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DAMN THESE HEELS GAY FILM FESTIVAL West Valley City Passes Non-Discrimination Ordinances

Pride Pics Galore

Sarah McLachlan Interview

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national news Obama Extends Some Spousal Rights to Gay Federal Workers President Barack Obama issued a memo June 2 detailing benefits that federal agencies must provide to same-sex couples and their families.

“I signed a memorandum that requires Executive agencies to take immediate action to extend to the same-sex domestic partners of Federal employees a number of meaningful benefits, from family assistance services to hardship transfers to relocation expenses,” Obama wrote.

According to the Office of Personnel Management, the benefits include “credit union membership; access to fitness facilities; hardship transfers to maintain or improve the health of a domestic partner to the same extent provided to opposite-sex spouses; planning and counseling services (including briefings on employee pay and allowances, career counseling, retirement counseling, financial counseling, resource and referral services, planning sessions for permanent change of duty station, deployment support, parenting support groups and elder care support groups); family assistance services (including adoption counseling, parenting counseling, childcare, elder care, financial planning and home improvements); family and morale/wellness/recreation (MWR) events (including barbeques, golf outings, or awards ceremonies); access to medical treatment; access to lodging or allowances; joint consideration of transfers; and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.”

In addition, OPM said, “agencies not governed by Title 5, U.S. Code” (such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, according to the Human Rights Campaign) will offer additional benefits, including “a health insurance premium reimbursement program; dental insurance (including for retirees); vision insurance; dependent life insurance; relocation assistance and expense program; employment opportunities for spouse/same-sex domestic partner upon permanent transfer of employee; business travel accident insurance; receipt of transferred annual leave to provide care to samesex domestic partner with medical emergency; reimbursement of up to $250 (less taxes) for eligible expenses of employee and samesex domestic partner, including for fitness center memberships, physical exams and homeowners insurance; and expressions of sympathy policy recognizing hospitalization, illness, or death of family member, including a same-sex domestic partner, with a floral arrangement, fruit basket, or donation to charity up to $80.”

Ordinary health and retirement benefits for federal employees are not included in the policy changes because of the anti-gay federal Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, Obama said. He called for passage of a measure pending in Congress to fix that problem.

“While this Memorandum is an important step on the path to equality, my Administration continues to be prevented by existing Federal law from providing same-sex domestic partners with the full range of benefits enjoyed by heterosexual married couples,” Obama wrote. “That is why, today, I renew

BY REX WOCKNER

my call for swift passage of an important piece of legislation pending in both Houses of Congress — the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act. This legislation, championed by Senators Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins and Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, would extend to the same-sex domestic partners of Federal employees the full range of benefits currently enjoyed by Federal employees’ opposite-sex spouses. I look forward to signing it into law.”

HRC “commended” Obama’s memo.

“All employees should be treated equally and without discrimination, whether they are straight or LGBT, and this is certainly a positive step in that direction,” said HRC President Joe Solmonese. “The limitations of these new benefits, however, serve as a glaring reminder that the Defense of Marriage Act ultimately stands in the way of providing true equality to LGBT Americans.”

Lambda Legal’s Jennifer Pizer, director of the group’s Marriage Project, said: “Fair access to relocation support, Family and Medical Leave protections, child care services, retiree pension annuities and the range of other benefits offered (in certain circumstances) to federal employees will make an immense practical difference to the many thousands of LGBT workers who serve the American public.”

“We appreciate and echo President Obama’s exhortation to Congress to act swiftly to pass the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, and also the Respect for Marriage Act (which will repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act),” Pizer said. “Equal access to family health insurance for all LGBT Americans is long overdue, and this harsh discrimination against hard-working public employees deserves an immediate remedy.”

Senate Could Consider DADT Repeal June 18 The full U.S. Senate could take up repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ban on open gays in the military as soon as June 18.

The measure, which is attached to the bill that funds the U.S. military for 2011, has passed a Senate committee and the full House of Representatives, but still could encounter resistance.

“Even with a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority, SLDN and our repeal allies will be closely watching for any crippling amendments offered on the (Senate) floor and a ‘motion to strike’ that could allow repeal opponents to remove the repeal language from the defense bill,” said the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has threatened a filibuster.

At the same time, President Barack Obama has threatened to veto the entire military spending bill because he opposes an item in it unrelated to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

If Obama vetoed the bill, it would start its journey through Congress anew and could need new votes on amendments to repeal DADT. If Congress passes DADT repeal and Obama signs it, nothing will happen right away. That’s because of language in the bill that delays repeal until three things take

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place: the Pentagon completes a study by Dec. 1 on how to implement DADT repeal; Obama, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Michael Mullen certify that the military will not be harmed by implementing DADT repeal in accord with the Pentagon’s plans; and 60 additional days pass after the certification.

The earliest that gay people in the military might be able to safely come out of the closet would be sometime in February of next year.

HRC Report: Kaiser Permanente Is Most Gay-Friendly Kaiser Permanente is America’s most gayfriendly large health-care network, according to a report released June 7 by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

But many other providers are about to catch up, HRC said.

On June 1, Kaiser changed its Patients’ Bill of Rights to fully protect LGBT patients and their families from discrimination at its 430 medical offices and 36 hospitals.

“These changes ... make Kaiser Permanente the first large health network to have a fully inclusive non-discrimination policy for LGBT people,” HRC said. “They are also the first health network to achieve Top Performer status in the HRC Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index.”

Kaiser’s move comes on the heels of President Barack Obama’s April memorandum that directed the Department of Health and Human Services to require hospitals that receive federal Medicare and Medicaid funding — nearly every hospital — to protect visitation and health care decision-making rights of LGBT people.

HRC said that, at present, “the vast majority of U.S. health care facilities don’t have fully inclusive policies toward LGBT people, but that sweeping new changes will soon dramatically transform the entire health care system.”

In addition to the HHS rules, the Joint Commission, which accredits and certifies health care facilities, is adding LGBT-nondiscrimination requirements to the accreditation process.

“Together, these developments mean that LGBT health-care equality is going to improve nationwide, in towns big and small, from New York to Mississippi to Utah to San Francisco,” HRC said.

“We all know horror stories of loved ones torn apart, already heart-wrenching decisions made even harder, and basic human rights denied,” said HRC President Joe Solmonese. “Bold action by the president and the Joint Commission mean many of those stories will be a thing of the past.”

HRC reviewed a representative sample of 200 of the largest health care facilities in all 50 states. It found that 93 percent of health care facilities included in the study do not have fully inclusive policies toward LGBT people, and 42 percent don’t include “sexual orientation” in their non-discrimination policy.

The report also noted that gay people encounter unfair income taxation on employerprovided domestic-partner health benefits and that many health insurance plans do not offer domestic-partner benefits or benefits for transgender people.

Quips & Quotes ❝

Gays and lesbians don’t pay tithing, their religion is politics.”

—Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch in a June 2 town hall meeting in St. George

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Gays are no more political than any other group, but are forced into politics to fight for basic civil rights. You’d become very politically active if the government refused to recognize your marriage and actively attempted to fire you from your job just for who you are.”

—“AxelDC” in a comment to the story in The Salt Lake Tribune

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In a meeting with a teabagger group, Republican Senator Orrin Hatch did some fancy footwork trying to keep the extremists happy with him.

In any way he could think of, he threw everyone under the bus — including those darn gays and lesbians.”

—Local activist Eric Ethington on his blog, Pride in Utah.

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I’d love to know what that means, exactly. Gay people can’t be religious? The LGBT community necessarily cares more politics than the rest of the country?”

—Steve Benen, Washington Monthly columnist

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LGBT religious leaders are often the very ones revitalizing moribund churches and institutions.

These committed religious leaders are working to provide a loving alternative to the hopeless hatred people like Sen. Hatch call sound doctrine.”

—Harry Knox, Director of the HRC’s Religion and Faith Program.

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Not mine, Senator, or the countless gays and lesbians in churches, synagogues, temples and mosques.”

—Andrew Sullivan, Catholic, gay conservative blogger and author.

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Jesus made this comment on tithing — ‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith; these you should have done without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!’”

—Openly gay Catholic priest Father Geoff Farrow

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West Valley City Passes NonDiscrimination Ordinances

$10 in ’10 This summer, Equality Utah will be continuing its efforts to pass gay and transgender-inclusive housing and employment ordinances in Southern Utah. To do this, they are asking members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and their allies to donate $10 towards the group’s goal of passing 10 such ordinances in Utah cities and counties in 2010. To donate visit equalityutah.org.

by Michael Aaron

West Valley City became the fifth Utah municipality to pass protections in employment and housing on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity on June 2. Mayor Mike Winder, who championed the measures, signed the ordinances into law in a ceremony on June 8.

The ordinances mirrored Salt Lake City’s, passed in November 2009. State lawmakers have warned municipalities not to consider broadening the effect of ordinances they pass to go beyond Salt Lake City’s scope or they would bring legislation outlawing them. Salt Lake City’s laws, and all other ordinances passed, contain exemptions for small businesses, landlords owning four or less units and owner-occupied buildings.

Salt Lake County, Park City and Logan have also passed similar ordinances in the past six months.

Equality Utah is hoping at least 10 Utah communities will have such protections by the end of the year, in a campaign they are calling “10 in ’10” and “Communities for Common Ground.”

According to the Human Rights Campaign, at least 132 cities and counties in the United States provide protections on the basis of gender identity in public and private employment, as of June 3 of this year. Most had been adopted in this century, while the earliest ordinance was passed by Minneapolis, Minn. in 1975.

California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont have protections written into state law on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Wisconsin have laws covering sexual orientation.

Equality Utah’s Executive Director, Brandie Balken, was first to address the West Valley City Council in an open public forum before the vote, saying the city has a “rich and diverse population.”

“People have fear of reporting discrimination because there are no protections for them and they feel they may be stigmatized,” she said. “If even one case of discrimination is happening in West Valley City, I think that’s too many.”

Everyone who spoke before the council was in favor of the ordinances.

“I personally believe that passing these ordinances sends a signal that West Valley City treats everyone equally and fairly,” Todd Olsen, of Anderson Investment Corp, said. “This will bring businesses and growth to the area.”

Many speakers took pride in the city’s diverse population and took state lawmakers

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West Valley City Councilmembers (rear left to right) Corey Rushton, Steve Buhler, Don Christensen and Steve Vincent, (front) Russ Brooks, Mayor Mike Winder and Carolynn Burt to task for not leading the fight against discrimination in Utah.

“West Valley City is the most diverse city in Utah. I know this to be true. I taught for Granite School District for 30 years,” said Stacia Ireland. “It is important because diversity is not just in skin color. We are also tax-paying citizens.”

Rep. Janice Fisher, whose district mostly lies within West Valley City’s boundaries, echoed the positive sentiments of the eight speakers preceding her.

“I would just like to say ‘amen’ to all the comments tonight,” she said.

One councilmember, however, bristled at the ordinances. Russ Brooks, who is the longest-sitting member of the council, said he felt the city was being bullied into passing the measures.

“For the past 14 years this issue has never been brought up,” he said. “Not until Salt Lake City passed their ordinance [was this an issue].”

“It bothers me that we have to be like our big sister, Salt Lake City, like Logan. I think we are being forced into doing this,” he continued. “I’ve never had anyone come to me saying they couldn’t buy a home. We as a government are gonna tell you as business owners and landlords what you are gonna do.”

The remaining five councilmembers spoke in favor of the ordinances, many addressing Brooks’ comments.

“We have had to pull our heads out of the sand a bit and that is not something I like to admit,” said Councilmember Corey Rushton.

“When history looks back on this, they will ask why West Valley City took so long to do it. I hope that one day our grandchildren will look back on this and will laugh at the antiquated law.”

“I think it is unfortunate that we have to legislation niceness,” said Councilmember Steve Vincent. “You would hope that people would do the right thing in their hearts. We need to make sure people are treated fairly.”

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“It is a privilege and an honor to step forward and lead the way,” said Councilmember Donald Christensen. “When the state or federal government does not act, the city can still send a message and do what we feel is best. Every councilmember has an obligation to represent his constituents, but also his conscience.”

Mayor Mike Winder approached Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker shortly after he was elected, expressing interest in passing the ordinances.

I am very grateful for Ralph Becker for leading the way on these ordinances,” he said. “The beauty of different cities and towns is that each can be incubators of good policy that spreads throughout the state.”

“Wouldn’t it be great to do this becasue it is the right thing to do?” he asked. “I’m proud that it was this city council that originated [these ordinances]. In my heart, this is the right thing to do. I’m proud to be part of a city that will push this forward.”

“We should all have the right to apply for a job and win that job or lose it because of what we bring to the table,” he continued.

“I may not agree with your lifestyle and the tendencies you were born with and how you act on them,” he said. “But it is part of virtue that we should do unto others as we would have others do unto us.”

The council voted 5-1 to pass both ordinances. Brooks’ nay vote was the first vote cast against any of the nondiscrimination measures in any of the five municipalities that have passed them.

Equality Utah leaders have talked to officials in eight other cities and counties about passing similar ordinances. Leaders in Taylorsville, Moab, Torrey, Cedar City and Ogden as well as Summit, Grand and Weber counties have expressed interest in such ordinances, Balken said.

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Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker will be available for two hours of 10-minute meetings with individual city residents who wish to discuss city-related issues on June 16.

Appointments can be made on a first come, first served basis by calling 801-535-7704.

WHEN: June 16, 4–6 p.m.

WHERE: Mayor’s Conference Room, City & County Building (3rd floor), 451 S. State St.

Allies Dinner Tickets are now on sale for Equality Utah’s 9th annual Allies Dinner, which honors Utah’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and their friends and allies. This year’s theme is “Gaining Ground,” a reference to the group’s work in getting job and housing protections for gay and transgender groups passed in a number of local Utah governments. Sponsorships are available.

WHEN: Sept. 28, cocktails beginning at 6 p.m.

WHERE: Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Grand Ballroom, 100 S. West Temple.

TICKETS: $100 per person, $900 per table.

INFO: alliesdinner.org

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Utah Pride Rallies, Marches Start Separately, Come Together

by JoSelle Vanderhooft

Four rallies were held the second day of the Utah Pride Festival — June 5 — which joined into one unified march down State Street to the Festival grounds at Washington Square.

As it has for several festivals past, the Dyke March convened on the Utah State Capitol’s south lawn. Here, well over 100 marchers — most of them women — were addressed by a number of openly lesbian speakers, including: Claudia Wright, who is challenging Democrat Rep. Jim Matheson for his Congressional District 2 seat; Danni Hawkes, co-founder of Rainbow Law Clinic, which offers free legal advice to low-income gay and transgender clients; and Missy Bird, executive director of Utah’s Planned Parenthood Action Council.

Hawkes, who identified herself as “a queer dyke,” told the crowd that she saw her sexual orientation as “a gift.”

“It meant people were open regardless of what labels they gave to each other.

I’ve never been proud of something that just was,” she said. “I’m proud that I’m a strong woman. Are you all proud to be strong women?”

When the applause and cheers had died down, Hawkes encouraged the audience to see gender as “a circle of possibilities” wherein all identities were equal, rather than a binary of male and female.

“We cannot demand respect for our differences if we’re not willing to practice that same respect,” she said. “But does that mean we can’t be loudmouthed dykes?

Hell, no!”

Taking the microphone after Hawkes, Bird referenced Eve Ensler’s hit play The Vagina Monologues by asking participants to envision what their vaginas would wear.

“If it could speak, would it look to the future or look back at the past,” she asked before encouraging everyone present to get a yearly pelvic exam and to “vote, damn it.”

Bird also expressed hope that the Equal Rights Amendment, which would have made all forms of sex discrimination illegal. Turning to Wright, she added, “I’m expecting you to do it when you get into congress.”

Meanwhile, attendees at the festival’s newest march convened on the east side of the Capitol Building. The first annual Trans March drew roughly 100 people of several gender identities.

Attendee Jamie Wood said she liked the idea of the Trans March because it drew together two sections of Utah’s transgender community who she said don’t interact enough.

“It seems like there are some transgender people who go to activist things like TransAction [a Utah Pride Center group for transgender and allied youth] and who just go to support groups,” said Wood. “It’s nice coming here and seeing people I haven’t seen in a year.”

