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not the biggest issue of the day, one story I had to write this month, I think, is a symptom of much of what ails society today. I think it is a symptom of our nation’s fear of those different than us, and a demand that everyone assimilate to “the norm.” For many years, the Ogden Raptors had a troupe of volunteers do the field drag — a term for dragging boards around the dirt areas of the field to level it out — in ... drag. Enter a gay man who looks to that as a dig at the LGBT community and files a complaint. The team kills the practice. Drag has a long, deep and beautiful history in our community. It has entertained us for decades, if not centuries. It has challenged the idea of gender norms long before the current discussions of gender diversity. Drag queens have a history of consoling a community that lived in fear. José Sarria, the founder of the Imperial Court System — a drag organization that is
arguably the oldest still-running LGBT group in the country — would end each night with bar patrons holding hands singing, “God save us nelly queens.” “It sounds silly, but if you lived at that time and had the oppression coming down from the police department and from society, there was nowhere to turn ... and to be able to put your arms around other gay men and to be able to stand up and sing ‘God Save Us Nelly Queens’ ... we were [really] saying ‘We have our rights, too.” Sarria also became the first openly gay candidate for public office in the United States. Drag has brought people together. Straight, bisexual, military people would, and still do, go to drag shows and celebrate the frivolity. I celebrate that our community has its differences from the mainstream. I celebrate that people express their gender in different ways. I celebrate that ostensibly straight men would don a dress in public and groom a field. I also celebrate the fact that people’s skin is different than mine, that people speak different languages and make different kinds of food, that people express their spirituality in a multitude of ways. I hope we can embrace and celebrate our differences, and eschew the political correctness that would make us an all-beige society. Q
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news The top things you should know happened last month (Full stories at gaysaltlake.com.)
LGBT like Hillary Edie Windsor, famous in the Supreme Court’s Defense of Marriage Act ruling, is supporting Hillary Clinton because of the candidate’s commitment to equality. DOMA was proposed by her husband, then-president Bill Clinton in 1994 and passed unanimously by the U.S. Congress. In the op-ed, delivered while petting a unicorn, Windsor said, “Hillary will fight for the Equality Act, end so-called ‘conversion therapy’ and take on LGBT homelessness and violence.” “As a candidate for president, she rooted for the Supreme Court to rule in favor of marriage equality and celebrated with us when marriage equality became the law of the land exactly two years after the victory in my case,” she wrote. In New York City, on pride Sunday, June 26, Hillary Clinton marched two blocks in the Pride Parade near the Stonewall Inn. She was joined by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and his wife Chirlane McCray and Rev. Al Sharpton. After the 20-minute walk, Clinton left in her convoy without commenting to reporters. The Human Rights Campaign endorsed Hillary for president in January 2016. A Whitman Poll sampled LGBT support and found 84 percent of likely LGBT voters back Clinton, compared to 16 percent who support Trump.
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One likes Trump Washington D.C. activist Chris Barron formed “Gays for Trump” in May 2016, and has intensified the project in the wake of the “terrorist” attack in Orlando, Fla. Barron cites Trump’s statements after the Orlando attack as a reason to support him, arguing that Trump will be better-suited to protect us from acts of terrorism than Hillary Clinton. Before entering politics, Trump allegedly celebrated the same-sex union of singer Elton John and his husband David Furnish. Barron quotes Trump as saying, “I’m very happy for them. If two people dig each other, they dig each other.” Barron was an early member of Log Cabin Republicans who left to found the more conservative GOPRIDE, which has since disbanded.
‘Bathroom’ ad to air during GOP, Dem conventions A 60-second TV spot that shows a transgender woman being told by a bunch of bullying white males to use a men’s bathroom only to be rescued by women who escort her into the “women’s” bathroom, will premier on Fox News during the Republican National Convention. The spot will also air during the Democratic National Convention. The television commercial is funded by the Freedom for All Americans Education Fund, Movement Advancement Project, and National Center for Transgender Equality, among others. “Safety and privacy in bathrooms are important for all of us,” says the spokesperson in the spot. “It’s already illegal to enter a restroom to harm someone, and anyone who does that can and should be arrested. Updating the law to protect gay and transgender people
from discrimination won’t change that, but it would help to ensure people like me aren’t mistreated when we need to do something as basic as using the restroom.”
What did they expect? Log Cabin Republicans decried the Republican Platform Committee’s final draft of the GOP 2016 platform, calling it,”the most anti-LGBT platform in the Party’s 162-year history.” “The opposition to marriage equality, nonsense about bathrooms, an endorsement of the debunked psychological practice of ‘pray the gay away’ — it’s all in there. This isn’t my GOP, and I know it’s not yours either,” wrote LCR President Gregory T. Angelo. “Heck, it’s not even Donald Trump’s.” Angelo praised Trump for “reaching out to the LGBT community in the wake of the awful [terrorist] massacre in Orlando.” Other platform planks: Claim children raised in a “traditional” family are better off; Transgender people should use the restroom of the gender assigned at birth; Calls for a ban on marriage equality; Supports LGBT conversion therapy; Defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Lesbians close the gap According to a 2015 University of Washington study, gay men on average earn less than straight men: 12-16 percent in Canada and America and 5 percent less in France and Britain. The study also reveals that in Canada, America, Germany, Britain and the Netherlands, lesbians earn 9 percent more than straight women. Why? One possibility is employers expect lesbians to be more competitive and committed to work than their straight female colleagues. Lesbians too have fewer career interruptions
like child rearing, and work the same work week as heterosexual men: On average seven to 10 hours a week longer than straight, married women.
PC pride at Harvard In response to a study correlating same-gender clubs and sexual assault on campus, Harvard University issued rules earlier this year to force “Final Clubs” to go co-ed or shut down entirely. The new policy says students who join Final Clubs, unrecognized single-gender clubs and Greek organizations, cannot participate in leadership positions, athletic teams, or be endorsed for Rhodes or Marshall scholarships. Joining female organizations and some faculty groups in opposing the new policy, Harvard’s LGBT organization, Campus Pride, says students should have the right to join the influential single-sex organizations. “For some trans and LGB young people, there is great value, affirmation and personal growth from being part of a single-gendered brotherhood or sisterhood,” Shane Windmeyer, the group’s executive director, said in a statement.
Man of Steel U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves blocked a Mississippi law that allow private citizens and some public officials from professing a “sincere religious belief” to deny services to gays and lesbians. Judge Reeves declared, “the Equal Protection Clause is violated by House Bill 1523’s authorization of arbitrary discrimination.” Previously, Reeves struck down the law allowing circuit clerks from denying marriage licenses to same-sex based on the clerks “religious belief.” Miss. Gov. Phil Bryant (R) said he expects an “aggressive appeal” of Reeve’s ruling.
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Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee introduces anti-LGBT bill The national debate between LGBT rights and anti-LGBT discrimination in the name of “religious freedom” was on full display July 12 during a congressional hearing on the First Amendment Defense Act. Introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) in the U.S. Senate and Rep. Raul Labrador (RIdaho) in the U.S. House, the First Amendment Defense Act would block federal government action against individuals and businesses that oppose same-sex marriage on religious grounds, but critics contend it would legalize anti-LGBT discrimination in the name of “religious freedom.” FADA opponents say it would allow businesses to withhold benefits from LGBT employees, allow companies to deny time off to an employee to care for a same-sex spouse and permit housing discrimination against same-sex couples. Equality Utah’s executive director, Troy Williams, says the bill goes too far. “Much like Indiana’s recent unpopular efforts, Sen. Lee’s legislation would allow faith to be used as a defense against any claim of discrimination,” he said. The legislation has undergone changes since it was first introduced. Among other things, it now would prevent federal government action against individuals and businesses that oppose same-sex marriage and sexual relations outside of marriage as well as action against individuals who support gay nuptials. Both Labrador and Lee testified in favor of the bill before the committee, but didn’t stay to take any questions from committee members. Lee said the First Amendment Defense Act is necessary
as a result of uncertainty felt by opponents of same-sex marriage in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court decision last year in favor of marriage equality nationwide. “What an individual or an organization believes about marriage is not and never should be any of the government’s business,” Lee said. “It certainly should never be part of the government’s eligibility rubric in distributing licenses, awarding accreditations or issuing grants, and the First Amendment Defense Act simply ensures that this will always remain true in America.” Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), top Democrat on the committee, said during his opening statement the hearing marks a “terribly sad day” for LGBT people and the nation because of the one-month anniversary of the Orlando shooting. “As I sit here now, it is difficult to imagine a more inappropriate day to hold this hearing,” Cummings said. “Even if you truly believe that being gay is morally wrong, or that people should be allowed to discriminate against gay people, why in the world would you choose today of all days to hold a hearing on this discriminatory legislation? To say this hearing is ill-timed is the understatement of the year.” “With everything going on in the country right now — these horrific shootings of gay people, black people, police officers — what we should be doing is coming together as a nation, not tearing each other apart, which is exactly what this bill does,” Cummings said. The bill has not yet been scheduled for floor debate. Q
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Who is Misty Snow? BY MIKKI ENOCH
Misty Snow handily wins Democratic primary to face Sen. Mike Lee Political newcomer Misty Kathrine Snow, a grocery store cashier, becomes the first transgender candidate in Utah to be on the November ballot in a statewide race, and one of two transgender candidates making history across the country. In Colorado, former Microsoft employee and Army veteran Misty Plowright, also transgender, will challenge Rep. Doug Lamborn in Colorado for the state’s Fifth Congressional District after winning the Democratic nomination. With all counties counted, Snow garnered 27,138 votes, or 59.42 percent, and Jonathan Swinton got 18,530 votes, or 40.58 percent. Swinton, a marriage counselor, is a conservative Democrat who ran an op-ed in The Salt Lake Tribune calling for federal investigation of Planned Parenthood. His anti-abortion views didn’t go over well at the state Democratic convention. While he earned more votes, he did not receive the 60 percent necessary to avoid a primary. Swinton blamed a short-sighted electorate on his loss. “We hoped more Democrats were really looking at the long game at this — trying to unseat Mike Lee,” Swinton said. “The reality is I’ve done my absolute best and run an honorable campaign.” Snow ran on several progressive plat-
forms, including clean air, increased access to healthcare, a $15 minimum wage and LGBT equality, “While there has been significant progress over the last few years to help protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* (LGBT) people in this country, much still needs to be done before we have full equality under the law. As a member of the LGBT community, I care very deeply about these issues and want to see an end to all forms of discrimination,” Snow wrote on her campaign website. Snow was endorsed at the state Democratic convention by the Young Democrats of Utah, the Democratic Women’s Caucus, the Utah Democratic Progressive Caucus, the Asian/Pacific Islander Caucus, the Utah State Hispanic Democratic Caucus, the Democratic Disability Caucus and Utah Stonewall Democrats. She has also been endorsed by three organizations that support presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Asked by KSL News why she was running for office, Snow said Lee was “one of the most loathsome people in the Senate” and that he “needs to be removed from office.” A Salt Lake Tribune poll shows Snow with 37 percent of the statewide vote against Lee’s 51 percent. Lee ran unopposed in the primary. Q
Utah politics create an interesting landscape to discuss progressive ideas. This is the state that fought against Gay-Straight Alliances (GSA’s) in high schools and took it all the way to the United State’s Supreme Court, and lost. This is also one of the states that fought against marriage equality and lost again. For a state with such a record, we have been a brilliant breeding ground for new voices and faces to challenge the status quo. Misty Katherine Snow is one of these candidates and challenging Mike Lee for one of two Utah Senate seats. Being a progressive candidate from Utah, Snow is also one of two transgender candidates who won primaries for the U.S. Congress this year. The other is running for Colorado’s 5th Congressional District. Two new progressive transgender women are not only challenging conservative “values,” they are also challenging the limitations of what transgender people may do in this country. Snow describes her desire to see more working-class people in politics, and since she didn’t see others doing it she decided to step up and run. Having transitioned in recent years, she feels more positive in her own life and has chosen to take that hope for the future into the world. This is her first time running for office.
Experience Snow has worked for a local grocery chain as a cashier for 13 years. This has given her the opportunity to interact daily with everyday Utahans. She understands the struggles of families choosing between food and medicine with this front line position in our state. “Misty values love and compassion and believes that these values are Utah values. She wants to stand up for the working class families of Utah, and help them enjoy the economic prosperity that they deserve.”
Goals if Elected She wants to raise the minimum wage. Not only in Utah but nationwide; the current minimum wage of $7.25 is insufficient to live on. This further exacerbates income inequality because it disproportionately
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affects women, people of color and the LGBT community. According to Snow’s research, the Social Security Administration stated that a majority of Americans make less than $30,000 per year. One solution for this issue is to raise the minimum wage to $15 over the next couple years and then link it to inflation to protect its value. Clean energy is another priority for Snow. Air quality is another Utah issue that affects more than just Utahans. During winter months, Salt Lake Valley and Provo Valley have some of the worst air in the nation. Snow points out that solar and wind energy are two places where renewable energy sources can be better utilized. More than 30 million Americans live without healthcare. This number includes 350,000 people in Utah and 85 thousand of those are children. Snow’s solution to the healthcare issue is to expand Medicare and Medicaid to cover the disparity. Another solution would to be to adopt a singlepayer system like most other industrialized nations around the world. Paid maternity leave is an issue that would greatly help Utah with its highest birthrate in the nation. The United States is one of two nations worldwide that does not offer this protection for new mothers. Snow feels that if poor nations can find ways to do this then the richest nation should be able to provide for this need. This is an issue that resonates with mothers and Utahans because of how there is a strong desire for mothers to stay home and care for their newborn children. As a member of the LGBTQ community, Snow recognizes the need for nondiscrimination laws at the national level to protect employment and housing without broad exemptions to these laws. Further, she sees a necessity for protections in respect to healthcare for LGBTQ individuals.
Opportunity for Discussion Over the next four months, Snow has the platform to speak about issues that are important not only to her but also to many Utah voters. She sees 2016 as a year of possibly sending a Democrat to the United States Senate. Snow’s primary win in July didn’t come as a giant surprise because the polls prior to the election had her leading with a 13-point margin and the final totals showed her winning by more than 19 percent. She feels this demonstrates that Utah’s Democratic voters want a candidate
Utah … really for the world.”
Cost of Running a Campaign Snow prevailed over her opponent who had a six-month head start and outspent her by a margin of four to one. By the primary, she had only $7,000 to campaign with, that being from Snow’s own tax returns and in-kind donations. The rest came from small donors totally about $4,000. In the three days following her victory, the campaign has been able to raise even more. If you want to donate where it will go to somewhere important, the campaign suggests to donate here.
