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Connecticut Same-sex Marriages Could Start Nov. 10

“[I]t will take considerable humility, charity and forgiveness to heal the wounds caused by this initiative.”

BY REX WOCKNER

Connecticut’s Supreme Court officially published its decision legalizing same-sex marriage on Oct. 28.

The move sent the case back to Superior Court in New Haven for 10 days during which the parties can file motions seeking reconsideration of the ruling. It is unlikely the parties will do so.

Once the deadline passes, the Superior Court will issue orders to town clerks and public health departments to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, probably around Nov. 10.

Same-sex marriage also is legal in California and Massachusetts, as well as in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa and Spain. It will become legal in Norway in January.

Lesbian ‘Huffington Post’ Writer Kills Wife, Self An openly lesbian writer for the Huffington Post, Carol Anne Burger, killed her estranged wife, Jessica Kalish, Oct. 29 by stabbing her 222 times with a Phillips screwdriver, police in Boynton Beach, Fla., said.

Burger, 57, then shot herself to death a day later, police said.

The couple had married in Massachusetts in 2005 and were still living together in a house they co-owned, despite Kalish’s having dumped Burger more than a year ago and having taken up with a new girlfriend.

Kalish’s body was found Oct. 30 in the backseat of her car behind a medical office 2 1/2 miles from the couple’s home, the Palm Beach Post said. Kalish was 56.

L.A. Times Trans Sportswriter Reverts to Previous Gender Openly transgender Los Angeles Times sportswriter Mike Penner, who blogged on latimes.com about his transition to female as Christine Daniels, has reverted to being male and is again going to work as Penner, according to LAObserved.com.

Sports editor Randy Harvey told the Web site: “We’re looking forward to Mike’s byline appearing in the paper and on the Web site with increased frequency. He continues to be a valued member of our sports staff.”

Penner/Daniels did not return a reporter’s call by press time and apparently has not spoken to any other media outlet either.

The Times voice-mail system does not recognize the name “Mike Penner” but does recognize the name “Christine Daniels” and that extension is answered by a female voice.

However, an individual who answered a call to the general number for the sports department confirmed that the extension is the correct one for Penner and said the voicemail system obviously had not been updated.

San Diego County DA Marries Republican San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and her partner of 11 years, Denise Neleson, recently got married in Monterey, Calif., The San Diego UnionTribune reported.

“We were glad to have the opportunity to get married. We hope people in the future

—Robert Rees, a former LDS bishop in California, telling the Salt Lake Tribune about the divisions Proposition 8 has caused in his church.

“We’ll never see the end of this debate because we’re not going to see the end of gay people.”

—Cheryl Jacques, former Mass. state senator and Human Rights Campaign president, discussing the issue of gay marriage at Utah Valley University.

Thousands March in San Diego to Protest Proposition 8 Thousands of supporters of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples flooded University Avenue in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood on Nov. 1, in response to a highly-publicized event organized in favor of Proposition 8, a measure on the California ballot to constitutionally ban same-sex marriages.

Gay and lesbian couples have enjoyed the freedom to marry in California since May 2008, when the state Supreme Court ruled that a previous ban was unconstitutional.

The polls have been close and fluctuated between pasing and failing. This, in itself, reflects a shift in sentiment toward samesex marriage since 2000, when the similarly

discriminatory Prop 22 was passed with 61 percent of the vote.

The anti-gay marriage event at the 71,000seat Qualcomm Stadium had only a modest crowd on the field and virtually empty stands.

No official numbers have been released.

An estimated 3,000 people walked with candles at the hastily-called counter protest.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders told the crowd, “Tonight we let California know that everybody deserves the same rights. No one can take those fundamental rights away.”

An interfaith service near Balboa Park drew about 400 people against Prop. 8 where speakers talked about love for all. —MA

will have that opportunity,” Dumanis told the newspaper.

GLAAD Targets Museum of Broadcast Communications

Bette Midler Campaigns for Obama at Vegas Gay Bar Gay icon Bette Midler campaigned for Barack Obama at the Las Vegas gay club Krave on Oct. 20, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

Dressed in a leopard-print minidress, Midler told the crowd of some 1,200: “I am so distressed about this election, oh my God. I haven’t left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly.”

She said Obama has moved her more than any other candidate in her lifetime.

“I come from an extremely poor family,” she said. “I know I look divine now, but I was not always divine. ... I had big dreams. You know me.

You’ve watched me for 40 frickin’ years.

Every single dream I had my entire life came true. Barack Obama says only in America could his story happen, and I totally understand because only in America could my story happen.”

She urged the crowd to work their connections to elect Obama.

“I know you have gigantic networks because I know all of you,” she said.

“Your friends, your family, old boyfriends, new boyfriends, people you slept with, people you hope to sleep with -- do me a favor, call every single one of them, say, ‘Vote for Barack Obama!’”

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The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation wants Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications to abort the induction of the Focus on the Family radio program into the National Radio Hall of Fame on Nov. 8.

“Either the members of the steering committee don’t know who James Dobson is and of the hurtful and defamatory things he says about LGBT people, or they just don’t care,” the group said on its Web site.

“Among his many false claims, Dobson has said being gay ‘has to do with an identity crisis that occurs too early to remember it’ and that gay people ‘have as many as 300 to 1,000 partners in a lifetime.’ He has also falsely claimed that committed gay couples ‘cannot be a family’ and that allowing them to get married would ‘destroy the family,’” GLAAD said.

“James Dobson doesn’t deserve to be honored for his lies and distortions aimed to hurt and marginalize LGBT people.”

Inductees are nominated by the National Radio Hall of Fame & Museum Steering Committee, which includes radio executives, academics, trade journalists and others interested in radio’s history. Dobson and Focus on the Family were selected in the category of “a broadcaster who has made at least a 20year contribution to the radio industry and has distinguished him/herself at the local and/or regional level.”

GLAAD urges activists to phone and e-mail complaints to the museum. For more information, see tinyurl.com/6qzd2c.

“I’m afraid that a gay or lesbian friend might hear that I’m Mormon and think that I want to tear their marriage apart.”

—Christine Alonso, an Oakland, Calif. Mormon, discussing her opposition to Proposition 8 with the San Francisco Chronicle.

“I didn’t think there were any witches on the list, so I wasn’t worried.”

—Nadine Hansen, a Cedar City Mormon and owner of Mormonsfor8.com, as quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, answering charges that members of liberal blog DailyKos are using data on her “neutral” Web site to locate and harass Mormon contributors to proProposition 8 campaigns.

“As a flaming heterosexual, it’s a full-time job for me just to keep my thoughts clean in church. I don’t have the energy to fret about somebody else’s libido.”

—Salt Lake Tribune columnist and self-described “oxymormon” Robert Kirby.

“Get with Prop 8 or your [sic] a homo.”

—An anonymous letter to Kirby blasting him for his column in support of gay marriage.

“Your hard-line stance and hateful ways of dealing with this has done more damage to families than you can imagine. I know of hundreds of people who feel they have to choose between the church and their children. As for me, my family, including my gay children, come first.”

—Claudia Bradshaw, Southern Utah PFLAG founder and mother of a gay son, in an open letter to the Mormon Church on signingforsomething.com.

FBI: Anti-Gay Hate Crimes Up Utah sees four reported assaults in four months In data released Oct. 27, the FBI reported that hate crimes against gays and lesbians increased last year, even as the number of hate crimes against other minority groups decreased nationally.

In total, the FBI reported 7,600 hate crimes in 2007, a one percent drop from 2006. Hate crimes motivated by race and religious affiliation accounted for the decrease; crimes motivated by a victim’s real or perceived sexual orientation increased by six percent.

Valerie Larabee, executive director of the Utah Pride Center, called the increase “alarming.”

“And what’s even more alarming is we know those statistics are underreported, because [that] is the tendency of people in our community who are not out when they are victims of a crime like that to not want to go to law enforcement,” she said.

In Utah last year, 28 agencies reported 55 hate crimes. Of these, nine were related to sexual orientation. This is a substantial increase from 2006 when Utah reported 35 hate crimes. In 2006, police agencies across the nation reported 7,722 hate crimes, up from 7,163 in 2005.

So far in 2008, four assaults on gay men have made headlines across the state.

In September, Cedar City police arrested Jesus Javier Ortega for stabbing his brother-in-law in the face with a pen for “trying to turn his [Ortega’s] son gay.”

Later that month, a gay man visiting a friend’s apartment in Salt Lake City said an upstairs neighbor assaulted him while yelling anti-gay slurs.

Police are still looking for Fa Junior Moimo, a 20-year-old man who allegedly attacked a gay teenager on Capitol Hill’s

Churchill Drive this August, breaking the teen’s orbital bone.

The most infamous of the four cases, however, involves David “DJ” Bell, a gay man and drag performer accused of kidnapping two children from his neighbor’s house during the early morning hours of a Fourth of July party. Bell said he found the children wandering outside unattended and took them in to help them. When the family recovered the unharmed children, several party-goers broke into Bell’s home, severely beating Bell and his partner, Dan Fair.

The Salt Lake County District Attorney later declined to pursue assault charges against Bell’s attackers, although misdemeanor charges may still be pending. Bell’s next trial date is set for December.

Calling Bell’s situation a “very difficult” case, Larabee said that the assault on Bell had made many gay people feel unsafe in their own homes.

“That’s the whole thing about a hate crime,” she said. “An incident that is perpetrated on one person can spill over and make an entire community feel intimidated and fearful.”

While Larabee commended law enforcement for doing “a much better job of educating themselves about our community,” she said that Utah’s police and lawmakers have a lot of work left to do in addressing hate crimes perpetrated against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

She called for the passage of anti-discrimination legislation that would prevent people from being fired or losing their housing or access to public accommodations because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The existence of such

legislation, she said, would encourage more victims of anti-gay attacks to file police reports because they would not fear repercussions of their sexual orientation or gender identity becoming public knowledge.

Larabee also said that Utah needed tougher hate crimes statutes. The state’s current law leaves enhancements for crimes of bias in the hands of individual judges.

“We’re ahead of some states and municipalities because we actually have something on the books, but we need something stronger than that,” she said.

The FBI does not compare data year to year because the number of law enforcement agencies that participate in the report changes annually. More agencies participated in 2007 than in 2006.

Suspect Named in Capitol Hill Hate Crime Salt Lake City police have charged a Magna resident in an Aug. 9 assault against a gay man on Capitol Hill’s Churchill Drive.

According to police, Fa Junior Moimoi, 20, attacked an 18-year-old gay man in a cul-de-sac that overlooks the valley, breaking the victim’s orbital bone — the series of seven bones surrounding the eyeball.

