QSaltLake Magazine - January 31, 2008

January 31, 2008

ISSUE 95

Guide to Winter Pride & Ski-N-Swim 10 Gay Days from comedy and art to skating and downhill

Rally for Bill to End Workplace Discrimination Bill is held in committee

Transgender Worker Fired for Talking to Press

JoSelle Speaks to Researcher about Bisexual Study Gore For Gay Marriage Troy Defends Undocmented Workers Bullshattuck is Back The Gay Agenda Qdoku, Comics

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Salt Lake City Council Will Hear Mayor’s Registry Proposal

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World News

Argentine Couple Seeks Recognition of Spanish Marriage

By Rex Wockner

Euro Court: Gays Must Have Equal Adoption Rights The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled Jan. 22 that gay people cannot be excluded from access to the adoption process based on their sexual orientation.

In a 10-7 decision in the case E.B. v.

France, the court found that France’s refusal to let a lesbian apply to adopt violated articles 8 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which cover protection from discrimination and respect for private and family life.

The court awarded E.B. $14,600 in damages and $21,200 in costs and expenses.

E.B., a nursery-school teacher, has been with her female partner, who is a psychologist, since 1990. E.B.’s application for approval as a possible adoptive parent was rejected by local officials in Jura département in 1998 and 1999, and the rejection eventually was upheld by France’s highest administrative court, the Conseil d’État, in 2002.

Officials cited, in part, the absence of a “paternal referent” in E.B.’s home.

The Euro court determined that it amounted to anti-gay discrimination.

“This is a significant change in the court’s approach towards and interpretation of the rights of LGBT people under the European Convention on Human

Rights,” said Patricia Prendiville, executive director of the European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association. “Today the court firmly established a principle that administrative officials cannot discriminate against an individual on the basis of her/his sexual orientation in the process of applying to adopt a child.”

Rulings by the European Court of Human Rights apply in the 47 countries that are members of the Council of Europe: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

A member state’s refusal to implement a European Court of Human Rights decision could result in expulsion from the Council of Europe.

Argentine gay activists César Cigliutti and Marcelo Suntheim were married in Spain Jan. 21 and plan to demand that Argentina recognize their marriage.

The Argentine capital of Buenos Aires and the province of Río Negro have same-sex civil-union laws, but there is no established mechanism anywhere in the nation for recognizing same-sex marriages from the six countries that allow them.

Anyone from the European Union can marry in Spain. Suntheim and Cigliutti were able to tie the knot because Suntheim has dual Argentine and German citizenship.

Same-sex marriage also is legal in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa and the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

Canada has no citizenship or residency requirements for getting married, and foreign same-sex couples often accomplish the deed in a one-day visit.

Swedes Support Gay Marriage Seventy-one percent of Swedes favor moving beyond the nation’s 14-year-old registered-partnership law and granting gay couples access to full marriage, a new poll has found.

The Sifo poll questioned 1,000 people in mid-January, asking, “Do you think homosexual couples should be able to legally wed or do you think they should not be able to get married?”

Parliament is expected to legalize same-sex marriage by early 2009, making Sweden the seventh nation to do so.

All political parties support the move except for the Christian Democrats. The party holds only 6.6 percent of seats in Parliament but, in a complicating factor, is a member of the governing coalition.

Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has nonetheless been “very clear that there will be a government proposal,” said Jon Voss, editor of Sweden’s leading gay newspaper, QX. “And the opposition will do whatever they can to take the law to Parliament, and by that create a split between the governing parties,” Voss said.

Protester Found Guilty in Riga Pride Attack An assistant to Latvian MP Dainis Turlais was found guilty of gross public disorderliness Jan. 15 for throwing what was likely a bag of feces at celebrants attending the 2006 gay pride events in Riga.

Janis Dzelme was sentenced to 100 hours of compulsory labor by the Vidzeme District Court for demonstrating what the court called an obvious lack of respect toward the public by ignoring universally accepted norms of behavior.

“This is an enormously important precedent which will send very strong signals to those people in Latvia who believe that freedom of assembly and freedom of speech should be limited with violence,” said Kristine Garina, chair of the pride-organizing group Mozaika.

Turlais is among the parliament’s more anti-gay members. He reportedly has called gays “faggots” and “scum.”

Last year’s Riga pride went relatively smooth but in 2005, when activists first attempted to march, the 150 marchers were heavily outnumbered by around 1,000 anti-gay protesters who hurled insults, bottles and rotten eggs, blocked the streets and forced the parade to be rerouted. The protesters chanted “No

sodomy” and “Gays fuck the nation.”

Then, in 2006, the City Council banned the parade. Organizers responded by holding a religious service at a church and meetings at a hotel.

Attendees at both were attacked by Christian, ultranationalist and neo-Nazi protesters who pelted them with eggs, rotten food and feces.

Last year, armed with a court ruling that the 2006 ban was unconstitutional, more than 500 GLBT people marched around a fenced-in park under heavy police protection, dodging only a paint-bomb, an icecream cone and a few firecrackers.

Police outnumbered the marchers and the approximately 100 jeering anti-gay demonstrators.

Kuwaiti Cross-Dressers Arrested, Abused At least 14 cross-dressers have been arrested under a new Kuwaiti law that criminalizes “imitating the appearance of the opposite sex ... in public.”

They are being held in a special ward of Tahla Prison, where guards have shaved off the detainees’ hair and subjected them to other psychological and physical abuse, Human Rights Watch said Jan. 17.

“Transgender people in Kuwait tell Human Rights Watch that they are now afraid to leave their homes — even for work or to meet basic needs — for fear of arrest and ill-treatment,” the organization said in a statement.

“The wave of arrests in the past month shows exactly why Kuwait should repeal this repressive law,” said Joe Stork, deputy director of the group’s Middle East division.

Article 199 of the Criminal Code, approved by the National Assembly on Dec. 10, states, “[A]ny person committing an indecent act in a public place, or imitating the appearance of a member of the opposite sex, shall be subject to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding one thousand dinars,” which is about $3,680.

Oxford Street Loses ‘Mojo’, Becomes ‘Buttcrack’ The gayest street in Sydney, Australia, has “lost its mojo” and become “a buttcrack,” The Sydney Morning Herald reported Jan. 18.

Oxford Street has become crime-ridden and is dominated by 24-hour beer barns, noisy nightclubs and neon-lit convenience stores, according to an Urban Cultures Ltd. report commissioned by the City of Sydney.

The strip “has lost its mojo,” the report said. A neighborhood business lobby was less kind, describing the famous gay ghetto as “a buttcrack between two cheeks,” the Morning Herald said.

13-14 Percent of Canadian Teens Acknowledge Gay Attraction Fourteen percent of Canadian teenage girls and 13 percent of teenage boys are attracted to people of the same sex, a survey has found.

The Ipsos Reid poll results appeared in the January issue of Pediatrics and Child Health.

Asked if they were attracted to boys only, 86 percent of girls said yes.

Asked if they were attracted to girls only, 87 percent of boys said yes.

The data was gathered in online interviews of 1,171 teens aged 14 to 17 and is accurate to within 2.9 percentage points.

National News

Gore Comes Out for Gay Marriage

in love ought to be celebrated and encouraged and shouldn’t be prevented by any form of discrimination in the law.”

The statement officially marks a sea change in Gore’s opinion on same-sex civil marriage. In his 2000 presidential campaign, Gore said he was in favor of civil unions for same-sex couples, but not full marriage rights.

Currently, none of the remaining contenders for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination — Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John Edwards — supports gay marriage, though all have said they support civil unions.

Gore’s announcement drew praise from several Democrats, including the National Stonewall Democrats, a caucus for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Democrats and their allies.

“We applaud Vice President Gore for firmly stating his support for allowing same-sex couples the freedom to marry. It is a position which some would still call courageous, but which a new generation of Americans would call common sense,” said Jon Hoadley, Executive Director of National Stonewall Democrats.

Log Cabin Denounces Huckabee

Huckabee’s longstanding hostility towards gay people came into national focus in December, when the Associated Press published excerpts from a 1992 interview in which he made these statements: “I feel homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural and sinful lifestyle, and we now know it can pose a dangerous public health risk.”

“It is difficult to understand the public policy towards AIDS. It is the first time in the history of civilization in which the carriers of a genuine plague have not been isolated from the general population.”

“In light of the extraordinary funds already being given for AIDS research, it does not seem that additional federal spending can be justified. An alternative would be to request that multimillionaire celebrities, such as Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna and others who are pushing for more AIDS funding be encouraged to give out of their own personal treasuries increased amounts for AIDS research.”

The national gay group Log Cabin Republicans denounced Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee as an anti-gay extremist on Jan. 18.

“Gov. Mike Huckabee is establishing an unfortunate pattern on the campaign trail — making statements about gays and lesbians that demonstrate he’s out of touch with the vast majority of Americans,” said LCR President Patrick Sammon.

“Voters should take a close look at the governor’s pattern of ill-informed and extreme statements,” Sammon said. “Gov. Huckabee should remember it’s 2008, not 1968, and he’s running for president, not preacher.”

In his latest anti-gay remarks, Huckabee told Beliefnet.com on Jan. 17: “I don’t think that’s a radical view to say we’re going to affirm marriage. I think the radical view is to say that we’re going to change the definition of marriage so that it can mean two men, two women, a man and three women, a man and a child, a man and animal. Again, once we change the definition, the door is open to change it again. I think the radical position is to make a change in what’s been historic.”

Sammon responded, “People of good conscience can disagree about marriage equality, but Americans deserve an honest discussion rather than false hysteria about bestiality, pedophilia and polygamy.”

Huckabee also recently said he favors writing God’s laws into the Constitution to save marriage from the gays.

“I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that’s what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards.”

Gay Men Likely Spreading ‘Superbug’ Staph Infection A “superbug” staph infection that can cause nasty boils or worse on the genitals, buttocks and elsewhere is spreading among gay men in San Francisco, Boston and other cities.

The “pUSA03-positive USA300” strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is resistant to numerous types of antibiotics but still can be treated with surgical drainage, the oral antibiotic Bactrim and intravenous drugs.

The findings were reported by the Annals of Internal Medicine on Jan. 14.

Gay men in San Francisco are 13 times more likely to catch the superbug, and one in every 588 people living in the Castro district already has it.

Washing with soap after possible ex-

Lambda tackles N.Y. CanadianMarriage Ruling In Jan. 24 arguments before the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, the gay rights group Lambda Legal urged reversal of an earlier ruling that allowed a school district to refuse to recognize the Canadian marriage of New Yorkers Duke Funderburke and Brad Davis.

“In the midst of this lawsuit, the Department of Civil Service came into line with New York state law by changing its policy and recognizing Mr. Funderburke’s marriage,” said Susan Sommer, senior counsel at Lambda Legal. “The lower court’s decision [is] out of sync with other court decisions on the issue and the policies of state and local government officials.”

Funderburke was a teacher in the Uniondale Union Free School District in Nassau County for 25 years before retiring in 1986.

He later married his partner in Ontario, requested that his husband be added to his retiree health plan, and was turned down.

Lambda filed suit for Funderburke in 2006, arguing that state law requires government entities to recognize valid marriages performed in other states or countries. The Supreme Court, which is not New York’s top court, disagreed and Lambda appealed to the court’s Appellate Division. In the meantime, the Department of Civil Service changed course and began offering benefits to same-sex spouses of public employees under the New York State Health Insurance Program, which leaves the earlier ruling at odds with current law and practice.

That ruling, therefore, must be “wiped from the lawbooks,” Lambda said.

Foreman to Leave Task Force National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman is leaving the organization to head up the Gay & Lesbian Rights Program at the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund in San Francisco.

The fund provides more grant support to GLBT organizations than any other non-gay foundation in the United States.

Foreman has been at the Task Force for five years and is credited with growing the staff to 54 full-timers and doubling the organization’s budget to $10 million.

Between 1992, when then-Executive Director Urvashi Vaid left the job, and Foreman’s arrival in 2003, NGLTF had a revolving door of executive directors — Torie Osborn, Peri Jude Radecic, Melinda Paras, Kerry Lobel, Elizabeth Toledo and Lorri Jean — under whom the organization was “bedeviled [by] structural problems,” as The Advocate put it in 2003. NGLTF also had money problems during that period.

Foreman put a stop to the cycle. He called working for NGLTF “the greatest honor of my life.”

Foreman’s frequent public statements have pulled no punches, and his plainspoken style and aggressive critiques raised the organization’s profile and garnered significant media attention.

He also has maintained good relations with progressive and far-left GLBT activists, a task at which many gay organizations fail with some regularity.

In an interview, Foreman said he is very much looking forward to not having to travel so much and to living the more laid-back California lifestyle.

Gay Man Made Arizona Paper Editor New York City – On Jan. 25 The Arizona Republic named Randy Lovely to its top editorial position of Vice President News and Editor, Editor & Publisher reported.

The move makes Lovely, who joined the Republic’s staff in 2002 as Managing Editor, the only openly gay editor of a major U.S. newspaper. He follows Leroy “Roy” Aarons, former executive editor of The Oakland Tribune who came out in 1990 and founded the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association shortly after. Aarons died in 2004.

Lovely, 43, has been an NLGJA member since 1999.

In an interview with Editor & Publisher Lovely said he has always been open about his orientation. “There are many others who are much more involved. I support them, but I am not on the leadership,” he said, regarding his NLGJA membership. “I have not had to be anything other than what I am. I can’t be the one to tell anyone they have to be out.

But it is not something I am afraid of.”

He also said he was not worried about running a newspaper in a traditionally conservative state as an openly gay man.

“I think all in all it will not be an issue,” he said. “Arizona is a pretty libertarian environment. People support individual rights.”

Lovely joined the newspaper in 2002 as Managing Editor and became Executive Editor in 2005. In a 2002 interview regarding his new job, he made it clear that his orientation would not affect his work.

“I’m not going to deny coverage to the gay and lesbian community to prove something to the rest of the readership, but I’m also not going to turn The Arizona Republic into the community’s gay-and-lesbian newspaper,” he said at the time. “You can’t get caught up in that or you start to second-guess yourself too much.”

Other openly gay journalist’s lauded Lovely’s appointment.

