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Record-breaking Pittsburgh Pride ’12 rocks out and speaks out Does Idol rebel ‘turn it up and get down’?—page 19

by David Doorley You could say that in 2012 Pittsburgh Pride was bookmarked by the coming out of two major figures. The first: out rock star Melissa Etheridge, who belted out a powerhouse performance June 9 at Pride in the Street. It was her first gay pride event ever. That means gay pride not in San Francisco, LA or NYC. Even Etheridge seemed surprised that Pittsburgh was the city that “showed me the money!” And Etheridge gave the sell-out crowd on Liberty Avenue their money’s worth—a 2½hour show that even mixed in some Donna Summer tunes in remembrance of the disco diva who died only weeks before the concert. Then the following day, another public figure came out: Mayor Luke Ravenstahl—in support of LGBT rights. The mayor marched in the Pittsburgh Pride Awareness parade with other local officials, like Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and city council members Bruce Kraus, Bill Peduto and Natalia Rudiak, and City Controller Michael Lamb. It was a public showing of how far Pittsburgh’s mayor had “evolved”—like another well-known politician. Continued on page 14

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A poor childhood cultivates enriched poetry for one ‘Mayberry’ poet Obama ’12: Show me the gay money—page 4

by Mike Crawmer In Fred Peterson’s first book of poems, Writing by Flashlight, the reader is taken back to Mayberry—only this is the otherside-of-the-tracks Mayberry, not the sweet, idyllic world of Andy, Opie and Aunt Bea. Peterson’s poems tell of growing up poor amid the sodden rice fields of Southeastern Arkansas. The living was hard, money was scarce and squirrels made for good eatin’. But for all that his family didn’t have, they did have each other, and love, about

which Peterson writes so beautifully in Writing by Flashlight. Following is an interview with the poet, who currently lives in retirement with his life-long partner, Berwyn Clark, in the Western suburbs of Pittsburgh. He is a past president of the Pittsburgh Poetry Society. Pittsburgh’s Out: When did you start writing poetry? Fred Peterson: I wrote a little bit when I was in college in the ’60s. I didn’t write again until I joined the Pittsburgh

Poetry Society. It’s a wonderful group, very receptive and very welcoming, and from which I’ve learned a lot over the years. Basically, I never considered myself a poet. Maybe I am now. Did any of the Continued on page 10

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by Kate Opalewski A lot of transgender students walking around campus at the University of Pittsburgh think they’re protected, but they’re not. Recently redefined policies and procedures at the university create an unsafe and hostile environment for transgender students, according to the Rainbow Alliance, an undergraduate student organization that provides for the concerns and interests of the queer community. Many students do not agree with the policy regarding the use of all-gendered facilities on campus, which was publicly clarified by the university in mid-March. Students are required to use facilities in accordance with the sex listed on their birth certificates. Changing one’s birth certificate requires proof of surgery, assuming the student was born in a state that even allows birth certificates to be changed. “An individual must get sex reassignment surgery, which is generally prohibitively expensive for college students, as well as a lengthy undertaking,” said Tricia Dougherty, president of the Rainbow Alliance and the University’s Anti-Discriminatory Policies Committee. Dougherty pointed out that students will be forced into dorms, locker rooms and, most notably, bathrooms that are incompatible with the gender with which they identify. As a result, transgender students may endure the threat of discomfort, harassment, bullying and possibly violence. In an effort to prevent this from happening, the Rainbow Alliance filed a legal complaint with the City of Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations in April. The

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Later that evening was the seventh Splash!, another Delta-sponsored event held annually at the smart house on Mount Washington. Comedian and writer Bruce Vilanch was back as were many local faces, including Tom Tiernan, Johnathon Danial, Kate Taseff, Eileen French, Danik Dano, Eric Bertha and Richard Krug. It rained briefly, but that didn’t keep people out of the pool—although those not in swimwear went running into

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the house. When the weather cleared up, everyone headed back outside to watch the glorious sunset and admire the city view from Mount Washington. On June 9 Pride in the Street featuring Melissa Etheridge was Pittsburgh’s biggest street party, which gets bigger every year. Scott Noxon removed the glass from the front of There Video Lounge again and served drinks through the window on the street Cool and convenient! Kudos to Melissa for going into overtime and then performing an encore. Excellent performance. All in all it was a fun night to be on Liberty Avenue, drinking, talking, eating and enjoying what an amazing downtown Pittsburgh has. The VIP party was held at the August Wilson Center, and it was nice to have that beautiful space incorporated into the event. Seen on the street: Codey Double, Mitchell, Ron Koski, Matt Rins and Chet Matthis. On June 9 the first HONCHO Splash! after-hours dance party was held on Penn Avenue in an impromptu party space below Club Pittsburgh. Organized by local DJs Ed Um and Aaron Clark, and originally scheduled to be held at a warehouse downtown, the party was shut down by the city before it began because of a zoning violation. Without missing a beat, the new location was acquired, the turntables and gear were moved, Facebooking and tweeting announced the new location, and the party went on. It was great fun, and the minor disturbance brought us all closer together as everyone pitched in to make the party a success. Looking forward to the next one! On June 10 Pittsburgh held its annual Pride Parade. The parade was exceptional and went on forever—well, it felt that way. This year’s Grand Marshall was Billy Hileman. There were shirtless boys, Dykes on Bikes and a daylong party strolling Liberty Avenue. Two performance stages were set up again this year and in between them a mile of vendors including LA Fitness, Comcast, PNC and Rivers Casino. Seen at Pride: James Snow, Oscar Carrillo, Ben Langton, Josh Helman, JP Oconnor, Chris Wojton, Berwyn Clark and partner Fred Peterson, Lou Fazio and partner Lloyd Welling, Kate Snow marching in the parade with her sign “I Love My Gay Son” and the everso-wonderful Mara Rago. Once again, crowd favorites were the food court and the beer garden! On June 12 Sharon Needles was honored by the Pittsburgh City Council, which declared June 12, 2012, as Sharon Needles’ Day. Needles performed at the ceremony, reworking “Sweet Transvestite” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show to reflect Pittsburgh. On June 15 I attended the Mattress Factory’s annual Urban Garden party. This year chaired by Susan and Scott Lammie, it featured an “Alice in Wonderland” theme. Various local drag queens were dressed as Wonderland characters and mingled with guests at the fourth floor VIP party. A sold-out event, and the party then moved to the garden where once again, I got a bit claustrophobic and cut out early. This party is an annual treasure and not to be missed. Seen: Susan Haugh, Eileen D’Amico, Eric Romboch, Johnathon Armistead and John Preston Mendenhall, who was visiting from Albuquerque.

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complaint alleges that these policies and procedures violate the city’s ordinance, which recognizes gender-identification as separate from natal sex. “When the policy changed, we realized this was something that was not acceptable,” said Dougherty. “Students and some faculty members can’t live with this decision, and being subject to these kinds of rules is ridiculous. I feel like this is not the thing to do because of some sort of hypothetical situation.” Dougherty said the organization received numerous phone calls from students who were emotional after they

heard the announcement. “Students were sad but also crushed that their university would think this is OK. There was a lot of disbelief and several questions like ‘What do they think of us if this is what they’re doing?’ and ‘How could this be the best course of action?’ As members of the organization, we filed the complaint on behalf of the students.” The complaint also urges the university to take swift action to create a safer, more inclusive environment for both transgender students and the larger queer community on campus. The organization considered mediation with the uni-

READ! ADVERTISE! BE PART OF OUT! And I’d be remiss if I didn’t get caught up on events in May as well. Persad Center held its 24th annual art auction and fundraiser on May 14. Once again, Persad reached its goal, raising more than $250,000 that night. More than 1,500 people attended the event at the August Wilson Center on Liberty Avenue, which featured 225-plus works of art by regionally and nationally recognized artists. Co-chairs this year were Michael Beigay and Brian Stankavich, who did a wonderful job putting all the pieces together for this pivotal event. The evening included verbal and silent auctions, dining and beverage service and entertainment, headlined by Anthony Rapp. Among the art for sale, a few that caught my eye were pieces by Cara Bessko, Steve Glickman, Mark Zets and George Mendelson, who always donates a Pittsburgh-centric, oversized photo—this year’s “Pittsburgh Calls” is a lovely photograph of the city from the West End Overlook at night showcasing the city lights, the Point and our beautiful bridges. The Mr. Pittsburgh Pride 2012 drag king competition was held at Cattivo in Lawrenceville on May 17. A Lazo Production by Lyndsey Sickler, this was the ninth pageant, which spans 12 years. The emcee was departing Mr. Pittsburgh Maxwell Girth, and the winner this year was Orion Blaze Brown, with Kurt Cocaine as first-runner up. Seen that night: Oliver Haimson, Colleen Jankovic, Nick Arndt, Kryspe, JJ Cox and Carolyn Flethcer. And now for some bittersweet news. Christine Bryan stepped down from her position of director of marketing and development at the Delta Foundation. Chris accepted a position with a local advertising firm with a very nice raise, which she deserves. I’ve watched Chris Bryan work, and many a time I’ve seen her exhausted. Yet there she was with a smile on her face. I hope her new employers know how lucky they are; our loss is their win. We thank her for her hard work and dedication to the gay community, and we hope she’ll still have some time to spend with us. Good luck, Chris. We love you! Email invites, social events and rumors, or just say hi: john@outonline.com

versity, but Dougherty said she has struggled to get anywhere with the administration. “The decision-making structure is hard to understand. It seems as if students can’t get to the people making the decisions. Although we’ve had some meetings with administrators and advisors, it’s disheartening and apparently there wasn’t much we could do within the university structure, which is why we decided to go to the next level,” she said. When contacted by Pittsburgh’s Out for a comment on behalf of the university about the litigation, Robert Hill, the vice chancellor of Public Affairs, did not respond, but he told The Pitt News in an email that the university’s policy “is not to discriminate based on gender identity and expression.” According to an article in the Post-Gazette on June 11, Pitt filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, saying that it failed to identify a single student who had been adversely affected by the university’s policy. “The complaint does not identify any actual instance of alleged discrimination or any actual alleged harm incurred by any member of the university community,” the motion said. According to Commission Director Charles Morrison, the Rainbow Alliance now has a month to rebut their response. Neither the complaint nor the response will be released by the commission because they are considered conContinued on page 4

