QSaltLake Magazine - 145 - Jan. 08, 2010

Penfold Sworn In as Salt Lake City Councilman

QSaltLake Giving Away a Same-Sex Wedding

MoiMoi Gets Jail Time in Anti-Gay Assault

Gay Ski Weeks Around the Country

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News — World Briefs

Quips & Quotes

New Hampshire Gays Marry on New Years Gay and lesbian New Hampshire couples celebrated more than the new year the morning of Jan. 1; some were legally married as well. In June, Gov. John Lynch, himself an opponent of gay marriage, signed a same-sex bill passed by both houses of the state legislature. The law took effect Jan. 1.

But, a New Hampshire state representative is working to bring marriage equality before the voters.

Republican Rep. David Bates wants to raise the issue during a March 9 town meeting vote. The New Hampshire state constitution does not allow for statewide ballot initiatives, but just 25 registered voters can successfully petition for an issue to be vetted by attendees.

“This is in response to the law which took effect Jan. 1 that redefined marriage to include homosexual relationships,” Bates wrote in an e-mail statement to supporters. “The question voters will be asked on March 9 is intended to determine the will of the New Hampshire voters concerning the marriage debate.”

Three Republican members have also proposed a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, according to the Union-Leader newspaper. The constitutional amendment would have to be passed by three-fifths of the legislature and then two-thirds of the popular vote.

Gay Couple’s Wedding to Be Featured by Martha Stewart The wedding ceremony of Good As You blogger Jeremy Hooper and his husband, Andrew Shulman, will be featured in the 15th anniversary issue of Martha Stewart Weddings. It is the first time the magazine has shown a same-sex wedding ceremony.

Hooper said he posted photos from his Connecticut wedding on his blog in June and was approached the next day by an editor at the magazine.

“I think they were actively looking for a same-sex couple,” Hooper said.

Editor-in-chief Vanessa Holden told The Advocate that the couple was chosen because it was a “very nice, wellexecuted, tastefully-done celebration of two people’s union.”

American Evangelicals ‘Duped’

by Anti-Gay Uganda Bill In a report by the New York Times, three evangelical Americans are downplaying their role in a pending Uganda bill that seeks the death penalty for certain gay acts and jail time for those who do not report their knowledge of a person being gay.

The three spoke at a conference in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, in March, on the threat of the gay rights movement and how to make gay people straight.

“The three Americans who spoke at

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Salt Lake City is an amazingly diverse place.

Who knew? I guess I did.”

—Stan Penfold, Salt Lake City’s first openly gay councilman, while taking his oath of office Jan. 4, as quoted in The Salt Lake Tribune.

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The Human Rights Campaign is calling “inappropriate and incendiary” a Late Show with David Letterman sketch Tuesday that mocked the presidential appointment of an openly transgender woman, Amanda Simpson. PHOTO: NBC the conference — Scott Lively, a missionary who has written several books against homosexuality, including 7 Steps to Recruit-Proof Your Child; Caleb Lee Brundidge, a self-described former gay man who leads ‘healing seminars’; and Don Schmierer, a board member of Exodus International, whose mission is ‘mobilizing the body of Christ to minister grace and truth to a world impacted by homosexuality’ — are now trying to distance themselves from the bill,” reports the Times.

Schmierer insisted that he was invited to talk about parenting gay children.

“I feel duped,” he told the Times.

Ugandan human rights advocates, however, say the conference inspired the bill proposed in October by parliament member David Bahati.

“Human rights advocates in Uganda say the visit by the three Americans helped set in motion what could be a very dangerous cycle,” reports the Times. “Gay Ugandans already describe a world of beatings, blackmail, death threats like ‘Die Sodomite!’ scrawled on their homes, constant harassment and even so-called correctional rape.”

HIV Travel Ban Lifted HIV-positive Clemens Ruland and his HIV-negative partner, Hugo Bausch, landed in John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, the first time in 23 years that an HIV-positive person has legally traveled into the United States.

Prior to the rule being lifted, a person wishing to obtain a visa to enter the United States was subjected to an HIV test and denied if they were found to be positive.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control proposed the removal of the ban last July and Barack Obama lifted it in November.

Ruland and Bausch are from the Netherlands and will be visiting friends and shopping during their one week stay in the city.

The pair won a trip to New York City after Ruland entered a poem into an es-

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say contest sponsored by a Dutch AIDS service organization.

Gay Malawi Couple Arrested for Gay Sex after Ceremony Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 29, and Steven Monjeza, 26, were arrested at their home in Malawi two days after they were married in a symbolic ceremony Dec. 26. They were accused of “unnatural practices between males” and gross indecency, and face up to 14 years in jail with hard labor if found guilty. They were denied bail Jan. 5, amid reports of beatings in prison.

Human rights lawyer Chrispine Sibande said the legality of the arrests could be challenged in the High Court because they were inconsistent with Malawi’s constitution.

“As a country we have agreed to adopt human rights, which include life in diversity. To deny somebody any sexual right ... is a violation of human rights,” Sibande said.

Nations in Africa are becoming increasingly conservative and homosexuality is criminalized in 37 countries across the continent.

Anti-Gay State Rep. Kern Wants to Ban Divorce Oklahoma state representative Sally Kern, famous for a YouTube video proclaiming gays a greater threat to the United States than terrorism, not only doesn’t want gay couples to marry, but wants to keep straight pairs from divorcing.

Kern is sponsoring a bill to make it more difficult to obtain a divorce. The measure would not allow a court to grant a divorce on grounds of incompatibility if the husband and wife have minor children or have been together more than 10 years, or if either party submits a written objection to the divorce.

“Something is wrong when you can get out of a marriage easier than a loan for a car,” she said.

An openly gay man was sworn in Monday, Jan. 4, as a Salt Lake City councilman.”

—The lead sentence of an article about Penfold in Bay Windows, a New England GLBT newspaper.

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Personally, I’m excited about having some new blood in city government — the fact that he happens to be gay is icing on the cake.”

—Brandon Burt of Salt Lake City Weekly’s “Brandon’s Big Gay Blog.”

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I hope the Utah voters look at Bennett’s voting record when he is up for re-election. Utah will be the last state to recognize loving relationships between adult partners who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.”

— James Freed of Portland, Ore. in a letter to The Salt Lake Tribune on Republican Sen. Bob Bennett’s opposition to a benefits bill for unmarried partners of federal employees.

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Buttars hugs gay rights leaders in public. Former foes hold hands and sing ‘We Are the World’ in Capitol rotunda” —A headline Deseret News columnists Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb said they would like to see in 2010, making a joke about West Jordan Republican Sen. Chris Buttars’ history of anti-gay comments.

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I personally feel, as do the many other women who have made contact with me since I started this, that this is a service whose time has come.”

—Bobbi Davis, owner of Nevada’s Shady Lady Ranch brothel in a letter to Nye County officials after the county board voted to allow her to hire the state’s first legal male sex workers.

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News — Local

Penfold Sworn in as SLC Councilman On Jan. 4, Stan Penfold, director of the Utah AIDS Foundation, took his oath of office as one of Salt Lake City’s newest councilmen alongside returning councilmembers Carlton Christensen, Jill Remington Love and Soren Simonson, who were also sworn in for their next terms.

“It was a great day,” Penfold said simply.

Last year, Penfold won a tough electoral victory for the seat in District 3, which covers the ultra-liberal Avenues and Capitol Heights area, after thenCouncilman Eric Jergensen announced that he would not seek a third term. Before the election last November, Penfold received glowing endorsements from a number of Salt Lake politicians and prominent citizens including Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, former U.S. Congresswoman Karen Shepherd, and former State Senator Paula Julander.

Since his win, Penfold has also received attention from the national media as the city’s first openly gay councilman — attention he admits somewhat baffles him.

“My favorite is when they say [I’m] the first known openly gay councilman,” he laughed. “When you’re openly gay, doesn’t everybody know it? It seems a little redundant.”

All joking aside, Penfold said that his sexual orientation “never really was an issue” during his campaign because “the people in my district just didn’t see it as an issue.”

“They were like, ‘Yeah, so what?’,” he said. “They really wanted to focus on what [would I] do for the neighborhood, and that’s what the election was about.

Some of the things Penfold promised to do for his district if elected included improving public transportation options throughout the city (including the addition of bike lanes on some city streets), supporting a strong neighborhood watch program to deter crime and working to protect the environment — including the city’s rapidly vanishing open spaces.

In fact, Penfold said his first council meeting covered exactly that issue. Here, he said the council discussed whether or not the undeveloped land along the Jordan River that the city owns should be developed into soccer fields or a park, or simply left alone.

“There’s a good healthy discussion going on about that,” he said.

Penfold’s plans during the year also include tackling a number of other issues facing the city, including a proposed TRAX light rail line running from North Temple to the Salt Lake International Airport and how to protect “the diversity and character of our neighborhoods.”

“There are a lot of really important issues that Salt Lake City is dealing with now, and I’m excited about it because I think some of the decisions we make in the next couple of years are really going to influence what the city looks like for the next 10 or 20 years,” he said.

Penfold also added that he is “overwhelmed” by the support he has received from those who elected and endorsed him, and from Salt Lake City’s community at large.

“That’s been the most incredible part of this experience,” he said. “It was a little unexpected but it’s been great.”

Penfold’s swearing-in comes at an economically challenging time for the city, which is feeling the effects of the 2009 recession while facing a number of possible expansions, including the North Temple light rail and the creation of a new theater on Main Street.

Councilwoman Jill Remington Love, who ran unopposed last year, told The Salt Lake Tribune that she would be facing “some of the most difficult decisions I will have to make as an elected official” this year and beyond.

“We may have to wait on many important projects,” she added.

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Newly-sworn Salt Lake City Councilman Stan Penfold speaking at a World AIDS Day event in December. PHOTO: DAVID DANIELS

Chaffetz Works to Block DC Gay Marriage Law Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz is vowing to block gay marriage from being law in Washington, D.C., even though its Council and mayor have signed samesex marriage into law.

Chaffetz, though a freshman congressman, is the ranking Republican in the House subcommittee that oversees D.C. law.

“My position is in favor of traditional marriage,” Cheffetz told KCPW radio in an interview Jan. 5. “Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution actually requires the United States Congress to have jurisdiction over all legislation in Washington, D.C. So, it is also our Constitutional responsibility to affirm or take down a piece of legislation that is pased there in Washington, D.C.” Reporter Jeff Robinson asked Chaffetz about the irony of a state like Utah, which demands state sovereignty and the right to govern itself without federal intervention, yet a representative is leading the fight against legislation that elected Washington, D.C. representatives passed and the mayor signed.

“Washington, D.C. is not a state,” Chaffetz replied. “It’s treated separately.

We’re just following the Constitution.”

“This is a state issue,” Chaffetz continued. “Thirty-one times in a row, when this has been put up for a popular vote, people of the states have voted in favor of traditional marriage. We’d like to have that same type of opportunity in Washington, D.C., but Washington, D.C. is not a state and acts differently. That’s

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why our founders were so profound and inspired when they put together the Constitution and said, ‘well, it’s going to be the United States Congress that’s going to interact with the local representatives there in D.C. to affirm or take down any piece of legislation.”

“It’s happened sporadically in the past. It’s not common, but there’s that mechanism in place and we’re just abiding by the Constitution.”

“I’m not trying to attack gay marriage,” he explained. “I’m just trying to affirm my positive view that I believe in traditional marriage.”

Chaffetz admitted that his attempt to forestall the legislation has “little to no chance” of making it out of committee.

“Democrats have the House, the Senate and the presidency,” Chaffetz admitted. “Even though Barack Obama and Joe Biden have said they believe in traditional marriage, ought to be the law, I doubt they’d veto something like this.”

“But, I do think there are other avenues that we will be pursuing to continue to pursue traditional marriage in Washington, D.C.” he said.

Chaffetz and fellow freshman congressman Rep. Jarod Polis, D-Colo., an openly gay internet millionaire, are toting cameras for installments on CNN. When Chaffetz noted that he made his fortune in the skin-care industry, Polis quipped, “Well, I’m surprised to learn that Jason worked in skin care. That sounds more gay than anything I’ve ever done in my career.”

The Tri-State HIV/AIDS Task Force will offer free HIV testing to residents of Southern Utah and parts of Arizona and Nevada Jan. 9, 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Doctors Free Clinic, 1036 E. Riverside Dr., St. George. Free testing is held at the clinic during these times on the second Saturday of each month.

Utah AIDS Foundation HIV Testing The Utah AIDS Foundation offers weekly low-cost, confidential testing for HIV, syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhea and hepatitis C. HIV tests are administered by oral swab with results in 20 minutes.

WHEN: Mondays 5–7 p.m. walk-ins and Thursdays 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. by appointment.

WHERE: UAF test site, 1408 S. 1100 E. COST: $15 per HIV and rectal chlamydia/gonorrhea test, $5 for syphilis test, $25 for hepatitis C test. The test for genital chlamydia/ gonorrhea is free.