“It’s great to see it,” said Pam Fine, managing editor of The Indianapolis Star. “I hope more companies will be less afraid to pick gay editors.”

Lovely replaces Editor Ward Bushee, who has taken a job at The San Francisco Chronicle.

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On Jan. 17, former Vice President Al Gore publicly stated that gays and lesbians should receive full marriage rights.

Gore expressed his opinion in a video message posted to his Web site and news network, Current. Bloggers and news outlets picked up the story on Jan. 23.

In the minute long segment, Gore, seated at a table with a white board in the background, made the following statement: “I think it’s wrong for the government to discriminate against people because of that person’s sexual orientation. I think that gay men and women ought to have the same rights as heterosexual men and women — to make contracts, to have hospital visiting rights, to join together in marriage — and I don’t understand why it is considered by some people to be a threat to heterosexual marriage to allow it by gays and lesbians. Shouldn’t we be promoting the kind of faithfulness and loyalty to one’s partner regardless of sexual orientation? Because if you don’t do that, then to that extent you’re promoting promiscuity — you’re promoting all the problems that can result from promiscuity. And the loyalty and love that two people feel for one another when they fall

posure is the best way to protect oneself from the bacteria, which sometimes manifest as the “flesh-eating” variety.

It is likely the microbe is being transmitted during sex, the research suggested.

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Local News

Domestic Partner Registry to be Considered Feb. 5

by Michael Aaron

On Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker’s third day in office, he announced a proposal to register same-sex and other domestic partnerships within city limits.

The Salt Lake City Council is seeking comments, pro and con on the city’s Web site at slcgov.com.

In a staff report written by Salt Lake City Budget and Policy Analyst Jennifer Bruno, the purpose of the Domestic PartnerSalt Lake City Mayor ship Registry is: Ralph Becker “The City is committed to promoting justice, equity, and inclusiveness in the provision of health care and many other benefits to all of its citizens that might be offered by the City or by private employers licensed by the City. The City finds that relationships exist in many different forms, including committed, unmarried couples in either same or opposite sex relationships. The City wishes to promote the public health, safety and welfare, and prosperity of its citizens and generally improve overall quality of life by allowing for the efficient and streamlined disposition of health care benefits or other benefits that the City or businesses licensed within the City might offer to their employees — including an employee’s domestic partner.

The City finds that a City-maintained list is the best way for the City and for businesses licensed within the City to reliably ascertain whether an employee’s domestic partner and beneficiaries are eligible for such benefits.

Therefore, it is the policy of the City to allow any two adults in a committed relationship who meet the domestic partnership criteria to register with the City and to obtain a certificate attesting to their status.”

According to the report, two individu-

als seeking domestic partner status must each declare that they are each other’s domestic partner, be age 18 or older and unmarried, show common financial obligation, and be cohabitating.

Joint financial obligation would be proven by offering three of the following documents: • Joint obligation, mortgage, lease or vehicle ownership • Life insurance policy, retirement beneftis account or will designating the domestic partner as a beneficiary or executor • A mutually-granted power of attorney • Proof showing the partner is authorized to sign for the purposes of the other’s bank or credit account • Proof of joint bank or credit account A “Certificate of Domestic Partnership” will be awarded attesting that the two individuals are in a relationship of “mutual support, caring and commitment; and are responsible for each other’s physical and financial welfare; and have the present intention to remain in that relationship.”

The report states that the proposal is consistent with the city’s recently-enacted “Adult Designee” ordinance in that it does not imply a romantic relationship between domestic partners.

Those registered as a domestic partnership would be allowed to use or access any city facility’s benefits that are otherwise afforded to married couples, such as family pool passes. Domestic partners would be allowed health care visitation in a health care facility within Salt Lake City limits where immediate family or spouses would be allowed visitation. The report also states that companies looking to provide domestic partner benefits to their employees could use the registry as proof of the relationship.

The registry would be paid for through registration fees and not through taxpayer expense.

The City Council is scheduled to hear the proposal on Feb. 5.

Mr. Utah Bear and Cub Contest Announced The Utah Bear Alliance, a local group for bears, cubs and their admirers, will hold their 2008 Mr. Utah Bear & Cub Contest March 29–30 at Club Try-Angles.

Interested individuals must be members of the organization (or must join before the competition date), have a history of community service and a desire to represent the Alliance and the local gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community at public events. Winners will also replace current titleholders as at-large members of the organization’s board of directors.

The 2008 Mr. Utah Bear & Cub Contest includes several activities, such as a charity fund raiser and meet-n-greet at

Club Try-Angles on March 28. Contestant interviews and a social will be held on March 29. The contest itself will take place at 9:30 p.m. on the 29th and includes special guest entertainment. A congratulatory brunch will be held the morning of March 30.

The winners will also have the opportunity to compete for the title of International Mr. Bear at the 2009 International Bear Rendezvous in San Francisco, Calif.

More information about the contest — as well as a contestant form — is available at the Utah Bear Alliance Web site utahbears.com or by contacting Todd Bennett at info@utahbears.com or 5026635.

Shannon Moffitt and Jeri Tafoya hold their son, Ryan, at the rally for HB 89 for workforce antidiscrimination.

Utahns Rally for Employment Nondiscrimination Bill

By JoSelle Vanderhooft joselle@qsaltlake.com

Utah families, political groups and lawmakers gathered at the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 24 in support of a bill seeking to prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Sponsored by local gay rights group Equality Utah, the rally for HB 89 Antidiscrimination Act Amendments featured speakers Rev. Sean Parker Dennison from the South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society and bill sponsor Rep. Christine Johnson, D-Salt Lake City.

Johnson told the crowd — many of whom brought homemade signs in support of the bill — that HB89’s supporters would likely try to defeat the bill by calling it a “slippery slope to giving partner benefits.”

“This bill is not about putting a stamp of approval on homosexuality,” she said. “It’s an equality agenda, not a gay agenda.”

She encouraged attendees to help educate their legislators about the bill, and to let them meet their “beautiful, loving families.”

One such family on hand was Jeri Tafoya, her partner Shannon Moffitt and their 2-year-old son, Ryan.

Tafoya said she supported the bill because she had experienced discrimination on the job. She said she lost her job as a manager at a Salt Lake City business because of her sexual orientation. She said she was not comfortable naming the business.

“I often saw people not getting due raises and promotions based on who they are,” she said, adding that she and her partner would contact their Representative to let her know about the importance of the bill.

Utah Log Cabin Republicans president Melvin Nimer said that his organization, a grassroots group for gay and lesbian Republicans, would also contact members of the House Business and Labor Committee to voice support of HB89.

The committee has to approve the bill

before it can go to the House for debate.

Nimer also said he and other Log Cabin Republicans hope to start conversations with other Republicans on capitol hill about the importance of this and other bills important to gays and lesbians.

“A number of us are state delegates, and they’ll need our votes in upcoming elections,” he said.

HB 89 sponsor Rep. Christine Johnson addresses the rally.

Although HB89 was held in committee the following day, supporters said they were not discouraged.

“After an amazing introduction by Rep. Johnson and solid testimony in support of HB89 Antidiscrimination Act Amendments, the committee leadership decided to hold the bill for further discussion. This is HUGE for the first effort on this bill. Just as easily, the heavily conservative committee could have voted down the legislation,” Equality Utah president Mike Thompson said in a statement released to the bill’s supporters.

HB89 is currently waiting in committee pending a decision by chairman Rep. Stephen Clark, R-Orem, on whether it will be discussed further.

LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley Dies at 97 [gays and lesbians] and try to work with them and help them. We know they have a problem. We want to help them solve that problem.”

When King followed up by asking if homosexuality was an inborn trait, Hinckley responded: “I don’t know. I’m not an expert on these things. I don’t pretend to be an expert on these things. The fact is, they have a problem.”

But Hinckley also said that the church’s policies should not be used as an excuse to mistreat gays — a fact which, for some, suggested that his presidency had at least attempted to be more aware of the needs of gay and lesbian members.

“Our opposition to attempts to legalize same-sex marriage should never be interpreted as justification for hatred, intolerance or abuse of those who profess homosexual tendencies, either individually or as a group,” Hinckley said in a 2000 address to Evergreen International, a Mormon-run ex-gay group that attempts to help gay Mormons change their sexual orientation. “We love and honor them as sons and daughters of God. They are welcome in the church. It is expected, however, that they follow the same Godgiven rules of conduct that apply to everyone else, whether single or married.”

Despite his 2006 cancer scare, Hinckley kept active. According to KUTV News, he finished a full day of work on Jan. 23 and was unable to get out of bed the following day.

“He was speaking in public as late as two to three weeks ago and had a full schedule in his office as late as last week,” said Olsen.

Hinckley’s family members told the news station that he was conscious and was able to spend time with each of his children and that his death was peaceful and painless.

In the three days following Hinckley’s passing, letters of condolence have inundated the LDS church from several nations and from people of many faiths — a testament to Hinckley’s efforts, as president, to encourage strong relationships between Mormons and people of other religions.

The U.S. Congress observed a moment of silence for Hinckley’s passing at the beginning of the session on Jan. 28 and devoted half an hour to speeches about the former leader.

“He was a tireless worker and a talented communicator who was respected in his community and beloved by his congregation,” President George W. Bush, who in 2004 awarded Hinckley a Presidential Medal of Freedom, said in a White House release. “Laura and I will miss Gordon’s friendship and wisdom. Our thoughts and prayers are with his five children and the rest of the Hinckley family.”

Presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney said he will return to Utah to attend Hinckley’s funeral.

A viewing will be held Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at the Church Admin Rotunda from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. His funeral will be held at the LDS Conference Center on Feb. 2, starting at 11:00 a.m.

Hinckley will be buried next to his wife Marjorie Pay Hinckley, who died in 2004. Q

“Marriage should not be viewed as a therapeutic step to solve problems such as homosexual inclinations or practices, which first should clearly be overcome with a firm and fixed determination never to slip to such practices again.”

—Ensign Magazine, 1987 “Now we have gays in the church. Good people. We take no action against such people — provided they don’t become involved in transgression, sexual transgression.

If they do, we do with them exactly what we’d do with heterosexuals who transgress.”

—San Francisco Chronicle, 1997 “We cannot stand idle if [gays and lesbians] indulge in immoral activity, if they try to uphold and defend and live in a so-called same-sex marriage situation.”

—Ensign Magazine, 1998 “We regard it as not only our right, but our duty to oppose those forces which we feel undermine the moral fiber of society. In California ... Latter-day Saints are working as part of a coalition to safeguard traditional marriage from forces in our society which are attempting to redefine that sacred institution. God-sanctioned marriage between a man and a woman has been the basis of civilization for thousands of years.”

—LDS Conference speech, 1999 “Sodom and Gomorrah, and the sinful practices observed therein, became examples of that which was evil and abominable in the sight of God. It was Jehovah, speaking through his prophets, who decried evil and pleaded for righteousness. When there was no repentance, it was his withering hand that destroyed them.”

—2003 Christmas devotional in response to Hardwick “We’re not anti-gay. We are pro-family. Let me put it that way. And we love these people and try to work with them and help them. We know they have a problem. We want to help them solve that problem.”

—On Larry King Live, 2004 “Whatever may lead to gay marriage, we’re not in favor of.”

—On Larry King Live, 2004 “I don’t know. I’m not an expert on these things. I don’t pretend to be an expert on these things. The fact is, they have a problem.”

—On Larry King Live in 2004 when asked if homosexuality is something gays “were born with.”

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The leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gordon B. Hinckley, died Jan. 27. He was 97 years old.

According to a news release posted on the LDS Church’s Web site, Hinckley died at 7:00 p.m. from “causes incident to age” in the company of family members.

Hinckley, who was the 15th President of the church, had been “in failing health for some time,” church spokesman Bruce Olsen told CNN. In 2006, he underwent surgery for colon cancer and made what doctors termed a full and quick recovery.

He received follow-up chemotherapy treatments as late as Jan. 22.

Elected president on March 12, 1995 Hinckley was the longest-serving president since Spencer W. Kimble and the oldest leader in church history. Under his 12 years of leadership, Hinckley led the Salt Lake City-based church into the age of globalism and saw it grow to a denomination of over 10 million members. He traveled widely, speaking to audiences as diverse as world religious leaders, the National Press Club and the NAACP and personally dedicated over 70 temples across the world. He was also the first LDS president to visit nations in sub-Sahara Africa, such as Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya, and was the best-selling author of two books, Standing for Something and a book for teenagers, Way to Be: Nine Ways to Be Happy and Make Something of Your Life.

Hinckley was also a media-savvy leader, embracing new technologies such as the internet and YouTube. He was one of the first LDS leaders to be extensively interviewed on camera, by 60 Minutes’ Mike Wallace in 1996 and most famously

by Larry King in 2004.

“I’ve been blessed so abundantly that I can never get over it,” Hinckley told the CNN show host at the time. “I just feel so richly blessed. I want to extend that to others, whenever I can.”

Hinckley’s leadership, however, was often criticized. In 1998 a deal between the church and then-Salt Lake City Mayor Deedee Corradini to turn a section of Main Street into a church-owned park ignited a firestorm of public protest over the church’s increasing presence in the capital city. Critics said that the park, where smoking, drinking alcohol and free speech activities (such as protesting church policy) would be banned, violated the Establishment Clause which guarantees governmental separation from religion.

The controversy was finally resolved in 2005 when a 10th Circuit Court judge ruled that the city was within its legal rights to sell the land.

Hinckley was also criticized for his beliefs on homosexuality, which he expressed as early as 1987 in an article for Ensign, an LDS Church-owned publication. The church believes that gay sex is sinful, and that the union between a man and a woman is the only legitimate form of marriage.

Hinckley often said that while the church loved its gay and lesbian members, it could not condone same-sex relations. He encouraged gays and lesbians to be abstinent.

“We’re not anti-gay,” he told Larry King in 2004. “We are pro-family. Let me put it that way. And we love these people

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Local News

Utah ENDA Bill “Tabled,” Awaits Possible Rehearing

by JoSelle Vanderhooft joselle@qsaltlake.com

A bill seeking to prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity has been held in the House Business and Labor Committee to allow members time to give it further consideration.