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by John Colombo As I sit here writing this column on June 17, I’d like to say happy Father’s Day to all our dads and their gay sons who are dads. The gay dads I know are excellent fathers, and their children are OK with the fact that dad is gay. Very different from when I was a youth. Now to get caught up with events leading up to Pride: On May 27 the annual gay Memorial Day Picnic was held at the North Park Lodge, brought to us by the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh. DJ Billy Sandor had people dancing in the lodge, and Delta board members hurried about making sure the food and drinks didn’t stop flowing. The weather was cooperative—except for a quick sprinkling of rain that I welcomed, as it cooled the temperature to something this indoor cat could handle. Seen at the picnic: David Gibbs, Jonathon Danial and Carmen Direnzo. June 1-2, Renaissance City Choirs presented a Pride kick-off production “Got Milk?” at the Pittsburgh Opera building in the Strip. It featured the talents of Susan Blackman, Billy Coakley, Chad Elder, Jeffery Gross, Nathan Hart, Varian Huddleston, Lisa Allen and Tracy Drach, to name a few. Directed by interim Artistic Conductor Richard Teaser, the choir focused more on traditional choir presentations with a lot less camp than we are used to seeing. On June 7, author Tom Mendicino was in town for a reading and book signing at the GLCC. He is best known for his book Prohibition about a middle-aged, married man whose indiscretion in a men’s bathroom forces him to reevaluate his chosen life. Hosted by the GLCC’s Dan Iddings, the group moved across the street afterward to Oxford Center for drinks and conversation.

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fidential. If the matter cannot be resolved by virtue of some sort of settlement, Morrison told The Pitt News that the commission will go to a public hearing. In the meantime, Dougherty suggested the administration put more gender-neutral bathrooms on campus, if they feel uncomfortable, and provide a directory of where these facilities can be accessed easily. The Rainbow Alliance plans to create petitions and letters to send to the administration to inform the university of the community’s concerns. Also in the works is a seminar detailing how the university’s transgender policy will apply to housing, bathrooms and other facilities, and

how to educate students about which avenues are available and what their rights are. “I think where a lot of administrators get stuck is that they believe having transgender students in a bathroom would make the other students feel uncomfortable or unsafe and they have to support those interests,” said Dougherty. “That’s selling everybody really short. They’re not giving a lot of faith to our student population, who I think is more respectful than that.” She added, “While on campus, you go to the bathroom and go back to your classes. Students are not going to spend their time trying to figure out if a person is transgender.”

The Rainbow Alliance has made it their goal to get results on the issue before students return to campus in the fall, which is why the organization started the process before summer and finals week when student schedules are typically too busy. “It would mean a lot to the students,” said Dougherty. “I’m not sure how realistic that is, but that would be what I would love… to start the year off with a policy that would be helpful to students.” For more information on the Rainbow Alliance go to www.pitt.edu/~sorc/rainbow/index.html or call 412-6482105.

NATIONAL NEWS by Lisa Keen Keen News Service President Obama has been greeted with thunderous ovations and thousands of dollars in LGBT contributions since his May 9 announcement that he supports allowing same-sex couples to marry. A Huffington Post offshoot, BuzzFeed.com, reported that “a Democrat” claimed $1 million poured into the Obama for America campaign within 90 minutes of President Obama’s interview saying he supports the rights of same-sex couples to marry. An unidentified campaign spokesman later told NPR that wasn’t true but “one source” said the surge in contributions was “astounding.” Whatever the number of gay dollars tallied, the money was part of a $60 million haul for the re-election campaign in May. During that same month, however, the coffers of Republican nominee Mitt Romney grew $76 million. It marked the first month in which the Romney camp outraised the Obama camp. Did Obama’s same-sex marriage support have any influence on that? Probably not. A wide variety of independent surveys by news and polling groups showed the two major party candidates tied since the beginning of May—trading the lead but almost always within the margin of error. And an NBC-Wall Street Journal poll of 1,000 registered voters May 16-20 found that 62 percent of registered voters surveyed said the two candidates’ positions on same-sex marriage— Obama for, Romney against—made no difference in their expected votes. “When it comes to your decision to support Barack

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Obama, does his position favoring same-sex marriage reinforce the reason to support him, give you concern about supporting him, or really not make much difference either way?” asked the poll of those respondents who said they were leaning toward Obama. Sixty-two percent said it didn’t make much difference either way, 31 percent said it reinforced their support and seven percent said it gave them some concern. When the pollsters asked Romney supporters how the Republican’s position opposing same-sex marriage affected them, the responses were nearly the same: 59 percent said it didn’t matter, 32 percent said it reinforced their support, eight percent had concerns (and one percent was unsure). An ABC-Washington Post poll of 1,004 adults May 1720 found only one percent considered “gay marriage/gay rights” to be the “most important issue” in their choice for president. Ditto, a CNN poll of 1,009 adults May 2931. Still, gay money in the campaign has been getting a lot of attention. A CNN analysis published June 6 credited gay donors with raising at least $8 million for the Obama re-election campaign even before the president’s May 9 announcement. It said its analysis of Obama’s biggest donors showed “at least 33—or about one in every 16 bundlers— is openly gay.” A Washington Post article May 7 estimated one in six of Obama’s contribution bundlers were gay. The paper did not reveal how it came to that estimate, other than to say it reviewed donor lists, and, as CNN noted, Federal Election Commission rules do not require donors to indicate their sexual orientation. CNN said it

based its estimate on “bundlers who have disclosed their orientation in past CNN reporting or in trusted LGBT publications were counted as gay.” CNN did not disclose which publications it relied on, but noted that openly gay software millionaire Tim Gill and his partner have contributed $672,800 to the Obama for America campaign and Chicago Newsweb Corporation owner Fred Eychaner has contributed $1.2 million. OpenSecrets.org, an independent organization tracking the flow of campaign funding, posted a chart of 27 LGBT bundlers—13 of whom had raised more than $500,000 each. Among those 13 were Sally Susman, an executive vice president at the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer; Joseph Falk, past president of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers; James Costos, a vice president at HBO, and his partner, designer Michael Smith; Kathy Levinson, former president of E-Trade; and Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts. To put the bundlers’ role in perspective, the Human Rights Campaign political action committee reported that, through April 30, it had received contributions totaling $218,816. The national gay conservative group GOProud and the political action committee of Log Cabin Republicans show no money raised for campaign financing. President Obama appeared before several high-profile, big-ticket LGBT fundraisers in the past month. On June 6, he spoke to a fundraiser sponsored by the Democratic National Committee’s LGBT Leadership Council in Los Angeles. Then, he spoke to a fundraiser nearby at the private home of Ryan Murphy, the creator of Glee, a television series popular with many in the LGBT community. Continued on page 7