INFO: 801-487-2323

QUAC Holiday and Awards Party The Queer Utah Aquatic Club will hold a party in honor of the club’s accomplishments in 2009 at JAM. The event will be a potluck dinner and awards ceremony and attendees are asked to bring a food item to share (QUAC will provide plates and utensils). JAM will provide beer and non-alcoholic drinks. QUAC will also provide information about membership renewals, the upcoming Ski-n-Swim 2010 and the Gay Games in Cologne, Germany. This is an event for people 21 and over.

WHEN: Jan. 9, 7–8 p.m. (dinner), 8:30 p.m. (awards ceremony) WHERE: Club Jam, 751 N. 300 West.

Coping Strategies Workshop Adding to Your Coping Strategies: Finding Dry Land During Stormy Weather, a six-week stress and anxiety-management workshop, began Jan. 4. Those still wishing to participate may sign up for the workshop’s second module in February. The workshop was created by therapist Lee Beckstead and University of Utah professor Jordan Rullo and is facilitated by Deanna Rosen and Julia Mackaronis.

WHEN: Feb. 1, 8, 22, 6–7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Utah Pride Center (361 N. 300 West) COST: $15 per module, with scholarships available on request.

INFO: Julia at Julia.mackaronis@ psych.utah.edu or Deanna at 801288-1062.

Equality Utah Gears Up for 2010 Jazz Brunch The state’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights group rings in another year of fighting for equality with its annual Jazz Brunch, Jan. 10.

Unlike the more formal Allies Dinner held later in the year, the Jazz Brunch is an opportunity for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Utahns and their friends, families and allies to get information about Equality Utah’s work and its plans for the year, said Brandie Balken, the organization’s executive director. The money from tickets and donations, she said, will contribute to Equality Utah’s operating funds for the upcoming general legislative session, which opens Jan. 25.

“And it never hurts that there are mimosas,” she added, noting that the popular beverage will be just one of the cocktails served at the brunch.

The informal event will feature former State Sen. Scott McCoy as a guest, Utah’s first and so far only openly gay senator. McCoy resigned from his post last month and delegates elected Ben McAdams — one of Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker’s aides — to his post shortly before Christmas.

“It’ll be an opportunity for people to honor his [McCoy’s] work and to ask

him about his decision and where he’s going next,” said Balken. “I think a lot of people in the community were taken by surprise by his resignation, so it’s always good for people to hear [why] from the source.”

Equality Utah will also unveil some of its plans for the year at the brunch, including its ongoing campaign to work with municipal governments to pass such laws as gay and transgenderinclusive housing and workplace nondiscrimination. In November of last year, Salt Lake City passed two such ordinances, and Salt Lake County and Park City are poised to pass identical ordinances this month.

According to Balken, Equality Utah is in talks with several municipalities and city governments about similar ordinances. Along with its usual lobbyist and delegate training, Equality Utah, she added, is also working on building grassroots action teams in areas outside of Salt Lake Valley and broadening its training programs to fair-minded Utahns about getting involved in the political process “beyond being a delegate and going to lobby a legislator.”

This new program, said Balken, will be discussed in more detail at the brunch.

“I think it’s just looking at how you can build an effective grassroots movement and engage more of the population,” she said, noting that some people may be uncomfortable with the idea of talking to a lawmaker, or unable to do so for a variety of reasons.

But, “having a conversation with your coworkers or a neighbor is a form of grassroots activism, and [when this happens], I think it will help people see the human face of why these policies and changes are important,” she said.

“A lot of positive municipal decision can be made if we can start to empower people to have these conversations. It then becomes easier to have those conversations down the road.”

“Equality Utah believes there’s a way for everybody to plug into the political system and that one model doesn’t fit for everyone,” she added.

Equality Utah will also discuss some legislation that will appear on Capitol Hill this year, including a bill by Rep. Christine Johnson, D-Salt Lake City, that seeks to extend statewide housing and workplace protections to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Johnson introduced this bill in 2008 and ran it again in 2009 as part of Equality Utah’s Common Ground Initiative, a set of four gay rights bills, all of which died in committee before reaching debate on the Senate and House floors.

“We’ve had a lot of signs pointing to the fact that we might have a more receptive mood on the Hill [for this bill],” said Balken.

The brunch will be held Jan. 10, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pierpont Place, 163 W. Pierpont Ave. Tickets are $40 and include a yearlong Equality Utah membership. The Joe Muscolino Band will provide jazz music and refreshments will be provided by Pierpont Place.

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News — Local Man Gets Jail Time for Anti-Gay Assault on Capitol Hill The lead suspect in the 2008 beating of a gay man was sentenced to a year in jail and probation on Dec. 11. Utah Department of Corrections records show him as being on a work release

program.

On Aug. 9, 2008 Fa Junior MoiMoi was one of several suspects who attacked at least three people at an evening gathering in the Ensign Peak

Utah HRC Celebrates Women This month, 35 U.S. cities will observe Her HRC, a celebration of women sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization.

The event will celebrate the diversity of women and their contributions to the broader movement for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender political and social equality.

Salt Lake City will be among them.

“HRC Utah always wants to reach out to the ladies,” said Marina Gomberg, Events Co-chair for the HRC Utah steering committee. “The steering committee in Salt Lake City wanted to embrace the broad definition of women, whether that’s lesbian or bisexual women, someone who wants to dress like a woman for one night, or transsexual women, or genderqueer women. We wanted to celebrate the diversity of women, including [straight] allies.”

Most Her celebrations, including Salt Lake City’s, will be held Jan. 17. Par-

ticipating cities include Austin, Tex., Boston, Cleveland, Ohio, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Phoenix, Ariz. and Washington, D.C. (a handful of cities, however, will hold their Her events later in the month). The event in Utah will be a social featuring prizes, refreshments and a short video presentation about HRC’s work by openly lesbian comedians and performers including Lea Delaria, Judy Gold, Dana Goldberg, Mimi Gonzales, Lori Michaels, Vicky Shaw, Sandra Valls, Suzanne Westenhoefer and Karen Williams. Tickets are $35 and include a year’s membership in HRC. They can be purchased at the door or online at hrc.org/HerHRC. The event will be held at Club Jam, 751 N. 300 West.

“Everybody who celebrates women in different forms is encouraged to come and celebrate,” said Gomberg.

Her HRC is preseted nationally by Tylenol PM and sponsored by Harrah’s Entertainment.

Utah Pride Center Hosts Bisexual Awareness, Speakers Bureau As 2010 begins, the Utah Pride Center is offering a number of fun, informative and supportive events for Utah’s diverse gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender population.

As in years past, January is the Center’s Bisexual Awareness Month.

Although activities in honor of this month have been somewhat scaled down this year, they still include a Bisexuality 101 panel on Jan. 19 in the Salt Lake City Main Library’s auditorium from 7–9 p.m. “[Panelists] will be having a frank discussion answering some of the tough questions about what it means to be bisexual,” said Jennifer Nuttall, the Center’s Adult Programs director.

BAM events will conclude on Jan. 29 with a Coming Out social at the Utah Pride Center, 361 N. 300 West, 7–9 p.m.

This month, the Center will also begin work on its speakers bureau, for members of the community who enjoy public speaking and who would like to speak about issues affecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in

front of a number of different groups.

Nuttall said starting the speaker’s bureau has been one of her aspirations since coming to work at the Center six years ago. The bureau is being launched, she added, in part because the Utah Pride Center has “outgrown its ability to respond to requests from the community” to conduct such things as panel discussions on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues for various groups and organizations including schools, businesses and social service organizations.

“As we’ve talked about over and over, the thing that seems to change people’s views on these things is meeting actual GBLT people and hearing their stories,” she said. “Combining these stories with concrete information so they get both sides [of the issues facing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people] is a really good method for helping people understand our community better and hopefully becoming allies and working for equality.”

Those interested in becoming part

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area, a popular hangout for college-age people. One of the victims, Carlos Lopez, said that MoiMoi and at least five other men attacked him, his sister and his aunt when MoiMoi asked if Lopez was gay and Lopez did not respond.

Lopez suffered head trauma and needed facial reconstructive surgery for a broken occipital bone — one of seven small bones surrounding the eye. Police said MoiMoi attacked Lopez because of Lopez’s sexual orientation, and because of this, they were considering the beating a hate crime. Utah law allows prosecutors and judges to add a hate crimes enhancement to filed charges.

After the attack, MoiMoi fled the state for Hawaii where he was arrested and extradited to Utah last February.

During the manhunt, the Salt Lake City Police Department placed him on their 10 Most Wanted list. At the time, he was charged with one count of firstdegree felony aggravated assault and two counts of class A misdemeanor assault.

On Dec. 11, however, MoiMoi plead guilty to one count of third-degree felony aggravated assault, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. The judge dismissed the other charges.

In addition to his sentence, MoiMoi received 200 hours of community service and has been ordered to write a letter of apology to those he attacked.

He must also get his high school diploma equivalent and pay medical costs exceeding $36,000.

Police have now issued a warrant for the arrest of a suspect in the case, Sione Tupou Malohi, 24.

Timothy Kincade, a blogger at the Web site Box Turtle Bulletin, which offers “news, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric,” said that the sentencing was too light.

“I can sympathize when a situation gets out of hand and a punch gets thrown. But this was a gang of men attacking two women and a boy resulting in reconstructive surgery on his face,” he wrote. “I just can’t help but wonder if Lopez had been sent to the hospital in Utah with his facial bones broken because he was Mormon whether perhaps, just perhaps, the crime might have been taken more seriously.”

of the speakers bureau should contact Katie O’Farrell, the Center’s volunteer coordinator, at volunteer@utahpridecenter.org or 801-539-8800, ex. 22. A training session for participants will be held in the near future and will cover such topics as public speaking skills and how to deal with difficult or embarrassing questions.

Additionally, Nuttall said she hoped that the speakers bureau would attract gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from a wide variety of backgrounds including the medical and health fields in order to best address the issues that intersect with being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, such as health care disparities and the legal challenges same-sex couples face when protecting their assets.

“The more diversity we can get on it, the better,” she said.

Nuttall said she hopes the bureau can start up in the first quarter of the year.

Similarly, the Utah Pride Center will be offering LGBTQ cultural competence training on Jan. 26, 9 a.m. to noon, in its main building at 355 N. 300 West. The three-hour training session is the first in the Center’s four part series which introduces participants to

the issues effecting the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer and questioning people and is a prerequisite for its following three workshops which discuss these issues in greater detail.

“Usually people will contract with us to do this [kind of training] for an organization or social service agency, but I’ve had so many people from different agencies that can’t afford to do this, but have [for example] a diversity officer who wants to attend,” said Nuttall. To meet that need, the Center charges $35 per individual for these onsite workshops, which it hopes to offer four times each year.

Nuttall added that other gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning people could also benefit from attending the workshops.

“Just being from the population doesn’t mean you understand other segments of our community and how to work with them,” she explained.

The materials for the training have been assembled by Jenny Arm, the Utah Pride Center’s training coordinator and research associate. To register for the training contact her at jenny@ utahpridecenter.org or 801-539-8800, extension 29.

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Trannyshack Shacks Up in SLC During the 12½-year run of Trannyshack, the San Francisco nightclub made (in)famous for its unusual, provoking and edgy performances, founder Heklina said she saw “pretty much everything” happen on its stage including vomiting, animal acts and a drag queen who had to be rushed to the hospital after the hot plate she strapped to pop popcorn from the top of her head gave her third-degree burns.

“I’ve seen people set off explosions onstage,” she said. “And [during the last performance at the club] somebody had two people urinate all over them during their number.”

“When we were invited here, I said, ‘I don’t think this would go over in Salt Lake City,’” she said.

Although Utah’s more conservative laws prohibit just about all of the above from happening onstage, four of Trannyshack’s drag queens will nevertheless perform a scaled down show at Gossip during the week of the Sundance Film Festival. The show is one of many that the ladies have taken on the road since the club’s official closure in August 2008 to such venues as San Francisco’s Folsom Street Fair and numerous Gay Pride Festivals.

“One number will have a little bit of pyrotechnics in it,” said Heklina. “One of the others will have a little bit of faux nudity — it won’t be actual nudity.” And to top it off, she will be debuting a parody song written for her by superstar drag queen Jackie Beat. Although the show will be shorter and more scaled down than some of their others (thanks to the difficulty of traveling with backup dancers and large, elaborate props), Heklina is confident that she and fellow performers Rentecca, Kim Burly and Princess Kennedy — who now lives in Salt Lake City and helped set up the show at Gossip — can give Utah “a little sampler of what Trannyshack is like.”

And what is it like, exactly?

“I think that they [the Salt Lake City audience] should expect the unexpected,” said Heklina. “Nontraditional drag, high brow art and very low brow trash. It’s a mixture of the two. It’s essentially a drag show but we take the performance part very seriously. I think in a lot of the more traditional drag shows the performance is secondary to wearing the gown and wig, but that’s not how it is for us. What really matters is being on stage. People should expect to be entertained and possibly shocked a little bit.”