As in the nearby Dyke March, a number of speakers addressed those gathered including transgender women Joni Weiss

and Candice Metzler.

“We are the transgender and transgender ally community,” said Weiss, a board member of the Utah Pride Center. “We are all brothers and sisters of the great LGBT community and the greater community of human beings.”

“Everyone who came here is a hero for being here today,” she added.

Metzler, an advocate for homeless queer youth, praised transgender people who had held similar marches in previous decades when transphobia was far more prevalent.

Their efforts, she said, were responsible for “the ability we have to gather here today.”

She also had harsh words for Utah politicians “of a much more privileged class [who have been] speaking on our behalf,” including members of the legislature who voted against statewide gay and transgender-inclusive housing and employment laws.

“I find it interesting that these people are saying discrimination [against us] isn’t that bad,” she said. “I want to know when they faced discrimination or wondered when they’d have their next job.”

In order to make a better present and future for the transgender community, Metzler encouraged those present to talk about their experiences as transgender people, and to work together in community-building.

“When we go out and meet people and share our stories, people understand,” she said.

The Trans March was sponsored by the Utah Pride Center and a number of other transgender and transgender-friendly groups including Engendered Species, the Intersex Society of Utah, Latino Divas, The Transgender Education Network, the Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire and TransAction.

When speeches ended, the two marches joined and processed down State Street to City Creek Park where they were joined by the Interfaith Pride March, which had walked west from services held at the First United Methodist Church. Here, Fran Pruyn, former chair of the Center’s board of directors, presided over the festival’s opening ceremonies, which included a performance by a Brazilian music group and speeches from a number of community activists.

In keeping with the festival’s theme Our History, Our Future, volunteers passed out replicas of signs held aloft during gay rights demonstrations that preceded the 1969 Stonewall Riots. These bore such slogans as “Homosexuals ask for redress of grievances,” and “Justice & employment based upon ability.”

“We have come so very far since 1963, but those signs still apply,” she said.

Festival Grand Marshal Sister Dottie S. Dixon stepped onto the makeshift stage next. Dixon, a drag character portrayed by actor Charles Lynn Frost, is an active member of the LDS Church and the mother of a gay son, who she said was “wandering around somewhere in the back [of the

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park]. He’s ever so shy.”

Speaking in her characteristic Spanish Fork drawl, Dixon thanked the crowd for their “ongoin’ and beloved sapport.”

“I say our future has to be more of a move over and make way for us at the table strategy,” Dixon said before turning her gaze to the LDS Church Headquarters building across the street and shouting, “Can ya hear me up there?”

To open the evening, Dixon offered a humorous “inclusive, omni-denominational prayer,” in which she asked “all the gods and goddesses up there” for blessings — and offered some choice curses for groups and individuals who have practiced bigotry including ex-gay groups, Arizona (for passing a controversial anti-immigrant bill) and three anti-gay Utah politicians: Rep. Carl Wimmer, Sen. Chris Buttars and Senate President Michael Waddoups.

“Wimmer, Waddoups and Buttars, oh my. You choose the curse, Lord, but make it hurt,” said Dixon, provoking laughter from the crowd.

Other speakers included attorney and former Equality Utah employee Will Carlson who wished the crowd a “Happy Fuckin’ Pride,” Missy Bird and Mark Alvarez, who stressed the ways in which the push for gay and transgender rights mirrored the push for immigrants’ rights, and the rights of Latino immigrants in particular.

“Issues of the immigrant and LGBT communities are about human freedom and we need to join together,” he said, not-

“Sister Dottie S. Dixon,” portrayed by actor Charles Lynn Frost, gives an opening prayer. PHOTO: ERIC ETHINGTON

ing that many gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Latinos feel isolated in both the Latino and gay communities.

At the end of the speeches, gay and transgender-friendly color guard, the Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps of Salt Lake City lead the marchers to the festival grounds. In keeping with the festival’s emphasis on community, members of the guard bore a number of flags, including those representing Canada, Mexico, the United States, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and the leather and bear communities as well as the rainbow flag. Q

local news Hatch: Gays and Lesbians ‘Don’t Pay Tithing’

by Michael Aaron

During a town hall meeting June 1 on the Dixie State University campus in St. George, Senator Orrin Hatch made disparaging remarks about lesbian and gay people of faith, setting off a firestorm of reaction.

In the meeting, attended by about 300 people, Hatch bemoaned what he called the lack of fiscal conservatives in the Senate and begged that Tea Party members “out of anger should not disrupt the few GOP [candidates] who can win.”

He gave advice that conservatives in the area must organize and unite, just as “unions, environmentalists, personal injury lawyers and gay rights activists do for Democrat candidates.”

“Gays and lesbians don’t pay tithing, their religion is politics,” he said.

“This rhetoric is highly insulting and offensive to lesbian and gay people, particularly to devout followers of a wide range of faith traditions,” said Jarrett Barrios, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. “Media have a responsibility to show the gap between Hatch’s false anti-gay rhetoric and the actual lives of lesbian and gay people of faith.”

“I’d love to know what that means, exactly. Gay people can’t be religious? The LGBT community necessarily cares more (about) politics than the rest of the country?” Washington Monthly columnist Steve Benen asked. “For a politician with a habit of making bizarre remarks, Hatch’s comment was even dumber than usual.”

Mormon religion scholar Joanna Brooks breathed a heavy sigh at Hatch’s remark.

“Never mind all the LGBT Mormons who stay active in the LDS Church and pay their tithes. Never mind all the LGBT people of faith who give offerings to their home churches and synagogues,” she said.

“Never mind the fact that paying tithes or church offerings never prevented conservatives from giving abundantly to political causes.”

“I’m guessing it’s a calculated ploy by Orrin to attract the ire of the Utah LGBT community so that he can then put on a show playing the martyr for the Tea Party crowd, but I don’t think it’s gonna work,” said “post-Mormon” Chino Blanco in his LDS-Antagonist blog. “It’s such a clumsy insult that all it’s going to trigger is a bunch of eye-rolling now and more schadenfreude later when Orrin gets the boot from the same folks he’s trying so hard to impress with his playground taunts.”

A study released last year by the Barna Group, a research organization focused on the “intersection of faith and culture,” found that 60 percent of gays and lesbians describe their faith as “very important” in their life.”

“People who portray gay adults as godless, hedonistic, Christian bashers are not working with the facts,” said company founder George Barna. “A substantial ma-

jority of gays cite their faith as a central facet of their life, consider themselves to be Christian, and claim to have some type of meaningful personal commitment to Jesus Christ active in their life today.”

“It is interesting to see that most homosexuals, who have some history within the Christian Church, have rejected orthodox biblical teachings and principles — but, in many cases, to nearly the same degree that the heterosexual Christian population has rejected those same teachings and principles,” Barna continued. “Although there are clearly some substantial differences in the religious beliefs and practices of the straight and gay populations, there may be less of a spiritual gap between straights and gays than many Americans would assume.”

“I suppose one can’t fault Sen. Hatch for not having Barna’s data at his fingertips, but if he cared to understand the role faith plays in the lives of LGBT Americans instead of just spouting false stereotypes, he’d find gay and lesbian people of faith in diverse congregations across the country,” said Dan Nejfelt, editor of Faith in Public Life. “He wouldn’t have to go very far, either. Sen. Hatch’s office is 3½ miles from my church, which has numerous LGBT members. I don’t snoop around in the collection plate to see who tithes and who doesn’t, but I know that my neighbors

in the pews worship God, not politics. Sen. Hatch doesn’t have the standing to dismiss their faith or anyone else’s.”

“Senator Hatch’s statement that gay people’s religion is politics is insulting and demeaning to the millions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans who are people of faith. In fact, the great irony is that they are often more committed to their faiths and religious denominations than those faiths are dedicated to protecting them and ensuring their equality,” said Human Rights Campaign Faith Program Director Harry Knox. “Senator Hatch is certainly right that many of his fellow

Republicans could learn a lot from LGBT people’s dedication to equality. But there is no denying that there are millions of LGBT Americans who everyday give their time, talent and money to local churches, synagogues and temples all over the country.

LGBT religious leaders are often the very ones revitalizing moribund churches and institutions. These committed religious leaders are working to provide a loving alternative to the hopeless hatred people like Sen. Hatch call sound doctrine.”

A call and e-mails to the senator’s offices for further clarification were not returned by press time. Q

Matheson Votes to Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Utah Democratic Representative Jim Matheson cast Utah’s only vote to repeal a Clinton-era policy banning gays and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military on May 28.

“Anyone who is willing to put on this country’s uniform and put his or her life on the line to protect our freedoms deserves our respect and should not be subject to discrimination,” Matheson, who represents Utah’s Congressional District 2, said in a statement. “Repealing this flawed policy is an important way for us to show that respect.”

These comments echo remarks made

by Matheson at the State Democratic Convention held earlier in the month. There, Matheson addressed the Stonewall Utah Democrats, the state’s gay-friendly and largest caucus, about a number of gay and transgender rights issues, including Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, hate crimes legislation and the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, which would prohibit job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity at the federal level.

In 2009, Matheson voted to expand federal hate crimes legislation to cover gay and transgender people and people with disabilities. He also voted in favor of ENDA.

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However, he has not voted for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, which gives states the authority not to recognize samesex marriages performed in other states.

Matheson’s vote against DADT also comes during an election year, and one where he is facing a primary election for the first time in his 10-year term. The fact that he is fighting for his job makes his vote suspicious, said Democratic challenger Claudia Wright.

“Claudia firmly believes that her presence in this race is forcing Matheson to vote [in favor of] these issues,” said Michael Picardi, Wright’s campaign manager.

He also added that this was the first year Matheson attended the Utah Pride Festival’s Grand Marshal Reception, which was held June 4.

Local political analysts have also noted the effects of the primary on Matheson’s votes.

“The significance of this vote for Claudia Wright is that Democrats will look at it as Matheson will vote for us at least some of the time. If a Republican beats his challenger, we may never get one of these votes,” said Kirk Jowers, Director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics, in an inter-

view with Channel 5 News.

The vote to end DADT passed both houses of Congress by wide margins and was part of the 2011 Defense Authorization Bill.

It does not, however, lift the ban on openly gay servicemembers outright. Rather, the vote gives the Defense Department the power to end the policy pending a report on the effects it has had on the military and on whether or not lifting it during wartime would have a negative impact.

Utah’s two Republican Senators and its two Republican Congressmen voted against lifting the ban, variously citing the military’s overall satisfaction with the policy, the difficulty of changing policy during a two-front war, and an eagerness to wait for the report’s conclusions before acting.

Mormon Church to Pay Fine for Prop 8 Campaign Finance Violations The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will pay a fine for failing to properly report contributions to the “Yes on 8” campaign to overturn gay marriage in the state of California in 2008.

The Human Rights Campaign hailed the fine proposed by the California Fair Political Practices Commission.

“While the recommended fine of just more than $5,500 for the unreported late contributions of $36,968 to the Yes on 8 campaign may seem inconsequential, it represents a pattern of blatant disregard for California election laws and provides ongoing evidence that the Mormon Church was a significant leader in the campaign to repeal marriage equality, even while it evaded standard reporting requirements and denied its involvement,” HRC spokesman Michael Cole said in a statement.

HRC President Joe Solmonese commended the efforts of Fred Karger of Californians Against Hate for filing the initial FPPC complaint that has shed light on the anti-equality activities of the Church.

The issue, scheduled to be discussed at its June 10th meeting, follows the January 2009 admission by the Mormon Church to the FPPC that it failed to report in-kind contributions to the Yes on 8 campaign of $190,000. Previously the Mormon Church had failed to disclose its real involvement in the Proposition 8 campaign, as California law required it to do.

“Thanks to Fred Karger’s dogged pursuit of the truth, we now know the Mormon Church not only violated the law in its election work to pass Prop 8, it most likely did so purposely” said Solmonese.

“It’s just not credible that a multi-billion dollar, sophisticated organization like the LDS Church didn’t know or understand the election law requirements. California requires early disclosure so voters know who’s behind these referendum fights and clearly, the Mormon Church worked overtime to keep their full involvement hidden from the people of California.”

Church leaders released the following statement about the fine: “All institutional contributions made by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the ProtectMarriage Coalition were reported to the appropriate authorities in California.

“In the last two weeks leading up to the election, the Church mistakenly overlooked the daily reporting requirement and instead reported those contributions together in a later filing. The Church appreciates the fairness and consideration with which the Fair Political Practices Commission has addressed this oversight.

“Claims that the Church misrepresented its contributions to the ProtectMarriage Coalition are false.”

Karger alleged the church produced commercals, ran out-of-state phone banks and provided other services without disclosing them as contributions to the coalition of religious and conservative groups that sponsored the gay marriage ban.

“My fervent hope is they will get out of this business and go help earthquake victims in Chile or something, but get out of peoples’ lives and denying their happiness,” Karger told the San Jose Mercury News.

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Team Try-Angles Returns for Best Dam Bike Ride Three years ago, Adam Frost and a few others went to Club Try-Angles owner Gene Gieber with an idea to create a bicycling team to join the Bike MS: Harmons Best Dam Bike Ride to raise funds to combat Multiple Sclerosis. It turns out Gieber’s family has been hit hard by the disease, and he not only offered to sponsor the team, but he offered to pledge $25 for each and every cyclist who joined the team.

Team Try-Angles was born.

This year, over 100 teams have signed up from around the country for the 175-mile two-day course in Cache Valley, Utah.

MS impacts people from all walks of life, though Utah has one of the highest incident rates in the country, with 1 in 300 impacted. Over 400,000 people in the United States live with M.S. Nineteen cyclists have registered so far — a combination of men and women, gay and straight.

At press time, the team has raised $3,287 towards its $8,000 goal. Last year, the team brought in over $12,000.

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local news Claudia Wright Announces Tour Schedule Openly Lesbian Democratic Congressional District 2 candidate Claudia Wright has announced her “Wright Way Tour” that will take her throughout the district she hopes to represent in the early part of this month.

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1–2 p.m.: St. George. Lunch on the grass at Ancestor Square Contact: Dorothy Engelman, 435-216-2429.

3:30–4:30 p.m.: Kayenta. Conversation With Claudia, Cabaret Theater in Kayenta Coyote Gulch Art Village. Contact: George, 435-632-8133 or 435-656-5864.

7–8:30 p.m.: St. George; Rally For Claudia Wright, Vernon Worthen Park Gazebo, Corner of 300 South and 400 East. Contact: Dorothy Engelman, 435-216-2429.

June 11 7 p.m.: Kanab. Meet the Candidate, City Library, 374 North Main St. Contact: Caralee Woods, 435-899-9024.

June 12 6–8 p.m.: Moab; Meet and Greet, Swanny City Park, 100 West 400 North (refreshments provided). Contact: Julianne Waters, 435-452-8177.

Throughout the tour, Wright said she will meet with voters one-on-one. If elected, she said that she would hold video conferences to communicate with District 2’s residents.

Wright’s schedule is as follows:

June 13

June 10

6–7 p.m.: Price. Town Hall Meeting, United Methodist Church, 10 North 200 East. Contact: Gary Barkley, 801-656-9024.

10 a.m.: Rockville: Meet and Greet at Rockville Community Center, 43 East Main St. Contact:

6:30–7:30 p.m.: Torrey; Meet and Greet/ Fundraiser, Hersch (City) Park Pavilion, North Center St. Contact: Carol Gnade, 435-425-3099.

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Utah Anti-Gay ‘America Forever’ Group Closed its Doors An anti-gay group that has become a fixture at Utah gay rallies and events, and legislative debates on gay and transgender-related bills has closed up shop, due to what its website calls “unspeakable circumstances.”

“Thank you for your support. Please keep America a Nation [sic] under God. God bless America,” the front page of the site, Americaforever.com, now reads.

Initially begun to protest the U.S. government’s treatment of undocumented immigrants’ children, America Forever came to widespread public attention in 2009 when it remade itself as an anti-gay organization. On Feb. 15 of that year it ran advertisements in The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News decrying an effort to pass gay and transgender-inclusive laws known as the Common Ground Initiative.