The victim told Fa Junior Moimoi police that a female with Moimoi asked him if he was gay. The victim said he did not respond and began to walk away. He and two others were assaulted at that point. The victim has since undergone reconstructive surgery.

Police said that Moimoi was part of a group that attacked the victim. They have not released any further details about members in that group.

Moimoi is charged with two counts of aggravated assault (a first degree felony), and one count of misdemeanor assault. Police have issued a warrant for his arrest.

“He is currently believed to be out of state and we are actively following on some leads as to his location,” said Kyle Jones, Detective Division Captain for the Salt Lake City Police Department.

QSaltLake has found a MySpace page under the name “Fa MoiMoi,” age 20, of Salt Lake City. Profile photos show face shots of MoiMoia as well as groups of friends throwing gang symbols with their hands while at a wedding. There is also a graphic of the Tongan Crip Gang. Police have not said that the assault was gang-related.

There is also a great amount of Rastafarian imagery and references in Moimoi’s MySpace page and messages.

Messages from friends on the MySpace page reference meeting MoiMoi in Hawaiian cities. Police have not revealed that they believe MoiMoi to be in Hawaii.

“Shoots We Drink 2morrow Wen You Get Off Work..,” says one post from a 20-year-old Kahumpton, Hawaii “friend.” “what is this? Coming to Hawaii and not saying hi to me? Are you even still on this rock or you went back already??” asked a female Hawaiian “friend” in a message dated six days after the assault.

“Hey L0VE! ohh imma be in Hawaii in December visiting famm!haha. just th0ught t0 let y0u kn0w! 0kayy. get at Me,” was posted by another “friend” Oct. 16.

QSaltLake has forwarded the MySpace URL to Salt Lake police.

Moimoi is Polynesian, 5’10” and weighs 200 lbs. The police are asking anyone with information on his whereabouts to call 799-3000.

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PWACU Poinsettias The People with AIDS Coalition of Utah has opened preorders for their red poinsettia plants, which they sell during the winter holidays to benefit Utahns with HIV/AIDS. The poinsettias are about 15-19 inches tall and come in six-inch pots. They are locally-grown and come with care instructions. They cost is $10 per plant or $75 for a batch of eight plants.

Plants must be ordered by Nov. 20 and may be delivered on Nov. 25 and 28 or Dec. 2, 5, 9 or 12.

Orders: Call (801) 484-2205 or visit pwacu.org.

LDS Moms Hold Anti-Prop 8 Vigil in Salt Lake

by JoSelle Vanderhooft

Hundreds of people braved the elements on the evening of Nov. 2 to attend a candlelight vigil at Salt Lake City’s Library Square. But while gay-rights groups and organizations like Equality Utah, the Utah Pride Center, Human Rights Campaign and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays co-hosted the event, none were responsible for organizing it.

That task fell to three Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint mothers with gay children.

In his opening remarks, PFLAG Salt Lake City president Lyn Westberg explained that the women — Millie Watts, Linda Barney and Kathryn Steffensen — had planned the vigil when they met to discuss their anger over the LDS Church’s backing of California’s Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment seeking to ban gay marriage in the state’s constitution.

“They wanted to do something positive to show inclusion for their gay friends, family and children,” Westberg said.

Gobble, Gobble At times weeping, Watts told the crowd that their attendance — particularly during a cold November rain storm — touched her.

“I think we have a good reason to be together,” she said. “This is what happens when people in California say mean things about our gay kids. The mothers come out of the closet.”

Watts, who has two gay children, said her church’s backing of Proposition 8 was dividing families “like the Civil War all over again.” She added, however, that she felt encouraged by the number of people speaking out against the California amendment.

“My sense is that this time around more people are not content to continue the discrimination,” she said.

Barney called Proposition 8 “evil,” and encouraged gays and lesbians to come out of the closet to friends and family, provided that the “opportunity is right.”

“There are many people who, if they knew you were gay, would stand up for you,” she said.

UAF Food Bank Needs Donations

Like many food banks across the country, the Utah Food Bank is currently facing an ugly situation: demand has surpassed its supply. In October, the food bank reported that donations were up six percent compared to donations received at this time in 2007, however demand is up 30 percent. From July to September the bank distributed 5.6 million pounds of food. It only received 4.5 in donations.

“It’s been alarming at how quickly the demand has risen,” bank executive director Jim Pugh said. “I’m confident the community will support us as they have in the past, but we’re going to need even greater support.”

This rise in demand is also bad news for the many pantries the food bank serves, including the one at the Utah AIDS Foundation, which provides food to people with HIV/AIDS, an economically-vulnerable group the economy has hit especially hard.

“What we’ve noticed the last three months this quarter is our increase has been 12 percent in clients who are needing to access the food bank, and our donations are way down,” said Duane Abplanalp, client services coordinator at UAF. “The trend we’re seeing is that the cost of [AIDS] medications remains as high, and yet people are stressing like we all do with buying gas and [paying for] utilities,” he continued. “So I think that’s lead to the increase of people having to come here who

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are normally pretty self reliant, just to bridge that gap.”

According to Abplanalp, the Utah Food Bank sends them a shipment once a week. In the past, he said UAF was able to request the items they needed.

“They send us what they can now,” he said. And while the foundation gets a varied mix of food items some weeks, sometimes it gets large numbers of the same food item.

To accommodate for the shortfall, UAF’s food bank has had to limit clients to one bag of groceries per week; although during a good week they can sometimes take home two, or even three.

According to Abplanalp, about 70 percent of the food bank’s clients have identified the bank as their only source of food.

Along with fewer grocery bags, people with HIV/AIDS who use the food bank are also facing another problem: meeting their specific dietary needs.

“We received a lot of sweetened breakfast cereal and starchy stuff, but clients with HIV need high protein food in their diet, and that’s been down. We got a bunch of peanut butter, but that’s it,” said Abplanalp.

Additionally, sometimes people with HIV/ AIDS are too ill to cook; making donations of ready-made meals such as beef stew, chili and anything that can be prepared easily and quickly crucial.

Further, said Abplanalp, people with HIV/

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In her speech, Steffensen reminded the crowd of past civil rights abuses in U.S. history and urged them to “ensure that justice is done” by opposing Proposition 8.

“Whenever one person’s rights are taken away, whose rights will be next?” she said.

After the speeches, the crowd walked around the block holding candles and No on 8 signs. They were frequently greeted by honking horns and cheers from passing cars.

Utah news outlets estimated that the crowd numbered between 500 and 600 people — many, heterosexual couples. Lauren Young and her partner Kristine Bjornevald were among that number. A recent immigrant from Oslo, Norway (which legalized gay marriage in June), Bjornevald said that she was deeply angered at attempts to deny U.S. gay and lesbian couples marriage rights.

“This could have been a huge snow storm, and we would have come out,” she said.

St. George PFLAG president Claudia Bradshaw organized a similar vigil in her city.

Another was held in Provo the following day.

AIDS also need to eat foods that are high in nutrients because they often have small appetites or are unable to eat much.

Along with canned meats and meals, the UAF food bank’s Web site lists baking items such as cake mix, flour, yeast, shortening, sugar and seasonings as much-needed items.

Aplanalp encourages individuals to bring these and other food items directly to the food bank at 1408 South 1100 East.

The UAF Food Bank is open Wednesdays from 12– 6:00 p.m. and Fridays from 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

To access the food bank or to get more information about donating, call Duane Abplanalp at (801) 4872323 or email duane@utahaids.org.

Hotel Monaco Announces Red Party This December, Hotel Monaco and the Utah AIDS Foundation will hold the fourth annual Red Party at the hotel to raise money for UAF’s programs and services and commemorate World AIDS Day. This year’s bash, dubbed “Passion Party,” will feature “passion” themed drinks and food, interpretive dancers, an auction, prize giveaways and prizes for the best dressed people — who come wearing red, of course. Due to the party’s popularity, it will be moved upstairs this year. RSVPs are necessary.

When: Dec. 4, 5:00—8:00 p.m.

Where: The Hotel Monaco (15 W 200 S) Cost: $25 suggested donation RSVP: Nathan Measom at (801) 486-2323 or nathan.measom@utahaids.org.

The Utah Pride Center is planning its annual Pride Thanksgiving Dinner and need volunteers willing to donate prepared dishes and to help run the dinner.

When: Nov. 27, 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Where: Utah Pride Center, 361 N 300 West Info: Jennifer@utahpridecenter.org or (801) 539-8800 x 13

Donate to the Center The Utah Pride Center is encouraging members of Utah’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community to help it continue its work for equal rights and social justice issues by donating to its current fund drive. To donate, visit utahpridecenter.org.

Comedy Show The Center for Spiritual Living will present its “She Who Laughs Last: In-Genius Conscious Comedy Show,” an evening of musical comedy, parody, visual artistry and homemade commercials this week. Utah Pride Festival Emcee Karen Bayard will headline with opening act Annabeth Christie and list of local special guests including musician Mary Tebbs.

When: Nov. 7, 8:00 p.m.

Where: Center for Spiritual Living, 870 E North Union Ave (7145 S) Cost: $12 in advance or $15 at the door or purchased online at KarenBayard.com.

SVUUS Auction The South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society will hold its annual Goods and Services Auction this month. The child-friendly party’s theme is Viva Las Vegas.

A Neil Diamond tribute band will headline and refreshments will be provided. SVUUS welcomes and accepts gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

When: Nov. 15, 6–10:00 p.m.

Where: South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society (6876 S Highland Drive, 2000 E) Cost: $14 for adults and $5 for children in advance, $18 for adults and $7 for children at the door.

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Salt Lake City police are looking for a Wichita, Kan. man who is believed to be in Salt Lake City and is known to travel in the gay community.

Lepaul D. Mitchell, also known as Paul Mitchell, has probably been in Salt Lake since August. He is likely to be in the downtown area and may frequent The Road Home shelter.

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He is wanted for violating his parole for Criminal Sodomy and Indecent Solicitation of a Child.

Mitchell is 27 years old, 5’8” tall and weighs about 208 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. He also has a oneinch scar on his right finger. He is considered dangerous.

If anyone has information on this individual, they are asked to call their local law enforcement agency. To reach the Salt Lake City Police Department, call 801-799-3000.

KRCL to Hold Open House, Food Drive On Nov. 15 community radio station KRCL 90.9 FM will invite Utahns to tour its halls, snack and record a station id as part of its first-ever open house.

The station’s leadership decided to hold the event — scheduled to coincide with its annual food drive — in the wake of a widely successful spring pledge drive, said KRCL spokesperson Richard Jewkes.

“We had a lot of new members call in, so we thought it might be fun for them to come by the station and see it,” he said.

According to station manager Donna Land Maldonado, 42 percent of the listeners who donated this spring were firsttime subscribers.

