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government should be able to intervene on matters concerning abortion and gay marriage.

“When you look at issues like traditional marriage, when you look at issues like the human life amendment, the president of the United States can lead on those issues, can publicly proclaim support and go cam-

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GOP presidential hopefuls attack gay marriage Six Republican presidential hopefuls touted their conservative credentials at the ‘Thanksgiving Family Forum,’ Nov. 19, sponsored by the Family Leader, an anti-gay Christian organization. The discussion, held at a West Des Moines, Iowa church, did not invite former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney chose not to attend.

The first part of the discussion focused on how the religious right has allegedly been marginalized and silenced by the liberal left.

“I think probably the greatest amount of censorship in our country today is in the pulpits of our churches because we have a law that limits pastors on what they can say about politics in the pulpit. That’s not the American way,” said Michele Bachmann.

Herman Cain went on to criticize the IRS for not allowing church leaders to endorse political parties and “those of us that are people of faith and strong faith have allowed the non-faith element to intimidate us into not fighting back,” Cain told the audience of about 2,500. (Cain has since dropped from the presidential race.)

The discussion turned to allowing discussion of Christianity in public schools, barring the federal government from being involved with public education and removing all federal government influence from state functions.

However, there was near unanimous agreement to support federal legislation barring gay marriage and limiting abortion rights. Because the candidates held similar positions, they each attempted to distance themselves from the pack; Cain promised to veto any attempt to overturn the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act; Rick Santorum touted his role in campaigning against Iowa Supreme Court justices who supported gay marriage; and Rick Perry argued that the president and federal

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ham Lincoln said, ‘the states do not have the right to do wrong,’” Santorum said. “(Gay marriage) radically changes the entire moral fabric of our country.”

Newt Gingrich was a crowd favorite and didn’t let his past of admitted adultery and three marriages slow him down gaining the biggest cheers from the conservative

somebody to honor – you’ve got all these left-wing media outlets out there talking about what a colorful figure he was and how important a legislator he was and how he’s going to be missed on the American political scene.

And yet he modeled a lifestyle which is really a deathstyle.

People imitate that.”

—Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association

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Today, we come together, as a global community, across continents, faiths and cultures, to renew our commitment to ending the AIDS pandemic – once and for all. … Make no mistake, we are winning this fight. But the fight is not over, not by a long shot.”

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Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul says anti-gay-marriage laws sacrifice liberty.

paign across the country to get states to support those positions,” Perry said. “That is the virtuous direction that the next president of the United States needs to powerfully go down.”

Santorum tried to appear as the most conservative of all the candidates and promised to stop individual states from legalizing gay marriage.

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“Go get a job right after you take a bath,” Gingrich said about the Occupy protesters.

The one exception to the anti-gay rhetoric came from candidate Ron Paul.

“The law can’t reflect the morality of the people, if you do that, then you’ve embarked on something where you’ve sacrificed liberty,” Paul said. Q

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The dust is finally starting to clear over the rubble of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal, and our military is beginning to see what’s on the horizon: a campaign to radicalize the country from the Pentagon out.

It started by toppling the barrier to open homosexuality. And it continues with an assault on marriage and religious freedom. … In the best of circumstances, sexual relationships are not without risk. But in the military, that risk is not to one or two people, but to an entire unit. If Congress insists on relaxing the rules on sodomy and bestiality, will the prohibition on adultery be next?”

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Practicing yoga is Satanic, it leads to evil just like reading Harry Potter. All eastern religions are based on a false belief in reincarnation. Satan is always hidden and what he most wants is for us not to believe in his existence. He studies every one of us and our tendencies towards good and evil, and then he offers temptations.”

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Barney Frank won’t seek re-election After more than three decades serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., will not seek re-election in 2012. Frank became the first House representative to openly acknowledge he was gay in 1987. First elected in 1980, he went on to become one of the most influential Democrats in the House.

Frank faced a tough election in 2010 to Tea Party favorite Sean Bielat and said he was not looking forward to another battle.

“It would have been a rough campaign and I don’t like raising money,” Frank said during a press conference.

While he said he doesn’t have plans for the future, he took a shot at GOP presidential hopeful, Newt Gingrich, saying, “I will neither be a lobbyist nor a historian.”

Gingrich recently launched his campaign into a high public view after he called for the arrest of Frank for his involvement with Freddie Mac only to have revealed that he worked as a “historian” for the mortgage giant.

During his 16 terms, Frank emerged as a cankerous liberal who freely spoke his mind. His no-nonsense approach to government led him to become a fierce advocate for queer issues as well as financial regulations.

President Barack Obama said the loss of Frank will impact the Democratic Party and the country.

“This country has never had a congressman like Barney Frank, and the House of Representatives will not be the same without him,” Obama said in a statement. “For over 30 years, Barney has been a fierce advocate for the people of Massachusetts and Americans everywhere who needed a voice. He has worked tirelessly on behalf of families and businesses and helped make

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Pepper-spray-wielding cop spews antigay slur The police officer who pepper sprayed peaceful protesters at University of California Davis last week was also a target in 2008 for an alleged antigay slur, costing the department $250,000 in a settlement.

UC Davis police Lt. John Pike, who has risen in rank to oversee one-third of the department’s force, was seen in a viral video pepper spraying about a dozen students as they sat linking arms on the campus in a protest as part of Occupy Wall Street.

In 2003, former UC Davis police officer Calvin Chang filed a racial and sexual discrimination lawsuit against the university’s police chief and board of regents. Pike Frank, 71, was raised in Bayonne, N.J., was named in the complaint for having housing more affordable. He has stood up for the rights of LGBT Americans and and attended Harvard University and Har- used “profane” antigay slurs in reference fought to end discrimination against them. vard Law School, where he later taught. He to Chang. Pike was Chang’s superior officer And it is only thanks to his leadership that was elected to the Massachusetts House of at the time. It took Chang five years to win we were able to pass the most sweeping fi- Representatives in 1972. He faced his first a $250,000 settlement in the lawsuit. nancial reform in history designed to pro- scandal after coming out when it was dis“When I saw [the pepper-spray incitect consumers and prevent the kind of ex- covered that his live-in boyfriend had op- dent], I was as shocked as anybody else, cessive risk-taking that led to the financial erated a prostitute service from his home. but not surprised when I realized who it Frank was reprimanded for the incident. crisis from ever happening again.” was,” Chang said.

Obama pledges additional $50 million to fight AIDS President Barack Obama announced an additional $50 million will go toward treatment and medical facilities across the United States over the next two years to help combat AIDS. He also pledged a new target of securing treatment for 6 million people with HIV by 2013, and urged other countries to step up the global fight against HIV and AIDS. In remarks at a World AIDS Day event in Washington, D.C., Dec. 1, Obama said the treatment goal would cover 2 million more people than originally proposed.

“We are going to win this fight,” Obama said. “But the fight’s not over, not by a long shot.”

divides us, the fight against this disease has united us across parties and presidencies,” Obama said. “It has shown that we can do big things when Republicans and Democrats put their common humanity before politics.”

Former Presidents George W. Bush The Utah Department of Health estiand Bill Clinton also spoke at the event mates approximately 20 percent of Utahns via satellite. who have been diagnosed with HIV are not “I understand we’re in tight budget times participating in a medical-treatment pro… I believe we are required to support effec- gram. Nationally, the Centers for Disease tive programs that save lives,” Bush said.

Control and Prevention estimates that Obama cited the high rate of infection almost 75 percent of Americans with HIV among gay men, especially gay men of are not receiving enough medicine or regucolor, and the difficulty many people face lar health care “to stay healthy or prevent finding adequate medical care. He plans to themselves from transmitting the virus to use programs through the Department of others.” Of the 1.2 million people with HIV, Health and Human Services to help the 1.2 850,000 aren’t receiving regular treatment million people living in the U.S. with HIV. to keep the virus at a low enough level to The funding will not require any congres- prevent transmission or harm their own sional approval or action. health. About 240,000 Americans are not “At a time when so much in Washington aware they’re infected with HIV.

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Crowd gathers to commemorate World AIDS Day

By Seth Bracken

Dozens of people gathered on the steps of the City & County Building on Dec. 1 to honor those who have fallen from AIDS and to raise awareness about the disease.

“We gather today to remember people impacted by HIV and AIDS. We also gather with the shared desire for an end to this disease. Today we’re all united by one color, by one cause,” said Stan Penfold, director of the Utah AIDS Foundation and a Salt Lake City councilman.

Penfold, along with city council members Luke Garrott and Jill Remington-Love, presented a resolution recognizing World AIDS Day as Dec. 1 in Salt Lake City.

The need for education and awareness is as great as ever, and events like the one held in Salt Lake City need to help educate people about prevention and care, said Wayna Chase, whose young son, and husband, are both HIV positive.

“I want to remind you of another face of HIV,” Chase said.

In 2005, Chase’s 7-year-old son was diagnosed with HIV, and her husband, Jim, later tested positive.

“This wasn’t supposed to happen to us,” Chase said.

Wayna, her husband and son have been advocates for education since their diagnoses.

“If we all help educate even just five people, and they help educate five people, the reaction will be huge,” said Jim. “We need to bring it down to zero new infections.

That has to be the goal.”

To help raise awareness about HIV and AIDS, the City & County Building was lit in a wash of red, and large banners are hang-

ing from city street lamps commemorating World AIDS Day. Also, the Salt Lake City Gallery Stroll participated in Day Without Art, a response from galleries and museums that feature works by artists with HIV or AIDS to illustrate the impacts of the disease. The city featured a piece titled, Ruby Slippers, by the late DeWayne Sessions.

Sessions, who was HIV positive, was an iconic figure in the Utah art scene. His sponsorship of programs such as Art Positive, a series of art workshops for those infected with the HIV virus, as well as those who support and care for them, led him to receive the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Artist Award.

There are more than 2,550 people in Utah who have been diagnosed with HIV and the rate of infection is dropping. Between 2009 and 2010, the new rate of infection dropped 32 percent, state data shows. There were 86 new cases diagnoses in 2010. However, the Centers for Disease Controls estimates that on-fifth of people who are HIV positive are unaware they are infected. The Utah Department of Health estimates that approximately 20 percent of Utahns who have been diagnosed with HIV are not participating in a medical treatment program. Nationally, the CDC estimates that almost 75 percent of Americans with HIV are not receiving enough medical care to stay healthy. Of the 1.2 million people with HIV in the U.S., 850,000 aren’t receiving regular treatment to keep the virus at a low enough level to prevent transmission or harm their own health. About 240,000 Americans are not aware they’re infected with HIV. Q For information about free testing, go to UtahAIDS.org or UtahPrideCenter.org.

Equality Utah wins $25K grant Equality Utah was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Chase Community Giving Program, which has given more than $600 million to nonprofits over the past five years.

The program, sponsored by JP Morgan Chase, focuses on community development, education, and arts and culture within high-need neighborhoods and communities across the globe. Organizations applied for the grant by sharing their messages and missions online where an open vote was held.

Equality Utah formed a coalition with nine other queer charities from around the nation to attract attention and gar-

ner support. Equality Utah is a politicalaction committee and service group that advocates for equal treatment of all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Utahns.

The top recipient of the Chase Community Giving Program, taking home $250,000, was the United Sikhs in Service of America. The USSA’s mission is to transform underprivileged and minority communities and individuals into informed and vibrant members of society through civic, educational and personal development programs, by fostering active participation in social and economic activity.

Salt Lake City Councilmembers Luke Garrott, Jill Remington-Love and Stan Penfold address a crowd at the City & PHOTO: SETH BRACKEN County Building commemorating World AIDS Day alongside a painting by DeWayne Sessions

One-fifth of HIV-positive Utahns Uta not undergoing treatment Mic An estimated 20 percent of Utahns who are aware they are HIV positive are not receiving treatment, said Matthew Mietchen, an HIV and STD epidemiologist for the Utah Department of Health. Roughly 500 to 750 people living in Utah tested positive for HIV, but are not participating in a medical treatment program, he said.

