique style, combined to make an illuminating collection. They have opened for Fiona Apple, Lucinda Williams, Sara Bettens, Sierra Swan, Mozella, Kinky, The Samples and many more. They have been featured on FOX, ABC, and Park City local cable Sundance promotional station. Throughout their extensive five years of touring the Northwest, West coast, and southwest regions of the U.S., they have managed to create an extensive rapidly growing fan base with cult-following loyalties.

2:00-2:45 John Ashfield Unplugged CELEBRATION STAGE

2:30- 3:15 The Spazmatics Festival Stage From the creators of the Metal Godz and Danger Kitty comes the Spazmatics. All the awesome sounds, styles, and way cool dance steps from the 1980’s decade we’d love to forget. Complete with skinny ties, Brill Creamed

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3:00-3:45 The Chimpanzees (the whoa nellies), CELEBRATION STAGE

3:30-4:15 Saliva Sisters Festival Stage The Saliva Sisters are an unnatural act. Who would have supposed a girl group singing parody songs about fiber, bidets, and bras would have survived, el along flourished in Utah? They have performed for such groups as the Western Republican Governors and the Gay Rodeo.

4:00-4:45 Elijah Black Unplugged CELEBRATION STAGE Elijah Black brings a sense of melody to the tale that is tasteful and demanding. Elijah’s voice is what sets him and his band apart from the competition. Power, range, control, and diction. It’s all there.

5:00-5:45 Nick Neihart CELEBRATION STAGE

5:30-6:30 Hell’s Belles Festival Stage World-famous and ready to rock, Hell’s Belles is the premier all-female AC/DC tribute at, blowing all comers away. Playing all AC/DC all the time, all over the globe. Hell’s Belles do justice to the Aussie legends with patented Hell’s Belles devotion, precision, and fury. Band members include: Amy Stozenbach (guitar), Om Johari (vocals) Mandy Reed (bass guitar), Lisa Brisbois (rhythm guitar), Melodie Zapata (drums), and Jamie Nova (lead vocals).

6:30-7:00 Opening Ceremonies Festival Stage 7:30-9:00 En Vogue Festival Stage 9:00-11:00 Pride Dance- DJ Nick & Jesse FESTIVAL STAGE Jesse Walker, a California native, has enjoyed residencies and guest spots at many exclusive Salt Lake clubs and performed at a wide variety of events. His highlights include: Reflective Skin for the 2006 Utah Arts Festival, performances at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and three official Sundance Film Festival Opening night Galas.

Nick James was recently voted one of the top deejays in City Weekly 2007 Slammy Awards, has performed at several Sundance Film Festival parties, two SLC Gay Pride events, the re-election party for Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson, and multiple guest slots at the “I Love Ibiza” series.

Dust off your boots, slip on your stilettos and strap on your drum, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the fifth annual Utah Pride Dyke March. sWerve, a local lesbian nonprofit organization, started the rally in 2003 as a political statement for freedom, power, visibility, sisterhood, love, self-defense, dignity, human rights, parenthood, joy, liberation, sex, equality and justice for all women â&#x20AC;&#x201D; forever.

The march celebrates the lesbian community: mommy dykes, baby dykes, gender-transcenders, butches, femmes,

leather lovers, Latinas, bis, bois, blue-collar dykes, high-collar lesbians, grannies, trannies, softball sisters, the differently-abled, the indigenous women, the Asian and African and Middle-Eastern women. sWerve started Dyke March to promote positive visibility of the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want everyone to see how beautiful we are in our differences, and how powerful we are in our sameness.

On this day we are fearless, because we march in solidarity with our sisters, heads held high and hearts open.

We march for our common goals: an end to violence and oppression, happy and healthy children, safety, equality, respect.

On this day we invite all dykes of all classes, cultures, faiths, ages and abilities to join us.

We respectfully invite our brothers to support us from the sidelines.â&#x20AC;?

Bring your bikes, your dogs,

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The “Funky Divas” will perform at 7:30 p.m. and be followed by the annual Pride Dance on the Washington Square grounds.

En Vogue, known for high fashion and world renowned choreography, was named the second most successful girl group of the 1990s and the 18th most successful act overall of the 1990s according to Billboard magazine. En Vogue is known for winning more MTV Video Music Awards than any other female group in MTV history, a total of seven VMAs. Saturday-night-only passes may be purchased for $10 and gain you entrance after 4 p.m. A two-day Pride Pass for both Saturday and Sunday entrance into the festival is $15. Three-day passports are $40. Tickets will be available at the gate or at utahpride.org.

