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2011 Fabby Awards Pride Announces Entertainment Lineup
Assault Outside Gay Club
Book of Mormon Hits Broadway
AIDS Turns 30
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STANDING OUT TAKES WORK
First Person
from the publisher Seven-year itch by Michael Aaron
I
realized while driving in to put this issue to bed that we have been doing so for seven years as of this Friday. I also realized that I have never lasted seven years at a job before. Huh. We had nothing else to do at the office but figure out a bunch of trivial information about the paper: • We have distributed over 57 million printed pages since our debut. • That would cover the floors of over 42 million average bird cages. • Since we average about 1,000 words per page, that’s 57 billion printed words. • If we were paid about $250 per printed word, we could cover the national debt. • We doubt anyone would pay $250 per printed word. Damn; we thought we had a solution. Since I am thinking more strategically now that we have an editor focused on the news of the paper, I sought advice about what we should expect, now that we are seven. I was told we should have better hand-eye coordination. Check. We should have good balance. I feel we are very balanced; check. We can execute simple gymnastic movements, like somersaults. Huh? I think I’m lost. But I guess we should work on that some more. We should have a vocabulary of several thousand words. I think we may need to work on that some more as well. Longer attention span. Hmmm... Begin to grasp that letters represent the sounds that form words.
It was at this point I realized that I had hired the wrong consultant. That’s the last time I use Bing.com. Seriously, though, I wondered what it is about this job that has me staying so long with it. It’s not the most lucrative position I’ve held, by a long shot. It’s not the easiest. It is, however, the most rewarding and, in many ways, the most challenging. We have been plugging away at bringing Utah this publication for this long because we feel we are making a difference. When we get a call, card, letter, email or Facebook message from someone with a simple “thanks” or “love ya,” our hearts swell and we make it through another issue. When we find ourselves face-to-face with a mother of a gay child who says she reads the paper religiously to better understand him or her, we know we are on the right track. When we are in a meeting and someone mentions an article they read that changed them in some way, we remember once again why we all converge on Sugar House five days a week or more. I put our mission statement in my callout because I realize we’ve never actually published it before. Perhaps it will help you get a sense of what we feel our purpose is. We love this job. We love this community. We love even more what we can envision ourselves growing to be. So, while we can now execute simple gymnastic movements, we know that soon we will be flying over the moon. Don’t let anyone say we can’t. Q
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by Rex Wockner
Obama seems to say work on gay marriage is not finished
Speaking at a Democratic National Committee event April 20 in San Francisco, President Barack Obama seemed to say that his administration’s work on gay marriage is not finished. The president was talking about administration accomplishments and added, “And yet our work is not finished.” Someone in the audience then shouted “gay marriage.” Obama paused, made a facial expression and hand gesture that seemed to say “for example,” and then repeated, “Our work is not finished.” Here’s the White House’s transcript: Obama: “We put two wise women on the Supreme Court, including the first Latina Supreme Court justice. (Applause.) And we rolled back ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ so that everybody can serve their country regardless of who they love. (Applause.) And then we dealt with pirates — (laughter) — and a pandemic. You forgot about that. An oil spill. We’ve been pretty busy. And yet our work is not finished. It is going —” Audience member: “Gay marriage.” Obama: “Our work is not finished. (Applause.) It is going to take — it is going to take more than a couple of years. It is going to take more than one term for us to finish everything that we need to do.” (Applause.) Video: tinyurl.com/wrkfin.
Media seek intervention in Prop 8 case
The media are seeking intervention in the Proposition 8 case to urge the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to release the 13 days of video from the U.S. District Court case in which Prop 8 was declared unconstitutional. The trial was recorded to help Judge Vaughn Walker write his decision, and attorneys also played back snippets of the trial at later points in the trial. Walker seemingly “sealed” the recording from other uses. In recent public talks about cameras in the courtroom, however, Walker, who retired from the bench in February, has played a brief clip from the video, which led to a new flare up about the recordings. A copy of the video was given to Walker on a disk drive along with his other material when he retired. The gay side now wants the recordings made public, the other side wants them to stay sealed, and for Walker and the parties to the case to turn over any copies — and now a group of media companies has asked the 9th Circuit to make the recordings public. The Los Angeles Times, McClatchy Co., CNN, In Session (Court TV), The New York Times, Fox News, NBC News, Hearst Corp., Dow Jones & Co., The Associated Press and KQED say that the public and the media have a First Amendment right of access to court records and proceedings, and seem to
❝ ❝The capacity of our nation to sustain
a reasonably wellfunctioning marriage culture is the key problem in our time.” —Maggie Gallagher, president of the National Organization of Marriage, a political group that battles marriage equality across the nation as she spoke to the Sutherland Institute, a conservative and anti-gay group in Utah
❝ ❝I got major love for the gay and lesbian In an upcoming memoir, the soon-to-be 21-year-old Levi Johnston tells all about his time with the Palin family. Titled Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin’s Crosshairs, the memoir is slated for a fall release. “He’s ready to give an inside glimpse to his relationship with the Palins, share his trials and tribulations of being thrust into the spotlight and becoming a father at such a young age,” the source tells Us magazine. suggest that the parties who want the Prop 8 recordings to remain private have failed to meet “their heavy burden to justify that sealing.” Walker’s strikedown of Prop 8, which amended the state constitution in 2008 to reban same-sex marriage, is on appeal to the 9th Circuit. The case has been delayed because the people who were sued — including California’s governor and attorney general — have no interest in defending Prop 8. As a result, the people who put Prop 8 on the ballot have intervened in the case to defend it, but it’s unclear at this time if they have legal “standing” to defend the amendment in federal court. The 9th Circuit recently asked the California Supreme Court for its opinion on the “standing” question. The California court is not expected to answer until late this year at the earliest.
rate statement and we all know it isn’t, you know? ... Let’s look back at our ads and see what we say. And I think we use hyperbole to a point where, you know, it’s like, Geez.” Video: tinyurl.com/hyp1ad. Mutty also says: “This (campaign) has been awful. I hate it. ... All we can hope for is that people heal, that I heal, that we all heal.” Video: tinyurl.com/q1trai.
Maine marriage-battle leader thought ads contained hyperbole
Ariz. governor signs antigay-adoption bill
The man who led the successful 2009 campaign to effect a voter veto of Maine’s law that legalized same-sex marriage thought the campaign’s ads contained hyperbole. The law passed the Maine Legislature and was signed by the governor but was put on hold until the election. Voters then repealed it by 53 to 47 percent in November 2009. In the upcoming documentary Question One, clips of which have been released online, Marc Mutty is shown during the campaign saying: “(W)e use a lot of hyperbole, and I think that’s always dangerous. You know, we say things like ‘Teachers will be forced to.’ Well, that’s not a completely accu-
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Hawaii protects transgenders A bill banning employment discrimination based on gender identity cleared Hawaii’s Legislature April 19. Transgender people already were protected in the areas of housing and public accommodations. Gov. Neil Abercrombie is expected to sign the bill. Twelve other states and the District of Columbia protect transgender people from discrimination.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill April 18 that requires public and private adoption agencies to give primary consideration to placement with a married man and woman unless other factors make it not in a child’s best interest. The Human Rights Campaign denounced the new law, calling it a “major defeat” for children and youth. “Child welfare experts agree that adoptive parents should be judged by their character and their ability to raise a child, not on their marital status or sexual orientation,” said HRC Family Project Director Ellen Kahn. “It’s shameful that politics trumps the needs of children.”
community, and I just want to push less separation and that’s why I’m doing it.”
—Rapper Lil’ B said in defense of his new album called I’m Gay. He has received death threats and other verbal assaults after he announced the name the title
❝ ❝There is no second class in our country, or at least there shouldn’t be.”
—Rep. Rush Holt (D-New Jersey) called on Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to halt deportations of married same-sex couples. He is pushing for immigration equality legislation to be passed
❝ ❝We should leave it to families to decide when
it is appropriate to talk with children about sexuality — specifically before the eighth grade.” —Tennessee Republican Stacey Campfield concerning a bill that would prohibit teachers from using the word gay or discussing any sexuality other than heterosexuality
❝ ❝We want to engage these complex issues,
and to give help and guidance to students who are struggling with same-sex attraction. But we are not going to embrace any advocacy for gay identity.” —Jean-Noel Thompson, Abilene Christian University’s vice president for student life, told the New York Times in an article about gay men and women struggling to find their identities on conservative religious campuses
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Gay bills introduced in Congress
Two recurring LGBT-rights measures were introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in April — the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and the Uniting American Families Act. ENDA would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in workplaces that have 15 or more employees. UAFA would give U.S. citizens and permanent residents the right to sponsor a same-sex permanent partner for U.S. residence — a right that is available to opposite-sex binational spouses. “Thousands of committed same-sex couples are needlessly suffering because of unequal treatment under our immigration laws, and this is an outrage,” U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said in announcing UAFA’s introduction. Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese said: “Our nation’s discriminatory immigration laws force binational same-sex families to decide between breaking up or living in exile. No American family should face this decision.” According to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, at least 25 nations allow residents to sponsor same-sex permanent partners for legal immigration. ENDA and UAFA may face a tough road in Congress, in part because Republicans control the House of Representatives. Laws similar to ENDA exist in 21 states and Washington, D.C., for sexual orientation and in 12 states and D.C. for gender identity.
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Prop 8 judge comes out to reporters
The judge who struck down California’s Proposition 8 last August came out to reporters April 6 in San Francisco. Former U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker also said he’s in a relationship with a doctor. Walker said his sexuality was irrelevant to his handling of the Prop 8 case, and that things such as gender, ethnicity and national origin also should not affect which cases judges hear. Walker’s strikedown of Prop 8, which amended the state constitution in 2008 to re-ban same-sex marriage, is on appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The case has been delayed because the people who were sued — including California’s governor and attorney general — have no interest in defending Prop 8. As a result, the people who put Prop 8 on the ballot have intervened in the case to defend it, but it’s unclear at this time if they have legal “standing” to defend the amendment in federal court. The 9th Circuit recently asked the California Supreme Court for its opinion on the “standing” question. The California court is not expected to give an answer until late this year at the earliest.
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Pride season shaping up Roseanne Barr will be Grand Marshal for Utah Pride
The Utah Pride Festival will be headlined by actress, comedian and gay-right activist, Roseanne Barr, a Utah native. The Emmy and Golden Globe winner will be headlining the Grand Marshal Reception and participating in the parade. Barr graduated from East High School in 1973 and has returned to Utah on several occasions, including once to help raise money for the AIDS Project of Utah, for which her gay younger brother, Ben Barr, served as the executive director. The festival is also bringRoseanne Barr ing hip-hop artist and chart-topping singer Kat Deluna to headline Saturday night’s festivities. On Sunday the beats will continue with Big Freedia, the GLAAD-nominated artist whose hits are commonplace in gay dance clubs all across the country. Other performers will include 1980s chart-toppers, Exposé and Utah-native Justin Utley. Kat Deluna is an American hip-hop artist with roots from the Dominican Republic. While her music and albums did not receive platinum recognition in the U.S., her music is extremely popular in Belgium and France. And her premier 2007 single, “Whine Up,” which landed in the top 10 in several countries, stayed in the top 40 in the U.S. for several weeks, and was well-played in clubs and
dance floors. Deluna has a loyal gay following and is currently promoting her album on an all-gay club tour across the country. Big Freedia is the stage name for Freddie Ross, one of the premier disc jockeys Exposé and performers in the gay circuit, with sold-out performances and packed clubs throughout the nation. He is a New Orleans native where he performs nearly nightly at clubs around the city. His music is sometimes labeled, “Sissy Bounce.” But he commonly says that he defies labels and all bounce music is the same. His hits include “Gin in my System,” and “Azz Everywhere!” Exposé became the first group to have four hits on the Billboard Top 10 in 1988, including their hit, “Seasons Change.” Their music was popular in dance clubs in the late 1980s and early ’90s. The g r o up ha s been making regular appearances at Pride festivals throughout Big Freedia
Kat Deluna
the U.S., including Los Angeles Pride in 2009. The group consists of three women, Ann Curless, Jeanette Jurado, and Gioia Bruno who formed the group in 1986. After disbanding in 1996, the group is back and better than ever. Justin Utley began his career Utah native Justin Utley as a Mormon contemporary, and throughout the 1990s he performed for faith-based audiences. During the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City he was a featured performer. However, in 2006, he left his Mormon faith and Utah behind when he moved to New York and began working on his album, Runaway. Utley cited the Mormon Church’s anti-gay stance as one of his reasons for leaving the church.
Changes to Pride Parade route announced
The Utah Pride Parade will be glittering and glamming up a different route in Salt Lake this summer. Instead of going along State Street and 200 East, the route will go west on 200 South to West Temple. The route changes are being made to accommodate more parade entries and attendees, and to help alleviate some of the initial rush the festival ticket booths have immediately after the parade, said Marina
Gomberg, the director of development and marketing for the Utah Pride Center. Because the event has grown so much in recent years, maintaining the same parade route became too difficult, Gomberg said. Too many people crowded the entry of the parade route and there was not enough space to prepare the floats, she said. The new route should open up more area for spectators and for the parade participants.
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Also, because the entire route is almost equal distance to the festival entry booths, this should help make the initial crowds descending on the festival after the parade much easier to handle, Gomberg said. Other changes to the Utah Pride Festival include the addition of a family carnival on Saturday, changes to the activist march routes and one of the four stages will be devoted entirely to promoting cultural diversity, Gomberg said. The routes for the three rallies: the dyke, the interfaith and the transgender marches, will be slightly modified to help distinguish between the three groups. The west stage during the festival will be dedicated to highlighting different international and cultural events throughout the entire festival. And more water stations will be added this year. “Each year the festival gets bigger and we try to make changes that reflect the needs of the community,” Gomberg said. “For example, we added the International Stage because we saw what a diverse community
we had attending the event and wanted to reflect that in the performances.” In addition to an increase in the amount of people that attend the event, more and more families want to participate in festivities, which is why the family carnival was introduced. “From 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday the entire festival will go PG,” Gomberg said. “Everything will be family-friendly and it’s a perfect time to bring children.” The Utah Pride Center is still looking for volunteers for the entire weekend, Gomberg said. “Volunteering is a terrific chance to meet new people and see a whole new side to the festival,” Gomberg said. “If you’ve never volunteered before, this year is a great time to start.” Tickets to the festival can be purchased online or at different local businesses throughout the Wasatch Front and Park City. For more information about where to purchase tickets, how to volunteer and for all the up-to-date information, go to UtahPrideFestival.org.
Pocatello Pride celebrates 10th year
Pride in Pocatello is back and better than ever. Formerly known as Pridaho, this year’s festivities promise to be the best in years, said Ronicka Kremer, co-chair of the board for Pocatello Pride. The 10th annual Pride Festival will be on Aug. 20. “We’re starting to get sponsors and so many people are interested,” Kremer said. “When I first started the Facebook group, Facebook had to shut us down because they thought we were spam. We had that many people instantly interested.” Kremer has been involved in planning Pride festivals in Pocatello in the past, and this year she and her partner, Teresa Goodwin, are ready to face the difficulties that come with planning a Pride festival in South-Eastern Idaho. “It can be tough. Attitudes are getting better, but there’s still a lot of room to grow,” Kremer said. The festivities will include familyfriendly activities, kid areas, food vendors and other booths. The local bars, including Charleys, will host parties and other special events. Local drag queens, the Charley’s Angels, will perform as well as other performers from Rexburg and Salt Lake City. “We’ve gotten a lot of support from a few different bars; Charleys is always great, but we’ve also received a lot of response from other locations,” Kremer said. This year a local club that does not serve alcohol will be hosting a large party after the festival so people ages 18 and up can attend. “I am so excited. We are so excited. People are really interested, and we think we
can make this event one of our biggest,” Kremer said. “We’re really optimistic at this point, but there’s still so much to do.” The festival may include a parade this year for the first time, Kremer said. Permits have not yet been secured, but there
has been significant progress since last time a parade was attempted, she said. “Back in 1997 Pridaho was trying to setup a parade and everybody was just up-in-arms about it all,” Kremer said. “It’s like they thought we’d be parading down Pocatello Main Street naked and recruiting their children. The permits weren’t given and the parade didn’t happen.” Just a short drive from Salt Lake City and Ogden, Kremer said she hopes this can serve as an event for the Utah gay community as well. There are a lot of gay-friendly businesses in the area and the Red Lion Hotel is sponsoring some of the fundraisers, Kremer said. Pocatello Pride is still looking for volunteers, sponsors and donors. For more information find Pocatello Pride on Facebook. Throughout the summer different fundraising events will be held and all the details will be posted online.
Moab Pride Festival in the works
A community meeting has been announced to help plan the first annual Moab Pride Festival for the summer of 2011. All those interested in participating should attend the meeting at 6:30 p.m. on May 16 in the conference room at the Moab City Library. There is no date yet for the festival, but late August and early September dates are being considered, said Amy Stocks, who is helping head the planning committee. Stocks, a Moab native, said there’s a vibrant and emerging gay community, but there’s still work to be done to help with awareness and education. “It all came about from a fake news story from The Onion about a town throwing a Pride Parade for one person. I posted the story on my Facebook and asked when my parade would be,” Stocks said. “You would not believe the overwhelming response. Everyone wanted to participate.” Two years ago, Stocks helped start a queer social group called Equality Moab and they held a variety of activities such as bowling and potluck dinners.
