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From the Editor Welcome to Las Vegas(?) remind yourself how good we actually have it here. We all bitch and moan about private club memberships, paying for Pride, drink prices, and the weather, and ... well, just about anything we can think of. But then, you go somewhere else and you are slapped in the face with the reality that every place has its goods and bads.

We just got back from five days in Las Vegas to attend the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association annual conference and Las Vegas Pride. (Not to mention sit by the pool and do nothing but sun while it snowed here in Utah.)

In Vegas, they pay to get into Pride. Ten bucks. What does that get you? Nine hours of local entertainment — basically anyone they could get onstage. We suffered through hours of some of the worst drag performances we’ve ever seen. It’s now our running inside joke when we hear a power ballad ala Liza Minnelli’s New York New York to slowly shrug our shoulders and lightly sway our arms to the side like we’re on Valium listening to Karen Carpenter. Mind you, there were a few good performances, but we were probably in the beer line.

I’m not exaggerating. I didn’t recognize the name of one person or group on the schedule.

Las Vegas has about twice the population of Salt Lake City, whether you figure city or metropolitan area. Do you think they had twice the attendance that Salt Lake has? Try a third.

But paying $10 for Pride wasn’t truly an issue for me at all. I know most larger cities charge much more than Utah does. (Remember the shit-fit the community had when

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info@qsaltlake.com organizers dared charge $3? Hopefully we’re past that now.) What did really set my knickers into a twist was the fact that the bars were charging out-of-state residents $20 to walk through the door.

Talk about a door charge! I don’t think I’ve ever paid more than $10 to walk into a Salt Lake bar. But to charge visitors so much more than locals? Welcome to Las Vegas. We love you ... for your money.

Did I mention the $12 vodka Red Bull? Not the Big Gulp size. The 12 ounce size. A buck an ounce ... if you include the ice.

Perhaps I was even a bit more peeved that we had to pay $20 to get any entertainment because, as a sponsor of Vegas Pride, we had been provided two “All-Access Passes” that listed a dozen or so events we were supposed to get in for free.

“Oh — that’s not good for this event.”

“But it’s listed right on the pass.”

“Well, it’s no good.”

So here we are, all gussied up, having spent 20 minutes to find a parking space and holding up a line. What were we supposed to do?

We paid the first time for the honor of standing (all seats were reserved ... for locals) for hours and buying drinks at triple rate.

The second time we went back to our hotel and let them bring us free drinks while we played nickle slots.

We made a whole $20 that night. Add that to what we would have spent at the bar, we’re probably up over $100.

So, during our Pride, I’m hoping our bars will check IDs for Vegas visitors. And charge them, and only them, $20 to walk in the door.

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by Rex Wockner

❝This is the same ghost PAC

Gay Bishop to Enter Civil Union Openly gay Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire will enter an official civil union with his partner of 20 years, Mark Andrew, in June.

Robinson’s 2003 consecration as bishop caused a serious rupture that continues to grow in the worldwide Anglican Communion, of which the Episcopal Church is the U.S. branch.

Robinson, who has received Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson death threats, said he wants to get formally partnered to protect Andrew before going to August’s Anglican Communion Lambeth Conference in England. The gathering of some 800 bishops from around the globe happens only once a decade.

Robinson has been banned from the conference’s official sessions by the Anglican spiritual leader, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. He plans to take part in auxiliary events.

Conservative Anglican bishops and laity also are upset that the U.S. and Canadian branches of the communion have refused to block local churches from conducting blessings of same-sex couples.

GLAAD Awards to Air on Bravo A compilation of this year’s four GLAAD Awards ceremonies — held in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and South Florida — will air on the Bravo cable channel June 27 at 7 p.m. EDT/PDT. “The broadcast ... marks two historic milestones: the first televised airing of the celebration on a fully distributed national cable network, and the most widely broadcast gay-specific event in television history,” GLAAD said in a statement.

The Bravo channel reaches 84 million U.S. residences.

The awards broadcast will be followed by an airing of the Academy Award-winning gay-cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain.

Presbyterian Minister Cleared in Weddings Case The top court of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ruled April 29 that a lesbian minister who married gay couples didn’t violate church law.

The General Assembly’s Permanent Judicial Commission let California minister Jane Spahr off the hook because, it said, the weddings did not amount to legal or ecclesiastical marriages.

Spahr had previously Reverend Dr. Jane been “rebuked” over the Adams Spahr ceremonies by a regional judicial committee.

The denomination’s ministers are allowed to bless same-sex unions as long as the ceremonies are not called marriages and don’t closely resemble a traditional wedding.

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of the national gays — that was an ugly thing to do on Friday when [I] can’t reply.❞

— Sen. Chris Buttars, speaking against a mailer sent out by unregistered political group Senate District 10 Citizens for Fair Taxation urging delegates not to re-elect him.

❝Buttars does not stand for anything the NAACP stands for.❞

— Salt Lake City NAACP president Jeanetta Williams, vowing her organization will oppose Buttars’ bid for re-election to the state senate.

❝Ted, violent crime is a great

Milk Sculpture to be Unveiled at S.F. City Hall A sculpture of slain gay legend Harvey Milk will be unveiled at San Francisco City Hall on May 22, which would have been his 78th birthday.

Fund raising for the sculpture began in 2003, under the auspices of The Harvey Milk City Hall Memorial Committee. A competition was launched in 2006 to select an artist and, last month, the San Francisco Arts Commission formally approved the placement of the sculpture in City Hall’s Ceremonial Rotunda.

“This tribute to Harvey Milk is long overdue,” said Mayor Gavin Newsom.

“It is indeed time for his legacy to be commemorated with a place of honor and distinction in San Francisco’s City Hall.”

“Harvey would be very proud of the consortium of people who came together to make this dream a reality,” said Milk’s close friend Daniel Nicoletta, co-chair of the memorial

committee. “It [is] a great honor to help to give voice and vision to this enduring tribute to someone who gave so much to us.”

Milk settled in the Castro district in 1972 and opened a camera store.

He went on to pioneer a populist gay-rights movement in the city and, in 1977, was elected to the Board of Supervisors, the equivalent of a city council, becoming the third openly gay candidate elected in U.S. history.

He and Mayor George Moscone were shot to death inside City Hall on Nov. 27, 1978, by then-recently resigned city Supervisor Dan White, who was angry that Moscone wouldn’t let him un-resign and that Milk had lobbied Moscone not to reappoint White.

White’s lenient sentence for the killings (seven years and eight months with parole) led to the famed White Night Riots in San Francisco on May 21, 1979.

Soap Opera Gay Kiss Distresses ‘Family’ Group

Brothers & Sisters Actor Comes Out

Boyfriends Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer, characters on the TV soap opera As The World Turns, kissed for eight seconds on the April 23 episode, thrilling some gay fans who had complained that the characters hadn’t kissed for 211 days.

But the American Family Association was mortified, and mobilized its members to blast Procter & Gamble Productions with complaints.

“Gay activists are hopeful that the P&G effort will desensitize viewers to the homosexual lifestyle and help make the unhealthy and immoral lifestyle more acceptable to society, especially to children and youth,” AFA founder Donald Wildmon said in an action alert in which he called the kisses “repulsive.”

But in a statement to AfterElton.com, the program’s producers called the latest smooching “the natural evolution of the relationship between Luke and Noah.”

“We continue to tell this and all our stories based on what we think is best creatively,” they said.

Actor Luke MacFarlane, who plays Scotty Wandell, the boyfriend of Kevin Walker on ABC-TV’s Brothers & Sisters, came out April 15 in an interview with Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper.

“I don’t know what will happen professionally ... that is the fear, but I guess I can’t really be concerned about what will happen, because it’s my truth,” MacFarlane said.

“There is this desire in L.A. to wonder who you are and what’s been blaring for me for the last Luke MacFarlane three years is how can I be most authentic to myself -- so this is the first time I am speaking about it (being gay) in this way.”

The newspaper said Kevin and Scotty will marry each other on the Brothers & Sisters season finale May 11.

motivator in changing opinion, so as a gay gun-owning Democrat, am I right to believe that gay Americans will generally embrace the Second Amendment sooner than Democratic Americans will?

— Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah President David Nelson to rock guitarist and Second Amendment activist Ted Nugent in the April 28 “Cam & Company” Web cast, sponsored by the National Rifle Association.

❝I’m a member of the Pink

Pistols. Do I need to say more? … I want David and my fellow Pink Pistols guys to track me down at TedNugent. com and make sure that I’m a member of [SSSU] …

More often than not, both Democrat and Republican, [we] all have to speak up and we have to find a point of agreement, a point of solidarity and it usually is the right to self defense.❞

— Nugent’s response to Nelson.

❝The current civil rights is-

sue is gay and lesbian equal rights — to enjoy loving, committed relationships and to live without fear. When gays and lesbians use “queer” to shock and disturb straight listeners, that reflects an immature teenage mentality that gays need to grow beyond in order to find an equal place in society.❞

—Pleasant Grove resident Paul Fisher in a letter to the Salt Lake Tribune criticizing QSaltLake columnist Troy Williams for using the word “queer.” Williams used the word in an April 17 letter to the Tribune criticizing an upcoming meeting between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and gay LDS group Affirmation.

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PlanetOut, GLAAD, HRC Punish Hotel In apparent response to media inquiries, PlanetOut Inc., the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and the Human Rights Campaign acted swiftly April 22 and 23 to dissociate themselves from the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego.

PlanetOut, GLAAD and Global Hyatt Corp. have partnered to offer a Pride 2008 “GLAAD Package” rate at 26 hotels nationally and to stage “Pride Rocks” parties at three hotels, in San Diego, San Francisco and Boston.

But the San Diego party now will be moved to another location in protest against a $125,000 donation by the owner of the San Diego hotel, Doug Manchester, to the ongoing campaign to amend the California Constitution to permanently ban same-sex marriage.

In March, Manchester told the San Diego Union-Tribune that his Roman Catholic faith drove him to donate to the anti-same-sex-marriage movement.

“When they say that we cannot say that a marriage is between a man and a woman, that’s where I draw the line,” Manchester said.

Donations such as Manchester’s helped the amendment campaign pay signaturegatherers -- and the coalition announced on April 21 that it has collected enough petition signatures to force a ballot vote on changing the Constitution, a claim that now must be verified by state officials.

GLAAD was first to bolt from any association with Manchester, on April 22.

“GLAAD ... does not and will not have a relationship with the individual hotel property owned by Mr. Manchester,” said President Neil Giuliano.

“Mr. Manchester’s decision to fund an initiative that would hurt loving, committed gay couples makes it impossible for us to continue to be associated with any promotion of his venue. GLAAD strongly encourages members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to speak as one and to withdraw their support from this venue’s event as well.”

A day later, the Pride Rocks parties cohost, PlanetOut Inc., decided to move the San Diego event.

“We put together a program with Hyatt at the corporate level,” marketing vice president Kevyn Aiken said in an inter-

view. “Upon learning about this, we have decided to move the event to a location that is more supportive and more appropriate.”

PlanetOut Inc. owns The Advocate, Out magazine, Gay.com, PlanetOut.com and other gay media properties.

The Human Rights Campaign took action against Global Hyatt on April 23, demanding that its “Best Companies for GLBT Equality 2007” logo be removed from Hyatt material referencing the San Diego hotel.

“We do not condone his (Doug Manchester’s) participation in any efforts to write discrimination into the California state constitution,” the nation’s largest gay rights group said.

“Permission to use HRC’s ‘Best Places to Work’ service mark is given based on a Corporate Equality Index score of 100 percent received by the parent corporation and not individual properties. In granting a score of 100 percent, HRC investigates financial contributions to anti-GLBT organizations by officers, board members and significant shareholders of the parent corporation, but not individual franchises.

Chicago-based Global Hyatt Corporation has received a score of 100 percent for the past three years. The company continues to be a strong supporter of the GLBT community.”

The San Diego Pride Rocks event, which will take place the night before the city’s pride parade, is not affiliated with San Diego LGBT Pride, which runs the pride parade and festival.

“Not only do we not have anything to do with it, we’ve never been contacted by PlanetOut, HRC or the Manchester Grand Hyatt to even talk about such a thing,” San Diego LGBT Pride Executive Director Ron deHarte said April 22, as the controversy began to unfold.

“We’re very concerned that the wrong impression is being made ... that there is a connection between the Manchester Grand Hyatt and San Diego Pride.”

DeHarte said Doug Manchester “basically has said ... he welcomes (gay) people to go eat and drink and stay at the hotel and at the same time he’s writing a check to fund the constitutional ban. We want the public to be aware of Manchester’s role in funding the constitutional amendment.”