The open house is also being held to allow listeners to meet some new faces at the station, Jewkes added. From its founding in 1979 until this May, KRCL featured a roster of all-volunteer deejays, most of whom had what Jewkes describes as “a one or two hour block for the entire week” and more often than not “their own listening audience.”

In May, KRCL switched to a staff consisting of paid and volunteer hosts. The paid staff rules the airwaves from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays and the volunteers take over in the evenings and weekends.

Jewkes said the station made these broadcasting changes in order to remain competitive and viable among Utah’s many radio stations.

“We’re trying to maintain the unique and independent radio station flavor we’ve had in the past and then add to it a little more consistent programming during day time hours so we can build our audience,” he said. “It seems to be working.”

At the open house, new and long-time subscribers, as well as the general public, may tour the station and its studios, meet KRCL staff and deejays, munch on some light refreshments and even record station ids. Played during commercial breaks, these ids feature an individual stating her name followed by the phrase: “and you are listening to KRCL 90.9 FM — all the radio you need!”

KRCL staff recorded several such IDs at this year’s Utah Arts Festival. They were so popular, said Jewkes, that KRCL will record more during the open house.

Along with its diverse programming in eight different languages, KRCL also features several programs of interest to gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender

people. The weekly call-in progressive talk show “RadioActive” regularly interviews queer people whom producer (and QSaltLake columnist) Troy Williams describes as “pushing the envelope, challenging the status quo and expanding our understanding of the possibilities of queer liberation.”

KRCL is also home to Sister Dottie S. Dixon, an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who has a gay son. Sister Dottie recounts her (always humorous) misadventures in Mormon and gay culture in three-minute shorts that air Fridays at 3:00 p.m. and Saturdays at 10:00 a.m.

In the 1980s, KRCL was also home of the long-running and groundbreaking show “Concerning Gays and Lesbians.”

“The staff, the board and the volunteers consider the LGBT community an integral part of our mission to ‘strengthen our community through diverse, independent, and progressive public affairs and music programming,’” said Williams.

The open house will also include a giveaway of a new Toyota Yaris sponsored

by Ensign Toyota of Logan and Free Yr Radio, a year-long campaign supporting independent radio created by Yaris and Urban Outfitters. Listener Kate Mortensen of Hyrum, Utah won the car during a drawing held last month. She will receive the keys to the fuel-efficient vehicle between 10:00 a.m. and noon.

Station visitors are asked to bring donations of nonperishable food items, which will be given to the Utah Food Bank. Like many food banks around the country, it is currently facing a shortage in donations and an increase in demand, thanks in part to the current troubled economy.

The open house will be held Nov. 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at KRCL’s studio on 1971 W Temple. For more information visit krcl.org.

Transgender 101 Coloring Outside the Lines, Salt Lake Community College’s gay-straight alliance, will host a combination presentation and question and answer people about transgender people subtitled “everything you wanted to know about trannies but were afraid to ask.”

When: Nov. 12, 7—9:00 p.m.

Where: Salt Lake Community College, Redwood Campus Student Services Building (4600 S Redwood Rd).

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Center Workers to Launch Transgender Advocacy Group As Transgender Awareness Month moves into full swing, two Utah Pride Center workers have announced plans to create a youth-lead group to advocate for transgender awareness, visibility and rights in Utah.

Its name?

TransAction.

“The idea came from Brandon [Marcus], our Youth Program intern,” said Bonnie Owens, the center’s Youth Program Coordinator who, like Marcus, identifies as Bonnie Owens, Utah Pride Center genderqueer.

“She’s wanted youth program coordinator to do it for quite awhile.” Although the center is home to a number of “really successful transgender groups,” Owens said it has a real need for a politically oriented group like TransAction.

“Often times with political change and even with gay, lesbian and bisexual political change, transgender rights are often sacrificed as a greater good thing,” she said, citing, among other examples, the national Employment Non-Discrimination Act. A version of the bill that excluded transgender people from federal protection passed the House of Representatives in 2007.

Currently, 12 states and the District of

Columbia offer employment protections based on sexual orientation but not on gender identity. An additional seven states offer job protections based on sexual orientation alone. Utah currently has no such statewide law, although Salt Lake City does protect city employees from termination based on sexual orientation.

Owens outlined the developing group’s goals as follows: to advocate for transgender people in the workplace; to provide a list of medical resources for transgender-specific health care (such as doctors who are willing to provide hormone injections); to provide resources about transgender-friendly health insurance so employers can pick inclusive insurers; and to advocate for “legislative and political safeguards” that would let employers better support their transgender employees during transitioning from one sex to the other.

“A lot of employers don’t know what those steps would be,” explained Owens.

Although Owens described the organization as youth-lead (that is, administered by people age 24 and under), she said older adults were encouraged to join as well.

“That doesn’t mean that [older] adults aren’t part of the process or leadership, but the group is primarily organized by youth,” she said.

As part of Transgender Awareness Month, TransAction will sponsor the GenderBender Ball on Nov. 14 at the Utah Pride Center (361 N 300 W) where attendees are invited to come as any gender they like. Admission is $5 or two canned food items.

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This November the Utah Pride Center in cooperation with the Transgender Education Advocates of Utah will once again hold a number of rallies, discussions and other events to celebrate and raise awareness of the T in “GLBT.” Transgender Awareness Month will begin Nov. 1 with an 8:00 p.m. concert by Coyote Grace in the Center’s Café Marmalade. The acoustic duo consists of Joe Stevens, a transgender male singer and songwriter and Ingrid Elizabeth, a biological woman who also sings and plays the upright bass.

“We had Coyote Grace in two years ago for the Trans Action Rally and they did a great job,” said Jennifer Nuttall, Adult Program Director at the Utah Pride Center. “They’re a really fun band, cool and unique.”

The Center will hold its Trans Action Rally on Nov. 28 at 6:00 p.m. at its 361 N 300 W location. The rally, said Nuttall, “came out of the idea of wanting to do something positive” near to the Day of Remembrance, which commemorates people who have died because of anti-transgender prejudice or violence. The rally is a way to show people that they can do something about this violence and to encourage them to “take back the streets,” added Nuttall.

On Nov. 25 the Center will screen Trained in the Ways of Men at the Salt

Lake City Main Library (210 E 400 S) as part of its film discussion series. The documentary explores the life and death of Gwen Araujo, a female transgender teen murdered in 2002 and the subsequent trial of her killers. A panel discussion on Araujo and gender identity will follow.

“We want to talk about domestic violence … and how at risk transgender people are for different kinds of violence, including sexual violence and assault,” said Nuttall. She added that the panel would also address the issue of “transgender panic” in courtrooms. That is, the idea similar to gay panic defense, states that people can panic and then lash out at a transgender person upon discovering his or her transgender status, typically during intimacy.

In addition to these events TEA will hold a candlelight vigil and tea party on Nov. 20 at South Valley Unitarian Society (6876 So Highland Dr, 2000 E), a social and fundraiser, a social and fundraiser on Nov. 22 and two workshops on transgender activism and politics with political candidate and transgender activist Dr. Dana Beyer. TEA organizers did not respond to a request seeking more information about these events by press time.

For more information on Transgender Awareness Month, visit the Utah Pride Center’s Web site at utahpridecenter.org.

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Since 2003, the Spicy Dinner Group has brought men of all ages, professions and life experiences together each month to socialize over a delicious meal.

Last month, 80 spicy diners celebrated the group’s fifth anniversary in style at the equally stylish home of Logan and Don Demke-Brueck, surrounded by appetizers, vegetable dishes, desserts and, of course, some fabulous wines. There was also a raffle featuring prizes from local merchants and past dinner coordinators.

An original member and dinner coordinator for the past four years, Logan had met his partner, Don, through the group. He explained the group’s history as he grilled hamburgers with member Dave Robison.

The group began five years ago, he said, when a group of gay men met at an “Invenio” weekend conference, the name for the previous incarnation of Salt Lake City’s Gay Men’s Health Summit, and decided to get lunch together during a break in programming.

So how did a simple lunch at a conference turn into a spicy dinner?

“The thing we had in common was that we all liked spicy food, so that was how the name evolved,” said Logan. “By the third dinner, folks were bringing food that we couldn’t eat, as it was too spicy.”

Although the dinners have cooled down a little, the group’s membership criteria haven’t changed much.

“We debated opening the group to women and it was about 50-50 for doing so, but with guidance from the Pride Center, they recommended just leaving it for men, as there were not many exclusive, menonly groups in Salt Lake City,” explained Logan. The benefits of having a male-only membership, he added, make the dinner group a safe and supportive haven for questioning and recently out men to find friendship and support.

“We’ve become a ‘reach out’ group for new men coming out, as Jerry Buie from Pride Counseling, George Limberakis from Associated Counseling Services, and many support groups throughout the area, recommend new and questioning men to attend a dinner and get to know some members of the community,” said Logan.

In January, Kelly Albrecht took over for Logan as dinner coordinator. Also a member of five years, Albrecht arranges the location of the dinner each month and encourages new diners to join. He also keeps an email list of approximately 350 member names which he uses to announce each dinner’s location and remind diners where to go a week before each event.

As Albrecht explains it, each Spicy Dinner works like this: the host for the evening chooses the theme for the night (such as the Asian dinner Albrecht said he once held at his home). Members then bring food to match the theme, including appetizers, main dishes, alcohol and desserts.

Although Albrecht admitted that finding hosts can be a challenge, and guessing how many people will attend is impossible (“A couple of times, it was a dessert party,” he says), the group is nonetheless popular with men from all over Northern Utah.

“We have had hosts in Bountiful a couple of times and have members as far away as Provo and Layton,” Albrecht said.

The dinning group also gives back to the community. Every January Spicy Dinner holds its annual “I’ve Had a Real Shitty Christmas” fund raiser where participants donate toilet paper to the Utah AIDS Foundation. Past themes for this fund raiser have included Mardi Gras and pool parties.

Spicy Dinner is held on the third Saturday of each month from 7–10:00 p.m. The group’s next dinner is scheduled for Nov. 15. For more information email spicydinner@yahoo.com.

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The site also features a downloadable pamphlet, “11 Scriptural Reasons Latterday Saints Should Oppose California’s Prop 8.”

“It can be handed out, mailed or used for neighborhood canvassing before the election. We hope the video, pamphlet and site will be a valuable resource to help promote understanding, unity, truth, equality, love and freedom for our Gay and Lesbian neighbors, their marriages and families. The invitation is to simply follow the Savior’s teachings in this nationally divisive debate,” Essig said.