“It can still be tough for queer people in Moab, remember we’re originally a farming and mining town,” Stocks said. “But people are starting to come out and there’s a burgeoning class of queer businesswomen in Moab.” The festival would be very family-friendly and be used to help raise awareness about the gay community in Moab, Stocks said. “I especially want to help young people and people who feel like they’re the only gay person in Moab,” Stocks said. The meeting will be held to help decided the exact format for the festival, and topics such as the possibility of a parade and other events will be discussed, she said. For more information, go to the Moab Pride Festival Facebook Page and watch QSaltLake.com for updates. WHAT: Moab Pride Festival Community Planning Meeting WHEN: Monday, May 16 WHERE: Moab City Library, 300 E. Center St. INFO: Moab Pride Festival Facebook Page
Drive to Pride By Seth Bracken
Boise Pride June 18
After taking a full week to recover from the Utah Pride festivities, pack up the car and pool together some gas money. Within a mere fivehour drive, or $59 airfare on JetBlue, Boise, Idaho is just a short trip away. And the trip is well worth the festivities. Each year the festival grows, and last year more than 7,500 people attended the event. This year’s planned events include a leather party, a ‘Queer Idol’ contest and a movie night. Not to mention all the parties taking place at the local bars and clubs. Be sure to check out The Balcony and Lucky Dog. And on Saturday night a closing party will be held at Club Sin, which is sure to be epic. The drinks will be strong, the music will be loud and the crowd will be sexy. For more information and a complete calendar of events, go to BoisePride.org.
Bisbee Pride June 17–20 Bisbee, Ariz. was rated in the top five rural gay Pride festivals in the country by Gay.com and the city prides itself on welcoming a diverse community. The town has a population of about 6,000 people, but the festival attracts hundreds of people every year. Events include a lingerie pub crawl, belly dancers and a leather night. For more information, go to BisbeePride.com.
Four Corners Pride June 25
The second annual Pride festival will be held in the city park in Durango, Colo. The event will have beer vendors, local businesses and a variety of activities for the whole family. The festival is there to help raise awareness and bring together the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Just a seven-hour drive makes this a terrific weekend to relax, support a burgeoning gay community and recover from the other festivities. Last year’s festival drew several hundred people and while there are no gay bars, there are several allied bars and events that coincide with the festival. For more information, go to 4cGlad.org.
Pocatello Pride Aug. 20
Formerly known as Pridaho, this annual Pride festival is now a staple for all of South-Eastern Idaho and Utah. In its 10th year it is complete with a party Friday night, a festival and a parade on Saturday; this event is one of the best small-town pride festivals in the nation. The event in the conservative town with a population of about 54,000 people attracts hundreds of people. Home to Idaho State University, what this college town lacks in numbers, it easily makes up for in good looks. Be sure to stop by at Club Charleys on 300 East and Center St., the only gay bar for hundreds of miles around. The bar attracts a diverse crowd and is always a good time. Search for Pocatello Pride on Facebook.
Reno Pride Aug. 20
Denver Pride June 18–19
The Denver PrideFest is one of the largest in the Western United States. After 35 years, this festival now attracts more than 250,000 people each year. With more than 200 booths, four stages and more bar sponsors than Amy Winehouse could hop in a night, this festival routinely makes the list of the top 10 Pride festivals in the country. For more info, go to DenverPrideFest.org.
Flagstaff Pride June 18–19
The ‘Pride in the Pines’ festival is expected to draw some 4,000 attendees to the parade and other activities. The first Pride festival in Flagstaff in 1996 drew only about 300 people, but now it is one of the most popular events for the Northern Arizona and surrounding areas gay community. With guests from RuPaul’s Drag Race, local bands and sexy DJs, this is sure to be a Pride event you won’t want to miss. Several local bars will be hosting different events throughout the week. For more information, go to FlagstaffPride.org.
Reno celebrates 15 years of Pride festivals this year with the biggest anticipated crowd ever. The event kicks off with a celebratory party in the park on Friday night and the party continues through Sunday. Reno has several gay bars and is very welcoming to the gay community. For more information, go to RenoGayPride.com.
Moab Pride While no dates have been officially announced, Moab Pride is sure to make waves in its inaugural festival. After Southern Utah Pride stopped, Moab Pride is trying to fill a void and provide an arena to raise awareness and celebrate diversity in the red rock country. Find Moab Pride Festival on Facebook.
Las Vegas Pride Sep. 16–17
Las Vegas is the perfect destination for many Utah queens, queers and party-goers. But of course the opportunity to party in the town that never sleeps with thousands of other gays descending from around the world is just too good to pass up. Go to LasVegasPride.org. Q
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HRC Utah announces gala speakers President of the Human Rights Campaign Joe Solmonese, former U.S. Congressman Patrick Murphy, singer Crystal Waters and activist Eric Alva will be speaking at this year’s annual Utah HRC Gala Dinner. The dinner is the HRC’s largest fundraising event in Utah and attracts hundreds of people each year. It will be held on June 11 at 6 p.m. in the Grand America Hotel ballroom. The seventh annual dinner will help raise funds for the HRC, which supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights across the nation. “Our gala is an event where friends, family, business and community are recognized for their commitment to the mission to achieve fair and equal treatment for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community” said Michael Fifield in a press release, who serves with Sarah Viola and Valerie Larabee as a dinner tri-chair. Murphy has been serving as a representative from Pennsylvania since 2007 and he was co-sponsor of a bill to repeal the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy in the United States military. He is also a decorated war veteran. Solmonese has been president of the HRC since 2005 and has led the group through some of the most high-profile and controversial issues since its founding, including the Proposition 8 battle in California. He recently came to Utah to deliver a petition with more than 150,000 signatures to the Mormon Church. The petition challenged statements made by Boyd Packer, the second in command in the Mormon Church organization, that said homosexuality is not a choice and that a loving god would never make his children gay. Waters became well-known in the early 1990s for her smash hits, “Gypsy Woman” and “100% Love.” She has been a Crystal Waters vocal supporter of gay rights and her songs have been pounding through gay and straight dance clubs for two decades. When the United States Congress was fighting to repeal the military policy banning gays and lesbians for openly serving in the military Eric Alva was a key voice and activist. After being injured in the first wave of ground troops that crossed the border into Iraq in 2003, he received a Purple Heart from the military. After retiring from the military he came out as a gay man and joined the HRC to bring the repeal of the anti-gay policy. He stood over President Obama’s shoulder as he signed the repeal of the discriminatory policy. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to Utah.HRC.org.
Qmmunity TRANStastic Join Utah’s newest social group for transgender people of all identities. The group focuses on providing a social atmosphere for trans people in their 20s and 30s. There is no agenda or talking points, it is simply a place to get together and socialize. The group meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. The location of the events might change, so be sure to check the website before attending. WHEN: May 11, at 6 p.m. WHERE: Whispers Café, 1100 E. 1429 South in Salt Lake City INFO: UtahPrideCenter.org
2011 Bill of Rights Celebration HRC President Joe Solmonese, Purple Heart recipient Eric Alva and former U.S. Songressman Patrick Murphy will speak at the Utah Human Rights Campaign Gala Dinner on June 11 at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City.
Utah college GSAs on the rise By Seth Bracken
As more and more gay-straight alliances are popping up throughout Utah high schools and colleges, changes are being made in structure and services offered by the groups, and more people are attending meetings. At Weber State University’s GSA, weekly meetings are held as well as coffee and movie nights, and there is monthly STD testing on campus. The Dixie State GSA can attract up to 30 attendees and the group focuses mainly on education and awareness throughout St. George. And the Utah Valley University Spectrum, their version of the GSA, is receiving recognition from the University for being one of the best clubs on campus, and the group members are lobbying to bring nondiscrimination policies to the school. “We are trying to change the way people view us and make everything more visible,” Frey Seagrove, the co-chairperson at the UVU Spectrum, said. “It’s tough being in Utah County, but we’re making a lot of improvements and gaining some serious ground.” The Spectrum has led the fight to have UVU protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in its employment practices, Seagrove said. “They listened to us, but the administration told us that it might appear too liberal if they were to add those in,” Seagrove said. “We made sure they knew this was not an issue that was going away. We’re going to fight on this until we achieve it.” The group is a mixture of political activism and social gatherings, attracting different crowds for pajama parties and political causes, like the I Am Equal project which came to the UVU and attracted about 150 people, Seagrove said. The WSU GSA went through a number of changes throughout the year, but now the group is back and more active than ever, said
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the group’s president, Turner Bitton. Each week social activities are held on Tuesdays and Fridays, and once a month there is a Saturday night event. The GSA also played a key role in attending meetings and advocating for a non-discrimination ordinance to be passed in Ogden, protecting against bias in the workplace and in housing. “We’re here to provide a social outlet for LGBT people in Ogden and we are also a politically active group,” Bitton said. The GSA board has goals for finding sponsors and is looking for donors in Ogden and throughout Utah, Bitton said. For more information find Wildcat GSA on Facebook. The Dixie State GSA is working on educating straight allies throughout Southern Utah and is hopeful that as people become educated, there will be greater acceptance in community, Erick Fields, the GSA president, said. “I feel most of the problem with homophobia is not knowing, and by educating them maybe we can help them understand and except more,” Fields said. The Dixie GSA helps provide HIV testing on campus, which is one of the ways that Southern Utah residents can access quick and simple STD testing, Fields said. “College years can be a difficult and wonderful time for people and we try to help people come out of their shells. I love watching people make friends, and having a space where they can feel comfortable with who they are. For many, this is the first time and place where they can feel like that. It’s really special,” Seagrove said. While gay-rights legislation is being debated in the nation’s Congressional halls and throughout city council chambers, it’s the grassroots organizations that focus on the well-being that can really tip the scales, Seagrove said. Q
Join the ACLU of Utah at the annual fundraising dinner gala. This year’s speaker is Darryl Hunt, who served 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He is now an advocate for racial justice in the United States. Several awards will be given to Utahns who have helped protect civil liberties. Scholarships will also be presented to Utah students who have shown leadership and a desire to further civil rights in the state. WHEN: May 11, at 6 p.m. WHERE: The Sheraton Hotel, 150 W. 500 South in Salt Lake City INFO: ACLUUtah.org
Spring used book sale There will be more books for sale on the shelves than ever before. The sale will include mysteries, classics, romance, science fiction and books on CD. Whatever type of book tickles your fancy will be for sale at this blowout. Cash and check will be accepted but debit and credit cards will not. WHEN: May 1-3 WHERE: Salt Lake City Library, 210 E. 400 South Salt Lake City INFO: SLCPL.org
Original Writing Contest The Utah Division of Arts & Museums 53rd annual Utah Original Writing Contest is accepting entries in seven categories. The deadline for all submissions is June 30 and cash prizes will be given to the first and second place winners. Categories include novel fiction, young adult fiction, poetry and personal essays. The submissions are submitted online and only one submission will be accepted per person. For more information, go to ArtsAndMuseums.utah.gov.
Equality Utah announces scholarship The gay-rights group Equality Utah announced a scholarship program for students who have demonstrated leadership and a desire to further lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. The program is available to all Utah residents and the deadline for the application is May 30. “The Equality Utah Foundation is incredibly excited to launch the Equality Leadership Fund Scholarships. We know that today’s students are tomorrow’s lead-
Anti-gay leader comes to Utah
The Utah conservative think-tank The Sutherland Institute hosted Maggie Gallagher at a fundraising dinner on Tuesday night. Gallagher is the founder and chairman of the board for the National Organization for Marriage, a conservative group that battles against marriage equality throughout the nation. The Sutherland Institute hosted a dinner with Gallagher as the keynote speaker where she updated the group on NOM’s efforts to stop the repeal of Proposition 8 in California. Individual tickets were $1,200 each. Proceeds to the event went to the Sutherland Institute. The Deseret News reported that Gallagher spoke about the history of marriage, and that society must continue to support only marriage between a man and a woman. “Newsflash: Relationships between men and women create babies,” the paper reported Gallagher as saying. She went on to explain that marriage between a man and a woman is the only way to keep families together and that a biological tie to children is not enough to keep heterosexual parents together as a family unit. “If we want fathers to be there for their children and the mothers of their children,
sanctity of marriage Husband and wife teachers face charges of sex with student A California husband and wife, both of whom are teachers at a public school, are facing child sex charges for having sex with a 17-year-old male student. Daniel Alma Shepard, 62, and his wife Gay Davidson-Shepard, 59, began inviting the student over to their house to play games, watch movies and drink alcohol, according to prosecutors. The student was then lured into joining the couple in nude hot tubing where different sex acts were performed, the prosecutors said. The couple also exchanged nude photos via email and messages with the boy, according to the prosecutors. The relationship allegedly continued until the boy turned 18 years old.
biology alone won’t do it. We need a cultural mechanism to attach fathers to the mother, child bond,” the paper reported her saying. She criticized the gay-rights movement, saying the drive for marriage equality will not stop until all 50 states recognize gay marriages and homophobia is treated like racism. She said this was a negative outcome and something society should avoid. The Sutherland Institute routinely opposes gay-rights legislation throughout Utah and has come out in opposition to non-discrimination laws. The group was one of the lead proponents of Amendment 3, which placed language in the Utah constitution saying only a marriage between a man and a woman would be recognized by the state. NOM has led a variety of anti-marriage equality campaigns, most notably helping to overturn marriage equality in Maine and California. The group has also been involved in recent court decisions because the group challenges campaign laws that require that political groups disclose their private donors. NOM wants to keep all the donors to campaigns confidential, but it has lost several court cases on this issue in Maine, New York, Rhode Island and other states.
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Utahn assaulted outside Salt Lake gay club
A 20-year-old gay Utah man was attacked last Friday night after leaving Club Püre. The victim believes the assault was a hate crime. Jordan Corona said he left the club on Saturday morning, April 23, when it closed at 2 a.m. As he was walking to his car, which was parked near the back of the building, several people attacked him from behind. He said all he could remember after that was waking up with police surrounding him. He did not get a view of his attackers. After the attack, police witnessed him wandering toward them near the Metro Bar parking lot. Corona said they thought he was drunk because he passed out and was nonresponsive. The officers took him to the county jail where, once he regained con-
sciousness, he tried to convince them that he was sober and had only passed out because he was attacked and beaten, he said. When the arresting officers realized they had made a mistake, he was taken to the hospital where he was treated for a concussion, Corona said. “The doctors say I was lucky no bones are broken. But my collar bone is really bruised, probably from being kicked on the ground, and my wrist is sprained and my face is just really messed up,” Corona said. Corona said he was frustrated with the way the police handled the situation because the officers automatically assumed he was drunk and he was not allowed to see a nurse in jail. However, he said the police have tried to rec-
Eagle Forum’s Dalane England, former U.S. Senate candidate Cherilyn Eager, Equality Utah’s Cliff Rosky and former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson debate at the UofU.
Activists debate gay discrimination laws By Seth Bracken
Despite the bullying and discrimination that gay and transgender people endure, it is important to simply rise above it and there is no need for any legal protections in the workplace or in schools, said Cherilyn Eager, a former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate. Eager, and an executive officer from the Utah Eagle Forum, Dalane England, faced off in a public debate with former mayor Rocky Anderson and a member of the Equality Utah board of directors, Cliff Rosky. The public debate attracted more than 100 people and it was held at the University of Utah on Tuesday night. It was used as a public forum to discuss the need for having a statewide anti-bias law to
protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. “Discrimination is a fact of life and it’s our response that makes all the difference,” Eager said. Her colleague and partner in the debate, England, continued by saying that everyone is going to face bullying and that she herself was constantly bullied in school and that she is now a better person for it. “We’re losing sight because we’re so focused on bullying and homophobia that we are forgetting the compelling interest that government has to protect children and provide the best possible circumstances for those children to be raised in by promoting a traditional family,” Eager said. “That is what this is
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Thou shalt not commit adultery In 2004 Sen. John Ensign, R-Nevada, urged Congress to pass a law banning gay marriage and only recognizing unions between one man and one woman. “Marriage is the cornerstone on which our society was founded,” Ensign said. But in June 2009, Ensign admitted that he was having an affair with a female member on his staff and said he helped her husband obtain a high-profile lobbying position, tify the situation and are being very cooperative with the investigation. “I just want people to see this kind of stuff really does happen and it needs to be stopped immediately,” Corona said. The Salt Lake City Police Department had no comments on
the incident because the incident report has not yet been filed. Police are investigating the matter, but there are no suspects yet, he said. If anyone saw anything suspicious or has any further information, contact the Salt Lake City Police Department at 801-799-3000.
really about my friends.” The representative from Equality Utah, Rosky, countered the argument and said that there is no evidence showing gay couples to be worse parents than their straight counterparts. Also, protecting children has nothing to do with protecting people against bias in the workplace and in housing, he said. “It’s really about the opportunity to pay your rent and it’s the opportunity to be judged by the quality of your work,” Rosky said. Protecting all people, not just gays and lesbians, from discrimination based on sexual orientation is a compelling interest for the government and the right thing to do, Rosky said. “This is a done deal,” Anderson said. “This is going to be one of those cases where we look back and say, ‘What was the big deal? What were we so afraid of?’” Anderson said that the gayrights movement will be considered in the future much the same way that other civil rights movements have been seen. It will take time, but soon people will see the gay-rights movement as basic civil rights, he said. “I learned bigotry growing up as a young Mormon boy in Logan when I was told that blacks led such a bad life in the pre-existence that they were to be denied the same religious rights and responsibilities as everybody else,”
Anderson said. Passing anti-bias laws could lead to a societal change and the government should avoid becoming involved in such issues, England said. Instead, people just need to do the right thing, she added. “We just don’t believe that sexual preference should be brought into the workplace at all,” England said. “And if people choose to live a homosexual lifestyle, that shouldn’t be asked about at all.” Eager also agreed with the assertions made by England and said that the gay-rights movement is not the same as other civil rights movements because it is a mutable characteristic. “If in our public schools we are not teaching the facts to our young people about sexual choices and the fact that there is a much lower life expectancy amongst those that actively engage in homosexual behavior, then we are doing a disservice to our young people,” Eager said. Instead of focusing on differences, the community at large should focus on the common ground and help advance legislation that will reflect the community values of fairness and equality, Rosky said. “I think I can see we all agree on the basic principles of fairness, and I am encouraged,” Rosky said. Q
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i o Defense of Marriage Act in court, b House Speaker John Boehner promt ised to defend the anti-gay law. b During the same time he led a team s F of Republican lawmakers to slash i t the federal budget. He proposed w cuts to NPR and other public prow gramming. However, when it comes e k to defending DOMA, Boehner and t other House Republicans are pre- w pared to pay top dollar. The House S
hired a law firm, paying more than $500 an hour for legal services. The total bill is expected to reach $500,000 of taxpayer money. Thou shalt be an example Rock singer Ted Nugent feels very picked on. After the NBA fined Kobe Bryant $100,000, Nugent wrote an article to The Washington Times calling gays the most protected class in America. He went on to say that he believes homosexuality is morally wrong. This coming from the man who had an illegal romantic relationship with a 17-year-old girl and since he couldn’t marry her, he adopted her.