The ad, which accused statewide gay and transgender rights group Equality Utah and the “homosexual movement” of trying to corrupt children, made national headlines and earned the group chidings even from legislators opposed to the initiative.

The ad was the first in a long line of fliers against gay and transgender Utahns and those expressing support for them, which included former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, the Sundance Film Festival and even the LDS Church. The latter supported Salt Lake City’s 2009 housing and employment

ordinances prohibiting housing and employment discrimination against gay and transgender people. Frequently, America Forever faxed these fliers to as many as 80,000 recipients, most of whom had not solicited them.

Members of the Sandy-based group also appeared at several gay-related events bearing large signs urging Utahns to protect children by opposing gay and transgender rights measures. Most recently they appeared at city and county council meetings where Salt Lake-style ordinances were discussed. In May, police escorted the group from a Logan Municipal Council meeting where member Jessica Rodrigues made anti-gay remarks before the body.

In 2009, members were also escorted from the Capitol Building after leader Sandra Rodrigues shouted anti-gay remarks at openly lesbian Rep. Christine Johnson.

America Forever has given no official reason for disbanding. A request for an interview sent to administrative contact Jonas Filho had not been answered by press time.

Local activist Eric Ethington expressed disappointment at the group’s dissolution.

“You know ... I’m going to miss these people,” Ethington wrote on his blog, PRIDE in Utah. “There really wasn’t anyone else in Utah who made the LGBT community look so good! Oh well, salute and adieu Sandra, we’ll remember you fondly!”

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sports Gay Kickball Team Joins Murray League

by Brad Di Iorio

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NEW TEAM OF GAYS, LESBIANS AND

their friends has been stirring up the dust on the kickball field this spring.

Team Brighton has just joined the City of Murray Parks and Recreation Adult Kickball League. The team, which has members of all sexual orientations, is having a great time playing in the league every Wednesday night at the Murray Park softball fields.

“I saw an ad for the league and I took a picture of the ad and sent it to my friends from my cell phone,” said coach and kickball motivator, Amanda Groendyke. “I was surprised at how many of my friends wanted to participate.”

Groendyke, 36, was born and raised in Salt Lake City, and was recently laid off in February. Since then she has been traveling to Atherton, Calif. to concentrate on graduating from an online graduate program at her aunt’s home.

“If I’m here, I’ll just form a kickball team, for no other reason than not to study,” Groendyke joked. “Everyone was following up and this person wanted to play a specific position, and everyone was fighting over what color the T-shirts should be.”

The spring season of league play in Murray brought together seven teams with names like ‘Over the Hill Gang’ and ‘Playground Bullies.’ Each team can have as many members as they would like, but only 18 can play in the games. Eleven players are allowed on the field and four of them must be female. Two umpires call each game, one on the field while the other maintains the score board, and keeps track of outs and each team’s roster.

“I have another friend that has been playing on another league and has told me in the past how much fun it had been, so I jumped at the chance to play,” said Kim Doyle, who is straight and playing for the first time. “I think that having an excuse to see my friends once a week has been the best thing! Everyone is so busy and going in their own directions that I think it’s great to have an activity that is planned and everyone shows up.”

Doyle and Groendyke had met previously and had become “instant” friends.

When registering for the league online, Groendyke thought that the team needed to have a business connected to it.

“I work at Brighton and we all love to ski and ride there, so that may have helped her in her choice,” added Doyle.

“My family thinks it’s great! They even come and watch and cheer us on. I think

I like it because it really doesn’t take a whole lot of skill. It’s cheap entertainment and I love the atmosphere of playing on a team with really great people and not really caring if we win or lose, but just having a really good time.”

The game proceeds like a regular softball game. Each team alternates innings with three outs in each inning. To get a player out, the ball can be caught in the air after the kicker kicks from home plate.

It can reach the base and be caught by the baseman before the runner reaches the base, or be thrown hitting the runner as the runner is on his or her way to the base.

“I’m versatile and usually alternate pitching and catching,” said Jake Rosequist, coach and an openly gay member of the Queer Utah Aquatic Club. “I’ve haven’t noticed any homophobia, however, I do let my ‘gurl’ out and at times it seems the other teams are confused, especially when this big ‘gurl’ can kick and run.”

Rosequist says that running has helped increase his endurance and noticed it when running the bases. “Originally, I thought it would be easy, hell no. But I will say it’s much easier than trying to hit a ball with a stick. I love the work out, but I’ve learned it’s not good to slide into a base.”

If a team kicks through their whole roster in an inning and doesn’t reach three outs, the inning is ended and the other team gets to kick. Some teams, such as Raging Raccoons, have been playing since grade school and are very accomplished at kicking and fielding the ball. With the best record at this point in the season, Raging Raccoons are the team to beat.

“What I enjoy most is the camaraderie and the fact that it’s not so serious,” said Rosequist. “I knew of most members but this has given me an opportunity to actually get to know them in a friendship sort of way. I also enjoy how those that are straight on the team have no issue with sexuality or playing with gay players.”

At the end of June, the seven current kickball teams will meet for a tournament and play for the spring kickball championship, Session I. Murray Parks and Recreation will start a Session II running from July 7–Sept. 8. Each team that registers is required to pay at $220 fee.

Team Brighton divided up this fee evenly among the members, which also included the cost of the T-shirts.

Another gay Team Brighton member is Felipe Pacheco. “I have played baseball and softball since I was in grade school.

I love playing sports,” said Pacheco, who currently sponsors the Los Gatos softball team in the Pride League. “I’ve sponsored the team for the past two years but have played in the same team for the past nine.

On the Pride League I play second base.”

Pacheco also pitches and plays short stop on a team in the Salt Lake County softball league which plays Monday nights. He also plays short stop on Team Brighton.

“One of my friends was asked to play so he invited me to play as well,” said Pa-

checo. “It sounded fun and if you want to reach in and find your inner child, this is the place. It’s just like you are in elementary school again.”

Team Brighton is evenly divided between male and female players. And while most of the team is openly gay, it has straight players, too.

“I first enjoy letting friends and family know about the league first. I get great reactions from them regarding the sport and I always look forward to what people have to say,” said Ryan Holbrook, 27, and one of Team Brighton’s straight male players.

“In almost every case, I actually do mention the orientation of the team after to express and solidify my stand as an ally of the LGBT community and a friend to all on the team. Often it sparks further discussion regarding the community which I enjoy talking about.”

Holbrook grew up in Davis County and graduated from Viewmont High. He later attended the University of Utah for a business degree. After spending three and a half years in Daybreak where he bought a home, he has recently moved to Salt Lake City to enjoy a younger, single and urban demographic. “[I’m] still single but actively dating.

I’m waiting for all these gay guys to set me up with all of their single, straight girl friends,” said Holbrook. “The fact that I was willing to admit in their eyes that I was part of a LGBT team should impart to people that there is nothing strange or off about the community and not everyone is a stereotype or should be timid about gay friends. In my own opinion, if someone believes me to be gay after the discussion, based on my own personal beliefs I have nothing to be ashamed of.”

For out lesbian couple Heather Archuleta and Jill Stringham kickball is a family

affair.

“I have two kids, Holden, 18, and Haley, 13. Holden plays on the team. Haley usually comes to every game also to cheer us on,” said Archuleta. “She even got to play on an opposite team once because they were short a player.”

Archuleta says the family all just started to play and learned the game as they went. Soon, they figured out where they best fit on the field. Stringham also plays in the Pride Softball league on the Los Gatos team. Archuleta is a pitcher on Team Brighton and figured out that rolling the ball slowly worked the best.

“I can’t really play anything else,” said Archuleta. “Thought it would be fun and bring back memories of when I was a kid.

We used to play kickball all the time in elementary school.”

As the spring session ends, Team Brighton hopes to get enough players to return for Session II. Team Brighton likes to have fun and occasionally dresses up in wigs and costumes to be playful and to throw off the other team. After the game on a Wednesday night, the team usually celebrates the fun they had by meeting at a local Mexican restaurant and drinking Coronas.

Team Brighton is still learning the ropes and has not won a game, but is having great fun on the field. And if you were wondering what color the team finally chose for their T-shirts, it was heather, which is a light purple. Q

For more information about Team Brighton, email Amanda Groendyke at Amanda@tri-teva. com or check out the team photos on Heather Archuleta’s Facebook page. For more information about Murray City Parks and Recreation Adult Kickball League, check out murray.utah.gov.

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How do you think this ❝ year’s Pride compared with previous years?”

Steven Fehr This was my first Pride and I enjoyed it very much. It just seemed like everyone was having a good time just being themselves without being judged for it.

Ginger Shine Phillips This year the queer youth were out in full force! I think the queer youth of this generation have a voice of passion for equality, justice, liberation and most of all they’re all about having FUN!!

cr p of the w k Mark Souder

By D’Anne Witkowski

K, “ FAMILY VALUES ” POLITICIANS , I don’t care if you cheat on your wives. Frankly, that’s between you and your wife and whomever else you’re humping. But when you hold your pecker up as the holy grail of one-man-onewoman marriage, then your affair becomes my business.

U.S. Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) is the latest anti-gay politician to be caught with his pants down. After it was revealed that he’d been screwing a staffer he announced his resignation – you know, for the good of his family.

“In the poisonous environment of Washington, D.C., any personal failing is seized upon, often twisted, for political gain,” he said in a statement. “I am resigning rather than to put my family through that painful, drawn-out process.”

Aww, how sweet. What a good guy. You know, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that this whole affair was a ploy to get closer to his wife and kids. Because of how much he values families. Except gay and lesbian ones, of course.

Souder, who has compared gays to alcoholics, voted in favor of the Constitutional marriage ban, filed an amicus brief against D.C.’s marriage law, and last year he claimed that giving government employees domestic partner benefits was just a sneaky way to redefine marriage.

According to his website: “Studies consistently demonstrate that it is best for a child to have a mother and father, and I am committed to preserving traditional marriage, the union of one man and one woman.”

Committed to preserving traditional marriage for the rest of the country. Not for him so much. Not that anyone should take this whole affair thing and try to use it against him.

“By stepping aside, my mistake cannot be used as a political football in a partisan attempt to undermine the cause for which I have labored all my adult life,” he said.

I’m not sure how calling out a so-called “family values” politician about cheating on his wife is partisan. Hypocrisy bleeds across party lines.

Did I mention that Souder made a video

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with his mistress praising abstinence-only education?

Souder does have defenders, however.

Penny Nance, CEO of Concerned Women for America, a virulently anti-gay conservative group, blames D.C. for the fact that Souder humped a woman who wasn’t his wife.

“If Mark Souder is capable of sexual misconduct, it could happen to anyone. The frat house environment on Capitol Hill does nothing to encourage accountability. Most members do not live with their families while they are working in D.C. during the week,” Nance said in a statement.

True, politicians on Capitol Hill have it rough when it comes to seeing and being with their families. But you know, a lot of people have jobs that take them away from their spouses for days and weeks at a time and manage not to screw anyone else.

Nance also challenges family values candidates and incumbents to “guard their hearts and reputations and to live by higher standards that reflect the traditional moral values our country holds so dear.”

In other words, “OMG! WTF? Every time I turn around another one of you has cheated on your wife or propositioned men in public restrooms or hired prostitutes. Knock it off, assholes. You’re making us look bad.”

Remind me again how it’s gays and lesbians who threaten family values? 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.

Justan Peterson This year Pride was infinitely better than previous years.

My entire family was there to support me, including my father and stepmom. It was their first time coming. And it’s the first Pride that we recognized our history!

Grace Tippetts I loved the double rainbow, wish we could make that happen every year!

Robert John Moody Amazing pride.

It just keeps getting better. As one of the old-school people who went when it was at Murray Park, we have come a long way! Thanks Pride staff!

Danny Thomas Couldn’t ask for better weather than we had this year. The interfaith service, the march on Saturday. The parade with all the groups and entertainment all were well done and seeing all my friends and family. A job well done by all.

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Make a Great First Impression

by Bob Henline

U.S. H OUSE OF Representatives took a major step toward ending discrimination in the military by attaching an end to don’t ask, don’t tell to the National Defense Authorization Bill. While the legislation doesn’t actually end don’t ask, don’t tell, it does require that it be repealed upon the completion of the Pentagon’s internal study (due Dec. 1, 2010) and once the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of Defense and the president have certified that the repeal won’t adversely impact the armed services.

While many observers praised the House’s action, there are still many who are opposed to the change. Immediately following the vote, U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that he would rather have completed the review of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell before Congress voted on legislation on the matter.

Here’s my question for Admiral Mullen: What justification could you possibly have to deny a basic right to a large segment of the American people?

Both American and world history demonstrate that members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community have served honorably and faithfully in the military as far back as the Roman Empire. Our allies have no such discriminatory practices, and their men and women serve alongside Americans all over the world with no adverse impacts. How can an officer sworn to uphold honor and freedom actively promote forcing otherwise honorable servicemen and women to live a lie?

While I applaud the House for taking this step, I think it is also important to note that this fight is far from over. The way the legislation is written, the repeal is dependent upon the results of the review and the certification by Admiral Mullen, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and President Obama that its implementation will not adversely impact the military. Based upon various statements by both Mullen and Gates, I have a feeling that this process is going to be drawn out over a considerable period of time, unless the president and Congress are willing to exercise the political will to force the change.

In an address to troops worldwide on May 28, Secretary Gates stated: “It would repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, but only after — I repeat, after — the ongoing De-

partment of Defense high-level review is completed, and only after the president, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and I all certify that we are ready to make this change without hurting unit cohesion, military readiness, military effectiveness and recruiting and retention ... Current law, policies, and regulations remain in place and we are obligated to abide by them as before.”

So Secretary Gates, in classic politico form, is talking out of both sides of his mouth. On the one hand, he has indicated his desire to see DADT repealed.

On the other, he is basically coddling the bigots in uniform, explaining that nothing is going to happen until this certification occurs — which could be years after the review is completed.

Here’s a question for everyone to ponder: Why is it acceptable for the government of this nation to openly promote and enforce a policy of discrimination?

Remember the immortal words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: “a right delayed is a right denied.” The White House, Congress and even the Pentagon, have admitted that DADT is an inherently discriminatory practice and goes against everything that America stands for in the world. There is no question about it, asking men and women to lie about their sexual identities and orientations is wrong.

Why, then, does there need to be a study and a certification that doing the right thing won’t have adverse impacts?

Let me clue you into something here, Mr. Secretary: There will be adverse impacts. There will be bigots in uniform (as there are everywhere in society) who will argue against the change. They will cite unit morale and cohesion, possibly even recruiting and retention. So what?

If these bigots don’t want to serve with openly gay members, give them the option to resign. There is no reason that the repeal of DADT should be delayed.

For the members of Congress who supported this measure, I salute you.

However, I will be watching to see if this was a compromise to score election year points. I expect every member of Congress to be watching the Pentagon and the White House like hawks to make sure that the law is followed and this ridiculous bit of discrimination is nestled into the pages of history — where it belongs. Q

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becoming obvious that we are living on a planet in peril. Climate change, war and economic instability are among the many threats we face. But though the future appears grim, there are some optimistic trends emerging.

Jeremy Rifkin’s book, Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis, is a hopeful, yet measured study of where we’ve evolved from, and who we could become.

Rifkin argues that empathy has the potential to unite humanity through a mass networked biospheric consciousness. The downside however is that the technology that could unite the global family may just destroy us first.

TW: So, humanity needs to develop new ways of thinking, fast.

JR: Yes. Over the last 10 years some of our best biologists and neural-cognitive scientists are discovering new things about human nature that actually question these old 18th and 19th century ideas. Scientists are discovering that many primates, especially human, are actually biologically wired for empathic distress. Our biology

When we empathize with another it’s because we deeply feel their plight.

We are rooting for them to flourish.

TROY Williams: You begin with a discussion on “the great paradox.” The systems that bring about the potential of global connectivity are also threatening the survival of our species.

JEREMY Rifkin: We are in a seminal turning point at the history of our species. All the telltale signs say we are in big trouble.

The last 18 months have signaled the endgame of the great industrial age based on fossil fuels. In 2008 oil hit $147 a barrel on world markets. Inflation went through the roof. We had food riots in 30 countries.