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·The Inn on the Mexican War Streets (Northside); 231-6544. Organizations-Political/rights ·American Civil Liberties Union Committee for Lesbian and Gay Equality, 313 Atwood St.; 681-7736. ·Equality Partners of Western Pennsylvania, 429 First Ave., Suite 1, Pgh. 1521;. 206-0874. ·Gertrude Stein Political Club of Greater Pgh., P.O. Box 8108,Pgh., 15217; gertrudesteinclub.org. ·Outright Libertarians of Greater Pgh., Jerry, 6541154. ·Resyst, radical queer project of the Thomas Merton Center; 361-3022. ·Steel-City Stonewall Democrats, www.steelcity.org or president@steel-city.org. ·Western PA Freedom to Marry Coalition, PO Box 81253, Pgh., 15217. Organizations-Religious ·A Common Bond (ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses), 127 Harrison Ave., Pgh., 15202. ·Bet Tikvah (Jewish)., 256-8317. ·Church of the Redeemer - Episcopal, Sundays, 8am and 10:30am. 5700 Forbes Ave.,Pgh.,15217;www.redeemerpittsburgh.org 422-7100. ·Dignity Pittsburgh (Roman Catholic), Box 362, Pgh., 15230; 362-4334. www.dignitypgh.org. ·Gay and Lesbian Alternative Dimensions, 6814222. ·Golden Triangle Church of Religious Science/Center for Positive Living; 362-6149. ·Lutherans Concerned. Info: (724)228-0914. ·Metropolitan Community Church of Pgh., 4836 Ellsworth Ave., Pgh., 15213; www.mccpittsburgh.com; 683-2994. ·More Light Presbyterians, PO Box 9022, Pgh., 15224. ·Open Arms Church, Sundays, 6:30pm. Smithfield United Church, 620 Smithfield St., downtown; 5128913. ·Pgh. Church of Religious Science, 2nd Sundays, Nuin Center, Highland Park. 362-5096. ·Pgh. Friends (Quaker). Silent worship, Sundays, 10:30am. 4836 Ellsworth Ave., Shadyside,15213; 683-2669. ·Rainbow Buddhists of Pgh.,www.zenbowpgh. com ·St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Sundays, 11am. 304 Morewood Ave., Shadyside; 682-3342. ·Three Rivers Interweave, c/o First Unitarian Church, Ellsworth and Morewood Aves.,15213; 343-2523. Organizations-Service ·Anti-Hate Hotline. 24-hour support service for hate activity due to sexual orientation; 820-0111. ·CONTACT Pgh.24-hour crisis/suicide hotline; 820-HELP. ·Gay Alcoholics Anonymous; 422-0114. ·Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Pgh, 210 Grant St. Pgh PA 15219; 422-0114. Phone staffed Mon.-Sat., 9am-9pm; Sun.,12-6pm. www.glccpgh.org. ·Gay/Lesbian Community Food Bank, sponsored by MCC; 683-2994. ·GLEC. GLBT Professional Networking, glecpgh@gmail.com; www.glecpgh.org. ·GLENDA. Community volunteer organization; 422-1303; www.glenda.org. ·GLSEN, 210 Grant St. Pgh PA 15219 361-6996. ·Lambda Foundation, PO Box 5169, Pgh., 15206; 521-5444. ·Persad Center Inc., 5150 Penn Ave., 15224; 4419786. ·P-FLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). PO Box 5406, Pgh., 15206; 833-4556; email:info@pflagpgh.org. Organizations-Social/recreational ·Asians & Friends International of Pgh., PO Box 99191, Pgh., 15233; 521-5451. ·’Burgh Bears, PO Box 6426, Pgh., 15212-0426; www.burghbears.org. ·Delta Foundation/Pittsburgh Pride. PO Box 100057, Pgh., 15233. 246-4451. ·Dreams of Hope Youth Performance Group, 412361-2065; www.dreamsofhope.org or info@dreamsofhope.org. ·Dining Out Pittsburgh, GLBT Supper Club: dinner@diningoutpgh.org or www.diningoutpgh.org ·Dykes on Bikes Pittsburgh Chapter, www.pittsburghdykesonbikes.com.

·Families Like Ours (FLO), support for GLBTQ parents. www.facebook.com/groups/Families LikeOurs. ·Flying Colors, www.geocities.com/cyclepgh; email: cyclepgh@yahoo.com; 731-8198. ·Friends of All Colors Together; 427-7053. ·Frontrunners, gay, lesbian running group; 2431781;www.pittsburgh-frontrunners.org. ·G2H2 Gay Guys Happy Hours, www.g2h2pittsburgh.com. ·Gay Anglo and Latino Alliance/La Alianza de Latinos y Anglos Gay, 362-5451. ·GLBT Youth Program-Gay & Lesbian Community Center; 422-0114. ·Greater Pgh. Men’s Society; 481-3402. ·Iron City Squares, gay, lesbian square dancing; 724-464-4324. ·ISMIR (International Sexual Minorities Information Resource). PO Box 81869, Pgh., 15217-0869; 422-3060. ·Persad Center Inc., 5150 Penn Ave., 15224; 4419786. ·Pgh. Gay Motorcyclists; 531-8303, http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/PghGayMotorcyclists. ·Pgh. General Health Professionals Assn.; 3613557. ·Pgh. Lesbian & Gay Film Society, PO Box 81237,Pgh., 15217; 422-6776. www.plgfs.org. ·Pgh. Men’s Collective, 2226 Delaware Ave., 15218; 421-6405. ·Pgh. Transsexual Support Group; 661-7030. ·Pgh. Prime Timers, PO Box 99292, Pgh., 152339200; 519-4320; e-mail: contact@ pittsburghprimetimers.com. www.pittsburgh primetimers.com. ·PONY Gay Rodeo Assn., PO Box 99321, Pgh., 15233; 370-1548. ·Renaissance City Choirs, 116 S. Highland Ave.,Pgh.,15206;362-9484. www.rccpittsburgh.org ·Sex/Love Addicts Anonymous; 441-0956. ·Staying Positive: Pittsburgh. http://stayingpostivepgh@inpgh.org;stayingpositivepgh@gmail.co m ·Steel City Bowling League; PO Box 16220, Pgh. 772-8243. ·Steel City Softball League, PO Box 99493. Pgh., 15233, 683-7676. ·Steel City Tennis League; 681-6831. ·Steel City Volleyball League, 506-3187. ·Three Rivers Leather Club, PO Box 5298, Pgh. 15206; www.trlc.net. ·TransFamily Support Group, 962 Rockdale Rd, Butler,16002; (724)758-3578. ·TransPitt, cross dressers, transvestites, transsexuals. PO Box 3214, Pgh., 15230; 454-5557. ·TREAT (Three Rivers Eastern Area Tournament), PO Box 99604, Pgh., 15233; 922-8308. ·Youth Adult Services of PA, PO Box 3539, Pgh., 15230. ·Youth Empowerment Project, PO Box 7319, Pgh., 15213; 624-5508. Organizations-Student/academic ·GLBT Allies at CMU; http://allies.andrew.cmu.edu. 268-9994. ·Gay, Lesbian Law Caucus of the University of Pgh. School of Law. 3900 Forbes Ave., Pgh., 15260; 648-1388. ·Gay-Straight Allaince at Community College of Allegheny County, Office of Student Activities. 808 Ridge Ave., Pgh., 15212; 237-2675. ·GLSEN Pittsburgh, PO Box 110288, Pgh. 15232; 361-6996. ·Persad Center Inc., after school programs, 5150 Penn Ave., 15224; 441-9786. ·Pride at Carlow University, (GLBT, Straight Alliance), 3333 Fifth Ave., Pgh., 15213; pride@carlow.edu ·Rainbow Alliance, University of Pittsburgh, 611 William Pitt Union; 412-648-2105. Professional Services ·Lisa Anderson, Northwood Realty. 367-3200, ext. 340. ·Biancheria, Eriksen, Maliver and Angell, P.C. Attorneys-at-Law. 401 Wood Street, Ste, 1600, Pittsburgh PA 15222; 394-1001. ·Evolve Counseling and Coaching, 773-1220 or 818-0312. ·Edward Jasiewicz, Prundential Preferred Reality, 521-5500. ·Leone’s Florist, 5504 Center Ave. Shadyside. 687-1595.

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(330) 627-3101. ·Freedom Valley, 1875 US 250 S, New London, OH; (419) 929-8100. Organizations ·Brotherhood Leather United Equal, Steubenville; www.blueohio.net. ·Live and Let Live, gay alcoholics, St. Newman Center, 26 Rayen Ave., Youngstown, 44503. ·Mahoning County Area Task Force on AIDS, PO Box 1143, Youngstown, 44501; (216) 742-8811. ·The Ohio State University Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Alumni Society, PO Box 2012, Columbus, OH 43216; Jim Ryan, (614) 421-9389. ·Washington County AIDS Task Force, Marietta; (614) 374-9119. West Virginia Bars, clubs, restaurants ·Broadway, 210 Broad St., Charleston, 25301; (304) 343-2162. ·Driftwood, 1121 7th Ave., Huntington; (304) 6969858. ·Eagle’s Nest Club, 1500 Brinker Road, Wellsburg WV 26070. ·Lee St. Deli & Bar, 1111 Lee St. East, Charleston, 25301; (304) 343-3354. ·The New Electric Flag, 1044 Market St., Wheeling, 26003; (304) 639-8390. ·O-Zone, 1107 Main St., Wheeling; (304) 2320068. ·Polo Club, 1037 7Th Ave., Huntington, 25705; (304) 522-3146. ·Stonewall Club, 820 7th Ave. (alley entrance), Huntington, 25701; (304) 523-2242 ·Tap Room, 1022 Quarrier St., Charleston, 25301; (304) 342-9563. ·Trax, 504 Washington St., W., Charleston, 25302; (304) 345-8931. ·True Colors, 515 Market St. (rear), Parkersburg, 26101. (304) 428-8783 (TRUE). ·Vice Versa, 335 High St. (rear), Morgantown, 26505; (304) 292-2010. ·Weezies, 3438 University Ave., Morgantown, 26505; (304) 598-0088. ·WoodStarr Nightclub. 322 5th St. Parkersburg; (304) 422-3711.

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An estimated 600 people attended the DNC-LGBT gala at the Regent Beverly Wilshire, paying somewhere between $1,000 and $5,000 each. According to a White House pool reporter, the audience there gave President Obama a “prolonged standing ovation, chanting, ‘Four more years!’” The more private reception at Glee creator Murphy’s cost the estimated 70 attendees $38,500 each. According to the White House pool reporter, the president spoke for about 12 minutes then took questions but the reporter was not allowed to stay for the question-and-answer period. Although the pool reporter did not recognize anyone in the crowd, he said a campaign official told him it included actors Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon and Jane Lynch. It also included Jack Calhoun, the president of Banana Republic/Gap Inc., and Michael Lombardo, another HBO executive. The two events were expected to raise several million dollars for the president’s re-election campaign. “I could not be prouder of the work that we’ve done on behalf of the LGBT community,” said President Obama, in front of the DNC-LGBT Leadership Council gala. “From the work we did to facilitate hospital visitations to ending the HIV/AIDS ban, to the work we did to pass the Matthew Shepard law, to repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ to all the administrative work that’s been done by agencies to make sure that folks are fully recognized is something that I’m personally very proud of.”