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Letters Marriage Not Open to Us Mr. Dabakis, There are certain facts that you must face up to [Letters, “Slam the Door,” James Dabakis, QSaltLake, Oct. 23, 2008]. You and I are left-handed people living in a right-handed world. It is not up to the status quo to accommodate us. We must be strong enough, man enough and have enough integrity to take care of ourselves, and as Mr. Whipple said in his article, live our lives as we choose, regardless.

[LDS Church] President Monson does not have the authority to change the church standards on marriage. That authority belongs to God and his will has been revealed through scriptures such as Leviticus, Exodus, and the epistles of Paul, as well as modern prophets. Marriage is a holy and civil union upon which family is based and in turn upon which all societies are based, including Pagan ones. Marriage is not open to us. The LDS Church does, however, promise all who are faithful, that one day in eternity, they will be given them what they missed in this life and much, much more.

Welcome to reality, Mr. Dabakis.

Ivan R. Petrov

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Obama Will Give Gays a Place at the Table Editor, As the former White House liaison to the lesbian and gay community, I am keenly aware of the importance of having our voices heard at the highest levels of government.

Barack Obama will give us back our place at the table, and so much more. This is going to be a very close race in many important states and a small number of LGBT votes may decide the election. Please do what you can to support Barack Obama and please vote.

Richard Socarides New York

Mad at Joe Biden Editor, I am a little angry. Does Sen. Joe Biden think all of us are stupid? Biden, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, said in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on October 20 that if he lived in California, he would vote against the ballot measure that seeks to ban same-sex marriage.

During the appearance on the Ellen show, Biden called Prop 8 “regressive” and “unfair” and added that he and running mate Barack Obama opposed a similar initiative nationally.

Biden was responding to a question from DeGeneres, who is gay and has urged California voters to oppose Prop 8.

Several weeks previously, during the nationally televised vice presidential debate with Governor Sarah Palin, Biden said he supports partnership rights for gays and lesbians, although he and Senator Obama are opposed to same-sex marriage.

Which is it? For or against? Which statement is the truth and which is the lie?

Solon Rosenblatt, MD Salt Lake City

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hank the gods that’s over.

The pending election had my stomach twisted in knots. Whew!

Of course, I’m writing this an entire week before Nov. 4 so I have no idea what actually happened. Did Obama win?

Did Prop 8 pass? Will LaVar Christiansen and Chris Buttars return to the Capitol to torment the gays? The anxiety has had us all in dire anticipation. And now it’s over.

But in actuality, regardless of the outcome, it’s really only just begun.

The late labor activist and folk legend Utah Phillips once told the story of a meeting he had with his peace and justice group the day after the 2004 presidential election. Like all of us, the group was devastated that Bush had been re-elected. How could America do that? Utah’s advice was important: “You have 24 hours to mourn,” he told the dejected activists, “and then you’ve got to get back to work.” Utah understood that great social movements are not achieved by one election alone. True systemic change happens from sustained efforts, over time, always pushing, pushing from the grassroots up.

So, here’s the deal. If McCain won last Tuesday, then give yourself 24 hours to mourn, rant, rage and cry bloody hell. And then get back to work. If Obama won, then give yourself 24 hours to rejoice, party, celebrate and have wild sex with a hot stranger. And then get back to work.

Regardless of the outcome, we all have our work cut out for us. McCain is a right wing hawk with a temper and dormant skin cancer. Palin is a myopic theocrat who disses science, gays and reproductive choice.

Their administration could well precipitate the rise of a fascist theocracy and an expanding American military empire that will eventually collapse under its own weight, thus bankrupting an already financially ailing country. Add to that our unchecked oil and gas emissions murking up the atmosphere and heating us into a catastrophic climate crisis, and well... you’ll see the very survival of our species at risk.

We will have greater flexibility to address these dangers with an Obama administration. But as übercool as Obama is, we must all remember, he is still only

a moderate centrist. He is not a superhero savior that will swoop down to our rescue. When it comes to war, energy and healthcare, he will be under tremendous pressure from the military industrial complex, the oil industry and the insurance lobby to maintain the status quo. The progressive left must organize and pressure an Obama administration. He must know that good progressive policies are the hope of the people. We must counter the special interests and right wing ideologues with the power of our collective voice. The good news though, is that with an Obama presidency, we can at least have that conversation. So, let’s engage.

Now, on to Prop 8. People often ask me why I’m so up and arms about this issue. I have often said that marriage is a patriarchal institution that reinforces dominator systems of gender ranking and the historical subordination of women. Yes, it is all that. Gay marriage is not the end-all, be-all of the queer liberation movement. That said, I believe it is extremely important to stand up for marriage equality. Everyone in our country must be treated as equals.

No question. And more importantly, we must not be bullied. We cannot allow right wing churches to intimidate us, scapegoat us or shame us in any manner. They have lied about our people. They have stoked the flames of fear and worked to turn segments of America against us. They have declared that we are not deserving of the same liberties and freedoms. They are wrong.

If Prop 8 passed, then it’s time to get back to work. We must stand strong, tell our stories, come out of the closets and be perpetually active. We must throw our weight and our money in support of the gay organizations that are working on our behalf. I encourage all of you to place your dissent in the center of public discourse. Write letters to the editors. Write op-eds. Talk to your family members and co-workers. Become educated on the issues that you care about. Never allow any church or political party to tell you that your form of “family” has less value than theirs. Never ever give them that satisfaction. Get in their face, stare them directly in the eye, and demand access to every right and privilege that is

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If Prop 8 failed, then awesome. Way to go, team! And it’s still time to get back to work. Just because California recognizes gay unions doesn’t mean equality is won. What about the civil liberties of single queers? Trans queers? Aging queers? What about health care for people with HIV? What about violence and hate crimes? What about suicide prevention and self-empowerment? These are all issues that a simple “I do” will not fix. We’ve got to always open our eyes to a bigger vision of social justice — in all areas of life.

Don’t settle for the scraps — go big.

There is a shift happening. Believe it.

Regardless of election results. America is starting to wake up. We are becoming in-

creasingly aware that we stand collectively as a civilization at a pivotal crossroads.

The election was only one component of that movement.

Ultimately we must decide what kind of nation we will choose to be, a nation of fear or a nation of freedom. We can live in separation from and fear of each other, or we can begin to trust each other and stand united by our shared hopes and common humanity. Personally, I’m all for cultural transformation. We can pull it off.

I’m excited to continue working with all of you to build a positive future together. Q Troy Williams is the executive producer of RadioActive on KRCL 90.9 FM. He blogs at queergnosis.com.

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I don’t get, cherubs. Sarah Palin is supposed to be this apple-pie, born again überChristian, family-values moralist who is anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, anti-evolution, anti-science and all of that, right?

So why is it when the McCain campaign sent her out to play the “pit bull with lipstick” attack dog, that she seemed so natural at spewing out all the innuendos, attacks and outright lies against Barack Obama?

To me she appeared to just relish putting the boot in. And we all know she was just reciting trash from the campaign talking points knowing that it was untrue. Isn’t that, ummm ... what’s the phrase I’m looking for?

Oh yeah, bearing false witness? Which if my shaky remembrance of the Ten Commandments is not mistaken, is like number eight or nine on the list (OK, it’s not in the top three, but it’s still pretty major!).

And speaking of bearing false witness, did you hear about Liddy Dole in North Carolina? OMG! She ran a campaign ad against her Democrat opponent alleging that her opponent was part of Godless America. I’m telling you, muffins, it was like Liddy declared a redneck jihad. If any of you have been to North Carolina, you know that questioning someone’s faith is fighting words, and inevitably blood will be spilled behind the Piggly Wiggly. Seriously, the folks in North Carolina have had blood feuds going on for generations about vinegar versus mayonnaise in coleslaw, so don’t even get them started on God, doctrine or atheism.

So with Liddy’s atrocity fresh in mind, I then started reading about the sleazy campaign tactics of California’s Proposition 8

proponents (funded, influenced and staffed largely by the tax-exempt Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, no less). The deluge of bigoted brochures and television and radio ads in California was just manipulative scare tactic propaganda. Basically, they insinuated that if Prop 8 failed, kindergarten children would be forced to witness

It’s like an LDS version of an Al Jazeera web site, but with Apple Crisp recipes! gay marriages held in their lunch rooms, and churches would have to install slings in the choir loft to accommodate gays or risk being sued, or something pretty close to that.

The arguments were so over the top and so disgusting, it was hard to comprehend this was being done by a coalition of religious organizations under the guise of morality and “Christian values.” My niece, who lives in the Bay Area, was mortified.

If there were any doubts of the rabidness of the Yes on 8 Campaign, they were quickly erased by reading the hate-filled comments on the Deseret News’ Web boards, or my per-

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sonal favorite, the posts of the oh-so tolerant folks over at Meridian Magazine (it’s like an LDS version of an Al Jazeera Web site, but with apple crisp recipes). Add to that the ground war of thousands of LDS conscripts knocking on doors, the proclamations from the pulpits, the firesides, the Sunday school lessons and the mobilization of the church’s apologist media troops, and you had a fullblown culture war.

The thing that cracked me up though was despite all of their infrastructure, wealth and resources, the LDS church and the Prop 8 people inevitably portrayed themselves as the underdog victim in all of this.

Which reminds me, speaking of Web sites, some vengeful Proposition 8 supporter(s), probably fueled by the righteousness of God and a six pack of Red Bull, launched a cyber attack against the No on 8 site. Bastards.

Apparently it’s not enough to deny marriage and tax and civil rights to gay and lesbian couples, now the right wing culture warriors have to deny our freedom of speech, too?

All I can say, petals, is that after the dust from the election settles, there will be time to do a serious analysis of how these campaigns operated, who funded them, what tactics they used and how (and most importantly, why) they targeted their message. We need to observe, critique and learn because mark my words pumpkins, if the anti-gay folks win in California, or the Republicans go down this election, there will be serious blowback next election cycle. And I guarantee our community, and our rights, will be smack-dab in the crosshairs of a new, nastier culture war.

Discuss among yourselves.

Ciao for now, babies! Q

SNAP: Mormon Moms Against Prop 8 In the last five months the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints has aggravated nearly every self-respecting gay person in the U.S. by throwing its weight (and about $20 million dollars so far) behind California’s Proposition 8.

Amid all that official loudmouthery, it’s sometimes hard to remember that not all Mormons think this is proper.

Especially not Mormon mothers of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender children, three of whom organized a candle light vigil at Library Square two days before Election Day drawing hundreds of people in the middle of a freezing November rainstorm. We may often feel alone in our struggles for equal rights, but the Millie Wattses, Linda Barneys and Kathryn Steffensens of the world consistently prove that straight people—yes, even straight Mormons—care. And their numbers are ever increasing.

