QSaltLake Magazine - September 16, 2007

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Equality Utah Announces Endorsements

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Idaho’s Sen. Craig Gets New Trial Wants to retract guilty plea

Southern Utah Pride to Take Place in Springdale Singapore Bans Gay Activist Rev. Troy Perry

Jerry Lewis Apologizes for Anti-Gay Epithet Salt Lake Men’s Choir Starts 25th Season Troy Williams Weighs In On ‘Queer by Choice’ The Gay Agenda

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Veteran Gay Activist Rev. Troy Perry Banned From Speaking in Singapore Los Angeles — During 40 years of gay rights activism, Rev. Dr. Troy D. Perry, founder of the predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Churches, has been picketed, taunted by right wing extremists and arrested for civil disobedience. Perry knows what it is to be the target of hate mail campaigns and the recipient of death threats. Occasionally, a church or Rev. Troy Perry organization has canceled a speaking engagement by the outspoken gay rights leader.

But recent actions by Singapore marked the first time an entire country had banned Perry from public speaking engagements. Rev. Perry was part of a recent six-member delegation to Southeast Asia from Metropolitan Community Churches. The delegation, led by Rev. Pat Bumgardner, chair of the Moderator’s Global Justice Team of MCC, was scheduled to conduct speaking engagements, workshops, and worship services in Malaysia and Singapore, and to meet with gay rights groups. “I’ve had enough experiences for three lifetimes,” said Perry, “but this was the first time an entire country banned me from public speaking. I was allowed to enter the country and told

that I could speak one-on-one with individuals, but I was banned from delivering my public speech.” Perry was scheduled to deliver a speech, “Metropolitan Community Churches and the Gay Christian Witness” before a coalition of LGBT rights and LGBT pride groups. Gay male homosexual sex is illegal in Singapore, though lesbian sex in private is not criminalized. Penalties for male homosexual acts, while seldom enforced, are severe. “All over the world I’ve observed it time and time again: The LGBT community always finds creative ways to make our voices heard in spite of oppression and intimidation. We always find ways to get out the message that all people deserve equality under the law, and that all of God’s children, including gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender persons are worthy of dignity and God’s love.” Despite the intimidation, the public event took place as scheduled in Singapore City on Aug. 8 — with Rev. Perry and Rev. Bumgardner in attendance. Organizers identified three plainclothes police officers in the audience. “The Singapore government may have banned me from delivering my speech, but the event’s organizers saw to it that my voice was heard,” said Rev. Perry. LGBT activists had prepared a PowerPoint presentation of Rev. Perry’s life with photos from the pictorial book, “Troy Perry: Pastor and Prophet,” including pictures of Perry with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, U.S. President Bill Clinton, U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein, and other religious, political and social leaders. Then they read aloud passages from four books authored by Rev. Perry. “They used the words from my writings to give me voice and to share my beliefs about human rights for LGBT people,” said Perry. “But what happened next was simply a stroke of genius,” he enthused. “The organizers announced that, while I couldn’t deliver my public speech, I had been told I could answer one-on-one questions from individuals. So for the next three hours, from 9:00 p.m. to midnight, I answered one individual question after another. Of course, I was answering them out loud in front of the audience, so I was actually able to share far more information than if I had only delivered my speech,” said Perry. “There’s a saying that when a door closes, God opens a window. That’s also true of LGBT activists,” said Perry. “When Singapore officials closed a door, Singapore’s LGBT activists opened a window.” “I am so proud of LGBT activists across Singapore and Malaysia. They are working to secure the human rights of LGBT people in their countries and are doing so in the face of great cultural and political opposition,” added Perry. “And let me also say how thankful I am for spiritual activists such as Rev. Pat Bumgardner, senior pastor of Metropolitan Community Church of New York, and Rev. Boon Lin Ngeo, the first openly gay clergyperson in Malaysia, who were part of the recent MCC team. They are working hand-in-hand with national and regional activists to further social and spiritual justice across Southeast Asia.”

Beckham Accused of Using Anti-Gay Slur Against Teammate by Chrys Hudson

London — One of David Beckham’s former teammates says in a recently released autobiography that the transatlantic soccer star used an anti-gay slur against him during a game in 2000. According to Graeme Le Saux, Beckham used the term after Le Saux cut his head during a Chelsea/Manchester United match seven years ago. “I caught him with an elbow, genuinely not maliciously, and because he had a shaved head at the time it split open, lots of blood, very dramatic,” Le Saux said in his autobiography, Graeme Le Saux: Left Field. “He thought I had done it on purpose and his immediate reaction was to say, ‘you fucking poof’ or ‘you bloody poof.’ “I know David isn’t homophobic and the last thing I’d want is for him to think this is an accusation,” Le Saux added. “It is just the way it was.” That’s apparently not how Beckham — or at least his PR team — sees it. “This allegation is completely untrue,” his spokesman told The Times (UK) yesterday. “David would never say such a thing.” “It’s been seven years since this match that Graeme refers to and he has never mentioned this to David personally or publicly. Given that they have known each other for many years after the event, it’s highly surprising to discover that this matter has now been raised, but never before,” the spokesman added. “While we appreciate Graeme has a book to sell, we refute these assertions completely.”

22-Year-Old Murders Gay Friend and Grandmother in India By Chrys Hudson

Los Angeles — A 22-year-old Indian man murdered his gay friend and his friend’s grandmother on Sept. 3 and shortly after turned himself in to the police. Arun Prasad Dora, a student at an institute in Bhubaneswar, told the police he killed his friend, Debabrata Pani, also 22, for forcing him into a gay relationship for the past year. Arun said Debabrata, who lived in the staff quarters of Orissa University Of Agriculture Technology, tried to force Arun to sleep with him on the night of the murder while Debabrata’s parents were away. “The youth protested and in a sudden rage stabbed Debabrata to death,” Inspector S.P. Satpathy told the IndoAsian News Service on Sept. 4. Satpathy also said that Arun killed Debabrata’s grandmother, 78-year-old Suna Pani, who apparently witnessed Debabrata’s murder. Hours later, Arun walked into the local police station and confessed his crime.

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Paris — Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe — the first openly gay man to be elected mayor of a major world city — announced Sept. 4 he is seeking a second seven-year term. Parisians go to the polls in March to elect a new city government. Delanoe said he would make the French capital greener, ultra-modern and affordable for Bertrand Delanoe poorer families. “My program is aimed at placing Paris ahead of the curve,” Delanoe told Le Parisien newspaper. “Ahead of the curve means that the city will not be subjected to changes that the future may hold but rather is enacting these changes.” Phenomenally popular in a city that often scorns politicians, the Socialist mayor is frequently mentioned as a potential candidate for the French presidency in the 2012 election. In 1998, while he was a relatively obscure city councilor, Delanoe came out in a television interview, breaking an unwritten French law that a politician’s private life should remain private. He later said that friends urged him not to go public, but that he overruled them because of the good he felt it would do to advance gay rights. “Would not my intervention help even if only in a small way to lighten the burden of secrecy borne by so many people,” he wrote in his 2004 autobiography. In 2001 Delanoe was elected the capital’s first ever Socialist mayor and the first gay person to head a city government in a major city. A year later Delanoe was stabbed by a deranged homophobe as he presided over an all-night cultural party at city hall. He was rushed to the hospital suffering a single stab wound to his abdomen. Doctors at Pitie-Salpetriere hospital operated on Delanoe for more than three hours. He would spend nearly a month in the hospital. Police arrested a man at the scene. During interrogations he told investigators he hated gays and politicians. Shortly after Parisians elected Delanoe as mayor, Klaus Wowereit became mayor of Berlin, making him the second gay man elected to run a major city. Almost an unknown when he was selected by the party to fill the mayoralty in 2001 he captured the hearts of Berliners when he came out and declared at a party convention that year, “I am gay, and that’s a good thing.” Last weekend in London Brian Paddick announced he would seek the Liberal Democrat nomination to run for mayor of that city. If elected the former Deputy Assistant Police Commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police would become the third major city gay mayor. Q

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Calif. Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill, Veto Expected By Chrys Hudson

Los Angeles — For the second time in three years, the California Legislature has approved a bill to give the state’s same-sex couples the right to marry. The California state Senate approved the bill, known as A.B. 43, and authored by assembly member Mark Leno on Sept. 7. Equality California also sponsored the bill. The bill had passed the CaliGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger fornia Assembly by a vote of 42 to 34 in early June and now goes to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s desk for consideration. The governor must take action on all bills by Oct. 14. The California Assembly first passed marriage equality legislation by a 41-to-35 vote on Sept. 6, 2005. The California Senate passed the measure on Sept. 1, 2005, by a 21-to-15 vote. Schwarzenegger vetoed the legislation and is expected to do so again. This year’s “gender-neutral� bill would amend California’s Family Code to define marriage as a civil contract between two persons. Critics of the measure support Schwarzenegger’s veto, saying Californians already spoke their minds on the topic in 2000 when they approved Proposition 22, which defined marriage as between a man and woman only.

“We see A.B. 43 as yet another heavyhanded, blatant attempt for Mark Leno and Co. to skirt the current restrictions in law that prevents same-sex marriages in California,â€? Benjamin Lopez, a lobbyist for the Traditional Values Coalition, told the San Francisco Chronicle after the Sept. 7 vote. Schwarzenegger hasn’t yet commented on the bill, though his spokesman, Aaron McLear, recently told the Associated Press that the governor “intends to respect the results of the 2000 referendum.â€? Gay rights groups haven’t given up hope that the bill will be signed. “We urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to think about how the history books will remember this decision,â€? said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. “He has an opportunity before him to be remembered as a courageous governor who stood up for equal treatment under the law for all families. We applaud Equality California and the Legislature for their leadership in passing this historic measure.â€? Masen Davis, executive director of the San Francisco-based Transgender Law Center (TLC), also called on the governor to consider the ramifications of his actions on the bill before him. “With a stroke of his pen, Gov. Schwarz­ enegger has a historic opportunity to make sure that married members of the transgender community can rest more easily knowing that their partnerships are protected,â€? David said in a statement. “We estimate that thousands of transgender people and their spouses throughout California — who are in perfectly lawful marriages — still experience anxiety about whether their marriage will ever be challenged simply because of their gender identity.â€?

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Miami, Fla. — Rev. D. James Kennedy, who rallied thousands of conservative Christians against abortion, gay marriage and what he called “judicial tyranny,� died Sept. 5 at his home in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He was 76. Along with Moral Majority founder the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, Kennedy played a key role in the rise of the religious right. In Rev. D. James Kennedy 1959 he founded Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church which quickly grew to over 1,000 members. It later became known as the conservative megachurch Coral Ridge Ministries. In 1996, Kennedy also created the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, the church’s political arm, which taught members how to campaign against issues like abortion rights, gay marriage and the teaching of evolution in public schools. The center ceased operations in April. Kennedy was also instrumental in the creation of the Alliance Defense Fund, the legal alliance behind Day of Truth, a religious-based counterweight to The Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network’s Day of Silence, in which gay and straight allied students remain silent throughout the school day to protest anti-gay prejudice and discrimination. “For decades, Dr. Kennedy has been a passionate defender of biblical truth

in a culture that increasingly forgot it,� James Dobson, founder of conservative group Focus on the Family. “He was a giant in the battle to restore traditional values in our nation.� While Jason Cianciotto, senior fellow at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, expressed condolences to Kennedy’s loved ones, he said Kennedy’s pursuit of biblical truth was responsible for the “demonization of millions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people for more than 30 years.� “Through his advocacy of ex-gay ministries, Kennedy called for the ‘transformation’ of LGBT Americans while ignoring scientific truths about the lack of efficacy and gross mental, physical and spiritual harm caused by so-called ‘conversion therapy’ programs,� Cianciotto said. “He used his media empire of television and radio programs to spread lies and misinformation to support his opposition to marriage equality, hate crimes legislation and employment nondiscrimination legislation. Like so many religious right leaders of his generation, Kennedy’s version of religious ‘truth’ divided rather than united American families.� The cause of Kennedy’s death is not immediately known. However, Kennedy had suffered permanent damage from heart arrhythmia in December, 2006. He had been undergoing treatment and had not appeared in public in 2007. Kennedy is survived by his wife, Anne, and his daughter, Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy.

Jerry Lewis: Anti-Gay Slur ‘A Bad Choice of Words’ by Chrys Hudson

Los Angeles — A day after entertainer Jerry Lewis made headlines for using the word “fag� during his annual Labor Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the entertainer said he was sorry “to anyone who was offended.� “I obviously made a bad choice of words,� Lewis said in a statement issued through the telethon’s organizers. “Everyone Jerry Lewis who knows me understands that I hold no prejudices in this regard. The success of the [telethon] and all the good that will come from it shouldn’t be lost because of one unfortunate word. I accept responsibility for what I said. There are no excuses.

I am sorry.� The incident occurred on Sept. 3 during the 18th hour of the 21-hour telecast. “Oh, your family has come to see you. You remember Bart, your oldest son, Jesse, the illiterate fag ...� the 81-yearold entertainer said as he moved around the stage. On the same day, shortly after a clip of the incident appeared on the internet, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation demanded Lewis’ apology. GLAAD released its own statement shortly after Lewis’ apology in which President Neil G. Giuliano said: “GLAAD thanks Jerry Lewis for his swift and direct apology for this incident. We join millions of Americans in applauding the important work of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and wish MDA and Mr. Lewis much continued success in their efforts.� The telethon raised a record $63.8 million in donations and pledges this year.

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was subjected to anti-gay remarks and later assaulted during a visit to a health club recently filed suit after the company failed to address his complaint about the altercation. According to a press release issued by his lawyers, Seth Persily filed a lawsuit Aug. 7 against L.A. Fitness claiming that an employee at one of its Atlanta facilities made anti-gay comments and later accosted him in a locker-room on July 18. Persily, who has frequented the L.A. Fitness location in Buckhead for nearly six months, said the company has still done nothing to respond to his complaint. The lawsuit demands damages for assault, slander and the intentional infliction of emotional distress. “When I went to the gym that morning, all I was interested in was working out. You never expect something like this to happen,” Persily said in a release. “I don’t think any company, especially ones with a large gay clientele, should tolerate that kind of behavior from its employees.” Irvine, California-based L.A. Fitness operates more than 200 facilities in 17 U.S. cities and Canada and is widely popular among gay and lesbian residents. The company has health clubs in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. According to the suit, the incident began as Persily worked out on an elliptical trainer while a female gym guest and a male gym employee were using a machine next to him. The woman and the employee made anti-gay remarks

The employee then challenged Persily to a physical confrontation. Later, he tried to strike Persily in the locker room after Persily asked other L.A. Fitness employees to help him file a complaint. Persily says he filed a complaint immediately after the incident and spoke with the manager, but received no response. Steve Koval, Persily’s attorney, said he contacted the manager of the L.A. Fitness facility, who also did not respond to the complaint. “After the L.A. Fitness employee told Seth that ‘gays are nasty’ and assaulted him, the least L.A. Fitness could do is offer a prompt apology and respond to my client’s complaint and my phone call. It’s very disappointing that L.A. Fitness is apparently not taking this incident seriously,” Koval. Persily said he hopes the lawsuit will encourage other gay men and lesbians to take a stand against being victimized. “When I saw this guy who was much bigger than me coming to attack me, I was quite scared. But after the incident was over, I knew that I didn’t have to be a victim and that I could force L.A. Fitness to deal with this if the company wouldn’t deal with it voluntarily,” he said. Though the suit seeks unspecified monetary damages, Persily says the case is about more than that. “This incident indicates to me that L.A. Fitness hasn’t properly trained its employees that its gay customers deserve the same respect as everybody else. The company certainly needs to do that, and make it very clear to the gay community that employees who hurl anti-gay insults don’t have a place there.”