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who speaks up on progressive issues in contrast to a conservative Democrat like her opponent. In the days following her victory, she had been interviewed in excess of 30 times. Snow is the first Trans* person to be chosen to run for the United States Senate by either of the two major political parties. Though she now has a place in American history, she remains humble but aware. She says that this is more important now that she has achieved this because she’s inspiring her community. A Trans* woman from Texas reached out to Snow to express a desire to run for the Senate in 2018. She is proud to show that being a member of the LGBTQ community is not a barrier to running for political office or pursuing any other career. There is an excitement to learn about Snow as a person and a candidate. Snow states that she has received respect from her interviewers. This stands out because in recent years various news organizations have not understood the necessary boundaries when speaking to visible members of this community. She believes it is because she has won the primary from the Democratic Party for Senate. She says that she hasn’t received a single inappropriate question in any of the interviews. While at the Democratic convention, she appeared on her own with just two volunteers. As she spoke, she gained support because she represents what one volunteer described as “everything I want for this country. This is a good change for
Snow describes this election cycle as different. One of these differences is that her opponent in November had a low approval rating and prior to the primary, she was polling with numbers nearing 37 percent in June. This is significant because this number is higher than many Utah Democratic candidates have done during their election in November. She has time to get her message out and gain further support. Fundraising increased following the primary win. Snow attributes much of this to the national news interest in this victory. The money coming in will help her spread the message she needs to attract voters. She further says that Bernie Sanders has been able to run a campaign with small donations and avoiding corporate donations. She hopes that since the Presidential Primary has wound down that some of those donors will continue to support progressive candidates such as herself. If only 50 thousand people can donate $20 each then she would be able to match as much money her opponent dollar for dollar without needing corporate donations. To the LGBTQ community, she points out she will be a staunch ally as opposed to Lee who is “not a friend of the LGBT community.” Lee is attempting to pass a religious freedom bill that Snow says is meant to enshrine the LGBTQ community as second-class citizens. Furthermore, she sees how many women’s rights issues intersect with Trans* rights. Both need access to appropriate healthcare such as gynecologists. She believes that politicians need to stay out of women’s rights, reproductive rights, and LGBTQ rights. She clearly states, “I don’t want them telling us what we can and cannot do with our bodies.” Q More on Snow can be found at mistyksnow.com
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Anti-trans* Utah school board candidate comes in last place in primary election A school board candidate who advocated on his Facebook page for violence against trans* people using the restroom aligned with their identity has come in last place in Utah’s primary election Tuesday. David Sharette, who was running for the Utah State Board of Education in the 8th District, pulled in 13 percent of the vote in the four-way race with 3,250 votes. Janet A. Cannon got nearly 38 percent with 9,351 votes and Richard Nelson got 24.78 percent, with 6,118 votes. In a Facebook post regarding an America Family Association video showing female victims of sexual abuse while in a public restroom or locker room, Sharette came down on a recent mandate by the Obama administration that said transgender students should be allowed to use school facilities of the gender they are aligned with, regardless of their gender at birth. “When has a true transgender been approached in the bathroom and asked to leave? Never. Does Obama care about all of the girls that will be abused because of this reckless policy? No. As long as he can portray it as an act of acceptance and equality, it doesn’t mat-
ter how many girls are abused,” Sharette said on Facebook. “If I see or hear about a man going into a restroom with my wife or daughter, I’ll make sure he comes out a woman.” Sharette refused to comment to media outlets, but in response to posts on Facebook, he stated that the controversy resulting from this post misrepresents him, in that the statement “was referring clearly to child rapists, not transgenders.” He had also shared a link on his page from the American College of Pediatricians stating that “Transgenderism of Children is Child Abuse.” The ACP has been described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a “hate group” with “a history of propagating damaging falsehoods about LGBT people.” In additional response to the outcry against his position, Sharette announced this policy statement on his Facebook page: “School bathrooms: Several constituents have asked me about my position on the transgender access to bathroom and lockerrooms issue. My longstanding support of local control is even more important when considering this topic. Every individual should expect SAFE bathroom access in our
schools. In fact, school safety should be the #1 consideration with every State School Board policy. Every student who has special needs of any kind needs to be considered as an individual in our schools. Parents and school leaders need to be free to work closely together to do what is best for that student, within the laws and rules we have set for our state. I firmly believe that our local school leaders and parents, given autonomy, have the best interests of our students at heart and are the very best people to address the special needs of our students - including transgender students. Local control is essential in these cases so that all aspects of the situation can be carefully considered and all needs met.” “I don’t want David Sharette anywhere near kids,” said Sen. Jim Dabakis in a Facebook post. “His post advocates violence against transgender people. And he is a leading candidate for the Utah State School Board (District 8) in Holladay, Murray and South Salt Lake. Think twice, please, about supporting these values.” Sharette is a conservative who vehemently opposes federal standards in the education system, Common Core and the STEP program. Janet A. Cannon, an LGBT ally, and Richard Nelson, who has large support from conservatives, will be on the final November ballot. Q
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Q Day at Lagoon is Aug. 7 The annual Q Lagoon Day, which draws thousands of red-shirted lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and other queer thrillseekers to Farmington, happens Sunday, August 7. This year, we have moved to a quiet and shady area of the park in the northeast corner of the park — the Cascade Terrace. Actually, we have four side-by-side pavilions. Bring a picnic or just come take a break with us. Kevan Floyd, our FABBY winner for best karaoke, will give anyone who wants to show off their vocal abilities a chance to shine on the stage. At 4 p.m. at the Cascade Terrace, we will have a group photo, which will be printed in the next issue of QSaltLake. Petunia Pap Smear and other Matrons of Mayhem will be on-hand to play bingo toss with prizes worth dollars.
DID YOU KNOW? Lagoon is one of the largest family-owned amusement parks in the country, owned by the Freed family. Robert Freed was the general manager
of the park in 1946, when Farmington and Utah laws wouldn't allow blacks to swim in the same pools or dance in the same ballrooms. Freed was awarded the Human Rights Award by the Utah Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, making him the first life-member of this organization in Utah. Freed fought for and succeeded in fully opening Lagoon and the Terrace Ballroom in downtown Salt Lake City to blacks “One of the most satisfying experiences of my life was long ago, before civil rights legislation was passed, when Lagoon opened its doors to people of all races,” Freed is quoted in his obituary. Lagoon was first on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, but moved inland after the lake showed itself, once again, to be inhospitable to development. Signs as you entered the park once said, "Thru these portals pass people who have had more fun than anybody." While they are now gone, we hope that those who join us have more fun than anybody. Q
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Salt Lake City awards grant to Utah Gay Chamber
Utah Sen. Alvin Jackson resigns seat
The Salt Lake City Department of Economic Development awarded a total of $50,000 in grant funding to eight diverse local organizations to encourage inventive entrepreneurship, business growth, and community building, including the Utah Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. “This unique grant program bolsters our vibrant and diverse neighborhood districts while also supporting great business models and the entrepreneurs who develop them,” said department director Lara Fritts. “These organizations offer new and creative approaches in building our economy and community, and I’m thrilled we can
give them a boost in reaching their goals.” “With the $5,000 grant from Salt Lake City, the Utah Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is ready to make our neighborhoods safer, healthier and more profitable by establishing Safe Zones,” said chamber president Brad Case. “The Safe Zone sign will make it easy for people to know that the business they are using is supportive of all communities. This creates a great intersection between business and community.” Case said a Safe Zone will be local Salt Lake neighborhood businesses, business people and non-profits who self-select to participate in the program. They will be well labeled and clearly designated businesses and places that commit to being supportive of all people and free of bullying. The program will begin before the summer is over. Inquiries can be made at SafeZones@utahgaychamber.com.
Sen. Alvin Jackson, R-Alpine, announced this week that he is resigning from the Utah State Senate in order to move to Virginia to be closer with his family. Jackson was appointed two years ago to replace Sen. John Valentine, who left the post to become chairman of the Utah Tax Commission. Jackson was outspoken during the floor testimony for SB296 — a compromise bill upholding religious liberties for certain organizations and protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in housing and employment. Jackson testified it “disturbs me to the core” when the LGBT community compares its “crusade to the civil rights movement of my forefathers.” “To me, their collective efforts have been minimized, when you take that list that has race on it, and you put sexual orientation and gender
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Salt Lake bids for Gay Games
Ogden Raptors end tradition of ‘drag queen’ field grooming The minor league baseball team Ogden Raptors ended a “drag queen” tradition after a complaint shortly after the Orlando massacre. Twice a night, after the third and sixth innings, volunteers calling themselves the “Drag Queens” maneuvered field drags across the Lindquist Field dirt to smooth it as Raptors games progress. The four men wore colorful wigs and floral dresses over their regular clothes, and Aerosmith’s 1987 hit “Dude Look’s Like a Lady” played in the background. A fan by the name of Michael emailed the Pioneer League offices, complaining the tradition was insensitive following the Orlando shooting at an LGBT nightclub which killed 49 people. “How dare you pick on a community to mock them like that,” Michael wrote, according to Fox 13 News. “Hasn’t the gay community gone through enough this past week or so to be ridiculed like this,” he wrote. “It may be funny to some but I take a huge offense to it. Your organization disappoints me.” The Raptors ended the tradition immediately. “In light of recent events that have taken place in our beloved country, we will no longer be presenting that promotion. It has been retired for good,” the
team responded in a statement. Pioneer Baseball League President Jeff McCurdy responded to Michael’s email, saying, “Thank you for stepping forward and bringing this to light. We are sorry that we did not get it together in time to spare you the opening night disappointment. The “drag queen” event is discontinued with regret for any discomfort and offense that it engendered. You questioned whether real “drag queens” would be admitted to the ball park. I would certainly hope so. If you have any questions of where Minor League Baseball stands with regard to the rights of our LGBT communities, please remember that Helena Brewer David Denson, in August of last season, became the first Minor or Major Leaguer to come out publicly as gay while still active in baseball. David was honored with a special citation from Minor League Baseball President Pat O’Conner at the Winter Meetings in December. President O’Conner remarked, ‘I invited David here today for the courage, strength, and trailblazing spirit he showed by going public with his sexual orientation.’ Thank you again for your courage in bringing this issue to our attention. We do hope that you can enjoy PBL baseball and the role it plays in our communities.” Q
Salt Lake City is among 11 cities which have so far bid to host Gay Games XI, the Federation of Gay Games announced. The cities have submitted letters of intent and paid the respective fees for the 2022 Gay Games XI bidding process. The 11 cities bidding are Austin, Tex., Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Cape Town, Guadalajara, Mex., Hong Kong, and Tel Aviv. “This is a competitive and lengthy process, and we are grateful for all of the organizations’ hard work,” David Killian of FGG said, “The impact that the Gay Games has in host cities is incredible in terms of culture, sport, economic impact, history and most importantly furthering all matters of LGBT+ equality.” FGG co-president Joanie Evans added, “The site selection process is one our most vital tasks, and we take great pride in our process. Our gratitude to the interested host organizations for sharing our vision of promoting equality in sport and culture.” The deadline to submit letters of intent was June 30.
First meetings with bidders will happen at the next annual FGG General Assembly in October in Sydney, Australia. The top three cities will be chosen in February, 2017 and the host city will be determined October 2017 at the FGG Annual General Assembly meeting in Paris, France. Gay Games 10 Paris 2018 takes place in August, 2018. Registration opened May 2016: paris2018.com Built upon the principles of “participation, inclusion, and personal best,: the FGG was formed in 1982 to “promote equality in sport and culture,” the group said in a statement. Founded as the Gay Olympics by Dr. Tom Waddell, an Olympic decathlete, the first games were held in San Francisco in 1982 under the name Gay Games due to a lawsuit filed a few weeks before the event. Subsequent Gay Games were held in San Francisco in 1986, Vancouver in 1990, New York in 1994, Amsterdam in 1998, Sydney in 2002, Chicago in 2006, Cologne in 2010, Cleveland/Akron in 2014, and Gay Games X takes place in Paris in 2018. Q
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“I’m delighted that there’s a gay character. Unfortunately it’s a twisting of Gene’s creation, to which he put in so much thought. I think it’s really unfortunate.” —George Takei on Sulu being gay in Star Trek Beyond!
“As a member of the LGBT community myself, I was disappointed by the fact that George was disappointed … I get it. He has had his own personal journey and has his own personal relationship with this character but, you know, as we established in the first Star Trek film in 2009, we’ve created an alternate universe, and my hope is that eventually George can be strengthened by the enormously positive response from especially young people who are heartened by and inspired by this really tasteful and beautiful portrayal of something that I think is gaining acceptance and inclusion in our societies across the world, and should be.” — Zachary Quinto responding to George Takei’s disappointment
“The most oppressed member of society — the most ridiculed, the most oppressed member of society today is the straight, heterosexual, white, male Christians! Period! Period, end of story. Open season! The butt of every joke! Every advertisement shows them as a fool! You don’t hear that though too often, do you? It’s sickening, it can make you sick. The whole world’s upside down. It’s all a big lie.” — Michael Savage, professional hate-monger and host of radio program The Savage Nation.
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guest editorial
LDS Church must do more to stem LGBT youth suicides BY KIMBERLY ANDERSON
We have
seen a tremendous tragedy here in the state of Utah. Four bright young people, three of them teenagers, have died by suicide. All are known to have intersected both the LDS and the LGBT communities. These were shining lights with potential to illuminate the universe. They have been snubbed and silenced. More families will struggle for the rest of their lives asking what more could they have done. An entire support community will rally around them and ask, “What can we do?” The dear friends who knew and loved them will be forced to ask difficult questions. The time for talk is over. The time for action is here. Individuals will react in various ways, but hopefully their reactions will result in awareness, visibility, outreach, communitybuilding and unconditional love for their queer children and extended LGBTQIA community. I condemn in the strongest possible language the environment and culture that is leading to self-loathing, self-hate guilt and shame. The culture that these children are saturated in has led tragically to more than just the suicides this week. The history of Utah and the legacy of the LDS Church is splattered with the blood of dead queer youth and adult members. I have reached out to my ward bishop twice in the past two days. My repeated pleas to find out what my ward and stake in Riverton are doing are met with predictable testimony bearing of the Plan of Salvation and an incredible vacuum of silence. Small, cautious steps on the local level are being taken. At least one stake in Lehi is taking an incredibly proactive role in educating their congregations, an effort led by the stake
president and bishops. Information is being shared with them through an incredible woman who is a silent force from the membership of the Mama Dragons. The absence of a churchwide program of outreach and education is reprehensible. I personally know three incredible women, each a Mama Dragon, who have lost sons to death by suicide. Each is tragic. Each is preventable. All are surrounded by a culture of intolerance and exclusion from the LDS Church. Platitudes, lip-service and meaningless testimony sharing by the highest levels of LDS Church leadership must stop. Announcing a hollow love for all yet condemning these beautiful children to a life of hopelessness and pain must end now. Both are done in the same breath. Renouncing all past teachings that do not align with current medical and mental health standards and practices needs to happen immediately. Resources that have not been devoted to the queer community must be released. Materials to reach out and extend a hand of love and inclusion must be created. We have seen honorable and real outreach to other communities that are marginalized here in Utah and around the world. It is time to look inwardly honestly and without fear. The corporation that has created an environment where individuals seek the comfort of death over the sting of life needs to change. Attitudes of love and acceptance must replace bigotry, hate and a false persecution complex. Hearts of parents, congregations and leaders need be touched. Attitudes must be changed and lives must be saved. Anything less is an admission of guilt. Q Kimberly Anderson is the editor of the Mama Dragon Story Project.