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Touted by many as Utah’s second-largest parade, the annual Utah Pride Parade will kick off from Third South and State at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, June 3. This year’s route is the same as previous years, heading north to South Temple, east to Second East then south to the festival grounds on Fourth South.

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12:00-12:45 Leraine Horstmanshoff FESTIVAL STAGE Singer/Songwriter Leraine Horstmanshoff is a popular favorite among Utah audiences. With her rand of â&#x20AC;&#x153;acoustic funkâ&#x20AC;?, Leraine, by her own admission, is on a never ending musical journey. Her performances are inspired by a wide range of genres from country to heavy metal and from jazz to spiritual.

12:30-1:15 In Manhattan CELEBRATION STAGE This all male trio has performed at the 2007 Warp Tour Challenge and live in St. George on 105.1FM The Disc.

1:00-1:45 Whoa Nellies FESTIVAL STAGE The Whoa Nellies are an outta-sight new vocal group that features the incredible talents of Leigh Crow and the legendary Miss Connie Champagne. They are an ultra-mod quintet specializing in classic three-part harmony pop songs from the mid-to-late 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and early 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. The Whoa Nellies take pride in resurrecting the lost art of harmonizing as a tribute to their favorite bands: The Mamas and The Papas, The Hollies, The Partridge Family, The Monkees and The Cowsills.

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2:00-2:45 Sister Wives FESTIVAL STAGE Sister Wivesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first public performance was in January 2003. Since that time they have appeared twice on Channel 3â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Good Things Utah, performed three times on the Festival Stage at the Utah Arts Festival, KRCLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day in the Park, and been named one of the Best New Bands of the Year in the SLAMMYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. They appear regularly at Port â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;O Call, Hog Wallow, Mo Diggityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the Zephyr.

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5:00-6:00 Adrian and the Sickness FESTIVAL STAGE Adrian and the Sickness choose not to leave much for interpretation. Adrianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lyrics invite attention. Heather Webb on bass and Nina Singh on drums team up to form the intricate, versatile rhythm section, conquering styles from reggae-rock to punk. They have been related to AC/DC and the Donnas, and prove to be an all-female group with relevance and capacity for fueled rock.

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1:30-2:15 Mary Tebbs CELEBRATION STAGE Singer/songwriter Mary Tebbs generates connection, laughter and raw emotion with her audience. With a wide range of influences she will move you with warmth, richness, groove and down-to-earth realness.

2:30-3:15 Freddy Freeman CELEBRATION STAGE With his ear to the ground, listening for a sound, Freddy Freeman shares what he hears with his audience and his fellow musicians. His sound is filled with warmth, honesty and soul, but knows not genre, mixing Country, Rock, Folk and R&B influences into a rich stew of American Pop music.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave the festival too early as a terrific musical and entertainment event will be the closing social. Introducing this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very first Sunday Tea Party, complete with DJ Kâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tunes a-playinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and sexy go-go guys and gals a-dancinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at The Depotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Main Dance Venue (at The Gateway Mall), with finger foods available from 7-9 p.m. and open cash bars on both floors. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll definitely wanna dance the early evening away until 10 p.m.-ish. Use your Gold or Pride Passport one last time (arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you glad youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got one after three days of fun), or $5 at the door.

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Documentary | Cynthia Wade | U.S.A. | 2006 | 38 minutes | English SLC Library Auditorium – 210 E. 400 S. 4 PM - Friday, June 1

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Comedy/Drama | Stephan Elliot | Australia | 1994 | 107 minutes | English Tower Theatre – 900 S. 900 E. 9 PM – Thursday, May 31

Stephan Elliott (EYE OF THE BEHOLDER) wrote and directed this tale of two drag queens and a transsexual that embark on a road trip to a remote resort town in the Australian desert on a bus christened Priscilla.

When Anthony “Tick”/Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) is invited to perform in Alice Springs, he recruits flamboyant young stud Adam/Felicia (Guy Pearce) and the legendary, refined Bernadette (Terence Stamp) to join him.