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McCoy Challenges Orton’s Bid to Be Re-elected Democratic National Committeeman As former Congressman Bill Orton seeks to be re-elected to his position as a Democratic National Committeeman, a fellow party member is questioning his suitability for the job.

Sen. Scott McCoy, D-Salt Lake City, has said that Orton’s support for Republican friend Joe Jarvis, who ran against McCoy in 2006, indicates that he isn’t willing to get behind fellow Democrats seekBill Orton ing office.

“Because Bill Orton endorsed my Republican opponent in my Senate race, I don’t think he deserves to be our Democratic National Committeeman any longer,” McCoy said in an email sent to several state delegates. “On this, I hope you will agree too.”

When posters on the Deseret News story’s comment boards accused McCoy of seeking revenge against Orton, McCoy posted that this wasn’t the case.

“When I look at this I ask myself who is going to do the best job as National Committeeman,” he wrote. “That job is to support an [sic] build the Democratic party [sic] both locally and nationally. ... I am not saying that Bill Orton cannot vote for or support anyone he desires. Rather, if he is to be our Democratic National Committeeman he shouldn’t endorse Republican candidates over our Democratic candidates. ... This is not about me. It is about the principle and the position that Bill holds and seeks to continue to hold.”

In the comments on the Salt Lake Tribune story about his email, McCoy also said he is not the only person who questions Orton’s effectiveness. “[T]here are five or six people running against Bill for the position,” he wrote.

Orton told the Tribune that endorsing Jarvis, who supported him in a 2000 bid for governor, was only a matter of friendship.

“My endorsement of my friend ... didn’t cost Scott McCoy any votes. But if I had abandoned my friend after he had asked me to help him out, I very well could have lost a close friend.” He later told the Deseret News that he’d thought Jarvis planned to run as a Democrat when he offered his endorsement. He also pointed out that McCoy, who is openly gay, supported Log Cabin Republican Brian Doughty in his bid for Salt Lake City Councilman. The council elections are non-partisan.

McCoy is instead backing Salt Lake City Councilman Joe Hatch for the position.

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Utah Legislature to Hear ‘ENDA-Like’ Fair Workplace Bill On May 21 an interim bicameral committee will hear a bill that would make job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity illegal.

During the 2008 general legislative session, which ended in March, members of House Labor and Business Committee voted to hold Salt Lake Democrat Rep. Christine Johnson’s bill, HB 89 Antidiscrimination Act Amendments, until the interim session to further study its implications.

The interim Business Rep. Christine Johnson and Labor Committee will consist of both senators and representatives, according to Mike Thompson, Executive Director of local gay rights group Equality Utah.

“This is an opportunity for members of both houses to dig deeper into this issue of the importance of adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the current Nondiscrimination Act,” he said.

Currently, Utah law prohibits discrimination in hiring, firing and promotion on the basis of race, color, sex, age (if the individual is over 40 years old), childbirth or pregnancy status, religion, national origin and disability.

Along with having more members, Thompson said the committee will also have a “different feel” than it did in the general session.

Thanks to the interim’s longer time frame, there will be less pressure on legislators to consider the bill than there is during the 45 day session, Thompson said.

Johnson agreed. “We’ve had longer to obtain information and digest local data and we’re really ready to present what I feel is a most compelling case for adopting protections for sexual orientation and gender

identity into Utah law,” she said.

During the hearing, Johnson said she will re-introduce her bill to committee members.

She will then call on an employee from Utah’s Antidiscrimination & Labor Division to provide data about the number of inquiries the department has received about workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity since July 2007.

During the bill’s first hearing, the department’s director Heather Morrison said her office had received 14 such complaints.

Johnson also said she hopes to have employers with fair workplace policies testify “to find out how those [policies] are working within Utah’s business community.”

“Much as before, I’ll also provide info on other states that have done this and have not suffered negative consequences, or seen the results of an onslaught of litigation because of it,” Johnson added.

Thompson said that he and Equality Utah are “thrilled” that the committee decided to revisit the bill.

“I think this demonstrates a real interest from the committee to learn more about the need for this legislation,” he said.

Johnson agreed, saying that she was “pleasantly surprised” by many of her colleagues’ willingness to learn about workplace discrimination against gay and transgender people.

“I was approached by several committee members outside of committee and off the floor who had particular questions and they wanted sincere answers,” she said. “They were very open to understanding the issue and the lives of the people whom it affects. I really respect that.”

The hearing will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21. A room for the hearing has not yet been announced on the legislature’s Web site. The hearing is open to the public.

Additionally, Equality Utah would like to hear from Utah employees who believe that they have experienced workplace discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. To share your story email info@equalityutah.org or call 355-3479.

LaVar Christensen Wins Republican Approval Two years after leaving the Utah legislature to mount an unsuccessful congressional campaign against Democratic congressman Jim Matheson, former Representative LaVar Christensen has unseated incumbent Rep. Sylvia Andersen and received his party’s nomination to run again in November.

Christensen, who represented District 48 (Sandy and parts of Draper) from 2002 until his departure in 2006, received around 70 percent of delFormer Rep. Lavar Christensen egates’ votes in the Salt Lake County Republican Convention on May 3. During his time in office he supported several pieces of anti-gay legisla-

tion, including Amendment 3, the constitutional ban on gay marriage that Utah voters overwhelmingly approved in 2004.

In 2005 Christensen also opposed former Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson’s move to grant health care benefits to the same-sex domestic partners of city employees.

In the week before the convention, Andersen had told the Deseret News that she thought she would gain enough support to get the 60 percent of delegates’ votes necessary for her to advance without going through a primary. She also had the support of several Republican leaders including Rep. Becky Lockhart, R-Provo (married to Utah Republican Party chairman Stan Lockhart), Lorie Fowlke, R-Orem and Senate Majority Leader Curt Bramble, R-Provo.

Christensen will square off against former Rep. Trish Beck, the Democrat who lost her seat in the House to him in 2002.

Community Briefs Free HIV Testing in Dixie The HIV/AIDS Task Force of Washington County will offer its monthly free HIV screening for Southern Utah residents. Testing is regularly held on the second Saturday of the month.

When: May 10, 10:00 a.m.–noon.

Where: The Doctor’s Free Clinic, 1036 E Riverside Dr., St. George

Pride in Pink The Utah Pride Center’s Pride in Pink Party, a seasonal social gathering for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender professionals and their allies, will return to the Oyster Bar this month. Hors d’ouvres and drinks will be available.

When: May 21, 5:00–7:30 p.m.

Where: 54 W. Market St (350 S.) Cost: $5 suggested donation Info: utahpridecenter.org GLBT

Salsa Classes!

The DF Latin Dance Studio is offering salsa classes to the gay community on Fridays from 8:00–9:00 p.m. Learn to lead or follow, bring a partner or go solo. This is your chance to for all you fabulous queers to get your groove on! No previous experience necessary.

Minimum of 10 people required for class to take place.

WHERE: DF Latin Dance Studio; 346 S 500 East, Ste 200c COST: $40 for four classes. Price also includes a salsa CD. Drop ins: $12 per person, per class.

INFO: salsainutah.com or call Maria at 801-557-3648.

Race for the Cure The Gateway Mall will again host the 12th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, a race to raise funds for breast cancer research. Last year, the walk/run drew over 18,000, making it the largest race of its kind in Utah history. The day will include live music and prize giveaways.

When: May 10, 6:00–10:00 a.m.

Where: The Gateway Mall Cost: Online prices are $15 for survivors, seniors and youth, $25 for adults and $30 for Sleep In for the Cure, for those who don’t wish to run. Mail-in prices are $5 more.

Day-of-the-race signup is $40.

Info: komenslc.org

Lords & Ladies Attend!

The third annual Utah Renaissance Festival will be held, once again, in Slatersville. This event has a number of fun Renaissance and fantasy-inspired activities including jousting, magic shows, belly dancing, Celtic singers, bag pipe players and puppet shows.

When: May 9–11 and 16–18, 10:00 a.m. to dusk Where: 3105 W Pioneer Road.

Marriott-Slatersville Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for children, military, seniors, costumed.

Info: Utahrenfest.com

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R & B artist Ari Gold, dance/pop sensation Brian Kent and soulful folk/pop singer/songwriter Liz Clark are the three main acts for this year’s Southern Utah Pride Director Janine Isom announced. “It’s coming together,� Isom said of the festival. “It thrilled us that we were able to get some professional entertainers.�

Liz Clark Born over the mountains in Denver, Colo., New York City-based Clark taught herself how to play the guitar at age 12 so she could play The Beatles’ songs she adored. At just 23 years old she has toured the U.K., Ireland and the United States and regularly plays with her band at such New York venues as the Rockwood Music Hall and the Living Room. A singer and a songwriter, her music is a thoughtful mixture of folk, bluegrass and classic rock that fans of such singers as Neko Case and Dar Williams will likely appreciate. An accomplished vocalist, she is also part of a harmony female trio called Girl Parts.

Brian Kent Openly gay dance/pop chart topper Brian Kent released his first album Breathe Life in 2007. Since then this musical journey of selfawareness, discovery and “the recovery of one’s authentic self,� as his site describes, has garnered critical acclaim and rotation time on dance floors across the country. Previously the video for his hit single “I’m Not Crazy� spent over 15 weeks on LOGO’s top 10 countdown show, The Click List, and also appeared on HBO and VH-1. Kent has toured several Pride festivals and before cutting his debut album, he was a member of the original cast of the gay-favorite mu-

sical Naked Boys Singing. A video for “Breathe Life� will premiere on LOGO on May 11.

Ari Gold Not to be confused with the Entourage character of the same name, charttopping Jewish-American singer Ari Gold is considered the first openly gay R & B or pop singer to have disclosed his orientation from the start of his career.

His self-titled 2001 debut album of upbeat tunes contained several love songs that are explicitly about gays, including “Wave of You.� The groundbreaking video for this song — which depicts several gay couples dancing and kissing — was named one of the Best Videos of 2005 by MTV’s gay LOGO Channel and was widely broadcast on several other networks.

Gold has also been nominated for the “Because You Deserve An Award�

NewNowNext Award alongside comedian Margaret Cho and TV show Gossip Girl. The ceremony will air on LOGO on Saturday, June 7.

But these aren’t the only entertainers Southern Utah Pride has booked.

According to Isom, “more local� talent will also be found at this year’s festival, including Salt Lake City drag star Nova Starr and The Western Bone Cleavers, a Cedar City bar band specializing in country, pop, rock and “changing costumes while performing.�

Tila Tequila Isom also said that Tila Tequila, the star of MTV’s bisexual dating reality show A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila will serve as grand marshal, leading the parade and crowning the drag King and Queen. “A lot of people are very excited she’s coming — especially the lesbians!� Isom laughed.

Southern Utah Pride at Zion will take place September 26 and 27 in Springdale Utah. Their Web site is southernutahpride.org. For more information on the headliners, visit lizclarkmusic.com, arigold.com and brian-kent.com.

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A Utah group dedicated to ensuring “that every man, woman and child may enjoy the benefits of good government� has recently released its 2008 legislative report in which, among other things, it noted that Democratic Sen. Scott McCoy has the least conservative career of any Utah politician currently serving.

Utah Grass Roots, which supports what such conservative principals as limited government, participatory democracy, free market economy, the separation of government powers and “family,� released its report on May 1. The report ranked Utah legislators based on their support for bills that uphold or oppose what Utah Grass Roots refers to as “constitutional principals:� opposing governmental growth, statewide health insurance coverage, increased property taxes and illegal immigration. These bills included HB 140, which mandates that children under 8 years old be placed in booster seats; HB 326 which allows all eligible children to be enrolled in the government-funded Children’s Health Insurance Plan; SB 157 which ensures that Utahns’ second amendment rights will not be infringed upon in a state of emergency; and SB 81 which allows local law officers to enforce illegal immigration laws. The report also listed Utah Grass Roots’ position on each bill.

The group did not mention any of the bills this term that dealt with the subject of gay rights. However, Utah’s gay legislators consistently ranked in the bottom 25 list of senators and representatives for voting contrary to Utah Grass Roots’ positions. The report ranked openly lesbian Rep. Jackie Biskupski, D-Salt Lake City, in 11th place for the 2008 session and 19th for her entire career. Likewise, openly lesbian Rep. Christine Johnson, D-Salt Lake City, who introduced legislation to end workplace discrimination against gays and transgender people this session ranked 15th in the session and 20th in the lifetime category. Openly gay Sen. Scott McCoy, D-Salt Lake City, did even worse. McCoy placed 24th out of 29 Senators in this session and dead last in the lifetime category.