By Chrys Hudson

Topeka, Kan. — Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed an executive order that will prohibit discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender state employees on Sept. 5. Effective immediately, the order requires state agencies under her direct control to put in place programs to prevent on-the-job harassment against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workers. “I’m sorry it took us so long,” Sebelius said after signing the order. She also endorsed a bill in the Republican-dominated legislature that would prohibit discrimination against gays and lesbians in housing and private employment. “We need to make sure in Kansas that all of our employees are treated with dignity and respect and that the doors to state employment are open to all,” she added. “It was just clear we were behind the times.” Reaction among Kansas Republicans has been mixed. Rep. Arlen Siegfried, of Olathe told the Associated Press that the Democratic governor was stepping into legislators’ territory. “I can almost guarantee you that will be a topic of legislative discussion,” he said.

Gay rights organizations, on the other hand, applauded Sebelius’ efforts. “Today is a good day for all Kansans who reject discrimination. This is an important and meaningful statement in favor of equal rights,” Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese said. He urged the Kansas legislature to ensure that protections would be extended to the state’s private sector employees. “The momentum keeps building in favor of equality, as more and more states are doing the right thing and rejecting discrimination,” he continued. “However, the fact that Kansas remains one of 31 states without a law protecting privatesector employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation and one of 39 states without a law protecting privatesector employees from discrimination based on gender identity highlights the critical need for federal anti-discrimination legislation in these areas.” Federal legislation with bipartisan sponsorship, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on April 24, 2007. This pending legislation would address discrimination in the workplace by making it illegal to fire, refuse to hire or refuse to promote an employee based on the person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. A diverse group of U.S. corporations supports ENDA. Q

Fla. Mayor Booted from Tourist Council By Duane Wells

that they are not at risk for contracting HIV if they are not engaging in the behaviors the mayor falsely proclaims have been primarily fueling Broward’s HIV/ AIDS crisis. His remarks over the past few months are not only reprehensible for their hate-filled ignorance, but may in fact prove deadly to those who — after hearing the Mayor’s words — may now believe that the HIV virus only affects certain groups.” One day after commission’s decision to oust Naugle, the NAACP also added its name to the roster of those calling the mayor’s remarks discriminatory.

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. — Broward County commissioners removed Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle from the Tourist Development Council on Aug. 28 because of his anti-gay comments related to the HIV/ AIDS epidemic in the county. Commissioners, upset by the negative impact the mayor’s comments have had on tourism in the area, ousted the Ft. Lauderdale Mayor mayor by unanimous Jim Naugle vote after repeatedly warning him to stop his attacks on the gay community, which have included the unfounded accusation that rampant gay sex in public rest rooms has fueled Broward County’s HIV/AIDS crisis. Joining the chorus of those in favor of Mayor’s ouster was AIDS Healthcare Foundation, who applauded the move by the Broward County commissioners and called on public officials to demand Naugle’s resignation. “It is unfortunate that so much damage has already been done by the Mayor’s misinformed and irresponsible remarks,” said Michael Kahane, AIDS Healthcare Foundation Bureau Chief, Southern Region. “Even more critical than jeopardizing tourism dollars is the grave impact the mayor’s false characterization of the County’s HIV/AIDS epidemic will have on people who may continue to believe

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Scottsdale Commission Recommends Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Scottsdale, Ariz. — In the wake of two anti-gay assaults outside of local nightclubs, the seven-member Scottsdale Human Relations Commission voted Sept. 10 in favor of urging the city to adopt an anti-discrimination ordinance with protections for gays. If passed, the anti-discrimination ordinance would forbid city contractors and city offices, leaseholders and private businesses to discriminate on the basis of sexual Michele deLaFreniere orientation. But for some, including private businesses in the ordinance goes too far. “We are now telling private businesses what they can and cannot do,” Commissioner Marty Gendron told The Arizona Republic. Gendron cast the only dissenting vote against the recommendation, saying that it went further than state law which does not list transgender as a protected class. “We’re telling them that we do not discriminate in Scottsdale,” countered commission chairwoman Michele deLaFreniere. A transgender woman, deLaFreniere recently brought a suit against a Scottsdale nightclub, Anderson’s Fifth Estate, after the club’s owner banned her and all transgender people after complaints that “men in dresses” were using

the women’s restroom. DeLaFreniere has said that Scottsdale’s gay community is “under attack.” DeLaFreniere said she made the suit as a private citizen, not in her capacity as chairwoman. She also said she hoped the law, if passed, would apply to businesses like Anderson’s Fifth Estate. The commission’s recommendations will now go to the Scottsdale City Council for consideration. Along with the antidiscrimination ordinance, they will include a “benchmark” study of similar ordinances passed by other U.S. cities. Last month, Scottsdale mayor Mary Manross met with gay-rights group Equality Arizona where she vowed to make sure the city was safe and welcoming to everyone.

Elton John to Perform in Wyoming Casper, Wyo. — The Rocket Man will be touching down at the Casper Events Center on Sept. 30 for the third show in the U.S. leg of his Rocket Man: Number Ones tour. John’s first U.S. stop is in Missoula, Mont., on Sept. 28, and then in Bozeman, Mont., on Sept. 29, according to the concert schedule at his Web site www. eltonjohn.com. “This will be one of the most exciting concerts we have had in our arena,” Events Center manager Bud Dovala said in the news release. John last performed in the state in 1999, when he held a solo concert at the University of Wyoming to benefit, among other charities, the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Shepard was a gay UW student whose grisly murder in 1998 made national headlines. Tickets are now on sale.

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Craig Gets Day In Court To Fight Bathroom Gay Bust Plea Minneapolis — Sen. Larry Craig’s request to withdraw his guilty plea in an airport sex sting will be heard Sept. 26, just four days before he has said he will step down from his Senate seat. A spokesman for Craig has said he is unlikely to try to finish his third term unless a court moves quickly to overturn Craig’s conviction. Craig’s spokesman could not Sen Larry Craig immediately be reached before this story and it was unclear what impact the Sept. 26 hearing would have on Craig’s plans. Under pressure from Republicans, who lost control of Congress last year following a string of scandals, Craig announced his intention to resign effective Sept. 30, but indicated he might not do so if he could clear his name. Craig was arrested June 11 by a Minneapolis airport police officer in a bathroom sex sting. The Idaho Republican pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct, and in exchange, prosecutors dropped a gross misdemeanor charge of interference with privacy. Craig has since said that his guilty plea was a mistake. He filed a request to withdraw the guilty plea on Sept. 10 In the 39-page request, Craig blames the Idaho Statesman for his guilty plea: “The Idaho Statesman, a prominent daily publication, was investigating allegations related to alleged homosexual activity by [Craig]. The Statesman’s in-

vestigation included such tactics as contacting scores of the Senator’s friends and family, demanding the Senator’s FBI file, and patrolling bars and restrooms with the Senator’s picture. Quite understandably, since Senator Craig has denied any allegations that he is a homosexual or has engaged in homosexual conduct, he was surprised to learn that the media was considering publicizing the false allegations pertaining to his private life.” “Shortly after Senator Craig’s meeting with the Idaho Statesman, in June 2007, Senator Craig was arrested and charged with interference with privacy and disorderly conduct, based on an arrest stemming from an undercover operation targeting gay men in a public men’s restroom at the Minneapolis International Airport. Despite Senator Craig’s denial of any inappropriate behavior, he was panicked that such allegations would be made public and that they would provide the Idaho Statesman with an excuse to publish its baseless article.” “While in this state of intense anxiety, Senator Craig felt compelled to grasp the lifeline offered to him by the police officer; namely that if he were to submit to an interview and plead guilty, then none of the officer’s allegations would be made public.” In the request, Craig’s attorney argues that if Craig would have been face-to-face with a judge, rather than mailing in his guilty plea, he would have understood the ramifications of his plea. “Not only must a guilty plea be voluntary and accurate, it also must be intelligent (i.e. ‘understandingly made’) ... Here, however, Senator Craig has repeatedly denied that his actions on June 11, 2007 constituted a crime.” Republican leaders announced Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) will replace Craig as the top Republican on the Veterans’ Affairs Committee through Craig’s court battle.

Author Coaches U.S. Senators on Coming-Out Los Angeles — Aug. 28, 2007 — “Hide and Speak: A Coming Out Guide” will be sent free upon request to any U.S. Senator, including scandal-plagued Larry Craig. “Gay sex scandals have become way too common — especially among conservative leaders who oppose gay rights,” said Rev. Kittredge Cherry, a lesbian minister and author of “Hide and Speak.” Cherry offered the book to Senators today when a media frenzy arose over Craig’s arrest for allegedly soliciting gay sex in a public restroom. Craig announced today that he regretted making a guilty plea to a lesser charge and keeping the incident secret from his family, friends and staff. “Sometimes telling the truth is difficult, but living a lie is even harder,” Cherry said. “Senator Craig is just the latest example of an anti-gay leader caught in a web of lies about a secret gay life.” Former U.S. congressman Mike Foley and evangelical leader Rev. Ted Haggard officially opposed gay rights until recent gay sex scandals ended their public careers. They all might have prevented their scandals by following the book’s powerful program of self-acceptance and appropriate disclosure. The coming-out guide gives practical help with the coming-out process for gay, lesbian, bisexual

and transgender (GLBT) people — and anyone else with a story to tell. Each chapter of “Hide and Speak” includes real life examples and tested, highly effective exercises used by Cherry in coming-out workshops nationwide. She tells positive ways to come out to oneself, create a circle of supporters and deal with family, job and school. Readers will learn how to live proud, free and balanced, no matter what happens. “Senator Craig needs coming-out advice, but so do many others,” Cherry said. “Queer teens are exploring their sexual orientation at younger ages. Lesbian and gay soldiers are facing the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy while they fight in Iraq. Transgender surgery is now common. ‘Hide and Speak’ is the right resource for all of these challenges and more.” “Hide and Speak” is not just about homosexuality. The life-changing handbook is useful for all people who struggle with secrets and their consequences. U.S. Senators are invited to request their free copy by contacting kitt@JesusInLove.org or visiting www.JesusInLove.org. “Hide and Speak” was recently released by AndroGyne Press, a new queer studies press based in Berkeley, Calif.

Daytime Court Show First to Feature Openly Gay Judge By R. Prest

New York City — Syndicated courtroom programs have become a little more diverse after the Sept. 10 premiere of Judge David Young, the first daytime courtroom show with an openly gay sitting judge. The show is produced by Sony Pictures Television, producers of Judge Hatchett and Judge Maria Lopez, and has been picked up by stations in most major markets. While Sony has made no secret of Young’s sexual orientation, they are distinguishing the quick-witted judge as “confrontational, caring and always entertaining” and as a man “known for his fierce intelligence and occasional bursts into show tunes.” But the fact that he is openly gay does distinguish Young from other television judges. “I don’t tolerate bigotry, because as a gay man I’ve witnessed bigotry firsthand,” Young told The Advocate. Young first received national attention in 2005 during the high-profile trial of two America West airline pilots, whom he sentenced to jail time for attempting to operate a plane while intoxicated. Young’s history of being tough on alcoholics and addicts has garnered him three Awards of Distinction from Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Young attended Tulane University and the Miami School of Law, and served as Assistant State Attorney in Miami-Dade County under Janet Reno. He was later elected to three terms as a circuit court judge. He currently lives in Miami with Scott Bernstein, a fellow judge and his partner of 12 years.

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Tucson, Ariz. — Earlier this month, Tucson’s city government sent a resolution to Arizona’s congressional delegation asking for a repeal of the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the armed forces. The city council, city manager Mike Hein and Mayor Bob Walkup all approved the resolution, according to a memo the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network obtained on Sept. 6. SLDN, which is dedicated to ending anti-gay discrimination in the U.S. military, applauded the resolution. “Communities from coast to coast realize they are less safe when qualified men and women are turned away from our fighting forces simply because they are lesbian or gay,” said SLDN executive director Ralls. Tucson’s resolution is the latest in an ongoing campaign to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a campaign that is now being played out in the federal government. Currently, 131 U.S. House members support the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, a proposed federal bill to lift the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military. In June, Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., Chair of the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee, took over as the bill’s lead sponsor. Arizona Democrats Raul Grijalva and Ed Pastor are also cosponsors. Tucson’s is the latest in a number of similar resolutions passed by other cities across the country, including Atlanta, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco and St. Louis.

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Southern Utah Pride to Kick off Fifth Year by JoSelle Vanderhooft joselle@qsaltlake.com

The last five months have been busy for Southern Utah Pride Association — too busy sometimes even for housekeeping. “You should see my house,” laughs SUPAI President Chris McArdle. “I’ve got stuff for Southern Utah Pride all over my couch, my floor and my chairs. It’s craziness, but it’s all good.” But McArdle and his staff are about to earn a well-deserved rest. The fifth annual Southern Utah Pride at Zion Festival will kick off on Friday, Sept. 28 at 8:00 p.m. with a pre-Pride dance party at the OC Tanner Ampitheatre in Springdale, a small resort town near Zion National Park. Southern Utah gay activists Amie Whipple and Christian Bradshaw founded the first Southern Utah Pride in 2003. Fearing retaliation, even violence from the St. George community, organizers chose the small town for the event, where it has stayed every year since. But this year, the parade will proudly march a mile down Zion Park Blvd. to the festival grounds at Springdale Park’s baseball field on Sept. 29 for a day-long celebration featuring vendors, performers and attendees from all over Utah — and beyond. According to McArdle, this year’s celebration will be the biggest SUPAI has ever held. Thirty-five vendors, for example, have already signed up for tables at the park, up from last year’s six participants. They include not just Southern Utah businesses like Tastefully Simple and local eatery Irmita’s, but merchants from Northern Utah. A number of state and national political and civic organiza-

Southern Utah Pride at Zion Schedule Friday September 28 Pre-Pride Dance Party OC Tanner Amplitheatre 8:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. ($5 General Admission). All ages welcome. Saturday September 29 SUPAI Benefit Breakfast at Springdale Park Gazebo 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. $5 Donation Per Plate

Pride Parade Zion Park Blvd to Festival Grounds 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Southern Utah Pride Springdale Park (Baseball Field) 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. ($5 General Admission) Ms. Nova Starr Intro 2:00 p.m. Opening Ceremonies Danny Katz 2:15 p.m. Covering Cambria 3:00 p.m. Amie Marie 3:45 p.m. Salt Lake ROTC 4:30 p.m. CB Award Presentation 5:00 p.m. Hierophony Band 5:15 p.m. Arlington 6:00 p.m. Stewart Lewis 6:45 p.m. SUP@Z King & Queen Contest 7:30 p.m. Nova’ Southern Utah Pride Show 9:00 p.m. Post Pride After Party Pride Festival Main Stage 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Presented By DJ Josh

tions will also have a presence, including the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Equality Utah, the Human Rights Campaign, and Utah for Obama — the only Presidential campaign who accepted SUPAI’s invitation to participate. The Center for Disease Control in collaboration with the Utah Health Department will also offer rapid HIV testing on site. Vendors and artists who missed the Aug. 24 reservation deadline can still get a table by showing up on Sept. 29; marchers are also welcome to show up for the parade, and floats are encouraged. The first Southern Utah Pride was a small affair with just under 100 attendees. This year, McArdle expects “over 1,000.” Every hotel in the town has sold out, and the festival grounds’ campsite is shaping up to be more of a tent city. “I’ve got people contacting me every day about camping,” he says. He credits the increased interest to a marketing campaign that reached gay readers in much of the Southwest, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Palm Springs and Phoenix. Of course, he also credits this year’s board. “The board this year did a complete 360 with the event,” he says. “They get along great, they love each other and they’ve worked really hard.” Although McArdle is thrilled with the rising interest in Southern Utah Pride, he also hopes the day will remain true to the spirit of the first event — helping to keep the community healthy, informed and safe. “My premise still goes, if we can raise awareness so one person doesn’t choose drugs, a promiscuous lifestyle [or any other self-destructive behavior], then I’ve done my job,” he says. Tickets to enter the Southern Utah Pride festival grounds will be $5. For more information, visit southernutahpride. org or email info@southernutahpride.org.