The exact number of Utahns not receiving treatment is difficult to establish because people move in and out of the state and occasionally statuses are not disclosed, he said.

“There are a variety of reasons someone wouldn’t receive treatment,” Mietchen said. “The medications are expensive, the disease can be difficult to face, the medication can be hard on the patient and very physically draining; we don’t know exactly why they’re not receiving treatment, but we’re working on coming to a greater understanding so we can help.”

Effective HIV treatment and care benefit infected individuals by improving their health and are also important for HIV prevention. Results of a recent study from the National Institutes of Health showed that consistently taking antiretroviral therapy, in combination with safer behavior, can reduce the risk of spreading HIV by 96 percent.

“By improving testing, linkage to care and treatment services, we can help people living with HIV feel better and live longer, and can reduce the spread of HIV dramatically. This is not just an individual responsibility, but a responsibility for families, partners, communities and health care providers,” said Thomas Frieden, the Cen-

ters for Disease Control director, in a stateBy Seth B ment.

There are approximately 2,550 people living in Utah that have tested positive for HIV, however, this number is most likely much lower than the actual amount, Mietchen said. The CDC estimates that roughly 20 percent of people living with HIV are not aware of their status. And nearly three out of four Americans living with HIV do not have the infection under control, according to a report by the CDC. The report speculates that the low percentage is because one in five Americans with HIV do not realize they are infected and, of those who are aware, only 51 percent receive ongoing medical care and treatment.

Of the 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United States, only an estimated 28 percent have a suppressed viral load (defined as viral load less than 200 copies of the blood-borne virus per milliliter of blood) — meaning that the virus is under control and at a level that helps keep them healthy and reduces the risk of transmitting the virus to others.

“The take home message is to get tested.

Know your status,” Mietchen said. “I know it can sound repetitive to hear over and over, but it’s the first step in receiving treatment. And if you do test positive, pursue all the medical treatments to not only prolong your life, but possibly help others.”

The Utah AIDS Foundation, UtahAIDS.org, and the Utah Pride Center, UtahPrideCenter.org, offer free HIV testing. The People With AIDS Coalition of Utah, PWACU.org, offers various other services.

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By Seth Bracken

The Utah Supreme Court denied a request from Michael Anthony Archuleta to have his 1988 hate-crime murder case reopened.

Archuleta, who is on death row, has made five appeals for his conviction for the murder of Gordon Church, a gay Southern Utah University theater student.

During the initial trial, he was named the primary perpetrator to the crime and received the death penalty, while his partner to the crime, Lance Conway Wood, was sentenced to life in prison. During the trial it was mentioned on several occasions that Wood was an active Mormon and an Eagle Scout.

Archuleta’s new attorney, James Slavens, asked the Utah Supreme Court to send the case back to court for a new trial, or at least a new sentencing. Slavens said he has an affidavit in which Wood said he was the primary assailant. He argued that Archuleta was present during the murder, but did not take part.

Church met Archuleta and Wood at a convenience store parking lot on Nov. 21, 1988. Wood, a blond 18-year-old, approached Church, who was sitting in his white 1978 Ford Thunderbird, and asked if he wanted company. Church said yes.

The three men drove up Cedar Canyon where Archuleta put a knife to Church’s back and cut him. Church broke away and ran. Wood tackled him and broke his arm.

Archuleta cut him again on the neck and then forced him over the hood of his car and raped him.

Archuleta pulled tire chains from the

trunk of the car. He bound Church with the chains, and the pair hooked the jumper cables to Church’s testicles and then to the car battery. Then they threw him into the trunk of his car, drove him to a remote location and began beating him with a tire iron. Church was raped anally with the tire iron and his liver was punctured. They dragged his half-naked, dead body off the side of the road and covered it with tree branches and dirt.

The pair got back in Church’s car and drove to Salt Lake City. Fearful of Archuleta, Wood went to his parole officer and confessed the entire crime. The details and guilt of the two participants were not under question in the trials. However, the two are disputing who played the more active role in the rape and murder.

During the original trial it took the coroner two and a half hours to share all the terrible details of the trauma done to Church’s brutally beaten body and how he died. The original court judge put a gag order on reporters because of how violent and terrible the details of the crime were. A veteran reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune, Chris Jorgensen, called it the most appalling story he had ever covered, and possibly the worst murder in Utah history.

The Utah Supreme Court unanimously voted to deny Archuleta’s appeal.

“We find none of Archuleta’s numerous claims in either of these appeals availing, and we accordingly reaffirm his conviction for first-degree felony murder and sentence of death,” the justices wrote. Q

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BYU newspaper publishes, recants anti-gay letter

By Seba Martinez, special to QSaltLake

Brigham Young University’s paper, The Daily Universe, published, then later removed from its website, “Sin against Nature,” a letter in which a BYU student compared a gay parent to a prostitute or a serial killer.

“Just as if we wouldn’t want a child to grow up with a prostitute for a mother or a serial killer for a father, we shouldn’t accept a lesbian, gay or transgender parental model for young people,” wrote Taylor Petty, from Raleigh, N.C., in the paper’s November 17 issue. “As prophets have said for four thousand years, sodomy is a disgusting sin we can’t accept.”

The letter was in response to an ongoing discussion about Modern Family, a TV sitcom which depicts a gay couple who have adopted a child. The discussion was started by a letter in which Alex Hairston, from Provo, Utah, quoted a friend who told him that “he would rather pay extra taxes in order for a child to be brought up in an orphanage or foster care rather than to be adopted by a gay couple.”

Petty’s letter caused an uproar among BYU lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and their supporters, who placed a flyer inside many copies of the Nov. 18 issue of TDU. Further criticism of Petty’s letter appear in the Student Review and TDU itself.

“Gay students are in every classroom, every ward and every apartment complex at BYU and we want to reach out in love to help you better understand,” an anonymous flyer inside the paper reads. “The attitude represented by these articles reopens wounds that Christ died to heal. ...

The task of any religion is not to teach us who we are entitled to hate, but who we are required to love.”

The flyer included a link to a defunct Facebook page, Shame on You Daily Universe, which described the actions taken

by BYU students to protest TDU: “One student took a flyer to work to put up on the wall of the Writing Center. When he got there, there was already one up. Dozens of students returned to thank those passing out fliers for their work. One of them spoke about how important it was for her because her brother is gay. Students rose up in classes all around campus and read the flyer to their classmates.”

“Regardless of your opinion on gay adoption and parenting, words like [Pattti’s] are unproductive, offending those that disagree and failing to bring legitimacy to your argument,” wrote Hunter Schwartz in the Student Review.

“The Family: A Proclamation to the World also states parents should rear their children in love and righteousness, provide for their physical and spiritual needs and

teach them to love and serve one another, to name a few,” wrote Jordan Meservy in TDU. “To think only heterosexual couples are capable of doing this is crazy talk.”

Late on Friday, Nov. 18, TDU managing editor Joel Campbell ordered the letter to be removed from the website.

“The Daily Universe has removed the letter originally published here after several readers complained about its tone and approach to homosexuality,” Campbell wrote on the new Web page substituting for where the letter was once displayed. “We agree that the letter did not represent the standards of our sponsoring institution or our university community including the recent statement in the LDS Church Handbook of Instruction: ‘While opposing homosexual behavior, the Church reaches out with understanding and respect to individuals who are attracted to those of the same gender.’ The letter published in TDU did not represent the kind of understanding and respect that should accompany dialog on this issue. We regret that the letter was ever published.”

“TDU retracted the letter and all its implications,” the Shame on You Facebook page explains. “For that, DU, we thank you and offer our renewed respect.”

BYU and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a long history of demonizing LGBT people — especially the idea of marriage equality and same-sex parenting.

In a controversial 2004 speech, Sheri Dew, president and CEO of LDS-owned Deseret Book likened those who do not oppose gay marriage to those who did nothing to oppose Hitler’s rise to power. During the same speech, Dew showed a photo

not as I do Baptist church bans interracial couples A small white-only church in Kentucky banned interracial couples from being accepted into the fold. Members of the Gulnare Free Will Baptist Church voted on the resolution not to support any interracial couple, no exceptions. The member who crafted the resolution, Melvin Thompson, said he is not a racist and called the vote an “internal affair.”

However, the church’s secretary, Dean Harville, said the measure was targeted toward his daughter, who brought her black boyfriend to the congregation to sing in the choir.

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Qmmunity Uta Hilarious Holiday Hullabaloo The Ogden OUTreach Resource Center and Weber State University Center for Diversity and Unity will present Sister Dottie S. Dixon’s Hilarious Holiday Hullabaloo in the Shepherd Union Ballroom on the WSU campus. The event is a fundraiser for OUTreach. A donor reception will begin at 6 p.m. in the Kimball Visual Art Center, WSU campus. This performance is the only chance to catch Sister Dottie this holiday season.

WHEN: Dec. 10, 6 p.m.

WHERE: Weber State University campus, Ogden COST: $25, WeberStateTickets.com or 1-800-WSU-TIKS

Polar Jubilee: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus The second annual Polar Jubilee winter celebration benefit for KRCL 90.9 will include tribute bands, acrobats, holiday photos, a silent auction and DJ Circus Brown.

WHEN: Dec. 9, 7-11 p.m.

WHERE: Salt Lake Hardware Building, 105 N. 400 West COST: $30 INFO: KRCL.org

Snow Ball 2011: Babes in Toyland of a same-sex couple with infants which she saw in Newsweek magazine and said, in disgust, “I just can’t stomach this-the thought of those girls being raised in that kind of a setting.” Q

School denies admission to HIV-positive applicant The Milton Hershey School, founded by the chocolate tycoon, has a stated mission that says it “nurtures and educates children in social and financial need to lead fulfilling and productive lives.”

However, for one 13-year-old Delaware applicant, that mission didn’t necessarily hold true. The young man, whose identity is withheld, is pressing charges against the school saying he was not admitted because he is HIV positive.

The school is not denying the allegation, and school officials said the decision was made to protect the health of other students and administration.

Gingrich doesn’t lobby In a front-page article, the New York Times drags out in great detail the lobbying activities of GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, who continues to claim he is not a lobbyist because he is not registered as one. However, he has made a small fortune helping companies promote their services and gain access to state and federal officials and elected representatives. Gingrich is moving toward the top of the pack in the Republican race, and he claims he supports “traditional marriage.”

Gingrich has engaged in multiple admitted adulteries and three marriages.

The Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire will hold an event to raise money for the People with AIDS fund hosted by Prince Johnny Disco and Princess Midori Melon. Cocktails will kick off the evening, followed by dinner and a show.

TICKETS: $20 in advance and $25/door at prince@rcgse.org or princess@rcgse.org.

WHEN: Dec. 11, 6 p.m.

WHERE: Metro Bar, 540 W. 200 South

Human Rights Day Reception and Exhibit The exhibit “DREAMers: Living in the Shadow of Hope, Portraits of Undocumented Youth,” will be on display at Salt Lake City Hall through the month of December. Photographs are by Lynn Hoffman-Brouse and interviews are by Annie Brewer. The photos document thousands of undocumented children in the United States. A reception will be held on Dec. 10, 6 p.m. to open the exhibit.

The event is free, but there is a suggested donation of a winter clothing item.

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Utah bids farewell to Saliva Sister, Kristen Merrill In true Saliva Sisters fashion, the wake for Kristen Merrill will be held at a bar. Merrill, also known as Byla Saliva to her many adoring fans, passed away peacefully in her home on Monday, Nov. 21. She recovered from a stroke in April, but a second in September was too much. She was 60 when she died of liver disease.

For more than 30 years, Merrill was one of three women who parody Utah life as part of the most well-known local groups.

The Saliva Sisters have been a staple at art festivals and Utah Pride celebrations for more than two decades. Opening for the likes of Roseanne Barr and Joan Rivers, the group has brought humor and wit to all their performances.

