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Transgender Student Barred from SUU Housing Kourt Osborne told to prove sexreassignment surgery

Gay Pleasant Grove Man Wins ‘Survivor’ Utah’s newest millionaire talks with JoSelle Vanderhooft

Center Holds Bisexual Awareness Month Oregon Suspends Domestic Partner Law Hotel Monaco’s Shawn Jackson is Most Fabulous

Suzanne Westenhoefer Loves Quirky Utah Ruby Ridge Goes Vegetarian ... Yeah Right The Gay Agenda Qdoku, Comics

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2007 in Review

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Uruguay Civil-Union Bill Signed Into Law President Tabaré Vázquez signed a bill Dec. 27 making Uruguay the first Latin American country to grant same-sex couples access to civil unions on the national level. The legislation, which passed the Senate in September and the House of Representatives in November, took effect Jan. 1. Couples must live together for five years before they can take advantage of the law, which grants spousal rights in areas that include inheritance, property ownership, pensions, parenting and health care. The law applies to “two people — whatever their sex, identity, orientation or sexual option may be — who maintain an emotional relationship of a sexual nature [and] an exclusive, singular, stable and permanent character without being united in matrimony.” Other Latin American localities with civil union laws include the city of Buenos Aires, the Argentine province of Río Negro, the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, Mexico City, and the Mexican state of Coahuila, which borders Texas.

Bolivia To Protect Gays In Constitution Bolivia is set to become the sixth nation to ban anti-gay discrimination in its constitution. Article 14 of the finalized text of the planned new constitution states: “The State prohibits and punishes any form of discrimination based on sex, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, origin, culture, nationality, citizenship, language, religious creed, ideology, political affiliation or philosophical beliefs, marital status, economic or social status, type of occupation, level of education, disability, pregnancy, or other factors that have the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of the rights of everyone.” Once ratified, the constitution will become the first in the world to protect transgender people. The other nations that protect gays constitutionally are Canada, Ecuador, Fiji, South Africa and Switzerland. Sweden’s constitution, in a section on press freedom, prohibits agitation and threats against gay people as a group.

Nepal Supreme Court Mandates Gay Protections Nepal’s Supreme Court on Dec. 21 ordered the government to pass new laws and rewrite old ones to extend equal rights and anti-discrimination protections to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and intersex people. The ruling came in a public-interest case filed by four gay organizations. Current Nepalese law prohibits “unnatural” sex under penalty of up to two years in prison. “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex are natural persons irrespective of their masculine and feminine gender and they have the right to exercise their rights and live an independent

life in society,” the court said. The court also ordered the government to form a committee to study same-sex marriage in other nations with a view to changing Nepalese law in that area.

Cuban Lesbians Marry In Government Agency Courtyard Two Havana lesbians were symbolically married Dec. 23 in the courtyard of the state National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX), Inter Press Service reported. Mónica, 19, and Elizabeth, 28, tied the knot before 60 friends and supporters in the first-ever same-sex union to receive support from a government agency. The ceremony was filmed by students from the Cuban Higher Institute of Art. “We are trying to raise awareness of this issue based on that which makes us most human, our feelings — in this case love,” the director of the film, Hanny Marín, told IPS. CENESEX is pushing legislation to create legal same-sex civil unions, and the measure could see parliamentary action this year. The agency and the Federation of Cuban Women submitted the bill to the Political Bureau of the Communist Party Central Committee in June. IPS said the Communist Party has

Bulgarians Don’t Like Gays Eighty percent of Bulgarians have a negative or extremely negative attitude toward gays, according to a Skala poll published Dec. 20. Seventy percent would prevent their child from attending a school with an openly gay teacher, half don’t want to work with a known homosexual and only 17 percent said they feel they could communicate freely with a gay person. About half also said they could not accept it if one of their children were gay. The study found that negative attitudes are strongest toward cross-dressers and weakest toward lesbians.

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World News

By Rex Wockner

instructed CENESEX to “prepare” the public for gay civil unions via a media campaign, but agency director Mariela Castro Espín, daughter of acting President Raúl Castro, has acknowledged that the bill faces “a great deal of resistance.” It would extend spousal rights in areas such as inheritance, housing and adoption. The Roman Catholic vicar general of Havana, Monsignor Carlos Manuel de Céspedes García-Menocal, supports “stable same-sex relationships” being “protected by civil laws,” he said in the July/August 2007 issue of the archdiocese’s magazine. “Contemporary Western society is no longer the same as that which arrived at present clarifications concerning marriage,” Céspedes wrote. Although the church “is not going to renounce criteria established by revelation and set by tradition,” he said, “neither can it ignore contemporary personal and family reality.”

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National News

Mass. Transgender Student Banned from Locker Room Haverhill, Mass. — Northern Essex Community College officials have said that a female to male transgender student cannot use the men’s locker room out of concerns that the student could be physically assaulted if he used it. The student, 20-year-old Ethan Santiago, has since filed an affirmative action complaint with the school. He has also contacted several gay, lesbian and transgender college groups in the state to support him. Santiago said that he should be able to use the men’s locker room because he identifies as male and has lived as a male for several years. “When you pass as the gender you are trying to present, I pass,” he told The Eagle Tribune. “I knew I’d be fine [using the locker room] and I don’t know what the problem was.” The school says the problem is that Santiago still has female anatomy. Although Santiago has used men’s restrooms for the past two years, dresses as a man and is taking male hormones, he has not had gender reassignment surgery. According to school spokeswoman Ernie Greenslade, Nita Lamborghini, a school dean, denied Santiago’s request to use the facility after consulting with the school’s lawyers. Greenslade added that this was the first time the community college had faced such an issue. “The school’s top concern was to ensure that no student would be discriminated against and that all students would feel safe and respected,” she said in a statement. “How to accommodate transgendered students is an issue that is being discussed nationwide among student affairs professionals.” Greenslade added that Northern Essex officials plan to “develop a policy that will address this issue.”

Additionally, the Massachusetts legislature is set to debate a piece of proposed legislation — House Bill 1722 — in the upcoming session. The bill addresses protections for transgender students and employees, including their right to access public facilities such as restrooms. Santiago’s story is similar to those of several transgender students across the nation. In December, Southern Utah University housing officials told transgender student Kourt Osborn that he can not stay in the male dorms because he has not had gender reassignment surgery. Q

equal numbers in a fictional lesbian-gay community. So the poll is designed to reflect a pre-ordained political ‘community,’ rigged for PC purposes to inflate the numbers of bisexuals and lesbians.” Several bisexual readers, however, told The Washington Blade that they were encouraged by the poll’s findings and what the poll could mean for bisexual visibility. “When we don’t identify ourselves, we only lend to the impression that we aren’t even there,” Erynn Rowan Laurie, a 46year-old bisexual woman from Everett, Wash., told the newspaper. “We create our own invisibility.” Among its findings, the Hunter poll also found that 58 percent of respondents reported that employment non-discrimination laws and hate crimes legislation were “extremely important” political priorities. Other top priorities included securing benefits for same-sex partners, AIDS funding and legalizing same-sex marriage. Concerning the 2008 presidential election, 72 percent of respondents consider Sen. Hillary Clinton “a supporter of gay rights,” with Sen. Barack Obama at 52 percent and former Senator and 2004 vice presidential hopeful Sen. John Edwards at 41 percent. Thirty-seven percent considered former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani a gay-rights supporter with Sen. John McCain at 13 percent. Nearly 62 percent of respondents identified as liberal. The Hunter poll is not the first survey to identify a large number of bisexuals in the gay, lesbian and bisexual U.S. population. In a 2002 survey, the U.S. government’s National Survey of Family Growth revealed that 56 percent of men and women who identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual identified as bisexual. Q

Va. Student Allowed to Wear Lesbian Pride Shirt

Transgender student Ethan Santiago

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Poll: Bisexuals Account for Half of LGB Population Washington, D.C. — A national poll funded by the Human Rights Campaign and taken by the City University of New York’s Hunter College indicates that bisexuals make up half of all people who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual. Conducted in November, the poll surveyed 768 people. Of these, the poll found that 15.4 percent identified as bisexual men, 33.5 percent as bisexual women, 33.4 percent as gay men and 17.8 percent as lesbians. Already, the poll has generated controversy between bisexuals and several gay commentators. Nicole Kristal, co-author of The Bisexual’s Guide to the Universe, told The Washington Blade that the poll revealed a truth that many gays and lesbians “would rather ignore.” “There are plenty of lesbians in the gay community who occasionally sleep with men and still call themselves lesbians and vice versa,” she said. “People need to start being honest in their daily lives about their actual behaviors rather than hiding behind convenient black-andwhite labels that breed acceptance from their gay and lesbian peers who often condemn bisexuality.” However, critics of the poll including gay author, commentator and blogger Andrew Sullivan have dismissed the poll’s findings. “[The HRC’s] latest commissioned poll of ‘LGB’s, i.e. lesbians, gay men and bisexuals, has the following demographics: 51 percent gay/lesbian/homosexual and 49 percent bisexual. On what planet is that a representative sample of any actual population?” Sullivan wrote in a Nov. 25 blog post. “Ditto: 51 percent female. I don’t know any demographer who thinks that lesbians and gay men have

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Portsmouth, Va. — A Virginia high school student will be allowed to wear a shirt depicting a symbol for lesbian pride – that of two interlocking female symbols – to class in the new year, the school’s principal said Dec. 21. Principal Lynn Briley made the announcement the day after the American Civil Liberties Union demanded an apology to 17-year-old Bethany Laccone after two employees at I.C. Norcom High School told her to cover up the shirt and not to wear it to school again or face suspension. The ACLU also requested that officials remove any disciplinary notices surrounding the Dec. 10 incident from Laccone’s file, and that they not censor students again for the same reasons. Briley said that no disciplinary notice had been filed and that she would apologize to Laccone. She added that the assistant principal who asked Laccone to cover up the shirt did so because a teacher had complained about the shirt, calling it “sexually explicit.” Briley, who said she did not know the specifics of the incident until the ACLU contacted her, said that the shirt was not sexual in nature and that she would have allowed Laccone to wear it. According to Laccone, she had worn the shirt to school without trouble before the incident. But in early December, a teacher told her the shirt might be controversial. When Laccone wore the shirt again on Dec. 10, she said the same

teacher sent her to the assistant principal’s office. Laccone told The Virginian-Pilot that she hoped the principal’s apology would encourage gay students to be proud of their orientation. “I hope that some people won’t be scared to show who they are and can be proud of it,” she said.

Spain Investigates Minister’s GayCure Program The government of Spain’s Galicia region is investigating Protestant minister Marcos Zapata for running a seminar called “How to Raise Heterosexual Children,” Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported Dec. 28. The paper said that at one recent event, Zapata called homosexuality an illness that can be cured via family therapy, said he promotes masculinity in his own family by making his sons watch professional wrestling, and urged attendees to “hug your sons as much as you can, because if you don’t, perhaps another man will.” A government spokesman suggested it is illegal to proselytize minors with “homophobic attitudes.” The head of the National Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals, Toni Poveda, said his group also will pursue legal action against Zapata. “After so many legal victories in this country ... we have to deal with fundamentalist groups which take us back to the Franco dictatorship,” Poveda said.

Ore. Domestic Partnership Law Suspended A federal judge delayed the implementation of an Oregon law that would give domestic partnership benefits to samesex couples. U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman ruled Dec. 26 that the law, which would have taken effect Jan. 1, would be suspended pending a Feb. 1 hearing. Opponents of the law asked for a hearing after the state ruled they had failed to collect the required number of valid signatures to put the law on the 2008 referendum. The signature-gatherers have filed suit challenging the signature verification process. Mosman said that the hearing was necessary to make sure the rights of voters werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t violated if the state wrongly rejected their signatures.

Mosman said attorneys for opponents showed that the rights of voters may have been violated if their signatures were wrongly rejected. Setting the next hearing in a month reduces the harm to people who would be affected by the new law, he said. Supporters of the domestic partnership law have called the delay another hurdle for same-sex couples and their families. The ruling does not affect another state law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, employment and public places. The domestic partnership law guarantees same-sex couples almost all the rights of marriage, including child care, custody and visitation rights, inheritance and joint insurance policies. Q

Embattled Arizona Club Re-Opens as Gay Bar

Scottsdale, Ariz. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Scottsdale, Ariz. nightclub owner who made headlines for banning transgender patrons has turned his establishment into a gay dance club. Owner Tom Anderson re-opened the night club Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fifth Estate as Club Forbidden on Dec. 28. He said that the move was a business decision, and not the result of any political pressure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Politics has nothing to do with it at all,â&#x20AC;? Anderson told the East Valley Tribune. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives the people a place in the East Valley to come and dance.â&#x20AC;? In November, Anderson settled a yearlong dispute with transgender patron MichĂ¨le DeLaFreniere. In autumn, 2006 Anderson banned DeLaFreniere and six of her transgender friends from the club after female patrons complained â&#x20AC;&#x153;men in dressesâ&#x20AC;? were using the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restroom. DeLaFreniere, who also chairs Scottsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Human Relations Commission, filed a sex discrimination suit against Anderson. She dropped the suit in November, after Anderson installed a single-stall unisex restroom and let her return to the club.

