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Gay Marriages to Start March 9 in D.C.

❝❝Thank you for

by Rex Wockner

recognizing that we can and do have long-term, committed relationships that are as authentic and compelling as those of our straight counterparts.”

—Salt Lake City resident Daren Young thanking The Salt Lake Tribune in a letter to the editor for a story about the partners of local gay and lesbian performers.

Barring any unexpected success by militant anti-gay activists, same-sex marriages will begin taking place in Washington, D.C., March 9.

Gay couples can pick up licenses starting March 3 but all couples must wait three business days between obtaining a license and getting married.

The D.C. Council legalized same-sex marriage in an 11-2 vote Dec. 15 and Mayor Adrian Fenty signed the bill Dec. 18. The measure then moved to Congress for a review period of 30 “legislative” days. It did not encounter any opposition there.

Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese called the legalization of gay marriage in the District of Columbia “a huge victory (that) means a great deal coming after marriage-equality losses in New York and Maine.”

D.C. already has a law that recognizes the marriages of same-sex couples who were married elsewhere in the world.

Same-sex marriage also is legal in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont; in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain and Sweden; and in Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego province. It will become legal this month or next in Mexico City, Portugal and, probably, Buenos Aires.

❝❝This has a chilling

effect on free speech. Yet, legislators resist any limits to free speech when it comes to campaign contributors.”

—Deseret News columnist John Florez criticizing Senate President Michael Waddoups’ remarks about gays and lesbians, and what he sees as the Legislature’s disregard for the Constitution.

❝❝I have talked to him

about it. I do know what he intends to do. I am certainly not going to make announcements for him.”

—Waddoups commenting to ABC 4 about speculations that Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, may not run for reelection in 2012.

NYC Gays March in Chinatown Parade Some 300 gays and lesbians marched in the Lunar New Year parade in Manhattan’s Chinatown on Feb. 21.

The contingent was joined by Irish and South Asian LGBTs, who have been banned from the city’s St. Patrick’s Day and India Day parades.

Steven Tin, head of the Better Chinatown Society, which organizes the new-year parade, told the New York Daily News he didn’t see any reason to exclude gay marchers.— RW

W. Va. ConstitutionalAmendment Effort Blocked Democrats in West Virginia’s House of Delegates on Feb. 23 stopped Republicans from advancing a resolution supporting the idea of a voter referendum to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

Republicans were attempting to force the measure out of committee and onto the House floor for a vote.

West Virginia already prohibits same-sex marriage and blocks recognition of same-sex marriages from other states or countries.

State Republicans, however, would like to see the ban inserted into the state constitution so it would be harder to overturn.—RW

Dept. of Corrections The photo in the last issue of the New York Marriage protest by Jamie McGonnigal did not properly credit TalkAboutEquality.org.

We apologize for the oversight.

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Gays and lesbians marched in Lunar New Year parade Manhattan’s Chinatown

Maryland Recognizes Gay Marriages from Elsewhere Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler said Feb. 24 that the state recognizes the marriages of gay couples who were married in states and countries where it is legal.

Gansler, Gov. Martin O’Malley and gay advocates said they expect state agencies to comply with the determination, which O’Malley suggested has the force of law.

Historically, Maryland has recognized marriages legally entered into elsewhere even if they would not have been possible in Maryland.

“It’s not that foreign of a concept,” Gansler told reporters. “I mean, it’s just people. ... However a heterosexual couple is treated that was validly married in Maryland or elsewhere, (a gay couple) will be treated like that here in Maryland.”

Some Republican and black legislators and three Roman Catholic bishops blasted Gansler’s move, and House of Delegates member Donald H. Dwyer Jr. threatened to try to impeach Gansler for allegedly undermining a state law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

Gay groups praised Gansler’s action.

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families in Maryland as this state aligns itself with New York in making clear that there is no gay exception to long-standing marriage-recognition law,” said Lambda Legal’s director of constitutional litigation, Susan Sommer. “Under well-settled law, a marriage valid where entered is valid in Maryland, even if the couple could not have married in Maryland.”

State Sen. Richard Madaleno, D-Montgomery Co., had requested a formal opinion from Gansler 10 months ago.

“The attorney general’s opinion simply states that Maryland law recognizes marriages of couples who married out of state, pursuant to Maryland comity law,” Madaleno said Feb. 24. “We expect and look forward to state agencies acting in accord with the opinion and the law, and reviewing their practices and regulations to see what changes may be necessary to comply.”

Starting March 9, gay couples will be able to marry in nearby Washington, D.C. Samesex marriage also is legal in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont; in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain and Sweden; and in Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego province. Same-sex marriage will become legal this month or next in Mexico City, Portugal and, probably, Buenos Aires. —RW

❝❝The [Football

Association] framed the argument that because no gay footballer is brave enough to come out, homophobia will continue to exist. But it’s not the job of the minority to make the environment safer.”

—Former Utah Jazz player (and British citizen) John Amaechi, criticizing the UK’s Football Association telling The Daily Telegraph that sports organizations need to change before gay players can safely come out.

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local news So. Utahns Rally for Gay Rights Seventy gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, along with allies, lined Main Street in historic downtown Cedar City to rally for equal rights and protest a statement Senate President Michael Waddoups, R-Taylorsville. Waddoups had warned, “If the LGBT community are doing offensive activities in a public setting, that will push legislation in the other direction,” when talking about a compromise that would end all gay bills — both anti and pro — from progressing in this year’s session. They also protested the compromise itself.

The Feb. 27 rally was organized by Southern Utah University Queer Straight Alliance President Benjamin Smith, who called for wide-spread participation from all sectors of the community in exercising their first amendment right.

“This is truly an opportunity for all common-sense, fair-minded people in Southern Utah to come out and support what we seem to know, but our legislature still doesn’t get — that the era of full-blown public ignorance is a thing of the past,” Smith stated before the event. “A so-called ‘compromise’ to not address issues important to our community is just to hope that we will go away and be silenced. This rally will help illustrate and define both the shortand long-term answers to that theory.”

Members of the Dixie State College Gay Straight Alliance in St. George also participated.

In a speech at the rally, DSC GSA President Alisha Stucki said she was “a little ticked off.”

“We’re being threatened to have our rights taken away just for loving a little differently than straight people,” Stucki said.

“But there have been protests like this one all over the state so I hope they see it.”

Dixie State College student Douglas Gubler said, “It’s right in the Pledge of Allegiance. We all say ‘liberty and justice for all. There is no small print that says ‘unless you’re gay.’”

Openly gay SUU Senator Russell Kennedy addressed the crowd and wrote an article for SUU News, the student newspaper, days before the event.

“I recall with an almost palpable anxiety that feeling I had 12 years ago when the news reports started coming in — I was emotionally paralyzed in a small room by myself transfixed to the nightly reports that [Matthew] Shepard was on life support,” Kennedy wrote. “When he died at 12:53 a.m. on Oct. 12, it came as both a terribly somber realization and a frightening awakening — one that would keep me closeted and quiet on the issue to most people for another two years.”

Bill Increasing Penalties for HIV Exposure Passes Senate Committee

A bill which would increase the penalties known, after having been tested for the for knowingly exposing a person to HIV HIV virus and being positive for that ... passed the Senate Health and Human Ser- [charges against the person] can be envices Committee of the Utah Legislature hanced to a third-degree felony, instead of this morning. The bill, S.B. 155 “Enhanced going through a closed court hearing.”

Penalties for HIV “It just gives us more flexibility in going Positive Offender after people intentionally spreading the Amendments,” is HIV virus through prostitution activities,” sponsored by state Garside said.

Sen. Jerry W. SteStevensen said the bill was born from venson, R-Davis a case where a male prostitute “was actuCounty. ally bragging about the fact that he was The bill eases HIV-positive and [police] couldn’t move prosecution re- through the process to get him off the street q u i r e m e n t s t o fast enough.” enhance a class The bill strikes language in current law A misdemeanor requiring notification of HIV test results Sen. Jerry Stevenson charge for prosti- by both a law officer and a representative tution, patronizing a prostitute or sexual of the Utah Department of Health in a counsolicitation to a third-degree felony if the seling session and allows an HIV result to person charged is HIV-positive. be given by simply an officer of the law.

Stevenson said that in introducing the bill Longtime HIV-AIDS lobbyist David Nelto the committee its intent is to “enhance son is concerned about two provisions in the prosecution for those that are carrying the bill.

HIV and enhances it or takes it from being The bill allows police departments and a misdemeanor to a felony for those that are city prosecutor offices to have records of intentionally spreading this disease.” an individual’s HIV status.

Current law, according to Layton City “The bill adds a provision that would Prosecutor Steve Garside, requires a posi- circumvent federal health-information pritive HIV test result be delivered to a sex vacy laws by authorizing the receipt and worker or someone soliciting a sex worker maintenance of information by agencies by an officer of the law and a representa- which aren’t required to comply with the tive of the Utah State Health Department. laws,” he said.

“It’s quite cumbersome and an elaboNelson says the bill would also violate rate process,” Garside said. “This [bill] the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constituwill change that elaborate process to one tion by requiring the self-incriminating where if the person knew or should have “signature of the HIV positive individual, 10 | QSa lt L a k e | issue 1 49 | M a rch 4 , 2010

Southern Utahns rally in downtown Cedar City for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights. Photo Andrea Robinson “This weekend I will finally stand and lend my support in his name — and mine,” he wrote.

Rally participants made three demands: an apology from Waddoups “for his comment seeking to silence the homosexual community;” a statement from Rep. Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City and Sen. Dennis Stowell, R-Parowan, to “declaim Senator Waddoups’ statements;” and for the Utah

State Legislature to allow “the research process to continue so that anti-discrimination policies may be updated in a timely fashion to include sexual orientation.”

Ralliers wore white ribbons — the symbol for marriage equality — and carried signs saying, “We will not be silenced,” “There is Room in Utah for My Family,” “Non=-action is Very Offensive” and “Is this offensive?”

indicating receipt of the notice” during the prosecution of related criminal offenses.

“As usual for legislation of this kind, the bill would harm responsible public-health management by increasing the prosecution of people who need medical assistance,” said Nelson. “Current state laws already punish individuals who knowingly

infect others, but the bill goes so far as to coerce an individual into waiving his Fifth Amendment rights.”

All committee members present voted in favor of passing the bill to the Senate floor, including committee chair Sen. Chris Buttars. The committee also voted to move the bill to the Senate’s consent calendar.

Utah Bill Would Restrict Federal Hate Crime Protections A bill which would restrict the enforcement of federal hate-crime protections was published on Feb. 24 at the Utah Legislature. The bill, H.B. 432 “Hate Crime Amendments,” is sponsored by state Rep. Stephen E. Sandstrom, R-Utah County.

The bill would provide that any crime committed in the state on public property may not be transferred to the federal governRep. Stephen Sandstrom ment for prosecution under the federal hate-crime law that is known as the “Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.” The federal law authorizes the prosecution of violent crimes which are motivated by their actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability when state laws fail to do so.

“The bill would let a violent criminal go free or serve an unnecessarily reduced sentence by prohibiting state and local prosecuting attorneys to cooperate with the U.S. attorney for Utah to prosecute the criminal fairly and adequately,” said longtime hate-crime lobbyist David Nelson. “Until the state enforces its own hate-crime law consistently, it is wrong to prevent our attorneys from choosing the best prosecution that is available to them.”

Sandstrom said the bill will not make it to the floor of the Senate this year, as he has asked the Senate Rules Committee Chair Sen. Margaret Dayton to hold it.

“My idea for the bill was a 10th Amendment issue, since the federal legislation attempts to take authority from the states,” Sandstrom wrote in response to a query.

“It was in no way an attempt to eliminate hate crime statutes or to change them.”

Sandstrom is a member of the Patrick Henry Caucus, a group of Utah lawmakers who “will focus on introducing legislation to take our States’ Rights back,” according to caucus founder Rep. Carl Wimmer, RHerriman.

Equality Utah Names New Development Manager Last November, Equality Utah’s Will Carlson resigned from his position as Manager of Public Policy to take a job with the Salt Lake City prosecutor’s office. Immediately, the statewide gay and transgender rights organization began the search for a fourth staff person, just as it had done earlier in May when then-executive director Mike Thompson resigned to accept a job offer in California.

The person they found was Tika Beard.

On Feb. 1 she moved into Equality Utah’s downtown offices to serve as its manager of development, a position new to the group, but which Beard noted has become necessary as Equality Utah continues to grow and to take its work in securing full political equality for gay and transgender citizens across the state. “People invest in things they believe in and connect to,� she said. “Part of [doing that] is telling the story and the other part is being a responsible shepherd for the money you receive.�

Beard moved to Utah several years ago to begin a geriatric daycare center for those medically classified as “frail elderly� — that is, seniors whose physical or mental health does not allow them to live independently. “I came here without knowing anyone.

I don’t ski and I’m not LDS,� she said. “It was really a foreign country. [I only] flew over [Utah] to get where I was going.� Soon enough, however, Beard said she found that the “flyover� state had drawn her in permanently when she began the Cancer Wellness House in 1997.

Although her passion lies mainly in helping people with cancer and in the field of long-term health care, Beard said that she couldn’t pass up the chance to work with Equality Utah when she read their job posting for a development director. For that matter, neither could the friend from the state Democratic Party who brought the posting to Beard’s attention while declaring, “This job was written for you and you were written for it!�

That seemed to have been the case. As the Cancer Wellness House’s executive director and the Utah Democratic Party’s development director (a position which she has just vacated), she had learned quite a lot about raising money, event planning and grant writing. “I had a lot of admiration for people who asked for money and created fundraising strategies,� she said.

After thinking the job over for a few days, Beard submitted an application. “They were fortunate there were a lot of talented people who wanted to work here,� she said of the interview process. “I feel really grateful to have been selected.�

Beard is grateful, she said, because she thinks that Equality Utah is doing vital work in furthering its goal of creating a fair and just Utah for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

“It’s not any more important [than advocacy for cancer patients], but when you’re looking to do somet h i n g meaningful I can’t imagine a [better] organization. If you want to work with equal rights, Equality Utah is what it’s about.�

And telling all Utahns what the organization is about is how Beard sees her new job. “It’s so interesting to me because people say, ‘I could never do that [be a development director],’ and I don’t think that development is about asking for money,� she said. “I think it’s about sharing with people what your mission and philosophy and goals are and inviting them to participate in some way,� whether that participation lies in making donations, volunteering time, or supporting the organization in other ways.

This support is will certainly be needed, Beard added, as Equality Utah continues to expand. Along with such annual fundraising events as its Allies Dinner and Jazz Brunch, the group, she said “wants to grow some.� On March 12, for example, it will host Out for Equality at Club Jam, to give the “21-35 age group� an opportunity to learn what the organization does. Beard also said she hopes to encourage people to host house parties where they can learn more about the group and the municipal nondiscrimination legislation it is working on passing, especially in areas outside of Northern Utah. “That’s the problem,� she said. “It’s much easier to promote Equality Utah in large metropolitan areas but the LGBT community and its needs need to be represented throughout the state,� especially in rural counties, where gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and their allies often need the most help.

Ultimately, Beard thinks that all fair minded people have “something to offer�

Equality Utah. “If the only people who care about cancer are people who have the disease, we’re never going to resolve the issue,� she explained. “I feel the same way about equal rights for the LGBT community and others.

If everyone is not engaged in doing what is right for a fair and just Utah, we’re never going to make the inroads that we need.�

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While much has been written about the process of becoming a delegate, little has been said about the experience of being one.

To remedy that, three delegates, one Republican and two Democrat, sat down with QSaltLake to explain the ins-and-outs of holding this vital grassroots office.

To recap, Utah is one of only three states with a delegate system. Under this system, legislative districts are divided up into small pieces called precincts, which can often be just a few neighborhoods large. Depending on its size, each precinct has one or two delegates from each of the state’s two main political parties. Each election year, these delegates come together in a mass meeting to determine their party’s candidates for that district’s Senate and House seats. This means that delegates have a huge say in who gets to make laws on Capitol Hill — and whether or not those lawmakers are gay and transgender-friendly.

To illustrate how powerful delegates are, one need only return to 2008, when a single delegate’s vote allowed Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, to run for re-election, despite Buttars’ repeated anti-gay remarks and controversy over a statement he made on the Senate floor that many interpreted as racist.

“If we’d had 10 [pro-gay] people there, we wouldn’t be putting up with this nonsense,” Utah Log Cabin Republicans president Mel Nimer said of the issue, in a previous article on the delegate process.

Getting Elected

“I’ve always been a little bit politically active,” said Gordon Storrs, the former president of Utah’s gay-friendly Log Cabin Republicans, who ran for a position in the Utah Senate (and lost) in the same year Buttars retained his seat in Senate District 10. Before coming out, he was also a Republican delegate to the party’s state and county conventions, and he has also served as a precinct delegate.