The Saliva Sisters use their parody powers to gain audiences with a huge array of groups including the National Association of Women, Ford Motor Company, Coca-Cola, the National Conference of Republican Governors, the Sundance Film Festival, the Utah Shakespearean Festival, the United States Army Officers and the Utah Gay Ro-

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Merrill’s memory will live on through the newest addition to the group, Karen Nielsen-Anson as Droolia Saliva. She will be joining Rebecca Heal (Uvula Saliva), and Michelle Lunley (Levator Saliva). The trio has a performance scheduled in Elko, Nev., and there are plans for other upcoming shows.

“We’re going to keep singing Kristen’s songs until they tell us to stop,” Heal told The Salt Lake Tribune.

In lieu of flowers, guests at Merrill’s memorial are requested to make a joke.

As Merrill’s obituary stated: “She was the funniest person in the room. She was the perfect eccentric aunt to her friends’ children. There were chickens in her yard. She should have written a book. She shouldn’t have died so young.”

off the ground because I didn’t know what that meant for me,” Johnson told Medina.

Johnson immediately retired from the team, but returned for the 1992 All-Star game, winning the All-Star MVP Award.

Fellow players protested his return to the sport, so he retired again until 1996 when he played 32 games with the team for a final hurrah. He also played for the United States in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, winning the Gold Medal.

Johnson created the Magic Johnson Foundation to help combat HIV and spread the message that all people should be concerned about the disease. He spoke at the United Nations World AIDS Day Conference in 1999, calling AIDS “public enemy number one.”

Johnson remained adamant that he would survive the disease, even though at the time he contracted it, AIDS medicines were in their infancy. He was among the first to take the three-pill “cocktail” regimen, which worked for him. Twenty years later, he is still able to share his story.

“I never thought I was going to die,” Johnson said. “I’m not that guy. I’ve been a competitor my whole life.”

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Magic Johnson was in Salt Lake the day he found he was HIV positive Magic Johnson, point guard for the LA Lakers who abruptly retired in 1991 after coming out publicly as HIV positive, was in Salt Lake City to play an exhibition game against the Utah Jazz when he got a call from the team physician telling him to fly home.

In a story by LA Times Lakers blogger Mark Medina, Johnson relived the events surrounding his finding out he had contracted the AIDS virus.

“You have to come home,” Dr. Michael Melman, told Johnson.

“Can I play the game, first?” asked Johnson.

“Nope,” Melman said. “You have to come home right now.”

Melman wouldn’t tell Johnson over the phone that he had tested positive for HIV in a routine test.

Johnson would demand three additional tests before he believed that he had, indeed, contracted the disease. He then became concerned about the health of his wife and unborn child, as well as having to tell his wife, who he had married just that year, about his infidelity.

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Bills coming down the pipe in the Utah Legislature Bills are already being drafted as the Utah Legislature gears up for the upcoming session, which convenes Jan. 23, 2012. Most legislation is not yet written, but many titles have been submitted and made public.

The following is a review of the bills proposed so far that had interesting or concerning names.

Advanced Health Care Directives Amendments Sen. Pat Jones (D-Holladay)

This bill, originally introduced in 2009, expands the list of health care professionals authorized to determine whether an adult lacks health care decision-making capacity and to sign a life-with-dignity order.

Civil Commitment Amendments Rep. Brad Daw (R-Orem)

This bill deals with involuntary commitment, also known as civil commitment, of mentally ill people. While the title appears to deal with civil unions, it’s actually an

amendment to add harmful sexual conduct to an existing bill as grounds for civil commitment. The bill was heard in an interim committee.

Driver License Qualification Amendments Sen. Stephen Urquhart (R-St. George)

This bill, originally introduced in the 2011 session, would eliminate the driver privilege cards. These cards allow people who do not have social security numbers but have an identification code from the IRS to operate a vehicle legally. They can be used to purchase auto insurance and are popular with international students.

Family Planning Funding Restrictions Rep. Carl Wimmer (R-Herriman)

In a rehash from a similar bill during the 2011 session, Rep. Carl Wimmer wants to stop federal money being distributed through the state to Planned Parenthood.

He said the effort is to stop organizations that perform abortions from receiving money from the state. Planned Parenthood does not use taxpayer dollars to perform abortions. However, it is one of the state’s best resources for testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, and is one of the only resources in Southern Utah. If the measure passes, Planned Parenthood will be forced to cut programs such as testing and treatment of Chlamydia.

Guardianship Amendments Rep. Kraig Powell (R-Heber City)

This is Powell’s third attempt to pass a bill to modernize and reinforce the entire Utah guardianship laws. The bill is the product of a working group formed by the Administrative Office of the Utah State Courts. The

sanctity of marriage

Logan woman sells husband on Craigslist A Logan, Utah woman listed her husband for sale on Craigslist after she said she was tired of being ignored.

Alyse Baddley said she was tired of her husband, Kyle Baddley, spending all his free time playing “Modern Warfare.”

She posted an ad on Craigslist entitled, ‘One husband to the highest bidder.’ The ad said he is, “easy to maintain, just feed and water every 3-5 hours.” It also warned that the purchaser

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main impetus behind the bill is to provide greater protection to an incapacitated person in order to prevent fraud and abuse by guardians.

Marriage Amendments Rep. John Dougall (R-American Fork)

The bill adds amendments to streamline the paperwork and processing by the county clerk regarding marriage licenses.

Offender Registry Review Rep. Jack Draxler (R-North Logan)

This bill allows a person on the Sex Offender and Kidnap Offender Registry to petition the court for removal after five years for certain offenses, including unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old, unlawful sexual activity with a minor and voyeurism.

Parental Notification Requirements Rep. Christine Watkins (D-Price)

The bill would require the Division of Child and Family Services to have a pamphlet available to parents when children are taken from their homes. The pamphlet would tell parents about their rights and the process they will have to follow.

Victims’ Rights Rep. Curt Webb (R-Logan)

If it can be shown that the rights of a crime victim were violated, a judge may review the case. If the court’s decision or judgment would have been different, the court can enter the new decision or judgment as the appropriate remedy. The bill is supported by the Utah Council on Victims of Crime.

Collective Bargaining for Public Employees Sen. Howard Stephenson (R-Draper)

In an attempt to push Utah educators into a performance-based pay system, Sen. Howard Stephenson is trying for the second year in a row to ban collective bargaining.

While originally intended for educators only, Stephenson said he is willing to support banning all collective bargaining for all public employees. Wisconsin lawmakers faced a tough legislative battle and several recalls after passing a similar law. Q

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ing the marriage due to the attacks she might face being a single mother and a convicted adulterer.

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by President Hamid Karzai, one Afghan woman, who was jailed for adultery after being raped, may have to marry her attacker. The pardon came after more than 5,000 people signed a petition to have the woman, named only as Gulnaz, freed from prison where she had been raising the attacker’s child in a prison cell in Kabul.

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hospital for an accidental gunshot wound he inflicted, a Tennessee man attacked hospital staff. Daniel Jones admitted to consuming a large amount of vodka before driving his wife to the hospital. He became enraged when hospital staff separated him from his wife, whom he shot in the leg, and began attacking doctors and nurses. Jones was charged with assault and public intoxication.

Husband shoots wife, attacks Rape victim may be forced to hospital staff marry attacker After taking his wife to the

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eamlineBy Seth BRacken he coun-The idea for Pride Tours USA came after es. leading a bus tour through San Francisco

said. “We want singles, couples, friends and people traveling solo. This tour is for everyone.”

Beach and co-owner Peggy Day have more than 20 years in the travel and leisure industry. Beach has been driving tour buses around the country for more than six years and used to drive the QSaltLake Big Gay Fun Bus to Wendover. The company is still looking for vendors and sponsors, and group discounts and tours are available.

and speeding past the Castro.

“Two male passengers, who were obSex Of-viously more than friends, came up and try to pe-asked me why we weren’t going to stop,” five yearssaid David Beach, Pride Tours USA counlawfulowner and manager. “I went back to the year-old,hotel that night and I couldn’t find any inor andtour company that catered specifically to a queer and allied crowd.”

After months of research and itinerary For more information and complete itinerarplanning, the tour company is ready to ies, go to PrideToursUSA.com and find them ision oflaunch the first set of fabulous trips. The on Facebook. e a pam-grand opening tour is a trip from Salt Lake childrenCity to Las Vegas with a dinner reception amphletand stay at New York-New York Hotel and ghts andCasino, admission to La Cage drag show and other Vegas highlights. The trip, from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas w.

Feb. 10-12 Feb.10-12, is an inexpensive way to experience Las Vegas and not have to worry Northwest Wine Tour: SF to Portland May 19-25 f a crimeabout driving, airfare or itinerary.

Other trips include a San Francisco to Salt Lake City Pride: Service from y review Boise, Rexburg and St. George or judg-Portland wine tour, a California “high-life” June 1-3 he courttour, a Utah national park tour, a New York to Boston tour, a Grand Teton adventure Los Angeles Pride: Service from udgment tour and various Pride Festival tours inSalt Lake City and Las Vegas ll is supJune 8-10 ctims ofcluding Boise to Salt Lake and Salt Lake to Los Angeles.

Pride Northwest: Coach Service from “A lot of bus tours focus on extreme budSalt Lake City and Boise oyees geting and have cheap accommodations, June 15-17 but ours focuses on comfort and entertainSan Francisco Pride: Coach Service from ors into ament while remaining affordable,” Beach Salt Lake City, San Diego and Seattle en. How-said. “When you join a Pride Tour, you can June 22-24 e secondcustomize it to fit your style. We plan all California High Life: Las Vegas to Vegas rgaining.the hotels, meals and activities. ParticiJune 29-July 7 ducatorspate in what you want and skip the rest.

Utah National Parks: Las Vegas to Vegas g to sup-We want to make your trip as simple as July 8-14 ning forpossible.”

Outdoor Adventure Yellowstone and the lawmak- In addition to catering to queer and alGrand Tetons: Salt Lake City to SLC and sev-lied guests and destinations, the tours July 22-27 law. Q are extremely eco-friendly and encourSan Diego Pride: Service from SLC, Vegas age a buy-local attitude. The featured Dates TBA restaurants will be locally owned and Pacific Coast Extravaganza: queer-friendly. The buses are the most San Diego to Seattle fuel-efficient available and all the vendors Aug. 4-17 participate in green initiatives in one form California High Life: Las Vegas to Vegas or another.

Aug. 25-Sept. 1 “We’re going to be a green-friendly, Utah National Parks: queer-friendly tour company that is foLas Vegas to Las Vegas cused on customer service and making Sept. 2-9 sure everyone has a great time,” Beach Moab Pride: Service from said.

Salt Lake City and Las Vegas Guests need only to plan transportation Dates TBA to the launch city and Pride Tours USA Albuquerque Balloon Festival: Alb. takes care of the rest. Some meals are inOct. 5-11 cluded in the purchase price, as is the hotel Northwest Wine Tour: SF to Portland stay, so budgeting for the trip is simple and Oct. 13-19 no planning is required.

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snaps & slaps SNAP: ‘Ex-gay’ clinic on verge of collapse The ‘ex-gay’ Christian clinic Exodus International is reportedly fighting to stay afloat and recently held a board meeting predicting the demise of the organization. The meeting was called by the president of Exodus, Alan Chambers, who said the meeting was a “Hail Mary.” The group is seeking to climb out of devastating debt. Just three years ago, during the height of the real-estate bubble, it purchased a building for more than $1.1 million. While shedding as many financial obligations as possible, according to IRS documents, Exodus burned through more than $200,000 in savings in 2010. If the group continues its current trajectory, it’s likely that it will be forced to close in the near future.

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ported their petition to outlaw same-sex marriage in the state because the group said it fears queers will attack their supporters.