Saying he had a flat tire, committee chairman Stephen Clark, R- Provo, arrived late to the Jan. 26 hearing in which the Rep. Christine Johnson bill — labeled HB 89 and titled Antidiscrimination Act Amendments — was one of three scheduled for public testimony. He asked his fellow committee members to table the bill to give him sufficient time to study it.

“I think it’s critical, and I think every member of the committee needs to know what they’re voting for,” he said.

Rep. Ben Ferry, R-Corinne, corrected Clark on parliamentary procedure, saying that the bill could not be discussed further if a motion to table it carried. He suggested instead that the committee move to the next item on the agenda, which would let the bill be brought up again.

Rep. Jackie Biskupski, D-Salt Lake City, requested that the item get on the next agenda. Clark said that her request was reasonable, but added that it was up to the committee’s chair whether or not to revisit it.

The vote to move to the next item of business was unanimous.

Before the vote, the 12-member committee heard testimony from six people — three in favor of the bill and three against it, as well as an introduction by the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Christine Johnson, D-Salt Lake City.

In her opening remarks, Johnson described her bill as a “straightforward” way for the government “to state clearly that discrimination is not part of Utah’s belief system and that it should not occur in any way, shape or form.” She also explained that the bill was not intended to establish hiring “quotas” for businesses and would exempt religious-owned businesses such as Brigham Young University.

Johnson then asked Heather Morrison, director of Utah’s Antidiscrimination & Labor Division to speak about the number of inquiries on Utah law and workplace discrimination her office had logged in the past seven months. According to Morrison, her office had received 14 inquiries about workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

She said that 291 discrimination complaints had been received from people whom antidiscrimination laws protect.

“Based on the current statistics, we don’t anticipate the proposed amendment would increase the number of claims filed with us or have a significant fiscal impact,” she said, adding that states that protect gay and transgender people on the job received only about a 5 percent increase in related discrimination complaints after enacting such legislation.

Delane England, a small business owner and member of conservative lobby group Eagle Forum Utah, said that business owners don’t want to discriminate and that sexual orientation is a “nonissue” for her when hiring. However, she added that the bill would force businesses to hire people who might make their clients uncomfortable.

“We would not want to have a crossdresser, a transgender person, go into [our clients’] homes and work on them,” she said. “That would make them uncomfortable and make our work hard.”

She also said that the bill would be a governmental attempt to “legitimize sexual choices,” and that the bill would actually make gay and transgender people a target for discrimination by making them a “protected class.”

“Will we be in here next year discussing polygamy,” she asked.

Former small business owner John Netto disagreed, saying that England’s recommendation “would set the rights of everyone in the country back decades — women, minorities, people of different religions.”

He told the committee that he had seen anti-gay discrimination on the job when his former company hired a black lesbian. Netto, who is straight, said that other employees harassed her until she quit her job, even when he docked their salaries and fired one offender.

“If you say [this bill] creates a class and creates discrimination, it fails to recognize the discrimination that happens,” said Netto.

Ariana Losco was one of the last people to testify. A transgender woman who said she was harassed at work because of her gender identity and eventually fired because she spoke to the press about her treatment, Losco said there were no laws to protect her.

“Every lawyer I’ve spoken with said this type of discrimination is legal in Utah and my only option is to fight for this bill,” she said.

Losco added that she wanted the bill to pass so that she and other transgender and gay workers could be judged on their work performance, not their identities.

“I don’t ask you to make my employer approve of my gender identity, but to make employers focus on what really counts,” she said.

Although the committee voted to put the bill aside, Johnson said she was not discouraged.

“I think the committee handled the matter in a compassionate way and I respect that,” she said, adding that she would ask Clark to give the bill more time.

Study: Number of Gay Couples in Utah Increasing

A recent study, conducted by the Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at UCLA, has determined that the number of reported gay couples in Utah have increased by over one thousand in the last five years.

Using census data, researchers at the Institute determined that there were 4,307 same-sex couples living in Utah as of 2005 up from 3,370 in 2000, the first time the U.S. census allowed the option of recording same-sex unmarried partners.

According to the Institute, the substantial increase “likely reflects same-sex couples’ growing willingness to disclose their partnerships on government surveys.” Although the national Census has yet to ask respondents about sexual orientation, the study estimated that there were 53,832 gay, lesbian or bisexual residents living in Utah.

The United States Census is taken every 10 years.

In a five-page report released on the Institute’s Web site study authors Adam P. Romero, Clifford J. Rosky, M.V. Lee Badgett and Gary J. Gates reported several more findings about gay and lesbian couples in Utah. According to them, same-sex couples can be found in every

county in the state from 1,964 reported households in Salt Lake County to just one each in sparsely populated Daggett and Wayne Counties. Fifty-one percent were estimated to be female couples.

They also appear to be more ethnically diverse (16 percent of same-sex couples are nonwhite versus 11 percent of married couples), more likely to have a college degree and significantly less likely to be home owners.

The study also found that more than 1,200 children are being raised by gay or lesbian parents, with 19 percent of these couples raising children under age 18.

Researchers also said that roughly two percent of the state’s adopted children (or 367) live with a gay or lesbian parent.

The study also defied the stereotype that same-sex couples earn more than their heterosexual counterparts. Researchers found that men in same-sex couples, on average, earn $37,111 per year, a significant shortfall from the average $45,414 brought home by married men. Interestingly, the salaries for women in same-sex couples were significantly higher than they were for married women — $27,752 verses $20,654.

Twirling Corps to Hold Open House for New Members The Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps of Salt Lake City, also known as ROTC-SLC, is holding an open house for their 2008 season. Co-founder and director Logan Brueck says the open house is for those who may be interested in participating in the group in many different ways.

“We are looking for new members — male or female, straight or gay, ages 18 and up who would like to join our group either performing or volunteering back stage,” he said.

No experience in spinning a flag is necessary to join the group since they will train newcomers. Those wishing to twirl rifles, batons or sabers will need to have some experience under their belt.

Princess points are awarded to those with theatre, dance, drum corps, winter guard or marching band experience.

The ROTC-SLC was seen debuting in the 2006 Utah Pride Parade. Since then they have performed at the 2006 National Gay Basketball Association finals

halftime show and the 2007 Pride Festivals in Las Vegas, Pocatello, Idaho and Southern Utah.

They have also performed at events of the Utah AIDS Foundation and the People with AIDS Coalition of Utah, and have traveled to St. ROTC-SLC’s Logan Bruek Petersburg, Florida for its Santa Parade.

The open house will take place Wednesday, February 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the Salt Lake City Downtown Library, 200 E. Fourth South, Conference Room C. For information, email rotcslc@yahoo.com.

STD Funding Bill Passes House, Headed to Senate A bill that seeks to provide Utah health departments with an additional $350,000 for education and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases passed a House vote on Jan. 25. It will now head for voting in the Senate.

HB 15 Control and Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases previously passed the House Health and Insurance Committee on a unanimous vote with one committee member absent.

In the 20-minute house debate, bill author Rep. Phil Riesen, D-Salt Lake City, introduced the bill and answered questions from fellow representatives.

In his introduction, Reisen said the bill was the result of information he had received from numerous healthcare providers during the last year.

“Healthcare providers in Utah have noticed over the last little while what they consider to be an alarming rise in two types of sexually transmitted diseases, chlamydia and gonorrhea, throughout

Utah.” He stressed that both diseases could cause sterility if not treated.

Rep. Lorie Fowlke, R-Orem, agreed with Reisen that the spread of gonorrhea and chlamydia in the past decade was “quite frightening.”

“In Utah County where I’m from, which is supposedly a rather conservative place, we have the third highest rate for chlamydia in the state,” she said.

According to the Utah Department of Health there were 5,627 newly diagnosed cases of chlamydia and 888 cases of gonorrhea in Utah in 2007.

Before the vote, Rep. Paul Ray, RClearfield, suggested an amendment to ensure that health departments would spend the money on prevention efforts for chlamydia and gonorrhea, as opposed to other STDs such as HIV or the human papiloma virus. The amendment passed.

The bill passed on a vote of 52 to 15 with eight absent.

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Transgender Worker Fired After Telling Story of Discrimination to the Press

BY JOSELLE VANDERHOOFT

Ariana Losco said that she was a good employee at Rocky Mountain Care, a nursing home in Tooele. In the six months she worked there, Losco said she worked up to two weeks in a row without a single day off and only missed work when she was too sick to go in.

But despite her dedication to the job, Losco said she was fired Jan. 10 because she talked to a reporter from the Associated Press about harassment Ariana Losco she experienced after co-workers discovered she had sexual reassignment surgery 13 years ago. The article quoted her as saying that her shifts had been cut and that fellow employees had said cruel things to her. “It’s been pure hell,� Losco told reporter Brock Vergakis. “I’ve gone home many times crying, but I have to do it. I have to have a paycheck.�

The day after the story was published Losco said she was called into facility administrator Jonathan Bengeder’s office. “He said, ‘This came out yesterday in the paper,’� Losco recalled. “I said, ‘Yes, I’m a member of Equality Utah and they’re fighting to get an [employee non-discrimination bill] passed, and I lent my voice to the cause.’ He said, ‘That’s all well and good, but this is why you’re being terminated today.’�

Losco said Bengeder then explained that she was being fired because she “embarrassed the nursing home� — despite the fact that the facility was not named in the AP story. “After I got home I thought of a hundred things to say, but what I should’ve said was, “If there’s any embarrassment it should be on the staff for telling me to suck it up and grow a thick skin,� said Losco.

What the AP article didn’t say, Losco said, was that the shorter work hours and nasty comments were only the tip of the iceberg. “I was being sexually harassed and discriminated against,� she said.

Losco alleges that a female supervisor verbally and physically abused her while at work, and often in the presence of other employees. After the supervisor found out that Losco was transgender, Losco said the harassment started. “It was very stressful. She went around and told everybody I was transsexual and everyone went around looking at me like I had a third eye,� said Losco. “At one point, she said, ‘I won’t work with a freak like you. You’re just filled with insecurity because you have breasts and a penis.’�

Losco has asked QSaltLake to not name the supervisor at this time.

Losco said she tried to report the verbal harassment each time it happened. “I went to my employer and wrote a report for each incident and I was told, ‘We’re not going to discuss any of this because it’s a personal matter between you and your supervisor,’� she said. “I told them it was work related, because it was happening at work.�

Losco alleges that the supervisor grabbed

her wrist on Nov. 13, after she had filed a complaint about her verbal abuse.

As Losco describes it, she was in a meeting room alone when her supervisor entered and refused to let her leave for half an hour, despite what Losco said were her repeated requests to be left alone. When Losco tried to leave, she said the supervisor grabbed her by the wrist and flung her arm downward. “She was yelling things like, “No! You aren’t going anywhere. If you’re going anywhere you’re going to the time clock and leaving now,� Losco said.

Losco said she wrote this incident up as well, and took a statement from a nurse who witnessed what had happened. She said her supervisor apparently found out about the report, because there was another incident on Nov. 14. This time, Losco said the supervisor confronted her while she was working with a patient and told her the report was “hysterical.�

Losco said she then filed another report and told another supervisor she would call the police, which she also did.

At this time, she said Rocky Mountain Care’s human resources department got involved. She said a human resources employee took her statement and her supervisor’s, but that the department ultimately said it was a matter between two employees that had to be worked out. “They basically said we’re not going to discuss anything that was said between you and her ... because it’s not work related,�

Losco said.

Don Huntley, the facility’s personal manager, said that he didn’t have a comment on Losco’s allegations, or her firing. “We don’t think a private matter between two employees should be discussed in the paper,� he said.

However, in Brock Vergakis’ follow-up article, Huntley was quoted as saying that Losco was fired because she disparaged the company. Rocky Mountain Care was not named in the original AP article.

For now, Losco said she is just trying to find a lawyer. But because Utah law does not list gender identity and sexual orientation in workplace anti-discrimination legislation, she said no lawyer will take her case. “I didn’t expect to get fired because I spoke up,� she said. “I’m low income, I don’t have any savings, my husband is disabled and now we’re both unemployed.

It’s going to get bad really quick. I’m really depressed, as you can imagine.�

Will Carlson, Public Policy Manager for gay-rights group Equality Utah, called Losco’s case a prime example of Utah’s unjust workplace anti-discrimination laws. “Ariana’s situation shows the double bind people have when they face employment discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity,� he said. “If they say nothing they keep getting harassed and if they speak up they risk losing their job because they’ve made waves.�

But Losco said she will continue to make waves. “Yes, there’s going to be a backlash, but what you gain from it is so much more important,� she said. Q

Interview

U of U Professor Discusses Female Bisexuality Study Earlier this month, the American Psychological Association announced that female bisexuality exists as a distinctive sexual orientation, not as a phase in coming out as lesbian. In the announcement, the nation’s largest organization of psychologists cited a study conducted by University of Utah psychologist Lisa Diamond. As a graduate student at Cornell University in 1995, Diamond interviewed 79 women between the ages of 18 and 25 about their sexual attractions. The women identified as lesbian, bisexual or unlabeled, but not heterosexual. In follow-up interviews every two years, Diamond found that the bisexual women were more likely than the lesbians to switch between identifying as bisexual and unlabeled, instead of changing their identity to lesbian or heterosexual. Further, they were more likely to say they were attracted equally to men and women, even if they had married.

After a decade, the study also found that 89 percent of the bisexuals were in longterm, monogamous relationships — a fact which Diamond said disproves the stereotype that bisexuals are promiscuous and unable to settle down.

I sat down with Diamond to ask her about her study, and about current research into bisexuality.

JV: Are you still following the participants?

LD: I have no plan to stop. One of the things that’s so interesting is that enough time has gone on that [the respondents] are bumping up against these interesting, normative life transitions. There was one follow-up year where everyone was having commitment ceremonies or getting married. And I thought, “There’s going to be a baby boom right around the corner.”

Sure enough, in the last round it seems like everyone was trying to get pregnant, or was pregnant, or had a baby. That’s what I think is so interesting about continuing to follow women over time. You go through these major developmental life changes and no research has been able to look at that in the context of sexual identity before.