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The United Methodist Women of Christ United Methodist Church sponsored the forum “What is a Welcoming Community and What Does the Bible Really Say About Homosexuality: An Open Dialog on Gays and Lesbians within the Church Community� on Sept. 6 to address how the church and the broader United Methodist body can welcome and serve gays, lesbians and their allies. Christ United Methodist member Lorraine Lakey organized the evening as the monthly event for the Lydia Circle, one of several such social, prayer and service groups of women within the church. “Our church motto is ‘open hearts, open minds and open doors,’� she explained. “We welcome all people, regardless of race or sexual orientation.� She added that she and her Circle chose this particular topic to discuss how their church could extend that message of welcoming to gays and lesbians. “People can be bigoted [towards gays and lesbians], and it’s un-Christian,� she said. “We’re supposed to love everyone, not to judge people.� Four speakers addressed the audience of 40, including Christ United members and gay, lesbian and allied non-members: Daniel Hill and Brandon Marcus of the Utah Pride Center, Rep. Jackie Biskupski, D-Salt Lake City; and Rev. Handi Jo Doloff-Holt of Trinity United Methodist Church. Hill and Marcus, youth program volunteers at the center, began the evening by talking about issues gay youth in Utah face. “There’s some sad statistics that go with GLBT youth [in Utah] that have to do with suicide and homelessness,� said Marcus, adding that the Homeless Youth Resource Center’s estimate that approximately 32 percent of Utah’s 5,000 homeless youth identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. To help the audience understand the fear, shame and invisibility gay youth face, Hill and Marcus asked them to list what they considered to be the “core aspects of what makes you, you� and then to consider how they’d feel if they had to hide these aspects. “I’d be scared to go out,� one man said. In her presentation, Biskupski, who became Utah’s first openly gay legislator in 1998, discussed the 1995 controversy over Utah’s first-ever gay-straight alliance at East High school. As she and her partner watched the story unfold on television, including the student walk-out and the protests on Capitol Hill, Biskupksi said she wanted to “do something to help these kids.� “I was impressed by these high school students taking on adults whose behavior to them I found threatening and disturbing,� she said. Biskupski also informed the audience about several anti-gay bills the state legislature passed last year, including HB 236, which many saw as designed to limit gay-straight alliances. She refuted the perception of GSAs as nothing more than places to talk about sex. “That simply isn’t happening,� she said. “It’s a scare tactic. These kids are simply trying to find support among each other and with their straight peers.� “A lot of straight kids join the clubs also, because they are outcasts them-

selves,� she continued. “It’s about banding together and trying to make it through the day and get the education that they deserve.� Rev. Handi Jo Dolloff-Holt, who served as Christ United’s assistant minister in 2000, then gave a presentation on beginning and sustaining dialogue between church members who believe homosexuality to be a sin, and those who do not. She said that God uses the often uncomfortable dialogue about homosexuality’s and Christian practice to teach Christians. “Faithful Christians can and do disagree with each other while remaining faithful,� she said. “We shouldn’t question [another’s] sincerity of faith just because they have come to a different conclusion.� Dolloff-Holt outlined the scriptural passages frequently used in arguing that homosexuality is sinful, and refutations to each. She also discussed the resolutions the recent UMC General Conference, the denomination’s top policy-making body consisting of clergy and laity, have passed regarding homosexuality. At the 2006 nationwide conference, 55-60 percent of delegates voted that homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching, 70 percent voted that same-sex marriage ceremonies should not be performed in UMC churches, and 60-65 percent voted that avowed gays and lesbians should not be ordained as ministers. Although the UMC currently affirms all of these positions, the church’s Book of Discipline also states that homosexual persons are equal in worth to heterosexuals, and that all people, regard-

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Methodist churches who allow gay and lesbian members; open and affirming congregations, which accept members regardless of sexual orientation and reconciling congregations, which accept members of all sexual orientations and gender identities but which are not officially part of the United Methodist body. Although she cautioned the audience to use discretion when starting any church programs for gays and lesbians, as the Book of Discipline forbids member churches from using funds for activities the United Methodist’s policies oppose, she said that congregations that choose to welcome openly gay members cannot be penalized. The forum was followed by a question and answer period. Christ United member Bette Clayton said that she was glad her church had held the forum. “It’s a very hard thing [to discuss],� she said. “Where I am from, in my age-related group [people in their 80s], this was never discussed.� Q

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Becker, Buhler Win Primary Election Salt Lake City’s gay and lesbian community had little to worry about in the Sept. 11 primary election for Salt Lake City mayor. All of the top candidates had publicly promised to support and further gay and lesbian rights. Most even proclaimed that support on campaign Web sites and literature. In fact, only on candidate — Robert “Lot” Muscheck — declared that he did not support gay rights. Gay and lesbian support was largely split between two candidates — Rep. Ralph Becker and Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson. In the end, Becker and current Salt Lake City Councilman Dave Buhler emerged victorious from the primary election. Becker surprised most, seemingly including himself, by garnering nearly 40 percent of the primary vote. He had polled in third place through most of the campaign, pulling ahead to lead in the last Salt Lake Tribune poll released the weekend before the election. Becker had the support of fellow representatives Jackie Biskupski and Chris Johnson, as well as Sen. Scott McCoy. He was also supported by activist Stuart Merrill and Utah AIDS Foundation executive director Stan Penfold. Buhler, the only Republican in the race after Keith Christensen renounced his party affiliation, came in second with 27.8 percent of the vote. He is the only Republican who has progressed to the general

election in the Salt Lake mayoral race in the last 20 years. He also made it through 16 years ago when he lost to DeeDee Corradini. Buhler is supported by Log Cabin Republicans President Gordon Storrs. He also participated in the Utah Pride Parade and Equality Utah’s Allies Dinner. Wilson polled in first place through most of the race, losing ground as undecided voters began making a choice. She ultimately ended up with 23.4 percent of the vote, missing a chance to face Becker by 1,206 votes. Wilson was supported by gay philanthropist Bruce Bastian, Tami and Jane Marquardt, John Amaechi, Nikki Boyer, Mark McGowan and many other prominent gay leaders. Businessman Keith Christensen built a warchest of over $600,000 and was endorsed by outgoing mayor Rocky Anderson but only received 8.4 percent of the vote. In all, he spent $250 per vote in the election. Color-rectal surgeon J.P. Hughes received only 1.4 percent of the vote. All remaining four candidates together only got 146 votes. Self-described “homophobe” Robert “Lot” Muscheck got a whopping 14 of those votes. The two winning candidates have promised an issues-based race, staying away from personalities. The general election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 6. Wilson and Anderson have offered Becker their endorsements.

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Salt Lake City camp drag performance group The Utah Cyber Sluts will hold three more Gay Bingo Events before the end of the year on Oct. 12, Nov. 9 and Dec. 14 at the First Baptist Church social hall on 777 South 1300 East. Admission is $5 for the first bingo card. All proceeds go to the Utah Pride Center. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Due to unforseen circumstances, Gay Bingo dates are subject to change. To confirm, call the Utah Pride Center at 539-8800 or visit utahprideenter.org. The event is wheelchair accessible.

SL Pagan Pride Festival to Celebrate Sixth Birthday and is proud to affiliate with other Pagan Pride events all over the world. This year the Pagan Pride Project commemorates 10 years of pursuing its mission, and with many other national Pagan associations is celebrating the successful completion of the “Pentacle Quest,� the attempts to get the Veteran’s Administration to make the Pentacle, a nearly universal Pagan symbol, an approved insignia on the grave markers of fallen Pagan servicemen and women. The Veteran’s Administration made the decision to put the Pentacle on grave markers on April 23, 2007. The festival will also feature the Spirit Grove, an addition to the festival’s traditional Interactive Deity Altar. All activities are free and open to the public. Attendees are asked to bring a donation of one or more non-perishable food items for donation to Crossroads Urban Center or a new or lightly-used children’s book for The Midvale Literacy Project.

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The sixth annual Salt Lake Pagan Pride Festival, “Spirit Quest,� will be held Saturday, Sept. 22 at Murray Park, 495 E. 5300 South, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The annual harvest festival will feature pagan ceremonies, information on pagan spiritual practices, workshops and vendors. The event is affiliated with the International Pagan Pride Project, a global effort to reduce discrimination against pagan religions. This year’s event is sponsored locally by Rainbow Chalice Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans, The Utah Alternative Spirituality Substitute e-group, The Eagle’s Kindred, the Utah Pagan Community Builders, UUCO Pagans of Ogden, Greenhouse Effect Crepery & Coffeehouse and local bookstore Spellbound. Modern paganism, or neo-paganism, is a rapidly growing spiritual movement based on combinations of ancient polytheism, modern eco-spirituality and reverence for the divine as both masculine and feminine. The Salt Lake Valley has a 20year history of Pagan rituals and circles,

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site once they have confirmed receipt of their endorsement. “The candidates we interviewed in Draper, Ogden, Riverton and Provo did not make it through their primaries,� Thompson said. Equality Utah endorsements are based on candidates’ demonstrated leadership, support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, and campaign viability. “We are looking for candidates who are willing to stand up and stand out on issues relevant to the LGBT community,� said Thompson

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The Equality Utah Board of Directors announced their 2007 municipal endorsements Wednesday, Sept. 12. “For the first time in our organization’s history, we have had the luxury of interviewing more than one candidate in every Salt Lake City race and four candidates in the SLC Mayor’s race,� executive director Mike Thompson said in a statement. “This is a statement of our organization’s increased influence as well as the number of fair-minded candidates seeking office.� The group endorsed Ralph Becker for Salt Lake City Mayor. “Ralph Becker has demonstrated his leadership through his support of LGBT issues while serving in the Utah Legislature. Mr. Becker supported hate crimes legRalph Becker islation and HIV/ AIDS funding and opposed school clubs bills. His position as House Minority Leader allowed him access to Gov. Huntsman when we asked the governor to veto HB 148 Parent Child Amendments in the 2006 legislative session. As a candidate for mayor, Mr. Becker developed his Human Rights Initiative, which is a demonstration of real leadership on LGBT issues.� In the Salt Lake City Council Michael Clara District 2 race, the group endorsed education activist Michael Clara in his second attempt to unseat sitting councilman Van Turner. Clara has also acted as vice chair for the Utah Hispanic Legislative Task Force. The group has endorsed both incumbent Salt Lake City Council District 4 councilwomen Nancy Saxton and challenger Luke Garrott. “In SLC Council District 4, there Nancy Saxton are two candidates who are both strong on LGBT issues, which led our Board to offer a dual endorsement. You cannot go wrong with a vote in this race,� Thompson explained in his statement. In the Salt Lake Luke Garrott City Council District 6 race, EU endorsed Emigration Market owner J.T. Martin. Dave Buhler vacated the seat to run for mayor. Candidates in races outside Salt Lake City will be posted on the group’s Web

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Letters Lewd Tapping Editor, It’s nice to see yet another self-loathing Republican public servant exposed as the hypocrite that he is. I’m trying to figure out, though, why Larry Craig was arrested in the first place. In no report have I read of any overt physical contact or indecent exposure. Yes, I “know” what he was doing. What self-respecting gay man hasn’t had anonymous sex in a public location? (To be clear, that was a rhetorical question. I don’t need to hear from both of you.) But what exactly caused the arrest? Was it the toe tapping AND the finger wiggling? Or was the toe tapping enough to arrest him with the finger wiggling mere icing on the cake? Isn’t there the slightest possibility, no matter how small, that his cruising might have ended in an invitation to a nearby hotel room? If so, shouldn’t we be concerned about what is considered illegal and lewd in any public setting? Is a raised eyebrow and a discreet tweak of a nipple enough to haul you out in handcuffs? William H. Munk Salt Lake City

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From the Editor The Importance of Art by Michael Aaron

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QSaltLake devotes at least two cover stories a year to the arts, promoting the next several months of performing and visual arts. It is because we believe that only a society with a healthy arts scene is itself healthy. Who hasn’t been stopped in their tracks by some form of art — a stunning painting, a remarkable piece of architecture, a graceful dance, a moving story or a powerful stage performance? That is part of what I believe the purpose of art is — to stop you, even for a moment, from wandering in the mundane and to present you with an alternative thought. Art can also nudge a society ever so deliberately towards greater enlightenment. Many of the offerings by Plan B Theatre Company and Salt Lake Acting Company do just that. They tell a compelling story that can melt even the coldest of hearts, at least a little bit. How can someone watch the dramatic scene of a devout LDS couple meeting their dead son’s gay lover in Facing East without being somehow changed? I wonder how many struggling families saw themselves reflected on that stage and how many people saw their child or parent differently afterwards. I wonder how many discussions were prompted and arguments lifted directly from the screenplay. In the 80s, the play to see was Rent. How much effect did the show have on New York’s and the nation’s response to AIDS? How many LDS people actually went and saw Angels in America and were changed because of it? For that matter, how many people saw Brokeback Mountain or Will and Grace (yes, god help

me, I’m calling Will and Grace art) and softened their formerly firm beliefs about sexuality? Then think about the photographs taken in third world countries showing the plight of those trying to exist in the worst conditions on the planet. How much money has been sent and how many people have traveled to help because of a single still image that captured the heart-wrenching pain in the eyes of someone a world away? And music. We all know a song that will make us cry or that will remind us of a different time in our lives. Yet, as important as we know art is, why are our local arts organizations struggling to survive? Why don’t Utahns shell out the price of a pizza (made in 20 minutes or less) for a production that took dozens of people hundreds of hours to produce? Utah Opera tickets are a steal — ranging from $12 to $65 for the upcoming Flying Dutchman. San Francisco Opera tickets start at $45 for the rear balcony and go for $225 for orchestra seats and $275 for box. The San Francisco Symphony charges triple the price of a Utah Symphony ticket, but it is rare that I’ve been to a performance without empty seats. I would argue that the Utah Symphony is a better company (yes, I’ve been to both). I’ve been told it is because the predominant religion teaches that artists will receive their rewards in heaven. Not having been raised Mormon, I’ll defer to him since he was. Doesn’t that, then, mean that we should be doing everything we can to support the local arts just to make sure they survive and thrive? Should we forego the second glass of wine at dinner and put it towards a ticket to a Salt Lake Men’s Choir concert? (You knew I’d find a way to plug the choir, no?) Go out and support the local arts scene and help make Utah an even better place to live. If you’re looking for something to do one weekend, check out arttix. org and buy whatever is available. We have worldclass talent in Salt Lake. It’s a shame we don’t treat it that way. Let’s do our part to change that. Q

Editor, Is There Such a Thing as a Hetero Conservative? I ask the question only half-jokingly, but it is beginning to look like the GOP is completely GAY. Not gay in the same way that most gay people I know are — you know, normal people pursuing love, sex, and relationships like anyone else — but gay in the sense of being viciously closeted and projecting all of their hate and self-loathing onto others in between feverish buggery sessions in seedy rest stop men’s rooms. For a long time I thought the gay-bashing in general, and opposition to gay marriage and civil unions in particular on the right, was just a ploy to win elections by doing what they always do: play to the anxieties and superstitions of the most ignorant people in the country, but slowly it became clear to me that the most vigorous opponents of gay marriage believe it to be a threat to the “institution of marriage” because for them it is. Leaving aside the fact that most of them tearfully worship a nude man nailed to a board ... to these men, the idea that you could share a normal life with someone you actually wanted to fuck at some time in your life is a inherently threatening to the well-maintained facade they have managed to put up for most of their lives. I mean if I was married to the usual breed of hatched-faced gorgons these types usually end up with, not to mention actually having a litter of equally awful children, I would definitely be striking a wide stance at men’s rooms across America every chance I got, and I’m straight. So let me just say this again, if you’re a conservative — you’re here and you’re queer, now get used to it. G. Fronts New York City