McCoy received his low ranking due in part, perhaps, to his authorship of SB 14, which bans drivers from smoking in their vehicles if they are driving with children.

Utah Grass Roots opposed this controversial bill on grounds that it was an example of the government “attempting to control how parents raise their children.�

Foes of gay rights legislation in both houses fared better in the report. Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, placed 11th in this session and 10th for his career record. This year, Buttars (along with former Representative LaVar Christensen) introduced legislation aimed at blocking a domestic partner registry proposed by Salt Lake City mayor Ralph Becker. Rep. Aaron Tilton, R-Springville, who authored legislation seeking to ban gay-straight alliances, also took second place in both categories.

Last year, the group’s report said the House voted “correctly� an average of 47 percent of the time, and the Senate 48 percent.

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by JoSelle Vanderhooft

Controversial Sen. Chris Buttars secured his party’s nomination to seek re-election this fall by the margin of a single vote.

The Republican from West Jordan faced three intraparty challengers at his party’s convention in Senate District 10 on Saturday, May 3, including lead rival Gary Armstrong. After two rounds of voting, 60.2 percent of the district’s 204 delegates nominated Buttars, thanks in part to rival Trevor Darby who Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan urged his 28 delegates to support Buttars after losing in the first round.

Candidates need to win 60 percent of delegates’ votes to advance without having to go through a primary, in which two candidates square off for their party’s nomination.

In the second vote, however, a single spoiled ballot — where a delegate had apparently voted for both Buttars and Armstrong — could have given Armstrong over 40 percent of the vote, enough to challenge Buttars in a June primary. But delegates voted to discard the ballot, securing Buttars’ nomination.

Armstrong did not challenge the move, but he did criticize delegates for supporting Buttars.

“I’m very surprised the delegates drank the Kool-Aid,” he told the Salt Lake Tribune, adding that he will support Democratic challenger John Rendell in November.

The two-term Senator’s nomination was likely a close call because of the controversy his actions and remarks have generated in this year’s legislative session.

Well known for supporting several pieces of anti-gay legislation in his two terms (including a 2004 constitutional ban on gay marriage), Buttars also offended Utah’s black community. On Feb 12, Buttars said of a bill he didn’t like, “this baby is black, I tell you, it’s a dark, ugly thing” prompting criticism from fellow Senators and the Salt Lake chapter of the NAACP to demand his resignation.

A few weeks later, the Tribune disclosed a scathing letter Buttars had sent to 4th District Judge Derek Pullan after the judge ruled against Buttars’ friend Wendell Gibby in a real estate dispute. In the letter, Buttars, the chair of the Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee, questioned Pullan’s integrity and said he was “embarrassed ... to have supported your appointment,” thereby prompting questions of whether or not the Senator had violated Senate ethics rules that forbid legislators from exerting “undue influence on any government entity.”

After the letter became public Senate president John Valentine, R-Orem, removed Buttars as chairman for unspecified reasons. However, Valentine allowed Buttars to stay on the committee out of fear that he would lose his Senate leadership position, according to Utah Bar Association official Scott Sabey. Valentine said he kept Buttars on the committee because chairman Sen. Greg Bell, R-Fruit Heights, and a fellow committee member agreed that Buttars should stay.

Buttars has also come under attack from a conservative group called Citizens for Fair Taxation, which criticized the Senator’s voting record in mailers sent to residents in his district. After finding out that the group was not registered with the state — which groups involved in political campaigns must be before they can send out mailings according to Utah Law — Buttars asked the Lieutenant Governor’s Office to investigate.

“This is the same ghost PAC of the national gays,” Buttars told the Deseret News when asked if he knew who could have sent the mailers. “That was an ugly thing to do on Friday when [I] can’t reply.”

Although Buttars said he worked hard for his nomination, meeting with roughly 90 percent of the district’s delegates, his popularity has waned in the past few months. In a March 24 Deseret News poll of 208 residents in Senate District 10, 67 percent of responders said they did not want Buttars to be re-elected versus 23 percent who “definitely” or “probably” wanted him back. Of Republican voters polled, only 32 percent wanted to see the Senator get re-elected.

Further, a number of newspapers have said that Buttars is unworthy of support including, most recently, the Ogden Standard Examiner. In a May 2 editorial, the paper called the Senator “a smudge on Utah’s reputation” who should be “plucked out of the Senate.” It also criticized Senate leaders Valentine, Majority Leader Curt Bramble, R-Provo, Majority Whip Dan Eastman, R-Bountiful, and Assistant Majority Whip Sheldon Killpack, R-Syracuse, for sending delegates a letter supporting Buttars’ reelection.

The letter, which was produced on Valentine’s personal stationery and not sent at taxpayer expense, calls Buttars an “unwavering supporter of Republican principles.”

Although Senate leaders have backed Buttars, Democrat John Rendell said much of Buttars’ party feels otherwise.

“Republicans are realizing that Chris Buttars and the Republican Party no longer represent them,” said Buttars’ challenger on the blog Utah Amicus. “Two of my neighbors, both Republican delegates, came to my house after today’s primary.

Both were outraged and disappointed at what had transpired at the convention.

Both neighbors left supporting my campaign, Rendell for Senate lawn signs, and literature to hand out to their disenfranchised Republican friends.”

“When candidates and delegates turn their back on their party you know something is wrong,” he said.

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Salt Lake County Council Nixes Partner Insurance Proposal Salt Lake County councilwoman Jenny Wilson’s proposal to extend health care benefits to financially dependent domestic partners, live-in family and friends of county employees never received a hearing at the Council’s April 29 meeting.

Instead, Republican councilmembers introduced their own proposal: a measure that would grant unmarried financial dependents access Salt Lake County Council to the insurance if they pay for it out of member Jenny Wilson pocket, instead of having the government cover the costs.

While GOP Councilman Jeff Allen testified that the new proposal “allows for tolerance and diversity” while maintain-

ing “a recognition of our core values,” council Democrats called it an attempt to get around the issue of equality for nonmarried employees.

“It is access in name only,” said Democratic Councilman Joe Hatch. “It is not access in reality.”

Wilson told the council that she doesn’t think employees will be able to afford the premiums, which Republican Councilman Mark Crockett estimated would fall between $297 to $447 a month, versus the $69 to $104 employees would have paid to add an adult designee under Wilson’s proposal.

Wilson has fought to get this proposal — inspired by Salt Lake City’s adult designee insurance plan — passed since her first term in 2005.

The council voted 5-4 along party lines to commission a financial analysis of the Republican plan.

ROTC-SLC Wins Vegas Pride Parade Honors Members of the Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps, Salt Lake City were joined by three members of the St. Petersberg (Fla.) Twirlers at the Las Vegas Gay Pride parade and festival May 2 and 3. The team won an award for Best Walking Entry in the night-time parade as they twirled lighted batons and flags for the appreciative audience. ROTC-SLC was invited to perform at Vancouver Pride as well, which they will be considering. More information on the Corps can be fouind at rotcslc.com.

Attorney Laura Milliken Gray Retiring Laura Milliken Gray, a Salt Lake City attorney who has served the legal needs of Utah’s gay and lesbian community for 12 years, has announced her retirement. On April 9 2008, Laura Milliken Gray, P.C. was acquired by attorney James P. (Jim) Alder.

Alder will be forming a new law firm, Gray Alder & Cawthorne, P.C. in which Laura, along with Laura Milliken Gray lawyers Hugh Cawthorne and Jim Alder, will serve as attorneys.

Gray will see clients part-time through August, 2008 before moving to London, England to live with her wife, Agnieszka Lesiewicz, a British and Polish citizen.

The new law firm promises to provide high quality legal services to the commu-

nity after Gray’s departure.

“Deciding to leave my law practice and Utah was a very difficult decision,” said Gray. “However, I spent a great deal of time and effort searching for the right people to service the estate planning, business, family and other legal needs of my clients and I am confident Jim and Hugh are the right ones to carry on my law practice. Together, they have over 40 years of legal experience, and are sensitive to the legal needs of our community.”

Gray Alder & Cawthorne will continue to operate at the same location as Gray’s firm.

“It has been a great pleasure and honor to represent Utah’s GLBT community over the years, and I will always remember with great fondness my clients and friends in Utah,” said Gray.

Q Views Letters Same Rights

Editor, Thank you for your piece on Ariana Losco’s efforts to pass a Utah law banning the kind of workplace discrimination that she endured [“Fired Transgender Employee Finds New Job, New Purpose,” Feb. 25, 2008]. I write to clear up a legal misconception reflected in the article. The EEOC caseworker who told Ms. Losco that “post-op” transgender people have more rights than “pre-op” ones was mistaken. Many courts have ruled that existing sex discrimination laws protect transgender employees who don’t conform to their employers’ sex stereotypes, and these cases have not turned on the details of the employee’s gender transition. Earlier this month, a federal court in Houston ruled that Lambda Legal’s client Izza Lopez, a transgender woman, has a valid sex discrimination claim against an employer who withdrew a job offer because of Izza’s feminine gender expression. Izza’s anatomy was not relevant to the court’s ruling. In short, transgender workers may seek legal protection regardless of their transition status.

Of course, the best way to make employers aware of their legal obligations is by passing laws that include gender identity protections. Even though existing nondiscrimination laws do not limit their reach based on medical treatment alone, the confusion of the EEOC caseworker shows that clearly inclusive laws are preferable for the employer who wants to comply with the law and the employee who would rather have a job than a right to sue.

Cole Thaler

Lambda Legal, Atlanta, Ga.

Whose Fight?

Editor, I read Lynn Beltran’s column about HIV disclosure and found the last sentence to be shocking, coming from a manager of a governmental agency charged with protection of the population: “I hope the gay community finds a way to rally together again to protect itself, so that the MSM community is no longer the highest risk group for contracting HIV.” [“Don’t Expect Disclosure,” April 24, 2009.]

Please tell me why the Salt Lake Valley Health Department (and, for that matter, every other health department in this state) doesn’t feel that such protection is part of their purview.

Health education, including sexual health education, is a vital tool to control the spread of disease. What government grants are available to me, as a gay individual? Doesn’t SLVHD have a grant writer? Do they not think this community is worth extending the effort to protect?

It seems the gay community is the forgotten child in the Utah family. Look at the current expenditures concerning meth use in the state. Tell me if they are aimed at the gay community.

As long as the gay community pays taxes, we should be included in each and every relevant health expenditure.

Dan Jones Murray

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Guest Editorial

Pride Weapon Rule is ‘Confusing Step Back’

By David Nelson

For the first time in four years, Utah Pride event producers published rules which don’t include weapon restrictions. But, one of the producers wrote a separate weapon rule and said that it will govern the events.

The “Utah Pride 2008 ‘Come Together’ Festival Guidelines” was rewritten to remove all weapon references unlike the original 2005 rules that would have banned and confiscated “weapons of any kind.” The 2005 rules were changed that year before the events, and continued in 2006, to ban and confiscate only “illegal weapons.” The 2007 rules were changed again that year to remove the confiscation and ban only “illegal weapons.”

The 2008 rules are a welcome correction to a long line of missteps, but a conflicting and unpublished rule which was written

by Utah Pride Center board of directors member Kathleen McDonald would ban all weapons at the events.

McDonald, who is a lawyer at the Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough P.C. offices, warned in two written messages from her office that, while the center would welcome the public to attend the events, “no one has a constitutional right to attend. Weapons, including firearms, are prohibited … and I will not debate this any further.”

If the new rule was in fact adopted, despite conflicting with the other rules, it should be published at the very least so that guests may make an informed choice to attend or not. If the rule is a ban on all weapons as it appears to be, I suspect that

the producers will be faced again with the public-relations nightmare of searching 25,000 paying guests for otherwise legally concealed weapons.

My argument has been since 2005 that state laws prohibit event producers -- and specifically law-enforcement officers -from enforcing event weapon rules that are more restrictive than the laws, if the producers use state- and local-government sidewalks, streets, parks and squares.

The new rule would be a confusing step back. Despite my consistent argument to remove all weapon restrictions and let the laws work as they do, the rules were never changed in anticipation of what mistakes might be made, but in response to the mistakes that were made. It’s a costly and embarrassing way to do business.

I was detained, questioned and removed in 2007 from the events by Salt Lake City Police Department officers because center Executive Director Valerie Ann Larabee asked them to do so and because I was wearing a legally unconcealed firearm. My consequent complaint and $25,000 claim against the city for unlawful removal resulted in an apology from Police Chief Chris Burbank, international attention and, humorously, a “Best ‘Cold Dead Hands’” award from Salt Lake City Weekly.

