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Issue 105 June 19, 2008

Pride Photos Galore!

Parade, Festival Break Records Summer Sports Gay Republican Running for Utah House

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BY REX WOCKNER

“Whatever you give I will give, Why? Because it is the good thing to do and I want goodness in my life. I will fight the real wickedness, which is the lies being spread by those who don’t know us. This whole process is a process of education – we have to be who we are.”

Two Calif. Counties Rebel Against Marriage Ruling County clerks in California’s Kern and Butte counties have stopped performing all marriages so as not to have to marry gay couples.

In Kern County, where Bakersfield is located, Clerk Ann Barnett announced her decision after county lawyers told her she could not marry straight couples and refuse to marry gay couples. Officially, she said the move stemmed from a lack of staff and space to meet the anticipated demand for weddings.

But in an e-mail sent to the conservative legal group Alliance Defense Fund and obtained by the Bakersfield Californian newspaper, Barnett’s office wrote: “Our question is, now that the Supreme Court has refused to stay its decision, will Alliance Defense Fund defend the County Clerk if she ceases performing all marriage ceremonies. ... We fully expect to be sued and our own counsel is not being of help.”

In Butte County, north of Sacramento, County Clerk Candace Grubbs cited money problems in announcing her decision. The county’s largest city is Chico, population 87,000.

But the president of the California Association of Clerks and Elected Officials, Contra Costa County Clerk Steve Weir, said the money excuse makes no sense.

He told the San Francisco Chronicle that counties make money from selling marriage licenses and performing weddings.

Kern and Butte counties still have to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but counties are not required to also offer wedding ceremonies, though most do as a courtesy and because it brings in income.

Massachusetts Governor’s Daughter Comes Out Katherine Patrick, daughter of Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, came out publicly as a lesbian June 12 in an interview with the Boston gay newspaper Bay Windows.

“We ... wanted people to know that it’s not only something that we accept, but it’s something that we’re very proud of,” Katherine, 18, said.

She said she came out to her parents in July 2007, just before a picnic by the pool at their home in the Berkshires.

“It was the easiest coming out experience that anyone could possibly have,” Katherine said.

First lady Diane Patrick called that event “a nonevent in the sense that there wasn’t any tension.”

“I was just happy for her that she knew who she was and that she was comfortable with who she was,” she said.

Gov. Patrick told Bay Windows, “I think when Katherine started to memorize all the episodes of The L Word, there was some hint that maybe she was sending us.”

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—WordPerfect co-founder and local philanthropist Bruce Bastian, telling partygoers that he will match all donations made to the Human Rights Campaign at its annual Gala Dinner June 14.

Justice of the peace Ronna Wise (center) join Mark Andrew (left) and Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson in a civil union ceremony.

Rev. Gene Robinson Enters Civil Union; Calif. Episcopal Bishop to Marry Gays The gay Episcopal bishop in New Hampshire who has almost singlehandedly caused a near schism in the worldwide Anglican Communion entered into an official civil union with his partner June 7.

The Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson and Mark Andrew, who have been together for 19 years, tied the knot at St. Paul’s Church in Concord, N.H. About 120 people attended the ceremony.

Robinson was consecrated a bishop in 2003 and the Anglican Communion, of which the Episcopal Church is the U.S. branch, has been internally at war over the morality of homosexuality ever since.

Many observers believe a formal split in the communion is inevitable.

Robinson suggested he wanted to get civilly united before attending this summer’s Anglican Communion Lambeth Conference in England, to protect his partner and daughters. He has received death threats since becoming the communion’s first openly gay and presumably noncelibate bishop.

Meanwhile, the Episcopal bishop of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Rt. Rev.

Marc Handley Andrus, said June 9 that he strongly supports California’s legalization of same-sex marriage and will volunteer to conduct civil weddings in San Francisco, which is expected to be hit with a tsunami of same-sex marriages.

Andrus also called on the faithful to vote against the November ballot initiative to amend the state constitution to undo the Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage.

The diocese is running ads celebrating the ruling and inviting gay couples to Episcopal churches for premarital counseling.

“I urge you to encourage all couples, regardless of orientation, to follow the pattern of first being married in a secular service and then being blessed in The Episcopal Church,” Andrus wrote in a pastoral letter.

“I urge Episcopalians, clergy and lay, to volunteer as Deputy Marriage Commissioners. There are over 4,000 civil same-sex marriages planned in a short period of time in the city of San Francisco alone and the city is asking for help in meeting demand.

I intend to volunteer for this at my earliest opportunity.”

Big Gay Groups: Do Marry, Don’t Sue Leading national gay organizations have issued a strongly worded advisory all but demanding that same-sex couples who visit California to get married not file any lawsuits seeking recognition of their marriages in their home states.

The document also strongly urges married same-sex couples not to sue for federal recognition of their marriages.

The lengthy document was issued June 10

by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Human Rights Campaign, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, Equality Federation, Freedom To Marry, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

“Don’t go suing right away,” the groups said. “Most lawsuits will likely set us all back.”

“One thing couples shouldn’t do is just sue the federal government or, if they are from other states, go sue their home state or their employer to recognize their marriage or open up the health plan,” the advisory continued. “Pushing the federal government before we have a critical mass of states recognizing same-sex relationships or suing in states where the courts aren’t ready is likely to get us bad rulings. Bad rulings will make it much more difficult for us to win marriage, and will certainly make it take much longer.”

The full document can be accessed on the ACLU’s Web site at tinyurl.com/66z8kq.

“The elections this November could very well be the turning point for our community, and with all the innovation and energy we have exhibited over the past year, what we know for sure is that in these elections neither party will use us as a weapon for political gain as they have in the past ...We are smart enough to know priority one now is to look out for our own self-interest, and the choice could not be clearer.”

—HRC President Joe Solomonese in his HRC Gala Dinner speech.

“Again, there is nothing wrong with wanting to have a good time. Everyone should be able to go out and have a parade once in a while. But gays and lesbians won’t be given the same rights as long as they are trying to flaunt their sexuality. If their cause is to secure equal rights, they need to fight through legislation and take advantage of gains, such as Utah’s domestic partner registry. Wearing rainbow tube tops and assless chaps in parades might be a good time, but it can only stall their goals.”

—Daily Utah Chronicle columnist Gina Lea Nickl on Utah Pride.

“Pride is more than a party.

It shows we want equality. We want rights. We’re not secondclass citizens.”

—QSaltLake columnist and Utah gay community historian Ben Williams, telling the Salt Lake Tribune about the history of Gay Pride in Utah.

“It’s my Christmas and my New Year’s. It’s truly an experience where none of the vindictive and … dehumanizing things that have happened to me in my life have any power.”

—Utahn Ron Hunt telling the Salt Lake Tribune why he has attended Pride events in Utah for 33 consecutive years.

Gays and Lesbians Marry in California

By L. A. Vess

As of 5:01 p.m. Monday, June 16, gay and lesbian couples in California have the legal right to marry in the state. California joins Massachusetts as only the second state in the U.S. to offer the freedom of marriage equality to same-sex couples. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, a long time proponent of equal marriage rights, presided over one of the first legal unions in California, between lifelong lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon, 84, and Del Martin, 87.

Proudly together once again at San Francisco’s City Hall, Lyon and Martin were among a handful of couples who received the honor of becoming the first legally wed same-sex couples in California on Monday.

After the ceremony, Lyon and Martin were gifted with a wedding cake outside City Hall, their historic moment captured by hordes of media video cameras.

Standing beside Lyon and Martin, Mayor Gavin Newsom spoke of the couple’s tremendous love for each other and their strength in continuing the fight for equal recognition of their half-century long relationship under the law. “This moment to me,� Newsom told a loudly cheering crowd outside of City Hall, “is a manifestation of love made visible.�

Lyon and Martin previously received a marriage license from the City of San Francisco in 2004, when Newsom ordered city clerks to issue licenses to same-sex couples in protest of the California ban on gay marriage. That license was later rendered void by the California Supreme

Court, which determined Newsom had acted illegally in defying the ban on samesex marriage. This time around, Lyon and Martin hope this will be the last time they will have to walk down the aisle. “It’s something that’s been due a long time, so thank God it’s finally here,� Lyon told the press outside of City Hall. “Our love and lives together deserve celebrating. Although we have little need for more kitchen gadgets, we do believe a government acknowledgment of our fundamental constitutional rights is a fitting gift.�

In Contra Costa County, Clerk Steve Weir and his partner plan to be the first to legally wed in the county on Tuesday morning. Weir plans to issue the very first same-sex marriage license there to himself and his partner. “We’ve had the little figurine dudes to go on top of the cake for about 10 years,� Weir told KPIX TV. Weir, 59, and his partner John Hemm, 53, will exchange vows at 8:30 a.m. in a park adjacent to the County Clerk’s building in Martinez.

In Los Angeles, Robin Tyler, 66, and Diane Olson, 54, two of the plaintiffs in the litigation that eventually resulted in the California Supreme Court’s ruling to overtun the same-sex marriage ban, were also granted an early marriage license on Monday afternoon in recognition of their fight for marriage equality. “The word `marriage’ is important to me to this day because marriage is a universally understood word,� Olson told reporters. “Robin is a different relation-

Activists Phyllis Lyon, 84, and Del Martin, 87, exchange rings as San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome looks on. ship to me than any other relationship I’ve had in my life. She’s my special person.�

Amid the celebrations, however, there are notes of discord and controversy. At the entrance to San Francisco City Hall, where Lyon and Martin were married, a small group of protestors waved signs filled with hateful language and chanted anti-gay slogans. Protestors from the Westboro Baptist Church issued a statement on their web site saying they will protest at marriage licensing stations across the state.

Weir and his partner were notifed by local police to expect WBC to send protestors to their ceremony. Although upset by the news, Weir told KPIX TV that the protestors “just need to have a mirror put up to

them‌ They’re exercising their consitutional rights and I’m exercising mine.�

Although gay and lesbian couples by the hundreds will line up across California in the coming days to receive their legal marriage certificates at last, at least a few counties will only give those couples the bare minimum required by law. In Kern, Calaveras and Butte counties, clerks stopped performing wedding ceremonies for all couples last week, though they cannot legally refuse to issue marriage licenses.

In all three counties, staff excused their actions by saying increased demand for marriage licenses as a result of the California Supreme Court would put too much pressure on their offices to be able to continue performing ceremonies.