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BY BRAD DI IORIO
Semi-final finish for Team Hardwood
Team Hardwood, Utah’s only gay basketball team, returned last week after making it to the semi-finals in the Coady Roundball Classic, the world’s largest gay and lesbian annual basketball tournament. The event happens in Chicago, and Team Hardwood participated in the B Division, against teams from all over the country. The team attends the CRC annually, and it is has become the national gay championship for participating gay and lesbian basketball leagues in the U.S. Returning this year with nine players and a new playbook, Team Hardwood’s tournament play started with round-robin play on Saturday. First they faced New York’s team, defeating them 51-36, followed by beating one of the Chicago teams, 51-39. Next, Team Hardwood took on a tough Atlanta team; they won by one point as the team’s sharpshooter, Sheldon Bigboy, made the winning basket at the buzzer, 42-41. With victories in all three round-robin games, this placed Hardwood in the ‘Upper B Division’ for play in Sunday’s single elimination tournament. Sunday morning Team Harwood faced another Atlanta team, beating them, 4430, placing the team into the semi-finals in their division. Playing against another
Chicago team, Team Hardwood lost by 11 points to end their CRC tournament play, but walked away with confidence and team unity like never before. “Everyone on the team had a great weekend and it was one of the best team efforts fielded by Hardwood against really stiff competition,” team captain Stewart Ralphs said. He attributed the success to Team Hardwood’s captain, Huy Vu, who has taught the team new tactics and plays on court, which teammates have accepted, practiced and executed. Many of Hardwood’s players had never been to Chicago and were able to meet many of their competitors at socials and tournament dinners, while experiencing Chicago’s nightlife in historic Boys Town. The success at the CRC follows a January first and second place finish at the Las Vegas ‘Sin City Shootout,’ where Team Hardwood sent two teams, Hardwood I and II. After winning against all competing teams in their division, Hardwood I and II faced off against each other with Hardwood I winning by only four points. At this tournament, Vu and Austin Luck were chosen as most valuable players, and four other team members were chosen by
opposing teams to an all-star team in their division. The team is actively welcoming new players that have a bit of basketball experience and want to travel. Team Hardwood may be attending basketball tournaments in Los Angeles in July and a possible August tournament in Seattle. Anyone interested in practicing and potentially joining Team Hardwood is welcome to attend Saturday practices at 10 a.m. at the Murray Boys and Girls Club. Bring a black and a white shirt and $2 to help with practice court rental. Team Hardwood is part of the National Gay Basketball Association, “the international, inclusive, integrated, gay, lesbian, and gay-friendly association that unites athletes and culture through basketball.” For more information about Team Hardwood, email Stewart Ralphs at sralphs@ lasslc.org.
Flag Football open play The Mountain West Flag Football League begins open play and practice on Thursdays, starting April 28, in Sugar House Park, from 6-7:30 p.m. All interested in learning and practicing are welcome tojoin the group. Last year, four teams made up the MWFFL culminating in one team participating in the annual international championship tournament called the Gay Bowl. Open play starts every Thursday with teams being formed for league play beginning in June. This year’s Gay Bowl will take place in Houston, Oct 6-9. For more information, go to www.mwffl.org.
Elevation Utah gives back Tom Whitman Presents announced that with the success of the first Elevation Utah 2011, Elevation Utah 2012 will move from President’s Day weekend to Feb. 23-26, 2012. “The first year of Elevation Utah was great,” Tom Whitman, a Los Angeles-based promoter said. “We had about 200-300 attendees, which is what I was expecting
for our pilot year and also the exact same amount we had at Elevation Mammoth during our pilot year nine years ago.” Elevation Utah 2011 donated to HRC Utah and Utah Pride Center, who hosted two après-ski events during the inaugural weekend. Elevation Utah would like to continue and develop these relationships in years to come and hopefully will expand the weekend into a full blown ski and snowboard week. “The event has the potential to be a world class gay event,” Whitman said. “Elevation Utah will be a great way to showcase not only the amazing resort of Park City, but also show the country and the world what a vibrant gay culture Salt Lake City has.” With the move from President Day weekend, traditionally the QUAC Ski-nSwim weekend, Whitman hopes to attract a larger amount of locals to the annual event, and international visitors to Park City. Whitman thanked local Park City club managers, Layne of The Sidecar and Seth of The Downstairs, for the use of their venues during the Elevation events. “I want Elevation to be integrally tied into the larger gay community of SLC. I want the event to be good for local charities, I want local DJs as well as national DJs to spin,” Whitman said. “I want Elevation to be part of showing the world how committed and active the SLC gay community is.”
QUAC Car Wash
The first car wash of the summer will be held at Janica Nichole Salon, Saturday, May 14, to help raise money to send more than 30 swimmers to the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Association Championships in Honolulu, July 6-11. Pull the car in back of the salon and QUAC team members and water polo players will be spraying down and soaping up. A complete car wash is only $5. QUACers will also present a bake sale. Janica Nichole Salon is located at 2165 E. 3300 South, and the car wash will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Q
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snaps & slaps SNAP: Obama shifting position on gay marriage? At a fundraising event in San Francisco President Barack Obama was interrupted during a speech about unfinished business when an audience member yelled out “gay marriage” in the middle of the presentation. Obama continued and said, “Our work is not finished.” Obama has made statements in the past about his opposition to gay marriage, but he has signaled some possible changes to his position. He has drawn some criticism from gay-rights supporters and activists for not repealing the anti-gay military policy quickly enough, among other issues.
from the editor Salt Lake is absolutely fabulous
SNAP: Gay marriage supporters now in the majority A recently released poll by CNN indicates that 50 percent of Americans now support marriage equality, while 45 percent oppose it and 5 percent are undecided.
By Seth Bracken
rowing up a closeted gay Mormon boy is almost a cliché in Utah. The same old tired story about the repressed sexuality in Utah is as common as green Jell-O with carrots. It took me 22 years to come out of the closet to my friends and family, and I still remember the terrible feelings of that day. Unlike others who were outed by their bishops or their Internet history, I sat down with my family for the big awkward talk. The fear I felt as I sat on the piano bench in my parent’s house that night is still palpable as I sit at my safe-haven of a desk in the office of a gay newspaper. I didn’t cry. I couldn’t. It wasn’t because I didn’t feel torn up inside and it wasn’t because I didn’t feel terrible for my parents. It was because I could see my parent’s hopes and dreams for me being washed down the drain; a glittery and fabulous, Elkay drain, but a drain nonetheless. I hated doing that to them. I hated seeing the pain and the total lack of understanding. But it had to be done. Up until that cold January evening, I had been exploring the gay life in Salt Lake City for about a year and was shocked at everything I found. From my first experience in a gay bar to the first time I walked through the Gateway on a warm Sunday afternoon with my gaydar tuned in, I couldn’t believe at
This is in contrast to 53 percent opall the affirmative and reassuring places and people I found in the city. I found a second home exploring coffee shops and tea houses. I couldn’t believe how many places in Salt
Unlike others who were outed by their bishops or their Internet history, I sat down with my family for the big awkward talk. Lake were welcoming of me and my friends. For the first time in my life, I began to feel accepted and comfortable with who I am. I always knew I wouldn’t change, but it wasn’t until I moved into Salt Lake City and found my community that I didn’t want to change. After I came out to my little brother, he asked me if there were a lot of gay people in
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Salt Lake. I gave him the obvious answer. When he asked me if there are a lot of gay return-missionaries, I almost sensed his disbelief when I told him there were thousands and thousands. I told him you couldn’t walk down the street without tripping over a return-missionary and his boyfriend. Salt Lake is fabulous, and exploring it probably saved my life. From the Coffee Garden to JAM and Cahoots. From Squatter’s to Ruth’s Diner and The Other Place, it blew me away finding all the different supportive businesses and restaurants where I felt completely comfortable going on a date or hanging out with friends. While other papers and magazines may offer different, and very fun, awards, the QSaltLake Fabby Awards are more than that. Rather than just telling you where you can find the best sushi, we help the community know where you can find the best sushi and feel comfortable taking your partner. This isn’t just a list of some of the best businesses, it’s a list of some of the best businesses where you can regularly find members of the gay community. So grab a list of the winners and start exploring. Check out the coffee shops, restaurants and tattoo parlors. You’ll find the best and most supportive fabulous businesses in the state within this issue. Q
posed and 42 percent in favor only two years ago. It’s clear to pollsters and politicians that the trend is moving toward greater support for marriage equality throughout the country. This is the fourth credible poll in the last eight months that shows a majority support for marriage equality. SLAP: Gay teens forced into a camp After school teachers in Malaysia identified 60 boys who were effeminate or otherwise suspected of being gay, they were shipped off to a four-day intensive religious camp that would encourage them to not be gay. Gay-rights organizations criticized the move and said it was a serious breach of human rights. Homosexuality is illegal in Malaysia, but this is a new move because the boys were only suspected of being gay and no actual proof was ever submitted.
guest editorial Respecting those still in the closet By Mark Segal
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he outburst by NBA player Kobe Bryant (yelling an anti-gay slur at a referee) triggered a new discussion of homophobia in professional sports and pinpointed the reason that many LGBT people in sports feel a necessity to stay in the closet. While Bryant represents a lack of judgment at the very least, or more likely homophobia in sports, the same can be said for many professions, even those that have nondiscrimination policies and outreach to the LGBT community. There are many companies I know of that have excellent polices on LGBT issues, yet some of those companies’ officials are still in the closet. While the policies might be great, perhaps the atmosphere is not inviting? To make matters worse, we who are out of the closet put a good deal of pressure on those who are in the closet to simply come out. Is that fair? There’s an old adage from the gay-rights movement that goes “If everyone who was gay came out today there would be no reason for a gay-rights movement.” The reasoning being that we all have mothers, fathers, friends and coworkers and there would be no one at that point who didn’t have someone they knew who was gay. And knowing us is what the gay-rights movement is all about: education. Once we are known, any fear disappears. But not all people feel comfortable coming out. The gay-rights struggle has made it easier for younger generations to come out, but not all. We still have families who are destroyed by this issue. Some children fear physical harm by friends and parents, others worry about losing their homes. Still others have concerns based on their religious views. Others work in homophobic atmospheres and fear the loss of a job or lack of promotion. There are a multitude of reasons people remain in the closet and we cannot expect to understand or even make it possible for them all to feel comfortable to be out. Those of us who are out have a certain responsibility to those still in the closet: to respect their decision. After all, it is a personal decision and it is their life, not ours. Personally, I believe that if we make a comfortable and welcoming community, everyone will want to be a part of that. So let’s show a little compassion, for compassion is needed by those with fear. Q Mark Segal, PGN publisher, is the nation’s mostaward-winning commentator in LGBT media. He can be reached at mark@epgn.com. A pril 28 , 2011 | issue 179 | QSa lt L a k e | 15
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veryone has guilty pleasures. Some are better than others. And some are more easily admitted than others. My maternal grandfather, for example, probably never shared his love for the ballet with the guys down at the smelter. Well mine is a lot less cultured than Grandpa’s. I watch Glee. Just to be clear, I also listen to classical music and read Shakespeare for fun, but man do I love that TV show about singing high school geeks! And here’s why: I like how it represents good role models for straight people. Let me explain. I know it’s important for minorities to see characters from their communities positively portrayed on TV. Generations of African-American women point to Uhura on Star Trek as a role model, for example. And plenty of young gay kids can certainly relate to the character of Kurt on Glee. But I think positive characters on TV go well beyond impacting just members of any specific minority group. Uhura didn’t just show little African-American girls what they could become; she showed everyone what little African-American girls could become. Which is why I was so excited last month when Kurt finally was kissed. Sure the bully kissed him several episodes ago, but that was violence. The kiss from Blaine was romance. And having that on TV is good for my kids. Not that my boys watch Glee. But it doesn’t matter. Other people do watch it. And TV influences people and changes attitudes. It’s not like I expect Fred Phelps and his crew of loony tunes to suddenly renounce their homophobic ways because two guys on Glee kissed. (Actually, I don’t even think God himself coming down and saying being gay is part of the plan could sway that certifiable group!) But it’s still good for my boys. Because suddenly people like their dads are on mainstream TV. Hell, even families like ours are starting to pop up. Just take a look at the comedy Modern Family in which two of the characters are a gay couple with an adopted child. And here’s the best part: their neuroses about parenting have less to do with them being gay and a whole lot more with them simply being parents. As more mainstream gay characters fill our TV screens, the greater acceptance of
gay and lesbian people and “non-traditional” families there will be. And that spells trouble for those opposed to such basic civil rights as gay marriage and gay parent adoptions. I know. These shows are geared toward progressives and homos! They’re preaching to the choir. And partly that’s true. But as usual, the real groundbreaking programming isn’t occurring during prime time. It’s coming from soap operas. A couple of years ago, I was visiting my Aunt “Mimi” in the care facility where she spent the last couple months of her life. The TV was turned to some soap, and we were half watching it as we chatted. All of the sudden, I looked up to see two hot guys embrace and passionately kiss. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Silently, I turned to Mimi in disbelief. She just smiled and raised her eyebrows. Of course, I could have told Mimi I was into doing it with pygmy goats and leprechauns and we still would’ve been cool. The point is that those images are helping turn the tide. And in the long run, that’s going to help make life easier for my kids. I guess what really amazes me more than seeing guys kissing on prime-time television, is how quickly it happened. It wasn’t that long ago that Kurt and Blaine’s kiss on Glee would have caused outrage. Twenty years ago the drama Thirtysomething gained national headlines with an episode in which two supporting characters, a gay couple, were seen lying in bed together. That was it. They didn’t kiss. They didn’t even touch. Just laid there talking. It caused such a stir with the late Sen. Jesse Helms that many progressives thought his head might explode. Thank heavens poor Jesse didn’t live to see Glee! If the boys ever see reruns of Glee or Modern Family, will they watch with a sense of history for what these programs did to advance gay rights, and indirectly their own lives? Or will gay and lesbian people be so accepted in everyday life — the boys’ family simply another, run-ofthe-mill family — that they’ll focus on the seemingly ridiculous? I wonder if they’ll ask if Kurt being kissed was really such a big deal, the way modern audiences viewing I Love Lucy ask if people in the 1950s really slept in twin beds. I sure as heck hope so. Almost as much as I hope Kurt and Blaine are married! Q
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Queer gnosis The Book of Mormon does Broadway By Troy Williams
he Book of Mormon is not only true, it’s outrageously awesome. At least, The Book of Mormon, as translated correctly through the musical seers Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez. From the moment the curtain raises the production delivers non-stop sparks of jaw-dropping wow-ness. And beyond the spectacle, the play offers a toe-tapping deconstruction of religious narratives, white colonialism and messianic narcissism. What more could you want from Broadway? After leaving the theater I was struck with the question: How did Mormons and gays ever come into such severe conflict with each other? Are there two other groups of people who share such a cheese ball affinity for feel good musical theater? I don’t think so. Before New York I watched the seminal Mormon musical classic, Saturday’s Warrior (the “Millennium Edition” no less). If you haven’t watched this in awhile please treat yourself (but first perhaps bless and sanctify some vodka and weed for the souls of all those who partake). Saturday’s Warrior is the goofy ’70s play that explored the Mormon Plan of Salvation with such earnest songs as “Circle of Our Love,” “Line Upon Line” and my personal favorite, “Zero Population.” (The latter was a proabortion rock anthem sung by worldly corrupt teens: “Tragedy our oil is depleting each day/Ev’ry baby makes it last a shorter time/Legalized abortion is the answer, my friend/Without it, there is no peace of mind!”) The creators Douglas Stewart and Lex De Azevedo understood then what Parker and Stone discovered today; musical theatre is the perfect vehicle to explore Mormonism’s Disneyland theology. You have to love Saturday’s Warrior for so perfectly capturing the self-indulgent egotism of Mormon culture. That’s not a diss. All religions construct narratives that place themselves at the center of the universe. Every religion believes that they have the one-true interpretation of god and the universe. Mormon cosmology is only unusual in that it’s quite possibly best explained by tap-dancing missionaries. Hence the appeal for Parker and Stone. The Mormon gospel is camp. This may have something to do with how Mormons are taught to perform their faith. We express our beliefs by putting on a show — be it the monthly ritual of testimo-
ny bearing or the classic stake road show. As a missionary in Britain I didn’t want to knock on doors so I wrote my own Book of Mormon play instead. It was dramatically titled Voices from the Dust and we had two sold-out runs in the Cardiff, Wales Stake. I recruited the entire mission zone to dress up in make-up and Judeo-Native apparel to re-enact the best bits. This is what happens when you put closeted gay boys in charge of other people’s salvation. We dress each other in Nephite drag. But back to the musical. What Parker and Stone have captured so beautifully is the entitled sense of religious exceptionalism held by many zealous missionaries. Elder Price (Andrew Rannells) is ridiculously handsome, tall and blonde. He knows his destiny is to bring souls unto Heavenly Father on his mission to (he hopes) Orlando, Fla. Even being mismatched with the unkempt Elder Cunningham (the hilarious Josh Gad), Price is still determined to succeed as he sings “You and Me (But Mostly Me).” Price’s pride quickly crumbles when he discovers that Heavenly Father is sending him to Uganda — the land of warlords, female circumcision, AIDS and baby raping. The prevailing criticism of The Book of Mormon is not its portrayal of Mormons but rather the stereotypes of Ugandans. That’s just what Parker and Stone do. However, there is no doubt that the writers love both their Mormon and Ugandan characters. Many of the African stereotypes are viewed through the perspective of the white missionaries who fetishize their would-be converts. The song “We Are Africa” is not only a wild send-up of pop celebrity paternalism ala “We Are the World” but also the myriad ways that we in the West romanticize aspects of other people’s cultures. The missionaries see themselves as “the great white hope” as they literally dress in white to baptize the village. I remember church leaders telling me as a young missionary to “go and love the people, elder,” which on the surface sounds sweet but it also carries a lilt of colonial condescension. Missionaries don’t go to be taught – they go to teach the unenlightened masses. The lack of deep cultural understanding often leads LDS missionaries into big trouble (remember elders sitting on the Buddha and desecrating Catholic shrines?) One character that gays will love is Elder McKinley, played by Rory O’Malley. He is the wonderfully repressed missionary who manages his same-sex attraction with
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the song, “Turn It Off,” inspired no doubt by Elder Boyd Packer’s famous “little factories” talk on masturbation. The dancing elders sing throughout their own “clap on, clap off” strategies for overcoming a myriad of sins and temptations. Another favorite song is provided by villager Nabulungi, Nikki M. James, who, in the tradition of every Disney princess longingly pines for a magical faraway land, “Salta-Lake-Ceetee.” If she only knew! And true to South Park tradition, the show is packed with unrepentant blasphemy. Including Joseph Smith’s “Magical Fuck Frog,” You’ll just have to see the play to understand the reference. (Get thee hence to New York!) Trent Harris famously said of his Mormon satire, Plan 10 From Outerspace, “just because I made it up doesn’t mean it’s not true.” This is the major theme of The Book of Mormon; all religious stories are nuts. But if the stories that we fabricate improve the quality of our life then they hold a kind of truth. Not Colbert style “truthiness” but rather metaphorical truth. This worldview potentially delivers us away from the rigid excesses of fundamentalism but it’s also too simplistic. It doesn’t address directly how religious narratives also have the ability to make our lives hell, but that is perhaps another play. In the meantime we have
a Mormon musical that is both endearing and shockingly funny. Joseph Smith should be proud. The stories he made up in 1830 continue to inspire a new generation of storytellers in these latter-days. Q Troy Williams blogs at queergnosis.com
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ast week I had an interesting experience, one that is causing me to divert my normal political rantings and put a more “human” spin on my column. As many of you know, I am a straight male, so I’ve never been faced with the stigma or discrimination faced by the LGBTQ community. I was raised in a pretty conservative environment, not overtly homophobic, but certainly one that wasn’t accepting. As with most of Utah’s straight population, I grew up viewing homosexuals as “different.” For me, that wasn’t a big deal because I am one of those people that value diversity and think that embracing “different” people makes us stronger. This experience, however, has changed my perspective. I was sitting in a local veterinarian’s office when a gentleman came in with two cats. Apparently one of the cats was very ill and the other was exhibiting strange behavior. While waiting for the doctor, the gentleman’s partner arrived at the clinic — both were visibly distressed and worried about their cats. I left the clinic to run a few errands and came back a bit later. When I returned, the two men were just leaving after euthanizing one of the cats. Both were fighting a losing battle against tears. I don’t know the men, I’d never seen either of them before. I don’t know how long they’ve been together; I don’t know if they have any desire to be married or to raise kids or what their plans may be. What I do know, just from the few moments I shared with them as an observer, is that they aren’t different at all.
