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In This Issue

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ISSUE 110 • AUGUST 28, 2008

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News

World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Quips & Quotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Local. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Qmmunity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guest Editorial: Carol Lynn Pearson. . . . Queer Gnosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gay Geeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Snaps & Slaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruby Ridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabulous People. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacin Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2008 Fall Arts Preview

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An Interview with Ari Gold. . . . . . . . . . . . ‘Cats’ Has More than Nine Lives. . . . . . . A Balancing Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interview with S.J. Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . Fall Arts Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

by Michael Aaron

love summer.

I live in Utah largely because of the summer, simply existing through winter as I wait for summer to return. I hate when summer begins to fade. It’s like being on vacation and realizing it’s only a day or so before you have to go back home. It means it’s gonna start getting cold.

No more driving in a topless Jeep. No more outdoor festivals. No more tooling around in Utah’s mountains and deserts. No more lying around on a Sunday morning, naked on the deck with a cup of coffee and the newspaper. It strikes me that my life is mirroring the change in the seasons. As you read in a single paragraph story last issue, Jere Keys has left his role as editor of QSaltLake for the glamour and fame ... and money ... of the Sundance Film Festival. So ends another ‘season’ in our offices. And so begins a new one. I’d known we were likely to lose Jere for several weeks before his announcement. I then had to decide how we were to move on. I decided that I would become editor. This isn’t anything too new to me. I’ve been editor of a couple earlier gay Utah publications. What is new to me is that this one has legs and appears to be on track for being a permanent part of Utah’s fabric. I decided to reorganize my life. Pull out the dusty old Palm Pilot, clean the office, file things where they are supposed to be, and make promises to myself and those in my life that I will allocate personal time. Work

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From the Editor Seasons of Life Well, it’s 3:35 a.m. the morning we go to press. I wasn’t supposed to be here, because we started working on ways to make it so I never have to pull an all-nighter again. But here I am. I’m happy, though, because I will be home in my bed by 4:30 — not 10:00 like last issue. That’s progress. It has been a long, hard and emotional few weeks and this column was heading down the path of being a rant about gay organizations not giving a rat’s ass about the problems individuals face unless it’s a great photo op or fundraising opportunity. But, frankly, I’ve written that column before and I’d rather end the night on a positive note before I curl up next to a dozing Christian. So, this being the Fall Arts Preview, I remembered one of my favorite columns of three years ago in our second Fall Arts issue. Read along with me, will you?

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smarter, not harder. (Ugh—those ‘You Can Be All That You Can Be and Much Much More But Your Boss Won’t Have to Pay You More’ seminars I was forced to attend in the 90s appear to have wormed their way permanently into my brain after all.) It also means I get to take a small paycheck. Yaay! I was happiest in my life when I was Mr. Organization. I woke up at a set time. I got into the office at a set time. My first half hour was spent organizing my day. I managed the day of 14 people, a $3.2 million project and the friction of relationships between computer programmers and creative folks. I marveled that it was even possible. I more marveled that it was me who was doing it. I’m giddy at the thought of returning to what those days were to me. I won’t be making the six figures of back then, but I really don’t think that was what made me happy. It was me doing what I thought impossible of myself. I look forward to the next several months—the next season—of my life. I’ll get to see what I can do. And, it’s time to pull out the long sleeve shirts, the cute sweaters, and the layered look. It’s time to drive through the canyons to see the leaves. It’s time to abandon the outdoor projects that never had a prayer of being finished to work on the indoor projects that don’t have a prayer of being finished. It’s time to see the new arts season and rehearse for a fall concert with the Salt Lake Men’s Choir. It’s time to dust out the fireplace for those ‘stay at home and cuddle with a movie’ nights. I love fall. Q

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“The locals spoke about their happiness that the Chinese government now acknowledged that gay people existed in China — 2 percent of the population is the official figure, apparently. … And for a community that is large even if taking the governments 2 percent figure — 25 million people in China today — it is unrecognizable on the streets, in the Olympic village and even around the venues.”

Calif. Supremes: Doctors Can’t Discriminate Against Gays Doctors can’t discriminate against gay people because they disapprove of homosexuality, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously Aug. 18. The ruling came in the case of Guadalupe “Lupita” Benítez of Oceanside in San Diego County, who was denied assistance in getting pregnant by North Coast Women’s Care Medical Group, the only such facility covered by her insurance plan. Doctors at the group claimed their Christian beliefs prevented them from inseminating Benítez. But the court declared that constitutional protections for religious liberty do not excuse unlawful discrimination. “Defendant physicians contend that exposing them to liability for refusing to perform the IUI (intrauterine insemination) medical procedure for plaintiff infringes upon their First Amendment rights to free speech and free exercise of religion. Not so,” the court said. “California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act imposed on business establishments certain antidiscrimination obligations, thus precluding any such establishment or its agents from telling patrons that it will not comply with the Act.” Lambda Legal’s Jennifer Pizer, who argued Benítez’s case before the court, commented: “There’s a great diversity of religious beliefs in California, and they’re all protected — but not to the point where laws are violated and other people are hurt. Each of us is protected both in our religious beliefs and also from religiously based discrimination in the doctor’s office and other commercial settings.” Benítez said that even though her battle with the medical group took nearly 10 years to win, “it was worth it.” “It’s wrong and shocking that some doctors felt their religious beliefs allowed them to ignore the law and discriminate,” she said. “This isn’t just a win for me personally and for other lesbian women ... it’s a win for everyone, because anyone could be the next target if doctors are allowed to pick and choose their patients based on religious views about other groups of people.” Benítez, 36, now has three children.

Knights Give $1 Million to Undo California Marriages The Roman Catholic fraternal organization Knights of Columbus has given $1 million to the campaign to amend the California Constitution to undo the state Supreme Court’s legalization of same-sex marriage. Voters will face a ballot measure to that effect Nov. 4. “Right-wing organizations ... will stop at nothing to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry,” said Equality California Executive Director Geoffrey Kors. “They want to target same-sex couples to be treated differently under the California Constitution, a document that was created to ensure our equality. We need your help to stop them!” Such help can be provided at eqca.org/ NOon8/donate.

About 200 gay activists and others gathered at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego on July 18 to launch a boycott of the hotel. The hotel’s owner, Doug Manchester, donated $125,000 to the campaign that placed an initiative on the November ballot to amend the California Constitution to undo the state Supreme Court’s legalization of same-sex marriage. Rex Wockner

Law Schools to Honor Manchester Grand Hyatt Boycott The Association of American Law Schools said Aug. 18 it will move the events of its January 2009 annual meeting from San Diego’s Manchester Grand Hyatt to the Marriott hotel next door. Attendees are scheduled to stay in, and events had been planned for, both hotels. The Hyatt is being boycotted by gay groups, unions and others because the owner of the local hotel, Doug Manchester, gave $125,000 to the campaign to amend the California Constitution to re-ban same-sex marriage. Voters will face a ballot proposition to that effect Nov. 4. “Several years ago the Association booked rooms at the San Diego Marriott and the

Manchester Grand Hyatt,” the AALS Executive Committee said. “Our contracts with the hotels provide that each hotel reserve a block of guest rooms, and leave to the AALS the choice of where to locate the AALS Registration, Exhibit Hall, Section Programs, Presidential Programs and House of Representatives meetings. We will honor our contracts with both hotels, and we have exercised our option to hold all AALS events at the Marriott to ensure the maximum participation by our members.” “Faculty and staff at law schools will soon receive housing information and you will be able to choose your individual hotel room on a first-come, first-served basis.”

GLAAD: 1,049 U.S. Dailies Accept Gay Wedding Announcements

announcements, and related resources. In Utah, The Logan Herald Journal, the St. George Spectrum and The Salt Lake Tribune accept gay and lesbian announcements, with the Provo Daily Herald accepting them on a case-by-case basis.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said Aug. 18 that 1,049 daily U.S. newspapers now accept same-sex wedding announcements — a 15-fold increase since 2002. According to the group, 83 percent of all U.S. newspaper consumers now read a paper that accepts wedding announcements from same-sex couples, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have newspapers that print announcements for gay and lesbian couples, all but three of the nation’s top 100 media markets are home to newspapers with an inclusive announcement policy, and every daily newspaper in nine states and the District of Columbia prints wedding announcements for same-sex couples. The states batting 100 percent are Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont. In addition, California and New York each have only one daily newspaper that will not print the announcements. However, of the 1,049 papers, only 339 of them ever have received a same-sex wedding announcement to print, GLAAD found. “Local newspapers across the country are reflecting the growing visibility of our lives and our commitments by opening their pages to these stories,” said GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano. “When we seize that opportunity to share our milestones and celebrations, we help Americans see the diversity of our community and recognize the common ground that we share.” A new GLAAD Web page offers an interactive state-by-state map of newspapers with inclusive policies, guidelines for submitting

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Poll: New Jerseyans Ready for Same-sex Marriage A Zogby Poll released Aug. 19 found that 59 percent of New Jerseyans support granting same-sex couples access to marriage “if public officials conclude that the civil-union law has not worked to provide same-sex couples the legal protections that marriage would.” Thirty-six percent oppose the idea. Sixty-nine percent said marriage equality is inevitable in New Jersey, while 21 percent think it isn’t. In the meantime, 57 percent of New Jerseyans would support Gov. Jon Corzine’s following the lead of New York Gov. David Paterson and recognizing same-sex marriages entered into outside the state. Thirty-seven percent oppose the idea. Seventy-one percent said there will be no backlash against legislators who vote to legalize same-sex marriage, and 67 percent said legalizing same-sex marriage won’t “hurt the institution of marriage for heterosexual couples.” “No one should doubt the meaning of these numbers,” said Steven Goldstein, chair of Garden State Equality. “New Jersey wants to end discrimination in marriage, and is ready for our public officials to do it right now. The civil-union law is one of the greatest civil rights failures of our time. New Jersey sees that, and understands that justice delayed is

—Openly gay former NBA player and the 2007 Utah Pride Festival’s grand marshal John Amaechi in an Aug. 6 post about the visibility of gay people in China to his 2008 Olympics blog, beijinglegacyblog. com. Amaechi is in Beijing on assignment for the BBC and as an ambassador for human rights group Amnesty International.

“Each victim at Mountain Meadows had walking beside him a man poised to raise his gun and shoot. History will show that the gay [Mormon] men [who have committed suicide] of whom I speak had walking beside them a dark shadow impersonating God, a shadow that gave them misinformation about who they were, misinformation that most of us now acknowledge was both dead wrong and deadly: ‘Homosexuality is often caused by masturbation … may lead to bestiality … caused by selfishness … electric shock will set you right … a good woman … reparative therapy … fasting and prayer … you would be better off at the bottom of the Great Salt Lake with a millstone around your neck…’” —Utah-born author and playwright Carol Lynn Pearson comparing the suicide of gay Mormon men (and less frequently women) to the Mountain Meadows Massacre in an editorial and urging LDS faithful to make lives easier for gay and lesbian Mormons.

“I respectfully suggest that the gay and lesbian support group Affirmation leave The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints alone and go bother somebody else.” —Salt Lake City resident Douglas Cotant writing to the Salt Lake Tribune about gay Mormon group Affirmation’s recent attempts to meet with church leadership to discuss the church’s treatment of its gay and lesbian members.

Equality Utah Announces Candidate Endorsements On Aug. 20, Equality Utah’s board of directors announced their list of endorsed legislative, city council and gubernatorial candidates for this November’s election. “We believe [our endorsed candidates] will prove to be fair-minded in their approach to policy-making once they are in office,” said Stephanie Pappas, the board’s chairperson. “We ask that you consider supporting these candidates by volunteering for their campaigns, requesting a lawn sign, or doing what you can to be a part of this important campaign season. With these candidates in office, we move closer to our vision of a fair [and] just Utah.” According to Ruth HackfordPeer, manager of public policy for Equality Utah, the group based their nominations on “candid” interviews with candidates that covered a number of topics. These included their support for gay legal equality and for Equality Utah’s sponsored bills, including a bill to allow same-sex couples to adopt children and a bill aimed at addressing anti-gay harassment

in the workplace. Endorsed Salt Lake County Council candidates, on the other hand, all support a much-discussed proposal to implement an adult designee program that would allow county employees to put same-sex partners on their health insurance plans. Hackford-Peer stressed, however, that support for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people was only part of the board’s criteria. “We also look at past leadership and viability,” she said. “We’re trying to look at the whole candidate.” She also added that some candidates did not receive nominations simply because they did not respond to a request for an interview. These include incumbents Gov. Jon Huntsman, Republican Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and Democrat John Rendell, who is challenging anti-gay Republican Sen. Chris Buttars for his Senate 10 seat. “Many people got back with us and many people did not,” she said.