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Q Utah Events to Benefit Ogden Teen OUTreach Center This summer, supporters of an Ogden drop-in center for gay and transgender teens and their allies will hold three events geared at raising money for the center’s programs: a gallery art show, a concert and a drag performance.

According to the OUTreach Center’s founder and director Gary Horenkamp, the idea for the fund raisers — two of which will also benefit the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden where the program is currently housed — began a few months ago.

“Awhile back I did a sermon at the church, and the reading and music were all about OUTreach,” said Horenkamp. “From that a lot of things spun off.”

The first thing, he said, was the art exhibit and sale which will be held June 20 and 21 at Universe City (2556 Washington Blvd, Ogden).

After his sermon, Horenkamp said church members Karen Thurber and Bill Hacket, both supporters of OUTreach, approached him.

“The two of them said, ‘We want to raise some money for the church and OUTreach, so why don’t we do a show and sale?’” said Horenkamp. Thurber, a landscape and mixed media artist, will exhibit paintings inspired by her travels through Southern Utah, Europe and Central America. Church president Hacket, a wood, stone and metalworker, will exhibit his unique wooden bowls.

On June 20 three local musical acts will also play at the UUCO (705 23rd Street, Ogden) to benefit the church and OUTreach: Glade Sowards, The Stacey Board Band and The Melissa Warner Band. This concert, said Horenkamp, is the second in a regular benefit series at the church. The series began when a lesbian couple in the church rented the hall for a birthday party and decided to host a concert to benefit OUTreach as part of the festivities. The concert will begin at 6:30 p.m.

The last event, a drag show by the Imperial Rainbow Court of Northern Utah, will be held at the Brass Rail (27th & Wall St., Ogden) on July 12 at 9:00 p.m.

“In April we had a benefit breakfast for OUTreach and the emperor, empress and another court member came and wrote us a check on the spot and announced they’d make OUTreach one of their target charities for their reign,” said Horenkamp, adding that the Court has pledged to raise “at least 500 dollars” for the drop-in center.

“We’ve been around for three years now and we’d had conversations with the Court before, but this is the first real solidifying of our relationship with them,” said Horenkamp.

The benefits are particularly important, he added, because the start-up grant money he received when OUTreach was a new venture is rapidly running out. He has now begun work to make the drop-in center a 501c(3) organization and hopes that the center can stand on its own financially by this autumn.

When asked whether the teenagers who attend the center planned to participate in the benefits, Horenkamp said that some had expressed interest.

“Some of the kids may do and I never know if they will ’til they do it,” he said. “Some of them do artwork and [write] poems and essays in their own right. They’ve been invited in back of the sanctuary [on the evening of the concert] where the bands are selling their CDs to display and sell their work to partly benefit OUTreach.”

“Every time we get close to financial solvency the kids get more excited. Like the rest of us, they worry will we still be around.”

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Gay SLC Man Runs as Republican for House Seat

by JoSelle Vanderhooft

In 2004, then-president of the Utah chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans Gordon Storrs was struck by a conversation he overheard while attending a hearing on Amendment 3, the constitutional amendment seeking to ban gay marriage, at the state legislature.

“I remember walking through a group of legislators,” he said. “They were standing there saying, ‘Ooh I just touched one of the enemy!’ I thought to myself, what enemy?

There are gay people up here talking about things that are important to us and sharing our ideas and standing up for our beliefs.

That doesn’t make us enemies. It means if our government is operating the way it should, that they’re honored opposition. It seems like more and more we’ve gotten into a place where [if people] disagree with us, we think they’re our enemy.”

Flash forward four years. The marriage amendment is now part of Utah’s constitution, but there are also three gay politicians on the hill fighting for the state’s gay and transgender citizens. And Storrs would like to become the fourth, and the first openly gay Republican.

“This is something I’ve wanted to do,” said Gordon Storrs, a resident of House District 23, which covers the area from I-15 to the airport in the west and from Fourth South to Davis County in the north.

In 2006, Storrs was one of three Republicans to challenge Democrat Jennifer Seelig for her seat in the House of Representatives.

Although he got enough votes to make it into the primary, he said that he missed getting his party’s nomination by one vote.

This year he fared much better, as no other Republican candidate opposed Seelig in the heavily Democratic district.

Storrs said he got interested in running for office after helping his son John bid for Rep. David Litvak’s District 26 seat in 2004 and working on Gov. John Huntsman’s campaign.

“All of that helped me realize I could do this, I could run and potentially win and I could do a good job in our side of town which often gets left out of things,” said Storrs, who also served on Huntsman’s transition team when the governor took office in 2004.

Storrs said that he hopes to bring his years of leadership experience to the House — years that include service as a hospital administrator in St. George, the president of the Mental Health Association in Utah, a board member of the Utah Pride Center and the former advisor to Salt Lake Community College’s gay-straight alliance Coloring Outside the Lines. He is also an active member of Utah’s Republican Party, having served as a precinct chair, a county delegate, president of the state Log Cabin Republicans chapter and currently a member of the state party’s executive committee.

Although Storrs is quick to criticize his party for being “arrogant” and often unwilling to “listen to all opposing viewpoints ... in crafting legislation that helps public policy,” he also said his involvement has shown him a side of the Republican Party that many gay Utahns don’t often see.

“We’re a wonderfully accepting party,” he said. “I say that knowing that some Republicans aren’t, but what I find is people treat me with kindness and respect. I’ve found in my party that people can disagree violently and still be friends and work together.” He added

Community Briefs Post-Pride Survey The Utah Pride Center has asked people who attended this year’s Utah Pride Festival to fill out a brief questionnaire asking for their thoughts on the event’s parade, entertainment, booths, food and administration. Those who complete the survey by July 1 will have a chance to win one of four $50 gift certificates to Cahoots or any Gastronomy, Inc. restaurant.

Info: utahpridecenter.org

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Gordon Storrs that Huntsman has been very supportive of LCR, as has Republican Attorney General Mark Shurtleff.

If elected, Storrs said he will be an advocate not only for gay people, but for the Republican principals that mean so much to him: personal freedom, individual dignity and worth, and the importance of family, all families.

“My party talks a lot about family, and they talk about it often as if it were a single type of family,” he said. “Family is the cornerstone of our society absolutely, but it’s every family. And if you look at make up of family on our side of town, rightly or wrongly so, not many of them fit my party’s traditional view of what a family ought to look like” including, he adds, single-parent families, same-sex households, households headed by grandparents raising grandchildren “and even some where kids are raising themselves.”

To help families, Storrs said he will seek to create opportunities — for affordable housing and health care, and most importantly for education “that recognizes the worth of every single child,” including those whose primary language is not English and whose needs may be different from children who speak English fluently.

“What I want to do is work really hard to make education available, to provide it in a way that meets the needs of each student.

It may cost more in some ways, but I think it has to do with more of the way it’s organized,” he said.

Noting that there are over 20 different languages represented in his district’s schools, Storrs also said that he wants to change his district’s reputation for being violent and unsafe, a reputation Storrs calls “unjustified.”

“Our neighborhood is just as safe as anywhere else,” he said, adding that he has lived in the area for years without incident. “[It’s considered to be] the “other side of the tracks” where people who are ‘less desirable’ live. I beg to differ. Some of the best people in town live here. Just because someone doesn’t make as much money has nothing to do with who they are.”

“I’m not in this campaign to be putting down my opponent,” he added. “She’s a wonderful person, but I think I can make a difference she can’t make — the combination of experience, age and party affiliation.

I can make a difference for gay people in the legislature just by showing them that indeed, doors are not closed to gay people even in the Republican Party.”

Registration is now open for the 9th annual Center Golf Classic. A benefit for the Utah Pride Center, this fund raiser tournament includes a continental breakfast, lunch, 18 holes of golf, prizes and a raffle for all participants. Participants can register as a team or as individuals (who will be placed with other golfers at the tournament).

When: August 24, 8:00 a.m.

Where: Stonebridge Golf Course (4415 Links Dr, West Valley City) Info: utahpridecenter.org to register. To sponsor, contact Jennifer Nuttall at (801) 539-8800 x 13 or jennifer@utahpridecenter.org.

Men’s Support Group The Men’s Support Group at the Utah Pride Center is open to all people 18 and older who identify as male. The topic for the next meeting (on June 24) is “Resilience: How to bounce back from difficult situations.”

When: Second and fourth Tuesday of each month, 7:30–9:00 p.m.

Where: Utah Pride Center (361 N 300 W) Info: utahpridecenter.org

Breast Dialogues In July the Utah Pride Center and lesbian civic and social organization sWerve will host the 2008 Breast Dialogues. This intimate evening of monologues by local women explores the various issues — some comic, some serious — surrounding breasts and is especially focused on breast cancer.

When: July 9, 7:00 p.m.

Where: Utah Pride Center INFO: utahpridecenter.org. For information on signing up to perform, contact Jennifer Nuttall at (801) 539-8800 x 13 or Jennifer@utahpridecenter.org.

Lagoon Day The annual QSaltLake day at the Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 10. Participants are encouraged to wear red T-shirts and join in a group photo on the Dracula’s Castle plaza. Discount tickets will soon be available. Watch QSaltLake for more details.

When: Sunday, Aug. 10 11am–close Where: Lagoon Amusement Park

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Utah Pride 2008: Biggest Yet? Although the Utah Pride Center is still counting numbers, the 2008 Utah Pride Festival appears to have been more widely attended than last year’s.

“It felt so much bigger this year than it felt in years past,” said Yana Walton, Director of Communications at the Utah Pride Center — the organization that puts on the Utah Pride festival each year.

“We had about 150 exhibitors this year, we had a little over a hundred last year, so that was a dramatic increase in just community participation,” she said. “And almost all our sponsors came back and increased their levels of sponsorship.” The festival also got new corporate sponsors, she added, including Hilton Hotels.

“Our numbers for Saturday were 2,700 for the Meshell Ndegeocello concert and I think it was 1,700 for the Saturday concert last year,” she said.

Although Walton said the center had “a

hard time tracking bodies” because volunteers and vendors did not have tickets, they estimate so far that they had 15,000 paying attendees on Sunday.

“We definitely think it’s much, much more than that, but that’s the best we can do at the moment,” she said, adding that the center estimates that the number is closer to “at least 20,000” for Sunday.

The problem in getting more definite numbers, said Walton, comes from the ticket system itself. Without being able to scan each individual attendee into a database, Walton said that estimates have to be used. Eventually, she said the center hopes to switch to a scanning system to keep a better count of how many people attend.