But first, he had to get elected. Every two years, said Storrs, those who are interested in becoming delegates must attend precinct meetings, the addresses of which can be found by contacting the state or country offices of either the Democratic or Republican Party. When attending these meetings, said Storrs, each candidate for delegacy must make a speech about why he or she would be the best choice for office. To win the office, he encouraged hopefuls to bring neighbors and friends who live in their precinct (and who are registered members of either political party) to vote for them. Delegates may also run for other positions at this time, including that of precinct chair.

“You help make decisions and help vote on changes to the bylaws in the county platform,” he said of this office. “So you can make a difference or at least be there to speak up if something of interest comes along.” In con-

Q mmunity Ben McAdams, last December. Like many delegates, Daniels interviewed all contenders for the office. And when speaking to McAdams, who is straight, at the delegate meeting, he said he emphasized that McAdams would have to promise to make gay rights issues a priority if he wanted Daniels’ vote.

“I made sure that Ben was aware that he still had to represent that percentage of [the district’s’ population as Scott did,” he recalled. “I said look over that crowd of delegates. An amazing number of persons are LGBT individuals or allies.”

“There were more gays there than Friday night at the bar,” he joked.

trast, he added, a precinct chair must attend four meetings each year.

“A lot of precincts, probably 20–30 percent, have no chairs and no one comes to the meetings,” he added. “So those who come can nominate themselves to be chair.”

Precinct delegates must attend their district nominating convention during election years, during which they elect their party’s candidate for that district. To win nomination, a candidate must win 60 percent of delegates’ votes. If no one candidate gets this many, a primary is then held. In non-election years, they must attend a meeting where party business is handled, such as electing precinct officers and selecting delegates for county and state conventions where gubernatorial candidates are elected.

In addition to the precinct position, Republican delegates can also run for the offices of state and county delegate, both of which require two meetings per year: the annual nominating convention and an organizing conven- Utah Stonewall Democrats delegates vote at the Utah State Democratic Convention tion where decisions are Likewise, Storrs said that he struck up made about such things as the party’s plata friendship with former Gov. Jon Huntsform on state and county levels. man as a delegate and then as a member of Although the time commitment for prethe governor’s transition team. As an out cinct delegates is relatively small, Democratgay delegate, Storrs said that he and other ic precinct delegate Todd Bennett said that LCR delegates were able to talk to Huntsman sometimes delegates can be called together about a number of gay rights issues. for unforeseen reasons.

“The last conversation we had before he “Unexpected things can happen, like if talked about his position [in favor of] civil your representative or senator resigns like unions was where I suggested that he had Scott McCoy did [last year],” he said. “It’s the the bully pulpit, and if he shared his feeldelegates who lived in his district that got ings publicly that he could save a life,” he together and basically elected his replacesaid. “For some kid whose having trouble, ment.” just knowing that there’s someone in a high What Else Do Delegate Do? place who recognized the importance of gay Although Storrs said that some gay, lesbian, people [could be beneficial].” bisexual and transgender delegate hopefuls “And the next thing I knew, he came out might want to keep their sexuality under in favor of civil unions,” Storrs continued. wraps until after their election depending And while he does not know if that conversaon their precinct’s openness to gay people, tion had anything to do with the governor’s he said that he has experienced no backlash support, Storrs said that conversations like as an openly gay Republican delegate. the one he and Huntsman had can change “You’re there and you’re seen,” he said. minds and serve as “a way to create lasting “Like with me, everyone knows who I am. change.”

People treat you nicely and generally don’t “If I want to get in touch with Sen. McAdsay unkind things when you’re in the ams or Rep. [Jackie] Biskupski, it helps that room.”

I’m a delegate,” Daniels agreed. “They’re go“Absolutely everyone is respectful,” Ben- ing to spend more time with me.” [Elected nett agreed. “I’ve really never experienced officials] are more inclined to return your any negative backlash from anybody at all phone calls because they know at the end of toward anybody else, especially as the Demo- they day that they’re reliant on my vote to crats in Utah are very supportive [of gay and get them through” especially if they’re runtransgender people].” ning in a contested election.

“In Senate District 2 at least, there are probFor more information about becoming a delegate, ably more LGBT delegates than straight alattend Equality Utah’s next delegate training worklies,” said Democratic precinct delegate Branshop. It will be held March 15 at the Salt Lake County don Daniels. This fact, he said, played a big Complex, 2001 S. State St., 6–8 p.m. role in the election of McCoy’s replacement,

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Queer Prom The Utah Pride Center’s Tolerant Intelligent Network of Teens will hold Queer Prom April 10, 8 p.m.– midnight. at the Salt Lake City Library, 210 E. 400 South. The prom is open to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning and allied youth age 14–20. Tickets will be available shortly and sponsorships are available.

Utah Pride Needs Volunteers The Utah Pride Festival is currently seeking volunteers to fill several leadership roles for this year’s festival, including positions in food handling, logistics, stage management and entertainment. Applicants must have previous volunteer experience and experience in management or logistics. Volunteers who fill leadership positions will also need to attend bimonthly meetings beginning in March and will be required to work full time during the festival. For more information visit utahpridecenter.org.

March Neighborhood Potluck March’s neighborhood potluck for the south part of Salt Lake Valley will be held at the home of James Hicks and Russ Eliason.

These potlucks are held monthly to allow gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Utahns and their straight friends and allies the chance to socialize and make new friends. For this potluck, Hicks and Eliason are asking that the food be divided up in this way: those whose doors face north or south are asked to bring main dishes and desserts; those with east or west facing doors are asked to bring chips and dip, salads and pasta. The hosts will provide main dishes and beverages.

Kids are welcome.

When: March 7, 4 p.m.

Where: James Hicks & Russ Eliason’s home (call 801-644-3190 for directions and info).

PCSL Open Registration Even though the field is frozen, it’s time to start thinking about softball.

The Pride Community Softball League has opened registration for the 2010 season. Games will once again be held Sundays at Jordan Park.

Registration will be held Saturdays through March 27.

Where: The Trapp, 102 S. 600 West, 2–5 p.m., and Club Jam, 751 N. 300 West, 6–9 p.m.

Cost: $250 team sponsor fee and $25 per player Photos: Ed Kosmicki Info: pcsl@prideleague.com

Mixed Verdict in Ogden Gay Beatings An Ogden man was found guilty of assaulting a lesbian, but cleared of charges for attacking a gay man who lived in the same apartment complex last June.

Christopher Vonnegut Allen said he didn’t attack either person because they were gay or lesbian.

“I would just like to say I don’t hate gay people,” Allen said as he left the courtroom shortly after the verdict Christopher Allen was read. “Someone’s lifestyle doesn’t affect me.”

Allen faced two second-degree felony charges of burglary, a class B misdemeanor for assaulting Wil Phillips and a class A mis-

demeanor for assaulting Whitney Goich.

The jury acquitted Allen of both the felony and misdemeanor charges in the altercation with Phillips.

Phillips said on the stand that he was lying on his sofa at the Mirador apartments when Allen jumped on and straddled him, pinning his arms and began slapping him.

“He keeps on yelling at me that he’s not gay,” Phillips testified.

Phillips said he bit Allen on the arm to free himself. A friend finally pulled Allen off him and led him outside the apartment “three or four times.” Allen kept returning to the apartment to kick Phillips, who remained on the sofa in a fetal position, covering his head with his arms.

“He stomped him so hard he left pattern imprints on [Phillips’] arm,” Deputy Weber County Attorney Branden Miles said in his opening arguments as he dis-

Utah Speech Therapist to Offer Voice Workshop for Trans Women While sex reassignment surgery and hormone treatments alter many aspects of a transgender woman’s body, neither has any effect on male vocal cords, meaning that trans women often need to train their voices if they want to speak in a higher, more traditionally feminine register.

Beginning in March, a local licensed speech therapist and voice coach will offer a class she calls Vocal Feminization for MtF [maleto-female] Voice for trans women in all stages of transitioning.

S t a c e y Cole began her career in voicework as a theatre performer in San Francisco. As time went on, Stacey Cole, speech therapist however, she said she became increasingly interested in working with the voice in areas other than acting and singing. After getting a masters degree in speech therapy she began working in hospitals with patients who had suffered strokes and brain injuries.

While Cole isn’t certain exactly how she moved from speech pathology into helping transgender women, she said that she has watched several friends struggle with changing their voices as hormones and surgeries changed their bodies.

“I just became very interested in the challenges that they’re facing, and I realized there wasn’t much help out there, certainly not in Salt Lake City,” she said.

Since 2008, Cole has studied a number of approaches to voice therapy, including Lessac-Madsen Resonant Voice Therapy and Fitzmaurice Voicework. She has studied with the founders of both forms and

holds a teacher certificate in Fitzmaurice Voicework, which is often used in actor training programs and focuses on such elements as breathing, resonance and how the body’s movement affects the voice.

“There’s this long tradition between the performing arts and communication disorders for voice therapy and voice work,” Cole explained.

Cole will bring her expertise in both the artistic and medical fields of voicework to the 10-week workshop she will teach at the South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, March 10 to May 12. There, participants will learn to work with their voices in a variety of ways, including intonation patterns and the particulars of nonverbal communication, or body language as it is commonly known.

“I’m exploring a protocol that I read about by another speech therapist in Seattle which would involve an evaluation [where we] would record the voice so we can look at what’s going on with it before and after the workshop,” said Cole. Further, the workshop will take what she calls a “full body approach” where participants will examine how the tensions they hold in their muscles and the way they hold their bodies impact how they breathe and how their voice sounds.

“It involves some release of those tensions coupled with voice work to expand pitch range, specifically going into a higher pitch and maintaining pitch variability which is sometimes a problem when people are transitioning,” she said. To demonstrate, Cole then raised the pitch of her voice and spoke a sentence in monotones. “They may be able to start speaking in a higher voice but they lack the expressivity or, I would say, the ability to express fully, so they [can only speak] in a few tones. We’re looking at increasing variability in the pitch as we raise it,” she then explained.

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played color photographs taken the night of the confrontation showing a bruise on Phillips’ arm that matches the pattern of the sole of Allen’s shoe.

Goich testified that Allen walked up to her and punched her in the nose, yelling, “I hate faggots.” As she doubled over in pain, she said Allen grabbed her by the head and began kneeing her in the face repeatedly.

Goich suffered a broken nose and crushed tear duct which required surgery in the June 2, 2009 attack.

On the stand, Allen denied yelling homophobic slurs and said the assault had been set off by Phillips biting him.

Prosecutors considered using Utah’s hate crime statute, but decided instead to pursue felony burglary charges. (Charges of a class B misdemeanor would be raised to a class A under Utah’s hate crime law.)

Defense attorney Brian Duncan used the fact that the hate crime statute wasn’t utilized in his final arguments, reminding

the jury that Allen was not charged with a hate crime.

The jury rendered a verdict of guilty on charges of burglary and the class A misdemeanor in the assault against Goich.

“I feel hurt that the justice system has let me down,” Phillips said after the verdict.

“I don’t feel safe living here anymore. I am happy they at least found him guilty for Whitney’s attack. At the same time it kinda stings in a sense. How could they find him guilty for her attack but not for the assault he did on me? It just leaves me wondering how ‘great’ our justice system really is.”

Judge Mark DeCaria let a previous order stand banning Allen from any further contact with Phillips and Goich.

Allen will face a sentencing hearing on April 5.

DeCaria declared a mistrial in December when a key witness recognized a member of the jury. The new hearing with a new jury was held Feb. 24-25.

Another important consideration for trans women when changing their voices, said Cole, is safety.

“If you’re working on raising your pitch and playing with pitch and intonation, you don’t want to be pushing too hard on your vocal folds,” she said. “I want to give people healthy tools do to the work they need to do. When you’re trying to do this work on your own I think it’s pretty daunting, and can be harmful to your vocal health.”

The course will also cover some differences in the ways that males and females speak, including females’ tendency to use their “head voice” rather than their “chest voice.”

“This is a generalization but typically in our culture here, men will use volume to emphasize a word in a sentence or a point, and women will use inflection,” Cole explained. “They may go up in pitch or down in pitch to draw attention to a word in a sentence they’re focusing on.”

Above all, Cole stressed that the goal of the course is not to teach trans women to speak in a stereotypical feminine way (“like Tootsie,” she said, referring to the Dustin Hoffman film in which Hoffman performs in drag). Rather, she hopes to help her students reach an authentic voice that feels appropriate to them.

And, she added, she hopes that those who take the class will also have fun along the way.

“Fitzmaurice Voicework is very playful,” she said. “This is serious business and there’s a lot of hard work involved with changing the voice, so I think there needs to be play to lighten the load.”

The 10-week workshop will be held each Wednesday night, 6:30–8:30 p.m. at SVUUS, 6876 S. Highland Dr. The class is limited to eight people and the cost for the entire workshop is $70; $35 of which must be paid as a deposit. To register, contact Cole at voicecoachSLC@gmail.com. If cost is a factor, please e-mail michael@qsaltlake.com for a potential scholarship to cover half the fee.

GIVE US 5 MINUTES Equality Utah is rolling out a Statewide Study on discrimination in housing and employment and we need you to share your story.

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local news Conference Panel Discusses Safe Schools for Gay Youth Titled “Controlling Sexuality through Violence, Shame and Cultural Oppression: Implications for Human Rights,� the University of Utah’s annual Tanner Human Rights Center Conference, held Feb. 24–26, addressed a number of topics surrounding anti-gay and anti-transgender violence, including legal prohibitions of same-sex marriage and public shaming of non-straight individuals. One panel addressed a topic that has long been at the forefront of gay and transgender activism in Utah: preventing violence and discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth.

Held Feb. 25, “Breaking the Cycle: Prevention and the Next Generation� focused on threats to the health of gay, lesbian and bisexual youth poised by such things as school bullying and anti-gay cultural practices, as well as ways in which these practices can be halted. The panel was moderated by University of Utah psychology professor Don Strassberg and featured fellow psychology professor David Huebner, City University of New York psychology professor Margaret Rosario and Rose Ellen Epstein, the Utah Pride Center’s transgender youth program coordinator.

Rosario began the panel with a presentation titled “LGB Youths: Their Health and Stress,� in which she discussed the results of several studies about the health of gay, lesbian and bisexual adolescents that derived their participants from the general population, rather than specifically selected groups of such youth. She limited her study to nontransgender sexual minorities, she said, because little research has been done into the health concerns of transgender youth.

Overall, she said that gay, lesbian and bisexual adolescents were twice more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to have substance abuse disorders, poor body image, and to engage in sexual behaviors that put them at high risk for contracting sexually transmitted infections. Further, she

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said that queer youth were far more likely to have diagnoses of mental illnesses like major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, and two to seven more times likely to have attempted suicide. Indeed, she said that 21-35 percent of gay, lesbian and bisexual youth in all studies she considered reported having attempted suicide in the last year, as opposed to 4 to 14 percent of heterosexual youth.

To explain these health disparities, Rosario introduced the audience to the concept of “gay-related stress,� which is caused when people who are or are perceived to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender experience verbal, physical or sexual attacks, and when they internalize the negative social messages that motivate these assaults. “Victimization and rejections can be overt or subtle, can happen by omission or commission and can occur across many settings,� including family, social and cultural settings, she said.

After experiencing such stressors, Rosario said that many youth turn to unhelpful or damaging practices in order to cope, including drug abuse, sex and cutting class. “Truancy is a coping strategy that unfortunately in the long run will not benefit them as they fall behind in their academic work,� she said. “[Strategies like this] indicate the failure, if you will, of our schools and our families to take care of our children.� To help these youth, Rosario encouraged the audience to think about several subjects, including how racial and ethnic issues tied into gay-related stress, and the relationship between stress and health.

As a Utah Pride Center employee who works directly with youth, Epstein said that she has firsthand knowledge of the damage socially encouraged violence does to Utah’s gay, lesbian, bisexual youth and transgender youth in particular. In order to help youth create social and emotional support networks, Epstein said the center has created a number or programs for queer youth, including: FAME, an HIV-intervention group for gay and bisexual boys; Genderland, a weekly program for transgender and gender variant youths; TransAction, a youth-lead group focused on social justice for transgender people; and drop-in center that its clients quickly named the Tolerant Intelligent Network of Teens, or TINT. “It’s a safe space for youth to express themselves and explore their identities, which obviously is a very natural part of adolescence but something that LGBT youth don’t have a chance to do,� said Epstein, citing, for example, the ability of gay, lesbian and bisexual youth to talk about their crushes as easily as their heterosexual counterparts can.

Additionally, Epstein said the Center is especially proud of the cultural competency classes it is providing for people who work in the fields of foster care and juvenile justice, in order to show that queer youth are in these systems and that their needs are often different from those of straight nontransgender youths. “[For example we’re] providing cultural

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Q mmunity competency training to therapists who want to work with transgender young people, or who want to know more [about the issues they face] because they’ve heard there’s a need,� said Epstein, citing the fact that many transgender people need to get a letter from a therapist before they can get sexual reassignment surgery or go on hormones. “I think the training program is one of the most exciting programs we do because we’re able to have an impact outside of the Pride Center in the broader community,� she said. “I think we’re helping to change the experiences the kids have across the state.�

Huebner agreed with Epstein. “I don’t believe [anti-gay victimization] is inevitable, that’s the reason we’re talking about this today,� he said.

