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I was in junior high school my family moved to a new city, which of course meant going to a new school and not knowing anyone. I don’t remember the circumstances, but I ended up in the lobby with two other people in the same boat as me — new transfers to the school. I befriended a boy by the name of Ed, who I found out later was named Coy Edward, but hated the name Coy. We hit it off very well though we were far from peas in a pod. He was athletic, had gorgeous blond locks and a smile that would make anyone of any sex melt. I was the geek that got straight As, had two huge front teeth with a big gap between them and a shock of hair that splayed from the back of my head, no matter how much Aqua Net I put on it. We’d hang out and just talk through a whole period of class in the upstairs bathroom at the school. He’d mostly talked of his younger brother and why everyone around us was stupid. I’d just kind of listened, happy to have a new friend — one I just thought was too cool for me to have in any other circumstance. Summer break came and went, and I never heard from him. I don’t even think we knew each other’s numbers or where the other lived. I didn’t see him for several weeks when we entered our first year of high school, but then I passed him in the hall. It was awkward — we just kind of grinned at each other as we simply walked by. I made new friends through choir and drama club (I’m such a stereotype). I’d seen him in the lunch room sitting alone, but never approached him. The distance seemed to be insurmountable. My senior year came and I was sitting in home room when I heard people talking about a classmate who had strangled his younger brother and was caught by his father before killing the rest of his family — ropes were found draped over every bedroom door in the house. I’d heard about tragedies such as this, but had never been as close. It was a punch in the gut. Two days later in home room, we were told during morning announcements over the PA that Coy Edward Potter had hung himself in jail and was dead. My world spun around me hen
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— it couldn’t be happening. I felt a tremendous amount of guilt. Maybe if I’d not lost touch, his life would be different. I find myself holding onto this to this day. It was my first lesson in the fact that “news” doesn’t only happen to other people. Sometimes it happens to you or someone very close to you. Last year, this all came rushing back to me when I turned on the television
It was my first lesson in the fact that ‘news’ doesn’t only happen to other people. Sometimes it happens to you or someone very close to you. and saw my good friends, bloodied and one charged with kidnapping. It was outrageous to think that either could happen — that they could have been bashed or that DJ could be charged with kidnapping. That same “punched in the gut” feeling came over me. I watched as photos were shown — Dan with a face and eye so swollen he was unrecognizable, DJ with cuts about his face and, I found out later, deaf in one ear. And now the moment of truth approaches as they go to trial later this month — unlike their attackers. DJ faces a potential harsh sentence that none of his friends can fathom. DJ wrote a poem a while back, with which I’ll finish this column. Please cross your fingers, pray or whatever else you might do to wish this couple luck.
It couldn’t have been us It’s the kind of thing you hear about. It couldn’t have been me. You see it in the papers and sometimes on your TV. Never in my wildest thoughts could this thing have occurred. The line between reality and nightmares has been blurred. We may hear of a bashing, and think “Gosh, that’s such a shame.” It’s quite a different feeling when the headlines tout your name. Can it be such ignorance and hate plague people’s minds Enough to render one man deaf, another nearly blind? There’s nothing that tortures your soul quite like the shocking sight Of the one you love mobbed by crazed men trying to end his light. I trusted those, whose chosen life is to protect and serve, Would see to it these depraved oafs would get what they deserved. Adding insult to injury, once beat and left to die, My assailants got away scot-free, aided by fear and lies. Was it a joke that I was jailed and charged with crimes not done Without a stitch of evidence; Just hearsay from a Hun? I never imagined my life without its better side. Torn from his arms I spent each night hiding my tortured cries. I prayed so hard each day apart that we’d be reunited When that day came we vowed never again to be divided. You think it won’t happen to you. You could be wrong, I fear. I pray you never know my pain, nor any you hold dear. I know you don’t want to believe this happens, but you must. I still find it hard to believe. It couldn’t have been us. Q
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Lutherans Welcome Noncelibate Gay Pastors
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Salt Lake Tribune reporter at a press conference if sexual orientation should be “a protected class.”
The United States’ largest Lutheran denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, lifted a ban on noncelibate gay clergy Aug. 21. The decision follows a recent similar move by the Episcopal Church. ELCA gay and lesbian pastors now will be allowed to have sex in the confines of a “lifelong, monogamous ... relationship,” church leaders decided at their Churchwide Assembly in Minneapolis. About 4.6 million Americans belong to the ELCA.
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“Who knows better the needs of Salt Lake City citizens than the leaders they elected?” — A Salt Lake Tribune editorial criticizing Herbert and Republican legislators for their opposition to Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker’s gay and transgender-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance.
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The gays pushed the nondiscrimination and marriage issue too strongly, and now backlash is erupting. One additional advantage for Herbert; he does have more mainstream credibility than Chris Buttars, who has allowed himself to be somewhat marginalized.” —“Desert Dawg,” a self-described “Utah expatriate” blogging about Herbert’s news conference on the blog “Voice of Deseret.”
Harvey Milk to Be Inducted Into Calif. Hall of Fame Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and first lady Maria Shriver will induct the late gay activist Harvey Milk into the California Hall of Fame on Dec. 1. The honor follows Milk’s receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama on Aug. 12. Schwarzenegger’s move is surprising given that he vetoed a bill last year to make Milk’s birthday a “day of special significance” in California schools, saying in his veto message that Milk mostly was relevant only in San Francisco. “I respect the author’s intent to designate May 22 as ‘Harvey Milk Day’ and a day of special significance for California public schools and educational institutions to honor Harvey Milk as an important community leader and public official in the city and county of San Francisco,” Schwarzenegger wrote last year. “However, I believe his contributions should continue to be recognized U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., whose at the local level by those who were most championing of gay causes was unriimpacted by his contributions.” valed in Congress, died Aug. 25 of brain State Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, cancer. He was 77. reintroduced the Harvey Milk Day bill this “The nation has lost its greatest year. It has passed the Senate and awaits champion and strongest voice for jusaction in the Assembly before again land- tice, fairness and compassion,” said ing on Schwarzenegger’s desk. Human Rights Campaign President Joe Milk settled in San Francisco’s Castro Solmonese. “The loss to our community district in 1972 and opened a camera is immeasurable. There was no greater store. He went on to pioneer a populist hero for advocates of LGBT equality gay rights movement in the city and, in than Sen. Ted Kennedy. From the early 1977, was elected to the Board of Super- days of the AIDS epidemic to our curvisors, becoming the fourth openly gay rent struggle for marriage equality he has been our protector, our leader, our American elected to public office. He and Mayor George Moscone were friend. He has been the core of the unshot to death inside City Hall on Nov. 27, finished quest for civil rights in this 1978, by then-recently resigned city Su- country and there is now a very painful pervisor Dan White, who was angry that void.” Incoming Gay & Lesbian Alliance Moscone wouldn’t let him un-resign and that Milk had lobbied Moscone not to re- Against Defamation President Jarrett appoint White. White’s lenient sentence Barrios said: “It is impossible to fully defor the killings (seven years and eight scribe the transformative impact of Ted months with parole) led to the famed Kennedy in the Senate for lesbian, gay, White Night Riots in San Francisco on bisexual and transgender Americans. From the outset, he valued our contriMay 21, 1979. 6 | QSa lt L a k e | issue 13 6 | Sep te mber 3 , 20 09
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Sen. Ted Kennedy Dies butions and supported our equality. In those early years, his support may have turned heads but didn’t dampen his support — and eventually helped change hearts and minds about LGBT equality in the Senate and around the country.” NGLTF Executive Director Rea Carey commented: “The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force mourns the loss of Sen. Edward Kennedy, a true champion of the people and a dear friend to our community. The senator was a hero to many across the country and around the world. He spent his life fighting for justice for working people, people of color, children, women, LGBT people, immigrants, people with disabilities, people living with HIV/AIDS and so many others who looked to his leadership for a more just society. Sen. Kennedy was unmatched in his compassion and in his willingness to stand with those who often lacked a champion. Even after his death, his vision will inspire generations to work for the health, welfare and equality for all he so doggedly pursued.”
Utah’s new governor just made the brave move of going on record saying discrimination against gay Americans should be perfectly legal. Because you guys are, like, a special interest group.” — Prominent gay blog “Queerty.”
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Gary also said it would bog the state down in “minutiae.” Really, Gary? Can I call you Gary? I don’t believe that visiting my partner in the hospital or being able to get him insurance (which we currently can’t) is minutiae. … And it’s not a “detail” that he can legally be fired for being gay.” — Blogger “Big Gay Jim” posting a “conversation” he’d like to have with Herbert on his blog, “Big Gay Jim’s Bigger, Gayer Blog.”
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If these were artists who sang about murdering any other group of people, no one would be booking them.” — L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Chief Executive Officer Lorri L. Jean, questioning why venues continue to book reggae artist Buju Banton, known for his lyrics encouraging violence towards gay men.
Gay Addiction Pros Offer ‘Gay 101’ Seminar at Salt Lake Conference On Aug. 22, hundreds of professionals working in the field of addiction recovery attended the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) conference at the Grand America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. For five days, professionals attended a number of workshops and discussions on such diverse topics as conflict resolution, family interventions, nutrition in addiction treatment, and the needs of women recovering from addiction. And on the conference’s last day, one session offered attendees a primer on the terminology, history and needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people and other sexual minorities. Titled “What Every Counselor Needs to Know When Working with Sexual Minorities,” the presentation was lead by Joseph Amico, the president of the Association for Lesbian, Bay, Bisexual, Transgender Addiction Professionals and their Allies (NALGAP) and one of the conference’s organizers. NALGAP was one of several organizations for addiction professionals that participated in the conference. Amico, who is openly gay, began the session by asking audience members to define each letter in the acronym GLBTQQAi2S — the latter letters of which stand for queer, questioning, (straight) ally, intersex and two-spirited, a term Amico said that several American Indian tribes once used for those whom they considered to have “insight into both the male and female spirit.” “Everybody does pretty well with the first four letters, and then it starts to trail off at the end,” Amico joked when few people could identify beyond the second Q. Amico then introduced his audience to a number of topics including the Kinsey Scale and Klein Sexual Orientation Grid, two scales for measuring and defining sexual orientation and the history of the gay rights movement in the United States from the 1969 Stonewall Riots to present day. He then noted that “pre-Stonewallers” — those born before the riots — and “post-Stonewallers” frequently had different ways of regarding sexual orientation and gender identity, and different needs in treatment. “For pre-Stonewallers, queer was a bad word,” he explained. “That was a word folks used to make fun of us and put us down. But younger people have adopted it.” Amico then gave his audience some guidelines for working with sexual minorities. He first instructed them to examine their beliefs and feelings about sexual minorities and to note any biases they may have. “If you grew up in a religious society
or a family where you were told that homosexuality is an abomination, you’ve probably got some things to work on,” he explained. For those who decide they are comfortable accepting sexual minorities into their caseload, Amico recommended putting gay and transgender-friendly literature or artwork in a clinic or practice’s waiting room to let clients know they are welcome. He also recommended asking questions related to sexual orientation and gender identity on intake forms, knowing the developmental stages of coming out, and knowing what to say if a client asks for therapy to change his or her sexual orientation or gender identity. “There’s no one who approves of that in the psychiatric world,” said Amico, noting that the American Psychological Association and American Psychiatric Association have made strong statements against such treatment, popularly known as reparative therapy. “Make sure they have information explaining why it’s not a good idea and won’t work,” he said. Along with information about the Kinsey Scale and Klein Grid, Amico also gave attendees sample questionnaires to talk to clients about the development of their sexual orientation, which included such questions as “How old were you when you first had thoughts about being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender,” “If you could change your sexual orientation, would you?” and questions about first sexual experiences. Here, Amico stressed that some clients — particularly gay men — may note that they had sex as pre-teens, but that they do not consider the experiences to be abuse. To explain, Amico mentioned one of his clients who said he had had sex at age 12 with a male neighbor. The client, he said, wondered if the neighbor was “weird like he was,” and reported enjoying sex with him and returning for more. “Is the issue that this 12-year-old was looking for sex?” he asked. “No. He was looking for someone who could relate to being gay.” However, Amico urged clinicians not to correct their clients while giving them the questionnaire. “You’re gathering information,” he said. “Now is not the time to say, ‘no, it was abuse.” Amico then walked the audience through the seven stages of coming out, from an individual’s confusion over his or her sexual or gender identity to their acceptance of that identity into their understanding of themselves. He then introduced them to some common stereotypes of gays and lesbians and some basic cultural differences between white, black and Latino gays and les-
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bians, such as African-American men on the “down low” who have sex with other men but do not identify as gay, and the idea among some Latinos that only submissive sexual partners can be gay. At all times during the presentation, Amico’s audience asked questions, from whether or not the term “queer” applied to lesbians to what to tell a client who had made up his or her mind to seek reparative therapy.
Amico later said that he was pleased by the audience’s response to his presentation, and pleasantly surprised to learn that the city could be quite accepting of gay and transgender people. “In terms of all other queer folk, I know at the conference everyone was surprised at how progressive Salt Lake City is. They weren’t expecting it,” he said. Q Visit NALGAP online at nalgap.org.