Baaaaad Senator Editor, Why are we surprised? After all [Sen. Larry] Craig is the spokesman for the woolgrowers lobby. Craig has been a big supporter of the Woolgrowers and cattle ranchers of Idaho, and also lead legislation to exterminate the Wolves from Yellowstone, just a few years after their re-introduction into the ecosystem which has been a benefit to both flora and fauna alike. Wow, those poor sheep, if only they could talk. Cody Gibbons Magna

Equality is Not Equality Utah Editor, A misunderstanding in the LGBT community about Salt Lake’s mayoral race should be clarified. Jenny Wilson’s campaign has produced signs which read “Equality Voters for Jenny Wilson.” This has misled many to believe Equality Utah – our state’s most prominent LGBT political advocacy organization – has endorsed Wilson, which is untrue. Equality Utah will not make candidate endorsements until after

primary elections. Salt Lake is fortunate to have several pro-LGBT issue mayoral candidates, and we ought to insist on a mayor who cares about LGBT needs and demonstrates the highest standard of honesty and integrity. Ralph Becker is such a candidate. Qualified and experienced, friend to our community, and truly honorable candidate, Becker has earned the public endorsement of every openly gay elected official in Utah—Representative Biskupski, Senator McCoy and Representative Johnson are all proudly on record in support of Becker. Every Salt Lake voter should review the Human Rights Initiatives Becker has proposed; his plan will make genuine changes which will help LGBT citizens and our families. LGBT citizens and allies will have a significant impact on the outcome of the Salt Lake Mayor’s race. Let’s choose carefully. Rep. Jackie Biskupski & Erika Skougard Salt Lake City

Queer Spirit Editor, In regards to the story from the last issue, I’d like to send some thoughts about the Queer Spirit retreat [“Queer Spirit,” QSaltLake, Sept. 1, 2007]. I had the pleasure of going as well the weekend of 9/7–9. After hearing stories of what it was like, I found myself very trepidatious about going, as I usually have a

Guest Editorial Double Standard by Patrick Sammon, Log Cabin Republicans

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Vitter’s news conference saved his job. Political considerations played no part in Log Cabin’s reaction to the Craig or Vitter scandal. For the record, no media outlet asked at the time whether we thought Vitter should resign. We would have called on Craig to resign even if he represented a state with a Democratic governor. He broke the law and violated the trust of the people so he had to resign as a way of taking responsibility for his actions. However, I would be naive not to say that there were almost certainly political considerations by the Republican leadership in this situation in terms of replacing Craig and replacing Vitter. I have said nothing about whether those political considerations are right or not. I was merely observing that they almost certainly existed here and those considerations explained some of the differences in the way these cases were treated. It’s also important to point out there were political considerations in the way Sen. Tim Johnson’s (D-SD) illness has been handled. If there was a Democratic governor, instead of a Republican governor, I expect he probably would have resigned after his serious illness. With a Republican governor and a one-vote margin in the Senate, he obviously wasn’t going to resign as long as he still had a pulse. Is that right or wrong? I don’t know, but it’s politics. Bottom line. Craig’s criminal conviction is the biggest reason for the differences in Republican reaction to these stories. I certainly stand by my solid record challenging those in my party who oppose equality for gay people and try to use anti-gay politics to win elections. Patrick Sammon is President of Log Cabin Republicans and the Liberty Education Forum. He took over the organizations on an interim basis on September 1, 2006 and was named president in December 2006.

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I have been asked by several media outlets, including the New York Times, why the Republican response to Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) was so different from the response to Sen. David Vitter (R-LA). Or, put more bluntly, was the Republican response to Craig different because the allegations against him involved another man instead of a woman? I don’t believe the Republican response was different because of the gay angle. I believe the response was different for three main reasons: Craig entered a guilty plea. He’s a convicted criminal. If after his arrest, he had stood up and banged on the podium saying, “I did nothing wrong. I will fight these charges,” then the Republican response would have been much different. They would have said something like “We’re concerned about the allegations, but we have to wait for the legal case to play out.” Craig obviously chose a different course. He pleaded guilty. His defense was gone. He tried to brush it under the rug and it blew up in his face. He had no other choice but to resign. Judgment. From start to finish, Craig’s judgment has been horrendous. First, in what he did in the bathroom and then how he handled it. His statement on Tuesday will be talked about for decades to come as an example of how not to handle a political scandal. Vitter is the worst kind of hypocrite. However, he stood up and apologized. That showed much better judgment than Craig and it caused his scandal to die down. His apology saved his job. I’m not saying that’s right, but

hard time with spiritual gatherings and seem unable to have personal breakthroughs among a group of people. I was pleasantly surprised. I was able to create many connections with the other retreat participants and formed new bonds and friendships. Beyond that, I did have my own breakthroughs and learned quite a bit about myself. This retreat put me in the right place to come to realizations and take me a large step further on a personal journey that I have been holding back from for quite some time. Though a “letter to the editor” is not enough room to summarize my entire experience (since I filled 20 pages in my journal about it) I felt it necessary to give thanks in some way and hope that other people may sign up and let this retreat help them as well. Many thanks to those that made this possible! Christian Allred Salt Lake City

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Lambda History This Library Was So Gay! Part 2

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Shortly after Bobby Smith resigned as director of the Utah Stonewall Library in 1993, the center’s executive director Melissa Sillitoe secured a new building at 770 South Third West to house both center and library. The move was a major undertaking, primarily due to the library’s size. To oversee the transfer, I volunteered to become library committee chair. Volunteers then boxed up the books and moved them in one major haul on June 26, 1993. With the help of Ray Nelson, director of Unconditional Support, we reshelved the thousands of books and got the library back up and running. I served as librarian along with Michelle Davies and Lynn Gillman until 1995, when I resigned. I think my main contribution lay in helping to restore the library after it was looted and in helping to establish the historical archives. Much of the archival material was my own personal records from groups with which I had been associated over the years. Some of Connell “Rocky” O’Donavan’s historical research was also included. Russell Kracke, who was working on a degree in library science and archival management, became the center’s librarian in 1995, but his main love was for the archives. Under his direction, the Utah Stonewall Archives became a first-rate repository for information about gay and lesbian history in the Intermountain West. Upon completion of his college work in 1996, Kracke resigned and was hired as director of the Gay and Lesbian Archives in Minnesota. After Kracke’s departure, I returned to the Utah Stonewall Center solely as an archivist to insure that the mountain of donated material was filed and categorized correctly. We had an amazing collection. Our magazines including a complete set of Advocates dating from 1980 to 1997 and partial sets for years back to 1974. We had

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first editions of several national magazines like Out and Outfront and a complete bound set of The Ladder, the first U.S. lesbian publication, dating back to the 1950s. We had several signed copies of first editions including The Trouble with Harry by Mattachine Society founder Harry Hay. We even once had a first edition of Radcliff Hall’s The Well of Loneliness (1929), which was the first lesbian novel allowed into the United States. Our local material included copies of Utah’s first gay periodical, The Gayzette, dating back to 1976 and a complete set of our community newspapers from 1977 to 1997. The archives were also a repository for the minutes of The Gay and Lesbian Community Council of Utah from 1987 to 1994, as well as the minutes and records of the Salt Lake Goodtimes Bowling League, the

Sadly, on Sept. 9, 1997 the Utah Stonewall Center’s board of trustees, without prior warning, made a decision to close the center. Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats and, of course, the Utah Stonewall Center. One full filing cabinet contained national newspaper clippings on subjects like AIDS, gays in the military, domestic partnerships and hate crimes. Another contained local gay and lesbian newspaper articles including biographies of notable personalities, accounts of hate crimes against Utah gays and lesbians, and a complete set of AIDS-related obituaries from 1986–1994. A third cabinet contained file folders of information on every major gay and lesbian organization in Utah from the 1970s to 1997. We also had files on early lesbian groups such as Women Aware and 20 Jacob Rue Collective. In late 1997, community activist Beau Chaine gave me a badly water-stained and mildewed original copy of the incorporation papers of The Gay Community Service Center and Clinic, which Beauchaine and Aunti De (Dean Walton), Empress VIII of the Royal Court, created in 1984. We had cassette tapes of the KRCL program Concerning Gays and Lesbians from 1987–1991 and The Utah Stonewall Historical Society for Gay and Lesbian Study’s oral history program, which included interviews with Bob Waldrop, (pastor of the MCC from 1977–1981), Dr. Patty Reagan (founder of Salt Lake AIDS Foundation), Greg Garcia (founding member of the Wasatch Leathermen) and me, as the founder of Beyond Stonewall. We also had Candace Gingrich’s speech at the Utah Stonewall Center, which lead to the founding of gay student clubs at East High School in 1996, as well as cassette tapes of the Gay and Lesbian Community Council of Utah meetings and addresses, including the late Dr. Jan Stout’s biological causation of homosexuality given at Wasatch Affirmation in 1986. We even had tapes of womyn’s music from Olivia Records. On long playing records we had several rare recordings of Ray Bourbon, a drag performer in the 1940s and ’50s and a recording of the 1979 March on Washington for Gay Rights.

Our videos included a 1995 interview with participants of the 1969 Stonewall Riots taped by Bobbie Smith in Milwaukee, Wis. and Coming Out, a video subscription series from the mid-1980s. The archives were a repository for a whole collection of gay movies, AIDS and Utah Gay Pride Day posters — the latter mostly designed by Val Mansfield. We even had a 1984 frame poster of the Basket Social at Fairmont Park, from which our Pride celebrations today directly descend. Shortly before the Utah Stonewall Center closed in 1997, Curtis Jensen of The Love Birds, a fundraiser drag act from 1987–1989, also gave me the original posters for all their shows for safe keeping, For academic purposes historian Martin Duberman (author of Stonewall) gave us a complete set of college syllabuses from his Gay and Lesbian Studies courses; Dr. John Reeves of Bunker Hill Community College, Mass. (and GLCCU’s vice chair in 1998) gave me his notes and essays, and Connell “Rocky” O’Donavan added his working copies of various essays for The Gay and Lesbian Historical Society of Utah, including his complete record of the struggle to have the U of U adopt its anti-discrimination clause. Last but not least, we had t-shirts and bumper stickers from the Anita Bryant protest of 1977, an array of various campaign buttons from Royal Court candidates and an assortment of gay paraphernalia. Sadly, on Sept. 9, 1997 the Utah Stonewall Center’s board of trustees, without prior warning, made a decision to close the center. Citing mounting debt, the board decided to shut down the building and move the center online. All paid staff positions, including that of librarian Erin Wisen, were eliminated and the library closed. Even though I was one of the center’s board members, I learned about the closure through rumor. I had been working on several projects at the time, so I had placed several old newspapers and items in a milk crate to take home to sort later. I didn’t sense any need for urgency. On Sept. 18, I went back to the center and found interim director Alan Ahtow and a young volunteer throwing papers and magazines from my desk into a full trash barrel. I was stunned and demanded they stop. Ahtow said the center’s chair had authorized him to pack up the archives and threatened to call the police if I made a disturbance. I told him to do that, and see what would happen when the community found out Ben Williams had been arrested at the center. Ahtow then frantically called the board chair, who had board member Chuck Whyte call me. Whyte assured me that if I left and let things calm down, I could return that Saturday and help pack up the archives. I cooperated, and that was the last I saw of the archives for nearly four years. When I came back, they had been removed along with some of my journals and personal property. Whyte later told me that 36 boxes of material were in a secured storage unit. In 2001, the late gay historian Jay Bell contacted the Gay and Lesbian Community Center and asked permission to donate the Utah Stonewall Archives to the University of Utah’s Marriott Library under Stan Larson’s supervision. The board agreed, and on a hot summer day Bell and I packed the 36 boxes into Larson’s station wagon, sans the posters and paraphernalia, which he didn’t want. That’s the last time I saw them. Today, the remnants of our archives are sitting uncategorized in some storage unit at the U of U, just waiting. Am I still upset? Maybe just a little. Q

Ruth Hackford-Peer When You’re Eight by ruth hackford-peer ruth@qsaltlake.com

I recently had the following conversation with my five-year-old while driving him to childcare early one morning:

Riley: Mom. Do you remember a long time ago when we turned on the TV at a motel, and we saw a lady with no clothes on laying criss-cross-applesauce with her legs around a guy?

Ruth: No son, I don’t. But you obviously do.

Riley: She was touching his private parts, and I have a question about that.

Ruth: (Inaudibly) “Oh, shit!” (Audibly) “Ohh, what’s that?”

Riley: How come that boy didn’t say in a very loud voice, “No!” and then tell his teacher or his mommy?

each other. Besides, remember how your Mommies are lesbians? One of the things that means is that we don’t love boys.” I was so proud. I seemed to be muddling through. I didn’t think I had caused any permanent this-will-come-out-intherapy-someday issues with sexuality, and I tried to be as honest yet, as age-appropriate for my precocious five-year-old as possible. Then, I heard him sobbing. I proceeded to pull over as the conversation had apparently snowballed and was certainly past my ability to continue having it while driving. I turned around, “What’s wrong?” Through sobs that shook his body, he managed to mutter, “But, why?” Sob, shudder, sob. “But why don’t you love me and Casey?” He asked, referring to his little brother. “You said you don’t love boys, and ... ” Sob, shudder, sob. “I’m a boy!” So I did what any parent would do: I backpedaled. I assured him of my love. I explained the limitations with the English language for having only one word to express so many kinds of love, and I owned up to thoroughly botching our first “sex talk.” I weighed my options and realized that choosing to buy a few more years was probably my best bet. Once I was assured had he felt completely cared for, I continued. “I’m so glad we had this talk. It makes me happy that we can talk about stuff like this. But this is a very grown-up topic, so I think we should save the rest of this conversation until you’re about eight.” “That sounds good. By then I’ll know Spanish. Maybe it’ll have some more words for love so you won’t get so confused,” he replied. It worked like a charm. So well in fact, that I’m now frustrated that I didn’t just say 18 when I had the chance. The best part, besides the fact that the conversation is three years away, is that the conversation is a catch-all for everything I want. For example, more recently Riley spotted a tampon on the bathroom shelf. His curious, “What’s that?” was met with a nonchalant, “It’s called a tampon. We’ll add that to the list of things to talk more about when you’re eight.” The botched sex talk was a blessing in disguise. I now have the key to surviving all unpleasant parenting conversations: I simply postpone them. My next step is to add in one specific detail: “When you’re eight, your Mommy Kim would be more than happy to discuss that with you.” Q

Remember how your Mommies are lesbians? One of the things that means is that we don’t love boys.

Ruth: That is a very good question, son. Very good.