In his presentation, “Anti-gay Victimization in Schools and Adolescent Risk Behaviors,� Huebner presented some hypotheses on the reasons why victims of anti-gay harassment and violence often engage in destructive behaviors such as drug use and unprotected sex. “I don’t believe that kids get bullied at school and [therefore decide] to have sex without a condom. That doesn’t make sense,� he said “There’s something going on in the space between victimization and engaging in a risk behavior.�

One model Huebner presented was behavioral science professor Richard Jessor’s problem behavior theory, which suggests that youth who feel uncommitted to such “norm-enforcing institutions� as schools, families and religious groups become increasingly committed to peers who are engaging in risky, damaging behaviors. Since queer youth who fear bullying at school do not see school as safe, said Huebner, they are not able to commit to their school work.

In order to break this pattern, Huebner said that schools need to enact anti-bullying codes that include gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender children. He added that studies have found that schools with these inclusive policies have become safer for students of all sexual orientations. “It’s not surprising, not a radical assertion,� he said.

Huebner also said that anecdotal evidence exists to suggest that schools with gay-straight alliances also have less anti-gay bullying, though he stressed that no scientific study had yet been conducted to validate this. He suggested, nonetheless, that the mere existence of a resource to help gay and transgender students could play a factor in lessening bullying, even if students do not take advantage of that resource. “I’m hoping as we increasingly do research like this that documents that GSAs are helpful for our kids we can bully the government into allowing us to have them,� said Huebner, referring to attempts by legislative bodies (including the Utah Legislature in the mid-1990s) to prohibit GSAs on the campuses of public schools.

A half hour question and answer period followed, in which audience members (several of them University of Utah faculty and community activists) asked the panelists about such things as the feasibility of getting Parent Teacher Associations to advocate for safer schools or creating schools that accept only gay and transgender students.

ACLU Discussion The ACLU of Utah and OUTLAWS, a gay-friendly group of law students at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law, will hold the critical community dialogue “Beyond the Division: How Religious Liberty and Equality for Gay and Transgender People Can Be Balanced in Our State and Nation.�

This discussion will look at ways in which the right to freedom of religion and rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people can both be protected under law.

When: March 4, 6–8 p.m.

Where: S.J. Quinney College of Law Moot Court Room, 332 S. 1400 East RSVP: Anna Brower, 801-521-9862 ex. 100 or abrower@acluutah.org

Human Rights Commission Vacancies Salt Lake City’s Human Rights Commission currently has two vacancies and is accepting applications. For more information call 801-535-7734 or visit slcgov.com/ diversity.

Scholarship for Lesbian Students The sixth annual Taub-Dicker Rainbow Scholarship is now accepting applications. Administered by the Stonewall Foundation, the scholarship is open to lesbian-identified students who are graduating high school seniors with plans to attend a U.S. college or university or current graduate and undergraduate students in any field of study. Applications are judged on academic excellence, community service and commitment to issues effecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people as well as leadership, merit and professional and personal goals. Three $3,000 scholarships will be awarded in June 2010. The application can be found at stonewallfoundation. org (look beneath grants on the sidebar). The foundation also offers a number of other scholarships.

‘Brother to Brother’ Screening Plan-B Theatre Company, in collaboration with The Edward Lewis Black Theatre Festival, co-presents a free sceening of Brother to Brother. The film is a drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter. Plan-B’s production, Wallace, Mar. 4–14, also pays tribute to the Harlem Renaissance.

When: March 8, 7 p.m.

Where: Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South

Gay Episcopalians Help Hold Easter-themed Performance

This Easter season, a number of Utah’s Anglican and secular choirs will raise their voices in celebration of a church choral tradition known as evensong.

Evensong, said Robb Trujillo, a member of the St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church choir, became a tradition in the Anglican rite during the 16th century, during the great outpouring of the English arts under such monarchs as Henry VII, Edward VI, Elizabeth I and James I. The rite of Evensong, he said, was established during Henry and Edward’s reigns, after the Church of England formally severed ties with the Catholic Church and became its own religious body. The rite is an adaptation of vespers and compline, evening prayer and music services the Catholic Church has practiced for centuries and, Trujillo added, has flourished particularly well among the United States’ Episcopal (Anglican) churches since the country’s founding.

“Although choral evensong is a service of prayer, it also has very strong artistic and aesthetic value,” said Trujillo, noting that much music for the service was composed in the 16th century. For this reason, he said, people of all faiths can enjoy the evening’s performance. Further, the event will also be gay- and transgender-friendly, as it was organized in part by Integrity Utah, a ministry in the local Episcopal Diocese for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people.

The Easter-themed performance, however, will be a little different than the average evensong service. St. Stephen’s choir will be joined by three choirs from Northern Utah: St. James Episcopal Church in Midvale, Salt Lake City’s All Saints Episcopal Church and the Tooele County Choral Society which, while a secular choir, will nonetheless perform evensong music for the evening’s performance, a 90-minute service. The event will also be a competition, at the end of which the Ver Stratten Cup for Excellence in Sacred Music will be awarded to the choir that a panel of judges deems to be the best. The award, said Trujillo, is named for the late Episcopal priest Stan Ver Stratten, who was an ardent supporter of sacred music.

“We want to remember his and his wife Judy’s love of music,” he said.

The judging panel will consist of Rep. Christine Johnson, D-Salt Lake City, QSaltLake publisher and editor Michael Aaron and the Rev. Dr. Fred Quinn, a noted music historian.

“The idea behind [the performance] is to gather musicians in the community for collaboration and fostering community relationships,” said Trujillo. “The beauty of the service and the different facets of it lend itself well to have other choirs gather together and present Easter anthems and songs geared towards Easter.”

Additionally, the performance’s structure itself encourages such collaboration.

While each choir has chosen an individual piece to sing, the four will nonetheless combine to sing a service written by composer David Lee, which Trujillo calls a “modern interpretation of classic texts.”

Choral Evensong will be held April 14 at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4615 S. 3200 West in West Valley City. Doors will open for dinner at 6 p.m., the cost of which is a donation of any amount. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. To RSVP please call 435-849-2961.

District Attorney’s Office Files Charges in Assault of DJ Bell and Dan Fair

by Michael Aaron

Twenty months after they were attacked in their home by a gang of family members and friends, David James “DJ” Bell and Dan Fair can see the possibility of justice as the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against his former neighbors for their alleged roles in their assaults.

A total of 16 charges, ranging from first degree felonies to class A misdemeanors, were handed down to the seven defendants on March 2.

Bell was accused by his neighbors of taking two children from an all-night Independence Day party at their home in 2008.

Bell fought felony charges of kidnapping and burglary for 14 months, but was acquitted last October in a trial that raised strong emotions between Salt Lake Valley’s gay and Pacific Islander communities. Bell is white; the neighbors are Pacific Islanders.

“After waiting for what has seemed an eternity for the right thing to happen, the appropriate charges for the real crimes committed on that forever-ruined holiday, have been filed,” Bell said. “Today we can breathe a half-hearted sigh of relief, knowing that some of the people who attacked us will be off the streets and will have to account for the senseless and hateful crimes perpetrated against us, our family, and our community.”

Charges of third degree felony riot were brought against all of the defendants, including Lulu Latu, the mother who accused Bell of kidnapping her children, and her common-law husband, Ieti Mageo.

According to District Attorney records, Latu called 911 the morning of July 4, 2008 and reported that her family was assaulting neighbors Bell and Fair because they had taken two children. Latu had discovered the children missing and found them at the Bell-Fair house. Fair heard Latu say, “You better lock the doors because I am going to tell my family.”

She returned to the party going on at her house, told the other family members and friends where the children were, and Mageo, along with friends Ricky Peace, Lisa

Aione, Marsha Finau, Ietitaia Nuusila and Ioane Falaniko, rushed over to the neighbors’ house, according to the warrant.

Fair had gone to the front door to keep it closed and Bell was at the back door. Fair identified Mageo and Aiono as two people trying to get through the front door. Fair said he was attacked from behind by Ricky Peace as he was holding the door closed.

Fair said he was then assaulted by a number of people. Police found a chair, frying pan and a large-screen television with “large amounts” of blood on them “which were consistent with objects that caused some of Daniel Fair’s injuries.”

Bell said he was pushed from behind while trying to keep the back door secured, then pulled by his hair from the home and body-slammed to the ground. He was cut on the neck and chest with a piece of glass and kicked in the forehead.

Fair was hospitalized with multiple cuts, abrasions and bruises and a broken eye socket, which has required several surgeries. Bell was treated for cuts to his neck, chest, and foot and has lost hearing in one ear. He also suffered brain trauma.

In addition to felony riot charges, the DA’s office also levied class A misdemeanor assault charges against Nuusila and Angelina Dibella, first degree felony aggravated assault and first degree felony aggravated burglary charges against Peace, Nuusila and Mageo. Nuusila is also charged with class A misdemeanor false personal information to a peace officer for giving the name of a 71-year-old Murray woman as his own.

No hate crime charges are included in the charging documents, as Utah’s hate crime law is only relevant for class C and class B misdemeanors.

Several statements made during the Bell kidnapping trial are being used against the defendants, as well as statements made to the media covering the case.

“We regret beating them up as badly as we did,” Latu told the Deseret News in December, 2008. “But we don’t feel bad, because what if it (had turned into) another case of murdered children?”

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South Salt Lake police are now charged with arresting the seven defendants, some of whom have left the city at least one is out of state.

Warrants issued show bail amounts ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. During testimony in the kidnapping case, it was revealed that many of the assailants, including Latu, have previous criminal records.

Bell says the incident has destroyed the couple financially. He is thankful for those who have donated through their Web site, Injustice801.com.

He also says the event has taken an emotional toll.

“We not only had to endure the thought and possibility of my being incarcerated for a minimum of 30 years to life for simply being a kindly neighbor, but also had to watch our backs wherever we went with the fear that we may run across the violent criminals who attacked us,” he said. “I may be free from wrongful incarceration, but since July 4, 2008 we have not been free from fear, flashbacks, night-terrors, and the possibility that we will be attacked again by these people before justice is truly served.”

Fair did not attend Bell’s trial for fear of his life after he says he received threats against him on the first day.

He says that both are going through therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

He says even though Utah once feeling like a safe home from Dan and him, they just can’t leave the state.

“I love Salt Lake City. I have moved away three times only to return to this place,” he said.

Though he knows that not all of his attackers are being charged, he takes solace in the fact that most are.

“We are greatly satisfied that the most vile of the troglodytic bunch will suffer the consequences of their actions,” he said. “I only hope that, as a result [of the charges], we are afforded some amount of peace.” Q More information on the case and how to contribute to Bell and Fair’s legal and medical bills can be found at Injustice801.com.

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Q on the Street

“Saturday’s Voyeur is beginning rehearsals for this year’s show.

What song should they rewrite, and give us a few bars. Example: My son will come out tomorrow, bet my boy’s a bottom and tomorrow, he’ll be queer.”

Scott Perry The minute you walked in the joint ... Buttars!

I could tell you were a man of conviction, A real big douchebag.

Butt-Ugly. Narrow mind.

Hey, won’t you pull your head out ...

Rikard Pearson It may be the right year for a tear jerking ballad, subtle on the humor, but not a dry eye on the house. “As Long As He Needs Me”?

Is “He” the prophet, the missionary companion, father?

Kirk Birkle

letters Gay Rights on Hiatus

Editor, After reading the responses to the guest editorial by Charles Lynn Frost in the most recent issue of QSaltLake [‘Guest Editorial,’ Feb. 18], particularly that of former state Sen. Scott McCoy, I felt that I, too, must respond.

I thoroughly agree with the views expressed by Mr. Frost in his editorial, as do many other people in our community. The compromise to not introduce any pro-gay legislation in exchange that no anti-gay

legislation be introduced during this legislative session was misguided. Making a compromise to protect Salt Lake City’s anemic nondiscrimination ordinances violates Equality Utah’s mission to protect all Utah families. Better to try and fail than to do nothing at all. We really don’t have much to lose. Charles Lynn Frost’s call for our community to refuse to be second-class citizens, despite overwhelming odds and the potential for failure, was right on the money.

Gay politicians and organizations are not exempt from scrutiny nor criticism by the gay community. It is ridiculous for them to act surprised when their motives and actions come into question. It is even

more ridiculous for them to become smug when they are criticized, as Mr. McCoy did in his comments regarding “drag ‘theater’.” Charles Lynn Frost’s alter ego, Sister Dottie S. Dixon, attempts to bridge the gap between LGBT people and their Mormon families through humor; something to which Mr. McCoy really can’t relate given that he is not from an LDS background.

Just as a reminder, it was a bunch of drag queens who had had enough of the intolerance they faced every day who started the Stonewall Riots and began our gay rights movement. Lose the attitude, Scott.

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Nicottina is a smoking drag queen. Her song: Nicottina, tell me what’s wrong.

You’re enchained by your addiction.

I can see you’re a smoker on a mission.

Chorus: Nicottina you and I know, That the cravings come and they go and you’ll start believing.

You’ll be smoking once again, And the cravings end.

You will have no stress or regret.

who’s your daddy?

I Am a Role Model for Your Son

by Christopher Katis

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Lindsey Vonn won her gold medal I called our best friends Sabine and John. I didn’t want to talk about Vonn’s inspired win or the frightening number of women who had tumbled down the icy mountain. No, I wanted to know if Sabine thought I could pull off wearing the hat Vonn had sported during her interviews.

Seeing how I’m comfortable being a gay man, she thought I’d look totally cute in it.

John, however, wouldn’t be caught dead in it. Nor, she added, would my kids.

That’s right. All signs point to me being the dad of heterosexual sons.

Frankly, I believe having two dads is a huge advantage for young straight boys. Think about it: We know about being men and interacting with other men; but we also understand women a lot better than our straight brothers. We can be honest about teaching boys the lessons their straight fathers never learned — such as the fact that no one (not even lesbians) looks good with a mullet. And Bruce Willis is not a gifted actor; he plays the same character in every film, people!

But seriously, gay men are amazingly good role models.

We can teach boys about courage. It’s easy to be openly gay when you live in San Francisco, Los Angeles, or New York.

It takes a lot more guts to be openly gay in a place like, say, Salt Lake City. Moreover, with the state Legislature acting increasingly like the Taliban, they have deemed the most basic civil rights for gay men and lesbians a threat to the fabric of society. Letters to the editors of the major dailies frequently decry our attempts to get “special rights” — like not being fired for your sexual orientation is “special” — or worse, suggest criminalization of our relationships.

To live openly in this type of environment takes balls. I submit the nelliest twink walking the streets of Herriman exhibits far more courage than the toughest Navy SEAL stationed in Kandahar Province.

And we can show boys what respect is — for themselves and others. We understand what it’s like to recognize the ight after

inherit good in ourselves, even as every day religious, political and community leaders spout vile hate toward us. I’m often reminded of the struggles of my buddy Kevin in San Francisco. Unceremoniously evicted by his mom when he came out at 16 years old, he got a job, found someone kind enough to rent him a studio apartment, finished high school on his own, put himself through college and a couple of years ago finished law school.

I don’t know about you, but he’s the kind of role model I want my kids to have.

Gay men also can teach boys about acceptance. We’ve had to accept that we are different from 90 percent of the population.

We’ve had to accept that a frighteningly large number of the world’s governments jail — or even kill — us.

But we also understand that at least in this country (and a growing swath of countries around the world) we don’t have to accept being treated this way.

And we know how to accept a helping hand. We have amazing straight allies willing to stand up for us. After all, the anti-bias ordinance in Salt Lake City was unanimously approved by a unanimously heterosexual city council.

The fact of the matter is that the boys out there can learn a great deal from us and our experiences. The experiences their straight male role models haven’t even dreamed of dealing with.

And yes, if the gay man in the boy’s life got the good taste gene, then that boy will grow into a man who knows that there’s really no such thing as “dress” jeans. If I had had that man in my life growing up, I probably wouldn’t be calling my female friends and asking about the attractiveness of stocking caps today.

One of the reasons I think Kelly and I are pretty good fathers is that we are able to look beyond the obvious role models for our boys. Gus and Niko can learn as much about backhand shots from their hockey-playing gay Uncle Pete as they can from their hockey-playing straight Uncle John. I just wish that there were more straight dads out there who understand the same is true for their sons. Q M a rch 4 , 2010 | issue 1 49 | QSa lt L a k e | 17

But seriously, gay men are amazingly good role models.

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by D’Anne Witkowski

S tate R ep . N ancy Elliott, R-New Hampshire. Relax.

No one is trying to anal sex you.

Though this is something you apparently think about a lot. So much, in fact, that you must not have realized you were talking out loud and into a microphone during the legislative session about repealing your state’s marriage equality law.

Like when you said, “We’re talking about taking the penis of one man and putting it in the rectum of another man and wriggling it around in excrement. And you have to think, ‘I’m not sure, would I allow that to be done to me?’ All of us, that could happen to you. Would you let that happen to you?