Rather than having open minds and encouraging informed, civil discussion at holiday family gatherings, NOM is advocating for a simpler, more isolated path. cans support marriage equality, and NOM As public exposure to queers increases has changed its tactics. through movies, TV, music and just a most Rather than being on the offensive and accepting atmosphere in many cases, NOM openly attacking queer rights, the organi- is losing out on the chance to see that we’re zation is playing the victim. Maggie Galla- just as boring as other families. Rather gher, board member and former executive than acknowledging and celebrating didirector of NOM, released a survival guide versity during the season of love, NOM is for religious folk who have queer family advocating for a close-minded, non-acmembers. She outlines three steps for how cepting approach. to address the issue: State the position Even though I don’t believe in Jesus briefly, refute the charge of bigotry and ask Christ, I love this season and the goodwill it for tolerance. engenders in our communities and I hope Gallagher insists that her followers em- mine and yours remember the true spirit phatically state a complete and unwaver- of the season. Q ing support for one man-one woman marriage. She then continues to say that her adherents must insist that their queer and allied family members express complete tolerance for their views. And any disagreement will turn the NOM supporter into a victim and expose the queers for the Please send your letter of 300 words or less bullies that they are. to letters@qsaltlake.com.

In Washington, NOM tried, again, to play the victim card and attempted to stop the We reserve the right to edit for length or release of the identities of those who sup- libel if a letter is chosen for publication.

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s the lights come on and Salt Lake City turns into a regular tinsel town, the holidays are heating up in Utah. With events ranging from gay ski weeks to performances of The Nutcracker, it’s the most wonderful time of year for any Utah queer.

With Thanksgiving already over, one of the first holiday hurdles is gone, and dinner with the extended family hopefully went smoothly. However, over at the antigay National Organization for Marriage, the pressure is on to make upcoming holiday get-togethers even more difficult.

Public opinion supporting the legalization of gay marriage has grown at an accelerating pace in recent past. Over the last decade, support has risen 9 percent and according to the latest Pew Research Center survey, 46 percent support samesex marriage and only 43 percent oppose it.

The survey reached 2,410 adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 points.

This is just the latest of a string of polls that indicate a growing number of Ameri-

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Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton issued an executive order establishing a task force to study bullying in school. It will consist of 15 people and will look into the best practices, the existing laws and the reports of bullying in public schools. The task force will also define what constitutes bullying and make policy recommendations by August 2012.

SLAP: Nigeria Senate votes to ban same-sex relationships The Nigeria Senate passed a bill that would outlaw same-sex marriage in the country and make any ceremony punishable by 14 years in prison.

However, the bill broadly defines marriage as any relationship, which means that any gay couple is in danger of being incarcerated. The bill also extends a 10-year sentence for anyone who encourages or witnesses same-sex relationships, meaning friends of gay couples are at risk as well. The Nigeria House has yet to vote on the bill and then would need approval by the president.

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On Nov. 28, 2011, Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass) announced his retirement at the end of his current term, ending his 32-year career in the United States Congress. Since coming out in 1987, Frank has commonly been regarded as one of the most prominent gay politicians in America.

For more than 30 years, Frank has been one of the most ardent defenders of civil liberties, sponsoring countless bills in support of civil rights. In 1998, he founded the National Stonewall Democrats, which has an active caucus in Utah. He has earned 100 percent ratings from both the ProChoice America movement and the Human Rights Campaign.

Frank has repeatedly sponsored and supported legislation to promote the cause of equality in America, from providing benefits to domestic partners of federal employees to the Equal Rights Amendment.

He was instrumental in removing sexual orientation as a reason to be denied legal

Moving to Boston opened my eyes to a different world, a world where discrimination, bigotry and ignorance were far more prevalent than they were in the sheltered world of my childhood immigration to the United States in 1990.

The list of Frank’s accomplishments is much larger than the space I have for this column, so I’m going to leave the rest of the biography and end this with a personal memory. I had the opportunity to meet him in 1989. I was an undergraduate at Boston University; he was a member of Congress and was invited to one of my political science courses as a guest lecturer.

At the time, Frank was the only openly gay member of Congress, and he had taken a beating in the press over his announcement. He was also in the midst of being rep-

rimanded by Congress for his involvement with a male prostitute. The House Ethics Committee, at Frank’s request, investigated his relationship and found no evidence of wrongdoing except that Frank had used his office to “fix” some parking tickets. The House eventually voted, nearly unanimously,

to reprimand him over the parking tickets.

Frank spoke to us openly about his service in the Boston mayor’s office, the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Congress. He spoke about the time in the not-so-distant future when sexual orientation wouldn’t preclude a person from service or even be so much as a blip on the local news radar. He spoke with passion about the importance of equality for all people, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation or socio-economic status.

Growing up a middle-class, straight white kid in suburban Utah didn’t really prepare me for the struggles that are faced by women, people of color, the LGBTQ community or the poor. Moving to Bos-

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appy (belated) Thanksgiving, kittens! I hope your family get-togethers went well and you didn’t overdo it on the calories. For those of you who remember this time last year I weighed a petite 252 pounds, but through a strict regimen of exercise and purging, I am now down to the manageable 232-235 range. I would love to lose a little more, but, petals, I simply can’t afford the calories because I am now officially an athlete! Surprised? Me too! Here’s the skinny.

Last week my friends took me bowling for the first time in my life. And let me just say that Bonwood Bowl on Main Street was everything I had ever imagined, and more! This veritable Xanadu, this hallowed temple of blue-collar unpretentiousness, comes complete with a café with meaty, greasy, cheesy comfort food, cool multitone shoes and an endless buffet of husky, white trash, hetero butt crack. Why have I never done this before I asked myself? Because it was awesome!

My friends did their best to coach me, but sadly most of my wayward balls ended up in the gutter, which in retrospect is a sadly appropriate metaphor for my love life. But I digress.

It was a Friday night, so the place was packed, and apart from little ole me, everyone seemed to know exactly what they were doing. I, on the other hand, was like a deer in the headlights. I kept looking for the little Canadian guys with the brooms that sweep the floor really fast so your ball ends up in the circle, but apparently that’s called Curling and it’s completely different. Who knew? I just don’t understand if bowling uses 10 pins and Canadians use

the metric system, then why the hell can’t I use a sweeper? At one point I thought I had a broken ball because it only had two holes, then I realized it was upside down and I just couldn’t see the third one — not one of my proudest cognitive moments I will admit. Despite some temporary setbacks, pumpkins, I soldiered on.

Apart from getting trounced by my friends, who, God bless ’em, started bowling with their less dominant arm just to make me feel better, I was totally intimi-

He did that whole line-up-aim-followthrough-plant-yourfoot-behind-you like-a-bowlingtrophy thing. dated by a group of bowlers two lanes over from us, or as I call it now that I am a jock, “The Outfield.” One of the guys I recognized as a member of the Utah Bears and damn could that big girl bowl! He did that whole line-up-aim-follow-through-plantyour-foot-behind-you like-a-bowlingtrophy thing. It was really impressive to watch and he was just racking up strikes like crazy.

Oh speaking of strikes, did you know that the scoreboard heckles you? You get animated fireworks if you get a strike, but it also flashes bitchy little comments if you score

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ton opened my eyes to a different world, a world where discrimination, bigotry and ignorance were far more prevalent than they were in the sheltered world of my childhood. I learned a great deal from that experience, beyond the book-learning of a college education. And I learned a lot from that one afternoon with Frank.

As I read back on this, it almost seems like a eulogy, which it fortunately isn’t.

Frank is still alive and kicking, and I have no doubt that he will continue to be a powerful force for equality in our nation.

People like him don’t just go quietly into that good night. We will, however, miss his voice in the halls of Congress.

To Rep. Frank: Farewell sir. We thank you. Q low. How rude is that? I was about ready to slap a bitch after the scoreboard kept reading me and flashing a graphic of a dead fish!

Listen, if I wanted negative reinforcement I would go bowling with my mother.

Now some people might be ashamed of a personal bowling best score of 48 but not me, muffins, I am owning it! I am the bowling equivalent of a honey badger and I just don’t give a shit (Thanks for the shoes stupid!). The way I see it, I can only get better. So with that affirmation in mind I’m going to do a little bowling research on Google, read a few how-to bowling websites, and maybe ask Santa for Wii bowling for Christmas.

I mentioned to my friends that I might go practice during the day but they grabbed my hands, looked me directly in the eyes with raw panic and implored, “don’t do it!”

Apparently that’s when the predators from the ladies league come to the watering hole lying in wait for the weak, the elderly and any animal stupid enough to leave the safety of the herd. I may be a bowling honey badger, muffins, but I’m not suicidal.

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n Dec. 4, 1986, Salt Lake City’s last remaining bathhouses, Club 14 and Jeff’s Gym (Club Baths), received cessation notices from Salt Lake City attorney, Roger Cutler. Cutler contended, “Salt Lake City believes each business constitutes a brothel as a place of lewdness assignation or prostitution.”

Cutler assigned Bruce Baird, the city’s assistant attorney to handle the case. These two bathhouses, in addition to a third that had been operating quite successfully for more than a decade, were closed when the city deemed them public nuisances.

Club Baths opened as part of a national chain in 1972. It was known as Jeff’s Gym and Ray Andrews was the first manager.

It was very successful, yet did not openly identify as a gay club. The market was strong enough in Salt Lake City that with-

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in a couple of years another bathhouse known as the GYM began to operate. It was an openly gay establishment and in 1976 was advertising in the gay community’s paper, The Open Door.

In 1978, The Gay Service Center sponsored an after-hours party at the GYM. It was promoted with the advertisement: “Refreshments of a kegger-type will be available. Bring your own towel.”

So popular where these bathhouses as part of the gay men’s community that in 1976 when the Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire presented its first official awards banquet, among the approximately 30 awards given, “Best Baths Attendants” was included.

The GYM did not survive past the disco years when an ongoing feud between businessman Mack Hunt and the club’s owner in life. If you don’t want to fully devote yourself to a person, and that includes sexually, then don’t commit to marriage — this seems like a simple proposition to me. Marriage is about totally giving yourself over to the person you love and giving them everything.

Open relationships are what they are — if you’re fine with that in your life, that’s your thing, but you can’t honestly say you’re ready to commit yourself to someone if you’re fine screwing around on each other.

If cheating was OK, there wouldn’t be so many couples breaking up over it. Until all the boys grow up and become men, there will be a big stumbling block in front of us as far as marriage equality is concerned; it’s not a hard concept, but one many of us seem unwilling to grasp.

Editor, Even as a gay man, gay culture sometimes confuses me. We are all working so hard to promote marriage equality, yet there are many voices who proclaim that marriage isn’t really a contract between two people that should be honored sexually. Marriage is something people should enter into when they know that the person they love is who they want to spend the rest of their lives with and be faithful to. Marriage should be sacred for the simple fact that it’s a promise people make to each other to always be Adam McDonald there for support, no matter what happens West Valley City

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over finances shut the place down. Picking up the slack was a new bathhouse, Club 14.

It was owned by Leo Busch, a straight man who made a substantial living off of the sexual libidos of gay men. The club was located in a seedy part of Salt Lake City, but it was conveniently located down the street from the gay bar district on 200 South.

An unusual fact about Club 14 was that its employees were not paid. Leo would take in homeless gay youth and put them to work in the bathhouse and let them live in the upstairs apartment. I was told that Leo saved many young men from being homeless.

I never went to Jeff’s Gym before it was closed but I went to Club 14 many times for personal and community reasons. Leo allowed posters of gay events to be placed in his establishment and we supplied the establishment with copies of Triangle, which was Salt Lake’s gay magazine during the late 1980s. The place was a maze of plywood cubbies painted black, where late night liaisons could take place on small cots, as well in the hot tub and steam room.

Of course the place had gym equipment but I never saw anyone ever use it.

In 1985, the RCGSE held the first AIDS Awareness event in Utah in and collected nearly $5,000, which at the time was the only sizable effort to raise money for AIDS services and education.