It yielded a much richer and more interesting picture.

In my mind, the more interesting finding was the huge discrepancy between people’s experiences of arousal and their physical responses.

JoSelle Vanderhooft: Tell me a bit about the early days of the study.

JV: A decade is a pretty long time to be really into a long range survey.

LD: Yeah, I think a couple things contributed to the fact that my attrition rate was pretty low. Unlike a lot of studies of this sort and unlike a lot of studies for academia in general, I have always done all of the interviews myself. From the beginning, my participants understood my level of personal commitment to the project. Also I was in my late 20s and similar in age to some of my respondents.

So I think a lot of those things helped to create a rapport and a sense of trust.

They knew they weren’t just numbers to me, they were actual individual people.

That’s really important to me.

LD: It’s called Sexual Fluidity and it will be published by Harvard University Press. I think they’re timing to release it on Valentine’s Day to go with that whole love connection thing. It really talks about the phenomenon of sexual fluidity and flexibility I’ve observed in a lot of women and why I think it occurs. It also takes some of the women in the study whose life paths have been most interesting to me and focuses on them in a little more detail.

wouldn’t apply to men — the truth is we don’t know. You really have to study them separately to not make the mistake of assuming female and male bisexuality are two sides of the same coin, which doesn’t appear to be true.

JV: Do you plan on doing any research on men in the future?

LD: [laughs] I would love to do a large general study of men, but I simply don’t have the time or the resources. I keep hoping somebody will take up that challenge, because we are just guessing at a lot of these gender differences until we get more information. It’s just a topic that is ripe for investigation. Q

JV: Why do you think this fluidity occurs in women?

LD: I think, obviously, there are huge social factors that are potentially involved, especially because of the context where you see such fluidity taking shape. It often takes the form of this flexibility between emotional and sexual feelings — like people falling in love with someone and then developing sexual desires for them. I think there is some evidence [that supports] biological reasons for why the links between love and sex might be more robust for women than men. But it’s also important to keep in mind that culture certainly has told women for years that sexuality is more appropriate for them in context of love relationship. But remember, it’s not that all women are equally fluid. I certainly have observed that some women appear to have a highly fluid sexuality and others don’t.

On that note, I think it’s also important to be clear that bisexuality and fluidity are related, but not the same thing.

JV: The APA announcement just covered bisexuality in women. Can you speak a bit about bisexuality in men?

LD: This has been a real hot topic of research in recent years. There’s a major study conducted by some colleagues of mine at Northwestern that came out a couple of years ago. Here they measured male genital arousal to show that even men who described themselves as bisexual in their attractions showed patterns of

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Lisa Diamond: The project was my master’s thesis. It was just me and my beat-up car driving around New York state looking for research participants. But I kept it going ever since then. I’m really gratified by the fact that all of the participants have remained enthusiastic and willing to participate.

When I started out I was sort of amorphous in my research aims. I wanted to study young women’s sexual identity development because there really had not been much research on that topic compared to how much had been done among young men. I was really interested in putting women back into the science and trying to find out if there was anything distinctive or different about their trajectories — and what I ended up finding was that almost everything was different.

JV: You’ve said that you are publishing a book on your findings?

physiological arousal that tended to lean towards one gender or the other, even if they said they were equally attracted to men and women, So the tagline of this story was, of course, “there’s no such thing as male bisexuality.” And that obviously caused a lot of controversy. In my mind, the more interesting finding was the huge discrepancy between people’s experiences of arousal and their physical responses.

The consensus that’s emerging in the field is the phenomenon of bisexual attraction appears to be more common in women. But there appears to be a large difference in the nature of bisexual attraction in women and men. We’re not really sure why. It’s not that my findings

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Opinion

From the Editor United Women’s Forum

by Michael Aaron michael@qsaltlake.com

A new group of women showed up to speak out against the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Utahns during the HB 89 committee hearing last week. Like their Eagle Forum neighbors to the south, this Bountiful-based group was formed to “motivate and encourage women of faith to unite and stand together in supporting and defending moral government!” (their emphasis).

Ugh. It gets even more syrupy when you read their introductory paragraph on their blogsite: “The United Women’s Forum is the outgrowth of a neighborhood of women in Bountiful Utah who became very concerned with the growth of pornography, gay-rights issues, the threat against religious freedom and expression, and liberalism of moral values in the media and in our country. We banned [sic] together in the fall of 2006 to try to do something to make a difference. We were officially organized under the banner of United Women’s forum in March of 2007. We are dedicated to staying informed and presenting ways we can help existing national organizations and legislators that promote family, faith and freedom.”

Was it just me or did you also read that in the oh-sosweet Mormon woman bearing her testimony tone?

Maybe it’s because I just got finished listening to Sister Dottie’s show on KRCL. During the committee hearing, UWF’s Deborah Poulsen rambled on about how sexual orientation is a choice and should, therefore, not be covered under anti-discrimination laws. As I was listening to this, I wondered if she was going to move to have religion re-

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Arguments Against HB89 Don’t Hold Up

by Gary Watts

moved from the existing law ... or is that not a choice.

I haven’t read the scientific community’s take on that recently.

(UWF ... Utah Wrestling Federation? Sorry — getting sidetracked.)

So, in an effort to “know thine enemy” I started digging around the ’net to find more about them. On their site is a bunch of pictures of the ladies carrying potluck dishes to their monthly meetings. The pictures show a scene of desperate housewives pining for something to do. I mean, they don’t clean their tidy mini-mansions – I’m sure they have “illegals” to take care of that. It appears they have no school-age kids any longer in the nest to take care of — they look too old for that even with the Botox. So, once a month they brush the Almond Roca wrappers from the couch and invite each other over to discuss the evils of the ERA, homosexuality and fluoridated water.

Yes, I make mock, but I doubt I’m too far off. Is there something similar to an after-school program that we can direct these women to so they will lay off their anti-Christ-like tirades? Whatever happened to book clubs and canasta? Maybe a Party Gals party or two a month. Or maybe they can do some real good and volunteer at a rest home or the sewage treatment plant.

I fear we have a bunch of women who will begin to do their hair and dress like Gayle Ruzicka and we’ll have a gaggle of them trundling around the capitol building every day of the year yelling “oh my heck, it’s for the children, ‘preciatcha” at any and all passers-by wearing suits.

And I fear that Poulsen and others like her will begin to sound less like snooty teenaged girls stumbling over their words testifying at church and more like well-heeled politicians with sharp tongues who rip-and-read from ultra-right-wing scripts.

I’ll let them finish with a random paragraph I pulled from their blogsite: “Debra Poulsen thanked all of the United Women for their efforts and testified that Jesus Christ is the author of liberty and the inalienable rights declared in the Constitution.”

Ugh. Q

In November, I attended a debate at the University of Utah about an Employment Nondiscrimination Act for Utah that has now been introduced into the Legislature as House Bill 89.

As a proponent for the legislation, which makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, I listened carefully to the arguments offered by Sen. Chris Buttars and Gayle Ruzicka, president of the Utah Eagle Forum, against the proposed bill.

Both agreed that discrimination exists in the workplace but oppose this type of legislation for three reasons: (1) passage of the legislation would provide legitimacy to a segment of the population that the majority of Utahns believe is immoral and does not represent traditional Utah values; (2) the passage of the proposed bill would result in a spate of unnecessary lawsuits; and (3) anti-discrimination protections should purposely be broad and not be extended to “subgroups.”

Ms. Ruzicka opposes the bill primarily on moral grounds and sees it as part of a larger culture war, the goal of which is to provide legitimacy to a “lifestyle” she abhors. She does not believe that homosexuality is experienced honestly and involuntarily or that gays face extraordinary discrimination.

Regarding the possibility of lawsuits, I would make just two comments. First, as the discussion at the debate made clear, the concern about an increase in lawsuits has simply not materialized in those states that have already adopted statewide employment nondiscrimination legislation that includes sexual orientation and gender identity as categories.

Second, on occasion, lawsuits are necessary to redress wrongful termination. When there is no statute, legal remedies are not possible.

Sen. Buttars’ opposition to the proposed legislation is based primarily on his belief that to specifically include gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals in the proposed statute as a protected “subgroup” would start us down a slippery slope that would have every “subgroup” (he specifically mentioned those with tattoos) asking for similar protection.

That argument loses some of its credibility when we recognize that similar protections for valued subgroups are already in place and have wide public support. I will cite just three for your consideration.

• We double fines for speeding in road construction areas.

• We impose 20 mph speed limits in and around our schools.

• We enhance penalties for attempted assassination of elected government officials.

Why? Because we recognize that citizens we value highly, i.e. our construction workers, our school children and our elected officials, are at increased risk because of whom and where they may be.

That GLBT people are at high risk for discrimination is beyond dispute. Several examples of blatant discrimination were cited during the debate for which most agreed there is no legal recourse under current Utah law. GLBT individuals are experiencing the discrimination firsthand and have asked for such protections.

I support the proposed legislation, not so much for what it will do from a legal protection standpoint but for what it will do for all of us.

It will send a message that we, as a people, deplore discrimination in all forms against any and every citizen in this state. It will express our view that discrimination is not a Utah value. It will acknowledge that we love, value and respect our GLBT neighbors and friends and want them to be able to contribute and compete fairly in our workplaces.

Gary Watts is a diagnostic radiologist and nuclear medicine physician at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo.

Recriminalizing Sodomy The reintroduction by Utah Rep. David Litvack, D-Salt Lake, of his “Domestic Violence and Dating Violence Amendments� bill would indeed make protective orders available to the victims of gay dating and domestic violence [QSaltLake, “2008 Legislative Preview,� Jan. 17].

Among the bill’s list of violent acts, attempted acts and threatened acts that would compel an order is an act which is nonviolent and constitutionally protected: Consensual sodomy. As strange as it seems, a gay person who, while dating or cohabitating with a partner in Utah, could be legally ordered not to contact the partner or risk arrest — simply and only because of their previous consensual sodomy. With such room for abuse and the inclusion of consensual sodomy as a compelling act, the bill is as constitutionally dubious as it is possibly dangerous.

Other bills being considered this year avoid including consensual sodomy as a compelling act. Until the consensual sodomy law is repealed, our supporters should be at least as conscientious to avoid including it in their bills as our opponents are. More than a simple mistake, the result of this reiteration of the law could be abused and made harmful against the very people it’s meant to help.

Until the bill is corrected, we should avoid supporting it.

David Nelson

Salt Lake City

Give a Family a Chance

Same Rights for My Second Child Editor, In March 2000 I adopted my son Yeager.

Protect All Children Editor, When a child is born with same-sex parents, (s)he is automatically born unprotected under current law. While gay people can adopt in the State of Utah, they cannot adopt if they are cohabitating in committed, loving relationships.

This leaves all planned children from this part of our community without the security that comes from having two parents.

Rep Chavez-Houck is introducing a bill that will remove the cohabitation restriction from current adoption laws.

This bill will allow children to be adopted by their 2nd parent and also allow many

Walk the Walk Editor, Please support HB 318., sponsored by Rep. Chavez-Houck.

Many children in Utah (including my children in West Jordan) are depending on this bill to help give them equal protection under the law.

My partner Vicki and I planned for a long time to have children. After many years of trying to get pregnant, we eventually had two beautiful daughters, Imani & Nia. We share in all the obligations and responsibilities in parenting these two wonderful girls. The bond that exists between all of us is just as strong as any family of 4 with a father and a mother.

We’re not asking for special rights.

The bill states that married couples have priority in adoption and foster care cases.

This bill would give our children the security of knowing if something ever happened to me, they wouldn’t also lose the only other parent they know and be thrown into the foster care cycle.

By supporting HB 318, our children can be adopted by their 2nd parent. This would allow them the same protections and benefits as all the other kids on the street. It’s about time that Utahns “walk the walk� and not just “talk the talk� about their concern for family and all children in this state!

Kelly Peterson West Jordan, Utah

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Editor: In the past year and a half I have come to know Chris and Tahnee pretty well. I work with both of them and we also go out on a regular basis. Chris and Tahnee are in a strong, loving, and committed relationship. Even though they are not in what some people may call a “typical� (man and woman) relationship I have seen their love for each other grow.

Last year they decided to make an addition to their happy family. To be honest I can’t think of anyone who deserves to have a baby more. Chris was able to become pregnant through artificial insemination, and they were on their way to the beginning of their new family.

Recently we learned about the adoption laws restricting Tahnee from adopting their baby girl. If something was to happen to either Chris or Tahnee what would become of their baby girl?

Since when do you have to be straight to have a family? A child can be raised by a single mother whose father wants nothing to do with them, but a homosexual family can not even adopt a child that they want and love. How does this make sense?

I believe that Chris and Tahnee will be great parents and no one should be able to take away their right to be loving family. It is unethical to take away the rights of both parents to their child, due to their sexual preference or marital status. So I am asking as a friend, daughter and a wife please remove the cohabitation clause from the Utah adoption act, and give a family a chance for a happy life.

Stephanie Huber Salt Lake City

other children the opportunity for family placement, adoption and foster care.

This session, our legislature has the opportunity to fix a law that is hurting our children. Please support this bill.

Keri Jones Salt Lake City

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Currently my partner and I are in the process of having a second child whom will not share the same rights as Yeager.

Not even close.

In May 2000, the Utah Legislature passed an amendment to Utah’s adoption statute. This amendment discriminates against the children of unmarried parents, regardless of their sexual orientation. With one amendment, children lost the right to be legally raised by two loving parents. These changes also prohibited any of the hundreds of children languishing in Utah’s foster care system from being placed with such families.

Up until May of 2000, ALL Utah couples including me and my partner could adopt, provided they met the rigorous standards contained in Utah adoption law. Those standards included a home investigation, a criminal background check, and an interview with a judge.

The judge would then determine if the adoption was in the child’s best interest. Children were able to receive social security, death and disability benefits, health insurance, inheritance, and other rights from the adopting parent. In addition, many kids who were in Utah’s foster care system were placed for adoption with new, loving and stable parents who happened to be gay.

After May 2000, that all came to an end.