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created equal, and deserve the right to be represented fairly.” Web site: votebillhansen.com

Governor Bob Springmeyer Party: Democratic Platform: Springmeyer has named affordable health insurance, increasing wages for Utah’s workers, improving the state’s high energy, health care and tuition costs and decreasing Utah’s high school drop out rate as key issues in his run for Governor’s office. Web site: bobforgov.org Attorney General Jean Welch Hill Party: Democratic Platform: A member of former Utah Attorney General Jan Graham’s administration, Hill has spent the past nine years prosecuting educators who “have violated the ethical standards of their profession.” Along with such education-oriented goals as ensuring that parents teach their homeschooled children, Hill also supports putting limits on the interest rates payday lenders can charge and lending the attorney general’s office’s support to Children’s Justice Centers, which serve minor victims of sexual abuse. Web site: jeanwelchhill.com Senate 1: Luz Robles Party: Democratic Platform: A former health care policy analyst, state director of ethnic affairs and a current board member of a number of Utah health organizations, Robles’ main priorities include health care reform, increased funding for Utah schools and teachers, and environmental protections. Web site: roblesforsenate.com Senate 19: Bill Hansen Party: Democratic Platform: A Weber County Sheriff’s deputy, Hansen has named education, preserving open space and criminal justice as the mainstays of his platform. His March 2008 candidacy announcement on the blog Utah Amicus also included the following statement about equal rights: “His campaign will promote the ideals that all men and women are children of God,

Senate 25: Joe Dulin Party: Democratic Platform: Utah State University Business Officer and Certified Public Accountant Joe Dulin supports increased school funding, stricter criteria for teacher certifications, universal health care, environmental regulation and immigration law reform. This statement on equal rights appears on Dulin’s Web site: “We need to end the era of the government wasting taxpayer resources trying to define what a family is and move toward helping families by providing the very best educational opportunities, developing affordable health care for all Utah families and creating opportunities for young people to realize their potential.” Web site: joedulin.com House 9: Neil Hansen Party: Democratic Political HISTORY: In the 2008 legislative session the Ogden representative introduced bills to give yearly “cost of living” salary increases to minimum wage earners, lower the years of service required for law enforcement officers, firefighters and public servants to retire with benefits, and to forbid governments and sheriff’s offices from imposing traffic citation quotas on police officers. House 12: Mark Sage Party: Democratic Platform: In a March post to the blog Utah Amicus announcing his candidacy Sage, the current programs director of the Living Museum, said that he supports improvements to Utah’s education system, fiscal responsibility and the raising of “ethical standards in the Legislature.” Web site: votemarksage.com House 14: Marcie West Party: Democratic Platform: The issues in consultant Marcie West’s campaign include increased state funding for mass transportation, increased spending on Utah schools

and teacher salaries, banning gifts from lobbyists and mandating the disclosure of campaign funds, and investment in pre-natal care. Web site: voteformarciewest.com House 23: Jennifer Seelig Party: Democratic Political History: During the 2008 legislative session Seelig introduced legislation aimed at changing Utah law to make strangulation and suffocation aggravated assault and co-sponsored a bill to strengthen laws against animal abuse. She also co-sponsored a bill by Rep. Phil Reisen, D-Salt Lake City, that sought to appropriate more money to state health departments to better educate the public about gonorrhea and chlamydia. Equality Utah endorsed this bill. Web SITE: jenseelig.com House 24: Rebecca Chavez-Houck Party: Democratic Political HISTORY: During the 2008 legislative session Chavez-Houck sponsored a bill that sought to allow gay couples to adopt children. She has also supported the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity in state employment nondiscrimination laws and has been a proponent of legislation during this session that has targeted illegal immigrants. Other issues Chavez-Houck supports include renewable energy, environmentally and economically sustainable growth, and the establishment of an independent ethics commission to increase public trust in elected officials. Web site: voterebecca2008.com House 25: Christine Johnson Party: Democratic Political HISTORY: Johnson sponsored Antidiscrimination Act Amendments, a bill aimed at extending workplace antidiscrimination and anti-harassment policies to gays and transgender people. One of Utah’s two openly lesbian representatives, she has advocated for several gay rights issues, and has cosponsored bills mandating stiffer penalties for animal cruelty and a bill making human trafficking illegal in Utah. Web site: electjohnson.com House 26: David Litvack Party: Democratic Political HISTORY: Litvack authored the Equality Utah-sponsored bill Domestic Violence and Dating Violence Amendments, a bill which would have given gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender victims of domestic violence the same police and legal protections as their straight counterparts. Along with this bill (which the legislature killed in 2007 and 2008) he also authored hate crimes legislation which the legislature passed (albeit in a much weaker form) after seven years of work and discussion. House 28: Brian King Party: Democratic Platform: King’s platform includes strengthening Utah’s public education system, reforming campaign financing, and making affordable health care insurance available to all Utahns. Web site: kingforrep.com House 30: Jackie Biskupski Party: Democratic Political History: One of Utah’s two openly lesbian representatives, Biskupski has opposed a number of anti-gay bills, including one in this year’s legislative session that targeted Salt Lake City’s domestic partnership registry (the bill later renamed it the “mutual commitments” registry). She also opposed Amendment 3, the 2004 constitutional amendment that defined marriage in Utah as the union

between a man and a woman. House 31: Larry Wiley Party: Democratic Political History: During this legislative session, Wiley co-sponsored Rep. Seelig’s bill that sought to alter Utah law to make suffocation and strangulation aggravated assault. He also co-sponsored legislation seeking to increase the minimum term of imprisonment for child rape to 25 years to life. A building inspector by profession he has also introduced a number of bills aimed at better reinforcing buildings to withstand earthquakes. House 35: Mark Wheatley Party: Democratic Political HISTORY: During this legislative session Wheatley co-sponsored an anti-bullying and hazing bill by Rep. Carol Spackman-Moss, D-Salt Lake, and a bill by Salt Lake Democratic Rep. Phil Reisen aimed at appropriating more state money to the Utah Department of Health’s education efforts on gonorrhea and chlamydia. Equality Utah endorsed both bills. House 36: Phil Reisen Party: Democratic Political HISTORY: During the 2008 legislative session Reisen introduced a bill that sought to give state health departments more money to educate the public about gonorrhea and chlamydia. Equality Utah endorsed the bill. House 37: Carol Spackman-Moss Party: Democratic Political HISTORY: Spackman-Moss introduced a bill seeking to create statewide standards for addressing bullying and hazing in public schools. Equality Utah drafted this bill. House 40: Lynn Hemingway Party: Democratic Political HISTORY: Hemingway cosponsored Salt Lake City Democratic Rep. Jennifer Seelig’s bill that sought to change Utah law to make strangulation and suffocation aggravated assault. He also co-sponsored a bill by Rep. Phil Reisen, D-Salt Lake City, to appropriate more money to Utah health departments to educate the public about chlamydia and gonorrhea. House 42: Nathan Gedge Party: Democratic Platform: Educators MutualInsurance employee Gedge’s platform includes support for public education and mass transportation, environmental protection and campaign finance reform. Web SITE: nathangedge.com House 45: Laura Black Party: Democratic Platform: Educator Black supports increased funding for Utah’s schools, economic development favorable to small businesses and resources that promote and secure families, such as DARE and neighborhood watch efforts. Web site: votelaurablack.com House 53: Kathy Lofft Party: Democratic Platform: Lofft, an attorney, favors incentives for clean energy development (solar, wind, geothermal, etc.), campaign finance and health insurance reforms (including the expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program) and education reforms including all-day kindergarten and affordable college education. She is opposed to school voucher initiatives. Web site: votelofft.com Salt Lake County Mayor: Peter Corroon Party: Democratic Political HISTORY: Elected mayor in 2004, Corroon has stressed the devel-

opment of alternative energy sources, preserving the county’s open spaces, creating affordable housing for low-income residents and sustainable urban planning for Utah’s most populous county. Upon taking office he also created the Council on Diversity Affairs to address the needs of Salt Lake County’s various diverse communities. On the subject of equal rights for all, Corroon has stated on his Web site: “I will not compromise on issues that affect people’s dignity. As county mayor, I insist that all our county employees be treated with respect and dignity, and that they in turn treat all our citizens with respect when fulfilling their duties.” Web site: votecorroon.com Salt Lake County Council District 4: Jani Iwamoto Party: Democratic Platform: An attorney who has worked in consumer protection litigation, Iwamoto has stated that, if elected she will work for environmental protection, economic development, education and planning for Salt Lake County’s urban growth. Web site: votejani.com Salt Lake County Council District 6: Roger Harding Party: Democratic Platform: Harding’s platform includes sustainable community growth, investment in alternative energy sources and health care reform. If elected, he has also said that he will work towards establishing a Democratic majority on the County Council. Salt Lake County Council District At-Large: Randy Horiuchi Party: Democratic Political HISTORY: Former County Commissioner Horiuchi has served on the County Council for 16 years. He is also a long-time supporter of fellow Councilperson Jenny Wilson’s proposal to extend insurance benefits to the same-sex partners of county employees. Summit County Council A: Sally Elliot Party: Democratic Web SITE: tellsally.com (under construction at press time)

Favorable Recommendations Although Equality Utah did not endorse the following candidates, the group praised them for their support of and stance on gay rights issues. Attorney General: Andrew McCollough Party: Libertarian Platform: A First and Fourth Amendment lawyer, McCollough supports free speech, the end to the war on drugs, and Utahns’ right to privacy. He has also criticized sodomy laws (which are often used to target gays and lesbians) as violations of the constitutional right to privacy. Web SITE: andrewmccollough.com

House 23: Gordon Storrs Party: Republican Platform: An openly gay man and member of the Log Cabin Republicans, businessman and educator Storrs supports available and affordable education, fiscal responsibility, an openness in government proceedings and policies that support “every family regardless of its make up.” He has posted the following statement to his Web site: “Every person in our community deserves to be treated with dignity and every person’s worth needs to be recognized, particularly by those who work and legislate for us. Everyone should have a place at the table in this great state.” Web site: gordonstorrs.com

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Bell Will Go to Trial for Kidnapping Charges by Michael Aaron

Amid tight security, David “DJ” Bell sat before Third District Court Judge Robert Faust in a preliminary hearing Thursday, Aug. 21 to determine whether the state had enough evidence to proceed to trial on two charges of kidnapping and one charge of burglary. Supporters of each side of the case sat on opposite sides of the courtroom and heard testimony from parents of the two children Bell is charged with kidnapping and South Salt Lake City Police detective Darren Carr. Following three hours of testimony and cross examination by Bell’s attorney, Roger Kraft, Judge Faust ruled that enough evidence existed to move to trial and set a date for late September for an arraignment hearing. Bell’s supporters stood outside the Scott Matheson Court House prior to the hearing with signs showing Bell and his partner, Dan Fair, bloodied and bruised after parents of the children and others forced their way into Bell and Fair’s home and allegedly beat them. The children’s parents testified that they and friends and family had been drink-

Lulu Lati (left) and Yieti Mageo, common-law parents of one of the children David Bell is accused of kidnapping. ing, playing poker and listening to music outside their house since before midnight July 3 through 6:30 a.m. July 4. According to testimony, Tapululu Latu and Yieti Mageo and their children returned from a South Salt Lake City July 3 fireworks display at around midnight, set off about an hour’s worth of fireworks in the driveway of their home, and sent the six children present to watch a movie in the living room at about 2:00 a.m. Some of the children ended up falling asleep in the living room, though the number of children in the room and their locations changed dramatically with each of the four parents’ testimony. Each said that they went into the house at various times to check on the children, though none of their stories matched in how many children were in the room at any given moment or their positions. Kraft cross examined each of the four parents present that night, asking for details about where the 12 adults at the party were situated, where the six or eight children were sleeping, and whether they saw Bell enter the home. The testimony was consistent that a table of at least eight adults was within