The DNC’s LGBT Leadership Council, founded in 2000, works to ensure the Democratic Party’s platform includes and respects the rights of LGBT Americans. At its gala last year in New York, some in the audience criticized President Obama for not endorsing passage of the thenpending legislation in the New York legislature to allow

same-sex couples to marry. The Leadership Council also held a fundraiser for Obama in New York in May, with entertainer Ricky Martin as host. That fundraiser sold out after President Continued on page 8

Lodging ·Eagle’s Nest, (412) 417-1099. ·Long Fork Campgrounds, Walton; www.longfork.com; (304) 577-9347. ·Roseland Resort, RD 1, Box 185B, Proctor, 26055; www.roselandWV.com; (304) 455-3838.

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Obama gave his interview in support of same-sex marriage, according to OpenSecrets.org. But whatever millions the LGBT community has chipped into the Obama re-election coffers, it pales in contrast to the money piling up on Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s side. Politico.com reported that Republican political strategist Karl Rove and allies have promised to raise $1 billion in pro-Romney communications. They are aided in large part by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC. In that decision, a split court ruled that the First Amendment prohibits the federal government from limiting how much corporations and unions can spend on “electioneering communications.” Through so-called “Super PACs,” corporations quickly began pouring money into such communications to support pro-corporate candidates. One prominent pro-Romney super PAC, Restore Our Future, reported raising more than $26 million through April 30, compared to the $4.7 million raised by the prominent pro-Obama super PAC “Priorities USA Action.” One prominent donor to the pro-Romney super PAC was Paul Singer, a billionaire investor whose son is gay. Ironically, the New York Times reported last weekend that Singer has also just announced forming his own super PAC—the American Unity PAC—with plans to direct $1 million toward Republicans who support same-sex marriage. © 2012 by Keen News Service. All rights reserved.

Well known in Pittsburgh’s gay community, Tom worked for Club Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Eagle over the past years. He is survived by his mother, Carol Silsley, and four brothers. He was a cherished uncle and great-uncle of 11. His father was the late Harold Silsley.

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Amanda Love says farewell to Parkersburg and hello to Morgantown as she takes over the responsibilities as show director at Vice Versa, beginning on July 1. Another good reason to visit the Morgantown hot spot.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 ·Party: Club Pittsburgh. $7 off locker rooms 3-8pm. www.clubpittsburgh.com. ·Pride Picnic: Morgantown Gay Pride Picnic, Westover Park. ·Dinner: Shepherd Wellness Community. 6pm. 412-683-4477. ·Party: 4th of July, Fireworks, Free Food, Dancers, Real Luck Cafe. ·Flying Colors: GLBT bicycle riding group. meet at statue in front of Phipps Conservatory, Oakland; rides depart at 6:45pm. Info: send email to pghbikeguy@verizon.net. ·Gospel singing: with the OneVoice Choir. Wood Street Galleries, Sixth and Wood Streets, downtown. 6:30pm. Info: 412-281-4655. ·Recovery: Gay, Lesbian, Friends AA. Fayette County Health Center, 100 New Salem Rd., Uniontown. 8pm. Info: 724-439-3173. ·Recovery: Sober as Folk AA. Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 7:30pm. Info: 412-373-3739. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous. West View United Methodist Church, Princeton and Center Avenues, West View. 12:15pm; St. Peter’s Church, 720 Arch St., North Side. 6:30pm. Info: 412-441-0956. ·Yoga: Nude Male Yoga. 7pm. 115 Sedgewick Street, Millvale. ·Male dancers: Real Luck Café, P-Town. ·College-Work Out Wednesdays! GLCC. 3-5pm. 412-422-0114. THURSDAY, JULY 5 ·Karaoke: Images. 965 Liberty Ave., Downtown, 9:30pm. ·Testing: Rapid oral HIV testing by Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force. Women only: Miryam’s, 1410 Fifth Ave., Uptown, 11am-3pm; all welcome: GLCC, 6-9pm. Info: 412-242-2500, www.patf.org. ·Frontrunners: meet at Columbus statue in Schenley Park, 7pm; run at 7:10pm. Info: 412-481-5549, www.pittsburghfrontrunners.org. ·Recovery: Celebrate Sobriety AA, First Unitarian Church, Ellsworth and Morewood Avenues, Oakland. 8pm; Beaver County AA/NA meeting, 2pm, Info: 724-375-0760. ·Testing: Free rapid HIV testing, 6-9pm, GLCC, 412-422-0114. ·Yoga for HIV+ people. 5:15pm. Shepherd Wellness Center. 412683-4477. FRIDAY, JULY 6 ·Party: Deep, Dark, Naked Fridays. Club Pittsburgh. 412-471-6790. ·Show: The Return of Gigi Monre, Vice Versa, Morgantown, WV. www.viceversaclub.com. ·Male dancers: Images, Real Luck Café, and P-Town. ·Recovery: New Hope, beginners and regular AA, Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill, 7pm; Joy of Living AA, Trinity Lutheran Church, North and Buena Vista Avenues, North Side, 8pm; Rainbow Bridge NA meeting, Persad Center, 7pm. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous; East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Ave. 7:30pm. 412-441-0956. ·Dinner: HIV Wellness Dinner, 6pm; Shepherd Wellness Center, 412-683-4477 or www.swconline.org. Check for weekly location. ·Youth Drop-In: GLCC. 7-10pm. 412-422-0114. ·Good Fridays. Half price admission and cash bar. The Andy Warhol Museum. 5pm-10pm. ·Yoga with Nick. GLCC. 4-6pm. 412-422-0114.

SATURDAY, JULY 7 ·Frontrunners: meet at Columbus statue, Schenley Park. 9am; run at 9:10am. www.pittsburgh-frontrunners.org. ·Show: Alexander & Panther with Nicole St George, Vice Versa. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous. Carnegie Library, South 22nd and Carson Streets, South Side. 10:30am. Info: 412-441-0956. ·Male Dancers: Real Luck Café, P-Town. ·Request Night: Club Pittsburgh. 11pm. 412-471-6790. SUNDAY, JULY 8 ·Male dancers: P-Town, Real Luck Café. ·Worship: Metropolitan Community Church. Friends Meeting House, Shadyside. 7pm. Info: 412-683-2994. ·Worship: Dignity. Roman Catholic mass followed by social. Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 7pm. Info: 412362-4334. ·Worship: Gay-welcoming Holy Eucharist. St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 304 Morewood Ave., Shadyside. 11am. Info: 412-682-3342. ·Worship: Allegheny Open Arms United Church of Christ, 707 East St., North Side. 10:30am, Info: 412-321-1328, www.alleghenyopenarms.org. ·Worship: OneChurch. Bricolage Theater, 937 Liberty Ave., downtown. 1pm. Info: 412-390-5400. ·Worship: Community House Presbyterian Church, 120 Parkhurst St, North Side. 10:45am. 412-321-3900. ·Meditation, worship: Pittsburgh Center for Spiritual Living, 5655 Bryant St., Highland Park. 10am. Info: 412-362-5096, www.oneintruth.com. MONDAY, JULY 9 ·Class: Wii Fitness Class for HIV+ people at the Shepherd Wellness Community center in Bloomfield, 4800 Sciota St. Coffee hour 4:30; 5:15 Meal; 6pm class. 412-683-4477. www.swconline.org. ·Male Dancers: Real Luck Cafe, 1519 Penn Ave., Strip District. ·Rapid oral HIV testing: Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force, 5913 Penn Ave., East Liberty. 9am-5pm. Info: 412-345-7456, www.patf.org. ·TransPitt phone line: 7-9:30pm. Info: 412-454-5557 or transpitt_org@yahoo.com. ·Recovery: Into Action AA, Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 7:30pm. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous: Calvary Episcopal Church, Shady Avenue and Walnut Street, Shadyside. 7pm. Info: 412-4410956. TUESDAY, JULY 10 ·Male dancers: Images. 6-8pm, 10:30pm. ·Frontrunners: meet at Columbus statue in Schenley Park, 7pm; run at 7:10pm. Info: 412-481-5549, www.pittsburgh-frontrunners.org. ·Worship: supper, 6pm; gay-welcoming Holy Eucharist, 7pm. St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 304 Morewood Ave., Shadyside. Info: 412682-3342. ·Support: Just for Today AA, First United Methodist Church, Centre and South Aiken Avenues, Shadyside. 7:30pm. ·Radio: This Way Out. WYEP 91.3. 7:30pm. ·Buddy Night at Club Pittsburgh. 412-471-6790. WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 ·Meeting: HIV & Aging Discussion Group for HIV+ people at the Shepherd Wellness Community center in Bloomfield, 4800 Sciota St. Coffee hour 4:30; 5:15 Meal; 6pm group. 412-683-4477. www.swconline.org ·Karaoke: P-Town. ·Dinner: Shepherd Wellness Community. 6pm. 412-683-4477 or www.swconline.org. ·Flying Colors: GLBT bicycle riding group, meet at statue in front of Phipps Conservatory, Oakland; rides depart at 6:45pm. Info: send email to pghbikeguy@verizon.net. ·Gospel singing: with the OneVoice Choir. Wood Street Galleries, Sixth and Wood Streets, downtown. 6:30pm. Info: 412-281-4655. ·Recovery: Gay, Lesbian, Friends AA. Fayette County Health Center, 100 New Salem Rd., Uniontown. 8pm. Info: 724-439-3173. ·Recovery: Sober as Folk AA. Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 7:30pm. Info: 412-373-3739. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous. West View United Methodist Church, Princeton and Center Avenues, West View. 12:15pm; St. Peter’s Church, 720 Arch St., North Side. 6:30pm. Info: 412-441-0956. ·Yoga: Nude Male Yoga. 7pm. 115 Sedgewick Street, Millvale. ·Male dancers: Real Luck Café, P-Town. ·College-Work Out Wednesdays! GLCC. 3-5pm. 412-422-0114. THURSDAY, JULY 12 ·Deadline: August 2012 issue. News to Pittsburgh’s Out. 412381-3350 or out@outonline.com. ·Party: Free HIV & Syphilis testing 10pm-1am. Club Pittsburgh. www.clubpittsburgh.com. ·Karaoke: Images. 965 Liberty Ave., Downtown, 9:30pm. ·Testing: Rapid oral HIV testing by Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force. Women only: Miryam’s, 1410 Fifth Ave., Uptown, 11am-3pm; all welcome: GLCC, 6-9pm. Info: 412-242-2500, www.patf.org. ·Frontrunners: meet at Columbus statue in Schenley Park, 7pm; run at 7:10pm. Info: 412-481-5549, www.pittsburghfrontrunners.org. ·Recovery: Celebrate Sobriety AA, First Unitarian Church, Ellsworth and Morewood Avenues, Oakland. 8pm; Beaver County AA/NA meeting, 2pm, Info: 724-375-0760. ·Testing: Free rapid HIV testing, 6-9pm, GLCC, 412-422-0114. ·Yoga for HIV+ people. 5:15pm. Shepherd Wellness Center. 412683-4477.