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It was a question that I wasn’t exactly sure how to answer. Pre-school had prepared him well for stranger danger and inappropriate touch. I did not want to be the one to break it to him that sometimes, people actually do touch like that. I had no idea how to proceed. I didn’t want to say, “When you’re grown up.” That seemed so ageist. I didn’t want to say, “When you’re married” for obvious reasons. “When you’re in love,” seemed so values-ridden. I spoke carefully and slowly. “Sometimes people who are older than yourself choose, and only when they both agree to it, then they can touch like that. But you can’t. Nobody should touch you like that. You have to be older.” He seemed satisfied for a minute, then responded, “Do you and Mommy Kim sometimes get naked and hug?” I wanted to respond with, “Rarely, kid. Thanks to you and your little brother.” But instead, I glanced in the rearview mirror, caught his contemplative glance, and responded, “Sometimes, yes we do.” He continued the questioning. “Do you ever get naked with boys?” “Well, no. Mommy and I choose to only get naked — it’s called having sex — and we choose only to have sex with

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Mountain Meadows Mascara Spring Into Fall by Ruby Ridge ruby@qsaltlake.com

So darlings, can we just take a collective sigh of relief now that the summer temperatures are winding down? Oh my God, enough with the 100 degree weather already! Give me some low 80s and some overnight lows in the 50s, and do it pronto. I think in a former life I must have lived in the Northeast, or maybe I have a recessive Martha Stewart gene, because dumplings, there is no other rational reason for why I absolutely ADORE FALL! From the cooler days to the pumpkin carving, to the apple cider pressing and the hay bales and corn stalks around the letter box, I am all over it! There is just something about red,

gold, orange and rust that does wonders for my skin tone. I know it’s only September, but I’m already digging out the fall sweaters and Christmas decorations. I just can’t help myself! But cherubs, there is something far more important than fluffing up the L.L. Bean sweaters and Patagonia shirts. It’s election season in the big city, people, and we need to pay attention. By the time this Q hits the streets, the primary elections will be over. The big high profile race will be for Salt Lake City’s mayor, and as of election morning it was a statistical log jam between Becker, Wilson and Buhler (am I the only person surprised that Rocky’s heir apparent Keith Christensen polled so low? What’s up with that?) So I know it’s rather personal, petals, but I have to ask, “did you vote?” If so, then fabulous. You are making our democracy stronger with your participation, and I applaud you. If

not, then you need to die and burn in hell, you apathetic bastard. Ooops ... maybe that’s a tad too strong, but you get my drift, don’t you, muffins? What’s the point of living in a democracy and not exercising your right as a citizen to vote? It’s not like there aren’t any important issues at stake for gay and lesbian folks here in Salt Lake City, the county or even out in the dark uncharted boonies like West Valley City. I always find it interesting to see who is at events like the HRC Gala and Equality Utah’s Allies Dinner. They are lovely events and they raise all sorts of money for worthwhile political causes, but in the back of my overly fertile, somewhat conspiratorial mind, I wonder how many of these folks go beyond writing a check? Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love check writers who support our causes. But wouldn’t it be wonderful if the same folks who can fill a ballroom at the Salt Palace would contact their state legislator, city council member or school board officials to talk about real issues impacting our community? If the only voices

our elected officials ever hear are the well-organized and constantly on-message hard-right conservative Eagle Forum and the Sutherland Institute shills, then it’s no wonder we have outrageous laws that negatively impact our living arrangements, employment, families, etc. So here is my heartfelt plea, darlings: Take a few minutes to contact your local reps and tell them who you are, what your concerns are and more importantly, offer yourself as a resource they can contact if they have any questions concerning gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender matters. Most of these elected folks are good people, but they are handicapped by a lack of gay information and a gay constituent’s face that goes with it. But for the love of God, people, don’t wait until the week the legislature goes back into session. Do it now, while you can still get some quality face time, and I promise you will have made a huge contribution well beyond the numbers on your donation check. Ciao, babies! Q

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When presidential candidate Bill Richardson said he thought being gay was a choice, the gay media and blogosphere exploded in outrage. During a recent RadioActive, I invited queer theorists Ann Pellegrini and Michael Cobb to weigh in on the “born that way” debate. Pellegrini is an associate professor of religious studies at New York University. She co-authored Love the Sin: Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance with Janet R. Jakobsen. Cobb is an associate professor of English at the University of Toronto and the author of God Hates Fags: The Rhetorics of Religious Violence. I’ll start with a transcript from the Logo TV presidential debate with the Human Rights Campaign. Singer Melissa Etheridge is questioning Richardson. Melissa Etheridge: Do you think homosexuality is a choice or is it biological? Bill Richardson: It’s a choice. ME: I don’t know if you understand the question. Do you think a homosexual is born that way, or do you think that around seventh grade we think, “oh, I want to be gay?” BR: I’m not a scientist. I don’t see this as an issue of science or definition. I see gays and lesbians as people as a matter of human decency. I see it as a matter of love and companionship ... Troy Williams: The media went crazy. All the queers were furious with Richardson for committing a big gay heresy. But despite the fact that he was stumbling, I actually liked what he had to say.

Michael Cobb: I like the fact Richardson is introducing other elements to the discussion. I kind of enjoyed the outrage from Etheridge and others, because it starts to produce a necessary and complicated conversation that has to happen. I like the fact that Richardson refused to indulge a scientific explanation for the differences and distinctiveness of queer sexuality. AP: He came much closer than anyone has in terms of a public figure to say that it actually doesn’t matter how someone came to be gay, they shouldn’t be discriminated against. TW: I have girlfriends who are lesbian, and they have told me they have chosen this lifestyle as a preference. And, of course we have bisexuals. The “born this

MC: What is interesting about Richardson that is very different than, say, a Fred Phelps, is that he is refusing to say choice means you can opt out. He instead wants to think of choice as another kind of life one is leading. He is taking us away from the inevitable discussion of biology. He went right in and said, I’m not a scientist; this is an issue of human rights. AP: There was an unrehearsed quality to the way Richardson responded. As if he was befuddled that this was even an issue, how someone got to be gay. He tried to elaborate, “I don’t like categories, it’s a matter of how people love.” I thought that was a really fascinating way to think about what is at stake. It’s thinking about protecting forms of life and how people make lives together. He’s actually providing a lot more room for legal argument in his vague response. MC: I like the idea that he doesn’t know and professing not to really know. Because I also agree that we might not know even if we think we do know! This was a question asked of me by Kathryn Bond Stockton: “Do you believe you are born that way or not?” And it was like this incredible heresy. I am very well versed in the concerns around biological arguments. Of course, I want to open up the possibility of choice over biology. But because she then asked me that question, my response was, “I don’t know.” I have certain narratives I tell about why I am a sexual minority. I have certain clues and ideas, but I can’t necessarily figure it all out. In some ways I liked the hesitation that Richardson had. This is an open question. The origin is not going to give us a clear path on how to proceed. He’s not trying to explain it away. What he does know is that this is an issue of human rights. TW: Why the gay outrage? What is this doing to us collectively to create this kind of panic? AP: Certainly for the past two decades, the argument for gay and lesbian equality has been grounded in the “born that way” argument that sees homosexuality as analogous to racial difference. There are lots of reasons why this particular analogy has developed. It seemed like the only one strategically effective enough to deal with those who want to say homosexuality is a behavior-based identity. They argue: It’s about choice and a bad choice at that. We assert: No, we’re born this way, we can’t change, it’s an immutable difference like being black or being a woman. What I don’t like about the “born that way” argument is that it’s

TW: Ultimately what do you see as the potential of queer politics? MC: I want queer politics to allow a bit of unruliness. There is an enormous amount of pressure to be public in a certain kind of way. And I kind of want rest and relaxation and pleasure to be part of this conversation. One of the things I like about sexuality is that it is sexuality. AP: Michael, you are onto something so

important. We live in a culture that, for all of the ways in which sex is used to sell every product, is profoundly ambivalent about sexual pleasure. Queers of various sorts have been raised in this culture too, and we struggle to affirm the value of sexual pleasure. And if queers cannot affirm it as a value that does good in the world, we can hardly expect hetero-normative culture to do so. MC: Exactly. AP: I think that making space for pleasure is actually deeply political. We need breathing room to recharge our batteries (take that as a vibrator reference if you like) to actually go out in the streets, to deal with the endless frustration of committee meetings and leafleting. Politics is about the long haul; it’s not a progress narrative of inevitability. This is about a long-term fight. Nothing is guaranteed. And the curiosity that Michael is talking about, the fact that we don’t know, can actually inform us and animate us. It doesn’t have to demoralize us. Q RadioActive airs live Monday–Friday from noon to 1:00 p.m. on KRCL 90.9 FM. Stream the entire interview at queergnosis.com.

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Ann Pellegrini: I actually found his response extremely refreshing. I know he’s been attacked. Some gay bloggers even called it — I think outrageously — his “macaca moment,” once again drawing an interesting — and I think problematic — parallel between arguments of equal rights for gay people with arguments for civil rights for blacks and people of color. Later, Margaret Carlson followed it up and persisted with this line of questioning. The only way Carlson and Etheridge can see grounding an argument for queer equality was in the language of biology. Richardson responds to Margaret Carlson by saying it’s not a matter of preferences, it’s a matter of equality. He actually turns and uses the moral language of democracy, which is much better than appeals to science.

AP: This line of questioning was pursued by both Carlson and Etheridge, so at first glace it might seem that there is a counter-argument to you suggesting that this is a gay male-centered argument. But historically, there has been more room — certainly among lesbian-feminist in the ’60s and ’70s — for talking about lesbianism as a choice very much linked to feminist politics. And there hasn’t been the same kind of conversation among gay men. I think this also has to do with the fact that feminists thought for a long time about the ways supposedly innate sexual differences between men and women were used as a moral and legal justification to deny women equal rights. So feminists recognized that an argument that turned to nature could just as much be used against you as for you.

amnesiac. It forgets that natural differences have been used to justify discrimination historically in this country. I also think it’s morally bankrupt because it seems to imply that if you could change, you wouldn’t therefore deserve to have equal rights. And finally, the emphasis on being “born that way” is ontological — it’s about identity. It doesn’t make the kind of social space available to act one’s difference. You could imagine someone saying, “Okay, fine you’re born that way, can’t change, can’t help it, so we won’t discriminate against you because you’re gay. But we’ll discriminate against you if you act gay.” Which is effectively what Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell does. You can be gay, but you can’t do gay.

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way” argument is so gay male-centered, and it’s imposing itself upon the whole spectrum of sexuality. How did that come to be, and why is the idea of choice such a heresy?

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Over the next several months, Salt Lake and surrounding area arts organizations and universities take on William Shakespeare, terrorism, menopause, hats, racism, immigration and several classic children’s tales. There are performances in tribute to Pink Floyd, author Paul Auster and choreographer Alwin Nikolais. Plus returning faves Odyssey’s “Thriller,” Ballet West’s “The Nutcracker,” Riverdance and the X96 “Big Ass Show.” Unfortunately, I was unable to include all the wonderful productions, performances and concerts due to available space. To those hardworking individuals and companies, please accept my apologies. Now on with the Fall Arts Preview: THEATRE/MUSICALS A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of William Shakespeare’s great comedies, comes to life where Gods mix with mortals, a feuding king and queen unleash magical practical jokes on one another, spells yield improbable love affairs and a band of comical tradesmen wander into an enchanted wood and are transformed in the most unlikely ways. Presented by Pioneer Theatre Company, the show runs Feb. 15–Mar. 1. Anne of Green Gables is a heartwarming, funny and classic tale of a fiery young orphan named Anne Shirley. Anne finds the happiness and the home she has longed for all of her life in this endearing musical adaptation by the Grand Theatre and runs Oct. 26–Nov. 10. Around the World in a Bad Mood is a one-woman show written and performed by real life flight attendant Rene Foss. A 90-minute romp through in-flight debacles, security strip teases, pistol packing pilots, a six-week unpaid training program and brief historical overview. Anyone who has ever traveled on an airplane will appreciate the material. Presented by Broadway Across America, the show broods Oct. 23–Nov. 11. Billion Dollar Baby, also a one-woman play, takes a unique look at “conspicuously consumptous” child rearing. It chronicles one day in the life of a grandmother as she survives the unrelenting entertainment and celebration of her “Azure” grandchild. The calamitous day culminates in a birthday party to rival Fellini’s most fevered dreams. The performance opens Nov. 7 and closes Dec. 2. Crowns, is a moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for a compelling exploration of African-American traditions. Hats are

everywhere, in exquisite variety, and the characters use the hats to tell tales concerning every thing from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functions. The musical runs Jan. 25–Feb. 9 at the Grand Theatre. Doubt, a Tony award and Pulitzer Prize winning parable by John Patrick Shanley. Father Brendan Flynn is the charismatic pastor at a Catholic church in the Bronx, in 1964. Sister Aloysius is the principal of the parish’s elementary school. When a young black student is enrolled at the primarily Italian and Irish school, Sister Aloysius begins to suspect that Father Brendan’s relationship with the boy may be inappropriate. Her pursuit of the truth becomes a compelling mystery that investigates the themes of faith and moral uncertainty during the turbulent ’60s. Presented by Pioneer Theatre Company, the production runs Nov. 2–17. Dracula will make your blood run cold ... or more appropriately, run dry. The Academy of Performing Arts takes a classic story and turns it into an original as only they can do. Just in time for the spooky Halloween season, the show sanguinates Sept. 28–Oct. 27. Euripides’ Helen takes a suprising twist to the classic tale of Helen of Troy. Helen was never in Troy, having been spirited away from Sparta and a fake Helen left in her place to be kidnapped and taken to Troy, thus touching off the 10-year war. This spin uncovers the fate of the real Helen, as she waits in Egypt for news of her husband and fends off a marriage to the Egyptian king. This outdoor production of the University of Utah’s Department of Theatre runs Sept. 22–23 & Sept. 29–30.

Exposed opens Plan-B Theatre Company’s 2007-08 season. Utah playwright Mary Dickson recounts Utah’s “exposure� to the 928 nuclear bombs the U.S. government exploded in the Nevada desert between 1951 and 1992, and explores the human consequence of the nuclear history of our state and our nation. The production runs Oct. 20-Nov. 4. Grinch the Non-Seussical Musical apparently will not leave you tongue-tied, and while based on the classic children’s tale, this production adds a couple of new characters, the Abdominable Snowman and Hunter Who. Desert Star Playhouse is known for their campy outlandish productions, and this is sure to be a great holiday romp from Nov. 15–Jan. 5.

N*gger Wetb*ck Ch*nk, written and performed by three UCLA graduates, is a hilarious, and at times emotional look at the impact these words have had on their lives and on our culture in America today. Blending theatre, hip-hop, standup comedy, slam poetry and true-life stories, the performers take on racial slurs, stereotypes and the concept of race itself. Presented by Kingsbury Hall, the performance plays Nov. 2–3. Paint Your Wagon, Pioneer Theatre Company’s revised version, in its preBroadway run, is an exuberant musical about the California Gold Rush. Chalked full of love, jealousy, fandango girls and gold, this show will have you panning for something. The performance rushes Sept. 18–Oct. 13. Peter Pan, Egyptian Theatre Company’s adaptation is likely to get you rehooked to the family classic, and is sure to be a fun and intimate ride for young and old. The performance tinkers Nov. 23–Dec. 29. Robin Hood is another great folk tale with a social and moral lining. Robin Hood is famous for robbing the rich to provide for the poor and fighting against injustice and tyranny. I wouldn’t be shocked if W. Bush was in this production. Ooo ... and who wouldn’t mind be lost in Sherwood Forest with those hot Merry Men? This Academy of Performing Arts performance runs Jan. 11–Feb. 9. Skin in Flames intertwines two events that occur in a third world country hotel creating a harrowing parable of the jaundiced symbiosis between the power of the First World and the desperation of the Third. Presented by Salt Lake Acting Company, the performance runs Jan. 30–Feb. 24.