Mitzi, however, fails to disclose one important fact to his friends: his wife is the one who invited them to Alice Springs. With one big secret about to be revealed and another one up his sleeve, Mitzi is a little stressed.

With long hours on the road ahead of them, the trio lip-syncs campy songs on the bus, creates fabulous costumes, and meets a multitude of colorful characters along the way. They party with friendly aborigines, are confronted by judgmental townspeople who are averse to drag queens, and meet Bob (Bill Hunter), a warmhearted mechanic and drag fan who joins them for the last leg of their trip when their bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Fantastic costumes and fabulous makeup abound, and fine performances are delivered all around. But perhaps most important are the implicit messages that families come in all forms, that friends

can make a family, and that love really knows no boundaries.

Boy I Am

Documentary | Sam Feder | U.S.A. | 2006 | 72 minutes | English SLC Library Auditorium – 210 E. 400 S. 2 PM – Friday, June 1

An important exploration of issues rarely touched upon by most films portraying female-to-male (FtM) transgender experiences, this feature-length documentary sets itself apart from other recent films on this topic. Tackling the resistance of some women in feminists and lesbian communities who view FtM transitioning as at best a “trend” or at worst an anti-feminist act that taps into male privilege, this ground-breaking film opens up a dialogue between the lesbian, feminist and transgender communities while also promoting understanding of transgender issues for general audiences.

In the course of the film, three young transitioning FtMs in New York City — Nicco, Norie and Keegan— go through major junctures in their transitions, discussing everything from their relationships with their bodies, feminism and the intersection of race and class with their transgender identity. Their stories are interspersed with interviews with lesbians, activists and theorists who engage with the often contentious questions and issues that are raised within the queer and feminist communities but are rarely discussed openly. Situating these struggles and stories as inextri-

Lieutenant Laurel Hester is dying. All she wants to do is leave her pension benefits to her life partner — Stacie, so Stacie can afford to keep their house. Laurel is told no; they are not husband and wife.

After spending a lifetime fighting for justice for other people, Laurel — a veteran New Jersey detective — launches a final battle for justice. Knuckle-biting, dramatic FREEHELD chronicles a dying policewoman’s bitter fight to provide for the love of her life.

Backstroke

Drama | Amy Bronson | U.S.A. | 2006 | 19 minutes | English SLC Library Auditorium – 210 E. 400 S. 4 PM - Friday, June 1

Julie is startled to discover that Rome, an ex-lover whom she thought was dead, has been admitted to the same psychiatric hospital as she. Julie also learns that Rome has no recollection of their relationship whatsoever. The story unfolds to reveal the what caused the relationship between the two women to suddenly end, and how Julie decides to deal with past and current consequences.

Loving Annabelle

Drama | Katherine Brooks | U.S.A. | 2005 | 80 minutes | English Brewvies Cinema Pub – 677 S. 200 W. Midnight (11:59PM), Friday, June 1

Loving Annabelle is the controversial story of a Catholic boarding school teacher, Simone Bradley (Diane Gaidry), who has an affair with her female student, Annabelle (Erin Kelly).

Simone is Saint Theresa’s prized young poetry teacher who finds peace and security within the boarding school’s walls. Surrounded by a lush atmosphere with

little conflict, Simone has settled into a life of comfort and purpose educating her young female students.

Annabelle is a charismatic and enchanting new student who quickly draws attention for her rebellious behavior. Fearing Annabelle will influence the other students, rigid Headmistress (Ilene Graff), instructs Simone to keep an eye on Annabelle and get her under control.

Simone, however, quickly learns that the real challenge is not Annabelle’s behavior but the attraction budding between the two. As Annabelle pursues her teacher, she unleashes the passion that has been locked deep inside Simone, who must decide whether or not to enter into an affair that could cost her everything.

Summer Storm (Sommersturm)

Drama | Marco Kreuzpaintner | Germany | 2004 | 98 minutes | German with English subtitles Brewvies Cinema Pub – 677 S. 200 W. 9 PM - Friday, June 1

Tobi and Achim have been best friends for years. As cox and oarsman, they have helped their team win several rowing cups and are now looking forward to the important regatta in the countryside. As Achim’s relationship with his girlfriend grows more serious, Tobi becomes confused and increasingly left out. As the tension grows, Tobi, Achim and the others head towards a confrontation as fierce and liberating as the summer storm gathering over the lake…

SUMMER STORM highlights the emotional confusion of young people at the threshold of adulthood.