Is that normal?”

Yikes. First of all Nancy, what you put or don’t put in your butt is your business. But thanks for announcing to the world that you and your husband don’t do anal. That is a very important thing for your constituency to know (that is not a very important thing for your constituency to know).

Second of all, what does this have to do with same-sex marriage? Is there some kind of clause in New Hampshire that mandates anal sex for married gays? You know that some gay dudes don’t even have anal sex, right? It’s “off the menu,” so to speak. And

do you know that some straight dudes have anal sex on both the giving and receiving end? Because you don’t seem to be freaked out about them getting married.

I’m also concerned about this claim you

‘We’re talking about taking the penis of one man and putting it in the rectum of another man and wriggling it around in excrement.’ made at the session: “I heard yesterday from a mother that in the fifth grade in Nashua they were given, as part of their classroom instruction, naked pictures of two men showing a presentation of anal sex. ... They are showing our fifth graders how they can actually perform this kind of sex and they are condoning it, saying this

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is something normal. They are saying this is something that you ... as a fifth grader, may want to try.”

Wow, really? And just one parent complained about that? Because I agree with you, giving fifth graders naked pictures of ass sex, straight or gay, is not appropriate. So you’d think more parents would have complained.

Unless, of course, it didn’t happen.

“The comments have Nashua school officials at a loss. Nothing resembling what Elliott said is being taught in any of Nashua’s schools, officials say,” reported the Nashua Telegraph. “Superintendent Mark Conrad said school officials have asked all elementary school principals about the claim. Conrad said there is no evidence to substantiate Elliott’s comment and no parents have called to complain.”

Huh. That’s funny. No parents called the school to complain. Just one mystery mother and she called you, someone who talks publicly about her visions of penises wriggling around in poo. Must be a district wide cover-up, eh?

What would New Hampshire be without you? I urge you not to quit, Nancy. Keep speaking the truth. Don’t let the haters get you down. Don’t let them censor your message. In fact, at your next meeting, bring in two live gays as guests to have anal sex so you can really hit your point home. Do it, Nancy. Do it for the children. Q D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay since 2003.

She’s a freelance writer and poet (believe it!). When she’s not taking on the creeps of the world she reviews rock and roll shows in Detroit with her twin sister and teaches writing at the University of Michigan.

snaps & slaps SNAP: Tanner Human Rights Center The University of Utah’s Tanner Human Rights Center made an excellent move this year in creating its annual conference around the theme of violence and oppression against sexual and gender minorities. Under the guidance of such notable scholars and activists as Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, author Lisa Duggan and Utah Pride Center Transgender Youth Program Coordinator Rose Ellen Epstein, the conference took to task many of the obvious causes of this violence — such as anti-gay and anti-transgender legislation. Perhaps even better, it also addressed some potential causes that are often less obvious, like the gay rights movement’s recent focus on marriage rights to the exclusion of universal healt hcare for all, regardless of marital status.

Hearing different perspectives from a variety of professionals on topics related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people’s oppression is one more way in which our local movement can be strengthened. Kudos to the Tanner Human Rights Center for being an integral part of this dialogue!

SLAP: SB 155 Not so helpful, on the other hand, is Utah’s Senate Bill 155, Enhanced Penalties for HIV Positive Offenders Amendments, which just passed out of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Basically, this bill would charge prostitutes and their patrons with third degree felonies if they “knew or should have known” they are HIV positive, and would allow law officers to deliver HIV test results to these offenders without a health official present. Of course, knowingly spreading HIV is not OK, but we share activist David Nelson’s view that many of these bill’s provisions aren’t OK, either.

First, the bill would violate federal health information privacy laws.

Second, forcing the HIV-positive person to sign off on the fact they’ve received notice of being HIV positive sounds a lot like self-incrimination to us. We urge the Utah Senate to disagree and bounce this bill back to the Rules Committee so it can be made constitutional and more in line with treating infection, or better yet abandoned altogether.

bullshattuck A Gay Man Argues for Women’s Rights

by Ryan Shattuck

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Mark Twain who once famously said: “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn’t.â€? With that in mind, can you determine which of the following headlines is from the satirical news Web site The Onion and which is a genuine news headline? • “Doctor Gets Court Order to Confine Pregnant Woman Against Her Willâ€? • “New Law Requires Women to Name Baby, Paint Nursery Before Getting Abortionâ€?

If you guessed that “Doctor Gets Court Order� is a real headline and “New Law Requires Women to Name Baby� is a satirical, fake headline, you are correct. If you guessed that both stories — both real and fake — reflect the struggle women continue to face when it comes to reproductive rights, you are also correct.

I recently read Steven Levitt’s well-known book Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. In it, he famously — and controversially — hypothesized that legal abortion reduces crime, citing the decrease in crime 20 years after the passage of Roe v. Wade. His book added more kindling to what had been a decades-long firestorm of a debate, even if he did so in his own dispassionate, socioeconomic way.

Why, in the 37 years since women have had the right to legal abortions and the nearly 90 years that women have had the right to vote, do the rights of women continue to come under attack with such ferocity and frequency? As the non-satirical story “Doctor Gets Court Order to Confine Pregnant Woman Against Her Will� explains, a doctor forced a pregnant woman into bed rest at a hospital in order to “protect� her unborn child, despite her very real fears about how she would care for her two toddler-aged children. And then only this past week, the man accused of killing George Tiller — one of the few late-term abortion doctors in the United States — was found guilty of Tiller’s death.

The story from The Onion doesn’t seem that far from reality, does it?

These may be only two rare cases of individuals taking extreme action in order to control women’s power to make their own decisions, but they reflect a powerful and growing voice in the United States. Just as the election of President Obama brought about a wave of anti-Obama citizens sudt was

denly afraid of “socialism,� so too has the liberalization of women’s rights brought about a wave of citizens who are increasingly against giving women the right to make decisions for themselves.

Most people would agree — including those who believe that Obama is secretly a “socialist� — that the best people to make decisions for their respective lives are themselves and not the government. Why then, do many of these supposed Libertarians and Republicans, who believe that the government should not interfere in the personal decisions of ordinary Americans, vote for representatives who do the very opposite?

Consider the fact that although approximately 51 percent of the population of the United States is female, only 17 percent of the U.S. Senators are female (17 women), and only 17.2 percent of the members of the House of Representatives are female (75 women). Despite making up half of the population, American women are represented in Congress by men who, regardless of whether they do or do not understand women’s rights, are men.

I would be wary if I was told that a panel of politically-minded women was to make a decision regarding my circumcision. Sorry ladies, but my penis is my property. It’s understandable then why many women are wary of their male-elected representatives sitting in cigar smoke-filled rooms as they sip brandy and decide whether or not a woman should be able to make her own choices. It’s understandable then, why many are angry at Sen. Ben Nelson (who has a long history of opposing abortion rights) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (who, worse, is my senator), for introducing an antiabortion amendment last year in a health care bill.

A close friend whom I’ve known for nearly 20 years confided to a few months ago that she’d had an abortion. She said it was one of the most difficult decisions she had ever made, but she truly and honestly believes it was the right one. I can’t say I agree or even disagree with her, because I’m a man and will never find myself in such a difficult circumstance. I have my opinion about abortion, but I don’t believe that my opinions should impact women’s decisions, anymore than Senators Nelson and Hatch should.

Let’s leave those decisions up to women.  Q

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by Ben Williams

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unny the things you never learn in

school. For example, if it wasn’t for an old queen there wouldn’t have been a Bible that became the foundation of the English Protestant Reformation. As head of the Anglican Church, James Stuart King of England and Scotland authorized this work, which ranks with the works of Shakespeare in shaping the English language. Known as the King James Version of the Bible, it became the most read work in this language’s history.

However, to those faint of heart: Don’t have apoplexy when you learn that pious old King James loved many an English and Scottish lad.

While many men became dukes and earls by romping in the king’s bed, his favorite was apparently George Villiers. Villiers was nicknamed “Steenie” by the king after Saint Stephen, who was said to have had the face of an angel. Villiers was the son of a penniless Leicestershire squire, and was introduced to James in 1614. He

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was regarded by contemporaries as the most beautiful man in Europe, with his “dark chestnut curly hair, a pointed beard of golden brown, clear skin, fine chiseled features, dark blue eyes and the graceful carriage of the ideal courtier.”

The first sexual encounter between the 48-year-old king and the 22-year-old Villiers is said to have occurred in August of 1615 at Farnham Castle. Many years later, Villiers wrote to James, “whether you loved me now ... better than at the time which I shall never forget at Farnham, where the bed’s head could not be found between the master and his dog.” Villiers referred to himself as James’s dog, and called the king “Dad.” In one letter to the king he addressed James as “Dere Dad” and signed it “Your most humble slave and servant and dog Steenie.”

While Villers began his career at the court as royal cup-bearer, he was made a

viscount in 1616 and the Earl of Buckingham in 1617.

Kings James’ behavior did not go unnoticed among his nobles. In 1617 a “moral debate” took place in the Privy Council regarding the King’s romances. Sir John Oglander testified at that time: “The King is wonderous passionate, a lover of his favourites beyond the love of men to women.

He is the chastest prince for women that ever was, for he would often swear that he never kissed any other woman than his own queen. I never yet saw any fond husband make so much or so great dalliance over his beautiful spouse as I have seen King James over his favourites, especially Buckingham.”

The king, addressing the Privy Council regarding his right to love whom he would declared: “I, James, am neither a god nor an angel, but a man like any other. Therefore I act like a man and confess to loving those dear to me more than other men.

You may be sure that I love the Earl of Buckingham more than anyone else, and more than you who are here assembled.

I wish to speak in my own behalf and not to have it thought to be a defect, for Jesus Christ did the same, and therefore I cannot be blamed. Christ had John, and I have George.”

Despite the misgivings of the Privy Council, in 1618 King James made Villiers a Marquess. In 1619, he made him Lord High Admiral, and finally in 1623 the Duke of Buckingham.

In 1623 the love affair of King James and Buckingham was well known internationally. Frenchman Théophile de Viau penned an obscene poem called “Au marquis du Boukinquan” about the pair: “Apollo with his songs, Debauched young Hyacinthus, Just as Corydon fucked Amyntas, So Caesar did not spurn boys. One man fucks Monsieur le Grand de Bellegarde, Another fucks the Comte de Tonnerre. And it is well known that the king of England Fucks the Duck of Buckingham.”

The Duke of Buckingham’s fall from influence came with the death of King James in 1625. He was removed from power and sent to fight wars on the continent. After making a mess of a campaign in France, he returned to England in 1628 to quell an uprising of mutinous sailors who were demanding their pay from the government.

On the morning of Aug. 23, 1628, as Buckingham finished his breakfast a sailor named John Felton “leaped forward and stabbed him in the breast.” Buckingham cried, “The villain hath killed me!” and staggered then collapsed. He died at the age of 36.

Buckingham’s heart and brain were placed in urns and buried at the Cathedral of Portsmouth, where there is also a monument to him. His body was buried in the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster Abbey, near the tomb of his beloved King James.

The monarch was responsible for the restoration and remodeling of this chapel, which celebrates for eternity his love for two men. The Duke of Buckingham’s tomb is on King James’s left and on his right is the tomb of his other lover, Ludovic Stuart, Duke of Richmond and Lennox. Q

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by JoSelle Vanderhooft

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well-known fact is that my last

name is difficult to pronounce â&#x20AC;&#x201D; difficult enough to send even the most hardened receptionist or telemarketer into a full-blown panic attack whenever they attempt it.

A lesser-known fact is that my family name is not German but Dutch. This is a very important distinction for several reasons, even before we get into my familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World War II history or the hours my Dutch grandpa would spend screaming at people who mistook his family for our cousins to the east. But for the purposes of this column, you need only concern yourselves with how my Dutchness applies to Olympic speed skating. And the fact, of course, that when it comes to this particular event, my loyalties switch back to the land that gave me my multisyllabic last name.

Yes, geeky ones. I am a fan of Dutch speed skating. No, it is not a boring event. And yes, this column is going to be about sports, meaning that all of you with those lingering unfavorable memories of high school gym class might want to turn to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lambda Loreâ&#x20AC;? about now for another installment of Benâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always awesome column.

Still with me? OK. So what, you may ask, is the deal with the Dutch and this sport?

Those of you who take Time probably read the magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excellent explanation, but for those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll summarize: Skating has been a part of Dutch culture for millennia as a form of transportation and recreation, thanks to how damn icy the country can get in winter. Combine a hallmark of cultural pride with the nationalistic spirit the Olympics fuel like, well, the ginormous torch that represents the games and you get a fierce love for the sport that make the Dutch speed skating fans some of the geekiest in the stands.

How geeky? Well, have you seen any other fans at the Olympics who don the following to root for their team: orange bathrobes, orange fright wigs, orange lion ears and orange chapeaus that would make the Mad Hatter spit out his Earl Grey? (Note: Orange is the color of the Dutch royal family, the House of Orange-Nassau, and the lion is a prominent symbol on the coat of arms). And for that matter, have you seen fans of any other sport describe their love for speed skating in a manner that better resembles a biblical exegesis?

If you answered, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course, Ms. Vanderwanderhuffenadingadong! U.S. football fans. Duh!,â&#x20AC;? then I think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve cottoned on to the point of this column at the halfway mark. Despite the fact that popular culture has invested the equivalent of the U.S. deficit into the notion that jocks and geeks (or more appropriately, sports fans and geeks) are somehow natural enemies, the two are actually as close as, well, German and Dutch people. Who are actually

kind of enemies when it comes to sports, so maybe thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not exactly the best simile.

But the point remains: Sports fans and geeks routinely dress up in weird clothes, slather on grease paint and do kooky things; in the firstâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case, it usually involves the Super Bowl or a hockey game, in the latterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, cosplaying at a convention or waiting in line for the next Star Trek movie.

They both can get obsessive about trivia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; player stats and the finer points of Elvin language. They both devote a large amount of their free time to their interests, often to the point of boring those in their lives who just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get it. I mean, how much difference is there between a football widow and a World of Warcraft widow â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of any sexual orientation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; other than the difference of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on screen?

And really, when you get down to it, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t â&#x20AC;&#x153;normalâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;mundaneâ&#x20AC;? society find both geeks and sports fans a little ... well, to put it bluntly, out there? Face it, geeky ones. Whether weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about a New Orleans Saints fan searching for â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Unknown Who Dat?,â&#x20AC;? a costumer putting the finishing touches on her Final Fantasy X-2 Riku outfit, a Harry Potter fan typing away at his alternate universe where Snape lives fan fiction, or Dutch speed skating fans who all wanted to cry when Sven Kramer lost his second gold to a blatantly stupid coaching error, sports fans and geeks share the same playfulness, the same creativity, the same ludic sense of whimsy. Since thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the case, why the perceived hostilities between sports geeks and geeks of interests that are traditionally considered more geeky? Why hostilities between geeks of any subject or of any difference in race, sex, creed, sexual orientation or gender identity?

Along with reconnecting me to the culture and people from which war and racial hatred severed my fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family in 1945, Dutch speed skating fans have taught me something important: that sports, like any form of geekery, is really all about identity and community, about spreading joy and wonder instead of the discord that our world often suffers. And in the end, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t this joy and community building what the Olympics is about on an international scale â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the bribery scandals, whining and Evgeni Plushenkoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s temper tantrums aside?

With this all in mind as the Olympics drew to a close in Vancouver, I thus found myself a little more at ease with the world, with my ethnic identity and with the inevitable mangling to which my last name is prey. For the record, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pronounced Vahn-DER-Huft.

Just be glad I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t insist on the actual Dutch pronunciation. Otherwise, my phone calls and conversations might never move beyond repetitions of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Van-Der-Ha-Fa-DooDah?â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;No! Fvan-Dehr-HOAFT!â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Q

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As the sign over the door suggests, this is a place where customers can customize toiletries to smell like anything their hearts desire â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from tulips, lavender and fruit to scents with such intriguing names as Ancient Forest, Sleigh Ride and Lumberjack.

To help customers decide which of their 400 scents (and millions of possible combi-

nations) is right for them, co-owner Rulon Pudlewski even provides strips of paper for people to experiment with different oils. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of them are really, really unique,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Although Making Scents opened its doors at 151 Historic 25th Street in Ogden last October, the business has been around for nine years. It began, Pudlewski said, when his partner, a spa-certified massage therapist who ran his own clinic, decided he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like the creams and lotions he

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Due to a personal situation, Pudlewskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partner asked not to be identified in this story.

The productsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; popularity caught on, said Pudlewski, and clients began asking if the products could be scented. The pair began with just five essential oils and expanded to the massive catalogue they have today. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It kept blossoming until we had several different [scents] and decided to expand and try shower gels and bubble baths, air fresheners, body spritzes, little travel size perfumes,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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In 2006, the pair put their products online at www.mkngscnts.com and were surprised when they began receiving orders from all 50 states, and countries as far away as Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have no idea who these people are. They just somehow found our site,â&#x20AC;? laughed Pudlewski. And when his partner had to close the massage clinic, the pair decided to take their burgeoning business â&#x20AC;&#x153;on the road,â&#x20AC;? and spent several years selling at farmers markets and craft fairs from central Idaho to St. George â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fairs which included Bear Lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Raspberry Days and Brigham Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Peach Days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We developed quite a following and they started asking where our store was,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The pair werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in any position to start a retail store at the time as Pudlewski lost his job last June when the airport company at which he worked closed down. But after an unsuccessful job hunt, he and his partner decided to try their hands at owning a store. Today its shelves are stocked not only with the bath, body and spa products that have made them popular throughout the state but also bath accessories, candles and even handmade bar soap, which a friend creates for them. All products are made in the pairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home, said Pudlewski, and are as free of additives and preservatives as possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we can do it without all the words you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pronounce than weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do our best with that,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The most popular Making Scents product is the soft touch exfoliation, a can of natural salt and moisturizing cream which is used to scrub away dead skin cells and refresh the skin, particularly on cracked heels. The shopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own brand took seven years to perfect, said Pudlewski. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you look at some of the other brands that are out there, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re three-fourths oil on the top and a little salt on bottom, but ours stays solid all the way through,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best on the market because of the quality of it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not sticky, oily or greasy and you get to choose the fragrance for it.â&#x20AC;?

While the store has 400 scents on hand, the number they can access is actually closer to 2,000, said Pudlewski. These include lavender from France, sandalwood from Somalia and eucalyptus directly from growers in Australia as well as a number of synthetic fragrances. They even have access to scent â&#x20AC;&#x153;typesâ&#x20AC;? that smell similar to designer perfumes and colognes such as Chanel N°5 and Giorgio. Many of the scents are unisex, and the two are even working on opening a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s line in the next few months. And, of course, products are made to the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specifications, meaning that the scent combinations are endless and as varied as the customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; imaginations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and as rich as the air inside the cozy Ogden shop with its chaise lounges and book shelves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the first things they say when they walk in is, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;It smells so good in here,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said Pudlewski. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted it to be warm and welcoming.â&#x20AC;?

Visit Making Scents at 151 Historic 25th Street in Ogden or online at mkngscnts.com.

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views fabulous people Making Scents at Making Scents The appeal of Ogdenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest bath and body shop lies not only in the cloud of delicious and intriguing scents that greet the curious upon entering its doors, but in its name.

As the sign over the door suggests, this is a place where customers can customize toiletries to smell like anything their hearts desire â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from tulips, lavender and fruit to scents with such intriguing names as Ancient Forest, Sleigh Ride and Lumberjack.

To help customers decide which of their 400 scents (and millions of possible combi-

nations) is right for them, co-owner Rulon Pudlewski even provides strips of paper for people to experiment with different oils. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of them are really, really unique,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Although Making Scents opened its doors at 151 Historic 25th Street in Ogden last October, the business has been around for nine years. It began, Pudlewski said, when his partner, a spa-certified massage therapist who ran his own clinic, decided he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like the creams and lotions he

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Due to a personal situation, Pudlewskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partner asked not to be identified in this story.

The productsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; popularity caught on, said Pudlewski, and clients began asking if the products could be scented. The pair began with just five essential oils and expanded to the massive catalogue they have today. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It kept blossoming until we had several different [scents] and decided to expand and try shower gels and bubble baths, air fresheners, body spritzes, little travel size perfumes,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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In 2006, the pair put their products online at www.mkngscnts.com and were surprised when they began receiving orders from all 50 states, and countries as far away as Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have no idea who these people are. They just somehow found our site,â&#x20AC;? laughed Pudlewski. And when his partner had to close the massage clinic, the pair decided to take their burgeoning business â&#x20AC;&#x153;on the road,â&#x20AC;? and spent several years selling at farmers markets and craft fairs from central Idaho to St. George â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fairs which included Bear Lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Raspberry Days and Brigham Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Peach Days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We developed quite a following and they started asking where our store was,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The pair werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in any position to start a retail store at the time as Pudlewski lost his job last June when the airport company at which he worked closed down. But after an unsuccessful job hunt, he and his partner decided to try their hands at owning a store. Today its shelves are stocked not only with the bath, body and spa products that have made them popular throughout the state but also bath accessories, candles and even handmade bar soap, which a friend creates for them. All products are made in the pairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home, said Pudlewski, and are as free of additives and preservatives as possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we can do it without all the words you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pronounce than weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do our best with that,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The most popular Making Scents product is the soft touch exfoliation, a can of natural salt and moisturizing cream which is used to scrub away dead skin cells and refresh the skin, particularly on cracked heels. The shopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own brand took seven years to perfect, said Pudlewski. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you look at some of the other brands that are out there, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re three-fourths oil on the top and a little salt on bottom, but ours stays solid all the way through,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best on the market because of the quality of it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not sticky, oily or greasy and you get to choose the fragrance for it.â&#x20AC;?

While the store has 400 scents on hand, the number they can access is actually closer to 2,000, said Pudlewski. These include lavender from France, sandalwood from Somalia and eucalyptus directly from growers in Australia as well as a number of synthetic fragrances. They even have access to scent â&#x20AC;&#x153;typesâ&#x20AC;? that smell similar to designer perfumes and colognes such as Chanel N°5 and Giorgio. Many of the scents are unisex, and the two are even working on opening a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s line in the next few months. And, of course, products are made to the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specifications, meaning that the scent combinations are endless and as varied as the customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; imaginations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and as rich as the air inside the cozy Ogden shop with its chaise lounges and book shelves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the first things they say when they walk in is, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;It smells so good in here,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said Pudlewski. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted it to be warm and welcoming.â&#x20AC;?

Visit Making Scents at 151 Historic 25th Street in Ogden or online at mkngscnts.com.

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spring arts preview Plan-B Theatre Co. Experiment: ‘How One Culture Determines the Use of Another Culture’

by Tony Hobday

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P l a n -B T h e a t r e Company unveils two richly written premieres that the company is known for producing. Both are period pieces and both basically introduce to the audience fascinating historical figures whose unconventional ways of their time ought to be shared and regarded more widely: Wallace reflects an unlikely mirror-portrait of two American writers from very different backgrounds and ideaologies; and Amerigo takes a humorous, original approach to a centuries-long debate over the discovery of The Americas.

Wallace, opening Mar. 4, depicts Wallace Thurman and Wallace Stegner, two American novelists born in the early 1900s. Besides their name and profession, the two were seemingly very different people.

Thurman, an early prodigy of sexism, was a gay black man who suffered many ailments that continually led him back to his birthplace, Salt Lake City; Stegner, a white heterosexual conversationist, was recently inducted as “one of Utah’s most prominent citizens ... a legendary voice for Utah ... .”

Through her research, co-playwright Jennifer Nii said, “I really started to get a sense of just how much this story could resonate — to help us all think about something that was common to these two men, which was this notion of home — what makes a home, and how people so earnestly search for it. [It’s] sort of quirky-funny of where they do find it, and for these men it happened to be Salt Lake City, which is odd for both of them in a number of ways.”

Director Jerry Rapier added, “Something Jenifer captures nicely in the play is that Wallace Thurman’s wife actually filed for divorce because he was gay, because he was caught solicting sex in a public restroom.” But, as depicted in the play, “it was almost more offensive [than him being gay] that he was dating a white canadian man named Harold Stephensen.”

At the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance, Thurman formed a group called the Niggerati, a group of mostly black artists and intellectuals, and a few white people.

“Meetings” of the group were held at Niggerati Manor, which was Thurman’s selfnamed residence. “It was pretty much anything goes at the parties [Thurman] would host,” said Rapier. “There was great music, people reading great stories, beat poety, and then also a lot of sex. He would alos bring white people to Niggerati Manor who were trying to have the black experience.”

Thurman’s most notable book, The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life, explores discrimination among black people based on skin color — intraracial prejudice.

“There’s a phrase ‘high yella,’ which [refers to] an African-American who is [mixed-race],” explained Carleton Bluford, who portrays Thurman. It stems from the time of slavery “when the master would his

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have sex with the slaves, and have children. So even from then stemmed this difference because these mixed children got to sleep in the [master’s] house.” “They got to do things that the darker people didn’t get to do,” said Bluford.

But Bluford said this prejudice is not as prevalent today. Instead, he explained, “There’s a huge shift right now where African-Americans are concerned; if you’re talking about homosexuality, it’s more of a ‘Don’t ask, Don’t Tell’ kind of situation depending on different groups. But the biggest thing right now about intraracial prejudice is you have these groups [of AfricanAmericans] who went to college and have become sort of middle-class [citizens] and then there are those who are still struggling. There’s kind of a barrier there.”

Rapier added, “Wallace Thurman was a very dark man, so it’s fascinating that he wrote this book which was a very thinly veiled autobiography about what it meant to be a very dark black person at a time when people were trying not to be so black.”

I feel like he had to find a place where he could express himself, and he did, which is awesome,” said Bluford. “A place where he could be dark and black and homosexual and create something that people could read about. It’s extraordinary.”

As with many of Plan-B’s productions, the company has initiated the lives of mostly obscure figures in Utah history to our local communities; to celebrate ... to regard exceptional indviduals, such as the Wallaces.

Wallace is Plan-B’s contribution to The Edward Lewis Black Theatre Festival, an extended celebration of Black History Month honoring the founder of People Productions. Rounding out the festival is Pygmalion Productions production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Mar. 25–Apr. 10, and People Productions’ free reading of Wedding Band by Alice Childress, Apr. 5.

Plan-B’s Amerigo, written by Eric Samuelsen, runs Apr. 8–18. Inspired by the the idiocrasy that is Glenn Beck, it’s an afterlife dark comedy, of sorts. As Amerigo Vespucci and Christopher Columbus squabble — which feels like an eternity — in Purgatory over which of them actually discovered The Americas, the famed political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli calls upon Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, a lesbian nun and poet/playwright to act as judge.

“Their argument is over which of them really discovered America,” explained Samuelsen. “But it turns more into an argument over what ‘America’ means. In a sense, America didn’t need discovering — there were already 60 million people living here. But Columbus, for all his brutality, was genuinely a religious man, though with beliefs that were thought peculiar even by the not-exalted standards of 15th century Catholicism. His discovery carried with it a certain definition: America as Zion. [The question is] does that meaning of America still hold? A land that somehow fits into

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Carleton Bluford playing the title role in Wallace.

Christian eschatology? Watch Glenn Beck; that’s at the core of his message.

“But then there’s Amerigo. And to him, America’s about commerce. It’s a rich new continent; products can be made here and sold in Europe, and it’ll be all the more profitable if you plan to not pay your labor force. So America becomes a land of slavery, and a land of laissez faire economics.

That’s what America stands for. Weirdly enough, Glenn Beck seems to think that’s true too.”

The idea behind Samuelsen’s Amerigo came from his fascination with Columbus, but he didn’t want to tell it from the orthodox view. “I wanted the Columbus who wanted to be one of the prophets dying in the streets of Jerusalem at Christ’s Second Coming,” said Samuelsen. “I wanted the Columbus who liked all the same scriptures I, as a Mormon boy, had to memorize; the Columbus who thought the world was shaped like the breast of Eve, with Eden at the nipple.”

Then one day Samuelsen started wondering why America was named after Amerigo Vespucci and not Columbus. “I thought, ‘Our continent was named after a pimp!’”

So the initial idea expanded; a debate between Columbus and Amerigo. But more questions popped up, most importantly “who would sort out their dispute?”

Samuelsen came across the mention of Octavio Paz’s book about Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. “I knew Paz, but I’d never heard of Sor Juana, so I looked her up, ended up buying a book of her poetry and two of her plays,” said Samuelsen. “I realized she was the perfect, most important, character.”

Deena Marie Manzanares, who portrays Sor Juana, said, “Why Machiavelli chose her to be the judge, he says ‘For you Columbus I chose someone of unquestioned piety, for me I chose someone of genuine literary merit and accomplishment, and for you Vespucci, a beautiful woman.’ So that she could appeal to each of them.”

“Amerigo tries to bribe her in the beginning [of the play],” Manzanares continued.

“He says, ‘I can introduce you to a woman,’ and she says, ‘I don’t see the point, we’re disembodied spirits.’”

Though it’s written as a comedy, ultimately, Sameulsen said, Amerigo is a very serious play. That’s what Sor Juana reminds us of ... of what we lost when we conquered America. What we lost was a chance to genuinely embrace the many rich cultures of the American continents.

What we lost was 50 million human beings, and their languages and cultures and religions and literatures. The play’s about that too, about the tragedy of cultural imperialism.”

Director Jerry Rapier added, “From the onset of the discovery of The Americas, slavery was a part of it ... the treatment of native people and how one culture determines the use of another culture for their benefit.”

“It’s an experiment,” Rapier said. “Both plays [Wallace and Amerigo] were written independently, but they’re woven together.” Q

For more information visit planbtheatre.org. A free screening of the Argentine film about the life of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, I, Worst of All, will be held Apr. 13 at Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South.

Wallace

by Jenifer Nii & Debora Threedy World Premiere March 4-14, 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner is the dean of Western writers. Wallace Thurman was a young gay black man at the heart of the Harlem Renaissance.

Both called Salt Lake City home.

Their lives intertwine in this rumination on the power of place and the meaning of home.

Amerigo

by Eric Samuelsen World Premiere April 8-18, 2010 Who truly discovered America?

Is it home to religious visionaries? A salesman’s paradise?

Sexualized commerce? Nature commodified?

Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci engage in a free-ranging debate—moderated by Niccolo Machiavelli, (the father of political science) with Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (Mexican playwright/poet/lesbian nun) as judge—over who we are as Americans and who we can become.

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spring arts calendar theatre & dance

Odyssey Dance Theatre odysseydance.org Shut Up & Dance Mar. 17–27

UofU Babcock Theatre theatre.utah.edu The Would-be Gentlemen Apr. 9–18

Pinnacle Acting Company pinnacleactingcompany.org An Ideal Husband Jul. 15–31, Sugar Space

UofU Studio 115 theatre.utah.edu THAED Apr. 15–18

Steel Magnolias Aug. 19–Sep. 4, Midvale Performing Arts Ctr Ballet West balletwest.org Balanchine’s America Apr. 9–17 Innovations May 21–29

Pioneer Theatre Company pioneertheatre.org Our Town Mar. 12–27 42nd Street Apr. 23–May 8

Dark Horse Company Theatre web.mac.com/darkhorseproductions Reefer Madness Mar. 12–28, Egyptian Theatre Desert Star Theatres desertstar.biz Pirates of the Car-rib-eee-an Mar. 18–May 15 Beverly Hillbillies 90210 May 20–Jul. 10 My Big Fat Utah Wedding Jul. 15–Sep. 18 Egyptian Theatre Co. egyptiantheatrecompany.org Hair: The American Tribal Love Rock Musical Jun.25–Jul. 25 Grand Theatre the-grand.org Eurydice Mar. 9–20 Bingo: The Winning Musical May 11–22 Hale Centre Theatre halecentretheatre.org Fiddler on the Roof Feb. 16–Apr. 10 The Three Musketeers Apr. 20–Jun. 5 The Wedding Singer Jun. 15–Jul. 31 The Pirates of Penzance Aug. 10–Sep. 25 Meat & Potato Theatre meatandpotato.org Everyman & Judgment Day May 27–Jun. 13

Plan-B Theatre Company planbtheatre.org Wallace Mar. 4–14 Amerigo Apr. 8–18 And the Banned Slammed On May 1 Pygmalion Theatre Company pygmalionproductions.org Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill Mar. 25–Apr. 10 Sordid Lives May 13–29 Repertory Dance Theatre rdtutah.org Mystique Mar. 25–27 Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company ririewoodbury.com Propel Apr. 22–24 Salt Lake Acting Company saltlakeactingcompany.org Charm Apr. 14–May 9 Saturday’s Voyeur Jun. 29–Aug. 29 Sugar Space thesugarspace.com Grey Area Mar. 4–7 After Dark Apr. 16 In & Out May 20–22

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Michael Bublé Mar. 31, E Center ticketmaster.com

Sugarland May 7, E Center ticketmaster.com

Student Concert II Apr. 8–10 Utah Contemporary Theatre My First Time Aug. 19–28

art exhibits

The Lion King Aug. 11–Sep. 12, Capitol Thtre

Five for Fighting Mar. 30, The Depot smithstix.com

Muse Apr. 5, E Center ticketmaster.com

UofU Modern Dance dance.utah.edu Senior Concerts Mar. 11–Apr. 3

Wasatch Theatre Company Dead Man’s Cell Phone May 6–22

Broadway Across AmericaUtah broadwayacross­america.com Legally Blonde Mar. 23–28, Capitol Thtre

concerts, opera & special engagements

Kimball Art Center kimballartcenter.org Einar and Jamex de la Torre: InterContinental Divide Feb. 6–Apr. 18 The Wasatch Back Student Art Show May 1–28 Phillips Gallery phillips-gallery.com Heather Barron & Gerald Purdy Feb. 19–Mar. 12 Carolyn Coalson & Francesc Burgos Mar. 19–Apr. 9 Denis Phillips Apr. 16–May 14 Tom Howard May 21–Jun. 11 Joe Ostraff & Dan Toone Jun. 18–Jul. 9 SALT LAKE ART CENTER slartcenter.org Jamie Wyeth: Seven Deadly Sins Currently through May 22 Launch-11: Recipients of the International Sculpture Center 2009 Student Awards Mar. 12–May 22 Utah Arts Alliance utaharts.org Doug Sims, Photography Mar. 1–31 Derek Dyer Apr. 1–30 Utah Museum Of Fine Arts umfa.utah.edu The Continuing Allure: Painters of Utah’s Red Rock Currently through Jun. 27 Influences of the Silk Road Currently through Apr. 25 Pablo O’Higgins: Works on Paper Currently through Sep. 19