Purchasing power plummeted. The whole economic engine of globalization came to a halt. That was the earthquake. The financial markets that collapsed later was the aftershock. In December 2009, world leaders came together in Copenhagen to discuss the Entropy Bill for the industrial age of spent carbon dioxide. Our leaders could not cut a deal and talks collapsed.

Why were government and business leaders simply unable to respond to the meltdown of the Industrial Revolution?

Why were they unable to come to an agreement on carbon targets even knowing that this could imperil the human race? The fault does not lie with new mechanisms of global trade or carbon target treaties.

Our leaders are using 18th Century ideas to address 21st Century problems that are now biospheric in scope and global in their economic reach. We were taught by John Locke, Adam Smith and Descartes that human beings are autonomous, self-interested individuals who pursue our own material drives. Supposedly, we’re competitive, aggressive, utilitarian and pleasure-seeking. But if this is really who we are, then we’re doomed.

predisposes us to feel another person’s plight. To feel their joy, pain, pleasure, as if our biology was feeling it ourselves. All of their new discoveries suggest our basic drive is to be social, communicative, to find belonging, companionship and to be empathic. And if those drives are not met (because of bad parenting or society), then the big, secondary drives, like aggression, violence or narcissism take over.

TW: How does this challenge old social models?

JR: It has forced scientists to ask what are the mechanisms through history that allow us to extend our empathy and change consciousness. Obviously, the way we think today is not the same as a medieval serf. And their neural circuitry was quite different from a hunter/gatherer 30,000 years ago. Big changes in consciousness occur when two things happen. First, human beings change how they organize energy. Second, we change how we communicate. New communications revolu-

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tions organize new energy regimes. This changes consciousness.

For example, the Sumerians in Mesopotamia captured the sun with photosynthesis in barley and wheat. Grain became stored energy. Before that time they lived in little villages with rain-fed, garden agriculture. The Sumerians took men away from villages and put them to work building huge irrigation canals for hydraulic agriculture. They created the royal granaries and roads for distribution. It was so complicated they needed a communication revolution to manage the new energy, so they created writing — cuneiform.

In the 19th century, we had convergence of communication and energy with print technology and steam power. Cheap print led to mass literacy and public schooling which converged with coal, steam and rail.

In the 20th century we had a convergence of communication energy again, this time with electricity. Telegraphs, telephones, cinema, radio and television became the communication vehicle to manage and market the internal combustion of the auto age.

TW: And today with the advent of the internet and instant text messaging vis-àvis satellites, we are entering into global communication that you suggest may precipitate a new global consciousness.

The potential is there.

JR: It’s there, but then we’ve got the empathy/entropy paradox. As we develop more complex, energy-consuming civilizations and bring new communication together to organize more people across wider terrain, we bring more diverse people together.

We can now extend empathy, sociability and trust. But our more consuming civilizations also use up more energy, which creates more entropy. There is no doubt our younger generation is beginning to empathize with people all over the world.

The bittersweet conundrum is that we may be on the summit of thinking as a global family at the same time our civilization is taking us to the brink of extinction.

TW: You write, “the very act of identifying with one another’s struggle, as if it were one’s own, is the ultimate expression of equality.” We see in the great social movements; civil rights, women’s suffrage, queer rights, etc., people are starting to see themselves in “the other.”

JR: Empathy is a very complex ensemble of emotion and cognition. It has a whiff of death and a celebration of life. When we become existentially aware of our individual history it allows us to reach out to another being and realize that they, too, have a struggle to survive. It’s extremely tough being alive. When we empathize with another it’s because we deeply feel their plight. We are rooting for them to flourish. Those are the moments where we transcend ourselves and feel super alive because we are in solidarity with other life. Q Podcast the entire interview at queergnosis.com.

snaps & slaps SNAP: Utah Pride Festival 2010 Saying that the Utah Pride Festival just keeps getting bigger and better with each passing year feels like a cliché. But it’s a cliché that is also true. This year’s parade entries were louder, prouder and more decorative than ever (speaking of which, we’re very proud of our ginormous gay superhero), and numbered close to 90. The festival grounds were enlivened by ongoing entertainment on four stages which included a surprise appearance

by Sarah Palin herself — or, at least, a Salt Lake Acting Company impersonator who has the former Vice Presidential candidate’s hairstyle and mannerisms down pat. Although the Utah Pride Center, which runs the festival, won’t have an official estimate for some time, we expect that attendance numbers will match or exceed those of last year. Hats off to Utah’s best party and to the solidarity, strength and visibility it encourages. After all, fun and fancy aside, the festival is a constant reminder to ourselves and to Utah at large that we are a large, powerful political and social force that can’t be ignored or silenced.

SLAP: Sen. Orrin Hatch Now that Sen. Bob Bennett has lost his job, Utah’s other senator appears to be panicking. In a town hall meeting at Dixie State University, 34-year Senate veteran Orrin Hatch discussed his stances on such hot-button issues as immigration, the national deficit and the fact that gays and lesbians don’t tithe and have no religion but politics. Huh? Hatch’s bizarre and random assertion might have won him points among anti-gay Republicans, but he now looks like an ass, and an ass who can’t stick to the important issues besetting our country today. Since even a half-hearted and evasive apology is probably not forthcoming, maybe tithe-paying, religious Utahns who identify as queer should send him some letters to disabuse him of his bigoted notions. Or pray for him at the very least.

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As a member of the Generation X club, I had grown into adolescence watching reruns of The Brady Bunch and Family Ties.

As a teen, I watched every single episode of the original Beverly Hills 90210 with my eyes glued to the screen, but I didn’t find a single portrayal of a lesbian or bisexual character.

And I noticed their absence. My closest friends were the characters on the television screen.

Scared of my own shadow, I rarely went out during my teens and especially preteens. I rarely talked to anyone outside of my family for fear they would find out the real me.

I didn’t realize then how attractive and personable I could be. A gigantic mole on my back echoed the mole that existed on my soul that made me less than everyone else around me.

I carried the excessive guilt and low selfesteem with me everywhere.

My deepest secret remained hidden in a media world of limited to non-existent coverage of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. It was hidden in a society that consisted mostly of churchgoers who recited the same broken record — homosexuality was a sin and sexual crimes were second only to murder.

I was a 17-year-old trying to find solace in a world I didn’t relate to — on screen or in the real world. I didn’t find healthy ways to deal with my growing depression or even the slightest media exposure for my evil secret except for MTV’s The Real World and the news surrounding the Salt Lake City School Board’s choice to ban all non-curricular school clubs in order to stop the creation of the first gay-straight alliance in Utah.

Unfortunately, unlike on television, my problems didn’t get resolved by the end of the hour. After a few semesters at LDS Business College, I downed a bottle of Zyprexa and my heart stopped. It was my first suicide attempt but definitely not the last.

I prayed hard every day through the end of elementary and until after graduation that I could be someone else. Someone not evil. Someone not diseased. Finally, see-

ing the first main teen character I could relate to happened right after I left my teens. His name was Jack and he appeared on the teen TV series Dawson’s Creek.

For someone who didn’t even cry during ET, I started bawling as Jack read his poem about a boy and couldn’t stop for hours. Part of my tears were out of relief.

Through the brilliant writing of Kevin Williamson, at last I understood that I was not just a freak destined to burn forever.

I now understood I could be both happy and gay.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Willow and Tara were also a lifesaver for me. Finally, I got to watch not only an actual lesbian character, but one who had liked and even dated men before. She reminded me of me, except for the full red hair and the adorable facial expressions.

I liked her, better yet I related to her. That was, until Tara died and Willow decided to go on a murdering spree and attempted to destroy the world. But even then I understood Willow’s pain because my own pain was so deep.

After a long road of medication changes, attending Valley Mental Health’s adult program called Pathways and going through intensive therapy, I gradually became better. But, I never became straight.

A few weeks ago, I drove home from a West Valley City Council meeting with a wide smile on my face. The non-discrimination ordinances that covered lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people passed, thankfully due to Equality Utah, the city council and Mayor Mike Winder. Even though I witnessed a few slams from people there about how my sexual orientation was a bad lifestyle choice, my mood didn’t dampen because I knew they weren’t right. In fact, they were dead wrong. My sexuality wasn’t a choice, a disease or an evil curse.

I sped home and ran into my house. I said hi to my dad and hugged my dog before storming downstairs to rewind Glee on my DVR. I sang along to the beautiful music and ate a big bag of Cheetos.

When it was over I turned the projector off, picked up my dog and laid her on my bed. Then I brushed my teeth and took my medication. I kneeled down to pray, but this time I thanked the Goddess I was me and not anyone else. Q

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JUNE. JUNE IS IN A DEAD HEAT with October for being the gayest months of the year. October may have Gay History Month, National Coming Out Day and Halloween, But June’s just busting out all over with Pride Days commemorating the Stonewall Rebellion on Christopher Street. Even President Obama wanted a piece of that action, having declared the entire month “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.”

As someone born prior to any Pride Day celebration, I am simply amazed by how far we have come. This June, 33 states and 52 cities including the nation’s capitol are celebrating the modern gay rights movement in these United States. Even eight of Canada’s provinces are celebrating Pride Day in nine cities, while south of the U.S. border, celebrations are taking place in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Around the world there are 12 countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East that are participating. South Korea and Israel are celebrating and, of course, the Aussies are whooping it up down under.

I know for some the “Mardi Gras” attributes of Pride Day can make it feel like we’re just celebrating debauchery and decadence more than our civil rights. But, actually, I think we are just blowing off a little steam from having been pressured by society to assimilate into mainstream heterosexual conventionalities throughout the rest of the year. And after all, who doesn’t love seeing a man in a red dress?

Every June, I always like to remind people that Pride is much more than a party. We are using the word “pride” as an antonym for “shame” and not in the sense of being boastful — although we have a lot to boast about. Shame has been used to control and oppress queer folks throughout history. Humiliation, degradation, guilt and even capital punishment have been used for centuries by hegemonic church and state authorities to beat down this sexual minority feared by the heterosexual majority — a sexual minority, I might add, that I am very fond of.

The notion of Gay Pride is older than most gay people might realize. Many of you would be surprised to learn that the concept of “same-sex affection and eroticism” was promoted not only in 1969, but way back in 1869.

A mid-19th century German named KarlHeinrich Ulrichs is viewed today as the true founder of the modern gay rights movement.

In 1862, Ulrich “came out” to his family and friends. But not having a word for his sexuality besides the pejoratives “sodomite” and “pederast,” he came up with the term “Uranian.” It referred to the philosopher Plato, another queer, and his term “Uranus,” which he used to describe what he called the highest form of love: when a man desires another man. Those Greek men sure were hot! Surprisingly, the term Uranian was quite popular in the late 19th century and only lost out to “homosexual” when the medical community adopted that word for clinical purposes.

Ulrich the Uranian became the first to speak out publicly in defense of same-sex love. At the

Congress of German Jurists in 1867, he urged the repeal of sodomy laws. He was booed.

About the same time, an Austrian named Karl-Maria Kertbeny began to write extensively on the issue of same-sex attraction; motivated, he said, by an “anthropological interest” combined with a sense of justice and a concern for the “rights of man,” and not because he was queer. Really, Mary? It was Kertbeny who, in 1869, coined the word “homosexual,” and won the etymologic battle over the use of “Uranian” to describe a selfidentified homo.

By the 1870s, the subject of sexual orientation began to be widely discussed due to Ulrich and Kertbeny advancing the classic liberal argument that consensual sex acts in private should not be subject to criminal law.

They also formulated the view that homosexuality was inborn and unchangeable, an argument which would later be called the “medical model” of homosexuality.

In the early part of the 20th century, because of the work of Ulrich, Kertbeny and sexologist Magnus Hirschfield, Germany became the center of the progressive gay rights movement until Adolf Hitler came to power. Der Fuhrer, who had used the homoerotic Brown Shirt militia to bully his way into office, swept homos from power during The Night of the Long Knives and used German laws that registered homosexuals, to send them to concentration camps. We get the pink triangle symbol from these camps, where it was put onto the sleeves of gay prisoners.

The gay rights movement shifted to the Land of the Free after World War II, partly because of sexologist Alfred Kinsey’s 1946 book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and communist’s Harry Hay’s Mattachine Society.

Along with a group of comrades, Hay started the homophile movement in America in 1950.

He was soon expelled by right-wing conservative homos who didn’t want to twist J. Edgar Hoover’s pink panties. That was Clyde Tolman’s job.

For nearly a hundred years, equality proponents have struggled to change centuries of ingrained notions that same-sex attraction is a deliberate sin against God and an immoral criminal act harmful to the state’s welfare. Early attempts to soften attacks against queers tried to chain homosexuality to the idea that it was a medical and biological pathology and not a crime. After Stonewall, this view that homosexuality should not be criminalized because it was a mental illness was also challenged and ended. I always say that I was insane until 1974 when the American Psychiatric Association said I was not. But what do they know?

In the 40 years since our first Pride March in 1970, the Gay Rights movement has had three premises that identify what we are fighting and marching for: People should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity; diversity is a gift; and sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered.

Now, aren’t you proud to be gay? Q

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your children into gay terrorists.

Just ask Bill O’Reilly.

A recent controversy has erupted over a television commercial being run in France by McDonald’s that slightly hints at the idea that gay people may possibly exist. The ‘offensive’ commercial in question features a young man in his 20’s, looking at a class picture while sitting in a McDonald’s restaurant. His father sits down next to him with a tray of McDonald’s ‘food.’

They then proceed to have the following abhorrent and reprehensible conversation (in French!!): TOTALLY LIBERAL FATHER: “Is this your class picture?”

TOTALLY GAY SON: “Yes.” TOTALLY LIBERAL FATHER: “You look just like me at your age. Let me tell you, I was quite the ladies’ man. Too bad your class is all boys. You could get all the girls.”

The conversation has nothing to do with eating a hamburger at McDonald’s. Being gay has nothing to do with eating a hamburger at McDonald’s anymore than Paris Hilton ‘sexily’ washing a car has to do with eating a hamburger at Carl’s Jr. These are simply gimmicky ideas, sketches, conversations, promotions and celebrities who employ various methods to get the public to spend their money as often as possible.

McDonald’s doesn’t care about gay rights as much as it cares about selling another 97 billion hamburgers. If portraying the average McDonald’s consumer in commercials as a fat midwestern Christian with a thirdgrade education meant selling more hamburgers, then the company would do so faster than the average McDonald’s worker can say “Would you like fries with that?”

At the controversial heart of O’Reilly’s comments regarding the Totally Gay Liberal McDonald’s commercial is his intelligent question, “Come as you are . . . Do they have an Al Qaeda ad, you know, come as you are? You know?” No Bill O’Reilly, I don’t know. Most gay people I know do not hide from predator drones by hiding in the damp caves of Afghanistan. I repeat: most gay people I know.

In O’Reilly’s mind, a father nonchalantly stating “Let me tell you, I was quite the ladies’ man. Too bad your class is all boys” is comparable to the full support of gay rights. And the support of gay rights is comparable to promoting Al Qaeda. Obviously. So if we follow this logic, anyone who eats french fries at McDonald’s supports terrorism. The end.

O’Reilly ends his segment with “It will never run in the U.S . . . I guarantee you that will not run here.” And he’s right: television commercials in the United States never have gay characters or themes. Well, except for a Quiznos ad. And a Snickers ad.

And an MTV ad. And an Orbitz ad. And a Progressive ad. And any of the hundreds of both blatant and nuanced gay ads that already litter television every single day.

This ridiculous ad won’t make anyone gay anymore than it will make anyone a terrorist. In fact, it barely achieves its goal of making anyone hungry. Perhaps instead of being offended by McDonald’s commercials, Bill O’Reilly should probably reserve his anger for that which truly deserves it: McDonald’s food.

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They don’t even mention mutual masturbation.

Not even once.

TOTALLY SOCIALIST MCDONALD’S SLOGAN: “Come as you are.”

It’s implied that after eating their ‘healthy’ meal of McDonald’s ‘food,’ the Totally Liberal Father and Totally Gay Son then leave to spend the rest of their weekend supporting socialist health care, volunteering at an abortion clinic, and helping Acorn register dead people to vote for Obama in 2012. I realize that this doesn’t entirely make sense, considering the fact that the commercial takes place in France, but it doesn’t matter because I’m offended.