Bolstering the film’s authenticity is the dazzling characterization of Tobi by award-winning young star Robert Stadlober (Best Leading Actor at the Montreal Film Festival, 2001).

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Almodovar mold. The film explores the “bear” gay subculture, which focuses more on lasting friendships and realistic body images than the camp, narcissistic physical perfection, or wild partying that characterizes some other aspects of gay culture. Pedro (Jose Luis Garcia-Perez, nominated for a Goya) is a successful dentist who happens to be homosexual. When his sister arrives at his doorstep with her son Bernardo in tow, Pedro ends up becoming the boy’s temporary guardian while she departs for India. Pedro rushes to clean up some of his behavior and discovers that Bernardo is unaffected by the exposure to his uncle’s lifestyle. The two become fast friends, but their comfortable relationship is threatened by Pedro’s estranged mother, who has arrived with designs on Bernardo’s upbringing — primarily, that the boy should not be raised by a gay man. BEAR CUB explores many of the issues confronting the gay community — HIV, homophobia, parenting — while remaining naturalistic in presentation.

The Gymnast

Drama | Ned Farr | U.S.A. | 2006 | 96 minutes | English Tower Theatre – 900 S. 900 E. 12 PM (Noon) – Saturday, June 2

Jane Hawkins (Dreya Weber) was once one of America’s top gymnasts, but events and injury prevented her from fulfilling her Olympic destiny. Almost 20 years have passed in obscurity, working hand-to-mouth as a massage therapist while slowly disappearing in a passionless marriage. In an attempt to give meaning to her life, she has been secretly trying to get pregnant, against her husband David’s wishes.

Though still in peak condition, her doctor informs her that she may have waited too long to have children.

And without David’s money, she can’t afford the fertility drugs that might make the difference.

A chance meeting with Denise, a former gymnastic teammate, provokes Jane to reexamine her life and past. While visiting a gymnasium, she is recognized by a coach, who recruits Jane for a completely different kind of venture: being part of a Cirque Du Soleil type of aerial act.

Also recruited to be part of the act is an enigmatic dancer named Serena. When events force the coach out of the project, Jane and Serena attempt to put the act together themselves, and in the process, fall in love. After Denise convinces her the affair with Serena is a form of denial, Jane must choose between having a child with her suddenly willing husband, or creating a completely new life for herself.

David and Jonathan: Public Reading with Stephen Williams

Join us as actors read local filmmaker Stephen Williams’ newest script, DAVID AND JONATHAN. The film examines the inner life of a prominent, devout married Mormon man struggling with his homosexuality.

The character’s turmoil is juxtaposed against the sometimes bitter public and religious feud around this divisive issue. The film explores the intricacies and ambiguities of sexual identity. Audience feedback will be elicited and may help shape the evolution of the final screenplay.

Stephen Williams has taught film courses at Salt Lake Community College since 2002, following the completion of his MFA in Film Studies from the University of Utah. He divides his time and energies between filmmaking and teaching. Two of his recent short films, BLESSING and THE CUFFLINK, have been honored in more than 27 film festivals throughout the United States and Australia. He also wrote, directed and produced two documentaries analyzing the phenomenon of vibrational healing: GOOD VIBRATIONS and INTEGRATED AWARENESS.

Red Without Blue

Documentary | Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills & Tolls | U.S.A. | 2007 | 74 minutes | English SLC Library Auditorium – 210 E. 400 S. 4 PM – Saturday, June 2

RED WITHOUT BLUE is an artistic and groundbreaking portrayal of gender, identity and the unswerving bond of twinship despite transformation.

Reinas (Queens)

Comedy | Manuel Gomez Pereira | Spain | 2005 | 107 minutes | Spanish with English subtitles Brewvies Cinema Pub – 677 S. 200 W. 7 PM – Saturday, June 2

QUEENS is a hilarious, touching and contemporary ensemble comedy that finds five headstrong mothers coping with the personal family conflicts surrounding the impending marriages of their gay sons.

As these five very different women deal with their own desires, prejudices and history they attempt to survive the weekend as sex, anger, bigotry and love hilariously clash in this ultimate wedding film about the strength of love and the importance of family.