When Trannyshack began in 1996, Heklina only intended on entertaining and shocking audiences for a few nights, and certainly no longer than two months. At the time, Heklina says she was “dabbling in drag” when the owners of the Stud Club in San Francisco asked her if she would like to do

something with their open Tuesday night slot.

“It was only expected to last for two months, because who goes out on a Tuesday at midnight to see a drag show?” she recalled. But Trannyshack’s provocative “shock drag” quickly earned it a reputation as a hotspot of the city’s nightlife. Throughout its run, the club drew in large crowds which included several celebrities. And over a decade later Heklina came to a realization.

“I thought, ‘This could completely go on forever,’” she said. But 12 years on stage had drained Heklina of inspiration for the project, and she said she felt the need to challenge herself fur-

ther. And so, with much fanfare, Trannyshack ended its run as a nightclub in the sultry summer of 2008 with a “kiss off” party featuring prominent drag performers from across the country and a crowd of 2,000 people. But by then, Trannyshack had been featured on E! Entertainment and other television programs, and its fans just would not hear of it going away completely. Between now and March, the Trannyshack ladies will perform at a number of events in their home city and Los Angeles (including a Lady GaGa tribute night and look-alike contest) and at events in Seattle, Portland, Oreg. and Hawaii.

And while the road can be tough on the ladies’ hair, nails and nerves, Heklina said that she prefers traveling, and is excited to bring the show to Salt Lake City, which she has wanted to do for years.

“I hope we get a Salt Lake City welcome when we go there,” she said before jokingly then adding, “Just don’t try to convert me to being a Mormon.

It’s not going to work.”

Trannyshack, the “quintessential San Francisco experience,” will perform at Gossip, 579 W. 200 South, Jan. 15.

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Letters Feedback Editor: TERRIFIC cover on and articles in Issue 144 [“People of the Decade,” December 23, 2009]. Thanks for dropping copies of the publication at the office and, especially, for recognizing the contribution of these incredible Democrats to our state, city and community. My only feedback: Ben [McAdams] will not be “replacing” Scott McCoy. He is wellqualified to fill the Senate seat created

by Scott’s resignation and to represent his constituents.

Tika Beard Utah Democrats Party Development Director Salt Lake City

The End of Jacin Editor: I was very sorry to find out that Jacin Tales, the fiction series in QSaltLake, is going away. I just want to let you know how much I’ve enjoyed the stories over the last two years of its run. It was at times funny, at times moving, at times a little funky, but I like funky. I guess the bright spot is that A.E. Storm will be replacing Jacin Tales with a new series soon. I will be looking forward to reading it. Thanks for your publication, it’s a great paper.

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Q on the Street Who was the most influential gay or lesbian Utahn in the past decade and why?

Rikard Pearson Sister Dottie. I know she’s not gay gay, but is honorary gay right?

Summer Calder

Christopher Katis

Brandon Burt

Matthew J. Lyon

I nominate Pastor Dee Bradshaw of Sacred Light of Christ MCC. He coninually lifts up the glbt community in prayer and community support. He allowed our congregation this past spring and summer to open up a homeless youth breakfast club to serve a growing number of gay youth who find themselves with no food often times.

If I can’t nominate you, I’d have to say McCoy simply by being the first gay person to serve in the Senate. Him or Donny Osmond - he’s gay, right?

It’s not easy to choose criteria by which to judge influence. But, going with the “politically influential” sense of “influential,” I’d like to suggest Jackie Biskupski — she has served in the Legislature the entire 10 years of the decade.

Nikki Boyer by far is one of the most influential lesbians in Utah. And I suspect there are people in our community that have no idea who she is but still enjoy the results of her activism, dedication to equality, and gifting to the Utah LGBT Community. She won’t put up with your shit but she will stand up for your rights!

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Maureen Aisling Duffy-Boose Christine Johnson.

She has taken on the legislature with poise and grace and brought things to the forefront that would otherwise have been swept under the rug. I believe her tenure in the legislature has been highly effective.

Michael Canham Im going to say Brandi Balken. Brandie has gone from spokesperson at Cactus and Tropicals to leading us in great strides as the new Director for Equality Utah. Having known Brandie for a while, I can tell you that she is a woman of honor, strength, passion and most of all, compassion. She is willing to fight for justice and I feel lucky to have her on my side!

Queer Gnosis The Queer Child: The Kathryn Stockton Interview

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by Troy Williams

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KATHRYN BOND Stockton argues that “children are thoroughly, shockingly queer.”

Through the pages of The Queer Child: Growing Sideways Through the Twentieth Century, Stockton takes us on a literary and cinematic journey into the fictional worlds of queer children — the very children that our official histories and childhood studies deny even exist.

“As we explore the history of childhood books written in the twentieth century, there is no mention of non-normative sexuality,” Stockton argues. “History has no way to really talk about the sexual motives or desires of children.”

Fiction, on the other hand, does. In fact, it is through the novels and films of the 20th century that we are first introduced to the very queer child who the public culture has no language for understanding. Laying our fictions next to (and on the side of) our official histories provides us a fascinating view of the ghostly gay specter haunting all of our childhoods.

Ultimately, as Stockton contends, the gay child helps us to perceive the queer temporalities haunting all children.

I sat down with Kathryn recently on KRCL’s RadioActive.

TROY WILLIAMS: You teach queer theory at the University of Utah. If I enroll in your class am I going to learn all the theories about why people are gay?

KATHRYN Bond Stockton: One of the major points of queer theory is that sex itself is queer. So it’s not so much a course in gay and lesbian folks (though there are a lot about gay and lesbians in the course), as much as it’s about the queerness of sexuality and sexual orientation in general. So many straight people taking the course, surprisingly, come out learning that they are queer. There is no way to think about sexuality without stumbling across its endless strangeness.

TW: Queer theorists use “queer” in a very different way than popularly understood.

KBS: Maybe, although if you look it up in the dictionary, there are two different definitions that are important to queer theory. One is slang, usually derisive for “homosexuals” (though obviously less derisive now, as gay folks have embraced it), and the other definition is simply “strange.” The way in which the notion of homosexuality haunts the word is important, but at its most fundamental level, “queer” means “strange.”

Queer theory likes both of those parts of the definition to be active.

TW: So this is a theory of strangeness.

KBS: Yes. So in other words, instead of trying to prove that gay people are “normal” or as good as anyone else (which certainly could be perfectly true), this is coming at it from the other end of the spectrum, which is to say that everyone is queer.

TW: Queer theorists from the academy are often out of sync with the contemporary gay and lesbian political movement — which is essentialist to its core — and by that I mean, the LGBT political movements argues that “gay” is a

Nobody is attracted to all women.

Nobody is attracted to all men. fixed state of being that is inborn.

KBS: Yes, that you either are or you are not. You can’t be “a little bit” gay. And obviously, we don’t really know what causes this thing that the culture calls “gayness,” but I think what queer theory is trying to do is to show that inside sexuality, things are rarely that clear for anyone. And there are all kinds of people who get called gay by the culture. I’m thinking of many women that I know, who grew up imaging that they would have straight lives and straight lovers, and at some point just said, “Wow, women are cool, why don’t I consider them?”

And all of a sudden they discover they were attracted to specific women. Nobody is attracted to all women. Nobody is attracted to all men. So in that sense the very notion of sexual orientation is itself is a very strange one, and possibly a very forced one. So once you really start looking at sexual orientation and opening it up conceptually, the more difficult it becomes to sign on to a notion that seems incredibly clear, fixed, essential and inborn.

color and even innocence. Throughout you discuss the “gay ghost” — describe this.

KBS: Part of what I’m arguing is this: If we really took seriously the notion of a gay child in the present tense (which we haven’t yet come to terms with as a culture in a public sense), then it seems to me this gay child and its current ghostliness dramatizes the problem of “childhood” as a category. So, in some ways it looks like the book is focused from the opposite end of the telescope by taking the gay child as the lens by which to focus all the other versions of childhood before us.

Here’s the point about the ghostly gay child: Growing up, I began to think I was attracted to other girls. And having a tremendous sense of “oh no, this can’t be good!” And hearing kids talk about other kids who were “homos” or “lessies” and feeling that those words probably did apply to me. Now, as a child I said this to no one, I came out to no one. This did not seem safe or wise. All through my childhood I am this ghostly gay figure to myself. Only much later in life (at the age of 23) do I come out to anyone.

And at that point, I actually birth myself retrospectively as a gay child. Now I can start talking to people about my gay childhood when I am no longer a child.

TW: And adults don’t believe that a gay child can exist.

KBS: Generally not, at least in terms of standard public American discourse.

Though this is changing. Folks may have seen the really interesting New York Times article that discussed kids coming out in middle school. I am talking about that and also kids who are maybe 5, 6, or 8, who maybe don’t even know the word, but they sense this about themselves, and later will have a word applied to the attraction that they feel. This is the kind of figure that we really haven’t talked about in the present tense. Grammatically it’s always in the past tense — “I was a gay child” — or the idea that a child will “grow up” to be gay. But the idea of a present tense gay child is what we have not publicly come to terms with.

TW: And yet kids very much do believe in the gay child.

KBS: Yes. Nobody believes in gay children more than other kids. Now, of course a good bit of the time they are actually wrong about who they apply the word to.

For a lot of kids it’s a way of saying “I hate you.” But kids do speculate about other kids and use that word all the time.

They have no problem imagining that kids are gay in the present tense.

In part 2, we’ll discuss how the silences of queer children are broken through literary forms, as well as the notion of children “growing sideways” when there is no way to “grow up.”

TW: In The Queer Child, you explore how children are made strange by a Podcast the entire interview at queergnosis. variety of things — money, candy, skin com.

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Creep of the Week Rick Scarbrough

by D’Anne Witkowski

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EMEMBER HOW , WHEN

B ARACK Obama was elected, all racism suddenly ended and was gone forever? You’d be driving along and black people and white people would be out in the street hugging all over the place and you’d be all, “Hey, ‘Yes We Can,’ and all, but I’ve got to get to work!”

But then you’d remember that your true job was to love and you’d just put the car in park and jump out and join them.

Unfortunately, the election of a lesbian mayor in Houston hasn’t quite had that same effect.

Some people aren’t very happy right now.

One of those people is surely Rick Scarbrough, the president of Vision America. No, he isn’t an optometrist.

The Vision America board includes such right-wing, anti-gay notaries as Don Wildmon and Tim LaHaye.

Scarbrough sent out an e-mail be-

fore the election warning Houstonians that if Annise Parker became mayor, “Houston will become ... the San Francisco of the South.”

That’s right: Windy. Cold — even though it’s California, for crying out loud. Not to mention all of those damn hills.

Or maybe he’s talking about the gay thing.

“If people who hold to traditional values neglect to vote in this election, the results will be far reaching,” Scarbrough pleads in his e-mail. “This election illustrates like few others why good men and women must stay engaged as concerned citizens.”

According to Scarbrough, Parker’s election will bring on the Eight Gay Commandments of the Homosexual Agenda, if you will.

First, everyone in Houston will have to get gay married. Second, gay-

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on-gay action in public will be the law.

Third, “homosexuality (will be taught) to school children, starting in kindergarten, as an acceptable, alternative lifestyle. This is known as multisexualism. This enables homosexuals to recruit children to their lifestyle.”

Ah, yes. The old “gays are after your kids” line. I have yet to meet a single gay person who was “recruited” into being gay. I think someone needs to tell the anti-gay Christians that homosexuality doesn’t have anything to do with missionary work.

Snaps & Slaps SNAP: A Shiny New Year As 2010 opens, Utah’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community is facing some very momentous times. Salt Lake County and Park City are poised to pass ordinances forbidding housing and employment discrimination against gay and transgender people; the state legislature is talking about embracing a

‘This enables homosexuals to recruit children to their lifestyle’

statewide version of this ordinance; and more municipalities every day are talking to Equality Utah about how to make life farer for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. These are very exciting times, and we at QSaltLake hope that all fair-minded Utahns will continue to advocate for positive change at all levels of government.

In order to drive the “lock up your kids, the gays are coming” point home, Scarbrough cites NAMBLA in order to “prove” that Parker and her gay mafia will, in their fourth measure, “lower or remove age-of-consent laws leading to relaxation of laws prohibiting pedophilia.” That’s right. Gays won’t be happy until 60 year olds can marry 12 year olds. You know, like the old-timey Mormon Church.

No. 5: Gay people are going to take your job after Parker makes gays “a minority class, leading to affirmative action for homosexuals in the workplace.” Silly Houstonians. They thought it was illegal immigrants they had to watch out for.

Destroying freedom of speech is sixth on the list, as a lesbian mayor would surely “prohibit any speech which opposes homosexual activity.

This would be considered ‘hate speech’ and have criminal sanctions. This would destroy First Amendment free speech rights for those who oppose homosexual conduct and the homosexual political movement.”

Seven and eight on the list are employee benefits for homos and the election of more gay candidates who will implement these same eight steps, thus creating a never-ending gay cycle.