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discrimination based on sexual orienSalt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker’s tation. Statewide gay and transgender proposed ordinance to address housing rights group Equality Utah had previand workplace discrimination against ously asked the commission to keep gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender track of these inquiries. Will Carlson, Public Policy Manager people is drawing criticism from state legislators, and even the new governor. for statewide gay and transgender rights “Depending on how they carve out a group Equality Utah, encouraged gay protected class, it creates a concern that and transgender Utahns who have exis something we would want to look at,” perienced housing or employment disHouse Speaker Dave Clark, R-Santa crimination to speak out to counteract Clara, told the Salt Lake Tribune on this misconception. “Sen. Buttars expressed doubts that Aug. 26. LGBT people experience discriminaLikewise, Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, hinted that he might write a bill tion. The best thing we can do to counto outlaw the ordinance in the 2010 legis- teract that is to share our stories,” he lative session, which will begin in Janu- said, asking the community to contact ary. A long-time foe of gay rights who Clark, Buttars and Senate President Mimade headlines this year after telling a chael Waddoups. He also disagreed with Buttars’ asserdocumentary filmmaker that gays had tion that the law would grant gay and “no morals” and were “the biggest threat transgender people special rights. to America going down,” Buttars spon“Just about everyone I know has a sored legislation in 2008 to strike down sexual orientation or gender identity,” Salt Lake City’s domestic partner regishe said. “It’s important that everyone try. Legislators eventually compromised, realize that these protections are for evallowing the registry to stand with its eryone.” name changed to “mutual commitments Supporters of Becker’s proposed orregistry,” so as not to conflict with Utah’s dinance have said that it is well within constitutional gay marriage ban. the bounds of state and federal laws, parButtars told radio station KCPW on ticularly as the state will not act to add Aug. 24 that he didn’t believe gay and sexual orientation and gender identity transgender people faced discriminato statewide antidiscrimination laws. tion in Utah. The state has had opportunities to “I don’t think the discrimination they address such discrimination before. In scream about is really real,” he said. 2008 and 2009, the legislative commit“Now, I’m watching that to see what tees killed two such bills before they they try to do, and if they keep pushing could reach the House floor for debate. it, then I will bring a bill about it.” Openly lesbian Rep. Christine Johnson, However, Buttars later told the Tri- D-Salt Lake City, sponsored both bills. bune that he had “no intentions” of run- In 2009, her bill was one of four in Equalning such a bill. ity Utah’s Common Ground Initiative, A report issued by Salt Lake City’s all of which were defeated in committee Human Rights Commission, however, or withdrawn by their sponsors. Since has proven that such discrimination ex- then, Equality Utah has taken the bills ists. The report, released in July, docu- — which addressed such other things mented several cases of discrimination as probate and domestic partner rights throughout the city, and noted that it — to municipal governments like Salt most frequently occurred in the areas of Lake City’s. race and sexual orientation. In the past A day after Buttars’ KCPW interview, two years, QSaltLake and several other Becker himself went on the public radio media outlets have reported on sev- station to answer the senator’s critieral cases of gay, lesbian, bisexual and cisms. transgender people who say they were “Unfortunately, discrimination is fired because of their sexual orientation alive and well in Salt Lake City, as it is, I and gender identity. imagine, in other communities,” he said. One such person, Candace Metzler, is “It would be, I think, irresponsible of me a transgender woman who said she was to not take that issue on, to address it, to fired after transitioning at work, and do everything we can to eradicate diswho lived on the streets for a year before crimination in our community.” Becker finding another job. added that he had “initiated contact” On Aug. 20, Metzler organized a com- with Buttars and hoped to discuss the munity forum on workplace discrimina- ordinance and the issue of discrimination at the Salt Lake City Main Library. tion within the city. Likewise, the Utah Labor Commis“It appeared from the [KCPW] intersion revealed in this year’s legislative view that Sen. Buttars wasn’t aware of session that it receives an average of our report on discrimination that we three inquiries each month about job issued a few months ago,” said Becker. 8 | QSa lt L a k e | issue 13 6 | Sep te mber 3 , 20 09
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Gov. Gary Herbert “I want to make sure we get that in his hands.” Carlson agreed that the city was well within the law to offer such protections, and said that legislators who opposed it were actually supporting the type of “nanny state” they usually decry. “It’s one thing for the legislature not to pass a bill, but to come down and force the city to discriminate is much more harsh and much more irresponsible,” he said. “Any government that addresses [the issue of discrimination] should be praised, not punished.” Initially, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert initially responded cautiously to the ordinance. But in an Aug. 27 press conference, he told reporters that while he supported local government and the building of “ordinances and policies from the ground up,” he did not think such a law was necessary. “Well, I don’t think we should discriminate against gay people. I think people ought to be treated with respect,” he told Lisa Riley Roche of the Deseret Morning News. However, Herbert then said that he was reluctant to pass a law forbidding people to do just that. “We don’t have a rule for everybody to do the right thing,” he said. “We ought to just do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do and we don’t have to have a law that punishes us if we don’t.” When Jeff Robinson of KCPW asked why Utah law shouldn’t be expanded when it already prohibited discrimination based on religion and race, Herbert replied, “Well then, where do you stop? That’s the problem going down that slippery road. Pretty soon we’re going to have a special law for blue-eyed blonds.” Herbert’s comments made headlines across the country, and touched off a storm of protest on several gay news sites and blogs. Despite the controversy surrounding it, Becker’s ordinance has actually not been written yet. The mayor is still considering public comments (made before the cutoff date of Aug. 21) on the matter. He has said that he hopes to have the ordinance before the city council this month. Q
The University of Utah will host a Gay-la Dinner and Silent Auction on closing night of their annual Pride Week celebration. Themed “Justice for All ... If Not Now, When?”, the evening will include dancing (featuring a live DJ and a performance by Troy Lennerd). Professor Kathryn Bond Stockton will serve as master of ceremonies; author and performance artist Thea Hillman will give the keynote address. Pride Week will be held Oct. 5–8. When: Oct. 8, 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner Where: University Marriott Hotel Ballroom, 480 Wakara Way Cost: $65 per person, $650 per table of 10 (student tickets are available upon request). RSVP: Email cmartinez@sa.utah. edu, kstiel@sa.utah.edu or 801587-7973.
Walk for Life Registration has opened for the Utah AIDS Foundation’s annual AIDS walk, Walk for Life. Walkers may register as individuals or as members of a business or club team. Walkers are welcome to bring their dogs. This year’s walk will also feature Bike for Life, a 22-mile ride. When: Sept. 19, 8 a.m. (registration), 9 a.m. (walk begins) Where: Liberty Park, 589 E. 1300 S.
Gay Men’s Retreat Queer Spirit, a local group dedicated to gay men’s spirituality, will hold its annual autumn retreat near the end of this month. Held in Spring City, the three-day retreat includes various exercises including yoga, celebration, experiential group process and the use of various religious ceremonies (such as Native American sweat lodges) to help participants improve self-image and make healthier life choices. Space is limited to 18 participants, and so far Queer Spirit has attendees from Utah, Pennsylvania and Maryland. When: Sept 18–20, beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday and ending around 3 p.m. Sunday. Where: Windwalker Ranch, Spring City, Utah (approximately 90 minutes from Salt Lake City) Cost: $350 single, $250 double (includes meals and lodging) Registration Deadline: Sept. 4 Info: queerspirit.org.
DJ Bell and Dan Fair Head to Trial by JoSelle Vanderhooft
July 4 should be a day of fun, family and celebration of freedom. But for DJ Bell and Dan Fair, July 4, 2008 was nothing less than a nightmare. In the days following Bell and Fair’s beating at the hands of several men at a party next door, events became muddled, thanks in part to conflicting reports, biased headlines, and the community outrage and fear that always accompanies cases where children appear to have been harmed. What we do know is this: In the early hours of a long-lived Fourth of July celebration, Bell and Fair’s then-next door neighbor, Lulu Latu, discovered that her 2-year-old daughter and her cousin’s 4-year-old son were missing. She found them, crying but unharmed, at Bell and Fair’s house and took them home. While Latu and her family maintain that Bell, who they say visited the party earlier in the evening, took the children, witnesses at Bell and Fair’s house — including one housemate — say the crying children wandered next door, tired from the party and looking for their mother. Shortly after the children’s return, several men from the party broke through the couple’s back and front doors, shattered a window,and threw a television set at Fair’s head. The men caught Bell outside on the carport where they beat his head into the concrete, cut at his throat with glass and nearly severed one of his toes. When police responded to calls of a fight in progress, they arrested a bloodied and shaken Bell. To this date, the Salt Lake District Attorney’s office has yet to press charges against the attackers. The shocking photographs of Bell and Fair’s injuries, as well as the way in which police handled the case, enraged the local gay community, who held protests at the Matheson Courthouse, during Bell’s arraignment hearing. And unsurprisingly, that summer was filled with several distressing cases of gay men who reported being assaulted at parties, and even in their own apartment complexes. “It seemed to set off a trend,” agrees Fair. “The people who did this [to us] didn’t get punished, so they had no fear.” A little over a year after the events of that evening, QSaltLake sat down for an interview with Bell and Fair. Bell, a drag performer well-known by his stage name “Lola,” is a slight and soft-spoken man who enthuses about the beauty of his new home (the couple moved shortly after the attacks) and his love for his partner. He tears up several times during the interview and at one point excuses himself to the patio for a cigarette break to calm himself. Sitting on
the sofa next to Fair, he rests his hand on his partner’s shoulder. “I can forgive them for what they did to me, but not for what they did to him,” he says. “Hearing him scream out in pain [while Bell was outside on the carport], and I couldn’t do anything to save him because I was told if I moved, I’d be killed. It’s the worst pain I’ve ever felt, knowing my best friend and partner was that close to being taken away from me. They tried to take away his light. There are days when Dan’s not there when I wake up, and I cry because I’m terrified of him being taken away from me.” “It’s OK,” Fair soothes. “No, it’s not,” Bell says, wiping his eyes. “That’s what hurts the most.” The couple now share a beautiful home elsewhere in the Salt Lake Valley. Bell says they moved away as soon as they could, first to North Salt Lake, and then to their present location. They had to move back to the valley, he says, because of last year’s skyrocketing gas prices, and because of Fair’s job. “We felt so unsafe in the valley,” he says. “We felt like everywhere we went, we had to watch our back. We do feel safe here, but it has taken some work. One thing I was so angry about when I got out of jail was that I always felt like Salt Lake City was my home. They took that away from me, and if I feel like if I move anywhere else, it won’t be home. But I’m hoping once September ends that it will be home again.” September 21 is the date of Bell’s trial. He faces charges of kidnapping and burglary. Each count carries a minimum sentence of 15 years — the same sentence, Bell points out, for first degree murder. In all, he could be facing 30 years in prison. “They’re trying to keep from the jury that it’s the equivalent to murder,” he says. “I could be spending life in prison.” The couple says they are frustrated at the justice system on all levels — at police investigators on the scene who they say did not conduct a thorough investigation and did not arrest the men who attacked them, and at prosecutors for not pursuing assault charges against their attackers. Fair has retained Collin King, a civil attorney who will bring charges against his attackers if the city’s district attorney’s office continues to take no action. “And even if they do,” Fair says. “They failed me.” The two are also upset that the criminal records of some of their attackers, including that of Latu’s boyfriend Ieti Mageo, may not be heard in court. These are not charges for unrelated crimes like petty theft, say the couple, but a history of assault. Fair explained further in an Aug. 17 blog post to the Web site Injustice801.
Photos taken shortly after David James Bell (inset) and Dan Fair were assaulted by a family who believes they were trying to kidnap their children. com, a site set up by the couple’s friend Megan Pedersen, and which contains information about their case and ways to contribute to their legal fund. “Some of the things our attackers have done in the past have recently passed the 10-year mark,” wrote Fair. “One of the crimes is the one where the father, who was one of my attackers, did the same thing to another home and their occupants. We are not sure of the reason behind his behavior but the attack itself is very reminiscent of the attack on DJ and me. They smashed in doors, windows, whatever they could to get in and beat up the people inside. In the attack on those people, baseball bats and other items were used to inflict as much damage as possible. Sounds pretty familiar, huh? “Well ... the judge decided that if the prior conviction occurred 10 years prior to the date of the trial, the charge was inadmissible. Do you know what happened on the VERY DAY the charge was set to fall off Mageo’s record? The state requested a continuance! Was this merely coincidence or trickery on the part of the prosecution? The prosecutor swears that asking for more time had nothing to do with allowing the charges to fall off. I say “Whatever lady!” “Currently the judge is still deliberating on whether to allow this heinous conviction to be presented or not. Judging from all the previous times he has seen fit to side with the prosecution; we fear that he will not allow the previous convictions.” Fair also says he does not think the presiding judge, Paul Maughn, is objective. In his blog posts, he has criticized Maughn for being indecisive, and he tells QSaltLake that he thinks Maughn is biased to the prosecution. “He seems to be one-sided,” he says. “He always seems to lean towards the
prosecution, even though our lawyers make good points.” Although Salt Lake Valley’s gay community has stood largely behind the two since that July night, Pedersen says that she hopes the community at large will follow suit. Judging by many of the comments the couple have received through Injustice801.com, she says this seems to be the case. “When this all first happened, there were people [on news sites like Desnews.com and KSL.com] who were very cruel,” she says, referring to comments on news stories about the case that called for Bell’s torture and murder. “But it seems the tide has turned. A lot of people are saying, ‘Wait, what’s going on?’ I feel more people are saying this is not as cut and dry as it appeared to be.” Whether the tide is turning or not, Bell and Fair still hope that the gay community will show up for the Sept. 21 trial. Jury selection, said Fair, will begin at 9 a.m., and a protest is scheduled in front of the Matheson Courthouse at 8 a.m. While the couple hopes the trial will last no longer than a week, they admit that its duration is anyone’s guess. “But we want to call on our community and family to be there as often as possible,” says Fair. “The courtroom is not big, which is fine. We’re hoping it’ll be overflowed with our supporters, and that people will stay outside protesting. It’s time for people who love us to get together and say we’ve had enough. Whether it be us in our struggle or some other injustice, we’re tired of it and want to see something change.” Q
For more information about Bell and Fair’s case,to read Fair’s blog posts, or to make a donation to the couple’s legal fund, visit Injustice801.com.
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Steppin’ Out with the 2009 Walk For Life Once again, the Utah AIDS Foundation is inviting Utahns to lace up their sneakers, leash their dogs, grab some friends or co-workers and hit the streets of Salt Lake City for the 21st annual Walk For Life, a 10K (approximately six miles) walk/run to raise money for the foundation’s prevention and client services programs. “The support we receive from this event makes those most at risk receive accurate information and those infected receive the best possible care,” said Nathan Measom, UAF’s development director. Nathan Measom “Prevention education is definitely more important than ever right now,” said Measom, because HIV infections in Utah have risen drastically in the past few years, particularly in people between 14 and 24 years old. In 2008, approximately 300 walk participants, who gather pledges before and during the event, raised “about $50,000” for the foundation, said Measom. “This year, we would like to increase it to at least $75,000,” he continued. “It’s a difficult time for people [because of the economic downturn], so we’re hoping we can get everyone’s support.” To encourage people to come out (the foundation hopes at least 500 will show), Measom said the walk is going to “mix things up” a little bit as it moves into its second decade. This year will include the first annual Bike for Life, a 22-mile bike tour held the same day and also beginning in Liberty Park at 9 a.m. on Sept. 19 (the route will go through downtown Salt Lake City). Utah AIDS Foundation volunteers will be placed along the bike route to help riders raise funds along the way. “We had a lot of people in the community tell us they wanted that aspect,” Measom said of the bike ride. “I drove [the route] today and became more and more impressed with the people who will tackle it.” Fundraising will also be easier than ever for internet-savvy walkers and bikers. As during last year’s walk, participants can register online and build a build a fundraising Web page. “It’s very simple, very easy, and it was pretty successful for us last year,” said Measom. Groups who want to walk together,
including co-workers, members of religious or civic organizations can also register as a team. Teams can range from two to more than 100 individuals, and teams with more than 25 members as of Sept. 12 will qualify to have their own meeting station at the walk. Teams can be registered online, by fax, by phone at (801) 487-2323, by mail or in person at the foundation’s offices. As always, dogs who don’t mind the presence of other canines or the noise and bustle of a crowd are more than welcome to walk (leashed) alongside their owners. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. at Liberty Park, on Sept. 19. A warm-up and welcome will follow at 8:30 and the walk will kick off promptly at 9 a.m. The walk will end at noon at the 9th and 9th Street Festival, 900 E. 900 S., which has partnered with the Walk for Life in the past. Participants can then spend the afternoon unwinding and listening to entertainment courtesy of the foundation’s two groups for gay and bisexual
men: The Village and Hermanos de Luna y Sol. “They’re doing some fun performances that I think will be pretty entertaining,” said Measom. As always, participants of all ages and ability levels are welcome on the route. “It’s very family friendly, we have people in wheelchairs and strollers,” said Measom, adding that participants need not walk all six miles. “We have people who cut up the street and just head to the festival. It’s not required [to finish the walk], we just encourage everybody to show up. When you see a big crowd of people walking down the street, that’s a sign of community support, and I think in this day and age it’s important to show that people are behind us. It helps us out.” Registration for the walk is free, and all participants are encouraged to raise pledge money. A number of prizes are also available for fundraising goals: a Walk for Life shirt for $40 raised; a shirt and pin for $150; and a shirt, pin and hat for $250. Individuals who raise $500 or more will receive all of these incentives as well as entry into the walk’s 500 Club, where they will receive a polo shirt and an invitation to a special party to be held this fall. Q For more information visit utahaids.org.