After watching what seems to be a shell game of rules, I’m dumbstruck that the producers don’t simply respect the constitutional rights of law-abiding guests and others, while providing safe and enjoyable events. Let the events be known for that, not their history of banning people.

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Queer Gnosis Homo Evolutionary

By Troy Williams

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Josh Moon is a mutant.

And not just because he has a fetish for X-Men comics. Josh was born with an evolved consciousness that transcends his upbringing.

At 14 this seemingly average kid from an orthodox Mormon home declared to his parents that he was gay. He also intuitively knew that his parents’ conventional religion was detrimental to his personal evolution. So he bailed. This is in stark contrast to me, 13 years his senior, who spent years denying my sexuality while wrestling with the contradictory cosmology of Mormonism. What about Josh Moon was special? How did he awaken to such a profound level of self-acceptance at such a young age? And what of all the other gay teens who are now coming out with fully actualized sexual identities? Is there a latent queer consciousness that is awakening young people en masse?

And could this be the forerunner of an even greater social transformation?

I’ve written before about The New Gender Nation, a term I borrow from rock star Amy Ray. In her teen anthem “Put it Out for Good,” she captures the spirit of a disenfranchised, outsider class of youth: “All the punks and the queers and the freaks and the smokers” who struggle against an establishment culture that seeks to control their identity. “Alright, I hear what you’re saying to me — alright, I hear what I just can’t do.” Authenticity is the passion of this generation. The song intuits the Gnostic idea of the pleroma — the spark of cosmic knowledge: “But I’ve got this spark I’ve got to feed it something, or put it out for good!” Amy Ray understands the angry nihilism that comes from denying the fire.

Suicide and extinction await those who deny the spark of authenticity.

Other artists are also tapping into this youth current. Grant Morrison is a chaosmagician and comic book savant who is a cyborg hybrid of Timothy Leary, William Burroughs and James Bond. He wrote The Invisibles — a Gnostic mega-fable featuring demonic archons who work to enslave humanity in simulated illusion (yes, The Matrix ripped off some of The Invisibles’ best ideas). Among his trope of anarchist heroes was Lord Fanny, a Brazillian transgender shaman who could cast spells by masturbating (a post-modern spin on “here I come to save the day!”). As an auy friend

thor, Morrison writes through both time and space. In 2003 he explained, “the last issue of The Invisibles is actually written as a comic from [the year] 2012. It’s written for kids who are now about 9 years old or so, the ones that are going to be taking us into 2012. I wrote that issue for them because they’ll completely understand it, but their bigger brothers might not. It’s really about what we can actually do to change things.”

Morrison went mainstream to write The New X-Men for Marvel comics. In his inspired interpretation of the classic series, Homo sapiens are on the verge of species extinction. Homo superior is set to replace their sapien predecessors just as Cro-Magnon displaced Neanderthal. Morrison’s mutants pushed the edge. He explained, “The X-Men are every rebel teenager wanting to change the world and make it better. Humanity is every adult, clinging to the past, trying to destroy the future even as he places all his hopes there.”

Many queer thinkers see the X-Men as a metaphor for gay youth, but Morrison evolves this idea into a commentary on establishment culture versus upstart youth imagination — a rising generation with new vision, new fashion and new identities. It’s “in versus out.” Authoritarian fundamentalists may hold the reigns of power now, but a surge of young Obamamaniacs, gender terrorists and eco-teens are swelling. Defiant, selfactualized and optimistic.

In Morrion’s graphic novel Kid Eternity, another youthful protagonist encounters an ensemble of disembodied demons. They have fallen from their primal non-dual “state of pure being” (the pleroma) and find themselves trapped in “hell.” These entities, working to reclaim a state of bliss, set out to refashion the fallen world by hastening the evolution of humanity.

To that end they erect “Chaosperes,” the engine of paradise, to generate pandemonium on the earth to bring about an evolutionary surge. Kid Eternity calls to mind Barbara Marx Hubbard’s idea that crises precede transformation.

The headlines today read like an apocalyptic comic: global food riots, extreme climate change, war and the U.S. economy teetering on the verge of collapse. Hubbard shares a unique perspective on our global crisis. “Problems are evolutionary drivers,” she writes. “Intensifying pressure

Some scientists believe queers are evolutionary deadends. Nature would never select queer traits because it doesn’t favor species survival.

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leads either to devolution and extinction or evolution and transformation. Is it possible that from our species, a new human and a new humanity are now emerging?”

Morrison and Hubbard are both inspired by the emergence of a universal human.

My friend Josh Moon is just such a new mutant. And others like Josh are waking.

Though homosexuality has always existed, queer identity did not emerge until the early 20th century. In just under a century we are rapidly owning our lives and fulfilling our potential. In so doing we model the human journey toward authenticity.

Ultimately, as we evolve, the queer mind will no doubt transcend the binaries of gay and straight returning us to where we first emerged — in a non-dual awareness. The “Big Mind,” “The White Hot Room,” “The Pleroma,” which Carl Jung described as “a state of fullness where the pairs of opposites, yea and nay, day and night, are together ... ” or as Jean Baudrillard once

slyly suggested, “we are all transsexuals now.” Lord Fanny in the flesh. The New Gender Nation triumphant.

Some scientists believe queers are evolutionary dead-ends. Nature would never select queer traits because it doesn’t favor species survival. And yet here we are, defying both Darwin and the Christian God. Pushing the current, challenging the status quo and freaking out the neighbors.

Some outsiders may look at gay men and see only a vapid subculture of underwear parties and gym memberships. But we are young. Adolescent Revolutionaries in Diesel. The cyber-dykes and DIY trannies will yet kick us guys into gear. We are all the engine of paradise. Rub up against it until it gets inside you. Who knows what kind of new world we might co-create with our hetero siblings? In the words of Emma Frost, “Don’t you want to inherit the earth?” Q Troy blogs at queergnosis.com.

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Gay Geeks I Want a Transporter!

SLAP: West Jordan

by JoSelle Vanderhooft

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he weather’s (finally!) changing.

The birds are back. The shorts and tank tops are coming out of the closet (snicker – Hey, I get one bad joke per column!) and the sweaters and snow boots are going back in. You know what this means, right geeky ones? For those of us with money, time and inclination, it’s travel season. Which means it’s also time to start swearing about high gas prices, the impending Delta/Northwest merger and any traveling companions who think personal hygiene means a little Febreze every week or so.

As a geek who routinely attends cons, I’ve had to contend with all of the above in one way or another (though to be honest, most geeks do know how to use a bar of soap, despite the stereotype). And since I’ll be heading off to a few cons in the summer months, I’ve had to do a lot of think-

Nuptials

The parents of Jonathan P. Croft and William K. Lewis II are pleased to announce the Holy Union of their sons.

Jon and Billy will be joined in Holy Union by the Reverend Dee Bradshaw of the Sacred Light of Christ Church of Salt Lake City on May 17, 2008.

A reception will be held in their honor on that same day. Jon and Billy will fly to Victoria, British Columbia for a legal ceremony, which will be performed by Commissioner Sherry Lynn Easthom.

They will be accompanied by a small group of friends and family to Victoria.

Jon was born and raised in Murray, Utah. He is a manager with Smith’s Food and Drug.

Billy was born and raised in Kaysville, Utah. He is a Lead QA Engineer with Tomax Corporation.

Billy and Jon have an established home in Salt Lake City and will continue to reside in Salt Lake City after the Holy Union.

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ing about how to make my con-going as economical as possible. Whether you’re a fellow geek, or you’re just reading this column because you’ve just finished the cryptogram and now you’re bored, I pass my findings on to you.

Bus It!: Lately it seems like the sky really is the limit when it comes to air fares, and if what we’ve been hearing about the marriage of Delta and Northwest is true, things aren’t going to get better any time soon.

Not wanting to blow all my money before I get to the con, I’ve found a solution: take the bus.

I’m pretty sure I just heard groaning from the future. But, you guys, it’s not as bad as you’d think, especially if you’re not going very far. And I really do know of what I speak, here. In 2006 I took the Greyhound to Las Vegas for Lumos, a Harry Potter-themed convention (and before you ask, no. It was way too hot to wear my Slytherin robes).

The ride was long and rather hot at times (especially when the bus’ AC gracelessly died), but it was damn fun. In between bouts of reading, writing and snoozing I got to look at the beautiful Utah/ Nevada scenery and some very interesting fellow travelers. Overall, it was such a pleasant journey that I didn’t mind the length, especially as I managed to save a good $100 while having an interesting experience.

Now, obviously catching a Greyhound isn’t usually a reasonable solution if you’re traveling to, say, New York City, Boston or even Seattle. But if your summer vacation or your summer con is taking you to Idaho, Denver, Arizona, New Mexico or maybe even California, you might want to consider scrapping those airline tickets. Your pocket book will thank you even if your butt gets a bit sore from a 4 hour plus bus ride.

Stay Close: A long time ago, all the way back in 2006, I thought that the only conventions out there happened in the Midwest or on the coasts. You know, basically everywhere that the West is not. Well, geeky ones, my Google-fu really booked a ticket on the fail boat that day, because the Rocky Mountain states have some of the best cons I’ve ever attended. Some of these are one-time deals, like Lumos, or

this year’s Westercon, which will be held, quite coincidently, at the same hotel that housed about a thousand Harry Potter fans.

Although it moves cities each year, Westercon (true to its name) stays west of the Rocky Mountains – albeit sometimes as far west as Hawaii or as far north as Calgary.

And that isn’t the only con worth mentioning. Every March Boise holds Anime Oasis and every August it hosts Fandemonium, a general science fiction, fantasy and horror con. The lists of cons in Arizona and Colorado are far too long to print here, so I’ll give you just a few examples. Denver hosts Star Fest, MileHiCon and the anime con Nan Desu Kan and Arizona is home to CopperCon, Leprecon and Tuscon.

Happily, Tempe also won the bid for the 2009 Westercon, which makes my pocket book smile.

If you don’t want to leave the Zion Curtain for your genre fix, Utah also has a faaabulous congoing culture. At the end of this month, ConDUIT will take place at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. There’s also MountainCon in September, which will be held in Layton this year and Anime Banzai in October.

And for you geeks looking forward to 2009 don’t forget Life, the Universe and Everything held at BYU each February.

Yeesh. OK, enough with the sounding like a PSA for intermountain fandom. The point is, you don’t have to go very far if you want to meet other geeks and have a good time at a con.

Simplify, Simplify, Simplify: If you just gotta go far afield for a con, don’t panic!

You can still save money buy buying con registrations, plane tickets and even hotel/ motel reservations early. But if that isn’t an option, you can still save some cash by bringing your own food, using the con suite (a room with free or low-cost snacks and even meals for con-goers) for breakfast or lunch and splitting hotel costs with multiple roommates. Just be sure to leave a little room in your budget for a bar of soap if your roomie ever says, “What is this ‘Shower Ring’ that you speak of?”

Man. Sometimes I wish I just had a transporter, don’t you?

Happy (almost) summer and happy travels, geeky ones! Q

Whether you’re a fellow geek, or you’re just reading this column because you’ve just finished the cryptogram and now you’re bored, I pass my findings on to you.

Despite three Republican challengers, condemnation from the local NAACP chapter, and even a conservative group’s mailer calling him “the problem in Senate District 10,” West Jordan Republican delegates still gave incumbent Chris “Dark, Ugly Thing” Butters their backing to seek re-election this November. The reason the controversial Senator squeaked by: a delegate who apparently learned nothing from the 2000 election ballot fiasco voted both for Buttars and his main rival, Gary Armstrong. With this “spoiled ballot” disqualified, Butters got the nomination by one vote.

Given the Buttersaurus’ record for using his office to hate on anyone he doesn’t like including gays, blacks, judges who disagree with him and … well, probably a lot of other people, the question has to be asked: Are West Jordan delegates stupid, or do they really like having their city be the laughing stock of the valley?

SLAP: Sandy On second thought, West Jordan, you can breathe easy. Sandy’s delegates have you beat this time around. At their May 3 caucus, over 70 percent of Republican delegates in House District 48 voted to bring former Representative LaVar Christensen back for the 2008 race, thus unseating Rep. Sylvia Andersen. Christensen, who sponsored the 2004 amendment banning gay marriage in Utah, left office in 2006 to run against Democratic Congressman Jim Matheson. Utah voters said they wanted no part of that, and he’s been trying to wheedle his way back into Utah politics ever since, even joining Buttars in testifying against Salt Lake City’s “Mutual Commitments” Registry this session. You know, as if he’d never left.