SLAP: Yes on 8 Campaign Hey guys, here’s a great idea! Just a few days before the election, let’s send a flier out to black voters saying Barack Obama supports Prop 8. What’s that, Sister Christensen? He actually think Prop 8 isn’t worthy of being toilet paper? Pssh! Like he’ll notice while he’s trying to win Ohio. And besides, it’s not lying if we’re doing the Lord’s work! Yes on 8, folks: Making slime ashamed to be called slime. You guys stay classy, now.

SNAP: The End of the 2008 Election We don’t know who won yet since we’re putting this paper out before Nov. 4. But by the time you read these words, all the bickering, scheming and general asshattery will be over for another four years, for better or for worse. It’s about time, too. If we heard one more crack about Sarah Palin being able to see Russia, we were all set to drink some of that special Kool-Aid. Then again if McCain won, we’ll probably be hearing a lot more of those and worse until 2012. Yikes?

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by JoSelle Vanderhooft

This issue’s column starts off with a quick question, geeky ones: What’s better than spending a weekend at a gay-themed science fiction/fantasy convention with a bunch of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and otherwise queer or allied fans?

Why, when the convention asks you to be a guest, of course!

Yep. I spent Oct 10–13 in Bethesda, Md. as a bona fide Gaylaxicon 20 guest. In other words I got to be on a ton of panels about everything from being a small press author, to language systems in Lord of the Rings and Star Trek, to queer characters in anime. Also, hoards of screaming, nubile fangirls and boys lined up to throw their room keys and Wonder Woman or Superman underoos at me.

Alright, that last part not so much. But my con membership was free, which is always a good thing.

And there was a banquet.

I accepted the con committee’s invitation to fly across the country not just because I was deeply honored to be asked, but because I love what Gaylaxicon stands for: a truly safe and positive space for gay geeks to be gay and geeky. Although mainstream fandom is often a very queer-friendly place, sometimes you just need to geek out, squee, laugh and indulge in other forms of goofy fannish behavior with your people (and, of course, your people’s clued-in straight friends). The fact that your people who choose to go to this con are, pretty much to a person, smart, classy and fabulous cosplayers also helps.

Admittedly, the panels I’ve already mentioned don’t sound very queer. I mean, Tolkien’s Elvish vs. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s (highly implausible, in my opinion) universal translator? The benefits — and challenges — of publishing with a small press? These are not exactly things you need to go to a gay con to discuss. So, more specifically, what’s gay about a Gaylaxicon besides the majority of the fans?

Well, check out a few of these panels to start: • Pandering (The Dumbledore Issue): Was [Harry Potter author] J.K. Rowling pandering to a GLBT audience by announcing that she wrote Dumbledore with a gay identity background?

• Paging Captain Subtext: How does one find the hidden layers of meaning and intent? Does the hidden meaning actually exist or is it wishful thinking on our part?

When we can put things like GLBT content in the primary text, what need do we have for subtext? How are works, particularly media works, actively using subtext to appeal to GLBT fans?

• Is Bi The New Gay?: So where are the bisexuals in speculative works?

• Can We Have Gay Villains Now?:

Do the GLBT characters have to be the heroes? Is it possible to have gay villains without them being simply a throwback to old stereotypes like the “evil lesbian?”

Is it homophobia simply if they’re the bad guys?

Of course, you would find a few panels like this at any convention whose organizers aren’t spiritual members of Focus on the Family. The sheer preponderance of them at Gaylaxicon, however, is what makes this con great for gay fans.

And let’s not forget the film screenings.

Usually I’m too busy at conventions to devote much time to sitting in the dark watching movies — I do enough of that at home as it is. But when Gaylaxicon’s movie night included high quality fan Star Trek films, it was really hard not to go.

Some of you may remember an early column in which I interviewed Rob Caves, producer of Star Trek: Hidden Frontier, a 50-episode fan series that made headlines on a number of science fiction Web sites for inclusion of a gay love triangle. The good news for fans of the show is that Caves and company are now producing three new interweaving fan series: Star Trek: Odyssey (based loosely on Homer’s epic poem), Star Trek: The Helena Chronicles and the forthcoming Star Trek: Federation One. From the episodes I saw, fans of Lt. Commander Ro Nevin and Lt. Commander Corey Aster won’t be disappointed. The two get married, and their story is very important in this trilogy.

Speaking of Star Trek, does anyone remember “Blood and Fire,” the episode featuring a gay couple who gets infected with a blood disease that was written for Star Trek: The Next Generation but never produced, thanks to studio squeamishness? Well, another fan series, Star Trek: Phase II (also known as New Voyages) got permission from the original script writer to re-write and produce the episode, this time setting it in Captain Kirk’s day (one-half of the gay couple is his nephew).

It’s an unspeakably beautiful episode; tautly-written, dramatic and very much in step with the original series’ aesthetics without being a slavish imitation. Plus, it also has an appearance by Denise Crosby, who as Lt. Tasha Yar made lesbian Trekkers drool long before Seven of Nine. What Gaylaxicon’s audience saw was a rough cut, and I can’t wait for the final product to hit the internet.

There’s so much more I could write, but I think you get the idea. Gaylaxicon is one of the coolest cons out there if you’re a queer fan; not just because they’re willing to let me stomp around wearing a guest badge, either. If the stars align properly, I hope I can go next year — whether or not I’m besieged with room keys and requests for autographs. Q

I love what Gaylaxicon stands for: a truly safe and positive space for gay geeks to be gay and geeky.

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several years ago as a civilian working in the communications office.

It didn’t take long for me to make friends and the word to get out: The new guy is gay!

I worked in that office for years. During that time many of the officers and police supervisors with whom I came in contact knew that I was out, and some even became close friends. I even introduced one of the patrol supervisors to my boyfriend at a Christmas party! While there were jokes (usually told by me, conversations and more than one debate about religion and politics and my gay place among them no one ever berated me or tried to make me feel inferior.

I worked hard, did my job well and earned the respect of the people with whom I worked.

But after a while, I decided I couldn’t let the cops have all the fun. So I applied for a position as a sworn officer out on the road.

All throughout the testing process (which takes a few months) people from all over the department— civilian and non-civilian, people I knew and people I’d never met—asked me how I was doing at each step. And during my final interview, the chief of police even told me that he had been ‘watching’ my progress. I was offered the job and recently became the first openly gay male police officer on my department.

The academy was extremely taxing and we were all relieved to finish. During my time there I developed close friendships with several other recruits. We were only a couple of weeks in before they knew they wouldn’t be setting me up on a date with any of the nice girls they knew!

Come Monday morning however, our personal lives and relationships were no longer important; we had to focus all our energies on the overwhelming task of completing the academy.

When I moved on to field training my first training officer was a charismatic member of the SWAT team. We worked ten hour shifts together four days a week, so there wasn’t a lot we didn’t discuss.

However, because I was still in training and being evaluated on a daily basis, I never mentioned my private life. Even after we made several undercover arrests in Sugarhouse Park bathrooms, I didn’t feel it was appropriate to discuss my sexual orientation with him or any of the other officers on my various squads.

Several months later I found out he knew, anyway. In fact, three of my five training

officers knew I was gay, and they never treated me differently from any straight officer. I was held to the same standard and expected to be as diligent as any other officer in my department.

In January, a good friend of mine in the department died. Unbeknownst to most of the force, he was also gay. During the eulogy, both the chief and a retired captain from the department acknowledged both his orientation and the fact he was deeply closeted. They talked about his life partner and the challenges of being married

to a cop, even a gay one. I had the great honor and privilege of being a pall bearer, and I could feel every eye, every question.

I was so proud to be the only one among his family in uniform, every crease sharp as a razor, my leather and brass polished to a mirror shine. There were many people at the funeral who didn’t know about my orientation until then. As I walked his casket between the lines of the honor guard, I met as many eyes as I could. I am not ashamed of who I am.

Through the course of my duties, I have responded to calls of boyfriends assaulting each other, gay boys being robbed and gay guys driving drunk. Because the law applies to everyone the same I have taken boyfriends to jail, gay guys have gotten tickets and the occasional DUI. In all honesty, being out in the department has been no big deal. I haven’t felt any repercussions because of my sexuality, or any preferential treatment because of it, either.

To put it simply, I got where I am because I worked hard. I proved myself as a police officer, not as a gay man. And people where I work care about dedication, keeping yourself and others safe and maintaining your integrity. Everything else is just circumstance.

Officer Kevin Stayner is a member of the GLBT Public Safety Liaison Committee and currently assigned to the traffic division at Salt Lake City Police Department. The Liaison Committee can be reached at upcpslc@gmail.com. The Salt Lake City Police Department can be reached at (801) 799-3000.

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From Plumber to Drummer, From Son to Daughter, Jayme Chilberti has Redefined Herself Many Times Over J

Chilberti taught herself how to play the drums. But the Blues Brothers taught her how to be a blues drummer. ayme

While attending a bass player friend’s house party 30 years ago, Chilberti heard the band’s album Briefcase Full of Blues for the first time.

“In the beginning of it Dan Aykroyd makes a speech about how if you don’t know what the blues are, then I suggest you really start paying attention to it because the only place you’re ever going to find it is at your local public library,” remembered Chilberti, her voice still retaining more than a few traces of a charming Virginia accent. “I took it to heart. I started getting into it and started listening to it. It just became my specialty.”

Thirty years later, it is still her specialty. A recent transplant to Utah from California, Chilberti has played in a number of bands in the United States and abroad. And now, every night for the past five weeks, she has played drums for her (mostly) blues band The Rockin’ Jukes at the Woodshed, joined

by Ray Rosales on bass and Gary Tada on guitar. Every week they are also joined by one or two invited local musicians, including guitarists from Blues on First and versatile Ogden harmonica player and lap slide guitarist The Rev. Bad Brad Wheeler. And while the band is new and the crowds still not very large, Chilberti says things are starting to pick up.

“It’s working out really good,” she said. “We want to have really good players come out and want to play with us.

So far we’ve been really fortunate with that.”

In many ways, fortune also smiled upon Chilberti when she first picked up her drum sticks in the 8th grade. Born in Virginia as the son of a bass player father and a singer mother, Chilberti transferred to a public school from a parochial school at age 12 so she could join the marching band. Chilberti had grown up thrilling as marching band drummers pounded out their cadences during local high school football games

and wanted to join them. But her father had other ideas. Not wanting to deal with the noise of a drum set, he insisted that his son take up another — preferably quieter — instrument.

Chilberti promptly checked out a trombone. It lasted her all of 24 hours.

“I was just doing the typical slide where you go ‘waah-waah,’ and after an hour of me doing that in the bedroom my dad said, ‘OK, forget it, you can play drums.’ He handed me a pair of sticks and a rubber practice pad and said, ‘Here. This is it. Beat on this thing until you leave my house, then you can have a set of drums.’”