Equality Utah Announces Favorable Candidate Recommendations The Equality Utah Political Action Committee has announced their list of recommended candidates in a number of municipal elections across the state to be held this fall. “These candidates will be fair-minded in their approach to policy-making and we hope to see them all come out of the primary successfully,” said Brandie Balken, the organization’s interim director, “We encourage Utahns to support these candidates by volunteering for their campaigns, requesting a lawn sign and becoming a part of this important campaign season.” All recommended candidates previously met with a number of individuals from Utah’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, and all support equal protections under the law based on sexual orientation and gender identity. One recommended candidate is Salt Lake City Councilmember Jill Remington Love, the first (and only) candidate to receive Equality Utah’s (then called Unity Utah) endorsement in 2001. In the 2008 election, Equality Utah endorsed 38 such candidates, 20 of whom won their elections. “I feel a genuine commitment to Equality Utah, and give them much of the credit for my first victory eight years ago,” said Love. “They supported me with dollars, volunteers and an intern. They found voters who cared about hu-
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man rights issues and they helped me get them out to vote. I had a partner in Equality Utah.” Equality Utah will issue endorsements of candidates after the Sept. 15 primary. The general election will be held Nov. 3. The PAC’s recommendations are as follows: American Fork Mayor: Ed Cameron Heber Mayor: Jeff Jones Moab Mayor: Dave Sakrison and Janet Marie Miller Moab City Council: Norm Boyd and Kyle Bailey Park City Mayor: Dana Williams and Brad Olch Ogden City Council At-Large B: Roan Poulter and Angelo Roma City Council Ward 1: Jesse Garcia City Council Ward 3: David Wolfgraham and Trevor Hansen Salt Lake City City Council District 1: Carlton Christensen and Leslie Reynolds-Benns SL City Council District 3: Lisa Alcott, Stan Penfold and Jennifer Johnson SL City Council District 5: Jill Remington Love SL City Council District 7: Soren Simonsen and Lisa Adams South Jordan City Council District 3: Joe Ross Taylorsville Mayor: Russ Wall West Jordan City Council: Mike Withers West Valley City Mayor: Kevin Fayles West Valley City Council: Devin Heaps
Q mmunity Pride Center Chili Cookoff The Utah Pride Center and many of is celebrating the first annual National Community Center Awareness Day on Sept. 15. The theme of this year’s event is: “How my Community Center Changed My Life.” Leaders are asking those who have participated in the events and programs of the Utah Pride Center to submit, in essay form, stories of how the center has made an impact in their lives. Stories can be e-mailed to pride@utahpridecenter.com. A Neighborhood Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. and is free to all. An open house of the Center’s offices and meeting spaces goes from 12–4 p.m. From 4–8 p.m., a street fair and chili cook-off with representatives from each of its more than 20 programs and community organizations. All proceeds from the sale of chili will go to the winner of the contest!
Ride Against Domestic Violence The Utah County Domestic Violence Coalition will hold a two-hour motorcycle ride Sept. 12. All proceeds will go to domestic violence survivors in Utah County. When: Sept. 12 (registration 9–10 a.m., ride begins at 10:30 a.m.) Where: Escape Motor Sports, 1480 N. State St., Provo Registration: $15 per person (includes pin, lunch and chance to win door prizes) Info: ucdvc.org.
SLC Pagan Pride 2009 This year’s Pagan Pride celebration, “Embrace the Flames of Change,” will celebrate a number of pagan religious practices that often fall under the banner of Pagan, including: Modern Paganism, Neo-Paganism, ancient polytheism, Asatru, Druidry and Wicca. Activities at the festival will include Pagan religious ceremony and workshops, craft projects and information about a number of Pagan spiritual practices. All ages are welcome at the gathering, and there will be a number of activities for children. When: Sept. 12, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Where: Murray Park, 202 E. Murray Park Ave., in pavilions 1, 2 and 3, Cost: Free, but attendees are asked to bring one or more non-perishable food items for donation to the Utah Food Bank. Info: Kenneth Guthrie at (801) 9737006 or saltlakeppd@gmail.com.
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News Gay Mormons to Hold National Conference in Salt Lake City In the last year, the Utah-based LDS Church has found itself at the center of a swirling storm over gay rights, thanks to its support for California’s Proposition 8, which re-banned gay marriage in the Bay State last November. Given the church’s position and the negative press it has received since, one might think that the scheduling of a conference for gay and lesbian Mormons just a short drive from the downtown LDS temple was a deliberate move. A protest against the church’s policies, perhaps, or a simple reminder that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Mormons are here, queer and not going anywhere? Actually, it was just a coincidence. “This is about the fifth time we’ve been here,” said David Melson, executive director of Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons, noting that the group’s leadership actually scheduled the conference for Salt Lake City in 2007, at least a year before the California Supreme Court ruled that the state’s constitution did not prohibit same-sex marriage. “Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and Salt Lake City are our standard locations. It was kind of time.” This year’s Affirmation conference will be held Sept. 18–20 at the University of Utah Guest House, 110 South Ft. Douglas. The three days of presentations, panels and entertainment promise to be one of the group’s most exciting conferences in recent memory, as well as one of their most diverse. “We’ve really pulled out all the stops to get as many people here in as many different situations as possible,” said David Nielson, the 2009 ConferDavid Nielson ence director. “It’s not just going to be gay people. We have a lot of straight supporters coming ... bloggers, people in mixed-orientation marriages.” And there will likely be at least one thing on the programming that all of these diverse attendees will find interesting. This year’s conference will feature favorites such as Carol Lynn Pearson, the California-based Mormon author of No More Goodbyes — about her marriage to a gay man, and the critically acclaimed play Facing East, about a Mormon couple trying to come to terms with their gay son’s suicide. This year, said Nielsen, Pearson will be “tag-team”
teaching a session with her daughter, Emily. Other gay and lesbian-friendly Mormon groups such as Gamofites, an organization for gay Mormon fathers, and LDS Family Fellowship will also hold meetings and forums. But this conference also boasts some exciting new additions among the familiar.
Concert
On Sept. 18, the Christian pop duo Jason & deMarco will kick off the conference with an evening performance. The band, fronted by two singers who are also a couple, plays a combination of “acoustic pop/folk,” and are very popular in the Bible Belt, according to Melson. Recently, the duo filmed an autobiographical documentary called We’re All Angels, chronicling their lives and their appearances in dance clubs and churches alike. “Some of the members of the conference committee are real fans of theirs,” said Melson. “I don’t think they’re really wellknown around here, but I think as people find out about them, they’re really going to like them,” said Nielson. “The thing that makes them interesting in the Bible Belt is the same thing that will make them interesting here.” Saturday, Sept. 19 will feature a wide array of workshops. Clay Essig, an out gay man and a practicing Mormon who was interviewed in a 2004 Deseret News story about gays and the church, will lead one of the morning workshops, in which Nielson said he will discuss his views on gays in the Gospel “and how he fits his sexuality with the broader ideas of Mormonism.” “Clay completely informed my worldview about spirituality and Mormonism, because the way that he gets those two ideas to work together is so seamless and so perfect,” said Nielson. “I think [his ideas are] a model for how things are going to be when the church finally comes around.” Joan and Bill Atkinson, a straight couple from Southern California, will also present a workshop. The two are parents to gay children and to many other gay Mormons in their home state, said Nielson. “To a lot of gay Mormons who live in Southern California they were like surrogate parents after they were disowned by their own parents,” he said. “A lot of gay and lesbian Mormons call them mom and dad.”
Schedule
Saturday afternoon will feature a number of “local celebrities” for attendees. During the 1 p.m. luncheon, Robert Kirby, the self-described “oxy-Mormon” Salt Lake Tribune columnist, will
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speak. Kirby, who has often received criticism from some Mormons for his irreverent meditations on Mormon culture and theology, has written in support of gays and same-sex marriage in the past. “He is a great supporter, and the way he talks about [gay marriage] is really great: ‘I don’t see what the big deal about it is, let’s give everyone equality,’” said Nielson. Kirby will also be joined by Sister Dottie Dixon, KRCL radio star and outspoken Mormon mother of a gay son. At 3 p.m., Sister Dottie will emcee a show featuring some of the models from Men on a Mission, the popular, cheeky but tasteful, Mormon beefcake calendar that came to the world’s attention when its publisher, Chad Hardy, was excommunicated from the LDS Church, in part because of the project. “If you could imagine the Men on a Mission calendar doing a runway show with dancing? Yeah, that’s what that’s gonna be like. It’ll be a lot of fun,” said Nielson. “It looks like we’re going to be able to have four or five of Chad’s regular models and then a few that we haven’t seen yet, and maybe even some female models. There should be lots of hotness to go around.”
Instant Choir
That evening will also feature a first for Affirmation: one of two rehearsals for an “instant choir” performance. Affirmation commissioned local composer David Naylor to create a song inspired by the conference’s theme, “The View from Here.” The song that bears the same title will be performed by a choir made up of Affirmation attendees. Sunday afternoon’s luncheon speaker will be Carl Sciortino, an openly gay Massachusetts Representative who lead the fight to defeat an amendment seeking to re-ban gay marriage in his home state, and who has recently filed legislation in favor of legal protections for transgender people. “Carl is actually a personal friend of one of the people on Affirmation’s executive committee, so we get to have him,” said Nielson. “He’s flying in from Massachusetts just to speak at our conference.” Other presenters of interest include University of Utah psychology professor Lisa Diamond, who will discuss her research into female bisexuality and theories about the biological roots of homosexuality; the UofU’s LGBT Resource Center director Cathy Martinez; and Stephen Williams, director of Voicings, an independent film about a gay Mormon man married to a woman. The film will be screened on Saturday after Kirby’s talk. Q For a complete schedule of events, visit affirmation2009.com. Tickets to the Jason & deMarco concert may be purchased at the door or by calling Morgan Smith at (801) 580-0843.
Affirmation 2009 Conference Schedule Friday, September 18 2–5pm 3–7pm
Council of Chapter Reps Registration Open, Foyer Univ. Guest House 5–6pm First Timers Orientation 5:30–7pm Gathering: Buffet Dinner & Socializing, Officer’s Club 8pm Jason & DeMarco Concert, Libby Gardner Hall
Saturday, September 19 Early morning Yoga 6:30–8am Breakfast, Guest House or on your own 8:15am Opening Plenary Session Marie Soderburg 9:15am Morning Workshops I: • Clay Essig • Sarah Jordan • Joan & Bill Atkinson Guest House Meeting Rooms 10:30am Morning Workshops II: • D. Michael Quinn • Lisa Diamond • Carol Lynn & Emily Pearson Guest House Meeting Rooms 11:45am Morning Workshops III: • Connel O.Donovan • Cathy Martinez • Children of Gamofites Guest House Meeting Rooms 1pm Luncheon • Robert Kirby “A View From Over Here” • Film Screening, Voicings 3pm Afternoon Workshops III: • Voicings Q&A with Stephen Williams • Chad Hardy: Men on a Mission Guest House Meeting Rooms 4:30pm Affirmation Chorus Rehearsal Post Theater 7pm Awards Banquet • Affirmation Writing Award • Michael Farr Award • Paul Mortensen Award
Sunday, September 20 6:30am
Early morning Yoga Breakfast, Guest House or on your own 8:30am Music & the Spoken Word Depart 8:30am to Temple Square 11:15am Affirmation Devotional Post Theater 12:30pm Sunday Afternoon Luncheon • Guest Speaker: Carl Sciortino, “What a Fabulous View We Have Here” • Announcement of 2010 Conference 2:30pm Theater Reading by Plan-B Theatre, Borderlands 5pm Family Fellowship Forum • “A Tribute to Our GLBT Children”
Salt Lake Author Eyes City Council Seat Again A Salt Lake City therapist, author and activist is hoping the second time will be the charm when it comes to her bid for District 1’s City Council seat. Dr. Leslie Reynolds-Benns ran for the office in 2006 after Equality Utah board member Boyer Jarvis asked her to run against incumbent Carlton Christensen. His request, she said, came at an unusual time: after the funeral of local civil rights leader Alberta Henry, who was one of Reynolds-Benns’ friends. When Reynolds-Benns mentioned that she wanted to join then-Mayor Rocky Anderson’s newly-formed Human Rights Commission, she said Jarvis insisted she run for council instead. “I started walking [campaigning door-to-door] that night,” ReynoldsBenns told Salt Lake Metro at the time. But despite all her walking, and her outspoken support for immigrants and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, Reynolds-Benns lost to Christiansen. At the time, she said, she thought that was the end of her attempts at a political career. And then came the Common Ground Initiative, California’s Proposition 8 and Salt Lake City’s emergence as a hotbed of gay and transgender rights activism. “What got me [to run again] this year was the poor reception of the Common Ground Initiative at the legislature. That just had me on fire,” she said. So now, Reynolds-Benns is one of three candidates courting the voters of District 1. Her campaign efforts were ostensibly helped in the last day of August by an endorsement from Equality Utah, which named her and opponent Christensen as recommended candidates in the Sept. 14 primary. After walking the neighborhoods in her district, which extends north from North Temple to the Davis County line and from 900 West to the city’s western boundary, ReynoldsBenns said the district’s attitude has changed a lot since 2006. “This is a whole new district I’m walking in now,” she said. “People are happy to see me, people are open to talk about Carlton who have supported him in past. I think they feel disappointed. They feel betrayed because he ran for Senate last year and was defeated, so they feel he had higher aspirations that weren’t fulfilled.” Although Reynolds-Benns’ own political aspirations weren’t fulfilled in 2006, she has nonetheless kept busy since then. In the last three years she has run an anti-litter campaign in her district when residents complained that people were depositing their trash on the streets. At first, she said she just picked up some of the trash herself. But when she became the chairperson
of the Westpointe Community Council, she applied for grants to purchase large stone garbage cans for distribution throughout the area, upon which she placed posters in English and Spanish encouraging people to use them. She also began a four-page bilingual community newsletter, instituted the district’s Annual Night Out Against Crime and served as an ad-hoc member of the Mayor’s gang forum. “I was a newcomer and they didn’t know how innovative and committed I am,” she said. “If I take something on, I do it completely. I produce results and I get them, I really do.” When asked to name her top priorities, Reynolds-Benns mentioned keeping children out of gangs; helping the residents in her district become financially literate; and stopping prostitution on Redwood Road by establishing a program to help drug-addicted prostitutes receive treatment. She also stated her support for redeveloping the neighborhoods of North Temple — work that should take place, she said, before the development of the so-called “Northwest Quadrant,” the area west of the airport. She is particularly critical of Christensen for supporting a plan to develop the Northwest Quadrant over plans to revitalize North Temple. “For more than 10 years, since the North Temple TRAX light rail was first planned, the incumbent councilman has shown no leadership, and now the city must play catch-up with a tight schedule to get this project completed,” Reynolds-Benns wrote on her campaign Web site. “We must take care of our existing neighborhoods before we leapfrog to our next development and leave our current community behind.” And, of course, Reynolds-Benns is passionate about rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. A PFLAG mother with a gay daughter, she is also a member of the Human Rights Council, a national gay rights group and has advertised to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies. If elected, she said she will support Mayor Ralph Becker’s gay and transgender-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance. “I’m thrilled that he’s initiating that,” she said. “I continue to be amazed. Until [Equality Utah’s] Common Ground Initiative came out I didn’t realize people could be fired from their jobs for being gay. I didn’t realize that until the [citywide mutual commitments] registry came out and people were afraid they’d be fired if they registered [as domestic partners]. We live with a ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ here in Salt Lake, which just amazes me. It hurts my heart.” “I just want them to have full civil
rights, and they deserve the full rights of marriage,” she continued. “I’m married to an African-American man, and I know what he went through. I can even talk about women’s suffrage, what we went through. We went through the same thing with the same opposition. And now gays and lesbians are going through it; the same thing with the same opposition! I don’t see why people don’t get the point!” Reynolds-Benns said she is hopeful other PFLAG parents and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizens in her district will volunteer on her campaign
and to walk with her through District 1’s neighborhoods, especially now that she has Equality Utah’s approval. Whether she goes on after the September primary, and whether or not she wins a place on the city council, Reynolds-Benns said she will happily continue to serve the citizens in her district. “A lot of these things I’ll continue to do. I won’t drop them,” she said. “Though I’d certainly like to be elected, too!” Q Visit Leslie Reynolds-Benns’ campaign Web site at electlesliebenns.com.