Fade to black.

Cue the boycott.

Naturally, Bill O’Reilly is offended too.

In a recent segment on The O’Reilly Factor, the host brought on Jane Skinner, a Fox News Channel anchor, to discuss the ‘controversy’ surrounding the gay French McDonald’s ad. After replaying the ad in question, Skinner then asked the following question “What does being gay have to do with eating a hamburger at McDonald’s?”

Exactly.

It’s worth pointing out that the supposedly ‘gay’ ad never once mentions the words “gay” or “boyfriend” or “sex” or “rainbow flag” or “anal penetration” or “drag queen” or “full blown AIDS” or “hot tranny mess” or “hey everyone, let’s become a sodomite” or any of the other phrases that gay people always say every single day of their lives.

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Above, Chris Lemon caught Claudia Wright, candidate for U.S. Congress, at her booth.

Ted Berger caught these award-winning floats at the Pride Parade. Top: Club Edge won Best Bar Float/ Above and to the left, Salt Lake Men’s Choir’s float advertising their Saturday concert took second place honors in the Organization Floats category. Below, Club Try-Angles won third place in the Bars category.

Chuck Wilson snapped a photo while waiting for the parade, then hopped over to the “R U Smarter than a Cyber Slut? game show hosted by Becky Moss.

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In its seventh year, the festival is featuring 16 feature-length films from around the world and a few shorts. From the beautifully filmed Howl to Casper Andreas’ newest film Violet Tendencies to the ghostly love story in Undertow, this should be a “Damn” good festival. The festival runs June 10–13, tickets available at damntheseheels.org and at the Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South.

8: The Mormon Proposition / USA This film has had a lot of buzz circling it since its inception last year when writer/director Reed Cowan first interviewed Sen. Chris Buttars, an irritating thorn in the side of Salt Lake City’s gay community.

Backed by local philanthropist Bruce Bastian and narrated by Dustin Lance Black (Oscar winner for Milk), the 80-minute documentary shines a light on the true depth of the Mormon Church’s involvement in the passage of California’s Proposition 8 that banned same-sex marriage in the state last year. As depicted in the film, Mormon president Thomas S. Monson and the 12 Apostles issued a call-to-action to millions of its faithful flock all over the world via distressed ’80s-style video footage; a low gnarr reverberating like a demon.

8:TMP features one gay couple, Tyler Barrick and Spencer Jones — both from Mormon backgrounds — who were married in California before Prop 8. Though their story is definitely emotional and touching, unfortunately most of their footage and the interview segments with Linda Stay, Tyler’s mother, are idolized.

In agreement with Cowan, who said the most gut-wrenching stories in the film are “the stories that can’t be told by those who are dead,” the segment on Stuart Matis’ suicide is particularly disturbing, infuriating and saddening. “While interviewing people about the epidemic of gay Mormon suicide, I would sometimes catch myself wondering if the spirits of the dead were watching, maybe even cheering us on ... for giving them a voice,” Cowan continued.

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Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work / USA A rare, brutally honest glimpse into the comedic process and private dramas of legendary comedian and pop icon Joan Rivers as she fights tooth and nail to keep her American dream alive.

7 PM THU, JUN 10

Howl / USA James Franco portrays Allen Ginsberg, a homosexual American poet whose poem, Howl — an extensive piece written in parataxis form (new to the 1950s) — was considered obscene by many, and subsequently launched a trial in 1957 to have it removed from publication. who bit detectives in the neck and shrieked with delight in policecars for committing no crime but their own wild cooking pederasty and intoxication, who howled on their knees in the subway and were dragged off the roof waving genitals and manuscripts, who let themselves be fucked in the ass by saintly motorcyclists, and screamed with joy, who blew and were blown by those human seraphim, the sailors, caresses of Atlantic and Caribbean love, who balled in the morning in the evenings in rosegardens and the grass of public parks and cemeteries scattering their semen freely to whomever come who may, ...

Co-directors/screenwriters Rob Epstein (The Times of Harvey Milk) and Jeffrey Friedman beautifully and creatively weave three aspects to the film: how Ginsberg’s life experiences led to the writing of Howl, an animated telling of the poem while being recited by Ginsberg in a smokedfilled room to other counterculture beatniks, and the courtroom testimonies.

Franco gives a stoic performance, embodies the profound intellect of Ginsberg and movingly becomes the poem in his recitation.

7 PM SAT, JUN 12

My Buddy Claudia (Meu Amigo Claudia) / BRA A documentary that follows the transvestite Claudia Wonder, and what happened in the city of Sao Paulo from the 1970s to the 2000s.

12:30 PM SAT, JUN 12

The Owls / USA

Miguel struggles with his inner homophobia, his responsibility as a husband and father, and reconciling the beliefs of his church in this emotionally-charged story. It’s brilliantly backdropped with sweeping images of the Peruvian coastline and intuitive filmography — as the camera pans in on Miguel’s elation at the birth of his child is probably the most stunning moments in the fiim.

Contracorriente won the Audience Award for World Dramatic Cinema at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

8 PM SUN, JUN 13

An experimental thriller about four aging lesbians who accidentally kill a younger one and try to get away with it.

Film Schedule THURSDAY, JUNE 10 William Burroughs: A Man Within / USA

7:00pm

A tender portrait of the Beat author and American icon, whose works at once savaged conservative ideals, spawned vibrant countercultural movements and reconfigured 20th century culture.

6 PM FRI, JUN 11

9 PM SAT, JUN 12

2:30 PM SAT, JUN 12

A Piece of Work

FRIDAY, JUNE 11 3:30pm

WORD IS OUT

6:00pm

THE OWLS

7:30pm

8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION

10:00pm

Word Is Out / USA Violet Tendencies / USA A woman tries to distance herself from her gay friends in an effort to land a straight boyfriend.

A 1977 documentary featuring 26 gays and lesbians who reveal aspects of life that shatter widespread stereotypes.

12:30pm

MY BUDDY CLAUDIA

2:30pm

PATRIK 1.5 preceded by

3:30 PM FRI, JUN 11

THE SINGLE MOTHER

6 PM SUN, JUN 13

5:00pm

PLAN B

7:00pm

HOWL

9:00pm

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS: A MAN WITHIN, preceded by

Plan B / ARG

MOUSE’S BIRTHDAY

When Bruno is dumped by his girlfriend his mind plans a cold, sweet vengeance, but along the way something else happens.

11:00pm

5 PM SAT, JUN 12

Undertow (Contracorriente) / PER Javier Fuentes-León’s first foreign feature film is a cinematic triumph. Contracorriente takes place in Peru, where Miguel and his pregnant wife seem to be the pillars of respect in their small fishing village and in their church. But Miguel’s been harboring a secret — one that could destroy his life as he knows it. He’s been having an affair with the village outcast, Santiago — an openly gay painter.

FOUR FACED LIAR

SATURDAY, JUNE 12

Patrik 1.5 / SWE A gay couple has been cleared for adoption and have a possibility to adopt a young Swedish orphan named Patrik. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be a 15-year-old homophobe.

JOAN RIVERS:

ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION

Zombies of Mass Destruction / USA We Have To Stop Now / USA A hilarious web-series featuring two lesbian therapists struggling to keep up the pretense of staying together when a documentary film crew invades their home.

4 PM SUN, JUN 13

Life in a small, conservative town is complicated enough for a young Iranian-American woman and a not-completely-out gay couple, but now they must also deal with zombie hordes in this splatter-filled comedy.

11 PM SAT, JUN 12

SUNDAY, JUNE 13 10:00am

BORN IN 68 (pt. I)

11:30am

Brunch Break

noon

BORN IN 68 (pt II)

2:00pm

EYES WIDE OPEN

4:00pm

WE HAVE TO STOP NOW, preceded by TREMBLE & SPARK

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VIOLET TENDENCIES

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damn these heels lgbt film festival movie review ‘Violet Tendencies’

by Tony Hobday

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A NDREAS , 38, AND J ESSE Archer, 35, have been moviemaking together for about six years. In 2004 they released the romantic-ish gay comedy Slutty Summer (Andreas starred, wrote, directed and produced, Archer starred). Then in 2007, they co-wrote a “spin-off” called A Four Letter Word, which Andreas produced and directed. Another three years later they’ve released another spin-off, Violet Tendencies, a modern-day comedy set in New York City. It stars Mindy Cohn (TV’s The facts of Life), Casper Andreas (director/producer/actor), Jesse Archer (writer/producer/actor), Samuel Whitten, Adrian Armas and Marcus Patrick.

The film is being screened as the Closing Night Feature for the 2010 Damn These Heels LGBT Film Festival.

“Jesse and I wrote the film A Four Letter Word (2007) together as a spin-off to my first film Slutty Summer (2004) that I had written,” said Andreas, who reprises his role in Violet Tendencies as Markus, a relationship-oriented writer. “Then Jesse went out and wrote Violet Tendencies, a spin-off to A Four Letter Word on his own.

When he was working on the script I told him (which upset him greatly) that if it turned out any good I’d direct it. Well it turned out fantastic!”

“The script began as a sequel to A Four Letter Word, then morphed into its own world,” added Jesse Archer, who also reprises his role as Luke, a commitmentphobic party boy.

Violet Tendencies finds Violet (Cohn) on the brink of extinction as being the oldest living “fag hag” in New York City. She’s ASPER

40, single and living vicariously through her gay boys: Luke, Riley, Markus, Darian and Zeus. Her only outlet to the “straight” world is through a phone dating service, but to which she continually finds herself being rejected. Her blind dates are turned off by her vulgar and uncouth demeanor, and possibly her “rural” Idaho features.

When Violet rescues her co-worker Sa-

lome (Kim Allen), a modelesque beauty (and symmetrically anorexic), from the dangerous side effects of malnutrition, Salome promises to teach Violet how to

Vern, also an Idaho transplant, and a nonpracticing Mormon and architectural geek. She begins to shed her fag-hag role, spending less and less time with her gay boys. “Both Riley and Luke, her [Violet] closest gay friends, take notice and are bothered about her distancing herself from them very early on,” explained Andreas. “However, I don’t think they realize at first how serious it is.”

Andreas’ character, Markus, is a nov-

theme through a different pair of eyes.

“The movie is the coming out story of a straight woman who is aided by her gay male friends,” said Cohn. “And when I say coming out, I mean in the debutante way, not sexually.” Plus, it’s interesting to see how Markus and Luke have evolved since the previous films. “Markus is searching for love in Slutty Summer ... though he tries to get over an ex by sleeping around,” said Andreas. “In this film

“manifest” herself a man. Unfortunately, Violet quickly realizes her dating skills are awkward and seriously unpolished — the sequence of events during this “coachable” time in the film is probably the most notable. Cohn’s comic delivery, though impeccable throughout, is above reproach in both the diner and cat suit scenes. Her body language and expressions alone are hilarious. “Mindy is very talented and professional and everyone loves her,” said Archer. “When she talks about her anal health in that chirpy, sweet voice, she just brings something to the role that nobody else ever could.”

“Mindy is a great comedian,” added Andreas. “She has a fantastic ability to quickly figure out how to make a scene as funny as possible, with how she chooses to say her lines, but also equally important, her wordless expressions to what the other characters are saying or doing.”

Eventually Violet hits pay-dirt with

elist who wants to have a baby with his boyfriend Riley — who never imagined in his “entire adult gay life that the topic of children would ever come up.” “I feel like I’m stuck in a small world,” says Riley as he sits curled up in a play pen nursing a vodka bottle. “Hostage on a boat with all those little Dutch kids singing.”

Archer’s character, Luke, throws sex parties, and his playboy status pushes his semi-boyfriend Darian away. “I got cockmatized,” Luke explains when Darian notices hickeys on his body. When Darian finally dumps him for good, Luke realizes just how much he loves him. “Luke has never fallen in love before, never even uttered the word,” said Archer. “In Violet Tendencies, the slut has finally met his match! Luke is still on his knees, but for a whole new reason.”

When Violet starts showing up to work in a mumu and refuses to introduce Vern to the boys, they are forced to hold an intervention. “You’ve always been unconditional ... and we support you no matter who you choose to love,” says Riley in a corny (but in a good way), yet tender scene. “But your heterosexuality is hurting us in the following ways ... .”

The story won’t blow you away with originality, but it’s fun to see a recurring

he starts out in a very happy relationship and is ready to take things to the next level.”

Also, Archer has written a pretty solid script, albeit a little on the raunchy side: “Stop calling my pussy a gash wound!”

Violet warns. Plus, if you’re unfamiliar with FUPA or “biss,” you’re gag reflex will go into overdrive. There are a lot of subtle quips that are absolutely hilarious.

Plus, Archer’s drunken-dial scene will have you doubled-over in laughter.

Andreas’ direction is nearly flawless, and even the most simple scenes leave a mark in your mind. The connections between the characters are realistic, funny, sweet and endearing. But again, the one thing that puts this movie above the rest of Andreas’ films (all of which have never failed to entertain) is Cohn’s brilliant performance. “[Mindy] is fearless and doesn’t worry too much about how she will be perceived, but just goes for it,” said Andreas. “Which of course is exactly what we needed for this outlandish character, Violet.” Q

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Violet Tendencies is the Closing Night film at the 2010 Damn These Heels Film Festival, Sunday, June 13, 6 p.m. at the Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South. Visit damntheseheels.org and violettendenciesmovie.com.

the utah pride center thanks our community and festival volunteers for their overwhelming support of the 2010 utah pride festival!

Thank you to the 600 volunteers who made the 2010 Utah Pride Festival an amazing success! Because of you, 25,000 people celebrated their history and future, and reminded our community about the importance of equality.

2010 pride parade winners ••• “Emcee Award” Best Over All The Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps of Salt Lake City (ROTC-SLC) ••• New Entry Award The Straight Coalition

2nd Place Nonprofit/Organization Float The Salt Lake City Men’s Choir 3rd Place Nonprofit/Organization Float Imperial Rainbow Court of Northern Utah ••• Best Bar Float Club Edge

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BACKSTREET BOYS See June 23

Backstreet’s Back ... Oh Lord!

by Tony Hobday

I couldn’t call in gay the day after Pride because of damn publishing deadlines. So I’m writing this on a very few hours of sleep and sore feet (from walking in the parade as “Super Slut”). Yes, it was rather tragic. But I was a real superhero when our 28-foot superhero “float” started to fall off Michael’s Jeep, and a large sycamore tore its arm off. I had to hold up the wounded superhero using only my bulging biceps for about eight blocks traveling at about eight miles per hour. It burned, I wept, then I drank a lot.

Seriously, never a dull Pride!

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SATURDAY — Grammy Award-winning British singer-songwriter IMOGEN HEAP returns to Salt Lake City to work her unusual but fabulous musical magic using such unique instruments as the Hang, array mbira and keytar to create great pop tunes with elements of rock, dance and electronica. Sure to be “heaping” with excitement.

7pm, Rail Event Center, 235 W. 500 North. Tickets $21.50, 801-467-8499 or smithstix.com.

Q The queen of insults, LISA LAMPANELLI is taking her act to Wendover, where I’m sure she’ll be able to pick up some great material. She’s raunchy, crude, rude and fucking flippin’ funny: “Eeek!!!

Did you see that sinkhole in Guatemala?

I haven’t seen an opening that wide and deep since I shared a changing room with Precious!”

7pm, Peppermill Concert Hall, 680 Wendover Blvd., Wendover, Nev. Tickets $55–80, 800537-0207 or wendoverfun.com.

Q The Salt Lake Men’s Choir is taking over our amber waves of grain and fruited plains ... how rude! Anyhoo, from sea to shining sea, you’ll be able hear and see these sexy guys belting out “over 200 years” of Americana music in red, white and blue-sequined vests at their THIS IS MY LAND concert. That’s hot!

Hopefully Dennis won’t have a shirt on underneath. That’s hotter!

7:30pm, Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 President’s Cir., UofU. Tickets $18, 801-581-7100 or kingtix.com.

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TUESDAY — Robbie is THE WEDDING SINGER who makes beautiful music for everyone except himself. Why can’t he find love?