There are elements of our society that would have us believe that because these men are attracted to each other, and not women, they are somehow deviant, that they pose some sort of risk to society’s delicate moral fabric. I’ve never believed any of that nonsense, but I will admit that I have viewed gays as different, even as I respected and valued that diversity. For that I am sorry. As I watched these gentlemen with their cats it really struck me that they are not different in any way that really matters. They are no different than people that have a different skin color, gender, or body type. Really no more different than someone that chooses a different hair style or clothing, other than the fact that, like the rest of us, they don’t choose their orientation or preference, it just is what it is. I’ve thought about this incident a great deal over the past week, especially in relation to my own views and thoughts. What is it about homosexuality that makes elements of our society jump from “different” to “dangerous” so quickly? I understand that innate human fear of the unknown, but we don’t make that leap with regard to different hair or eye color. We’re all different people; we have different genetic markers: different fingerprints, different looks, thoughts, attitudes, and mannerisms. But we all have one thing in common: we’re human. Regardless of the differences we may have we are all united by our humanity and our presence on this little rock in space, and it’s long past time we started acting like it. Q
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h, Joe Wilson, shut up. I’m sorry. That was childish. Then again, that’s also apparently the level of discourse Wilson operates on. He is, after all, the guy who shouted, “You lie!” during the president’s address to Congress two years ago and became an asshole folk hero to anti-Obama nuts everywhere. And now he’s whining and stomping his feet over the repeal of the anti-gay military policy Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Letting gay people serve in the military without having to lie about, and hide who they are, is too much for folks like Wilson and his fellow House Republicans who are supporting a bill to stop the repeal. The House Arms Services personnel subcommittee held a hearing about repealing the repeal on April 1, which is fitting since the whole thing’s a joke. Unfortunately Wilson and his ilk aren’t kidding. They are super worked up over this. It’s all too much, too soon, too hot and too fast. Wilson’s opening remarks at the hearing were, “I was troubled by the process employed to repeal the law known as Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell this past fall. I feel the repeal was rushed through the Congress without adequate review and consideration of the full extent of the implications of repeal.” Also, the only people who feel this process was rushed are people who weren’t impacted by DADT and haven’t been paying attention for the last, oh, decades. The military has a long and undistinguished history of discharging gays and lesbians, ruining their careers and, in numerous cases, their lives. If anything, the United States took far too long to address this injustice. And just what are those implications Wilson feels have not been adequately reviewed and considered? The fact is, the implications are hardly as dire as those in favor of DADT would like you to believe. You see, the implications are only dire if you think that homos are sex-crazed luna-
tics with depraved morals and no social skills, who can’t help themselves around people of the same sex. Gays don’t join the military to hook up with guys. There are websites for that. I doubt any gay person has ever enlisted with fantasies of showering with groups of naked muscle men and traveling Pricilla, Queen of the Desert-style through exotic Middle East locations. In reality, it’s more like being packed into Humvees with sweaty guys who haven’t showered or changed their socks in a week and watching fellow soldiers take dumps in irrigation ditches along roadsides in the desert. You know, the sexy stuff. To Wilson, letting gays serve is a tragic result of political maneuvering. “I believe the lame duck session was undemocratic in that dozens of defeated Congressmembers adopted a law with significant consequence,” he said. “It was an insult to the principles of representative democracy.” Last time I checked, it was still within the rights of Congressmembers to pass legislation while still in office. And if, as polls showed, 67 percent of Americans favored a repeal, that sounds like democracy at work to me. Of course, maybe Wilson is of the belief that majority rule should only apply when voting to deny rights to gays and lesbians. “We must get the process for considering the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell back on track and ensure that our military is truly prepared to allow the open service of gays and lesbians,” Wilson continued. “We must ensure that we do not make a mistake by allowing the repeal to move ahead when there is any possibility that it will put the combat readiness of our force at risk at a time our nation is in three wars with worldwide instability.” And by “back on track” he means kicking homos out, not letting them in. Because training people and then deciding to give them the boot just because they’re gay doesn’t undermine combat readiness at all. Q
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rom 1981 to 1988 officials in the state of Utah did nothing but sit back and watch people die of AIDS. That is not a hyperbole. You see, AIDS was one of those moral diseases that separated “us from them.” Good people would never catch such an infliction, so why spend scarce resources on people that essentially brought death upon themselves? I became a gay historian because of the AIDS epidemic. Whether I would survive it or not was unknown to me at the time, but I wanted to record it. I wanted future generations to know what we endured. I needed to tell the stories of my friends who couldn’t speak from the grave. Between 1981 and 1985 the official national position was the disease was simply confined to homosexual males, intravenous drug users, and Haitians. Obviously Utah did not have a Haitian community to speak of, and well, homosexuals and drug users; they hardly fit Utah’s family-friendly image. When Wyoming Attorney Gerry Spense sued the State of Utah, on behalf of a family whose mother died of AIDS, for not inform-
30 years of AIDS in America June 5, 1981 Although the disease does not bear any name or prior recognition, five men in Los Angeles are the first in the United States to be diagnosed with the illness that later became known as AIDS. By the end of the year, 121 people are known to have died from the disease in the U.S.
July 27, 1982 The name for the disease was changed from Gay Related Immune Deficiency to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome after the disease is found in women, heterosexuals, hemophiliacs and drug users. By the end of the year the Centers for Disease Control estimates that nearly 200,000 people in the U.S. are infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Deficiency
ing the gay community to not donate blood, so as to prevent the spread of the disease, the state countered that in 1984 there was no gay community to inform. The state lost its case when, as the archivist for the Utah Stonewall Center, I supplied the Wyoming law firm with information proving that, indeed, in 1984 there was a vibrant gay community in Utah. It was not until AIDS was shown to be transmitted by blood donations that Utahns began to decry the horrors of AIDS. During these early years within the gay community there was a gnawing, festering fear, as reports poured in from the West Coast of the rising number of victims of the gay plague. San Francisco and Los Angeles were ground zero on the West Coast as was Manhattan Island on the East. America’s medical community was quick to identify the disease as a gay pathology. It was called gay cancer then Gay-Related Immune Deficiency until it entered the blood banks of America. By then, however, Americans had made gay a synonym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and AIDS was a synonym for death. Many gay men with the AIDS virus
Syndrome. The death toll in the U.S. from the disease nears 1,000.
1985 The FDA approves the first HIV antibody test. Ronald Reagan mentions AIDS for the first time in public in response to a question from a reporter. The American Foundation for AIDS research is started by Actress Elizabeth Taylor and others. Film star Rock Hudson dies from AIDS. The death toll rises to nearly 14,000 and there are more than 400,000 people in the United States living with the disease.
1986 The first blood tests are performed to test for HIV and AIDS. The U.S. Surgeon General Everett Coop publishes a report on the disease which calls for widespread sexual education. The death toll jumps to more than 16,000 in the U.S. and there are more than 500,000 Americans living with the disease.
1987 The U.S. shuts its doors to immigrants and travelers infected with
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were dead within days of being diagnosed. Healthy, strong, active men weakened, wasted and died – often shunned by friends and family. Some people were afraid to even be in the presence of gay men. In Utah, AIDS education or the concept of safer sex, did not exist before 1985. I take that back. The Best Source, a publication for the gay community, listed an AIDS-information 800-number for panicky Utahns. However, by the time the purple lesions appeared and the night sweats drenched the beds, death was imminent. In this information void, heroes arose. They will never be honored in the halls of power, they will never have memorials named for them, but they are heroes none the less in the truest sense of the word. For the limit of this space I can only name a few. Dr. Kristen Ries came to Utah in 1981 from Pennsylvania originally to work with a geriatric population. She had specialized in diseases that affected the immune system. I am convinced that Providence sent the good doctor to Utah as the AIDS tide began to roll in. During all of the 1980s and for most of the rest of her career, Dr. Ries carried the majority of the case load of AIDS clients in Utah. She was assisted compassionately and capably by Maggie Snyder.
HIV and AIDS. The first anti-AIDS drug, AZT, is approved by the FDA. However, this drug and other treatments are very expensive and still inaccessible to the majority of the public. The activist group ACT UP is started in New York and the AIDS quilt is started in San Francisco. Performer Liberace dies of AIDS and the death toll in the U.S. rises to more than 20,000. By this time there are nearly 600,000 Americans living with AIDS and HIV.
1988 The federal government bans discrimination against federal employees with HIV and AIDS. The number of estimated deaths by the CDC nears 25,000 and the number of people living with HIV and AIDS breaks 600,000. About 8 million people are living with HIV and AIDS worldwide.
1990 The estimated death toll of Americans due to AIDS nears 60,000 and nearly 800,000 Americans are diagnosed with HIV or AIDS. Ronald Reagan apologizes for not taking the epi-
The pair, along with the Catholic Sisters of Holy Cross Hospital, eased the suffering of the AIDS community by compassionately allowing gay men to die with dignity when much of the rest of Utah’s health professionals were loath to deal with gay people at all. Becky Moss became the main voice and producer of Concerning Gays and Lesbians in 1983 on KRCL. For much of the rest of the decade, she was the only source of reliable and up-todate information on AIDS. It became more than an abstract for her when she learned that her sister Peggy Tingey and nephew Chance had contracted AIDS and died in 1994 and 1995. In the fall of 1985 a handful of health professionals from the gay community saw the looming health crisis that was heading toward Utah as swiftly as any tsunami from the West Coast. While state health officials viewed AIDS as not a clearand-present danger, Dr. Patty Reagan, a health educator at the University of Utah, and Duane Dawson, a registered nurse, stepped in to fill the breach. Amazingly they did so simultaneously without knowledge of each other’s endeavors. Dr. Patty Reagan, with the help of the University of Utah Women’s Resource Cen-
During these early years within the gay community there was a gnawing, festering fear
demic more seriously.
1991 More than 10 million people worldwide are living with HIV and AIDS. The death toll in the U.S. breaks 70,000 and there are nearly 1 million Americans living with the disease. Rock singer Freddy Mercury dies of AIDS. Basketball star Magic Johnson announces he also has the virus.
1996 A series of three anti-retroviral drugs is recommended by the FDA for the first time. The death toll of Americans who died because of AIDS breaks 250,000. The number of Americans living with the disease hovers around 1 million and it is not rising for the first time since the disease was first reported. This success is largely due to the new drugs.
2001 Twenty years after the disease began there are about 800,000 Americans living with the disease and the estimated death toll nears 475,000. Worldwide there are about 36.1 million people living with AIDS and the
worldwide death toll reaches nearly 21 million.
2005 The CDC recommends the antiretroviral drugs for people exposed to HIV and AIDS through accidental exposure or rape as a means of prevention. A highly resistant strain of HIV that is linked to an extremely rapid progression of AIDS is found in New York City.
2010 The United States, South Korea and China lift their bans on travelers with HIV and AIDS. By this time there are 33.3 million people around the world living with HIV and AIDS. There are more than 1 million Americans living with the disease. And since it was first found in the U.S. nearly 30 years ago, according to the CDC, there have been more than 617,000 deaths in the United States and more than 25 million deaths worldwide. The CDC reports that approximately 20 percent of people living with HIV and AIDS are unaware that they are infected.
of AIDS in Utah. Sharpton knew his time was limited but he fought hard to educate the ignorant on Capitol Hill about AIDS, and to keep them from passing damaging legislation. Mandatory testing and quarantining on Antelope Island were a couple of the more draconic measures bandied about. The worse offending law passed was prohibiting people with AIDS from marrying. The law was so worded that it invalidated legal marriages wherein one of the partners had AIDS. Peggy Tingey and Cindy Kidd sued the state and had the law overturned. David Sharpton’s acerbic tongue became more caustic as AIDS took its toll on him and even his closest friends called him David Sharp Tongue, but not to his face. With all his bravado toward a deadly foe, David was failing but he managed to found
an ACT-UP chapter in Utah and was also co founder with Thomas Lindsey of the People With AIDS Coalition. David died in 1992 in Texas and thus was robbed of being a Utah statistic. In 1990 Dick Dotson and Donald Steward [our own Ruby Ridge] founded the Horizon House and an annual retreat for people with AIDS at Camp Pinecliff. Dick had a passion to serve the AIDS community as does Donald who has spent countless hours and has raised thousands of dollars to benefit the community. AIDS deaths peaked in Utah in 1995. One hundred-thirty deaths were attributed to AIDS according to the Utah Health Department that year. However, since the state only counted those who were diagnosed and who died in-state, that number is probably much higher.