Sandy, Sandy, Sandy. You got rid of the guy in 2006. Why bring him and his smug, sanctimonious brand of politics back?

Come on, delegates. Our slapping hand is getting numb here!

SNAP: Jenny Wilson In April, Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson announced her plan to create an adult designee insurance benefit plan for county employees. Like the Salt Lake City plan before it, Love’s proposal sought to cover non-spousal adults who are financially dependent on the employee – including unmarried same-sex partners. While members of the council ultimately shot it down and replaced it with a proposal allowing dependent, nonspousal adults to buy city insurance (presumably with the magic money growing in their backyards), we always appreciate Love’s efforts to make Utah a more just state.

Brava, Councilwoman! We like Becker a lot, but you’d have made a pretty great mayor, too.

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have a child with the wiggles.

His body feels better when in motion.

He sits at the dinner table and rhythmically taps his utensils together while his leg uncontrollably flicks the floor.

His mind is as active as his body. His brain constantly buzzes. He whistles (badly). He hums (badly). He repeats parts of conversations over and over. He tells a joke. He tells it again. If you make the mistake of laughing, he will tell it a thousand times. He hops. He jumps. He skips, leaps, bounces.

Riley is 6 years old. But this is a particularly bad case of the age. In addition to the constant movement, the child has selective hearing. He does not focus. He does not listen.

He has the manners of a ... of a ... of a 6-yearold boy. And on top of all this, he doesn’t comply — as in mind.

He is such a difficult child to parent. Lately it seems I enjoy him most when he’s asleep. I’ve even taken to watching him sleep at night.

He’s so peaceful. He’s still — except for the occasional thrash or snore or roll. For the most part he’s motionless. He’s beautiful and he reminds me how much I love him.

He reminds me how much I look like him.

He reminds me how much I AM like him.

Lately I’ve needed these reminders. See, I’m not the best mom. Hell, I’m not even HIS best mom. Tonight, while watching him sleep, I realized that I had become a yeller — one of those moms who repeats herself with increasing auditory intensity until yes, it becomes unflattering. “Leave your brother alone. I said stop it. Don’t touch your brother. GET ON YOUR OWN SIDE! STOP IT!” I can holler all that and not even take a breath. But today, I became conscious of the fact that because I yell, I give my son permission to ignore me. He must think to himself, “If it’s that important, she’ll say it again, and again, and again, and louder, and YELL it at me. Since she’s quietly requesting right now, I can certainly ignore her for at least five more minutes.”

Tonight while he slept, I was flooded with memories of things he had said and done. Like, the first night we brought his baby brother home from the hospital. We were tucking the boys into bed when Riley informed me and his mommy, Kim, that we were clearly tired, so we should go right to bed and Riley would take care of the baby all night.

“What if the baby wakes up?” Kim asked.

“Don’t worry. I’ll feed him.” Riley responded.

“What will you feed him?” I asked.

He pulled a Ziploc baggie out from under his pillow. “Cereal for the baby.”

And how, just a few months later, I

overheard him talking to his baby brother about Dora the Explorer and how he couldn’t wait until Casey was old enough to watch it with him. And then, he told his brother that we don’t do racism in this family. And he went on saying that girls are as good as boys and boys are as good as girls. Thinking nobody was eavesdropping, Riley continued, “And when you’re really naughty, mommy might call you George. That means George Bush and it means you’re being really selfish. You don’t want to act like George.”

I remembered how just a few weeks ago, I banned him from asking ‘why’ questions. He was using these questions to challenge my authority (at least, the semblance of authority I still pretend to have) and asking questions he actually knew the answer. But answering his own ‘why’ question is not nearly as fun as asking it, waiting for me to answer, correcting me if I get any part of the answer wrong, and then when I ask why he asked if he knew the answer, he smart-aleckly replies something to the effect of, “because I wanted to see if you knew.”

“That’s it. I’m done. For the rest of the day there will be no more ‘why’ questions.”

“But you said there are no stupid questions,” he challenged.

“Well, there certainly won’t be any today,” I replied.

“You’re acting like George!” He threw my own line back at me.

“This has nothing to do with George,” I countered. “No more ‘whys’ for the rest of the day.”

“But wh-” He couldn’t finish. He started again, “But ... ” And this brilliant, freethinking wiggle worm child figured out how to get around my rule. “But ... how come?”

I know the yelling thing has got to go.

It’s something I get to work on. I also get to continue to help Riley focus and most certainly continue to assist him in learning to listen. But I also realize that I helped shape him into the free-thinker that he is.

His calling me ‘George’ really hit home. I wanted both the 6-year-old sweet, compliant boy and the challenging, self-aware, independent boy, too. I wanted to determine when he could challenge and when he had to comply.

I don’t get to pick and choose when he thinks critically and when he just does what he’s told. How can I expect him to challenge his teachers, call out social injustice and confront elected officials if he cannot practice these skills now with me? I can’t. He’s right. I’ve been acting like George. Q

“And when you’re really naughty, mommy might call you George. That means George Bush”

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I just want to strangle a few people in our community. But happily, today isn’t one of those days. Today I would like to salute a few gay volunteers who have worked quietly for over 10 years, who you probably never even knew existed. I am talking about the posse of gay men who simply show up to move people with HIV/AIDS and other illnesses or disabilities into accessible and affordable housing.

It sounds like such a simple thing (and it really is), but for a person barely making it on Medicaid spenddown, having a volunteer moving crew saves them a lot of money, time and — more importantly when their health is compromised — it saves an awful lot of stress.

Last week I joined a group of volunteers (from First Baptist Church, Reconciliation and the United Church of Christ) and helped them move a person with disabilities into a new apartment.

And cherubs, it’s amazing to see what can be accomplished in a few hours with some willing souls, a few trucks and a furniture dolly. Let me tell you, these guys had the furniture disassembled, boxes stacked and loaded, and the washer and dryer up the stairs and out the door in a flash.

But what is really striking about this simple act of kindness is the fact that there is no big bureaucratic organization running it. There are no masters of social work or licensed clinical social workers billing their hours, or on-theclock non-profit-profiteers making a big deal about it. It’s just ordinary members of our community who finish a full day at work and then put their personal life on hold for a few hours to help out. Petals, I have to say, I am genuinely proud of these folks.

As many of you who read this column will attest, I have occasionally been a tad critical of the LDS faith.

“Really, Ruby?” you say. “You’re such a glass is half full, optimistic and guileless Pollyanna, I never would have known!”

Well its true, my trembling little Chihuahuas, I have sometimes been harsh on the local Saints. But here is where I give the evil empire their props. Many of the volunteers who show up for service

projects are former or current LDS folks who are used to getting a call from the bishop to come help out someone in need. Their response is automatic and unconditional, and unlike a disturbing number of health care “professionals” and non-profit agencies that shall remain nameless (you know who you are), these guys are discreet, empathetic and can be trusted with a patients’ confidentiality. It’s truly impressive, kittens.

Some day soon, we as a community need to have a frank discussion about volunteerism and community building.

Anecdotally, it seems that many of our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender organizations, and many of our health-related agencies are just happy for people to write a check and then get the hell out of the way. Their focus is primarily on fund raising, and that’s it. They hide behind their agencies’ liability insurance provisions, allude vaguely to confidentiality agreements, and insist that only credentialed professionals can provide services. It’s a cop-out. They completely miss the opportunity for volunteering individuals to experience personal growth: to benefit from working collaboratively in small groups and teams; to participate in building a caring community, and to feel the sense of fulfillment that comes along with MEANINGFUL volunteering.

And no, I’m not talking about stuffing envelopes for yet another donation beg letter, or busing tables at the latest gala fund raiser.

Darlings, there are all sorts of unmet needs in our community and, sooner or later, the full time fags and the nine-tofive dykes will realize they can’t do it all or control it all from their cushy ergonomic chairs. Logistically they will have to work with volunteers and folks from the grass roots to address them. So I say viva la volunteer revolution!

And could we puhlease start with a help line? Q

Some day soon, we as a community need to have a frank discussion about volunteerism and community building

Signs of the Times On the way to the Salt Lake County Landfill

For an evening of politically incorrect entertainment, questionable glamour and raucous opinion, join Ruby Ridge as she hosts 3rd Friday Bingo (on the 3rd Friday of each month at 7:00 p.m.) at the First Baptist Church, 777 S. 1300 East in Salt Lake City. Oh, and wear sensible shoes! (Don’t even ask why.)

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LGBT TRAVELERS! SPRING is here, which means that summer is right around the corner. On a hot summer night 39 years ago in New York City a group of drag queens, gay men and their friends grew tired of the endless bar raids. The Stonewall riots have become our community’s symbol of Pride, and each year cities across the United States and around the world hold Pride marches and festivals, usually in the summer. This issue we’ll look at some of those destinations, as well as a calendar for these celebrations. You’ll definitely want to take note, and make plans for this summer to celebrate yourself and those you love — because life is a vacation!

While most Pride parades and festivals are held in summer, there are some that are held in spring and fall. In the United States, two of the most popular parades are New York and San Francisco. A great resource for Pride festival dates is interpride.org, the Web site of the International Association of LGBT Pride Coordinators.

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New York City — Celebrating Stonewall — June You’ll want to book your hotel early as this is a very popular Pride destination.

When you visit the birthplace of the LGBT Pride movement in the United States, be sure to check out two of the best Times Square Hotels: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square and Renaissance New York Hotel Times Square.

San Francisco — Castro Street & Beyond — June You’ll meet infidels rather than Fidel if you decide to make San Francisco your Pride vacation spot. Although the Castro has become decidedly more “familyfriendly” over the past few years, it is still the center of the LGBT community for many, as a new generation of our community discover the magic of this Golden Gate city.

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Paris — Gay Paree — June Paris made major strides in the arena of LGBT visibility when Bertrand Delanoë was elected as its first out gay mayor. The wonders of Paris abound, and Pride is no exception. The week preceding the parade is filled with parties and celebration of all kinds leading up to a truly phenomenal parade.

Amsterdam — Tulips are always better — August Feeling decadent? Then you’ll definitely want to check out what is hailed as one of the best Pride celebrations in the world.

Amsterdam is home to the unique floating Canal Parade as well as multiple parties, dances and general merrymaking.

On a side note, no matter where you decide to celebrate Pride this year, take a moment and remember why we celebrate, as we strive for greater equality around the world. Many of our brothers and sisters live with discrimination, prejudice and even danger every day so it is important that each of us make sure we are out and proud at least one day a year. Stand Up! Q

Pride Around the Country Can’t get enough Pride Celebration in your life? Travel to these around the country: Long Beach, CA . . . . . . . . . . . 5/17 Kingston, TN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/18 Birmingham, AL . . . . . . . . . . . 5/30 Sayville & Cherry Grove, NY. . 5/30 Charleston, WV. . . . . . . . . . . 5/30 Tulsa, OK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/31 Charleston, WV. . . . . . . . . . . . 5/31 New Brunswick, NJ, . . . . . . . . . 6/1 Detroit, MI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/1 Jackson Heights (Queens), NY 6/1 Los Angeles, CA . . . . . . . . . . . .6/6 Milwaukee, WI . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/6 Charleston, WV. . . . . . . . . . . . .6/6 Fresno, CA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/7 Hartford, CT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/7 Tallahassee, FL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/7 Springfield, MA . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/7 Syracuse, NY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/7 Wantagh, NY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/7 Charleston, WV. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/7 Los Angeles, CA . . . . . . . . . . . .6/8 Long Island, NY . . . . . . . . . . . .6/8 Philadelphia, PA. . . . . . . . . . . .6/8 Albuquerque, NM. . . . . . . . . . 6/13 Spokane Valley, WA . . . . . . . . 6/13 Kalamazoo, MI . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/14 Des Moines, Iowa . . . . . . . . . 6/14 San Jose , CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/14 Indianapolis, IN . . . . . . . . . . . 6/14 Boston, MA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/14 Brooklyn, NY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/14 Cincinnati, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 6/14 Memphis, TN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/14 San Antonio, TX . . . . . . . . . . . 6/14 Spokane, WA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/14 Ft Lauderdale, FL . . . . . . . . . . 6/16 Oklahoma City, OK . . . . . . . . .6/20 Flagstaff, AZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/20 Iowa City, IA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/20 Louisville, KY . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/20 Omaha, NE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/20 Santa Fe, NM . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/20 San Francisco, CA . . . . . . . . .6/28 St. Petersburg, FL . . . . . . . . . .6/28 Minneapolis, MN . . . . . . . . . .6/28 St. Louis, MO . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/28 Columbus, OH . . . . . . . . . . . .6/28 Houston, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/28 Chicago, IL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/29 Erie, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/29 Atlanta, GA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/4 Monterey, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/12 Tacoma, WA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/12 San Diego, CA. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/19 Annapolis, MD . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/19 Bremerton, WA . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/19 Bismarck, ND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/24 Fort Wayne, IN . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/25 Charlotte, NC . . . . . . . . . . . . .7/26 Eugene, OR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/9 La Crosse, WI . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/23 Bakersfield, CA. . . . . . . . . . . .8/30 Harriman, TN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/13 Cincinnati, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 9/19 Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . .9/20 Torrance, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/21 Roanoke, VA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/21 Midlothian, VA . . . . . . . . . . . .9/26 Springdale, UT . . . . . . . . . . . .9/26 Modesto, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/27 Durham, NC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/27 Fort Worth, TX . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/5 Studio City, CA . . . . . . . . . . . 10/12 Gainesville, FL . . . . . . . . . . . 10/18