Walton also said the Utah Pride Center will release the financial information about the festival, including how much it made, later this summer.

More Couples Needed to Sign Mutual Commitment Registry The Utah Pride Center is calling for more same-sex partners to participate in a Salt Lake City registry for unmarried but mutually dependent couples.

Proposed by Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker on his third day in office, the registry was one of the most controversial topics in this year’s general legislative session. Nonetheless it survived a challenge by anti-gay Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, and took effect April 17 under the name ‘mutual commitment registry.’ The legislature insisted that it not be called a domestic partner registry so as not to conflict with a constitutional amendment forbidding gay marriage in Utah.

At press time, 23 gay and lesbian couples have signed on to the registry, a number that Yana Walton, the Center’s Director of Communications, said her organization would like to see increase.

“That’s not a whole lot and one of them was [Center executive director] Valerie [Larabee] and her partner,” she said.

To sign the registry, couples need to be

18 or older and need to provide proof of three of the following five things, as well as a $25 fee: 1. A joint loan obligation for a residence or joint ownership of a vehicle.

2. Proof of joint bank accounts or credit cards.

3. A life insurance policy, benefits account, or a will declaring one partner as the other’s beneficiary.

4. Power of attorney allowing partners to make financial and healthcare decisions for each other.

5. Proof that partners are authorized to sign for purposes of each other’s bank or credit accounts.

Participation in the registry provides proof of partnership to private employers who offer domestic partnership benefits.

It also guarantees registrants the right to visit their partners at all health care facilities in Salt Lake City.

The registry is administered through the City Recorder’s Office.

Beach Party, Underwear Night to Raise Funds for Meth Awareness, PWA Charities On Saturday, June 28, Club Try-Angles will transition from a beach party in the afternoon to an underwear night in the evening in an effort to raise funds to help kick off an anti-meth campaign aimed at Utah’s gay community as well as the People With AIDS Coalition of Utah.

The event begins with a barbecue lunch as the bar opens at 2:00 p.m. Food is being donated by Club Try-Angles, meaning all donations for food will go towards the two charities. Luau decor, party favors and a tiki hut will help transform the bar’s newly-renovated patio into a beach party.

At 4:00 p.m., amateur models will be strutting in swimwear and underwear donated by Mischievous Pleasures and Cockers. Photographers will be capturing the action for a summer fashion spread in the July 3 issue of QSaltLake. Models are being sought. Interested people should contact QSaltLake at info@qsaltlake.com.

As the sun begins to set, the evening takes over and a favorite event of the bar’s

patrons — an underwear night — will take place. An underwear auction starts the evening off at 9:00 p.m. where underwear being worn by the models can be bought right off their bodies.

Underwear and swimwear has also been donated by Go Softwear and Andrew Christian and will be given to party-goers throughout the night. Glow cups can be purchased as well with the drink of the night with the proceeds going to the charities.

The QCares Foundation, an affiliate of the People With AIDS Coalition of Utah, is the charity arm of QSaltLake. The foundation will join with other drug and health organizations to develop a campaign to discourage gay men from trying meth, considered by many to be among the most addictive drugs sold today.

The People With AIDS Coalition of Utah provides educational and support services to enhance the quality of life for all people impacted by HIV/AIDS.

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EMBODYING POWER: A workshop for LGBTQ Individuals

Paul Linden, PhD. Saturday, July 19, 2008 Body awareness training for achieving calmness, compassion, and inner strength in a world of discrimination, rejection, and conflict.

Information and registration: 801-364-5700,

www.jimstruve.com/workshops.htm About the training: www.being-in-movement.com

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Pride Parade Draws Record Number of Entries

The floats in the Utah Pride Festival’s Sun- ant six pack accompanied by cheerleaders day parade were as colorful, creative and and Squatters employees dressed as beer festive as ever, but as in years past more bottles. than simply having fun is at stake.

“We always do something regarding A panel of judges watched as the floats, beer – imagine that!” laughed Amy Coady, marchers, drag queens and go-go boys Director of Sales and Marketing for the bepassed by, announcing each group and loved restaurant and brewery. She added taking careful notes. After the parade, that Squatters is thrilled to have won the they met to decide who should win the trophy in its inaugural year. trophies for best float, best marching/ “Some of the floats are just so amazwalking unit and best entry overall. ingly unique and giant that we were really And for the first time the best bar float excited,” she said. “We had a blast, we had trophy, The Toast of Pride, which comes a real blast.” Then, laughing, she added: complete with a martini glass on top, “We may just have to start going to the will travel from bar to bar each year, award ceremony after the parade, usually much like the Stanley Cup. This “floatwe rush back to Squatters to have brunch ing trophy” was offered for the first time after.” this year, said parade director Logan Club Try-Angles took second place in Brueck, to encourage a the bar float category little healthy competition with their entry – a veamong Salt Lake City’s hicle covered in life size gay bars. rainbow-colored paper Float: After the parade packed dolls and filled with Try1st: Wells Fargo up on June 8, Master of Angles regulars and “our 2nd: U of U LGBT Resource Center Ceremonies Derek Hartley hot dancing boys,” said 3rd: Equality Utah of Sirius OutQ Radio club owner Gene Gieber. announced the winners.

“I stay off it now, I’m Bar Float: In the category of best too old,” he joked.

1st: Squatters Pub Brewery float, bank Wells Fargo Gieber said the club’s 2nd: Club Triangles took first (and best overall float was created by 3rd: Trapp/Trapp Door entry), followed by the regulars over a period Marching: University of Utah’s LGBT of several months and 1st: ROTC (Righteously Outrageous Resource Center and local assembled the Saturday Twirling Corps) gay rights group Equality before Pride. Although 2nd: Utah for Obama Utah. he wishes his bar could 3rd: Imperial Courts of Utah Few who came near the have taken home the parade on Sunday could trophy, Gieber said they Best overall: miss the Wells Fargo were pleased to beat out Wells Fargo entry. Described as a “hu“the big boys that had man float” by Mark Chaphuge floats in there.” man, spokesman for Wells Fargo Utah, it Gay bars The Trapp and The Trapp Door consisted of 150 bank employees wearing shared third place in the bar category. shirts in the six colors of the traditional Brueck said he and the judges were impressed by this year’s entries and are pride flag and carrying tall bunches of ballooking forward to next year. loons in the same color. Overall the float “But I’m going to try to give more heads used between 1,100 and 1,500 balloons. up that it is being judged,” he added. “We Chapman said the bank’s inspiration for went really above and beyond with getting the human float was the 2008 Utah Pride trophies, so that people would take notice theme, “Come Together.” of that and maybe put more into making “[It was] the idea of people of our team their floats. [We’d like] to make it a parade members all coming together to support that people from other cities would come each other, coming together as far as mayin and even try to compete.” Q be they’re a different color [of shirt and matching balloons] but they’re all coming together to make something beautiful and awesome,” he explained.

“One of our visions and values [at Wells Fargo] is diversity and accepting people from all walks of life,” he added. “We support hundreds of events here in Utah every year and we are proud to support all our team members and the groups and organizations they belong to.”

The award for best marching group went to the Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps who served as the parade’s color guard, with Utah for Obama’s ingenious eight foot tall Obama puppet and drag performers of the Imperial Courts of Utah coming in second and third, respectively.

“That’s what we were shooting for, and we got it,” said Brueck, who served as parade director but not as a judge. He added, however, that the Obama puppet gave the color guard a good run for their money because of “the creativity and wow factor.”

Squatters Pub Brewery took home the Utah for Obama won second place in the Marchign Toast of Pride trophy for their float – a gicategory.

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Squatters Pub & Brewery won best bar float and will diply the “Toast of Pride” trophy for the year.

The Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire joined with the Imperial Court of Northern Utah and received third place.

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Q Views Letters Gay Scientologists Editor, The six-month-old global phenomenon Anonymous is planning our “Over Nine Thousand Anon March” protest on July 19 in Washington. Thousands of us will continue our epic protest in our nation’s capitol against the actions of the Church of Scientology.

While Anonymous -- named for our Guy Fawkes masks -- protested the church in Salt Lake City and hundreds of other cities worldwide, this will be our first national protest to show others how our cause is just, our intentions are peaceful and our voices will be heard.

Anonymous is every kind of person and -with our Operation: Pink Noise focus group -- every sexual orientation, and we want to keep it that way. We are leaderless because we are everyone. We tell the stories of former church members because many have died.

The most famous of many church responses to its gay members involved the family of its founder, LaFayette Ronald “L. Ron” Hubbard Sr. Former members believe that his son, Geoffrey Quentin McCaully “Q” Hubbard, was gay. Q told his father in 1974 that he wanted to become a dancer despite the expectation to lead the church, and avoided his work with it.

But, the 22-year-old Q was found in 1976 unconscious in a parked car near Las Vegas, and was admitted to an area hospital for carbon-monoxide poisoning. The car contained no personal identification about him and no license plates though one plate was found under a rock some distance away. An open, partly consumed bottle of tequila was found in the car despite his known preference to avoid drinking.

Q never regained consciousness and died 15 days after being found. The police report described his injuries as “possible suicide” while the autopsy report stated that “possible respiratory and cardiac was final cause of death.” Some say he was murdered. He was identified six days after dying.

Ron was reportedly angry when he was told about his son’s death, and shouted “That stupid fucking kid! Look what he’s done to me!”

Q’s mother, Mary Sue Whipp Hubbard, told friends that her son died from encephalitis.

Ron wrote in 1950 that “The sexual pervert … is actually quite ill physically. [H]e is also far from normal and extremely dangerous to society.” He wrote in 1951 that such a person was a “skulking coward who yet contains enough perfidious energy to strike back, but not enough courage ever to give warning.” He died in 1986, but his opinion about homosexuality remains unchanged in new editions of church books.

Recently, Canadian author Ian Halperin spent several weeks with the church to research his book “Hollywood Undercover: Revealing the Sordid Secrets of Tinseltown.”

He said in January that he pretended to be a gay actor while at the church, and that “When I told them I was gay, they told me that they could de-programme my homosexuality though a technique called ‘auditing,’ and that was one of the first times that they admitted on record that they could do that.”

We are Anonymous. We are legion. We do

not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.

Visit OverNineThousand.org to learn more about Anonymous and its protest.

Anonymous Salt Lake City

Make Change Editor, It’s time for the GLBT community and our allies to step up to the plate this year. There are three outstanding Democratic candidates running against three Republicans who have been horrible, demeaning and totally discriminating against our community for many years. We can elect these three Democrat candidates and make a huge difference in our legislature. However, we need to help them out by volunteering and donating to their campaign in order for them to WIN. We have the capability of putting them and others into office to change the face of our Legislature.