The Utah Legislature determined that there is NEVER a situation in which it is in the child’s best interest to be adopted by an unmarried couple. The ban was the Utah Legislature’s way of making a political statement against gays and lesbians. As a parent, this law does nothing but hurt my children and their future.

As a result of the ban, non-biological parents cannot adopt the children they are raising in their own homes. These children could be ripped from the only home they know if their biological or legal parent dies or splits with the non-biological parent. Four such cases happened last year in Utah where a child was not allowed to have contact with one of their parents. And Utah law supported it. In addition, the ideal situation for any child in Utah should be that the child has the opportunity to be raised by two legal parents in a stable, loving, and willing family.

Discrimination based on myths against families like mine continues despite support from numerous organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychological Association, and the North American Council on Adoptable Children.

Gay parents have long provided loving, secure homes for their children, without the recognition of the law to bolster them.

Please do not allow ignorance to guide our children’s future.

Cristy Gleave Salt Lake City

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Bullshattuck Take a Bite Out of Hate Crime

by Ryan Shattuck ryan@qsaltlake.com

British actor Michael Caine once said, “There are only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Dutch.�

To be fair, I don’t know which I hate more: People who are intolerant of Michael Caine, or the British.

There are several people who I strongly dislike. There are the people at my bank who aren’t empathetic to the fact that just because I wrote out a check today, doesn’t mean I need it to go through today. There’s my landlord who wants his rent on — stop me if this sounds ridiculous — a timely basis.

And then there are people who I dislike simply because they hold more power than God holds over ... well, anything. Donald Trump, I’m talking to you.

These people do not have independent lives and goals and dreams — their one aspiration is to make my life more difficult. I strongly dislike these people.

Should I go as far as to say however, that such people conjure in me feelings of actual hatred?

There’s a noxious poison disseminating across America, surreptitiously entering society the same way a Chris-Hansen-phobe might infiltrate a home on To Catch a Ratings Bonanza During Sweeps Week. Hatred, which previously had been reserved for those who may have morally wronged us, is now being employed as a national past time against those who are merely different from us. Political pundits are allowed to call Muslims “towelheads� and “terrorists� under the guise of “patriotism� and “eschewing any tolerance of non-Caucasians.�

The word “faggot� has been directed at us by everyone from Ann Coulter and Jerry Lewis to Isaiah Washington and people with “self-esteem� envy.

Isn’t hatred for minorities justified?

After all, isn’t it their fault they aren’t white, middle-class, heterosexual Christians like the rest of us? Or at the very least, the always entertaining RuPaul?

Consider the fact that in 2005, the FBI reported that of 3,919 violent incidents motivated by race, 2,630 of these attacks were against African Americans, as opposed to the 828 attacks against whites. Of the 1,017 violent incidents motivated by sexual orientation, 971 of the attacks were against homosexual men and women, while 21 of the attacks were against heterosexual men and women. It makes sense

then why some people feel hate crime laws are unnecessary, as they claim that the protection of such people is “institutionalized discrimination� and “special protection.�

Of course who doesn’t consider “not having the crap beat out of you� to be a “special protection?�

While overt hatred towards racial and sexual minorities is still rampant in some parts of society, a less understood and infrequently mentioned hatred is one of which I am guilty. I hate particular political figures and specifically, particular political parties. While I hesitate to label myself a Republican, Independent or Democrat (although considering the stances I take on most issues, it’s clear that I prefer any political party that employs an ass as its mascot), I often find myself in that group of people who applaud the gaffes of George W. Bush and celebrate the faux pas of his conservative contemporaries. Am I any better? Can I hypocritically accuse fellow writers of being un-American for claiming that Democrats hate America, while I myself hate the very people that make such incorrect claims?

A popular radio program hosted by Ira Glass, This American Life, recently featured the story of Sam Slaven, an Iraq War veteran who returned from the war with strong feelings of hate and anger towards Muslims. To counter the feelings of hatred that had resulted from his having post-traumatic stress disorder, he took the brave step of joining the Muslim Student Association at his university, ultimately forming a life-changing friendship with a Muslim student. His story invites the interesting question: What if we were to actually communicate with those whom we supposedly hate? If we have an aversion to guns, perhaps it might benefit us to attend the NRA; if we dislike gay people, perhaps we might learn more by attending a gay organization; if we don’t understand Muslims, perhaps we might join a Muslim student group; if we aren’t fond of President Bush, perhaps we might converse with most of Utah.

Hatred for blacks, Republicans, Muslims, gays, Democrats, Indians, women, Republicans, Mormons, lesbians, and many other people is alive and well. Just because hatred for something or someone exists doesn’t mean it will go away — look at Neil Diamond. That doesn’t mean, however, that we can’t eradicate such hatred by simply communicating with others.

For us to consider ourselves American is to recognize that the American Dream applies to everyone: hatred therefore is un-American.

If we have nothing to fear, we have no one to hate. As William Shakespeare once said, “In time we hate that which we often fear.�

I really hope he wasn’t British.  Q

To be fair, I don’t know which I hate more: People who are intolerant of Michael Caine, or the British.

Queer Gnosis In Defense of the Undocumented

by Troy Williams troy@qsaltlake.com

Queer people in Utah are off the hook. For now. The legislature has set their targets once again on Latinos — who are Enemy ’08 for the powers that be.

On MLK Day I logged onto the Tribune to read that seven bills were targeting undocumented families in Utah. The conservatives — always needing an enemy — want to strip “driver’s privilege” cards, revoke in-state tuition and pass several other punitive bills. One bill even wants to give police officers the powers of immigration authorities. If you are unlucky enough to be pulled over, you could be arrested and deported — even if you have a dependent family waiting at home. In the name of enforcing laws, self-righteous Sen. Bill Hickman, R-St. George, and Rep. Glenn Donnelson, R-North Ogden, among others are sponsoring cruel legislation that will have thousands of Utah families living in constant fear (on top of the fear they already experience). Well, the argument goes, “those people are breaking the law!”

True. And I remember when having gay sex was a criminal act. Queers also have a history of being rounded up and sent to jail for breaking the law. So what?

Two years ago our legislature was pushing four anti-gay bills. It’s strange how the pendulum swings around. It’s the gays one year, Muslims the next, and of course those damned “Illegals” today. Having

an enemy is so effective at mobilizing the base. One successful strategy for remaining in power is to keep everyone afraid and suspicious of each other. The Republicans under the Bush regime mastered this tactic — their Utah counterparts no less so. And hate-mongers like Lou Dobbs and Glen Beck, posing as journalists, build careers by stirring Americans up into a frenzy. Never mind that conservative legislation like NAFTA dynamically exacerbates the problem of undocumented border-crossing. Never mind that our economy depends on cheap labor. Never mind that undocumented workers pay taxes. Never mind that undocumented Latinos are actually human.

We’ve come so far, Dr. King, but we’ve gotten nowhere. Well, you might argue that we HAVE come far in this nation. We have the potential of our first black or woman president. They are both advocating “change,” the buzz-meme of the moment. And after eight disastrous years of Bush/Cheney we all want that! Yes, but not too much.

Outspoken black journalist Glen Ford recently questioned Hillary and Barack’s call for change.

“When no real change is offered — when both frontrunners are wedded to a lingering presence in Iraq and to reestablishing U.S. hegemony in the world; when insurance and drug companies are left virtually untouched by the duos’ tepid forays into broadening health care coverage; and when neither offers a whisper of an idea on halting the corporateengineered global Race to the Bottom, then it is certain that, although ‘change’

may come, it will be at the direction of the rich who have brought the nation and planet to the very brink of catastrophe. (“The Sinister Nothingness of Change,” blackagendareport.com) It’s more of the ‘same ole, same ole.’

Despite their rhetoric, we should hold no illusion — a President Hillary or Barack will give us more militarism, more media consolidation, more power to pharmaceuticals, more stress on the middle class, and more disregard for the poor. And it’s a shame that Utah’s Democratic Party and my own representative (I hope you are reading, Jackie!) endorsed a hawk candidate who voted for the Iraq war, voted for the Patriot Act and voted to escalate military conflict with Iran.

Hillary will not support universal health care (she receives massive funding from insurance companies). She will not reform NAFTA (her husband passed the damned thing). She has publicly stated she will increase the military (more troops needed to expand our empire) and she has also said she will not support gay marriage (sorry, Human Rights Campaign).

And just this month, Obama was singing the praises of Ronald Reagan, while deriding the “excesses of the 1960s and 1970s” — which one can only assume means feminism, the anti-war movement, environmentalism, gay liberation, and (possibly) the civil rights movement.

Barack is talking code to win the votes of white conservatives.

So why can’t Democrats and progressives get on board and actually pick a truly progressive candidate? What are

We covet a standard of living that is built on the backs of the working poor.

we afraid of? What is holding our country back from pulling out of Iraq, providing universal health care, impeaching Bush/Cheney, crafting fair immigration policies, providing equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans and creating a kind, just, sustainable future for our nation?

The only thing lacking is the will of the American people. We are still in love with the power structure that disenfranchises the many for the benefit of the few.

We covet a standard of living that is built on the backs of the working poor. It’s we who need to change.

So how will the queer community rally around the Latino community as the Legislature heats up? Will we shrug our shoulders and think, “God, at least it’s not me?” Or will we stand up in their defense? Will we write op-eds to the papers, will we call in to talk radio shows? Will we challenge our representatives and tell them to back off? Will we attend rallies at the Capitol to show our solidarity?

This is a great opportunity to build coalitions with people who are also being marginalized. And who knows, if we show them support now, maybe the Latino community will mobilize in support of us when the next wave of anti-gay legislation is being written. I have little hope for the national elections. The game is rigged. The power is set. The status is quo. Hillary. Obama. Romney. McCain.

They’re all the same. But here in Utah — here at the grassroots level we can make real change happen. We can build allies, we can influence legislation, we can offer a voice of defense. We can change the discourse and influence the trajectory of the ’08 legislative session. That is, if we have the courage and the will. Have at it! Q Troy Williams blogs at queergnosis.com.

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David Samsel Loss

by David Samsel david@qsaltlake.com

I write these columns about whatever’s been on my mind right before a deadline. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about loss.

All kinds of loss: lost love, lost loved ones, lost dreams, lost experiences, lost youth, lost hope, lost expectations.

Loss is a huge part of living. Despite what a lot of people think, it’s not a bad thing — the fact that something could go away when you don’t want it to gives that thing value. If nothing could ever be lost, you’d never be in a position to gain anything.

One of the most obvious forms of loss is death, and this type of loss has the greatest emotional effect on me. In a recent nursing school clinical, I cared for a patient who had recently been diagnosed with a fatal form of cancer — the same kind that took my grandmother. I lost her 10 years ago and yet, when I heard my patient’s diagnosis, something rolled over inside of me. I realized how this very same diagnosis had affected my life so many years before.

But sometimes loss isn’t so dramatic and final. I feel that when we date — or put ourselves out there in any way — we are prone to experience loss. Often times when you meet someone and start to get to know them, you have great hope for what the future could hold for you. But all too often, things don’t go as we want. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but there is still a sense of loss, even if we understand logically that things weren’t meant to be, or wouldn’t have worked out.

That’s just what happens when expectations aren’t met.

Loss comes in many degrees, shapes and sizes. It can be wrapped up in a person, an experience or a secret hope.

And all of these variables affect the impact it has on a person. Loss is different for everyone, and nothing you feel after a loss is wrong or inappropriate. Most of how a person experiences loss is internal, not something a lot of people get to see. This is why it’s important not to measure how you experience loss to how others experience it.

It’s the actions we take after a loss that are most important.

A friend recently suffered a very significant loss, one that is on a level I have never experienced. In struggling to figure out how to support her, I’ve come to accept that, after sustaining such a deep loss, she’s existing in a place that I simply cannot be. In certain ways our losses isolate us. They put us in a place that demands we find a new perspective.

Acknowledgement of a person’s loss can have a significant impact as he or she grieves. When my grandpa died I felt completely disconnected from the experience. But as the policeescorted funeral procession made its way through the streets of the small town where my grandparents lived,

total strangers stopped what they were doing and stood silently as we passed.

The firefighters, who were out in front of the fire station washing their truck, stood tall with their hands on their hearts. These people didn’t know my grandfather, nor could they see the faces of my family members behind the tinted glass of the cars. These total strangers stood in acknowledgement of a life they knew nothing about and a family’s loss they were not experiencing. It touched me then, as the memory of it still touches me today. That experience reconnected me to the world as I was experiencing it at that moment.

To finish, I’ll share something I wrote to the friend I mentioned earlier:

Take all the time you need. When you feel like crying, cry. When you feel like you need to be alone, be alone. Give yourself what you need. And when you need to, ask others to support you as you seek what only you can find. As you said the other day, the world just keeps on going no matter what.

The world will keep on going but it will not leave you behind. The experience you’re living every day is one that will speed you ahead of the rest of the world. It will progress you past many of your peers and drop you in a place that will allow you to experience life more fully and in greater depth. Live it with all your heart and don’t be ashamed of the pain. Q

In certain ways our losses isolate us.

They put us in a place that demands we find a new perspective.

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On Thin Ice

by Ruby Ridge, ruby@qsaltlake.com

So, darlings, I have two items of compelling news. Firstly, President Hinckley the world leader of the LDS Church has died. Secondly, and I would argue more importantly, I have been grotesquely injured after slipping on ice. To add insult to injury I was wearing flats!

Chances are that it probably wouldn’t have happened if I was wearing my usual 4-inch heels and I could have avoided injury completely had I just fallen forward and landed onto my boobs.

But ooohhh, no! I went flying backwards and broke my left elbow and right wrist. So I am in tragically unfashionable casts for the next six weeks or so, and then onto several months of rehab. No not the Amy Winehouse, Lindsey Lohan, Mel Gibson kind of rehab, the other kind. The kind of rehab where they make you squeeze foam stress balls and pull giant rubber bands until they turn your joints and tendons into hamburger. Ick! I am soooo not looking forward to that, let me tell you.

Anyway, pumpkins, back to ex-President Hinckley. As much as I dislike some of the machinations of the LDS Church, I actually liked Gordo. The man was a real little charmer and boy-howdy was he media savvy. I had only met him once face to face, when Mr. Ridge and I were invited to a Christmas reception and invitation-only concert of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It was lovely, super festive, and I wore a tie, clean underwear and everything! Although how I passed the background security check and was allowed to park under Temple Square still disturbs me to this day.