Pride Around the Globe Brussels, Belgium. . . . . . . . . . 5/10 Kitchener, Ont., Canada . . . . 5/25 Moscow, Russia. . . . . . . . . . . 5/30 Zurich, Switzerland. . . . . . . . 5/30 Athens, Greece. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/7 Edmonton, Alb., Canada. . . . . 6/13 Durham, Ont., Canada. . . . . . 6/14 Toronto, Ont., Canada. . . . . . 6/20 Tijuana, Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . 6/20 Oldenburg, Germany. . . . . . . 6/21 Vancouver, BC, Canada. . . . . 6/28 Tiel, Nederland. . . . . . . . . . . . 6/29 Colombo, Sri Lanka. . . . . . . . 6/29 Prince George, BC, Canada. . . . 7/5 Marseille, France. . . . . . . . . . . . 7/5 Aberdeen, UK, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/5 Bournemouth, UK,. . . . . . . . . . 7/11 Newcastle, England, . . . . . . . . 7/12 Braunschweig, Germany. . . . . 7/12 Tadley, Hampshire, UK . . . . . . 7/13 Windsor , Ont., Canada. . . . . 7/14, Stuttgart, Germany. . . . . . . . . 7/18 Halifax, NS, Canada. . . . . . . . 7/20 Stockholm, Sweden. . . . . . . . 7/25 Brighton, UK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/26 Mannheim, Germany. . . . . . . . 8/2 Vancouver, BC, Canada. . . . . . 8/3 Reykjavik, Iceland . . . . . . . . . . 8/7 Copenhagen, Denmark. . . . . . 8/11 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. . . 8/17 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. . . . 8/18 Cornwall, Ontario, Canada . . 8/30 Iserlohn, Germany. . . . . . . . . 9/13 Mylor, SA, Aust.. . . . . . . . . . . 11/15 Melbourne, Australia. . . . . 2/1/09 Zurich, Switz., EuroPride. . 5/2/09

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All-Gay Summer Vacation Getaway: 7/18–23 This men’s vacation takes you from the Vegas strip to the Grand Canyon; from a five-star hotel to a frontier cabin on the north rim of this natural marvel. This tour features a visit to Antelope Canyon, one of the most beautiful slot canyons in the world, and a float down the Colorado River.

California California is a classic summer destination. Starting in southern California, we suggest that if you plan to visit San Diego, make plans for July or August; ‘Gray May’ and ‘June Gloom’ are common for this So Cal city. You’ll find Hillcrest and University Heights especially gay friendly, and on Coronado Island, the famous Hotel Del Coronado where Some Like It Hot was filmed is a must-see or stay for film buffs. Heading north to Los Angeles, West Hollywood is the epicenter for the gay community, but treasures are to be found throughout tinsel town.

Antelope Canyon, Arizona

Hollyhock House, Los Angeles

Packages Perhaps you’d prefer a package — let someone else figure out the details! Here are some great summer vacations for you:

Packing shoes but don’t have any shoe bags? The next time you buy bedding or a sheet set, save that clear plastic zipper pouch. These make perfect shoe bags – you can see what you’ve packed, and your clothes are protected from stains or dirt.

All-Gay Sensual French River Cruise I: 7/1–8 All-Gay Sensual River Cruise II: 7/8–15 These women’s river cruises take you through the romantic French countryside of Provence and Burgundy. Take advantage of fantastic early booking rates now and save almost 40 percent!

Feeling dry on those long flights?

Plan ahead, and hopefully you won’t need that extra suitcase. If you’re attending a special event, and have a unique outfit, look into sending it to yourself care of your hotel. This way you can pack it in a box to your specifications, and not have to worry about it getting smashed en route by those gorilla luggage handlers.

And remember, most hotels offer laundry and dry cleaning services if you’re in a pinch. Always notify your hotel to expect a package for you ahead of time!

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This ‘cottage on the hill’ is one of the most amazing (if not overwhelming) private homes that is now open to the public. (For fun, check out Citizen Kane or The Cat’s Meow for some insights into the Hearst legacy.) San Francisco is considered to be one of the most cosmopolitan of cities, as well as one of the gay epicenters in the United States. Castro Street has long been considered ground zero for San Fran, but neighborhoods like Nob Hill and Russian Hill hold some great history of this city by the bay.

All-Gay European Cruise: 7/5–13 The world’s biggest gay cruise takes you to Spain, France, Italy and Greece. This

All-Gay French Canada Tour: 7/26–8/3 Head north to Nouvelle France for one of the most gay-friendly destinations you’ll find — Quebec. This diverse tour includes historic Quebec City, stunning Montmorency Falls, whale watching and ends with Pride Weekend in Montreal. Q For more information on any of the packages or locations listed above, go to qsaltlake.com.

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Best of all, all kayaking related equipment and camping equipment are provided. In addition, all cooking equipment as well as meals and snacks (see your itinerary for details) are included. You won’t have to plan meals, shop for groceries, pack a tent, stove or dry bags! The main things you need to bring are clothing, some personal equipment and a sleeping bag. It doesn’t get much easier.

Your Kayak guides are some of the best in the industry, possessing a caring nature and are sincere in their endeavor to make every sea kayaking trip a success for each person. Shifting roles from leader, chef, nurse, teacher and entertainer; it takes a unique individual to fill this role. Each guide is a professional outdoor leader with certification in Advanced Wilderness First Aid, C.P.R., Sea Kayak Guide Alliance training or equivalent, and of course, there is no substitute for experience.

Safety is their highest priority on every kayaking trip.

You will be amazed and delighted at what your guides can whip up on a Coleman stove. These guides are savvy in the art of creating wholesome gourmet meals; expertly prepared, nutrient-rich, full flavored meals are the standard.

Our kayak chefs delight in using seasonal offerings to delight your palate. To complement each meal you’ll explore the best that the domestic wine industry has to offer. The selection is always

Why not celebrate those nuptials with a truly unique take on the traditional honeymoon? This breathtaking air tour of the Niagara region includes attractions such as historic Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Welland Canal and majestic Niagara Falls.

No one flies closer to the Falls, not even the helicopters, and this is the only airplane tour specially licensed to fly in the scenic area surrounding the falls. We are consummate professionals with a spotless track record.

Your flight will take you over historic Niagara on the Lake. Beyond this lies the Welland Canal, a man made wonder.

You will follow the Welland Canal from the aircraft window and view the locks along this route. The scenery is absolutely incredible. On a clear day, you will also be able to see the city of Toronto and its distinctive skyline including the CN tower and Skydome. Finally the tour will take you around majestic Niagara Falls, one of nature’s true wonders, playing host to more than 14 million visitors each year Throughout the flight, passengers are provided with an informative commentary highlighting the history and development of the Niagara region. This commentary is provided in stereo in a variety of languages to enhance the tour for everyone All of our tours are completely wheelchair accessible. To be sure you don’t miss out on this phenomenal experience, you’ll want to book your air tour in advance. To ensure a specific flight time, large groups are asked to make a reservation, although we can generally accommodate them on short notice.

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An important process?

“Real estate is one of the biggest events in an individual’s life,� she explains, adding that she’s been in the business for four years now. “We need a home and a wonderful home whether it’s someone buying their first home or helping my sellers because they have to transfer and need the high quality of service I provide.

It’s an intimate moment in people’s lives and I love helping them through that and making them happy.�

And Silveous does a lot to make sure that her clients are happy and comfortable. If they’re new to the city, she says she takes them on a tour. If they’re gay or transgender and worried that the city might be unfriendly towards them, she shows them gay friendly neighborhoods (like Marmalade Square where she currently sells) and reassures them that “Salt Lake City is a place for everyone.� “When someone calls me to find a house, whether they’re looking for a condo or have questions about resale, the only way I can understand what they need is to meet with them, talk with them, find out what they like — the mountains, a city feel,� she says. “And the only way I can do that is to become friends, sit down, have lunch or a coffee and find out where they came from and what they’re looking for. It’s not as cut and dry as here’s 10 houses, here’s your loan amount, let’s choose one.�

It’s that personal touch that distinguishes Silveous in the local real estate market, which she admits is one of the toughest around, thanks to new developments. As she puts it, “You have to work really hard and believe in what you’re doing.�

But when Silveous isn’t working hard, she’s playing hard with her two children and her two dogs and three cats (“I have to stop volunteering at Yuppie Puppie or I’ll have a house full of pets!� she laughs). And houses and people are never far from her mind. In her off hours, she enjoys gardening (she’s a big proponent of desert-friendly xeriscaping), traveling and meeting new people. “If there’s ever a day I decide this isn’t fun anymore and I’m not enjoying myself or helping people fall in love with a home, I have to stop doing it, because it’s about joy of helping others, and the fun I get out of real estate and seeing what’s out there,� she says. Q Formerly with ERA Legacy Realtors, Julie Silveous now hangs her shingle at Urban Utah. If you need a house, call her at 502-4507.

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after coming to the Beehive State was in her line of work. And here, her love for people and family can also be seen. “I have a BA in poly science and business, so I’ve always been interested in marketing and I got into real estate because I love the transaction with people,� she says. But more than that: “I love homes. I fell in love with some of the homes around Salt Lake and I love selling homes. I think it’s a wonderful and intimate connection between people. Real estate is a very important process in people’s lives, and that’s why I got into it.�

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Julie Silveous as one of the Salt Lake Valley’s friendliest realtors, a woman who grins in her ads, takes her clients on tours of the city and says, “I can sell any place!� A woman who truly loves helping her clients find the right home.

But there is another side to Julie Silveous that few people know. As she puts it, “I tell my kids I wasn’t always a mild-mannered real estate agent.�

You see, before Silveous hung up her shingle she was a double major in political science and business at Augustana College, a prestigious liberal arts school in Rock Island, Illinois. There, she served as a member of the student Democrat committee and president of her sorority (“yes, it’s true!� she laughs). And what did she do senior year? “I did some work with the UN as an internship,� she says. “One of my senior theses was on the occupation of Cyprus.�

During her internship, Silveous traveled through the island, the northernmost third of which the Turkish Republic invaded in 1974 and still controls today. This part is commonly known as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and many nations — as well as the UN — don’t diplomatically recognize it. While in Cyprus and Turkey, Silveous says she traveled widely, met many people on both sides of the conflict (that is, Turks and Greek Cyprians), and even participated in a demonstration. “My view is that Cyprus should never have been occupied,� she explains. “I marched with a group of [Greek] Cyprian women, and we were overtaken by Turkish gentlemen and the UN who stopped the protesting we were doing.�

After her internship, Silveous came home by way of Egypt and spent time studying in England, Germany and France (she speaks French fluently to this day).

When she returned to Illinois she put her business degree to use working in a city planner’s office. Like just about all of QSaltLake’s Fabulous People, she didn’t plan to stay very long when she finally found her way to Utah. “My family is originally from Oregon and Washington, and my great grandma was a baby on the Oregon Trail, so I’ve always had family connections and yearning to the West,� she says. “I moved out here because I wanted to be closer to my grandparents, who live in Boise. I love the mountains and the atmosphere and the outdoors and skiing.� “Now I have stayed for nine years,� she continues. “That was not my long term plan. My plan was to be here a few years and move further West.�

But the Greatest Snow on Earth alone didn’t keep New York-born Silveous in Utah. Instead, it was the one thing that she says motivates all her work choices: family. “I met my partner,� she laughs. “She is a transplant from Philadelphia, and director of the technology assisted curriculum center at the U of U. [Meeting her] changed everything, so we decided to make our home and life here.�

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may 26–28 RCGSE Coronation, rcgse.org

june 6–8 Utah Pride Festival utahpride.org

june 14

“But I’m Paula Abdul”

HRC Utah Dinner hrcutah.org

by Tony Hobday

june 21

Recently, I’ve come to realize the Dance Floor is an uplifting playground ... warm bodies swarming, intermingling, touching ... eliciting pheromonal intrigue. The simplicity of changing partners on any given beat satisfies even the strongest of sexual anonymity. The Dance Floor is flirtatious, fun, safe and universal. If ever there’s a need for, at minimum, an inkling of adoration (unless of course you dance like Elaine Benes), hit the Dance Floor.

been looking forward to it for weeks, and still others may say it’s an emotionally difficult day to get through. But whatever your situation, it’s Mother’s Day ... give her a big hug if nowhere else but in spirit.