The money was given directly to people with AIDS and to print safesex pamphlets for the bars and bathhouses. Actually, the bathhouses were some of the first public places where AIDS information could be found.

But by 1986, Utah authorities, driven by the AIDS hysteria among heterosexuals, decided that the bathhouses had to go. Salt Lake Mayor Palmer DePaulis directed the police chief, city attorney and city-county health department director to “explore all legal remedies” to shut down Salt Lake’s bathhouses. The mayor claimed “the continued operation and licensing of these establishments is inimical to the community interests. Police investigations have repeatedly confirmed that illegal sexual activity is permitted and condoned, with all of its health, moral, and other negative implications in our community.” We’ve got trouble here in Salt Lake City. Trouble with a capital “T!” In the early months of 1987, Third District Judge Raymond Uno heard arguments over whether the bathhouses should be allowed to remain in business.

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on the part of the city. By agreeing not to contest the city’s license revocation, Jeff Gym in effect deprived the court of the opportunity to set a precedent labeling all gay meeting places as “public nuisances.”

Club 14 also closed its doors but reopened at a gay “juice bar.” All the partitions were removed and better lighting was installed. Busch then reopened the establishment as the 14th Street Gym. The steam room and pool were kept open but the business was always under tight surveillance. Salt Lake undercover police officers would join the club simply to monitor gay men’s behavior.

Busch died in 2004 and his two heterosexual sons kept the business going, catering to gay men. However, in 2005 police officers arrested two men for having oral sex in the steam room and the city again sought to revoke the bathhouse’s business license.

The business license for the gym was revoked, but in 2008 an appeals court reversed the decision and ordered the license to be reinstated. The place, under the management of Leo’s sons, was dismal at best.

A close friend wrote me a while back, “My feelings about Leo and the establishment are mixed. If you must go there, it’s best not to go when Leo’s grouchy hetero son is in charge of controls, since he tends to enhance the experience with little touches like setting the steam room light dimmer at full, 100-watt illumination, while keeping the hot tub thermostat at a tepid 75-degrees Fahrenheit. Tony once assured me that he cleans that steam room “at least twice a month.” Even on those happy occasions, however, he does not use bleach.”

I’m not certain when the 14th Street Gym finally closed. I believe it was sometime in 2009 when the Busch sons could not maintain its infrastructure. It lasted nearly 25 years after the city’s attempt to close it.

The decision of Salt Lake City officials to close our bathhouses in 1986 clearly was a sign that AIDS had inalterably affected gay life, not only medically but politically and socially as well. Ironically it was not for the concern of gay men’s health that the attack on the bathhouses was waged. After the hysteria was over, Baird told Triangle that the concern about heterosexual transmission of AIDS may have been the real spark that moved the closures.

The glass gazebo that once enclosed the hot tub at Jeff’s Gym now serves as a garden greenhouse in the backyard of an Avenues residence which is listed in the Utah Historical Register. Q

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By Christopher Katis

y nature, I suppose I’m a pretty sentimental guy. I mean I have rocks I chipped from the walls of my grandmother’s childhood house in Greece. I o hetero-have my Aunt Tina’s framed picture of John ng, cater-Kennedy, and the first thank-you card my 5 policeniece Lyndsey sent me. I know they’re just ving oralthings. But to me they have real meaning. ty again The really amusing thing is that I inherbusinessited this trait from my maternal grandmothym waser. It’s funny because court re-she was such the polar decisionopposite of my dad’s e licensemom, my “yia yia,” who ed. Themade me feel like the he man-sun rose each day just o’s sons,so I’d be warm. On the best. other hand, I don’t think nd wroteGrandma Abbie really ack, “Myliked me until I was 30!

Leo and But when Grandma ment aresent me the first pair of must goboots I’d ever worn — t not tothree decades after I’d grouchyoutgrown them — the n chargebox of 20-year-old Christince hemas cards in my garage nce thesuddenly made sense. th little Like a lot of people, tting theI have mixed emotions about Christmas. ght dim-The negative stems from the gross mate00-wattrialization retailers and marketers have whilemade out of it. The positive, regardless of t a tepidone’s religious beliefs, is that it’s a great opassuredportunity to tell people you love them. “at least I want my sons to recognize the posiappy oc-tive. I recently realized that there are only bleach.” a couple of presents from my childhood I reet Gymremember today. But the Christmas Eve etime indinners, the laughs shared with my famot main-ily, the teasing from my brothers — those I early 25remember in great detail. ose it.

So you’ll excuse me if I use this space to ficials toshare some sentimentality that I hope rubs rly was aoff on my boys. ected gay I remember kissing my Aunt Mimi uncally andder the mistletoe every year. And the box of ot for thecherry cordials Aunt Tina always brought he attackfor my mom. How my Uncle Chris used to After thetake me shopping — just the two of us — and ngle thathe’d buy anything I wanted. How Yia Yia ransmis-would sit with me next to the tree and tell eal sparkstories of her late brothers and my “papou.”

Maybe it’s becoming a father that’s made osed theme even more sentimental, but I see a dias a gar-rect link between the intangible signs of of an Av-love people show for one another at Christthe Utahmas and what’s really important.

I remember Gus’ first Christmas. Uncle

Dan sent him a baseball mitt even though he was only 7 months old. I knew right then my son would be cherished.

I remember Niko suggesting that Christmas was a celebration of my dad’s birthday.

I knew right then my son and his papou were the best of friends.

Feelings of acceptance, of love, of being embraced simply for who you are, those are what Christmas is all about for me. It’s the one time of a year that without shame, without reservation, without hesitancy, we simply say “I love you” in some way or another.

My kids will get presents this year. Probably more than they need or want. But it’s OK, because they’ll get way more memories.

It’s my job to slowly help them realize that the memories are more valuable than any gift they’ll ever receive.

If I could, I would give up every Christmas gift I received in my life just to embrace my Aunt Mimi under the mistletoe one more time, or see my Aunt Tina pull chocolates out of a sack again. And there is no material item in the world that I would take in lieu of holding my yia yia’s hand again.

Those are the kind of feelings I want Christmas to bring to my sons one day.

I guess those items I’ve saved for all these years are really nothing more than a physical reminder of the love I was — and am — lucky enough to feel. Rocks from a Greek house have importance only because of the love between a grandmother and her youngest grandchild. A photo of a longdead president is just a symbol of the relationship between an aunt and her favorite nephew. A thank-you card scrawled by a little girl is simply a reminder of the close friendship between a niece and her uncle.

And those boots? Well, those well-worn boots are evidence that Grandma Abbie did think the sun rose just to warm me. And maybe proof that I wasn’t always quite so preppy.

This Christmas season I urge you, I beg you — regardless of your religious beliefs — to make those who are important in your life understand you love them by creating lasting memories.

Merry Christmas everyone. Q

It’s my job to slowly help them realize that the memories are more valuable than any gift they’ll ever receive.

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By John Hales

n today’s debate over equal rights, it’s important that the right questions be asked.

That’s why I was dismayed when I heard former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain say in an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan in October that homosexuality is “a choice.”

With Cain having now suspended his campaign, perhaps I’m a bit late bringing this up. But on the other hand, Cain was a little late, himself. Let’s face it: The “gay is a choice” thing is soooo last century.

Seriously? Are we still fighting that battle?

With the likes of Cain, Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum making significant runs for the Republican nomination, it seems that what should have been put to rest long ago hasn’t been.

Cain’s statement on CNN was this: “I happen to think that it [homosexuality] is a choice.”

No, no, no! Inappropriate sexual advances and 13-year extra-marital affairs are choices; the gender you are attracted to in those choices is not.

Cain went on to say, “You show me evidence, other than opinion, and you might cause me to reconsider that.”

Mr. Cain (et al), reconsider. There is plenty of evidence.

Gene studies in fruit flies (in 1995) and mice (in 2010) have indicated strong genetic links to sexual orientation and behavior. Sure, that doesn’t prove anything for humans, but it does raise an intriguing suggestion.

Studies in humans (twins studies, most notably) have found correlations of homosexuality that go beyond mere environmental and psychological explanations.

Other studies have found correlations of biological traits with homosexuality (for instance, brain size and the number of fingertip ridges). True, these are correlative, not causative, but the fact that certain physical correlates are developed in the womb should at least cause one to wonder if sexual orientation, too, has its beginnings there.

But the best evidence is from homosexuals themselves. Mr. Cain, you “happen to think” it is a choice. I, however, happen to know it is not. For me, being gay sure as heck (I’d say “hell,” but this is Utah) is not an opinion.

Put another way (as long as we’re talking about being in Utah): I bear my testimony that I know beyond a shadow of doubt and with every fiber of my being that I did not “choose” to be gay. Amen.

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Quite simply, we don’t know what causescamera d homosexuality. And fundamentally it doesn’t matter.

Here’s why.

Opponents cry “it’s a choice” because they have to defend the idea that homosexuality is not “normal.”

It’s time for us to admit they are right — but with a caveat. Being homosexual isn’t normal, but only in the same way as being albino.Albinism is not normal, but it is natural. It happens through naturally occurring means.

Regardless of whether homosexuality is “caused” by biology, or by environment, or by a mix of the two that might be different for each person, it happens naturally — not by choice.

Once we get off the “choice” issue, society can explore, debate, and make progress on more meaningful — and, quite frankly, interesting — questions.

You want to debate about whether acting on one’s homosexuality is morally and/ or socially tolerable? Fine.

You want to talk about whether or not it can be changed? Great (even though that question, too, should be moot. After all, with medical advances, one’s gender is easily changeable. So should we abolish civilrights protections based on gender, since gender can be changed?).

You want to argue about marriage equality and other equal rights? Bring it on.

Those are legitimate areas of discussion.

But let’s at least start the debate from an intellectually honest position — a position that all rationally thinking persons should have reached long ago. Q

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ravo to Michele Bachmann for her newly appointed Iowa co-chair Tamara Scott, a woman who will no doubt help woo anti-gay Iowans to Bachmann’s dimly lit camp.

Scott, who is a director for the Concerned Women of America, a group that’s never met a gay it didn’t not like, is “concerned” about gay marriage. In fact, over the summer, she stood with Bob Vander Plaats of anti-gay group The Family Leader and outlined some of her concerns about pro-marriage equality arguments, specifically, the “red herring,” a rhetorical tactic intended to divert attention from the real issues.

“We didn’t bring up the objective sexualism,” she said while she and Vander Plaats cracked up. “I don’t know if you’ve seen this one, where the woman marries the Eiffel Tower. Or someone marries an object.”

Vander Plaats grunted in surprise.

“I know you at home are thinking, ‘This woman is nuts,’” she said, addressing the camera directly. “I’m not making it up. Get

online and do the link.”

Um, “do the link?” What does that mean?

Does it have something to do with the YouTubes or the Googles?

Thankfully, I managed to find the scandalous story to which Scott referred. Yes, indeed, there’s a lady who had a commitment ceremony with the Eiffel Tower because of her love for it, and also because she felt the Eiffel Tower was lonely or something that obviously makes total sense and speaks to this lady’s 100 percent sanity.

Erika Eiffel, who changed her last name after the ceremony, told ABC News, “I just, it’s almost like I heard her crying out, saying, ‘Somebody, notice me. Somebody, really notice me. Here I am in the crowd crying out, somebody, somebody, hear my voice.’”

It occurs to me that people trapped under, say, rubble, cry out similar things. Perhaps they’ve been misunderstood all of these years, wanting a stranger to marry them instead of dig them out. It may be time for search and rescue policies to be reviewed. Also, if there’s

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one word that describes the Eiffel Tower it’s “ignored.”

But what’s most important is that Erika Eiffel refers to the Eiffel Tower as “her.” Meaning that her marriage is a gay marriage. Which means, um, something terrible probably. I mean, if the Eiffel Tower were a dude, then it would all be OK. And, also, how is the Eiffel Tower not a dude? Hello? Phallic symbol?