Sticks in hand, Chilberti soon taught herself how to read music. Within two weeks, her teacher moved her into the junior band’s drum line. At the end of the school year she auditioned for and made it into the senior band, in which she marched from 9th to 12th grade, eventually leading the band as a drum major her senior year.

Chilberti graduated in 1972 and ran right into the Vietnam War draft. But instead of taking up a gun, she took her drums to New York City and played in the army’s band for two years. She promptly found herself playing with musicians in their early to mid-20s, many of whom held bachelors and masters degrees from such prestigious schools as the Julliard School of Music.

Affectionately referred to as “the kid” because of her comparatively young age, Chilberti said she learned a lot from these “heavy-duty, studied players.”

Although the army gave Chilberti orders to join the first infantry band in Saigon, they reassigned her to the second infantry in South Korea as the city’s fall looked more and more likely.

“It was right on the edge of the DMZ, the coldest place in the world,” she remembered. “They call it The Land of the Morning Calm. We used to call it The Land of the Frozen Chosen.”

After a year of shivering in South Korea, Chilberti received her discharge.

To support her “music habit” she took work as a plumber, work to which she

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had always gravitated as readily as COVER AND OPPOSITE PHOTO BY MARTY FOY | PHOTO BELOW BY MICHAEL AARON because I was always treated like I she had to the drums. was a freak,” she explained.

“I come from a long line of Today, Chilberti spends her retireplumbers on my mother’s side and ment fixing up the backyard of the my father’s side,” she said. “But it Salt Lake City home where she lives was just something in my blood. with her partner, another transgender I just kind of haphazardly walked person whom she met online and into that career. It wasn’t because moved to Utah to be with. To date she it was a family thing.” has built a brick patio, a set of AdironFor six years she also played dack chairs and matching tables and a drums for The Little Big Band, a “kick-ass gazebo” to accommodate her saxophone quartet whose name barbecue, which she is known to use punned on the 1970 Dustin Hoffeven in the dead of winter. When not man movie Little Big Man. As she onstage at the Woodshed, she likes to played big band tunes to packed invite friends over for an evening of houses every Friday and Saturday blues and her tasty spicy wings. night, Chilberti also began wresAnd as far as she’s convinced, her tling with her gender identity. rambling days are over.

Married to a Rockette dancer “I love it here,” she said of her adat the time, Chilberti remembers opted state. “I love all the people I’ve trying on her wife’s costumes. The met since I’ve been here. I’m actually marriage ended when she “first living a better life than I ever have came out a little bit” by letting her here. I love the mountains and the soon-to-be ex-wife know. snow. Last winter I was in heaven. I “That didn’t sit well with her,” make friends really easily. I’ve got a she said. good personality, I know it. You’ve got When Chilberti’s wife kicked her to be able to carry yourself [if you’re out, Chilberti joined her family transgender]. This isn’t something who had long since migrated to that’s easy.” identifying as male. Although her next California. There she began seeing Not like drumming the blues when employer concerned himself more with a psychiatrist who diagnosed her with you’re a natural, anyway. her ability at plumbing than her gender Gender Identity Disorder, the diagnosis “I’m a dedicated blues drummer, identity, Chilberti nonetheless fell vicpsychiatrists most often use to describe that’s it,” Chilberti said. “That’s all I tim to a lay off. an individual who wishes to live as the wanna play, that’s what I like to play. I She currently collects state disability sex other than the one identified at his play everything, but the blues I where and describes herself as “semi-retired” or her birth. Coming out as transgender my heart is.”

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Fabulous People The Love of Toni Johnson’s Life

by JoSelle Vanderhooft

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Toni Johnson was diagnosed with HIV in 1993 she burst into tears.

“I thought, ‘What am I going to do?’” she remembers. “I was engaged to be married.

It pretty much changed everything.”

But even though her life had just been upended, Johnson knew that she couldn’t hen

mourn for long. Shortly after her diagnosis, she became a client of the People With AIDS Coalition of Utah, a non-profit organization dedicated to HIV/AIDS education and improving the quality of life for people with the disease.

“They were fabulous to me, they helped me so much,” she says. Shortly after joining, Johnson also became a volunteer for the organization. She joined the board of directors in 1999 and became PWACU’s director in 2001 when the previous director had to take a permanent medical leave. During her seven year administration, Johnson has taken the organization to new heights by creating (and running) its support groups for heterosexuals and women. More recently, she has also put together PWACU’s thrift shop. Our Store: Your Thrift Alternative opened on Nov. 1 with the goal of eventually making the 20-year organization self-sustaining.

And she is also assembling an advocacy program to secure more state money for Utah’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program.

Needless to say, she is a very busy woman, putting in at least 50 hours at PWACU each week.

“But I love my work here at the office,” she says. “It’s good for me personally. It makes me feel good that I’m helping the community, helping others who might not have the great support I have.”

Johnson has come a long way in her life. Born in Payson, Utah she jokes that her small town didn’t even have a street light during her childhood.

“There are a couple now,” she laughs.

While some youngsters set their sights on such romantic careers as astronaut, ballet dancer or U.S. president, Johnson decided that she wanted to be an accountant at age 15. She excelled in mathematics courses and loved crunching numbers in high school accounting class.

“I wasn’t planning on being a director of a non-profit,” she says. “I was planning on having my own accounting firm and being independently wealthy.”

But shortly after deciding on her career, Johnson found herself taking high school accounting while working at a yogurt shop in Phoenix, Ariz., where she moved with her 17-year-old boyfriend.

The relationship ultimately did not work out, and Johnson returned to Salt Lake City a year and a half later. She earned her accounting degree and opened her own business, Accounting & More, in 1998. She specializes in tax preparation, articles of incorporation, bookkeeping and payroll services.

When she isn’t helping clients navigate IRS forms or incorporate their businesses, Johnson can be found in her PWACU office at work on several projects. After getting Our Store off the ground, her next goal is to secure more state financial help for people with HIV/AIDS, who often need assistance to pay for their expensive drug regimens.

Although the number of Utahns with HIV or AIDS has increased dramatically, Johnson says that the state still receives

flat funding from the Ryan White CARE Act, a federal program that provides funds for medical care to under or uninsured people with HIV and AIDS. And when funds don’t match this rate of growth, she explains that the state Ryan White program has to keep cutting services for its current clients to accommodate.

To make sure that all Utahns with HIV/AIDS receive the medical care they need, Johnson is assembling an advocacy committee to ask the state legislature for $250,000 to cover its ADAP program. The state dropped all money to ADAP this year when AIDS activist and PWACU member Stuart Merrill moved out of state and no one asked them to renew the funding. The result? The Utah Department of Health implemented a wait list for its program and drastically cut the number of drugs ADAP would pay for.

Revitalizing ADAP, says Johnson, is important not only for people with HIV/ AIDS but for the state budget, which can save a considerable amount of money by keeping patients off Medicare. To let senators and representatives know this, she and a host of PWACU volunteers mailed each of them a letter and an ADAP fact sheet in September. Next on the list: attending the meetings of legislative committees and doing follow-up phone calls to ask legislators for their support in the 2009 general session. ”I’ve asked the committee, especially people with AIDS, to write letters to the editor and about how Ryan White was instrumental in helping them so I can send them out to the press to hopefully get some coverage on it,” she said.

When not doing taxes or advocating for people with HIV/AIDS — or in what she calls “my spare time which I have none of” — Johnson says she enjoys beadwork and working on a hook rug that has now been a work-in-progress for three years.

“It goes on vacation with me and that’s usually the only time I get to play with it,” she laughs.

She is also the proud mother of a cat named Buddy and a miniature schnauzer named Ofmy, short for “love of my life.”

The real love of Johnson’s life, however, is PWACU. “It’s a great organization that helped me so much. I just have a need for it to continue to help other people,” she says. Q Visit PWACU at pwacu.org and Toni Johnson at tonijohnson.net.

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Community november 4 Election Day November 15 Fabulous Fun Bus to Wendover

by Tony Hobday

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You know you’re a bit of a lush when your favorite attraction at Sea World is the beer tastings. You know you’re a bit of a drag queen when you have no qualms wearing a gawdy dress and heels to a straight bar. You know you’re a bit of an exhibitionist when you turn a public beach into a nude beach and flaunt your junk not only for the sea life, but also the humans on balconies with binoculars, “whoo-hoo”ing you. And you know you’ve had a helluva good time on vacation when a sink falls off the wall and you wake up every morning wearing other people’s clothes.

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THURSDAY — I believe it’s predicted to be in the upper 70s and low 80s in Moab this weekend. What better time to enjoy the redrock landscape along with the return of the Moab Folk Festival. Featured performers include Chris Smither, Christine Lavin, Pierce Pettis, Ferron, Martha Scanlon and many more. Go green this year with the “small footprint, big music” festival.

Hours and venues vary, through Sunday, Moab, Utah. Tickets $45–115, 435-259-3198 or moabfolkfestival.com.

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Get Higher,” “Bent” and “Car Crash” are karaoke worthy.

Red Ribbon Party

6:30pm, Avalon Theater, 3605 S. State Street. Tickets $12/adv–$14/ day of, 467-8499 or smithstix.com.

Q Closing out their biggest fundraising event of the year, AIDS Awareness Week, RCGSE’s Red Party should be a real kick in the pants. Obviously red attire is highly encouraged, and there will be red hot performances, music, boys, girls and again obviously drag queens. If you haven’t supported the event in the past week, be a part of it tonight.

9pm, Babylon, a private club for members, 404 S. West Temple. Donations at the door, myspace.com/ babylonslc.

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TUESDAY — Four short films produced by local youth will be screened at Spy Hop Productions’ 6th Annual Pitch-Nic Priemere Screening. The film subjects are troubled-youth issues, amnesia, immigration and fortune cookies. The 11 emerging filmmakers include Sean Bagley, Steven Schmit, Qing Zhao and Whitney Warren.

7:30pm, Gateway Megaplex 12 Theaters, 165 S. Rio Grande. Free, but must rsvp due to limited seating, 532-7500 or to john@spyhop.org.

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WEDNESDAY — Though it may be part of Salt Lake Film Center’s Senior Movie Afternoons (flicks featuring seasoned actors), I don’t know any gay man who doesn’t love Fried

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FRIDAY — Ballet West presents William Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

This arguably romantic comedy features sorcerers, witches, monsters and gods ... doesn’t wreak of humor or romance. Anyhoo, as with most of Shakespeare’s works there is conspiracy, debauchery and revenge ... this time all on a remote island.