Anti-Gay Artist to Perform in Salt Lake Though Canceled Nationwide
A series of upcoming concerts by Ja- ate Act, in which artists vow to refrain maican dancehall star Buju Banton from singing anti-gay lyrics or making were canceled by promoters after they homophobic statements, but he later received hundreds of e-mails and criti- denied that he took the pledge. Michael Roth, vice president of comcism from gay groups. Live Nation canceled four concerts in Chicago, Las munications for AEG, said in a stateVegas, Dallas and Houston. AEG can- ment: “We are aware of the concerns celed its San Francisco and Philadel- that were brought to our attention this week with regards to Buju Banton’s phia shows. Banton is scheduled to play at Urban October appearance. We are reaching Lounge in Salt Lake in October. Calls out to the artist, artist management and and e-mails to Urban Lounge by QSalt- the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center to satisfactorily resolve the issues that have Lake were not returned by press time. Banton has a track record of perform- been presented.” ing music with lines that reference kill- Buju Banton - Boom Bye Bye ing gay men, including one song that (English translation) mentions throwing acid on LGBT peoAnytime Buju Banton comes ple and burning them like old tires. Faggots get up and run.. In songs such as “Boom, Bye Bye,” Boom (gun shot) bye bye (as in dead) from 1988, Banton calls for the torture In a faggot’s head and murder of gay men. “If a guy comes Rude boy don’t promote any nasty near me,” he sings, “then his skin must (queer) man peel. Burn him up bad like an old tire They have to die... wheel.” Send for the automatic (gun) and In Jamaica, pouring acid on an indiThe Uzi (gun) instead vidual is a common revenge tactic. Shoot them, don’t come (to help them) In 2006, he was acquitted of charges if we shoot them.. that he assaulted a group of gay men If a guy comes near me in Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. In Then his skin must peel Burn him up bad like an old tire 2007 he signed the Reggae CompassionSep te mber 3 , 20 09 | issue 13 6 | QSa lt L a k e | 13
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Letters Family Fun at Lagoon Editor, Today, my husband and I spontaneously decided to take our little man to Lagoon for some fun and to get away from the house. We invited my mother and father-in-law to go and learned a lot from the experience. When we got to Lagoon, it was packed! And I mean packed! We ended up parking in the BFE overflow parking lot, which is in the middle of a herd of bulls (no kidding). Mr. Big and I have never seen it so busy in our entire lives. When we arrived at the ticket window, I started to notice that there was an enormous number of really happy 20 somethings all around us. It didn’t take me long to figure out that all of these super happy people were either gay or lesbian in nature. I sort of chuckled inside, thinking not much of the situation. The longer we waited for tickets, the more my motherin-law started making comments about all of the gays everywhere. They were holding hands, kissing, laughing and hugging. A strange sight for her to see. I often forget that the world our parents grew up in was so vastly different than that of today. Curiosity finally got to me. When I gave my ticket to the gal at the gate entrance, I asked her if there were any special events going on at Lagoon since it seemed to be so busy. The cute little girl looked up at me and chuckled. She quickly smiled and whispered to me that it was “GAY DAY at Lagoon.” We could not have picked a better day to visit Lagoon. Yes, it was busy. However, we were among the happiest, most polite and loving group of individuals on the planet. The lines may of been long, but they seemed to pass by so quickly with all of the fun conversations. Our little man had a blast! Lesson for the day: When you feel that your being swallowed up by negativity ... just surround yourself with happy people.
tion of incumbent Councilman Carlton Christensen from the 1st Council District. We made no endorsements of the campaigns for the 5th and 7th Council Districts. Candidates who don’t reply to the questions that are asked of them might enjoy “talking to voters,” but candidates who answer the questions might discover how much they like talking WITH voters, too.
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Editor, I don’t know Stan Penfold. I have no doubt he’s a great guy [“UAF Director Seeks City Council Seat,” QSaltLake, Aug. 20]. I do, however, know Lisa AllHeather cott. The reason I know Lisa is because Salt Lake City I have been fighting to get Democrats, progressive individuals, and gay friendly candidates elected to all areas of govEditor, ernment for a long time now. The reason Salt Lake City Council candidate Stan I know Lisa Allcott is that she has been Penfold said that he “enjoys talking right there beside me fighting for those to voters and hearing ‘their ideas and same causes. From sponsoring Equality thoughts and concerns’” [“UAF Direc- Utah’s Allies Dinner to being instrutor Seeks City Council Seat,” QSaltLake, mental in electing our gay members of Aug. 20]. the legislature, Lisa has been there as a Those of us at Stonewall Shooting very strong ally. She is someone I, as a Sports of Utah wouldn’t know how much gay man, trust fully to speak for me on he enjoys talking to voters. After con- the city council representing District 3 tacting him four times, he never replied in Salt Lake City. to our questions about his campaign. I am concerned that there is a habit in As a result, we endorsed the campaign the gay community to vote for the gay for the election of Phil Carroll to serve candidate no matter what. I don’t disas the Councilman from the 3rd Council agree with wanting more gay elected ofDistrict. We also endorsed the reelec- ficial, no doubt we can only benefit from 1 4 | QSa lt L a k e | issue 13 6 | Sep te mber 3 , 20 09
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that. However, I think it is important we look at all candidates equally and realize that sometimes a strong ally voice can be just as good, possibly better, than that of one of our own. Again, I don’t know Stan Penfold, but I do know Lisa Allcott and I support her 100 percent.
Weston Clark
Chair, Salt Lake County Democratic Party
Show Same Respect Editor, I see that the “Christians” have taken to writing directly to QSaltLake to complain that we are hurting their feelings when we call them “bigots” and “haters”. [Letters, QSaltLake, Aug. 6, 2009] Gee, I’m sorry. I agree with the “Christians.” They do deserve our respect. We should show them the same respect they show us when they cast us out, spit on us, call us vile and filthy names, tie us to a flaming faggot and burn us at the stake, beat us, torture us, kill us and lie about our nature, who we are and what we do. We owe them the same respect they give us when they show up at our celebrations, our funerals and our worship services with their odious signs and bullhorns. Who would have thought that they would not appreciate the same courtesy! Yes. Giving them the same respect that they show us would be refreshing.
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Guest Editorial Open Letter to Gov. Herbert by Jacob Whipple
Governor Herbert: You recently came out on your position regarding protections for the LGBT community. Your argument was that people “ought to do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do.” And that if we go down this path then we’re going to have to “have a special law for blue-eyed blonds.” You also say that such protections would make it hard for businesses to function. Unfortunately, Mr. Governor, people don’t always do the right thing. Sometimes people fire someone just because they’re gay or transgender. I’ll point you to Mr. Becker who has over a year’s worth of data showing that employers aren’t doing the right thing. I’ll point you to the Department of Labor which has similar statistics. I’ll point you to 21 other states that
have passed similar laws because they saw discrimination. I’ll point you to a majority of senators and representatives who agree that there’s discrimination and are working on passing a federal bill (called ENDA) to prevent it from happening. Open your eyes to the plethora of cold hard fact: the LGBT community is discriminated against. Now, if you can show me equally convincing evidence that blue-eyed blonds are being denied work, being unfairly discharged or unfairly evicted then I will stand next to you and ask for their protections as well. However, you and I both know that it doesn’t exist. You and I both know that there is no slippery slope for protected classes. If there is a history of discrimination it should be addressed, otherwise you are facilitating discrimi-
You and I both know that there is no slippery slope for protected classes.
directly affected by not having these protections. I urge you to see that these protections would do no harm to anyone outside of the LGBT community, to businesses or to our economy. Take a step back from your personal life and see how this affects other people everyday, and do what you can to help them instead of standing idly by as they suffer. If you still don’t believe that there is cause for protection, then I ask you to google Steven Anderson of Tempe, Ariz. and hear him preach to his congregation that God commands that homosexuals be executed. I don’t hear any sermons asking for blue-eyed blonds to be put to death. Your constituent, Jacob Whipple Organizer, All For One Initiative
nation of your constituents. I hope you don’t believe that federal protections for people based on race, ethnicity, religion (including Mormon), age, sex, disability and veteran status have crippled businesses from functioning. If a person is qualified for a position then they should not be kept from being hired nor should they be unfairly fired for being in one of these classes. Just as people in those classes have been hired and fired for decades since the enactment of these federal protections in the ’60s, the LGBT community will also be hired and fired based on their work performance. However, their sexual orientation and gender identity should not play a role in those decisions. I hope that you look at the facts and the statistics. I pray that you listen to your constituents who are being
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Q on the Street In light of its closure and an end of an era, we asked:
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Radio City Lounge?
Sam Mills I’m going to miss the easygoing atmosphere and the fact that everyone could feel welcome there.
Tracy Anderson Neale
Matthew Landis
Larry Vaughan
Scott Perry
Michael Arcentales
Scary trolls (I learned what those were at the RC), leather chaps (pants optional), broken pool cues, watereddown beer and feather boas. And yet, to me, it was oddly nostalgic, wonderfully eclectic and very ‘how the hell did this place end up in Utah?’ Although ... Bobby did make me hide under a table once when some straight bikers wandered in and decided to pick a fight. I’m not sure if that was for my protection from the bikers or the inevitable arrival of the cops.
I used to go there when I was 18 because they were really lax with IDs. I would always just say I forgot it and they would sort of shrug. It was the first gay bar I ever went to. They used to have a great beer bust. Fondest memory is having sex in the back parking lot in the front seat of an old, tiny Subaru hatchback. Youth.
Auntie D.’s “Salute to Cowboys,” schnapps shooters being passed around on silver trays, and watching Marvin playing pinball for hours (all back in the ’80s)...good times!
My friend and I played pool with two guys who had just been released from prison that day. The one I was after said: “They said I killed my stepdad, but I didn’t.” Nothing but the finest for me!
I came to Salt Lake City 10 years ago and the first bar I stopped by was RC. It was a Sunday at 11 a.m. and I was walking by so I decided to visit it. Well, I sat at the bar and a guy stopped by with Burger King hamburgers for all! It was fun — all the talk for the two hours I was there while drinking free coffee. It made a nice impression about the place and friendly customers at RC.
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Queer Gnosis Ending the War Between Mormons and Gays The following comments were given (more or less) at the National Kiss-in rally on Aug. 15 in Salt Lake City. by Troy Williams
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Let’s stop projecting our own fears onto other people. Doesn’t that feel good? So now that we Mormons and queers have embraced our inner freak, there is one more element required to end the Gay Mormon conflict. The LDS leadership needs to repent. That’s right. In primary I was taught the “4 Rs of Repentance.” When you hurt somebody — when you steal something; when you bear false witness against someone — you need to first ‘R’econgnize that you have sinned. The
Mormons and gays. We are ready for hostilities to cease. For queers and Mormons to peacefully coexist we are going to all have to engage in some very deep soul searching. But it’s going to require even greater soul searching by the leadership of the Latter-day Saints. Hear me out! The biggest challenge facing Utah today is internalized Mormonphobia. Deep down inside, many Latter-day Saints are uncomfortable with their theology and their history. The Garden of Eden in Missouri, baptizing dead relatives and marrying multiple wives in heaven to conceive planets without end is all goofy stuff. It’s embarrassing. And most Mormons these days just really want to ignore their oddball theology and just be accepted as mainstream American Christians — badly! As Gordon B. Hinckley earnestly told Larry King, “We are not a weird people.” Well, I hate to break this to you Saints — but you are. And it’s OK. Embrace your weirdness. Mormon scriptures claim that your god called you to be a peculiar people. Go with that. Don’t fight it. Peculiar is, after all, just another word for “queer.” And just as Mormons must embrace their weirdness, so too should we queers. We are sexual deviants and perverts. That’s right! I’m not apologizing for that. This is nothing to be ashamed of. And LDS leadership has consistently lied thank god for us deviants. Embrace it. about who queers are. Spencer Kimball Own it. Flaunt it with pride. We’ve got described homosexuality as a slippery to stop fearing and hating these things slope toward bestiality. Boyd K. Packer inside us. advocated physical violence against And this is what the gays and the Morgays. BYU electrocuted us. Bishops mons can learn from each other. We’ve counseled gay men to marry straight all got to embrace our inner freak. This women. The church’s Sacred Security is how we end the war. We’re all misfits, physically accosted Matt and Derek. queers and oddballs. There is no such And Thomas S. Monson presided over thing as normal. And thank god. Hippy a deceptive political campaign to strip Hop artist Michael Franti says it best: away the civil liberties of gay and les“All the freaky people make the beauty bian families in California and across of the world.” the country. Without the freaks the whole world Second, the leadership of the Church would be drab and boring. Can you imagneeds to feel ‘R’emorse for these actions. ine life as a global Sacrament Meeting? Mormons know what it’s like to be perseQueers: We are sexual perverts and cuted, mobbed, killed and driven across deviants. Embrace it! the country. Mormons were hated just Mormons: You believe goofy, imposfor being different. Mormons, of all peosible things. Embrace it! ple, ought to feel empathy for the plight Everyone: We’re all freaks. Embrace 16 | QSa lt L a k e | issue 13 6 | Sep te mber 3 , 20 09
Mormons, of all people, ought to feel empathy for the plight of another stigmatized minority. Shame on you if you don’t.
of another stigmatized minority. Shame on you if you don’t. Third, the leadership of the Church must make ‘R’estitution for their sins against the gay community. We’ll start with a public apology. After which, you’ll close down Evergreen. And finally, you will use your influence to encourage the Utah Legislature to pass the Common Ground Initiative this January. That would make a good start. Finally: President Monson, you must ‘R’esolve never to sin again. And when the leadership of the Church humbly asks for our forgiveness — and in good faith works to make amends — we queers will forgive them and we’ll go our way in peace. We won’t ask to get married in their temples. We won’t launch any political campaigns to strip away their rights. And we won’t make fun of them for eating at ChuckA-Rama. But understand this reality: There will never be peace between the Mormons and the gays until the LDS leadership takes responsibility for their actions and seriously begins to address their wrongs against us. The burden of “change” has always been placed on our shoulders — but no longer. I stand before you today not with anger, but rather with a determined defiance against all forms of moral oppression and spiritual tyranny. We will settle for nothing less than full civil equality in this state and in the nation. We don’t hate Mormons. We really don’t. My family is Mormon. I wouldn’t exist without the whole mythical, magical fantasy that is the religion. Thank you, Joseph Smith, for your imaginary golden plates and your enchanted seer stones. They captured the conviction of a people who would follow their faith across desolate plains and rugged mountains. Those people are our ancestors. And their impossible imagination built a city that we lovingly call home. And today in this city, a group of New Queer Pioneers are crossing a different terrain. We are marching forward on an intrepid trek toward social justice, inclusion and equality for all people. This is the legacy that we queers will leave for Utah. We are the generation that will break down the walls of patriarchy and bigotry so that all people can be free. So to all the freaks and queers, the Mormons, the perverts, the polygamists, the dykes and trannies, the missionaries, the fetish S&M club, all you people trying to be gods: let’s respect our differences. Stop fearing each other. As I have loved you, love one another. From this day forward, let’s all start making passionate, freaky, horny, hardcore love with each other. Thank you! Q Troy blogs at queergnosis.com.