Anderson said his dispute with DeLaFreniere changed his perspective on the needs of gays and transgender people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If anything, it gave me a better understanding of their needs,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a businessman in the entertainment business, and I want to provide the best entertainment thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out there for markets that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get what they need.â&#x20AC;? Equality Arizona, a gay-rights group which had tried to mediate Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dispute, said that the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face lift was â&#x20AC;&#x153;exciting ... and kind of humorous.â&#x20AC;? BS West, the only other gay bar in downtown Scottsdale, said it welcomed the friendly competition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be good for the community to have another gay bar in Scottsdale,â&#x20AC;? BS West owner Heather Dowd told the Arizona Republic. Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision ends a year of considerable advances for Scottsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizens. In the wake of several attacks against gay couple,s the city council voted to extend its non-discrimination ordinance to gay and transgender city employees. Q

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Run in a Millionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Raises Awareness of HIV/AIDS in the Black Community By Dylan Vox

part of a larger Test 1 Million campaign sponsored by the Black AIDS Institute in partnership with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), and other leading national black organizations. The mission was launched by celebrities like Regina King, Jimmy Jean Louis and Vanessa Williams, who were tested last year to show their support and to encourage others to get tested. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Mike first walked into my office, I thought â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;wow, here is a white guy who understands that the AIDS epidemic is not over and we all have a moral epidemic to do everything in our power to fight this deadly disease until it is over,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said Phill Wilson, founder and executive director of the Black AIDS Institute in a press release about the event. The pair, who were joined by other celebrities and HIV activists along their trip, finished the run on Dec. 14. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think of anything better than to combine my joy of running and my desire to do something about HIV/ AIDS.â&#x20AC;? Sacco said in his statement to the Black Aids Institute about the trip. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seems like these days everyone is waiting for the next big thing. People forget about the power of one. One person can make a difference.â&#x20AC;? Q

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Runners Mike Sacco and Lejon Boudreaux have set out on a quest to help raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in the black community. As part of their plan, the pair strapped on their Nikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and left San Francisco heading for Los Angeles averaging over 26.2 miles a day to show their support for the Test 1 Million project. The campaign, which kicked of last June at the Screen Actors Guild headquarters, is designed to encourage one million members of the black community to get tested for the disease by National HIV Testing day on June 27, 2009. Sacco, 26, who came up with the idea to combine his love of running with the need for HIV/AIDS awareness, enlisted the help of Boudreaux and ran the entire way from the Golden Gate Bridge to Niketown in Los Angeles wearing Test 1 Million t-shirts and accompanied by a logo clad pace car to bring awareness to the cause. According to latest statistics from the CDC, HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects blacks in the United States. Nearly half of the estimated 1.2 million Americans living with HIV/AIDS are black and 54 percent of all new HIV infections in the United States are among black Americans. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Run in a Million,â&#x20AC;? quest is a

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Local News

Transgender Student Denied Campus Housing at SUU BY JOSELLE VANDERHOOFT JOSELLE@QSALTLAKE.COM

A female-to-male transgender university student has been denied housing in the men’s dorms at Southern Utah University because he has not had sexual reassignment surgery or been diagnosed with gender identity disorder. Kourt Osborn, 22, has taken male hormones and lived as a man for the past two years. When applying for housing in the 2008 school year, he said he was upfront about his gender identity and even included an essay detailing some of the issues including discrimination that transgender people face. Osborn also submitted a letter from his physician detailing his hormone treatment regimen. Osborn said he thought things were proceeding smoothly with his application until he received a letter denying his request for male housing on Dec. 12. The next day, Osborn met with campus housing director Neuman Duncan to discuss the situation. “During our conversation he told me that a sociology professor on campus believed I was ‘not truly a transsexual’ because I do not seek sexual reassignment surgery,” Osborn told InterstateQ. com on Dec. 14. During the meeting, Osborn also said Duncan told him he would only be allowed to live in the male dormitory if he provided a letter from a therapist stating that he has gender identity disorder, and official documentation that he has had sexual reassignment surgery. Osborn said he doesn’t need a diagnosis and does not want the surgery for a number of

reasons, including its cost and the lack of functionality of such surgeries for female to male transgender people. He has also filed a discrimination complaint with the school, and said he was particularly angered by the disclosure of his situation to the social work professor. “When I saw that, I was upset,” he said. “Is that the policy of the university, to disclose a private application to anyone who works there?” Duncan has said that Osborn’s case is not a matter of discrimination, but a matter of following school policy. “He has not transgendered completely so we are unable to assign him men’s housing,” Duncan told The Salt Lake Tribune. “Where they’re in the process [of gender transition] I have no place to put them.” Osborn also said that he has been denied housing in the women’s residence halls because his presence might make the female residents uncomfortable. Housing officials say he cannot live anywhere on campus despite the fact that two of the university’s four residence halls offer private rooms and private, lockable restrooms. Duncan had not returned a phone call seeking further comment by press deadline. Although Equality Utah has called the school’s treatment of Osborn “out of line,” Manager of Public Policy Will Carlson said that Utah law may be on the school’s side. “It’s not clear there has been a violation of law,” he said. “There are no clear gender identity protections in Utah.” To illustrate this, Carlson cited the case of Krystal Ettsity, a male to female

Queer Spirit to Hold Winter Retreat BY JOSELLE VANDERHOOFT JOSELLE@QSALTLAKE.COM

In November 2006, a force that could be called fate, karma or just plain luck introduced Salt Lake City therapist Jerry Buie and yoga/movement teacher John Cottrell. Both men were passionate about spirituality and creating spaces for gay men to explore their unique spiritual blessings, trials and goals. “We put our heads together and realized we had a similar vision for a spiritualitybased community,” Cottrell explained. “We both had ideas where we wanted to see our community of gay men grow.” Together, Buie and Cottrell founded Queer Spirit, an organization dedicated to helping queer men explore their spiritual issues in a safe, non-judgmental space that respects all religion while still challenging members to explore their relationship to their religion of choice or upbringing. The group holds monthly gatherings on the fourth Thursday of each month that may include workshops, discussions, film screenings, guest speakers or less formal events such as barbecues. In addition to the gatherings, Queer

Spirit also holds weekend retreats for gay men at the Windwalker Lodge in Spring City, Utah. Their latest retreat, and the first-ever to be held in the winter, will take place Jan. 11 – 13. “Retreats in particular are important because they give us an opportunity to get away from everything and everyone who wants to hold us down to a label,” Buie explained. “They let us explore free of guilt and shame.” And how do the participants in a retreat do this exploring? Cottrell said that a typical Saturday at the ranch could include a morning yoga session to allow the men to stretch, relax and give them “permission to be open to new experiences.” A meditation session can follow, and then more movement work. For example, Cottrell may lead the men (an average retreat typically numbers between 12 and 15 participants) through an exercise designed to help them talk about current struggles in their lives. To start such an exercise, he’ll break the men into discussion groups and ask them to talk about a recent problem they’ve experienced in their professional or personal

Southern Utah University student Kourt Osborne has been barred from student housing

transgender person who was fired from her job as a UTA bus driver in part because of her gender identity. This year, a court ruled that UTA had not violated Utah law, as state anti-discrimination laws currently do not include sexual orientation or gender identity. But Carlson added that an important difference between Ettsity’s situation and Osborn’s may make a difference. While Ettisty had not changed her sex to female on her driver’s license, Osborn has changed his sex to male. “Because he does have his id as male on his license and because of the expense and complication associated with female to male surgery, the court might be more likely to see this as sex discrimination,” Carlson said. “But that would be up to the court.” Carlson also criticized the school for telling an unrelated employee about Osborn’s medical information. “They could have just asked him hypothetically, but just the fact they’re asking this social professor this question … I’m sure I could find you a BYU professor to say I’m not gay, but that doesn’t mean I’m

not gay,” he said. For his part, Osborn said he does not want to pursue legal options. “What we [Osborn and some friends] have decided to do is offer LGBT sensitivity training to the university, at which time we’ll also ask to sit down with housing and draft a new policy,” he said. But despite offers from friends and concerned Cedar City residents to give him housing for the school year, Osborn said he thinks he will transfer to a different school. After the trouble he has had with campus housing, and the fact that the professor who was informed about his situation teaches in the same department in which he has majored, Osborn said he no longer feels welcome there. “I’m not gonna stop making sure that transgender people are safe at SUU, but I don’t feel safe going there anymore,” he said. Ultimately, Osborn just hopes that the school will change its policy towards transgender students without a legal threat. “It would be so much more meaningful and beautiful,” he said. Q

life. He’ll then ask them to create a simple movement to express that struggle. Next, Cottrell will give the groups a lighter topic to discuss — such as a favorite color — and ask them to go through the same process. Then he will ask each of the groups to put their movement pieces together and create a dance. If any members feel uncomfortable with the activity, they are encouraged to talk about why they felt resistant. But Cottrell added that this is just an example. “When we come to the actual retreat I couldn’t tell you what we’ll do, because it always evolves into what people need it to be,” he explained. One thing the retreats always include, however, is a sweat lodge, a Native American rite of purification and receiving vision. Although Buie is not Native American, he was taught to pour Sweat — that is, to conduct the Lodge — by Ute leader Carolyn Sanders and closely mentored by several Elders. He has participated in Lodges for 12 years and has poured them for nine. He regularly pours “two to three” times each month for the Utah community. “At the retreats, we build up to the Lodge by spending time looking at what restricts us and confine us,” said Buie. He

always instructs the men to approach the Lodge with respect and reverence for its traditions and rites. “Most of the men have very profound experiences there,” he said. Although Queer Spirit and its retreats are a Utah phenomenon, Buie says they have received national attention from the start. The retreats have frequently included men from across the country, and Buie regularly gets requests for information as far away as Boston. Thanks to this widespread interest, gay cable network Logo contacted Buie and Cottrell about filming a half hour documentary on the retreat, centered around a participant from San Diego who will be participating in a retreat for the first time in January. Buie gave his permission for the documentary on the conditions that the director and crew take part in the retreat and refrain from filming the Sweat Lodge. Buie also insisted that they focus their attention on the San Diego man’s experiences instead of the spiritual trappings. “This is about transformation,” he said. “I think lots of gay men get stuck in these archetypes of victim and martyr instead of finding the magic and power in their lives.”

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Utah Pride Center Launches Second Annual Bisexual Awareness Month Throughout January, the Utah Pride Center will observe its second Bisexual Awareness Month, that organizers claim is the only event of its kind in the country. The concept for a month dedicated to raising bisexual visibility began in September, 2005 when Jay and Shauna Brock, created the Utah Bisexual Support Group. When the Brocks asked about the bisexual community’s presence at the Center, Adult Program Director Jennifer Nuttall encouraged them to help start more programs to encourage more bisexual participation.

Shauna Brock said that she is proud that a Utah event is leading “the discussion of our issues in the public forum.” “Since Kinsey’s research in the 1950s, the existence and prevalence of bisexuality has been accessible public knowledge, but our invisibility has endured through the decades. I hope this trend begins to reverse as January’s events bring increased awareness,” she said. Conducted throughout the 1930s and 40s, Professor Alfred Kinsey’s research, which included the rating of an individual’s sexual behavior and sexual desire on

a scale between exclusively heterosexual and exclusively homosexual, was not the last to be conducted on bisexuality. As part of her own research into sexuality Dr. Lisa Diamond, an Associate Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies at the University of Utah, has conducted several studies into the sexuality of women who identify as sexual minorities. “[N] onexclusivity in attractions appear to be the norm rather than the exception,” Diamond says of her work. “And this is critical to understanding sexual fluidity from a psychological perspective.” Organizers of Bisexual Awareness Month say that research like Diamond’s proves that the bisexual behavior and attraction exists and merits further study. According to Rachel Langton, one of the moderators of the Bisexual Support Group, the goals of the month long event is to break down stereotypes about bisexuality (including the myth that it doesn’t exist) and to encourage a sense of community among a group that is often ignored and marginalized. “While many people’s sexualities are, in fact, fluid over the course of their

lifetimes, we are a culture that demands labels and boxes. So, if you’re a bisexual woman who happens to be dating a man, then you are instantly classified as heterosexual,” she explained. “If I bring an opposite sex partner to the Pride Festival, I sometimes feel like an outside spectator rather than being recognized as actively celebrating my sexuality,” agreed Yana Walton, the Center’s Director of Communications. “In the same vein, if you’re a bisexual man who is dating a man, it is often though that you must be gay.” During January, the Utah Bisexuals Support Group will host several events focused on educating the public about bisexuality and breaking down stereotypes. The Utah Bisexuals Support Group is part of the Utah Pride Center’s adult programming. The group meets at Center on the second Thursday of each month from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. For more information, please contact the Utah Pride Center at utahpridecenter.org. The support group’s Web site is located at utahbisexuals. bravehost.com.

Bisexual Awareness Month Schedule

Saturday, Jan. 19, (time TBD) Bisexual Support Group members Alex and Shauna will host a speaker (to be determined) to present current research on bisexual behavior and attraction at Café Espresso (4600 S. Redwood Road)

Wednesday, Jan. 2 at 8:00 p.m. Bisexual Support Group members Russ and Shauna will host a coffee social at Sugarhouse Coffee (1045 E. 2100 South.)

Tuesday, Jan. 22, 7:00 p.m. Bisexual Support Group members Deserae and Shauna will host a screening of the film Kinsey, about the life and research of famed sexologist, Alfred Kinsey at the Utah Pride Center. A discussion will follow.

Note: To identify the hosts at each event, look for the purple flowers.