And all of this is going to happen in, um, Houston? Whatever you say, Scarbrough. You’re the one with a divinity degree, not me. Q D’Anne Witkowski has been gay for pay since 2003. She’s a freelance writer and poet (believe it!). When she’s not taking on the creeps of the world she reviews rock and roll shows in Detroit with her twin sister and teaches writing at the University of Michigan.

SLAP: Winter As soon as the Christmas lights come down in Salt Lake City, you know things are about to get very dull, gray and leaden for a very long time. Oh, skiers and snowborders may love it, sure, but the cold and the darkness get trying after awhile, and all of us at QSaltLake miss being able to see the skyline through the pollution. And, you know, we also miss breathing. No offense to the snow bunnies, but we’re hoping that Punxsutawney Phil takes mercy on us next month and calls an end to this.

SNAP: Stan Penfold We were thrilled, of course, when Stan Penfold took his oath of office as Salt Lake City’s first openly gay councilman. And then, when every single national article began with some variant on the lead: “Salt Lake City swears in first openly gay councilman,” we cracked up.

Apparently, it really is a slow news week for everyone out there, not just us. On a more positive note: At least our state isn’t getting attention because of polygamy, Proposition 8 or something dumb and insulting coming out of Sen. Chris Buttars’ mouth. Then again, that will probably change just as soon as the legislative session opens ...

Who’s Your Daddy?

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by Christopher Katis

I HAD VERY DIFFERENT upbringings. His was similar to what you saw on Leave It to Beaver. Mine was more like My Big Fat Greek Wedding. His parents didn’t argue. Mine don’t either; they “discuss things.” Passionately. He never saw his parents show physical affection for one another. As for me, well, there’s a reason I’m the youngest of six.

Like everyone else in the world, gay people learn how to behave in a relationship from watching their parents.

Sometimes they have learned the same behavior. Other times, they’ve had different childhood experiences like Kelly and I did.

We’re very aware that our relationship will impact our sons’ future relationships. And chances are that their spouses’ experiences will not be framed by having two dads. We want our boys to understand that relationships can be complicated. So they’ve heard us “discuss things” — passionately. And they’ve also seen us kiss and make up.

Physical affection is a complex issue for gay and lesbian parents. Hell, it’s a complex issue for gays and lesbians in general. We are, after all, encouraged by society to keep it behind closed doors.

The most benign public display of affection can cause a huge brouhaha. Just ask the guys who kissed on the Main Street Plaza last year. There is room for debate as to whether their actions in that particular location were appropriate or not, but to me that’s far less important than the overall double standard we see every day in society. The number of straight folks I see in public holding hands or gently kissing every day is pretty staggering.

What I find particularly perplexing is my own reaction to seeing gay couples engaging in the same behavior. I’m shocked!

Shocked like a hausfrau from Kansas when she stumbles into the Castro. Not long ago we were at IKEA, and I nearly crashed into a stack of candlesticks when I saw a 20-something gay couple browsing the store hand-in-hand. I elbowed Kelly so hard trying to draw his attention to them that I think I bruised his ribs. He was completely unfazed.

I suppose my initial shock lends support to those who deem public displays ELLY AND

of affection by gay people inappropriate.

My reaction does imply that I thought that two men holding hands was improper. But clearly I don’t believe that it was improper. Actually, I found it delightful, refreshing even. When I was their age, two guys would never have held hands in Draper! For their part, they barely seemed to notice the middleaged gay couple with the kids. To them we were just another family looking at build-it-yourself Nordic furniture. And I guess they were just another young couple doing the same. But they were also serving as a good example: to me, the other shoppers and my kids.

What I want to impart on my sons is that physical affection is just one part of how we love other people.

So we hug our boys. A lot.

And more importantly, we tell them every day that we love them. A lot. So yeah, I think it’s important for them to see their dads hug one another and give each other a little kiss or two.

And hear us tell each other, “I love you.”

But it’s also important for them to see us hug and kiss our other family members and our friends.

Seeing my 6’5”, 21-year old straight nephew, Braxton, give me — and Kelly — a hug every time we see him provides the boys with an invaluable example that men can be affectionate, too. And there’s nothing “unmanly” about hugging the people you love, regardless of their gender. Gay men have always understood that. It seems to me that increasingly straight men are beginning to understand it as well. And that’s a good thing.

There is nothing that makes me get more warm and fuzzy inside than seeing my kids spontaneously hug each other. But I know there will come a time when they’ll stop doing that — at least temporarily. And I realize that there will probably come a day when they’re teenagers and they no longer want to be hugged by their parents. That day might just break my heart.

I hope Kelly and I have given them a foundation to find their own comfort level with affection. And, yes, I hope my kids will want to hug each other when they’re men. And I want them to freely hug their spouses, children and friends.

But most of all, I want them to hug their dad. Q

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Lamba Lore The Murder of George Moriarty

by Ben Williams

Editor’s note: The following column contains graphic depictions of an assault and murder of a gay man.

HE MURDER OF G EORGE R OY Moriarty on Jan. 1, 1965, is the first mention of a murder that was so callous, so horrific, that even The Salt Lake Tribune at the time had to print information indicating the homicide was a sex crime.

George Moriarty was a 33-year-old Korean War veteran who lived with

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his mother at 164 W. Burton Ave. where an RC Willey stands today. His obituary stated that he was a divorced man, a member of the Catholic Church and had worked as a welder for American Steel Company. What the obit did not mention, however, was that Moriarty was also a homosexual, and for that reason he was left to die in subfreezing weather.

To start off the new year, Moriarty was taken by his brother to the Willie

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Café and Lounge on 1776 S. Main St. in Salt Lake City to meet up with his friend, Darrell Bishop. Also at the bar that night was Gary Lynn Horning, an extremely handsome 25-year-old. Horning lived at 226 Navajo St., in the Poplar Grove section of Salt Lake City, and was at the bar playing pool. George Moriarty and Darrell Bishop joined Horning at the game, and the three drank for most of the day. Horning later told Moriarty and Bishop that he was leaving and invited them to go bar hopping with him. Bishop refused, and even though the bartender at the Tavern later told police that Moriarty left alone, it is evident that Moriarty hooked up with Horning. Perhaps Horning did not want to be seen leaving with Moriarty, who was last seen in Salt Lake area around 8:30 p.m.

After Moriarty and Horning left the Willie Café they visited several other taverns in Salt Lake City where they played shuffleboard until about 10 p.m.

It was getting late and Horning told Moriarty that he had to be in Ogden the next morning for a drawing with the Utah Fish and Game Commission.

According to Horning, Moriarty said he would like to go along to party with Horning.

In Ogden near midnight, Moriarty and Horning met up with a rugged, good looking 26-year-old named Leon Dyer in an Ogden tavern. Sometime after midnight the trio left the bar and drove to a secluded viewpoint parking area about two miles up north Ogden Canyon near 3100 North and 1300 East. While parked at the overlook, Moriarty removed all his clothing.

While nothing in the newspaper accounts related what went on in the car, it is pretty obvious the men were there to have sex. All the details of why the trio left the bar and parked on a deserted canyon road after midnight were left out by Horning, but again, it doesn’t take much imagination to figure out what they were there to do.

What set off the events that led to Moriarty’s death only Dyer and Horning know. Whether Dyer directed his intense feelings of guilt at Moriarty after having sex or whether he was trying to sexually assault Moriarty is unknown.

According to Horning, the assault started when Moriarty said he “didn’t feel too good.” At that point Dyer began to beat Moriarty so severely that blood fell all over a plastic car seat. However, Moriarty managed to free himself and jumped out of the car where evidence showed that another struggle took place. Moriarty was then either tossed

or shoved over the edge of the parking area down a 140-foot embankment, leaving a trail of blood in the snow.

Moriarty somehow managed to survive the fall. After climbing back onto the road, he staggered half-mile toward the mouth of the canyon. Dyer and Horning, surprised to see him, ran into Moriarty with the car and fled back to the city, leaving a trail of personal papers and clothing, apparently thrown from the moving car. Moriarty’s clothes and personal papers were strewn along the road down the canyon into North Ogden. His sock was even found at 967 East 2600 North Ogden.

On the morning of Jan. 2, a young farm boy up early doing chores found George Moriarty’s nude and lacerated body lying curled beside the road. His head, chest and legs were lacerated deeply. The boy found his body at about 8 a.m. near 3100 North 1300 West. A lone shoe lay by the path of the bloody footprints that led down the snow-covered roadside. Later that day detectives found a bloody automobile seat cover and signs of a struggle about a half-mile from Moriarty’s body.

An autopsy indicated that the bruises and abrasions on Moriarty’s body were superficial. He had died of exposure.

The Weber County Sheriff’s Office apprehended Dyer and Horning within 36 hours after the body was found.

Leon Dyer had again gone out drinking on Jan. 2 where he implicated himself in the murder. The sheriff’s office received an anonymous telephone call at 7:30 p.m. and took Dyer into custody at the tavern. At the sheriff’s office Dyer then implicated Horning in Moriarty’s murder, and police picked up Dyer the next day. Neither man offered any resistance. Statements from the two formed the basis of their arrests and both were charged with 1st degree murder even though the autopsy showed that Moriarty had died from exposure.

Leon Dyer and Gary Horning’s trial began in Ogden on June 8, 1965. Incredibly, on June 17, the jury delivered a voluntary manslaughter verdict against them both. The all-male jury had deliberated for only four and a half hours.

As in many other gay murder cases, the jury implicated the victim as being to some degree responsible for his own death. On June 22, the two men were sentenced to one to 10 years in prison.

Judge Parley E. Norseth of the 2nd District Court said to the pair at sentencing: “You have won a legal victory but not a moral one,” and vowed that they would never receive his recommendation for leniency. Q

It is pretty obvious the men were there to have sex

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The Straight Line Looking Forward

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by Bob Henline

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I TOOK A LOOK AT 2009 and several of the issues that stuck in my mind from that year.

As many of us do at the start of g a new year, over the course of the past week or so I have spent a decent amount of time soul-searching. I’ve thought about the kind of person I am, the kind of person I want to be, and the kind of people I want to raise my children to be. And I’ve decided to share some of those personal observations and the results of some of that soul-searching.

Probably the single thing that struck me the most as I reviewed my columns (both for QSaltLake and other outlets) over the past year is the sarcastic and negative tone I tended to take. As we look at social and political issues, it is very easy to find those to whose beliefs and gactions we are opfposed. I’ve found several such people, and I’ve written about them, rarely in positive terms. For that I apologize.

One thing I ask from my employees is that when they bring me a problem, they try to offer me some possible solutions, or at the very least some means by which they’ve already tried to solve the problem. Regarding the issues I’ve discussed in these columns, I’ve failed to do so on more than one occasion. That is my first New Year’s resolution: to bring a more positive approach to my writing, to work on a positive note for equality.

That, I think, is a lesson other activists and people involved in gay, lesgbian, bisexual, transgender and queer affairs should take to heart. Not to say that everyone else is doing the same thing — I think there are plenty of people who are approaching equality issues from a very positive perspective. However, there are also plenty of people out there who have been doing it the same way I have been, being N THE LAST ISSUE

critical of legislation or commentary, but providing no real positive alternative.

As I mentioned in my last column, the key to making positive change in our society is understanding. Once people truly understand the issues involved and the people behind those issues, change will happen. Maybe it’s trite, but I do believe the average person has an inherent goodness and fairness that will eventually triumph over their irrational fears and the propaganda spewed forth by extremists.

The key to helping this understanding along is to not play the game on the extremists’ terms.

Propagate that understanding.

Hold firm to your ideas, beliefs and demands for equality but do so rationally — without hatred and without violence.

Is there change in the wind for 2010? Absolutely.

We saw some decent change in 2009, and this year has other city and county governments looking at gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgenderinclusive ordinances similar to those passed in Salt Lake City last November. The Legislature will be in session again shortly, and all of the Common Ground bills that died last year can be resurrected this year. The important thing in 2010 will be to help Utahns understand what those bills really mean: equality for all Utah residents, not special privileges for a certain group.

OK, so I sound a bit preachy, but it’s that time of year, so cut me a little slack. Remember, I intend to put my money where my mouth is and work from the positive angle as well this year. If I don’t, please feel free to call me on my bullshit.

The key to helping this understanding along is to not play the game on the extremists’ terms.

Bob Henline’s blog, The Nonpartisan, can be read at nonpart.org.

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CAVED, GEEKY ONES.

For Christmas, I asked for and received one of those cute little netbooks which have been all the rage for the past, oh, I don’t know, two years or so? It’s compact, sleek (if disappointingly a little too fragile) and lightweight, perfect for my back that can no longer haul my gigantic 2002-issue laptop whenever I travel or need to get out of the house/office/building to write while I commune with nature or whatever (yes, I was once That Geek With the Super Big Laptop. It was the early 21st century and we were all younger and more foolish then.).

And did I mention that it’s cute as a button? Because it so is.