Jay Seegmiller (D) is running for House District 49 against Rep. Craig Curtis (R) who thinks he owns everybody and everything within Salt Lake Valley and the state. Curtis has never been a friend of our community. The last time Seegmiller ran against Curtis he could have with with just 30 more votes. Contact Jay Seegmiller at www.jayseegmiller.com. He needs volunteers as well donations to defeat this man.

Trisha Beck (D) is running for House Dist. 48 against the evil-hearted LaVar Christensen (R) who, as we all know, proposed Amendment 3, the tough adoption laws and many other hateful laws against us. As a community we need to stop this evil man from ever getting into office again.

When Beck ran last time against Christensen she to could have won with less than 30 more votes. If we let Christensen come back to the legislature our community will pay for it for many years to come. We need to send donations and volunteers to her campaign. Please contact Trisha Beck’s

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campaign at trishabeck.org and do everything you can support her.

John Rendell (D) is running against Sen. Chris Buttars (R) for Sen. District 10.

I think we all aware of Buttars and what pain and misery he has caused our families. I urge you to support Rendell and his campaign in donations and volunteers. We need to make sure Chris Buttars will never get re-elected ever again. Rendell he can be contacted at www.electrendell.com It doesn’t matter whether you live in St. George, Logan, Vernal, Price, Heber, Layton, Sandy, Ogden, or anywhere in Utah: it’s your time now to get involved this election year. The three men I have mentioned have created or supported laws against our community. That’s why these three candidates as well others need our help. If these three Republicans get elected back into office our community will suffer for years to come. This is why we need to do everything we can help out Jay Seegmiller, Trisha Beck, and John Rendell.

Get your neighbors, friends, and family to vote, give to your time, energy, and donate to all the Candidates that will be there for US in 2009 and beyond.

Lets make some changes! We have the power to elect fair minded and just individuals to all elected offices. In order for them to win it will take lots of volunteers and donations to get them elected. From donating as little as $10 or more or volunteering one to two hours or more hours towards their campaign. Everything and anything you can do will help them be elected.

Let’s make sure we exceed the 30, 50, 80, or 100 votes to get our allies into office this year.

Get out and vote, volunteer, and donate to our candidates and political allies.

Mark Swonson Salt Lake City

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Transgender People Deserve Discrimination Protections Now Editor, How disappointing! Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) talk about adding protections for transgender people some time in the future — why not now?

That’s the same as saying my son deserves protection but my daughter does not. All people deserve to be protected from discrimination and the violence that so often accompanies it.

DAVE PARKER Colfax, N.C.

Pride Guides Should Belong to the Local Gay Press Editor, Though I know that QSaltLake’s “Guide to Pride” [May 22, 2008 issue] wasn’t the ordained “Official Pride Guide,” it was the best written, best looking and most complete (oh — and most accurate) pride guide.

I became aware that there were two pride guides when I overheard confusion in my boss’ voice as the QSaltLake salesperson tried to explain the difference to her. It turns out that The Salt Lake Tribune’s “In Utah This Week” publication was touting itself as the “official” pride guide. I quickly called the Center and found that yes, indeed, that was the case.

I don’t get it. Denver’s Pride Guide is done by their local gay paper. The pride guides for Las Vegas, San Diego and Seattle are also done by their respective local gay publications. I mention these cities because those are the ones I’ve been to and held onto the guides and could look up who published them.

Not one Pride that I have been to has gone to their local straight press to publish their guides. Why does Utah?

Is Utah ashamed of its gay publication?

I’m sure not. Is it that they have more resources and can do a better job? Well, they didn’t. Is it because straight readers are more important to Utah Pride leaders than gay ones?

Congrats to QSaltLake for creating a Pride Guide to be proud of, even without the support of Pride organizers.

Rob Koster Salt Lake City

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A Message to the Next President By the way, Mr. President, please don’t worry too much about my concerns. I mean, I don’t want you to lose sleep or anything thinking about them. However, as the next leader of the free world, the most powerful person in the most powerful nation in the history of the human race, at arguably the most tenuous time our globe has ever known. I mean, in addition to this horrible war and the economic crisis, I am very concerned about the world. I mean this globe and what we are doing to it. Please make the right choices because if you don’t, the world could, well, melt and mankind could go extinct.

Thank you for your time, Mr. President, and I hope you have a good night’s sleep.

Can you even imagine the pressure on our next president? Is he crazy to want to be president?

Stuart Merrill Minneapolis, Minn.

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Loving Our Devils

By Troy Williams

[The following is an excerpt from a speech given at the GLBT Diversity Awareness Education event at the VA Salt Lake Hospital on June 12, 2008.]

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veryone in the world is queer.

And everyone is also a misfit and an oddball. It just depends on your context. The devil is in the

details.

I grew up as a Mormon in liberal Oregon. In that context I kept my religion to myself. At 19, I had many college friends who didn’t even know I was LDS. I kept that secret because people were cruel. When I dropped the bombshell that I was going on a mission some of my friends were stunned. They thought I was nuts. And that’s why I was silent. I just wanted to fit into the dominant culture. I didn’t want to be an outsider, and I didn’t want my religion to be ridiculed.

In Oregon I was a misfit because I was Mormon. After my mission I moved to Utah to attend BYU so I could be with my own. Here, in the proper context, I would finally at long last belong. And everything would have worked out perfect, if only I had been attracted to women!

Being a misfit always depends on context. I would date girls and just be so proud at how good I was at being morally clean. I’d tell myself, “You know, I’m not really tempted by her! We’ve been dating for a couple months and I don’t even want to make out. Thank you Lord for the Law of Chastity, because it keeps me from having to fool around with — I mean it keeps me morally straight — because yes, I am so totally straight! Satan won’t tempt me! I won’t even kiss her goodnight!” “Oh my heck.

I am so g@#!”

I can’t say it. “I’m g@#.” The words won’t even form in my mouth. I can barely allow the thought to creep into my head. “I am a Mormon! I believe in the Restoration of the Only True Church by the Prophet Joseph. I cannot, I will not be g@#.” — I still can’t say it.

The context is shifting once again. I can’t stop it. I don’t fit in here. I’m a Mormon living in Utah and I don’t belong with these people.

I am terrified by what this all means, so I turn my sexuality off. But it’s all connected. Our spiritual, emotional, mental and sexual health are all intimately connected. When one is denied or repressed the others too begin to suffer.

And I am suffering, fighting this devil inside.

But stop right here. Because I want to spin this. I think the gay story is something that everyone goes through — even you straight people! Now, obviously, you’re not gay. But we all experi-

ence the universal struggle to embrace authentic lives.

We all have parents and friends telling us who we should date and what career to pursue. At the same time we all have voices inside whispering to us who we really are. Have you heard that voice?

I’m driving alone in my car. I’m passing the point of the mountain southbound into Utah County. “I’m g@#!”

God — it’s still hard to say — but I’m determined. I’m going to say it — and it finally comes out. “I’m gay.” It feels weird still, so I try it out with different inflections. “I’M gay!” “I’m GAY!” And then I try to butch it up: “I’M GAY” (because I still want to be manly).

And it feels ... okay. I feel okay. “I’m

In Oregon I was a misfit because I was Mormon. After my mission I moved to Utah to attend BYU so I could be with my own ... everything would have worked out perfect, if only I had been attracted to women! gay.” Yeah. Alright. This is going to be alright. A couple months later I meet my first boyfriend. Rob is a tall, handsome guy in my ASL class. We become friends and start hanging out — and then we start “hanging out” — which leads to making out, which results in, at long last, my first love.

I am 16 again for the first time.

I notice something profoundly different about this guy. He doesn’t have a religious background. His parents accept him. He tells me that when he came out his dad said, “Son, you will have many obstacles in your life because of your orientation but we will not be one of them.” Rob is the first gay man I’ve ever met who actually loves being gay — and he never wants to change. He sees being gay as a gift, and he shows me how to deeply love that which I fear so much.

For the first time in my life, I feel

authentic. I am alive.

The things within us that are the most terrifying are often the things within us that are the most powerful.

Joseph Campbell said: “My definition of a devil is a god who has not been recognized. That is to say, it is a power in you to which you have not given expression, and you push it back. And then, like all repressed energy, it builds up and becomes completely dangerous.”

We all have devils inside, these powerful gods unrecognized. Here in this hospital are patients, nurses, doctors, social workers and administrators. We all come from different backgrounds, but we all have something in common. We all struggle with our fears and insecurities. We’ve all got them. Those damned demons in our psyche.

But is it possible that the thing we hate most within us could actually become our greatest ally? Could the Trickster be recruited for our good?

If so, how?

Buddhist nun and author Pema Chödrön wrote, “When you make good friends with yourself, your situation will be more friendly too.” This is key.

So ask yourself: “Is it possible to make friends with those parts of me that I don’t like? Is it possible to love and unconditionally accept those parts of me that I feel are un-loveable?”

How we answer these questions will determine everything.

I was terrified to be gay. I was always in combat with the devil. But thanks to a wonderful boyfriend and supportive friends and family, I learned to love a part of me that I once deeply feared. I made friend with my gay demons and the world surprisingly also became friendlier. Today, my orientation is absolutely my ally.

People often ask how I reconciled my religion and sexuality. Jesus taught: “Straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, and few there be that find it.” All religions believe only they know the one true path to god. But I see this differently.

I believe the path to god is an individual path. The reason why so few people find it is because they are so busy following the path paved for them by others.

We all have to find our own path back to wholeness.

And that is the invitation. The best gift you can give yourself is to be who you really are. And to honor all of you — not just the pleasant, attractive and sociable parts, but the broken, lonely, ugly, demonic You. Your devils will save you.

So let them. Make your world a more vibrant and friendly place to live. Q Troy blogs at queergnosis.com.

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God, kittens. Just when you think you have straight people all figured out they do something completely bizzaro that pulls the rug out from under your hetero assumptions.

Case in point: One of my straight female employees innocently showed me a women’s magazine article that just absolutely blew my mind. Apparently there is now an electronic vibrator that women can ummm ... insert you-know-where while they walk around doing their daily routine. That in itself is a tad disturbing, but here’s the weird thing: it’s calibrated to vibrate when you receive a cell phone call. I KNOW! I KNOW! Talk about reach out and touch someone. Also it doesn’t just respond to your cell phone, but everyone else’s cell phone within receiving range. That could sure put a smile on your face and an unexpected shudder in your step.