Dozens of David Bell supporters are among those entering the Scott Matheson Courthouse to witness Bell’s first hearing in charges that he kidnapped two children from his neighbor’s house. PHOTO: MICHAEL AARON/QSALTLAKE three feet of the side door to the house, the only door any claimed to have used. Accounts varied on the location of vehicles in the driveway, how much the family had to drink, what they were drinking and where children were sleeping. Mageo testified that he had drunk between “12 and 20” beers. Kraft also delved into criminal histories of each of the parents, and found that each had at least one felony conviction. According to Latu, she entered her home at about 6:30 a.m. and found one of her daughters crying in the doorway of the living room. She testified that the daughter said that she dreamed that “a man” had taken her sister. Latu said she initially dismissed the notion and put her daughter back to bed, only to find that her two-year-old daughter was not in the living room as she thought. After searching the house, Latu testified she had a “mother’s instinct” to go next door in search of her daughter. She said she went next door, knocked on the door and entered the house, finding her daughter and a fouryear-old nephew in Bell and Fair’s bedroom, with Bell lying on the floor and Fair sitting on the bed. Kraft asked Latu on cross examination whether her daughter had said “a man” or “a monster with white hair,” implying that other versions of her story may have been different than her testimony that morning. He asked several times whether her story had changed from the original police report to the several existing media reports to that day’s testimony. She said that her story remained unchanged. Kraft was thwarted at every turn in efforts to ask questions about what happened after the children were removed from Bell and Fair’s premises. According to Bell, Fair and several others present in the household, five adults broke into the house and beat both Fair and Bell, breaking Fair’s eye socket and causing several gashes on his head and body, and beating Bell’s head against the concrete driveway, possibly causing irreparable deafness in one ear, cutting at his throat and feet with glass shards and beating him with their fists. No charges have yet been filed in the beatings. The South Salt Lake city attorney was out of town the week of the trial and could not be reached. South Salt Lake City Police detective Darren Carr also took the stand as the lead detective in the case. He said that Bell admitted taking the children at one point, then changed his story to the children coming to the door.

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Kraft asked if Bell had asked for an attorney, to which Carr said he did. “At that point, did you close your notebook and stop the interview?” Kraft asked. “No. Bell modified his request for an attorney and chose to talk to me,” Carr said. Kraft asked if the detective had noticed Bell’s condition while he was interviewing him an hour after the incident occurred. Carr said that Bell had a scratch on his ear and two black eyes. Kraft then asked about wounds to Bell’s throat and feet. “He had no damage to his throat or his toe,” Carr testified. A booking photo clearly shows Bell with cuts on his throat and above his eye. Hospital records also show cuts on his feet. Kraft questioned why Carr only interviewed Latu, Bell and the two children. Carr claimed that another officer under his command interviewed others who were in the home, that the interviews were recorded, and that he had reviewed the recordings. Bell’s supporters are claiming that Carr perjured himself on the stand. “I know for a fact that the [South Salt Lake] police didn’t interview at least three of the people Kraft asked about,” said Lorie Mair, a friend of Bell and Fair. “Those tapes don’t exist.” Kraft also punched a hole in the testimony that a four-foot fence completely surrounds the neighbor’s house. “You can clearly see in this photo that there is a gap in the fence,” Kraft told the judge. According to court documents, prosecutors theorize that Bell entered the house by the side door, took the two children, left through the back door of the house, threw the children over the four-foot fence, climbed the fence himself and took them into his house. Det. Carr admitted that none of those he interviewed saw Bell enter the house, though they were within feet of the door; nor did any witness see Bell with the children prior to the mother finding them in the house. Since this hearing was to determine if the state had enough evidence to go to trial on the case, a defense was not mounted by Bell or his attorney. The judge ruled immediately after Kraft rested, saying the state had met its burden of proof and scheduled an arraignment hearing for the end of September. The judged refused a motion to waive the arraignment and take a plea that day. Bell supporters have created a Web site at Injustice801.com with news and photos.

Registration has opened for the 20th annual Walk For Life, Northern Utah’s walk to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and money for the various prevention and education programs offered through the Utah AIDS Foundation. In honor of the walk’s 20th anniversary, registration in this year’s event is free. Various incentive awards are also available for individuals who raise the following amounts for the walk by Sept 18: $40 (a 2008 Walk For Life t-shirt), $150 (a Walk For Life shirt and pin), $250 (a Walk For Life shirt, pin and hat) and $500 (all of the above plus a 500 Club polo shirt and access to the 500 club party). Walkers may walk alone, with friends, family or coworkers, or they can request a walk buddy. Walkers are also welcome to bring their leashed dogs. When: Sept 20 Where: Liberty Park (700 E 900 S) Info: For more information about the walk or to register to walk visit utahaids.org. To volunteer or sponsor call 487-2323.

Hoedown Temple Squares, a gay and lesbian Modern Western Square Dance club, will host a “New Dancer Hoedown” for dancers interested in learning more about Modern Western Square Dancing. The lively evening will introduce dancers to the style and take place right before the club begins its new cycle of lessons. People of all orientations and gender identities are invited to attend. When: Sept. 19 and 26, 7:00 p.m. Where: Columbus Community Center (2531 S 400 E) Info: slcsquaredancing@gmail.com

Scratch Your Back The Southern Utah Pride Association, Inc. will hold a Scratch Your Back Auction and Potluck Dinner to benefit the Southern Utah Pride Festival (held Sept. 26-27 in Springville, Utah). The evening is a dinner and auction of volunteers to do household chores for the winning bidder. When: Sept. 6, 7:00 p.m. Where: The home of Chris McArdle, SUP, Inc. president (630 W 789 N, St. George, UT).

Allies Dinner Equality Utah will hold its 7th annual Allies Dinner to benefit their Political Action Committee, the group that endorses local fairminded candidates and supports their campaigns with financial contributions and volunteer efforts. The theme for this year is The Power of One. When: Sept 16, 6:00 p.m. cocktail hour and 7:00 p.m. dinner service Where: The Salt Palace’s Grand Ballroom (100 S West Temple) Cost: $100 per person Info: Visit alliesdinner.org.

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Camp Pinecliff Returns for 18th Year This September, a camp for people with HIV/AIDS, their families, friends and caregivers, and the professionals who help them will be held once again in the picturesque landscape 18 miles above Coalville, Utah near the Rockport Reservoir. “I think this is our 18th year, I’ve lost count,” said camp co-founder Donald Steward, also known as QSaltLake columnist and queen fundraiser Ruby Ridge. “All I know is I lead the hike to Pinecliff each year and I get slower and slower.” Steward and his partner Dick Dotson began the camp in the late 1980s as an extension of the all-volunteer Horizon House Project, which was then a University of Utah drop-in center that offered support groups, workshops and pastoral counseling for people living with HIV/AIDS. Held originally at the YMCA Camp Rogers facility in Kamas, the camp was designed to give PWAs a rest from city living and the drain of dealing daily with medical issues and early AIDS medications — which Steward calls “horse pills” — that often took a toll on their bodies. “Back in those days people were dying very quickly right after their diagnosis because there wasn’t a lot of treatment,” Steward remembered. In its early days, he said, the camp was mainly for PWAs and their family members. “We’d have conversations around the campfire about medication, dealing with depression that comes with AIDS, all those issues,” he said. “The social interaction was just so healthy. It helped in those days when there was a lot of fear and anxiety because so little was known.” Although Steward said he and other organizers attempted, at one point, to structure the weekend around workshops and discussions about such things as stress management acquiring medical power-of-attorney, they quickly discovered that camp attendees just wanted to socialize and relax among

the red rock cliffs and the wilderness where, as Steward put it, “you’re lucky if you see maybe five cows a day along the road.” A few years later the camp moved from the YMCA facility to its permanent home at Camp Pinecliff, which is owned and operated by the Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Methodist Church. The church rents out the property (complete with cabins, bunkbeds, kitchens and a lodge) to the camp weekend at a subsidized rate. And they are not the only church who has involved themselves over the camp. Each year a number of volunteers of all sexual orientations and faiths donate their time, money, goods and services (as cooks, massage therapists, artists and on-site nurses) to keep the camp running, making Camp Pinecliff completely independent of any state or federal money. “We were ecumenical before ecumenical was cool,” said Steward. “We were faithbased before people got money to be faithbased. If you consider that was back in the day when people were really freaked out by this illness and didn’t even talk about AIDS, we were able to work with several churches.” For the past 15 years, for example, the men’s group from the First Baptist Church in Salt Lake City has cooked meals for camp attendees. The food for those meals, meanwhile, has been supplied by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That particular relationship began, according to Steward, some years ago, when he wrote a letter to church leadership scolding them for calling AIDS a “judgment from God.”

“I said, ‘hey, it’s ironic that you’re taking this first world homosexual male perspective of the illness because it’s a third world heterosexual women’s disease,’” he said. After informing leaders of the familial repercussions of HIV/AIDS — namely that every person with the disease is attached to a family — Steward said the church asked how they could help. Now, he says, the LDS church gives them almost more food than they can use. And the camp’s food has made them “the envy of the Methodist camping world,” according to Steward. Along with the eggs and cold meat trays the church provides Utah restaurant group Gastronomy, Inc., it also donates breakfast hams and Colosimo’s Sausage, well, the food they’re famous for. “We just eat a lot,” said Steward, laughing. In the mid 1990s organizers opened the camp to people — such as volunteers — who were HIV negative. In order to eliminate participants’ fears of being stigmatized if their HIV status is known, the camp has instituted a non-disclosure policy towards HIV status. But whether campers are HIV positive or negative, straight or gay, Mormon, Baptist, Methodist or any other faith, Steward says they all have a good time. “It’s a nice mix of straight, gay, church and no-church. It kind of works,” he said. Camp Pinecliff will be held Sept. 19–21. For more information or to register contact Dick at 518-8733. Cost for the weekend is $35 per person and scholarships for people with HIV/AIDS are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Southern Utah Pride organizers have said that the Driftwood Lodge, the official hotel for the September festival, has sold out of rooms available at the special SUP discount. More expensive rooms, however, are still available. SUP has suggested that individuals wanting to attend the Southern Utah Pride Festival seek lodging immediately, as the town of Springdale — the restort town where the festival will be held — is almost sold out. Additionally, only a few camping spaces remain on the festival grounds. Southern Utah Pride will be held Sept. 26–27. Hotel and camping reservations can be made through the group’s Web site at www.southernutahpride.org/ supzlodging.html

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will hold its annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk to raise awareness of suicide and the people it leaves behind. Proceeds raised during the hour long walk will go towards local and national suicide prevention and awareness programs. Registrants can sign up as individuals or as a team and the event is also in need of volunteers. WHEN: Sept 27. Registration at 8:45 a.m., walk begins at 10:00 a.m. WHERE: Wheeler Farm, 6351 S 900 East INFO: To register, donate or learn more, visit outofthedarkness.org or contact Lori Pagel at 949-6387 or afspslc@gmail.com.

NAMI Walk A three-mile walk to raise awareness and dispel stigmas of mental illness and foster hope for recovery will take place in September for the Utah chapter of the National Association for Mental Illness. Registrants can sign up as individuals or as a team. The event is also in need of volunteers. WHEN: Sept 27, 9:00 a.m. check in and 10:00 a.m. start WHERE: Franklin Covey Field, 77 W 1300 South INFO: Visit namiut.org or call 323-9900 to volunteer.

Pride in Pink The Utah Pride Center’s seasonal networking event for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender professionals and their allies returns this autumn with food, drinks and company. Attendees are asked to wear pink. Also, a business card drawing for prizes will be held. WHEN: Sept. 10, 5:00-7:30 p.m. WHERE: The Oyster Bar (54 W Market St)

Show Me Love Attracting Genuine Love is a 13-week course for gay, lesbian and straight singles based on the book of the same name by Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks. The course covers such topics as the power of conscious commitment, what to do in the first 15 seconds of meeting someone, and learning to love oneself before loving someone else. Individuals may attend with friends and may attend the entire series or individual sessions. WHEN: Wednesdays through Oct. 31, 8:00–9:00 p.m. WHERE: The Utah Pride Center COST: $10 suggested donation per session. INFO: Nick James, 915-6112.