Monday, Jan. 7, 8:00 p.m. Bisexual Support Group members Deserae and Matt will host Bisexual Group Social at Dee’s Restaurant (on the corner of 700 E. and 2100 S.) Thursday, Jan. 10, 7:00 p.m. Bisexual Support Group members Rachel and Shauna will host a panel discussion on bisexuality at the Utah Pride Center. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 7:00 p.m. Bisexual Support Group members Shauna and Russ will host a Coming Out Social “Oh My, We’re Bi! Let’s Have Pie!... or Cake!” complete, of course, with pie and cake at the Utah Pride Center, Multipurpose Room.

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The documentary is scheduled to air on Logo in February. Buie encourages men who can’t participate in the retreats to join the Queer Spirit Yahoo group and to visit the group’s Web site, which has a number of articles and book recommendations to aid them in their spiritual journeys. He will also be teaching a 12-week workshop beginning in January in which men and women may participate. Called “Finding your Inner Wizard” and structured around the theme of “creating magic in our lives,” the workshop will build upon principles in books such as The Four Agreements. Ultimately, Buie said he hopes that everything Queer Spirit does, from Sweat Lodges and retreats to workshops and discussions, helps gay men to reclaim their spiritual power. “Anciently, queer people were very much a part of many indigenous communities,” Buie said. “It was a common belief that we held sacred intuition and awareness, and somewhere that got lost.” Q For more information about Queer Spirit and its retreats, visit queerspirit.org.

Thursday, Jan. 24, 7:00 p.m. The book for this month’s Queer Reader (the Utah Pride Center’s monthly book club) will by Loraine Hutchins’ and Lani Kaahumanu’s Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out, an essay collection of bisexuals’ experiences. The group meets downstairs at the Center’s Café Marmalade. Monday, Jan. 28, (time TBD) Bisexual Support Group members Jay and Shauna will host Family Home Evening: Bowling at Fat Cat’s Bowling Alley (3739 South 900 East).

Center to Hold Workshops on Communication in Relationships The Utah Pride Center will host “Say What? Communication and Power Dynamics in Relationships,” a six-week workshop geared on building communication skills, throughout January and February. The workshop will focus on how to “be heard and how to hear others with reciprocity and without frustration.” It will also explore the power dynamics in communication, skill-building and strengthening relationships. Workshops are open to participants of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Cost is $30 for the full six weeks or $15 for one three-week session. For more information or to register, contact Jordan Rullo at Jordan.rullo@ psych.utah.edu or Lee Beckstead at leebeckst@yahoo.com Workshop dates are Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31 and Feb. 7 and 21.

interact with you at all, so they end up becoming what we call bushes. JV: [laughing] Bushes! TH: Yeah, it’s like, hey there’s a bush! It walks! JV: Are you still in touch with anyone on the show? TH: Yeah I’m still really close with Courtney and Frosty, especially. JV: Do you think you’ve formed a lasting friendship with them? TH: Oh, being thrown into the jungle with these people bonds you in a way you can’t explain. These are friends for life. JV: It came down to you, Courtney and Amanda at the end. Why do you think the jury ultimately picked you?

Amanda Kimmel and Courtney Yates surround Todd Herzog as he is declared CBS’ Survivor winner

Gay Pleasant Grove Man Wins ‘Survivor’ and $1 Million Cash Prize by JoSelle Vanderhooft joselle@qsaltlake.com

Reality TV-loving Utahns are no doubt familiar with Todd Herzog, the 22-yearold Pleasant Grove native and former SkyWest Airlines flight attendant who became Survivor’s youngest openly gay winner at the close of Survivor: China. One of several gay contestants to appear on the landmark program, Herzog is only the second contestant to call Utah home (the first, then 21-year-old Neleh Dennis was the runner-up on the fourth season, Survivor: Marquesas). I caught up with Herzog on his way home from a Utah car dealership, where he used a portion of his $1 million prize on a 2008 Mazda RX8. “It’s black and fully loaded. Oh, I’m so excited!” he exclaimed. JoSelle Vanderhooft: You’re from Utah originally?

JV: Are you still in Pleasant Grove, or have you moved? TH: I am in Pleasant Grove right now. I’m not sure how long I’ll be in Pleasant Grove, though. JV: You’ve been watching the show since you were 15? TH: Yes. I’ve been a die-hard crazy fan since I was 15 years old! And I knew, the second I saw it that one day I’d be on Survivor. I can’t believe I actually

JV: Did you learn how to play so well by watching the show? TH: I definitely think kind of being a student of the game has taught me to see different strategies that have worked and the ones that haven’t worked, like the different alliances people have created. It’s taught me basically how to win the game. I noticed the people who go far in the game are those who start [strategizing] the second they get out there and don’t stop until the second they’re done. It sent me through an almost Survivor paranoia state, but I’m really glad I didn’t stop thinking. JV: Tell me a little about China this year. TH: China’s unbelievable! They sent us to a country that’s thousands and thousands of years old with all this culture. They focused a lot on letting the contestants see that culture. I got to spend the night on the Great Wall, I got to see Shanghai before we started playing, and some of Beijing. The Wei River was involved and temples and Buddhist ceremonies. I feel extremely blessed to have been able to take part in that. JV: So, did you hang out a little bit after the show was over, or are you planning to go back? TH: I didn’t get to hang out in China for one day, even. As soon as I was done, because I was at the very end, I was in China for six hours and we got on the plane. As far as going back, I would love to see it again, but at the same time I tell myself it was such an experience and such a once in a lifetime thing that I almost don’t want to ruin those memories by going back with expectations. JV: Back to the game. What was it like to have the camera crew follow you? Were they always there with you? TH: Camera crews were there 24/7. But the thing is, they’re not allowed to

JV: Any plans for the rest of your money, or are you going to save it for awhile? TH: I’m gonna do some traveling, see a bit of the world, and I am going to invest the money and make it last. My big purchase was the car, but that’s it. JV: What careers are you considering pursuing now? TH: I can honestly say I have no idea. That’s what I’m so frustrated with. In high school everyone was like, “I wanna be a doctor!” I was like, “I wanna be on Survivor.” And I did it! So now I’m like, cool. I’m 22 and my goals are accomplished. What next? There’s always a possibility of going back to college, but it’s a possibility of not knowing what to go into, ultimately. JV: Have you considered doing something with television? TH: I would love to host! I look at Jeff Probst [Survivor’s host] and I’m like, ‘your job is amazing.’ But I’m no actor, that’s for sure. Competing on another reality show I’d do in a heartbeat. I’m all about games.

Local gay rights group Equality Utah will once again offer its popular Citizen Lobbyist Training sessions for the 2008 Legislative session. Two sessions will be available to GLBT community voters and advocates to help them speak to political representatives about bills and political issues. The first session will be held Jan. 10 in Ogden, and the second will be held at the State Capitol Building on Jan. 17. This year, Equality Utah will be spearheading several issues on the hill, including Rep. Christine Johnson’s antidiscrimination act amendments bill. Equality Utah will also be holding their annual Jazz Brunch Jan. 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at A Gallery located at 1321 S. 2100 East. The cost is $40/person. Also a rally will be held Jan. 21 at the State Capitol when the Legislative session opens. Visit equalityutah.org or contact Keri Jones at keri@equlaityutah.org for more information on the aforementioned events. A full legislative guide will appear in the next issue of QSaltLake.

Utah Pride Center Will Present Discussions on Domestic Violence in the Gay, Lesbian Community The Utah Pride Center presents a two-hour in-depth panel discussion on domestic violence in the GLBT community, Jan. 11. Several leaders (from across the nation) of the subject invite community members, service providers, friends and family members to learn about the facts and myths, and the resources and support systems available. The evening begins at 5:00 p.m. at the South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society located at 6876 S. Highland Drive, and dinner will be provided. Though the presentation is free to the public, registration is required. Please contact jennifer@utahpridecenter.org or 539-8800 ext. 13.

JV: I know there are other reality shows where contestants from Survivor have competed. Have you been approached by anybody to be on one? TH: Uh ... possibly, but I’m not allowed to comment! Anybody who does approach me has to go through CBS. CBS is strict, which is really frustrating because there are some really awesome opportunities out there, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see. JV: If I’m not mistaken, the next season is going to be the all-star reunion in Micronesia? TH: It’s going to be half all-stars and half die-hard fans, so ten previous contestants and ten brand-newbies competing against each other. JV: Will you watch it? TH: Oh of course! Next season I’m rooting for the fans! Q

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Todd Herzog: I was born and raised in Utah. I went to school at Pleasant Grove High School and went to Utah Valley State College for awhile. I came out at 19 and started dating my best friend and we moved to Seattle together. He ended up cheating on me and broke my heart. So I moved back to Utah where I got an internship at Walt Disney World, and I moved to Florida to work there for a year. Then I came back to Utah to go back to school and then I got my job as a flight attendant. I got transferred to Denver where I lived for about a year. Then I came back to do Survivor.

did it and that I won.

TH: I think in the end, they got to ask us questions and I did a really good job at answering. I was surprised at myself. I felt like I was on a debate team! I basically said what they wanted to hear, and I think a lot were able to see I had a passion for this game for lots and lots of years. I mean, the other two were happy to be there, but it wasn’t their life-long dream and I think it showed.

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Taking over a multi-level storefront in a prime Main Street location, Queer Lounge will return to Park City for its fifth year to champion queer film at Sundance, Slamdance, and other festivals. Hailed as “ground zero for activity surrounding the [gay] films” in Park City by the Hollywood Reporter, Queer Lounge creates a hub at film festivals where queer-friendly filmmakers, professionals, and audiences connect and network. Expanding its entertainment media advocacy, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) made Queer Lounge a part of its media programs portfolio in August 2007. “2008 promises to be a banner year for Queer Lounge thanks to its new location and highly-anticipated new films from some of our most celebrated gay filmmakers,” said Queer Lounge founder Ellen Huang. She noted that Alan Ball (American Beauty), Craig Lucas (Longtime Companion), Bruce La Bruce (Hustler White), Isaac Julien (Young Soul Rebels) and Tom Kalin (Swoon), returning with producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry), will all premiere new films at Sundance, while Greg Araki’s The Living End and Derek Jarman’s EDWARD II will be screened in the Festival’s “From the Collection” category. “One of the most exciting developments this year is the opportunity to see how queer film has come full circle,” Huang added. “Many of the same directors who put queer film on the map will be back in full force.” In early January, Queer Lounge will announce its 2008 programs in Park City

which will include its trademark mix of panels, parties, exhibits, and special events. Queer Lounge will also publish a comprehensive guide to films with LGBT artists or content appearing at Sundance, Slamdance, and related festivals. Other highlights at the 2008 Queer Lounge include: PARTING GLANCES: The Queer Sundance Movie Poster Show (1985-2007) - Celebrating Sundance’s role as a pioneering advocate of queer cinema, Queer Lounge will showcase original movie posters from LGBT films that have premiered at the festival over the years. (On view daily at the Queer Lounge.) PLANETOUT’S “9TH ANNUAL SHORT MOVIE AWARDS” PARTY (Saturday, January 19, 5-8pm) honoring the winners of the largest online competition of LGBT-related film and video shorts Invitation only. GLAAD’S “AND THE NOMINEES ARE” EVENT (Sunday, January 20, 5-8pm) announcing the nominees for the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Invitation only. “HOMOS AWAY FROM HOME,” Queer Lounge’s annual closing night event (Thursday, January 24, 10pm-1am), is a revival of the first significant queer- party at Sundance held during the early 90s. Invitation only. Queer Lounge will be located at 608 Main Street, a few yards from the intersection at Heber Avenue, from January 18-24, 2008 in Park City, Utah. Lounge hours will be 11am-7pm daily for festivalgoers, with private parties at night. More information can be found at Queer Lounge’s Web site at queerlounge.org and in our next issue

Sundance Film Festival An American Soldier Sergeant First Class Clay Usie is one of the most successful army recruiters in the country; he also acts as a mentor to high-school students training to become soldiers, many of whom will eventually be deployed to Iraq. One of the soldiers he recruits, and whom this film follows closely over a period of nine months, is revealed to be a lesbian.

Be Like Others (World Documentary Competition) In a country where homosexuality remains an offense punishable by death, this documentary asserts that many young gay men and women in Iran are opting to undergo gender reassignment surgery, which is their only legal option under their country’s interpretation of Islamic law. This film explores a culture in which shame and fear have led many to take extreme measures in an attempt to find acceptance.

Bigger, Stronger, Faster (Documentary Competition) After his two brothers found themselves caught up in the dangerous subculture of performance-enhancing drugs and steroids, director Christopher Bell decided to turn his camera on the social pressures that lead some to take drastic steps in pursuit of physical perfection. Among those interviewed is an HIV-positive man and proponent of steroid therapy.

Birds of America (Spectrum) The latest film from director Craig Lucas (Longtime Companion, The Dying Gaul) follows three siblings who were forced to cope with their parents’ death while still children, and who must now force themselves to grow up and get along when they suddenly find themselves reunited. One of the film’s supporting characters is struggling with their own identity issues.

Edward II (From the Collection) Late director Derek Jarman’s take on Christopher Marlowe’s classic play tells the tragic story of King Edward II whose readiness to sacrifice his power and standing to be with his lover Gaveston would ultimately prove the couple’s undoing. This highly stylized cinematic adaptation brings the homoerotic subtext of the original source material visibly to the forefront.