I’m not sure I could trust myself with a device as powerfully addictive and as pleasure-inducing as that. I’d probably end up sitting at the airport Cinnabon vibrating like a tuning fork as the business class passengers disembark and fire up their cell phones and Blackberrys. Ahhh, the pulsating wonders of the electronic age and sticky buns, too.

At the risk of being hopelessly crude, I think it would be hysterical if they put speakers on the thing so that your ring tones came out of your pants all muffled. I would be the first in line to download the entire Diana Ross song catalog just so I h my

could horrify people with my quiche singing “I’m Coming Out”, “Can’t Hurry Love” or my personal favorite, “Touch Me in the Morning and Then Just Walk Away.”

[Editor’s note: Said device is available at Mischievous and is also available to work with your iPod. And creative men can wear them as well.]

Ahhh… the pulsating wonders of the electronic age and sticky buns too!

Actually, petals, I do have a new toy that makes me happier than a muff singing Motown. It’s a new Karcher Pressure Washer from Lowes. Let me tell you muffins, it is fantastic. Since I bought it a few weeks ago, I have been pressure washing everything in sight like a woman possessed! My car floor mats and my dog kennels are sparkling, my concrete is gleaming, and the siding on my double-wide is immaculate. With 2600 pounds per square inch pressure, this nifty

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little machine (that I lovingly call the Turbo Douche 3000) has taken my spring cleaning routine to an entirely different level.

Although a word of caution to the wise, cherubs, don’t ever go on a coffee-fueled pressure washing rampage wearing toeless sandals. I almost blasted my left toes into Tooele County by accident and it still hurts like hell when I wear heels.

Now that I have polished every surface I can find, I am anxiously waiting for my new heavy duty Craftsman Tiller to arrive from Sears. (God bless the Bush administration’s cheesy economic stimulus checks.

I know they’re a short-term crutch, economically irresponsible and a voter buyoff, but hey, it’s not like my hypothetical offspring and their hypothetical children are ever going to have to repay China for them.) It’s on back order, so I’m stuck pacing around my backyard like a possessed Amish farmer.

I guess I could use the down time to buy some stunning steel-toed boots to replace my flimsy sandals. God knows I wouldn’t want my toes in the way of the hardened steel tines when my new vibrator/phone goes off.

Ciao, babies! Q For an evening of politically incorrect entertainment, questionable glamour and raucous opinion, join Ruby Ridge as she hosts 3rd Friday Bingo (on the 3rd Friday of each month at 7:00 p.m.) at the First Baptist Church in Salt Lake City (777 South 1300 East). Oh, and wear sensible shoes (don’t even ask why).

SNAP: Utah Pride Utah Pride made a financially daring move in 2007 when it expanded its Sunday celebration to a three-day festival with more music, more entertainment and best of all, more hours on the festival grounds at the City County building. We’re glad to see that move pay off this year with increased attendance, parade and booth participation and, best of all, decreased waiting time in the drink lines. Hopefully when the last numbers are crunched and the last receipts tallied, the 2008 Utah Pride Festival will come out well in the black for the Utah Pride Center, not just because it’s some of the best fun we’ve had all year, but because it’s a vital part of Utah’s culture and politics.

SNAP: Utah Pride Parade Usually the entire Q staff and many of our friends march in the Utah Pride Parade each year. It’s great fun waving to everyone and handing out our Q Pages directories, but we never had the joy of watching the parade pass us by until the miracle of YouTube. After we got home, de-glittered our eyes and slept off our hangovers, we watched the highlights online and looked at the fabulous photographs by David Daniels and Becky Heyborne (at utahpridecenter.org) and our own Laurie Kaufman (reddragonflyphotography.com). Our opinion? At 65 entries and well over 90 minutes long, this year’s parade was one of the most colorful, exciting and raucous we’ve ever seen. It’s a hard act to follow for 2009, but we know the community is up for it.

SNAP: Damn These Heels!

Here at QSaltLake, we love movies as much as the next gay person.

And what we loved about the Damn These Heels! Film Festival was its diversity. These ten films and one panel represented 17 countries and just about as many languages, and many aspects of queer identity from gay Marines, lesbian schoolgirls, transgendered filmmakers and intersex teenagers. A hearty snap to this intelligent film festival, and may it be all the better next year.

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By Ryan Shattuck

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everal years ago,

I went to a gay club on Halloween. I’m not going to publicly admit that this particular club was ‘Club Splash,’ as I don’t wish to inadvertently reveal that I’m old enough to remember when Salt Lake City had a Club Splash. In any case, anyone who has been to a gay club on Halloween knows that gay men have only three options when it comes to a Halloween costume: 1. Be dressed like a male slut 2. Be dressed like a drag queen 3. Be dressed like a slutty drag queen Those who don’t follow such rules risk death and/or being ostracized from the gay community. It’s still unclear which is worse.

I wasn’t ever given a copy of the Gay Halloween Rules, and consequently I showed up at this particular gay club dressed in a homemade, frumpy rendition of Space Ghost. Let’s just say that there was more cloth in my cape and utility belt than there was covering every gay man in that club, combined. To say I was embarrassed by my Space Ghost costume is an understatement.

I was America Ferrara walking into Mode dressed as a butterfly, but without the great skin or Golden Globe Award.

Gay men love to judge others. I don’t mean “love to judge” the same way some people love having a glass of wine with dinner; I mean “love to judge” the same way Amy Winehouse loves waking up in an alley and guessing what city she’s in.

Looking back on that fateful Halloween night, I realize that I also would most likely have judged a socially inept Space Ghost looking awkward in a gay club.

We judge everything from clothing, hair, bodies and shoes to money, success, bodies and shoes. We understand there are different levels of hot men, we recognize that gay men fall into different rankings when it comes to dating, and we all know that a gay man who attempts to talk to — let alone date — a gay man in an echelon higher than his own risks the swift and mighty fury of a vengeful Lord and God. No, seriously. Madonna can get really pissy.

Why do we do this? Why do we feel as though it’s our Constitution-given right to shame and ridicule those who don’t meet our levels of acceptance? For those readers who disagree that gay men enjoy ruthlessly judging others, may I suggest that they visit any one of the seven trillion gay-owned celebrity blogs floating around in the ether of the Internet. Despite being written

by Cocoa Puffs-eating, pajama-wearing, overweight gay trolls who are clearly in no position to be judging others, these blogs appear as though they reserve the right to judge celebrities for wearing the wrong shoes or for gaining seven pounds.

But wait a minute.

Didn’t I just make a blanket assumption that all gay men who write celebrity blogs are Cocoa Puffs-eating, pajama-wearing, overweight gay trolls, 76 percent of whom happen to be Perez Hilton? I may find many of these celebrity blogs to be obnoxious, but

aren’t I perpetuating the judging issue by stereotyping? By ridiculing the physical appearances and daily habits of people I’ve never met, am I also part of the problem?

We live in one of the most accepting progressive eras in human history. Gay men and women can now get married in California and Massachusetts. More hate crimes legislation is being passed in more states every year. Workplace discrimination is down, gay men and women are becoming more visible in the media, and even some gay professional athletes are finding the courage to become role models to young gay teenagers everywhere. But are some of us — those with catty blogs, eight-pack abs and, well, those who are just overall

bitches — undermining this progress? I’m certainly not suggesting we date everyone who says ‘hello.’ I do believe, however, that some men are convinced that they’re God’s gift to gay men, despite the fact that God knows that we’ll probably just return His gift for store credit.

When gay men judge members of our own community for being too fat or not

young enough or the wrong ethnicity or not fashionable, we remind the rest of the world that the gay community is not united and that we’re not quite ready for the equality we demand. Must we continue to be so judgmental?

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Gay Geeks Lesbians and Giant Robots, Part 2

by JoSelle Vanderhooft

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I talked with actress Katherine Joan Taylor, director Aaron Martin and producer Bev about their independent, full-length apocalyptic lesbian sci-fi epic Archangel Alpha. In this installment, the fabulous creative team and I get down to what interests me most about the production and what caught my attention in the first place: giant robots! Or at least, the miniatures that represent them on screen. What can I say?

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JoSelle Vanderhooft: Just so we can have a point of reference, are the alphas [in the title] like mechas in anime?

Aaron Martin: Yeah, they kind of hearken back to Macross and Gundam, stuff like that. And it’s not in space [that they fight] though, but they take the place of fighter planes. They do a little action on the ground, but it’s mostly aerial.

JV: One thing that interests me is it’s an independent film, but you’ve got these amazing miniatures.

AM: Yeah, we have a mix. We’re doing like CG and miniatures. We’re doing miniatures with basically CG assists, because, I mean, if you look at the new Star Wars movies they look cool, but they don’t hold up for me visually like the old Star Wars did.

JV: That’s my biggest complaint, too. I was telling a friend once that I didn’t like the slick look. I liked how in Return of the Jedi, for example, that I felt like I could reach into the screen and touch the textures, touch the puppets and they’d be real. Where as when I look at one of the CGI characters in the newer series it’s like I don’t think they’re real and I can’t identify with them. So it’s really cool to hear that that was your idea, too.

AM: I think from the get go we wanted to do miniatures because we’re really old school. ... I think the miniatures are going to be awesome and gorgeous. And the tech these days makes it easier to shoot them.

We’re going to have a mixture of rod puppet and stop motion stuff.

JV: When you mentioned stop motion, I think what a lot of people might think of is claymation, like the California Raisins if we want to get really old school. Are the miniatures mostly metal, or is there clay involved?

AM: I know what you’re saying with the claymation stuff. These would be mostly plastics and resins. You get the pieces printed up on a 3D printer. We actually send the model [to the printers] and they create it out of the CG representation.

They can actually build it layer by layer out of this resin material. We’re almost to the level where we can reproduce things like Star Wars.

JV: Since it’s an independent film without studio backing, how are you doing raising the money?

Bev: We did have an investor that came in who has helped us get as far as we did.

Mario D’Angelos came in and helped us shoot the trailer and buy a lot of our costumes. We really wanted every bit of the money that came in to show up on screen so we really went into getting good costumes and things that would show up that would look bigger than they did. We also have an indigogo.com page that we’re trying to raise money on as well, where you can get special VIP perks like a poster collection or a signed DVD when it’s done.

We’re also going to do action figures of the characters.

JV: Awesome!