Apparently, “object orientation” is a thing.

It is, according to the objectum-sexuality website, “widely known as Objektophil in Germany,” and that many “objectum-sexuals” have Asperger’s syndrome, which is all you really need to know to establish that marrying objects is obviously going to be the next big thing once same-sex couples can legally marry.

Before you start writing up prenups for all of the items covered in your property in-

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surance policy, it’s important to remember that Scott is the same woman who, last year, declared that the country’s economic woes could be solved if we just banned gay marriage harder. “If we would correct the breakdown of the family by 1 percent, we could save the taxpayer $3 billion a year,” she told an anti-gay rally crowd. “When the family is healthy, the community benefits. When the family is hurting, society will pay the cost one way or another. We can fix this economic downturn very easily by fixing some hearts.”

“Fixing hearts” obviously means making hearts ungay, or whatever. And we all know that Marcus Bachmann specializes in that.

I hope that Scott is also Bachmann’s economic advisor. You know, if only a certain president’s employment plan focused more on unmarrying gay people then maybe Republicans would support it. Q

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Chef Drew’s Top 6 dining experiences of 2011

By Chef Drew Ellsworth

One of the biggest perks of being a culinary writer is that you have the chance to see what’s really going on in the restaurant world. You have to remember that twice in the last year I was in France, so for me to pick my favorite dining experiences at home was, well, not an easy task. I do have to say, however, that terrific things are happening right here at home — Utah is no slouch when it comes to stunningly well-prepared food.

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Christopher’s should be on your list of great places.

The setting is gorgeous with vaulted ceilings, rich woodwork and elegant table settings. I was given a tour of the immaculate kitchen where I saw the most beautiful salads being prepared and I was shown the most expensive

’d like to thank all the places I visited in 2011, for their hospitality and for taking time to introduce me and the readers of QSaltLake to their businesses. I’d especially like to mention Finn’s for its great breakfast and lunch items and for restoring a beautiful landmark in Sugar House. I enjoyed Faustina in its neighborhood setting, Pagoda — a Salt Lake institution — and the new places like ZY, VUZ, Fratelli, SeaSalt and Trio at Cottonwood.

I can not leave out Meditrina, because Jen and Amy do a fantastic job of operating, in my view, the only true Wine Bar in Salt Lake City.Here are my six most memorable dining experiences in 2011:

Sun & Moon Café Located in Emigration Canyon Sun & Moon is an all-around experience. It is, if nothing else, a hangout for canyon dwellers.

People on the edge who love bikes and flip-flops, and want either a hamburger or fine cuisine, every type of diner is represented at the Sun & Moon.

Chef Carl, who hails from New York, is a highly trained culinary chef, and on the night I was there he was serving a broiled sea bass in an orange-cream sauce lightly laced with Grand Marnier and topped with crispy yam curls. He served it with a glass of Falanghina, an Italian white with citrus qualities that made the food and wine pairing spectacular. I also loved the mussels he was serving that night. Especially in the summer, you might check to see what his specials are because it’s well worth a trip up the canyon.

Christopher’s Often, when I talk to people who’ve dined at Christopher’s I get a response that the menu is a little old-fashioned and not particularly trendy. Well, I think there is always a place where tradition rules. Christopher’s is an old-fashioned steak house serving prime beef and excellent fresh seafood.

One thing the chef prepared for me was a lobster “corn dog.”

Huge, long fillets of lobster tail, dipped in a corn batter and deep-fried and served on a stick — what’s not to love? The lobster burst with juices and although it came with some nice dipping sauces, the flavor by itself was pure and luscious. I can’t believe I haven’t been back to have it again. If you love dining downtown,

prime beef available in the city.

Tiburon This out-of-the-way roadside inn only gets better with time. Long before places like Pago and Forage were touting freshness and the glory of local products, Tiburon was growing and serving food from its own garden. From the point of consistency, Tiburon, over the years, remains a safe, yet elegant choice when you want to have a truly fine dining experience.

Although I loved all the dishes I was served at Tiburon, the main course of the lamb served on a mound of spaghetti squash, peppercorn sauce and red wine demiglaze, all propped together with large disks of carrot and beet, the colors and flavors were perfect!

Dojo If you had told me several years ago that in 2011 I’d be choosing two sushi palaces as my year-end favorites, I would not have believed it. Nevertheless, I have to say that two of my finest culinary revelations this year have been Takashi and Dojo.

Dojo is a bit hard to find although it’s in plain sight. When you drive toward the old Rio Grande train station on 400 South, it’s on the left when you almost reach the station. Dojo is probably the nicest new installation of a space I’ve seen in 2011. It has all

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the elegance and contemporary allure that you usually see at the resorts in Park City. Like Takashi, I was presented with a sashimi plate that looked more like a painting than food.

Dojo is classy, caters to youthful diners, and also serves traditional Japanese cuisine like miso cod and teriyaki ribs. Dojo also has a fun bar area with great, friendly bartenders and well-groomed servers.

Nuch’s A surprise in my own backyard, Nuch’s in East Millcreek is a gem. I can’t just mention one dish from Nuch’s — everything was so inspiring. I loved the simplicity of the plating yet the flavors were so right to the point. The melon soup which looked like watermelon but tasted like honeydew was garnished with a perfect spiral of minted Greek yogurt — beautiful, tasty and refreshing. The homemade butternut squash ravioli in a browned, sagebutter sauce were unforgettable and the calcon, no matter how common it may seem, had a flaky, pastry-like crust, and the veggies and fillings were like gems in a jewel box.

Whenever people ask where a great new place is, I always recommend Nuch’s — quaint, intimate, homemade, authentic Italian food in an elegant, understated space.

Takashi I so enjoyed eating at Takashi that I pick it as my number one place to eat in 2011. There was not just one great dish, but three!

The deep-fried, spicy crab sushi roll, the French-style crepe of wild mushrooms and the beautifully arranged sashimi plate. The ambiance at Takashi is upbeat, a bit noisy and alive with swagger! One thing I noticed this year, more than ever before is the heightened artistry in plating. Takashi may lead the pack in this department also. Tamara and Takashi have been able to get every employee on board in making each dish into a piece of art.

And, Takashi is the only place where I immediately made friends with out-of-towners who said Takashi may be one of the best sushi palaces in the ­country. Q

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While the Beyoncé song, “Run the World” claims that girls run the world, the same could easily be said about queers.

With impact on everything from art to industry, Utah’s queers contribute to all levels of society. One of the biggest areas of impact is the culinary arts. From restaurant management to sommeliers and chefs, Utah’s queers know how to cook. Here’s just a smattering of some of the gays and lesbians who are making an impact on Utah’s culinary scene.

Red Ginger because the sushi rolls are always half off! There is always a buzz there so you know it’s a hot spot.

The Vegas roll is to die for!

Tiffany Blair Cafe Med because they have great service and amazing Mediterraneanstyle food. My favorite is the lime rice soup. The appetizer sampler is as big as a meal and is full of a variety of delicious food. It’s very affordable for the amount of food you receive.

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Jake Blaine Ganached By Jake specializes in wedding cakes, cupcakes, pastries and much more. Owned and operated by Jake Blaine, Ganached is a shining testimony of creativity and skill. Blaine has always had a passion for baking and he decided to turn his love into a career. He graduated from Scottsdale Culinary Institute and began dazzling wedding guests, birthday partygoers and event planners with his fantastic and whimsical cakes and pastries.

“Everything is made from scratch and designed to fit the personality and desires of the customer,” Blaine said. “You can count on quality and customization.”

Amy Britt and Jennifer Gilroy One of the only true wine bars in the state, Meditrina brings a style and flare to the state that was severely lacking before it opened.

Amy Britt and Jennifer Gilroy, who are partners both romantically and in business, run the cozy neighborhood tapas restaurant.

“We serve fun food with flare,” Gilroy said. “In the South, there are a lot of neighborhood wine bars and restaurants. It’s a little niche that didn’t seem to be filled here.”

For more inforBoth Gilroy and Britt have been involved mation, go to GanachedByJake. in the restaurant business since they were 16 years old, and their culinary and management com. skills came through working in other small restaurants.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, Stoneground! Great local business owned by a great guy (Bob McCarthy, co-owner of JAM), great Italian food and the most amazing “I always worked in neighborhood restaurants in the South and I got to go into the kitchen and learn how everything was done,” Gilroy said.

“We’re a real mom-and-mom restaurant.”

For more information and a sample menu, go to MeditrinaSLC.com.

Cameron Bailey People around the nation might soon be seeing Utah resident Cameron Bailey’s recipe for baconchicken sliders with raspberry-onion spread in the local grocery store. Bailey is a finalist in the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest and will be competing in the spring for $1 million.

The winning recipe will also be featured in grocery stores and online.

“I’m really excited to be participating.

I’ve been following the contest since I was 8 years old and I’ve submitted recipes in the past, but this is the first time I was accepted,” Bailey said.

Bailey, who was a pastry chef at Grand America, always pursued baking as a hobby and taught himself the art. He recently hung up his apron on professional cooking, but continues to bake.

“I think I’ll always be doing something in the kitchen. It’s my passion,” he said.

For more on the contest, go to Pillsbury.com.

tiramisu I’ve ever had.

Scott Nicholson Meditrina is the best place in town, in my opinion. Never had a single thing there that I haven’t loved (and I’ve tried almost everything.)

Matthew J. Lyon Vinto’s for the hot waiters! (The food is good too.)

Michelle Elizabeth Sushi Groove because they have great sushi and a very fresh, cool hip environment; great peeps, yummy!

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By Tony Hobday

I’ve become addicted to a game on my phone called Text Twist 2 — it’s kind of like Angry Birds ... but for smart people. OMG! That was freakin’ rude. Really, I’m just yanking your chains. I’m just bitter and humiliated because I never successfully made it past the first level of Angry Birds — the constant ‘Level Failed!’ popping up on the screen every 15 seconds really shucked my corn.

Anyhoo, happy holidays, and thank you for following the Gay Agenda; you are all beautiful peeps.

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thursday — Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company pres-

ents Prism, showcasing artistic director Charlotte BoyeChristensen’s fascinating choreography. Three pieces will be performed: The world premiere of But Seriously, a comedic exploration of the similarities between stand-up comedians and dancers — includes a cameo by Star Trek’s Ethan Phillips; West examines the associations with the region as a place and a state of mind; and the return of the award-winning Push explores the choices we make.

7:30pm, through Dec.10, Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $30, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org.

QQ So here’s a man who’s been around the nativity scene a few times — Kurt Bestor, a Utah-based composer offers good tithing this season with his innovative interpretations of classic Christmas carols. Featuring 45 musicians on stage, sophisticated sound and lights, and special guests, combined with warm storytelling and humor, Bestor creates an intimate rapport with concert-goers. The performances include Grammy-award winner Melissa Manchester.

Times vary, through Dec. 10, Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple. Tickets $17.50–33.50, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org.

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friDAY — This year’s Holiday Concert: Fa-La-La-

La-La features music ranging from traditional to classical, swing to contemporary, haunting to camp — just the way you’d expect the Salt Lake Men’s Choir to celebrate the season. You’ll also hear audience favorites “Prayer of the Children” and “Breath of Heaven;” and what would a Christmas concert be without “The Twelve Days After Christmas,” “Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl,” and the “Wassail Song.” Also, look for the choir’s new Christmas CD — perfect for a stocking stuffer ... or better yet, a dog frisbee!

7:30pm tonight & Saturday and 4pm Sunday, First Baptist Church, 777 S. 1300 East. Tickets $10, 800-838-3006 or saltlakemenschoir.org.

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ing concert for the Utah Pride Center. A portion of the ticket sales will benefit the Center’s many wonderful resources. The local lineup for the Gay Rocks concert includes Exit Strategy, Grey Fiction, Bus People, The Young Electric and more. This is mostly a friends/allies concert for the LGBT community, which is the bumpity-bump don’t you think?