Kingsbury Hall kingsburyhall.org Daniel Tosh Mar. 6 Martha Graham Dance Co. Apr. 17 Ani DiFranco Apr. 25 Red Butte Garden redbuttegarden.org Summer Concert Series May–August Salt Lake Men’s Choir saltlakemenschoir.org Brothers & Sister, feat. Sister Dottie S. Dixon Mar. 13, Rowland Hall Americana Jun. 13, Libby Gardner Hall Utah Symphony utahsymphony.org Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 Mar. 5–6 Elgar Symphony No. 2 Mar. 26–27 Verdi’s Requiem Apr. 9–10 Pictures at an Exhibition Apr. 16–17 Scheherazade Apr. 23–24 The Temptations Apr. 30–May 1

Paramore with Relient K May 10, E Center ticketmaster.com Cirque Du Soliel Alegria May 19–23, E Center ticketmaster.com Paula Poundstone Jul. 16, Rose Wagner Ctr arttix.org Dave Matthews Band Aug. 17, USANA usana-amp.com

festivals Dark Arts Festival Jun. 11–13 darkartsfestival.com Utah Arts Festival Jun. 24–27 uaf.org Utah Festival Opera Jul. 7–Aug. 7, Logan ufoc.org Deer Valley Music Festival Jul. 17–Aug. 14 deervalleymusicfestival.org Women’s Redrock Music Festival Aug. 6–7, Torrey redrockwomensfest.com

Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto May 7–8 Utah Opera utahopera.org The Italian Girl in Algiers Mar. 13–21 Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi May. 15–23

Park City Arts Festival Aug. 7–8 kimballarts.org

The PDA Show Exhibition(ist) Local Artists Respond to ‘The Kiss Heard ’Round the World’

by Tony Hobday

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50 artists from across the nation participating in the PDA Show, an exhibit inspired

by Laura Sharp Wilson — a Salt Lake transplant — are a few local artists including Anthony Ithurralde, Jen Singleton, Denise Strzempek and Brian Taylor.

Inspiration for the exhibit came to Wilson after the brutal detainment of Matt Aune and Derek Jones on LDS property in downtown Salt Lake City last summer for showing affection for one another — they were confronted by security gaurds, thrown to the ground and handcuffed.

The exhibit opened Feb. 19 as part of the city’s Gallery Stroll, and will be on display thorugh March 14.

“When I heard on the radio that a samesex couple was detained on LDS property for showing affection I was shocked; it seemed odd to me that that could happen in the year 2009,” said Wilson. “I started to ponder how interesting the whole idea of public display of affection is. I thought, ‘wow, what a good idea for an art exhibition,’ inviting artists to respond to what I think was a pretty outrageous occurrence ... reprimanding two people for revealing their human bond and, more generally, the whole idea of PDA.” According to Wilson it was very easy to find other artists to take part in the show.

Last December she reached out to college peers, artists she’s met over the years, gallery owners and art teachers, and suddenly she had a significant number of artists on board. On the other hand though, Wilson admitted that finding a venue was a bit more difficult. “It was pretty hard to line up a gallery since they book schedules well in advance,” Wilson said. “I also didn’t know many people here. I contacted Davina Pallone at Kayo Gallery and she thought up the idea of asking Joe Evans at Nobrow [Coffee & Tea], which is a great exhibition space. I also thought several venues would lend itself to the notion of “we are everywhere.”

And so Marmalade Cafe, Ken Sanders Rare Books and Alchemy Coffee offered their space as well. “I really love seeing art in non-gallery spaces, I think you reach a wider audience that way,” Wilson added.

Anthony Ithurralde, who grew up in Utah and currently splits his time between Salt Lake City and Ely, Nev., had been working on a series of paintings of Hotel Utah’s Roof Top Garden Club when he was contacted about the PDA Show. “I was working on the Roof Top series as a historical piece,” said Ithurralde. “But then I decided to add same-sex couples after hearing about the kiss on the square.”

Three in the series are on display at Nobrow Coffee & Tea, 315 E. 300 South, and one at Alchemy Coffee, 390 E. 1700 South. mong the

watercolor, pigment, pencil & paint,” she said. “I love to incorporate patterns and tiny details into my work, paying careful attention to each mark and being sure that each area of the paper is regarded.”

To find out more about Strzempke visit www.deezgoodthings.com.

Brian Taylor, after watching a segment on the Colbert Report about the incident on Temple Square, “wanted to contribute a piece that would make people think, ‘Damn, that guy is pissed off and hates this type of bullshit.’”

“I’ve attacked religion before,” Taylor said. “I have a woodcut of a Catholic Bishop with a banner that reads ‘touch hearts not children,’ and that was created in the wake of the Boston and Philadelphia pedophile priest scandals a few years back. So for this new attack I took one of their [the LDS Church] strongest images, Moroni with his horn, and placed another man on his knees about to get into an ‘unspeakable’ act with the angel. Behind the figures is the number eight, which eludes to the actions taken by the LDS church to fund Proposition 8. Instead of using the [acronym] PDA as it is typically, I screenprinted the words Promoting Discriminator Agendas in purple and gold to the side of the Moroni figure.”

Promoting Discriminator Agendas is on

The fifth is currently unfinished.

Ithurralde works in illustration and acrylics, and is inspired by old travel posters of the ’20s and ’30s. This summer his mural, on the exterior of an old bank, depicting the mining history of Ely will be unveiled.

Jen Singleton believes the PDA Show is a good outlet to “show that queer love isn’t shocking ... it’s just great to be gay.”

Akin to that statement, Singleton created a “lighthearted and fun” mixed-media piece for the exhibit. “I wanted to illustrate how I mark the days and months with expressions of love and joy just like straight people,” said Singleton.

Singleton’s piece is on display at Alchemy Coffee.

Also, Singleton has a “narrative” exhibition scheduled June 10 through July 22 at the Sprague Library, 2131 S. 1100 East. “Unmistakably, the effort of living in Salt Lake’s unique and complex culture has had an impact upon my life,” Singleton said. “As an artist, a stayat-home parent and as a lesbian, I find that the circumstances of my life are similar to the people around me, and yet, my life runs a parallel path that never seems to fully connect with the culture here. This distinct experience has drawn me toward portraiture and figure painting as a kind of visual documentation [for the upcoming exhibit].”

Denise Strzempek felt that “a responsive art show would be a great way for the community to continue a reaction on the capacity of influence that organized religion has on our society and it’s behavior.” When she was contacted about the PDA Show, Strzempke had been “working on a series that responded to Anthony Ithurralde’s “Rooftop Garden Series” the shame attached to cerdisplay at Nobrow Coffee & Tea. tain behaviors.” “I reworked this idea, and Taylor’s inspiration comes from Norththe pieces for the show,” said Strzempke. ern Renaissance woodcuts, Catholic imag“I have three mixed-media serigraphs on ery, Mexican folk art and anything he sees paper that depict some dogs engaging in just walking around or flipping through controversial acts. Their identity has been books. “What really makes me do what concealed for their own protection.” The I do is that I’m trying to get my views of series is on display at Nobrow Coffee & the world out there and just trying to be Tea. heard,” he said. “I believe it is wrong to Strzempek has a background in print- hate and discriminate any group for any making, but currently works with mixed reason; everyone can be equally annoying, media. “I work on cotton paper with ink, so hate people on an individual basis.”

Brian Taylor’s Promoting Discriminatory Agendas

Taylor is a member of Copper Palate Press, a printmaking studio and gallery at 160 E. 200 South. “We have shows every third Friday, and feature live printing events,” Taylor said. “We have themed printing parties, where the audience can bring in an item of clothing, pick from a

group of images and have them printed there. January was underwear, Feburary was T-shirts, this month is 24-oz. beer coozies.”

Also, Taylor will have a piece on display for The Smog Show exhibit, March 19, at the Bayleaf Cafe, 159 S. Main St., showcasing local artists’ responses to the dirty air we breath in the Salt Lake Valley. Q

For more information about the exhibit visit thepdashow.blogspot.com.

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Spy Hopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Approach to LGBT Activism Part 1: Young Filmmakers Aim to Break the Silence

by Tony Hobday

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August QSaltLake reported on the introduction of a new class, Queer Filmmaking: A 2009-10 Documenting Communitites Project, formed by Spy Hop Productions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a nonprofit youth media and education center located at 511 W. 200 South. The free class, open to youth, ages 14â&#x20AC;&#x201C;19, started in September under the guidance of Frank Feldman, a local documentary filmmaker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the goals of this class is to create [LGBT] activism through media in a positive way,â&#x20AC;? said Feldman.

Not only is documentary filmaking designed to be informative, but also â&#x20AC;&#x153;to elevate the day-to-day, the mundane, and to allow for the filmmakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinions,â&#x20AC;? Feldman said, referencing Michael Moore as an example.

Feldman holds a B.A. in Film Studies from the University of Utah, and has directed and produced several documentary shorts including Protest, SLOCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ed and Natural Family Values. However, in 2008, he stepped outside documentary filmmaking to co-produce, direct and co-write a fictitious comedy short, Vapid Lovelies, which garnered a spot in the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival, as well as, local acclaim.

After a break over the holiday season, the class of eight students (a few of whom are new to the class) reconvened in early February. QSaltLake recently asked a few of these students why the class is important to them, and their answers were encouraging â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as to their fair-mindedness and inclusiveness.

Brooke Runyan, a sophomore at Taylorsville High School, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has allowed me to get more involved in the gay community, which is great because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m straight and the gay community is so nice and welcoming.â&#x20AC;?

Maddie Pickering, a senior at Highland High School, replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I enjoy filmmaking and am a huge supporter of gay rights.

This class allows me to do both.â&#x20AC;?

Shay Hulbert, 17, Highland High School, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;By doing this class I feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m helping make a difference in the community and opening up awareness.â&#x20AC;?

Scot Johnson, 17, Granger High School, replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Filmmaking is interesting and what the class focuses on is a bonus. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m interested in supporting many things, but the best part is in the people I know and continue to meet.â&#x20AC;?

Ethan, a senior at East High School, simply said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;To support my friends.â&#x20AC;? Short, to the point, yet instills a huge impact.

As with any film, the process in making documentary shorts can be long and at times tedious. Several projects of the class have been brainstormed, and either initiast

ated or put on the back burner, including a short on the impact of LGBT activism in Utah and one tentatively named Gay For A Day, in which heterosexuals would step into the shoes, figuratively, of homosexuals and then describe the experience, as to their own feelings as well as the reaction of others.

Currently however, the students are geared up as they start pre-production of a short film on the LGBT-community reaction to the Moratorium of gay-rights bills in the 2010 Legislative Session, and the respectively offensive comment made by Senate President Michael Waddoups.

Two of the students, Ethan and Shay, had filmed the community â&#x20AC;&#x153;sit-in,â&#x20AC;? Feb. 12, in the Capitol Building rotunda. They shot 10-second (necessary for a good capture) still shots and panned the crowd holding signs, many with their mouths bound. The footage was then taken back to class where Caitlin, Shay and Sujiet â&#x20AC;&#x153;capturedâ&#x20AC;? the footage; meaning they divided it into clips of film that were then uploaded to editing software on the computer.

The class then brainstormed about the â&#x20AC;&#x153;roleâ&#x20AC;? the film they captured would eventually take in being â&#x20AC;&#x153;informative.â&#x20AC;?

Caitlin suggested that â&#x20AC;&#x153;if people are feeling silenced, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s give them a voice,â&#x20AC;? and the class ran with it. They agreed to put a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;call outâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to the LGBT community to share their feelings of â&#x20AC;&#x153;being silencedâ&#x20AC;? not only by the Moratorium, but by LGBT discrimination in general. The students diligently went to work on creating flyers to put up in their schools and in community centers, setting up a facebook profile and creating a logo for the film, which they have named Sh(OUT).

Interviews for the film will be held Saturday, March 13, noon to 3 p.m. at Spy Hop. Participants are encouraged to show up during these hours and give a two-minute maximum diatribe of how they have been silenced. After which, the students will edit the interviews into 30second clips and compile a short video that will be uploaded to YouTube, where interviewees can download them to share with their friends and families.

Spy Hop Productions provides a safe and encouraging environment for the local youth to be expressive through media outlets and music with the help of mentors, like Feldman, who said thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of trust here [at Spy Hop], and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to these kids. But more importantly, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;These students keep amazing me with their ideas and inspiring me with their bravery. I have so much hope for this generation. Young LGBT people are coming out earlier and earlier in their lives, and they are finding acceptance and friendship among their straight peers. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so powerful to get to see that for a few hours each week.â&#x20AC;? Q

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The couple invited 60 of their closest friends and family to help celebrate. The highlights on the evening included a photo booth, catering by Goodwood Barbecue Company and the worst cake fight their guests had ever witnessed. They wrapped up their night with drinks at Keys on Main where they danced on stage to Katie Perryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Kissed a Girl.â&#x20AC;?

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spring arts Brothers and Sister in Perfect Harmony

by JoSelle Vanderhooft

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you ’ re LDS or not , if you’ve lived in Utah for awhile, you probably know a few of the lyrics to one of the following songs taught in the religion’s Primary classrooms: “Give Said the Little Stream,” “Love at Home” or “Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree.”

If you’re a member of the Salt Lake Men’s Choir, chances are you even know what to do when the popcorn pops in the last song.

“It was hilarious, because the first time we did “Popping” half the choir new the actions already,” said Dennis McCracken, the choir’s artistic director.

The gentlemen of “Utah’s Other Choir” are singing all three of these songs and several other Primary favorites for their spring concert “Brothers and Sister,” a billed “evening of sermon and song” whose “sister” is none other than radio and stage star Sister hether

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Dottie S. Dixon, a straight Mormon housewife who has been a local gay rights activist for several years now.

McCracken said he got the idea for the concert, which will be the choir’s annual fundraiser, after seeing Dixon’s “brilliant stage show.” At the time, he said, he was also thinking about the songs his family used to sing during Family Home Evening, family time several LDS families observe each Monday.

“It just seemed like it would be a perfect fit, so I just sent her a message and said, ‘Would you be willing to do this?’ and she jumped right on it,” he said.

In a phone interview from her home in Spanish Fork, Dixon agreed.

“I know several of them boys in the men’s choir and so does my son Donnie,” she said, referring to the openly gay son whose coming out spurred her into becoming a gay rights activist. “But don’t ask how he knows ‘em, I’ve stopped asking that question,” she added.

The fundraiser was initially going to be called “Family Homo Evening,” but, as Dixon said, “We worried there’d be offense,” so the evening’s title now refers to the “whole bunch of brothers and one sister” on stage.

Throughout the evening, the sister in question will be introducing the pieces, and providing the night’s lesson, which will be a parable from the New Testament Book of Matthew. Choir members will act out the parable and will also pass around a “collection plate” to take donations for the fund-

raiser.

She’ll also be leading “Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree” — and encouraging audience participation, of course.

“We’ve got gestures lined up and I’m gonna bring a baton!” she enthused.

Although the evening revolves around several familiar LDS songs, McCracken and Dixon both stressed the program would include more secular pieces, such as “Blue Moon” and “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” The program will close with a very nontraditional version of “Love at Home,” with lyrics rewritten by Dixon’s friend, Tammy Hinkley, one verse of which reads: So your family’s not ideal.

Love them anyway.

Broken hearts are known to heal When loved anyway.

They may drive you up the wall; You may make them want to bawl; It’s a train wreck, overall!

Love them anyway.

Anyway, anyway!

Life’s a train wreck, overall; Love it anyway.

The evening, said McCracken, will also feature a supper of “all your good Family Home Evening fare” such as Sloppy Joes, funeral potatoes, root beer floats and green Jell-O. Alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages will also be provided. A number of “baskets of sin” will also be auctioned off, each one a play on foods or cultural activities Mormons are traditionally considered to disfavor.

For example, one will be a wine basket that includes wine tasting lessons, another will be a coffee basket with a coffee maker, and a third will be a basket of R-rated films and a DVD player. Less “objectionable” items up for raffle will include tickets to the Utah Symphony and art work.

“I want to encourage everyone to come out,” said Dixon. “It’s going to be something everyone can enjoy, you don’t have to be LGB or T. I think the straight community’s going to enjoy it as much as the LGBT community. We’re not going to poke fun at anybody, but celebrate the uniqueness of everyone.”