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FRIDAY, JULY 13 ·Deadline: August 2012 issue. Display advertising, calendar information to Pittsburgh’s Out. 412-381-3350 or out@outonline.com. ·Show: The Cummings, Vice Versa, Morgantown, WV. ·Party: Deep, Dark and Naked Fridays. Club Pittsburgh. 412-471-6790. ·Male dancers: Images, Real Luck Café, and P-Town. ·Recovery: New Hope, beginners and regular AA, Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill, 7pm; Joy of Living AA, Trinity Lutheran Church, North and Buena Vista Avenues, North Side, 8pm; Rainbow Bridge NA meeting, Persad Center, 7pm. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous; East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Ave. 7:30pm. 412-441-0956. ·Dinner: HIV Wellness Dinner, 6pm; Shepherd Wellness Center, 412-683-4477 or www.swconline.org. Check for weekly location. ·Youth Drop-In: GLCC. 7-10pm. 412-422-0114. ·Good Fridays. The Andy Warhol Museum. 5pm-10pm. ·Yoga with Nick. GLCC. 4-6pm. 412-422-0114. SATURDAY, JULY 14 ·Party: Jock Strap II, benefit for MS, at Leather Central. 10pm1am. Silent auction and games. 412-335-3595. ·Frontrunners: meet at Columbus statue, Schenley Park. 9am; run at 9:10am. www.pittsburgh-frontrunners.org. ·Party: SeduceA’Lottamen’s Birthday, Vice Versa, Morgantown, WV. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous. Carnegie Library, South 22nd and Carson Streets, South Side. 10:30am. Info: 412-441-0956. ·Male Dancers: Real Luck Café, P-Town. ·Request Night: Club Pittsburgh. 11pm. 412-471-6790. SUNDAY, JULY 15 ·DINNER: Pittsburgh Prime Timers’ monthly social. 4 pm. The United Methodist Church of Pittsburgh, 5401 Centre Ave., Shadyside. www.pittsburghprimetimers.com. ·PICNIC: PFLAG Butler’s 3rd Annual Butler Rainbow Community Picnic. 2-6pm. Alameda Park Pavilion 3. www.pflagbutler.com. ·Male dancers: P-Town, Real Luck Café. ·Worship: Metropolitan Community Church. Friends Meeting House, Shadyside. 7pm. Info: 412-683-2994. ·Worship: Dignity. Roman Catholic mass followed by social. Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 7pm. Info: 412362-4334. ·Worship: Gay-welcoming Holy Eucharist. St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 304 Morewood Ave., Shadyside. 11am. Info: 412-682-3342. ·Worship: Allegheny Open Arms United Church of Christ, 707 East St., North Side. 10:30am, Info: 412-321-1328, www.alleghenyopenarms.org. ·Worship: OneChurch. Bricolage Theater, 937 Liberty Ave., downtown. 1pm. Info: 412-390-5400. ·Worship: Community House Presbyterian Church, 120 Parkhurst St, North Side. 10:45am. 412-321-3900. ·Meditation, worship: Pittsburgh Center for Spiritual Living, 5655 Bryant St., Highland Park. 10am. Info: 412-362-5096, www.oneintruth.com. MONDAY, JULY 16 ·Class: Wii Fitness Class for HIV+ people at the Shepherd Wellness Community center in Bloomfield, 4800 Sciota St. Coffee hour 4:30; 5:15 Meal; 6pm class. 412-683-4477. www.swconline.org. ·Male Dancers: Real Luck Café. ·Rapid oral HIV testing: Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force, 5913 Penn Ave., East Liberty. 9am-5pm. Info: 412-345-7456, www.patf.org. ·TransPitt phone line: 7-9:30pm. Info: 412-454-5557 or transpitt_org@yahoo.com. ·Recovery: Into Action AA, Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 7:30pm. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous: Calvary Episcopal Church, Shady Avenue and Walnut Street, Shadyside. 7pm. 412-441-0956. TUESDAY, JULY 17 ·Male dancers: Images. 6-8pm, 10:30pm. ·Frontrunners: meet at Columbus statue in Schenley Park, 7pm; run at 7:10pm. Info: 412-481-5549, www.pittsburgh-frontrunners.org. ·Worship: supper, 6pm; gay-welcoming Holy Eucharist, 7pm. St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 304 Morewood Ave., Shadyside. Info: 412682-3342. ·Support: Just for Today AA, First United Methodist Church, Centre and South Aiken Avenues, Shadyside. 7:30pm. ·Radio: This Way Out. WYEP 91.3. 7:30pm. ·Buddy Night at Club Pittsburgh. 412-471-6790. WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 ·CLASS: Ceramics Class for HIV+ people at the Shepherd Wellness Community center in Bloomfield, 4800 Sciota St. Coffee hour 4:30; 5:15 Meal; 6pm class. 412-683-4477. www.swconline.org. ·Karaoke: P-Town. ·Dinner: Shepherd Wellness Community. 6pm. 412-683-4477 or www.swconline.org. ·Flying Colors: GLBT bicycle riding group, meet at statue in front of Phipps Conservatory, Oakland; rides depart at 6:45pm. Info: send e-mail to pghbikeguy@verizon.net. ·Gospel singing: with the OneVoice Choir. Wood Street Galleries, Sixth and Wood Streets, downtown. 6:30pm. Info: 412-281-4655. ·Recovery: Gay, Lesbian, Friends AA. Fayette County Health Center, 100 New Salem Rd., Uniontown. 8pm. Info: 724-439-3173. ·Recovery: Sober as Folk AA. Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 7:30pm. Info: 412-373-3739. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous. West View United Methodist Church, Princeton and Center Avenues, West View. 12:15pm; St. Peter’s Church, 720 Arch St., North Side. 6:30pm. ·Yoga: Nude Male Yoga. 7pm. 115 Sedgewick Street, Millvale. ·Male dancers: Real Luck Café, P-Town. ·College-Work Out Wednesdays! GLCC. 3-5pm. 412-422-0114.

THURSDAY, JULY 19 ·Karaoke: Images. 965 Liberty Ave., Downtown, 9:30pm. ·Tesing: Rapid oral HIV testing by Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force. Women only: Miryam’s, 1410 Fifth Ave., Uptown, 11am-3pm; all welcome: GLCC, 6-9pm. Info: 412-242-2500, www.patf.org. ·Frontrunners: Columbus statue in Schenley Park, 7pm; run at 7:10pm. Info: 412-481-5549, www.pittsburgh-frontrunners.org. ·Recovery: Celebrate Sobriety AA, First Unitarian Church, Ellsworth and Morewood Avenues, Oakland. 8pm; Beaver County AA/NA meeting, 2pm, Info: 724-375-0760. ·Testing: Free rapid HIV testing, 6-9pm, GLCC, 412-422-0114. ·Yoga: HIV+ people. 5:15pm. Shepherd Wellness Center. 412-683-4477.