I’ve named it Ivanna, and it reminds me of these tiny cars that were popular

in Utah during the mid-1990s, when I was in middle school. God help me, I don’t remember what they were called. But they looked like boxier, jeep-ier prototypes of Smart Cars, and seemed to come only in hot pink, neon blue and other assorted ’80s throwback colors. Every year, I swear the world just gets smaller as it gets bigger. Facebook is making our social networks as tight knit as they are global, Blackberries and netbooks are letting us take the internet everywhere we go, and if they make an iPod any smaller, I swear they really will be invisible, just like that joke on Saturday Night Live that was actually funny.

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dom that has been bugging me for a very long time, geeky ones. Now, as a whole, we’re a pretty accepting people when it comes to all sorts of differences among our numbers: fandoms, crafts, Star Trek vs. Star Wars, cats vs. dogs, WoW vs. whatever the hell game the cool kids are playing at the moment, hell even kinks (because geekdom is usually quite accepting of every sexual orientation and gender identity out there). You name it, we probably won’t mock it, because there are probably more than a handful of us who like it.

All that said, geekdom isn’t free of any amount of unpleasant and/or socially toxic influences including racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism and, well, garden variety snobbery, which 99 percent of the human race is apparently incapable of leaving behind in middle school along with those boxy proto-Smart Cars. And yeah, I know the latter is a relatively small issue when it comes to all the -isms geekdom needs and regularly fails to address, but at the same time dealing with it can be anywhere from aggravating to disheartening to exclusionary.

So what is this snobbery of which I speak? It takes many forms actually: The geek who just cannot shut up about the fact that you OMG didn’t read the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy at 12 years old like all proper geeklets should; the geeks who roll their eyes if you prefer dubbed anime to subtitled anime; the geeks who think that pretty girls and women (or, in gay male geeks’ case, hot guys) can’t possibly be into gaming/Robert Jordan/They Might Be Giants/painting die cast miniatures/reading Beowulf in the original Old English/whatever. And my favorite: the geeks who think you’re not one of the crowd if you don’t have the right gadgets, the right updates, the right cool toys because, don’t you know, that’s what life is about.

Maybe this sounds like a straw man argument, or at least like I’m jumping at shadows. Given my sometimes admittedly short fuse, I could be, especially because my experiences as a geek in fandom have been overwhelmingly positive. Nevertheless, I have encountered some of this snobbery firsthand, and it has sucked. Majorly. But while I could devote tripartite columns to each of the chestnuts listed above, it’s the last one that has really been bugging me ever since I was lucky enough to get my netbook.

Because often that’s what having things like netbooks (or laptops), iPhones, iPods, Blackberries, and high speed, WiFi internet access and all the cool things you get with each comes down to: luck, or at least the fortune to

have the money to afford these things and the time to use them. While geeks often share a love of any number of fannish things and activities, we don’t all come from the same racial, gender, orientation or class backgrounds. In other words, not all of us are going to be able to afford the newest doodad, or even want the newest doodad in the first place for a number of reasons that include culture, a lack of free time and politics — for example, if you don’t know about the connections between personal electronics and game systems like PlayStation, tantalum and child labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo, you should go educate yourselves now. In fact, some geeks connect to the internet on dial up (like I did until 2007) or not at all, use decrepit cell phones (or no cell phone at all), haven’t seen a hot new movie in theaters since the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (almost true in my case), couldn’t tell D&D from WoW and haven’t spared Tolkien’s work so much as a backwards glance while reaching for His Dark Materials, The Chronicles of Narnia or A Series of Unfortunate Events (though I must say I quite enjoyed The Hobbit when I read it at the ripe old, unenchanting age of ever so much more than 20).

And yes, they’re still every bit as geeky as you and me, or any other geek out there in fandom.

Don’t get me wrong. Having a netbook is fun and useful. It lets me write more often and in more places without breaking my back. If smartbooks take off in the upcoming decade, having one of those would probably be more fun and more useful. But the technology does not make the geek anymore than liking or not liking fill in the blank with your choice of geeky thing makes the geek. Like any number of identities, including gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, I might add, saying that you’re a geek makes you a geek. Period.

And playing games of who’s more hardcore geek than who or who has the best toys only ends in tears, hurt feelings, bad karma and columns like this one.

As we move through 2010 it is my hope that geeks everywhere can shed a little of this kind of snobbery and learn to be more accepting of each other’s interests, needs and involvement in geekdom, that technophiles and luddites can join hands and sing Kumbaya. That the lions can lie down with the lambs. Er. Well, you get the idea.

Though when it comes to computers in geekdom, I must say that I see no end to the ongoing conflict between Macs and PCs. Seriously, you just know that shit’s only going to end in a world war, right? Q

So what is this snobbery of which I speak?

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2010 Queer Guide to Sundance & Slamdance Festival Roundup To help you prepare your choice of films to see at this year’s Sundance and Slamdance film festivals, we have provided a list of gay-themed movies (titles in pink), films featuring out cast members such as David Hyde Pierce and Joel Schumacher, plus a few films that arts editor Tony Hobday found interesting enough to recommend.

SUNDANCE FEATURES

12th & Delaware / USA WORLD PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY

8: The Mormon Proposition / USA SPOTLIGHT DOCUMENTARY

Mormons in California and Utah, following their prophet’s call to action, wage spiritual warfare, fueled with money and religious fervor, against LGBT citizens and their fight for equality. This exploration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ involvement in the passage of California’s Proposition 8 reveals a secretive, decades-long campaign against lesbians’ and gays’ right to marriage.

Directors Reed Cowan, a former Mormon missionary, and Steven Greenstreet deftly investigate this ongoing battle through three telling perspectives: personal, political, and ideological. They are careful not to succumb to emotional rant but choose instead wellresearched data and a range of interviews with politicians, historians, and those most affected by the outcome. One such couple is composed of Spencer Jones and Tyler Barrick, who is the direct descendant of Mormon polygamist Frederick G. Williams.

Cowan and Greenstreet’s film tellingly reminds us that, if any common ground can ever be found, it must be based on truth and transparency.

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On an unassuming corner in Fort Pierce, Florida, it’s easy to miss the insidious war that’s raging. But on each side of 12th and Delaware, soldiers stand locked in a passionate battle. On one side of the street sits an abortion clinic.

On the other, a pro-life outfit often mistaken for the clinic it seeks to shut down.

Using skillful cinema-vérité observation that allows us to draw our own conclusions, Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing, the directors of Jesus Camp, expose the molten core of America’s most intractable conflict. As the pro-life volunteers paint a terrifying portrait of abortion to their clients, across the street, the staff members at the clinic fear for their doctors’ lives and fiercely protect the right of their clients to choose. Shot in the year when abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was murdered in his church, the film makes these fears palpable. Meanwhile, women in need become pawns in a vicious ideological war with no end in sight.

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match for the brutal system.

Unable to sidestep the rival Corsican and Arab factions, he’s swiftly brought into the Corsican fold by its kingpin, Cesar, who compels him to kill an Arab prisoner. But Malik gradually ingratiates himself with Cesar, learning the language and turning informant. When the influential Cesar secures “leave days” for Malik (to do his bidding), he unwittingly sets up his own downfall.

Malik’s criminal persona matures, and servitude turns to mastery.

An outstanding crime drama, Jacques Audiard’s Cannes winner transcends genre through its character complexity, thematic depth, and sheer cinematic intensity. Anchored in Tahar Rahim’s arresting performance, A Prophet explores the formation of Malik’s identity. When his options become kill or be killed, coming-of-age refuses neat moral paradigms. Audiard counters the film’s coarse aesthetic and lifeless hues with an unexpected serenity and fabulist impulses (a ghost haunts Malik throughout), creating a rich inner space.

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A Prophet (Un Prophete) /FRA SPOTLIGHT FILM SERIES

At the outset of his six-year prison sentence, Malik El Djebena, a 19-year-old French Arab, appears no

The beautiful Zel is a special woman. Her big house is full of ghosts of all ages from different eras. A psychic advisor, Zel works with her ethereal roommates to

help her clients. Although it’s magical, it is also a job as she removes clients’ aches and pains, advises gamblers, and channels cranky spirits to check on their loved ones. Business is good—until the ghosts see “the light” one night. The ghost crew now feel they are trapped and start pressuring Zel for the truth.

Writer/director Tim Rutili is also a member of the band Califone, whose members act in the film and provide the lush original soundtrack.

The band brought its musicmaking talent to the film’s construction, treating the footage and story like an album. Zel’s unique existence is a lesson in hope, habit, and folklore. The atmosphere is utterly enchanting, mixed with an odd realism, filled with as much humor as wonder.

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All That I Love / POL NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Poland 1981: Behind the iron curtain, Janek, the teenage son of a navy captain, forms ATIL (All That I Love), a punk-rock band whose songs express a frustration with socialism and a desire for freedom, echoing the sentiments of the rising Solidarity movement. At the same time, Janek finds love with Basia, a young woman whose father is part of the movement and disapproves of Janek’s military family.

When growing social turmoil leads to martial law, Janek’s relationships and ATIL’s music cause serious consequences for his family members, lovers, and friends.

Jacek Borcuch refreshes the coming-of-age film and its familiar tropes—teenage rebellion, first love, and sexual exploration—by setting it within a sobering sociohistorical context. His camera captures a conflicting sense of potential change and stifling paranoia, with freedom just out of sight for his protagonists.

All That I Love is a bracing, potent reminder that the personal can’t be easily separated from the political.

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Animal Kingdom / AUS WORLD PREMIERE

Welcome to the jungle known as the Melbourne underworld. Animal Kingdom uses this edgy locale to unspool a gripping tale of survival and revenge.

Pope Cody, an armed robber on the run from a gang of renegade detectives, is in hiding, surrounded by his roughneck friends and family. Soon, Pope’s nephew, Joshua “J” Cody, arrives and moves in with his hitherto-estranged relatives.

When tensions between the family and the police reach a bloody peak, “J” finds himself at the center of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns the family upside down.

Wielding a formidable cinematic lexicon, writer/ director David Michôd shows complete command of every frame as he shifts between simmering intensity and gut-wrenching drama. There isn’t a false note in the film as it follows through on the tantalizing promise displayed in his short films and unleashes a fierce new voice in Australian cinema.

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Blue Valentine / USA WORLD PREMIERE

Blue Valentine is an intimate, shattering portrait of a disintegrating marriage.

On the far side of a once-passionate romance, Cindy (Michelle Williams) and Dean (Ryan Gosling) are married with a young daughter. Hoping to save their marriage, they steal away to a theme hotel. We then encounter them years earlier, when they met and fell in love—full of life and hope.

Moving fluidly between these two time periods, Blue Valentine unfolds like a cinematic duet whose

refrain asks, where did their love go? Framing the film as a mystery whose answer lies scattered in time (and in character), filmmaker Derek Cianfrance constructs an elegant set of dualities: past and present, youth and adulthood, vitality and entropy. The rigor of his process is visible throughout the film. Eliminating artificial devices, he has only the truth of the characters to work with. Because Gosling and Williams bring amazing intensity and emotional honesty to their roles, the experience of connecting to these two souls becomes truly moving.

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Buried / USA, Spain PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHT Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) is a U.S. citizen working as a contract driver in Iraq. After a swift and sudden attack on his convoy, he awakens to find himself buried alive inside a coffin with nothing more than a lighter, a cell phone, and little memory of how he ended up there.

Faced with limited oxygen and unlimited panic, Paul finds himself in a tensionfilled race against time to escape this claustrophobic deathtrap before it’s too late.

If the sheer logistics of this premise are enough to make your head hurt, rest assured that director Rodrigo Cortés tackles these issues with relative ease, aided a great deal by a superbly convincing performance by Reynolds, the lone on-screen actor in the film. The result is a gripping and suspenseful thriller that will leave you gasping for air until the very end.

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Contracorriente (Undertow) / COL, FRA, GER, PER NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

In a tiny Peruvian seaside village, where traditions run deep, Miguel (Cristian Mercado), a young fisherman, and his beautiful bride, Mariela (Tatiana Astengo), are about to welcome their first child. But Miguel harbors a scandalous secret.

He’s in love with Santiago (Manolo Cardona), a painter, who is ostracized by the town because he’s gay. After a tragic accident occurs, Miguel must choose between sentencing Santiago to eternal torment or doing right by him and, in turn, revealing their relationship to Mariela—and the entire village.

Written and directed by Javier Fuentes-León, and featuring a sizzling international cast, Contracorriente (Undertow) is rich in the details of legend, tradition, and locale; and it is in these details that the truth lies.

Strikingly photographed to accentuate the majestic Peruvian coastline, this sexy, haunting love story transcends place and time.

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Frozen / USA PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHT

On a chilly winter night, three skiers huddle together on a chairlift, confused as to why their ride to the summit suddenly stops. The sting of the icy wind worsens when the floodlights power down, leaving them stranded in the dark. As they wait for help, the reality of the nightmare hits them. The ski resort has just closed, stranding the group high above the mountain slopes in an oncoming snowstorm. With ominous howls echoing through the surrounding woods, they will need to make some tough

decisions to survive.