Bev: Yeah, it’ll be pretty sweet. It’s something I’m into, so I convinced Aaron to do it. There’s the ability now where you can design something and they can sculpt it out for you and manufacture it. From our indigogo page we’ve also gone through private investors, but we are still looking for help because it is expensive.

Aaron: I tried to write a movie with like three people in a room talking and I couldn’t do it.

JV: [laughs] Bev: It seems like every time Aaron and I have worked together it just seems to get bigger and more ambitious. But I think it’s good for a challenge. I think people will be amazed at what we can pull off on a small budget. I mean originally we projected a much higher budget and we’ve been able to pull things off for less and in more creative ways. ... and again the camera we’re using really helps us in that aspect.

Katherine Taylor: Aaron, tell her about the RED [camera]. She was asking what that is.

AM: It’s called the Red 1. Everyone knows Oakley Sunglasses. Well, the owner of that invested money to build “the first dig film camera,” he calls it. It was built from the ground up to be an equivalent of a film camera — that is, it has 35 mm quality but it’s all digital so you can get a 4000 pixel picture. It shoots in stills like a traditional camera, like a flip book, which also preserves the color and doesn’t give it a lot of compression like video does. Q [Next issue: Katherine on acting, Bev and Aaron on set design and the thrilling conclusion!]

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I bet that title caught your attention, but I’m not trying to be dirty. The latest disease to sweep the nation actually involves both.

If you’ve been keeping up to date with the news, you probably know that an outbreak of salmonellosis, or salmonella, has spread across multiple states. The cause? Bad tomatoes. Bad, bad tomatoes! According to the Utah Department of Health, two Utah residents may have caught salmonellosis as part of this great tomato outbreak.

So, what is salmonellosis? It is an infection caused by the bacteria salmonella.

Symptoms usually include diarrhea, stomach cramping and fever. Typically these symptoms appear within 12-72 hours of exposure to the bacteria and may last four to seven days. While most cases of salmonellosis go away just fine with treatment (usually keeping hydrated), anyone who has suffered through this infection can tell you it’s not pretty.

As is the case with many diseases, certain subsets of the population may experience more severe illness.

These subsets of the population usually include the very young, the elderly and anyone who is already immune compromised with conditions and illnesses such as cancer and HIV. If your immune system is already weakened and you come in contact with salmonella, it’s not hard for the bacteria to spread from your intestines into your blood and other organs. When this happens, the illness becomes much more severe and much harder to treat. Sometimes it can even be fatal. With this recent outbreak, for example, one diagnosed patient has already died (although that was most likely due to preexisting cancer which had already weakened their system).

Salmonellosis is a one of the most commonly reported infectious diseases, although it’s less common than chlamydia.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that salmonella affects up 1.4 million people in the United States each year and is the cause of approximately 400 deaths per year. Since most people

are not willing to donate a stool sample when they are ill, the CDC estimates that many cases of salmonellosis are never diagnosed or reported.

Infections due to salmonella can come from a variety of sources including infected produce (like these bad tomatoes), uncooked poultry, food that has been prepared by an infected food handler, and even rectal sex. Yes, I promised you we’d get back to that. Salmonella survives well in feces, and you can get it through contact with fecal material in the rectum, which is a great host environment for bacteria to survive and thrive. Produce can easily become contaminated through contact with dirt where animals have defecated.

Animals – like chickens – that live in large groups can easily become contaminated through contact with each other’s feces.

Fecal oral transmission also occurs frequently when an infected person prepares food, thereby spreading the bacteria on them into the dish.

So how do you keep this nasty bug away?

Be sure to wash all of your produce, cook your poultry thoroughly and wash your hands often, particularly after using the restroom and when preparing food. When it comes to rectal sex remember the “c word” — condoms.

Using these and washing your hands with antibacterial soap can help prevent salmonellosis and a number of other bacterial and viral infections that are transmitted through rectal sex, like the parasite giardia, E. Coli and certain types of hepatitis. If you are already immune compromised, enduring a diarrheal illness can become very serious and even life threatening. Precautions like these could save your life.

And if you love tomatoes and want to find types that the Food and Drug Administration has determined as safe to eat, visit fda.gov.

Lynn Beltran is the HIV and STD program manager for the Salt Lake Valley Health Department and does not recommend using tomatoes for anal sex.

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Photographers Neil Eschenfelder and Laurie Kaufmann of Red Dragonfly Photography spent both days of the Pride festival snapping shots of Pride attendees for inclusion in a photographic book. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the QCares Foundation.

For more information or to order printed copies of your shots, please go to www.reddragonflyphotography.com or you may link to then through qsaltlake.com.

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The Salt Lake Gay Athletic Association Founded in 2005 by Mark Barr (who also leads the Gay Flag Football League), the association is an umbrella group for a number of leagues, clubs and teams catering primarily to gay and transgender Utahns – though straight people are welcome to play as well. When Barr began the organization he told us that SLGAA was an attempt not only to better the city, but also a way to better the lives and health of queer Utahns. “Sports can boost self-esteem,� he said at the time. “This is just another outlet for people to meet new people, spend time with friends and engage in friendly athletic competition for LGBT people and our allies.�

Mountain West Flag Football One of the first organizations to be founded under SLGAA, this flag football

team was founded to promote the athletic, social and competitive spirit of American Flag Football. It welcomes all players regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnicity, political affiliation, athletic ability, physical challenge or HIV status. The organization meets every Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at Sugar House Park’s softball field. League play will begin June 12.

Currently, the organization boasts four teams: Team Try-Angles, Team Jam (the new sports bar in the gay-friendly Marmalade Project in downtown Salt Lake City), Team Static Salon and one team whose sponsor is currently being determined.

The league will also host this year’s Gay Bowl in which 17 national teams will compete. For interested players, league rules and waivers can be found at the group’s Web site, mwffl.org.

Mountain West Volleyball League The Mountain West Volleyball League will begin playing June 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the sandlots on the east side of Liberty Park.

Play will run until August or early September, if the weather stays warm enough. “For the first two to three weeks it’ll be like an open play for people to get acclimatized and so I can get an idea of numbers,� said league coordinator Ralph Ingersoll. “Ideally we’ll break up into teams of fours and play a mini-tournament then go back to open play towards the end of the season.� Ingersoll describes the league as a way for people to “get together and hang out� in the middle of the week and added —Continued on page 27

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Q Arts The Gay Agenda A Whack-A-Mole Summer

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june 26–29 Utah Arts Festival ­ uaf.org july 3–6 Bear Ruckus ­ utahbears.com july 19 PWACU’s Charity Fashion Show & Silent Auction, pwacu.org july 21 And The Banned Played On ­ planbtheatre.org august 1–3 The Village Summit utahaids.org Park City Arts Festival kimball-art.org

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Friday — The Academy of Performing Arts presents a music and dance variety show, A Summer Showcase, ranging from Broadway to opera, power tap to ballet. Join “Lyrical” Lynnette Owens, Rachel’s Dance Studio, and many others for an evening of great entertainment. Proceeds go toward providing scholarships for qualified students for their summer camp programs.

Q Ruby Ridge is so damn demanding, but I still love her brightly-lacquered face and parched New Zealander drawl.

The theme for this month’s Third Friday Bingo is “Spokes & Jokes,” benefitting Club Try-Angles’ MS bike-a-thon team.

And apparently there’s a dress code: tight biker shorts and helmet only; Ruby will lend everyone a pair of her size 46-D boobies to wear.

7pm, First Baptist Church, 777 S. 1300 East. Bingo cards $5 at the door.

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Saturday — In conjunction with the upcoming Utah Arts Festival, Ani DiFranco brings her impressive and compelling sound to the outdoor amphitheater at Library Square.

This “little folksinger” livens audiences like few others (especially of the lesbian sort, what with her hairy armpits). That’s freakin’ hot! Martyn Joseph opens.

8pm, City Library, 210 E. 400 South, Tickets $28–35, uaf.org

june 21 Salt Lake Men’s Choir “Hooray For Hollywood” 25th Anniv. Concert ­ saltlakemenschoir.org june 22 Utah AIDS Foundation Golf Tournament ­ utahaids.org

In honor of Michael’s birthday on the 27th, I’ve written him this poem: You bring the world such joy, who will ever need another sex toy; you are sweet and you are kind, but where the heck is your behind.

Between you and me, everyone wants your salt in their sea; so as you transition into your golden years, remember all of those you’ve reduced to tears.

Happy Birthday and many luvs!

7:30pm, through Saturday, Academy of Performing Arts, 3188 S. 400 East. Tickets $10, 486-2728 or academyofpa.org.

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august 7–10 PWACU River Trip pwacu.org

Q The popular, talented and sordid Salt Lake Men’s Choir celebrates Tinseltown in their 25th Anniversary Concert — Hooray for Hollywood. The numbers will be typically engaging of all their fantabulicious concerts, though this one may acutally blow the roof off. And yes, Michael Aaron will be doing a quirky, outlandish solo piece, as only the little whack-a-mole can do.

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SUNDAY — Honestly I’m not a golf fan, but I did spend Father’s Day watching the U.S. Open with my parents ... yes, I do lead an envious life. Sufficed to say, it was actually pretty exciting. I don’t know if the Utah AIDS Foundation Golf Tournament will be as gripping, unless of course the queens start flinging their clubs at each other and wrestling in the sand traps.

7:30pm, Libby Gardner Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, UofU. Tickets $17, 581-7100 or kingtix.com.

10:30am, Stonebridge Golf Course, 4415 Links Drive.

Registration fee $60, 487-2323 or utahaids.org.

Q The Lambda Hiking Club’s first official summer hike will lead interested participants through Big Cottonwood Canyon’s Butler Fork. The trail ascends 1700 feet through profuse vegetation then levels traverse across the upper reaches of the side canyon with spectacular views of the mountains to the south. Total distance 6.5 miles ... holy ruby-red slippers, I don’t walk that far in a month!

Q Mountain Town Stages presents free weekend concerts on Park City’s Main Street throughout the summer. Today, the queer-fabulous Trace Wiren and the local jazz quartet Xillow take the stage. So beat the extreme heat, chill with a couple of brewskies and listen to some great tunes in Park City this summer.

8:45am, parking lot at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon. For more information call 583-7064 or visit gayhike.org.

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1:30–5pm, Miners Park Plaza, 415 Main Street, Park City. Free, mountaintownstages.com.