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don’t think those people were very nice to him. But we are. And in return we’ve gotten nothing but unconditional love. He’s never happier than running around with the boys (except at my mom’s; he’s in love with her). I knew we had made the right decision to adopt him when I found Niko asleep on the floor and Skeelo snoozing next to him with his left paw draped over his boy, cuddling him.
Athena and Apollo — the cats — round out our furry family. Apollo struts around with a swagger that’s almost comically similar to Gus’. It’s as if with every step he’s saying, “Duuuuuude!” Athena, on the other hand, is my girl. She’s happiest curled up in bed next to me. I love the fact she gets visibly angry and leaves whenever Kelly comes to bed, but it’s also kind of creepy when she licks my neck. And yes, if you didn’t notice, all of our animals have Greek names. Skeelo is even becoming bilingual! What I find so important about having our furry (and non-furry) friends around for the boys is the fact that animals don’t care if you have two dads. They give unwavering, unconditional love back no matter who you are. We all should strive to be more like them. Q
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Mike Lee & Raul Labrador With the
massacre of men and women at a gay club in Orlando barely behind us, one could perhaps be forgiven for thinking that this horrific hate crime had inspired some soul searching for members of the United States House. You know, “We are Orlando” and all that. But you would be wrong. Congress is one of the most dysfunctional and unproductive in history, which is no surprise considering their primary focus has been on hating President Obama and giving reach-arounds to the rich. But they’ve always got time for discrimination against LGBT people. Right now the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is kicking around the “First Amendment Defense Act” (FADA) which, you guessed it, uses “freedom of religion” as a shield for anti LGBT bias. According to the House summary, FADA “prohibits the federal government from taking discriminatory action against a person on the basis that such person believes or acts in accordance with a religious belief or moral conviction that: (1) marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or (2) sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage.” By “discriminatory action” they mean that the federal government can’t fine, revoke tax-exempt status, deny grants or contracts, or deny any federal benefits to a person who is blatantly discriminating against
LGBT people as long as that person claims that Jesus made them do it. (I know it says “regardless of religious affiliation,” but I have my doubts that FADA’s supporters are totally embracing Muslims here). It’s not hard to see why “flail and panic” bills like FADA (and like the laws we’ve seen pass in states like North Carolina) are popping up at all levels of government. Conservatives are hella pissed about marriage equality and this is their way of stomping their feet and gnashing their teeth. In other words, it’s a legislative temper tantrum. FADA’s sponsor, Raul Labrador (R-Idaho), has a storied anti-equality voting record. In fact, the Conservative Review gives him a “Liberty Score” of 95, which means he’s an A student on the right. Conversely, he has a zero on the Human Rights Campaign’s Congressional Scorecard. Back in April, Labrador told News Radio 1310’s Bill Colley, “We’re just trying to protect the individual from punishment by the federal government for believing in a particular belief system.” This is not exactly accurate. FADA defines “person” as “any person regardless of religious affiliation, including corporations and other entities regardless of for-profit or nonprofit status.” Well, that about covers it. In the interview Labrador referred to marriage equality as “something that our culture up to recently did not accept, and frankly I still don’t believe that it accepts because it was five
robed justices that made that decision, it wasn’t the states that made the decision.” Mind you, if the case had gone the other way I have no doubt he’d be singing the praises of those robed justices. In a press release from last year (injustice and justice alike often move slowly) Labrador said, “Our bill ensures that the federal government does not penalize Americans for following their religious beliefs or moral convictions on traditional marriage. Our bill
shields against federal intrusion without taking anything away from anyone.” Without taking anything away from anyone? Well, I suppose if you don’t consider civil rights a something and don’t consider LGBT people, well, people. It’s convenient to present this bill as if it’s just maintaining some harmless status quo, but in reality it provides sweeping protections for anti LGBT bigotry. Bigotry that taxpayers would essentially be subsidizing. Q
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A Yankee Doodle Dandy BY BEN WILLIAMS
“Yankee
Doodle went to town, riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his hat, and called it macaroni.” Who hasn’t sung this song in elementary school? Did you, like me, think it silly to call a feather a form of Italian pasta? It might surprise you that actually the British originated this tune to disparage the Patriot’s manhood. In 18th century term “macaroni” was much like calling someone a queer. In the mid 18th century an Italian fashion was adopted by English “dandies and fops” which was called “Macaroni.” The style was an over exaggerated effeminate attire complete with a small feathered hat resting on a large powdered wig. These Macaroni young men would gather for assignations in taverns or so called “Molly Clubs”. One of the most notorious establishments for these “Nancy boys” and their admirers was a London coffee shop where members of the Macaroni Club met. The club was organized and led by a London bookseller and jeweler with the unfortunate name of Samuel Drybutter. Little known today, he was so notorious in the late 1700s that he was beaten to death by an angry mob outside his posh Pall Mall home. Samuel Drybutter, born circa 1735, was a trendy merchant and bookseller whose home and shop were in the Pall Mall section of London. In the 18th century, Pall Mall Street was known for high-class shopping and gentlemen’s clubs. It was also known for its fashionable London residences. As well as being a bookseller, his shop sold luxury goods such as high priced jewelry, watches, and various other ornamental trinkets. Physically he was a small, delicate man who lived with his mother. Other trades men knew him as being honest and of good character. However what they did not know about Drybutter was that he was a “notorious sodomite”. Drybutter’s first run in with the law was in 1757 when he was pilloried for selling copies of John Cleland’s pornographic novel “Fanny Hill, or the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure” in which there was a graphic depiction of “sodomy”. One
homoerotic passage in that novel, which did not appear in the first edition, was thought to be written by Drybutter. The author was a long time friend of an actor named Samuel Foote, who was indeed a “close friend” of Drybutter and a “fellow traveler” and perhaps a youthful lover. Drybutter managed to stay out of trouble with the law until 1770 when he was arrested for “attempted sodomy” and exhibited in the pillory. Despite this, in 1771 Drybutter again attempted “to repeat the infamous and detestable crime to which he seems to have so strong, though unnatural, a propensity.” He solicited a horse grenadier whom Drybutter “wanted him to dismount, and accompany him to a private place.” The soldier refused and seized Drybutter and turned him over to a watchman who arrested him. However, the next day Drybutter then countercharged that the grenadier had attempted to extort money from him, and the grenadier himself was arrested. The trial of the jeweler from Pall Mall Street and news of his indecent proposition to the King’s horse grenadier attracted a swarm of people and it was thought prudent to convey Drybutter in a carriage to the court “lest he should have fallen a prey to the fury of the mob.” Charges were dismissed against Drybutter and the grenadier. During the following year, in 1772 according to newspaper reports, Drybutter continued to narrowly miss being apprehended for sodomy, however his activities were overshadowed by a more serious of a case of sodomy. An army captain named Robert Jones was on trial for sodomizing a 13-year-old boy. Sensational with all the graphic details the public desire, the trial
concluded with the death sentence for Captain Roberts. During the trial of Captain Jones for sodomy, London newspapers began urging the local magistrates to do something about Drybutter and his Macaroni Club. “A celebrated toyman [jeweler], not far from Westminster-hall, has taken a house in Pall-mall for the reception of a detestable set of wretches of his own stamp.” Drybutter’s reputation was so damaged by these newspaper attacks that he became infamous to even strangers. During the scandal of Capt. Jones, Drybutter was in a coffeehouse when he heard customers berating Captain Jones. Drybutter “rose to the defense of saying, ‘You would not, surely, hang the man, would you? But would it not be hard, that a man should forfeit his life for his particular taste?’” Unfortunately a porter arrived announcing he had a letter for Drybutter who then identified himself. When the patrons and servers in the coffeeshop learned, “who this advocate for the particular taste was, one walks up to him and pours his chocolate over his wig. ” Drybutter demanded the meaning of the
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outrage and the man replied “it is my particular taste”. Fellow patrons poured a syrupy drink down his neck, another threw the contents of a milk pot in his face, and the bar-maid added, “it is my particular taste to pour this dish of coffee into the waistband of your breeches. The waiter then exclaimed and mine, “to kick your Old-Bailey face out of the coffee-house.” The ensuing ruckus drew a crowd together and after learning the identity of Drybutter, the mob carried him off “to duck him in the nearest horse-pond.” Captain Jones was sentenced to hang at the Old Bailey, however he received a Royal Pardon on condition “he leave the country.” The government was heavily criticized for the pardon and attacks on Gay men increased in the city. Public animosity towards those known as Mollies, Nancy Boys, or Macaronis was at an all time high after Jones’ pardon. Shortly after the pardon, a notice appeared in the newspapers: “Mr. Dr-b-tt-r’s club are desired to meet at the Gomorrah, tomorrow evening, to consider of a proper address of thanks to the throne for the respite of brother Jones. The Macaroni, Delettanti, and other Italian clubs will bring up the rear of the cavalcade, all dressed in white linen breeches.” Another attack on Drybutter occurred when he was recognized at an “eating house” where he ordered roast pig for dinner. A man threw a pint of beer in his face, saying that “as he loved pig, he should not want for sauce.” Upon hearing this, others in the tavern grabbed Drybutter and pulled him to the open fire in the hearth. The customers “basted him, with the contents of a bountiful dripping-pan, whilst others applied the reeking spit
to his nose” Greasy dish cloths were slapped at him and after rolling him in saw-dust” they threw him bodily out of the establishment. As the years past, his notoriety as a sodomite only increased and Drybutter was again arrested for attempted sodomy 1774, and again acquitted. Later, similar narrow escapes occurred for the man. Often the object of ridicule, in 1776, Drybutter was mentioned in a famous satire called “Sodom and Onan alias the Devil upon two sticks.” In the satire Drybutter was nicknamed Ganymede and a hangman was named “Jack Ketch.” An illustration showed Drybutter in chains standing beside the hangman, who holds up a noose . The caption says “Dammee Sammy you’r a sweet pretty Creature & I long to have you at the end of my String.” He is tweaking the chin of “Ganymede,” who replied “You don’t love me Jacky.” In 1777, Drybutter propositioned a man in St James’s Park, who reported him to two soldiers. They escorted him to Pall Mall, where” they declared his offense to the people there” and “released him to the fury of the mob which had gathered.” Drybutter was pelted with mud and severely beaten. He managed to reach his own house on Pall Mall, but the mob of several hundred people attacked his house breaking windows, smashing and looting his shop. Accounts stated that Drybutter’s “innards were so seriously bruised that he died on Saturday, 5th July.” Drybutter’s murder was the only known attack of a mob killing a Gay man before he was ever formally charged. Historians suggest that Drybutter’s death was attributed to the anger over the pardoning of Captain Jones in 1772. They exacted their revenge by beating Drybutter to death. Q
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PET ISSUE
Our community loves our pets. Each year we offer to show yours off to the world. Here are those who took us up on our offer this year:
This is my husband SLADE with our two Yorkies, DARWIN CHARLES and ELEANOR RIGBY. Darwin is about three and a half and Ellie is almost three. They came from two different families, Darwin as a 6-week-old puppy and Ellie we rescued at about a year. They are the best doggies in the world and we would cease to exist without them. —DAN HUNT
This is JUDE and he is an 8-year-old cocker spaniel. I got him when he was a puppy and he is truly part of my family and my best friend. We love hiking up City Creek and going to Tanner dog park. I got him during the 2008 election cycle and originally named him “Jude Jameson Cole Barack Obama Majestic Howell” and I swore that if John McCain became president I would change Jude’s name to Obama as a sign of protest. The election went as it did and Jude got to keep his Beatles inspired name! —KYLEE HOWELL
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This gang of “H” lives in the Fairmont/Sugarhouse neighborhood. At the top, goldendoodle Harvey (after Harvey Milk and Harvey Dent) is from a family in Payson and lives with me. Blue heeler mix HAWKEYE in the middle was adopted as part of the No Kill Superadoption and lives with his engaged daddies PAUL REYNOLDS and MIKE BERGER. Shephard mix HENRY, at the bottom was a rescue from Nuzzles & Co and lives with his upstanding fathers CHRISTIAN NASBY and Milan Jendrisek. The three pups spend more time together than apart and are quite the queer pack. —WILL CARLSON
This is SCOTTY, my absolute best buddy! I can’t imagine my life without him :-) —Travis Burroughs
DORI ANN, Miniature Schnauzer, 12 years old, left. DHARMA JANE, Shih Tzu, 6 years old, right. My girls mean everything to me. We are our own little family. I love them with all my heart. —ERIK GONZALES
This is my favorite picture of us with our dogs ROXIE, a 7-year-old Border Collie we adopted from SL County Animal Services when she was 6 months old, and CURRANT, a 6-year-old Boxador (Boxer Labrador mix) we adopted from the Ogden City Animal Services when she was only 6 weeks old. Everyone should have a rescue dog! —DAVE BARKER and BRAD CASE.
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ROSE the greatest Dane came into my life 4 years ago as a rescue from Rocky Mtn. Great Dane Rescue. She was 5 years old and never had a permanent, happy home. She was timid and nervous when she arrived. It took 9 months of cooing, coaxing and cuddles to bring her out of her shell. We started to visit care centers and attending events with RMGDRI volunteers when Rose discovered herself and her ability to bring such happiness to others. Rose and I attend any event we can to share the love of these gentle giants. She brings out the best in people. She has opened my heart and is my very best friend. I cherish our time together as she is now almost 10 years old. —KARA COPE Here is a photo of the Moody Family: BARTON, GIGI and SAMPSON
AL and MICHAEL with our four rescued fur babies — JUNIOR, LOLA, HATCH, CHITTENDON CHOLMONDLEY Truth is, they rescued us. So much joy when all four meet us at the door any time we return home.