FRIDAY, JULY 20 ·Deadline: August 2012 issue. Classified advertising to Pittsburgh’s Out. 412-381-3350 or out@outonline.com. ·Show: The Kanes, Vice Versa, Morgantown, WV. ·Party: Deep, Dark, Naked Fridays. Club Pittsburgh. 412-471-6790. ·Show: RuPaul’s Drag Race Winner Sharon Needles, Link, 11pm. ·Male dancers: Images, Real Luck Café, and P-Town. ·Recovery: New Hope, beginners and regular AA, Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill, 7pm; Joy of Living AA, Trinity Lutheran Church, North and Buena Vista Avenues, North Side, 8pm; Rainbow Bridge NA meeting, Persad Center, 7pm. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous; East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Ave. 7:30pm. 412-441-0956. ·Dinner: HIV Wellness Dinner, 6pm; Shepherd Wellness Center, 412-683-4477 or www.swconline.org. Check for weekly location. ·Youth Drop-In: GLCC. 7-10pm. 412-422-0114. ·Good Fridays. Half price admission. The Andy Warhol Museum. . ·Yoga with Nick. GLCC. 4-6pm. 412-422-0114. SATURDAY, JULY 21 ·Party: Puerto Rico Summer Beach Party, Vice Versa, Morgantown. ·Frontrunners: meet at Columbus statue, Schenley Park. 9am; run at 9:10am. I www.pittsburgh-frontrunners.org. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous. Carnegie Library, South 22nd and Carson Streets, South Side. 10:30am. Info: 412-441-0956. ·Male Dancers: Real Luck Café, P-Town. ·Request Night: Club Pittsburgh. 11pm. 412-471-6790. SUNDAY, JULY 22 ·Male dancers: P-Town, Real Luck Café. ·Worship: Metropolitan Community Church. Friends Meeting House, Shadyside. 7pm. Info: 412-683-2994. ·Worship: Dignity. Roman Catholic mass followed by social. Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 7pm. Info: 412362-4334. ·Worship: Gay-welcoming Holy Eucharist. St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 304 Morewood Ave., Shadyside. 11am. Info: 412-682-3342. ·Worship: Allegheny Open Arms United Church of Christ, 707 East St., North Side. 10:30am, Info: 412-321-1328, www.alleghenyopenarms.org. ·Worship: OneChurch. Bricolage Theater, 937 Liberty Ave., downtown. 1pm. Info: 412-390-5400. ·Worship: Community House Presbyterian Church, 120 Parkhurst St, North Side. 10:45am. 412-321-3900. ·Meditation, worship: Pittsburgh Center for Spiritual Living, 5655 Bryant St., Highland Park. 10am. Info: 412-362-5096, www.oneintruth.com. MONDAY, JULY 23 ·Class: Wii Fitness Class for HIV+ people at the Shepherd Wellness Community center in Bloomfield, 4800 Sciota St. Coffee hour 4:30; 5:15 Meal; 6pm class. 412-683-4477. www.swconline.org. ·Male Dancers: Real Luck Cafe, 1519 Penn Ave., Strip District. ·Rapid oral HIV testing: Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force, 5913 Penn Ave., East Liberty. 9am-5pm. Info: 412-345-7456, www.patf.org. ·TransPitt phone line: 7-9:30pm. Info: 412-454-5557 or transpitt_org@yahoo.com. ·Recovery: Into Action AA, Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 7:30pm. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous: Calvary Episcopal Church, Shady Avenue and Walnut Street, Shadyside. 7pm. Info: 412-4410956. TUESDAY, JULY 24 ·Male dancers: Images. 6-8pm, 10:30pm. ·Frontrunners: meet at Columbus statue in Schenley Park, 7pm; run at 7:10pm. Info: 412-481-5549, www.pittsburgh-frontrunners.org. ·Worship: supper, 6pm; gay-welcoming Holy Eucharist, 7pm. St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 304 Morewood Ave., Shadyside. Info: 412682-3342. ·Support: Just for Today AA, First United Methodist Church, Centre and South Aiken Avenues, Shadyside. 7:30pm. ·Radio: This Way Out. WYEP 91.3. 7:30pm. ·Buddy Night at Club Pittsburgh. 412-471-6790. . WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 ·Meeting: Healthy Relationships Group at the Shepherd Wellness Community center in Bloomfield, 4800 Sciota St Coffee hour 4:30; 5:15 Meal; 6pm group. 412-683-4477. www.swconline.org. ·Karaoke: P-Town. ·Dinner: Shepherd Wellness Community. 6pm. 412-683-4477 or www.swconline.org. ·Flying Colors: GLBT bicycle riding group, meet at statue in front of Phipps Conservatory, Oakland; rides depart at 6:45pm. Info: send email to pghbikeguy@verizon.net. ·Gospel singing: with the OneVoice Choir. Wood Street Galleries, Sixth and Wood Streets, downtown. 6:30pm. Info: 412-281-4655. ·Recovery: Gay, Lesbian, Friends AA. Fayette County Health Center, 100 New Salem Rd., Uniontown. 8pm. Info: 724-439-3173.

·Recovery: Sober as Folk AA. Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 7:30pm. Info: 412-373-3739. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous. West View United Methodist Church, Princeton and Center Avenues, West View. 12:15pm; St. Peter’s Church, 720 Arch St., North Side. 6:30pm. Info: 412-441-0956. ·Yoga: Nude Male Yoga. 7pm. 115 Sedgewick Street, Millvale. ·Male dancers: Real Luck Café, P-Town. ·College-Work Out Wednesdays! GLCC. 3-5pm. 412-422-0114. THURSDAY, JULY 26 ·Dinner: Dine-out at Khalil’s II, 4757 Baum Blvd. Pittsburgh Prime Timers. 7 pm. www.pittsburghprimetimers.com. ·Party: Free HIV & Syphilis testing 10pm-1am. Club Pittsburgh. www.clubpittsburgh.com. ·Karaoke: Images. 965 Liberty Ave., Downtown, 9:30pm. ·Testing: Rapid oral HIV testing by Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force. Women only: Miryam’s, 1410 Fifth Ave., Uptown, 11am-3pm; all welcome: GLCC, 6-9pm. Info: 412-242-2500, www.patf.org. ·Frontrunners: meet at Columbus statue in Schenley Park, 7pm; run at 7:10pm. Info: 412-481-5549, www.pittsburghfrontrunners.org. ·Recovery: Celebrate Sobriety AA, First Unitarian Church, Ellsworth and Morewood Avenues, Oakland. 8pm; Beaver County AA/NA meeting, 2pm, Info: 724-375-0760. ·Testing: Free rapid HIV testing, 6-9pm, GLCC, 412-422-0114. ·Yoga for HIV+ people. 5:15pm. Shepherd Wellness Center. 412683-4477. FRIDAY, JULY 27 ·Party: Deep, Dark and Naked Fridays. Club Pittsburgh. 412-471-6790. ·Male dancers: Images, Real Luck Café, and P-Town. ·Show: The Elliots, Vice Versa, Morgantown, WV. ·Recovery: New Hope, beginners and regular AA, Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill, 7pm; Joy of Living AA, Trinity Lutheran Church, North and Buena Vista Avenues, North Side, 8pm; Rainbow Bridge NA meeting, Persad Center, 7pm. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous; East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Ave. 7:30pm. 412-441-0956. ·Dinner: HIV Wellness Dinner, 6pm; Shepherd Wellness Center, 412-683-4477 or www.swconline.org. Check for weekly location. ·Youth Drop-In: GLCC. 7-10pm. 412-422-0114. ·Good Fridays. Half price admission and cash bar. The Andy Warhol Museum. 5pm-10pm. ·Yoga with Nick. GLCC. 4-6pm. 412-422-0114. SATURDAY, JULY 28 ·Show: Mountainfest Rally, Amanda Love, Vice Versa, Morgantown. ·Breakfast: Pittsburgh Prime Timers. 10 am. Ritter’s Diner. 5221 Baum Blvd. www.pittsburghprimetimers.com. ·Frontrunners: meet at Columbus statue, Schenley Park. 9am; run at 9:10am. www.pittsburgh-frontrunners.org. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous. Carnegie Library, South 22nd and Carson Streets, South Side. 10:30am. Info: 412-441-0956. ·Male Dancers: Real Luck Café, P-Town. ·Request Night: Club Pittsburgh. 11pm. 412-471-6790. SUNDAY, JULY 29 ·Male dancers: P-Town, Real Luck Café. ·Worship: Metropolitan Community Church. Friends Meeting House, Shadyside. 7pm. Info: 412-683-2994. ·Worship: Dignity. Roman Catholic mass followed by social. Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 7pm. Info: 412362-4334. ·Worship: Gay-welcoming Holy Eucharist. St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 304 Morewood Ave., Shadyside. 11am. Info: 412-682-3342. ·Worship: Allegheny Open Arms United Church of Christ, 707 East St., North Side. 10:30am, Info: 412-321-1328, www.alleghenyopenarms.org. ·Worship: OneChurch. Bricolage Theater, 937 Liberty Ave., downtown. 1pm. Info: 412-390-5400. ·Worship: Community House Presbyterian Church, 120 Parkhurst St, North Side. 10:45am. 412-321-3900. ·Meditation, worship: Pittsburgh Center for Spiritual Living, 5655 Bryant St., Highland Park. 10am. Info: 412-362-5096, www.oneintruth.com.

MONDAY, JULY 30 ·Male Dancers: Real Luck Cafe, 1519 Penn Ave., Strip District. ·Rapid oral HIV testing: Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force, 5913 Penn Ave., East Liberty. 9am-5pm. Info: 412-345-7456, www.patf.org. ·TransPitt phone line: 7-9:30pm. Info: 412-454-5557 or transpitt_org@yahoo.com. ·Recovery: Into Action AA, Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 7:30pm. ·Support: Sex, Love Addicts Anonymous: Calvary Episcopal Church, Shady Avenue and Walnut Street, Shadyside. 7pm. 412-441-0956.