Half-life (New Frontiers) Set in a futuristic world scarred from global and environmental disasters, this gorgeous and inventive film follows a family’s growing uncertainty after single mother Saura meets a mysterious suitor. At the same time, frustrated daughter Pam longs for a young gay man named Scott struggling for acceptance from his own fundamentalist parents. The Living End (From the Collection) Director Gregg Araki channeled a decade’s worth of rage and sorrow brought on by the AIDS epidemic into The Living End — a brash take on the American road movie that follows two HIV-positive gay men reacting to a hostile world with selfalienation and anarchistic violence. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (Dramatic Competition) This adaptation of Michael Chabon’s celebrated novel follows aimless mobster’s son Art Bechstein in the summer that he meets Jane and Cleveland, a couple with whom he soon finds himself in a bisexual love triangle and increasingly risky situations. Otto; Or, Up With Dead People (Midnight) Director Bruce LaBruce has never been one for modesty or self-censorship, and his latest tale following a gay zombie is no exception. Poor Otto is a rather confused zombie. He struggles to figure out who he is and what he was before, while an aspiring filmmaker decides he’s the perfect star for her cinematic revolt against our consumerist society. Phoebe In Wonderland (Dramatic Competition) The different psychological realities of children and adults are explored in writer/director Daniel Barnzs’ tale of a frustrated academic struggling to raise her daughter, Phoebe, a gifted child prone to escapist fantasies, who wants to take part in a school production of Alice in Wonderland. Pretty Bird (Dramatic Competition) The spirit of invention is alive and well in Curtis Prentiss, a driven man intent on creating a rocket-powered belt, who finds unexpected success when he teams with an out of work aerospace engineer and a friend with the funds to underwrite the project. At least one of the film’s characters will come out of the closet by the film’s end as well. A Raisin in the Sun (Premieres) From the powerhouse gay producing team of Neil Meron and Craig Zadan comes this latest take on the classic play by Lorraine Hansberry, featuring several Tony Award-winning performers from its acclaimed Broadway revival. Set in 1950s Chicago, the story focuses on

the Younger family as they wait to receive an insurance check that may change all their lives. Savage Grace (Premieres) Based on true events, this film tells the story of unabashed social climber Barbara Daly, who, after watching her marriage to a wealthy man crumble, later attempts to “cure” her son’s homosexuality with tragic results. Savage Grace marks director Tom Kalin’s return to Sundance 16 years after his first feature, Swoon, helped define “New Queer Cinema.” Sunshine Cleaning (Dramatic Competition) In an effort to turn their lives around, two sisters start a crime scene cleaning business and quickly learn that the job requires more than just elbow grease. Things get even more complicated when sister Norah becomes sexually obsessed with a blood bank technician named Lynn. Towelhead (Premieres) From the creator of Six Feet Under, Alan Ball’s adaptation of Alicia Erian’s novel follows the sexual awakening of a 13-year-old Arab American girl named Jasira who becomes involved with an army reservist living in her neighborhood.

Sundance Shorts 1977 A young school girl’s anxieties about not fitting in with her more feminine classmates manifest as a bitter, little knot of black energy in this inventively animated short. Bend It Toying with the visual signifiers of gender, two androgynous individuals with chests bound by black tape dance on gallery podiums, in director Jules Nurrish’s homage to the living sculptures of cheeky artworld icons Gilbert and George. La Corona (The Crown) A women’s prison in Bogota, Columbia is the setting for a very unique beauty pageant, in which the contestants are comprised of thieves, assassins, and guerillas. Lloyd Neck A young girl with a crush on her brother’s best friend notice’s that Jesse’s feelings for her brother may be more than platonic. In one of the last days of summer, the three spend the day taking pictures in a Long Island state park before college inevitably separates the boys. Nikamowin The narrative of the Cree people is deconstructed by the filmmaker, who attempts to create a linguistic soundscape in this beautiful short. Pariah A lesbian teen living in the Bronx must juggle multiple identities to maintain peace between her personal and familial lives, but as the pressures of her double life mount, the wall between her personas begins to crumble. Sunlit Shadows A “visual mix-tape” that combines music with beautifully lit cinematography to evoke the conflicting emotions in letting go of a lost love.

Untitled #1 Seeking to create a “time capsule” to be opened in the year 2507, Bustamente has created an assemblage of found footage, crude video, and stampeding poodles to be the first in a series of films meant for future generations to re-experience. The Wrestling A pair of wrestlers living in rural Iceland must hide their relationship from the macho sporting world to which they belong. Xanadu (New Frontier) As part of the free exhibitions at the New Frontier space on Main Street, Robert Boyd’s installation Xanadu will be shown every day in a single channel presentation. In rapid fire, music style montages, Boyd throws a disco track over images of doomsday cults, political figures, and fundamentalist rage against feminism and gay rights.

Slamdance Film Festival Goodbye Baby Fresh off the boat in New York City, Melissa moves into a small onebedroom apartment shared by her brother Robbie and his boyfriend, and takes a waitress job while pursuing her dream of becoming a stand-up comic. I Think We’re Alone Now Called stalkers by the media, the two individuals profiled in this film would probably describe their shared obsession with 80’s pop star Tiffany in far more benign terms. One of the film’s subjects, Denver native Kelly McCormick, is intersex. When most people think of drag queens, vulgar humor and awkward lip singing very often spring to mind. But as the contestants in the 34th Miss Gay USA pageant prove, professional female impersonation requires hard work, artistry, and a competitor’s edge. This documentary follows five diverse gay men as they travel to Memphis, Tennessee to compete for the title. Spine Tingler!: The William Castle Story With his outrageous publicity stunts and audience participation gimmicks, horror-movie impresario William Castle revolutionized the movie going experience, and crossed paths with some quite noto-

rious figures along the way. John Waters is among those interviewed on Castle’s legacy. Sync or Swim Synchronized swimming doesn’t spring to many people’s minds when they think of the toughest Olympic competitions, but this documentary seeks to show just how much grueling training actually goes on behind the scenes. Though the sport is currently open only to women at the Olympic level, the film also highlights a male swimmer who hopes to change that.

Michael Jackson, director Tebbe gives it his all in a naked “technosoul” performance, assisted by some stop-motion animation. Mariquita Con Perro A narrative short following an animated Spanish talk show host named Pablo, and the little dog that accompanies him. Serene Hunter (Screening with Shorts Block 2)

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Director: Jason Bushman A young Parisian named Luc trades a life of anonymous sex to move in with his boyfriend Sebastien, but the arrival of Luc’s Los Angeles lover Jon complicates matters.

Broken English A Latino high school student fights for a spot in an advanced placement biology class, which he qualified for, but was denied entry.

Softly Using plastic dolls in place of actors, this short tells a tale of a gay man’s “love and longing” set inside carefully crafted, miniaturized sets.

City of Cranes From the metal cage that makes up his workplace, a crane operator shares his experiences and observations after years of viewing humanity from hundreds of feet above.

Woman in Burka An actress named Sarita hopes to land a role as the ghost of an Iraqi rape victim, but no one seems to know anything about the film. Director Lisecki also shows up as Sarita’s “uber-gay” agent.

Diva Having been rejected by the town he grew up in, a drag queen moves to Paris in the hopes of living a better life, only to find new difficulties. Feedback Out actor Jack Plotnick stars in this short film, in which a talented storyteller receives some unwanted feedback.

Park City Film Music Festival Salvation After being resurrected, a murdered girl must choose a side in a heavenly battle between good and evil that has been waged for centuries.

Felicia Though she faces an uncertain future with barely enough income to cover her burial, an aging transgender woman named Felicia Elizondo keeps a positive outlook in this documentary short.

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Heiko A fetishistic relationship between a young man named Heiko and his seventy-year-old lover is suddenly taken to extremes in a sci-fi twist.

Park City Film Music Festival parkcityfilmmusical.com

Holdout In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, this documentary short follows one New Orleans gay man who refused to evacuate, choosing to stay behind and care for his 18 pets. Karaoke Show Having grown up coveting the dance moves and pop bravado of

Local Briefs Swerve Burns into 2008 with ‘Purge and Predict’ Local lesbian social and service organization Swerve will kick off the new year Purge and Predict, a gathering to let go of negative things from 2007 and envision positive things for 2008. Participants are asked to bring “whatever they need to let go” to the gathering at the Center’s Black Box Theatre and burn it in the fire. Palm and tarot readers will be present to consult members about the coming year. Purge and Predict will be held on Jan 19 at 7:00 p.m. The Utah Pride Center is located at 355 North 300 West in Salt Lake City.

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Watch for the special “Queer Guide to the Film Festivals” in the Jan. 17 issue of QSaltLake for more in-depth information.

Center to Host Support Group for Sexual Violence Survivors The Rape Recovery Center and the Utah Pride Center will offer a support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender survivors of rape and sexual violence in 2008. The group will provide a safe, confidential space to discuss and explore the impact of sexual violence on members of the community and challenges faced by survivors of sexual violence. The group is open to all gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals who have been impacted by sexual violence at any stage in their lives. An intake session is required before joining. To schedule an appointment with group facilitator Michelle Call, LCSW, call Ashlee at the Rape Recovery Center at 467-7282.

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Derek (World Documentary Competition) As one of the most important British filmmakers of the late 20th century, Derek Jarman produced cinematic works of art that reclaimed and restaged classical history with an unapologetically queer sensibility. Fourteen years after his death, director Isaac Julien and longtime Jarman collaborator Tilda Swinton have crafted Derek to celebrate the life and legacy of one of film’s true visionaries.

The Guitar (Premieres) After discovering she has terminal cancer, Mel (Saffron Burrows) decides to cram as much living as she can into her remaining time, which includes learning to play the guitar and flings with both a UPS guy and a pizza girl.

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So darlings, you may know that my older sister Kerry Boo Ridge is in town for the holidays. What you probably don’t know is that she is a vegetarian. I know, I know, the family and I are appalled and racked with guilt and shame. But considering the antics of her overly glittered, opinionated, bra-padded little brother, a diet of carrots and lentils and a closet full of leatherless shoes are probably the least of our family’s problems! Anyway petals, last Friday night we did the vegetarian equivalent of what normal people call “Dinner and a Movie” and let me tell you, it was just an unapologetic hippiefest if ever there was one. We ate at the vegetarian Vertical Diner in South Salt Lake and then hot-footed it to the indie Broadway Theatre to watch the Bob Dylan flick I’m Not There. Surprisingly, it was a lot of fun. The meal was actually quite tasty, but I still haven’t wrapped my head around the movie yet (OK, if anyone understands the part with Richard Gere as the old outlaw and the whole Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid thing, for the love of God e-mail me because I was completely lost!). Oh, and by the way, muffins, Cate Blanchett was abso-

Oh, who am I kidding? The closest thing I’ve had to a vegetarian meal this year was a meatball dinner at IKEA!

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lutely amazing! You must go see the film. Anyway, I had read fabulous things about the Vertical Diner in the Catalyst magazine, but I hadn’t really gotten around to eating there. Oh, who am I kidding? The closest thing I’ve had to a vegetarian meal this year was a meatball dinner at IKEA! But I digress. Once we got there Kerry Boo had a salad and I had a Philly Cheese Steak sandwich. Now kittens, here’s the thing. I firmly believe that the Philly Cheese Steak sandwich is tangible proof of a true and loving God. I base this on a religious experience I once had at the Newark airport of all places. On the lower level of the terminal is a fast food joint with a gigantic grill full of peppers and onions that you can smell from inside the plane. Yes, I am talking “touching the face of God” delicious. So with that comparison in mind, I reluctantly chomped down on a vegetarian version made with “Boca Burger,” which I guess is some sort of communist tofu, organicky, soylent green kind of meat substitute. I was pleasantly surprised when it wasn’t heinous and actually turned out to be pretty good! Who knew? Also, the staff were just lovely and didn’t have that whole judgmental, holier than thou, Toyota Prius-driving, superiority thing going on, which was rather refreshing. So after eating there and at a few other enlightened vegetarian places with the sis, I am forced to re-evaluate my world view ... and change my criteria for judging a vegetarian restaurant. My solution is a cruelty-free sliding scale that captures my full range of responses to meat-free fare. They are 1) completely heinous 2) semiheinous 3) heinous 4) not totally heinous and 5) blissfully free of heinousness. Based upon my experience, the Vertical Dinner gets an enthusiastic number five. I would go there for a meal anytime, with or without my big sister guilt tripping me about eating Bessie the Cow, and I would strongly recommend you do the same. You will feel better and far less guilty for it. Now if I could just give up the whale bone corsets made with underage slave labor in coal-fueled factories, I would be at one with the universe! Oh well. Happy New Year, petals!