Why is he in the trash dumpster? It’s hilarious, spunky and sweet ... loaded with great 1980s music and fabulous dancing. The musical was nominated for five Tony awards ... and I think Adam Sandler won an X96 Boner award for his hairdo in the movie version.

7:30pm, through July 31, Hale Centre Theatre, 3333 S. Decker Lake Dr. Tickets $16–26, 801984-9000 or halecentretheatre.org.

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WEDNESDAY — Queereads, Sam Weller’s monthly LGBT book club will be discussing comedian Eddie Sarfaty’s MENTAL: FUNNY IN THE HEAD, a collection of hilarious short stories. Fellow comedian Bob Smith says, “Eddie Sarfaty combines humor and poignancy as skillfully as he writes about being Jewish and gay. This book proves that in addition to being a talented stand-up comedian, Eddie’s also a wonderful writer.”

7:30pm, Sam Weller’s Bookstore, 254 S. Main St. Free, 801-328-2586.

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THURSDAY — Spotlight Production presents JANE EYRE: THE MUSICAL. Based on Charlotte Bronte’s classic romance, this is the story of a poor orphan, abandoned by her cold-hearted aunt to be raised in a charity school. After surviving eight years of privation and illness, she gains employment as a governess at an old, gloomy manor. There, she takes well to her new life, but a series of mysterious

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incidents reveal that the house is full of secrets.

7:30pm, through June 26, Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $12, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org.

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FRIDAY — At the tender age of 23, R&B sensation JOSS STONE has sold over ten million albums worldwide, garnered a Grammy award and hit the small screen in Showtime’s The Tudors. Also, in 2008, Stone landed the role of a lesbian in the British romantic comedy Snappers. “I just wanted to challenge myself. There are things in the film that are going to really push the boundaries, and that excites me!” Tonight, check out this stone with a lot of soul.

8pm, Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, 300 Wakara Way. Tickets $45–62, 801-585-0556 or redbuttegarden.org.

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SATURDAY — Dubbed “the bad boy of cuisine” for his rock star looks, ANTHONY BOURDAIN is an internationally acclaimed chef, author and host of Travel Channel’s No Reservations. His blunt observations about the world of restaurants, chefs and cooking is opinionated and sometimes controversial. In his uncensored, live appearances, he shares the fascinating, hysterical and sometimes shocking stories behind his life, books, travels and his hit show.

8pm, Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple.

Tickets $32.50–48.50, 801-355-ARTS or arttix. org.

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WEDNESDAY — Backstreet’s back!” ... Oh lord, really?!!?. Nick, AJ and those other two, the BACKSTREET BOYS, are together again touring this great land of ours, and they’re stopping in Salt Lake City to ... what? Try and jumpstart their career? They’re not “Larger Than Life” anymore, but they did have some pretty catchy dance tunes back in the day, so it could be a pretty fun concert.

Don’t tell anyone I said that!

7:30pm, Energy Solutions Arena, 301 W. South Temple. Tickets $35, 801-467-8499 or smithstix.com.

Q Join Spy Hop Productions for a night of artist-designed miniature golf at the Salt Lake Art Center, featuring 18 fullyplayable works of contemporary art by top local and national artists like you’ve never seen before. The SPY HOP ON THE GREEN event features DJ Jesse Walker, and food and beverages will be served.

Prizes will be awarded for best individual and team scores, as well as the best CADDY SHACK-inspired attire. Fabulous!

7–9pm, Salt Lake Art Center, 20 S. West Temple. Tickets $25/single player or $80/foursome, 801-532-7500 or spyhop.org.

UPCOMING EVENTS JUL 4 JUL 16

AUG 20 SEP 25

One Republic, Deer Valley Paula Poundstone, Rose Wagner Cyndi Lauper, Peppermill Concert Hall, Wendover Wanda Sykes, Peppermill Concert Hall, Wendover

save the date June 24–27 Utah Arts Festival uaf.org July 12 Lilith Fair usana-amp.com July 23–25 Utah Bear Ruckus utahbears.com July 24–25 Utah Male Naturists Pionude Day Campout umen.org August 1 Mary Chapin Carpenter redbuttegarden.org August 6–7 Women’s Redrock Music Festival, Torrey redrockwomensfest.com August 6–8 Utah Rebellion utahrebellion.com August 7–8 Park City Arts Festival kimballartcenter.org August 8 Q Lagoon Day qsaltlake.com August 8 AquaAid quacquac.org August 20 Cyndi Lauper, Wendover, Nev. wendoverfun.com August 22 Utah Pride Center Golf Classic utahpridecenter.org September 18 sWerve’s Oktoberfest swerveutah.com September 28 Equality Utah Allies Dinner equalityutah.org October 9 National Coming Out Day Breakfast utahpridecenter.org October 16–20 Living with AIDS Conference pwacu.org November 25 Thanksgiving Dinners at the Utah Pride Center, Club Try-Angles and The Trapp December 10–11 Salt Lake Men’s Choir Christmas Concert saltlakemenschoir.org

hear me out

By Chris Azzopardi

Cyndi Lauper Memphis Blues Cyndi Lauper’s voice can sing the hell out of anything. And it almost has. From the Great American Songbook to 2008’s club comeback Bring Ya to the Brink, the girl that just wanted to have fun over 20 years ago busts out the blues on her vintage 11th album. Her stray from “gay” — in the shift from shiny radio-ready songs to dirty, non-fluff fodder — is, at first, like eating dinner when all you want is dessert, until the she’s-so-unusual quirks click (including a Jackie Chan mention on the single, “Just Your Fool”) and the power of her range and the production start to stick after a few spins. Lauper’s completely immersed in the old-time soul on these covers, singing with a meaty boldness and authenticity rather than perfection over swaggering electric guitar whirrs, organ spurs, sax sections and bouts of harmonica. She starts a fire both times she teams with hot blues boy Jonny Lang, especially on the sassy keyboard-kissed “How Blue Can You Get?”, and also nabs the master, B.B. King, for the chill “Early in the Mornin’”. She sounds great solo, too, over the doo-wop-style shimmy of “Don’t Cry No More” and on “Romance in the Dark,” when she belts a starry-night dreamer that’s suitable for a slow dance. Or some “she bop” fun. (Available June 22)

overcoming hardships hand-in-hand and “Stop Trying” takes on an overachiever; “Bring Night” wants the long day to end and “Never Gonna Leave Me” is just about the cutest cut ever, bebopping about with xylophone tings as she opens up her soulful croon to riff on loyalty. All this sugary sweetness, though, doesn’t mean Sia’s sorrow isn’t waiting in the wings. She immaculately covers Madonna’s “Oh Father,” and when “I’m in Here” sops the sun out of her with its plaintive wail — or she segues from funky synth-shapeshifter to piano-only emote on “Big Girl, Little Girl” — keep the perk-up pills nearby. But sad, happy, whatever — Sia’s bipolar behavior makes for some of the best pop music this year. (Available June 22) Grade: A-

Also Out Sex and the City 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Yep, Liza Minnelli’s take on “Single Ladies” is really that bad — a high-camp earsore that’s about as harmonious as listening to a choir of dying cats. Her competition, luckily,

doesn’t fare remarkably better on this soup of a soundtrack. Besides borrowed greats like “True Colors” and Alicia Keys’ solo “Empire of the State,” powerhouses Leona Lewis and J. Hud spoon feed schmaltz with “Love Is Your Color,” the Sex and the City Men’s Choir bores and there’s another Liza song, “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye,” that’s not quite as lethal.

Celine Dion, Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert Love or loathe her, there’s no disputing that the diva’s titanic-sized pipes nail every note live. The showpieces on this tour doublediscer that’s captured on a stop from her most recent worldwide trek are, of course, the freakishly wooing ballads, like “All By Myself,” “My Heart Will Go On” and “To Love You More.” Cornier chance-taking moments come up on the DVD, which features dance theatrics and a Queen homage — and Celine’s fancy footwork, crazy facial contortions and dramatic end poses. Chest whacks are, sadly, lacking.

Reach Chris Azzopardi at chris@pridesource.com.

Grade: B

Sia, We Are Born Sia’s sound on her breakout fourth album is more sun than shade. The out, anti-fame Aussie known for lassoing us into a web of doom and gloom with LPs like Healing is Difficult – or, more significantly, the killer theme from Six Feet Under’s finale, “Breathe Me” – lightens up with this retro sure-tobe-classic of anthemic singalongs, swell soul numbers and perky pop songs. “Clap Your Hands” is pure feel-good fun, dressed in disco and fueled by a shimmery chorus that’s an instant win-over, but these seemingly frothy nuggets have hearty substance bubbling under their sugarcoated coverings. “The Fight” joyously sings about June 10, 2010 | issue 156 | QSa lt L a k e | 29

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Sarah McLachlan’s Re-‘Surfacing’

by Chris Azzopardi OVING YOU IS EASY” ISN’T JUST SARAH MCLACHLAN’S LONGawaited single from her first all-original studio album in seven years. It’s also what many of the fans she’s courted — and soothed and depressed — in her two-decade career would say about the musician herself.

She’s been a shoulder to cry on, a fierce philanthropist and a rare find among her celebrity chums — famous for her pure voice and lovely piano laments instead of paparazzi-baiting nights on the town.

The Canadian chanteuse is also notorious for taking long leaves, closing her latest with Laws of Illusion and, to coincide with the June 15 release, the return of the Lilith Tour, a celebration of female musicians with a lineup that includes Rihanna, Ke$ha and Emmy Lou Harris.

Because it’s been so long, McLachlan — a longtime “dykon” — has so much to tell you: how good sex led to the album’s first single, what she thinks of lesbians lusting to her music and the power of female performers now.

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CHRIS AZZOPARDI: What took you so long?

SARAH MCLACHLAN: Which part? (Laughs) I have two small kids, so that’s my big excuse.

CA: What’s it like being out of the spotlight?

SM: Blissful! I have no interest in being famous whatsoever. I picked the wrong career for that. I am ever thankful for my success, but boy, it’s nice to be able to take the hat off and just be a little normal for a while.

CA: You seem to be able to avoid controversy unlike many celebrities. What’s your trick?

SM: Well, I don’t go out without undies on, for instance. I guess that’s a good place to start (laughs). I don’t court it; I have no interest. I don’t live in Los Angeles, so that’s a big part of it. I live in Vancouver, and I live a really simple, quiet life. I’m usually in bed by 9.

CA: That early?

SM: Oh, I’m pathetic. I’m such a little old lady. I put the kids to bed, I answer my e-mails, and I’m done. It’s a simple existence and I’m really happy with it (laughs). But I feel like I’m so lucky because I get to straddle both worlds. I get to keep my toe in the water and I’m going to put out this record, which I’m so, so happy with.

CA: You say you’re alive and on fire on “Loving You is Easy.” What made you so happy?

SM: (Long pause) Um, well, it’s self-explanatory, isn’t it? Without being blunt, getting laid is pretty fabulous. I’m sorry, that’s really crass. But yeah, I had a foray into dating and that feeling of, Wow, there is life after separation! This feeling still exists! That was really what the song is about more than anything else. Don’t say it’s about getting laid, because that’s crass.

CA: But it sort of is. The sex is an extension of the dating.

SM: It sort of is (laughs). But it’s more about that feeling of passion, like you’re in high school again and aah, this feels so good and so fresh. Life fell apart as I knew it, and then there was a chance to grow again and to feel again.

CA: What other feelings fed this album?

SM: I was way more in the moment with this record. Obviously a lot of the songs are about experiences I’ve been through in the last couple of years with life becoming completely altered as I knew it.

You know, the white picket fence — not that my relationship or my marriage or my life was normal per say, but the idea of the fairy-tale life: You’re not going to be the one who gets divorced or separated, that’s not going to happen to you. And you set your life that way and let a lot of things go.

Just having all that change at 40 years old is pretty overwhelming (laughs). I was depressed and sad and so a lot of the songs mirror that. But in that sadness, there’s a lot of growth and creativity that comes from it.

CA: One of your earlier records, 1993’s Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, was named — and I believe you know this because it’s been brought up elsewhere — one of Out magazine’s 100 Greatest, GayPHOTO: RAPHAEL MAZZUCCO

est Albums of All Time a couple of years back.

SM: I don’t think I knew that! But I don’t retain information very well. I probably forgot about that. Gayest album? Why? CA: Apparently a lot of lesbians like to get it on to some of the music from it.

SM: Oh, fabulous! Any way I can be of help to people’s passionate lives, I think that’s fantastic.

CA: And it’s coming full circle with “Loving You is Easy.”

SM: Uh, yeah! This is pretty much pure feel good. And it was the way it was recorded. I wrote it quickly, and then we did six songs in five days. It’s a completely different way of recording than I’ve done. Total raw, live, fun energy. Here are the songs, here are the chords, go! There was no preparation. And there’s just a really raw, slightly primal energy to that. It was perfect for the song.

CA: How did going mainstream with songs from 1997’s Surfacing, like “Angel” and “Building a Mystery”, change your approach to music and the pressure to live up to other people’s standards?

SM: I sure hope it hasn’t. I don’t think that really had any effect at all, and I say that because I’ve been incredibly lucky to be signed to a small independent label that from the get-go, that gave me 100-percent creative control.

There was a brief time with my second record (1991’s Solace) when I remember the record company saying, “We need singles.

I don’t care what you do, they just have to be singles.” I retorted, “Don’t these songs make you feel something?” Their answer was: “That’s not the point.” And I thought, “Well, what the fuck? What is the point then? Of course that’s the point! And if this is your world, I don’t want to live in it.”

LUCKILY, my manager had a little chat with (label head) Clive Davis, who thankfully — and to his credit — gave me carte blanche and said, “OK, you make your record and we’ll see how it does.” Luckily, it did really well, so I really feel like I’ve continued to make the kind of music I want to make. I don’t tend to edit myself. I don’t limit myself or not go down certain roads because my fans aren’t going to like it. When I think about these new songs, I think, Wow, I might alienate a few people with this song because it’s so damn happy.

CA: It was a little surprising and refreshing at the same time.

SM: This is what I figure: People might say, “Where’s the sadness?” Don’t worry, it’s there!

CA: You support many causes, from women’s rights to animal cruelty issues. A lot has happened with gay rights since your absence from the spotlight. As an ally, how do you feel you play an important part in that cause?

SM: Am I an important part?

CA: You’re a supporter, right?

SM: Absolutely! I am very quick to speak out against anything that doesn’t feel good or right or fair to me. Gosh, I don’t know. I don’t really know how to answer that. I do what I do and I believe that everybody, of

course, should be treated completely equal.

CA: For a while you weren’t even considering doing Lilith, right?

SM: No, I needed the time in between. I needed all these years to forget about how much work it was (laughs). It’s like giving birth, there’s a lot of pain, but the benefit is huge.

CA: How will Lilith be different now then when you first launched it in 1997?

SM: It’s going to be very much the same. The mandate’s the same. The desire to create a really interesting, diverse musical show is the same. The ideas of the charitable elements are the same.

CA: How about the mission, because Lilith was trying to prove that women were just as big of a draw as men in music?

SM: Yeah, and I think we proved that. But it only became part of the mandate because people were saying we couldn’t do it. I never doubted the success for a second. I didn’t go into it thinking, Wow, we’re going to make all this money and we’re going to have all this media attention. I just thought it’d be fun and of course people will want to come because it’s a great lineup. And honestly, I didn’t take it much past that thought.

CA: What part of being on the road again are you most looking forward to?

SM: Playing. Getting to sing these new songs. I’m really excited about that, and I’m really excited about seeing a lot of these bands and maybe getting the opportunities to play with them. That’s such a huge part of a musician’s life — that community.

CA: How do other female artists inspire you?

SM: Honestly, I’m inspired by artists in general. I’m inspired by anybody who’s out there and active and following their passion and breaking down walls and boundaries as an artist. Erykah Badu with her video (“Window Seat”) — which, of course, has caused all sorts of controversy — is basically going, “I am Erykah Fucking Badu and I’m badass and I’m going to take off my clothes and who’s going to stop me?”

CA: You’ve been naked before in a music video, too. Just not in public.

SM: She’s got way more ovaries than I do. I could never do that!

CA: Do you think women are more powerful in music now than they were in the ’90s?