TUESDAY, JULY 31 ·Worship: JUDAH Fellowship. 6pm., 120 Parkhurst Street (Northside). 412-512-2171. ·Male dancers: Images. 6-8pm, 10:30pm. ·Frontrunners: meet at Columbus statue in Schenley Park, 7pm; run at 7:10pm. Info: 412-481-5549, www.pittsburgh-frontrunners.org. ·Worship: supper, 6pm; gay-welcoming Holy Eucharist, 7pm. St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 304 Morewood Ave., Shadyside. Info: 412682-3342. ·Support: Just for Today AA, First United Methodist Church, Centre and South Aiken Avenues, Shadyside. 7:30pm. ·Radio: This Way Out. WYEP 91.3. 7:30pm. ·Buddy Night at Club Pittsburgh. 412-471-6790.

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SUNDAY, JULY 1 ·Male dancers: P-Town, Real Luck Café. ·Worship: Metropolitan Community Church. Friends Meeting House, Shadyside. 7pm. Info: 412-683-2994. ·Worship: Dignity. Roman Catholic mass followed by social. Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 7pm. Info: 412-362-4334. ·Worship: Gay-welcoming Holy Eucharist. St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 304 Morewood Ave., Shadyside. 11am. Info: 412-682-3342. ·Worship: Allegheny Open Arms United Church of Christ, 707 East St., North Side. 10:30am, Info: 412-321-1328, www.alleghenyopenarms.org. ·Worship: OneChurch. Bricolage Theater, 937 Liberty Ave., downtown. 1pm. Info: 412-390-5400. ·Worship: Community House Presbyterian Church, 120 Parkhurst St, North Side. 10:45am. 412-321-3900. ·Meditation, worship: Pittsburgh Center for Spiritual Living, 5655 Bryant St., Highland Park. 10am. Info: 412-362-5096, www.oneintruth.com.

OUT AND ABOUT Art critiques life at Warhol The Warhol continues to showcase its summer exhibits: Factory Direct: Pittsburgh and Donald Moffett and The Extravagant Vein, both running through Sept. 9. For additional listings and more details visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300.

tre Ave., Shadyside. The catered event will commemorate the group’s 7th anniversary—$8 for members, $10 for non-members. The group will also have a monthly dineout July 26 at 7pm at Khalil’s II, 4757 Baum Blvd., and breakfast July 28 at 10am at Ritter’s Diner, 5221 Baum Blvd. For additional information visit www.pittsburghprimetimers.com or call 412-519-4320.

Celebrate family with PFLAG Butler

Summer Qamp! for LGBTQA youth

PFLAG Butler is meeting for its 3rd Annual Butler Rainbow Community Picnic from 2-6pm July 15 at Alameda Park Pavilion #3. The group asks participants to bring one covered dish to this family-friendly event. PFLAG will provide burgers and hot dogs. For more info visit ww.pflagbutler.com.

Sign your kids up for the Dreams of Hope summer Qamp!, which will be held at the Emma Kaufmann Camp on Cheat Lake near Morgantown, WV, from Aug. 14-18. The program offers a safe and fun space for LGBTQA youth to play, learn and adventure outside. For additional info visit www.dreamsofhope.org/camp.

SWC helps HIV+ community

Make it a day at the beach!

Shepherd Wellness Community is there to help members of the HIV+ community with meals, films, free classes, yoga, discussion groups and more. Find out the SWC’s full slate of activities—or how you can volunteer— by calling 412-683-4477 ext. 12 or visit www.scwonline.org.

Head down to Rehoboth Beach and stay at the 2010 PinkChoice “highly recommended” Lighthouse Inn Bed & Breakfast. The inn is located only 1/2-block from the Atlantic Ocean at 20 Delaware Ave., Rehoboth Beach, DE. For additional information visit www.LighthouseInn.net or call 302-225-0407.

Not into the bar scene? Pittsburgh Prime Timers, a fellowship group for older gay men, is holding its monthly social July 15 at 4pm at the United Methodist Church of Pittsburgh, 5401 Cen-

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Supporting food pantries with Pride Tote 4 Pittsburgh is sponsoring an LGBT Food and Tote Bag Drive to help individuals and their families who

are struggling and do not know where their next meal is coming from. For more information on what you can do to help visit www.tote4pgh.com.

Share the Joy this summer! This summer the GLCC is holding its first ever Camp Joy program which will be a weeklong adventure for youth ages 7-14 from LGBT families. The program will provide a supportive atmosphere for increasing social confidence, enhancing self-esteem and having fun. For more info visit www.glccpgh.org.

It’s hip to be Square... When the food is so delicious! Scramble down to the Square Cafe for amazing breakfasts and delicious lunches Mon.-Sat. 7am-3pm and Sunday 8am-3pm. All dishes feature local ingredients made with love. The Square Cafe is located at 1137 South Braddock Ave. Call 412-244-8002 or visit www.square-cafe.com.

Have a little faith The Metropolitan Community Church of Pittsburgh has been serving the spiritual needs of Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ community for over 30 years and now has two locations: in Oakland at 4836 Ellsworth Ave. and in Monroeville at 285 St. Martin Dr.

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A poor childhood cultivates enriched poetry for one ‘Mayberry’ poet pieces in Writing by Flashlight come full blown or was it a matter of just work, work, work to get to the final product, even for the shorter ones? One good thing about the Pittsburgh Poetry Society is we have monthly theme contests, like a villanelle [a repetitious type of poem] or a sonnet or it could be a poet’s choice. In a poet’s choice month I could write whatever I wanted to. But by having some constraints, it enabled me as a beginning poet to learn different forms in which I could express myself. Many of the pieces in Writing by Flashlight are from your youth, which is sort of, in a way, a side of Mayberry they didn’t show on TV. To a certain extent that’s true. Maybe I talk about things that a lot of people don’t like to talk about, like being poor, but I feel like I wrote about it in a positive manner. I don’t look on it as a shame that we were poor. The fact that there were three girls at the head and three boys at the foot of the bed… I mean, when you only have one bed that’s where you sleep. We didn’t know that we weren’t supposed to not be happy. When you were a kid did you feel poor? Not really. Until the fourth or fifth grade we went to school barefoot, and it wasn’t remarkable. Now, Mother was always very positive about everything. And Daddy was a hunter. He wasn’t a drinker, but he was a hunter and he loved to go hunting. Daddy was a farmer. He would get up and he would shovel levees. He worked all day out in the field when I was growing up. Shoveling levees meaning? Meaning the rice field. As you can see from the cover of the book, that’s a rice field in Arkansas. Rice needs water to grow, but if you let too much water in, it will rot. So every morning you would either open up holes in the levees to let the water in or you close them to keep the water out from the canals. But I never learned this. Mother made it clear to Dad that my brother Bobby and I weren’t going to be rice farmers, and that we weren’t going to spend our time in the coon woods. In this sense, Mother had a very important part in my upbringing. I was the first person in our family, on either side, to go to college. I wanted to be a teacher from the time I was in the fourth grade. Your father was a remarkable character Yes. He was born in 1889 out on the plains of Texas. There were two brothers and two sisters. His parents died in the 1890s, leaving five kids alone. Around 1909 or 1910, Dad got involved with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show with Annie Oakley and all the cowboys and Indians. In World War I he broke horses for the Army from Texas up to Montana. At the end of the war he came to Arkansas. Mother was born in 1901. They met when he was working on the rice fields. They married in 1920, had their first child in 1921—[the baby] died as mother was throwing kerosene on the stove in the house and it exploded… [T]hey lost their first two children, both girls. (Four more girls followed.) I was born in 1943 during the war, and my brother Bobby was born in 1945. So they had children for a 25year period. Dad was 55 when I was born. We’d go out hunting, and if my shot was not accurate, he wasn’t real patient with me. So, I didn’t hunt much. He knew I didn’t [like hunting], but still we’d go to deer camp, which was the coming of age of the young boys when they can go to deer camp and stay with all the real men. But I didn’t enjoy it. I liked the smells of deer camp. The manly smells. The smoke and the grit and the dirt,

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that type of thing. But I didn’t care that much for the hunting part. And you loved books? Yes. Until I was about 13 or 14 we were out on the farm. Then we moved about a mile from the courthouse square in Hamburg, and I could get on the railroad tracks and walk into town and sit on the floor in the library and read and read and read. I worked for Ms. Maude Pew. She was my best friend for all my junior high, high school—well, elementary, too, actually. Any time I could I’d spend in the library with her. I’d shelve the books, and she’d give me 50 cents or something for doing that. When Peyton Place came out, Ms. Maude had a little drawer down at the bottom, like most librarians do. I was probably a junior in high school at that time, maybe a sophomore, and Ms. Maude said, “OK, Fred, I think you can handle it,” and she let me read Peyton Place, which was something that was not recommended. [Laughs] No, not recommended reading, especially back then. Of course, it was very mild compared to what they read today. In the title poem in Writing by Flashlight, there is intimation of your differentness but that’s not so very key to the rest of the book. I think if you look at some of the poems a little closer you might find it. I think there’s a sensitivity there. Sensitivity, yes, but there is no coming out poem … Do you have to shout it? That’s just what I’m pointing out. Let’s go back to the beginning of when I joined the Poetry Society. I had said, “OK, if I’m going to write, if I’m going to be a poet, I’ve got to tell the truth.” And I have tried to tell the truth. I don’t think telling the truth necessarily means that you have to tell everything, but you don’t pull away from it either. But the stories you tell you want them to be true to yourself and to your experience. Yes, I try to do that. And I think the people who read the book feel like it’s real because I’m telling stories that people have never heard before. It would be very easy if I wasn’t telling them properly or if I wasn’t expressing myself honestly—then the book could be looked on as a bunch of trash that’s just trying to exploit the poor people of Arkansas. I’m not trying to be overly sensitive about the issue [of being gay]. That’s why I chose that as the title of the book because I think it expresses, in a nutshell, who I am. In the poem “A Few of my Favorite Things” you mentioned your best friend, Berwyn. Is that your current Berwyn? Yes. You’d think I had two Berwyns? That was just a little poetic license I took to sneak him in. Do you ever write about the present or the future? Everything is not about Arkansas or growing up. You’ve got “Tasting the Cider Apples,” which I wrote because I love [the artist] Andrew Wyeth. In this poem there are 12 titles of Andrew Wyeth works interspersed here and there—Christina’s World, Spirit of the Snow Shoe, Swing the Oak Woods—and, hopefully, when you read through it, you don’t know. I guess to consider it successful nobody would know that I did that except the most knowledgeable people. When you’ve finished a poem, do you then read it out loud to yourself? Oh yes, and I try not to over edit. I try to accept, whenever possible, that my first feeling is the right feeling. You get into deeper editing when you’re ready to publish. Continued on page 12