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In this past year I’ve been obsessed with futurists, specifically visionary activists who are creatively re-imagining the world. And as I produce RadioActive on KRCL, I always have an excuse to call them up for a chat. Here are some of my favorite interviews from 2007. In April I fell in love with an infectious genderqueer iconoclast named Mattilda. And while not technically a futurist, hur ideas are 30 years ahead of the current gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender movement. If you are curious where queer politics will be in three decades, just read hur work. Mattilda’s new anthology Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Roles of Gender and Conformity is devastatingly subversive. She is the guy who boldly told me, “The real potential of queer identity is in enabling people to choose our gender, sexual and social identities. That’s the excitement, the glamour, the courage and the vibrancy. Obviously we’re not at that place yet. But for me, that’s what a queer analysis can do for something else. That’s what I am interested in — a politic that enables people to choose as many possibilities as they can and not limiting it around that whole ‘born that way’ argument.” Mattilda is a post-gay, multi-gendered rabble-rouser. She is the next evolution of queer. My next favorite interview was Barbara Marx Hubbard, a self-proclaimed “77-year-old elder from the future.” I read her book Conscious Evolution and again fell totally in love. She told me, “You are a young Universal Human. The impulse of your vocation, your calling, your excitement, is the impulse of evolution itself localized as You. And as you begin to find life purpose, you begin to pick up the pattern of evolution as your own contribution. So you’re not standing outside evolution talking about it — you are evolution. And the more you say ‘yes’ to your life purpose, the more creativity you unlock.” Hubbard, and many like her in the Human Potential Movement, believes that we are facing a crisis-point in our civilization. Our lifestyle is no longer sustainable. We are either heading for a global breakdown or possibly, if we evolve fast enough, a global breakthrough. Hubbard believes that our social crisis will provide the evolutionary drivers needed to create a new leap toward a Universal Humanity. I loved that idea and began reading a whole genre of positive futurists. I invited them all on RadioActive. Our hosts interviewed David Korten (The Great Turning), Paul Hawken (Blessed Unrest), Duane Elgin (Promise Ahead) and Riane Eisler (The Chalice and the Blade) — just to name a few. They all passionately believe that we can actively participate in positively shaping the next evolution of humanity. But first we’ve got to live big. The work that challenged my world-

view the most this year was John Lamb Lash’s Not in His Image. It was introduced to me by 2012 psychonaut Daniel Pinchbeck at Burning Man, so I knew it would be a wild read. Lash has a thesis that is pretty radical. He argues that patriarchal religion has been pathologically detrimental to humanity. The theology itself, he argues, separates us from nature, isolates us from one another and fosters “perpetrator-victim” bonds with followers. Lash further argues that an ecstatic reconnection with nature is the only way we will save ourselves from extinction. He explained, “I believe the path of deep ecology is a way back to what we had before the rise of Salvationist ideology. It’s a way back to the understanding of the earth as a divine presence and of our connection with ecstasy and the knowing of the earth in a non-dual sense. That is, the knowing that we are part of the cellular life and consciousness of the earth and that we are one with the wisdom of the planet and there is no separation.” The idea of a non-dual connection between us and the planet sounds desirable. And it certainly beats extinction. I was compelled by the idea of “non-dual.” Many spiritual traditions describe a level of consciousness that transcends the binaries of good/evil, right/wrong or true/false. To queer things a little more we could also add gay/straight and male/female (of which Mattilda would no doubt approve). But how do we get there? What is the future of our conscious selves? My recent interview with local Zen Master Genpo Roshi, author of Big Mind, Big Heart, offers a key. Roshi has a developed beautiful technique for expanding our awareness into what he calls Big Mind. Our brains are often a loud cacophony of uncontrollable, whirling thoughts. Roshi is adept at quieting our nonstop mental chatter. Big Mind eases mental anxiety through a gentle series of cognitive inquiries with our various sub-personalities. We all have a “Controller,” a “Protector,” a “Damaged Self,” a “Skeptic” and many more voices bouncing around in our head – often to the detriment of our peace of mind. Roshi believes anyone can integrate these personalities and transcend duality. “When I see that I am the problem, then I have the power to solve it, by ceasing to be so identified with this limited and restricted self, which is the cause of all the problems. How? Simple: identify instead with that which is beyond the boundary of the self. Well, what is that? The no-self, or Big Mind.” The process is remarkably simple and it works. Roshi reminds me that we are more than our sexuality, more than our gender and more than our limitations. We are all cosmic humans. We can transcend and include these categories simultaneously. These are words from the future: It’s time for hardcore social (re)evolution. As our inner selves integrate into oneness, our outer selves begin to work in partnership with nature and community to heal civilization. That’s our work. The old future has atrophied. A new reality is emerging. A whole-systems planetary reboot is loading up for 2008. It’s going to be one helluva year.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why yes, yes, I am. And I hope you are, too.â&#x20AC;? At least, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I wish my response would have been when someone said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re one of those picky bitches, arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you?â&#x20AC;? Sometimes people ask what my type is or why Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m single. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whyâ&#x20AC;? questions, in general, are often self-defeating. As for what I look for in a guy, well, that one is simply a difficult question. Let me explain: Imagine that each letter of the alphabet is a character trait, physical feature, life goal or direction, etc. You have to realize that nobody is going to be every letter of the alphabet to you. Some people might be letters Gâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;M, which happen to be what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for physically, but they may be missing letters Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;F, which are all the positive character traits you want in a partner. Any person could be any combination of what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeking. But which letters of your ideal relationship are most important to you and which can you live without? Life is about compromise, balance and work: What do you compromise on? How do you maintain balance? And how much work are you willing to put forth in any one aspect of your existence? I have to be honest, when it comes to gay relationships, I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen too much that I really want to emulate. That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily say anything negative about the gay relationships Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve encountered and become familiar with, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just not the kind of relationship I hope to be in someday. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bad or not as good as what I want, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just different from what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m seeking. I feel that knowing what you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want is just as important as knowing what you do want. When I was a young Mormon boy, I dreamed of getting married and having a family, although I never spent too much time imagining my wife â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that was one detail I left rather fuzzy. When I came out, I re-evaluated the dreams and desires

my religious upbringing had instilled in me. I asked myself what I really wanted for my life and what I felt was really possible in my future. One of the conclusions I came to was that I do want children. Not because God commanded that we should multiply and replenish the earth, but because I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be a good dad. Also, I feel having children is an unparalleled human experience that anyone is lucky to have. I also decided that I still want a committed, monogamous relationship. Not because society frowns on less traditional relationships. But because everything Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned from observation, personal experience and formal education on the subject leads me to believe that this is the type of relationship that will bring me the most happiness and fulfillment. Also, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t share well. Some of the most difficult things for me to verbalize are what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m attracted to physically. But I can tell you this: I look at the chiseled, hairless, model type of man the same way I used to look at the cadavers in my college anatomy class. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interesting, sometimes you want to lean in for a better look, and they can make you marvel at the human form, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to touch them. I believe that if I pull myself together and get my life on track, that if I take care of myself, then I will in turn be able to recognize someone who also loved himself enough, and valued his life enough, to have done the same. Someone with whom I can live happily ever after because we worked for our happily ever after every day we were together, and a good number of our days before we met. And what if I never meet a person with whom I can live happily ever after? Well, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll still be in a good place, because either way I found myself first. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not telling you any of this because I think you actually care what I want. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m telling you this because I know what it feels like to wonder if you will ever find what you want. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a discouraging thing to know that and be unable to find it, especially when so many of the people around you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to have the same problem. I shared what I want and have not yet found, because I believe that every human being seeks validation for his or her feelings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; validation that is often found when realizing that others have felt what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling, feared what you fear, and found joy despite it all. Q

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e had many good nominations for QSaltLakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Person of the Yearâ&#x20AC;? for 2007. The most common nomination was â&#x20AC;&#x153;me.â&#x20AC;? Everyone seemed to think that they were the person who made the greatest impact on Utahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gay and lesbian community in the last year. Our decision came down to who raised the issue of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights the loudest and in the most ardent way. Last year could be called a watershed year for Utahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gay community. For the first time, all serious mayoral contenders were wooing gay support in many different ways. Issues of concern to gay people were front and center in the race, even after the primary election, where it is known that gay voters turn to the poll in greater numbers than the general population. One person stood out with his bold plans, out there for the world to see in mailings, in speeches and on his campaign Web site. Ralph Becker is the one candidate who took the time to sit down and draw up a plan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a bold plan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to further the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Salt Lake City citizens. In his Universal Human Rights Initiative for Salt Lake City, he drafted a â&#x20AC;&#x153;blueprintâ&#x20AC;? (which he is now famous for) for everything from a domestic partnership registry to requiring any company doing business with the city to haev a nondiscrimination clause in their bylaws. Becker never shrank from his support of equal rights for gay people, even when Rod Decker bellowed (as is his style) on a televised debate that gay couples would be going to city hall to basically get â&#x20AC;&#x153;married.â&#x20AC;? His opponent did shrink from the proposal, but Becker was steadfast. Becker will fill the social progressive shoes of outgoing mayor Rocky Anderson and take greater, more well-thought proposals to the city council. Life in Salt Lake City will never be the same. Q

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February The 2007 Utah Legislative session opened with a slew of anti-gay bills, including one sponsored by Rep. Aaron Tilton, R-Springville, to do away with gay-straight alliances in Utahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public schools. Meanwhile, the antics of anti-gay minister Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church at funerals of gays and U.S. soldiers prompted Rep. Ron Bigelow, R-West Valley, to propose a bill requiring that protesters keep a 200-foot distance from funerals in Utah. The bill later passed and Phelpsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; crew later ran afoul of it. Openly-gay Sen. Scott McCoy, D-Salt Lake City, also proposed a bill to strike Utahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now unenforceable consensual sodomy laws. Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, vowed to fight it. Perhaps most damaging of all to Utah families, the Utah Supreme Court handed down its decision in the visitation rights case of Jones vs. Barlow on Feb. 16. The court ruled that the common law doctrine of in loco parentis does not permit Keri Jones (now Manager of Programs & Administration

An Interview with Ralph Becker MICHAEL AARON: What brought you to Utah/Salt Lake and why did you stay? RALPH BECKER: Moving to Salt Lake City was a conscious decision by me. After growing up on the East Coast, I started working during the summers in college at the Grand Canyon for the National Park Service and fell in love with this region’s landscapes and communities. I liked Salt Lake City for its wonderful mix of assets, was accepted to law school, and moved here from Arizona in 1974. Salt Lake City has a tremendous combination of easy access to the mountains and deserts, a friendly population, and a progressive political orientation. It is big and well-located enough to have the amenities and diversity of a bigger city, the friendliness of a smaller town, and attractiveness of a spectacular natural environment. There is no other place I’d rather live.

Salt Lake City could pursue to further human rights, following the tremendous leadership of Mayor Anderson in his social justice agenda. I, and my campaign staff, researched the types of initiatives that other communities were pursuing, what was possible under Utah law, and the range of options for Salt Lake City. We then reviewed these ideas and gathered other thoughts from discussions with Equality Utah leaders and Utah legal experts. We were able to find many opportunities for improvements in our laws and policies, even within the constraints of Utah law. MA: You are the first local politician to so squarely put forth solid proposals for gay civil rights. Why did you hit the issue so squarely in your campaign?

There is no other place I’d rather live.

MA: What was your first involvement with the issue of gay civil rights, and if different, your first involvement with Utah’s gay community? RB: My first involvement with gay civil rights came in two ways. First, as a relatively young man, a dear friend informed me he was gay; I came immediately to the realization that gay issues are at their heart civil rights issues. My involvement in gay/LBGT policy and politics started when I ran for the Utah House of Representatives in 1996. I spent time with gay civil rights folks I knew, becoming informed about a range of issues. After my election and throughout my time in the Legislature, I looked for ways to block anti-gay legislation, and foster non-discrimination and bigotry in discussion and action. MA: How did your “Universal Human Rights Initiatives for Salt Lake City” come about? What kind of research did you do? RB: A great pleasure in running for Mayor was to explore what next steps

MA: What do you think your greatest challenge will be walking in on your first day as mayor? RB: I have an ambitious agenda for equal rights, environment, downtown vitality, neighborhood protection, and a quality public education. My challenge will be for me and other Salt Lake City government employees to assure that we maintain and improve City services, effectively address community issues that come to us, but keep focused on accomplishing the objectives we have laid out in the campaign. I’m excited for the opportunity. MA: What else would you like to tell Utah’s gay and lesbian community?

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of dedicated service to the Utah community. Prominent local lesbian activist and publisher Kathy Worthington died on Feb. 26, almost a year after her partner, Sara Hamblin, died from advanced breast cancer. The Utah Pride Center held its second annual WinterFest, ten days of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender-related workshops, conferences, discussions, dances, concerts and speakers.

The Queer Utah Aquatic Club held its annual Ski and Swim weekend — three days of skiing, snowboarding, water polo, swimming and fun — in the Salt Lake Valley. The event drew hundreds of participants from across the country. Award-winning columnist Ryan Shattuck joined QSaltLake’s staff with his “Load of Bullshattuck” humor column.

March The legislative session rolled on and over Sen. McCoy’s sodomy bill. “I was king for a day,” McCoy lamented after senate Republicans gutted his measure after having approved it the previous day. Meanwhile, Gov. John Huntsman, Jr. signed Tilton’s anti-gay straight alliance bill into law. In Park City, Monsignor Robert Bussen ended his monthly gay and lesbian-welcoming Masses at St. Mary’s Catholic Church after several parishioners accused him of using the services to condone gay sexuality against church teaching. A University of Utah student recruitment day designed to help familiarize gay, lesbian, bisexual

and transgender high school students with the campus’ resources was a bust when not a single student showed up. Organizers at the school’s LGBT Resource Center said that school guidance counselors were interested in the event until their districts told them they couldn’t advertise the day or even give out information to students without a parental permission slip. Continued on next page

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of Equality Utah) to see the daughter she and her former partner, Cheryl Barlow, conceived during their relationship. The day after the ruling, Hollii Whitting tells her former partner Gina Herrera that she can no longer see the daughter they conceived during their relationship. Herrera’s suit for visitation is pending. Former Utah Jazz player John Amaechi came out with a bang in his book Man in the Middle. Dr. Kristen Ries, one of the first physicians to respond to the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s, retired after more than 20 years

RB: From the beginning of my political life, I have wanted to address gay civil rights, but have felt constrained and defensive within the Utah legislative setting. Looking at the opportunity to set an agenda for Salt Lake City freed me from prior political realities and allowed me to approach what we, in Salt Lake City, can do to move our community into its rightful place at the forefront in Utah and even nationally.