SM: Absolutely! And there are more. The ’90s was fantastic for music. For women now, a lot of doors got opened up. I think a lot more doors could get opened up, but I could say that about all genres of music — male or female. Radio is still limited, yet we have all these avenues now to get music out there, which is great.

For me, putting on Lilith again is another avenue. There are still some festivals going on out there, and they’re still fairly male dominated, so let’s celebrate women. I like women. I love men, but this is about women right now. And that’s OK. Q Lilith Fair comes to Salt Lake City, July 12, starting at 3 p.m., with performances from Sarah McLachlan, Rihanna, Miranda Lambert, Emmylou Harris, Ke$ha, Metric, Ingrid Michaelson, Erin McCarley, Rosie Thomas and Anya Marina at USANA Amphitheatre. Tickets, $30.50–80, usana-amp.com.

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food & wine BIG Chimichanga! Ah so ... Whaso

by Chef Drew Ellsworth

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PARK CITY THERE IS an event called Savor the Summit.

This dining adventure features many tables placed end-to-end down Main Street where you sit and stuff yourself in full view of the street’s many restaurants.

This year Savor the Summit will be held the evening of June 19. If you go, don’t miss Wahso Restaurant.

Wahso is one of the several businesses owned by Bill White Enterprises. It is located upstairs in a beautiful space which is decorated like a tasteful Frontier brothel with a lot of Asian influences. Its old-fashioned, draped booths are also quite romantic. Before you enter the dining area, you pass through a cozy bar that feels like a great place to hang out and meet the colorful Park City guests and townsfolk while enjoying a nice wine.

In my career as a chef and wine consultant I have worked twice in this city. I was the pastry chef for a season at Stein Eriksson Lodge many years ago. More recently, I worked as the wine manager at the seminew Snowcreek Wine Store. Many times as a dining customer I’ve been disappointed with what Park City offers. But I wasn’t at Whaso, where I recently dined with Brad di Iorio.

Professionalism seems to be the key at Whaso. It is run by two geniuses who are fully educated in their craft and trained to be excellent restauranteurs. The manager is Christian Frech, with whom I have had the privilege of attending wine conferences. He is young and energetic and a Certified Sommelier. He also has a degree from the Professional Culinary Institute in San Jose, Calif.

Christian’s talents are enhanced by Chef Ryan Burnham, who seems too young to be so talented and experienced. He is equally blessed by charm and good looks. Ryan graduated from the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, and two years ago he was wooed away by Alfred Bertolli, a fancy-schmancy New York chef who wanted Ryan to open his new restaurant in Miami. Ryan left and Wahso’s reputation suffered for a while. However, to our good fortune, the handsome Chef Burnham has been back in Park City for over a year, loving his home and life in the mountains.

We began with something quite traditional, yet something so old that it has become new again: crisp, delicate fried wontons served with a curry/mustard dipping sauce. Our first wine was a simple, yet elegant, Boniface Apremont, which is a lightly sparkling wine from the French Savoy. It’s crisp, with a slight hint of sparkle; I’ve had it before and always enjoy it. (You can get this wine at the new wine store and we recommend it for cheese fondue.)

Our first dish was a meticulously presented, architectural masterpiece — a sort of sushi that looked like it had been made out of Legos! It was perfectly cut squares of amberjack tuna served on a long plate.

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Fiji apple. Sprigs of baby dill gave the dish a ferny, ethereal look and tiny mushroom caps were strategically placed on the corner of each piece of fish to complete the design. The whole plate was artfully drizzled with a citrus Ponzu — sort of a fruit-based soy sauce reduction. The whole thing was divine!

Next came some wood-fired shrimp served on a bed of avocado, mango and pineapple. A few intermingling fried rice-sticks gave the dish some surprising crunch and the plate was both dotted and drizzled with coriander coulis and red chile coulis. Beautiful and yummy!

Many restaurants are serving a tuna tartar these days. I’ve had it at the Metro and at the New Yorker with similar presentations. The tartar is made of Hawaiian tuna, hashed and molded into a disk and surrounded by shingled cucumber slices.

What I liked most about Wahso’s version was the nice homemade crisps of wonton and coriander.

Soon after that we received a most beautiful plate composed of stunning colors and unusual combinations. It was braised, then grilled, small octopus sided by braised baby bok choy and prepared fingerling potatoes. The plate was laced with a sauce which was called a Riesling vinaigrette. It was served hot and, to me, tasted more like a pan glazed reduction than a vinaigrette.

The plate was gorgeous and I loved the accompaniments, but I thought the octopus was chewy and sort of tough. This was my least favorite offering of the night, though this just may be the way octopus is. We chose a delicious Londer Dry Gewurtz to go with this dish.

We were then served two more entrées — I call them this because they were too large to be appetizers or small plates, but were

not as large as a traditional entrée plate.

The portions were generous and just right for the kind of meal we were having. I had brought a Capiaux Sonoma Pinot Noir ‘06 from my own cellar and Christian poured a French rival wine for us to compare — Nicolas Potel, Savigny-les-Beaune. The comparison was fun and the French wine was actually a bit lighter and more acidic while the Pinot was bigger and fruitier — just as we all expected them to be.

Next, Brad and I were delighted by large medallions of tender, grilled lamb tenderloin. The plate was drizzled with a wine reduction infused with pomegranate and actually garnished with plump pomegranate fruits. In the center was a fabulous saffron risotto dished up at exactly the right moment. We also had a beautiful Alaskan black cod. The cut was thick and moist and melted in my mouth. It was presented a bit like a soup in a delicious Asian broth with veggies and a hint of Miso.

Our dessert, which I almost turned down, was spectacular: coconut infused crème brulée custard served in a perfectly halved coconut shell with the sugar burnt on right before service. With the custard — also architecturally placed — was a haystack macaroon flanked by sweet pocky sticks dipped in chocolate. This desert was not only great to look at but an invention Julia Child herself could only have dreamed of.

Please enjoy the summer re-opening of Wahso by paying them a visit with your friends and family. For a Utah-owned and operated establishment, it rivals the likes of Spruce and St. Regis. I give it 93 points.

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a&e Qu ries Kids, Work and One Night Stands

by Steven Petrow

What to do about uninvited kids at a gay party?

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: I was completely shocked when two of our gay friends showed up for a dinner party with their twins in tow. I hadn’t mentioned kids in the invitation and the table was set for eight — four adult couples. I did the best I could, but I don’t think I hid my irritation very well, especially when the twins complained about the caper sauce I served on the fish.

Suggestions for the future?

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: Here’s the problem: You have too few kids in your life. If you had more of them around, you’d know better than to invite two parents to dinner without addressing the kid issue one way or another.

It pays to be explicit in such an invitation, writing or saying something like: “It will be the eight of us on Saturday. I think you know the other couples.” Or, “It’s just the big people this time. No little ones.”

Of course, in this case one of the parents could have asked beforehand, “Just checking: Is it okay to bring the twins?” Still, I imagine they felt horrible when they saw a table set for eight adults. Or I hope they did. And, I trust that the parents apologized profusely in the moment and in their thank-you note, as well.

Finally, about that caper sauce: Please don’t blame the kids for not taking to that.

I suggest keeping emergency provisions in your cupboard — like mac ’n cheese — for the next set of freeloading toddlers.

New Lesbian on the Job?

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: I think the new copy editor at my newspaper is a lesbian and she sure knows I am (everybody does). She hasn’t actually said anything, though, and doesn’t show up for our company’s LGBT events. Is it OK if I just ask? Since I’m gay too, I figured it’s not so invasive—or is it? She’s really cute, by the way!

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: Did it occur to you that she might not be rushing to come out to you because she can tell you think she’s “cute”? Some people have a really bad reaction to flirtation at work. There are, of course, a million other possible explanations for her not being upfront about it—if indeed she is gay. Maybe she’s the private type. Maybe she’s had bad experiences in the past with coworkers knowing her business. Maybe she’s not even sure she’s a lesbian herself.

In any case, no, don’t ask. Especially in a workplace situation, it’s better to let things unfold organically. Not only is her sexuality technically none of your business and not related to your work, asking the question directly could end up alienating someone

you may need to work with or otherwise benefit from as an ally—no matter whether she ends up being straight, gay, or bi.

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Semi Precious Weapons singer Justin Tranter Lets It All Out

by Chris Azzopardi

Semi Precious Weapons miss when sex – the dirty come-ons, reckless rebellion and, of course, groin grabbing – was as important to rock as the music itself. So they’re bringing it back.

As those who’ve beheld Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball spectacular know, they’re taking this mission seriously – in pantyhose or whatever other girly garb singer Justin Tranter’s feeling, the New York foursome make every glam-rock song, like the brazen, buzzed-about “Magnetic Baby,” a climax.

As the modern priestess of pop rolls out another leg of the tour this summer, Semi Precious Weapons – who’s dropping their proper debut _You Love You_ on June 22 – will wield their sex shenanigans across the world. Before heading out again, we caught up with Tranter to talk about being on tour with Gaga, how he sees himself sexually and his own precious weapon (or lack thereof).

Why is sex an important part of rock ‘n’ roll?

Because the whole reason rock ‘n’ roll became something different than pop music – and why rock ‘n’ roll became something different than every other genre out there – was that it was dangerous and rebellious and extremely sexual.

Sex needs to exist in rock ‘n’ roll always, or it shouldn’t be called rock ‘n’ roll.

Hence the crotch grabbing?

Sometimes I’ll watch a video of myself and I don’t really even realize how much I grab my crotch. It’s a very natural thing for me even though maybe I’m fixing my pantyhose. Maybe I’m checking the dance belt. Maybe I’m just trying to grab my crotch. I don’t even know myself!

It’s not because you’re obsessed with your junk then?

Oh god, no. I like to pretend I don’t have genitalia. I like to think of myself as a “merperson” – genderless.

Your sexuality confuses me.

Well, it should (laughs).

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riod. End of story. Or so I thought. As I was leaving, he asked me for my number so that we could “get together again.” I thought he understood this was a onenight stand. I just said, “I’ll see you when I see you.” Did I do anything wrong?

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: Not really, no. It just sounds like one or both of you could have been more explicit ahead of time. But it’s a tricky situation. Unless you’re having sex at a club or in a backroom (sorry, Utah), it’s easy to misunderstand where the other guy is coming from.

Next time, try to set some limits. In the throes of passion, it may not feel quite right to say, “I only want to have sex with you and then got to go.” But what about: “I need to be asleep in an hour because I’ve got an early flight tomorrow” or “My boyfriend will be home in a little while so let’s

get busy…” It’s also important what you do after you climax: Avoid getting into a lot of post-coital chitchat. Don’t be rude, just don’t get drawn into a lengthy discussion.

Three things to remember: If it’s a nostrings-attached hookup, don’t expect to exchange last names, email addresses or phone numbers. If you’re at a guy’s house, make sure you remember to take everything that’s yours because you may never see him again. Finally, and most importantly, be prepared and be safe. That means having condoms on hand and using your sixth sense to make sure the guy’s not a psycho. Oh yes, also enjoy yourself.

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How do you describe yourself sexually?

in the band, or I guess try to bang me. Most times they just want to pet me.

I don’t really describe myself at all when it comes to gender and sexuality. There was a period of time where I technically would’ve identified as gay, but then I started sleeping with lots of women so that confused everybody.

And I feel like if I were to call myself bisexual, that’s just so ’90s/_Reality Bites_, so I don’t really define myself at all. I’ll say like, “gender fluid” – that’s what I am. I’ve actually been on a kick lately where I really like to sleep with people who look just like me. So I don’t really know what you’d call that either (laughs).

How has opening for Gaga changed your life?

So why don’t you make a name for it?

Once there’s a name for it, I have to give it up.

Why do you hate that Semi Precious Weapons is oft labeled a “queer band”?

It’s not that I hate when the band is labeled as a queer band. It’s just that it’s not true. I’m obviously some sort of something that’s not typically heterosexual, but the rest of the band is 100-percent straight and there are four of us in the band, so to label us as a queer band would just be wrong. Besides, a verse and a chorus can’t decide whom it wants to fuck; it’s just a verse and a chorus. So labeling music as “queer” or “black” or “Asian,” it’s not that I’m against it, I just think that it’s incorrect.

You’ve licked tits on stage?

Oh yes. I’ve done lots of motor boating on stage. I’ve made out with lots of women on stage. Women have made out with each other on my stage. Lots of exciting things.

Not on the Lady Gaga tour, though, right?

When we play club shows they’re much, much crazier. Not that Gaga shows aren’t crazy, but as far as the audience interaction with me, it’s much crazier at smaller venues because security wise it’s actually a possibility.

Are you ever surprised at the fans that come out to your shows?

Our audience is so mixed, and that’s how we love it. There are lots of cutesy gender-confused teens that come to see us play, which is amazing and an inspiration and they’re cooler than I am. But then there are lots of dudes that come with their girlfriends, and there are lots of clubby hot girls that try to bang the other guys

We’ve got to travel the world with the biggest pop star in the whole world, which luckily is a friend of ours. It’s such an amazing, surreal experience for her to love our band so much even though we’re a filthy rock band and she’s a cutting-edge pop star. It’s a pretty ballsy move to have a rock band open for her, but she’s obviously a ballsy girl.

What have you learned from her?

Her advice deals with the beginning stages of our career, because we’ve been a band for three-and-a-half years, driving ourselves around in the van and playing every small, gross bar in America. We’ve done that for a long time. We were all teenagers, dealing with this first stage, as far as the world’s concerned, of our real career on a major label and going to radio stations and doing interviews and meeting celebrities and all that stuff. Her advice on how to deal with that – and our first trip around the world as an actual band that people pay attention to – has been amazing.

Does she ever let you borrow her clothes, like the Kermit the Frog getup?

(Laughs) We do not share clothes. I’m 6-foot-4 and she’s 5-foot-2, so I don’t think it would be work out. That would probably fit on one of my thighs. Maybe one day I’ll wear it as a leg warmer.

When did you start dressing in feminine clothes?

I started dressing in genderless clothes on and off since I was 15. I thought I looked fantastic, but now when I look at pictures, I looked absolutely hideous. I had glasses and clear braces and blue eye shadow (laughs). But I’ve been wearing heels every single day since 2004, just after I had been in New York for two years, when I felt comfortable enough to look like that every day no matter what shit people said to me.

I just realized that’s just how I see myself, as pretty, so that’s what I’m going to look like every single day. It’s a lot more fun to feel pretty, all day every day. I’d prefer to get a bottle to the back of the head and feel awesome as the blood drips down my neck.

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a booth relaxing, enjoying good conversation and even better drinks. Being an avid and loyal customer for many years (and of course always dressed to the nines) I support Piper Down and suggest you venture to this Irish pub on State Street when you have an open night and staying in just doesn’t sound as appealing. Should that not be your cup of tea, The Trapp opens

Start to the Weekend and Into Summer

by Hunter Richardson

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AN YOU BELIEVE THAT ANOTHER WEEK

has gone by and naturally I haven’t found a night without something to do and somewhere to go.

This weekend, which started on a Thursday for me, consisted of a nice blend of gay friendly establishments and of course a few ventures to some of the more usual hot spots.

Thursday, the beginning of what seemed like a pub crawl, brought me to a few places that have a great atmosphere as well clientele. My current Thursday night recommendations: Raw at The Circle Lounge, JAM and end with a night cap at a location of your choosing (I chose the Red Door).

Regardless of where you go for your early weekend adventure, Thursday seems like the evening for taking up the task of traveling and exploring your options while the crowds are low and you can critique a place for its true qualities rather than the inhabitants of a usual weekend crowd.

For Friday, those of you unaware, Piper Down (regardless of recent incidents involving copious amounts of alcohol and a few individuals where words weren’t adequate for the situation) is gay friendly and is a great venue for an easy-going night around the back patio or possibly in

Thursday seems like the evening for taking up the task of traveling and exploring your options while the crowds are low their patio to the summer weather and welcomes all to pound back a jar of your favorite drink and enjoy the environment of a long-standing hot spot.

Major or minor (depending on preferences) Club Try-Angles offers up $1 drafts with DJ BoyToy and the new Studio 27 invites you to listen to the Top 40s with DJ Brent Vincent. Needless to say, if you want

to get out on a Friday night, you have no excuse not to — call some friends and venture out.