Writer/director Adam Green skillfully guides this real-world thriller, pushing three college students to confront their natural fears of the dark, cold, heights, and beyond, to see how far a human is willing to go to survive. With bone-chilling performances by Kevin Zegers, Shawn Ashmore, and Emma Bell, Frozen continues horror’s time-honored tradition of scaring audiences away from their favorite recreational activities.

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Get Low / USA SLC GALA FILM Featuring three of the finest actors working today, Get Low is the kind of film that you rarely see anymore— intelligent storytelling that’s awash in humanity, warmth, insight, and wit.

Felix is a miserable old hermit who has lived in an isolated cabin for the past 38 years. He catches word that an old friend has passed away and hatches a plan to throw himself a “funeral party.” He even wants the townsfolk, who either despise him or fear him, to attend the party and share all the crazy stories they may have heard about creepy old Felix. Is he a fugitive?

A murderer? Or something worse?

Director Aaron Schneider places his humorous fable in 1930s Tennessee, and his attention to period detail is extraordinary. Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek are exceptional, but it’s Robert Duvall’s masterful performance as Felix that brings everything together in this heartfelt story about guilt, loss, and forgiveness.

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Hesher / USA WORLD PREMIERE

Hesher is the story of a family struggling to deal with loss and the anarchist who helps them do it—in a very unexpected way.

TJ is 13 years old. Two months ago, his mom was killed in an accident, leaving TJ and his grieving dad to move in with grandma to pick up the pieces. Hesher is a loner. He hates the world—and everyone in it.

He has long, greasy hair and homemade tattoos. He likes fire and blowing things up.

He lives in his van—until he meets TJ. Hesher is that rare film that manages to be a completely original vision, a thoroughly entertaining story, and a provocative metaphor. Joseph GordonLevitt brings the character of Hesher to life with anger and angst, and Devin Brochu makes quite a splash as the young boy dealing with both the loss of his mother and an unwanted houseguest.

Cowriter/director Spencer Susser crafts a multidimensional, darkly humorous film that exhibits an immensely talented storyteller at work.

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Holy Rollers / USA WORLD PREMIERE

Inspired by actual events, Holy Rollers uses the incredible story of Hasidic Jews smuggling Ecstasy in the late ’90s as a backdrop to examine the difference between faith and “blind” faith.

Sam Gold, an insulated Hasid on the cusp of manhood, is frustrated by the constraints of his beliefs and his father’s poor business decisions. When Sam is presented with an opportunity to make some real money smuggling Ecstasy between

Amsterdam and New York, he cautiously accepts it— and quickly finds himself seduced by the allure of the secular world. Caught between life as a smuggler and the path back to God, Sam and his worlds begin to unravel.

In the lead role, Jesse Eisenberg deftly displays the internal moral struggle of a young man torn between polar-opposite cultures and ideologies. Director Kevin Asch fleshes out the disparate outer worlds of Brooklyn’s Hasidic community and the drug scene in Amsterdam, while revealing the complex interior lives of his characters and the taut dynamics among them.

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Howl / USA WORLD PREMIERE It’s San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. HOWL, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society’s reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment—the birth of a counterculture.

Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman navigate a seamless segue from their documentary roots to masterful storytellers. They expand the notion of how a “true story” can be realized on film by not simply relying on facts but enlisting cinematic vision to capture the Zeitgeist of an era. The amazing cast provides the extra passion and urgency that are sure to introduce HOWL to the best minds of a new generation.

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Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work / USA WORLD PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY

This exposé chronicles the private dramas of irreverent, legendary comedian and pop icon Joan Rivers as she fights tooth and nail to keep her American dream alive.

The film offers a rare glimpse of the comedic process and the crazy mixture of selfdoubt and anger that often fuels it. A unique look inside America’s obsession with fame and celebrity, Rivers’s story is both an outrageously funny journey and brutally honest look at the ruthless entertainment industry, the trappings of success, and the ultimate vulnerability of the first queen of comedy.

Being able to break through Rivers’s self-made façade is a tribute to filmmakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg. It is obvious the magic of this film is the inherent trust between filmmakers and subject. Shot over the course of a year, the film enlists a resilient cinema vérité style to craft a moving look at this iconic performer, stripping away her comedy masks and laying bare the truth of her life and inspiration.

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Kick in Iran / GER DOCUMENTARY

Sarah Khoshjamal, a 20year-old Taekwondo superstar, is the first female professional athlete from Iran to qualify for the Olympics. This skillful vérité portrait follows the unassuming Khoshjamal in the nine months leading up to the 2008 Beijing games. Living in an Islamic country, she is required to wear a hijab at all times and, unlike her fellow competitors

around the world, cannot train with men; however, the power in her fighting resoundingly breaks down stereotypical barriers.

Khoshjamal’s experience as a world-class athlete may be familiar, but captured here is the importance of the coach-athlete relationship.

The bond she shares with her feisty and much-admired female coach is revealed through everyday moments as both struggle through inequality to make their mark—in sport and society.

Though it’s still the male athletes who are ultimately celebrated in her country, Khoshjamal’s accomplishments and lasting influence on scores of girls in Iran are undeniable.

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Nuummioq / GRL WORLD PREMIERE

The most ambitious film ever to emerge from Greenland, and the first Greenland/ Inuit–produced feature, Nuummioq tells the story of a young man’s odyssey from mundane existence into an acute sense of the sacred.

Like most regular guys in the tiny capital city, Malik works, cavorts with buddies, and fools around—toggling between Danish and Kalaallisut languages. All at once, when he discovers he’s very ill, mortality intrudes. Keeping the news to himself, Malik accompanies his cousin on a boat trip. What begins as an unremarkable outing becomes a transcendent journey at the edge of the world as he grapples with his elusive past and tunes into the present.

So breathtaking and luminous is Nuummioq’s landscape that you can almost feel the brisk air oxygenating your lungs. The tender play of shadow and light on the characters’ faces seems to suggest that we’re only a flicker in nature’s vast radiance; but during our short time here, there’s family, tradition, and maybe

even love.

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One Too Many Mornings / USA NEXT (<=>) FILM SERIES

Fisher has it pretty good living rent free in exchange for taking care of a church and teaching kids to play soccer.

But Fisher has a drinking problem. He drinks quite well, actually; it’s just that he acts like a moron when he drinks (and the morning after)— destroying things and relationships every time.

Suddenly, Fisher’s old friend, Pete, shows up looking for some dude consolation after his girlfriend cheats on him.

Too bad he looks for it in Fisher because not even hot “cougars” and bad advice can make Pete happy. What Pete needs is for Fisher to realize that they aren’t teenagers anymore. And that’s when Pete’s girlfriend shows up with some truth he sorely needs.

In One Too Many Mornings, director Michael Mohan intelligently explores the nuances of friendship and responsibility and keeps it charming. The hilarious film perfectly illustrates the complex problem of wanting to be loved while refusing to make yourself attractive. The acting is great, the characters are real, and the story’s challenge asks you personally—this is your life; what are you gonna do about it?

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Poison / USA FROM THE COLLECTION

Todd Haynes’s first feature interweaves three stories, each told in a distinct style.

In “Honor,” a brilliant scientist ingests a hormone he

has discovered and becomes a monster. Shot in black and white mostly at night, its disorienting angles and disjointed editing combine elements of the horror film with film noir. “Hero,” filmed in bright color, uses newscasts and a docudrama format to explore the case of a seven-year-old boy who shot and killed his father.

Its straightforward style contrasts with the mystery at its heart: who was Richie Beacon? Finally, in “Homo,” in much darker color, two prisoners try to find some meaning for their lives and expression for their sexuality in a confined, violent world.

The atmosphere is tense and ominous, and the camera propels us into the action.

The three stories are linked by their association between love and violence.

Poison won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival and announced the arrival of an innovative new director. Thanks to Zeitgeist Films for making the print available for this screening.

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Space Tourists / Switzerland DOCUMENTARY

Anousheh Ansari has dreamt of going into outer space since she was a child. A number of years and $20 million later, with the help of the Russian space program, her dream is realized— Ansari becomes the first female space tourist. In recent years, a number of private citizens like Ansari have been willing to endure rigorous training in Star City, Kazakhstan, and part with significant funds to spend time aboard the International Space Station.

Director Christian Frei (The Giant Buddhas, Sundance Film Festival 2006) explores the impact of space tourism in the heavens and on Earth by adeptly weaving together multiple strands: Ansari’s joyous experience in orbit; the efforts of local villagers to claim black-market

rocket debris; the observations of photographer Jonas Bendiksen; and the training of the next space tourist in line. Space Tourists examines the intersections of human enterprise and commerce in the final frontier.

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Sympathy for Delicious / USA WORLD PREMIERE

Recently paralyzed DJ “Delicious” Dean battles the mean streets of Los Angeles, struggling to survive in his wheelchair. Yearning to walk again, and fighting to spark the ashes that were once his career, Dean turns to the dubious world of faith healing and gets much more than he bargained for. Lured by easy money and the heat of fame, Dean sells out to an unstable rock band, stomping the dreams of so many who see him as their only hope. World-famous DJ “Delicious” must now tackle his own worst demon—himself—if he is ever to conquer his “handicap” and find true healing.

Written by and starring Christopher Thornton in a gripping performance as the fiercely determined deejay, Sympathy for Delicious is a wildly original story. Mark Ruffalo makes an auspicious directorial debut with a gritty, yet fervent, take on the search for meaning amidst tragedy and the redemptive power that is compassion.

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The Dry Land / USA WORLD PRIEMERE

James (Ryan O’Nan) returns from Iraq to face a new battle—reintegrating into his small-town life in Texas.

His wife (America Ferrera),

his mother (Melissa Leo), and his friend (Jason Ritter) provide support, but they can’t fully understand the pain and suffering he feels since his tour of duty ended.

Lonely, James reconnects with an army buddy (Wilmer Valderrama), who provides him with compassion and camaraderie during his battle to process his experiences in Iraq. But their reunion also exposes the different ways that war affects people—at least on the surface.

This moving, taut story of redemption and reconstruction extends beyond a post-traumatic-stressdisorder narrative. O’Nan is heartbreaking as he explores the depths of his internal struggle; Ferrera fearlessly tackles her role of a young wife in turmoil. The Dry Land is about one man’s fight within his own terrain—his country, home, and mind— and his journey to rebuild what he’s lost.

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The Kids Are Alright / USA WORLD PRIEMERE

A couple, Nic and Jules (Annette Benning and Julianne Moore), live with their teenage children, Joni and Laser (Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson), in a cozy craftsman bungalow in Los Angeles. As Joni prepares for college, her younger brother pesters her for a big favor—help him find their biological father. Against her better judgment, she makes a call to the sperm bank; the bank, in turn, calls Paul (Mark Ruffalo) and asks him if he’s willing to meet his daughter. He agrees, and a complicated new chapter begins for the family.

Director Lisa Cholodenko returns to Sundance (Laurel Canyon played at the 2003 Festival, and High Art won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 1998 Festival) with this vibrant, astute, and richly drawn portrait of a

modern family. Once again, Cholodenko demonstrates her uncanny ability to reach beneath the gloss of Southern California to illuminate the emotional and transformative power of human vulnerability and, in doing so, establishes herself as one of America’s most formidable auteurs.

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Killer Inside Me / USA WORLD PREMIERE

Based on the novel by legendary pulp writer Jim Thompson, The Killer Inside Me tells the story of handsome, charming, unassuming small-town deputy sheriff Lou Ford, who has a bunch of problems. Women problems. Law-enforcement problems. And an evergrowing pile of murder victims in his west Texas jurisdiction. All the while Lou manages to remain his stoic self. However, as evidence is discovered over the course of the investigation, suspicion begins to fall on Lou. But in this savage and bleak universe, nothing is ever what it seems.

In this film, Michael Winterbottom continues to show his immense prowess as a director. Pushing noir to its darkest extreme, he has fashioned a star vehicle for Casey Affleck, who delivers a powerful performance that evokes Robert Mitchum. This violent, stylish psychosexual thriller is imbued with all the amoral energy of its genre and is sure to shock some and dazzle all.

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Perfect Host / USA PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHT

Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed

for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who’s been mugged and lost his luggage. As the wine flows and the evening progresses, we become deeply intertwined in the lives of these two men and discover just how deceiving appearances can be.

With outstanding performances by David Hyde Pierce and Clayne Crawford, cowriter/director Nick Tomnay takes us on a suspense-filled ride where nothing is as it seems. The Perfect Host is a slippery psychological thriller that exposes true human nature and reveals just how far we’re willing to go to satisfy our needs.

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Taqwacores / USA NEXT (<=>) FILM SERIES Yusef, a straitlaced Pakistani American college student, moves into a house with an unlikely group of Muslim misfits—skaters, skinheads, queers, and a riot grrrl in a burqa—all of whom embrace Taqwacore, the hardcore Muslim punk-rock scene.

They may read the Koran and attend the mosque, but they also welcome an anarchic blend of sex, booze, and partying. As Yusef becomes more involved in Taqwacore, he finds his faith and ideology challenged by both this new subculture and his charismatic new friends, who represent different ideas of the Islamic tradition.