As a man in my 30s during the 1980s I lived much of my life in fear, supposing that I would not live much past my 40s. All around me it felt like I was living in war time. We had AIDS fatigue. We had safe-sex fatigue. We had funeral fatigue. We even had survivor’s guilt. I am now 60 years old and am one of the oldest persons I know from that period. Many of my contemporaries are gone. My adversaries have become my friends due to attrition. AIDS in the 1980s was the refiner’s fire that shaped us. We managed to keep the Civil Rights struggle alive even though we could not keep our friends and lovers alive. Having gone through our own gay holocaust I can witness that we are a strong, noble and compassionate people. I hope we will remember that as our legacy. Q
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f ter created an information organization f she called The Salt Lake City AIDS Founy dation. She said it sounded impressive but n to her chagrin she later realized a founda- tion usually gives out money and much of e her time when not teaching was begging for donations to keep the phone lines opd erating. At a low point she even asked her s mother for funds to keep the lines open. f Because of Dr. Reagan’s academic trains ing, she was asked to speak to groups up f and down the Wasatch Front, occasionally - raising the hackles of conservative groups, n like Family Alert for once demonstrating e how to put a condom on a banana. - Dr. Reagan, who was the only AIDS edn ucator in the entire state, begged for the r funds that the Center for Disease Control y had allocated Utah for AIDS education. e However, the state epidemiologist, Dr. S Craig Nichols, refused her, saying that the d gay community was capable of taking care of itself and didn’t need the state’s inter5 vention. h Duane Dawson, RN along with other m health workers in October 1985 created the y AIDS Project Utah with an entirely differs ent mission from the Salt Lake AIDS Founy dation. APU’s primary goal was to provide e services to people infected with HIV or had - developed full-blown AIDS. While SLAF a dealt with AIDS prevention, APU assisted , people with AIDS in finding the medical , and physical attention they needed. People y with AIDS often lost jobs, friends and shel- ter at the most critical time of their lives. In 1986 Ben Barr began to volunteer at the AIDS Project Utah and soon began ore ganizing AIDS awareness and fundraising events involving his sister Roseanne Barr who at the time was a rising star on the comedy circuit. She agreed to perform at two fundraisers for APU. The very nature of being a health care provider is exhausting work and it was quickly burning out leadership at both APU and SLAF. APU folded in 1988 due to several reasons; not the least the lack of support from the gay community as APU had tried to distance itself as a gay organization to achieve a more mainstream appeal. Ben Barr was asked by Dr. Patty Reagan to take over the flailing SLAF which he did in 1989, changing the name of the organization to the Utah AIDS Foundation. He combined the jobs of providing AIDS information and services under one roof. His drive and commitment to combating the AIDS onslaught built the UAF into the organization it is today. He left the organization only after he realized that it had outgrown his capabilities; however, leaving it a sound, thriving and respected nonprofit enterprise. David Sharpton was a native Texan and a Mormon convert. He came to Utah in 1987 as a guest speaker at an LDS health conference. As an outspoken, articulate person with AIDS, Sharpton soon became the face
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Other Place Restaurant — The Other Place Restaurant “is the place” according to QSaltLake readers for the most faaabulous cuisine for the price. The diner-style interior, the mmm-mmmgood Greek menu (and some American dishes for those who side more with Little Bo Peep) and of course the selection of beer deserve kudos. 2. Bayleaf Café | 3. Off Trax Café
Bambara — Located in the Hotel Monaco, Bambara is a lavish, yet comfortable fine-dining bistro with a full-exhibition kitchen. Patrons will be awed by Chef Nathan Powers’ brilliance with a saute pan and paring knife ... sorry that’s all I know about kitchenware. Bambara offers catering and is also equipped for banquets. 2. Metropolitan | 3. Meditrina
After-Hours Cravings
The Pie Pizzeria — Voted most faaabulous by insomniacs, swing-shifters and bar flies, The Pie Pizzeria is the late-night restaurant of choice. Established in 1980, it’s been home to drunken frat boys for over 30 years — no wonder the gays love it! Or it could be because it’s the only place in town to get 23 inches for under $30. 2. Bayleaf Café | 3. Off Trax Café
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Riverhorse on Main — QSaltLake readers consider Park City’s Riverhorse on Main the most faaabulous restaurant in the quaint ski and tourist town. With a large and airy dining area, contemporary art décor, live entertainment and full red wine list, it’s no wonder that Riverhorse is the stallion of Park City. 2. Wahso | 3. Bandit’s Grill
Best Most Important Meal of the Day
Blue Plate Diner — Breakfast makes your brain work better and your body look better, and Blue Plate Diner knows how to feed both. The diner has a retro 1960’s flair. And really, where can you get Corned Beef and Hash anymore? Ooo ... and their “benes” are to die for! 2. Other Place Restaurant | 3. Off Trax
PETA-approved
Sage’s Café — Nestled between the Other Place Restaurant and Dick N’ Dixies is the rustic and charming Sage’s Café. This multi-award winning vegetarian/vegan/organic restaurant has been keeping people healthy for years, and hopefully for more to come. And just looking at owner Ian Brandt is truly an organic experience. 2. Vertical Diner | 3. Omar’s Rawtopia
Best Asian Cuisine
Thai Garden & Noodle House — With a new location in the gayborhood of 9th and 9th, Thai Garden is adored by the homos, probably because of our fiery tongues. Offering authentic signature dishes, the owner/chef says she like her menu spicy. “Most Americans think medium is spicy,” she said. “When people order hot in my restaurant, I say it’s really hot.” 2. Sapa | 3. J. Wong’s
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Best Restaurant to be Incognito
Chuck-A-Rama — Just go dressed like you’re Ruby Ridge and you’ll be faaabulous ... although she prefers our second-place winner. 2. Coachmen’s
South of the Border Cuisine
Red Iguana — For as many years as QSaltLake has been around, the Red Iguana has won the coveted Fabby Award for Best Mexican restaurant, and with good reason. The owners have even expanded in the last couple years or so: Red Iguana 2 opened just one-and-a-half blocks away to accommodate their clientele, and Taste of Red Iguana, a food court vendor, is located in the City Creek Center. Unfortunately Michael Aaron awarded the CCC a Crabby Award last year for its prison-like cafeteria décor. 2. Rio Grande | 3. Frida Bistro
Best ‘Shuck and Jive’ Dive
Kitty Pappas Steak House — Located in Bountiful, this hole-in-the-wall could easily leave you hog-tied or worse, but I don’t see how being hog-tied is all that bad, really. Owned by Kitty and “Crazy” Dave, you’re always in for a real treatment. Word of advice, don’t ask for steak sauce, it turns uuuggly!
Best Mediterranean
The Med — Previously known as Café Med, this super gay-friendly restaurant offers a wide range of “Mediterranean Sea-adjacent” foods. The wait staff is attentive, the ambience casual and the price affordable. I really like their tzatziki sauce, but just how the word rolls of the tongue is titillating in itself. 2. The Other Place
Do it Raw
Holy Wasabi
Sapa — Sushi is truly a way of life, and Sapa makes life faaabulous. Plus, our faaabulous restaurant critic Chef Drew Ellsworth recently rated Sapa at a 95 out of 100 points. Holy wasabi, that’s hot! Sapa is a combination of traditional Asian cuisine but is heavily influenced by Vietnamese and Thai dishes, says Drew, and a place where you really have to “man up.” 2. Ginza
Cheesy Goodness
La Frontera — This well-known Mexican restaurant is what keeps Wisconsin on the map.
Omar’s Rawtopia – Organic Live Food — Raw foodist and chef Omar Abou-Ismail is the only game in town for raw food. Raw foodists believe that cooking food depletes important enzymes that the body craves and that processed foods, with all of the preservatives, additives and dyes, contain excitotoxins that damage nerve cells. Omar says that making raw food a major component of your diet will make “your cells rejoice and you will never look at food the same way again!
Best Steak House
Christopher’s Prime Steak House & Grill — With two locations and faaabulous steak choices including the Portabella Bleu Cheese Filet Mignon, the Ribeye “Cowboy” Chop and the Cajun Ribeye with Sauteed Peppers and Onions, just to name a few, Christopher’s is definitely deserving of a Fabby Award. 2. Spencer’s Steakhouse & Chops
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Best Sandwiches
Toaster’s Deli — QSaltLake readers have once again voted Toaster’s as creating the most faaabulous sandwiches. With two, hip-chic downtown locations you have plenty of chances to enjoy a classic Reuben or go a little bold with the Spicy Buffalo Chicken. 2. Tin Angel | 3. Robin’s Nest
Best Cupcakes A Slice of Heaven
Stoneground Pizza — Who’d think pizza could be so intriguing? Stoneground spins out some fascinating gourmet pizzas: From their Forest Mushroom & Goat pizza to their Bob’s Late Night pizza, you’re always in for a faaabulous treat. Be sure to thank Bob’s grandmother, most menu items she created. 2. Settebello | 3. Salt Lake Pizza & Pasta
Mini’s Mini Cupcakes — Just walking through the door makes Michael Aaron feel bigger. When you eat a Mini’s cupcake you are eating: Unbleached flour, unsweetened applesauce, eggs, cream, milk, unsalted butter, cream cheese, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, vanilla, baking powder, salt, soybean oil and fresh or frozen whole fruit. And they can get all that into a itsy-bitsy cupcake ... how faaabulous! 2. Diva’s | 3. Les Madeleine’s
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Where to Spend Your Sunday After-mornings
Ruth’s Diner — For more than 80 years, this quaint restaurant with a huge-ass faaabulous patio has been serving the most faaabulous brunches. Plus you can enjoy live music while you suck down Pink Flamingoes, yeah baby! Let’s hope the flooding didn’t take too much of a toll on the place. If it did — gays to the rescue! 2. The Dodo | 3. Salt Lake Pizza & Pasta
Where to Spend Your Head-pounding Sunday After-mornings
Squatter’s Pub — Of course a pub for “hair of the dog,” right? But you can’t do any better than Squatter’s because seriously $2 mimosas and Bloody Marys ... girl, need I say more. OK, and the food is faaabulous. 2. Off Trax | 3. Red Rock Brewing Co.
Where to be Seen Sunday After-mornings
Market Street Oyster Bar (Downtown) — If you’re not there, you’re square. If you are, you’re faaabulous.
Best Caterer
Le Croissant — For me, it’s actually Kelly Lake ... she’s faaabulous! She reads my stuff. When I get hitched or even when I lose my wisdom teeth, I’m calling Le Croissant. 2. Cuisine Unlimited | 3. Culinary Crafts
The Cookie Monster
RubySnap – Tami’s dough is miles above Pillsbury. Please, coconut carrot curry with coconut cream frosting cookies ... she can turn anyone into a Cookie Monster — thank goodness I look good in blue.
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Best Chocolate Addiction Best Wine & Beer Selection
Meditrina — This small plates and wine bar really does have the most faaabulous selection of beer — I mean where can you get a Pabst Blue Ribbon anymore? Plus, partners Amy and Jen really know their wines, although they don’t always agree on which are the best; maybe that’s why they offer such a huge selection.
Hatch Family Chocolates — Everyone loves chocolate (especially during foreplay) but nobody feeds the addiction like the Hatch family. For the spring they’re offering chocolate suckers, chocolate foiled eggs and caramel-chocolate sea salt Matzoh ... faaabulous!
Best Tea
Coffee Garden — Located in the 9th & 9th gayborhood, wwweee lllllooovvvve theirrr coooffffeeee! 2. Café Marmalade | 3. Raw Bean Coffee
Tea Grotto — Their selection alone will have your head spinning but luckily your heart rate won’t spaz out. Remember that song: Tea for two and two for tea ... gotta love Tony Bennett and Tea Grotto. 2. Elizabeth’s English Bakery & Tea Shop 3. Beehive Tearoom
Best Curry
Best Burgers
Best Jitters
Thai Siam — From Gang Keow Wan to Gang Panan ... you have no idea what I’m talking about, do you? Well, trust us, the Q staff loves Thai Siam curries. 2. Sawadee | 3. Good Karma
Busy Bee Bar & Grill — Faaabulous garlic burgers, but the Q Towers smells funny after lunch. So we’ve decided to be closed on Mondays ... tehehe! 2. Millie’s | 3. Hire’s
nightlife Best to Get Your Groove On
Club JAM — After winning nearly every other Fabby Award since they opened for their faaabulous décor, sexy bartenders and terrific DJs, Club JAM is finally taking home honors for the best dance club. Superstar DJs Harry Cross Jr. and Mike Babbitt are sure to get you sweating, and their beats are pretty good too. And it’s certainly not a coincidence that JAM also won the award for ‘Best Place to Hook Up.’ 2. Püre | 3. Club Metro
LOVE We have a rose for that Best Place to Be Saturday Nights
Club JAM — And best place to be Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights. What can we say? Everyone loves JAM. On Saturday nights the dance floor opens with the Boom-Boom Room and from twinks to bears, the eye candy is enough to make you shake. Step outside on the patio for a smoke or to meet the sexy guy you’ve been ogling all night. 2. Fusion at Metro | 3. Club Try-Angles
Best Place to Hook Up
Club JAM — There’s no doubt that Club JAM has all the hotties; bartenders, DJs and clientele. The dance floor is always packed with sexy guys and girls, the patio grill and bar serves up delicious hot food and cold drinks, you just can’t go wrong here. Check out the sexy vibe and find a guy, or two to take home. 2. Püre
Best Place to Be Friday Nights
Club JAM — After winning the selections for ‘Best Dance Club’ and ‘Best Place to Hook Up,’ it only makes sense that Club JAM also wins the ‘Best Place to Be Friday Nights.’ How else do you kick-off the weekend? The Friday night crowd is always sexy and DJs Mike Babbitt and Harry Cross Jr. know how to get the crowd excited. 2. Püre | 3. Club Try-Angles
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Favorite Bartender
Brian Gordon (Club JAM) — Perhaps it was his five years of being a 911 dispatcher mixed with two years of being an air mattress — I mean working at JetBlue — or maybe it’s because he likes to show some skin while working, that makes our readers love Club JAM, because he is the hands-down winner for best bartender this year. Gordon also runs the club’s karaoke nights on Wednesdays and Sundays, winning our best karaoke DJ award last year. 2. Jim Smith (Club Try-Angles) 3. Jabe Hatch (The Trapp) A pril 28 , 2011 | issue 179 | QSa lt L a k e | 29
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Best Afternoon Crowd
Best Place to Sing Karaoke
The Tavernacle — The straight-friendly karaoke nights on Sunday and Tuesday are some of the most popular times to visit this faaabulous piano bar. The Powerball Karaoke every Tuesday is a new twist on an old favorite. With some of the best martinis and cheapest drinks in town, a night out to the Tavernacle will entertain gay and straight alike. 2. Club Try-Angles | 3. Club JAM 4. Paper Moon
The Trapp — There’s no better place to grab a cool beer and a table with friends on a warm summer afternoon. The cheap drinks and convenient hours will bring you to the bar, and the welcoming bartenders will keep you coming back. A staple in the Utah gay community, where else can you get a beer in a Mason jar at 11 a.m.? The recent addition of free wireless Internet makes it easy to hammer out that term paper while you enjoy the country-style pub. 2. Club Try-Angles | 3. Paper Moon
Best Drink Prices
Club Try-Angles — No surprise here. Club Try-Angles is a true neighborhood bar that has one of the most loyal crowds in Salt Lake. The cute bartenders, welcoming owners, pool tables and dart boards all help bring in the loyalists, but the cheap drinks keep them coming back. From beer to shots, you’ll be hard-pressed to find cheaper drinks. 2. Trapp | 3. The Tavernacle
Best Interior Overhaul
Best Place for Drag Queen Sightings
Best Gay-friendly Bar
The Tavernacle — Just a short walk from the Trax stop, The Tavernacle is perfect for mixedorientation crowds. The gays take over the bar on Sundays and Tuesdays for Powerball Karaoke, but owners Scott Alexander and Mason Simmons make sure everyone is welcome all seven nights of the week. The bar is well-staffed so even on the most crowded nights, there’s
and damp bar called Andy’s, is now a warm and welcoming hot spot for gay and straight patrons alike. With a trendy, open-spaced environment and friendly bartenders, Dick N’ Dixie’s is one of the trendiest spots in Salt Lake. Stop by in the afternoon for beer on tap and the house Dickel Whiskey. There’s also plenty of sweet mixers for those looking for a fruitier cocktail.
Best New Afternoon Crowd Dick N’ Dixie’s — Who knew there were windows underneath all that woodwork?! This reincarnated bar, that used to be a cold, dark
Cyber Slut Bingo — The plus-sized camp drag queens make raising money for different local charities sexy, scandalous, ludicrous and a hell of a lot of fun. Once a month the queens pull out their Aqua Net and heels to host a raucous bingo night for fabulous prizes. Grab a beer and watch the show, this is the place to be on the second Friday of every month. 2. Paper Moon | 3. Third Friday Bingo
The Garage — Transitioning from The Jimax to The Garage took some time, but this neighborhood bar and grill now welcomes a diverse and eclectic crowd. Gone are the days of being a hole-in-the-wall, now the Garage’s cozy interior is filled with brick and dark wood. While it’s not technically gay, one of the co-owners of JAM helped open it, and this bar on the north end of town is opening up to all different crowds. The classy atmosphere and delicious cocktails make this a no-brainer for the gays.
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Best Local Brewery
Uinta — Since 1993 the Uinta Beer Company has helped disperse the myth that you can’t get a good beer in Utah. The recent addition of eco-friendly four plus beers are a tasty alternative and are a perfect fit for the environmentally conscience. 2. Squatters Pub | 3. Red Rock Brewing
arts & culture Best Local Theatre Company
Plan-B Theatre Company — Again!!?! Plan-B has more Fabbies than I do shoes ... and that’s a royal feat (no pun intended, if it was spelled correctly). Maybe it should be called Plan-A because it seems to be working for them. Congrats Jerry, love ya! 2. Salt Lake Acting Co. 3. Pioneer Theatre Co.
Best Micro-Brewery
Wasatch Brewing Co. — Most will recognize the Wasatch-brand beers, Polygamy Porter (“Why have just one?”), First Amendment Lager, and the 8-percent The Devastator. But what many people don’t know is that all these drinks are available on-tap in a full-service bar and cantina in Park City. In addition to some of the best drinks in the state, the restaurant offers mouth-watering burgers and other grill items in a kid-free environment. 2. Deseret Edge | 3. Red Rock Brewing
Best New Utah Liquor
Underground — The 80-proof hard liquor made in Ogden will remind you of Jagermeister. The licorice and spice taste and creamy textured drink is now served in 31 states. To give this a “shot” both Club Try-Angles and Club JAM are now offering it. Even if you’re not a huge Jager fan, give this a try and support Utah’s second liquor distillery.