On to Saturday — the true heart and soul of a weekend, I found myself yet again at a gay friendly establishment first, The Depot. This enormous (relatively speaking) two-story venue is located at the Gateway downtown and is more known for its musical events rather than a weekly nightclub, but was still a real treat. My most memorable moment was when IN Magazine was sponsoring a Spring fashion show. If you have never been to a fashion show I strongly recommend you find the next catwalk extravaganza and get front row seats regardless of your plans, the night or the location. The clothes, the vibe of the crowd and, of course, watching the models (for better or for worse) is a great event to judge, sit back and be fully entertained with a cocktail in hand and friends by your side.

Ending the night and ultimately the weekend was arriving at Fusion at Club Edge. Fusion is a great environment and comfortable for all attendees — even for my closest friend who is straight and said for his first gay club experience it was “a lot of fun, comfortable and they had better drinks than most places.”

Looking toward the summer, I am looking forward to many pool parties, patio gatherings and “deck dining” evenings with friends. Of course mixed well with that is enjoying the many events that will undoubtedly formulate as the weather turns warmer, the sun stays out longer and “flip flops” and shorts reign supreme. Q

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Don’t Cry for Me, Margarita

by Ed Sikov

Craig was giddy on the ferry. “Margaritas are my favorite drink!” He clapped his dimpled hands in excitement and began sing-songing, “Goodie goodie gumdrops!”

He was still jolly because I had withheld my control-freakish plan. I had no intention of using that sticky-sweet frozen concentrate he loved, and I was too much of a food snob to even let the bottled pigswill variety into the house. Once, in a notorious act of radical foodie-ism, I poured Sal’s bottle of Yucatan Yuri’s Primo-Papi Mix off the deck. Before I had a chance to tell an outrageous lie about Yucatan Yuri’s whereabouts, Sal saw me, rushed outside in a fury, and punched me in the shoulder.

We didn’t speak for a month.

“We need frozen concentrate, of course.

We do have orange liqueur….”

“I have to tell you something,” I began, but the two nasty Pomeranians owned by the cable sex show hostess Raven Wren – who apparently didn’t have enough smarmy gay men around her in the city, so she bought a place in the Pines – suddenly defined the term “bad canine karma” by attacking a distraught muscle-boy’s twin white Shih Tzus. The ensuing screeching and yelping (by Raven) drowned out further discussion.

We were in the grocery’s frozen foods section with one of Craig’s giant-size Cabbage-Patch-Kids fists engulfing a can of corn syrup with artificial lime flavor when I yanked it out of his hand; declared, “We’re not using that”; and threw it back into the freezer. Craig looked stricken. “Let’s make our Margaritas from scratch, OK?” I demanded, none too consolingly. “I don’t _ want_ scratch,” Craig whined; “I want _my_ Margaritas! Why are you so _mean_ ? Why can’t I have what _I _want?” Then came big whopping tears streaming down his colossal face, which rippled with despair.

At first I was mortified. But I’m here to tell you that mortification is preferable to the near-suicidal guilt that followed. I wasn’t on the ferry any more so I couldn’t jump off. I could do nothing but hate myself to the bone. “Don’t cry! Get what you want! I’ll make Margaritas my way, and you make yours _your_ way.” I pulled the can of frozen concentrate out of the freezer.

“See?” I said, putting the wretched junk into our cart. Then I took one of Craig’s soft hands in mine and led him toward the unsweetened lime juice.

The Margarita, Two Ways CRAIG’S WAY: Dump a can of children’s frozen concentrate into a blender, add ice and enough tequila to keep everyone from realizing how crummy the drink tastes, and press “ultra-high”; if you’re lucky you’ll forget to put the top on the blender.

MY WAY (makes four cocktails) 3/4-cup inexpensive white Tequila (it’s dumb to waste fine tequila by drowning it in a Margarita, but then I’m a cheapskate) 1/3-cup unsweetened lime juice 1/4-cup orange liqueur (we had Orange Curacao on hand – you can use any type) 1/4-cup _Really_ Simple Syrup (you can buy Simple Syrup ready-made, or you can boil sugar and water and stand around staring at a candy thermometer, or you can make _Really_ Simple Syrup by putting equal parts sugar and water in a jar and shaking it until the sugar dissolves) Pour some flaked salt onto one small plate and a thin layer of lime juice onto another.

Add all ingredients to a large cocktail shaker with some ice; shake. Dip the rim of each glass first in the juice and then in the salt, then pour the Margaritas in the center.

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“Get out of town, Libra!”

By Jack Fertig

With Mercury entering Gemini, you could get some rational insight into current epochal shifts to articulate the necessary changes. As arguments heat up, try to keep calm with an open mind and heart. You could learn something important from opponents. That won’t be easy!

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ty may seem too good to be true. Don’t pass it up, but see if you might approach it from a different angle.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 21–January 19) Picky little details – and others who work with them–can really jangle your nerves. You’d rather focus on the big picture, but you need to deal with the minutiae. A big surprise from home will help you think in new directions.

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Jack Fertig, a professional astrologer since 1977, is available for personal and business consultations in person in San Francisco or online. He can be reached at 415-864-8302, through his website at starjack.com, andQScopes@qsyndicate.com.

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I’M SINGLE. I’M ANNOUNCING IT TO the world because my ex-boyfriend decided it would be best for us to declare it quickly — with an easy sweep. That way, we don’t have to share the same old story a thousand times.

For those wondering, that’s why he updated his relationship status on Facebook to ‘single’ before I had the chance to say it out loud.

I guess I shouldn’t be complaining, I’m the foolish one who ended it. We’d been separated for some time, trying to make it work, because it was good ... once. Still, once is the past — not the present — and once I realized that I no longer liked holding his hand, I knew I had to end it.

It’s not been easy; we’re trying to be friends, whatever that means, and I’m trying to not call him baby or say the word love when I’m with him. Inside, I’m sad, mad, dazed, hollow and horny all the time, but I know that I’m not ready to kiss or even look at a new guy. So lately, to pass time, I go to Target, where I rummage through aisles of knick-knacks I don’t like or need.

My preference is the craft section, where I reach for wooden shelf ornaments carved into inspirational words like ‘marriage,’ ‘baby’ and ‘love’. I have this delusional idea that if I purchase one, that that word is what will await me at the exit door. But no, instead I head to the parking lot, where exhausted, I nap alone in my car, afraid to turn on the radio.

“Awww, how ... pathetic,” declares my friend Jasmine, who instructed me to stay away from Target last week after I confessed that I had lingered in their bathroom for too long. It all started off as harmless. First, I was peeing. But then, I was refusing to let go — a habit I learned from being in a safe, comfortable relationship.

“You know, you can get arrested for that,” Jasmine says, over the phone.

“For jacking off?”

“No, for being a pussy! Now go home and take a shower. We’re going out tonight.

Just a few friends.”

This is Jasmine’s idea of a quick pickme-up: her acceptable answer for anything.

Just a few friends, just a few cocktails, until the point where everyone is drunk enough to forget they’re friends and make-out. But tonight, I agree, because she has been attempting to help me. Her technique: usually, a play-by-play conversation in regard to how hard her sexy boyfriend nailed her the night before. And then there are her typical text messages. How her weekend was ‘hot-t-t’ and how her man’s penis is so mac-daddy she can’t cross her legs because of the razor burn. “You think you’re torn up?” She lifts her wine glass to salute my

single hood. “Try dating Italian. Cheers!”

Her friends erupt in laughter as I wander over to the DJ spinning low-tempo house records. In the VIP room of the middleeastern lounge, silver, shimmering curtains dance under a wealth of ceiling fans and everyone — except Jasmine — talks in a whisper.

Taking a seat at the bar, I ask the bartender to pour Sprite into my stout so I won’t head to a drunken state, where I find being single funny before getting depressed about it.

“You’re not mingling,” Jasmine observes, finding me. She points to a muscleman with greasy black hair that she knows from yoga. He’s wearing sunglasses at night. “That one has a crush on you.”

“I’m not ready.”

“Nonsense,” she says. Then calling him forward, she tells him not to mind me for being a bitch; I’m just grumpy because the gay press has been blogging in jest about my breakup. “He needs someone to kiss him and make it better,” she coos.

“Aw. No worries. You should get drunk!” he tells me. And soon, I learn that’s the limited amount of English he knows. Each time I escape, his robotic arms find me, taking me to him, where he sings it again.

“Get drunk. Drunk! You should really get drunk.” He only shuts up when he starts kissing some girl in front of me. And that’s when I bolt.

“No! Why are you leaving?” Jasmine asks. Grabbing my hand at the entrance, she cradles a cigarette while balancing herself on one heel. “That guy likes you!”

Speechless, I’m boiling with anger. I can’t do this again. I’m rusty at dealing with idiot men; I have no game and little patience to practice.

“Are you mad because he kissed that girl? He probably thought you would find it sexy,” Jasmine states. But I don’t find it sexy. All I see are his sunglasses at night and his hairy tentacles around me, and as I walk — no — run away, I hear her scream about getting laid, but I’m not listening. I’m racing along an empty downtown street, and I find a dark alley leading to my car, where I fall asleep for 20 minutes before waking up with the flooring thought that I haven’t progressed in a month. I don’t know who I am without my ex. I’m in the same place. I’m afraid of movement, of touch. I don’t know if what I’ve done is right, but I know that staying in this same spot is wrong. So bracing myself, I turn on the car and press the power on the radio – the first act I can think of to begin welcoming in all the others who have been wronged by love. Q

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Q health Beware of Rodent Droppings!

by Lynn Beltran

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this time of year is when we often clean out our garages and sheds, pull out the patio furniture, strike up the barbecue and put last year’s unwanted items out to the curb.

But before we do, we should be mindful of some common hazards that could result in severe respiratory illness.

The Southwest is plagued with various desert state rodents such as prairie dogs and deer mice. During the cold months these rodents, particularly mice and rats, tend to take refuge in our garages. We often don’t even know it because they are stealth critters and abscond with the warm weather — but they also may return for shelter throughout the warmer months. Unfortunately, when they do, they can leave behind some droppings that can be toxic to the humans who come in contact with them.

This can lead to a potentially fatal lung infection known as hantavirus.

Hantavirus is a viral infection that causes pulmonary (lung) problems. Basically, breathing becomes impaired.

This can lead to respiratory distress which can progress to respiratory failure and even death. Hantavirus has not shown to be transmitted from human to human, but from human contact with rodents or their urine, saliva or feces.

Surveillance data shows that each year, a handful of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome cases are reported in the Southwestern states, including Utah, Colorado, California, Arizona and New Mexico.

Infection is spread as mice shed the virus in their droppings or saliva. Most people become infected through aerosolized virus — basically breathing in infected air. This occurs when mice droppings become stirred up during the cleaning process. You can become infected when you touch an object that came in contact with rodent droppings or urine, and then touch your eyes, nose or mouth.

Symptoms usually begin from one to five weeks after the exposure. Symptoms start out as fatigue, fever, headaches and muscle aches; general flulike symptoms. Within a few days to a week, symptoms begin to progress to shortness of breath and then full blown respiratory distress. During this time, the lungs are likely filling with fluid.

Remember, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome has a high rate of death.

So, what can you do to protect yourself?

Prevention can include doing things like sealing off holes and gaps in your home, garage or trailer so that rodents cannot gain entry. Always keep food in sealed containers and clean up spills quickly and thoroughly. Look for droppings, particularly in areas where rodents might seek shelter. If you notice any potential rodent droppings, spray the droppings with water prior to cleaning to prevent the virus from being aerosolized. After spraying, wear a close-fitting mask around your nose and mouth. Wash your hands and clothing thoroughly as soon as possible, and try not to touch things beforehand.

If you notice the symptoms dipreviously described, visit your doctor or clinic quickly. Let your medical provider know that you were cleaning in an area where rodent droppings were identified. Also, recognize that the exposure may not always be visible. The majority of patients diagnosed with Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome did not recall seeing rodent droppings, but rather reported recent activities involving cleaning garages or basements, or had recently visited camps or other area where rodents live. Q If you would like to learn more about Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, visit the CDC information page at cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/ hanta/hps/index.htm.

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ET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY YOU FUCKING IDIOT!”

THIS is a daily expletive I use lung capacity for as naturally as breathing oxygen; at least a dozen times a day I scream obscentities at other drivers on the road, I honestly can’t help myself. It doesn’t make me feel better because I know they can’t hear me, and I know it doesn’t make them feel crappy because I too know they can’t hear me.

It’s a vicious circle. So why do I do it?

I’ve decided to blame it on my father — that tends to makes me feel better. I inherited his irrational anger — plus his eyes and ears, but that’s beside the point. He had been a pretty good father growing up: On weekends he’d let me sit on his lap and steer his Scout along the dusty roads of the pimply west Texas desert, ocassionally sipping off his Coors Light can. We’d pull over, take out our bow-and-arrows, and hunt rattlesnakes and rabbits (I actually only hunted the stink bugs). But then his face would turn radish-red and he’d call me a dipshit when I’d do something clumsy, which I’m famous for, like shoot an arrow into a tire on the Scout ... OK, that’s a bad example.

Actually, looking back on my youth and my relationship with my father, my bad decision-making probably caused his irrational anger: “Tommy, you are going to god damn college if I have to walk you to class every god damn day holding your hand.” Which I think, in hindsight, caused my own irrational anger. God dammit, that really chaps my hide!

It could be some sort of “rite of passage” when a man turns 40 to metamorphasize into his father. I recently noticed that I’ve picked up the habit of muting the television during commercials, just as my dad does, because commercials have suddenly started pissing me off. (We both still think TiVo is shoewear.) I also recently started golfing ... seriously, I had never golfed a day in my life until I turned 40. I think my dad’s been doing it since he was about 40. You want to talk about a sport that is so frustrating that it could even cause irrational anger in a Buddhist monk? Just thinking about it makes my teeth hurt.

Arranged through some mental breakdown, I’m taking my father golfing on Father’s Day. I’m sure it’ll be an amusing ... or frightening sight for all the other fathers and sons on the course. Two seemingly grown men cursing, slinging clubs down the fairway, wading through ponds to retrieve erratic

golf balls, aggressively driving the golf cart until it tips over on a small hill or barrels into a sandtrap will certainly leave the other players in awe ... good times to be had by all!

But for all my dad’s anger issues, including grounding me when I was 14 for wearing one of my mom’s skirts and pair of pumps, and subsequently punching a huge hole in a freshly painted wall after I came out to him, my dad does have a real soft side. It’s not shown often, but when it is, it’s amazing.

He’s a true pet lover, as am I, and over the many years and the many pets we’ve had as a family, his pure love for them has been astonishing. Years ago, when a pet would pass on, he’d take it out to the west Texas desert and give it a proper burial, and when he would come home the pain in his eyes was heart-wrenching. In more recent years, he’s started a sort of shrine in the basement of his home to lost pets now resting in beautifully constructed wood boxes and urns. Some may think that’s a little morbid ... it moves me to tears.

My father is an introvert, as am I; we don’t converse well, and not with any real substance — we sort of just grunt at each other like cavemen. “Ung og mog!” means “go get me a beer.” I used to be OK with it, but now that I’m “well into my mid-life,” according to my mother ... god love her, I feel I want more. And it’s not like we’ve never “shared a moment” — once, many years ago, over lunch, I had almost slipped out of my chair when he asked me how my then-live-in-boyfriend was doing, with much sincerity. Alas, that was a fleeting moment; one I wish I could get back and build upon.

So I’ve decided to make more of an effort, to talk with my father using words with actual syllables. Shit, he’s my father, right? He’s not perfect, I’m not perfect, but we do have much in common, so we should learn to use those commonalities to our advantage. I’m pumping myself up for our golf game on Father’s Day, to really bond with him, and even if it only turns out to be a day riddled with cursing the weather and flinging clubs down the fairway as if it’s an Olympic sport, swilling beer and making inappropriate remarks about the lady golfers (mostly just him) I will not blame my dad, I will embrace it for what it is. And if we’re lucky enough to talk openly about my need for boy-on-boy action, my love for all things male and possibly make inappropriate remarks about the male golfers, all the better ... but I’m not crossing my fingers, at least not yet. Q

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