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Gutenberg! The Musical, presented in its regional premeire by Plan-B Theatre Company, is a Waiting for Guffman-style musical comedy about Johann Gutenber, the inventor of the printing press. Rather pick the enamel of your teeth? I don’t think so ... you will be pleasantly tickled by the show. The performance runs Nov. 16–Dec. 30. Happy End, written by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Elisabeth Hauptmann (aka Dorothy Lang), is set in 1919 Chicago, when mobsters ruled the streets. The plot involves a Salvation Army worker’s attempts to reform criminals, especially a gangster with whom she falls in love, and features some of Kurt Weill’s most memorable songs. Presented by the UofU Department of Theatre’s Studio 115, the production runs Oct. 3–7. I Love a Piano sports 64 of Irving Berlin’s popular favorites in this enchanting journey capturing the spirit of America from the Ragtime rhythms of the early 20th century through the swinging sophistication of the 1920s and 30s and the innocent optimism of the 1950s. Broadway Across America’s production plays the notes Nov. 13–18. Johnny Guitar-The Musical, based on the 1954 film, courses with great 1950s lounge, western and rock n roll music. Set in circa 1865, two hard-headed women — a sultry saloon owner and a domineering cattle baroness — continually butt heads until, of course, two unusual men enter the picture, then things really gets dirty. Presented by Grand Theatre, the show runs Sept. 14–29. Living Out follows the events of two sets of parents’ struggle with the current immigration strife in the United States. On the one side, an American couple who are powerful lawyers; the other side, an illegal immigrant couple from El Salvador. But what both couples have in common is their unshakable belief of

the American dream. Pygmalion Productions’ show runs Feb. 8–23. Menopause-The Musical follows four middle-age women, just outside their sexual prime ... but not about to give up on it ... while they shop at a Bloomingdale’s lingerie sale. Packed full of night sweats, memory loss and crack-up songs, this musical parody from Broadway Across America will have you swooning in the aisles. The “big change� happens Jan. 30–Feb. 10. Moonlight & Magnolias chronicles the making of America’s most beloved movie, Gone with the Wind. The producer, writer and director have five days to rewrite the screenplay, including acting out the parts, with nothing but peanuts, bananas and chutzpah to get them through. A breathless look at the near-farce velocity birth of the most famous movie ever made. Salt Lake Acting Company’s season opener is currently blowing through until Oct. 7. My Valley Fair Lady quips “Get me to the mall on time,� which in a way I can relate because I adore shopping. But malls are so 1984, and sorry to some of you, but I wouldn’t be caught dead at Valley Fair Mall. Another great Desert Star parody on Utah culture opens Jan. 10 and runs through Mar. 22.

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Sweeney Todd is apparently a fictional barber/serial killer whose weapon of choice is a straight razor. His accomplice and lover Margery then cooks the victims and serves them in meat pies — similar to the 99-cent Swanson pot pies. Egyptian Theatre Company’s adaptation slashes Oct. 5–31. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a Tony Aword-winning musikal where six yung people in the throes of pubirty, overscene by groan-ups who barley managed to eskape childhood themselves, learn that wining isn’t everything and that lozing doesn’t neccesarily make you a lozer. Presented by Broadway Across America, the contest runs Feb. 26–Mar. 2. The Batting Cage sets half the stage as two sisters await their lost luggage containing the ashes of their other sister. Each sister copes quite differently with the loss of their sibling in this deep and comic story. Presented by Pygmalion Productions, the show runs Oct. 5–20. The Diary of Anne Frank, an immensely popular and enduring play, is based on the diary of a 13-year-old Jewish girl who spent 25 months in hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II. Presented by the UofU Department of Theatre, the show plays Sept. 26–30 & Oct. 3–6.

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DANCE Alchemy highlights the diversity of modern dance through several collaborative works including Charlotte BoyeChristensen’s “Kids without a Country,” Joan Woodbury’s “A Touch of Madness,” Shirley Ririe’s “Silken Tears” and Joe Goode’s “Spite.” See the world through someone else’s eyes, feel the gentle madness of aging, understand the forces that control your life and explore the tormenting concept of love Dec. 12–15. Cinderella comes to life in the hopes of a lowly maid, the love of a prince and the magic of a wand. Set to Prokofiev’s enchanting score, this classic fairytale is filled with romance and comedy, mesmerizing dance and fun for the entire family. Presented by Ballet West, the performance runs Feb. 14–16 & 20–23. Fast Forward, commissioned by New York Choreographer Larry Keigwin, boasts Andrea Beckham’s rapid athletic movements to the classical music of Mozart, a dramatic Tango-inspired dance by Charlotte Boye-Christensen and Alicia Sanchez’s uniquely theatrical “If My Right Hand Would Say What My Left Hand Thought,” inspired by the writings of American author Paul Auster. Presented by Ririe-Woodbury, the show runs Sept. 20–22. It’s A Wonderful Life, with an original score by Sam Cardon, is back for its third season under the Odyssey Dance Company and is filed with all of the numerous dance styles and creative story telling of a great holiday movie classic. The performance runs Dec. 13–22.

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, comes to a fantastic life on stage in an Academy of Performing Arts’ adaptation of the newly rekindled book. The journey begins Nov. 30 and continues through Dec. 22. The Winter’s Tale incorporates a jealous king, a banished queen, and a newborn royal daughter saved from death and raised by a shepherd in this not-sotragic Shakespearean tragedy. Presented by the UofU Department of Theatre, the production runs Nov. 7–11 & 15–18. The Vertical Hour, based on the movie written by David Hare, is an electrifying play about the cataclysmic events in 21st-century war-torn Irag. An intelligent and politically connected Middle-East war correspondent travels to Britain to meet her prospective father-in-law, an eminent physician battling personal demons from his past. Over the course of several days, they engage in a passionate discussion of personal and political ethics in the age of terrorism. Pioneer Theater Company’s burning conversation runs Jan. 11–26.

The Crystal and the Sphere is Ririe-Woodbury’s latest acquisition by dance/theatre wizard Alwin Nikolais. “The work was intended for children, but the playful abstractions that make up the Nikolais signature might, in this case, appeal even more to adults.” The performance runs Feb. 1–2. The Nutcracker, a staple holiday delight returns. Set to Tchaikovsky’s famous score, The ballet features a brilliant blend of costumes, sets and choreography to create a magical storybook world. The Ballet West performance runs Dec. 7–29. The Peking Acrobats will amaze you with their feats of strength, balance and sheer nerve. Whether balancing on a precarious pagoda of chairs, defying gravity on a high-wire or twisting their bodies into amazing contortions, they are masters of agility and grace. Presented by Kingsbury Hall, the feat occurs Feb. 1–2. The Salon Show features a Solo Salon Performance in which New York choreographer Sarah Skaggs performs selections from her 15-year on-going project. Some of the pieces include “Prelude for Salome,” performed to the wild rantings of an American evangelical preacher; “Mostly Moondog” performed to the music of the street

musician Moondog, percussive and driving in tempo with a lot of fancy footwork; “Women’s Dance,” full of complex arm gestures embedded with an array of female images that range from devout to devilish; and “Dances For Airports,” a post 9/11 meditation on our anxious culture performed to the music of Brian Eno. Presented by Sugar Space, and in collaboration with Brittany reese Dance/Active Arts, this one-of-kind performance runs Sept. 19–22. The Three Musketeers, Ballet West’s Utah premiere of André Prokovsky’s classic tale, will delight audiences in the youthful enthusiasm of the brave heroes, the sudden twists and turns in the action and the story’s swashbuckling romance and nostalgia. With music by Giuseppe Verdi, this upbeat ballet is at its rollicking best. The show swashbuckles Nov. 2–3 & 7–10.

Thriller, an Odyssey Dance Company favorite opens the 2007-08 season with this return engagement featuring all your favorite Halloween characters like Frankenstein, Friday the 13th’s Jason and the Mummy. The performance squeals from Oct. 18-31.

VISUAL/MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS

Gaylen Hansen: Three Decades of Painting. This exhibition brings together 58 works spanning three decades of this remarkable artist’s development. It traces the evolution of Hansen’s work from his tenderly rendered narrative paintings of the 1970’s to later bolder canvases in which the palette in more vibrant, the compositions more complex and the images more iconic. The exhibition is shown Feb. 16–May 31 at the Salt Lake Art Center. Lucarelli – Sullivan, “Two Dimensional Dreams and Other Realities” is a double exhibit by local painters, Michael Lucarelli and Jim Sullivan. Lucarelli describes his paintings as “music on canvas”. The artist believes he uses the same meditative technique,

Masters of West Coast Assemblage and Collage includes works by West Coast assemblage and collage masters Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, George Herms, Edward and Nancy Kienholz and Betye Saar. They serve as examples of precursors to, and inspiration for, the younger generation of artists of SF Recycled. The exhibition runs Oct. 20–Jan. 26 at the Salt Lake Art Center. SF Recycled, is an exhibit from the Artist-in-Residence Program at San Francisco Recycling & Disposal. The program has inspired and educated the public about recycling and conservation by creating art-works from materials collected at the Recycling Center. Artists are provided with a residency which includes a stipend, equipment, studio space and 24-hour access to materials from the Solid waste Transfer and Recycling Center. Check out the artistic refuse from Oct. 20–Jan. 26 at the Salt Lake Art Center.

OPERA The Flying Dutchman, derived from maritime legend, brings us a captain doomed by the devil to roam the seas for eternity with his phantom ship and ghostly crew. Every seven years he sets foot on shore in search of a faithful wife whose constancy can release him from his curse. Presented by the Utah Opera, the opera runs Oct. 13–21.

Tosca is a gripping mystery enveloped in the ravishing music of Puccini.

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David Kimball Anderson: To Morris Graves. California-based sculptor David Kimball Anderson will create cast bronze and steel installation based upon the vase forms in the flower paintings by the late Pacific Northwest artist Morris Graves. This is the first time Anderson, through sculpture, has honored the work of a painter. The exhibition runs Oct. 20–Feb. 2 at the Salt Lake Art Center.

which applies to his other art forms, classical guitar and yoga. Sullivan’s work has been described as “asymmetry that works.” “I attempt to draw my viewer in immediately with vibrant colors and often asymmetrical composition, it can be a gamble.” Presented by the Utah Arts Alliance, the exhibition is currently on display through Sept. 29.

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When Scarpia, Rome’s treacherous chief of police, develops a violent passion for Tosca, a famous singer, she must make deals with the devil to save the man she loves. Presented by the Utah Opera, the show runs Jan. 19–27.

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CONCERTS/SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS A.W.A.R.D. Show, or Audience and Artists Responding to Dance Show, presented by Brittany Reese Dance/ Active Arts, and in collaboration with the Neta Company and SB Dance Company, is a curated, local choreographic showcase where the winner (chosen by the audience and a panel) receives $1,000 and future performance dates. Check out the competition at the new multi-disciplinary arts studio The Sugar Space in Murray, Nov. 17.

proved holiday concert to Salt Lake for a spectacular concert complete with with a 2,000 square foot Christmas Village and costumed characters rolls in Nov. 23.

B-52s have been dubbed “the world’s greatest party band.” Led by openly-gay Fred Schneider, this flambouyant group sports bouffant hairdos, outrageous costumes and upbeat dance songs like “Love Shack” and “Red Lobster.” In fact, they are songs worthy of fabulous drag performances. Boogey down with them Nov. 17 at The Depot. Jim Brickman is America’s most popular piano sensation, and he returns to Salt Lake City for a special Valentine’s concert that captures all the romance of the holiday. All the powerful emotion, laughter, warmth and dreams of love are woven together in an entertaining evening of music. Presented by Broadway Across America, Brickman tickles the ivory Feb. 14–15. Ira Glass, the host of “This American Life” on National Public Radio, is wry, philosophical, inquisitive, goofy, and downright entertaining. Hear his tales of “unexpected stories ... that happen to be true,” Dec. 2 at Kingsbury Hall. Harlem Gospel Choir has been a force on the American cultural scene for over two decades. Using the power of music to share joy and faith, the choir also actively raises funds for children’s charities, emulating their motto, “bringing people and nations together and giving something back.” This performance, part of the U’s Black Awareness Month activities, will touch your soul, raise your spirits and have you swaying in your seats. Rock the house with a lot of heart and soul Feb. 22.

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Pink Floyd Laserspectacular illuminates 10,000 watts of concert-quality power that takes over the entire theater as it surrounds the audience with a bag of visual tricks including 3-D imagery, animated neon figures and the hallucinating trance invoked by the music ... or is that caused by something else? Come at your lowest ... or your highest Jan. 27 at Kingsbury Hall. Paula Poundstone is “quick wit personified.” The legendary comedian returns for a hilarious evening of casual, but brilliantly funny observations, razor-sharp wit and great improvisational skills. Get your laugh on Oct. 6 at Kingsbury Hall. Riverdance is a celebration of Irish music, song and dance. The show focuses on the evolution of Irish dance and its similarities with, and influences on, other cultures. And I don’t care what anyone else says, I like it! Presented by Broadway Across America, the moves are on Feb. 5–10. Salt Lake Men’s Choir 25th Anniversary Fundraiser, “does the Ladies Literary Club.” The continually growing group — now up to some 50 members — will certainly knock the books right off the shelves. Enjoy this cabaret dinner fundraiser Oct. 5. The Towering Dead is the recipient of Salt Lake Acting Company’s New Play Sounding Series. Four people who loved him most relive the last days of the brilliant, but troubled Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. A story told with extraordinary insight by transplanted Welshman Dorrell, who shares a childhood town with the legendary poet. Free Staged readings and talk-backs Oct. 1. X96 Big Ass Show lineup includes Social Distortion, Jimmy Eat World, I Hate Kate, The Brobecks, Acuna and Thunderfist, among several others. Check out the 13th annual “BASH” concert Oct. 6 at the Utah State Fair Park. QSaltLake asks you to support the arts in Utah and attend as many of these events as possible! Q

Q Books Selfish & Perverse By Bob Smith Review by Tony Hobday

Bob Smith’s aptly titled debut novel, “Selfish & Perverse” epitomizes talent, wit and buzzing sexuality. Talk about rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a ... well, sauna. It’s hot and funny as hell. -When heterosexual men curl up with a book about a man who saw some action in the military, most of them would prefer not to learn that it had been romping with his sugar-daddy. Set in Los Angeles and Alaska, Smith characterizes 34-year-old Nelson Kunker — who’s as clumsy as the name hints — as he falls in lust, in love and in the La Brea Tar Pits over the course of a summer. I felt a special connection with Nelson, not only because we’re in the same generational pitfall and are writers who need to “confront whether we are truly talented or just gay,” but because we’re both “goaty” Capricorns who many think hide their hearts under their sleeve. In reality however, we wear our heart on our sleeve, but it beat so rapidly with emotion that it’s blurred to imperception. Not to say Capricorns are resistent to interludes of scathing arrogance, and not to say gay Capricorns aren’t occasionally selfish boars whose memory of potential partners’ names escape them as soon as they’re uttered, and not to say a few perverse actions haven’t saved Capricorns from bindings of self doubt, loneliness and boredom.

Through first-person narrative, Smith creates an intriguing, inspiring story of a struggling artist and man in Nelson. With his nose touching a brick wall, unable to finish his novel, Nelson fears the worst: growing old in a dead-end job as a television script coordinator and without a boyfriend. Luckily, enter Roy Briggs, a tall sexy salmon fisherman/archeology student from Alaska who Nelson quickly determines is his soul mate. Ooo ... but wait, enter Dylan Fabizak, a hunky “broccolate”-eyed bad-boy actor recently released from jail whose eroticism quickly causes Nelson’s body to quiver. Both men instantly take a liking to shy, uncertain Nelson, and through a haze of confusion, Nelson makes some problematic decisions that not only get him fired from his job, but also heralds him Tar Pit Guy, both of which eventually urge his escape to Alaska on the heels of Roy, his quasi-boyfriend and Dylan, his dirty desire. While Nelson attempts to finish his novel and Dylan attempts to seduce Nelson and Roy attempts to dislike Dylan, the mounting sexual tension between them becomes as thick as Alaskan fog. Smith develops three-dimensional characters that are likable ... or in Dylan’s case, lascivious. Of course, as with nonfictional people, they also have “selfish and perverse” sides. Occasionally their ping-pong banter borders on cruelty — poking at queens and transgenders and those less attractive — which ironically spills over into ugly pomposity, and paints them plastic and airy. I did find however, to some disbelief, the obscure knowledge they each share on several subjects and their

equally sharp wit. Now I do appreciate modelesque, highly intellectual and quick-witted men, but as in Dylan’s case, someone with that much vanity and intellect would be more believable if he were a serial killer. The backdrop of Alaskan culture and eccentrism is quite interesting and entertaining: From Yup’ik teachings and beliefs to oosiks to a quirky radio show (remember “Northern Exposure?”) with rural callers named Boo Boo and creepy pleas for uncompensated babysitting jobs by slack-jawed, unhinged men. Although the short passages on the salmon fisherman’s job are a bit dull, due only to the subject. Smith has an incomparable style and a knack for genius metaphors: -Of course I had a crush on Dylan, but didn’t feel then that it was proper to talk about my love life with my boyfriend. -She wore a charm bracelet that had been her mother’s but on her it appeared about as ladylike as a set of brass knuckles.