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WEDNESDAY — Based on the book by Bob Martin and Don McKeller, the 2006 multi-Tony award-winning musical The Drowsy Chaper-

august 8–9 Red Rock Women’s Festival, Torrey redrockwomensfest.com august 10 Q Day at Lagoon august 24 Center Golf Classic utahpridecenter.org september 16 Equality Utah Allies Dinner equalityutah.org september 26–27 Southern Utah Pride, Springdale. ­ southernutahpride.org october 10–12 SLC GayBowl VIII mwffl.org october 11 Coming Out Day Breakfast utahpridecenter.org

Email arts@­qsaltlake.com for consideration to be included in Save the Date.

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ONE hits the Utah stage. The show-withina-show centers on a vain showgirl, who is about to marry a man she only just met.

Audiences will be immersed in the glamorous, hilarious tale of a celebrity bride and her uproarious wedding day.

Times vary, through Sunday, June 29, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South. Tickets $20–70, 355ARTS or arttix.org.

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THURSDAY — UTAH ARTS FESTIVAL 2008: Over 200 artist booths, Fear No Film festival, Utah Art Attack 5K run, poetry readings, food, booze and youth art yard; with performances by Javier Garcia, Chuck Prophet, Indigenous, plus many more.

Noon–11pm, through Sunday, June 29, Library Square, 210 E. 400 South. Tickets $10 or $30/ four-day pass, visit uaf.org for more information.

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FRIDAY — Though it may sound like it, this is no nauseating Jonas Brothers concert.

Seriously, what’s wrong with teenage girls these days! Anyhoo, ALTAR BOYZ is about a slightly misguided boy band.

They sing with heavenly voices and harmonies fused with rock-n-roll, which will have you screaming as the quintet wrap up their national “Raise the Praise Tour.”

With songs like “God Put the Rhythm in Me,” “Girl You Make Me Wanna Wait” and “Jesus Called Me on My Cell Phone,” you won’t want to miss it.

— he’d make a worthy contestant on Beauty and the Geek — anyhoo, seeing him do a live stand-up routine may just be a bit titillating, too.

7pm & 9:30pm, Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple. Tickets $60–75, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

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SATURDAY — Ready to see Gene and Michael in a speedo? Michael got a bikini wax last week for it. Whoohoo! Join QSaltLake, Mischievous, Cockers and Try-Angles as they bring you the most fabulous BEACH PARTY ...ever! There’ll be hot models, a barbecue, a swimwear/ underwear photo shoot and underwear auction, plus more. Dress in your favorite beach wear for special treats.

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2pm-10pm, Club Try-Angles, a private club for members 251 W. 900 South. No cover for members, 364-3203.

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SUNDAY — I’ve been looking forward to the softball match between teams QSALTLAKE AND TRY-ANGLES, and finally today is the day that we take Gene’s team to the cleaners for their much needed enema.

Tehehe! Acutally both teams are lowest in the standings, which should either make for an exciting game or total embarassment. Either way, after recovering from the Beach Party, come out and cheer for your favorite worst team.

7:30pm, through Aug. 2, Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main Street, Park City. Tickets $18–48, 435-6499371 or parkcityshows.com.

Noon, Jordan Park, 900 W. 1100 South. Free.

Q Remember the television series Seinfeld, the show about nothing? It was on for something like 12 seasons, and for me, it was just OK. But I do like JERRY SEINFELD’s dry humor. He’s a bit dorky

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John Mayer, USANA Amphitheatre KT Tunstall, Red Butte Garden Sheryl Crow, USANA Amphitheatre David Sedaris, Abravanel Hall Celine Dion, ES Arena

Downtown Farmers and Art & Craft Markets June 14- October 18, 2008 Saturdays, 8 am to 1 pm Historic Pioneer Park 300 South 300 West Downtown Salt Lake City Come downtown to shop at one of the country’s largest farmers markets. You will find fresh produce as well as local bakeries, native plants, cut flowers, Utah artists, certified organic growers, meats & cheeses, value-added products, and much more. Enjoy weekly entertainment in the company of your community.

See you at the market!

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Adapted from a Japanese manga written by Ebine Yamaji, Love My Life is a cutesy, sticky feel-good movie. A young lesbian couple barely struggles with coming out to their fathers, and whose biggest obstacle with their taboo relationship is exams.

The chemistry between the leading characters is believable and sweet, and gives the only real substance to the flick. Supporting cast is minimal and so are the characters.

Love My Life is like struggling through a vat of honey and cliches for 90 minutes hoping for something interesting to happen, and by the end you’re too tired to be as disappointed as you should be.

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Despite having one of the most active social calendars of any Utahn, Alexis Baigue is surprisingly easy to find. Just try the nearest theatre. Or, in the case of this particular weekend, your nearest Brewvies where he’s just seen She’s a Boy I Knew, about Canadian filmmaker Gwen Haworth’s transitioning from biological male to female.

Baigue calls the film, part of the 5th annual Damn These Heels!

Film Festival, “very, very moving.”

“Actually [local actress] Ann Cullimore Decker gives me a run for my money, but I think that she and I compete for the people who see most live events in Utah,” Baigue jokes as he waits for his bus. “We have a severe addiction, but I figure it’s healthier than crystal meth, so I’m not seeking recovery at this time. I mean, why go to crystal meth when Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony will explode your head safely and just as effectively?”

When Baigue isn’t in the audience getting his “fix,” you can often find him getting it on stage – which is only fitting, as Baigue won a QSaltLake FABBY Award for Best Actor for the first time this year. In the past few years he’s acted in a number of local productions, including play readings at Salt Lake Acting Company, Pygmalion Productions’ The Sex Habits of American Women in 2007 and a number of university productions as a member of the University of Utah’s Actor Training Program. He has also appeared in several commercials (including one for the Utah Donor Registry) and is a mainstay in Saturday’s Voyeur, SLAC’s annual satire on the collective wackiness that is Utah culture and politics. Humming a few bars from a Mister Rogers song, Baigue explains that he’s playing Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker “in the Gayborhood” in this year’s show (a reference to the then-mayoral candidate’s discovery of the term for a neighborhood made up of mostly gay people), as well as “a tap-dancing queer missionary.”

“It’s great fun to be playing a queer missionary 12 years after I did so for the first time in the 1996 Voyeur, Fatman of the Opera,” says Baigue.

Great fun, perhaps, also because Baigue was nearly a queer missionary himself. Born in Salt Lake City to Mormon parents, Baigue remembers being called to be the vice president of his LDS Seminary Class at the same time he was coming to terms with his sexual orientation.

“In ninth grade people were saying, ‘You’re gay, aren’t you? You’re a fag,’” recalls Baigue, doing a spot-on impression of a Utah schoolgirl. “And I was saying, ‘No, I’m not. I have no interest in kissing boys.’

But I think they realized what I wasn’t even feeling yet.” But after graduation, Baigue came out to himself and to friend and fellow graduate Kurt Bateman.

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“It wasn’t until I met my first partner [San Francisco poet and playwright] Morgan Ludlow that I really came out to everybody,” he says. “I never did, ‘Hey everybody I think I’m gay!’ It was, ‘Hey everybody, this is my boyfriend Morgan.’”

At about the same time he was discovering his sexual orientation, Baigue also discovered theatre. But as his friends at West Jordan High School tried out for Anything Goes, he says he was reluctant.

“I thought, ‘I need to take a drama class before I can audition!’ I know nothing about acting – a ridiculous misnomer that one needs to take classes before one can be in a play.” But wanting to do things the right way, Baigue enrolled in the school’s introduction to theatre class and was cast in the spring musical, Brigadoon.

“I tried to quit it,” he says. “I went to Salt Lake Community College and kept taking drama classes there – where it was elevated to theatre not drama classes – and I thought I have to pick a major and buckle down and be an adult, but it just never worked out, I just couldn’t’ shake the a habit.” In 1999 he auditioned and was accepted into the University of Utah’s Actor Training Program and he projects that he will graduate “in 2020.”

“I still have several general credits to go,” he laughs as he playfully breaks into another song – “I Won’t Grow Up” from the musical Peter Pan. “If I graduate I might have to move to New York City like I always said I wanted to, but I would be a piece of plankton in the sea of big fish that is New York. So it’s nice being a guppy in Salt Lake City.”

And what is the guppy’s dream role? “Roxie Hart,” he says without missing a beat.

Seriously, though.

“The Man in Laughing Wild by Christopher Durang, or Bunbury in the play of the same name by Tom Jacobson,” a SLAC reading of which Baigue participated in recently.

“I’m a tiny bit too old for The Man, but fortunately, I look a bit younger than my age.

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Someone should also produce Bunbury. It’s never been done as a full production in Utah and I’m the best actor in Utah for the role.”

As for what he does when not acting or watching other people act, Baigue insists that he tries to “create the illusion that I’m acting all the time.” When cajoled, though, he admits to enjoying a good book, such as C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia.

“I wonder if Edmund was gay,” he jokes.

“Any boy who loves Turkish Delight and worships a diva like the White Witch has got to be a little faglette.” He also advocates for gay rights and environmental causes, often jokingly vowing to eliminate global warming by 2015. And, he collects stamps.

Really.

“It’s not like I have a book for them, I just keep buying and hording them or giving them away as gifts,” he says.

And while he lampoons Salt Lake City on stage every summer, Baigue says he loves Utah’s capitol.

“I’m very pleased to call Salt Lake City home,” he says. “I love that I know where to find fun in the city. I’ve lived here long enough that I don’t have to search for everything I want. I have more friends here than I can actually manage and you know it’s small enough that you can navigate it but large enough that there’s a lot of fun things to do here – and it’s still almost affordable!”

And, of course, there’s always plenty of theatre to perform in as well as to see.

“I’m hoping to make it down to the Utah Shakespeare Festival and to Salt Lake Shakespeare, and then of course I’m hoping to get up to Logan to see Gypsy and Into the Woods,” he says.

Good thing his drug is a healthy one. Q Baigue can be seen in Salt Lake Acting Company’s “Saturday’s Voyeur” through August 17. Tickets are available at 801-363-7522 and ­saltlakeactingcompany.org

When plain, timid Jeffrey takes to innocently stalking the hunky Frenchman Rene with whom he had a one-night stand, it spirals into a creepy B-version of Stephen King’s Misery.

Patti D’Arbanville (Perfect Stranger) is no Kathy Bates, but her performance as Jeffrey’s mentally unstable landlady Gladys ocassionally makes the hair stand on end.

The pace of the movie is consistent with the suspense genre, which is what keeps interest up.