I watched KSL Channel 5’s biography on President Hinckley, which aired about 45 seconds after he died. Ummm, not to sound ghoulish, petals, but I’m thinking the Hinckley biopic has probably been in the tape machine with the pause button down for the last few years. I must admit though, it was really well done and beautifully chronicled a remarkable life. Of the past few Presidents, Hinckley seemed to understand that the LDS Church is a global religion that was seeing its greatest missionary successes in Third-world and developing nations. In contrast, I think Spencer Kimball (my least favorite pres. by far) had to get vaccinations if he ventured past Payson. President Hinckley’s push to localize the church and adapt it to regional differences was frankly inspired.

Way too many years ago I remember going into the Church College in New Zealand with its overly showy monogrammed carpet and glossy basketball courts and being appalled by the shear Americanized imperialism of the place. It’s no wonder missionaries around the world are abducted or confused for CIA operatives.

On a brighter note, the idea of dotting the world with accessible, convenient mini-temples where people can actually use them was sheer genius. They are everywhere, just like 7-11’s but with better landscaping, better lighting, and there are a heck of a whole lot more of them!

Now the big question is who will be the next president? In keeping with the media-aware nature of the church I think it needs to be done as a reality show where you have challenges, give immunity, and eliminate members of the Quorum of the Twelve via text messaging. When the last three make it to the semi-finals I just have two words, darlings: DANCE OFF! Ciao, babies! Q

I’m thinking the Hinckley biopic has probably been in the tape machine with the pause button down for the last few years.

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10 GAY DAYS! February 8-17, 2008

The Utah Pride Center and Queer Utah Aquatics Club have joined forces this year to bring Utah a grand pride event while the snow still flies.

This is the third WinterPride and tenth Ski-n-Swim the two groups have thrown.

Read through this guide thoroughly — we’re sure there will be something you’ll be interested in joining.

It’s either that or get back out there and shovel the walks again.

Your choice.

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Day 1 — Friday, Feb 8

Bingo Night

Featuring the Utah Cyber Sluts Time: 7:00pm Location: South Valley Unitarian Church 6876 Highland Drive (2000 East) Cost: $5/bingo card

Day #1 Bingo Night Every second Friday of the month the Utah Cyber Sluts call numbers with 100–200 gay bingo fans. Prize packages are awarded to bingo winners. Just don’t party-foul. You will regret it.

Day #2 Art Show

WinterPride Interfaith Service

Time: 6:30pm Location: Holladay Church of Christ 2631 E. Murray-Holladay Rd, Holladay Cost: Free

Join us as an Inter-Faith community as we come together from many diverse faiths and cultures to celebrate each individual as a being of love, created as such. Participants include representatives from over 20 churches and organizations and performances by the “Salt Lake Men’s Choir” and “Twist of Faith”.

Day 4 — Monday Feb 11

South Africa’s Everglades International Film Festival.

After seven years of marriage, An & Elena hit a major pothole in their relationship with the revelation that Elena is gay. This tragic comedy follows them as they navigate their relationship. After the showing will be a short Q&A session with An, Elena and other cast members. Written and directed by An Dinh.

Film #3 Local Shorts

Time: 9:00pm Location: Tower Theatre 876 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City Cost: $10 (each screening)

second showing of the local shorts program, all of under “Film #1.”

DISCAwhich OUareNlisted Art Show T TICFeb Film #1 Local Shorts Day 5 — Tuesday Day #3 Spirituality Sunday Time: 7:00pm KE12T D Time: 5:00pm E Location: IAO Gallery A DLIFamily Ice Skating Location: Tower Theatre 511 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City N E E Time: 7:00pm XTENDCenter 876 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City Cost: $10 or 2/$15 ($8 in advance) Location: Utah Gallivan U Cost: $10/screening N The third annual WinterPride Art Gallery reception will Day #4 Movie Night WinterPride presents the strength of Utah’s gay,TIL FEB 239 S. Main Street,EDSalt Lake City bring some of Utah’s newest and brightest artists from Cost: RUAFreeR— ticket required slcwinterpride.org lesbian, bisexual and transgender community with a our talented community. Light buffet, cash bar and Yjoin5hands Family and friends circling the rink for collection of eight short films by local filmmakers: friendly conversation round out the evening.

THwhile a evening of fun from 7–9 pm under the stars. Skate Disruptive Items — Students are suspended for wear-

Day 2 — Saturday, Feb 9

Movie Night

Day #5 Family Ice Skating Day 3 — Sunday Feb 10 Spirituality Sunday

ing anti-war and Queers Kick Ash t-shirts at a Utah public high school. Directed by Isabella Bravo.

Day #6 X-96 Rainbow Mixer Family Fellowship Presentation

Time: 4:30pm Location: Holladay Church of Christ 2631 E. Murray-Holladay Rd, Holladay Cost: Free

Dummy Love — A lunchtime tryst takes an unexpected turn. Directed by Jeremiah Hansen.

Hard Parts — Love and sex get complicated in this humorous tale of three guys and a girl. Directed by Michael Cox.

Day #7 Valentine’s Day Photo Exhibit Watch a screening of PBS’ Anyone and Everyone, detailing the impact of homosexuality in families of different ethnic backgrounds. Family Fellowship members Lani and Robert Graves and their son, Kerry, are featured.

Gay Hitmen — Is monogamy possible in the underworld?

A creepy, funny comedy. Directed by Andy Bauman.

Dissonance — Beautiful short delving into the ethical dilemmas of an obsessed young pianist on the cusp of his career. Directed by Steven Doxey.

Day #8 QUAC Openers and Comedy Show Family Fellowship/WinterPride Interfaith Potluck Social

Jo Outside — Jo Blake, a local dancer, finds himself at a crossroad in life. Directed by Jeremiah Hansen.

Day #9 Gay Ski Day and House Parties Time: 5:30pm Location: Holladay Church of Christ 2631 E. Murray-Holladay Rd, Holladay Cost: Free

Passenger — Like something out of an erotic dream, it may not be logical, but the images will stay in your mind for days. Directed by Michael Cox.

Queer Frontiers — An exploration of Utah’s gay and lesbian pioneers working to strengthen our gay community and fight for LGBT Rights. Directed by David Alder.

with the kiddies, spin on the ice, or sit on the side and enjoy tasty treats from the Utah AIDS Foundation with family fun for everyone. Skate rental included with the first 175 tickets. Free ice skating, performance by QUAC, treats from UAF

Day 6 — Wednesday Feb 13

Rainbow Mixer with X-96 Time: 6:00pm Location: The Trapp Door 615 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City Cost: $5 (Must be over 21) Kerry, Bill & Gina from X-96 will be on hand to liven up this mixer from Hell! All guest MUST pre-register online at www.x96.com/contests/rainbow_mixer to gain entrance to this private event and be 21 years & older.

Light buffet & cash bar available.

Day 7 — Thursday Feb 14

Valentine’s Day Photo Exhibit

Day #10 Swim Meet, Bowling and Dance Party Everyone of all faiths are invited to mix and mingle at this potluck social. Please bring a dish of your choice with serving utensil and sit at a “Family Table” in which every member of the family is welcome.

Suggested potluck offering: enough to serve eight people as follows (alphabetically by last name): A–I: Meat dish or casserole, J–R: Salad, S–Z: Dessert

Film #2 Single Tracks w/panel discussion Time: 7:00pm Location: Tower Theatre 876 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City Cost: $10 (each screening)

Time: Where: Cost:

6:00pm–9:00pm Urban Utah Homes & Estates 380 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City Free — ticket required slcwinterpride.org

and information at www.slcwinterpride.org Single Tracks — Filmed in Utah, by Utahns with local actors, and the winner of the “Best GLBT Feature” at

Celebrate Utah’s diverse families with the unveiling of the latest edition of the Utah Pride Center’s traveling photo exhibit “FAMILIES … It’s All Relative” amongst loving friends and families on Valentine’s Day. Light hors d’oeuvres & cash bar available.

Day 8 — Friday, Feb 15

Socials, Comedy and Fashion QUAC Women’s Mixer

Time: 6:00pm Location: Desert Edge

273 Trolley Square, Salt Lake City Cost: Free, ticket required slcwinterpride.org

For QUAC Registrants and guests

lift system. You’ll barely have a chance to catch your breath before you’re whizzing down the mountain past the blur of beautiful alpine scenery on the nearly 4,000 feet of curves, bends and loops.

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Time: TBA @ Breakfast Location: Park City Mountain Resort Cost: FREE with Nastar course ticket &

100 yard freestyle registration

The women of QUAC and friends are invited to meet and dine at this pre-opening dinner. Meet old friends and make new ones as conversation flows over dinner and drinks of your choice.

Old Town Shopping

QUAC Ski n Swim Opening Social

Community Lunch

Time: 7:00pm Location: Salt Lake Hilton

255 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City Cost: Free, ticket required

For QUAC Registrants and guests over 18 Salt Lake City welcomes Ski-n-Swim participants as they check-in for their respective competitions and meet fellow athletes and friends. Light buffet and cash bar available.

WinterPride Triple “F” Comedy Show Funny — Fabulous — Fashion Time: 9:30pm Location: Club Sound

579 W 200 South, Salt Lake City Cost: $10 advance, $15 door

Must be over 18 (ID required)

San Francisco comic Karen Ripley returns to WinterPride for a “Funny – Fabulous – Fashion” evening including Salt Lake’s own improv talent comics. Also enjoy a fashion show by Black Chandelier, the “Men of Utah County,” Arabian Eyes Belly Dance Studio, and the Girls of Nova Starr’s PPR.

Day 9 — Saturday Feb 16

Ski Day & House Parties Community Breakfast & Ski Day Kick-Off Time: 9:00am Location: The Lodge at the Mountain Village

Park City Mountain Resort Cost: Free, ticket required slcwinterpride.org

Plan your gay day over breakfast while visiting with friends old and new. Meet-up with fellow winter sports enthusiast or map out your old town shopping plans with local tips. European continental breakfast provided. Info for Ski in/Ski out accommodations available at www.thelodgepc.com/winter; click here to read reviews of the Park City Mountain Resort.

Downhill Skiing & Snowboarding w/Half Pipe

Time: 9:00am–5:00pm Location: Park City Mountain Resort Cost: Adults 13 & Older: $50 Advance, $81 Door

Children 7–12: $40 Advance / $50 Door

Children 6 & Under: Free

Time: 12:00 noon Location: Lodge at the Mounatin Village

Park City Mountain Resort,

1415 Lowell Avenue, Park City Cost: Free, ticket Required Take a break from the chill and join us for lunch with friends of all interest. Lunch buffet, soft drinks and water provided.

Time: Evening / various times Location: Various homes along Wasatch Front Cost: Vary per host / RSVP Required

For Utah Pride Center members and

community members Choose from over a dozen private parties to meet new friends and learn about becoming a member of the Utah Pride Center with “10 Reasons in 10 Minutes or Less.” Select from wine tastings, cocktail parties, sit down dinners and more to find something to fit your taste.

Time: Evening / various times Location: Various homes throughout Salt Lake City Cost: Free / RSVP Required

For QUAC Registrants & guests QUAC members and friends invite you to dessert after a day on the slopes. Meet our out-of-town guest and locals in the comfort of a private home. Drinks & desserts provided.

Day 10 — Sunday Feb 17

Swim Meet, Bowling, Closing Social Temple Square Guided Tour

Time: 9:00am Location: Temple Square

50 W. North Temple, Salt Lake City Cost: Free, ticket required

QUAC Swim Meet/Water Polo/Diving Expo Time: 10am-2pm Location: University of Utah Aquatics Center

270 South 1850 East, Salt Lake City Cost: $5 to compete, Free to spectate

Bowling Party w/raffle

Time: 12:00pm–4:00pm Location: Shuttle departs Park City Mountain Resort Cost: $17 Climb into the toboggan-style cars of the Alpine Coaster and await the ride of your life as you’re whisked to the top of the track via the automated

Come experience the best in entertainment at the new Mediterranean-themed luxurious 1,000 seat Peppermill Concert Hall along with exciting West Wendover hotels and casinos — just 90 minutes west from Salt Lake City on I-80

A 30-minute private guided tour of the historic LDS Temple Square gardens and buildings.

Race against the clock or your friends in side-by-side racing for a platinum, gold, silver or bronze medal on the NASTAR Race Course. Located on the Blanche run, the course can be accessed from the PayDay Lift.

Alpine Coaster

Gaming • Dining Golf • Events • Recreation Top Name Entertainment Historic Sites Bonneville Salt Flats & More!

QUAC Ski-n-Swim Dessert Parties

World class athletes will participate in competitive US Masters-sanctioned swim competitions, water polo match and diving expo.

Time: 10:00am Location: Shuttle departs Park City Mountain Resort Cost: $35 in advance only

Includes snowshoes, poles, bottled water,

power bar and guided tour.

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Utah Pride Center Private House Parties

Time: 10:00am–3:00pm Location: Park City Mountain Resort Cost: $7

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Time: 3:30pm Location: Bonwood Bowling

2501 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City Cost: $15 or 2/$25 (includes shoe rental and three

games per person) ($12 advance) Team up for an afternoon of fun amongst friends. Three games and shoe rental included. “Mystery” and “StrikeIt-Rich” games and a drawing for a new ball and bag.

“Party Gras” Dance

Time: 7:00pm Location: The Depot Cost: $10 door, $5 advance Must be over 18 w/ ID. 10 Gay Days culminates in Mardi Gras style with a night of decadent dancing complete with masks, beads, awards, prize drawings, the final round of the Utah Golden Body Contest. Cash bar available.

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Timed NASTAR Course Two Runs

Time: 8:00am-10:00pm Location: Main Street Park City Cost: Free shuttle

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Gay and Lesbian Parents Face Challenges With Utah’s Adoption Law

by JoSelle Vanderhooft joselle@qsaltlake.com

Rusted Sun Pizza is packed on a Friday night. Beer bottles and Coke glasses clink, cooks bustle to throw pepperoni and artichokes on top of delicious pies and patrons scuttle indoors to escape the bitter January wind.