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2007 Year in Review oral hopeful) Jenny Wilson revived a plan to offer health care beneďŹ ts to same-sex domestic partners of county employees. QSaltLake published the second annual Most Faaabulous Awards.

May

The 2007 Equality Riders, a group mostly made up of students, visited colleges and universities across the country with anti-gay policies to open dialogue with students and administrators. Four Utahns â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Emil Pohlig, Kourt Osborn, Matthew Kulisch and Mike Kramer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were part of the tour, all but Osborn are former Brigham Young University students. When the group rallied at BYU, Osborn and his mother were arrested for walking onto school property to deliver letters from gay BYU students to administrators. The Soulforce-sponsored riders also rallied at BYU-Idaho in April. Eight of them were arrested there.

April Bountifulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parent Teacher Association board threatened to withdraw from the national PTA over an advertisement for the Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gaysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; scholarship fund that appeared in the national PTAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magazine, Our Children. The Bountiful organization called the ad an attempt to â&#x20AC;&#x153;impose and legitimize alternative lifestyles on our students and children.â&#x20AC;? Salt Lake County Councilwoman (and later may-

BYU relaxed its anti-gay policies. For the ďŹ rst time, the school differentiated between having a gay orientation and acting on that orientation or promoting the acceptability of gay sex (only the last two are now punishable under the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honor code). School ofďŹ cials said the change was unrelated to Equality Ridersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; visit in March. Utah Equality Riders Kourt Osborn and Amanda Harris were arrested at Focus on the Familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Colorado Springs headquarters when the two held a sit-in on the property to raise awareness about the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anti-gay rhetoric. The Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire held Coronation XXXII. The Double Crowned Crystal Wizard Emperor H.M.I.M Regent Emperor XXXII Alan Anderson, Rejuvinator of the Spike and the Double Crowned Only Serene Passionate Black Diamond African Empress H.M.I.M Regent Empress XXXII Sheneka Christie, the Essence of the Spike now preside over The Court of Many Colours Under the Midnight Moon.

June For the ďŹ rst time, the Utah Pride Festival was held as a three-day event and drew a record number of attendees. Gay NBA star and former Utah Jazz player John Amaechi served as grand marshal and entertainment was provided by such notables as Sheena Easton and En Vogue.

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The Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps of Salt Lake City took second place at Las Vegasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; annual Pride Parade. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We only lost ďŹ rst [place] due to the fact that we did not use lights on the ďŹ&#x201A;ag poles,â&#x20AC;? lamented director Logan Brueck. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on that for next year.â&#x20AC;?

September Supporters of a school vouchers referendum were accused of â&#x20AC;&#x153;push pollingâ&#x20AC;? for asking how a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position on the voucher law would be altered if they realized that voucher supporters, which the survey dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;liberal national teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; union,â&#x20AC;? also support same-sex unions. The measure was ultimately defeated at the polls in November. Southern Utah Pride @ Zion kicked off its ďŹ fth year with the biggest parade and festival yet on Sept. 28. Vendors and marchers from several states (and a few from other countries) attended. A Utah appeals court ruled that the 2002 ďŹ ring of transgender UTA bus driver Krystal Ettsity was legal under Utah law. Ettsity was ďŹ red in part because she is a male-to-female transgender person.

October

Cyndi Lauper, the Dresden Dolls, Erasure and a host of gay and gay-friendly musicians rocked Salt Lake City at the True Colors Tour on June 9. Plan-B Theatre Company took playwright Carol Lynn Pearsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smash-hit play, Facing East, about a Mormon coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attempts to deal with the death of their gay son, off-Broadway in New York City. The American Psychiatric Association named local gay therapist Dr. Lee Beckstead to its sexual orientation task force. Openly lesbian Rep. Jackie Biskupski, D-Salt Lake City, took a job as Sheriff Jim Winderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administrative assistant on June 4. Chad Keller, QSaltLake columnist and community activist, died June 26, four days before Gay Freedom Day, a celebration Keller co-founded to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots.

July CafĂŠ Marmalade opened at the Utah Pride Center on July 5. Co-owners Kim Paulus and Bob Evans of Sugarhouse Coffee explained that the cafĂŠâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purpose is to provide the community with delicious organic food and not â&#x20AC;&#x153;nachos and other crap like that.â&#x20AC;? The cafĂŠ also serves as a music and performance venue at the Center. Police Chief Chris Burbank apologized to gay rights leader and Stonewall Shooting and Sports owner David Nelson for ejecting Nelson from the Utah Pride Festival for carrying an unconcealed ďŹ rearm. Nelson had previously ďŹ led a complaint stating that Burbankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ cers had violated the law in ejecting him because he has a permit to carry such weapons. Former American Fork resident James Gau, 50, was arrested for attempting to hire an undercover Reno police ofďŹ cer to kill his wife, apparently so he could pursue a relationship with his boyfriend in Carson City, Nev. Gau pleaded guilty in December and faces two to 15 years in prison.

August Anti-gay LDS Church leader James Faust died Aug. 10. In 1995 Faust wrote of homosexuality: â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is some widely accepted theory extant that homosexuality is inherited. How can this be? No scientiďŹ c evidence demonstrates absolutely that this is so. Besides, if it were so, it would frustrate the whole plan of mortal happiness.â&#x20AC;? Construction ofďŹ cially began on The Marmalade, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;gayborhoodâ&#x20AC;? housing project on Third West and Fifth North. Approximately 30 percent of buyers are expected to be gay or lesbian. Idaho Sen. Larry Craig denied being gay after being arrested in June for allegedly soliciting an undercover ofďŹ cer for sex in a Minneapolis airport restroom. QSaltLake held the annual QDay @ Lagoon on Aug. 19.

The Utah Division of Child and Family Services told Salem, Utah gay couple Michael Oberg and Gregg Valdez that they cannot have custody of the children of Obergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s niece. Although the woman wanted Oberg and Valdez to take her children while she got her life back together, Utah law says the two are unďŹ t guardians because they are unmarried and cohabitating. In order to spare the children further pain and anguish, the couple eventually sent them to stay with maternal grandparents. Marc Handley pleaded guilty to lesser charges of assault causing substantial bodily injury and public intoxication in the 2006 gay-bashing of Joshua Shuck. Shuck, who Handley assaulted at the end of the 2006 Jazz Festival, had two vertebrae crushed in the assault and still suffers physical pain and emotional trauma a year later. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wish the worst for him because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want this to happen to anyone else,â&#x20AC;? Shuck said after the plea. In honor of its 30th anniversary, AfďŹ rmation, a group for gay and lesbian Mormons, held its annual conference in Washington, D.C. Speakers included playwright Carol Lynn Pearson, Bill Russel (a member of LDS splinter church, The Community of Christ) and openly-gay Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson, whose 2003 ordination caused controversy throughout the worldwide Anglican Church.

November After a year of struggling with the Southwest Utah Health Department to get promised funding, the Washington County HIV/AIDS Task Force faced another problem: the state denied them funding to continue their HIV testing and education efforts in 2008 and 2009. Other HIV/AIDS groups, including the Utah AIDS Foundation, said they have also faced funding cuts. Gay-friendly Ralph Becker was overwhelmingly elected as Salt Lake Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new mayor. Sen. McCoy spoke to students and local gays at Dixie State College on Nov. 19. To welcome the senator, an unnamed student stole a Pride ďŹ&#x201A;ag ďŹ&#x201A;own at the school. School ofďŹ cials later said the incident was a misunderstanding. The student apparently thought the rainbow-striped version of Old Glory was a joke at the U.S. ďŹ&#x201A;agâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expense. Hotel Monacoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Red Party raised over $21,000 for the Utah AIDS Foundation. QSaltLake moved ofďŹ ces to its current Sugar House location.

December Openly-lesbian Rep. Christine Johnson, D-Salt Lake City, vowed to run an anti-discrimiation bill in 2008 targeted to protecting gays and transgender people in housing and employment. RCGSEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Snow Ball raised over $6,000 for people living with AIDS in Utah. Q

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Well, geeky ones, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a quiet and relaxing holiday with some good friends, a copy of Frank Herbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s science fiction classic Dune and Joss Whedonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s instant classic Serenity â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which I watched for the first time the day after Christmas. And as 2007 draws to a close, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thinking about the coming year in terms of mainly two things: writing deadlines and geekery. As this column is the purest intersection of the two, I thought now might be a good time to share my 2008 Geeky Resolutions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that is, the fandom-related things I hope to do before itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to write my Jan. 1, 2009 column. I mean, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way more productive than vowing to eat less chocolate and drop those 10 pounds youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been fighting since sophomore year of college, right? Right. So. What do I want to do since Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not about to give up the occasional almond rocca to look like a teenager again? 1. Read the Dune series. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My other car is a shai-huludâ&#x20AC;? is a slogan on an author friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s online avatar that baffled me (but not enough to, you know, actually google it or ask her or anything) until my friend Amy pushed her copy of Frank Herbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dune into my hands right before Christmas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll love it!â&#x20AC;? She insisted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has giant sandworms.â&#x20AC;? Giant sandworms otherwise known as shai-hulud. When a part of geek culture that puzzles me gets explained, I get interested. And I get even more interested when the explanation also comes with a gorgeous desert planet, intelligent characters, genuine humor, more political intrigue than the current presidential administration and a war between humans and machines that makes The Matrix look like a game of Hearts played on a dial-up modem. And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget. Giant ... Freaking ... Sandworms. With a way cooler name than the ones on Beetlejuice had. Not to mention a heroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey arc that would make Joseph Campbell proud. They say Herbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work inspired Star Wars and it shows, folks: evil galactic empire, a band of diverse rebels; heck, even a desert planet. And unlike Star Wars, which ended after three films (or should have, yuck!), this series consists of Herbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original six books, and three prequels, three sequels and a few other books written by Herbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son Brian and Kevin J. Anderson after Frank Herbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not anal enough to count, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m assuming Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got at least 9,000 pages

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waiting for me in 2008. Since this is space opera at its finest and purest, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t push through them fast enough. 2. Finish the Lord of the Rings. Yes, I have read The Hobbit. No, I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t finished the trilogy set after The Hobbit. Yes, I am a very, very bad geek. Yes, combined with all of the supplemental material (such as The Silmarillion) Lord of the Rings could probably take on Dune in a cage match. Yes, I have my work cut out for me. 3. Watch Firefly. I am a very bad geek, seriously. 4. Win an Eye of Argon reading contest at a con. For the uninitiated, the Eye of Argon is reportedly the worst science fiction novella ever written; so bad that even its authorship is in question, with some crediting the work to Jim Theis, others to a cabal of anonymous satirists with too much time on their hands. It contains such classic lines as: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prepare to embrace your creators in the stygian haunts of hell, barbarian,â&#x20AC;? gasped the first soldier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Only after you have kissed the fleeting stead of death, wretch!â&#x20AC;? returned Grignr. Grignr. Seriously. Hey. Properly rested and without the hindranceâ&#x20AC;?helpâ&#x20AC;? of hard liquor, I think I might have a fighting chance. 5. Attend Worldcon. This is a ginormous convention that, true to its name, is held in a different city annually. The fact that it was held in Yokohama, Japan last year probably shows you why having it next door in Denver is a pretty big deal for me. Okay, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five for me. Now, five for you, my geeky ones. 6. More author interviews. There are plenty of fantastic gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender authors writing equally fantastic genre fiction today, some of it queer-themed, some of it not. They need attention, you always need books, and I have a column. It fits together like sygian haunts of hell, fleeting steads of death and Grignr. Or something. 7. More fan stuff. Geeks are not only devoted to the games, movies, books, TV shows and stories we love, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also a pretty creative and talented bunch. With so much fabulous fan fiction, fan art, fan costumes and even fan videos out there, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shame that all this appreciation doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get more recognition. Again, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a column and you have cool stuff. Pretty good fit. 8. More con reports. Because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re good places to find gay pros, fans and other geeks doing cool stuff. And because I am totally serious about that Eye of Argon thing. 9. More suggestions from you. Is there something gay and geeky I should check out? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the purpose of joselle@qsaltlake.com. 10. More explosions. Okay, not really. But it worked for the intro to Season 4 of South Park. Happy New Year, geeky ones. No reading Eye of Argon with a hangover, yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;hear? Q

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YOUR CALENDAR OF ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT & IMPORTANT EVENTS

I was brought to tears on my birthday/New Year’s Eve when I was graced with the presence of several dear friends of mine whom I was not expecting. I was so happy, I beat a large pink-ish penis with a stick until mini bottles of booze shot out of it. It was the best damn birthday/New Year’s Eve I’ve had in years. I hope it was for you too!

3THURSDAY Q Kilby Court has booked a band from Provo called Saint Sebastian’s School for Wicked Girls, which was derived from a school for wayward girls in Paris. Allegedly, in 1940 the school was relocated to North Dakota due to frequent outbreaks of slapping and scratching with the students of the neighboring Saint Rupert’s School for Effeminate Boys. Oh such blasphemy. 7pm, Kilby Court, 741 S. 330 West. Tickets $9 at the door, 320-9887 or kilbycourt.com.