These are the LADIES OF LIBERTY WELLS. DARRIN & STEVEN BROOKS
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Me and my cat, FREDDY COUGAR, who is helping me prep for the night show on Mix 105.1. A couple of my friends adopted him from a shelter when he was a baby and couldn’t keep him after a couple days, so I took him. 6 years later and we’re still best friends. —JACKSON CARTER
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Okay, so this isn’t technically my pet! While I was in India last month, my boyfriend and I found this very small stray puppy, all alone, on the top of a tarp in a busy market. I picked her up, snuggled her, and fed her some rice, and sadly had to leave. We named her “BABY”. —JURNEE KAUR CLARK
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Our apartment doesn’t allow large animals, so since I can’t have a pet Unicorn, I’ve settled on guinea pigs. We are up to 3 now. This one is my KARMA. She does have a unicorn costume, though. —KANREI This is my cute little family — me, KIRSTEN THOMAS (right) holding our daughter ZOIE, and my girlfriend CASIE PEYTON holding our son MAC. We have been together for six years and I got Casie our little girl Zoie for our first anniversary. They are both toy yorkies! Mac is 7 and Zoie is 5-
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Specially-trained dogs provide service, therapy and support Dr. Jose
Hernandez-Gil met me at the Coffee Garden to talk about advertising in QSaltLake. He is a DMD (Doctor of Medical Dentistry), a designation earned with further study at Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry. With over 23 years practicing in public health, he had just relocated to Salt Lake from New Mexico and purchased a dental practice, Taylorsville Emergency and Family Dentistry and wanted the LGBT community to know he was open for business; hoping for its patronage. As we got acquainted, we discussed his service dog, Boscoe, who died a little less than a year ago. Boscoe was Jose’s second service dog and was a Saint Bernard. It quickly become clear this was more than a dog who had passed; it was a deeply loved, appreciated, and needed companion who helped Jose lead his life. When asked if he had replaced Boscoe a look of hurt, anguish and anger flashed. He explained that a service dog isn’t just replaced. “First of all a service dog is incredibly hard to find. Not only do these dogs have to have stable temperaments and near perfect conformation and structure to perform their jobs, but they must also be deep thinkers, serious, intuitive, alert, attentive, nonaggressive, confident, and self assured. They look at situations before they act.” Jose says they are often confused for shy because they think about a situation and how it affects their handler before they act. A dog with these attributes is so rare, it makes service dogs (also known as assistance dogs) very hard to find. Then there’s the training. Jose says it takes up to three years and between $17,000 and $80,000 to train a service dog, depending on the functions they are required to perform. He says there is a huge difference between a service dog, a “therapy dog” and an
“emotional support dog.” Non-aggression and a stable temperament are the key attributes for a therapy dog. Anyone can train them to meet the standards set by a particular organization and participate within that organization. Jose says if someone wants to train their
dog, they can contact the American Kennel Club or Therapy Dogs International. Emotional support dogs are not required to undergo specialized training. They only need to be well behaved, minimally trained, and bonded to its owner since their only jobs are accompaniment and emotional support. A doctor’s note generally suffices for these dogs.
WHY SAINT BERNARDS? “My first service dog, Pele, was a Kuvasz, and in 2010 I found out there was one function she couldn’t do on her own and required help to execute. That meant I needed a bigger dog, and because of my work with the elderly and children, it meant I needed a bigger dog that was face friendly and evoked calm.” Watching John Hughes’ movie “Beethoven,” “I realized what I needed was a Saint,” says Jose. Besides characteristics and training, another key difference is the way the laws and regulations empower the dog’s guardian. The American Disability Act, Federal Housing Authority and Department of Transportation rules protect the rights of
people with disabilities to be accompanied by their service dogs in housing and in public places, like businesses, restaurants, grocery stores, hotels, as well as transportation. Not so with therapy dogs and emotional support dogs. People with these dogs do not have the right to be accompanied in establishments that do not permit pets. The FHA does allow an them to reside in housing that has a “No Pets” policy, as a reasonable accommodation. The DOT’s Air Carrier Access Act also allows those with proof of a disability to be accompanied by an emotional support dog. Losing the loves of his life, Pele and Boscoe, has not kept Jose from the companionship of dogs. He has Gelsey, a Saint Bernard and ZsaZsa, an English Bulldog. Both dogs are deeply loved but not trained as service dogs. Reading Jose’s Facebook pages you’d think he gives them as much “service” as they give him. The love and affection he gets back makes the “service” a labor of love. There is another Saint looming in Jose’s life. He is actively seeking another Saint Bernard puppy. As he mentioned though, finding one with the characteristics generally needed, and combined with the deep emotion he feels for Pele and Boscoe, is taking Jose a bit more time. Q Dr. Jose Hernandez-Gil is accepting new patients at Taylorsville Emergency and Family Dentistry, 2852 W. 4700 South, Ste B, 801-969-3752.
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Man’s best friend I came
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home two weeks ago to my partner informing me that we would soon be adopting a dog. He did not know which dog, when it would happen or where we would begin our search, but the hunt for a puppy was afoot. We began our search at the Best Friends adoption shelter in Sugar House and, without warning, fell in love with a dog which was much bigger and required more space than our downtown loft could provide. So we embarked on the journey to decide if we were ready to be parents to a dog, and what the full scope of the responsibility entails. Adopting a dog sounds easy enough. You go to the shelter, pick a puppy, pay the adoption fee, and you are on your way. We really loved the idea of a shelter because they traditionally spay or neuter the pets you adopt, and you have the option to have a microchip placed in the animal to assist in tracking it. As we looked past the nominal adoption fee, we started to calculate the other expenses which would surmount. Veterinary care, a training crate, obedience classes, food, grooming, chew toys, and miscellaneous supplies (bowls, beds, brushes, shampoos, flea products, odor neutralizers for accidents, leashes, collars, heart worm prevention, etc.) all started adding up and our heads were spinning. As we crunched the
numbers, we found that we would need $500 as an initial startup investment in our dog, and this was an expense we were just not expecting. But beyond the cost of a pet, we also were evaluating how much of our free time and energy would be spent on the pet. Various breeds and ages of dog make different demands on our precious spare time. In general, the sporting, hounds, herding, and terrier breeds will demand more time in training and daily exercise than will the guardian or companion breeds. A puppy or adolescent will need more exercise, training and supervision than an adult dog. And the first year with any new dog regardless of age or breed will put more demands on the owner than any other time, for this is when you are setting up house rules and routines which will last the lifetime of your dog. “Select” is defined in the dictionary with such phrases as “a preferred choice” or “carefully chosen.” Selecting the pet should be a well-researched and carefully soul-searched activity. After many conversations, and even a second trip to the animal shelter to see the dog again, we are still on the fence about if this is the right animal for us. However, the lessons we learned along the way have helped us learn more about each other, and ultimately prepared us for when we are ready to take the plunge and become fathers. Q
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The Gay Agenda BY TONY HOBDAY
ANNUAL EVENTS
THEATRE
Lagoon Amusement Park, 375 N Lagoon Dr., Farmington, 11am-10pm. Discount passes available at Cahoots, Club Try-Angles, Off Trax and JAM.
Presented by The Neil Simon Festival, the Egyptian Theatre is home to two works being staged in repertory by one of the most accomplished and beloved playwrights. “Brighton Beach Memoirs” is a portrait of Simon’s life as a teen in 1937 Brooklyn. It’s a bittersweet story of a struggling, overcrowded Jewish household. “London Suite” is a compilation of four short stories that take place in a deluxe London hotel. There’s kidnapping, shoe shopping, Kevin Costner being a whiny betch and a bisexual man’s heartwarming plea. Utah Repertory Theater stages the musical phenom “Cabaret” — strange that a musical about a hat could be phenomenal … wait, cabaret is a type of hat, right?? Ack! I can’t keep my mind off of riding the Lazy River with Donna.
12FRIDAY — WOMEN’S REDROCK MUSIC FESTIVAL
17WEDNESDAY — THE NEIL SIMON FESTIVAL
For the ride of your life, go to Q Lagoon Day clad in red (for obvious reasons). Just don’t let the following hooligans coax you into going down the Lazy River with them: Michael, Gene, Dennis, Colt, Jesse, David, Jeremy, Beau, Matt, Steve and Donna. Oh sure, you’ll come off wet but also feeling a little violated. For a great concert experience, go to the Women’s Redrock Music Festival clad in plaid (for obvious reasons). Just don’t let the following hooligans coax you into their tent with an offering of a Natty Light tall boy: Chelle, Mer, Brenda, and Matt. Oh sure, you’ll crawl out a little buzzed but also feeling a little violated. For a great weekend of awesome artwork, go to the Park City Arts Festival clad in only body paint. As hooligans just stay in the beer gardens so the Parkites don’t feel a little violated.
7SUNDAY — Q LAGOON DAY
Robber’s Roost, 185 Main St, Torrey, times vary, through Saturday. Tickets $50-100, at the festival
— Park City Arts Festival
Park City Main St., times vary, through Sunday. Weekend passes $12/adult-$6/children (ages 6-17), at the festival
CONCERTS From an 80s band that broke stereotypes to Michael’s foremost choice to violate on the Lazy River and from an instant sensation Australian boy band (I hope 5 seconds isn’t their holdout time on the Lazy River) to a sexy rock group that could easily coax me to ride them on a Lazy-Boy — the Utah concert stages are red hot this month.
8MONDAY — CULTURE CLUB
Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, 300 Wakara Way, UofU, 7:30pm. Tickets $88-93, redbuttegarden.org
2OSATURDAY — JOSH GROBIN W/ SPECIAL GUEST SARAH MCLACHLAN USANA Amphitheatre, 5125 S. 6400 South, WVC, 7:30pm. Tickets $32.50-128, usana-amp.com
26FRIDAY — 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER USANA Amphitheatre, 5125 S. 6400 South, WVC, 7:30pm. Tickets $25-79.95, usana-amp.com
31WEDNESDAY — COLDPLAY
Vivint Smart Home Arena,301 S. Temple, 7pm. Tickets $26.50-176.50, smithstix.com
Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St, Park City, times vary, through Aug. 21. Tickets $19-35, egyptiantheatrecompany.com
26FRIDAY — CABARET Black Box Theater, Sorenson Unity Center, 1383 S. 900 West, times vary, weekend performances through Sep 11. Tickets $17-20, utahrep. org
UPCOMING EVENTS SEP. 10, 2016 UTAH PRIDE CENTER GOLF CLASSIC, utahpridecenter.org SEP. 20, 2016 CYNDI LAUPER, smithstix.com SEP. 22, 2016 TEGAN AND SARA, smithstix.com OCT. 15, 2016 ANI DIFRANCO, smithstix.com
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SEP T. 16 – OC T. 1, 2016
Ogden’s Second Pride is Aug. 6 The Ogden Amphitheater on Historic 25th Street will once again turn queer on Saturday, Aug. 6 from 2–8 p.m. withbooths and beer and stage entertainment in a free, pet- and family-friendly festival.
Entertainment
fiber, bidets, and bras would have survived, let alone flourished in Utah? Well, they have. In fact, they’ve become an institution. In 20-something years of melody, mirth and mucous, they’ve performed for everything from Western Republican Governors to the Utah Gay Rodeo.
CHEER SALT LAKE
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Returning for the second year! Cheer Salt Lake is an all-volunteer, adult cheer for charity team whose mission is to raise money for health related charities through the sport of cheerleading. They perform at various events: Ogden Pride, Provo Pride, Utah Pride, Blitz football games, Roller Derbies, the GendeRevolution, the MS Walk, AIDS walk, and a lot more!
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MOJAVE NOMADS Returning to the stage for the second year, Mojave Nomads are based in Ogden, though formed in Roy if you want to be specific about it, meeting at Roy High and through mutual friends. Their musical influences range from old blues masters such as Robert Johnson up to Led Zeppelin and through The Black Keys. Q Info at OgdenPride.org
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Talia Keys, recently named a ‘musical powerhouse,’ uniquely embodies her own style of singing and songwriting. From crossing genres to playing multiple instruments, she sports an original brand of funk-soul-hip hop-rock ‘n’ roll, with an occasional splash of old time folk. Synergizing that old school vibe to new school beats, while sourcing an energy largely compared to the rawness of Janis Joplin and the fire of Jimi Hendrix. Best described by Katie Bain as ‘blistering.’”
The 2016 Ogden Pride Festival will close with a dance party hosted by DJ Suzy Bean! From radiodjs.com: “Suzy Bean is a versatile open format DJ that prides herself on being able to read a crowd and set the mood in any setting. She has performed in clubs, for private events and has hosted multiple shows. She is neither afraid to be in front of a crowd nor host an intimate setting. Suzy Bean is one of the very few female DJs in the Salt Lake Valley and will always bring an experience unlike any other.”