Eight-month-old Sam sits up in one of his mothers’ laps, sucking intently at a water glass. Every time Kelley Beeny moves it away (to “keep him from drowning himself,� she jokes), he

shrieks and waves his fists. “He must be teething,� her partner Kaye Beeny says, bouncing Sam’s fraternal twin Ben as he reaches for a stuffed toy on the lacquered wood tabletop.

It’s just another family outing for Kelley and Kaye, the latter of whom gave birth to the twins through artificial insemination just eight months ago (“overachieving ovaries,� she laughs). But in the eyes of Utah law, the four are not just another family,

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and haven’t been since 2000 when Utah lawmakers changed the state’s adoption codes to keep gay and unmarried couples from adopting children. It’s what local gay rights activists often refer to as a classic Catch-22: the women cannot legally wed because Utah’s constitution bans gay marriage, and because they must live as an unmarried couple, they cannot adopt. This means that Kelley, the non-biological mother, has no legal standing in the lives of the children she is helping to raise.

“It pisses me off,� she says.

In an attempt to achieve some legal rights, the couple has amassed a parcel of documents familiar to many samesex couples — a co-guardianship agreement, power of attorney and several pertaining to estate planning among them. Ultimately, though, the two know they can only get full parental rights if they leave Utah, which is one of only three states banning gays from adopting children. “It doesn’t seem fair for us and our families to have to do that,� Kaye says. “These are Kelly’s parents’ only grandkids, and my dad’s only grandsons.�

The situation also doesn’t seem fair to several other gays and lesbians raising children in Utah. In the wake of House Bill 318, which seeks to amend Utah law so unmarried couples of all orientations can adopt, several of them have contacted QSaltLake to share their stories.

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therefore no responsibilities.

No Rights, No Responsibilities Ann Lovato has faced the same situation Kim describes. When she and her partner decided to have a child together, Utah law still allowed gay and lesbian partners to adopt. As Lovato explains it, they had planned to put their child on her partner’s health insurance because Lovato, who runs a home daycare business, was self-employed.

But six weeks before their son was born, Lovato said her partner walked out leaving her to raise the child alone.

Today, she and 8-year-old Jacob share a two-bedroom apartment and struggle to make ends meet. And Utah law, she says, does not hold her ex financially responsible for the child she agreed to parent.

Lovato says it’s not just a matter of her son not having the security of a two parent home or enough money for the things he wants to do; it’s a matter of what happens when he needs a check up or gets hurt, as little boys tend to do.

“He broke his jaw at school in September and here he is getting his X-ray and I’m thinking, ‘I don’t have insurance, I don’t qualify for CHIP.’” Lovato remembers.

Although Lovato says her family and her son’s donor have helped her with some expenses, she said they wouldn’t have to if Utah law held all parents accountable regardless of their sex.

“The whole thing for me is there are so many children being born within the last eight years [since gay adoption was banned] that don’t have what all the other kids have, they don’t have two legal parents. I think there’s a lot of not necessarily anger, but irritation for me that my ex would prefer to bring a child into world and walk away. I know that fathers do that all the time but they’re held accountable.”

“It happens a lot,” she continues.

“There are other moms like me that have had to do the same thing. They are quiet about it. I think part of it is you’re so overwhelmed with the time consumption of it — even going grocery shopping by yourself with a screaming toddler is an ordeal.”

But she says she is speaking out now

for her child’s future.

“I see him as the picture of the new gay rights movement,” she says. “It’s not for our own personal safety or legal rights, it’s for our children and for me that’s even more important than ourselves.”

Fighting for Rights As HB 318 gets ready to be heard in committee, and possibly brought to the floor for House and Senate debate, the parents say they will do everything they can to let legislators and Utah citizens know how the current law hurts their families.

Kaye says she is writing to her state representatives and encouraging famRuth and Kim Hackford-Peer hold one of their sons, Casey

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Two Children, Two Different Laws Like Kaye and Kelley, Ruth HackfordPeer and her partner Kim HackfordPeer are the parents of two boys, 6-year-old Riley and toddler Casey.

But Utah law is affecting them in an entirely different way.

“We have two little ones who don’t have same protections and I don’t have the same responsibilities to both of them n the eyes of the law, which seems really unfair to us as parents and to them as siblings, as brothers,” Kim explains.

Because Riley was born in Massachusetts where gays are allowed to adopt, his non-biological mother Kim is considered his legal parent no matter where she goes. But their second child, born after the couple moved to Utah, has only one legal parent.

“If I were to die, Kim would legally get Riley and my parents could very easily try to get Casey, which would mean the brothers wouldn’t even be together,” Ruth says. “It just seems ridiculous to me that this state what purports to be so much about family supports such a terrible law that hurts families so much.”

Before Casey’s birth, Ruth says that she, Riley and her partner would celebrate what they called “Family Day” to mark the anniversary of Riley’s conception by artificial insemination. But when Casey was born, Ruth said they decided to stop celebrating that because, legally, they were no longer a family.

“Riley’s six and has an understanding that in eyes of the law he and mommy Ruth and mommy Kim are a family and he and Casey and mommy Ruth are a family. He worries about that a lot,” Ruth says. “It’s very frustrating for him because it doesn’t seem fair.”

Ruth also said it isn’t fair to Utah taxpayers. After losing her job last September, she no longer had health insurance for the children. While Kim, who is pursuing a PhD, is able to put Riley on her health insurance, Casey remains uninsured.

“Which means taxpayers foot the bill when he gets sick,” Ruth explains.

And, Kim points out, if she ever decided to leave her partner, Ruth would be stuck footing all of the bills for Casey because, legally Kim has no rights over their younger child and

ily, friends and even co-workers to do the same.

“I try not to take political things to work but in this case I felt I had to,” she says.

Lovato says she will bring her son to rallies at the state capitol.

“He loves those kinds of things,” she says. “He’s really interested in how the government works.”

Perhaps most poignantly, Ruth says Riley found a way of his own to participate.

“He’s going to make a sign that says, ‘protect my baby brother,’” she says.

“Clearly, this is something that’s on his mind.”

Ultimately, one of the things that Kaye says is on her mind and her partners a lot lately is the disconnect between what legislators who oppose HB 318 say about gay parents and how other parents in their community treat them.

Kaye says that doctors and nurses at LDS Hospital treated Kelley with “the same respect as a straight couple” when Kaye was in labor with the twins, letting her slip into the room whenever she needed to. She also said her neighbors — most of whom are Mormon — treat them kindly, even helping them with snow shoveling and babysitting.

And, she says, one neighbor in particular would like to see them add a third child to their family.

“He’s so excited, talking about how he’d love for me and his wife to be pregnant at the same time,” she laughs. “These representatives can’t be representing their constituents accurately when their constituents are this excited about lesbian parents having kids.” Q

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The Gay Agenda

Peking Acrobats See Feb. 1

YOUR CALENDAR OF ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT & IMPORTANT EVENTS

I think Queer Lounge at this year’s Sundance festival was its best yet. With GLAAD on board for the first time, it felt like a real celebrity shindig. I met several filmmakers, a few familiar faces like Reichen and Utah’s newest millionaire Todd Herzog. There were interesting discussion panels, worthwhile entertainment and free-flowing Absolut. Great job to all involved, and I’m looking forward to next year.

8pm, Slowtrain Music, 221 E. 300 South.

Free, but donations appreciated, 364-2611 or slowtrainmusic.com.

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7pm, through Saturday, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South. Tickets $15–30, 355ARTS or arttix.org.

Q According to the folks at Slowtrain Music, French Quarter is a sure-fire hit, a “you’ll love him.” Well for me, his indie/grunge/roots music is a hitand-miss experience. Plus, he looks like a young Charles Nelson Reilly, which isn’t so bad, but there’s a psychotic truck driver aura about him.

Anyhoo, I encourage you to check him out and decide for yourself if he’s all that and a bag of Doritos.

1FRIDAY Q Colorful and fanciful, THE CRYSTAL AND THE SPHERE is Ririe-Woodbury’s latest acquisition by dance/theatre wizard Alwin Nikolais. This Salt Lake City premiere is a delightful, black light, multimedia collage involving an array of strange and humorous characters all woven into a fantasy against vibrant light projections. It makes for a magical evening for audiences of all ages.

Q By popular demand — the masters of agility and grace — the Peking Acrobats will amaze with their feats of strength, balance and sheer nerve.

Whether balancing on a precarious pagoda of chairs, defying gravity on a high wire or twisting their bodies into amazing contortions, they’re bound to knock your socks off.

7:30pm, through Saturday, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, UofU. Tickets $19.50–29.50, 581-7100, kingtix.org.

Q Woody Harrelson plays a gay escort to Washington D.C.’s socialite women in the romantic murder mystery The Walker. Director Paul Schrader explains: “A walker is one of those funny, middle-aged gents, homosexual, who squires the wives of the rich and famous to the opera and such, and who loves that world.” Woody’s kind of cute, but he doesn’t give me one. I do like a good murder mystery though, so I’ll go see this flick. Also starring Lily Tomlin and Lauren Bacall.

Opens today at Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E. 300 South. 321-0310 or saltlakefilmsociety.org for showtimes.

3SUNDAY Q Lesbians and ... well, perhaps gay Republican men, it’s Super Bowl XLII (42). Can you believe it? Forty-two years of meaningless injuries, unseemly testosterone levels, skanky cheerleaders and the most annoying commentators known to mankind. I’m just glad the Dallas Cowboys aren’t in it this year so the media won’t focus on that dingbat Jessica Simpson. And to continue the rant: If I was a football fan I’d cheer on the New York Giants, but I’m also not a twit, it’s obvious the New England Patriots will win.

4pm, any establishment or abode with a boob tube and fans.

5TUESDAY Q A celebration of Irish music, song and dance, Riverdance focuses on the evolution of Irish dance and its similarities with, and influences on, other cultures. The phenomenon draws on the Irish traditions and combines the richness of the music with the magic and sensuality of the dance. This extraordinarily unique show features an international company that has taken the world by storm.

7:30pm, through Feb. 10, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, UofU. Tickets $30–60, 581-7100 or kingtix.org.

Q This Fat Tuesday, the Utah Arts Alliance opens the Design For A Cause — Mardi Gras Mask Auction & Exhibit.

The auction will benefit Team Turtle’s annual fundraising for the MS Walk.

They invite you to join Team Turtle and participate in the mask auction

fund raiser project and this year’s MS Walk.

6pm, reception & auction tonight. Exhibit runs through Mar. 1, Utah Arts Alliance Gallery, 127 S. Main Street. Free, 651-3937 or utaharts.org.

7THURSDAY Q The University of Utah Performing Dance Company’s Spring Concert feels a bit premature due to all this freakin’ snow. Anyhoo, four performances will be showcased by choreographers Carly Allred, Pamela Geber, Satu Hummasti, Lien Fan Shen, Stephen Koester and Murray Louis.

From the surreal to animation, these works delve into human and not-sohuman emotions.

7:30pm, Thurs.–Sat. through Feb. 16, Marriott Center for Dance, 330 S. 1500 East, UofU. Tickets $7–10, 581-7327 or dance.utah.edu.

8FRIDAY Q If you happened to read the article on pop artist Mika in the Jan. 17 issue of QSaltLake, then you’ve learned almost all you need to know about the UK-based sensation, except for whether or not he’s gay. But who cares — he’s cute, campy and can really belt out the tunes.

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

Tickets $23/adv.–$25/day of, 467-8499 or smithstix.com.

Q Pygmalion Productions Theatre Company presents two different perspectives on the ‘American dream’ in the dramatic Living Out by Lisa Loomer. High-power lawyers and Salvadorian immigrants attempt to co-exist in the fast-paced world where it’s ultimately the children who suffer.

8pm, Thurs.–Sun. through Feb. 23, Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $12–20, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

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Q Pampered pooches will escort their humans to the 11th annual Fur Ball, a dinner/auction to benefit the 1,600+ orphaned animals that the Utah Animal Adoption Center rescues, neuters, shelters and finds homes for each

year. Get your pets groomed early and don’t forget the plastic baggie. The event is hosted by Kurt Bestor.

6pm, University Park Marriott, 480 Wakara Way. Tickets $100, 355-PETS.

Q She has been praised as “a poet with a guitar.” Georgia Barretto’s music is both beautiful and painful, combining the flavor of her Brazilian heritage with sultry Jazz class. She has strong Bossa Nova roots and a gift for reaching out and drawing you in.

7–9pm, Cafe Marmalade, Utah Pride Center, 361 N. 300 West. Suggested donation $5, 539-8800 or utahpridecenter.org.

10SUNDAY Q We were playing a game on our cruise a couple of weeks ago that seems pertinent to mention here.

Basically, you think of a movie title and replace one of the words with “vagina.” For instance, The Scent of a Vagina, When Harry Met Vagina or Vagina on a Hot Tin Roof. Get the idea! Anyhoo, the Vagina Monologues returns with more important and moving commentary on worldwide women’s issues featuring local women.

7:30pm, Eccles Center, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City. Tickets $18–30, 435-655-3114 or ecclescenter.org.

Q As a special favor to friends and fans in Salt Lake City, British classical pianist Leslie Howard has added Salt Lake City to his international tour. Howard will present only one concert in the western United States this season. The program features Russian music by Rakhmaninov Glazunov and Borodin.

3pm, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, UofU. Tickets $15, 355-5239.

14THURSDAY Q This Valentine’s Day, take your loved one to the ever-popular Ballet West production of Cinderella. In a world where anything is possible, Cinderella comes to life in the hopes of a lowly maid, the love of a prince and the magic of a wand. Set to Prokofiev’s enchanting score, this classic fairytale is filled with romance, comedy, mesmerizing dance and fun.

7:30pm, through Feb. 23, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South. Tickets $17–65, 355ARTS or arttix.org.

Q Highly acclaimed for his romantic adult contemporary music, the very sexy Jim Brickman comes to Salt Lake for a special two-night Valentine’s concert. Brickman will put a rejuvenating sparkle in your eyes during this perfect date-night event for the special someone(s) in your life.