And, of course, sing some good music.

“The angels in heaven listen when those boys sing,” she said. “Let me tell ya, the angels in heaven listen.”

McCracken added that he and the rest of the “boys” hope to work with Dixon again soon.

“We’re hoping to do a whole concert with her,” he said. “She’s amazing to work with.” Q

Brothers and Sister will be performed at Rowland Hall McCarthy Campus, 720 Guardsman Way, March 13, with dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. and the concert at 7:30 p.m.. Tickets are $35 and include dinner and one raffle ticket, with additional tickets available for purchase. Tickets can be purchased online at saltlakemenschoir.org or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006.

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Jessica Engel and Amanda Brown at their bridal shower at Miniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Retro Cafe.

The Big Day Approaches

by JoSelle Vanderhooft

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s the clock ticks closer and

closer to Amanda Brown and Jessica Engelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wedding, the two have a lot on their hands: planning the ceremony and the reception, choosing rings and, of course, deciding what to wear.

Happily, the two say they have much less stress on their minds thanks to event planner Jacqueline Riehl of Riehl Events. After meeting with Riehl for two hours on Feb. 26, both Engel and Brown say theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling a lot more relieved and relaxed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just so on the ball,â&#x20AC;? said Engel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We went over every little part and she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem stressed at all with all we had to accomplish in the next two weeks. We walked away with smiles.â&#x20AC;?

Riehl, she added, is assisting with all aspects of the ceremony at the University of Utahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Post Chapel and reception afterward in the nearby Utah Museum of Fine Arts, from catering and attire down to the details of the sand ceremony the two want to have. In this ceremony, Brown explained, the couple, their four children and their loved ones will all add sand into a vase to symbolize the coming together of the family.

Both agree that a wedding planner is a helpful part of putting together any ceremony. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jacqueline has done this a hundred times and she thinks about the small things like where are you going to get the ring pillow for the ring bearer,â&#x20AC;? Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of like the glue to everything.

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the glue to the puzzle.â&#x20AC;?

Another part of the puzzle of the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wedding is, of course, flowers. For these, Brown and Engel have turned to Raymond King, owner of Twigs Floral Company, who has won QSaltLakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fabby Awards for flowers and roses since the awardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s found-

put a Paypal donation button on the blogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s front page and has offered her thanks to all who see fit to pitch in a few dollars.

Brown, however, is still looking for her ensemble, though she has mentioned that she wants to wear a â&#x20AC;&#x153;feminine, flowy summery dressâ&#x20AC;? in cream and brown colors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have an idea and the wedding plannerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of helping me pull it together,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The couple had a little taste of the excitement to come on Feb. 25 when Miniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Retro CafĂŠ owner Leslie Fiet threw them a bridal shower. Roughly 25 people attended, said Fiet, who served appetizers including egg salad sandwiches, macaroni with smoked gouda cheese, pigs in a blanket and, of course, the cafĂŠâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature cupcakes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a lot of fun, and they were really nice,â&#x20AC;? said Fiet, who had not met Brown or Engel until around the time of the shower.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was really impressed with the diverse group of girls they had there, and I would probably say maybe 90 percent hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been into my store before and were pleasantly surprised.â&#x20AC;?

Brown called the appetizer fare â&#x20AC;&#x153;scrumptiousâ&#x20AC;? and Brown said she could eat â&#x20AC;&#x153;a whole caseâ&#x20AC;? of the cupcakes, which included tiramisu and key lime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a really good time and enjoyed that she supported local businesses and wanted to be part of doing something special for us,â&#x20AC;? said Brown.

The couple has yet to select wedding rings, but said they are considering a number of possibilities.

Brown and Engelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wedding will be held in a few weeks at the Post Chapel. QSaltLake will report on the celebration in our next issue â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Gay Wedding Guide that will hit the streets March 18.â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Q

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ing, and kudos from a number of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other publications. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just really great,â&#x20AC;? said Brown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s laid back and like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh, this is easy!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

From King, the couple requested arrangements of Gerbera daisies, large specimens of the flower that come in a number of bright colors. Brown chose bright pink, orange and green daisies for the bridesmaidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bouquets and asked King to make each arrangement different from the rest, to emphasize each womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s individuality.

The women have also asked the bridesmaids to purchase any dress in black and cream colors that suits their personality. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really into Alice in Wonderland,â&#x20AC;? said Brown, when asked about the flowersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; colors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted that big, chunky Alice in Wonderland feel with the bright colors,â&#x20AC;? a theme, she noted, which will be reflected in the chocolate and vanilla cake being created by their friend Linda Merkley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whimsical, topsy turvy looking,â&#x20AC;? said Engel.

The wedding invitations are being created by Colby Su of C3 Design, who Brown says â&#x20AC;&#x153;bent over backwardsâ&#x20AC;? to help her and Engel when a misunderstanding arose in the number of invitations they needed.

Initially, said Brown, Su was going to give them 150 invitations â&#x20AC;&#x153;but for some reason, in our excitement, we thought she said 250, which is closer to how many we invited when we gave the address list to her.

But she did everything she possibly could so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have 250 invitations,â&#x20AC;? including charging the couple only $39 for envelopes and postage to make up the difference. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Colby ate a lot of costs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not only her time but cost in printing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to accommodate our needs,â&#x20AC;? said Brown.

Unfortunately, the dress Engel likes the best costs much more than that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The one,â&#x20AC;? as she calls it on the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blog at lesbianmomma.wordpress.com, is an ivory taffeta trumpet gown emblazoned with pearls, crystals, sequins and beads which fits her perfectly. The only problem is the price tag: $750. To help raise the money, Engel has

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arts & entertainment gay agenda Shut Up & Smoke Some Reefer

by Tony Hobday

I’m writing this agenda while I’m having lunch (I smoked some reefer) ... and yes, I can multi-task! For instance, I can drive and text without hitting anything more than small rodents, I can also play hopscotch with a martini in hand and not spill. Wow, that one should be an Olympic event! Anyhoo, I’m having a sandwich and a bag of Lay’s potato chips, and to my disgust, most of the chips are bruised ... gross! I don’t think I like Lay’s anymore. Well, some lays are still good.

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thursday — Sugar Space presents Grey Area, four works by their 2009 Audiences Award Artists, Molly Heller and Juan Aldape.

With the movement as the medium, the choreographers, Heller and Aldape, attempt to address overlooked, unnoticed and even avoided themes. Featured guest performances by Stephen Koester, Katie Meehan, Cherie Mockli, Callie Ritter, Emily Terndrup and Jersey Reo Riemo.

8pm, through Saturday, Sugar Space, 616 E. Wilmington Ave. Tickets $7–12,888-300-7898.

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Saturday — Fascinating rhythms and fancy footwork will abound in Footwork: An Evening of Tap Dance. Members of SLCTap and Foot Poetry Tap Dance Ensemble will perform several numbers including a 1930’s

vaudeville work by famed performer Eddie Rector, a hilarious disco dance parody and a tap tribute to the “King of Pop,” Michael Jackson.

7:30pm, Post Theatre, 245 S. Fort Douglas Blvd., UofU. Tickets $10–12, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org.

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sunday — It’s that time of year again to put on your slingiOdyssey Dance est gown, most Theatre uncomfortable See Mar. 17 stilletos and ill-fitting tux for the Utah AIDS Foundation’s Oscar Night America. With a delicious dinner

by Bambara, wine service, a silent auction, after show dance party and more, the event may be one of the best ever. Senator Chris Buttars and Sister Dottie Dixon will be on the red carpet for the pre-show fashion critique, so look your very naughtiest.

5:30pm, The Rail Event Center, 235 N. 500 West. Tickets $120, to purchase tickets call Nathan at 801-487-2323.

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tuesday — In Greek mythology, Eurydice was an oak nymph, a daughter of Apollo (the god of light) and the wife of Orpheus, who loved her dearly. Upon her untimely death, the story of Eurydice becomes about the painful choice that comes with the passing of joys and pleasures: whether to remember in sadness or to forget and achieve a calm but emptier equilibrium.

7:30pm, through March 20, Grand Theatre, 1575 S. State St. Tickets $8–24, 801-957-3322 or thegrand.org.

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thursday — Experience an evening of original works choreographed by graduating seniors as The University of Utah

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Department of Modern Dance presents XII: A Contemporary Dance Event. The evening evokes curiosity and surprise, presenting pieces that include investigating risk at a dinner table, a dance for camera revealing the business side of life and a grassy landscape portrait coming to life.

7:30pm, through April 3, Marriott Center for Dance, 330 S. 1500 East, UofU. Tickets $7–10, 801-581-7100 or kingtix.com.

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friday — Life is an irreplaceable, fragile gift delivered in pieces. An ordinary day. A wedding day. A day of mourning. The seemingly mundane become the ties that bind as residents of small-town America live their lives. The great

American play, Our Town, by gay playwright Thornton Wilder, is a poignant reminder that there is always magic in the moment.

7:30pm, through March 27, Pioneer Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, UofU. Tickets $22–40, 801581-6961 or pioneertheatre.org.

QQ Utah Light Opera presents Dark Horse Theatre Company’s production of Reefer Madness. This raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex and violence. You’ll leave the theater asking, “Whoa! Dude, where’s my car?”

8pm, through Mar. 28, Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St. Tickets $15, 435-649-9371 or parkcityshows.com.

QQ Paper Moon’s Toni Fitzgerald is turning the Big 4-0. I don’t recommend you try this at home. Anyhoo, Join in the celebration at Toni’s Big “40” Rock Star Bash. The evening is also homage to the club’s annual Bra Auction, where you can purchase hand-decorated bras for those late-night drag performances in your living room. The proceeds go to cancer research.

10pm, Paper Moon, 3737 S. State St. Cover $6–8, 801-713-0678.

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saturday — Utah Opera presents Gioacchino Rossini’s hilarious opera, The Italian Girl in Algiers. This delightful, comic stumble of a shipwreck, missing lovers, jealous wives and meddling servants

will have you laughing your culo off.

Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

7:30pm, through March 19, and 2pm, March 21, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South. Tickets $15–72, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org.

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wednesday — Two programs return to Odyssey Dance Company’s Spring Repertory Season’s Shut Up & Dance: Giselle, based on the classic ballet; and Let It Be, a tribute to The Beatles. A new program premiering this season is a hip-hop version of Romeo and Juliet, as only Odyssey can pull off.

8pm, through March 27, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Cir., UofU. Tickets $25–45, 801-5817100 or kingtix.com.

QQ If you’re more into The Trapp, Joe will be a bigger fairy than usual while sporting green knickers at his St. Patrick’s Day Party on this day, the first green of spring, which includes an Irish buffet and a live performance by the Salt Lake Scots Pipe Band.

6pm, The Trapp, 102 S. 600 West. Free, 801531-8727.

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March 7 UAF’s Oscar Night America ­ utahaids.org March 13 Salt Lake Men’s Choir and Sister Dottie S. Dixon ­ saltlakemenschoir.org

March 20 sWerve’s St. Patty’s Day Party ­ swerveutah.com

June 24–27 Utah Arts Festival ­ uaf.org August 6–7

Women’s Redrock Music Festival, Torrey redrockwomensfest. com August 7–8 Park City Arts Festival­ kimballartcenter.org August 8 Q Lagoon Day ­ qsaltlake.com

March 31–April 4 Dinah Shore Week in August 22 Palm Springs ­ dinahshoreweekend.com Utah Pride Center Golf Classic ­ April 9-12 Palm Springs White utahpridecenter.org Party ­ September 18 jeffreysanker.com sWerve’s April 10 Oktoberfest ­ Queer Prom ­ utahpridecenter.org swerveutah.com April 16 Day of Silence ­ dayofsilence.org May 8 HRC Utah Gala ­ utah.hrc.org June 4–6 Utah Pride ­ utahpride.org

September 28 Equality Utah Allies Dinner ­ equalityutah.org

Week Three is a Charm on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ The most recent contestant to sashay away talks food, country vs. Western and the beauty of splits.

by BeBe Zahara Benet

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ello all you beautiful people!

Can you believe it is week three of RuPaul’s Drag Race already?

So much is happening let’s get right into my conversation with Mystique Summers Madison, the Texas beauty who went out with a bang!

I was impressed how well Mystique did in the third episode’s opening challenge, when she just dove right in and swallowed down all those mystery foods she had to eat. “I was like, ‘Oh no, it’s fried food,’” Mystique remembered. “I hadn’t had fried food in four months. Oh my God, I just went for it. I was just swallowing, I wasn’t tasting.” Even though she looked like a cool cucumber, Mystique was nervous. “It was the scariest thing ever,” she revealed. “That was drag Fear Factor!”

That win made Mystique one of the group leaders for the Disco “Extra Greasy” shortening TV commercial exercise, and I wanted to know what her strategy was for picking which girls would be on Team Mystique. “Pandora did work editing TV commercials, and Jessica is a dancer,” Mystique explained. “Everybody else had pretty makeup and were people I got along with.”

I was surprised to learn Mystique was ecstatic over RuPaul switching out their script with the one being used by the other team. “For us, it got easier because the script was easier,” she explained. “I was happy. It was actually fun.”

I also wanted to know what she thought of Raven, and her sometimes very cutting comments about Mystique and food. “Out of everybody on the show, Raven is the only one I have not heard from,” Mystique told me. “Haters are everywhere, but haters make my life easier, because I work harder just to make you hate on me even more.”

Mystique stands by her decision to go with a very modern interpretation of country wear for her runway walk, and argues what the other girls presented was more a Western look. “I don’t like making fun of people,” she explained, noting that if she had gone for a stereotypical look it may have offended her most dedicated fans.

When I think Mystique, I think splits, more splits, which leads to additional splits. And then remember Mystique? She’s the one who nails the splits! I can barely lift my leg, and here is a big girl making it look so easy. “My signature is my eyes and my spins,” she said.

But when she really wants to shock, she breaks out a split. Mystique must get into the zone, because when she watched her solo on TV last week, she didn’t even remember she did a death drop.

Now that’s a girl who knows how to work a crowd.

Mystique, thank you for your inspiration, thank you for your self-integrity and thank you for being yourself.

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QQ In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, I’d like to borrow a quote from an Irish man, such as myself. “I am a drinker with a writing problem.” – Brendan Behan. Fitting, don’t you think? Anyhoo, celebrate this day of green with friends over corned beef and cabbage at Club Try-Angles. Gene will be wearing a kilt, just as nature intended. Aaaagh!

2pm door opens, Club Try-Angles, 251 W. 900 South. Free to members, 801-364-3203.

Catch RuPaul’s Drag Race, 9 p.m. (ET/PT) every Monday night on Logo (DISH Network channel 373) and visit LOGOonline.com to find out about viewing parties in your area.

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food & wine restaurant review Spruce

by Chef Drew Ellsworth

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week or so ago, Brad di Iorio and I

were treated to a nearly perfect dinner at Spruce Restaurant in Park City’s Dakota Hotel, which is located on the new north side of the Canyons Resort. The restaurant’s architecture is sort of “contemporary lodge” with a smattering of continental stuff here and there, and some very impressive Old World crystal chandeliers. A lot of the woodwork is stained black and the ivory and gold lighting just floods into lobbies and corridors.

For several months I have had the pleasure of getting to know Michael Acheson, Jr. who is the sommelier (wine steward) at Spruce. He is an unassuming guy, tall and bearded and almost too nice to be in such auspicious surroundings. But when you start talking wine and food, he becomes a sort of Einstein or Thomas Edison!

Michael is young and kind and just so cool with his customers. His eyes light

up when he brings you a new wine to try with the dish he has just placed before you. I loved being treated so graciously and “down home” in such a splendid place. Here’s what Brad and I had for dinner and our wine pairings: We began with the grande assiette de charcuterie. I have been trained in France in charcuterie and when I use the term in my resume I’m frequently asked about it. Basically, the closest concept in English to charcuterie is deli meats, sausages, hams, etc., and the art of making them. The chefs had made an array of small bites of terrines and pates and we were served a Rosch Riesling Kabinett ’07 which was on the dry side and very elegant with the fare. I enjoyed the items but thought the tastes were almost too small and not completely memorable. I would have enjoyed, rather, a larger serving of maybe two items like jambon persillé and pâté de foie gras.

I liked the second course more. It was a

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homemade agnolott, a kind of large ravi- my favorite of French cheeses, L’Epoisses oli, with sweet main shrimp and scallion de Bourgogne, and, determined to find a broth. This course was a soup without good match for the Hermitage, we tried it calling it such. The broth was also made again with the cheese. I’d have preferred with nettles which have a fresh taste of and red Burgundy! (I did love the French greens and the shrimp were succulent. tradition of having cheese as a part of the This dish also came with a Luzzano Mal- dessert course, which is rarely done anyvasia ’07 which was dry and floral, like more.) almost all Italian whites — a great pairDessert was a sampler plate of beignets, ing with dish. which are like elegant doughnut holes Next, I was told the chefs had made a and, on the side, a little partially-frozen beautiful risotto just for me. I know how semifreddo, which is what the French hard it is to make good risotto — I need call Bavarian Crème. The rendition by another person standing next to me when Spruce was stunning. We had a botryI make it. This was creamy and al dente at tis Royal Tokai with dessert which was the same time and flavored with shaved great, I’m sure, but most dessert wines Perigord truffles and truffled Pecorino are not my thing, with only a few excepcheese. It is the best risotto I’ve ever had tions. in a restaurant setting. I was honored.