Adapted from the influential novel by Michael Muhammad Knight (cowriter of the film), The Taqwacores marks the energetic directorial debut of Eyad Zahra, who creates a wholly original spin on the identity narrative and invests the filth and fury of Islamic punk with humor and humanity.

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Arts & Entertainment

STEWART GOODYEAR See Jan. 8

Gay Agenda Six Steps From Shattuck

by Tony Hobday

Ok, my six degrees of separation from Ryan Shattuck, I believe, goes like this, Step 1: Michael Aaron, of course; Step 2: the Jonas Brothers (Michael’s love-children and Ryan’s play-things); Step 3: Susan Boyle (mother to the Jonas Brothers and Ryan’s favorite aunt); Step 4: Levi Johnston (we all have that issue of Playgirl); Step 5: Sesame Street’s Grover (Sarah Palin’s love-child and Ryan’s alter ego): Step 6: the incomparable Ryan Shattuck.

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FRIDAY — Set in 1962 Los Angeles, the movie A SINGLE MAN, is the story of George Falconer (Colin Firth), a 52-year-old British college professor who struggles to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim. George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as the flick follows him through a single day. Also, a young student, Kenny, coming to terms with his true nature, stalks George as he feels in him a kindred spirit.

Opens today, Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E. Broadway. Regular ticket prices, saltlakefilmsociety.org.

Q Stewart Goodyear, known for his imaginative and elegant playing

style, will be the perfect interpreter of BEETHOVEN’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2, originally written as a showpiece for Beethoven himself. Also on this Utah Symphony program is Rachmaninoff’s beautifully Romantic Symphony No. 2. Roberto Minczuk conducts.

8pm, through Saturday, Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple. Tickets $16–85, 801-355ARTS or arttix.org.

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SATURDAY — Five 10-minute plays are created, rehearsed and performed in 24 hours in Plan-B Theatre Company’s third annual STUDENT SLAM. Professional writers, directors and designers will join 25 student actors for this fundraiser for Theatre Arts Conservatory. Writers include Tobin Atkinson, John Belliston, Matthew Ivan Bennett, Megan Crivello and Kyle Nelson. Directors include Jason Bowcutt, Kyle Lewis, Mark Fossen, Teresa Sanderson and Bud Perry.

8pm, Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $10, 801355-ARTS or arttix.org.

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TUESDAY — The King’s English Bookshop presents a new quarterly event called LOCAL AUTHOR SHOWCASE. Gracing this first, and surely renowned reading, is none other than QSaltLake columnist Ryan Shattuck, who will being sharing excerpts from his political satire Revolutions for Fun and Profit.

Shattuck is as cute as a button and his book is as strange as liver pâté.

Other local authors include Charles Amonett, Susanna Barlo, Bonn Turkington, Steven Bate, S.C. Lang and Lisa Mangum.

6:30pm, The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East. Free, for more info, contact Alison Einerson at alison@kingsenglish.com.

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THURSDAY — Dori Berinstein’s inspired film SHOWBUSINESS: THE ROAD TO BROADWAY chronicles a year in the life of Broadway. It tracks four original musicals: Wicked, the clever retelling of The Wizard of Oz from the witches’ perspective; Avenue Q, in which puppets behave like unemployed twentysomethings; Taboo, Boy George and Rosie O’Donnell’s

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’80s extravaganza; and Tony Kushner’s Caroline, or Change.

7:30pm, City Library, 210 E. 400 South.

Free, slcfilmcenter.org.

Q A new weekly event starting tonight at Club Try-Angles is Strip Poker Night ... ummm, who wants to see Gene in the buff? Oh Lord! Actually it’s simply POKER NIGHT. Flush some Royals or hold a Pair of Kings or beat a Straight. Damn it sounds fun ... and it will be fun with great prizes.

Rumor has it that Lady Gaga will be the dealer!

9pm, Club Try-Angles, 251 W. 900 South.

Free to memners, 801-364-3203.

Q Wasatch Theatre Company presents a production of John Guare’s modern classic, SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION. Ouisa and Flan Kittredge are surprised by a visit by a young black man claiming to br the son of Sydney Poitier. The series of events that follow, both comedic and tragic, turn their worlds upside down and introduce them to parts of themselves they never knew existed.

8pm, through Jan. 30, Studio Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $15, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org.

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SATURDAY — Utah Opera presents CARMEN, a drama of passion under the hot Spanish sun. Fiery, intense, tender and bold, the story concerns the eponymous Carmen, a beautiful gypsy. Free with her love, she woos the corporal Don José, an inexperienced soldier. Their relationship leads to his rejection of his former love, mutiny against his superior and joining a gang of smugglers.

His jealousy when she turns from him to the bullfighter Escamillo leads to tragedy ... obviously!

7:30pm, through Jan. 24, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South. Tickets $35–88, 801-355arttix.org.

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SUNDAY — Well, she’s back! The iconic Mormon housewife returns from a bout of illness to the stage in SECOND HELPINGS: THE PASSION OF SISTER DOTTIE S. DIXON, sharing her inspiring view of the world behind the Zion Curtain.

A culinary genius and the proud mother of a gay son, her “passion” is in changing the hearts and minds of the ill-willed. This is a limited run of last fall’s extraordinary hit.

2pm today, 7:30pm Monday & Tuesday, Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $20, 801-355ARTS or arttix.org.

Q The Utah Human Rights Campaign is celebrating women, and why not, life as we know it whould forever change without them. I mean who the hell would we get to help us gay men flirt with straight men and pick up hot one-night stands? Anyhoo, butch, femme, trans, lesbian, drag, straight, bisexual, ally ... come as you are to HER HRC UTAH for an evening celebrating the diversity of women. Music provided by DJ TiDY and sponsored

by Tylenol PM ... hmmm!

7pm, Club Jam, 751 N. 300 West. Door cover $10, visit utah.hrc.org for more info.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Howie Day, The State Room Sarah Bettens, The State Room Michael Bublé, E Center Muse, E Center

Save the Date January 17 Her HRC, Celebrating the Female utah.hrc.org January 21–31 Sundance Film Festival, Park City sundance.org February 2–7 Super SkiOut Utah Friends Weekend skioututah.com February 12–14 QUAC Ski-N-Swim quacquac.org April 10 Queer Prom utahpridecenter.org April 16 Day of Silence dayofsilence.org May 8 HRC Utah Gala utah.hrc.org June 4–6 Utah Pride utahpride.org August 7–8 Park City Arts Festival kimballartcenter.org August 22 Utah Pride Center Golf Classic utahpridecenter.org September 28 Equality Utah Allies Dinner equalityutah.org October 9 National Coming Out Day utahpridecenter.org

Book Review A Trace of Smoke

By Rebecca Cantrell

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Review by Tony Hobday

C ANTRELL ’ S DEBUT novel captures the hazy, decaying essence of 1930’s Berlin, at the rise of the Nazi regime. In A trace of Smoke, the heroine Hannah Vogel, investigates, through her uncommon resources and cunning, the mysterious death of her younger gay brother, all the while trying to pick up the pieces from her unrelenting and tragic past.

Hannah is a crime reporter (aka Peter Weill) who staggers upon a photo of her murdered brother Ernst, posted on a wall called the Hall of the Unnamed Dead, riddled in a sea of similar black and white photographs of lifeless, brutalized, unidentified bodies. Due to recent actions on Hannah’s part, she finds herself without the necessary ‘identity papers’ to claim the body of her dead brother — in a way, she also no longer exists.

On her own, Hannah’s search for Ernst’s killer leads her into a dark and dangerous world, the underbelly of Germany’s social and sexual misfits, in which Ernst had lived. Ernst was a lounge singer with a coterie of male admirers at the El Dorado, a “seedy” nightclub in the Schöneberg borough of Berlin. —A mural covered the outside wall of the club. It started with a woman in a long formal dress dancing with a man in a tuxedo and monocle. Next to them were two men in tuxedos dancing together, one with a feminine birthmark and red lips, but unmistakably male shoulders and hair. A few centimeters away, two women danced cheek-to-cheek, their backs to a roguish man in a tuxedo dancing with another man and a laughing woman. A blatant testament to the taboo conduct held inside the “looking glass.”

Cantrell has a soft, yet poignant style to mystery writing, a decent number of unsuspecting plot twists, one of which involves Hannah caring for a mysterious young boy found on her doorstep, a letter gripped in hand. Yet another unlikely pawn in the mystery revolving Ernst’s EBECCA

death. Not only is Hannah searching for a killer, but also is now looking for Anton’s mother, with help from the young boy who is stubborn and imaginative. —I felt like I was talking to Flying Deer from the Kästner book, Emil and the Detectives. He too spoke as if he’d ridden out of a cowboy movie from America.

The development of Hannah’s character, though, is what drives Cantrell’s story — she is independent, smart and pained in an era not too fond to women. Cantrell pulls expertly sympathy for Hannah’s past. —Ernst and I lived on eggs and boiled fish soup. I collected fish heads and entrails at the fish market and boiled them and strained out the pieces through Mother’s old silk stockings. Then Cantrell ever so slightly evolves Hannah chapter-by-chapter, her hope, her destiny, her peace.

Which then also evolves sympathy to admiration for Hannah.

A Trace of Smoke is first and foremost Hannah’s story, built from the time she raised Ernst on her own to her eventual fleeing of Berlin. A fair amount of history is included, but with Cantrell’s background in German creative writing and history,

she doesn’t plague the pages with it.

Nazi influence, economic strife and the inclusion of Ernst Röhm, an actual historical figure — a somewhat openly gay German army officer and Nazi leader who was close to Adolf Hitler — are among the tidbits of German history that evenly dust this most engaging first novel, a unique and compelling mix of fiction and history. Q

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Restaurant Review Sapa Sushi Bar and Asian Grill

by Chef Drew Ellsworth

Our illustrious editor at QSaltLake, Michael Aaron and I were treated a few weeks ago to the most delightful evening at Sapa restaurant. (We both agreed that the company was superb.)

Sapa is actually a city in Vietnam.

In a newly-built courtyard adjacent to the dining rooms of the restaurant, the owners have assembled, stick by stick, an elaborately-carved temple from Sapa. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, in a word, awesome.

The restaurant is a combination of traditional Asian cuisine but is heavily influenced by Vietnamese and Thai dishes. It also has an extensive and very busy sushi bar. As you enter from State Street youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re immediately transported into an Asian dream world â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dĂŠcor, the hand-blown glass chandeliers, and the contemporary architecture blended with Asian antiques is the perfect setting to frame the food

served here. Michael and I were blown and knew it would go well with seaaway and we both commented how Sa- food, but I ended up being a little disappaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cinemascope ambiance is reminis- pointed; I thought the wine would have cent of La Cailleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decor, in the way that more complexity and more citrus to it.

But a friend at an adjoining table sent it completely grabs your senses.

We were greeted by Mai who is one of Michael a glass of Two Dog white â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a the owners and who, over the past eight California blend with a Utah connecyears, has made Sapa her dream come tion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and we both were impressed true. She is beautiful, engaging and with that wine.

Mai next brought us two very long platknowledgeable, and we were honored ters of sushi rolls: the Imperial and the to have her as our host.

As I usually do when dining out, I Blazing Jazz. They were also impeccably asked Mai to bring us what she thinks plated and drizzled, and it looked like a is her best dish. She had us start with ton of food, but we busily go to it and ate sushi and sashimi; I was game and every bite. For two Utah Anglos, we were actually enjoy nicely-made sushi, but really enjoying the experience!

We were wowed again when we tried Michael made a face and did the typical Utah thing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eww, raw fish? I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t two kinds of lamb: rack lollipops served do that,â&#x20AC;? he protested. But me, being with dots of a wasabi dressing and a who I am, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey dude, you wanted meticulous stir-fry of lamb strips in to come here and have the total experi- Panang curry served in a golden pool of ence. You need to man up and at least buttermilk/squash puree. Heaven! We try this stuff.â&#x20AC;? also enjoyed a beef tenderloin stir-fry He relented and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re right. I complimented by green apple juliennes need to man up!â&#x20AC;? and other veggies. Everything was exBut when our first plate arrived â&#x20AC;&#x201D; citing, nicely seasoned and plated by and it was gorgeous â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we true artists. The next day both had to man up. We were Sapa Sushi Bar & Michael wrote on his FaceAsian Grill served a plate of all raw fish book page, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to go 722 S State Street to Sapa!â&#x20AC;? and, even though Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had Salt Lake City shashimi in the past, a whole Sapa has an expertly as(801) 363-7272 plate of it was a bit daunting. sembled wine list and cockDREWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RATING: On a bed of rice stick noodles, tail menu. Also, the servers 95/100 with a ramekin of soy and cut were dressed more like top cucumber and lemon, we had notch Bistro staffers and raw halibut, red snapper, tuna and red were diverse and out of the norm for trout which had been rolled up into little an Asian-style restaurant. Sapa has rose buds. The white fish were topped successfully blended authentic Asian with red and black caviar accompanied cuisine with American tastes in such by traditional sushi condiments. It was a way that you become caught up in all so tender, delicate and sweet that I Maiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream, and all of a sudden youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re must say it was the first time that I was gulping raw fish and loving it! eating raw fish and was completely reSapa is open for lunch and dinner. The moved from my culinary thought pat- sushi and sashimi dishes are around tern; the dubious Michael and I were $14 and the lamb and beef entrees range happily gobbling it down. from $12 to $17. The restaurant with the I had brought a Hannah Sauvignon reconstructed temple is located at 722 S. Blanc which I had been meaning to try State St. I give it a rating of 95.