4pm, Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court. Tickets $6–8, 24tix.com.

QQ In support of the homos in Northern Utah, especially now that they lack trees, chickens and garage doors, the lovely and freakin’ funny lady Sister Dottie S. Dixon is throwing a Hilarious Holiday Hullabaloo fundraiser. The evening, of course, includes our favorite Spanish Fork Mormon mother with a gay son, a speech impediment and weird hair; other entertainment includes members of the Associated Actors and Technicians of Weber State University, local actor Jennifer Perry and the winner of ‘Dottie Idol.’ X96’s Bill Allred hosts, and be sure to wear your ugliest sweater.

6pm, Kimball Visual Arts Center, WSU campus, 3848 Harrison Blvd., Ogden. Tickets $10–100, 1-800-WSU-TIKS or weberstatetickets.com.

QQ Who wouldn’t want to learn to be a pirate? I mean all that fabulous makeup ... oooooh, and an eyepatch, how hot is that? Anyhoo, Salt Lake Acting Company presents the family friendly How I became a Pirate, a rollicking musical perfect for any age. From scary pirates to wicked storms to a soccer ball named Wilson, this show has something for everyone. Cast includes Alexis Baigue, J. Michael Bailey, and Shannon Musgrave. Proceeds from today’s noon performance benefit the People with AIDS Coalition of Utah.

Times vary, through Dec. 30, Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North. Tickets $15–26, 801363-7522 or saltlakeactingcompany.org.

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sunday — The Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire, along with Prince Johnny Disco & Princess Royale Midori Me’lon, present Snowball 2011. The theme this year is Babes in Toyland.

This event raises funds for the People with AIDS Coalition of Utah, so dress to impress, don’t digress and even though it’s at a bar, don’t turn into a mess. Looky there, I ‘m a poet!

6pm, Metro Bar, 540 W. 200 South. Tickets $20/ adv–25/day of, prince@rcgse.org or princess@ rcgse.org.

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monday — Mixed reviews will “trigger” the success — or the demise — of the Canadian film Trigger.

Considered a talkathon, two once-best friends and bandmates reconnect after a decade to air out their dirty laundry — basically drugs and alcohol dependencies. There are hints of lesbian eroticism in the film, but apparently it’s just about a couple of junkies babbling ... but you be the judge.

7pm, Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South.

Free, 801-359-5158 or utahfilmcenter.org.

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wednesday — Mercator Productions announces its inaugural production, the Utah premiere of Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi. This play is a controversial story of Joshua (a modern day Christ-like figure), who is gay and in love with a rebel named Judas. As with Jesus Christ before him, Joshua is born to a “Virgin Mary” and faced with a grim destiny.

He goes out preaching his radical gospel of gay and lesbian equality and free love, and recruits 12 disciples to spread the word of God. HMOG! This sounds like a best-selling nightstand book. Bryan Glick directs.

7:30pm, through Dec. 18, Sorenson Unity Center, 1383 S. 900 West. Tickets $10–16, 801-535-6533 or sorensonunitycenter.com.

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This rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber is based loosely on the last week of Jesus’ life, beginning with the preparation for the arrival of Jesus and his disciples in Jerusalem, and ending with the crucifixion. Ted Neely reprises his renowned role as Jesus.

8pm, through Dec. 31, Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St., Park City. Tickets $40–70, 435-649-9371 or egyptiantheatrecompany.org.

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Hip-hop artist Macklemore talks about addiction, performing and shoes

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ip-hop artist Macklemore raps about the social state of American families, drug addiction and penises.

The emcee is an indie favorite and attracts tens of thousands of fans to clubs across the nation. Macklemore spoke with QSaltLake about the challenges a white rapper faces and the impact he wants to make through his music.

He’ll be stopping in Salt Lake City at In the Venue on Dec. 17. Tickets are $15-18, 801-487-8499 or smithstix.com.

Will you play mainly from your latest EP, or can we expect some of your older stuff? It’s kind of all over the board. There’s going to be some new stuff and some old stuff. We try to keep it diverse. We try to go back and do some things from the early years for our fans who’ve been following us for years.

So you’re working on a new album with producer Ryan Lewis? What can you tell us about it? Any surprises? We’re working on it now and

rapper, but I’ve read that you don’t like that term. With songs like “American” and “Bush Song,” there’s no doubt that you address current events and make a social commentary.

Is that through a concerted effort on your part? Or does it just flow organically? I think that the good songs flow organically. When I am inspired to write something based on an issue I really feel, that’s where you see the really good stuff ... when I’m inspired by something that’s happening. But when I sit down and try to force

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This nine-week “stop cruising the internet for ten minutes, get the hell out of the house, and have some fun with actual real people” season of entertainment starts Thank you for chatting with me, I really appreciate your time. What can we expect to see at your show? A live show, to me, is meant to be an experience. It’s not just a rapper on stage throwing out raps and the audience listening. It should be an active, participatory experience.

I have serious songs, fun songs and some that are in between. I like to use them all and take the audience on roller coasters. At times they will be heavy messages, and sometimes nothing but everyone jumping up and down.

You’ve been to Utah before. What do you remember about the crowds here? I really like Salt Lake City. I’ve played there a couple of times. The people are into music and are very active music listeners. The audience is so appreciative of good music and the energy level is always off the hook.

Most of your shows in other cities are sold out. How’s the pressure performing for packed clubs? You know, it’s been absolutely amazing.

There’s no better feeling than selling out a show and having people there that are really excited, following lyrics and singing along.

hope to have it out in the spring. It’ll be out in 2012 for sure. Not a lot I can tell you about it at this point. I’m really excited and I think there’s going to be a lot of stuff that people can really relate to.

When I listen to The Language of My World and then I listen to your later EPs and singles, I notice a lot of similarities, but your new work seems to have a more dark, serious tone and fewer comedic songs. How has your music and writing progressed? I like to showcase all parts of my personality in my music. There are times when I want to show my character and sometimes I want a song that will just make you want to dance. Other times, I cover more serious concepts. I think with this album there’s not going to be as much character stuff.

I’d like to talk to you about the single “Wings.” Is it based on your life? Are you still really into shoes? Yeah, I do love shoes and they’re still a big part of my life. I try to keep it contained, but I really love them. And yes, the song is based on my experiences.

You’re often described as a socially conscious

something out, that’s where I run into problems.

Your songs are often very lyrical and tell a story. Is that a conscience effort? Do you see yourself as a storyteller? I think that it all flows organically. I would absolutely consider myself a storyteller. Any good emcee should have the ability to tell a story.

What are the biggest challenges of being a white hip-hop artist? I think that you know, first and foremost, in 2011 it’s difficult to be an artist at all. There’s going to be comparisons made about everyone. People love to put artists into boxes,‘This is what this person is,’ or ‘He sings this type of music.’ I understand that, on first glance, people come to conclusions about me. But there are going to be distinctions between me and any other artist that’s out there, and I don’t want to have a label put on me. I think there are some people who are going to try and make obvious conclusions about me and other artists who look like me, but it just can’t hold up. Labels don’t work.

Who would you say are your biggest influences? Who’s on your iPod right now? John Coltrane, that’s about it. Q

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cott Thompson is still a kid in the hall, but his outlook on life — it doesn’t always get better; Queer Eye for the Straight Guy ruined our community and “the world isn’t kind to us” — is very much of a grown-up who’s been gay for a while.

Thompson, 52, has been out publicly since his career launched in the ’80s with The Kids in the Hall, a sketch-comedy show that helped push homosexuality into the mainstream with outrageously funny drag acts and monologues.

During our recent chat, Thompson looked back at The Kids in the Hall and how it wouldn’t have existed without AIDS; offered a solution to the bullying problem (“fight back”); and talked about the difference between him and Kathy Griffin — she makes you feel good about yourself, and he doesn’t.

talk a lot about cancer in the show. What’s interesting is that I’ve discovered it’s a taboo.

Now that homosexuality is completely boring, I’ve been handed a new topic that people are uncomfortable with. I talk a lot about the side effects of chemo ... like when I grew breasts! Suddenly I’m talking about cancer and hormones and transgenderism, and what could be more topical? I had bigger tits than Chastity ... I mean, Chaz! (Laughs) I’ve been thinking a lot about this, the whole transgender thing. When I had cancer, the chemo converted my testosterone to estrogen, I grew little tits like Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver; I became very emotional, I became obsessed with Twilight, I lost my ambition and my sex drive. I’m thinking, “But that doesn’t make me a woman; I’m just a man with a hormonal imbalance.”

Looking back, what do you think made The Kids in the Hall so successful? We were lucky. Society was being forced to confront homosexuality because of AIDS, so we just came along at the right time. If AIDS hadn’t happened I don’t think we would have happened. At least Buddy Cole (a character of his on Kids in the Hall) wouldn’t have happened.

AIDS in many ways pried open that door. We were discovered in a fairy tale kind of way; those things don’t happen very often. They happen almost never.

You were halfway there. I was! And now I’m back, because I went through testosterone therapy. So I’m myself again and I can’t tell you what that was like. Well, I do — I tell it onstage.

Was that show the high point of your career? So far. The funny thing is, I’m still a “Kid in the Hall.” It was 22 years ago today that our special aired. How is that possible?

We were just kids!

Hard to believe it’s been that long? Yes, it is because Kevin (McDonald, also of The Kids in the Hall) and I are on stage, and we’ve known each other now for 25 years, and we’re still behaving like children. I mean, our show is so stupid! It’s weird, Kevin and I get off stage and we’re like, “What are we doing? We’re middleaged men. We have no right to act this silly.”

But it’s great! (Laughs) That’s what keeps you young. We’ll never get old at this rate.

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You say homosexuality is boring. Did you ever think you’d see the day when you’d be saying that? Never, no! You know, today I was sitting in Starbucks having my tea and I looked at the story about what we were two years ago, what our targets were, and in many ways the targets were straight white men in suits — that was the enemy. Now I go, I feel bad for straight white men! (Laughs) I feel like they’re the new woman. Like, straight white guys can’t say shit.

There’s this huge national dialogue going on about bullying, and I had a terrible time as a child. But women are bullying now! Let’s be honest, look at the role of gay men on television — for a gay male to be on television he has to be neutered, and who’s doing the neutering? Women. Straight men don’t do it; they don’t give a shit. They are jealous of how much sex we have. It’s women who are neutering us. They want us to be their shopping companions, but they don’t want us to be doing spit roasts or sucking cock in back alleys.

Which shows are you referring to? Every show. Point to a gay male on television who’s

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I talk a lot in the show about my chemotherapy, about getting those tiny breasts and having to have a mammogram, and that’s when I was introduced into the world of breast cancer. Breast cancer is out of control.

Not the actual disease but the program behind it. Seriously, the other day I saw a Pepsi truck that was painted pink and that had a ribbon on it and I’m thinking, “Pepsi, you fucking cause cancer!” It’s like a fist being the spokesperson for domestic violence.

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s of how I could never do it as a kid. I couldn’t either, re neu- but with stand-up comedy you have that opping microphone — wow, is that powerful. o be doDid your scarred childhood lead you to k alleys. comedy? Yeah, absolutely. When I’m on that

stage, and if you come at me, you’re going Every on who’s down. You feel like the lion tamer. It’s very

powerful.

The vast majority of people are sheep, but when they get angry, they’re lions. They don’t think. Mobs don’t think, so if one person does something you gotta slap them down because it will catch fire. I think of a heckler as a cancer cell, so the moment I see it appear I have to destroy it immediately or that will spread.

And then you’ll have man boobs. (Laughs) That’s right! So if I don’t slap ’em down it will metastasize into a riot and they’ll attack me.

I’ll probably never get over my childhood.

And my heart breaks for these boys, and I know it’s so sad. I was reading the other day about these schools for gay kids and I just think that’s the wrong approach. They’ll never get the skills they need. That’s segregation.