I’m Coming Out The Utah Pride Center is planning its annual National Coming Out Day celebration to celebrate the coming out process. WHEN: Oct. 11. INFO: utahpridecenter.org.

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Gay Athletes Bring Home the Gold at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics By Mark Umbach

So many athletes, so many events, so many television stations, who can keep track of them all? By now, most gay sports fans know that Australia’s Matthew Mitcham won a gold medal in 10-meter platform diving. Most are also aware that lesbian athlete Natasha Kai and the U.S. women’s soccer team scored a bit of an upset to take gold. What about other out athletes? Here’s a quick recap on your favorite gay athletes of the 2008 Olympic Games. Matthew Mitcham (Diving, Australia) — Despite not even qualifying for the semifinals in the 3-meter springboard competition, Mitcham came roaring back in the 10-meter platform surprising even himself to take gold. Mitcham held on to beat heavy favorite Zhou Luxin of China by just over four points to take the top prize. Natasha Kai (Soccer, United States) — Kai and her teammates were dealt a heavy blow just before the start of the Beijing Games when the top American scorer, Abby Wambach, broke her leg and was forced out of the Games. In extra-time, Carli Lloyd scored the goal that put the United States on top of Brazil 1-0. Ironically it was during an exhibition game with Brazil when Wambach broke her leg. Gro Hammerseng & Katja Nyberg (Handball, Norway) — They’re together both on and off the court, and now Hammerseng and Nyberg can add two gold medals (one for each of them) to their trophy case. The Norwegian handballers defeated the Russian squad 34-27 to earn the top spot on the podium. Lauren Lappin and Vicky Galindo (Softball, United States) — Together on the field, but not off (which is why their “and” is spelled out and not an ampersand), Lappin, openly gay, and Galindo, a bisexual, suffered one of the biggest upsets of the Games when the U.S. women’s softball team fell off the gold medal podium for the first time since the sport has been contested at the Olympics. Lappin and Galindo both won a silver medal as part of the American softball team, which lost to

Japan 3-1. Linda Bresonik (Soccer, Germany) — The women from Germany battled Japan in the bronze medal game this year, but because of an injury in a quarterfinal win over Norway, Bresonik was out of competition. During the Norway game, Bresonik tore a ligament in her ankle in the 70th minute of play. In the end, the Germans prevailed, giving a bronze medal to another out athlete. Judith Arndt (Cycling, Germany) — Although she went in as the heavy favorite and defending silver medalist, Arndt finished 41st in the women’s road race, well out of contention for a medal. Imke Duplitzer (Fencing, Germany) — She protested opening ceremonies because of the Chinese government’s human rights record, but made clear she could not blame the 1.3 billion Chinese citizens looking to enjoy the spirit of the Games. The defending silver medalist from Athens could not find her stride this time around. She made it into the quarterfinals, but lost out to Hungary’s Ildiko Mincza-Nebald and left Beijing without a medal. Victoria Svensson (Soccer, Sweden) — Two of the three out soccer players made it to the medal podium, but Svensson and the Swedes went down in the a quarterfinal match to the eventual bronze medalists, Germany. The 31-year-old striker, who came out to a Swedish newspaper, served as the captain of the Swedish team. Rennae Stubbs (Tennis, Australia) — Playing in her fourth Olympics, Stubbs and her tennis partner Samantha Stosur lost out to the fourth seed Spanish team of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual. The pair won the first set, but then went down 6-4, 6-4 to lose the match and have their medal hopes dashed. The Spaniards lost the gold medal match to the Americans, Serena and Venus Williams by a score of 6-2, 6-0. For more on the 2008 Olympic Games, check out the daily recaps on GaySports.com.

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What itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not is the LGBT bowling championship. Nor is it a fantasy slip-n-slide of fur bears, diesel dykes and sassy twinks. The Gay Bowl is the national LGBT flag football tournament and championship, held each year in a participating leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s city. Gay Bowl VIII is Salt Lake Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first foray in hosting a national gay sports tournament and championship, with over 16 teams from across the United States and Canada descending this fall, Oct. 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12. The Salt Lake City Gay Athletic Association, bid on the tourney in 2005 and 2006, winning the 2008 hosting honor. Flag football is a sporting event played at the Gay Games, but only when the Games are hosted by a North American country. Outsports.comâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jim Buzinski and Cyd Zeigler, Jr. created the first Gay Bowl in 2002 in Los Angeles, inviting teams from San Francisco and Boston to participate. The following year, San Francisco hosted the event, doubling the participating teams. Each year since, U.S. and Canadian cities have added amateur flag football leagues, and now over 25 cities participate.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The National Gay Flag Football League sets policy and the tone of each yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event, so that rules and participation are the same,â&#x20AC;? Jim Buzinski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And it is open to women, transgender and straight participants. Some cities have lesbian leagues and there is no quota on how many women can be on a team or which team they play on.â&#x20AC;? Each team can only be made up of at most 20 percent â&#x20AC;&#x153;straightâ&#x20AC;? players during Gay Bowl. Most city leagues have straight player participation rules they abide by during the regular season. Each city is allowed to send a representative team to Gay Bowl, with larger leagues sending two teams, depending on participation levels during the past years, past history within the league, and the ability to raise funds to send participants. As amateur sports are not-for-profit, usually the player pays his own way and teams raise funds during the year for tournaments, uniforms and equipment. In Salt Lake City, practice games included anyone who wanted to try out the game. Beginning in early April, four teams were formed and are finishing up play this month. As the host city, Salt Lake City will get two teams to participate in Gay Bowl VIII, along with Chicago, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Team Denver and a team from

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Q Views Letter Set Sights Higher Editor: Neil Patrick Harris wants to be a role model for normalcy in the gay community. [“Neil Patrick Harris Wants to Represent ‘Normal’ Gays,” QSaltLake, Aug. 14, 2008] What the fuck is up with that? Am I normal? Let’s see. I’m a man. I’m gay. I’m fat. I’m a Bear. I’m balding. I’m a banker. I’m an ex-Mormon. I’m epileptic. I’m synaesthetic. I’m a brother, a son and an uncle. I’m a hiker. I’m a writer. I’m a camper. I’m a mister and sometimes I’m a miss. I’m a photographer. I’m a linguist. I’m a traveler. I am so much more. So, am I normal? I sure hope not. Sorry, Neil, but I’ve set my sights a bit higher. William Munk Salt Lake City QSaltLake welcomes letters from our readers. Please email letters less than 300 words to letters@qsaltlake.com

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We Can Change History for Gay Latter-day Saints by Carol Lynn Pearson

eading the various reviews

of the new LDS Church-authorized book, Massacre at Mountain Meadows, prompts me to stand as witness to another tragic killing of a group of people in our community for which — when we have the benefit of history — we will be deeply ashamed. The insidious thing about this killing is that we manage — though it would break our hearts to know it — to get the unfortunate ones to pick up the gun and kill themselves. I speak of the suicides of our LDS gay brothers (occasionally sisters) in a number that far exceeds the 120 members of the Fancher party. Each victim at Mountain Meadows had walking beside him a man poised to raise his gun and shoot. History will show that the gay men of whom I speak had walking beside them a dark shadow impersonating God, a shadow that gave them misinformation about who they were, misinformation that most of us now acknowledge was both dead wrong and deadly: “Homosexuality is often caused by masturbation ... may lead to bestiality ... caused by selfishness ... electric shock will set you right ... a good woman ... reparative therapy ... fasting and prayer ... you would be better off at the bottom of the Great Salt Lake with a millstone around your neck ...” Our current discussion of this issue reflects better science and a more generous spirit, but too many deaths continue. Gay youth attempt suicide three times more often than their straight peers. According to an

article in the Deseret Morning News of April 23, 2006, Utah leads the nation in suicides of men age 15-24. I recently received an e-mail (quoted with permission) from a woman in Utah who said, “I’m in agony over the suicide death two months ago of my youngest son, Marshall, age 25, a gay student who was a senior in chemical engineering at the Uinversity of

I believe that we LDS people are hungry for the truth and that we want to apply true religion in our lives. Utah. He knew all about spreading love but didn’t feel enough in return to keep him going. On my refrigerator I have a package of flower seeds marked, in his writing, ‘5/1.’ That was the day he was going to plant them. He didn’t make it that long, so I’ll plant them for him — next spring.” The stories keep coming: A woman in my ward just told me of two gay nephews who both took their lives; a woman in the airport recently told me of three LDS gay boys who killed themselves in her neighborhood in Bountiful. The dozens of stories I personally know are the tip of the awful iceberg. I think of

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Stuart Matis, an LDS celibate gay man who shot himself on the steps of the stake center in Los Altos, Calif., as a direct result of the intense religious rhetoric around a “protection of marriage” initiative similar to the one proposed in California today. One of the historians of Mountain Meadows, Ron Walker, says that he’s “come to see the massacre as a cautionary tale in making judgments about those who are different” and that the story “is a case study in how not to apply religion and how one should apply true religion in one’s own life.” I believe, with these historians, that we LDS people are hungry for the truth and that we want to apply true religion in our lives. I believe with Anne Frank that people are really good at heart and I know that there is no better heart than the Mormon heart, leader and member alike. I believe that if the rider had reached Salt Lake in time, Brigham Young would have done what he could to avert the massacre in southern Utah. Many messengers today, of which I am one, have ridden in with reports and pleas for help regarding the ongoing selfslaughter of so many of our best and beautiful young men. For many it is too late. For others — if you and I care enough — we can change history. Carol Lynn Pearson is a native Utahn who lives and writes in California. She is the author of the stage play, “Facing East,” the story of an LDS couple dealing with the suicide of their gay son. Her most recent book is “No More Goodbyes: Circling the Wagons around Our Gay Loved Ones.”

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F A S T, A F F O R D A B L E , E A S Y Queer Gnosis TEETH WHITENING Amy Ray on SLC Radio

by Troy Williams

2005 I had the privilege of broad casting Amy Ray’s solo concert on KRCL. We crammed into the The Lo-Fi Café for a punk-inspired jam fest (and I fell hopelessly in love with her drummer Will). The evening inspired Amy to write the song “SLC Radio,” which has just been released on her latest solo record Didn’t It Feel Kinder . The song is a tribute to Utah’s upstart queers, progressive activists and social agitators. And it’s an important reminder of community radio’s value across the country. I recently phoned Amy up to talk about the song and her new CD. n

Troy Williams: Amy, what’s been preoccupying your mind as you sat down to write these songs? Amy Ray: This record is all over the map in some ways. I was preoccupied with the idea of alienation and compassion. How do you talk to people who are coming from a different place? How do you make sense of violence in the world and your own anger? And ultimately, how do you come around to a place of love through all of that? TW: And did you come to any conclusions? AR: My conclusion basically was that you have to try to love. You have to try to understand someone from their perspective. Not, what would I do if I were in their shoes, but what are they doing in their shoes? What is their motive? What created the person that they are?

TW: We’re so divided as a nation right now and it’s easy to see the way that radio is being used to further divide our country. And you’ve been an outspoken advocate for low-power FM stations and community radio, and you have a song on your CD about a station that I’m quite fond of! AR: It’s a little tribute to your station!

TW: Talk about what brought you to write “SLC Radio.” AR: I wrote a bunch of stuff down on my last solo tour as we were driving into play at that little club, The Lo-Fi, and you guys were going to broadcast. I just remember having a feeling of coming into this place of refuge. Because, although there is so many polar opposites happening in SLC, there is also so much progressive energy. And I was feeling like this is a microcosm of what can happen around the whole country. We have to hang on to this community radio. We have to hang on to the dialogue that happens on community radio. I’ve had this real feeling that there is a possibility to break barriers down and a possibility to talk oneon-one and change people’s minds.