SNAP: Sam Granato For almost 20 years restaurateur and all-around nice guy Sam Granato has quietly donated elaborate meat and cheese trays to the Camp Pinecliff Weekend retreat for people with AIDS. Now he is running as a Democrat for the Senate Seat currently held by Senator Bob Bennett. It will be an uphill climb against difficult conservative opposition (either Bob Bennett, Tim Bridgewater, Cherilyn Eager or Mark Shurtleff), but we are proud of Sam for throwing his hat in the ring and balancing the debate.
SLAP: Gov. Gary Herbert We were wary of Huntsman’s replacement even before we heard that his complete thoughts on gay rights were “I support Amendment 3.” But we did hope former Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert would go at least a month into his new term before making an ass of himself. No such luck. Of course, we should have known our new guv wouldn’t exactly do cartwheels over Salt Lake Mayor Ralph Becker’s proposed nondiscrimination ordinance. But even in our wildest dreams we never expected him to compare basic housing and employment protections for gay and transgender people to “a special law for blue-eyed blonds,” or to say that we should just trust people to “do the right thing” when it comes to not discriminating. Um, Gov.? White people (that is, the majority of blond, blue-eyed individuals) generally don’t need any explicit protections because they’re the majority. You know, the social default. The only ones who actually benefit from the racism that makes antidiscrimination laws based on race necessary. And if we’re just trusting people to “do the right thing,” why do we even bother paying our legislators to pass laws? Are you just not paying attention to the words coming out of your mouth? Then again, you and Sen. Chris Buttars do seem to keep losing the memo saying that you and all straight, cisgender (non-transgender) Salt Lake residents have a sexual orientation and a gender identity and so are also covered by this law, so ... hell, we don’t even know anymore. Is it time for that special election yet?
SLAP: Sen. Chris Buttars (yes, again!) Speak of the devil. Can’t you wait at least until Becker actually drafts this law before making noise about writing a bill to slap it and municipal government in Utah down? Really, that’s just manners.
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Over the years, peaches, no one has been personally nicer to me, or easier to work with than Gene and the folks at Club Try-Angles. So consider yourselves warned that I have absolutely zero objectivity as I review their latest venture, the Off Trax coffee shop at 259 W. 900 S. What can I say, petals? It takes a lot of guts to open a new business in the middle of an economic recession, let alone something as risky as an eating establishment. But Gene and the Try-Angles crew have performed a Make-Over Miracle by taking a blighted, sleazy, crime-riddled auto mechanics shop and turning it into a welcoming, spotless café with months of hard work and some serious capital investment. BRAVO! The transformation has been nothing short of stunning. I should get these kids to redo my blighted kitchen (which, sadly, also has car parts and a grease trap in it.). I bet the homeowners in the area must really appreciate the gay boys dolling up the neighborhood (and by the way Scooter, the perennial garden you planted in front of Try-Angles has never looked better.). It’s exciting to watch the area around Try-Angles and Off Trax take on a whole new lease on life. Well, with the exception of those god-awful Legoland apartment buildings with the crack den color schemes that you can see from the freeway. Seriously, cherubs, what is up with that green, red and yellow monstrosity on 2nd West? Somebody please tell me that’s subsidized housing for the blind. But enough about gentrification, let’s talk about the food at Off Trax. It’s comfort food, and you know how much Ruby loves her some comfort food. Mr. Ridge and I stopped in for lunch and had a pulled pork sandwich and a Philly cheese steak. Yum Ho! I am planning on systematically working my
way through the entire Off Trax menu starting with their breakfast items (a lot of fabulous egg combos, omelets and French toast), and then sampling their variety of sandwiches and burgers. I will probably fixate on the fried finger foods. You know, the four basic food groups — battered mushrooms, onion rings, buffalo wings and mozzarella sticks — that make up the USDA recommended fried food pyramid. Darlings, I have to wonder why KFC took the “Fried” out of their name. It’s not like they’re fooling anyone, and besides, if you are going to deep fry something, I say take ownership of it; embrace the grease, and apologize to no one! But that’s just me ... . Anyway, let me tell you why comfy coffee shops and diners are so near and dear to my heart, pumpkins. Years ago I was in Calgary, Alberta for the Calgary Stampede, and there I found the most wonderful gay and lesbian coffee shop, comfort food grill and wine bar. It was called Queen Victoria’s, or maybe it was Prince Albert’s. Oh wait, no, that’s something totally different. Never mind. Yes, it was definitely Queen Victoria’s. I remember watching the locals (gays, straights, lesbians, old, young — the whole petting zoo) eating breakfast. They were talking with their mouths full, joking and passing sections of the morning newspaper around the restaurant. It was like a big, noisy family breakfast table, which struck me as so healthy. It was a friendly community hangout where no one is a stranger for long, which is my greatest hope for Off Trax. I have to say, though, despite the well-rounded menu at Off Trax, there is one glaring omission: It needs a “Michael Aaron Happy Meal.” That’s a little piece of chicken with no buns and a big sausage soaked in Red Bull! And no, kittens, I don’t want to see the toy that comes with that either. (Can you
It needs a “Michael Aaron Happy Meal.” That’s a little piece of chicken with no buns and a big sausage soaked in Red Bull!
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tell I’m still a little weirded out by the twinks-in-underwear cover of the last QSaltLake? I couldn’t tell if the models were just awfully young looking, or if we printed one of those Operation Rescue fetus photos by mistake. Eeewww ... icky!) But anyway, cupcakes, here’s my recommendation: Go grab breakfast, lunch or some after-hours snackage, and support the good folks at Off Trax. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. Ciao, babies! Q You can see Ruby Ridge and the Matrons of Mayhem performing live, in all of their politically incorrect polyester glory every third Friday of the month at Third Friday Bingo (First Baptist Church, 777 S 1300 E in Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m.). On Friday, Sept. 18 their designated charity will be the University of Utah’s LGBT Resource Center.
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c arrIe Prejean, Miss California, stood up at the Miss USA pageant and declared her support for “opposite marriage” I personally thought, “Who cares?” I mean, the fact that people got so angry with her afterwards was nothing short of ridiculous. Especially Perez Hilton. I mean, come on. Miss USA contestants are allowed to disagree with the opinions held by the people asking them the questions. And anyway, if you don’t want Miss USA contestants off-the-cuff musing about controversial subjects then don’t ask them questions about gay marriage, ask them questions like, “Do you feel pretty when you get your hair did?” Granted, when Prejean didn’t become Miss USA she claimed it was all because of her courageous stance against hen beauty Queen
the queers. In reality it had more to do with her bare hooters photos, and the fact that her answer to Hilton’s question was borderline retarded. But that was, like, years ago. And in a country with its priorities straight we’d all forgotten about Prejean and moved on to things like who Jennifer Aniston may or may not be marrying. But thanks to the anti-gay right, Prejean has become a quasi-celebrity “one penis, one vagina” marriage advocate. Looking past the fact that she’s not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, you really can’t blame the so-called “defenders” of marriage for glomming onto her. After all, Prejean is young and pretty (which, I realize, is a relative term, especially when you consider her eye makeup). In fact, the other night I heard animals rummaging through my trash cans and am fairly certain I saw Prejean’s head peek out with an apple
core in her mouth). Young and pretty isn’t typically the demographic of the anti-gay right. In fact, polls show that younger Americans are far more likely to support marriage equality. Take Maggie Gallagher, president of the National Organization for Marriage. Gallagher, neither young nor pretty, is super hot to hold Prejean (but not in a gay way) out in front while Gallagher does the talking. In an article in the Aug. 10 issue of The National Review, Gallagher credits Prejean, who she calls “a stunning, young Christian beauty-pageant contestant,” with, basically, the undoing of support for marriage equality in America. Her answer to Hilton’s question was, writes Gallagher, “powerfully moving” because we “see her choose between truth and the tiara.” “Culture consists of ideas. Ideas, like civilizations, can die out. They die when no one is willing to defend them out loud,” Gallagher writes. Yes, Prejean, that brave soul, dared to
defend aloud the idea that gays should not be allowed to get married. No doubt thousands of little girls watching the Miss USA pageant were inspired by her answer to also defend “opposite marriage” and to starve themselves and hate their bodies. “Despair is gaymarriage advocates’ most powerful weapon,” Gallagher writes, “especially when it is fed by social conservatives’ failure to create solid strategies of hope.” Funny how that works. Who knew that a campaign against couples in love who want to marry would lack hope? The folks who want to keep gays away from marriage are banking on Prejean. Because she’s their best hope. Which isn’t saying much. Q
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for women and lesbian issues. In 1991 on one of my heroes, Lucia “Luci” she joined the board of the Rape Crisis Malin. Malin grew up in California Center (later renamed the Rape Recovin the Bay Area and received a mas- ery Center), and in 1992 she became the ter’s degree in range management from National NOW Lesbian Rights ComUC Davis in 1978. In 1981, while work- mittee chair. As a community activist, ing in Oregon, she was inspired to re- she joined members of Gay and Lesbian spond to the National Organization for Utah Democrats in 1994 in calling for Women’s call for recruits to visit states the removal of Judge David Young for that had not ratified the Equal Rights his anti-woman and anti-homosexual rulings. Utah’s NOW organized “judge Amendment as “ERA missionaries.” Malin came to Utah “on a mission” watches’” on state jurists and asked expecting to stay for about three weeks. volunteers to attend court hearings and She came to train ERA supporters before take notes about controversial conduct moving on to lobby in other states. How- or rulings. Utah’s Queer Community recognized ever, when NOW needed someone to stay in Utah because of the Mormon Church’s her in 1995 with “Diversity Is Great” strident opposition to the amendment, Lifetime Achievement Award for all she volunteered to serve the cause of of her hard work. The following year equal rights for women and even stayed Malin received a YWCA Outstanding Achievement for her more than 15 years on after voters defeated ERA. She was determined to make her ad- at the forefront of feminist and gay opted state a better place for women and rights causes — causes which also indecided to bring a grass roots approach cluded serving as executive coordinator to the women’s rights movement. In of the National Organization for Wom1982 she joined a feminist collective en, representing Utah women on the and coffeehouse called 20 Jacob Rue, national board, becoming the regional which provided books on feminism and NOW director, initiating the NOW Leslesbianism. After the collective folded bian Rights Committee, and serving in in 1984, Malin returned to her career various capacities in the Utah Human in natural resource management. She Rights Coalition, the Rape Recovery also found a way to further women’s Center, the Gay and Lesbian Commurights in this male-dominated field: She nity Council of Utah and the Salt Lake became a reclamation specialist for the Lesbian and Gay Chorus. When asked why she volunteers so Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining. During the 1980s, Malin continued her much of her time and has continued to work with Women’s Liberation, basi- do so over 25 years, Malin said, “It took cally keeping the National Organization forever, over 100 years, for women to for Women going in Utah. She became get the vote — but it happened. I first state coordinator in 1983 and went on to became involved in the anti-war movebecome a national board member from ment during the Vietnam War. I saw 1985 to 1989. In 1988, Malin and other les- that we changed America. The huge upbian feminists created a Lesbian Task swelling and demand that the war be Force for Utah’s NOW that was also stopped succeeded; we ended the war. known as the Ruby Fruit Lesbian Task When people work together with a comForce. It was named after The Ruby Fruit mon goal, we make a big difference.” According to a newspaper account, Jungle, a lesbian feminist book written by Rita Mae Brown in the 1970s (the title some 20 years after defeat of the ERA, Malin is still working to repair damis a slang term for vagina). As director of the Utah Chapter of age to women’s rights by the radical far NOW, Malin organized a state confer- right which include cuts in programs ence in 1988 which featured Molly Yard, like Aid to Families with Dependent president of the national NOW, as the Children and Women, Infants and Chilkeynote speaker. The following year, dren, the ailing health care system, and she formed the Utah Pro-Choice Coali- the death of child care and job training tion and organized a pro-choice rally at for women seeking self-sufficiency. If a Liberty Park. More than 300 people at- society is judged by how well it treats tended the event. Malin has been a Pro- the poor, the United States is in trouble, she said. “We need to be more compasChoice Coalition member ever since. Malin has also been a strong mem- sionate.” Malin was rightly honored as a recipiber of the South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, joining the church’s ent of the Dr. Kristen Ries Community board in 1989 and serving as chair of the Service Award in 2004. Luci is one of my heroes, and I am board for several years. In the 1990s, she continued to advocate honored that she is also my friend. Q 20 | QSa lt L a k e | issue 13 6 | Sep te mber 3 , 20 09 want to write this issue’s article
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Bullshattuck Money, Money, Money: It’s a Rich Gay Man’s World by Ryan Shattuck
QSaltLake Readers: I apologize for failing to keep my end of the bargain. When I started writing for QSaltLake over two years ago, I promised to write moderately entertaining and insightful columns in every issue, and you in exchange promised to not sue me for slander and libel, or for lifting whole paragraphs from Wikipedia. You’ve kept your end of the bargain and haven’t sued me, whereas I have gone the majority of the summer without writing a single column. For that, I apologize. And like most gay men, I’m also going to blame my mother. The reason for my lack of columns is because I’ve been finishing my book, Revolutions for Fun and Profit! The Proletariat’s Guide to Political Uprisings, Citizen Revolutions and Personal Hygiene. The book, which is a satirical guidebook on how to start a revolution, is required reading for every gay activist, civil rights advocate and aspiring revolutionary. The book, which is being released on Sept. 26, can be pre-ordered by going to revolutionsforfunandprofit.com. For my next book, I plan on writing Shameless Plugs: How to Tactlessly Promote Your Book in a Column and Get Away With It. I now return you to your regularly scheduled column. In the words of the legendary Joel Grey: “Money makes the world go around, the world go around, the world go around. Money makes the world go around, it makes the world go ‘round.” In other words, Nicolaus Copernicus was clearly an idiot. There are many pros and cons when it comes to being a gay man. PRO: You are allowed to sleep with men. CON: You are forbidden from sleeping with women. PRO: Nobody thinks anything about you being incredibly campy. CON: Except for the gang of thugs kicking your ass. PRO: You have a lot more disposable income than your heterosexual peers. CON: You’ll probably waste your disposable income on porn and alcohol. PRO: You’ll probably waste your disposable income on porn and alcohol.