7:30pm, through Nov. 15, Capitol Theatre, 51 W. 200 South. Tickets $17–71, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

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SATURDAY — While strumming an acoustic guitar, folk/rock musician Matt Nathanson brings something new to his live performances. It has been said the 35-year-old San Franciscan cutie conducts comedic sing-alongs by covering popular ’80’s hits. But don’t forget his original tunes like “Come On

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OF MONTREAL See Nov. 17

kimptonhotels.com december 12–14 Salt Lake Men’s Choir Holiday Green Tomatoes. Even with the lesbian affair between Mary-Louise Parker and Mary Stuart Masterson, gay men fawn over this film. It may not be as gay-fabulous as Steel Magnolias, but it’s definitely high on the list. The film also features Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy.

Concert, saltlakemenschoir.org january 7–11, 2009 Utah Gay & Lesbian Ski Week, Park City ­

2pm, City Library Auditorium, 210 E. 400 South.

Free, 746-7000 or slcfilmcenter.org.

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SaturDAY — Share your favorite personal poems for fabulous prizes at sWerve’s Poetry Slam. But if you’re not a poet and know it then help referee or just relax and enjoy good writing, friends and coffee. Perhaps I’ll share my emotionally deep poem Ode to a Washer that I wrote back in college — the title alone should win something, right?

7pm, Cafe Marmalade, 355 N. 300 West. Free, swerveutah.com.

Q Now that summer is over, Michael and I are chompin’ at the bit for another Fabulous Fun Bus to Wendover. However, we’ve decided to only offer our signature Kaluha/Orange jell-O shots, which were a huge hit on the last bus (not!). Join us and Ruby Ridge for her “a dingo ate my baby!”

Sundance Film Festival­ sundance.org february 13–15, 2009 QUAC Ski N Swim ­ quacquac.org april 17, 2009 Day Of Silence ­ dayofsilence.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 August 7–8, 2009 Redrock Women’s Music Festival, Torrey redrockwomensfest.com

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bingo, fabulous prizes (hint: slippery), grand buffet and a gay ole time. But if Raven wins another $280 on penny slots, I’ll have to clip her wings!

Noon–9pm, pick up at Club Try-Angles, 251 W. 900 South. Tickets $21, 800-838-3006 or gaywendover.com.

Q Of course if you’d rather be nostalgic tonight than take a road trip with a bunch of whack-a-moles from QSaltLake, then check out the return of New Kids on the Block. Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood return to the stage after 15 years for more of “The Right Stuff.” Trust me though, there’ll be hotter guys on the bus to Wendover.

8pm, The E Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Dr. Tickets $20–79.50, 988-8800 or theecenter.com.

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MONDAY — Glam rock band of Montreal, lead by straightbut-not-narrow-minded Kevin Barnes, hits the Salt Lake City scene tonight. With such albums as The Gay Parade and The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy, the six-member band nearly inundates all genres of music including post-punk, indie rock, psychedelic pop, funk and reggae.

7:30pm, Murray Theater, 4916 S. State Street.

Tickets $15/adv–$17/day of, 467-8499 or smithstix.com.

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TUESDAY — For the first time in 10 years, the nationally renowned dance troupe Lar Lubovitch is on tour. Dubbed a “national treasure,” the dances are loved for their musicality, rhapsodic style and sophisticated, formal choreography that conveys deeply felt human emotion.

7:30pm, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Cir., UofU. Tickets $22.50–32.50, 581-7100 or kingtix. com.

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WednesdaY — She’s literally an American Idol, was recently inducted as the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry and was named Top Female Vocalist at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards for the second consecutive time. She is the very beautiful and talented Carrie Underwood. I love the song “Before He Cheats.” It’s freakin’ hot! Little Big Town opens.

8pm, The E Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Dr. Tickets $38–58, 988-8800 or theecenter.com.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Nov. 16 One Republic, Las Vegas Nov. 21 Celine Dion, ES Arena Nov. 22 Coldplay, ES Arena DEC. 12-13 Salt Lake Men’s Choir concert, saltlakemenschoir.org DEC. 19 Neil Diamond, ES Arena JAN. 9 Suzanne Westenhoefer,

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For the Love of Mary Tebbs Local lesbian singer and songwriter Mary Tebbs has a voice to die for: powerful, passionate and just as capable of belting out a hard rock song as sliding through a silky jazz ballad.

“I’m quite happy to keep writing all sorts of stuff,” said Tebbs. “I love all sorts of music, so why wouldn’t I?” On Nov. 21, Tebbs will bring her love for all sorts of music to the Salt Lake Center for Spiritual Living for a one-night only performance with dance troupe Dance 76 and fellow singer Leraine Horstmanshoff, a close friend who sings with Tebbs as part of the duo Wifey. The center, for whose services Tebbs often performs, generously donated the space for her performance; the proceeds from which will go to covering medical bills and other expenses Tebbs has accrued after surgery in July to remove a brain tumor.

“I thought I could do a show and talk about my journey about the whole medical situation,” said Tebbs, who has been unemployed since July and is not currently enrolled in Medicare (happily, her cancer is now in remission). “They were 100 percent on board.”

“I want to share love,” she continued.

“That’s what this show is all about, that whole experience to try and share and commune and inspire and get people to get present with their life, to start living it, not just getting through.”

Before the pituitary gland tumor upended her world this summer, and before Tebbs made a name for herself in the Salt Lake City music scene in the 1990s as the singer for Sweet Loretta, she remembers feeling the music within her. Although Tebbs wrote her first song at age 10 and played guitar as a child, she abandoned music until after college, when her “first run in with Jose Cuervo” and the company of some lively friends inspired her to grab a guitar and write an impromptu drinking song. Shortly after that, some of those same friends put together a rock band called For the Love of Mary. In a few years this group was superseded by the more soulful Sweet Loretta, which Tebbs describes “probably the biggest piece of band work I’d done in Salt Lake City.”

Unfortunately, Sweet Loretta split up the night before they were to sign with a Minneapolis booking agent. Devastated, Tebbs moved to Las Vegas and gave up music for awhile to pursue a career in graphic design (her day job until recently).

But discovering that she missed music, she soon moved back to the Beehive State where she now largely plays solo.

“I think it’s been really good for me,” she said. “It’s a whole different ballgame when you’re up there all by yourself. It feels kind of naked.”

Given her love for — and proficiency in — several musical styles, Tebbs doesn’t categorize herself as any particular kind of musician, preferring instead to suit her style to the type of song she’s writing.

“I think songs for me are something I feel compelled to express rather than [saying] I’m sitting down to write a jazz song,” she said. Her favorite genres, however, are folk, rock, jazz and blues.

“I think my strength vocally and delivery wise lie in the folky, groovy kind of stuff,” she admitted.

At first, Tebbs was also unsure about how to categorize the intense headaches she began developing this year. At first, chalking up the pain to getting older, she

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said she started to panic when she began losing her vision. Although uninsured, Tebbs got her eyes checked and was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor, which doctors removed during the same week.

After the surgery, Tebbs went through some scary times, including a “moment in the hospital where I totally crashed.” Her pituitary gland ceased functioning and Tebbs came very close to dying. But rather than paralyzing her, Tebbs said the experience taught her not to fear the reaper.

“There’s nothing to be scared of in that transition,” she said.

Overall, Tebbs said the tumor was a gift that taught her to listen to her body and to appreciate “what a gift every moment is.”

It’s a message that she hopes to impart to her listeners.

“We’re here to have fun and enjoy and express love and not struggle. and I think that’s counter to what we as a society have been taught,” she explained. “The truth is we’re evolving and in the Age of Aquarius and we get to be happy now.”

Tebbs will be recording her Nov. 21 show and releasing it on DVD and CD—her first recording since 1999’s Home Made Phase.

“My vision is to get more [gigs] around the country doing this particular show. I figure I’ll need to hone it and change it,” she said.

Mary Tebbs will play at the Salt Lake Center for Spiritual Living (870 E North Union Ave) on Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20. To order tickets, contact Tebbs at myspace.com/marytebbs or visit spirituallyfree.org. Q

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Locally, three organized winter-oriented events are currently in the planning stages: Utah Gay Ski Week, the Queer Utah Aquatic Club’s annual Ski n’ Swim Weekend and Ski OUT Utah’s winter-long skiing, downhill snowboarding and snowshoe hikes. Here is some information on each to help you start planning for some fun in the snow. ven though the

Utah Gay Ski Week Held Jan. 7–11, the ninth annual Utah Gay and Lesbian Ski Weekend is not locally produced, but produced by someone who has been hitting Park City’s hill and other Utah ski resorts since 1999.

“Utah provides the best snow for skiing and snowboarding,” said John Harriet, a West Hollywood, Calif. resident who works for Community Visions, a group that sponsors gay and lesbian social and sporting events. The so-called “greatest snow on Earth” and the enthusiasm several of Harriet’s friends had for the state’s slopes led Harriet to organize the weekend. “[We thought] it would be more fun to ski with lots of other gay guys,” he said.

Harriet and other organizers ultimately picked Park City to host the event, thanks to its proximity to the mountains, larger resorts and “the ease of people getting together in the smaller town.”

“A SLC gay ski week was tried by another group about five years ago or so, and it lasted for two seasons before it folded. Being in Salt Lake City, there were more parties and bar events, but the skiing became secondary,” explained Harriet.

The Utah Gay and Lesbian Ski Week lasts for five days and includes skiing and snowboarding at Park City and skiing at Deer Valley (which does not allow snowboarders).

During the week attendees also meet for hospitality parties and dinners which are included in a group cost in addition to lift prices. Lunches are not covered, however. A host condo is also picked each year to house the central hospitality room.

While Utah Gay and Lesbian Ski Week is a for-profit venture, costs are kept close to the discounted rates offered by the resorts so that as many people as possible can participate. And although the event lasts five days, skiers can purchase three day or even two day “weekend” packages. Skiers can also buy tickets for individual days, dinners or parties (none of which, however, include airfare for out-of-towners).

Last year, Utah’s ski group Ski OUT Utah hosted a Saturday night party at Kristauf’s Martini Bar in Park City during the week, inviting locals to meet and mix with skiers from out of town. Ski OUT Utah organizers have said the group will be more involved at this year’s event, too.

For more information contact wehojohn@aol.com or (877) 429-6368 or visit gayskiing.org.

QUAC Ski n’ Swim Each year QUAC, the local gay and lesbian swim club, hosts a weekend swim meet and ski day for local and invited gay and lesbian swim clubs. In the past, attendees have come from Toronto, Seattle, West Hollywood, Long

Beach, Phoenix and several cities in Illinois. Locally, most of the swimmers are members of QUAC or Utah Masters, a competitive club for aging swimmers of both sexes.

“QUAC has been organizing this event for the last six years and last year we had between thirty and fifty outof-state attendees,” said Milan Jendrisek, who currently shares co-chair duties with fellow QUAC Web master and former swimmer Sean Hammon.