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Women’s Redrock Music Festival celebrates its 10th year in Torrey Music by Women For Everyone In the summer of 2007, Torrey got a taste of what women determined to bring music to the desert could do. No one, not even the organizers — Carol Gnade, Jeri Tafoya, or Laurie Wood — knew what to expect. But like true believers, they thought if they brought great musicians together for a weekend in August, the fans would come. So when over 300 music lovers showed up and were treated to a lineup that included Gearl Jam Reunion, Lost by Reason, Sister Wives, and the Zari Le’on Dance Theater, they knew that Women’s Redrock Music Festival was indeed something special. But they like others had to see it to believe it. Carol, Jeri and Laurie remember looking at each other on that Saturday night in 2007 and saying, “Can you believe it? We did it!” Executive Director Candice Nichols of Las Vegas LGBT Center said after hearing about the festival, she had to drive up to check it out, fully expecting to see something like “eight women and a girl with a guitar.” Needless to say, she was astonished by the quality of the music and the beauty of the venue. Some of the townspeople of Torrey didn’t know what to make of the crowds and wondered if their little town was the right venue for “those people”—meaning anyone from out of town. But just like most relationships, the more the town got to see and interact with the festival goers, the more it appreciated what WRMF meant for the town. Now, in 2016 for the 10th annual Women’s Redrock Music Festival, you’ll find signs welcoming the festival along Highway 24 — signs put up by the Torrey City Council. Retail businesses, motels, inns and bed-and-breakfast establishments count on the second week of August being their best week of the summer. About 30 locals volunteer at the festival, several are vendors, and even more attend just to hear the music. Carol Gnade — the festival was her brainchild in 2007 — loves music, loves
the red rocks of Torrey, and loves making things happen. Through hard work and tireless fund raising, she has grown the festival to one that is a favorite of performers and attendees. Carol says, “The Women’s Redrock Music Festival gives independent female musicians, from all over, a magical setting to perform in Southeastern Utah. Their positive experience at past festivals has created a great reputation for WRMF,
which draws new performers and attendees each year.” The festival is a non-profit organization and is operated by loyal volunteers—some who have worked every festival. Each year, through the sale of raffle tickets, WRMF donates a scholarship to Wayne County High School. Throughout the year, volunteers solicit donations and sponsorships to fund the festival. “We’ve expanded our corps of volunteers hoping to get new (and younger) people interested in seeing the festival continue. Whoever works on the festival knows it’s a labor of love,” said Laurie Wood, director of operations. And the festival does change from year to year, for the better. New last year was the addition of Wasatch/Squatters Brewery as a sponsor and vendor for beverages. It will be back this year with some new brews and something concocted especially for the festival. Also joining the festival for the first time is Mountain West Cider. Natalia Zukerman will conduct a “Songwriting with a Painter’s Eye” workshop where
participants create image-based songs and song-based images. Yoga, arts and crafts, non-profit organizations, food vendors, performers’ merchandise will convince festival goers that WRMF at Robber’s Roost in Torrey is a lovely way to spend a weekend in August. Jeri Tafoya is the genius behind the line-up. When one festival wraps up, Jeri begins listening to music and attending concerts. Hundreds and hundreds of hours go into her selecting the performers for the festival. Not only do the women need to be talented and independent, but they have to blend with the entire line-up. With
the technical direction of Lu Prickett and the sound engineered by Jack Arnott, Jeri produces each night’s line up to create the tempo, the energy, and distinctive emotional atmosphere—something Jeri senses intuitively—and what the festival is known for. This year’s line up features some of the original performers from 2007—Sister Wives, Mary Tebbs, the Debi Graham Band, Kathryn Warner and Leraine Hostmanshoff—as well as festival favorites, TOBY and ELLIS. Friday night’s headliner is Sick of Sarah. Also appearing on Friday are some local favorites, Canyons as well as the group Johanna Johanna. Some of the performers on Saturday will include Cheryl Wheeler, Crys Matthews, Natalia Zukerman, and Mona Tavakoli, and Kristy Lee. Saturday night’s headliner, from Brooklyn, New York is Hunter Valentine. Returning for their fourth year are emcees Georgette Leventis & Steph Pappas. Q The festival is August 12-13 at Robber’s Roost Bookstore, Torrey, Utah. Tickets are available at womensredrockmusicfest.com
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Alexander the Great Ally ‘True Blood’ alum on coaching gay sex scenes, his outsider perspective, and Tarzan vs. Farrah Fawcett BY CHRIS AZZOPARDI
Alexander
Skarsgård sure knows how to offset the uproar over his missing loincloth in The Legend of Tarzan. “I’m actually wearing it right now,” teases Skarsgård, joking about the brouhaha regarding this Tarzan’s more civilized article of clothing as he portrays the jungle warrior in Warner Bros.’ new take on a classic tale. “I do all my phoners in a loincloth.” “Phoners or… ?” I ask, hinting at the obvious rhyme. The 39-year-old True Blood alum beams, cracking up. “Exactly! I do all my boners in loincloths.” And that’s just the beginning of our revealing conversation, which leads to all sorts of places: being poisoned by Lady Gaga, how other straight men should approach a gay sex scene [“dive in”], and why — after giving us his best Farrah Fawcett impersonation last year — shooting The Legend of Tarzan “was nothing compared to that night in drag.” So, I don’t know if you know this, but gay men love you. Oh, really? They do. Is that surprising to hear? Well, I don’t know. I’ve always been… I don’t know how to answer that question, but thank you. That’s very flattering to hear. It’s always been the most natural thing to me because my uncle and godfather is a gay man and so growing up, even as a little toddler, it was just as natural as being straight. My aunt would show up with her husband and my uncle would show up with his husband. He was, by far, out of my father’s four siblings (Alexander’s father is actor Stellan Skarsgård), the most fashionable and the most trendy, cool guy. So, when I was a kid, he was the one I looked up to. I thought he was really badass: fit and awesome and cool, and obviously not because he was gay. When I became a teenager and the kids made fun of other teenagers who were gay,
I never really understood that. It just baffled me because my idol, my godfather, was gay, and he was the coolest guy I knew. I just couldn’t understand how that could be an insult. That kind of personal relationship can change everything for somebody. I agree. And I think a lot of the xenophobia and fear comes from that, from not having a personal connection. People that know someone close that they love who is homosexual or bisexual are more likely to sympathize with people in the LGBT community. The “Legend of Tarzan” is, in part, about making your own family. How might that resonate with the LGBT community? In a way, he’s lost between two worlds, he doesn’t fit in. He’s adopted by these apes, and even though emotionally he’s an equal and he’s loved, he can feel that he’s different. Then he goes to London and it’s kind of the same. He looks like people around him, but he also doesn’t fit in there either. That sense of being an outsider and trying to fit in or finding your home and your place in the world — it’s interesting to explore that. He’s a character who, on the surface, has it all — this gorgeous, wonderful wife; incredible wealth; beautiful mansion — but people don’t understand him, really, and his heart is still in the jungle. Have you ever felt like an outsider? I can relate to the feeling of being somewhere between two worlds. I was born and raised in Stockholm, but I’ve lived in the States for 12 years. In a way, I feel at home when I go to Stockholm, but it hasn’t been my permanent home for 12 years. So, there are a lot of things that make me feel like an outsider: cultural references, the music scene, the arts scene, theater, what’s going on back home in movies; other references make me feel out of touch too. The States have been my home for the last 12 years, but I also don’t have any deep emotional connection to the place because I wasn’t here as a kid. So walking around the streets of Stockholm, every single street
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corner will mean something because it had a profound impact on my formative years. I’ll be like, “Oh, that street corner is where that girl broke up with me when I was 13,” or, “That’s where I had that fight with my best friend.” I live in New York now and all my memories in New York are from the past 10, 15 years. Obviously, in Tarzan the two worlds are a bit more extreme! (Laughs) There are no apes on the loose in New York that I am aware of. (Laughs) Yes, it’s slightly more dramatic. But that is my job as an actor — to find something, even if it’s on a more microscopic level, that allows me to tap into and understand the character on a larger scale. What do you think starring alongside Lady Gaga in her “Paparazzi” video did for your gay following? I have no idea — I wasn’t famous at all. I wore a wig in the first season of True Blood, so no one ever recognized me. But my friend Jonas Åkerlund is a tremendous music video director and called me and said, “Hey, I’m directing this video for an artist. Her name is Lady Gaga.” I’d heard her name but didn’t know much about her. He just basically pitched me the idea: “You throw her off the balcony and then she comes back and she poisons you.” (Laughs) It sounded like a fun love story, so of course I said yes. I had a super fun day. How did portraying someone who is pansexual on True Blood, a show rife with queer characters and storylines, influence the way you view sexuality? It was just one of the most profound experiences ever. Just liberating. Even though there’s shit loads of nudity on the show, it never felt gratuitous. I think that’s when, as an actor, you feel uncomfortable, if you’re standing there with your clothes off and you’re not quite sure why. Like if you’d been wearing that loincloth in “Tarzan.” That’s why I wear nothing in all the flashbacks... because that would make sense! If it makes sense, it’s not an issue; you just have to do it. In 2006’s “Kill Your Darlings,” you played a transvestite. Then, during the premiere of “Diary of a Teenage Girl” last year, you went in full-on drag as Farrah Fawcett. How would you describe the feeling of putting on women’s clothing? I loved it. It was so much fun. On that movie, Diary of a Teen-
age Girl, our first ad was a drag queen by the name of Cousin Wonderlette, who’s on the San Francisco scene, and there was also Lady Bear, another drag queen who was the casting director for extras on the movie. Marielle [Heller], our director, wanted to do a big premiere at the Castro Theatre because she’s from San Francisco, a lot of her friends live there and she has a lot of friends in the gay community. So, Cousin Wonderlette and Lady Bear were gonna host the premiere and do a number from Rocky Horror Picture Show and then throw the after-party at a gay club. Everyone was planning their outfits and talking about these crazy drag outfits they were gonna come in with. I was sitting there with my grey suit and I just felt like, “Fucking hell, this is so boring; can I play as well?” I said, “I wanna look like Farrah Fawcett.” I showed them that iconic image from the early ’80s in that golden dress with the blonde hair, so that’s what we went for. I can’t quite say that we nailed it. I mean, they did an incredible job, but I think it’s tough with a dude who’s 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds. (Laughs) And with those heels, I was like 7 feet tall. As physically demanding as shooting Legend of Tarzan was, it was nothing compared to that night in drag. Oh my god; walking around in those heels, in that super itchy, hot wig and the fake nails, I felt like Edward Scissorhands. I couldn’t even grab a drink. Once we got to the after party at the gay club, I just kicked my heels off and walked around barefoot because I was just dying. So, I have tremendous respect for all the drag queens out there. I got a little taste of what it takes to look that fabulous. “True Blood” was ground-breaking for pushing many envelopes when it came to LGBT issues and sexuality. How does it feel knowing that you were a part of a show that some deemed “too gay”? Well, that’s ridiculous. What was so interesting about the show was that it wasn’t on the nose. It’s obviously a cultural reference and a metaphor. A lot of the storylines are metaphors for the strife people in the LGBT community experience, but it’s done in a very subtle way where people who have never met anyone who’s gay or who have prejudice toward that community would still embrace the show and would still come up
(to me) and be super excited about it. They would love Lafayette — I mean, a black, gay man. What (creator) Alan (Ball) did was beautiful and it was groundbreaking because, for myself, since I was a toddler, I’ve had someone very close to me that I admire who was gay, which made that lifestyle as normal as any other lifestyle. In this instance, a lot of people who didn’t have anyone close to them in the LGBT community suddenly had someone in their living room every Sunday night that they loved. What tips do you have for other straight men who are doing gay sex scenes? You just have to embrace it. I had two gay sex scenes on the show. They’re incredible scenes. I loved this scene and I remember talking to Theo [Alexander], who played the Greek lover of Russell Edgington [portrayed by Denis O’Hare], and that was the first gay sex scene I had on True Blood. He’s also a straight guy and he was nervous; he had never kissed a guy before. I just said, “Look at the scene. It’s this nemesis and he comes in and then it gets seductive and you think they’re gonna make love and it gets into that and then suddenly my character stabs him in the back and he explodes. In two minutes, look at this emotional roller coaster we’re taking the audience on. If we commit to this, it’s going to be an amazing scene and we’re going to be very happy with it forever. If we hold back, that’s when it gets awkward.” Same thing shooting the other scene with Ryan [Kwanten] — we knew that it was coming because we shot a scene the previous year where I hypnotize him and say, like, “When you dream, dream sweet dreams of me.” Because we did it in a very seductive way, when they said “wrap” and I turned around and I saw the writers, I could just see in their eyes that they were like, “We’re definitely gonna see this dream later on in the show.” We knew it was coming. You have to think of the scene and how it fits in and hopefully be excited about the scene. Then, just dive in. When can we expect you to do something as gay as “True Blood” again? (Laughs) Well, I mean, next time I get drunk probably. Q Chris Azzopardi is the editor of Q Syndicate. He’s also the proud recipient of an “I adore you, daaahhhling!” from Mariah Carey. Reach him at chris-azzopardi.com and on Twitter @chrisazzopardi
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forever fabulous Over drinks (obvs), Ab Fab stars Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley dish on their gay darlings, drag doubles and being ahead of the queer curve BY CHRIS AZZOPARDI
How to
be a free spirit, why a wallet, not a toaster, is better suited to carry cash, the power of a heavy pour — since 1992, fictional besties Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone, played by Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, respectively, have guided legions of outsiders into the light. (And not just after a late-night Stolichnaya vodka binge blackout.) As the Absolutely Fabulous duo cheerfully imbibe from London, it’s a classic case of life imitating art — everyone wants to get these iconic ladies smashed as they “work” the promo for their long-awaited return to the screen with Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. Oh yes, sweetie darlings, it’s a real thing now. Thank god; thank vodka. The film is Edina and Patsy’s first time together since 2012, when the series celebrated its 20-year anniversary. For the premiere movie adaptation of the BBC series, Saunders, making good on her pledge to write more adventures for the TV-born trainwrecks, stars alongside Lumley and a cast of familiar faces — Julia Sawalha as Saffy, Jane Horrocks as Bubble and June Whitfield as Mother, plus star cameos — as they continue to live their best, booziest lives. Pour yourself a Stoli-Bolli and read on as Saunders, 58, and Lumley, 70, sip their signature cocktail and dish about their “great crash entrance” into gaydom, being ahead of the queer curve and how the LGBT community catapulted Absolutely Fabulous to global-phenom status. I don’t want to shock you with this news and I hope you’re sitting down, but gay people really like you. Jennifer: (Both laugh) And we love gay people! For both of you, what was your introduction to the gay community? Jennifer: Oh! So long ago I can’t really think. It just seems like college; I had gay friends then. To be honest, I don’t know. It just seems to have always been there. Joanna: But I think the great crash entrance was when we had Absolutely Fabulous and we were welcomed into New York to a certain extent. That was quite fantastic.