According to a recent survey in a magazine I read in a dentist office a few months ago (if you’re not reading Highlights for Children, you’re missing out), gay couples generally have more disposable income than do straight couples, due to the fact that they are much less likely than straight couples to have adopted or biological children. This probably isn’t surprising to anyone who is gay, has been gay, knows someone gay or who has caught an episode of Frasier. Most people will agree that gay men are generally more stylesavvy, drink better wine, decorate better and overall, have more money. In short, money is as important to gay men as oxygen is to straight men (little known fact: Gay men breath vodka instead of oxygen). That having been said, is money too important to gay men? Is money running our lives? Several months ago I went out on a date with an interesting and wealthy man. He was confident, successful, wealthy and absolutely perfect ... for someone else. What he lacked in personality, he made up for in financial assets. Despite the fact that we had an enjoyable and expensive evening ($135.99, I put the receipt in a frame), I discovered that I was unable to relate to him at all. I’m a struggling writer trying to make an impact on the world; he is a wealthy and successful businessman who is looser with money than Lindsay Lohan is with her sexuality. I realized that I had nothing in common with him, and only went out with him once. Although I didn’t get a new BMW out of the date, I couldn’t help but wonder what other gay men would have done in my situation. It often seems as if in the gay community we place an inordinate amount of weight on less important priorities, such as looks and money. Personality and ambition are far less important than a hot body and a large bank account; goals and happiness appear to be less worthwhile than do a large penis and a trust fund. Success is not quantitative, unless it can be measured in
dollar signs or inches. I recently had this conversation with one of the most judgmental, yet smartest women in the world: my mother. I mentioned that I felt inadequate, and couldn’t compete with the gay men who had more dollar bills up their assholes than dildos. She reminded me that when she and my father were first married they were quite poor, yet became successful, together, over many years. I’ve thought back on that and I’ve realized: I don’t want to find a sugar daddy. I don’t want to find somebody perfect. I want to find some who has flaws, but is trying to overcome them; I want
to find someone who isn’t wealthy, but is willing to become successful with me over the years. We as a gay community have many goals: gay marriage, equal rights in the workplace and many others. Yet it often appears that we have just one priority: have more money than that bitch next door. Perhaps if we focus less on having money ourselves and focus more on helping others, we might end up successful after all. If all else fails, I may just end up marrying Joel Grey. I hear that old queen has a ton of money. Q
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to ‘get out’ of the industry. During that time, I found the Metropolitan Community Church and realized there were many gay-friendly churches around the country ... something I had never imagined. I began touring the gay affirming church circuit in 1999 and did so for two years prior to moving to Los Angeles to go mainstream. I didn’t see my career as being a “gay Christian” singer, per se. I believe that religion ‘divides’ where spirituality “unites” so I choose to focus on the similarities rather than the differences of the denominations.
deMarco: I, on the other hand, was raised in an Italian Catholic family. We went to church on special occasions, but it wasn’t a huge part of my life. Music in church was very liturgical and I always joke that I went to church for the ‘hims.’ However, my earliest memory of singing was in nursery school, taught by nuns. My mom said that I would come home and sing all of the new songs the nuns had taught me. I studied music and languages at York University just outside of Toronto, Canada.
TH: How did you guys first meet, what attracted you to one another? What would you consider to be the biggest reason your relationship has lasted as many years?
We’re All Angels: Jason & deMarco Headline Affirmation Conference By Tony Hobday
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Jason and deMarco fly into Salt Lake City for the first time to support Affirmnation, an activities and support group of GLBT Mormons. The young christian duo will open the conference weekend with a concert at Libby Gardner Hall, Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. They were kind enough to speak with QSaltLake about musical influences, religion, spirituality and their eight-year relationship. Tony Hobday: Describe in as much detail as possible the genre(s) of music you make and the influences behind it?
genres. Between the original songs we’ve written, cover songs and the dance remixes, we feel our newest album Safe is a great representation of our diversity as music artists. It all fits under the umbrella of pop with eclectic mix-ins of folk, world and sometimes rock elements. Our sound combines lyrical melodies with a lot of harmonies and strummy guitar parts. I would say our signature is our ‘vocal harmonies,’ so we’re fortunate that we can fit those over different styles of music. On the night of the concert we will be singing songs from Safe, and some inspirational music from. and inspired by. our documentary film We’re All Angels.
deMarco: Wherever or however people hear our music, a spiritual ballad or dance remix of a pop song we wrote, 22 | QSa lt L a k e | issue 13 6 | Sep te mber 3 , 20 09 Jason: We’ve had the great opportunity to have a [music] career in multiple
we just hope they connect. Our biggest influence is our need to make music that empowers people. We both believe that music is a universal language and that it speaks in a way that profoundly reaches into someone’s soul. We don’t know why we connect to certain music but when we do, we are changed by it. TH: Please give a brief history of your backgrounds in music, education and religion? Jason: My parents were United Methodist, but when we moved to Maryland we started going to a Pentecostal church because we loved the music. I studied music and sociology at Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn., and thought I was going to have a ministry in gospel music; but when I ‘came out,’ I was invited
Jason: I met deMarco at a restaurant in Los Angeles eight years ago. He was my waiter, and after finishing dinner with my friends, he asked me what I wanted for dessert. I looked up at him and winked. After a couple of dates, I felt like I had known him my entire life. The love I felt for him over time went deeper than any other relationship I had been in. We immediately fit. We balance each other. It’s hard enough to find someone to blend with as a singer but then to also find a life partner with whom to help heal the planet has been a real blessing. It’s never been a question of “Are we going to make it?” but rather “How are we going to make it?” We are committed to one another. We laugh a lot together, trust one another and are honest, knowing that we can work through anything. Trying to keep balance between our personal and work relationships is definitely a challenge. When we argue, it’s mostly over important career decisions and sometimes it takes its toll. We don’t know anything different than always being together. Ultimately, we may be so close because we do work together, but I guess we’ll never know. In the meantime, we’re stuck together, so when we disagree, we work to put our differences behind us and move on as quickly as possible.
deMarco: Soon after Jason and I started dating, my career in theatre started to take off and Jason and I didn’t see each other much for a few months because I was on tour. Because Jason was traveling in a solo music ministry at the time, he had this idea that maybe we would
sing and tour together. I truly believe we are soul mates and are here on this earth to achieve something great together, even beyond our music. Recently we’ve started having ‘date night’ again (with each other, LOL), like we used to before we started singing together. We have been through so much relationship drama together, but we have also grown together. We’ve loved each other through those times and forgiven; we’ve learned so much about ourselves and our love has grown deeper and stronger because of it. I think the most important thing is that we must have fun. We must work hard but never take life too seriously or it’ll kill us. We are two very different people — united by our passions and love — who are simply trying to find our way in a world that often looks at our love as dirty, immoral and unnatural. TH: What prompted or encouraged you to be a part of this year’s Affirmation Conference? J&D: We love the fact there is an affirming sect of the Mormon Church and want to support them as much as possible. In addition, we have never been to Salt Lake City, so it’ll be a fun experience for us. We are also excited to be bringing our band with us: Nate LaPointe on guitar, Ivan Johnson on upright bass and Chris Payne on drums. Our fans have been telling us for years: “We love your CDs, but when you perform live, the energy is through the roof.” TH: Please comment on the recent arrest of the gay couple for showing affection for each other on the Mormon Church’s property and how it sparked a nationwide “Kiss-in”? deMarco: Kissing in public doesn’t seem inappropriate to me so clearly it’s about homophobia. The great thing about living in this country is that we can protest without being hanged in the town square for our beliefs. I doubt the police officers wouldn’t have been called if the couple asked to leave the property was heterosexual, but who knows? Perhaps Matt and Derek could have been a little more cooperative, but really if we’re not going to stand up for ourselves, who will? I admire their courage. Jason: The good thing about this sort of thing making headlines is that it really gets people thinking about things like homophobia and equality, and it starts a dialogue. It’s a very important process of the moral arc of history that leans toward justice as Martin Luther King talked about. When Matt and Derek stared homophobia in the face, it clearly became about freedom and equality for them. They reacted emotionally just like some might say the officers did. The Church has always been late to come around on similar issues: racial freedom, women’s rights, etc., so I believe that eventually the Church will come around to accepting gays and
lesbians as well. The extremists say that the loving relationship that my partner and I have should not exist. But we can break these stereotypes by educating others through our example of love. So what better way to confront this than with a nationwide kiss-in. I think it was a great idea. TH: Please tell us one thing about yourself that your fans probably don’t know? Jason: I have an alternate personality named “Latika.” She’s a big, black lady and when telemarketers call, Latika keeps them on the phone talking about everything — like her asking ‘what is DFL?’ when AT&T is asking her to purchase DSL, and her hitting on the police officer over the phone while he’s trying to get a donation. It’s quite hilarious. deMarco: I make the best tomato sauce in the world. TH: What is your documentary film We’re all Angels about? Jason: The film is currently airing on the Showtime network and was recently released on DVD. It’s an indepth look at our lives over a two-year period — at home, in the studio and on the road. Through the perspectives of our family, friends, co-workers, fans and detractors, we meet the many colorful people who play significant roles in our lives and influence our relationship. Through our story, people see the joys and struggles of growing up, coming out, falling in love, and living and working together. We deal with the “socalled” contradiction of spirituality and its relationship to sexuality, the power of music, self-acceptance and the sometimes passionate resistance of many American evangelical Christians to the expression of our homosexual love. deMarco: We have dealt with the conflict of being gay and Christian our whole lives. We first had to deal with our inner conflicts in accepting our own homosexuality, and then deal with our parents’ reactions, and now the notso-welcoming reaction of the Christian music world. So the film follows us as we record our album Till the End of Time, doing photo shoots and radio promotion, and performing across the country at any church that will have us. While striving to achieve a successful music career, we also hope that our message of acceptance to young gay Christian teenagers would give them hope and keep them out of body bags. The teenage suicide rate among this demographic is horribly high, and we want to help people have peace about their sexuality and spirituality. Q The DVD can be purchased online at jasonanddemarco.com, amazon.com, centaur. com, and filmbaby.com. The album Safe is available on iTunes and at www.jasonanddemarco.com.
Local Artist Performs “In-Your-Face Jesus Music” at Affirmation Conference Kevin Jacobson, a two-year resident of Salt Lake City, grew up in Detroit in a “hyper”-Evangical Christian family. “It’s like Mormons on steroids,” Jacobson laughed. “No drinking, no swearing, no smoking, no television, no radio unless it was Christian music.” He attended church every Sunday and sang in the church choir starting at age 6; he learned to play the piano and began writing music in junior high school. Eventually he realized he was different, particularly when another student called him a “fag,” a term, at the time, he didn’t understand. He asked his mother what it meant and she said, “It’s when a boy likes another boy.” And with that, the true Kevin Jacobson was born. But then at the age of 25, Jacobson had a “born-again Christian” experience which led him to join an ex-gay group as well as marry a woman. “I did it for my mother really,” said Jacobson. Now in his 40s, Jacobson is back to his true self: an open homosexual Christian with a sturdy faith in Jesus, as well as a self-proclaimed TV junkie. Shortly before his mother passed away, she said to him to be happy, to be himself. Yet he wanted to stay faithful to a church that looked down on homosexuality.
So he did research and subsequently found enough common ground within his sexuality and his faith. “I did a twoyear study of the Christian Bylaws and I knew I could be both,” explained Jacobson. In his “semi-professional” music career, Jacobson has recorded two CDs and is currently finishing up a third called The Chair. “My music is contemporary Christian/worship music,” Jacobson said. “I like to call it ‘in-yourface Jesus music.’” The Chair references a phrase of a Japanese charismatic religion that loosely translates into the “transformation we get when we really come to God.” Since living in Utah Jacobson has performed at the Interfaith Pride Service and was a member of the Salt Lake Men’s Choir. This month he will be performing as “a special guest” at the Affirmation Conference on Sept. 18, along with the popular Christian spirit-pop duo Jason & deMarco. Tickets to the concert are available at www.affirmation2009.com. Q
Jacobson’s CDs can be downloaded at iTunes and at his Web site kevinjacobsonmusic.com. They will also be on sale at the Affirmation Conference.