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Best Art Gallery or Museum Utah Museum of Fine Arts — Located on the University of Utah campus, this 74,000 square foot gallery has a collection that now encompasses 5000 years of art. That’s a faaabulous bounty of sculptures, artifacts, paintings, etc. They also offer lectures, films and guided tours. 2. Salt Lake Art Center 3. Phillips Gallery
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Best Visual Artist
Trevor Southey — A BYU alumni His media include drawing, printmaking, painting, stained glass, and sculpture. His most recent exhibit, Trevor Southey: Reconciliation, is most likely what garnered him the Fabby Award. 2. Troy Hunter | 3. Derek Dyer
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Best Dance Program of 2010
Shut Up & Dance (Odyssey) — The company did an amazing rendition of Romeo & Juliet that moved me to tears, and apparently the QSaltLake readers as well. Eldon Johnson (yummy!) as Romeo and Jen Pendleton as Juliet were faaabulous. Accompanied with Giselle and Let It Be, Odyssey’s Shut Up & Dance is welldeserving of a Fabby. 2. Mystique (RDT) 3. Configurations (Ririe-Woodbury)
Best Make-out Movie Theater
The Tower — Mostly because that’s where I had my first gay make-out session ... faaabulous! 2. Brewvies couches
Best Play or Musical of 2010
Angels in America (SLAC) — Considered Salt Lake Acting Company’s “benchmark play” from 40 years of producing amazing theater, Angels in America was the most poignant choice. The stellar cast, Alexis Baigue, Charles Lynn Frost, Colleen Baum, Lucas Bybee, Sean J. Carter, Alexander Bala, Nell Gwynn and Christy Summerhays, was pivotal in making Angels in America the most faaabulous play of 2010. 2. Saturday’s Voyeur (SLAC) 3. Hair (Egyptian Theatre)
Best Special Engagement Show of 2010 WhiLe sUppLies Last
Best Arts Event Worth the Trip
Utah Festival Opera — It’s really the only reason to go to Logan, and you’ll have a superb time. 2. Utah Shakespearean Festival
Best Outdoor Venue
Red Butte Garden — Hosting fabulous artists like the Indigo Girls, Brandi Carlile, Joan Baez and Sheryl Crow — and the renovations to the stage and bathrooms a few years back makes it the most faaabulous outdoor venue. Plus, it’s just damn pretty. 2. Deer Valley
Angels in America: Perestroika (SLAC) — It’s only fitting for Perestroika to win the Fabby in this category. The QSaltLake readers really have it down pat ... you’re all super faaabulous! 2. Radio Hour: Marathon (Plan-B) 3. Brothers & Sister feat. Sister Dottie (SLMC)
Best Place to Get Your Rainbow On
Festival of Colors — Also known as the Holi Festival, this annual event is faaabulous. Thousands flock to it for the pretty colors ... bunch of homos.
Best Dance Company
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Odyssey Dance Company — The readers of QSaltlake have awarded Odyssey Dance Co. with the coveted Fabby Award, and it’s truly deserving. Derryl, Annie, Christina and Eldon (yummy!) and the entire company are simply faaabulous. Thanks for the many years of Thriller and Shut Up & Dance. 2. Ririe-Woodbury Dance Co. 3. Repertory Dance Co.
Best Indoor Venue
The Complex — It’s new and faaabulous at 42,000 square feet. It’s divided into four areas to host four events at the same time ... fabulous. The Vibe has a full bar, food, televisions and VIP seating; Vertigo also has a full bar and VIP seating; Rockwell is an all-age venue, and has a beer garden; and The Grand is an all-age venue. 2. Urban Lounge | 3. The State Room
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Cahoots — From G-rated candy and cards, to X-rated toys, you’ll find it all at Cahoots. If you haven’t spent an afternoon wandering the store and browsing the selection of sex toys, lube and other devilish delights, you need to get there ASAP! 2. Blue Boutique | 3. Mischievous
Best Elephant Gift Store
Cahoots — When you just have to get that card that’s going to make your boyfriend blush, Cahoots is your first, and only stop. The selection of cards and other random rainbow-colored products will make you feel right at home. 2. Cabin Fever | 3. Mischievous
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Best Flower Shop
Twigs — After winning nearly every flowerthemed award QSaltLake has bestowed, why should Raymond King stop now? The year-round selection of beautiful arrangements of everything from roses to tulips, you’re sure to impress if you buy from Twigs. And don’t forget, Mother’s Day is just around the corner! 2. Flower Patch
Best Bookstore
King’s English Bookshop — For the second year running, the King’s English Bookshop won your hearts amidst stiff competition. The cozy independent store fights on attracting book clubs and local authors. This Sugar House store has been a Utah gem for more than 30 years. 2. Sam Weller’s 3. Ken Sander’s Rare Books
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Best Thrift or Consignment Clothing
Pib’s Exchange — From Halloween costumes to your new outfit you’re going to rock at Püre, Pib’s Exchange has it all. The vintage clothing store has many different styles, sizes, designers and prices. Before paying full price for designer labels, be sure to check out this faaabulous alternative. 2. Our Store | 3. Decades
Best Jewelry
Charley Hafen Jewelers — From a hotellobby jewelry shop more than 20 years ago, to an independently-owned jewelry store with a wide selection of in-shop made items, you can’t go wrong with Charley Hafen. So stop by and check out the beautiful selection and pick up the commitment ring of your dreams. 2. Kings Custom Jewelers 3. 9th & 9th Jewelers (The Vug)
Best Consignment Store for Furniture and Home Decor
Now & Again — Now & Again is Salt Lake’s premier vintage and consignment furniture local. Blending the best from the past with the hippest products, the owner, Michael Sanders, has created a store unlike any other in Utah. So stop by and visit Michael, who always has a smile and a stunning selection. 2. Our Store | 3. Abode
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Best Cigar Store
Knuckleheads — Stop by for the fantastic selection of cigars and hand-blown glass pipes, and stay for a smoke with the hysterical and sexy employees. A true neighborhood staple, even if you’re not a smoker, it’s worth a visit. 2. Jeanie’s Smoke Shop
Best for Rolling Out the Red Carpet Best Underwear Selection
Cockers/SPARK — Cockers. Underwear. You do the math. But really, there’s only one place in Salt Lake to find the best Andrew Christian, Papi, 2(x)ist and all the other designed labels. Before heading to your late-night rendevouz or the infamous Club Try-Angles underwear night, stop by Cockers inside Spark on State Street.
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Best Story of 2010
Living with HIV in Utah — JoSelle Vanderhooft’s story on “Living with HIV in Utah” touched on difficult themes for our community. Several brave men gave their name and face to the story to show what HIV-positive people are going through in this state, including alienation, lack of services, a waiting list to receive treatment, etc. We also revealed some areas of concern in our service organizations, and praised them for what they are doing right. The prevalance of people lying about their status on dating websites was also discussed. 2. Trevor Southey’s Life in Art 3. My Last Shot
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Best QSaltLake Columnist
Troy Williams — With his musings on memes, assimilationism, radical self-expression and his disdain for anything Republican, former Utah Eagle Forum flunky Troy Williams has cultivated a huge following on our pages, on-air at KRCL-FM and on his blog at queergnosis.com. “Utah Eagle Forum???” you ask? Yes. In his early days out of college, this free spirit was once in the hands of the Ruzicka. Luckily for us, he found his way and burst into the scene like a man on a mission. Wait, not that kind of mission. Williams, when not undermining everything Utah stands for with political street theater, he interviews everyone from authors of thought-provoking books to Roseanne Barr. 2. Ruby Ridge | 3. Ben Williams TROY WILLIAMS PHOTO: DAVID NEWKIRK
Best Q Event in 2010
Q Day at Lagoon — Taking over the amusement park for Q Day at Lagoon once a year received top honors for Q events once again this year. A sea of red shirts can be seen across the entire park while riding the Sky Ride. The event grows in number each year and has now reached the thousands. This year’s event will take place Sunday, Aug. 7. 2. Cyndi Lauper in Wendover 3. Annual Fabby Awards Ceremony
People Favorite Leader of a Queer Organization
Brandie Balken (EU) — Some might see parallels between having a love for compost and having a love for politics, but such is the life of Brandie Balken, who moved from interiorscape specialist with Cactus & Tropicals to executive director of Equality Utah after Mike Thompson left the post in 2009. A nationwide search yielded Balken as the best choice to helm the group and she has proven them right at every turn. 2. Valarie Larabee (Utah Pride Center) 3. Kari Beattie (sWerve)
Favorite Leader from Up North
Gary Horenkamp — More of a listener than a talker, Gary Horenkamp is more of a mentor than an organizational leader. As director of Ogden’s OUTReach Resource Center, a drop-in center for youth housed at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden, Horenkamp spends as much time chasing funding as he does creating a safe and welcoming space. With a masters degree in counseling and 20 years in the military, he has exactly what the group needs: structure, an open ear, a friendly smile and passion for his job. 2. Allison Black (PFLAG Ogden)
Favorite Local or State Politician
Mayor Peter Corroon — While Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon may have fallen short in his race to be the next governor of Utah,
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he was able to take the top spot for this year’s favorite politician Fabby Award. We’re sure that this is a close second in his life goals and we congratulate him for achieving it. Corroon is an ardent supporter of the recent non-discrimination laws passed in cities and counties across the state, including his. He also supports extending health benefits to same-sex partners. Interestingly, for a Fabby winner, he also is against gay marriages or civil unions in the state. Perhaps there is more work to be done with him. 2. Ben McAdams | 3. Ross Romero
Best 2010 Performance by Local Actor
Alexis Baigue/Saturday’s Voyeur (SLAC) — Once a concert choir vocalist, Baigue first felt the acting-itch when he was 16 years old. He attended acting classes at the Salt Lake Community College, then entered the University of Utah Actor Training program. Over the following 20 years, Baigue has performed in numerous stage productions. His performance in this year’s Saturday’s Voyeur was super-duper faaabulous, but have you ever seen him play a parrot? It’s creepily and faaabulously uncanny. 2. Joe Debevc/ She Was My Brother (Plan-B) 3. Luke Monday/Hair (Egyptian Theatre)
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Groups Best Social Group
Simply Social — For some, Wednesday nights is American Idol night, but for a growing number of gay people, it’s time to socialize, build friendships and have dinner at various restaurants around town. The brainchild of Richard Matthews and Cesar Romero, Simply Social is growing into a large, vibrant community of its own. 2. Utah Male Naturists | 3. ROTC-SLC
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Best TV News Reporter
Equality Utah — Few groups in the country can point to nearly a dozen municipalities passing pro-gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender ordinances under their belt as Equality Utah can. The group wades through the political waters of this red state with tenacity, prudence and intelligence. 2. Utah Pride Center 3. Utah Stonewall Democrats
Best Radio Station
X96 — With segments like ‘Boner or the Day’ how could this fabulous radio station not win the Fabby Award? We love waking up to Radio from Hell with Kerry, Bill and Gina, and Marci should be up for her own Fabbby Award for sexiest voice on the radio. 2. KRCL | 3. KCPW
Best News Station
KUTV 2 — This faaabulous news source once again garners a coveted Fabby Award. There coverage of hard-hitting news without ever being biased is frankly refreshing. 2. FOX 13 | 3. KTVX 4
Hope Woodside — What more can we say about Hope Woodside than how much we love her? The super sexy philanthropist helps raise awareness and funds for breast cancer, proving she has the personality to match her stunning smile.
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Unitarian Universalist Society — UUS is considered by some to be Christianity-light, by others as more a weekly political rally than sermon, and by its members as a mix of spirituality, social conscience and social activism. South Valley UUS sported a huge rainbow flag years above its door for years. Ogden UUS hosts OUTReach Resource Center and was integral to the passage of their city’s nondiscrimination ordinances. Salt Lake UUS has long been known for its support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, even allowing mostlygay Metropolitan Community Church to share its space for years in the 1980s. 2. Queer Spirit | 3. LDS Reconciliation
Best Political or Service Group
Best TV News Anchor
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Best Religious or Spiritual Organization
West Wendover — Aside from the Bingo-filled raucous fun bus with QSaltLake’s own Ruby Ridge, West Wendover is the place for the Salt Lake City queers to go for strong drinks and buffets galore. The hop, skip and jump down I-80 is the ideal solution for the Utah blues.
QUAC — Men and women in Speedos is not a hard sell in this community, but the Queer Utah Aquatics Club is more than that. One of the bestorganized athletic organizations in the state, the group sponsors swim meets that draw people of all persuasions and skills, travels to international competitions and hosts fun social events and fundraisers. 2. GoodTimes Bowling 3. Lambda Hiking Club
Ben Winslow — The social-media darling of the Utah press picks up this award for being a stalwart reporter covering all beats including crime and politics. If you know a good tweet when you see one, you’re following him @BenWinslow. 2. Ninevah Dinha — We also give props to his fabulous colleague who, even in her on-the-spot reporting in the worst weather Utah has to offer, could give Janice Dickison a fashion tip or two. 3. Chris Vanocur
Best TV News Hottie
Damon Yauney — All we can say is that the forecast is hot and steamy with Damon Yauney. Forecasting becomes so much more fun with Damon, even on the cloudy and cold days at least we can watch his bright and shiny smile! 2. Nineveh Dinha
Best Ski Resort
The Canyons — Call us some good ol’ fashioned size queens, but we like it big. Really big. And wide. Which is why The Canyons is the most faaabulous. The Canyons is Utah’s largest ski resort and we love all the extra music, horsedrawn sleigh rides and food options.
Best Place to Scream
Nightmare on 13th — There’s not much scarier than running out of vodka in the middle of making your hangover Bloody Marys on a Sunday in Utah. But Nightmare on 13th comes pretty damn close. The frightful collection of goblins and ghouls is always a good time.
services
Best Attorney
Doug Fadel — Helping people of all orientations and identities, a cute smile and a wellsculpted body helped Doug pull in his second consecutive Fabby Award. He can help with estate planning and all the other necessities in working around the lack of marriage equality in the state. 2. Lauren Barros | 3. Marva Match
Best Salon
Landis Salons — Getting your hair did at the Landis Salons is so much more than just a haircut. Aside from the sexy eye-candy, expect a scalp rubdown while sitting in massage chairs. Why don’t we have those for the office?
Best in Skin
A New Day Spa — The family-run, full-service spa is the place to go to be rubbed, scrubbed, cut and polished. From hair extensions to express facials, A New Day Spa will help you glow. Step through the doors and experience customized skin care at its finest. 2. Skinworks | 3. Dr. Douglas Woseth
Best Massage
Pride Massage — For all you kinky boys and girls out there, Pride Massage can help you, well, get unkinked. The strong hands and beautifulbodied therapists will tailor your massage to your needs. From back rubs to foot massages, they’ve got you all covered. 2. Kevin Guzik | 3. Massage Bodywork
Best Photographer
Best Counseling Services
David Daniels — Selecting your favorite photographer was difficult, and the competition was stiff. But Daniels’ ability to capture the personality and emotion in a moment helped win you over. And his cute smile probably didn’t hurt. 2. David Newkirk | 3. Brian Gordon
Pride Counseling — The gay-owned and operated guild of allied therapists consistently gets your vote and takes home the award for being the most faaabulous counseling service. Check them out for holistic alternative methods. 2. Don Austin | 3. Jim Struve
Best to be Inked
Best Insurance Agent
SLC Ink Tattoo — Simply put, SLC Ink Tattoo is the best. The cleanest shop, the friendliest employees and the best artists in town. They just can’t be beat. 2. Big Deluxe Tattoo
Best Piercing Parlor
Koi — After going to Koi it’s easy to say it’s the best place to get pierced in Salt Lake. The store is cozy and clean with service-minded employees. 2. Iris Piercing
Jon Jepsen — Forget the stuffy and boring image that’s conjured up when you normally think of insurance agents. Jon Jepsen is a commissioner for the Utah Human Rights Campaign and on the board of the Utah Pride Center. 2. Dan Rodriquez | 3. Steven Fisher
Best for Keeping a Roof Over Your Head
Aspen Roofing — April showers bring May flowers and a lot of leaky roofs and sliding shingles. Call Aspen Roofing for a free quote on
all your roofing needs. From Ogden to Orem and everything in between, Aspen Roofing has got you covered. 2. Freedom Roofing 3. Wesley Green Roofing
Best Real Estate Agent or Mortgage Lender
Babs De Lay — She pulls in her second consecutive Fabby Award for this category. She’s been a player in the community and represents the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community with fierce passion. 2. Scott Alexander | 3. Tony Fantis
Best Butt Crack
Shawn Hall Plumbing — When you need to have your pipes cleared, pumped and drained, there’s only one man to call. He has the experienced hands that are perfect to solve all your plumbing problems.
Best Bonding
Beehive Bail Bonds — All right, everyone get out their phones and add the Beehive Bail Bonds number right now. Put it under speeddial. The 24-hour bail bond is a must for all. Don’t forget what you learned in Boy Scouts after swapping handys in the tent, Be Prepared.
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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT BODY&FITNESS
gay agenda It’s Sheer-Luck that Urine the True West by Tony Hobday
A few teammates and I went to Piper Down last Sunday for a Bloody Mary brunch immediately following our spanking on the softball field. Little did we know that additional spanking would be going on. Two young, Mimosasoaked Asian girls were channeling Ma from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. I haven’t had that much boobage in my face since I was 4 ... I was weaned slowly and delicately ... sort of like Ma’s pingpong balls. Good times, good times!
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thursday — Eve Ensler (The Vagina Monologues) tackles body image in the three-woman play, The Good Body. In this humorous, but penetrating glimpse at the way Americans view their bodies, Eve Ensler captures the torment many women experience because of a perceived imperfection. Oooo, they should cast my friend “Pony Keg.” Hey, she nicknamed herself, don’t shoot the messenger! Besides her wife taps that every night. Oh lord!