That’s just racism. So I don’t like any of those trends. I think that’s absolutely wrong.

Did you ever feel bullied as a professional comedian? Is labeling a comic “gay” a form of bullying? Oh, constantly. That’s total bullying. It’s putting you in a category that makes you lesser. When you hyphenate anything, that’s basically lessening you. How about just “comedian?” I reject all those hyphenates.

That’s just — no. I don’t want any hyphenates.

I don’t want any handicap. It’s like affirmative action, it’s not good. I don’t need that. I can stand on my own two feet.

Right. We don’t call Kathy Griffin or Sarah Silverman “straight comedians.” Exactly.

And here’s the thing: Gay men almost never come to my shows.

They don’t? Hardly at all, no. That’s always been an issue. The shows with Kevin and I are packed with straight people and a sprinkling of gay men — and I mean a sprinkling.

Because I’m not a ghetto queen. I wish more gay men would come out. I think gay men are so used to being victimized that they think that a stand-up comedy club is a place where they’ll be attacked unless the stand-up comedian is a woman, like Margaret Cho or Kathy Griffin. Those women, and I love them both, make gay men feel good about themselves.

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hile other high school students are worried about prom dates, football games and fitting in, Madison “Madi” Heinecke is doing her best to stand out. The Cyprus High School junior is an exemplary student and involved in just about every worthy community and school cause.

When she heard that bags were needed for a project for the Utah AIDS Foundation’s Seasons Givings Program, Madi jumped on board. Along with the Health Occupation Students of America, she led a drive to get fabric donated from students and staff at the school. After the materials and funds were collected, she and her mom, Sasha Polak, cut, sewed and assembled the bags for the drive, which is sponsored by the Q Business Alliance, an association of queer and allied business owners and professionals. It took more than 12 hours to make all 30 bags required for the drive.

“It was a lot of work at the machines, but I really enjoyed it. I got to spend some time with my mom, which was great,” Madi said.

Making the bags was just one small part of Madi’s forays into philanthropic efforts. She tutors violin at the junior high school multiple times a week and she helps elementary students who have difficulty learning to read.

Along with working a part-time job, she’s on the high school swim team, a member of a district-wide symphony and she helped launch a community orchestra, which now has

around 50 members.

Madi is counting her volunteer hours as a participant in a nonprofit, humanitarian program called Youth Link, where she’s required to log 80 hours of community service. The group sends the finalists, of which Madi is one, on a humanitarian mission to Peru in the summer.

“It has to be real and useful community service. You can’t just count filing papers or something. You have to fill a real community need,” she said.

Madi is the pride and glory of her mom and her mom’s partner, Wendy, and is a perfect example of a terrific student from a beautiful family.

“Having two moms was never really a problem until junior high school when some kids gave me a hard time,” Madi said. “But I knew I could always talk to my mom and Wendy. I knew they would be there to help me.”

While she’s still trying to decide what career path she wants to pursue, she plans to attend Humboldt State University in California and study biological science.

Madi’s community involvement and desire to help are astounding for such a young woman and she’s a shining example to peers and adults alike.

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have often observed local lesbian and bisexual women have the same conversation over and over again. They’re talking about what to do at night and where to go, mostly frustrated at their lack of nightlife options in Salt Lake City. I can’t blame them — there aren’t many.

One could go the route of socializing among our male counterparts at Pure, Club Try-Angles, JAM, The Trapp or The Tavernacle, but in that context, some women feel like the minority, asserting that those bars and clubs mostly cater to men. We love our male counterparts, but it’s also nice to be around more women, probably so we can more conveniently sync up our cycles.

Of course we have the Paper Moon — good for a casual drink and dancing, but sometimes it’s not exactly what some queer women are looking for. The Bay started recently doing a lesbian/gay night on Fridays, but on my visit at 11 p.m., I could count the number of attendees on one hand, which is fine for a bar setting, but this was in a “club” setting – music so loud it’s hard to hold a conversation.

A few other bars and clubs have attempted a ladies/lesbian night in the past, with little to no success.

Well, I have news for Salt Lake City: Lesbians aren’t what they used to be.

With outstanding courage to be publicly out, we can thank other people like Rachel Maddow, Jane Lynch, Ellen DeGeneres, Sex And The City’s Cynthia Nixon, country singer Chely Wright and so many more, who lead the way for queer women in mainstream society.

Jenna Lyons recently left her husband for another woman. Did I mention Lyons is the creative director for J.Crew?

We see this even on a smaller, more local scale with those elusive, typically heterosexual girls who frequent and investigate everything underground — from bars to clothes to music.

Several times I’ve caught many of them in their curiosity, fascination and replication of lesbian style and lifestyle.

In many ways we’re now ahead of the curve. With more of an impact on pop culture and fashion than ever before, the new generation of lesbian and bisexual women now basks in a new-found regard for our presence.

We’ve been waiting for someone to step up to the challenge and host a voguish nightlife spot where we can all be comfortable, enjoy ourselves and meet new people — a place that is approachable, with a pleasant environ-

The fate of Lounge is up to the ladies in our community.

ment, and most importantly, a place that serves as a new choice from options that may already be exhausted.

“I’d love to be able to go to a place where you can just hang out and there’s no pressure to dance your ass off and get dirty, “ said Bethany Kartchner. “I’d love to see a place in Salt Lake City that is somewhere in between a bar and a club, similar to The Planet from The L Word, where you can bring a bunch of friends and just chill.”

That time may have finally arrived.

Brian Morris and Todd Crofts of JAM have targeted the need for an alternative option for the nightlife-minded queer women of Utah to convene and have a drink.

JAM will be launching Lounge, their ladies mixer on Tuesday, Dec. 6, where they’ll offer a food menu, drink specials, a variety of wines, hookah, and complimentary food at 7 p.m.

This weekly event will be a place where ladies can meet, network and enjoy the company of

other women.

Considering that many women in our community are in stable relationships, and not necessarily looking to pursue the fresh meat on the market, Lounge will also provide an atmosphere for the committed lesbian to enjoy her friends and the surrounding eye-candy.

“We have had a lot of ladies asking for a night geared toward women. We thought this would be an awesome start and we hope it grows it into a full-on club night!” said Crofts.

The fate of Lounge is up to the ladies in our community. If it takes off, it will be moved to Thursdays, a more convenient night for most.

This might be a solution for all of us searching and waiting for just the right spot for a social hub and a place to meet other likeminded women in a setting that is definitely chic.

Will it be successful enough to stick around for good? Time will tell. Q

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an and I got home from our onenight honeymoon at the beach to find five silver or gold bags waiting for us in the mailroom. More champagne – of sorts. Only one bottle met our snobby standards: a Taittinger Prestige Rose. The others were destined for more Kir Royales – or re-gifting.

“Mmmmmm! Champ-AGG-nee!” I squealed in the voice of Curly from The Three Stooges each time Dan opened a package. I do a pretty good Curly, but by the fourth time it was wearing very thin. “Stop doing that,” Dan said. “I can’t help it,” I replied. “It’s Pavlovian.” “That’s bullshit,” he said. “You’re just trying to irritate me.” (I silently admitted that he was correct.) “And I’m sick of Kir Royales,” he continued edgily, “so don’t make any more. I’m hungry, I’m tired, and I don’t know why we don’t have more sophisticated friends.” He stomped toward the bedroom.

“Then I’ll make Queer Royales,” I declared, having no idea what the drink would contain. “OK, I’ll bite,” he said. “What’s in a Queer Royale?”

Sudden inspiration: “Creme de Violette!”

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“There’s a clause in our pre-nup that says that if you say ‘cava is dead to us’ one more time you get nothing in the divorce settlement,” he said as he stripped off his shirt. It was a sight I’ve seen daily for 10 years, and it still produced a rush. I couldn’t wait to curl up next to him in bed.

I dialed Chen’s Sichuan and placed our usual order. By the time Dan came out of the shower and dressed, the food had already arrived, the biking delivery boy leaving a trail of petrified pedestrians and drivers alike from his race to our building. I put two new, tall Waterford champagne flutes on the table (getting married is a blast!), each with a few drops of Creme de Violette already poured. I popped the cork and poured.

The resulting color was strange; gold and violet don’t blend well. But the taste was superb.

We polished off the doctored cava during dinner.

“I love our cheap friends,” said a tipsy, happy Dan as I poked the last piece of blistering-hot pork in my mouth.

The Queer Royale 1 bottle of cava, prosecco, or other champagne variant A few drops of Creme de Violette Put a few drops of the crème de violette in as many champagne flutes as you have guests, then carefully pour in the ersatz champagne so that the flute doesn’t overflow. Keep as much fizz as possible.

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Last Friday, as I laid on the floor of Target, prying my four-inch stiletto heel from the cold dead grip of a cute, little old grandma, whom I had just trampled, I victoriously clenched tightly in my hand, the last Chia Pet. God how I love the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat that is shopping on Black Friday.

It reminded me of a memorable dining and shopping spree a few years ago. First, a few of us girls dined at a gourmet Mexican food buffet (Okay, it was one of those sidewalk taco carts) and I seriously over-indulged with the refried beans. Then we traveled to the outlet mall in Kimball Junction. Upon arrival, the sisters erupted in loud squeals of delight accompanied by a sudden flurry of hair and the clicking of heels as we scampered toward shopping nirvana. Just as I began drooling over the place settings of Wedgwood china, I began feeling the effects of the refried beans as they were processing through my queenly tummy.

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conundrum of style versus substance; should I clean the room until it shined like the top of the Chrysler Building, or do I run away, leaving the mess, not claiming responsibility, with the added chance that this bathroom might be declared a “Miracle of the Poo” and attract fanatic religious pilgrims? The thought that people might worship my poo was just too much to bear. So at the risk of incurring eternal damnation, I channeled my inner Mommie Dearest, and used the wet underpants to scrub down the bathroom wall while muttering through clenched teeth, “Jesus, I’m not mad at you. I’m mad at the poop.”

Like always these events leave us with several eternal questions: 1. Do Navy Seals learn their survival skills on Black Friday?

2. Where are the legitimate “fudge packers” when you really need them?

3. Will Homeland Security consider my bottom a weapon of “ass destruction”?

4. Does shitting out the likeness of Jesus mean I have a “righteous piece of ass”?

5. Would someone deodorize the likeness of Jesus before worshipers arrived?

6. Would the Catholic Church canonize my ass cannon?

7. Would they have used the toilet as a baptismal font?

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

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room was occupied. I grasped the corner of the building for support, as I crossed my legs and waited the interminable moments for the room to become available. Finally, the door opened and I rushed in, locking it securely behind me.

Relieved to finally be in the bathroom, I gingerly waddled over and took on a dispositive posture in front of the toilet. Hastily, I bent over to lower my pants, taking care so as not to spread the contents of the “bean”-laden panties down my legs. This small act of bending over apparently increased the internal pressure beyond the normal operating parameters of my ample bottom, and the sphincter gave way. The “beans” released in a violent and explosive torrent before my bottom could lower to the toilet seat.

I sat on the toilet with my head in my hands, as waves of physical relief wafted over me.

After the world had finished dropping out of my bottom, I started wiping my ample behind with toilet paper and realized the colossal scale of this event was going to be too much for the paper to accommodate. I carefully took my shoes and pants off so that I could remove the “bean” laden underpants, which were of course an unwearable loss. In half-naked, poo-covered desperation, I stepped to the sink and rinsed out the panties so that I could use them as a wash cloth for the rest of my ample bottom. I glanced in the mirror and noted with revulsion, that the “beans” had sprayed a considerable distance, covering the wall.

I marveled as I cautiously inspected the odoriferous new wall treatment. There, looking back at me on that shit-covered wall, was the likeness of Jesus with hands outstretched benevolently inviting me to the toilet. All my etiquette training as a queen had taught me to leave every place better than I found it. So, there I was faced with a classic

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