You Belong To Me is not a typical gay movie: there’s little flesh, sex and whining about being single.

Writer-director Sam Zalutsky keeps the film fresh by focusing on the strange connection between Jeffrey and Gladys.

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2 Minutes Later is a thrilling, sexy and often sharply funny noir-ish thriller. It begins literally with a bang as handsome photographer Michael (Michael Molina) is being chased through dark rural woods by a determined, gun-toting stranger. One of the bullets hits its mark and flash forward two weeks later as Kyle, Michael’s twin brother, arrives in town to get to the bottom of his brother’s recent disappearance.

Director Robert Gaston adds decidedly modern twists to the hard-boiled film noir template — openly queer protagonists, tartly contemporary dialogue, full-frontal nudity and intense eroticism — while delivering taut action and memorable performances.

Summer Sports Continued from page 23 that there is “no heavy competition, but if people want to compete they can.” Play is open for anyone regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, and there are no fees. For more information or to sign up email Intersoll at rogue_squadron60640@ yahoo.com.

Mountain West Basketball League Although considered more of a ‘winter sport’ than its outdoor cousins, the Mountain West Basketball League still meets throughout the summer at the University of Utah’s HPER gym every Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

Like other gay sports leagues in Utah, it is open to players regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender identity or experience level.

“We’ve had people show up who couldn’t even dribble,” said co-founder Jeff Sanchez. “We just go and play for a few hours and have a good time. We try to be really welcoming. We just like to play.”

Although participation in the league itself is free, players must each pay $5 to use the gym.

Pride Community Softball League Batter up! The Pride Community Softball League’s season began in April and will run until August with breaks for summer holidays and, of course, Utah Pride. While the schedule is the same those who have played on one of the league’s teams in past years might notice a change this year: Salt Lake County is now working with PCSL. “For the first time in Utah history we are now a USSSA-registered league via Salt Lake County,” said Adah Maycock of PCSL. “It’s really a very monumental feat that the county is acknowledging and assisting the gay community in our efforts to maintain our identity as a gay league under their officiating. They provide liability insurance, umpires, scorekeepers and field keeping [for the first seven weeks of play] and will even have trophies for the winning teams at the end of the year.”

This year, the league has 11 teams (including one for Q). Although teams have already formed this year, Maycock encourages latecomers to attend games and get to know the teams if they want to play on one. Teams can have up to 20 people on their rosters. The league will play the first half of the season at Valley Complex (5135 S 2700 W) on Sundays from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Jordan Park (1030 S 900 W) will host the league for the second half of the season. For more information visit leaguelineup.com/pcslutah or email pridesoftballlleague@yahoo.com.

Lambda Hiking Club According to its Web site the Lambda Hiking Club is a group devoted to providing “friendly, safe and fun outdoor activities” to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender hikers over 18 and their straight allies, regardless of religion, political affiliation or HIV/AIDS status. Affiliated with gayfriendly ski group Ski OUT Utah, the hiking club is active though spring, summer and fall and keeps an updated schedule of activities – as well as how to stay safe while hiking and a list of things to bring – at its Web site, gayhike.org.

Queer Utah Aquatic Club QUAC is one of the oldest gay-friendly sports organizations in the state. And with at least 120 active members, it’s also one of the biggest. Open to swimmers of any sexual orientation or gender identity, the group is also open to swimmers of all experience levels – even people who don’t know how to swim and want to learn. The group practices three times weekly and invites members to practice daily with the Utah Masters (visit utahmasters.org for schedules and locations). QUAC members can participate in a variety of activities including synchronized swimming, diving and water polo. Dues are $20 per year plus pool entry fees of $4.50. Those wishing to learn more about the group are invited to attend its barbecue at Club Sound on June 9 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. The group will also hold an underwear auction at the club on June 6 and Aqua Aid, a benefit for the Utah AIDS Foundation on Aug. 24. For more information visit quacquac.org.

Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah Since 2002 Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah has advocated for the state’s gender and sexual minority firearms owners and supporters and for the “legal, responsible and safe use of firearms” for self defense, shooting sport competition and recreation.

Yes, shooting is a sport!

Due to members’ scheduling conflicts, SSSU founder David Nelson said the group no longer gets together for range shooting.

However, he encourages members to visit the range alone or in small groups. As a second amendment advocate, Nelson’s monthly SSSU newsletter also contains news about gun-related events as well as local gay events. The group’s Web site at stonewallshootingsportsutah.org also boasts a list of gay-friendly instructors and ranges as well as information on purchasing firearms.

Gay Soccer Described as “Just a group of people who gather to play soccer,” this group welcomes players of all sexual orientations, gender identities, ages and skill levels to play every Sunday at Sugar House Park at 2:30 p.m. For more information email sports79@netzero.net.

Gay Men’s Tennis One of the only groups specific to gay men, Gay Men’s Tennis has been meeting “off and on for the last two years,” according to founder Jason Hawley. The season began May 18 and lasts until the end of September. “So far we’ve had about seven guys show up and we’re hoping to increase that number as the season goes on,” said Hawley. The group welcomes gay men of all skill levels to join them at the Taylorsville High School tennis courts (off 54 South and Redwood Rd.) each Sunday at 4:30 p.m.

Although play is free, players are asked to bring their own equipment and extra tennis balls if possible.

Q Horoscopes If we get a bit more emotional now, chalk it up to the Sun which enters moody Cancer.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23 - Dec 22) Sun in Cancer illuminates the dark corners of the soul and demands that you clean out the cobwebs of your closet. Drop all that excess psychological baggage and free yourself up for some fun. Thankfully you have a few weeks to make some progress and savor the full intensity. Show ‘em what you’re made of, gay Archer... and I don’t mean 98% water.

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By Petunia Pap-Smear

T

he road to camping in luxury is

fraught with danger and excitement.

“June is busting out all over,” which brings to my mind visions of camping in the forest, and hunky lumberjack wanna-be’s wearing well-packed wranglers and chopping fire wood. Oh la la! Ever since I was a little princess I have enjoyed camping and getting close to nature (but not so close as to get soiled).

However, being a high maintenance queen, I need at least two large Buickloads of stuff to go camping in comfort.

My loving and long-suffering husband decided to save me from myself and, with our friend Neil’s help, purchased a 40-year-old, 25-foot-long motor home from the car auction in Ogden. I was as giddy as the proverbial school girl at the prospects of carrying my own bathroom with me into the wilderness, not to mention having a mobile motel room with which to pick up the hunky “lumberjacks” and “chop some wood.”

With this grand chariot I would truly be able to make an entrance more spectacular than that wanna-be strumpet, Elizabeth Windsor, in her precious little golden carriage.

I climbed into this magnificent motor coach with much trepidation. I hadn’t driven anything that large since I had left the farm, unless of course you count the Jeff Stryker latex appliance that I acquired at the adult “educational” store.

I donned my small traveling tiara and matching sequined driving gloves and prepared to hit the road back to Logan, ala “Pricilla Queen of the Desert.”

By putting the gas pedal all the way to the floor, I was pleasantly surprised to be

able to maintain 55 miles per hour climbing Sardine Canyon. While descending the Cache Valley side of the canyon, the RV was picking up considerable speed and I was feeling very grand, waving like every queen is wont to do in a parade.

As I approached the “Curve of Death” (one of the deadliest curves of highway in Utah) just north of Sherwood Hills, I thought I could smell a campfire. I looked around to see if there were weenies being roasted over a fire, but sadly there were no weenies of either the roasting or sucking kind to be seen. I then looked into the rearview mirror and noticed with great horror that smoke was billowing out of the cabinets filling the inside of the motor home.

By this time I was traveling nearly 70 miles per hour. My heart was pounding hard enough to be able to reach escape velocity from my 44 double-D bra. I was quickly trying to determine whether I would be able to climb out of the driver’s seat and make it to the only door to jump out to “safety” before the driverless motor home crashed, or be able to stop the damned thing before it exploded, thus rendering me to becoming a “Flamebroiled Queen.” My choices were “Death

By Fire” or “Death By Broken Bones.”

I chose the former and slammed on the brakes. Sure, jumping from a moving vehicle looks easy in the movies, but I never learned to drop and roll in PE class, and being fresh out of Lee Presson-Nails — the thought of breaking a nail while jumping was just more than I could bear. It took nearly 200 yards to bring the “speeding inferno” to a stop. Fearing a dramatic explosion, I promptly jumped

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out and ran away as fast as my heels would allow.

When a mushroom cloud, failed to materialize, and with much trepidation, I slowly approached to investigate further.

Just then Neil and my husband arrived on the scene. Come to find out, the thing had never been driven faster than 40 MPH in its life and so my romping on it had caused the exhaust to ignite the wood between the aluminum siding. We took a knife and stabbed some holes into the aluminum siding and poured water into the holes thus extinguishing the fire.

I got back in and drove very slowly the rest of the way home to Logan. Now I wanted to get rid of the motor home A.S.A.P. However, before I could dispose of the beast, the very next day while I was on my regular hunting/gathering expedition to DI, I found a small crystal (tacky plastic) chandelier, suitable for installing above the dining table. Perfect for a queen’s carriage.

It was a sign from the gods, or at least Quentin Crisp, that I was to keep the motor home and make it fabulous.

So after a gallon of Febreeze to eliminate the smoke smell, a few throw pillows and rugs, and of course installing the chandelier, I decided to keep it. I fastened a flag holder for a rainbow flag, installed the requisite porn magazines in the bathroom, and loaded up a flock of plastic pink flamingos with which to decorate campsites.

Since I’m too cheap to use an expensive bottle of liquor, I used a two-liter bottle of Diet Coke (nectar of the gods) to christen her. Of course the plastic bottle wouldn’t break very well over the radiator so we resorted to dumping a pack of Mentos mints into the soda and with the resulting eruption, (worthy of Jeff Stryker himself) we christened her “THE FLAMING QUEEN.” God Save the Queen! Long may she flame (in the good way)!

This story leaves us with many important questions: 1. Do I lose Princess Points for not using champagne to christen the Flaming Queen?

2. If I were to become a “Flame-broiled Queen” could I marry The Burger King?

3. Would the Jeff Stryker appliance be the whopper or whopper junior?

4. Could I roast weenies over the mushroom cloud?

5. If I sang the “Lumberjack Song,” would the “Well-packed Wranglers” help me “Chop Wood?”

6. Since the Flaming Queen had no air bags, could my well-stuffed 44 double-D bra fulfill that function?

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