Lambert’s latest, Wainwright’s greatest—two gay rebels are back in the Game by Chris Azzopardi Rufus Wainwright, Out of the Game—Rufus Wainwright needed his last album more than we did. All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu, 2010’s emotional response to his late mother Kate McGarrigle, was his working through his grief—a personal catharsis that wasn’t his most musically fulfilling.

MUSIC Not this time. In Out of the Game, Wainwright’s greatest set since 2001’s career-opus Poses, he hooks up with retro-pop innovator Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Robbie Williams) for an exquisite 12-track run that’s as easy-sounding as a summer day. And from the get-go, with the sarcastic tone and gospel touches of “Out of the Game,” it’s all richly mind-hugging, the antithesis of the melody-lacking Lulu. Everything here is flamboyantly handled: the harmonies swirled in ’70s-rock nostalgia (think Elton John), lines referring to “your dad wearing a kimono… and your other dad pruning roses” and that glorious high note his background singer kills during the climax of “Rashida.” Sweet and poignant without indulging in theatrics, “Sometimes You Need” is laced with guitars and lovely string flourishes, finding escapism in the midst of woe— proof that sadness can, indeed, sound beautiful, and stay with you. Same goes for “Candles,” a classy eulogy that honors his mother for over seven mellifluous minutes. Out of the game? More like back in it. AAdam Lambert, Trespassing—Adam Lambert isn’t just here “for your entertainment”—the mission statement, and title, of the Idol grad’s debut, a perfunc-

tory music cherry-popper that entertained but shied away from any bold assertions. A lot changes in three years, though, and the wild rebel—on and off stage, as demonstrated by turning an awards performance into a sex simulation and, you know, by just being gay—wants more than to show you a good time. So, Lambert’s getting down to business: the quiet come down “Outlaws of Love,” reserved for the balladheavy second half, is a powerful cry for equality wonderfully sung in a near-whisper (his own “Mad World”); “Underneath” gets to his core, where there’s “no apologies”; and the brazen catwalk-made, Pharrell Williamsproduced title track screams fierce, like some kind of Queen update, and further casts Adam as the queerest bad boy (or girl) on the pop block. His rabble-rousing spills over into “Cuckoo,” where he takes full advantage of his right to “turn it up and get down”—two things you’ll find yourself guilty of. Basically, with the album’s best hook, it’s hot enough to melt the eyeliner off his face. Trespassing is certainly more conceptualized than his debut, but it’s not a perfect album: “Never Close Our Eyes” is Dance Music for Dummies, and the intentionally darker half drags. Let’s just call those growing pains on his glittery path to greatness. B Carrie Underwood, Blown Away—Whatever happened to Jesus taking the wheel? The drama that Carrie Underwood stirs on two songs that launch the mature evolution as heard on her best album to date could use a little divine intervention. “There’s not enough rain in Oklahoma to wash the sins out of that house,” she belts furiously on a dramatic country-rocker about literally burying the past, a girl letting her no-good father get swept up in a twister. The orchestration picks up like a windstorm as Underwood, as narrator, tears it up with her full-throttle delivery. There’s also “Two Black Cadillacs,” another grim story/song—a man dies and his wife meets the mistress at the funeral. Underwood channels the deception of such a

soap opera setup with chilling results. Those changeups, where the country diva steps outside her squeaky-cleanness, stand out most; “Good Girl,” though, has strong appeal, setting a new bar for crossover country. The album missteps when it goes back to Underwood’s usual deal, especially on fan-base-baiting “Forever Changed,” the old-people mush she’s worn out. “Who Are You” is purely a showpiece for that big voice, and the nearembarrassing “One Way Ticket” should suck in theory— oh no, not the whistling!—but Underwood sells it like the cutest puppy at the pound. And if power ballads “Good in Goodbye” and “Wine After Whiskey” are any indication, she also might blow you away. B Santigold, Master of My Make-Believe—There’s nothing stopping Santigold, and that’s not just because the Philly native sets off the long-gestating follow-up to her 2008 debut with the strutting bravado of “GO!” Stuttering into a raving cheer like some made-for-roller-skating song out of the ’80s, and featuring dance-queen Karen O, the thrillingly schizo song is just the start of a dynamic cross-genre work that’s ultra-absorbing in its sharp observations on the socio-political climate—and, best of all, always ear-warming. Hopelessness all of a sudden dissipates in the encouraging illusion of “Disparate Youth,” an empowering anthem of freedom, unification and determination filtered through an evocatively torched rhythmic recipe. Two standouts, “This Isn’t Our Parade” and “The Riot’s Gone,” could be addressing a relationship as much as a revolution. Her intention is clearer on the album’s best cut “The Keepers,” a sure declaration of madness: “While we sleep in America, our house is burning down.” The song’s drum rush offers a contradiction that runs through much of Master of My Make-Believe: beats that bounce on songs that are considerably bleak. Her message seems to be: bad things happen, but keep on moving. With Make-Believe, that shouldn’t be a problem. B+

Zach and his two moms—Lessons of Love, Strength and What Makes a Family by Richard Labonte My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family by Zach Wahls with Bruce Littlefield (Gotham Books)—In his acknowledgments, Wahls (whose Iowa state legislature speech opposing a ban on gay marriage became a YouTube sensation) thanks both the homophobic Boy Scouts (“for underscoring... the values my mothers taught me”) and the likes of Ellen DeGeneres, Ashton Kutcher, Rachel Maddow and Neil Patrick Harris.

BOOKS The book by the lad, 19 and an Eagle Scout when he spoke on behalf of his two moms, contains multitudes! This inspiring memoir—each chapter headed by Boy Scout pledges to be obedient, thrifty, brave and so on—is an engaging blend of youthful passion and eyes-wide-open frankness. In high school, Wahls at first dissembled when asked about his parents, endured some bullying about having two mothers and eventually “came out” in a student newspaper article. The book’s core message—that marriage equality is overdue for queer couples—is underscored by Wahl’s account of how, when his biological mom, Terry, was hospitalized, his non-biological mom, Jackie, had no

spousal status; its core lesson is that a kid raised by lesbians in love is as normal as normal can be. Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children, edited by Rachel Pepper (Cleis Press, paperback)—One of the contributors to this sometimes wrenching, often inspirational, always instructive collection of transgender-acceptance vignettes is an 80-year-old mother, happy to finally be connecting with her son; another is a middle-aged Latina lesbian unsure how her Catholic family will react to her child’s transition. Some of the stories are recounted with a non-writer’s awkwardness, others are polished mini-essays. But what blazes brightly in each of the 32 pieces is how fiercely even the most initially reluctant or unsure of mothers comes to want what’s best for the daughter becoming a son or the son becoming a daughter—even as many confess they feel a sense of loss. Pepper has collated an invaluable resource for families confronted with the reality of a trans child; what can possibly be more supportive for mothers than the testimony of their peers? But this collection deserves a wider audience than just parents, educators and health-care professionals—its message that family love matters is universal, and its layperson insights into the spectrum of gender

variant lives are eye-opening. David Hockney, The Biography, 1937-1975: A Rake’s Progress by Christopher Simon Sykes (Doubleday)—Kudos to this first volume about famed British artist Hockney: the biography never shies away from addressing and assessing how central being queer is to both his assuredly flamboyant life and his often-vividly homocentric art. How queer? Hockney’s cheeky 1962 work, “Life Painting for a Diploma,” featured a beefcake model drawn from the muscle mag Physique Pictorial. Sykes’ breezy take on the artist’s life is an engaging blend of chatty artist-as-a-young(ish)-man anecdotes and cogent analysis of several of his career-making paintings, among them 1967’s “A Bigger Splash” and 1968’s “Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy.” The author’s overview of the artist’s art satisfies a need for critical (but never stuffy) analysis; his account of Hockney’s often-unsettled love life—particularly of his first real relationship with artist Peter Schlesinger, 18 when he enrolled in a UCLA class that Hockney, a decade his elder, was teaching—satisfies the standard of candor for a well-wrought biography. Vol. 1 is an expansive, entertaining and illuminating (and lavishly illustrated) half-a-life, heralding what is likely to be an equally authoritative Vol. 2.

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