TW: And you have a message for Mormons in this song. AR: There are so many beautiful things that Christianity and Mormonism instill about love and the family unit and this idea of what it means to take care of your neighbors and your community. But it doesn’t extend beyond certain barriers. It doesn’t extend beyond a prejudicial line about queers. Or at one time it didn’t extend beyond a color barrier. There are so many great things about having a faith that strong, if you could just open up to these other people and extend it in a way that was truly “Christian love.” That’s what I was saying. I don’t have a beef with the Mormon August

community. There’s a lot of good things. But I also see all the damage it’s done and the suffering that’s been caused by it. TW: It’s frustrating. Sometimes you just want to take people and say, “Look at the beauty that you are casting out from amongst you! What value can we, the queer community give to your community?” AR: Yeah! It’s going to have to change at some point or they are going to run out of people. TW: Right now the LDS Church is really pushing this Proposition 8 business in California. And I have more of a radical bent and I don’t always want to assimilate into marriage mode. But yet when the LDS Church makes its move, I’m like, “Game on! Let’s go!” I want gays to get married everywhere! AR: Right! TW: In “SLC Radio,” you say that you don’t want to hurt their families. But don’t you think when they are talking about preserving “traditional families” what they are really saying is that they want to preserve traditional patriarchy? Because in that respect I actually DO want to destroy their traditional families! AR: Yeah, when I say I don’t want to “fuck the family,” I’m really saying I’m not here to take away from the stability of your family. I believe in that. But I don’t believe stability means a man and a woman as the father and mother, husband and wife. TW: With the whole gender hierarchy of the man above the woman, the woman submitting to obey her husband. All that stuff – you guys can have! AR: Yeah – I’ve had the same feelings about the marriage issue. It’s been hard for me. I want the gay community funneling their resources into things that deal with classism, racism and youth suicide rates, things that are dire. But at the same time, like you said, when this comes up and it’s really a human rights issue it’s “game on!” TW: How are you feeling about America these days with the up-coming elections? AR: Well, I’m excited and I’m cynical. I’m cautiously optimistic. We have a great Democratic candidate. But I think John McCain will be tough to beat. We really need to get out there and work and not take anything for granted. I think Barack Obama will be an amazing president and an amazing leader. TW: And it’s up to us in the grassroots to make sure that he stays true to that progressive core. And that’s really the work. AR: Yes, and that’s hard. He’s definitely made some moves toward being more conservative but I think it’s because he wants to win. I have to believe that. TW: That’s my hope. When are you coming back to Salt Lake in concert? AR: Probably January [performing] solo. And the Indigo Girls will be coming through after February ‘09. We have a record coming out in February that we just finished.

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(wow!) that “Gay Geeks” has been running, I’ve discussed Star Trek fan films, queer science fiction writers, Albus Dumbledore’s big, gay coming out party, Eric Cartman’s bi-curiosity, lesbians and giant robots, and heterosexist dictatorships. Notice anything missing? If you said, “yeah, none of those make music,” then you’re right. Perceptive to the point of creepy telepathy, but right nonetheless. So, let’s talk geeky musicians! And no, I’m not about to start singing “Never Set the Cat on Fire.” Fun project: break out into this infamous folk song at any convention and count how many limbs you have left when con security boots you from the building (no really, it is that over-sung and, thus, annoying). The musician I’m talking about today is not only cooler, but her lyrics don’t contain any sly references to feline abuse or interstellar wars. Her name is S.J. Tucker, and if you act right after finishing this column, you can possibly still get in to hear her perform as part of Magpie House Concerts, a popular (and excellent) intimate concert series at Salt Lake City resident Grant Hogarth’s house that frequently sells out faster than the next Star Wars installment before opening night. If not, well, you can always listen to her CDs, which are just as awesome. I met S.J. (a.k.a. Sooj, pronounced just as it looks) at Lunacon, a long-running science fiction/fantasy/horror convention in upstate New York about which I wrote a column, in March 2007. Before then, I’d heard of her work through some mutual friends, but I hadn’t listened to her music. After listening to her perform live — and in a little nook at the con hotel, no less — I bought every CD I could. Maybe it was Sooj’s charming, pixie-

like personality that made me say, “one of each, please!” when handing my credit card over to her boyfriend — and vendor — Kevin after the show. But really, I’m pretty sure it was the songs about pixie that made me open up my wallet. And the goddess Inanna’s descent into the underworld. And satyrs that sail the oceans. And Medusa and Rapunzel duking it out for Prince Charming. Oh, and pirates. Everything is better with pirates, right? Especially when the pirates happen to be Peter Pan’s Wendy and a ship full of other lost girls tricking Captain Hook and working in the service of Oberon and Titania. Oh, yeah. And when she’s not singing, you can typically find her spinning fire poi with Kevin or creating theatrical performances based around the fantastical worlds of author and collaborator Catherynne M. Valente, for which she has been known to dress up as the aforementioned satyr, who is actually a character from Valente’s magnificent sequence of original fairy tales, The Orphan’s Tales. I told you her music would be geeky. When it comes to mixing fantasy, myth and folklore with punk, alt and, well, good oldfashioned folk music, I can’t think of anyone who does it better than Sooj. And that’s what I love about her music: how it combines the rawness and energy of singers like Joni Mitchell, Ani DiFranco and Joan Baez with the passion and power of the stories that shape modern fantasy — or the modern fantasy those stories have shaped. Just to show you how non-fluffy and non“Puff the Magic Dragon”-y Sooj’s music is, take a look at these lyrics from “Mummy Medusa,” that gorgon vs. Rapunzel song I mentioned above (and which also happens to be my favorite of her songs):

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she calls you from the shadows, never lets you win you wander down to the gorgon, not knowing how to begin... all you know, she’ll never let you go, stoneboy, no mummy medusa will rock us all down tendrils hang my head i hang my head down rapunzel dripped her tendrils over charming boy is left to wonder what the signal means tendrils hang my head snakes kiss my head now kiss from the snakebite awakens you there curled up in shadow paralyzed but aware no pain, no living, no sign of her cold stone you’ve gone the chisels pierce your fur, perfect your stare and mummy medusa will rock us all down yellow eyes animating you, cold scales a soft new home stone eyes closed close to her breast her heart is hissing, children, come ... Of course, fantasy isn’t really all that interesting if it can’t be applied to real lives in 2008. Which is why, at the heart of nearly every one of Sooj’s fantastical songs, whether they’re about pirates in Neverland or damsels with serpentine hair, there are very real and pressing observations about feminine power, love, loss and, quite frankly, learning how to love oneself. And her non-fantasy songs are just as dazzling and insightful — even if they lack pirates. Sadly, Sooj will only be in town for one concert this year. But you can always visit her online at sjtucker.com or skinnywhitechick.com (note: this name isn’t meant to be offensive, it is simply how Sooj, a thin, young white woman, once described herself, and a description that stuck). So go ahead. Log on and order some of her CDs. Your wallet won’t cry at $15 per recording, and you won’t cry either unless, of course, you’re laughing like an idiot at the cute tangoinspired song “Alligator.” Q

SNAP: Injustice801.com On July 4, a South Salt Lake family accused David James Bell of kidnapping their children after the mother discovered the children at Bell’s home. Although the kids were safe, family members broke into Bell’s house and assaulted him and his partner Dan Fair, severely inuring them. To add insult to their injuries, the district attorney’s office then refused to press charges against the attackers (No, this really is a snap). To raise money for Bell and Fair’s medical expenses and the legal battle ahead of them, the couple’s friends and family set up a Web site to accept donations, and to keep the world updated on the trial’s slow progress. When people speak of the awesome power of Salt Lake City’s queer population, they’re referring to selfless charitable acts such as this. Bell and Fair are very lucky to call such compassionate and concerned people supporters. SNAP: Mental Illness Awareness Walks On Sept. 27 the National Alliance for Mental Illness and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will hold two different walks to raise awareness of mental illness and suicide, and to help end the stigma and silence that surrounds both. Thanks in part to a largely antigay culture queer people are at a substantially higher risk than are our straight counterparts of developing mental illnesses like depression and anxiety disorders, which contribute to our substantially higher suicide statistics. Mental illness can be deadly and it’s high time to end the shame surrounding it. Bravo to both organizations for doing their part. SLAP: End of Summer Our hands are getting sore from slapping the legal and law enforcement system that has so far bungled Bell’s case, so we’re going to give them something softer to slam this issue: the cold months. We love the fall arts season and the falling leaves. We love skiing and sledding. We love Halloween and turkeys and lazy yuletide days. But the temperature inversions, icy sidewalks and can’t cut it with a chainsaw smog? Not so much. Yeah, we’ll miss you, summer 2008!

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the article about the Alternative Gardening Club a few editions back in QSaltLake? It certainly caught my eye. In case you missed it, here’s the skinny. Apparently the boys and girls of the garden club completely ripped out, weeded and replanted an entire flower border at the Kearns Senior Center as a service project. Isn’t that fabulous! I was fully engorged and throbbing with pride to hear of our community members doing something so selfless. So much so, that I e-mailed Russ Pack, the leader of the garden club, to offer my heart-felt congratulations. He e-mailed me back and graciously invited me to attend one of the club’s meetings, which are held the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Sugarhouse Park’s Horticultural Building. I must admit, cherubs, I was a little apprehensive meeting a bunch of gay men I didn’t know in a small concrete building in Sugarhouse Park at dusk, but apparently it happens all the time! You would think you could recognize these folks by their gardening garb, but a word to the wise, petals — not everyone wearing knee pads in Sugarhouse Park is a gardener. I guess some of the folks trolling Craigslist come seriously prepared! Anyway, muffins, I met the Club and I have to say, they are just the most delightful bunch of people! The particular meeting I attended had an informative discussion on pruning shrubs and trees led by local gardening guru Dean Anesi. Pumpkins, I learned more in an hour than I have in years. I learned when, why, how and where to prune, and the great thing was, the meeting was so comfortable that I didn’t feel intimidated — or to be politically incorrect, “retarded” — because of my complete lack of experience. I came home so motivated and brimming with ideas that I jumped on the computer that night and googled everything I could find about Cheyenne Privets and Chanticleer Pear trees. Darlings, I feel so empowered that I am going to reforest the entire planet one bayberry shrub at a time. But the funniest part of the evening

was after the meeting when everyone was mingling over refreshments. Only then were the truly gay roots of the garden club exposed. Lo and behold, someone was contemplating painting their house exterior and innocently pulled out a fan of paint swatches. I kid you not, darlings, there was a collective high-pitched squeal of gay excitement that probably scared the dogs out of the duck pond. This wasn’t one of those little four-color swatches from Lowes, either. Oh, hell no. This was a gigantic industrial strength two-hander with thousands of colors. Oh my God, it was gay pandemonium and I LOVED IT! But here’s what I learned from this fun experience, kids. We (as a community) need to get out more. How many gay folk are cooped up in their homes or apartments, wasting hundreds of impersonal hours on the internet when they could be out meeting people, making REAL connections, improving themselves, learning skills or just basking in some real-world social interaction? There are dozens of organized opportunities where you can meet people like the Lambda Hiking Club, Alternative Gardening Club, bike teams, Gay Bingo, Spicy Dinner groups, seminars or even continuing education classes. So I say there is no excuse for you to stay home and feel isolated. Go call an old friend and have a coffee or a cocktail. Call someone you haven’t seen for a while and go see a flick or have brunch. Call some buddies and go cruise the car show or the Farmer’s Market. There are heaps of things to do in this town, so get off your bum and put yourself out there. You will do yourself (and our community) a world of good. Happy mingling, babies! Oh, and before I forget ... Third Friday Bingo in September will actually be on the fourth Friday at First Baptist Church in Salt Lake City (777 S 1300 E at 7:00 p.m.). We will be performing at the Camp Pinecliff Retreat for People with AIDS during our normal Third Friday time slot, so hopefully we will see you on Friday the 26th instead. MMWUHH big kiss! Q

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2008 FALL ARTS PREVIEW something with her music as well. As someone growing up very religious, she gave that message to me that it was OK to be gay, and that was really important to hear because nobody else was saying that at that time. And then all the artists from the UK who came out of the closet like George Michael and Elton John and [2008 Utah Pride Festival headliner] Meshell Ndegeocello, who paved the way for an artist like myself to be out at the beginning of my career. JV: If I’m not mistaken you came out at the beginning of your career instead of later like a lot of singers who wait until they get some success and then come out. AG: I came out with my first album in 2000 and I included male pronouns on that album. It was something I thought was really important for me to do, because I came out in my life and I knew, as a songwriter, that I wrote about what was going on in my life. So I had to write about this now — that I accepted who I was as a gay man.