This debut Warner Bros. Spanish production brings together a stellar female cast not seen since 8 FEMMES, featuring Verónica Forqué (Kika, Matador), Carmen Maura (Valentin, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), Marisa Paredes (Talk to Her, All About My Mother), and Mercedes Sampietro (Unconscious).

The Bubble (Ha Buah) Drama | Eytan Fox | Israel | 2006 | 118 minutes | Hebrew/Arabic with English Subtitles Brewvies Cinema Pub - 677 S. 200 W. 9 PM – Saturday, June 2

Director Eytan Fox bursts the idyllic bubble of cosmopolitan Tel Aviv with this thought-provoking meditation on cultural relations concerning a brooding Israeli reserve soldier who enters into a passionate same-sex affair with an intense Palestinian man. Noam (Ohad Knoller) shares his posh Tel Aviv apartment with progressive-minded twentysomething Lulu (Daniella Wircer) and flamboyant café owner Yali (Alon Friedmann). It was during checkpoint duty that Noam first made the acquaintance of intense and handsome Palestinian Ashraf (Yousef “Joe” Sweid).

Though their initial meeting was somewhat harried as Ashraf struggled to aid a woman who was forced to give birth at the roadside, a connection was formed and Ashraf soon comes knocking on Noam’s door. In the weeks that follow, the pair embark on an intense love affair and the amiable Ashraf forms a fast bond with Lulu and Yali. But life in Tel Aviv couldn’t be more different from life in nearby occupied Palestine, and as the reality of the violence that surrounds them slowly envelopes them, Noam and Ashraf find that their heated affair was doomed from the moment they locked eyes. — Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

20 Centimeters

Musical Comedy| Ramón Salazar | Spain/France | 2005 | 112 minutes | Spanish/French with English subtitles Tower Theatre – 900 S. 900 E. Midnight (11:59 PM) – Saturday, June 2

With an “Almodovarian” twist and the flamboyance of The Adventures of

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, director Ramón Salazar’s 20 CENTIMETERS tells the story of Marieta (Mónica Cervera) a narcoleptic, transsexual who longs to get rid of eight inches (20 centimeters) of equipment that separates her from being the glamorous woman she dreams to be. When she accidentally falls asleep, usually in the most inopportune times, Marieta’s dreams become lavish and colorful musical numbers, where as a real woman she can sing in Spanish, French and English. So cue up the lights, powder that face and slip on that sexy gown because Marieta’s dreams are about to come true...

Multi-talented star, Mónica Cervera made her North American debut in Álex de la Iglesia’s Perfect Crime which had a theatrical release in 2005. Her unique look and ability to sing in various musical styles and performs Queen’s “I Want to Break Free” and Madonna’s “True Blue” adds additional pizzazz to this already comic and frothy Spanish import.

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Documentary | Lisa Ades & Lesli Klainberg | USA | 2006 | 82 Minutes | English SLC Library Auditorium – 210 E. 400 S. 1 PM – Sunday, June 3

Picking up where Vito Russo’s groundbreaking The Celluloid Closet (and its canonical 1995 film adaptation) left off, FABULOUS! traces our cinematic coming out through film clips and interviews with media movers and shakers. A who’s who of queer icons — Marga Gomez, Todd Haynes, B. Ruby Rich, Angela Robinson, Rose Troche, Gus Van Sant, John Waters and dozens more recall a not-so-distant era when sneaking into Making Love and Personal Best were acts of daring and self-discovery. Further back, ground-breaking works such as Kenneth Anger’s Fireworks and Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures paved the way for a vital tradition of fiercely independent LGBT film that blossomed in the ’90s with the New Queer Cinema.

Shattering taboos and defying stereotypes, the doyens of queer film are celebrated for bringing multifaceted portrayals and perspectives to the art house and multiplex. Classic scenes from Go Fish, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Heavenly Creatures, Tongues Untied and many more favorites remind us of our rich legacy on the big screen. Contextualized within a chronology of cultural milestones, from Ellen’s “Puppy Episode” to Hilary Swank’s Oscar-winning portrayal of Brandon Teena in Boys Don’t Cry, this fast-moving history of great gay cinema earns its exclamation point.

Black & White

Documentary | Kirsty MacDonald | New Zealand | 2006 | 17 minutes | English SLC Library Auditorium – 210 E. 400 S. 3 PM – Sunday, June 3

BLACK AND WHITE shines a sensitive light on a subject that is too often either shunned or sensationalized: the experiences of intersex people (sometimes called hermaphrodites). This beautiful and stylish film artfully explores the potent creative collaboration between Mani Bruce Mitchell and the acclaimed photographer Rebecca Swan.