Smith is a well-established standup comic, won the Lambda Literary Award for the collection of essays “Openly Bob,” has written sketches for “MadTV”, is a contributor to Out magazine and now, “Selfish & Perverse” has established him as a great gay-American novelist.   Q

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Hollywood Buzz By Ross von Metzke ross@qsaltlake.com

SEPT 1 SATURDAY 6p Twelve Step: Free to be Me 7:30p Crystal Meth Anonymous SEPT 2 SUNDAY 1p Neighborhood Potluck 3p Twelve Step: GLBT AA SEPT 3 MONDAY 6p Just Q! 8p Twelve Step: Gay Men’s AA SEPT 4 TUESDAY 7p Women’s Support Group 7p Utah Polyamory Society Meeting 8p Twelve Step: Live & Let Live SEPT 5 WEDNESDAY 12p Men’s Sack Lunch 7:30p Twelve Step: Sober Today SEPT 6 THURSDAY 4p Free HIV Testing 5p Transgender Youth Group 6:30p Transgender Adult Support Group SEPT 7 FRIDAY 8p Twelve Step: Stonewall Group SEPT 8 SATURDAY 6p Twelve Step: Free to be Me 7:30p Crystal Meth Anonymous SEPT 9 SUNDAY 3p Twelve Step: GLBT AA 4p Rainbow Roundup Committee Meeting SEPT 10 MONDAY 6p Just Q! 8p Twelve Step: Gay Men’s AA SEPT 11 TUESDAY 3p Public Safety Meeting 7p PFLAG 7:30p Royal Court Meeting 7:30p Men’s Support Group 8p Twelve Step: Live & Let Live SEPT 12 WEDNESDAY 12p Men’s Sack Lunch 5p HIV Testing 7:30p Twelve Step: Sober Today SEPT 13 THURSDAY 5p Transgender Youth Group 6:30p Transgender Adult Support Group 7p Bisexual Community Forum SEPT 14 FRIDAY 7p Gay Bingo at First Baptist Church 8p Twelve Step: Stonewall Group SEPT 15 SATURDAY 10a Western Transsexual Support Network 6p Twelve Step: Free to be Me 7:30p Crystal Meth Anonymous SEPT 16 SUNDAY 12p Rainbow Classic Car Club 3p Twelve Step: GLBT AA 4p Utah Rainbow Roundup Fiesta 7p LDS Reconciliation SEPT 17 MONDAY 6p Just Q! 8p Twelve Step: Gay Men’s AA SEPT 18 TUESDAY 7p Women’s Support Group 8p Twelve Step: Live & Let Live SEPT 19 WEDNESDAY 12p Men’s Sack Lunch 7:30p Twelve Step: Sober Today SEPT 20 THURSDAY 4p Free HIV Testing 5p Transgender Youth Group 6:30p Transgender Adult Support Group SEPT 21 FRIDAY 8p Twelve Step: Stonewall Group SEPT 22 SATURDAY 6p Twelve Step: Free to be Me 7:30p Crystal Meth Anonymous SEPT 23 SUNDAY 3p Twelve Step: GLBT AA 7p Utah Polyamory Society Meeting SEPT 24 MONDAY 6p Just Q! 8p Twelve Step: Gay Men’s AA SEPT 25 TUESDAY 7:30p Men’s Support Group 8p Twelve Step: Live & Let Live SEPT 26 WEDNESDAY 12p Men’s Sack Lunch 7:30p Twelve Step: Sober Today SEPT 27 THURSDAY 5p Transgender Youth Group 6:30p Transgender Adult Support Group SEPT 28 FRIDAY 8p Twelve Step: Stonewall Group SEPT 29 SATURDAY 6p Twelve Step: Free to be Me 7:30p Crystal Meth Anonymous SEPT 30 SUNDAY 3p Twelve Step: GLBT AA

You know, I’ve been accused of featuring an abundance of Abercrombie & Fitch models in our hottie of the week segment. And to that I say, “your point?” Abercrombie models become Abercrombie models for one reason: they’re hot. And Brett Hollands is no exception. But unlike several of the A&F models we’ve

featured in weeks past, Hollands has modeled for several high-end designers. Tommy Hilfiger, Guess, Nautica ... and me, when I close my eyes real tight and take a 15-minute break from work. He’s got a Paul Walker meets Patrick Wilson thing going on, and for any of you who’ve taken a second to stare longingly at either of those two men, you know why I’m so damn smitten. But alas, we have gossip to get to, and I don’t want to take attention away from the real reason you’re here. So gaze upon a pair of truly delicious photos before we start with the shit-talking. First on our list of scandal this week — High School Musical. You should have known something was coming down the pipeline: They’re legal and they have cash! Photos of Vanessa Hudgens, allegedly intended for her unofficial honey Zac Efron, surfaced on the Web this week — and she’s showing a hell of a lot more skin than is typically considered kosher for the PG-rated Disney Channel. Sporting nips at attention with her bush au natural, Hudgens struck a sexy pose for her man while she was out of town. The big question is, are the photos real? Yes, Yes, YES! The publicist confirmed, saying it was unfortunate that

photos taken in private had been made public. Lesson number one about fame, Vanessa: There is no such thing as private. Besides, why dwell on big titties when we can drool over shirtless pics of Zac Efron? The folks over at TMZ. com have a new pic of him here: tmz. com/2007/09/05/zac-efron-ripped-tide/. He’s like mini Matt McConaughey in training. From a real photo to a fake photo, now: how about the latest cover of Glamour? Pardon me, but didn’t America fall in love with America because she represents America? OK, lemme try that again.

On the right, we see a beautiful, healthy young woman who represents the majority of young girls who cant squeeze their asses into a size two. She’s got the boobs, the butt, the familiar shimmy of some excess skin when she waves while accepting an award. People can relate to her. I mean, this is a girl who built her career on starring in projects like Ugly Betty and Real Women Have Curves. So who the fuck is that on the cover of Glamour this month? It’s sure as hell not America Ferrera — unless she’s been TrimSpa-ing it up on the set of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 this summer. And if that is indeed the case, how the hell are they going to explain Betty Suarez suddenly being a size 2 next season? Form-fitting ponchos. Bad move, Glamour. Shame, shame. Brad Pitt seems to think he could use a touch-up or two. The proud papa of four and counting says age has taken its toll on his face and body, and it’s just not that easy to look good all the time anymore. If I was sharing a house with Angelina and four kids, I’d look a bit worse for the wear myself, Brad. But I love how this is Brad’s idea of looking bad. Most 43-year-old men would kill to look half as good. Most 43-year-old men look like Val Kilmer after a bender. Smoking, drinking and buying babies seems to work for you, Brad. Keep it up! On the subject of hotties, Jude Law’s being an asshole again. He spent the

night in jail for beating up some photographer. And while — typically speaking — I’d side with the actor, in this instance, I think it’s probably just a case of Jude being Jude and pissing people off. But I’d still fuck him. Someone who has fallen off my list of people I’d fuck, though, is Heath Ledger. Remember A Knights Tale? Heath wore pounds of silver armor and had those long, flowing blonde locks falling over his gorgeous tanned shoulders as he wielded his jousting stick. Maybe he’s just trying to stay in character for his turn as The Joker in The Dark Knight, but lately, Heath’s looking like one of those Brit musician crackheads Kate Moss is always hanging around. Of course, he could also be down in the dumps over his recent split from Michelle Williams, who he knocked up just after Brokeback Mountain. At the least, the two will always have a baby to remember their time together. On the subject of babies, it’s about fucking time! Halle Berry is finally with child after years of baby bump reports. Halle’s come a long way in the past few years. After a series of fuck beyond all cognition relationships to worthless men (David Justice, Eric Benet, we’re talking about you). This time, she’s doing it right. She got a runway model ten years her junior to cough up some sperm and claims she has no plans to marry him. Here’s hoping ­Gabriel ­Aubry stays around at least long enough to offer some muchneeded pregnancy sex. And since we went there with the subject of breakups, how about a hand for Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead, the relationship that never was ... or was it? Birkhead says absolutely not, but Rita Cosby, the former MSNBC anchor who penned the Anna Nicole Smith tellall Blonde Ambition, says that not only were the two sleeping together, but Anna Nicole watched on tape. Birkhead and Stern say they’re contemplating suing Cosby. Of course they are. Isn’t that what Howard does best? Alright folks, I’m sick of talking smack for one week, so I’m off to locate a stiff cocktail. Until next time, remember to stop and smell the gossip. Q

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Well my geeky ones, as of August, I’m another year older, but apparently not any wiser when it comes to computers. I got a rather special belated birthday gift in the form of a home PC crash. Eight hours of coining new swear words while reinstalling, reuploading and rebooting is not how I want to celebrate my birthday next year — or anything ever again, really. I’ve never really been geeky about computers, you see. My geekery has always been confined to movies, books and Uma Thurman’s cleavage. I mean, I first played Final Fantasy VII when Final Fantasy X was all the rage — and I still thought the polygonal graphics were pretty damn cool. By now you’ve probably guessed that I’m not much of a gamer, either. This is why it took me over a month to write about some gay gamers who had computer problems of their own — problems that probably made them swear a lot more than I did. GayGamer.net is, well, a Web site with articles on things like video games, tabletop RPGs and comics from, you guessed it, a queer perspective. You know. Just the kind of place the most pathetic species of bigots likes to attack to prove that they, indeed, have balls the size of pumpkins. On Aug. 3, one or more losers with an IP address originating in Philadelphia barraged GayGamer.net’s forum and chat room with anti-gay posts and death threats. Then they hit the site with multiple denial of service attacks — basically flooding it with enough bogus access attempts that it crashed. Being far more skilled with technology than I, the site’s administrators cleaned up the mess by Aug. 6. They also graciously refrained from calling the hackers mouth-breathing asshats, legendary flatulent dumbfucks or even just bastard people, which means they also have more class than I. It’s not just the fact that this DoS attack was antisocial, a hate crime and a bonafide example of cyber-terrorism.

It’s not even the fact that it wasted the administrators’ time and annoyed, upset or even scared a lot of nice people who just wanted to read about Halo 3. It’s also the fact that it was just, well, really, really lame. To truly gauge the GayGamer.net hacker’s breathtaking level of sad, let’s break this little stunt down. Hacker harbors pathological hatred for queer folks. Instead of stepping away from the computer’s phosphorescent glow for five minutes to protest a Gay Pride parade, lobby to illegalize same-sex marriage or join the Westboro Baptist Church like an anti-gay person with some integrity, hacker basically decides to do some virtual vandalism. Not even knocking over some mailboxes or spray painting a garage door, folks. But vandalizing from the anonymous safety of his or her abysmally dark basement. Wow. Here I thought being petty wasn’t cool to anyone but 12-yearold juvenile delinquents, but I guess hacker really showed us fags and dykes! Cue the cat macros and endless iterations of “All Your Base Are Belong to Us� now, please. I snark, but of course I understand that denial of service attacks are not just upsetting, but serious crimes. Given my own minor computer woes, I certainly wouldn’t be laughing if some idiot did this to a Web site I owned. In fact, I’d now only be just as outraged as most of the bloggers following this story were, I’d also want to see said idiot do some serious jail time, or at least some hard time away from a computer. I get it, but I don’t think responding with outrage is necessarily the right thing to do. The people who do these kinds of things are bullies and cowardly, half-assed bullies at that. As any geek who ever had to face down a bully (you know, like the screamingly overwhelming majority of us) will attest, one thing these people can’t stand is a good, hearty mocking. They thrive on our anger, upset and terror. Refuse to give them the kind of reaction they want, and they have less incentive to be a jackass next time. As one blogger put it, “Can you imagine being an old man who hated or hates gays telling your grand kids how you once spammed a gay Web site?� My thoughts exactly. Now, if I could just get my own computer functioning again, I might have a really cool story to tell any future grandchildren. Q

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YOUR CALENDAR OF ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT & IMPORTANT EVENTS by Tony Hobday tony@Qsaltlake.com

I’d like to wish a Happy Boof-day week to my dear friend Blaine, who’s turning my same old ripe age of 28. OK, if you believe that ... then I love you. Anyhoo Blaine, may your week of celebration be filled with breeziness, booze, bonds of friendship and backdoor access. I adore you for all eternity.

17MONDAY Q The Salt Lake City Film Center presents a screening of the classic 1974 film The Great Gatsby, starring Robert Redford. Told through the eyes of narrator Nick Carraway, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s lyrical masterpiece recounts Jay Gatsby’s desperate quest to win back his first love as he struggles to escape the past. This is the quintessential modern film of the Great American novel. 6pm, City Library Auditorium, 210 E. 400 South. Free, slcfilmcenter.org. Q We could all probably use a rebirth of self at one time or other in our lives. Take for instance Senator Craig’s recent “transformation a la commode,” longing for braised meat and special sauce. Anyhoo, I digress ... Tansfusion Hype presents Rebirth, a show that takes the audience through a journey of self realization. It portrays the struggle and triumph of becoming one’s true self through an emotional ride as the dancers face their challenges and become who they were meant to be. 8pm, through Wednesday, Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 128 W. Broadway. Tickets $15, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

Q In conjunction with the Ogden community Greek Food Festival and the Classical Greeke Theatre Festival, the 10th annual WSU Greek Festival starts today. The festival will present a series of lectures, a readers theatre performance of Aristophanes’ The Suits (aka The Knights) and a production of the Greek play Euripides’ Helen. Times vary, through Sept. 27, Weber State University, 1905 University Circle, Ogden. Admission is free except $5.508.50 to Euripides’ Helen, 801-626-6431 or weber.edu/performingarts.

18TUESDAY Q It’s that time again for what is apparently becoming one of the hottest, sexiest and best free willy events, Club Try-Angles’ Underwear Night. So slip on those soda pink Jameswinstons, stuff ’em to perfection and spend a wild and exhilirating evening with some of the best-looking bartenders this side of Temple Square. 9pm, Club Try-Angles, a private club for members, 251 W. 900 South. Free to members, 364-3203 or clubtry-angles.com.

19WedneSDAY Q I love that Downtown Alliance does the Dine o’ Round twice a year. It allows those of us on more limited incomes to have a three-course meal for just $15 or $30 at dozens of restaurants downtown. No coupons; no punch cards. Just go and eat. I’m hoping, though, that you won’t enter the Dine o’ Round “Dinner for a Year” contest where you can win dinner for two to each Dine o’ Round participating restaurants. I want to keep my odds in my favor.