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JV: When did you come out? AG: I came out to my friends and family when I was 18 years old. I had started some of the writing and recording of my first album then. My first album, you know, like many first albums was in the making a long time. Basically I thought I was getting assigned to a record label, and when I played my music for them and they heard the male pronouns they were freaked out to say the least. Unfortunately, some of those executives were gay themselves, and they told me it was never going to fly. So I was like, you know I’m going to put this out myself and see what happens. And I got a really great response from the mainstream press and gay press for being bold.

Southern Utah Pride An Interview with Ari Gold

JV: Aside from the executives, how has the industry treated you as an openly gay artist? AG: I feel incredibly blessed to be able to do what I’m doing and to be blazing a trail for other openly gay artists. I know that’s already happened because lots of other openly gay artists have said to me that I helped them know that it was possible. I see it as my responsibility in a way, and I think it’s a real gift to be able to do something like that. It’s not to say that I don’t come up against a lot of challenges. Even to this day I’ve gotten responses from people who work for some of the very large conglomerates that basically own a lot of the radio stations and who control what it is we listen to. When trying sometimes to get on their shows — even when there’s already somebody there that’s interested in having me — I sometimes will have to go through all this red tape and they’ll tell me I’m not mainstream enough — [it’s] a code for “too gay.” JV: Yeah, because how can you not be mainstream enough when you have a single on Billboard Top 10?

2000, Jewish-American R&B artist Ari Gold appeared on the New York music scene with his stylish and dance-driven first CD. Immediately he drew fan and critical attention not just for his smooth, upbeat songs (many of which are love songs from one man to another), but for being the first R&B artist in U.S. history to come out as gay at the beginning of his career. Since then the Bronx-born former yeshiva student (who was “discovered” at the age of 5 while singing at his brother’s bar mitzvah) has released two other albums, 2004’s Space Under Sun and 2007’s Transport Systems, which contains the hit single “Where the Music Takes You.” On Aug. 2, the song hit #10 on the Billboard Club Charts. Gold has also been nominated for the “Because You Deserve An Award” NewNowNext Award alongside comedian Margaret Cho. His 2005 music video for “Wave of You” was also named one of the Best Videos of 2005 by MTV’s gay LOGO Channel and received heavy rotation on several other networks. Along with musicians Liz Clark and Brian Kent, Gold will be one of Southern Utah Pride’s 2008 featured perfomers. n

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Ari Gold: It’s definitely been something I’ve loved from a very early age. I grew up in the Bronx, and I really loved a lot of radio and top 40 [music], but I was particularly attracted to the more soulful stuff that was playing on the radio. I just feel it. Maybe it goes back to some Jew/ black connection, because I think there is a connection there as far as a soulfulness and a history of oppression and that type of thing.

AG: Exactly. My music has always been pop music and even if I am speaking specifically about my experience as a gay man, I think that is universal and we’ve already proven that in other genres. On television, in film and theatre we’ve proven that everybody is interested in these stories. It’s sort of surprising that in many ways I think the music world has been the most difficult nut to crack as far as putting out gay stories, our stories. You wouldn’t think that would be the case because music is supposed to be about sex, drugs, rock and roll [and] freedom of expression.

JV: What would you say your other musical influences have been?

JV: Why do you think cracking the music industry has been more difficult?

AG: I love a lot of that ’70s soul like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gay and Al Green. I like [them] because I feel like their music was really sexy and soulful, but they also seemed to be wanting to say something about the time we live in, and I think that’s something that is often lacking in some of the pop music today. I love tons of ’80s stuff. Whitney Houston taught me how to sing. I used to sing to her records. Madonna obviously has been a really big influence. She also seems to want to say

AG: I really don’t know. The answer does not lie in the fans, because I think the public really will accept what is given to them, and especially now-a-days young kids are much more sophisticated and savvy. That’s not to say homophobia doesn’t still exist in schools — it’s still an issue that needs to be addressed, but [things are] a lot more advanced than when I was a teenager and certainly when the generation above me were teenagers. So I think the fans want that. Straight girls have gay best friends and they want to hear the stories and even the straight guys

JoSelle Vanderhooft: What attracted you to the R&B genre when you started writing and recording?

are coming around [laughs]. I only sort of blame the people who are in positions of power who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to take the risks. JV: So whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice Jewish boy doing coming to Springdale, Utah on a tour that includes so many big cities? How did you get hooked up with Southern Utah Pride? AG: I believe that this is something new for [SUP] to have the budget to bring in somebody like myself. I tried to be very flexible because obviously this is how I make my living, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really important for me to reach the fans everywhere. I think Utah deserves to have their gay pop star like any other place in the country. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually a beautiful place. JV: Oh, yes. AG: I had been when I was younger, but I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been in a long time. But to me, sometimes the best places are the smaller towns because they really appreciate the fact that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re there â&#x20AC;&#x201D; especially somebody whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing what I do. JV: Do you have another album in the works, or whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on now? Because it seems like your star is rising, as they say. AG: Well, thank you! Actually I finished shooting the video for the second single which is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Human.â&#x20AC;? That should be appearing on Logo probably next month, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very excited for people to see that. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a total fantasy, surreal-type of video like something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never done before. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m only on my second single on this album, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still really committed to promoting

it and making sure that as many people get to hear it as possible because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really proud of this one. I think I already have the concept for the next [album] and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always writing, of course and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably be touring and promoting this one for quite some time. JV: Will we hear any new material in Southern Utah? AG: No. [laughs] None of these people have ever got to see me perform any of this new stuff, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been to Utah to perform, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much to choose from my own catalogue already. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing the show and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been getting really tight and really good, and I just want to put on the best show possible. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not really about trying out new material right now. I sing a lot of different kinds of my songs, some remixes and even ballads, that will really take people on a journey that I hope is transformative for them, ultimately. JV: Do you have any other interests or artistic avenues that you pursue? AG: I consider myself to be a songwriter first and foremost. But I have been working on some TV projects and I had my coffee table book out, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always looking for new ways to tell the story, new avenues and new mediums. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited about branching out, though music is for sure my first love. I think there will be a lot of cool things on the horizon that will expand the trademark. Q Visit Ari Gold on the web at arigold.com or myspace.com/arigoldtheartist.

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‘Cats’ Has More than Nine Lives By Tony Hobday

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Broadway Across America is a premiere promoter and producer of live theatrical tours; and each year, for over 25 years, has entertained and enlightened millions of people. The 2008–09 season of Broadway Across America–Utah includes the highlyanticipated Wicked and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Opening their incredible season is Cats, the national tour commissioned by its composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. This large and extravagant stage production has amazed and entertained audiences worldwide since opening in London in 1981. Its Broadway premiere took place one year later, then in 1997 it became the longest running Broadway musical with over 6,000 performances. Not until 2006 was Cats knocked off its scratching post by The Phantom of the Opera, another musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, a collection of poems by T.S. Eliot, the musical is a feline montage of The Wizard of Oz, Cinderella and West Side Story. The Jellicle Cat tribe reunites each year in celebration of their heritage. And as cats apparently have nine lives, they also appear to have three names: a family name used daily, a more distinguished name and a secret name (perhaps this is why many of the names are tongue-twisters: Mungojerrie, Jellylorum and Coricopat to name just a few). The tribe rejoices

by throwing a Ball (not swatting one) and their leader Old Deuteronomy names the cats to be reborn into a new life. Unfortunately, a mischievous and villianous cat named Macavity threatens the Jellicle Cats’ celebration by catnapping Old Deuteronomy. Disguised as his nemesis, Macavity joins the Jellicle Cats in their celebration until eventaully exposed and a catfight (rumble) ensues. Macavity escapes with only a few scratches and then Mr. Mistoffelees, the conjuring cat, is called in to use his magical powers in finding Old Deuteronomy. There are over 30 cats introduced on stage. From Rum Tum Tugger, a vain cat with the attraction of all the female felines ... to Munkustrap, a black and silver tom who is storyteller and protector of the Jellicle tribe ... to Skimbleshanks, an active orange tabby who lives on the trains ... there is a diverse synergy among all of them. In this national tour, cast members average 20 years of age and play more than one role, which in many cases is very challenging; yet if done sufficiently, can be quite satisfying for the audience ... like cats and catnip. Cats runs Sept. 16–21 at Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South. Tickets $30–57.50, 355-ARTS or arttix. org.

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45 Years of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Co. By Tony Hobday The 2008-09 Utah Arts season marks the astounding 45th year of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. When Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury first created the repertory company, performances were restricted regionally. Over the next few years though, the company had grown nationally and into Canada. While Ririe and Woodbury had eventually taken the company overseas as well, the company today is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a more competitive international company,â&#x20AC;? according to the current Associate Artistic Director Charlotte Boye-Christensen. Boye-Christensen, a native of Denmark, started dancing at 9 years old, but had stopped for a time during high school. She returned to dance at the age of 17, received formal training in London and completed a MFA Degree from New York University. She joined RWDC in 2002 with a vision of making the company more internationally renowned. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never look at it in a purely Utah context, I look at it from a different place, a more international context,â&#x20AC;? she says. Over those six years she has created 20 new works and brought in several international choreographers including Alicia Sanchez and John Utahns. Though her focus is international, she has also helped create residencies at Tisch School of The Arts in New York, in Sun Valley, Idaho, at Muhlenberg College and Dickinson College. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The works Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing nowadays are perhaps much more personal,â&#x20AC;? she says. She adds that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more stylistic approach to her works, as well as a more formulaic approach (as she has a background in gymnastics). â&#x20AC;&#x153;The five, six years Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked with the [RWDC] dancers, they know my approach much clearer now.â&#x20AC;? But when it comes to restaging past works, which is quite common in dance, Boye-Christensen says hopefully theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re richer than the times before. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are different dancers there than before, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very different because they bring their own personalities to the piece,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It never looks the same. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the wonderful thing about dance, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like a machine.â&#x20AC;? RWDCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 45th season opens this September with a commissioned 1965 work, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tower,â&#x20AC;? by modern dance innovator Alwin Nikolais. In 2003, the company was selected to house his works and company, Nikolais Dance Theatre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He [Nikolais] is a multimedia man,â&#x20AC;? says Boye-Christensen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tower is one of his lighter pieces. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s provocative, very fast, very funny.â&#x20AC;? Then in December the company celebrates the work of Boye-Christensen with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Interiors.â&#x20AC;? The performance includes a new collaboration with local graffiti artist Trent Call. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a statement of how, in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s society, we deal with each other,â&#x20AC;? she says. It also includes a revival of last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highly-acclaimed premiere, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lost,â&#x20AC;? and a work she created in 2000 called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bridge.â&#x20AC;?

Following in January is the return of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Crystal and the Sphere,â&#x20AC;? another work by Alwin Nikolais that â&#x20AC;&#x153;involves an array of strange and humorous characters woven into a colorful Space Fantasy.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show,â&#x20AC;? says Boye-Christensen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite magical.â&#x20AC;? Closing the season in April is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Surfaces,â&#x20AC;? which includes a restaging of a 1994 â&#x20AC;&#x153;humorous and incredibly musicalâ&#x20AC;? work by choreographer Doug Varone, a piece by Wayne McGregor, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the new resident choreographer for the Royal Ballet in London and a new commission by New York choreographer Susan Marshall called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cloudless.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are finishing off the season with what I think is an extraordinary production,â&#x20AC;? says Boye-Christensen. She also adds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking about bringing some of the [RWDC] alumni back for

a festive, improvised final concert of the year.â&#x20AC;? For the future of RWDC, BoyeChristensen says they must continually push the envelope artistically and aesthetically. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a balancing act of showing work that is provocative and very contemporary and kind of a voice of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening in society today,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And at the same time create work thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accessible, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to scare people away.â&#x20AC;? Along with the important task of finding new resources to keep dance meaningful and fresh, RWDC plays an equally important role in educating youth about the artform. The statewide project is called Step Lively and is aimed at assisting elementary and junior high classroom teachers in what Boye-Christensen says is â&#x20AC;&#x153;understanding our artistry.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope they get just a little bit of appreciation of what we do,â&#x20AC;? she adds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And it adds quality and creativity and culture to childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives.â&#x20AC;? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing literal about dance and therefore, RWDC believes education is crucial. For season or individual tickets, and to learn more about Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, visit ririewoodbury.com.