Portrayed through this lens, Mitchell’s story introduces viewers to notions of fluid gender identity, challenging the rigid categories of “male” and “female.”

At birth Mitchell was assigned the gender “male” but when investigative surgery subsequently revealed that “he” had ovaries, “Bruce” was renamed “Ruth” and reassigned the gender “female.” BLACK AND WHITE picks up on Mitchell’s story in 2005, weaving together her unflinching yet unexpectedly humorous insights, along with Swan’s descriptions of their creative collaboration on a book about gender identity.

Documenting the way Mitchell boldly expresses her own intersex identity through the medium of art, the film challenges the viewer to see Mitchell for who s/ he is. Combining intimate, present-day interviews with rich archival slides, photographs and film footage, as well as playful fragments of Super-8 stop-motion animation, BLACK AND WHITE is a stunning tribute to Mitchell’s courage and fierce commitment to change.

100% Woman

Documentary | Karen Duthie | Canada | 2006 | 59 minutes | English SLC Library Auditorium – 210 E. 400 S. 3:20 – Sunday, June 3

From her first day of competition, reigning Canadian downhill mountain bike champion Michelle Dumaresq has been shaking up the world of sports. But it’s not her riding talent that’s sparked controversy and international media attention — it’s the fact that for the first 20 years of her life Michelle was Michael.

Shot over two years, 100% WOMAN is an adrenaline-fueled ride-along on Michelle’s controversial foray into international women’s competition. Combining verite scenes, interviews, home movies and dynamic footage of some of the best mountain bikers in the world, we follow Michelle from her first local race, to the World Championships where she makes history as the first transgendered athlete on a national team, to the glare of the media spotlight.

33-year-old Michelle is witty, charming and confident.

Like any athlete, she dreams of being the best. But from her very first race she faces active protest from the other racers — some of whom she once considered friends. While some of her opponents merely question her right to compete, others challenge her very identity as a woman. As Michelle struggles for acceptance — as an athlete and a woman — we’re forced to ask questions ourselves, not just about fairness in sport, but also about the nature and definition of gender.

A Year Without Love (Un año sin amor)

Drama | Anahi Berneri | Argentina | 2006 | 95 min | Spanish with English Subtitles SLC Library Auditorium – 210 E. 400 S. 7 PM – Monday, June 4

In a desire to ease both his physical and emotional suffering, Pablo, a young writer suffering from AIDS, sets off in search of what may be his last great love.

He composes personal ads asking for someone to “take me as slave or master,” and cruises the bars and porn theaters of Buenos Aires’ gay scene. When he falls in with a group of men into bondage, Pablo discovers a new way to transform the pain of his disease into an extreme form of pleasure.

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Author Reading | Stephen Williams SLC Library Auditorium – 210 E. 400 S. 2 PM - Saturday, June 2

In 1983, Mark and Alexander Farley were born minutes apart in Big Sky country with an identical genetic make-up. The twins’ early lives were quintessential by-products of their all-American family: picture perfect holidays, a second home by the lake, supportive parents who cheered them on every step of the way.

By the time they were 14, their parents had divorced, they had come out as gay, and a joint suicide attempt precipitated a forced separation of Mark and Alex for two and half years. Today, Mark is attending art school in San Francisco, and Alex is living as a woman named Clair in New York. RED WITHOUT BLUE explodes our notions of self-hood and sexual identity through its deeply personal look at the unique and unconventional relationship between Mark and Clair as they mature into adulthood.

Extensive interviews with each twin candidly depicts the difficulties of growing up gay in Montana, the deleterious effects of their parents’ separation, and the boundaries crossed as drugs and sexual experimentation spiraled out of control. Lyrical vignettes illustrate these darker periods of the twins’ adolescence through hauntingly beautiful, manipulated home-movies, family photographs and experimental sequences shot on super-8 film. From Mark’s perspective, we learn about the singular bond that the twins shared as children, the hardships they bore, and Mark’s evolving perspective now that his identical twin ceases to be identical. Through the power of Mark’s voice we hear the story of his family’s redemption from a dark past, and ultimately, its revival to the present.

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