Jennifer: Yeah. And the first time we saw our drag doubles was startling! (Laughs) Because you realize quite how small we are, and short and insignificant, when you’re standing next to your drag doubles. They’re more glamorous than we could even hope to be! Joanna: And occasionally with a beard! Jennifer: And often with a beard; yes, you’re right! (Both laugh) You just made an appearance during London Pride. Because the gay fandom for “Ab Fab” is so intense, I’m surprised you can go anywhere with a sea of gays and it’s not a mob scene. When gay fans see you in everyday life, what are those encounters like? Jennifer: Really lovely, I have to say. Because people love the show and love the characters, I always get such a nice response. Joanna: We get kissing and we get a bit of selfies, and it’s lovely. Jennifer: I think we’re recognized more if we’re together. The response is more extreme. How did “Ab Fab” come to be so gay? Did you make the show for gay people? Jennifer: No, we didn’t. And we’ve been thinking about this a lot, and I think [the gay fandom is] because of the friendship and because they’re not in search of love — they’re not constantly looking for a man, they’re quite happy with each other. They live life to the fullest, they live life without brakes and the friendship is all [they need], I think. Joanna: And I think because they’re glamorous. Edina always longed for (her daughter) Saffy to come out as gay and she’s very proud of having a gay son, Serge. But there were always gay people in the show, Jennifer; you always had them written in. Jennifer: Yeah, ’cause it’s normal. When the show ran from 1992–1995 the word “gay” was barely uttered on television. Then you two came along and changed the game. Jennifer: Good! Was it your intent to introduce queer themes and people into the television zeitgeist? Jennifer: To be honest, we never analyzed it like that. It just seemed to me, if we were representing lives, especially those in
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the fashion world and the creative world — it’s full of gay people. And you know, Edina married one — one of her husbands was gay! (Laughs) It’s just part of the fabric of society. But it wasn’t then, right? Joanna: Do you think it had a way of making people feel more open toward gays, Chris? I do think so. I also think it made gay people feel comfortable in their own skin. I know friends who call you their lifeline because they’re gay and grew up in small towns; they had no role models, no one who even acknowledged them or their sexuality. How does it feel to know that you and these characters had an immense influence on people in the LGBT community? Jennifer: I feel incredibly proud, then. We have a lot to thank the gay community for, because I think the show largely started being popular in the gay community and through that into the wider community. So, it’s been a lovely relationship. Joanna: We had the most wonderful award given to us in New York from the LGBT community [the 2002 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Award] and I’m totally proud of mine. It’s a wonderful citation which has made us priestesses of New York forever. It came from them thanking us for exactly what you’re thanking us for, and it makes me feel so humbled because Jennifer actually wrote these two characters and the characters are the people who have somehow become attached to us like an outer skin. It’s rather thrilling to be attached to those characters. How attached are you to those characters? Jennifer: Only in that it’s very hard to move without having a glass of champagne put into your hands. That makes life really, re-
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ally nice. (Both laugh) Are you drinking at this very moment? Jennifer: We are! Hugely! She’s just poured a vodka into my champagne. What cocktail do you recommend people order when they watch “Ab Fab: The Movie”? Joanna: I think it’s gotta be the Stoli-Bolli cocktail. Stolichnaya vodka slipped into a glass of champagne — it’s almost half and half, actually, the way we drink it. (Both laugh) Jennifer: It just knocks the bubbles out and puts a little bit more alcohol in. Joanna: But as they would not add: Please drink responsibly. Jennifer: It would damage your health. It would severely damage your health. (Both laugh) Edina is always saying, “All my friends are gay.” How true is that for you in real life? Jennifer: (Laughs) All my friends are gay! Joanna, let’s talk about Patsy being transgender. Her gender change was addressed several times during the series. Why was it decided that Patsy should be trans? Joanna: Yes, in series 2 [episode] “Morocco” we had a flashback to when Patsy had indeed been taking hormones and grown a mustache... Jennifer: (Laughs) Joanna: And cut her hair off, had something switched on. Sadly after a year, it dropped off and she stopped the hormones, had a quick shave and went back to being Patsy again. But she goes in and out of it. And I think she was slightly dreading having to do it this time [for the movie], which is why she tried to resist. (Slips into
character as Patsy) “No, Eddy, no!” And indeed she managed to fool a very, very old almost-blind woman that she was a man. Jennifer: She makes a very good man. We are basically like a married couple, Edina and Patsy, in a funny way. (Laughs) And they are sort of genderless. Joanna: Indeed. In one of the New York episodes we got married by Whoopi Goldberg! (Both laugh)
wide, wide field, so it was the perfect job for [Edina] because it meant that during any show you could do anything — you’re not stuck in an office. But I suppose nowadays the thing is, nobody’s stuck in an office anymore. You know, anyone can live online, live at home, work at home, do their own PR via social media. You could honestly do your job from your bed, and that’s fantastic.
I’ve always thought of you as gay men in women’s bodies. Jennifer and Joanna: We are, yeah!
When doing Eddy and Patsy in drag what should a queen always keep in mind? Jennifer: Ohh, well, you know, the funny thing is, when they do Patsy they used to always do kind of trashy dressing. But actually, I noticed yesterday at London Pride they were very well dressed. I think Patsys are becoming better dressed, and that’s quite important for Patsy because you’ve gotta start off looking good, like you’ve got somewhere to go. Always give yourself somewhere to go.
What advice do both of you have for gays who are on a quest to live their best life? Jennifer: Don’t listen to anybody else. Kate Moss’ great thing: “Never complain, never explain.” That’s a very good way of living. Joanna: She’s adapted it from the original quotation, which was from the 1930s: “Never apologize, never explain.” Jennifer: Oh! Joanna: Never apologize — I think that’s a good one. You’ve always had something to say about the PR industry on the show. What other business could use some mocking? Jennifer: I think politics is just making a mockery of itself at the moment, so that’s not much help. Joanna: Bankers have sort of been done, with things like The Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short and so on. All those that have kind of taken on the financial world. What else is there, Jennifer? Plenty? Jennifer: (Laughs) I don’t know! Joanna: But you didn’t really set out to make a parody of it — you just had that as the background. Jennifer: Well, the great thing about PR is you can do anything. It can be any job, you can go anywhere. It’s such a
And then by the end of the night? Jennifer: By the end of the night, you can be hopeless. I mean, literally. Spread eagle. What about Eddy? Jennifer: Oh, Eddy… everything’s gotta be too small. Wear shoes that literally hobble you and costumes that strangle you. Remember that Eddy has never woken and not been marked by her clothing; she’s always marked. Elasticated marks everywhere on her body from the clothes. Where can we expect to see Eddy and Patsy in 20 years? Jennifer: In a home. Joanna: Attached to intravenous bottles of Stolichnaya and Bolly. Still smoking like chimneys. Organs removed. Jennifer: But having a fabulous time. Joanna: Still having a fabulous time. Any final words for your gay darlings? Joanna: We love you, sweetie darlings! Q Chris Azzopardi is the editor of Q Syndicate, and the proud recipient of an “I adore you, daaahhhling!” from Mariah Carey. chris-azzopardi.com and on Twitter @chrisazzopardi
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Better things for better living… through Salt Lake’s Harry‑It Winston BY MIKKI ENOCH
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back to the nostalgic days of the 1950s, a time when men were men and women were there to serve them. This was a time when a woman wanted to make some extra money she would sell Tupperware out of her home. When she would leave her home, she’d always be dressed fabulously. This is how Harry-It Winston sees her idealized world. Harry-It spoke fondly of watching Father Knows Best and Leave it to Beaver with her grandmother while sitting on the edge of the davenport. She would tell of her grandmother cutting coupons to the two small town grocery stores. She’d happily remember herself and her brother putting on grandma’s “face.” That is when Harry-It began to learn to apply makeup, but gained experience through drama classes before going out into public. Harry-It moved to Salt Lake City in 2009 for job opportunities. Shortly after her arrival The Matrons of Mayhem invited her to join them for their monthly, Third Friday Bingo at the First Baptist Church. Petunia Pap Smear and Ruby Ridge warned her that “drag is addictive like crack.” Harry-It admits that she is addicted to drag. Thus, Harry-It appeared on the scene in 2011. Initially, she kept her addiction strictly to bingo but as her personae grew, she stepped out to do more things. Harry-It is the unassuming housewife — a June Cleaver — yet has a wild side to her. She occasionally needs to go out and sow her oats, because sometimes Ward (Cleaver) doesn’t do it for her. As part of “sowing her oats,” she competed in, and won, the 2015 Miss City Weekly pageant. In a way uncharacteristic of drag, Harry-It
didn’t want to name her title out of respect for Michael Aaron and QSaltLake. The title of Miss City Weekly, the “true and reigning queen,” gave her a chance to perform monthly and further opened up other opportunities. As “People are People” by Depeche Mode played in the background, she spoke about the need for a unified LGBTQ community. She doesn’t have any tolerance for labels on people or clothes. She segued into her wardrobe and how it didn’t need to be expensive and name brand to be fantastic. She avoids labels in all parts of her life. Then “Drag Brunch” was born, an opportunity to showcase some of the drag talent in Salt Lake outside of the typical weekend bar scene. With six regular members, the brunch rotates in a few
special guests each month. For an hour and half, the brunch provides a variety show to allow various artistic expressions. Once the brunch was established, she began to sell Tupperware as a second income and as a way to be out in the community. Her Tupperware parties are the ones “your mother never wanted you to go to.” The parties include Jell-O shots, humor and history of the products. To this day she is enthusiastic about this product and proud to talk about having some of her grandmother’s Tupperware. Since Harry-It goes out during the day to prepare for her parties, she gives an extra level of visibility by doing this. She recalled one encounter with a mother and son. The son was happily wearing a dress and the mother worried for his well being, but was inspired by Harry-It’s willingness to discuss her son’s gender variance and to express hope for the future. In a nutshell, this is Harry-It’s story. Join her monthly for “Drag Brunch” at Club X or The Matrons of Mayhem’s “Third Friday Bingo” at First Baptist Church. Q
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screen queen BY CHRIS AZZOPARDI
DEATH BECOMES HER Character development, be damned. The archetypes in the Robert Zemeckisdirected commentary on showbiz superficiality and the general vanity of being human are mere sketches, but if Death Becomes Her is purely an excuse for a head-turning Meryl Streep and half-stomached Goldie Hawn to play up an onscreen rivalry with heightened fakeness and a one-on-one shovel showdown then, great gods of campy film, thank you for this gift. Lady Streep exercises a rare frivolity to play Madeline Ashton, a B-movie and Broadway actress; Hawn is Helen Sharp. They hate each other. Then, when a man war involving Sharp’s ex-fiancé (Bruce Willis) breaks out, Madeline visits an age-defying sorceress named Lisle von Rhuman (the fab Isabella Rossellini, supremely decked out in an iconic necklace) who can turn the desperate Madeline ageless… for a pretty price. Obsessed over by queers who live for seeing two queens in a cat fight (plus, beefy, shirtless men for maximum gayness), the 1992 darkcomedy camp caper took notes from “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” and let two screen icons unleash on each other because, you know, every generation of gays needs a Hollywood lesson on
how greed and conceit and plastic remedies incite extreme comical consequences. Nearly 25 years after its release, the comedy debuts on Blu-ray in a Collector’s Edition with too few special features, though a fun vintage featurette offers an onset Meryl, relishing the fact that, “I’ve died in a lot of other films, but in this one, I live! And I look great!”
talented actors for 2014’s sublime Pride. Wistful, nostalgic and bound to melt you into a big puddle of mush, this remarkably moving coming-of-age drama is classic filmmaking in peak form. The disc extras are less bountiful, with a mere trailer, a selection of deleted and extended scenes, and a commentary featuring director John Crowley.
BROOKLYN Why, exactly, is Brooklyn so good? Saoirse Ronan, for one. Known for standout stints in Atonement and The Lovely Bones, the Oscar-nominated sad movie actress imparts her big, soft heart into the role of an immigrant who can barely stand to leave Ireland but must – aside from her mother and sister, there’s nothing left for her in Enniscorthy. America becomes home, eventually. She settles. An Italian fella charms her into loving him, she bonds with the boarding-house ladies with which she lives; it’s almost perfect. But Ireland is never far from Eilis’ mind (when letters are arriving from family overseas, how could it be?), and when tragedy strikes back home, Eilis returns to Enniscorthy and finds herself faced with wrenching decisions. Naturally, Ronan is a marvel, bringing earnest sensitivity to Eilis. But Brooklyn thrives on the strength of its ensemble, which was cast by Fiona Weir, who also assembled a brilliant troupe of
HOW TO BE SINGLE Maybe one day Rebel Wilson will surprise us by not playing the same man-thirsty, cocksure powerhouse she’s so frequently cast as, but until then, we get Robin in How to Be Single. Wilson’s Robin is a singlehood specialist, and her latest project? The hopeless and hapless Alice, a new hire that Robin takes under her wild, horny, frequently drunken wing because Robin knows all the ins and outs of not being tied down and Alice is a clumsy broad who thinks she has to buy her own drinks at the bar. Meanwhile, a crop of other characters – though, surprisingly, none of them gay – offer various perspectives on getting the guy, even if just for one night. Alison Brie’s Lucy, for instance, steals Wi-Fi from the bar underneath her flat, a good excuse for her to encounter the hottie who bartends downstairs. You think you know where that encounter’s going, but screenwriters Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein (The
Vow, He’s Just Not That Into You) and Dana Fox (Couples Retreat, What Happens in Vegas) subvert rom-com predictability. Elsewhere, there’s Leslie Mann as Alice’s older sister, an obstetrician with a secret soft spot for babies. It’s all very Sex and the City. And yes, though Samantha, Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda already trained you on the need-to-knows about living beyond your means as a single in New York, How to Be Single and its dizzying array of storylines isn’t a bad way to refresh your memory as to why you’re probably better off alone. Special features play favorites, giving Rebel Wilson her own outtakes reel as well as a short featurette on her all-around awesomeness.
Also Out CAROL The taboos of homosexuality are contained in out director Todd Haynes’ wonderful, hypnotic romance Carol, focused on love’s enduring power despite external resistance. Cate Blanchett is the titular character who finds herself drawn to the strikingly younger, more meek Therese, the yin to her yang, when they meet during a chance run-in at a NYC department store. There are complications to pursuing a same-sex relationship, of course. It’s the ’50s, so there’s that. Also, Carol has a husband. Throughout his nuanced period piece, the Far From Heaven filmmaker brings a taut fervor to the film as it unfolds with Thelma and Louise-like shenanigans and heart-seizing moments of tender longing. Not that you’d doubt Blanchett’s commitment to Carol, but
just in case: During a set of discussions with the cast and crew, Blanchett says she “read a lot of girl-ongirl fiction.” ANOMALISA Charlie Kaufman introduced post-breakup memory obliteration in one of the best films of the aughts, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, conveying aspects of the human condition with his own brand of idiosyncrasies. That same warped pathos pervades Anomalisa, Kaufman’s stop-motion film about a down-on-life inspirational speaker (David Thewlis) reinvigorated by an intense connection he has with a refreshingly spirited woman (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Poignant subtleties, including a moving bedside take on Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” abound as both characters, and the film’s off-kilter creative team, illuminate the mundanity of human connection in the most revelatory of ways – without humans at all. Innovative and thoughtful, Anomalisa is an artistic wonder. The creative process is explained during a fascinating 30-minute peek behind the scenes. SISTERS If Sisters accomplishes anything, and it doesn’t accomplish much, it’s that everything is less insufferable with Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Still, it’s hard not to wish these two comedy queens were using their time more wisely – you know, by making a Mean Girls 2 that isn’t that madefor-TV mediocrity. Alas, we get Sisters, out Pitch Perfect director Jason Moore’s illconceived and tepid effort about a pair of siblings who turn their childhood
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AUGUST BY SAM KELLEY-MILLS ARIES March 20–April 19 There doesn’t seem to be a break in the action. A need to slow things down is blocked by a desire to keep momentum. Let your gears cool down for a bit, even if it means putting people on hold. The last thing you need is intense friction, though there could certainly be a need for it soon. Indulge in much needed romance, Aries! TAURUS Apr 20–May 20 Reflection and nostalgia are deeply consuming your thoughts and feelings as of late. The past almost means more now because of a strange change in a very personal relationship. No matter what the past holds, the future is bound to disappoint. To keep expectations low is not always wise, but sometimes needed for survival.