Like many restaurants nowadays, At this time Michael served us some ’95 Spruce serves small, what I call “museGuigal Hermitage, 100 percent French um” portions — in some cases, more to be Syrah which, I thought, was not a good looked at than tasted. But of all the places pairing with the risotto. I would doing this kind of “artihave liked a creamy chardonnay san” cuisine, Spruce reSpruce with this dish instead, which is ally pulls it off. The duck The Canyons something I hardly ever recomand the elk, which I would mend but I think it would have Dakota Mountain Lodge consider entrées, were 2100 Frostwood Drive been a good choice here. almost normal helpings Park City Our next pairing was my faof food, so they could be 435-647-5566 vorite of the night. We just loved tasted and fully enjoyed. sprucepc.com the honey-lacquered duck breast I also loved the simplicity DREW’S RATING: with foie gras, and rieslingof the dishes. It’s a huge 95+ poached quince. The dish was mistake to mix too many beautiful and the skin, indeed, ingredients together, and looked like it had been lacquered. (We Spruce kept it simple and stuck to timeboth thought the duck was a little tough, honored culinary principles. but the dish with the wine was a great You know, if you’ve dined in La Jolla, match.) or in some really snazzy place in San Our last entrée was elk which I’ve had Francisco, or at one of the great places a lot of lately. These were small medal- in New York or Paris, then I think you’ll lions, bacon wrapped, like little Tourne- agree: Spruce is the certainly one of these dos. I really liked the European touches. places. Dining with the generous MiThe side dish was German-style red cab- chael Acheson and having him serve up bage, a bit tart and creamy at the same his magic was just awesome, and I truly time and beautiful on the plate. Michael loved the experience. While Spruce knew served us a Spanish wine, Alion Ribera I was coming so this was not a surprise de Duero ’03, and I was so happy to finally visit, still the chefs created the menu on taste it after selling it at the wine store. the spot. I rate Spruce 95+. Q Without knowing it, Michael served me

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By Brad Di Iorio

A new team of women’s football has emerged in the greater Wasatch Front, playing games outside on grass fields; not to be confused with the current in-door women’s football team that has been practicing and playing in Kaysville.

Utah Blitz, an all-inclusive outdoor women’s tackle football team, has joined the national Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) and will join over 40 teams in competing in regular season play, beginning April 10 and culminating with regional conference championships and a national championship game held in August 2010.

“The WFA was looking to establish a team in Utah,” said Ruby Brown, team spokesperson. “The Northern Utah Avalanche played only three games last season, none of those games were played against another arena team. After looking at the WFA and other women’s football leagues, it became apparent that the WFA was the right one for us.”

Founded by Chrystle Kerfoot, Brooke Perkins, Judy Rich, and Concetta Defa, the Utah Blitz has a Board of Directors to oversee the general organization of the team functions, including committees that plan fundraisers, secures sponsors, create marketing campaigns and PR events.

Kerfoot and Perkins had played one year on the Northern Utah Avalanche and when the team decided not to play outside or join the WFA, Utah Blitz was formed.

“Our vision, speaking for myself and the Utah Blitz, is to simply and yet miraculously bring the sport of football to women and girls in Utah,” said Perkins, an ‘out’ 42-year-old who is partnered with Kerfoot.

“Playing touch or flag is so much fun, but to ‘suit up’ and learn techniques and strategies creates a whole new and exciting edge to learn. I am learning that women athletes really appreciate the new challenge.”

WFA football games follow NFL rules with a few exceptions. The football is slightly smaller and easier to grip, pass and catch. Football shoulder pads, helmets, and cleats are required and tackling, hitting and blocking are the same as they are in the men’s professional play.

All players and coaches are not paid and dedicate their time to learn and practice to participate for game play. Utah Blitz has a staff of nine coaches, all with playing experience, some with coaching experience.

The head coach is Greg Cover, a straight, married man with kids, who put together the coaching staff.

“This team is made up of a very diverse group,” said Brown. “We have women from ages 19 to 43, currently on the roster. Some work full time, some are full-time moms, some are students; you name, we have it.”

But, Brown added, “We are still recruiting, mostly for offensive and defensive line positions and because there aren’t many women who have experience playing football, no experience is necessary.”

Stevie Ammerman joined the Utah Blitz

after moving to Salt Lake City from Austin, Texas, where she played for the Austin Outlaws. “I found the Utah Blitz online,” said 27-year-old, ‘out’ Ammerman. “Before that I played on the men’s football team in high school in Dallas.”

Ammerman has been active in sports since age 5, playing competitive softball, soccer and football and was a part of a select, classic soccer team in Dallas. “I have a 9-year-old son that lives with me and is really supportive of my lifestyle and football,” said Ammerman. “I go to the gym three times a week and my job is pretty physical. I’m an electrician for a national company.”

Currently practicing in the middle linebacker position, Ammerman prefers running back or defense. “I love hitting,” she said. “I love playing sports but the best thing is the camaraderie of it.”

One of QSaltLake’s ‘same-sex wedding giveaway winners,’ Amanda Brown, is currently practicing for the Utah Blitz.

“I heard about the Blitz at the Utah Pride Festival last year when Chrystle Kerfoot walked up to me from the team booth and asked if I’d ever heard of the Utah Blitz,” said Amanda. “I feared I wouldn’t be allowed to play due to my positive HIV status, but thought I would venture into the waters anyway.” The team allowed her to play, and most amateur contact sport teams allow HIV-positive players to play, including participants in the Gay Games.

Amanda’s partner, Jessica Engel, doesn’t play football but is supportive of Amanda’s interests. “It’s been Jess that has made sure it works,” said Amanda. “Aiden (one of Jessica and Amanda’s four children) helped me fit all my gear and knocked me around a couple times to make sure it fit right. They run through plays with me in our yard and when I make a mistake they definitely don’t hold back when it comes to making me do up-downs or jump rope.”

Amanda also added that practice has not gotten in the way of wedding planning.

Thirty-eight-year-old Vee Bradley was playing arena football and was invited to play for the Utah Blitz. “I’m proud to say that I have been in a relationship with my partner for eight years now and she is amazing in supporting my dream of playing such a great sport,” said Bradley. “For me it means strength, power and heart.

It’s all about being able to look my kids in their eyes and with confidence, tell them to go after their dreams without questioning myself in saying I never did.”

Currently practicing to be defensive back she has been assigned by the coaching staff to the strong safety position. “To me there’s nothing more challenging than to be able to have the speed and abilities to stop another player dead in their tracks with a great tackle or an amazing interception,” said Bradley. “It’s about standing up for women and young girls in a sport that most don’t believe women can play or

should play.”

Currently, the WFA supports 34 teams and some franchises attract 3000-4000 fans per game. Regions consist of three to five city teams who play against each other.

There are six regions in two divisions, the National and the American division. Last year the championship game was played in New Orleans, pitting the Western Michigan Mayhem against the St. Louis Slam. Slam beat Mayhem, 21 to 14. Both Boise and Denver are in the midst of forming teams that will play the Utah Blitz in their region.

The Utah Blitz schedule is as follows:

April 10 April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 June 5

June 12 June 19

Utah Blitz vs. Las Vegas Showgirls, home Portland Fighting Fillies vs. Utah Blitz, away Las Vegas Showgirls vs. Utah Blitz, away Utah Blitz vs. Portland Fighting Fillies, home Central Cal War Angels vs. Utah Blitz, away Utah Blitz vs. Las Vegas Showgirls, home Non-divisional game, either Boise or Denver, location TBD Utah Blitz vs. Portland Fighting Fillies, home San Diego Sting vs. Utah Blitz, away

Though the first tryouts for Utah Blitz were held in mid January, the coaching staff has held several clinics and will be holding more clinics to recruit women interested in learning the game and becoming more involved in the game. Practices are currently held on Wednesday nights at Sunnyside baseball field near the University of Utah, and on Saturdays at Granger High School in West Valley City, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“This team is not young or old, black or white, married or single, the only thing all of these women have in common is the fact that they are women and they love playing football.” said Brown.

For more information about Utah Blitz, visit ­utblitz.com. For more information about WFA, visit wfafootball.com.

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He and Donald owned The Dog Show groomery and kennels and ran the Basset Hound Rescue of Utah. They also founded Camp Pinecliff, a yearly camp for those affected by HIV and AIDS, 19 years ago and helped run it each year. Dick was an incredibly generous and gracious man, never seeking and most likely avoiding the spotlight.

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His infectious smile and his genuine happiness was an inspiration to everyone that met him, and with his smile he would often put others at ease. He was a gentle man who cared about others and wanted them to be filled with peace and happiness. Andy loved spending time with friends. He especially enjoyed camping in Utah’s National Parks with people that he loved.

Andy had a fondness for homemade apple pie and really loved Cindy Lauper’s version of “Unchained Melody.”

Andy, you will be greatly missed! The world was a brighter place with you in it and now that brightness has been diminished by your absence. Now we will seek you in the warmth of old friendship, or the laughter of a child, and we will find you in the brilliance of sunlight dancing on the water. Let your spirit soar, you can finally rest and know peace. Andy died early Saturday morning on February 6th. He was at home in St George Utah and lying in David’s arms.

Jason W McCarley, born Sept. 21, 1977, died on Antelope Island around February 25, 2010. A remembrance was held at Club Try-Angles on Sunday, Feb. 28. Jason was charming, talented, and a wonderful spirit full of love and laughter. “I was crying, you came up to me and said ‘girl, you’re gorgeous! A girl as gorgeous as you should not be crying!’ That meant a lot to me, I will always love you.” His friends who searched for him say, “RIP we will miss you Jason.”

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scene David Daniels made it to the QUAC Ski-N-Swim with camera in tow.

David Daniels also snapped away at the Mr. Utah Bear and Cub contest at Jam. Congratulations to Bradon Anderson (bottom, second picture from the right) for winning the title of Mr. Utah Bear 2010 and Mr. Utah Cub 2010 Kyle Burns (bottom right). Both will compete for regional titles and, potentially, national titles. 

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fitness Eating and Training to Boost Metabolism

by Leslie Hofheins

Many of you have been talking about your struggles with eating properly, and it sounds like most of your problems are not what you eat, but when you eat. Let’s take a look.

What do pigs and sumo wrestlers have in common? They both use the same weight gain techniques! A farmer fattens up the hogs by letting them run around the pen most of the day, and then having them “pig out” on a huge trough full of slop. Likewise, sumo wrestlers train all day, and then sit down for a huge buffet right before going to sleep. Often with our busy lives, we do the same type of thing — we go and go all day without eating, and then when we finally sit down, we gorge ourselves and overeat.

Ironically, many weight loss problems come from not eating or restricting too many calories. You see, what happens is when you go without eating, your body goes into a protective “starvation mode” for conservation, and your metabolism begins to slow and shut down, thus storing reserves (body fat). Then, when you finally eat (and most likely overeat), it is with a metabolism that is already turned off.

An analogy to help you understand your metabolism is that of a campfire. Initially, you have to constantly supply small sticks to build the fire and keep it burning. But any good boy scout knows if you let the fire burn low, and then try to throw on the Yule log, you may be left with unburned wood.

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adding small sticks.

The key to weight loss is an increased metabolism (the rate at which your body burns calories). Here is how that’s done: • Lift weights and build your muscles.

This is the only way to boost your resting metabolic rate, which accounts for 60–70 percent of the calories you burn daily.

• Do cardio or aerobic exercise. These raise your heart rate and sustain aerobic activity to temporarily burn calories.

Come on, you got to sweat!

• Eat more frequent and smaller meals.

Consume four to six smaller meals (healthy ones, of course) daily and try not to go more than four hours between meals. Sometimes you may need to eat something even though you don’t feel hungry, and that will help you to eat sensibly at your next meal.

When you do this, just make sure what you’re eating is a good source of protein.

• Remember that metabolism is highest in the morning. So don’t skip breakfast.

• The liver and kidneys play a part in your metabolism. So drink a lot of pure water.

One of the best advantages of an increased metabolic rate is that you can afford to eat some of your favorite less healthy foods every now and then, and they won’t show up on your hips or gut. So, get your metabolism up and kicking by implementing these points into your daily routine. It is very important to establish habits, so start now and do whatever it takes. Work hard, eat right, pack snacks and drink water.

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The other day I was quietly sitting in the living room, minding my own business, watching my daily overdose of MSNBC while giving myself a very well-earned pedicure. I was just applying some faaabulous golden glitter nail polish while listening to Rachel Maddow expound upon the global warming issue when my husband passed through the room, leaving in his wake a noxious, choking, toxic cloud of his own personal greenhouse gasses. He has the tendency to emit the most silent but deadly farts known to humankind.

Trying to survive, I quickly covered my mouth and nose with my hands, only to paint them with golden glitter nail polish.

I actually sent him to Auto World for an emissions test, and upon analysis, his farts ranked among the chemical compounds that could not only peel wallpaper, but indeed dissolve steel-reinforced concrete. Unfortunately, it was necessary for Homeland Security to issue a blanket prohibition on him not to drive across the top of Hoover Dam, lest he dissolve it. Such tremendous powers should be reserved for a latest super villain in the next X-Men movie.

Now, as a queen of fine breeding, I try to maintain the highest levels of dignity in all my conversations. And the word fart is just too crude to be used by the

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likes of myself. So, I did some research on a site called Facts on Farts and discovered that there are at lease 330 nouns and 140 verbs that are used euphemistically for anal gaseous emissions, and the act thereof, with my personal favorite being “wind beneath my cheeks.” But lest I begin to sound like a totally innocent victim here, I must also confess to having emissions of my own. Mine tend to be the more benign, less smelly but of the greatly more audible variety that we shall heretofore in polite company refer to as “anal acoustics.” While this variety tends to be less toxic, it is also more difficult to disguise the perpetrator and thus the comedic and entertainment factor can grow exponentially. When I was a child, in my family we called it “fluffing,” and “Fluffy” became my childhood nickname because of my “proclivity to produce.”

For a comedic case in point, a few years ago during a move, I was storing some boxes of porno video tapes at my friend Wayne’s house lest the common riff raff movers help themselves to the “educational materials.” When I went to retrieve the heavy boxes, I had assumed the position of a sumo wrestler, so as to be able to lift with my legs not my back. And I, having a well exercised “garage door” and squatting and straining like that ... well, you do the math.

There was an immediate, though unintentional, and loudly audible “thunder in the buns.” It could not be ignored; Wayne was standing directly behind me. It could not be disguised; no other noise was in the room. It could not be

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blamed on anyone else; it was in fact the metaphorical “fart left floating in the air,” and it was just too late to ask Wayne to pull my finger. Out of nervous release, I began to giggle. To my added dismay with each giggle, came an additional “sphincturbulence” that could only be described as lengthy series of “machine gun sound effects” sprinkled with increasing laughter gaining in velocity and volume. When, finally, the “Fartvergnugen” had subsided, I gathered up my courage, stood tall and walked proudly from the room carrying the heavy box of porn like a Sherpa climbing Mount Everest.

Many years ago, before the earth’s crust had fully cooled and when sex was new to me, I had an even worse experience.

I had the occasion to rendezvous with a young stud we shall refer to as Captain Kirk. Our starships had been in standard orbit, circling First Dam in Logan, and he decided to mount a boarding party over to my ship “QueerTanic,” a Buick land yacht in any other dimension. He immediately took charge and maneuvered me into the cavernous rear seat where he began going “where no man had gone before.” His tongue explored my body like a class four probe, circling Uranus, obviously scanning for a port in which to park his shuttlecraft.

Of course, this sent me into warp drive.

I was nearing critical velocity and my dilithium crystals were about to “eject the core” when I began to feel pressure building up in the interior of my “shuttle bay.” I tensed up, in a desperate bid to abort the eruption of gaseous anomalies into his beautiful face. I gently tried to pull his head up to kiss him on the lips so as to remove him from the line of fire. But he was so intent on what he was doing that he immediately returned to the “shuttle bay door.” I made two more attempts to transport him from danger, but to no avail. Finally, the structural integrity of the shuttle bay door failed and there was a small “queef “of the “anterior nebula” and ... well, the magic was gone and so was he! Alas, I don’t know of a good way for a queen to recover from such a breach of etiquette. The moral of this story: “Butt yodeling,” a social faux pas to be avoided at all costs.

Like always, these events leave us with many eternal questions: 1. Will nail polish remover also remove blackheads from my nose?

2. How many Kegel exercises does it take to become a virgin again?

3. What would the farting super villain be called, Kaboom?

4. If I stuffed a car air freshener into the shuttle bay, would it help?

5. Is lifting with your legs worth it?

These and other important questions to be answered in future chapters of “The Perils of Petunia Pap-Smear.” Q

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