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8pm, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Cir., UofU. Tickets $39.75, 581-7100 or kingtix.com.

THURSday — Egyptian Theatre Company presents Come Together: A Tribute to the Beatles. For three nights only, don’t miss this exciting and authentic re-creation of the Beatles early touring years (1964-1966). The mop-top crew recreates Beatles concerts with costumes and equipment like Vox amps and Rickenbacker guitars made famous by the Beatles — so well you won’t believe your eyes or your ears.

8pm, through May 10, Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main Street, Park City. Tickets $40–50, 435-649-9371 or egyptiantheatrecompany.org.

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Friday — The Salt City Kings, the one and only drag king performance group in Utah, brings their excellent fund raising capability back to Paper Moon benefitting the fabulous Queer Utah Aquatic Club. QUAC Attack commences tonight as hot boiz work it for hot boys ... well, and hot babes. Maybe a few speedos and bikinis will be modeled for the horny and appealing patrons.

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TUESdaY — Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson are The Kids in the Hall — who’ve been stuffed in lockers by the jocks and ridiculed for wearing pink Izods. Their 2008 tour, titled “Live As We’ll Ever Be,” represents a new era in the troupe’s collaboration, and is comprised of fresh material, which simultaneously reflects who they are now and their off-kilter take on ordinary life.

Q Co-sponsored by QSaltLake and the Tavernacle, TavernIdol begins its first of this two-night contest. So if you can sing as wonderfully as David Cook (he’s my prediction to win this year) then bring it on for a chance to sing on stage at this year’s Pride festival and a chance to compete in the TalentQuest nationals in Nevada.

8pm, and Tuesday, May 13, Tavernacle, a private club for members, 201 E. 300 South. Entry fee $15/ advance–$20/at the door, tavernidol.com.

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FRIDAY — I’m so giddy that my favorite diva Bette Midler is returning to the big screen. The woman is just a gas! Her new film, Then She Found Me, is about a schoolteacher (Helen Hunt) who hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband (Matthew Broderick) leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her real one (Bette Midler), an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down.

9pm, Paper Moon, a private club for members, 3737 S. State Street. Tickets $7, 713-0678.

Opens today at Broadway Centre Theatres, 111 E. 300 South. saltlakefilmsociety.org.

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Q It’s the return (or revenge) of Bunny, who joins Ruby and Chevy for the 3rd Friday Bingo at First Baptist benefitting homeless youth. Women’s drumming/ advocacy group, Sheltered Reality, will provide entertainment and party foulage.

The theme is “cinco de mayo” — the mayonnaise kind. Be prepared to answer questions from the actual immigration U.S. citizenship naturalization exam.

What is the capital of Maine, anyway?

Saturday — Utah Opera presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

Sung in Italian, this swash-buckling, murderous, vengeful and seductive story of legendary Don Juan will make any rogue change his ways — unless of course it’s Martha Stewart, President Bush or Dionne Warwick.

7:30pm, through May 18, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South. Tickets $10–65, 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

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6:30pm doors, 7pm bingo, First Baptist Church, 777 S 1300 East. $5 for your first bingo card.

Q It’s all about Nova Starr’s Love Muscle.

This heat intensifying contest bares all the parts we love to touch, rub, lick and squeeze ... well, almost every part. So if you’ve recently auditioned for Hot Bod commercials, then enter your tight buns here for cash and other prizes.

9pm, Club Sound, a private club for members, 579 W. 200 South. Free to members, myspace.com/ gossipslc.

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SATURDAY — Plan-B Theatre Company’s fifth annual “foray into madness” introduces to the stage five 10-minute premiere plays in just 24 hours. This year’s SLAM features local playwrights Deborah Threedy, Cort Binkerhoff and Kathleen Cahill among others. Also, cast members include Q’s Fabby-award nominees Kirt Bateman and Jay Perry.

8pm, Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $18, 355-ARTS or arttix. org.

Q The Lambda Hiking Club’s next Easy Hike (I guess that means it can be done in three-inch heels or while your asleep) is along the Bonneville Trail in North Salt Lake. With any luck at all the temperature will be above 50 degrees and the wind won’t whip you like a wet towel.

10am, parking lot south of the Chevron station, 200 S. 700 East. Free, 583-7064 or gayhike.org.

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WEDNESDAY — Out with her second album On A Clear Night, and out personally, Missy Higgins is an up-and-coming singer/songwriter from Australia with an exciting indie folk flare. She’s in Utah tonight sharing the stage with Mason Jennings. Check out her interview on page 28.

Salt Lake Men’s Choir “Hooray For Hollywood” 25th Anniv. Concert ­ saltlakemenschoir.org

june 22 Utah AIDS Foundation Golf Tournament ­ utahaids.org

june 26–29 Utah Arts Festival ­ uaf.org

july 4 True Colors Tour, USANA Amphitheatre truecolorstour.com

july 19 PWACU’s Charity Fashion Show & Silent Auction, pwacu.org

august 1–3 The Village Summit utahaids.org

august 1–3 Park City Arts Festival kimball-art.org

august 7–10 PWACU River Trip pwacu.org

august8–9 Red Rock Women’s Festival, Torrey redrockwomensfest.com

august 10 Q Day at Lagoon

august 15–16 PrIdaho — Pocatello, Idaho Pride pridaho.org

august 24 Center Golf Classic utahpridecenter.org

september 16 Equality Utah Allies Dinner equalityutah.org

september 26–27

7:30pm, The Paladium, a private club for members, 415 W 600 North. Tickets $20/advance–$25/day of, 467-8499 or smithstix.com.

Southern Utah Pride, Springdale. ­southernutahpride.org

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June 21 Salt Lake Men’s Choir “Hooray for Hollywood” 25th anniv. concert, kingtix.com June 24 Ani DiFranco, Las Vegas July 4 True Colors, USANA Amphitheatre July 21 John Mayer, USANA Amphitheatre July 26 Eddie Izzard, Las Vegas Aug. 25 Sheryl Crow, USANA Amphitheatre Nov. 21 Celine Dion, ES Arena

october 10–12

october 11 Coming Out Day Breakfast utahpridecenter.org

Email arts@­qsaltlake.com for consideratilon to be included in Save the Date.

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A Dash of Pepper Mashay

by Michael Aaron

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Mashay is easily one of the sweetest, most personable divas anyone could want to interview.

Her words aren’t peppered, they’re sugared. Her sweet, sultry voice just lures you in and makes you want to stay a while and soak it all in.

Mashay has been singing since the 70s, and gained her gay diva-hood in 2001 with her Barry Harris hits, “Dive in the Pool,” which opened every episode of the first season of Queer as Folk (Let’s Get Soaking Wet!), and “I Got My Pride.”

She got with me early in the morning on our press date after a long night in the recording studio working on a new single. epper

Michael Aaron: The first time I saw you was at Gay Days at Disney in Orlando, Florida when Queer As Folk was in its heyday.

Pepper Mashay: That was the start of a couple of really hectic years!

MA: How did you get started in singing?

PEPPER: Oh my God, honey... I started out in the 80s and 90s as a big-name fashion singer — did a lot of folks’ records. Everyone from Celine Dion to Tina Turner to Cher. I used to sing regularly for Diane Warren, who’s looked upon as being the number one songwriter in the world.

Bless Their Sordid Hearts

by Tony Hobday

All families have a strange dynamic. Unless you’re from a Mormon upbringing, you may most likely agree. But there is nothing stranger … or more dysfunctional … than a Texan family. I can attest to this because I’m Texan – proud of it – but also in need of thousands of dollars in therapy because of it.

Pygmalion Theatre Company has taken one such family created by famed gay writer/producer Del Shores, and without any doubt, adapted one of the most hilarious plays of the season. Sordid Lives is a wild, crude and arguably misanthropic comedy focusing on an unsavory “redneck” (I can say that, I’m Texan!) family’s dark secrets that come full circle with the sudden, yet embarrassing, demise of their mother.

Shores has written some of the most eclectic and unscrupulous characters, and here, director Fran Pruyn has expertly materialized them in this production. The bulk of the cast favorably portray their characters with humorous fervor and equally distasteful elegance … just as they were written.

Peggy’s accidental death in a seedy motel while in a secret tryst with a much younger man prompts her daughters Latrelle (Reb Fleming) — a keeping-upappearances type — and Lavonda (Teresa Sanderson) — a big-haired trailer trash type — to come to near-bikini-mudwrestling blows about the funeral. Peggy’s sister, Sissy (the darling Vicki Pugmire), ends up in the middle of the squabble, all the while struggling to quit smoking.

Noleta (Tamara Howell) is the distraught family friend, whose husband G.W. (Jeffrey Owen) turns out to be the ‘much younger man’ whose discarded wooden legs inadvertently sent Peggy to the Big

Cattle Ranch in the sky.

Throw in the grit mix Peggy’s transvestite son Brother Boy (Michael Canham), whose 23-year ‘dehomosexualization’ therapy with an uptight, sex-deprived therapist, Dr. Eve (Barb Gandy), has proven fruitless; the local bar owner, Wardell (Mark Fossen), who for 23 years has been the object of Brother Boy’s affection; Wardell’s pig-fearing buddy Odell (Lane Richins); the town slut Bitsy (A. Bronwen Beecher); and Juanita (scenestealer Barbara Smith), the town drunk; and what you’ve got is a steer-wrangling, shit-kicking grand time.

Pruyn’s decision to integrate the character of Latrelle’s gay son Ty (Stein Erickson) through short monologues at the beginning of each act is the emotional breadth of the production, an endearing addition.

Set designer Brad Henrie went for kitschy and Pruyn went for fluidity. Both succeeded in their respective visions. The set is minimal and functional, with a giant cowboy boot center stage functioning as the doorway to the acting area.

Costume and hair design don’t miss any fashion faux pas: back-combed hairdos, embroidered pearl-snap Western fringe shirts, extra-mini mini skirts (panty line-exposed), bejeweled wide waist belts (the size of a wrestling trophy belt), and exposed bra straps just to name a few. Actually it’s amazing anyone was wearing a bra, seeing as how hot it is in rural Texas.

The two hours of audience hysteria overshadow the production’s minimal negative aspects and are not worth mentioning.

There is strong language, mature sexual content and smoking on stage so there’s probably some tightwads who’ll be offended … obviously they’re not from Texas. Q

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MA: You were singing under your original name, Jean McClain, back then.

How did “Pepper Mashay” come about?

Pepper: My manager sent out a producer from New York to L.A. in ’93, Michael O’Hara, who knew dance music. At the time, I had no idea what dance music was all about, baby. I had heard what they were playing in the discos, but my head was totally into that Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin stuff. We started writing some songs out of my home, and he took my outside the back door and said that Jean McClain is great, but not very catchy. So we started throwing names back at each other. Pepper Mashay came out of that project in ’93 and by then I was just hellbent. I wanted to discover what this music was all about. [With dance music] it didn’t matter if you were a certain age or a certain color, it just mattered that you were a singing diva.

MA: So then you got hooked up with DJs. PEPPER: Yeah, honey, and back then I didn’t know what DJs were all about. I thought they just showed up at clubs and played records. I didn’t know the scene at all. And you know that Tony Moran did my first record in ’95. Out of that project came my song, “Something to Feel.” From then on, it just snow-balled. Then I did a project for Richie Jones, who just did Jennifer Hudson’s “And I’m Telling You.” He wrote a song called “Not Much Heaven” which just blew up! I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

MA: And then you met Barry Harris.

Pepper: Yeah, my relationship with him started in 1999. I was basically hired as a backup singer for their project. They had done a record for Abigail which had a single called “If It Don’t Fit, Don’t Force it.” And from that project, that’s when “Dive in the Pool” came into being.

MA: And then came the explosion.

Pepper: Oh the explosion was incredible.

That happened in 2000. I had gone in and

done the song in April or May of 2000 and

by July it had created such a strong presence that people were calling me when I was over in Japan with Bobby Caldwell, ’cuz I was singing backup for him on a slow jazz project, to tell me that the song was getting ready to explode on Billboard.