Various restaurants about town through Sept. 30. www.dineoround.com

20THURSDAY Q Don’t be expecting any shocking political statements from Sinead O’Connor during her visit to our great city, but do be expecting a shocking amount of hair. Apparently she’s been reformed from degradating religious leaders and carries a lovely snapshot of the Pope in her purse. Then again it could just be random speculation. 7pm Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South. Tickets $35–45, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

21FRIDAY Q The Utah Symphony takes on Hollywood and Broadway in a spectacular Salute to Oscar and Tony. Maestro Keith Lockhart will share some of the most memorable music from hit movies and plays like Ben Hur, Gigi, 42nd Street and Titanic, just to name a few. 8pm, through Saturday, Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple. Tickets $20–50, 355ARTS or arttix.org. Q If you happen to be a fan of the original punk rock-influenced Goo Goo Dolls or the more recent soulful side of the platinum-selling trio, then you’ll be happy to hear of their concert in Cedar City. Yeah, it’s a bit of a jaunt, but it’s slotted for a great time for all their diverse fans. 8:30pm, Centrum Arena, 351 W. Center, Cedar City. Tickets $25–50, 467-8499 or smithstix.com. Q The Black Island Farms Harvest Festival returns for a third season. And also returning is the widelypopular Maze Craze, a 16-acre cornstalk labyrinth. Other activities during the festival include a farmer’s market, hayrides, Animal Alley and helicopter rides. Times vary, through Oct. 31, Black Island Farms, 3178 S. 3000 West, Syracuse. Tickets $8–10, 774-6293 or blackislandfarms.com.

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22SATURDAY Q The Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire presents the MISS Gay Rocky Mountain Pageant. It’s bound to be a star-studded night with hosts

Nova Starr and Sheneka Christie. I’ll never forget my first Pride event when Sheneka came trotting out on a beautiful horse in full head-dress ... it was a truly amazing performance. Plus, she’s quite talented with a softball. 7pm, The Trapp Door, a private club for members, 615 W. 100 South. Tickets $5 at the door, 533-0173.

24MONDAY Q Dynamic jazz recording artist, Kelly Eisenhour, celebrates her talents as jazz vocalist, songwriter and arranger at the official release of her third CD, Kelly Eisenhour, Seek and Find featuring Bob Mintzer. Sponsored by GAM Foundation and Jazz Arts of the Mountain West. 7:30pm, Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 128 W. Broadway. Tickets $23, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

25TUESDAY Q With a unique power-pop sound — which includes not only synth, but real string instruments and even a harp — and with an even more unique name, The New Pornographers hit Salt Lake promoting their new album, The Challengers, which has been called “more personal and perceptive.” 8pm, The Depot, a private cub for members, 13 N. 400 West. Tickets $20/adv–$22/ day of, 467-8499 or smithstix.com.

28FRIDAY Q The fifth annual Southern Utah Pride begins tonight with a Pre-Pride Dance Party. Roll out of your tents for a benefit breakfast before the first ever Pride Parade in Zion. Then enjoy fabulous entertainment during the festival including Dena Cass, Stewart Lewis and Danny Katz. Festivities begin 8:30pm and continue until 2:00am Sunday, Springdale Town Park, 118 Lion Blvd., Springdale. Tickets $5 per event and $5 per night camping fee, southernutahpride.org.

Upcoming Events Oct. 4 — The Cure, E Center Oct. 31 — Maroon 5, Energy Solutions Arena Nov. 17 — B-52s, The Depot

Salt Lake Men’s Choir Celebrates 25th Season with a Fund Raiser

Temple. The show will begin with cabaret acts by the members — solos, duets, small groups — and progress to the whole choir singing everything from camp to heart-wrenching ballads to silly ditties. Members of the choir will act as ushers, servers, bartenders, greeters and parking attendants. Items for a silent auction are being sought by baritone Brian Johnson at 554-2985. Tickets can be purchased at saltlakemenschoir.org or by calling bartione Garrett Smuin at 913-7893. Tickets are $100 per seat. Tables of eight can be purchased at $800 or VIP tables with front seating, party favors and sponsorship mention in all of the season’s programs for $1000. Major supporters of $1500 0r more will receive a table at the event, full page ads in all programs of the season, and tickets to all concerts of the 25th anniversary season. Consider supporting the Salt Lake Men’s Choir and helping launch the group into the next level. With your help, the choir can become one of the most talked-about and loved music organizations in the state. Q

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Twenty-five years ago last month, thirteen men got together in Ron Richardson’s living room and decided to start a choir of gay men and in some small way change the world through song. Now, 25 years later, the world has changed and the choir is still around, stronger than ever. Whether or not it was the Salt Lake Men’s Choir that changed the world can be argued, but what cannot be argued is that the group has touched the hearts of many. In its 25 years, the choir has never asked its audience to shell out any more than the price of a ticket. This year is the exception. This year, the choir is hoping to use its silver anniversary as an excuse to launch itself to the next level. The choir has rejoined the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses and will travel to Miami in July of next year for its biannual Festival, where they will mingle and learn from 170 gay and lesbian choruses from throughout the world. The choir also hopes to offer three holiday concerts to its fans at no charge as thanks for 25 years of support. They will be collecting cans of food to donate to area food banks at the concerts. On Friday, October 5, at 6:30 p.m. the choir will be hosting a fundraising night of dinner and cabaret — a show like its never done before. For the $100 a plate ticket, attendees will enjoy a wonderful dinner in the beautiful and intimate Ladies Literary Club building on South

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Club/Dance diva, singer-songwriter Pepper Mashay performs live on stage in Salt Lake City, promoting her new single “Got to Give the People.� A clandestine entertainer and gay icon, Mashay has stormed the dance club scene across the nation with memorable tracks and remixes, including two with her pal, local Deejay Tony Marinos. Since the late ’80s-early ’90s, Mashay has performed with big-name artists like Cher, Christina Aguilera, Taylor Dane and Mick Jagger. You may remember “Dive in the Pool� (“let’s get soaking wet�), the now infamous theme song from the television hit “Queer As Folk.� Also, many of her tracks have hit the the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart including “I Got My Pride,� which hit No. 2, and more recently, the 2006 Urban hit “Lost Yo Mind,� which topped the chart. Marinos, deejay extraordinaire at Trapp Door’s Club Rebellion Night, was approached by Mashay some time back to do a remix on “Got to Give the People,� and in returned Marinos asked Masahy to come to Salt Lake for a performance. He says she was very excited, quoting her saying, “Hell yeah!� Check out Pepper Mashay Saturday, Sept. 29 at Trapp Door, a private club for members, 615 West 100 South. Time TBA and regular cover at the door. Also check out www.pridenation.com/pepper.

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business. Many of those costly projects were hard to sell, because the need for huge office property evaporated, leaving developers saddled with inventory and financial liability. They offered to sell off offices piecemeal, rather than waiting to lure well-heeled buyers who could afford the whole building. Suddenly the condo office frontier was discovered, as innovative commercial brokers began to divide up skyscrapers and sell single office units or floors of office space, rather than trying to market the whole enchilada. The concept caught on, and continues to be a popular and less investment-intensive alternative for those businesses or professionals who would like to own their own office but don’t want to build or purchase an entire building in order to do so. Occupancy costs combined with the loss of potential financial incentives usually weigh heavily into the choices of those who opt for the office condo alternative. Most office condo owners cite control of their property as the most compelling reason for the purchase, and they list tax perks and financial advantages as other contributing influences affecting their decision. If you rent or lease, your ability to redesign and remodel may be limited by the flexibility of the landlord. And if you decide to move, you may have to forfeit penalties for short-circuiting your lease. Even if you time the relocation to coincide with the expiration of your contract, you never get to enjoy equity appreciation

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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

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

HEALTH & HIV Camp Pinecliff . . . . . . . . . 518-8733 City of Hope, Utah . . . . . . 531-6334 Gay Men’s Health Summit — Village utahgaymenshealth.com Northern Utah HIV/AIDS Project Walk-Ins Welcome. Every other Monday 5–7pm 846 24th St, Ogden . . . 393-4153

HOMELESS SERVICES Center for Women and Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 261-9177 Homeless Youth Resource Center Youth ages 15-21. 655 S State St . . . . . . . 364-0744 The Road Home . . . . . . . . 359-4142 theroadhome.org YWCA, 322 E 300 S . . . . . . 537-8600

POLITICAL American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521-9862 acluutah.org, aclu@acluutah.org Disability Law Ctr . . (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

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 Metropolitan Community Church – Bridgerland, 1315 E 700 N, Logan . . . . . . . . (435) 750-5026 Provo Comm. United Church of Christ 175 N University Ave, Provo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375-9115 Restoration Church of Jesus Christ 2900 S State St . . . . . . 359-1151 Sacred Light of Christ Metropolitan Community Church 823 S 600 E . . . . . . . . . 595-0052 South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society 6876 S Highland Drive . 944-9723 Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden 705 23rd St, Ogden . . . 394-3338

SOCIAL Affirmation — Salt Lake Chapter affirmation.org. . . . . . . 486-6977 Best Friends Animal Sanctuary strutyourmutt.org . . . . 483-2000

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QUAC – QUEER UTAH AQUATIC CLUB quacquac.org, questions@ quacquac.org . . . . . . . . 232-7961 Salt Lake City Gay Athletic Association, slcgaa.org Salt Lake Goodtime Bowling League . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832-9745 Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah stonewallshootingsportsutah.org Utah Gay and Lesbian Ski Week communityvisions.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-429-6368 Utah Gay Mountain Bike Riders sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ utahgaymtnbike

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University of Utah Lesbian & Gay Student Union utah.edu/lgsu/ Salt Lake Community College Coloring Outside the Lines . . 957-4562 coloring_outside_lines@yahoo.com Southern Utah University Pride suu.edu/orgs/pride/ Utah State University Pride Alliance groups.yahoo.com/group/usupride/ Utah State University Gay and Lesbian Student Resource Center usu.edu/glsrc, . . . 435-797-4297 usuglsrc@yahoo.com Utah Valley State College Gay Straight Alliance uvsc.edu/clubs/club.cfm?clubID=251 groups.yahoo.com/group/uvscgsa Weber State University Gay Straight Alliance organizations.weber.edu/dlsu/ groups.yahoo.com/group/WeberDLSU WeberDLSU@yahoo.com

YOUTH Homeless Youth Resource Center Youth ages 15-21. 655 S State St . . . . . . . 364-0744 Gay LDS Young Adults glya.com Youth Activity Center Drop-in hours: Wednesdays: 3 – 9 pm, Thursdays: 3 – 9 pm Fridays: 3 – 10 pm, Saturdays: 5 – 10 pm 355 N 300 W . . . . .539-8800 x14

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People with AIDS Coalition of Utah 1055 E 2100 S. Ste 208 . 484-2205 SL 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

Bisexual Community Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . 539-8800 ext 14 Meets the 2nd Thurs each month at 7pm in the Multi-purpose room at the Center. 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.com320-0551 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 . (435) 882-8136

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Let the good vibes waft into the atmosphere. The Sun makes its move into Libra and recharges your popularity. Turn up the social heat with your charm and pizazz. Is it hot in here or is it your pink peekaboo chaps? Whew!

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ARIES (Mar 21 - Apr 20)

Relationships seem to achieve a greater harmony and balance now. Maybe its because you prefer to avoid arguments and tend to compromise. Maybe its because partners feel the same way. Whatever brings you to this higher plane of existence, lie back and enjoy it while it lasts. Too too soon your innate pushiness pushes things back to the brink. Too too bad, gay Ram.

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TAURUS (Apr 21 - May 21)

You can gain the upper hand at work, queer Bull. Sun in Libra not only gives you a more helpful attitude on the job, it also enables you to balance many mundane tasks all at once. In fact, you become a regular office stiff — always available, reliable, compliant and courteous. If you intend to behave like a trained seal, try balancing a ball on your nose instead. Or maybe two.

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GEMINI (May 22 - Jum 21)

Pink Twins just wanna have fun. And why not? Opportunities arise for you to explore your more creative side. Consider taking an art class, participating in a theater troupe or even trying to write your saucy memoirs. Sun in Libra encourages you to take creative risks. Err does that mean wearing white shoes after Labor Day? Only if the belt matches, honey.

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CANCER (JUN 22 - JUL 23)

Don’t wander too far afield this week gay Crab. There is much to recommend staying close to home and enjoying your familiar surroundings. Not only will you find plenty of activities to keep you busy, you can also repair family ties that bind. Small gatherings of friends will go especially well. Practice being a couch potato and see if a young spud plops in your sack.

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LEO (Jul 24 - Aug 23)

Despite what others may think, you actually have plenty to roar about, proud Lion. Don’t sit back and wait for an opening. Try to get your word Out now. It is amazing how brilliant you will seem for a change. You will be given opportunities to present the best of your best to the multitudes. Will you get a thumbs up or down? As long as it is not the middle finger...

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VIRGO (Aug 24 - Sep 23)

If you have been carefully counting your pennies, you will have an opportunity to cash in while the Sun basks in Libra. If you have been doing your fiscal homework and have carefully nurtured your green pile, you can now make a mint whether you are a bull or a bear. The real question is: How much dough do you really need to get a good rise queer Virgin?

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LIBRA (Sep 24 - Oct 23)

Show the world what you are capable of accomplishing while the Sun sits in your own sign. Not only are you especially charming and charismatic, you can also strategize and make ample gains with the glitterati. Gay Libras can not only launch new ideas and projects, they can also find solid backers to help guide them along. Lucky thing.

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SCORPIO (Oct 24 - Nov 22)

If you suddenly become haunted by demented dreams and feel that you can divine the future, lay blame on Sun in Libra. Proud Scorps can not only see what others are up to behind the scenes, they can also craftily plan ahead to ward off any evil spirits. Good thing too. You may find yourself tasting too many evil spirits to be able to make a good assessment after a while.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23 - Dec 22)

Friends arrive at your door in droves while the Sun ambles in Libra. There will be little “alone time” so don’t even try to escape. Be sure to plan a few jolly get togethers with old pals and also spend some time checking out a few new social groups. Gay Archers have personality plus now. There are no minuses so multiply every dissipated minute.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 23 - Jan 20)

Pink Caps plop right in the corporate catbird seat. You are where you want to be — recognized and rewarded for your talents. Plan your professional ascent and solidify your position by maximizing your assets with the powers-that-be. While you will work hard to make your own success, you also have a leg up over the competition. Well, something like that anyway...

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AQUEERIUS (Jan 21 - Feb 19)

You have spent too much time talking to yourself and your narrow sphere of cronies. Sun in Libra sez that it is time to increase your global influence, Aqueerius. While you may be content to hang around the house and take up space, don’t fall to the lazy temptation. Get off your couch and travel to some far reaching destination. Grab on to adventure. No names please!

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PISCES (Feb 20 - Mar 20)

What is it that you really need Guppie? Sun in Libra gives you a clue. Pour yourself into any social pool, fill your cup to brim and enjoy every drop. If this week is a harbinger of things to come, you will find yourself on everyone’s tasting menu. You are hot, sexy and ready to take action. But will you exercise restraint? Hey, whatever turns you on!

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You have probably seen the popular “energy drinks�, such as Red Bull, Rock Star, Monster and Adrenaline Rush at grocery stores, convenience stores, health clubs and bars. Energy drinks are now a part of culture, but medical professionals are concerned that these beverages could cause serious health problems for people who mix them with exercise or alcohol. Energy drinks are a $3.5 billion-a-year industry and usually cost more than $2 a can. These carbonated beverages contain large amounts of caffeine, ranging from 80 milligrams up to 250 milligrams per serving. The Red Bull Web site states that “The caffeine in one can of Red Bull equals that of one cup of filtered coffee.� According to the International Food Information Council Foundation in Washington, D.C., an eight-ounce cup of coffee usually contains 85 milligrams of caffeine. Other ingredients include sugar, B vitamins, amino acids (taurine and carnitine), and herbal stimulants, such as ginseng and guarana.

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