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Joyride II Nov. 20–21
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A Christmas Story Nov. 28–Dec. 23 The Importance of Being Ernest Dec. 31–Feb. 6
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Group Holiday Show Nov. 20–Jan. 8
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A Chorus Line Sep. 25–Oct. 10 Is He Dead? Oct. 30–Nov. 14 A Christmas Story Dec. 4–19 Touch(ed) Jan. 8–23 Twelve Angry Men Feb. 12–27
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Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir and Mountain Jubilee: Two-Octave Tour de Force
He Sang/She Sang. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the name of the game for the Salt Lake Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir October concert, in which the guys of Utahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;other choirâ&#x20AC;? will share the stage with the nearly 100-member Mountain Jubilee Chorus, a multiple award-winning barbershop group that routinely makes Utah proud at regional and international competitions. Mountain Jubilee is a member of Sweet Adelines International, an organization of female barbershop groups. Dennis McCracken, the Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir artistic director, said this â&#x20AC;&#x153;two-octave tour de forceâ&#x20AC;? evening came together because of the friendship between him and Mountain Jubileeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s associate director, Beth Bruce. Bruce used to coach the Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir and McCracken frequently stage manages Mountain Jubilee shows. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We started talking about [a dual concert] last year; that it would be fun to do a show together,â&#x20AC;? said McCracken. The opportunity finally arose, he said, when Mountain Jubilee placed high enough in their regional competition to attend this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s international competition in Nashville. The group, he said, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to put together a big show that would distract from their preparations, so the two choirs decided to make the competition pieces part of the show. Mountain Jubilee will sing their Nashville repertoire and the Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir will provide an eclectic mix of â&#x20AC;&#x153;everything from Brahms to Broadway to show tunes, and a gospel piece.â&#x20AC;? At the concertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end, the two groups will perform two barbershop songs together, written for men and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voices: the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lida Roseâ&#x20AC;? duet from The Music Man and â&#x20AC;&#x153;So Much in Loveâ&#x20AC;? from Call Me Madam. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ending on a Broadway flourish,â&#x20AC;? said McCracken. Pati Bouman, Mountain Jubileeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team leader, said the upcoming concert is a good chance for the choir to perform their pieces in front of an audience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seemed like a prime opportunity to do our show package and competition package on stage with [the men],â&#x20AC;? she said. The choirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 95 members, who Bouman says hail â&#x20AC;&#x153;from Brigham City to Delta, Tooele to Park City,â&#x20AC;? and are â&#x20AC;&#x153;probably about 75 percent Latter-day Saints,â&#x20AC;? will perform â&#x20AC;&#x153;From the First Hello to the Last Goodbyeâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;After Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Gone.â&#x20AC;? They will also perform their â&#x20AC;&#x153;Red and Blue Show Package,â&#x20AC;? which makes up the entirety of their second day international performance. The songs in this package are â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I Give
My Heart to You,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Red, Red Robin,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blues in the Nightâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jump Shout Boogie.â&#x20AC;? The name of the package, said Bouman, comes from the colors mentioned in the songs and the red and blue costumes the Mountain Jubilee women will wear. Bouman estimates that 32â&#x20AC;&#x201C;35 Sweet Adelines choruses will compete this year in Nashville out of 700 choruses (and 30,000 members) worldwide. Mountain Jubilee is part of Sweet Adelines Internationalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rocky Mountain Region 8 and has taken fourth place three times at international competitions. After He Sang/She Sang, the Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir will have just one more concert before 2010: their ever-popular Christ-
mas concert. McCracken said this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;everything from pop and jazz to popular stuff to traditional carols and old favorites.â&#x20AC;? In March, 2010, the choir will also perform a concert called Family Homo Evening â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a pun on Family Home Evening, weekly family-only nights held by LDS families. The concert will feature such popular Utah Mormon fare as funeral potatoes and, of course, green Jell-O. Sister Dottie S. Dixon, star of the popular KRCL radio program What Not, What Have You, And Such as That will also be on hand to give the eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lesson. As always, the choir is actively looking for more members and is, said Mc-
Cracken, â&#x20AC;&#x153;consistently getting better and better.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;They work hard, they really do, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge family thing,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an amazing organization.â&#x20AC;? Tickets to He Sang/She Sang are $15 general admission and can be purchased through King Tix at (801) 5817100 or kingtix.com for a lower handling fee. The concert will be held at Libby Garner Hall in the University of Utahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Presidents Circle on Oct. 3. There will be a matinee performance at 2 p.m. and an evening performance at 7:30 p.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Q
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Pygmalion Theatre Co: Bringing Life to Women by Tony Hobday
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that Pygmalion Theatre Company opened in 1995 in Ogden, Utah. Reb Fleming and Nancy Roth had the distinct idea of creating great theatre from “women’s perspectives,” and thus Pygmalion was born (a Greek king who created an ivory statue, Galatea, a maiden who came to life by Aphrodite). Much like the Greek myth, the company strives to bring incredible women to life on the stage. In 2002, Fleming and Roth moved the company to Salt Lake City, where it resides today as a tenant of the Rose Wagner Center and is currently run by its artistic director, Fran Pruyn. Today, Pruyn continues Fleming and Roth’s mission of bringing women to the forefront of modern theatre. “There’s not much written [for the theatre] by women or that have great women’s roles,” said Pruyn. “Most theatre companies are not run by women, it’s nothing more than that ... just a fact.” Pruyn noted that this fact is odd since women make up the majority of theatre audiences ... well and gay men, she joked. However, Pygmalion is not “exclusively female.” Many of their productions are written by men, but have strong and interesting roles for women. Also, they bring in male directors, such as Jerry Rapier (Plan-B Theatre Company), and men currently sit on the board. Pruyn joined Pygmalion in 2004, after Fleming and Roth hired her to direct one of their shows, Beyond Therapy, a comedy written by Christopher Durang, about a woman’s attraction to a bisexual man who has a male lover. One critic said of the production, “[A] talented cast makes most of ‘Beyond Therapy.’” Talent may just be what keeps Pygmalion a thriving and popular source of great theatre. “What I try to do with the company is get the best talent available,” said Pruyn. “We are remarkably fortunate with the actors, designers, directors we get, but that doesn’t mean everybody’s going to like every choice we make or every show we make.” Pruyn also hires only local talent, “some equity, some not.” “It’s more afforable,” Pruyn admitted. “But also there’s amazing talent here.” Pygmalion’s 2009-10 season reincarnates two wildly intriguing shows and premieres one “cabaret-style” production. “We [Pygmalion] put on only three shows a year,” said Pruyn. “ It’s a lot of work and about all I can handle.” Opening the season, in October, is the return of The Passion of Sister Dot-
tie S. Dixon: Second Helpings. The show made it’s debut last season to both outstanding critical and audience acclaim, which prompted Pruyn to bring it back this season for a longer run. Written by Troy Williams and Charles Frost, and performed by Frost, Passion mingles a mother’s LDS beliefs and her adoration for her gay son. “There have been some alterations made to the original script,” said Pruyn. “We’ve broadened its universalism so it will be a little bit more understandable for people who aren’t LDS.” A l s o P r u y n elaborated, “I consider Dottie from a woman’s perspective, you k n o w . W h e n Charles said he c h a n nels his mother, I b e l ie v e d Sister Dottie S. Dixon will return this it.” Next, fall for a second helping the company puts on a production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, by Lanie Robertson. “It’s a cabaret-style” show about one of Billie Holiday’s last gigs in Philadelphia before she died,” Pruyn said. The role of Billie hasn’t yet been cast, but Pruyn believes it should be a tourde-force performance. Also, the “piano player” on stage will also be the musical director of the production. Closing out the season is the return of another Pygmalion hit from 2008, Del Shores’ Sordid Lives, a white-trash comedy of hilarious proportion. The cast of the 2008 production portrayed their characters with humorous fervor and equally distasteful elegance ... just as they were written. Though the entire original cast will not return for this season’s production, Pruyn said that Michael Candam will return in the role of Brother Boy. “I would be a little hesitant to do the show without Michael,” she admitted. As a sneek-peak to the 2010-11 season at PTC, Pruyn said they are currently workshopping an orginal show by Elaine Jarvik of the Deseret News. “It’s a beautiful, beautiful piece of theatre called The Coming Ice Age,” she said. “It’s about being older and that transition, and letting go of life.” Q
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KINGSBURY HALL PRESENTS
Fran Pruyn Loves Theatre, Burros and Barkless Dogs
October 6 & 7 THE BIRELEY FOUNDATION
by Tony Hobday
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Born in Alabama into a military family, Pruyn has lived around the globe, in places like Germany and Ohio. But she’s made roots here in Utah since the ’80s when she received a grant from the University of Utah. “The U had a great program that was funded by the National Endowment of the Arts, so I went there on a grant scholarship,” says Pruyn. “It was a great opportunity.” While advancing toward an MFA, Pruyn also worked for the Sundance Institute. “I was working 18 hours a day,” Pruyn recollects. “But I wasn’t making much money, and there wasn’t any benefits ... and the job was seasonal. It was killing me, mostly because I wasn’t able to do any theatre.” Being the consummate responsible adult that she externally exudes, Pruyn landed a marketing job (that had decent pay and benefits) with a small architectural firm. “It was a pure fluke that I got into architecture,” says Pruyn, who has now been in the industry for over 20 years. “I thought ‘OK, I’ve done a lot of publicity [with the theatre], now maybe somebody will give me a job where I’ll make some money, and benefits.’” “So a friend of friend had a friend who Continued on page 33
THE LARAMIE PROJECT LGBT Pride Week 2009 Event!
10 YEARS LATER... AN EPILO GUE
Written by Moises Kaufman, Tectonic Theater Project Directed by Jerry Rapier, Plan-B Theatre
October 9
This performance may contain nudity.
Photo by Chris Callas
marketing job, creating abovepar theatre from a “woman’s perspective,” booking utah pride festival entertainment and taking care of five horses, one burro and three dogs, Fran Pruyn rarely finds time “to do laundry.” Holding a Bachelors of Arts in theatre and a Masters of Fine Arts in Arts Administration, and having been working in theatre since her high school days, Pruyn says, “I Love theatre; it’s what I do, it’s what I’ve always done.” “I always wanted to be a director, not an actor,” she contines. “I’m a bad actor ... lousy!” Though, she indicates one can’t be a director without first acting. Pruyn is the artistic director of Pygmalion Theatre Company, “theatre from a woman’s perspective.” She has been with the company since 2004, and has put on acclaimed productions of great works of theatre including Fat Pig, Sordid Lives and Stop Kiss. Before joining Pygmalion, Pruyn was artistic director of TheatreWorks West for approximately 16 years (in 2005, TWW merged with Pygmalion). During that decade and a half, the company put on as many shows as up to nine per season. “We were in-residence at Westminster college as a professional theatre company,” Pruyn remembers. On average TWW would do four shows on campus and usually one elsewhere. “Mainly we took shows that were a little bit risque off campus,” she continues. “In fact, we did a lot of shows at the Sun Tavern; like we did Jeffrey there, and we did Is That You Nancy? there.”
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Gay Agenda The Great Masturbator by Tony Hobday
Q Lagoon Day was a freakin’ hoot! The numbers came in, and about 500 homos and their friends went through on the discount coupons. Add that to those who got in on the 2-for-1 KUTV promo, we had bucko-de-homos at the park. We shared a courtyard (that had a good view of the skin at Lagoon-a-Beach) with the Lutherans, and we ate and drank, and were gay. Besides one apparent altercation with a hick straight guy and his woman, and the few gay emo twinks that needed an attitude adjustment, it was a superfantabulicious day. Thanks for being there!
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thursDAY — Join the Grand Theatre for an evening of music from one of America’s legendary stars, Patsy Cline. Featuring local favorites Erica Hansen and Toni Byrd in this return performance of Always ... Patsy Cline, Cline’s music is blended into the heart felt true story of a rare friendship of a fan who meets Cline and the two stay in touch for a lifetime. 7:30pm, through Sept. 19, Grand Theatre, 1575 S. State St. Tickets $9–24, 801-957-3322 or the-grand.org.
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FRIDAY — I don’t care how butch of a gay man you are, all of us like to dress up as women — it’s freeing, like sitting nude under a waterfall. Anyhoo, come out of the butch closet and join the RCGSE for their annual Closet Ball. This year’s theme is ‘Kissed By A Diva.’ Trust me, these girls know how to use their tongues! 8:30pm, Paper Moon, 3737 S. State St. Donation $6 at the door, rcgse.org. QQ I love Salvador Dalí’s paintings, especially ‘The Great Masturbator.’ Little did I know that he had had a sensual affair with poet Frederico García Lorca. Their story is told in the film Little Ashes. Set in Spain in the early ’20s, on the brink of the Spanish Civil War, this drama stars Robert Pattinson (Twilight) and Javier Baltrán ... ooolala! Showtimes vary, Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South. Tickets, $5.50–7.50, 801-359-5158 or saltlakefilmsociety.org.
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sunDAY — If your not out of town this Labor Day weekend, replenishing your body from the fruits of your labor, then be a part of Klub Karamba and QSaltLake’s Sexy Labor Day Party. I hear there’s going to be a contest to see how many sombreros you can hang at one time from your “meat hook.” Aye chihuahua con dios muchacho pendejo arriba! 8pm, Klub Karamba, 1051 E. 2100 South. Cost $5, 801-637-9197.
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wednesdAY — The Utah Pride Center’s Pride in Pink is a debonair networking event for members and allies of Utah’s GLBT community. Join them for this urbane gathering. Mix and mingle. Nosh and imbibe. But most importantly, wear pink and be fabulous. Bring your business card to enter the drawing for some seriously fierce prizes.
5–7:30pm, Oyster Bar, 48 W. Market St. For more info, 801-539-8800 or utahpridecenter.org.
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thursDAY — In collaboration with Avalon Isle, Around the Globe and Pygmalion Theatre Companies, Wasatch Theatre Company presents the Page-to-Stage Festival, a celebration of local playwrights. The festival features short-shorts (a collection of 10minute scripts), the world premiere of Making Waves, a play celebrating the noble profession of teaching, and the world premiere of Hands Up!, an adaptation of a young adult novel by Paul Magrs in collaboration with Starry-eyed Puppets. 8pm, through Sept. 27, Studio Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $12, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org. QQ Up-and-coming lesbian singer/ songwriter Brandi Carlile hits the Salt Lake stage tonight. Admittedly, she’s pretty cute and her pop-rock-folk music is rather catchy, especially the single “Turpentine.” Apparently she has ADD, so hopefully she doesn’t stop in the middle of a song and leave ... that would be rude. 8pm, The Depot, 400 W. South Temple. Tickets $26, 801-467-8499 or smithstix.com.
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friDAY — The documentary film The Universe of Keith Haring is an intimate portrait of this popular and significant gay artist of the 20th Century, whose mantra was “Art is for everyone!” The film features interviews and archival footage of Fab 5 Freddy, Jeffrey Deitch, Grace Jones, Madonna, Yoko Ono, David LaChapelle, Carlo McCormick, Andy Warhol, Ann Magnuson, Tony Shafrazi and Junior Vasquez, among many others. 7pm, Salt Lake Art Center, 20 S. West Temple. Free, 801-328-4201 or slartcenter.org. QQ Sugar Space’s Artist in Residence program proudly presents The Final Hours. Modern dancers from the University of Utah and Utah Valley University explore ideas of occupation and rebellion. The goal of this project is to create a full-length choreographic/scenographic work that will transport the audience to another time: Budapest in the mid 1950s. The piece delves into the emotional charge and turmoil of Soviet occupied Budapest, that encapsulated an anti-Soviet student-led uprising, and which was eventually defeated. 8pm, through Saturday, Sugar Space, 616 E. 2190 South. Tickets $5 at the door, 888900-7898 or thesugarspace.com.
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SATURdaY — For their first event of the season the Salt City Kings are hosting Super Heroes and Heroines, a themed bar party. Dress as your favorite crime fighter and get a $1 off at the door and a free raffle ticket. The Kings will do a couple fabulous numbers, as well. Michael and I are going as the Wonder Twins, which is kind of kinky since we’re lovers ... J/K! 9pm, Paper Moon, 3737 S. State St. Donations $6 at the door, 801-713-0678.
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tuesDAY — Join the Utah Pride Center for the first annual National Community Center Awareness Day. Several events happening include a free neighborhood breakfast, tour of the center, street fair and a chili cook-off. Go vote for your best chili (QSaltLake’s obviously, we’re the best at bribery!). 7:30am–8pm, Utah Pride Center, 355 N. 300 West. For more information, 801-359-8800 or utahpridecenter.org.
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wednesDAY — Salt Lake Acting Company opens its 2009-10 season with a “modern masterpiece.” Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker is a pyschological drama revolving around three characters, the brothers Aston and Mick and the tramp Davies. Aston, who has suffered from mental illness, invites Davies into his house after rescuing him from a beating. Mick, a sadistic type, who has difficulty communicating with his brother, appears to resent this intrusion and virtually terrorizes Davies. The incredibly handsome Matthew Ivan Bennett stars ... oooolala! 7:30pm, through Oct. 11, Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North. Tickets $12–37, 801-363-7522 or saltlakeactingcompany. org.
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Review Little Ashes by Tony Hobday
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1920s Spain, indications of a social revolution were being sparked. Conservative, traditional values of the socialists were beginning to be challenged by artists, poets, the avant-garde ... anarchists. Through the martial law proclaimed by dictator Miguel Primo De Rivera, the press was censored, dancing and sports were prohibited, artists voices were stifled and queers were sentenced to 15 years “hard labor.” In the semi-biographical film Little Ashes, a circle of young student artists push the limits not only as artists but as individuals during this social unrest leading up to, and during, the Spanish Civil War. The movie centers around the fleeting romance — set against the backdrop of a tedious political era — between Salvador Domingo Felipe Dalí y Domenech, the famous eccentric Surrealist painter and Frederico García Lorca, beloved Spanish poet and playwright. The film opens with Dalí (Robert Pattinson, Twilight), an 18-year-old “dandy,” who enters the School of Painting, Sculpture and Drawing in Madrid in 1922 where he meets and befriends Lorca (Javier Beltrán) and film student Luis Buñuel (Matthew McNulty). Lorca, a descendant of Andalusian gypsies, is also somewhat uncharacteristic with the conservative school’s student body. Early into Dalí and Lorca’s budding friendship, Lorca begins having “impure thoughts” about Dalí; while Dalí’s interest in Lorca is more like a schoolgirl crush — nervous around him, secretly follows him and practices what he’s going to say to him. Eventually they begin an affair — one that seemingly is one-sided. Over several years their romance never matures, even through Lorca’s many advances. The closest outward display to being a couple is when they discuss, in the presence of Buñuel, what Dalí should wear to dinner. Eventually, Dalí’s bursts of juvenile behavior (on the brink of insane) lead to Lorca’s spiteful question, “Who are you pretending to be today?” and to him falling in the arms of Magdalena (Marina Gatel), a fellow student — in a carnal, yet defining scene. Beltrán’s portrayal of Lorca as a gentle romantic is captured in his stark uring
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burnt-almond eyes — the intense desire he feels for Dalí burns the entire film ... it’s an incredibly moving performance. McNulty gives a fine performance as Luis Buñuel, the bitter outcast, so to speak; and Gatel is stunning as Magdalena, Lorca’s daring admirer. In the real world Salvador Dalí was an arrogant and hugely eccentric man, and as painter he was simply brilliant. These attributes are unfortunately downplayed in the movie. Yet, what few scenes of Dalí’s eccentrism and arrogance are suprisingly believable in Pattinson’s portrayal(Still not necessarily the best choice to play Dalí, but adequately done.). For instance, during a dinner party crawling with civil guardsmen and elitists, Dalí bellows (Pattinson in a believable drunken state) “I would love an enema.” Then while sitting at the dinner table, he addresses one guard, “Do you know who I am? I am Salvador Dalí, the savior among art.” And everything around him is “putrescent.” Little Ashes is a compelling film, al-
beit not chronologically accurate; and the true relationship between Dalí and Lorca is not readily known with any complete certainty, which gave way to director Paul Morrison’s and writer Phillippa Goslett’s interpretations. And the film they have created is a decent, heartfelt depiction of two brilliant, influential and tortured artists, whom I believe never truly found themselves, which makes the film inspirational and educational for those still trying to find their way. Little Ashes opens Sept. 4 at the Tower Theatre, 879 E. 900 S.