And baby, I tell you, at the time I had no idea what that meant or what was coming (laughs). It became even bigger that year because of the fact that Queer as Folk, which was the first gay-oriented show, was getting ready to hit cable. Unbeknownst to me, Barry knew the producers of the show and basically took the song to them and they put it on the show.

MA: So what have you been doing recently?

Pepper: Last year I did a single for Georgie Porgie, where we just fanned the flames of “Lost Yo Mind,” which was number one on the Billboard Club Play. I’m really working on a new album right now that I hope to have finished by September.

Between now and then I have a number of singles that will end up being on that project. And I’m working with a lot of DJs from MySpace, which right now is the big thing for everybody. A lot of them are coming to my site and asking me to do projects with them, which is really great.

MA: So MySpace has really changed how things work in the industry then.

Pepper: Yeah, a lot of us divas, from ’05 on when we discovered the whole idiom, darling, it’s just snowballed and created a whole cottage industry for all of us to network and talk to the people who are actually playing our records, and also getting directly involved with our fans, which is really awesome.

MA: I know that you started doing a lot of work for HIV and AIDS projects and other charities the moment your career blossomed.

Pepper: It really is something important to me, because that was during the time, back in ’01, when the reports were coming in that the young kids and the minority community were getting sick. It hit the minority community really, really hard. So I knew that my place for that was right in the forefront. Even now I’m participating with a really wonderful project called the AIDS Research Alliance. They are doing a big project called ArtSeen 3. They’ve given me and others digital cameras and we are taking pictures — snapshots of hope. I’m doing 27 images and they are auctioning off the images that we take on May 17.

MA: That’s wonderful. SO, tell me what we can expect when you come into town.

Pepper: I’m really excited because I will be doing the latest song, which is called “Got to Give the People (What they Want),” and it’s a remix done by Tony Marinos from there in Salt Lake. I’ll be doing his version and also his version of “Send Me an Angel,” which I just love. That’s one of my favorite songs that came out about three years ago. Q Pepper Mashay will be performing at the Trapp Door, a private club for members, on Saturday.

May 10. Her Web site is at peppermashay.com and she is now hosting a show, “SOUND CHECK With PEPPER MASHAY,” on PrideNation.com.

You can also go to her MySpace page at ­myspace.com/peppermashay

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In the “Clear”: an interview with out singer/ songwriter Missy Higgins

GS: You’ve had an amazing amount of success in Australia. Are you able to walk down the street without being recognized or is that a thing of the past?

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Higgins is definitely on the rise. Her 2005 debut disc The Sound of White earned her a devoted following and the exceptional follow-up On a Clear Night (Reprise) has the potential to keep the momentum rolling in her favor. Songs such as “Where I Stood,” “Steer,” “Warm Whispers,” and “Peachy,” display both her versatility and her knack for writing memorable tunes. My interview with the in-demand Australian singer/songwriter was pushed back a couple of times during the course of an afternoon, indicating that I wasn’t the only journalist eager to speak with her. As Higgins said at the beginning of our interview, “It’s really good that things are starting to pick up for me over here. I know that if people want interviews, it’s obviously a good thing.” issy

Gregg Shapiro: A couple of years have passed between the release of your debut album The Sound of White and your new disc On a Clear Night. How would you say that you have changed personally during that time, if at all?

Missy Higgins: I think that, as a person, I’ve definitely grown up (laughs) to say the least.

When I wrote some of the songs for the first album, I started writing when I was 15 basically. I’m 24 now, so a lot of time has passed.

The issues that I’ve touched on for this album come from, I’d have to say, a more mature and maybe self-assured place.

GS: How would you say that you changed as a musician during that time?

MH: I’m not sure how much I’ve changed as a musician. I’ve definitely been leaning much more towards the guitar these days than the piano, just because the guitar is a much more portable instrument than the piano. A lot of this album was written on the guitar because I can take it into hotel rooms and on the tour bus and that kind of thing.

GS: I’m glad that you mentioned that because you continue to play piano and guitar on On a Clear Night. Do you prefer one instrument over the other when you are writing songs?

MH: In the beginning, I was essentially a piano player because I started playing piano when I was about 6. I didn’t pick up the guitar until I was 13 or 14. I was much stronger

MH: I usually get recognized, but it’s not a massive thing in Australia to be famous. It’s definitely not being a celebrity in America.

It’s much more small time, in other words (laughs). I don’t get mobbed or anything — nobody really cares.

GS: What would it mean to you to be mobbed in the States?

MH: That would mean that I’d either made some really bad choices and become famous without being successful or that I’d become really successful. Because, in the States, to be that famous and to be at the level where you’re being mobbed on the streets means that you have to be selling an incredible amount of records, just because your country is so huge.

GS: The songs on On A Clear Night retain the essence of what made The Sound of White so wonderful, prominently displaying your distinctive singing and songwriting and musicianship. But there are some noticeable differences including the presence of producer/musician Mitchell Froom and Neil Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House fame. How did you come to work with both of them?

MH: I’d done a support tour of The Finn Brothers in Australia and I’d met Neil Finn a couple of times. That’s how I knew him, and obviously, I was a huge fan. So I knew of him before I’d actually met him. Mitchell Froom, when I was looking around for producers, I had been listening to a lot of albums and the ones that stood out were the ones that Mitchell had produced. I met up with him in L.A., and with a few other people. With Mitchell, I just got along with him really well and we seemed to have a lot of the same ideas as to what the album should sound like. He put forward his ideas, and I put forward mine, and they were definitely along the same lines that the album should just be very simply recorded. And the musicians that he wanted to work with, one of them was Matt Chamberlain on the drums, who I was a big fan of.

And I thought, wow (laughs)! I hadn’t heard of any of the other musicians, but I thought, if he wants to work with Matt Chamberlain, than I will trust every single other decision he makes in the musician department (laughs).

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Swedenborn pop artist Robyn’s self-titled debut album begins with a handful of stale hip hop singles, exploding with attitude and fierce lyrics, yet unable to invoke emotion. Not until a third of the way through does her style change to more suiting funk pop and dreamy melodies including “With Every Heartbeat,” “Crash and Burn Girl” and “Robotboy.” The 16-track album is hit-and-miss, but Robyn’s intensity and ‘kickboxer’ attitude makes her an interesting and formidable songwriter. Now if she could work fresh arrangements and lay off the whiny schoolgirl temperment, her albums could sell millions.

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at piano than I was at guitar because I’d been playing it a lot longer. But then my lifestyle made it much easier to play guitar so I went more towards that. I actually quit piano when I was 14 because I decided that it wasn’t cool enough. My parents had wanted me to play it for so long and tried to make me practice and it just felt a little bit forced and like it was a chore. Guitar was much cooler and I was starting to get into the grunge bands like Nirvana and Hole and all that kind of stuff, so I got an electric guitar.

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that just a great opening line or a spot on description of who you are?

MH: It definitely doesn’t sum up who I am, but I’ve been known to go through phases of chasing the hard route instead of going the easy way. I guess, essentially, that I’m an artist at heart. So I enjoy a bit of a struggle. And when I’m down, I tend to kind of roll around in it rather than try to claw my way out. And my favorite thing to do is explore the darkest parts of my mind and go in there and embrace it and see where it can take me. Lots of time it can take me to the guitar or my piano and that gives me literally an instrument to let go of something that’s been troubling me.

GS: Speaking of piano, the song “Secret” made me think of Fiona Apple, who is also known for her piano playing. Is she someone that you would consider to be an influence on your work?

MH: Yeah, she definitely is an influence on me. When I was writing for my first album, I had a lot of people say to me that I sounded a bit like Fiona Apple, but I’d never heard of her at the time. Because so many people said that I sounded like her, I thought, I’m gonna check this girl out (laughs) because maybe we’re quite similar and maybe she could be an influence on me. I listened to her music and I just loved it. Sarah McLachlan was another big influence on me when I was starting out.

GS: It’s been a few months since you did your coming out interview and I was wondering how you would describe the reception you’ve gotten since that time.

MH: I didn’t really consider it so much a coming out issue. I guess I was just being honest with how I felt about my sexuality and how I didn’t necessarily define myself as anything.

But then I guess everyone took it as a coming out issues, so I thought, okay (laughs), I guess it was then, sure. I just wrote a statement on my Web site clarifying for those who were a bit confused by it all, because my sexuality is not really a big deal to me. I’m very comfortable with it and I’m very open about it with everyone around me, my family and my friends. The reception I’ve gotten since has been great! I’ve had people come up to me at shows and thank me for coming out and say that it was inspiring for them to see a role model be so comfortable with their sexuality and the idea that it’s not really that big a deal. I’ve been really happy with it and I haven’t had any negative feedback. And, if I did, I wouldn’t take any notice of it anyway.

GS: That’s great. Have you been invited to play any Gay Pride festivals?

MH: I’ve been invited to play on the Olivia Cruises, actually. I think that might be happening, but it’s not locked in yet, so I won’t promise anything. But I think that would be a lot of (laughs) fun. I don’t really know what to expect. I’ve never been on a cruise before.

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With their upcoming onstage presence at this year’s True Colors Tour, the B-52s will certainly promote their newest works, a compilation of trueto-form B-52 pop rock tracks off the album FunPlex. As with the B-52s of the ’80s, they are an instant ‘like’ or ‘dislike’ ... similar to wasabe, they have an unusual distinction, and whether you like it or not, you definitely get a kick from it. Funplex is sexy and slap-happy; the single “Ultraviolet” is a pumped up dance track suggesting “Let’s hit the G spot, lovin’ it – lovin’ it ... There’s the G spot, pull the car over ...” and “Deviant Ingredient” is “a fully eroticized being.”

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Darn it, Baby, That’s Love!

Clay hails from Hawaii and introduces this “gay cabaret” selection of cover tunes in Darn it, Baby, That’s Love. Twelve tracks of jazz/pop/ blues “songs of love from one man to another.” Tracks include a cheeky-fabulous “My Superman,” a pew-reverberating gospelly rendition of “That’s What I Like About You” and a gay two-step of Loretta Lynn’s “You Ain’t Woman Enough to Take My Man.” For thirty-five minutes your own living room is the most fabulous cabaret club, and whether your hooked up or single, the love of a man, through Clay Callaway, fills the room.

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George were scurrying about the house, actually it was mostly George — Jacin frequently, and by no design of his own, was pulled into the whirlwind that was George. They were already minutes late to meet Eddie and Jody at Pib’s Exchange, a clothing exchange boutique. Their mission: to find camp-fabulous clothing, wigs and accessories for a surprise birthday drag show planned for their friend, Leticia.

Leticia was their token hetero Mormonbred friend, growing up in a white Latterday Saint household alongside five sister siblings named Shayla, Tasha, Leila, Tia and Maya. The group occasionally discussed the irony between Leticia’s name and her avidity for black men, especially bald ones. A winter excursion to Jamaica two years ago validated the assertion when Jacin found her on the beach in a compromising position with a local member of the hotel’s house band.

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Jody’s expression was far less than ecstatic, she only volunteered to join them because her girlfriend, Kat, was in sessions most of the day, and she was frankly bored.

Jacin and George perused the racks another half hour, slipping scarves and wrap-around skirts under their arms. Jacin howled at a costume bra that, when filled with water, a scenic ocean motif with plastic floating fish comes to life. To George’s disapproval, Jacin insisted on buying it.

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As the evening progressed and the Jell-O shots disappeared, the acts also progressed to near embarrassment. Cherry Popper (Jody), who refused to do dyke drag, instead chose to perform drag queen extraordinaire Pussy Tourette’s “If I Can’t Sell It” in nothing but a red silk teddy. It started out rather sensual, but quickly turned comical when a leg of the chair being used as a prop split and she tumbled to the floor, a magnifying glass-size nipple popping out of the teddy.

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Tipsy Turvy (Josh) closed the show as an eerily-classic Janis Joplin, singing “Me and Bobby McGee” with an unlit cigarette dangling from her lips and brandishing a half empty (or half full) bottle of vodka.

After the performers stripped their drag attire and makeup — including an awkward moment cutting the fishnet stockings from Tipper Whore (George), which were hindering blood flow through her legs — and after the dining room was returned to its original purpose, they all sat down for a late dinner.

“So what happened with the one-night stand who called you last week?” Eddie asked Josh.

“I’ve actually been meaning to tell you all, but I haven’t been sure how,” he replied.

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“OK. Now please try to be open to what I’m about to say,” Josh started. “I know how unreceptive we are to new people coming into our group, so ...”

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