This year’s Ski n’ Swim will take place Feb. 13—15, with any profits going towards QUAC scholarships, which will enable members to attend the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 2009 or the Gay Games 2010 in Koln, Germany.

Participating in the events for the 2009 Ski n’ Swim will require registration at QUAC’s Web site, quacquac.org. Event costs will be listed in mid-November and will include skiing, swimming and attending breakfasts and lunches. Because of the need to raise money for scholarships, the only event open to the public at no cost will be the Feb. 15 swim meet at the University of Utah.

Ski activities on Feb. 14 will include a breakfast and lunch in Park City, along with skiing and snowboarding at Park City ski hill. Jendrisek also said QUAC hopes to have water polo and diving events at this year’s weekend.

“We are still finalizing many of the locations and events for 2009 Ski n’ Swim,“ Hammon said, “And we hope to have the website up in a couple of weeks.”

Ski OUT Utah Before last year’s ski season, a group of men in the Lambda Hiking group decided to start a Utah ski club so they would have something fun and outdoorsy to do during the winter. The all-volunteer group is accessible to everyone, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and straight and charges no membership fees.

“Sixty people signed up for the first year, with about forty people participating,” said Dana Clark, Ski OUT Utah’s publicist. “We are looking to get more women involved this year and we want to be open and affirming to the community.”

Every weekend starting in January through the end of March, Ski OUT Utah has a group event planned, including downhill skiing or snowboarding, cross country skiing, snowshoe hikes, and hosted potluck dinners or bar parties. Although the skiing level for the group’s members is set at intermediate to excellent, beginners are always welcome. In fact, if enough new skiers and snowboarders join the group, the several ski and snowboard instructors who belong to the group may be able to take new beginners out for some lessons.

Discounts tickets to ski locations can be purchased through Ski OUT Utah’s Web site

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Noah’s Arc Soundtrack ‘Jumping The Broom’ The popular Logo series Noah’s Arc has hit the silver screen in limited theaters. The soundtrack to Jumping the Broom is a 15-track compilation of mostly unknown (at least for me) artists.

There is a wide range of musical styles: From Jazz and R&B to hip hop and pop remixes. Unfortunately nearly the entire soundtrack is just mediocre — lyrically uninspiring (with the exception of “The Idiot” and “Cable TV”) and technically boring.

Although, Patrick-Ian Polk (also the film’s creator) delivers the ballad “Home To Me” with the warmth and security of flannel sheets.

(skioututah.com). Each event will have a group leader and a pre-arranged location at the slopes for people together.

To help members get to know each other better, Ski OUT Utah has planned several potluck dinners for this fall. Members can also socialize after a day on the slopes at after parties and meals at members’ homes or participating businesses.

“The main purpose is to have fun and meet people and the group will be very democratic” said Clark. “If a person wants to get out and enjoy winter, you can snowshoe. If you can walk, you can snowshoe.” A list of where snowshoes can be rented or bought will soon be added to the Web site.

The first day of skiing and snowboarding will take place Jan. 4, 2009 at the Pay Day Lift in Park City, with lunch planned at 1:30 p.m. at Summit House. An after party potluck is being planned after the day of skiing and snowboarding in Park City.

Ski OUT Utah’s tentative winter schedule is as follows.

Jan. 4 Ski & Board, Park City, Payday Lift

Lunch 1:30 p.m., Summit House Jan. 11 Snowshoe Donut Falls, Big Cottonwood

Bring a pack-lunch & water Jan. 18 Ski & Board, Solitude, Moonbeam Chair

Lunch 1:30 p.m., Sunshine Grill Jan. 25 X-Country Ski, Mountain Dell Rec, Parleys

Bring a pack-lunch & water Jan. 1 Ski only, Deer Valley, Snowpark Tckt Booth

Lunch 1: 30 p.m., Snowshoe Tommy’s Feb. 8 Snowshoe Desolation Trail, Mill Creek

Bring a pack-lunch & water Feb. 13-15 QUAC Ski n’ Swim Weekend

quacquac.org Feb. 22 X-Country Ski, Mountain Dell Rec, Parleys

Bring a pack-lunch & water March 1 Ski & Board, Canyons, Flight of Canyons

Lunch 1:30 p.m., Sun Lodge March 8 Snowshoe Little Cottonwood Canyon Trail

Bring a pack-lunch & water March 15 Ski & Board, Snowbird Aerial Tram

Lunch 1: 30 p.m., MidGad March 22 X-Country Ski, Mountain Dell Rec, Parleys

Bring a pack-lunch & water For more information visit Ski OUT Utah at skioututah.com, myspace.com/skioututah or groups.yahoo. com/group/skioututah.

Other activities will include are an opening night social on Feb. 13, a dessert social in Salt Lake City on Valentine’s Day, and a closing social on Feb. 15. Usually all such events are held at QUAC members’ homes.

For more information visit quacquac.org/skinswim or ski-n-swim.org.

Phil Putnam ‘Casualties’ Release: Nov. 18 Lyrically through his sixth album, Casualties, the impression of Phil Putnam is of intelligence, of quirkiness and of wavering esteem (which potentially could be attractive). Yet, the 16-track disc has little variation lyrically and musically — too many of the songs sound alike. Too often Putnam speaks negatively, which makes the album somewhat tedious.

The lyrics are smart, heartfelt, even poetic ... I’ll give him that. Perhaps on future works, he will be more upbeat with his messages and as humorous as on the track “I’m No Prize.”

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The Books of John Ariztical Entertainment, $29.95 ariztical.com Another gay film of love lost and then found again. Yippee! After 12 years in a committed relationship, Frank suddenly finds himself alone after his partner John passes away.

During an intense mourning process, Frank stumbles across a trunk full of John’s diaries, which, for 12 years, Frank was clueless ... ok! Through the diary entries, Frank learns of John’s childhood hometown, of which, again over 12 years, knew absolutely nothing about.

Frank travels to the small Alabama town to find John’s estranged family.

Once there he meets Trevor, a strapping closeted gay man. Even though Frank is devastated by John’s death, they quickly fall into bed together. As their intimate relationship blossoms, Frank’s persistence in finding John’s family unburies a secret past that consequently complicates the relationship with his new found love.

The disturbing outcome of the story, the unnecessary and stereotypical subplot, and the marginal acting make this film by David A. Schweiger and L.W. Smith difficult to enjoy.

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Q Tales The Perils of Petunia Pap-Smear The Tale of the Hallowed Weenie Festival

by Petunia Pap-Smear

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“Hostess with the Mostess” is fraught with danger and excitement.

In the world of hostessing, I hold Hyacinth Bucket (from the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances) and her special candlelight suppers in the highest regard and try to emulate her in every way. With Halloween just passing, I’m reminded of the annual Gender Blender/Hallowed Weenie Festival, which I used to organize in Logan on behalf of the Metropolitan Community Church.

The concept of the Gender Blender Party is that the men come dressed as women and vice versa. So throw in the few hunks who will use any excuse to be nearly naked (thank you, God!) and voila, you have a raging ... er, party on your hands. On this occasion, we rented the Whittier Community Center, an ancient yet grand elementary school which possesses a magnificent staircase perfect for any dramatic, queenly Scarlet O’Hara-style entrance. There were about 350 people in attendance, many of whom were quite well lubricated with alcohol. The costumes were varied and magnificent.

I myself wore my best pink floral muumuu, evocative of Endora from Bewitched.

This happened to the perfect dress in which to perform hostess duties, since it allowed full range of movement and most significantly, easy access to my important waterproducing private parts. The night started out to be the perfect costume party, but slowly things started to unravel into chaos.

We had a couple of drag performances, including one by the late, great “Auntie Fern.” Usually, Fern could walk into any Mormon Relief Society meeting and teach he road to being the

the lesson and not even raise an eyebrow.

She was a loveable and also very gravityenhanced girl approaching 400 pounds. In a vast departure from her normal self, on this night Fern wore a skimpy black teddy, carried a bull whip, and used a dildo as her microphone while lip-synching to “I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine.” For some reason, this performance sent some of the more timid revelers fleeing into the night.

To unravel the evening further, my friend Dianne, an actual woman who was also very drunk and must have been experiencing penis envy, was loudly trying to attract an audience so she could prove she was able to pee while standing up — thankfully into a urinal in the men’s room and not somewhere else. My knowledge of the female anatomy is scant enough that I was very curious as to how this feat could be accomplished. But if curiosity can kill the cat, in this instance it could lay waste to an entire “Throne Room” full of queens.

Since the quantum mechanics necessary for such an undertaking defy imagination and all semblance of refinement, I decided that my best hostess option at that juncture was to impersonate Monty Python and run away, thus abandoning my inquisitive sisters to ultimately perish in the Vortex of the Vaginal Golden Shower.

Later, I stepped outside of the building for a breath of fresh air and to check on the smokers. I was just showing them how

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I was able to balance my glass of punch on my tit when a police officer approached me, demanding to know who was in charge. He was kind of cute and I have always had a uniform fetish. I was just about to comment on how authentic his costume was (and that I would be more than happy to help him take off that tight gun belt), when I noticed several more of Cache County’s finest posted strategically around the building’s perimeter. Suddenly the cuteness factor diminished greatly and the specter of a 1960sstyle bar raid appeared before my eyes.

My biggest worry was that I was wearing the wrong wig to best highlight my delicate features in any potential mug shot.

Nervously, I explained that I was in charge while I herded the smokers inside.

The police captain drew me away from the door to an awaiting cruiser. At this time I noticed that they had arrived in force, with seven cop cars and a bus (as God is my witness, a bus!) prepared to haul us away.

Thankfully, I was able to keep my wits about me. After about 15 minutes of intense questioning — probably to determine if I was drunk or high — I told them this was a church-sponsored dance, which got a skeptical response. Trying to be as dignified as possible while dressed as Endora and while suppressing my prison rape fantasies, I told

him that my husband was the pastor and I was more than happy to have him come out and talk to them. The officer then got on his radio and called for references for the church and my husband.

After what seemed like an eternity, he received confirmation that we were legitimate and even had a special event permit from the city. Clearly disappointed, he let me go, cautioning us to be quiet. After my narrow escape from the long-arm of the law I returned to the party and tried to keep the underage kids from drinking.

A hostess’ work is never done! And the lesson to be learned in all this is that a true queen should constantly be prepared to be arrested at any time.

As always, this story leaves us with many important questions: 1. Is it possible to live up to Hyacinth Bucket’s standards?

2. Should I have photographed Dianne peeing for posterity’s sake?

3. Could I have outrun the cops in my heels?

4. Would police handcuffs match my jewelry?

5. Are prison rape fantasies romantic?

6. If balanced on a tit, does a glass of punch taste better?

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