4FRIDAY Q Chicago’s legendary comedy theatre, The Second City, will perform some of the best sketches, songs and improvisations from their 45-year history during this special engagement presented by the Egyptian Theatre Company. Second City’s alumni list reads like a who’s who of American comedy, as it includes: Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner, Chris Farley, Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. 8pm, through Saturday, Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main Street, Park City. Tickets $35–45, 435-649-9371 or egyptiantheatrecompany.org. Q The Utah Arts Alliance’s grand opening of their new Recording Arts Program and full service recording studio, Midnight Records kicks off with an opening reception for the visual art exhibit The Sound and the Fury by local artist, John Bell. In addition, live music performances will be presented by area artists, Michael Lucarelli, Marv Hamilton, Seraphim and the Purr-Bats. 6–11pm, Midnight Records Studio, 127 S. Main Street. Free, 466-8818 or midnightrecordstudio.com.

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5SATURDAY Q As part of their Center Stage concert series, the Utah Pride Center presents Negative Nancy, an indie folk band with a rock edge. They aren’t a trio of pessimistic ninny lesbians — they’re funky, fun and “one saucy little number.” 7pm, Cafe Marmalade, Utah Pride Center, 361 N. 300 West. Suggested donation $5 at the door, 539-8800 or negativenancyband.com. Q This multi award-winning choreographer tapped into Broadway at the age of 10. Now, 24 years later, Savion Glover shuffles into Park City for a funk-driven, unorthodox tap performance. Well flick my waddle and call me Happy Feet, this should be dance sensation at its most sensational. 7:30pm, Eccles Center, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City. Tickets $45, 435-655-3114 or ecclescenter.org.

7MONDAY

down the slope, teary-eyed and taking hits of a flask. That was my last ski adventure many years ago. But for those of you who are like Picabo Street in a boa, then sign up now for the Utah Gay & Lesbian Ski Week. All day, through Jan. 13, Park City area ski resorts. Register online at communityvisions.org, and registration fees vary.

10THURSDAY Q Pinnacle Acting Company presents Frank McGuinness’ Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, a political drama about an American doctor, an Irish journalist and an English academic held captive by terrorists in Beirut. As time passses, the three display their biases, prejudices, resentments and recriminations. 7:30pm, through Saturday & Jan. 17–19, Sugar Space, 616 E. 2190 South. Tickets $10/adv.–$12/at door, 674-7956 or thesugarspace.com.

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Q Binh Danh creates “sun leaf prints” by transferring a photographic “negative” onto leaves and plants in the new exhibit Life, Times and Matters of the Swamp. The imagery itself — which stands in for individual episodes of history and memory — are inscribed in the very tissue of the leaf. 11am–5pm, Mon.–Fri. & Noon–5pm, Saturday, through Feb. 16, Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, 2001 University Circle, Ogden. Free, 626-6420.

Q So I checked out tid-bits of comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer on YouTube and I have to say the woman is damn funny. She pokes at her girlfriend(s), gay boys, lesbians, her parents and just about any experience she’s ever had with improvisational wit and goofy expressions. For more on this blond ambition, read her interview on page 21. 8pm, Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $28, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

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Q Their repertoire includes classic masterpieces, Dixieland, swing, and favorites from both Broadway and Hollywood. They are the enigmatic Dallas Brass, and they’ve really got ‘em ... if you know what I mean.

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7:30pm, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, UofU. Tickets $19.50–25.50, 581-7100 or kingtix.com.

Q Based on the movie written by David

Hare, The Vertical Hour is an electrifying play about the cataclysmic events in 21stcentury war-torn Irag. A Middle-East war correspondent travels to Britain to meet her prospective father-in-law, an eminent physician battling personal demons. Over the course of several days, they engage in a passionate discussion of personal and political ethics in the age of terrorism. 7:30pm, through Jan. 26, Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, UofU. Tickets $21–39, 581-6961 or pioneertheatre.org.

12SATURDAY Q She’s the granddaughter of Hank Williams and the daughter of Hank Williams Jr., but Holly Williams ain’t about cheating spouses, alcholism, unorthodox bonds with horses and any other woe facing country music. She’s a talented folk-pop-rock singer/songwriter with just a hint of that Nashville twang. 7:30pm, Eccles Center, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City. Tickets $55, 435-655-3114 or ecclescenter.org.

14MONDAY Q This month’s gay movie night, presented by The Village, screens the thought-provoking Six Degrees of Separation. The 1993 dramedy features Stockard Channing, Donald Sutherland and Will Smith as a gay man with many secrets. There will also be a screening of the short film Naked Men and a raffle drawing for two ski tickets and lessons. 7pm, Tower Theater, 876 E. 900 South. Tickets are regular movie price, 2-for-1 tickets available, 321-0310 or utahaids.org.

16WEDNESDAY Q I guess he really is a superstar because Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar has been readapted about as many times as the Bible’s been reinterpreted. See Egyptian Theatre Company’s contemporary anachronisms on this divine show. 7:30pm, through Thursday, Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main Street, Park City. Tickets $48, 435-649-9371 or egyptiantheatrecompany.org.

Q Wasatch Theatre Company presents Joe Orton’s naughty Victorian peep show What the Butler Saw. It’s a memorable farce about a trendy London psychiatrist’s clinic that becomes a bedlam of gender confusion, mistaken identities, clothes strewn asunder and sexual intrigue. Sounds like a Naked Boys Singing night at Michael’s house. 8pm, through Feb. 3, Studio Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $15, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Feb. 8-17 — WinterPride Mar. 6 — Matchbox Twenty, E Center Mar. 11 — Bette Midler, Las Vegas

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Suzanne Westenhoefer, one of the first openly gay stand-up comedians, says being an openly gay comic is a political move, an activist move and they’re [out comedians] all very much aware that they’re trying to make change or they wouldn’t be out. Tony HOBDAY: I understand your career as a comedian started after you were dared to enter a comedy contest? Suzanne WESTENHOEFER: I was and I won. TH: That’s so cool. How did it happen? SW: I had to memorize a 3-minute routine ... and I have never memorized much after that. There were 15 other contestants and we all had three minutes. The winner was determined by audience applause, and I won $25. TH: So you immediately fell in love with it.

SAVETHEDATE JAN. 8 Jazz Brunch equalityutah.org JAN. 17 Citizen Lobbyist Training equalityutah.org JAN. 24 Rally at the Capitol equalityutah.org FEB. 8–17 WinterPride slcwinterpride.org JUNE 6–8 Utah Pride Festival utahpride.org JUNE 13 Salt Lake Men’s Choir “SLMC Does Hollywood” 25th Anniversary Concert saltlakemenschoir.org AUG. 7–10 PWACU River Trip pwacu.org OCT 10–12 Salt Lake City GayBowl VIII mwffl.org

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SW: No! I found the process to be very stressful when I first started stand-up. I thought I had to have completely new material every time I performed. I didn’t understand that you could use jokes over and over again for years and perfect them. It’s something I never got into, I never do that, but in the beginning I didn’t know you could use them twice. So I was stressed about doing stand-up.

a joke that doesn’t get the response you want it feels like a full minute of silence has gone by when it’s really only been a few seconds because you’re going through your mind, shuffling through and finding something else to say quickly to keep moving. You just keep moving and you eventually get the audience back. Plus of course, I never ever bomb. [Laughs] OK, maybe once in a while.

TH: Even while on stage?

TH: I have to admit that I haven’t heard of you before this interview ...

SW: Actually when I was on stage I was very relaxed. I loved, loved doing it.

SW: Well I won’t hold it against you.

TH: Now that you know the process, it sounds like a stress-free job.

TH: Thank you.

SW: Yeah, yeah, yeah. In all honesty, since the beginning being on stage is not stressful. That’s the best part. Everything surrounding getting up on the stage is the stress like travel, travel and traveling. As everyone knows travel is just brutal, there’s nothing good about it anymore. It’s when I hear, “Now here’s Suzanne Westenhoefer,” I instantly become relaxed.

TH: Oh I’m so sorry, but truthfully I checked out a few of your acts on YouTube just to get a feel for your style and I was just rolling with laughter.

TH: If one of your jokes happens to bomb, does that freak you out or loose concentration? TH: I don’t loose concentration because when I’m telling a joke I’m already thinking about the next joke, something to go with it. It’s hard to explain, but what happens is when you tell

SW: But I am judging you harshly.

SW: Thank you, thank you. That’s a nice thing to say. TH: I especially liked the material about gay cruises, about how the guys run around decorating the ship. And the expressions you give off are just classic. SW: Thank you. [Awkward pause] SW: You can see how well I take a compliment. [Laughs] TH: Also, I noticed that you talk about your girlfriend in your act, are you

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still with her? SW: I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know exactly whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s showing on YouTube, but my girlfriend now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been dating for four years and I do talk about her. My ex-girlfriend was also a topic of conversation because I talk about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in my life at the time. TH: On YouTube, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about a trip to Egypt with your girlfriend ... SW: Oh yeah, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my ex-girlfriend. TH: So whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your new girlfriend like? SW: Come to the show and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll tell you. TH: Ok, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fair answer. TH: I want to go back a bit here to your growing up in Amish country. SW: [Enthusiastically] Columbia, Pennsylvania. TH: So, you grew up Amish?

SW: No, no ... [Sarcastically] that would be funny. Not the least of which it would be the topic of my comedy every single time. TH: Have you performed in Salt Lake City before? SW: Yes, many times. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve performed at the university ... not Brigham Young. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been there a couple of times at MoDiggityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, in conjunction with your Pride. Can you hold on one second? TH: Sure. [Mumbling through the phone] Feels like a full minute has passed but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only been a few seconds. SW: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so sorry. My bathroomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being remodeled. And theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here to hook a shower thing-y in. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not good lesbian vocabulary. SW: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the longest most horrible process ever.

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TH: Actually, my parents are also in the midst of remodeling a bathroom, and the other day my dad was repainting it. He asked my mom, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do you want it all the same color?â&#x20AC;? and she said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yes.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; So he proceeded to paint the walls, the ceiling, and the back of the door all the same color. SW: Ohhh ... he took it literal. TH: Sufficed to say, my mom was not happy. SW: My girlfriend, who is a spectacular human being, is slightly color blind. We went to Home Depot and picked out paint swatches and took them home, put up against the tile, and she would pick these color combinations and say â&#x20AC;&#x153;here this looks good.â&#x20AC;? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d reply â&#x20AC;&#x153;uhhh ... nooo!â&#x20AC;? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d invite our friends over and ask them which color they liked and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say who picked this weird yellow â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t match. My girlfriend has wonderful taste, but she thinks our tile is green and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually gray. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK, I mean itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go out and buy the rug and stuff like that to match it anyway. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to happen. My girlfriendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s butch, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not getting her in Bed, Bath & Beyond.

the word lesbian, so they used â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;alternative comic.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I just had to laugh. But every single city in the United States has something that defines it, that makes it interesting, that makes it special. Salt Lake has the Mormons, and I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to make fun of them, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to go see the Temple. All the genealogy stuff they do is unbelievable. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like any other city â&#x20AC;&#x201D; when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in New York you mock out the cab drivers, the dirt. When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in New Jersey you just mock out New Jersey ... as a whole. Cleveland set itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lake on fire and people are still talking about that even though it happened in the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s. People come to L.A. and think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a bunch of movie stars walking around and that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all idiots, that we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the President. I get that all the time, people ask me â&#x20AC;&#x153;How can you live there? Do they read?â&#x20AC;? And I say theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll pick up a book now and again if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to make a movie out of it.

I remember very clearly the first time I visited Salt Lake City ... because of the high Mormon influence, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little Stepfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2018;like, you know.

TH: So back to Salt Lake City. Give me your impression of it, what you like or dislike about it. SW: I remember very clearly the first time I visited Salt Lake City. I was living back east, in New Jersey, and I had never seen [from the plane] the mountains like that, the city down in the valley of the mountains. It was so breathtaking. And then we landed and everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so beautiful and so clean. But because of the high Mormon influence, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little Stepford-like, you know. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just that first impression though thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little overwhelming â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so beautiful but sterile. I mean when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re from New York, New Jersey or Philadelphia youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re first thoughts are â&#x20AC;&#x153;whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the litter? Does anybody live here?â&#x20AC;? TH: What about the people in Salt Lake City, like at your shows? SW: The audiences are rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always ready and excited. And I can do jokes about the Mormons, the Utah culture, and they laugh and get it because they obviously know. Not that I get a big bunch of Mormons coming to my show, but that would be fun if they did. Actually, there was one show I remember at the university where some Mormons came, but they stood in the back of the theatre. It was funny because, they came, stood in the back, laughed and laughed, and as soon as I said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;thank you, good night,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; they ran. TH: I guess they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be seen. SW: Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s silly. There was a story about me years ago in the Deseret News, and they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allowed to use

we get them out?â&#x20AC;?