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S.J. Tucker: The Girl in the Garden

JV: Quite a few of your songs also have their roots in myth and folklore. Your â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wendy Trilogyâ&#x20AC;? about the pirating career of Wendy from Peter Pan is, I think, a really good example, and so is Mummy Medusa [about the battle between Rapunzel and Medusa over Prince Charming] which is really one of my favorites. What has drawn you to these topics in your music?

by JoSelle Vanderhooft

isexual musician, fire spinner

and actress S.J. Tucker has been traveling the country delivering her eclectic, fantasy-charged folk/ rock music for the better part of the 21st Century. Only in her 20s, she has already produced seven independent albums including Sirens, Tangles, Haphazard and Blessings, a 2007 release that explores her pagan religious beliefs. In 2007, she also toured the East Coast with author and poet Catherynne M. Valente to promote her albums For the Girl in the Garden and Solace and Sorrow, two piercing, original works written to accompany Valenteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s duology of original fairy tales, The Orphanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tales. Charming, theatrical and a little silly, Tuckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music combines pixie dust with the songwriting skills of the Indigo Girls and a voice comparable to those of Joni Mitchell or Ani DiFranco. On Sept. 14, Tucker will pull into Salt Lake City for a one-night-only house concert as part of the popular Magpie House Concerts series.

JoSelle Vanderhooft: How did you decide to go from doing theatre and music in college to doing both as a career?

S.J. Tucker: I started performing as a songwriter when I was 17 years old and from there I went and did theatre as my major and got my degree in college. Looking back at it, I think my reasoning was along the lines of, â&#x20AC;&#x153;OK. If I study music for four years Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to want to do it anymore because the theory is going to kick my butt.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to do theatre anymore itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just that music has picked up so wonderfully and everything has fallen so beautifully into place.

JV: Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve performed at a lot of gay pride festivals and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been, in the past, a fixture at the Memphis Tennessee Gay and Lesbian Community Center. Tell me a little about how you got these gigs.

SJT: It all started with the person who was my very first roadie ever on my first tour in 2004. He was just barely legal at the time and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now all grown up and is performing himself as DJ Tempest in the Memphis area and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very, very proud of him. He was working as the event coordinator with the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center when it first opened in ... I want to say 2002 or 2003. He came to me and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m working for this brand new community center and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re booking music. Do you want to see if I can book you a gig?â&#x20AC;? and I said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sure, honey!â&#x20AC;? So I performed for them for the first time and continued to do so once a month or thereabouts and the word got back to me at one point that they had had a board meeting and had named me the best thing to happen to the community center financially since they opened.

SJT: It turns out that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mummy Medusaâ&#x20AC;? is about the first instance of that happening, when I was a freshman in college I wrote that song in 1997. [Writing about these topics] didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really pick up until then and once I had firmly figured out that, no I was not a Christian anymore, thank you, and letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s try this paganism thing on for size that it really, really, really took off. The inspiration was just coming from all sides. It has grown into something I love very much, being able to tell an old story in a way that makes it not dull and not trite and not something that everyone knows how itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to come out again. JV: Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a very prolific artist. Do you have any albums coming out in 2008?

JV: Wow, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big. SJT: It was huge. And that beautiful relationship continued. I was a regular and I performed there every third Friday of the month until my tour schedule got so heavy that I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in Memphis enough to hold that. They are an amazing group and I feel completely and totally comfortable being myself around them and I hope they feel the same around me. JV: What do you think appeals to queer fans about your music? SJT: Maybe the honesty. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mess around really about who I am and what I am and what I think. I make space for [the fans] to be themselves because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing. I want to be always in the category of connecting

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with people and not having that fourth wall at all times. I mean, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just cut up while performing, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make jokes and be completely silly in a show, and it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always that way. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a much happier person than I used to be now that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m able to do this [performing] all the time. There are a lot of people in the queer area of my fan base who are still figuring themselves out, and I love them no matter what happens. I like to be able to show them that it is possible to get where you want to be. The other cool thing is that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned several things about myself since I started performing for queer crowds. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize that I liked girls until I had all the other pieces of my life in order and suddenly, I realized, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wow thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this thing about myself it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. OK! Now I can write songs about that, too.â&#x20AC;?

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JV: Like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goddessâ&#x20AC;? from the album Haphazard?

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SJT: Yeah, yeah. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goddessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is a good one, especially for lesbian contingent, because I wrote that in about three minutes sitting in the living room of my amazingly talented lesbian recording engineer in Austin, Tex. [I was] listening to the Be Good Tanyas and thinking of my friend Ashley Brown, who has realized her nature as bisexual since she was somewhere in her teens and is not afraid at all. So thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole amazing look at the effect my friends who are bi and lesbian have had on my life in that song.

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SJT: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to have any of the stuff I have currently on the docket finished before the end of the year. I have ended up touring a lot harder than I intended to and far, far away from my favorite recording engineer ... If possible, at least I want to get an EP out before the end of the year. You see, I have a plan. I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t released a CD of nothing but pirate songs yet, and that needs to happen because there are so many fans of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wendy Trilogy.â&#x20AC;? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thinking Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to release an EP called Pirate Girls that has [pirate songs and] possibly the best live version that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got of Wendy Trilogy. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m also working on another full-length album called Mischief that has a ton of the new songs Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve written in the past year. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also going to be another album soon called Sayings that is going to have more of the Celtic sounding and possibly traditional tunes Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working on. JV: Your collaboration with Catherynne M. Valente was really awesome. Can you tell me how the project came together? SJT: Catherynne and I got to be friends before she had The Orphanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tales released but almost immediately before she had it finished. We were hanging out at her home in Cleveland and one of us said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it be neat if there were songs to go with the book?â&#x20AC;? And not one hour later I had sat in her living room and written the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Girl in the Garden.â&#x20AC;? We all cried that day because we knew we were on the cusp of something really gorgeous. The songs kept coming and I also decided I should do readings [from the books] paired with songs. It all fell into place beautifully as so many things have. I may not be writing songs about The Orphanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tales yet. There are some things I want to go back and visit. JV: Would you do something like that again? SJT: One hundred percent yes! Visit S.J. Tucker on the web at sjtucker.com, skinnywhitechick.com, or fireandstrings.com for more information about her fire spinning show with her partner Kevin Wiley. For info on Magpie House Concerts and to reserve a spot in the living room, visit magpiehouseconcerts.com or call 487-5552.

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Cats Sept. 16–21, Capitol Thtre The Rat Pack Oct. 7–12, Kingsbury Hall Sister’s Christmas Catechism Dec. 9–14, Rose Wagner Ctr

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Scary Poppins Aug. 28–Nov. 8 Miracle on 42nd Street Nov. 13–Jan. 3 Home School Musical Jan. 8–Mar. 21

EGYPTIAN THEATRE COMPANY egyptiantheatrecompany.org

Defending the Caveman Sept. 4–6 Pageant Sept. 12–Oct. 18 The Music Man Nov. 21–Jan. 3 A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum Feb 13–Mar. 21

GRAND THEATRE the-grand.org

Always ... Patsy Cline Sept. 10–20 The Ark Oct. 15–25 A Trip to Bountiful Jan. 28–Feb. 7

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Into the Woods Oct. 1–Nov. 29 A Christmas Carol 2008 Dec. 5–23 Cash on Delivery Dec. 31–Feb.14

ODYSSEY DANCE THEATRE odysseydance.com Thriller Oct. 15–Nov. 1 It’s a Wonderful Life Nov. 28–Dec. 6

Pinnacle Acting Company pinnacleactingcompany.com Romeo & Juliet Oct. 16–25

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Save the Date

Q Arts The Gay Agenda Anyhoo, BooBoo and His Hoohoo Go to the Zoo by Tony Hobday

Stan (bartender at Try-Angles) and I were batting some witty banter the other day, but then it got a little ugly. Pretty much out of the blue he said, “Eat me!” So I said, “No thanks, I’d rather not starve.” Then he said, “I know you’ve had Asian before, just go back to the fridge and get seconds.” HA! The guy’s a freakin’ stitch.

FRIday — The Phoenix Theatre presents a magical and timeless fairytale to mark the opening of an exciting season of plays — an original adaptation of Cinderella. She’s a young and beautiful woman living in unfortunate circumstances with a nasty old stepmother and dumpy stepsisters. But of course she meets a rich, handsome prince who wants to bed her. Then

the silly wanker loses her glass slipper ... duh! 7:30pm, through Sept. 20, The Academy of Performing Arts, 3188 S. 400 East. Tickets $10–12, 486-2728 or academyofpa.org. Q Are you back in school? I wish I had gone to a private school like in Gossip Girl — it’s hot and bitchy fabulousness! Anyhoo, party like Serena and get your nasty on like Chuck at Skool Days, where there will be naughty girls and go-go boys ... and maybe a few rulers. Also, “principal” Nova Starr performs. 10pm, Gossip at Club Sound, a private club for members, 579 W. 200 South. Free to members, myspace.com/gossipslc.

SATURDAY — Bayles/Bott Dance presents Habitat, an evening of new works featuring “Paper House,” a collaboration with local artist Jennifer Gaskin that explores how structure supports us in our everyday lives. Dancers manipulate a sculptural home, weaving in the stories it contains. Sometimes tense and bittersweet, other times warm and inviting. 7:30pm, Sugar Space, 616 Wilmington Ave. Tickets $7–10 at the door, thesugarspace.com.

SUNDAY — My favorite song by Bob Dylan is “Blowin” In The Wind.” Freakin’ hot! And what I love most about him is he’s a total whack-a-mole, so I’m sure that the 67-year-old Grammy and Oscar winner will get the crowd hopping. Blankets, coolers, picnic baskets and lawn chairs no higher than nine inches are allowed.

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7:30pm, Deer Valley Resort, 2250 Deer Valley Drive, Park City. Tickets $49.50, 467-8499 or smithstix.com.

Q So the Summer Olympiad was rather exciting this time around and the opening/closing ceremonies were simply fantabulous. Tonight you have the chance to meet four members of the U.S. Olympic Girls Softball Team (Silver

Major Events of the Community september 12–14 Queer Spirit Retreat queerspirit.org september 16 Equality Utah Allies Dinner equalityutah.org september 20 Walk for Life utahaids.org

Medalist) at a party hosted by Paper Moon.

7pm, Paper Moon, a private club for members, 3737 S. State Street. Cover $6, 713-0678.

september 20–21 Baker, Nevada Trip RCGSE.org

september 26–27 Southern Utah Pride, Springdale southernutahpride.org

MONDAY — I don’t have an event on this Labor day even though I’m sure something’s going on somewhere. But I just want to say that I hope all of you get exactly what you want for all the fruits of your labor.

TUESDAY — Local artist Sonya Dinsdale’s exhibit “Defining Moments,” consists of colorful, abstract, two-dimensional mixed media pieces. Each one represents a fleeting thought, street scene, passion, screw-up, obsession, revelation, things to be remembered and things not to be repeated. 4–8pm Tuesday–Friday & 1–5pm Saturday, through Sept. 27, Utah Art Alliance, 127 S. Main Street. Free, 891-3853.

THURSDAY — The theme of this year’s Utah State Fair is “Out of the Ordinary.” No Shit! Anyhoo, entertainment includes Vanessa Hudgens, an Elvis look-alike contest and a Utah’s Strongest Man competition (I like all kinds of muscle, they just shouldn’t be bigger than my head). And of course there will be stinky animals, cook-offs and art exhibits, among other things. 10am–10pm, through Sept. 14, Utah State Fairpark, 155 N. 1000 West. Entrance $6–8, all-day ride passes $25, utahstatefair.com.