Gay Anthems ACROSS
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1 3-pointers to Kopay 2 Lesbian opponent of Wade 3 Wing for Philip Johnson 4 Scarecrow and more 5 Lend a hand 6 Didst reside 7 Command to one’s bitch 8 Stallion’s supper 9 Bet middler? 10 Kahlo painting, perhaps 11 Erotic diarist Nin 12 Easily screwed
13 Trucker’s rod 21 Bentley of American Beauty 22 Mary’s MTM girlfriend 23 Literary lesbian Sylvia 24 Home near polar bears, perhaps 25 Auctioneer’s word 28 Glee character Abrams 29 The vas, for one 31 Threaded fastener 32 “Iron Mike” of football 33 First appearance 34 Material for nice stones 36 Elizabeth Taylor’s The Last ___ Saw Paris 37 Rubbed with oil 38 Neighborhood 42 Hosted the Oscars, for example 43 Taunt with homophobic slurs, e.g. 44 Caesar’s salutation 45 Pool parlor fixture 46 Cocktail ingredient 47 On account of 48 Remove from the head 49 Put out 50 Bit of gay advice? 54 Locale for Brando’s Apocalypse Now 55 And that’s not all 56 Half of a Hollywood name ANSWERS ON PAGE 54
GEMINI May 21–June 20 Seek out an old time friend in order to clear up an old argument. Truth is bent with the lens of time and memories change. Be open to morphing perceptions. Realize that truth is an asset. A relationship is suffering as a result of repeated antagonizing from both sides. It’s time to kiss and make up in the way you know best. CANCER June 21–July 22 A work associate is bound to come up with an amazing idea, so pay attention. While a dependency on others isn’t common for you, seeing benefit in conflicting ideas has always kept you grounded. Trying turning a foe into an ally to see the world from a new point of view. No one is inherently bad by simply seeing things differently. LEO July 23–August 22 Put trust into a respected acquaintance. Much can be discovered from this person. Gain some levity in a work position and gain favor with the boss. It may not be the most dignified thing to do, but it will help a great deal. Everything is merging into one big opportunity, so keep an open mind and smile. Things will work out. VIRGO August 23–Sep. 22 The desire to be content is difficult to fulfill. You set the bar high, but only because much is expected from friends and family. But what matters to you doesn’t always matter to them. Back off from someone who needs space. It’s likely you need space too. Grow from experiences, and the world will seem brighter as a result. LIBRA Sept 23–October 22 Whoever said that life was easy clearly lived a simple one. Take time to eliminate the impossible and streamline everything. It’s time to ease up on expectations. Have fewer but better friends, and find a career that works for you. Act now while things are
lowbrow, because the future is bound to become chaotic for you soon. SCORPIO Oct. 23–Nov. 21 Focus energy into a personal relationship. Romance and spirituality don’t need to be exclusive. A highly enlightened person will touch you in ways never thought possible. Clear the schedule to spend more time with them, but be careful of being too obsessed. While there is much to gained, there is a risk of losing yourself. SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22–December 20. Flow from one moment to another like a boat in a river. Don’t spend too much time on one project and keep interests varied. This will not only prevent boredom, but agitation. Look deeper into finding truth behind a nagging problem, and nip it in the bud. People can often get in your way, so to take a different path sometimes. CAPRICORN Dec 21–Jan 19 The best solution to dealing with a nagging associate is to nag back. It’s all about give and take, and it is better to give rather than receive. Let logic and reason be a weapon that provides an ending to this irritating co-worker’s interruptions. A mission requires much effort, but the real question is whether it matters at all. AQUARIUS Jan. 20–Feb. 18 You like it rough, but things are a little over the top right now. Despite a temptation to flee, the best bet is to standby and let mild problems fade. Don’t fear eliminating a relationship that isn’t doing much for you, especially if it is all drama. There is so little time and caring wasted on something so frivolous as the issues of others. PISCES Feb 19–Mar 19 A close friend or lover may find you overbearing. It might be wise to back off, but stay in contact with them. They might simply be oversensitive to your direct way of doing things. A substantial pay off is very probable and bonding with this person could be life changing. The best that could happen is yet to come so keep positive. Q
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Good Morning Vietnam BY DIANE ANDERSON-MINSHALL
My stepfather
came back from Vietnam in the mid-’70s, a broken man with post-traumatic stress disorder and health complications that grow more dire the older he gets. His PTSD has lasted 40 years; he couldn’t “just let it go” as some people have admonished. I was talking with my friend Scott* recently and couldn’t help but notice the similarities between the two men, veterans of wars they didn’t want to participate in, both still suffering from PTSD. Scott, however, never served in the military. He is a veteran of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and ’90s, that first wave of battle before the enemy was known but not before his comrades were all killed. Scott has AIDS. He’s OK when I call it stage three HIV, as many activists and scientists now do to remove the stigma – after all, AIDS is simply the last stage of HIV disease – but he doesn’t want the world, and the LGBT community especially, to know he’s living with AIDS, and has been for 30 years or so. Nobody listens to old gay guys living with HIV. Our world, from the prevention workers to the gay clubs to LGBT media, has focused on the fastest growing group getting HIV: young gay and bi men under 30. There’s good reason for that both from a prevention standpoint and a sense of racial justice. Young gay and bi men, especially those of color, have the highest risk of HIV among all young people, and while African-Americans only represent 33 percent of people under 24 in the national population, they account for 57 percent of new HIV infections among those aged 13–24. For young black trans women the stats are even worse; 56 percent of all black transgender women already have HIV. Yes, it’s critical we reach these young men and women, because without intervention the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has predicted that half of all black gay and bi men will have HIV in their lifetimes. Nobody is modeling numbers for trans women, but I’d venture to say it’s even worse. The number of people living with HIV over 50 is growing as well, both because antiretrovirals are keeping long-term survivors alive now and because new infections are growing for a variety of reasons. And in an ageist world and a youth-centric culture, this group has been largely left to fend for themselves, which is perhaps why it seems, anecdotally, the suicide rate is higher. Take my friend Scott. He’s saying what a
lot of these people over 50 have been saying: that they aren’t being listened to, seen, or addressed. They are living long lives, but they are experiencing early aging (researchers say people with HIV age 14 years faster, despite living as long as non-poz peers). Scott’s had Sculptra in his face to remove signs of wasting (a 10 percent loss of body weight) and he’s had surgery to remove fat from his back (the dreaded buffalo hump some anti-HIV medications cause). He has a catheter that sometimes leaks (another drug side effect) thanks to bouts of Kaposi’s sarcoma and anal cancer; fighting the latter with radiation and chemo took a toll on his immune system. Today he wears adult diapers, something that stops him from dating. His ego can’t take it. His longtime partner died of AIDS complications years ago. He’s lonely and isolated and sometimes battles depression. But equally often he’s mad as hell. In large part, because like my stepfather, he’s been forgotten, as are the others who survived the first wave of the AIDS epidemic. He’s never really grieved (there’s no time) even though he lost dozens of friends, faced elected officials who suggested a vast quarantine system for people like him and realized how uncaring the world could be. He’s also misunderstood, he says. While the younger gay and bi men he meets treat HIV as a chronic manageable condition like diabetes, he’s had a different experience beginning with a constant fear of death in the early days. Young gay poz activists are sexy and healthy looking; Scott is not. He was the guinea pig, one of many who took the first HIV drug: AZT (azidothymidine), which was fast-tracked by the FDA in 1987 as thousands were dying. People with HIV were thrilled to have something, even if that something was as flawed as AZT was back in the day. The early dosing was too high (1,500 mg vs. around 300 mg later) and quite toxic. Many (perhaps most) who took it still died. But people often halved their doses and shared it with friends who didn’t have access, which is what Scott did. Taking 750 mg may have saved his life. But it didn’t save him from AIDS. He was diagnosed with AIDS as soon as the term changed from Gay-related immune deficiency (GRID) to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV stage 3 or AIDS happens when a person’s CD4 cells falls below 200 cells per cubic millimeter of blood. If you don’t get treatment, people with AIDS generally only live one to three years. But, with treatment, you can live many years, sometimes going in and out of the clinical diagnosis of AIDS, but often never getting your CD4 count up high enough because of previ-
ous damage from opportunistic infections. Nowadays, we – the HIV and LGBT media, health advocates, and more – push for medication adherence, treatment as prevention and undetectable viral loads. (Your viral load is how much HIV is in your blood; when it’s below 50, it is undetectable and you have less than a 1 percent chance of passing HIV to others). And when we report on gay men living with AIDS for years, commenters on social media often write scathing comments about these poz folks blaming them for not being adherent, not caring, “spreading AIDS,” and so on. What these ill-informed critics don’t get, what we don’t report often enough, is that many of these GBT folks with HIV take their medication religiously; perhaps they always have. They may have never left the AIDS stage of HIV infection. In 2013, 27 percent of the 26,688 AIDS diagnoses in the United States were people 50 or older; of the deaths related to AIDS complications that year, 37 percent were people over 55. Older people who get diagnosed today with HIV are more likely to actually be at stage 3 when they find out. Gay men like Scott who have lived with it since the earliest days of the disease didn’t ask for AIDS, either. They were the guinea pigs who took the earliest of the drugs – it wasn’t until the mid-’90s that we had decent drugs, wasn’t until the last decade we had the best combination antiretrovirals. What that means is that much like those Vietnam vets (who also were subjected to untested chemicals), Scott and his fellow long-term survivors went through hell with their bodies so that young people today have the option to take a single pill a day and stay healthy and happy and undetectable. It’s an option that’s not available to Scott, but it’s one he helped create for all of you. It took decades before Vietnam veterans got their own much-deserved memorial. So much loss and anguish surround the survivors of those who perished or are still MIA but presumed dead from that war. The same is the case with the war on AIDS. We have quilts and memorials in the works, things that’ll let us honor the thousands of our friends and fellow queers who died. But for Vietnam vets and long-term HIV survivors alike, there’s never been an emphasis on those who made it home, those who survived. No right to grieve, no time to wallow. They’re just supposed to count themselves lucky and shut the hell up. But maybe they’ve been talking all along and it’s us who hasn’t been listening. Q Diane Anderson-Minshall is the editor in chief of Plus magazine, editor at large for The Advocate, and founder and chief storyteller at Retrograde Communications. This column is a project of Plus, Positively Aware, POZ, TheBody.com and Q Syndicate, and QSaltLake.
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fitness
How strong is wrong? BY TYSON DAYLEY
Strength
is a word thrown around quite a bit in the fitness realm. So much so that what it means specifically isn’t obviously clear. A stronger athlete is inherently a better athlete but not everyone considers themselves athletes, so does that make developing strength unimportant for the general population that wants to be healthy and look good naked? Absolutely not! Often times strength is spoken about as if it’s a general trait with almost unlimited carryover. This is not the case. It’s much more specific than that. For example, strength developed by squats will carry over to other exercises similar to the squat, but as you venture further away from the base exercise you’ll see less and less application of the original strength. Strength, as a reference to certain lifts, can either be how heavy you perform that lift for one rep or how many reps you can complete using a certain weight. It’s not required to squat a Herculean amount of weight for one rep to have nice looking legs or run fast. For most people, getting stronger in a moderate rep range (6–10 reps) of core exercises is an ideal way to weight train. This means you should continue to lift heavier and heavier weights for your goal reps on exercises such as the bench press, rows, squats or dead lifts. Getting stronger this way will reduce the risk of injury; assuming your form is intact as added weight will actually increase injury risk if done so at the expense of tight form. Even if you’re not a bodybuilder or power lifter, strength has its place. It’s important to set proper strength goals to help meet your other fitness goals. Q
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Let’s get soakin’ wet!
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6 tricks to throwing the gayest pool party ever BY MIKEY ROX
Sit on
your throne as the reigning prince of homemade homo pool parties with these tips on how to throw the dippiest, drippiest Sunday Funday this side of Fire Island.
BUILD A THOUGHTFUL YET HARD-BODIED GUEST LIST If you and your friends are often mistaken for CrossFit poster boys, that’s awesome — you win at life. The rest of us, however — well, we’re rather ordinary with ordinarylooking friends, and if we’re to host a pool party of legendary proportions we have to bring in the big guns. Invite your besties, of course, but also extend invitations to all the eye candy you know better in your dreams than you do in person. Enlist your pals to invite their network of gym bunnies and bubble butts, and don’t be afraid
to make a few new friends by asking some of your strictly social media acquaintances to pop by and say hi — shirtless.
ESTABLISH A BARELYTHERE DRESS CODE A great way to dictate a dress code (so nobody shows up wearing cut-off jorts like your Uncle Rick and his mooseknuckle are prone to do) is to establish a poolwear theme. Board shorts alone could be the order of the day — if you’re into that unimaginative bro-on-the-beach kinda vibe (and who isn’t!?) — but you can get infinitely more creative. Try a fruits-andfoodie theme, for instance, where your guests are asked to don edibles-inspired gear, like the hospitable pineappleprint trunks from Jack O’Neill or the suggestive burgersand-hotdogs swim briefs by Addicted at Bang+Strike.
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PUT A COUPLE MUSCLE-BOUND MIXOLOGISTS BEHIND THE BAR When I throw parties, I often employ pec-baring bartenders to take care of my guests’ libationary needs. If I’m to have the kind of time I deserve to have after cooking, cleaning, and crunching my abs to rippled perfection, I don’t plan to spend it behind a bar squeezing limes into a lifetime supply of vodka tonics. Maybe
you have a hottie friend who’s hard up for cash who’d like the gig. I’ve also found it easy to hop on Craigslist and post an ad in the gigs sections for inexpensive labor that ultimately kicks my fete up a notch.