TH: Right, they read scripts while driving to and from auditions. SW: Exactly. But I really do like Salt Lake City. It has a shockingly large gay community. I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absolutely great. But then you worry for them. You think â&#x20AC;&#x153;how do

TH: But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true, the gay population just keeps growing here. SW: Really, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ignore that the city of Salt Lake has a pretty awesome quality of life. TH: Are you good friends with other comedians, do you hang out with them a lot? SW: I know most of the other openly gay comics. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a few of the newer ones I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t met. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sort of a tight community. But we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all hang out or even live near each other. Though there are a couple of comics here in L.A. that I hang out with. TH: So the profession isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too competitive? SW: It is. But most of us as gay comics have a sense of what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing. Being an openly gay comic is a political move, an activist move. And though it can be competitive in the sense of getting jobs, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all very much aware that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to make change or we wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be out. TH: Do you know Bob Smith? SW: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known him forever. TH: Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of my favorite comedians. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve read all his books. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s he like in person? SW: Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charming, lovely and wicked funny. He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an enemy in the world â&#x20AC;&#x201D; every comic loves him. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a peacemaker, a genuine good man. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known him since about 1990 and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a very good friend. Q

the bingo at which Monaco made her debut was also the same one that raised the Sluts’ record of $2,300. With so much time devoted to what Jackson calls his “dream job” at Kimpton, he has to think a bit about what he likes to do when he isn’t planning an event or booking rooms for a celebrity and his or her entourage. “I love to travel,” he says at last. “This year I visited New York City for the first time and Paris for five days. I also like skiing and snowboarding.” He laughs. “This sounds like my MySpace profile! ‘I like long walks on the beach ...’” But what he loves the most, he says, is making a difference. “Two friends a year ago told me they were HIV positive,” he explains. “It changed my whole outlook on that. That’s why I do what I do. I want to see them live long lives. I want to see the Utah AIDS Foundation go out of business in five years because we’ve discovered a cure.” Q

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As part of its eco-friendly mission, the hotel also partners with the non-profit organization Parks for People in July to raise funds for public green spaces. “Parks for People takes old buildings and lots downtown and turns them into parks,” Jackson explains. “In honor of that, we’ve turned our hotel drive into a park the last couple of years.” And then there is a party of a different color, the Pink Party for Pride, which Monaco launched in 2007. Held near Utah Pride Day, the purpose of this fiesta, according to Jackson, is “to thank our clients and the gay community for what they do for us.” As with its redder sister, all funds raised (an impressive $2,200 in its freshman year) go to the Utah AIDS Foundation. Naturally, Jackson will spend his summer months organizing this party as well. Despite all the work he does for charity, it seems Jackson just can’t get enough. Since last June he has been a member of UAF’s executive council and a key organizer for the organization’s Oscar Gala Night. He also regularly participates in the group’s Walk for Life as part of Team Kimpton. And if you really want to make him blush, just mention his Utah Cyber Sluts alter-ego, Monaco Lewinsky. The story goes that the Sluts ominously asked him to show up half an hour early to one of their two Gay Bingo nights to benefit the Red Party. And when an innocent Jackson obediently showed up at the First Baptist Church as instructed, the Sluts pounced. “They dragged me back to a dressing room, dressed me up and named me Monaco Lewinsky,” Jackson laughs. Since then, Monaco sometimes appears with the Sluts at their increasingly popular bingo nights. “She likes to call out bingo numbers and show off the prizes to get the crowd going,” he says. And with just a little prodding he explains that he likes to play with the prizes — especially Kimpton’s luxurious bathrobes. “I enjoy putting one on and walking through the crowd and letting everyone touch it.” “I like to think I have a bit of a following, but who knows?” he laughs. Indeed, who knows? But for the record,

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In his four and a half years at Hotel Monaco-Salt Lake City, Entertainment Guru Shawn Jackson (yes, that really is his official title) has seen many incredible things. There were times he coordinated lodgings for Cher and rock band Def Leppard. Or the time he ran into “Ironic” Canadian chanteuse Alanis Morissette in the middle of one of the hotel’s hallways. But one of the coolest things Jackson has seen at the hotel is the Red Party, an annual event Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants (Monaco’s parent company), in several regions across the country, hold in honor of World AIDS Day (Dec. 1). The hotels and their restaurants cover all of the parties’ costs and all proceeds go to a local HIV/AIDS organization — in Monaco’s case, this is the Utah AIDS Foundation. Last year’s Red Party in Salt Lake City raised over $21,000 for UAF, a three-fold increase from the $7,000 it netted for the organization in 2006. At first, it appears that Salt Lake City’s single hotel has beat out hotels in more traditionally gay-friendly regions including New York City, Denver and San Francisco, where Kimpton got its start in 1983, when AIDS was still known as Gay-Related Immune Deficiency Syndrome. But as Jackson talks, he receives an emailed correction: Washington D.C. and not Salt Lake City holds first place at $23,500. “Well, it looks like we were second, but they have eight properties in the D.C. region and we have one,” Jackson says. “We’re seeing a growth here and to be recognized as one property that raised over $20,000 … it just touched me. It’s just an amazing feeling to know at the end of the day that you’ve raised money for a good cause. That makes all the hard work worthwhile.” And Jackson certainly put in a lot of hard work for last year’s Red Party. For the first time in the three years Salt Lake City’s property has participated he was given total control over the event. “They picked me to do the whole thing,” he laughs. “So I just ran with a bunch of ideas.” These ideas included the party’s stunning decorations — which included projections of flames on the walls of the hotel’s lobby to make the building seem “as if it was on fire.” To add to the smoking “Red Hot” image, Jackson also arranged to have fire dancers outside the hotel — and ended up fighting with the city for a permit until virtually the last minute. Add to this, the last-minute rushing around to find businesses willing to donate larger items for the party’s auction and Jackson admits he was exhausted by the party’s end. “Once everything was done, I went downstairs to ask the accountants to hear the total, and it brought a tear to my eye,” he remembers. The Red Party isn’t the only Monaco charity event in which Jackson, as Entertainment Guru, is deeply involved. Each March, the hotel holds Dress For Success to give business attire to impoverished women seeking to enter the work force.

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Hollywood Buzz In a year filled with scandal and stuff you wouldn’t believe unless you’d seen it with your own eyes — and in many cases, thanks to the magic of the Web, could — five stories (and/or trends) stood out from the pack this year. From a death we all saw coming but couldn’t seem to stop to a sickening trend of celebs driving under the influence, 2007 marked a year when celebrity scandal seemed to hit an alltime high. And to think, in the eleventh hour, a popstar’s 16-year-old, knocked-up sister managed to give us a whole new trend to avoid in 2008. NUMBER 5: JODIE FOSTER ‘COMES OUT?’ She had dropping what the media considers to be “hints” for months — talking about Uma’s gorgeous, smooth, Aryanlike features; showing up to charity events like the Trevor Project — but the long-thought to be lesbian actress appeared to take her biggest steps toward the closet door this year when she publicly thanked her partner Cydney at a Hollywood awards banquet. Though she didn’t specifically refer to her as her partner, there’s no mistaking what Jodie Foster did have to say: “[I’d like to thank] my beautiful Cydney who sticks with me through all the rotten and the bliss.” Yes, the same Cydney the press have

been linking her to for damn near 20 years —the one with whom she has children and lives and shares her life. That Cydney. And considering she said it two days after giving her time and money to a suicide hotline that helps at risk gay teens, something tells me Jodie is less concerned that she used to be about being “outed.” Some in the industry will say it’s all well and good, but it’s not the same as actually saying the words ‘I’m gay.’ I say it doesn’t matter. If Jodie wants to keep a part of her private life private, I think she’s earned that right. And as far as I’m concerned, as long as she keeps turning out to support gay causes, that’s more than enough for me. NUMBER 4: BRITNEY AND HER UMBRELLA Sure, losing custody, going to rehab, popping up cracked out of her mind at all sorts of places … all are ripe for this prestigious fourth place honor. Yet somehow, her explanation for the “umbrella incident” manages to take the cake. In one of the more embarrassing apologies of her career — and lord knows there have been many — Britney Spears issued a shout-out to paparazzi, claiming her umbrella tirade wasn’t a nervous meltdown at all, but preparation for a movie role. Yes, you read that correctly. Britney Spears wants everyone to believe that the night she took an umbrella and beat the shit out of an SUV in front of her (then) soon to be ex-hubby Kevin Federline’s house — the same night she checked herself back into rehab on the threat of losing her kids in a custody battle — she didn’t actually have a melt down. She was rehearsing.

For those of you who find that tough to swallow, take a number. Dressed in a hoodie, pearls and, of course, a newlyshorn bald head, Britney’s tirade made for the most creative use of an umbrella since Mary Poppins (quickly to be eclipsed by Rihanna’s smash summer anthem, but hell, we all know Britney can’t own the spotlight for long these days.) Needless to say, Britney didn’t get the role. Maybe that’s because it’s the same mythical movie project Janet Jackson gained 60 pounds for. Oops, did I say that? This is what happens when you don’t have a publicist. NUMBER 3: “HEY YA’LL, I’M PREGNANT.” One Spears sister is trashier than the next. Just when things looked like they couldn’t get much worse for Britney Spears —postponed trial to determine custody, rumors she’s pregnant with a third kid, rumors the courts plan to order drug testing on her kids — along came little 16-year-old Jaime Lynn to steal some focus for herself. She’s pregnant. And the father is 19. How did this happen? I mean, as Mama Spears herself said, Jaime Lynn was such a good girl — she had solid morals and never broke curfew. I mean, Jaime Lynn is a good Christian girl. She met this boy in church. Where did it all go wrong? Did I by chance fail to mention Jaime Lynn was living with this boy, with her mom’s consent? It doesn’t take a Nickelodeon show to figure out 1 + 1 = 2. And teens who happen to be dating living alone together does not a “saving myself for marriage” scenario make. And to think Lynne Spears was hon-

estly shocked. Really? Something tells me no one in the Spears household is having that sage birds and the bees talk. Condoms, anyone? NUMBER 2: THE DEATH OF ANNA NICOLE What struck me most about the death of Anna Nicole Smith is what a mockery her life had become. We all know the gory details. But to put how it all came crashing down into perspective, consider a few of the more lurid rumors that flew in the days following her death. For starters, how about the man who supplied the supermodel (and her son) with a drug that’s medically used to combat heroin addiction. His name, according to TMZ.com, is Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, and according to a documentation they obtained, he wrote a prescription for methadone for Anna on August 25, 13 days before the former Playboy Playmate gave birth to her daughter Dannielyn Hope. The prescription was filled under an alias and sent to Anna in the Bahamas. Now, while several theories have surfaced as to why Anna was using the drug (an attempt to kick a prescription pill habit by filling another prescription or perhaps as a severe pain killer), the big question is who the hell would prescribe a drug as strong as methadone to a pregnant woman? A doc who’s specialty is “Entertainment Medicine”, that’s who… and the same one who rode with Anna during 2005’s West Hollywood Gay Pride parade. Oh, that’s just great. Prescribing pills for love from the gays. What a social climber. Even more insulting than the fact that some doc spoon fed these pills to Anna

(and in turn to her son, don’t forget) is the fact that Bobby Trendy managed to get publicity out of all this. CNN’s talked with him, TMZ got an exclusive, and while I know Bobby’s not exactly known for his tact or his ability to form a thoughtful, coherent sentence, I expected a tad more class than this mess. Following her death, Bobby thanked “… Anna for making me famous. When you think of Anna, think of red, white and pink hearts. She was love as she taught love. She was the breadwinner and supported four people by baring her breasts and genitals for men and women. She was an entertainer who will be missed.” Can you say tacky as shit? I don’t care if the woman hooked for a living, she’s dead and he’s going around talking about her genitalia like it was all she amounted to. Tacky, tacky, tacky, and yet still not as bad as those fuchsia fucking feathered couches he designs. And finally, in what I believe might just be the lowest of the low, someone’s tossed a sixth name into the paternity hat: Anna’s son, Daniel. Yeah, some gossip columnist out there suggested that she’d actually fucked her son and got pregnant. Even after Anna’s death, people seemed desperate to make a mockery out of her life.

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NUMBER 1: NOTHING LIKE AN OLDFASHIONED DUI The photo that got me on this tirade was, of course, of Lindsay Lohan. Mere hours after a drinking binge that had reporters screaming rehab and produced one of the most memorable photos ever snapped of La Lohan, Lindsay’s all a-smile like she’s driving her Jag coupe down the mother of all red carpets, her eyes a-glow, her teeth pearly white. How many wrecks has Lindsay caused? Five? Ten? A dozen or so that never got reported? I mean, I know she’s a bad driver (how could she not be?) and I know the editors of certain supermarket rags should probably be ponying up to split the deductible. But I frankly don’t get why a girl who’s paid $10 million bucks a picture needs to be getting behind the wheel of a car after a night of boozing when there’s flashbulbs going off in her face. How much could a full-time driver possibly charge, $50-$75K a year? Skip out on a couple of Birkin bags, pack up some Kraft services instead of dining at The Ivy twice a week and look what you have there — enough money for a year’s salary. Paris Hilton had the cash (and the rap sheet to warrant an addition to her staff). Nicole Richie should probably look into one now that she’s expecting. My favorite video of the year (one of Jessica Simpson claiming to be designated driver as she makes whacked out faces at the camera and slurs her speech) scores her a much-needed taxi on demand. Kiefer’s up the river. Even D-listers like Rebecca DeMornay and Vivica Fox got popped. And Britney — oh, Britney. Attempting to start your Porsche after stumbling out of an Italian restaurant still drinking your glass of wine? I know you lost the kids, but really, do you need to lose yourself, too? Message to Hollywood stars in 2008: Take a fucking taxi. And that, my friends, brings yet another year to a close. Until 2008 remember, take the time to stop and smell the gossip. Q

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