8pm, through Friday, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, UofU. Tickets $30–45, 581-7100 or kingtix.com.

Q Nothing is more romantic on Valentine’s Day than a trip to the symphony. Romantic Weekend is a special, shorter program performed by Shai Wosner, which includes Edvard Grieg’s familiar piano concerto.

7pm, Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple. Tickets $10–35, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Feb. 28 — Joshua Radin & Ingrid

Michaelson, Urban Lounge Mar. 3 — Lifehouse, The Depot Mar. 6 — Matchbox Twenty, E Center Mar. 11 — Bette Midler, Las Vegas Mar. 15 — Rufus Wainwright, Park City Nov. 21 — Celine Dion, ES Arena

SAVETHEDATE Feb. 5 Presidential Primary FEB. 8–17 WinterPride slcwinterpride.org

Mar. 24 Precinct Caucuses (mass meetings) Mar. 28-30 Utah Bear and Cub Contest utahbears.com April 12 Stonewall Caucus, Salt Lake County Democratic Convention utahstonewalldemocrats.org

May 26-28 Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire Coronation rcgse.org JUNE 6–8 Utah Pride Festival utahpride.org JUNE 14 HRC Utah Dinner hrcutah.org

AUG. 7–10 PWACU River Trip pwacu.org AUG 24 Center Golf Classic utahpridecenter.org OCT 10–12 Salt Lake City GayBowl VIII mwffl.org OCT 11 Coming Out Day Breakfast utahpridecenter.org

JUNE 21 If you would like your event Salt Lake Men’s Choir “SLMC Does Hollywood” considered for this list, email tony@­qsaltlake.com.

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Sundance is a Wrap

By Ross von Metzke buzz@qsaltlake.com

Sundance—the one time of year when everyone is seemingly treated equal. Maria Bello, Kevin Sorbo and Reichen Lehmkuhl were all spotted flying coach… Mary Kate Olsen had to wait a whopping ten minutes to get into a party (never mind that the rest of us weren’t even on the list) and Colin Farrell (gasp) cabbed it.

Of course, it lasts a mere week and then its back to the real work… but for a few fleeting days in the snow, celebrities and regular folk walk side by side, sharing the streets of Park City like it’s one big carnival.

And so, as I pack my bags and bid adieu to the mountainside village, I thought it might be fun to recap some of this year’s festival highlights, in no particular order.

Best Celebrity Sighting: Robert Redford, mostly because after four years of coming to Sundance, I’ve yet to actually see him.

Most Anti-Climactic Celebrity Sighting: P. Diddy, because people had been screaming he was “on his way” for an hour and a half.

Best Party for a Film Not in the Festival: The Hottie and the Nottie, because Paris Hilton plus a DJ plus free booze minus inhibitions equals one rollicking good time.

Best Quote: “Did you cum?”, Julianne Moore asks her son, played by Eddie Redmayne, in Savage Grace. “We can fix that.”

Sweetest Swag: Chip & Pepper jeans, because the third day of the festival, no one is carrying 30x32’s anymore… the Gods were obviously watching.

Gayest Moment: Toss up—either Christine Lakin calling her Hottie and

the Nottie character a cockblocker on our video blog or HBO executive Sheila Nevins calling her first sexual experience a moist one at a Queer Lounge Panel.

Biggest Reminder We’re in Utah: One a.m. at the local pub and no one—not even Colin Farrell—is drunk. Why? One ounce per pour—Utah state law.

My bags are packed, the shuttle is on the way and, while I only have about ten minutes before someone screams at me to put my laptop away, one last treat, as promised. Another three gay films you are ordered to see when they hit a theatre near you.

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: Sienna Miller, Jon Foster and Mena Suvari head a killer cast in this adaptation of Michael Chabon’s celebrated novel, which 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.

Sunshine Cleaning: If you’ve ever had a thing for 24’s Chloe, you’re in good company—so does Emily Blunt as Norah, one half of a team of sisters (the other is Enchanted’s Amy Adams) who start a crime scene cleaning business and quickly learn that the job requires more than just elbow grease.

Savage Grace: Julianne Moore goes back to her other favorite kind of film (after three in which one of her kids mysteriously disappeared) with this seriously twisted, based on a true story affair. She plays social climber Barbara Daly, who, after effectively killing her marriage to a wealthy man, attempts to “cure” her son’s homosexuality (see above if you want to know how).

Another year, another Sundance… I’m booking my flight now!

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April 26 Queer Prom “The Origin of Love” utahpridecenter.org

Aug. 1–3 The Village Summit utahaids.org

Queer Lounge organizers ready the lounge for its fifth, and largest, year. More Queer Lounge photos are on page 26.

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▲ QSaltLake Publisher Michael Aaron captured all the Queer Lounge action himself. From lounging about drinking coffee to panels with filmmakers to partying with the stars, the 3-level Lounge was packed full of action. ▼ The “Discrimination is a Drag” party for Equality Utah at the Mynt Martini was hot-hot-hot. So hot, in fact, that the building next door burned down to the ground hours later. We’re sure it was related somehow. Check out EU executive director Mike Thompson in the fabulous pink floor-length pimp coat.

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

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SL Valley Health Dept. HIV/STD Clinic 610 S 200 E. . . . . . . 534-4666 University of Utah Department of Family and Preventative Medicine uuhsc.utah.edu/dfpm.581-7234 Utah AIDS Foundation. . 487-2323 utahaids.org, mail@utahaids.org Homeless Services Center for Women and Children. . . . . . . . . . 261-9177 Homeless Youth Resource Center Youth ages 15-21.

655 S State St . . . . . 364-0744 The Road Home . . . . . . 359-4142 theroadhome.org YWCA, 322 E 300 S. . . . 537-8600 POLITICAL American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU. . . . . . . . . . . . . 521-9862 acluutah.org, aclu@acluutah.org Disability Law Ctr.(800) 662-9080 info@disabilitylawcenter.org EQUALITY UTAH. . . . . . . 355-3479 equalityutah.org, info@equalityutah.org Human Rights Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 628-4160 Human Rights Campaign, Utah hrc.org, HRCSaltLakeUT@aol.com Log Cabin Republicans, Utah lcrutah.org, lcr@lcrutah.org Utah Stonewall Democrats utahstonewalldemocrats.org info@utahstonewalldemocrats.org 455 S 300 E, Ste 102.328-1212 RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL Affirmation — Salt Lake Chapter affirmation.org. . . . . 486-6977 Cache Valley Unitarian Universalists 596 E 900 N, Logan.435-755-2888 First Baptist Church of Salt Lake firstbaptist-slc.org, office@firstbaptist-slc.org 777 S 1300 E. . . . . . 582-4921 First Unitarian Church, slcuu.org 569 S 1300 E . . . . . .582-8687 Glory to God Community Church 375 Harrison Blvd, Ogden . . . . . . . . . . . 394-0204 Holladay United Church of Christ 2631 Murray-Holladay Rd.277-2631 Inner Light Center. . . . . 268-1137 innerlightcenter.net Integrity/Utah - St. James Church.5661311 Lifebreath Center/Interfaith Ministry 363-9229 Metropolitan Community Church – Bridgerland, 1315 E 700 N, Logan . . . . . . (435) 750-5026 Provo Comm. United Church of Christ 175 N University Ave, Provo. . . . . . . . . . . . 375-9115 Reconciliation (Gay Mormons) ldsreconciliation.org. 296-4797 Restoration Church of Jesus Christ 2900 S State St . . . . 359-1151 Sacred Light of Christ Metropolitan Community Church 823 S 600 E. . . . . . . 595-0052

Salt Lake Center for Spiritual Living spirituallyfree.org 870 E North Union Ave.307-0481 South Valley Unitarian Univ. Society 6876 S Highland Drive.944-9723 Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden 705 23rd St, Ogden . 394-3338 SOCIAL Affirmation — Salt Lake Chapter affirmation.org. . . . . 486-6977 Best Friends Animal Sanctuary strutyourmutt.org . . 483-2000 Bisexual Community Forum . . . . . . . . . . 539-8800 ext 14 Meets the 2nd Thurs each month at 7pm at the Center.

Body Electric — Celebrating the Body Erotic. . . . . . . . . . . . 699-7044 thomasconnor1@hotmail.com Camp Pinecliff . . . . . . . 518-8733 Coloring Outside the Lines.957-4562 Delta Lambda Sappho Union Weber State Univ. . . 627-1639 Engendered Species engenderedspecies.com.320-0551 Gamofites gamofites.org. . . . . . 444-3602 Gay and Lesbian Parents of Utah glpu@hotmail.com. . 467-9010 Gay Men’s Health Summit — INVENIO utahgaymenshealth.com Imperial Rainbow Court of Northern Utah, irconu.org Kindly Gifts by Stitch & Bitch . . . . . . . . . . . . 487-7008 P-FLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) pflagslc.org Polyamory Society. . . . 309-7240 1st Tue 7-9:30pm at the Black Box Theater at the Center qVinum gay & lesbian wine group www.qvinum.com Retired and Senior Volunteer Program 779-1287 Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire 531-1115 rcgse.org, chairman@rcgse.org Southern Utah GLBT Community Center (435) 313-GLBT groups.yahoo.com/groups/suglbtcc, suglbtcc@yahoo.com STRENGTH IN NUMBERS (SIN) SALT LAKE health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ SINSaltLake sWerve swerveutah.com U of U Women’s Resource Center . . . . . . . . . . . 581-8030 sa.utah.edu/women U of U LGBT Resource Center . . . . . . . . . . . 587-7973 UTAH BEAR ALLIANCE utahbears.com. . . . . 949-3989 Utah Families Coalition, utahfamilies.org.539-8800 Ext 23 admin@utahfamilies.org Utah Gay Pride. . . . . . . 539-8800 utahpride.org Utah Male Naturists www.umen.org Utah Power Exchange. . 975-0346 utahpowerexchange.org Membership@UtahPowerExchange.org

UTAH PRIDE CENTER utahpridecenter.org, thecenter@utahpridecenter.org 361 N 300 W. . . . . . 539-8800 Toll-free. . . . . . 888-874-2743 Utah Queer Events groups.yahoo.com/group/UtahQueerEvents Western Transsexual Support Group (435) 882-8136 SPORTS Frontrunners Utah. . . . . 519-8889 frontrunnersutah.org Lambda Hiking Club . . . 532-8447 gayhike.org Mountain West Flag Football League mwffl.org . . . . . . . . 359-2544 Mountain West Volleyball League slcgaa.org. . . . . . . . . 407-6183 QUAC – QUEER UTAH AQUATIC CLUB quacquac.org, questions@quacquac. org. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232-7961 Salt Lake City Gay Athletic Association, slcgaa.org Salt Lake Goodtime Bowling League. . . . . . . . . . . 832-9745 Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah stonewallshootingsportsutah.org Utah Gay and Lesbian Ski Week communityvisions.org . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-429-6368 Utah Gay Mountain Bike Riders sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/utahgaymtnbike UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE Gay and at BYU groups.yahoo.com/group/gayandatBYU/ Gay-Straight Alliance Network gsanetwork.org/ University of Utah Lesbian & Gay Student Union utah.edu/lgsu/ Salt Lake Community College Coloring Outside the Lines. . . 957-4562 coloring_outside_lines@yahoo.com Southern Utah University Pride suu.edu/orgs/pride/ Utah State University Pride Alliance groups.yahoo.com/group/usupride/ Utah State University Gay and Lesbian Student Resource Center usu.edu/ glsrc, . . . . . . . . 435-797-4297 usuglsrc@yahoo.com Utah Valley State College Gay Straight Alliance uvsc.edu/clubs/club.cfm?clubID=251 groups.yahoo.com/group/uvscgsa Weber State Univ. Gay Straight Alliance organizations.weber.edu/dlsu/ groups.yahoo.com/group/WeberDLSU WeberDLSU@yahoo.com YOUTH Homeless Youth Resource Center Youth ages 15-21.

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This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s column wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell you everything you need to know about coming out, just the second step in doing so. The first step was reading this article in a coffee shop or when a knowing coworker dropped it on your desk.

The second step is going to a bar. Seriously. There are two great bars to meet new friends while youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Mormon and just curious.â&#x20AC;?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been to every gay and lesbian bar in Salt Lake. Each is fun and the people are extremely friendly. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m writing this for people who havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come out yet, and who might need a gentle introduction to gay and lesbian culture. Maybe youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not ready to watch a waxed, heavilymuscled young man dance in a cage, wearing only novelty underwear with a huge front pocket for his apparently just as huge dick. Maybe youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not ready to be pressed against a gyrating, gawking, grinding, dancing crowd. I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell you about those bars in this article.

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MoDiggityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3424 S. State â&#x20AC;&#x201C; lesbian bar This is a lesbian sports bar, and everyone here is really, really friendly. During big events (like live performances) it gets somewhat crowded, but most of the time itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a chill place to hang out with comfortable, friendly people.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an amazing selection of beers on tap, and the bartenders are great at making all kinds of drinks. Oops, I was writing this to be Mormon-friendly, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t I? I meant to say they have a great juice selection and lots of energy drinks.

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Try-Angles, 251 W 900 S â&#x20AC;&#x201D; gay bar The first time I went here, I over-tipped the bartender, and he gave me back about half of it. That story sticks out to me as representative of Try-Angles. This bar is just friendly. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also really well-lit, so you can feel comfortable. The doorman calls everyone â&#x20AC;&#x153;sweetieâ&#x20AC;? and always seems very genuinely happy to see me. While that could be because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m abnormally hot, I suspect theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just that way to everyone.

They have a dance floor too, but people mostly dance on weekend nights. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s separated from the rest of the bar, so if you just want to talk you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get drowned out. While this means you can always grab someone and dance, most people just sit down, chat and make friends. As far as dĂŠcor goes, Try-Angles has classy black and white photographs of nude males, so you can look if you want to instead of having something shoved in your face.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unconventional, but people will approach you and ask what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a great conversation starter. â&#x20AC;˘ Clip this story, bring it with you and say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is me.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been in your car â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or standing outside the bar â&#x20AC;&#x201D; rereading this for 20 minutes now and wondering if you really want to go in â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you do and you can.

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