7:30pm, through May 14, Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $20, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org.
QQ You wanna show off the biggest muscle in your body? No, not you RJ Berger! Work your heart, as well as your mind, at the Utah AIDS Foundation’s Quiz for a Cause. Teams battle for the title of highest collective IQ. Damn, I guess that leaves Team QSaltLake out ... tehehe! The quiz consists of eight rounds of eight questions each, played by teams of up to six geniuses. Half of the proceeds go to the winning team and half to the foundation. 8–9:30pm, Lumpy’s, 145 Pierpont Ave. Suggested donation of $5 at the door, utahaids.org.
upcoming events JUN 19 Ani DiFranco Red Butte Garden JUN 24 Sheryl Crow Red Butte Garden JUL 16 Lisa Lampanelli Wendover JUL 25 Katy Perry ESA AUG 13 Josh Grobin ESA
QQ Desert Star Playhouse is taking on Sherlock Holmes, the astute, logical and disguise-savvy London detective, in their production of Sheer-Luck Holmes: Clueless Again. I have a feeling it’s going to be more like The Pink Panther. Holmes, and his “partner” Watson, must travel to the pyramids of Egypt to solve “The Case of the Man with the Abnormally Large Head” ... wait, that could be my friend Jake! The adorable Justin Berry as Holmes is a sure hit. Hours vary, through June 11, Desert Star Playhouse, 4861 S. State St. Tickets $9.95–17.95, 801-266-2600 or desertstar.biz.
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friday — As some of you may know I’m a Dancing Queen after a few Jager Bombs, and by the end of the night I’m singing Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight), but Mamma Mia, when I wake up in the mornings I find Me and Bobby and Bobby’s Brother
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in my bed. Maybe I should cut back on Jager Bombs. Anyhoo, the Utah Symphony and conductor Jerry Steichen present ABBA: The Concert. The evening should be Super Trouper! 8pm, through Saturday, Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple. Tickets $30–85, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org.
QQ Performed by the University of Utah Lyric Opera Ensemble and the Utah Philharmonia, The Coronation of Poppea is a love story, of sorts, based on the notoriously debauched Roman court of Nero. With beautiful melodies and interesting textures, Poppea is the earliest opera to remain in the standard repertoire — it is “ageless, beautiful, tantalizing and timely.” 7:30pm, through Saturday, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Cir., UofU. Tickets $10–20, 801-581-7100 or kingtix.com.
QQ Pioneer Theatre Company presents Sunset Boulevard, the stage musical based on the classic 1950 film of the same title. Norma Desmond is a faded film star — much like Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba and Jessica Simpson (unless Porky’s films were still being made) — whose luck may turn around when she meets a young, hard-up screenwriter — much like Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell (not one of them could even write a decent hot dog-on-a-stick recipe). Norma and Joe, the screenwriter, team up on a new script and their relationship eventually turns sexual, but with dire consequences. 7:30pm, through May 14, Pioneer Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East., UofU. Tickets $34–54, 801-581-6961 or pioneertheatre.org.
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saturday — Books can move you to the bone; books are better than talking on the phone; but books are best while on the throne. Ha! I’m a poet and didn’t even know it. To give credit where due, my friend BJ inspired it. Anyhoo, join the Salt Lake City Main Library for their annual Spring Used Book Sale. I’m sure you’ll find some real gems at low, low prices. Hours vary, through May 3, Main Library, 210 E. 400 South. For more info, visit slcpl.lib.ut.us.
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thursday — Wasatch Theatre Company presents a production of the Tony-nominated play True West by actor/playwright Sam Shepard (Steel Magnolias). The story unfolds when
two estranged brothers reunite after several years. Austin is a playwright, his older brother Lee is a drifter and thief. When Lee arrives home unexpectedly, he weasels his way into Austin’s career. A dark and haunting depiction of sibling rivalry and family dynamics. 8pm, through May 22, Studio Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $15, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org.
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saturday — Now in its eighth season the Live Green SLC! Festival showcases a full spectrum of sustainable green products, services and ideas from cutting edge renewable technologies to everyday solutions that can be implemented in the home. At this outdoor event, attendees will enjoy features such as interactive and educational exhibits, local and organic foods and goods, live auctions, children’s area, eco-carnival games, music, entertainment and more. 10am–6pm, Main Library Plaza, 210 E. 400 South. Free, livegreenslc.com.
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monday — In the 2009 musical-comedy
film Fruit Fly, Bethesda, a Filipina performance artist finds home in the unlikeliest places. She moves into an artist commune in an attempt to workshop her latest piece which deals with finding her biological parents. In the process, she finds an artistic family, clues of her mother’s whereabouts, and the startling possibility that she just might be a fag-hag.
7pm, Tower Theatre, 831 E. 900 South. Free, 801-359-5158 or slcfilmcenter.org.
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wednesday — Don’t let the name fool you because Urineutah, which sure as hell ain’t a musical, or a tale, in a time when Mormonism is weighed down in discrimination and judgment. But the satirical Tony-nominated musical, Urinetown is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. 7:30pm, through May 28, Grand Theatre, 1575 S. State St. Tickets $8–24, 801-957-3322 or the-grand.org.
Fruit Fly See May 9
save the date May 14 Gay Day at Hogle Zoo
June 17–19
August 14
September 17
Damn These Heels! Film
QSaltLake Day at
UAF Bike & Walk for Life
Festival
Park Silly Mkt
utahaids.org
damntheseheels.org
parksillysundaymarket.com
June 23–26
August 20
National Coming Out
Utah Arts Festival
Allies Dinner, Equality
Day Celebration
uaf.org
Utah
utahpridecenter.org
alliesdinner.com
tinyurl.com/gayhogle
July 30
May 26–27
QSaltLake and Pride
August 28
Hey Look Us Over,
Softball Day at the Bees
Utah Pride Center Golf
Salt Lake Men’s Choir,
prideleague.com
Classic
saltlakemenschoir.org
August 4–7
June 3–5
Park City Arts Festival
September 9–11
Utah Pride Festival
kimballartcenter.org
Utah Rebellion
utahpridecenter.org
August 7
June 11 HRC Gala Dinner hrc.org
utahpridecenter.org
October 9
October 15 Muttster Mash dogsrusslc.com December 1 World AIDS Day worldaidsday.org
utahrebellion.com
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QSaltLake Day at
September 17
included on this list,
Lagoon
sWerve Oktoberfest
e-mail arts@qsaltlake.
qsaltlake.com
swerveutah.com
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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT BODY&FITNESS
Sex and the seedy Kim Cattrall on her very un-Samantha role, love of gay men and Britney Spears
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By Chris Azzopardi
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here’s not much city in Meet Monica Velour, but there’s sex — and a trailer park and a very haggardlooking Kim Cattrall. The Sex and the City actress plays the title role, a washed-up porn star, who meets a young fan when the boy travels to rural Indiana to see her at a strip club. After six seasons of glam in her iconic role as super-slut Samantha Jones on the hit TV series (and two movie spin-offs), Monica Velour is nothing like the femme fatale that Cattrall once played. Recently, we caught up with Cattrall, who discussed how the part parallels her own career,
why she shops at Kmart and whether she’d be up for another Sex and the City. What about this role was so different for you? I usually play characters who are very strong, forceful and successful dynamos, and this woman is someone who’s been marginalized and is very much an outcast. I thought, “What will it be like to inhabit that, and do I have that in me?” In some ways it’s a story that’s not too far from what has happened in Hollywood for decades. And I thought, “I can relate to that. That’s a great handle for me to go on, because I’m in my 50s and suddenly you become, ‘You look good for your age,’ instead of, ‘You look good.’” It was a physical, emotional and intellectual challenge. You really threw yourself into this part. I had a tremendous amount of support, I really did. To be handed a role like this at any time in your career, but especially at this time, I said to Keith Bearden, the director: “You’ve written a feminist film. It’s really incredible that you cast a woman in her 50s who’s overweight, and that you wrote that role.” This is a guy who’s rewriting a Hollywood movie and what he’s done is make a wonderful American movie. And I don’t think we have a lot of those around anymore, sadly. What kind of research went into this role? I heard some of it involved you going to strip clubs. That was the least of it, really. I mean, that kind of reality is very easy to access on the Internet. For Keith and I, it was really an investigation on multiple levels. I decided to go with a deeper register in my voice. I felt that my voice as Kim was too hopeful, too lyrical, and I wanted to go deeper than that. Gaining the weight was, again, like looking at porn. It was something that was a dedication in the sense of continuously being aware of it and doing it and not exercising, which was a blessing, and not being on a diet, which was an even bigger blessing. (Laughs) What did you eat? Oh, god. Definitely pasta, butter, desserts, lots of pork. Anything and everything that was either salty or sweet. It was really a “Get Out of Jail Free” card, because my whole life I’ve been on a diet or on an exercise routine. But I do love to eat. Before the shoot, you were spotted at Kmart. Oh, yeah. I was there. I did a lot of the costumes myself, and every weekend I would go to Kmart because that’s where Monica would shop. That’s the kind of authenticity that was going on in the sense of this is real; it’s not Hollywood real, it’s real. No special lighting, no special treatment. You mention Monica being an outcast, and early test screenings for the movie showed a strong interest among gay men. Do you think that has something to do with it? Well, not being a gay man, I can’t really comment on that. But I can understand how it would ... yes, definitely. Especially in Middle America.
BODY&FITNESS Did you tend to buddy-up with the gay people on set? Our scenic designer, who did a brilliant job, is gay and he absolutely loved working on this movie. He came in at the last minute, and he did a phenomenal job. That trailer park doesn’t exist. A lot of those places didn’t exist. We actually shot in the trailer, and with such detail. I remember saying to him, “This really feels real.” The bedroom felt real; the living room and everything in the kitchen, he built that all out and he did a phenomenal job.
Will there be a Sex and the City 3? I have no idea. I really don’t know.
Do you appreciate porn stars more now? It gave me an appreciation for women of a certain age, which I am one of them. Whether you’re an actress or a teacher or a porn star, after a certain age you are marginalized — and then, in the case of a porn star, you’re an outcast. So where do these people go? And where do aging actresses go? I like to think that they go to the theater and they continue to be involved with great stories. So there are a lot of women that I’ve surrounded myself with, like Janet Suzman, Judi Dench and Meryl Streep; they are really inspiring, but most people get so downtrodden, like this character — where do they go, what happens to them? So I have a real respect and appreciation for what that is and will continue to fight it with everything I have. (Laughs)
What’s your relationship been like with the Sex and the City women? Do you stay in touch? You know, we do in the sense of, “Hi, I’m over here,” and “Congratulations on that.” Two of the four us of have kids, so that’s a whole other world, and Kristin (Davis) travels extensively, as do I. But when we see each other, it’s so nice. It’s really lovely. But we all live in different universes.
If you were a porn star, what would your porn star name be? Mine would be Fluffy Dawn, because my cat was Fluffy, and I lived on Dawn Road. What do you think Samantha would say about Monica? Would they be friends? I don’t think they would be friends. I think they live in different universes. Samantha is a dynamo and in some ways she’s kind of stuck in her own way, meaning that she doesn’t want to change, she doesn’t want to age. A character like Monica Velour doesn’t have a choice.
Would you be onboard? To me, it always depends on the script, because I always felt the writing was so good on the show and I know that for the writers and producers — Sarah (Jessica Parker) being one of them — that would be a real priority. But I’ve heard nothing. I also haven’t been around too much. I’ve been busy working. You’ll probably know before I do.
How did you react when Cynthia Nixon came out? I was very happy for her. I saw the pictures of her, and also just from being around her, and she just seemed so fulfilled. Christine (Marinoni) is just wonderful. They’re a terrific couple. And I’m very pleased about the baby. What do you think when you go back and watch yourself in Star Trek VI or Mannequin? I never do it. (Laughs) The most I see of that is from fans. But I look back at my career so fondly. I had so much fun and I worked with such terrific people. I’m still working, and I’m just very lucky. And I know I’ve worked hard for it, and continue to, but it has not been a hardship, it has been a real joy. You played Britney Spears’ mom in Crossroads, and her life as changed so much since then. But did you ever feel maternal, like you wanted to protect her from all she’d gone through? When I met Britney she was in top form, but what I really liked about her was that she had a real desire — acting in
this film meant a lot to her. She had a coach on the set, and she took it very seriously. I have a lot of empathy for her. The road that she’s chosen is a really tough one, and to be in the public eye is tough already — but to be at that level at such an early age, she handled it the best she knew how. My hat’s off to her that she has found her way through that really tough time, and I wish her the very best. I really do. On your episode of Who Do You Think You Are, you found out that your grandfather was married to two women at the same time. How did discovering that affect you personally? It’s affected my whole family. It was very wounding and hurtful to find out the truth, but ultimately it brought the family that I do have closer together. It also started to envelope other people who neither of us knew existed, and that has been a wonderful experience — to have a new family, and really respect and value the family you do have. This may come as a shock to you, but you have a massive gay following. Where would I be without gay men? I don’t know where I’d be. I love gay men. I love gay men, too. I know you do! (Laughs) Do most gay men recognize you as Samantha? Some do, and some know Mannequin and some know Big Trouble in Little China. Some know me just from my theater work. I have a couple of gentlemen who traveled all the way from New York to Liverpool to see me in Antony and Cleopatra over the fall, and that is just so incredible. I’m overwhelmed that someone cares enough to follow me where my career goes. Did you realize how much gay men loved you before Sex and the City? I didn’t. I really didn’t. But now I do! Q
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ost queer people in St. George know Claudia Bradshaw. And so do their parents. And siblings. And close friends. Bradshaw, who has been described as the loving mother of the gays in Southern Utah, started PFLAG St. George in 1999; it was the first gay organization of its kind in Southern Utah. “In August of 1998 my sweet son came home and told me he was gay,” Bradshaw said. “My world was shaken and I said some things that I shouldn’t have.” Her son patiently helped her move along and come to the realization that if God loved all his children, he wouldn’t leave out gay people, she said. “I was a very active Mormon, and I used to be a temple worker,” Bradshaw said. “When I speak with parents of gay children, that’s often the first question they ask. If I’m Mormon. I tell them not anymore. I just don’t feel the peace there anymore.” Since she started PFLAG more than a decade ago, Bradshaw has touched hundreds of lives and has held countless meetings, lunches and personal appoints with gay people and their families. She helped plan the Southern Utah Pride Festivals and she has been an invaluable resource for young lesbian, gay and transgender youth in St. George. She holds monthly meetings in herhome that can attract up to 50 people, depending on the week. Bradshaw’s efforts are being honored at the First Annual Equality Utah Celebration, an event being held at the end of May to help raise funds and awareness for an education and advocacy program in Southern Utah. She is being honored along with Chris McArdle, who helped start the Southern Utah Pride events. “We each play a role in life, I think. And Claudia is the love,” McArdle said. “Her light is so bright and it shines right through her. She has touched so many lives and her existence will live on through all the lives she has touched for good.” Bradshaw is a perfect example for what the community needs and the leaders that
Southern Utah is producing, McArdle said. Doing the right thing for her son and for all her gay and lesbian friends is a driving force in her life, Bradshaw said. “I decided I need to speak up for gay rights. If not me, then who?” Bradshaw asked. “But of course I don’t have to worry about getting fired for it. Or getting evicted. I know so many people that have that worry.” Bradshaw said she tries to create an environment where gay people can be open about who they are without fear of retribution. But, it’s very difficult in Southern Utah because most people want to pretend like there’s just not a problem, she said. Most people want to simply ignore the gay community in St. George. She is trying to help parents and family members of gays and lesbians to help create a more positive environment. “My main goal is to recruit parents. I don’t need to recruit gays, they already come to me,” Bradshaw said. Coming out as a gay parent can be very difficult for some, but it opens doors to discussion, which is the only way real change will be affected, she said. “I love to start conversations by saying, ‘Hi, my name is Claudia Bradshaw and I have a gay son,’” she said. “You have no idea how many doors have been opened because of that.” She said she sees the examples of progress in the movement because of all the people that are filling leadership positions in gaystraight alliances and other areas. “I am so excited for the dinner and the movement that it will help start. I am so excited to see a new generation of leaders and activists stepping up to the plate,” Bradshaw said. The Equality Celebration Dinner is being held on May 21 and more information is available at EqualityUtah.org. Tickets are sold out, but there is a waiting list. The dinner will honor a variety of youth and adult leaders as well as raise money for a campaign to help raise awareness in Southern Utah. Q
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rom the gay meccas of Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Springs and New York, Chris McArdle found his way to St. George. It was the beauty of the red rock and the weather that first attracted him, he said. “It was kind of like Sedona, but times 10, and I loved Sedona,” McArdle said. After landing in Utah in 2004, MacArdle started being involved in the community and he hit the ground running. “I was helping with a Pride festival in one of the most conservative places in the nation,” McArdle said. “But we all knew going in that if we helped even just one kid not feel alone. If we helped even just one person know they weren’t the only gay people in St. George, then it was a success.” McArdle was the president and in charge of planning the Pride festival in Southern Utah in 2007 and 2008; the festivals were huge successes attracting more than 1,000 people to each event. During this time he also started the Southern Utah Pride Association. But the parades and festivals were also forl the people that didn’t make it to the event, he said. “Kids in St. George used to be able to think they were the only ones in the area that were gay,” McArdle said. “But after the festivals and the GSAs, that’s just not possible. There’s still a lot of progress, but we’ve come so far.” McArdle, along with PFLAG St. George founder, Claudia Bradshaw, will be receiving honors at the First Annual Southern Utah Equality Celebration. “It’s because of people like Chris that we’ve come so far,” Bradshaw said. “He worked so hard and helped start the movement is St. George.” While working with McArdle it was easy to see his passion for what he was doing and his passion for helping the community grow, Bradshaw said. McArdle said that despite all the progress,
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there’s a still area for improvement and that people still don’t feel comfortable coming out in Southern Utah. “When I first moved to St. George it was like I was moving into the dark ages,” McArdle said. “The mindset of the community was struggling too; there was no self esteem, no faith in themselves, and there was a lot of self-destructive images and behavior.” Through different programs in Southern Utah such as the GSAs and other progress in the state and in the nation, the environment is changing, he said. “Full equality is inevitable,” McArdle said. “The ball is rolling. I don’t know if I’ll see it, but it’s coming, there’s no doubt about it.” The Equality Celebration Dinner will be held on May 21. For more information, go to EqualityUtah.org. Tickets are sold out, but there is a waiting list available. The dinner will honor a different youth and adult leaders as well as raise money for a campaign to help raise awareness in Southern Utah. Q
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he wonderful thing about bread recipes is how versatile they are. For years I’ve made what some countries call “hot water bread” which is a quick French bread with a simple cake-like center and a nice crust. You can make that kind of bread in about three hours and use different kinds of flour, seeds, herbs, etc. One of my favorite breads has onion and dill seed in it. Nowadays, chewy, crusty artisan breads are all the rage with a stringy interior and a lot of lovely, large holes — the more the better. Recently I came across a recipe that makes it quite easy to create this kind of bread at home. You will need a large Dutch oven with a lid that can be placed in the oven — I have a Le Creset knock-off which works great. The main ingredient in making this style of bread is time. I leave the dough fermenting in a bowl on my pastry table for up to 24 hours, although you can bake the dough any time after 12-14 hours. Here are the ingredients:
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4 cups all-purpose flour (or sometimes I use 3 allpurpose and 1 whole wheat) ½ scant teaspoon dry yeast granules 2 teaspoons salt—not scant! 2 cups tepid water I use a medium-sized glass mixing bowl and I first mix the three dry ingredients together and then pour in the water. I stir the dough together with a rubber spat until it forms a ball — no kneading necessary. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and as I said just let it do its thing for 12-14 hours, or even longer. When you’re ready to bake the bread, place the Dutch oven inside the oven at 500 degrees for 20 minutes. (I use a convection oven at 470 degrees.) The Dutch oven must be very hot. On a surface lightly dusted with flour and bran or flaxseed meal, carefully scoop out the foamy dough and pat it gently into an oval about 1 inch thick. Fold in each side then fold the top over the bottom to make a sort of envelope. Pinch the top fold together and turn the dough upside down and get as much bran or flaxseed around the dough as possible. Open the oven and take the lid of the hot Dutch oven and place the dough, folded side up, into the pot. Cover with the lid. Bake 30–35 minutes with the lid on and another 10-15 minutes with the lid off. You’ll be amazed at the quality and crusty goodness of this bread — try it soon — I mix the dough at night before I go to bed and bake it the next day when I get home from work. Bon Appétit! Q
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from all across the price range and style. From an Australian Shiraz to a California Zinfandel, the product selection can be fantastic. The Utah liquor stores do not usually participate in the same type of program because the selection and stock of products do not vary as widely as the wine selection. The wine store sales are a terrific opportunity to try new wines and find out what appeals to each individual’s taste, said Dan Fahndrich, the president of QVinum, a wine group in Salt Lake City. And there are good wines available for low prices, even in Utah, he said. “My card says it very simply, the best wine is the kind you like,” Fahndrich said. “My suggestion for buying wine is to be open and adventurous.” For samples of local wines and to support local business, check out Killer Grove Winegrowers in Salt Lake City. Wine tasting is available from noon until 7 p.m., Thursday through Saturday. For more information, go to KGWWine.com. The wine group samples wines from around the world to help expose the members to new tastes and perspectives, Fahndrich said. The group gathers periodically in Salt Lake City and will be taking a trip to Grand Junction, June 10-12, for a wine tour. For more information, go to QVinum.com.