CREATE A PLAYLIST OF PEPPER MASHAY PROPORTIONS Any great gay party — underwater or otherwise — is as much about the ambience as it is the music, and you’d be wise to do your research when creating the ultimate playlist. You’ll need throwback summertime staples from the Beach Boys, Don Henley and Bananarama; a few queen-tested-queen-approved anthems like the “Y.M.C.A.” and Gaga’s “Just Dance”; and samplings of fresh joint’s like J Tim’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” and literally anything by Shamir.
THROW IN A FEW PHALLIC POOL TOYS There’s a penis pool float with your name on it over at Amazon if you don’t mind wading through the — gasp! — bachelorette party section. If you’re feeling particularly adventurous, hunt down the skinny-dipper ring toss game that’s played exactly how you think it is.
HAVE A PLAN TO TRANSITION FROM DAY TO NIGHT Don’t let the party stop when the sun goes down. After dark is the best part of partying with half-clad men who’ve been day drinking, and you should take full advantage of the opportunity to get to know your guests more intimately by preparing for an all-nighter. Light a few torches, fire up the grill and offer plenty of fresh towels so your guests can stand around in VPL-enhancing terry cloth while they hunt for a late-night Lyft — which is what you’ve been waiting for all along. Q Mikey Rox is an award-winning journalist and LGBT lifestyle expert whose work has been published in more than 100 outlets across the world. He splits his time between homes with his dog Jaxon. Connect on Twitter @mikeyrox.
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Four Poems BY KED KIRKHAM
VIRGAE Virgae, Ahead of the cold front. Pushed, Propelled, Catching light Of the embers of day, In water that will not be rain but will, in the cool, be rainbows.
LIGHT IN DARKNESS There is light in darkness, as at night; also in dim, as at morning. There is light in mist, especially when thick
gay writes
as fog on the tule, or the valley floor. Light appears out of darkness and rests on the world. As hoar on the arbor. I marvel at the arc of yellow light, falling suddenly beneath the street lamp, breaking into pieces like snow where I wait for the train. It comes, carrying before it, suspended in its beams, light that falls into the road where it stops. Above the city, bruised light, dull from endless abuse and fading in neglect. Helpless, I silently pass it by, Seeking darkness away from light.
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THE LINDEN AT SOLSTICE Linden are in bloom! Come to me, We will lie in the long soft grass Dappled in shade, Cooled by breeze. Breathe the honeyed perfume! We will shake the flowers down, Crying, “Tilia! Lime! bring us tea!” Bees will serenade in whispers While we suck from the ice You broke apart, sip the healing elixir from our fingers. I will guide you, Climbing up where the limbs spread And after you have Helped me there as well We will lie embraced; Watching summer begin By sunset,
By kiss, In the atmosphere Of sweet Linden flowers.
VIRGAE/JUNE Sky afire at morning Jasper color caught in virgae Molten red, iron hot orange, coin-gold yellow Blast heat Through the canyons Whence the furnace Spring rains have been forgotten Hazes rise in their place Traffic struggles Grinding against the climb The wind The labor to come in a choking air of workaday Gay Writes is a DiverseCity Series writing group, a program of SLCC’s Community Writing Center. The group meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month, 6:30-8 pm, 210 E. 400 South, Ste. 8, Salt Lake.
the bookworm sez Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley c.2016, Riverhead Books $27, 340 pages REVIEW BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER
Some things, you never forget. You’ll never forget your first kiss, for instance. You’ll always remember your favorite teacher and lessons learned. The day you got your pet, a delicious meal eaten, a great vacation, all burned into your mind. And, as you’ll see in “Boy Erased: A Memoir” by Garrard Conley, you’d never forget the ultimatum your father gave you. From the time he was in fifth grade, Garrard Conley understood that he was a sinner. It became apparent with the thrill he got looking at men’s underwear, and the fantasies he had about other boys. Those things made his stomach flip-flop, and chilled his soul: “the increasingly blurry God” he’d known all his life would surely send him straight to Hell for being a homosexual.
Or, at least that’s what his parents believed. Being gay was one of the worst things imaginable in Conley’s Baptist church; his father had received a call to serve the Lord, making homosexuality an even worse “stain” on their family. Conley tried to will his sexuality away by having a girlfriend, a God-fearing “girl of his dreams” who came from the same Ozarks church community. Somewhat repulsed by her, he tried to ignore his gayness, begging God to take it away. “Pleasehelpmetobepure.” But it didn’t work. At college, Conley met a boy who outed him, then left him with his shame. Told by his father to accept a “cure” or leave his home, family, and education, nineteen-year-old Conley finally agreed to check himself into Love in Action (LIA), a Memphis “nondenominational fundamentalist… organization” affiliated with Focus on the Family, a “treatment” facility that would “fix” his sexuality. “I could never count the number of times I’d sinned against God,” Conley said, but LIA made him do it; he was asked to investigate family sins, and remember things he needed to forget. He knew he was facing years of constant prayer and shame
without his journal, literature, or worldly ideas he’d begun to embrace in college; he was suicidal, angry, and he was still gay but suddenly, with an unlikely source of support… “Boy Erased” is one of those books that’ll make you think. And think, and think. There are so many nuances, so many things about this book to dislike: author Garrard Conley says that he recreated from memory much of what happened because of confidentiality rules at LIA. Then again, he admits that there’s a lot he can’t remember, or has blocked out. Even his mother refuses to talk about what happened, but what they do remember is painfully nearincomprehensible. And yet, Conley shows so much emotion in this memoir that it’s impossible to look away – and that includes a vibrant cord of anger that coexists beside a dawning realization that changes the course of this book. Absolutely changes it. While it starts slow and the pace remains uneven, this is a story that will niggle at your brain for days and days. Ultimately, love it or not, “Boy Erased” is a memoir you won’t soon forget. Q
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princess kennedy
Adulting is hard BY PRINCESS KENNEDY
Not too
long ago, my friend Scott Sommerkorn came to me after graduating from the University of Utah. He is a financial planner on Salt Lake City’s Wall Street. It became very apparent within the first month of working for his financial institution that, basically, Wall Street was a bunch of 30- to 40-year-old white dudes in suits financially planning for 30- to 40-yearold white dudes in suits. It seems to me Scott told me that they’re missing a huge market of people, i.e. anything alternative that’s not a white dude. So Scott, who is much more comfortable bellying up to the bar at Junior’s tavern wearing a suit and tie, basically set me up for a challenge. So I found him three people who live on the alternative side of life that he can help financially plan. So it seems to me now that within the gay community we
are allowed to be married and have children so our financial future is something that has become more of a reality. Not that I desire either, but I’m at the age I need to start financially planning my future because retirement is quickly creeping ever closer. I hooked Scott up with my hairdresser, Matt Peters, a tattoo artist and Mandrew Florin, a bartender at Jam. I figured that these three professions were as alternative as you can get and they’re all big money makers with people who really only think of future in 24-hour segments. When you have these creative-type jobs it’s easy to get caught up in thinking of it as free money and it goes as fast as it comes in. This didn’t really come as a challenge for Sommerkorn. When it comes to planning a future, it always boils down to a few basic things, for most — travel, buying property and retirement.
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Let’s begin with Matt: right before he sat down with Sommerkorn, Peters found out he was going to be having a baby. His financial future needs became quite clear. The first thing Sommerkorn did was to set him up with a life insurance policy, because at the end of the day, if you have others who rely on you, you need to make sure they are fiscally set after your departure. Sommerkorn had Peters think if his future in blocks – two years, 10 years, 20, etc. With a family on the way, he needed to not only think about his general plan of wanting a house or other necessities, but for college tuition and everything else that scares the shit out of us when we are faced with having to grow up. “What I like the most”, says Peters,” is that he got my mind thinking of the direction I need to go in.” Somehow Sommerkorn’s ease and demeanor helped to de-vilify the whole process and get Matt set up with investing his money to make it work with his plan Mandrew had a very different experience. Still in his twenties, it’s very common to get lost in thinking about future when you’re still trying to find your present. In their meeting, which is more like a casual conversation, Scott was able to determine how he could best help Florin was to get him on a path of branding his art and making it an LLC. Also, with the bartending thing or similar jobs that work in all cash, Scott was able to point out the reality of claiming what you make with taxes because this is something that comes back to you, and by having the LLC, you learn a the fine-tuned dance of write-offs, how to legally go about it and actually start making the governed work with and for you.
I posed a greater challenge for Sommerkorn, I almost refuse to think of terms of a “ten year plan,” so I had Scott help me with one if the most basic of tasks that seems to completely escaped me — budgeting! Ugh that hideous word that is the adult version of being grounded! I am going to Mexico for a cosmetic procedure, one that in the states is about triple what I’ll pay south of the border. It’s still thousands of dollars (like 20) and I need to tighten my very loose purse string and save a crazy amount a month for the next six in order to do it. I honestly had no idea how much I made until I sat down with Scott and found that, after I saved that amount, I still had plenty to live on. I am now working with Scott to understand the beauty of short-term investing to help me get to that goal of 20 grand and I have to say it’s been a lot less scary than I initially thought. I know you’re dying to know what I’m getting done, but you will have to stay tuned next spring to find out. We all came to the conclusion that we are way better off for actually sitting down with Scott Sommerkorn and being forced to look into that scary crystal ball of life. Let’s face it — you can’t just do nothing and the sooner you address it the sooner you don’t gave to think about it. Would you like to start planning yours? Well guess what, Scott will be at the Utah Pride Center once a month as a free service to answer your questions and get you on your path, whatever that may be. His next session will be August 11th from 6–8 pm or you can email him at Scott.sommerkorn@ nm.com. Q
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the perils of petunia pap smear
PUZZLE SOLUTIONS
This story -leaves us with several important questions: 1. Should a gravitational-challenged princess be allowed to work in food services? 2. Is this how a flaming queen earns her flames? 3. Could I have made my own eyeliner by capturing the black drops melting from the ceiling? 4. Did my fetish for a man in uniform unconsciously play any part in this story? These and other eternal questions shall be answered in future chapters of the Perils of Petunia Pap Smear. Q
Cryptogram: “THE MOST RIDICULED, THE MOST OPPRESSED MEMBER OF SOCIETY TODAY IS THE STRAIGHT, HETEROSEXUAL, WHITE, MALE CHRISTIANS! PERIOD!” —MICHAEL SAVAGE
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front. I quickly ran out to see that the deep fryer was fully engulfed in flames. Oh no! I worried the extra heat would make my mascara to run. I deftly grabbed the nearest fire extinguisher and pulled the safety ring, trying my best not to chip a nail in the process. I carefully sprayed a little of the chemical, as I did not want to create a huge mess because we were supposed to open in a half hour. The flames were unwavering. Now, in panic mode, I emptied the extinguisher. The immediate flames in the fryer were dowsed. I breathed a huge sigh of relief. Then we heard it, the fire was rumbling and crackling in the hooded vent system in the ceiling where we couldn’t even see it. OH SHIT! I told the cashier to go to the office and call the fire department. I then went and found the fire alarm and pulled it. Nothing happened. OH POOP! The cashier came back out of the office yelling that the fire department’s number was a fill in the blank space in the telephone book cover, and was empty. Keep in mind, this was years before 911 service. OH CRAP! As smoke began to trickle down from the ceiling tiles, I yelled at her to keep trying and I was going to find another fire alarm. I scrambled into the dining room and pulled another alarm. Nothing! OH DOO DOO! I ran into the hall and pulled another alarm. Silence! OH BUTT BURRITO! I ended up pulling about ten different fire alarms, to no avail. I scurried back to the kitchen; by this time the smoke was get-
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to breakfast is fraught with danger and excitement. It was 1985. I was in Logan, Utah attending Utah State University and, as we all know, I’m a little larger-than-life queen. You can call me many things, such as “Plentiful, Heroically Proportioned, or even Colossal,” but never call me late for dinner. In fact, I enjoy food so much that during my tenure at USU, I took a job in food services — if only for the discount. And it came to pass, I was slaving away as a student supervisor in The Hub, a campus eatery deep in the basement of the Student Center, beneath the movie theater. In February, the Student Activity Board (STAB) planned an all-night party in the Student Center, to be called STAB IN THE DARK. There were three different dances, three different movies, a magician, free bowling, billiards and many other activities. I was assigned to open The Hub to serve a midnight breakfast to the revelers. I always liked working these kinds of events because the eye candy was usually extensive and impressive. They estimated that this party was attended by at least 4,000 students. I was excited, because If I didn’t get caught staring, my eyes were in for a plethora of hot frat boys and jocks. Being the ever-efficient princess-in-training, I arrived at 10:30 p.m. and began preparations. I first switched on the lights, grill and deep fryer, and then began the pancake batter, among other preparations. At about 11:30, as I was pouring maple syrup, the cashier came running into the kitchen and yelled that there was a fire out
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approaching. I escorted the firemen into the chocking black smoke to show them where the electrical panels were. They efficiently evacuated the building and extinguished the fire. The next morning, the State Fire Marshal came to investigate. Initially all blame was aimed directly at me. He blamed me for not filling the fryer and leaving the electrical coils exposed. Luckily for me, the cashier had witnessed me filling the fryer and two other employees testified that the thermostat had been malfunctioning. The Hub was closed for over a month, with tens of thousands of dollars in damage. I ended up coughing up black tar balls for three weeks. Upon closer examination, the curtains upstairs were singed at the bottom. The fire had come within moments of jumping floors.
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ting thick and large black drops of melting ceiling material were dripping on me. OH BROWN KIELBASA! The cashier said that she had finally contacted the fire department and told them to hurry because the theater just above us was full of people. Then we escaped out the rear door, in time to see the flames exit the venting system, and rise at least 150 feet up the side of the building, higher than the windows of the Sky Room on the fourth floor. OH DUMPATORIUM! Unbeknownst to me at the time, the pull alarms were not connected to the emergency sirens because they would have overloaded the system and caused a fire. But each time I pulled an alarm, a light would go off in the fire station, thus they believed the whole first floor was ablaze. OH SHEISA! People listening to their police scanners heard this call: “The Student Center is on fire. The entire first floor is fully involved. There are thousands of people trapped in the theater.” They called in fire departments from Brigham City, Hyrum, Logan, Wellsville, Smithfield, Richmond and Preston, Idaho, with Pocatello and Ogden on standby. OH SHIT! I’ve run out of expletives. I began to feel a little bit of comfort as I heard the first siren
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