Q More than 20 of Utah’s finest restaurants, caterers and breweries will serve up delicious food at the wildest party in town, the annual Zoo Rendezvous. There will be a silent auction, featuring oneof-a-kind zoo items, plus live music. All proceeds from the event are dedicated to animal care and exhibit. 6–11pm, Hogle Zoo, 2600 E. Sunnyside Avenue, Tickets $150, 584-1767 or zoorendezvous.com. Q Stephen Koester is known for his choreographic athleticism, dynamic power, innovation and sensitivity. His richly complex choreography explores the human condition in all its multi-faceted parts. The premiere of Who We Are? includes the return of his popular “This Ain’t No Tango.” Koester will be dancing on stage with some of Utah’s finest dancers. 7:30pm, through Sept. 6, Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $18, 355ARTS or arttix.org.

october 3 Salt Lake Men’s Choir 40s fundraiser dinner saltlakemenschoir.org october 4 sWerve’s Oktoberfest 2008 swerveutah.com october 10–12 SLC GayBowl VIII mwffl.org october 11 Coming Out Day Breakfast utahpridecenter.org december 12–14 Salt Lake Men’s Choir Holiday Concert saltlakemenschoir.org january 7–11, 2009 Utah Gay & Lesbian Ski Week, Park City gayskiing.org january 15–25, 2009 Sundance Film Festival, Park City sundance.org June 6–7, 2009 Utah Pride utahpride.org June 20, 2009 HRC Utah Gala hrcutah.org July 24–26, 2009 Utah Bear Ruckus utahbears.com Email arts@qsaltlake.com for consideration to be included in Save the Date.

FRIDAY — Local comedic entertainer Janine Gardner headlines PWACU’s An Evening of Laughter. Her mild, family-oriented comedy style has been raved about. The fund raiser benefits the highlyanticipated opening of Our Store: A Thrift Alternative. Michael’s already donated all of his size 28 jeans he pathetically thought he’d fit into again someday. 7–9pm, Market Street Grill in Cottonwood, 2985 E. 6580 South. Tickets $75, please rsvp by Aug. 30, 484-2205 or pwacu.org.

Q The Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire presents their annual Closet Ball pageant, themed “Glamorous Secrets from the Closet.” The most glamorous secret still in my closet ... until now, is that I can belch the theme song to Charlie’s Angels. Anyhoo, go watch their first time drag kings and queens transform genders right before your eyes. 9pm, Paper Moon, a private club for members, 3737 S. State Street. Tickets $6 at the door, 713-0678.

TUESDAY — In conjunction with Queer Spirit retreats, Jerry Buie (Pride Counseling) presents Writing the sacred: A Writing Workshop. It’s a poem-making and journal writing workshop lead by Ray McGinnis. He will draw on a splendid range of poetry and expertly guide you to give voice to your own longings for an expanded way of being yourself in the world and with others. 7–9pm, the home of Jerry Buie, 2084 E. 6425 South. Cost is by donation, 557-9203.

‘Two Despicable Gay Boys’ Vapid Lovelies goes from radio show to the screen By Tony Hobday

In July 2007, after a 16-month run, KRCL’s Now Queer This was forever silenced ... well, except for the indelible voices of Sister Dottie S. Dixon (who picked up her own KRCL spot, as well as a live performance scheduled in April-May 2009) and the five-minute satirical repartee of Skylar and PJ, aka the Vapid Lovelies. In their first short film simply titled Vapid Lovelies, Skylar (David Luna) and PJ (Chris Lemon) steal a fur coat, compete over a sexy new neighbor (Cameron Jones), cock block Alexis Baigue and call upon a pyschic drag queen (Dan Beecher) when their “in” to the Sundance Film Festival who’s-who is threatened. There are so many good things about

WEDNESDAY — It’s the return of Patsy Cline ... not literally of course, that would be creepy; it’s Grand Theatre’s production of Always ... Patsy Cline. Starring Erica Hansen and Toni Byrd, the music of Cline is blended with the true story of a fabulous rare friendship. 7:30pm, through Sept. 20, The Grand Theatre, Salt Lake Community College, 1575 S. State Street. Tickets $5–24, 957-3322 or the-grand.org.

the size of a small independent newspaper — are a huge gamble for audiences and the filmmakers. So just before viewing the Vapid Lovelies screener with director Frank Feldman, production designer/ manager Andrea Morrison, and cast members Dan Beecher and Chris Lemon, some trepidation bobbed on the surface. Phrases like “better quality,” “deep and rich” and “fraction of the budget” hung in the room as opening credits rolled. Then about 25 minutes later the trepidation was completely replaced with elation. There was this enormous satisfaction and content in the room that it’s surprising no one immediately lit up a cigarette. The film incorporates many genres: intrigue, romance, comedy, horror (again ... ’80s fashion) and of course, drama. And as Beecher professed before the screening, the film quality does surpass many others. The actors are cued and believeable, and the story, with content much like that of a Seinfeld episode, is highly entertaining. It’s quite possible that what makes this film as good as it is, is the fact that the production team have been longtime friends — their level of friendship was apparent during the screening when Chris

casually and comfortably lifted his arms and checked his B.O. level — the expression on his face turned on a ‘Warning: Toxic Waste’ electronic LED sign. Chris, always the charmer! Feldman, who also co-wrote and co-produced the film, has a B.A. in Film Studies from the University of Utah, has directed and produced several documentary shorts including Protest and SLOC’ed, has taught at SpyHop Productions (a youth multimedia group) and is wrapping up another documentary with Troy Williams called Natural Family Values, a film about Kanab, Utah’s anti-gay family resolution. The Vapid Lovelies team agrees that the journey — since last December when they first started writing the script — has been long (post production being the most time consuming), but also very exciting. Their goal now is to market the film as best they can — the Web site vapidlovelies.com is not currently up-and-running, but is of high priority. With their apparent tenacity, this should not be difficult. Vapid Lovelies will also be introduced to the Sundance film committee in contention for screening during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. With its artistic strength, this too should not be difficult. Q

UPCOMING EVENTS

SEP. 18 Alicia Keys, Abravanel Hall SEP. 23 So You Think You Can Dance Tour, E Center OCT. 20 David Sedaris, Abravanel Hall OCT. 28 Jason Mraz, E Center Nov. 21 Celine Dion, ES Arena Nov. 22 Coldplay, ES Arena

this film, but what stands out most is the colorful lampoonery of Skylar and PJ, all the while living the mockery that was early ’80s fashion. David and Chris rise to the challenge of being “two despicable gay boys” with comic ingenuity, similar to the ladies of Absolutely Fabulous ... and yet are so huggable. (Writer’s Note: If you’ve ever seen Chris on the softball field, this would not come as such a great surprise.) Some small independent films — in which everyone involved is not only working pro bono but also with a budget Augus t 28 , 20 08 | issue 110 | QSa lt L a k e | 27

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Reviews by Tony Hobday

Sweet Journey: Southern Utah Mom’s PFLAG Chapter by JoSelle Vanderhooft

Claudia Bradshaw’s son Braden came out to her in 1998 she went through a process familiar to mothers across the country, and especially in Utah. “I was stunned, and it was one of those days where you’re thinking, ‘Oh my hell, this is really bad,’” she remembers. And just like many mothers, she still loved her son and wanted to learn all she could about his orientation. Then a temple ordinance worker for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints living in conservative Southern Utah, Bradshaw drove from her small town of Bloomington Hills to Las Vegas to find gay-related books and called her son almost daily to ask him questions. Wanting to help, Braden loaned her a copy of the book Prayers for Bobby, the diary of a gay man who committed suicide, which Bradshaw says Braden had almost done at one point. The book’s entries, filled with “self-hate,” made her cry but helped her to “crawl inside his skin to understand what he went through.” “I was so ignorant about it. I probably bugged him but he was so sweet to help me,” she says now. But Claudia Bradshaw is not like many moms with gay children living in small, conservative towns in other ways. While many of them come to accept and understand their children’s orientation they don’t all start chapters of Parents, Family and Friends of Gays and Lesbians — which is just what Bradshaw did after quitting her temple job and, eventually the LDS Church. “It became such a painful place for me to be because I sat there and thought, ‘My son isn’t accepted there anymore,’” she said. “And I saw all these little children, and we know it’s about 10 percent who will be gay and I thought about how they just sit in church and feel dirty.” She calls the past 10 years leading Southern Utah’s PFLAG chapter “a sweet journey.” “I just started having the meetings,” she hen

said. “I listened to all these stories over the years. There are wonderful people who are considered disposable and I don’t know anyone who is disposable.” At first, the meetings were sparsely attended. But today, Bradshaw says she gets “very good attendance” from not only parents with gay children but members of the local gay community. One of the PFLAG mothers is Jeanne Adams who, like Bradshaw, said she wanted to learn more about homosexuality after her daughter, Joielle, came out to her eight years ago. “The meetings are huge,” she says. “Claudia’s had between 20 and 30 people each time I’ve been there,” including regulars and members of the gay community, who, Adams adds, often outnumber the parents. Through discussions with the group and the speakers Bradshaw sometimes invites, Adams said that she has not only gotten to know about the issues that effect gay people’s lives, she’s also befriended several of them. “I think what’s been the most poignant for me is hearing other people’s stories and what they’ve gone through and how they have faced situations in their own lives,” she said. “It’s just been a remarkable thing. Years ago when they were first doing the gay marriages in San Francisco, I remember the mayor [Gavin Newsom] made a comment. He said, ‘I felt I had to give this issue a human face. And that’s what PFLAG does. You see that we are much more the same than we are different, and certainly we can bridge that gap if we open our minds and hearts.’” Through her involvement with PFLAG, Adams says she was able to do just that with a daughter who she already loved deeply. “Last year she was coming down [from

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Salt Lake City] to visit us over the same weekend that we were having pride day in Springdale,” she remembers. “My husband and I asked her, ‘Is that something we can do with you?’ and she said, ‘Oh mom you have no idea how much it would mean to me if you would attend this.’ So having very little idea of what it was we attended that with her, and certainly it has meant a lot to her to have supportive parents.” Along with running the PFLAG chapter, Bradshaw has also spoken about gay rights at a number of schools, including Southern Utah University and Dixie State College. She has also spoken in favor of gay marriage at a luncheon for the state democratic party (“In southern Utah that is the maximum sin,” she jokes). The Southern Utah Pride Association, Inc. has even named an award in her honor, the Claudia Bradshaw Humanitarian Award, which is given annually to a member of the southern Utah gay community who goes “above and beyond in bringing support” to other gay people in the area. Ultimately she calls her decade of work with local gays and their families a profound life change. “I’m doing something I never thought I would be doing. I thought I’d be working in the temple until I was 90 and keeled over but this is way sweeter,” she says. Q Southern Utah’s PFLAG chapter meets on the third Tuesday of every month at Claudia Bradshaw’s house. For more information or directions call 6733356.

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Solange ‘Sol-Angel And The Hadley Street Dreams’ The 22-year-old younger sister of Beyonce Knowles is just as vain and arrogant as her sister. Listening to her in person gives it up almost immediately, but also nuances are picked up on in her sophomore release Sol-Angel And The Hadley Street Dreams. A collection of contemporary R&B with a ‘60s doo-wop twist, which ultimately destroys the history-making nostalgia of the likes of The Chiffons, Martha & The Vandellas and Herman’s Hermits. Perhaps Solange (with a silent Knowles) should cutback on B-rated artistry and stay hidden in the shadow of her older sis. The Veronicas ‘Hook Me Up’ The Aussie twins known as The Veronicas hooks it with their sophomore release Hook Me Up, The young pop rock duo hardens it up in this album. The first single “Untouched” is brash and loud and rhythmic — you can almost see the teenage girls bouncing and thrashing around on the pink plush carpet. The girls focus on bittersweet relationships and bad boys throughout the 12-track release so it’s definitely emotionally charged, and unfortunately turns into screaming at times. The single “Popular” should shoot the twins to mega stardom on the heels of Christina Aguilera and Pink. Warning: contains strong language. Jennifer O’Connor ‘Here With Me’ Though it’s a very heartfelt work — one that admittedly comes from a lot of pain — there is very little that has any kind of wow-factor about Jennifer O’Connor’s latest folk album, Here With Me. Lryically it’s deep and genuine, but as you push your way through it to the one-and-only cool single “Days Become Months,” it’s just another lesbian with an acosutic guitar standing in front of a mic regurgitating the endless dark clouds hovering over her life.

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