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Metro sits at 540 W. 200 South and was originally opened as a restaurant called the Orbit Café. An intergalactic design theme gave it a unique feel inside. The restaurant ultimately failed and the building sat vacant for a number of years. The space-age interior, however, would prove to make a nice backdrop for a night club and so, with only minor changes to the décor and a rework of the bar area, Metro was born. Promoters Tim Weaver and Rob Brewer have been paying close attention to what clubbers like, both with music and talent. The club now offers parties on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights as well as a drag show on Sundays, and a hybrid karaoke and dance night on Monday. While Thursday and Friday crowds are mixed and straight, respectively, the Saturday gay party is well attended and has great energy. The smaller-sized club works on a lot of levels with a raised area in the back, away from the dance floor for socializing and a VIP lounge with its own bar. “We do it for the music,” Weaver said. The handsome couple is gearing up for Weaver’s birthday party this weekend with special disc jockeys and the promise of cake! Weaver said the music is going to be a mix of classic club and house music from “back in the day” and current dance tracks as an homage to being in his mid-30s - 34 to be exact. Happy Birthday Tim and see you on Saturday! Q
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am always a little surprised when people are surprised to hear that Salt Lake City has a vibrant gay community. It is a conversation that comes up often when talking to out-of-towners. But then again, the misconceptions about life in Utah get crazier the farther east you go; many of those folks think that the Mormons are just one car away on the crazy train from the Amish. The advancement of gay rights and the increase in acceptance and exposure of the gay community by society as a whole have put a stranglehold on gay bars and clubs. No longer do members of the gay community feel such a strong need to flock to the disco on Friday night if only to be with their people for a couple of hours in a rainbow-soaked wiggle of self expression. We are out all day long now – at work, at home and with our peer groups. In fact, there is a faction of the gay community that abhor anything stereotypical about being gay and much prefer to spend the weekend socializing with their friends at a straight bar. So how does this manifest itself when looking at gay nightlife? Smaller clubs, less nights to go out and narrower groups of regular party hoppers. That said, there are some exciting trends emerging in Salt Lake City’s gay clubs. And at the top of the list for innovation and good parties is the Metro club which has only been open for a few months, but is proving to be a nightlife staple.
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12 Cara of Fame 13 Prodded, doggy-style 24 Chows down 25 De Matteo of Desperate Housewives 28 Nehru, for one 31 Bones below the elbows 32 No better than 33 Neck and neck 36 Slick with lubricant 37 Gay wedding guide author Ayers 42 Courteous chap 43 Sphere starter 46 Oral zinger 48 Playground piece for a couple 50 Greek triangle 51 Bear sound 52 Online exaggeration? 53 Have sex with 54 Ejaculation of concern 55 Weeknight comic 56 Bond foe 57 Expert ending 58 “Of God, of Gaius 61 Kilmer of “The Doors” 62 Fairy’s cousin Puzzle answers on page 53
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español exprés Don’t mind me, I’m living in my own world By Gus Hererro
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call from a friend. At the beginning I thought he was high because he couldn’t even talk. So I asked him, “Are you high, man?” He said no, “My boyfriend just broke up with me and I have no place to go now.” I was perplexed. They have been together for a year and I thought everything was fine. Wrong! Oh, how wrong I was. What scared me the most was the fact that I never saw him cry and the worst part is that I didn’t know how to comfort him; I didn’t know what to say. I went to his house and helped him haul his stuff to our cars. We finished and I told him everything is going to be fine. Oh wrong, wrong, wrong! He was crying as if the end of the world was that day. I hugged him and I kept repeating the same words that seemed to be useless. I realized that we, as friends, are not supposed to say, “everything is going to be fine.” We are there to listen, not to give advice; our friends are to make their own decisions. Yes, we can say everything is going to be fine but what if that’s not true? Nobody wants to hear someone else saying, “Oh when I broke up with my ex ...” or, “I had the same experience when ….” Just be there for your friends and the most important thing is to listen. Q en me veo como una persona que confia en sus propios logros y demas. Para mi gran sorpresa, me encontre al borde de las lagrimas cuando vi a uno de mis mas cercanos amigos llorando por terminar con sus pareja. Honestamente, no sabia que hacer o que decir. Sabado por la noche, estaba inmerso en mi pequeno mundo de libros, hojas y lapiceros cuando recibi una llamada de este amigo en mencion. Al principio pense que el estaba drogado (nad fuera de lo normal) le pregunte, hey estas “¿volando?” el dijo, ¡no! “acabo de terminar con mi novio y no tengo a donde ir,” estaba perplejo, ellos habian estado juntos por mas de un año. Lo que mas me preocupo fue que nunca le habia visto llorar y lo peor de todo era no saber que decirle para confortarlo. Fui a su casa para ayudarle a recoger sus cosas. Terminamos y le dije “todo estara bien,” ops ¡WRONG! Palabra equivocada en estos casos. A nadie le gusta que le digan que todo estara bien en estos casos. El lloraba como si el mundo se acabara. Le abraze y yo segui repitiendo las mismas palabras que parecien sin sentido. Me di cuenta que como amigos no debemos de decir “todo estara bien.” Estamos para escuchar y no para dar consejo, nuestros amigos deben de tomar sus propias decisions . Si, podemos decir que todo estara bien pero que tal si no es cierto? Nadie quiere escuchar a alguien mas deicr “cuando yo termine con mi novio o cuando yo tuve este problema.” Debemos de estar alli en los momentos mas dificiles, el solo hecho de escuchar significara muchos para nuestros queridos amigos. Q
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here’s something you should know about Phil Levine,” Jack Fogg declared with that manly voice that made everything he said sound like a teaser for one of his popular exposes on CNN. He was bringing his old Harvard bud Phil in as a housemate. “He’s a rice queen,” Jack’s delicious boyfriend, Sammy, blurted through a mouthful of Chipper’s signature fruit salad. “That be racist,” I said off-handedly. “No, that ‘be racist,’” Shea said a little louder than strictly necessary, and with an edge so sharp I could have cut my tongue out with it — which not coincidently happened to be what I wanted to do. The room became a comedy routine as the boys suddenly tried to look busy. Craig studied a plate of lox as if it miraculously formed the image of Stokely Carmichael. Chipper and Paolo scrutinized the rug. My playlist was set to “Doris! Doris! Doris!” The song: “There I Go.” Our pre-season housemates brunch, at which we divvy up holiday weekend and say mean, funny things about people who aren’t there, had taken a wretched turn; I’d offended the only African-American in the group. Before my thoughtless faux pas everyone was high on thoughts of the new season, helped along by my new brunch cocktail, the Spring Splash. (So simple, so refreshing. What would it feel like getting thrown in my face?) Even the evil Robbie kept his mouth shut. Kyle was still playing the impossibly gymnastic “Sonny” to Craig’s allgrown-up-Baby-Huey “Daddy,” but he couldn’t be there. Just as well. With the room seemingly frozen, I glanced
over at Dan, who had a panick-y look. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the real sight of your partner having a nervous breakdown sparks many more. The words that first leapt to mind were “splatter picture,” “Mau Mau” and (I couldn’t help myself) “spooked.” I could see Dan’s mind working: my sick sense of humor would finally send all our housemates packing, we’d have no rental income anymore, we’d have to take in laundry, and the whole dumb-to-begin-with beachhouse folly would bankrupt us. Sean cut through it by launching into a guilt trip so pure that he’d had obviously perfected it through painful experience. Sentences began, “Do you have any idea of how sickening ... ” and ended with such personally damning touches as “... especially coming from someone I thought was my friend.” I was more sorry than a starving cat in the rain. “I’m ashamed, Sean,” I began just as the front door opened and a hyper fireplug of a man stormed in brandishing a cell phone and booming, “I’m there, I’ll call you later; I’m Phil Levine sorry I’m late, did I miss anything?”
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t’s long overdue that the lesbian, bisexual and transgender women of Utah be shown sufficient recognition for representing us in such a tasteful and dashing manner. Let this be the first of more praise to come as I give appreciation to those who are very well-deserving. This week’s installment is the second piece as part of my sequence emphasizing fashion — the third to come in the next issue. I’ve chosen some incredible women who I believe are some of our
Melissa Hite keeps things feminine.
Melissa Hite should probably be in a Banana Republic catalog.
best dressed, and who really exemplify lesbian chic. Blame it on my feminist inclinations, but the roles for photography, hair, makeup and obviously the models were all performed by women of our own community. The women I’ve chosen for this first edition of Lesbian Life and Style are just a few of the many stunning lesbians and bisexuals native to Utah. At the very least, a little eye-candy every once in a while never hurt anyone. Enjoy!
Jade Lukas shows us her “Gaysian” style.
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Jade Lukas and Katie Fletcher achieve spectacular boyish style. Ashley Peay and Lauren Bartlome prefer small boutiques in other states for clothes unique to Utah.
Jade Lukas, Katie Fletcher, Rachael Anderson, and myself. Queertastic as ever.
Photography by Jaci Twiss. Photos edited by Annalisa Millo.
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the perils of petunia pap-smear The tale of the best little whorehouse in Utah By Petunia Pap-Smear
“Sex... The final frontier... These are the voyages of Petunia Pap-Smear. Her continuing mission: To explore strange new porno stores... To seek out new glory holes; new bath houses... To boldly go where no queen has gone before!” he road to California is fraught with danger and excitement. Queen’s Log: Star date 1996.03. It was road trip time and my friend Iona Traylor and I beamed aboard The HMS Queer-Tanic, my 1975 Buick Electra Land Yacht and set course for the Bay Area Nebula. Just as any decent starship captain would prepare for a journey, I donned my opera-length gloves, rhinestone-encrusted sunglasses, 4-inch pumps and a jaunty scarf to protect the beehive hair. When traveling in The Golden State, you never know when you might run into Brad Pitt, so any queen worth her tiara needs to always be on the ready to entice him to jettison Angelina and upgrade to shall we say “a more versatile model.” Consequently, I packed Queer-Tanic’s cavernous cargo hold to the uppermost limit of its established operating parameters with enough clothing to stunningly outfit a queen for any and every occasion that might occur. We were traveling through the Nevada Neutral Zone at warp-70, and gaily singing along with ABBA, when suddenly, there was a thunderous bang. Queer-Tanic’s starboard rear nacelle had lost its containment field and ejected its core. The inertial dampeners failed and the beloved vessel careened out of control, across all lanes of the highway. Miss Traylor and I were nearly thrown from our seats as Queer-Tanic was rocked violently to and fro. My scream was of high enough pitch and sufficient volume that I could have been auditioning to sing the lead part in a Klingon opera. I fought to regain control of the helm, seizing the wheel tighter than a Ferengi grasps a bar of goldpressed platinum while simultaneously trying to protect my new manicure. After lurching to a stop, remarkably with manicure intact, we adjusted the rearview mirror to see a cloud of dust and a sizable debris field consisting of large pieces of rubber all over the freeway. The titanium rim had dug a definite trench in the asphalt deeper than that of a Borg cutting beam. Upon examination, there was nothing left of the tire but a smoking rim. Miss Traylor loudly exclaimed, “Damn it Petunia, I’m a drag queen, not a mechanic.” Thus I was forced to get out the tire iron and begin loosening the nuts myself. One nut was steadfastly rusted on and refused to budge. I pulled out a cheater bar to get more leverage on the tire iron. I braced myself by digging in my 4-inch heels, grabbed onto the cheater bar with all my substantial bulk and pulled. I was straining more powerfully than if I were trying to give birth to a Jeff Stryker dildo. Suddenly the rust broke free, the cheater bar struck me forcefully in the
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forehead, and I flew, heels over head. Now usually when my heels go up over my head it means that I’m about to see god in the “sweet mystery of life” way, but this time I was about to see god in the “get in line and check in at the pearly gate” way with Saint Peter saying, “You’re early, I wasn’t expecting you just yet.” After executing a perfect full-twisting, doubleback somersault, as if dismounting from on top of an Olympic gymnast, (I mean a pommel horse), and landing face up in the weeds, I lay slightly dazed, looking up at the stars. I contemplated the locations of Sagittarius and Capricorn, and wondered if the Terran System was still in the Age of Aquarius. I’m convinced that the substantial cushioning effect of the beehive hair prevented a full-scale concussion. As I gathered my senses, I looked up and saw a shining beacon of hope and joy. It was a billboard saying, “Take this exit for the World Famous Mustang Ranch.” Ever since I was a princess in training and first saw The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas I have dreamed of becoming a madam like Miss Mona, singing “It’s Just a Little Bitty Piss Ant Country Place” while descending a grand staircase and playfully shepherding a stable of virile stud-muffin ho’s. Move over Dolly Parton, there’s a new madam in town. With renewed vigor and lust for life, I gathered up my skirts, fluffed my hair and finished changing the tire, quicker than a twink can score in a gym steam room. Back on the road again, I took the Mustang Ranch exit with great gusto, hoping to give the working girls some fashion tips, and question the madam as to how I could open an all-male version of the legendary ranch. I could name my house “Petunia’s Pecker Palace” and have a staff of buff boys dressed in Speedos or wrestling singlets standing around a piano, singing show tunes while waiting for customers. Unhappily, the ranch was between owners, and was closed for business. I could not conduct my research. Dejected, we proceeded to California, but we were rejuvenated in our ambitions with visits to such national treasures as the Nob Hill Theater, Steam Works and Blow Buddies. Alas, other stories for another time. Like always these events leave us with many important questions: 1. In space they say no one can hear you scream. Is it the same in Nevada? 2. Is there any more magical phrase in English than “loosen the nuts?” 3. How difficult would it be to recruit studs muffins for my stable of ho’s? 4. Is the collective noun for a group of stud muffins “a stuffin of muffins?” 5. Would I need to secure Viagra by the ton to keep the stud muffins going? These and other important questions to be answered in future chapters of: The Perils of Petunia Pap-Smear. Q
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