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‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Runner-up Interview by Tony Hobday
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Brandon Bryant had auditioned for the fourth season of the hit televison series So You Think You Can Dance, but didn’t make the cut. He returned for season five auditions and danced his way through to the top 10 dancers. Then, on Aug.6, 2009, Brandon took runner-up to Jeanine Mason as America’s Top Dancer. But that hasn’t deterred Brandon’s dreams nor did it keep Utah Governor Herbert from naming August 20 as Brandon Bryant Day. tahn
Tony Hobday: Run down your experience on ‘So You Think You Can Dance?’ Brandon Bryant: It was definitely an experience all its own; it was hard and enduring, both physically and mentally. It hurt, it all just hurt. [laughs]. TH: Why do you think you made it through this season but not last? BB: This year I came more prepared. I think knowing all that was required of me last year worked to my advantage this year. I knew what to look for, what to expect, what I needed to bring to the table. TH: You came so close to becoming America’s Top Dancer, how disappointed are you that you came in second? BB: I honestly wasn’t that disappointed. Just to say that I made it all the way to the end of the show, in the top two is an award in itself. For anyone who doesn’t make it to the end, it doesn’t really matter; the point is the exposure. Not to say I wouldn’t have liked the money [$250,000], I’m not going to lie. And I’m really glad that Jeanine did win because we’re kind of from the same place and I’m proud we got to stand together. TH: Have you been approached yet by any big name artists or choreographers? BB: I haven’t been approached yet. I’m still under contract with the show for the next three months during the tour, so I can’t really do anything else. But I’m planning to move out to L.A. at the end of the year and hopefully offers will come in then. TH: Why Los Angeles? BB: I just want to strike while the iron’s hot and I feel like out there is where you
can really make a name for yourself. TH: Tell us about your background in dance? BB: I started dancing at age 9 because I was watching a Britney Spears video. I’m not going to lie to you. I was like wow those backup dancers are really amazing. I want to do that. So I went to performing art schools from elementary to high school. Then I went to a dance school in Miami, which is where I got all my ability. TH: How long have you been with [Utah’s] Odyssey Dance Company? BB: I was with Odyssey Dance just last season. It was an amazing experience; I feel like it really prepared me for the concert world. I never thought I’d do a Paso Doble or a tango, but with the Odyssey troupe, we are required to do all styles. That really prepared me for the show. The artistic director [ of Odyssey], Darryl Yeager, let me off contract to go back and audition for the show again because he knew I worked so hard for it last season, and he said I had a really good shot for it. He’s been very supportive the entire time. TH: According to the ‘Brandon Bryant Fans’ Facebook page, there are over 5,000 fans. How does that feel, did you ever expect to becoming so popular? BB: I never expected to hit like even 1,000 fans on Facebook. I’m just a quiet person, I keep to myself and only have a few friends. I think the show opens minds and respect for the Arts. And I’m so happy and thankful that my little page of 5,000 people appreciate what I do. TH: August 20th has been proclaimed Brandon Bryant Day by Gov. Herbert. That’s quite a honor, right? BB: It’s kind of cool, I’m not going to lie. I think it’s wild that a dancer like me has “a day.” TH: Your own little party day. BB: I know, I’m like ‘can everyone get off work and come play with me.’ Q Brandon tours with the Top 10 dancers of So You Think You Can Dance later this year. They are scheduled to be in Salt Lake City, Nov. 7 at the E Center. Tickets are available at theecenter.com or call 800-745-3000.
Fabulous Fran Pruyn Continued from page 29 was starting a firm, so I went to work for him. Then he merged with a bigger firm and I stayed with them for a while. Then I came to work here [CRSA] seven years ago.” After only seven years she is now a principle (owner) of the firm. Pruyn says in doing marketing, whether it be in an artistic or a business industry, the concepts are the same even though the industries are vastly different, so “it isn’t that big of a stretch.” With her vast experience and education in the Arts, it’s no wonder Pruyn has sat on The Grand Theatre Foundation board, as well as the Utah Cultural Alliance board. But even beyond the
Arts, Pruyn sat on the KRCL board for 10 years and served as chair for five. She moved from there to the board of sWerve, a non-profit organizing resource for lesbian-focused social and civic activity in Utah. She then moved to the Utah Pride Center board where she has served as chair the past three years. She steps down this December. She also currently sits on the organizing committee for the Salt Lake Sustainable Building Conference. Furthermore, Pruyn has been the entertainment director of the Utah Pride Festival since 2003. The real challenge in booking for Pride is money,” she says, noting that they pay entertainers between 10-20 thousand dollars, but it’s the writers that “can be astronomical.”
Pruyn says they haven’t started thinking about entertainment for the 2010 Pride Festival, but also says that there aren’t “a lot of bands with a gay frontman” in reference to past statements that the festival entertainment is “too lesbian.” In her spare time, which is not much, Pruyn spends it with her partner Mel, their five horses and 3-year old rescued burro, and with their three dogs: a Whippet, a Greyhound-Deerhound mixed-breed and a Besenji (an African Barkless Dog). Now, if she only had time to do some freakin’ laundry! Q A few suggestions for gay-oriented Pride Festival entertainment made by this QSaltLake staff writer are Mika, Colton Ford and Olivia NewtonJohn (couldn’t resist that last one, I love her.).
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Food & Drink
Escape to Bambara by Chef Drew Ellsworth
Chef Drew Ellsworth returns to our pages as our restaurant reviewer and wine and culinary expert. Drew has been a chef for 33 years, beginning in Dijon, France. He was chef/co-owner of Restaurant Dijon in Salt Lake City, and chef at Stein Eriksen Lodge, Peery Pub and Cafe, and of the largest catering company in San Diego and Palm Springs, Calif. Currently, Drew operates a culinary business and cooking school out of his Holladay home and is the wine manager at the beautiful new Salt Lake City Wine Store. Watch for his no-holds-barred reviews of area restaurants, recipes and wine suggestions in this column each issue.
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Lately, much health news has centered on swine flu as we head towards October and what is traditionally known as flu season. If you have not been keeping up with the reports, swine flu is the nickname for a strain of influenza that emerged in the spring and has since been identified as a new strain of H1N1 influenza. Whenever a new strain of influenza emerges, few to no people have immunity against it, therefore a much greater proportion of the population is likely to be infected. If massive infections occur, our health care infrastructure could easily become overtaxed. So, what does this mean for you? This year, public health officials are urging everyone to be extra compliant with influenza recommendations. There will be two different vaccines offered this year, and officials recommend that people receive both types to be protected against both seasonal influenza and H1N1. The seasonal influenza vaccine is available to the public now. You contact your primary care provider about getting your flu vaccine. The Salt Lake Valley Health Department will offer mass vaccine clinics for seasonal influenza September 19. For information about these clinics, visit slvhealth.org. Remember, this vaccine will only protect you against seasonal influenza — the bug that goes around most often in the fall and winter months. It will not provide protection against H1N1. Public health officials anticipate that the vaccine for H1N1 will be available for distribution on Nov. 1. It will be recommended that people receive two shots for this vaccine. The second is considered a “booster” shot, and should be had approximately 30 days after the first shot. The H1N1 vaccine will only provide protection against H1N1, not against seasonal influenza strains. Although receiving a vaccine is important because it protects against developing active disease, a vaccine is not a guarantee against the flu. It can, however, provide varying levels of protection: If you do acquire influenza even after receiving the vaccine, you are more likely to have less severe symptoms. It is recommended that people in the following categories receive a vaccine: pregnant women, health care and emergency workers, household members of children less than six months of age, persons between six months and 24 years of age, and all persons with conditions such as HIV, diabetes, asthma and autoimmune diseases. If supply issues are worked out, the vaccine may also be recommended for everyone over six months old. In addition to receiving the influenza vaccines, everyone can be proactive about reducing their risk of catching or transmitting influenza. Washing your hands frequently has proven to significantly reduce transmission for a number of infectious diseases including the flu. Cover your nose and mouth whenever you cough or sneeze. If you are experiencing any flu-like symptoms, do not go to work or school and avoid public locations. It is critical that employers maintain policies that encourage employees to stay home when feeling ill. If you would like to learn more about H1N1, you can go to cdc.gov/h1n1flu/ or to slvhealth.org.
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Sports
Let the Gay Good Times Bowl Season starts September 13 by Brad Di Iorio
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type, consider strutting your stuff inside at Bonwood Bowl as part of Utah’s only gay and lesbian bowling league. The Good Times Bowling League held their annual, introductory ‘Fun Night’ on Aug. 30 at the bowling alley, and everyone who attended had a chance to bowl at no charge, while meeting the league’s members and new officers. Even if you missed the party, there is still time to join, make new friends and compete on a team of four throughout the winter. League play officially begins Sept. 13 at Bonwood Bowl, where the teams’ scores will be recorded and their averages tallied. Teams play every Sunday, and a pre-determined rotation will ensure that each team will play each other at least one time during the season. Twenty-two teams participated last year and this year the league is expected to grow. “Dean White, the owner of Bonwood Bowl, really likes our league and does special things for us throughout the year. He has unofficially said we are his favorite league,” said Billy Lewis, the
newly-elected president of the league. “They are very accepting of us and accommodate us in every way they can.” Officially founded in 1990 by a group of friends who were attending the University of Utah, the league eventually moved from the school to Bonwood Bowl after becoming a sanctioned league and the largest in Utah at the time. “Back when I was president in 2000, another league was bowling just before our league, and a couple of their members were making rude comments about us and writing epithets on the tables before we started our league,” said Lewis. “Bonwood stepped in and told that league’s officers that this behavior was unacceptable, and if they did not get their members under control that they would be asked to leave the center. We are very safe and accepted at Bonwood by all employees.” Good Times Bowling League is a member of the United States Bowling Congress. Each person registered for the season will be allowed to play in any USBC league or tournament throughout the United States during the season. The membership fee is $19. “Then each week there is an $11
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and Best Friends Animal Sanctuary,” said Lewis. “Each week, we have a special contest for the league: Strike It Rich, Mystery Singles and Mystery Doubles. League members can enter the contest for a fee. Half the fee is put towards the charity funds and the other half is given to the winners of the contest.” The league also celebrates the holidays with an annual Halloween Bowl where everyone dresses up in costumes, and an annual Turkey Bowl, where each bowler on a team can win a turkey (which has the option of keeping or donating to the Utah Food Bank). Four officers are elected each year from the league as president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. Recent elections gave Lewis the presidency again after serving from 2000–02, while Cody Ellison, Chad Miller and Jay Fraga were elected to each subsequent office. “My goal is to make sure that everyone has fun and enjoys the season,” said Lewis. “I love to watch as new bowlers increase their scores and become better bowlers. They are friends and family.” Get your bowl on this season with the Good Times Bowling League, starting in September, and continuing until the end of March. Visit saltlakegoodtimes. com for more information. Bonwood Bowl is located at 2500 S. Main St. Q
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If you are interested in trying something new and exciting, this is the time to experiment. Queer Bulls emerge as artistic geniuses and create something wet, wilde and wonderful. Or, if the mood strikes you, plan and toss a fabulous end-of-summer party that will have them talking through the winter. Hurry before your muse wanders off to find other amusements.
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This is a good time to share your insights with worthy listeners. Knowledgeable gay Crabs can expound on a variety of topics and find an outlet that gives them gravitas and power. You will be shocked when a simple, quiet idea finds and inflames an enormous global audience. Will you use your newly acquired influence for good or evil? Uh oh.
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If you have been a careful and thrifty proud Lion, this week will bring you a financial reward. If you have been a careless spendthrift who has squandered your wad on wasteful pastimes and undeserving party hounds, this week will teach you a stern fiscal lesson. But maybe that lesson is to live for today and let tomorrow take care of itself....? Keep dreaming!!
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no wonder she’s as short and thin as she is since she doesn’t like any foods that are green, red, black, yellow or white ... and, well, any fish.” George looked at the spread on the table, “That is why we’re having plain pork chops with a side of wheat toast for dinner and blue Otter Pops for dessert. Bon appétit!” “Wait, wait!” Eddie insisted, placing his napkin on the table when he stood. “My turn. I’ll start off by saying something nice about Jody, unlike the rest of you mean old trolls.” Eddie cleared his throat, “I’m really, truly happy for Jody ... to see that her hair has finally grown back after letting me cut out the roller bush that was tangled in it.” Eddie raised his mojito to Jody and said, “Stop thinking so hard Jody, your tongue’s hanging out.” “It’s my turn to say ...” “No, no Nanette,” Kat interrupted Jody. “My turn to get in on this action.” “So, Eddie and Josh,” she began. “You remember the night Jody and I met and she went home with me, right? “Yeah. Sure.” “Well there’s something I left out,” Kat put her hand on Jody’s shoulder, while Jody bowed her head in shame. “We didn’t even get a chance to turn on the lights when we got inside, she was all over me ... to quote George, ‘like a badger in heat.’” So we were climbing all over each other on my bed and all of sudden Jody just sort of flung off the bed. She was on top of me one second, on the floor the next. So I turned on the bedside lamp, and there she was, on her back giggling, her stomach beating like a heart, and there were these two Sneetches facing each other and dancing on her stomach. It took me a second but then realized they were tattoos. And then I saw that her bellybutton was pierced with a starred stud – it was right then that I knew I was in love.” “Oh Lord!” quipped Eddie. “But wait, there’s more,” Kat said. “The first time I came to Salt Lake to see Jody, she showed me the room that she had turned into a Dr. Seuss shrine. There are Horten slippers laid out on the floor, a huge cardboard cutout of Cat in the Hat, a Star-Belly Sneetches wall clock, posters of biffer-baums and flummox, rows of Dr. Seuss books and dozens of porcelain figurines like Cat in the Hat carrying a tray of green eggs and ham, and goldfish and several Cindy Lou Whos, and there’s even a remote-control car driven by the Grinch ... it’s kind of creepy.” Stunned, Jody stood up, her head tilted back some so she could look kat in the eyes. “Really?” she asked peevishly, as the red Thing One and Thing Two T-shirt she was wearing screamed at the entire dinner table. Q To be continued ...
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