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Entertainment Eddie Sarfaty: Funny in the Head

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by JoSelle Vanderhooft

S ARFATY IS A TALENTED comedian and writer who has appeared on Comedy Central, NBC’s Today show and on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender programming network Logo’s stand-up comedy show, Wisecrack. He is a member of the groundbreaking comedy troupe Funny Gay Males and performs regularly across the country — most notably in Provincetown, Mass., each summer and on a number of cruise ships.

He is also the author of Mental: Funny in the Head, a book of humorous essays released in July 2009 from Kensington Press. On Jan. 22, he will perform at Club Jam in a benefit performance for the QCares Foundation, QSaltLake’s community outreach program.

On Jan. 5, Sarfaty and I spoke about his career, his charitable work for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, and what makes his comedy tick.

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JOSELLE VANDERHOOFT: How did your performance at Club Jam fall into place?

EDDIE SARFATY: A fan of mine from SLC hit me up on Facebook and said come to Salt Lake.

JV: And that was that?

ES: He put me in touch with the guys at Jam and I sent them a link to my com-

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JV: I’m always curious when I interview people in the entertainment field about how they got into their particular lines of work. How did you get into stand-up comedy?

ES: When I was a kid I was kind of, you know, kind of a fat kid. I didn’t have so many friends. My parents sent me to a summer camp for the performing arts, and I loved it and had great experiences there with choir and acting, and I always thought I wanted to be an actor. When I got older I did things in high school and community theatre, and I was a drama major in college.

And then I somehow decided I really loved the whole atmosphere of being in a show, but I didn’t really love the nuts and bolts of the acting. It’s very intense, very specific work and I could be good at it when I put my mind to it, but I didn’t love it as much as I think you’re supposed to love it if you’re going to do it for a living. It’s much more fun for me to be on stage and say what I want to say the way I want to say it, rather than trying to synthesize the author’s intent and how the character walks and what the director’s vision is and all of that.

I was studying at the National Theatre Institute at the time, and I was telling a joke to some people. It was one of those Each Sudoku puzzle has a unique solution which can be reached logically without guessing. Enter digits 1 through 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit, as must each column and each 3x3 square. Qdoku is actually five seperate, but connected, Sudoku puzzles.

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things where people came over and said, “Oh, tell him the joke! Tell him the joke!” People were laughing, and this girl in my class said, “That is so funny.

You should be a stand-up comic.” A few days later I was in a Shakespeare class completely butchering some soliloquy.

The instructor was giving me all these notes and I didn’t know what she was talking about, so I just started goofing around and someone else said, “She’s right, you should be a stand up comic!”

That’s how it first got in my head. But it was years before I ever got the nerve to try it. And then I went into it very slowly. I would do it here and there or do it for a while then stop. I just sort of took my time doing it and after a bunch of years of saying I was doing it but not really doing it full out, I decided that I didn’t want to be 75 and look back and regret that I didn’t try it. So I quit my other job and just sort of made it work.

JV: I watched some of your routines on your Web site, and one of the things that really struck me about what I and other people who have seen your work observed is that your humor is really surprising and at the same time really warm. You don’t tear people down.

ES: Thank you, because I don’t understand why comics pick on people. I mean, people are nice enough to take the time and spend their money to come and see you perform, I think you really have no business picking on them. And then if you pick on them, they’ll pick on you, and who needs that? I’m not in it for that.

JV: Even when you’re talking, like, about calling your grandmother up and her asking, “Do you want to hear who died today?” before she says anything else — I mean, there was just something about that sketch that made the moment funny but helped you to understand who she was, and that you loved her. I thought that was kind of rare to see.

ES: Thank you. I think stand up isn’t just about the words and the joke and the cleverness; you really want to make some kind of emotional connection with the people [in the audience]. The people who are truly, you know, groundbreaking or great comics connect with the audience. There’s some kind of, you know, camaraderie that builds up, I guess.

JV: Another thing I love about your humor is its subtlety. I’m thinking of one instance where I had to do a double take to get one of your jokes. I don’t want to spoil anything from your set, but I’m thinking in particular of the moment when you said that your father and your boyfriend had the same name: Daddy.

ES: Oh, everyone loves that joke.

JV: It took me a second to go, “Oh wait, I got it!” [laughs] That was awesome.

I think that’s really special about your work.

ES: A lot of people have one joke in particular that people remember. And that’s a great compliment when someone remembers your joke, because if you think about it, when someone tells you a joke, how often do you remember it? Nine times out of 10 when people come up to me and say, “You had such a great joke,” [they always mean] that joke. I did it for a TV spot and I thought, oh, if I do it on TV everyone will see it, and if I do it live it won’t be funny anymore. And then they put that joke on the commercial for the series [Logo’s Wisecrack]. So I stopped doing it for a while and people would come up to me and say, ‘You didn’t do the joke! I brought my friend and you didn’t do the daddy joke!’ So it’s never like the whole audience heard it.

JV: With touring and your book, you’re pretty busy now, I’m sure. But are there any other projects you’re working on at the moment?

ES: I’m currently working on a screenplay with my pal Bob Smith [of Funny Gay Men] about a mother and a daughter, and I feel really good about it. I think I could really see it as something that could have a really wide appeal. I also have an idea for a novel I’ve been working here and there a little bit, although my publishers would like me to write another collection of essays, as Mental has been well received and I think they’re trying to build on that.

JV: Your performance at Club Jam is a joint project of the club and QCares Foundation. Could you talk a little about your involvement with QCares and the work you have done for other charitable organizations?

ES: I always like to have some of the proceeds from my performances go back to the community. I have this book called Mental, so I’ve been working all over the country [to promote it]. I’ve probably been in 20 cities so far doing a stand-

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Sarfaty Continued from page 32 up performance and trying to have an ideal situation for everyone where we make money for the community, everyone has fun and we do it at a local LGBT venue, and people get to hear about my book and a charity gets helped out.

QCares does a lot of stuff with AIDS and substance abuse prevention, and that’s really important. I’m glad to have that be part of this whole thing.

JV: What inspires you to donate part of your paycheck, basically, to LGBT community groups in particular?

ES: In terms of working for the LGBT community, they’ve been the ones who have supported me. If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be making my living the way I’m making it. I didn’t set off to be the gay comic, and certainly I think my stuff is funny and that the great majority of it is accessible to everyone. But it just sort of happened that way. I mean, gay people are fun! I go and I meet a lot of fun people. It can be very lonely. You go out somewhere and do a show, and it’s not like you’re in the company of The Pajama Game or something where you have the whole chorus and you go out.

But to be involved and be supported by the gay community is important. I also think it’s important [to remember] if you’re gay or lesbian in New York there are still a lot of things to do. If you’re just in a small town somewhere, there might just be the one bar. I’m not a role model, but I think it’s important for people to see gay people doing something like that [stand-up comedy]. It’s very well-appreciated. So of course when it comes to wanting to help people, why wouldn’t I want to help that community that’s been so underserved, first of all?

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Gay Ski Weeks 2010, Part 2

by Brad Di Iorio

In our last issue we featured national and local gay and lesbian ski weeks taking place in January and February. As a reminder, we start with Ski OUT Utah’s Friends Weekend and the Queer Utah Aquatic Club’s annual fundraiser, Ski-n-Swim. QUAC has now opened registration for all events online.

SuperSkiOutUtah ‘Friends’ Weekend Feb. 4–8, 2010

Utah’s only gay and lesbian ski and snowboard club will host their first ever “friends” ski weekend over four days starting with skiing and snowboarding at Park City Mountain on Thursday, Snowbird on Friday, The Canyons on Saturday, and Deer Valley on Sunday. The non-profit winter social club has grown in the last two years and has been planning to host a national gay and lesbian ski week or weekend. It will test the waters for such an event this year by inviting friends locally and from across the country to Utah for a long weekend of socializing and winter sports. As many members of Ski OUT Utah have homes and condos at or near the base of Utah’s resorts, the weekend’s parties will include invites to Ski OUT Utah member’s homes for drinks, food and hotubbing after a day on the hills, and local bars will also host parties. On Super Bowl Sunday a huge party will be hosted by Jeff Ottman at his Park City condo in Bear Hollow.

Look for more information at skioututah.com and sign up for e-mails and blasts at your favorite social networking site that Ski OUT Utah frequents.

QUAC Ski-n-Swim Feb. 12–14, 2010

Local gay and lesbian swim club QUAC will be raising funds to send swimmers and a water polo team to the Gay Games in Cologne, Germany (July 31–Aug. 7, 2010).

The annual Ski-n-Swim fundraiser will also support other QUAC activities throughout the year. Moving the skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing events to Valentine’s Day will also allow more participation at Snowbird.

The swim tournament will be at Steiner Aquatic Center, 645 S. Guardsman Way, near the University of Utah campus, on Saturday.

Anyone wanting to rent ski, snowboard or snowshoeing equipment can get up to a 25 percent discount at Utah Ski & Golf locations in Salt Lake City and Park City, by mentioning Ski-n-Swim 2010. Also included in the discounted price that Snowbird is offering, Ski-n-Swim registrants will be served a buffet lunch at the Cliff Lodge, which will also serve as QUAC’s home base to meet for all outdoor events at the resort. QUAC is also offering the buffet lunch separately from the outdoor activities.

Registration for participation for all events can be made at ski-n-swim.org or quacquac. org.

Telluride Gay Ski Week Feb. 20–27, 2010 StraightOut Media & Marketing returns for its seventh year in creating this Saturday to Saturday gay and lesbian ski week, held in association with the Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association. This year, the producers have announced The Matthew Shepard Foundation as the week’s 2010 Presenting Sponsor, and a special fundraising dinner for the Foundation will be held on Tuesday night which Judy Shepard, Matthew’s mother, will attend. Other sponsored events include: a Sunday evening meet-n-greet at the official host hotel, The Peaks; a Monday night skating party at a new skating rink in Mountain Village, Colo.; The Blue Ball Dance Party at the official T-10 headquarters hotel, Capella, with French DJ Guillaume; Amazing Race winner, Reichen Lehmkuhl’s Hump Night on Wednesday at a local bar; and Chemistry.com’s White Night Party on Thursday at The Peaks, featuring L.A.-based, DJs The Perry Twins. A special fundraising fashion show will also be held on Saturday, Feb. 27, to help raise funds for the Telluride AIDS Benefit. T-10 is offering a VIP T-Pass for $195 for entrance to all events except The Matthew Shepard Foundation’s dinner and the Telluride AIDS Benefit fashion show.

Go to telluridegayskiweek.com for information and room rates.

Vancouver WinterPRIDE March 1–8, 2010 Although the 2010 Winter Olympics being held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from February 12–28, look for the Olympic flags being replaced by WinterPRIDE flags at Whistler Resort for the largest annual gay and lesbian ski week in North America. This year, Alpenglow Productions Corporation and GayWhistler have secured PRIDE House in the center of Whistler Village at the Pan Pacific boutique hotel for the duration of the Winter Olympics, WinterPride and the Paralympics. Open Feb. 8 through March 21, this is a place where gay and lesbian athletes, their friends and any gay-friendly folks may visit, watch events on TV and fraternize with like-minded visitors.

WinterPRIDE features events for men and women during the week and great skiing and snowboarding on Whistler’s runs, with Travelocity’s Never Roam Alone Ski Guides on hand to help visitors explore Blackcomb Mountain, Glacier Creek and Whistler Mountain.

The Hilton Whistler Resort & Spa is the official host hotel and boasts $52 million renovations for the Olympics and WinterPRIDE, as well as a five-minute walk to the lifts. Local and other international DJs will spin at various parties such as Monday’s welcome party at Skier’s Plaza, Tuesday’s Kiwi Cowboy and Cowgurl Party presented by Air New Zealand,

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the women-only Bubbles and Boobies wine and spa event at the Solarice Spa, and a pool party featuring a performance from Vancouver’s glamour ‘Queen,’ Jaylene Tyme, both held on Thursday. Saturday night’s premiere events include Manhunt’s MountainTOP Snowball which features dinner, a gondola ride and Grammy Award winner Hex Hector spinning tunes at the top of Whistler Mountain, and the annual Shred Betties Bash produced by Flygirl, which will feature the UK’s DJ Riki Rocket. Early bird pricing for events has been extended to Jan. 15, special promotion codes will be offered for booking flights with Air Canada and accommodations through Travelocity.

For more information, visit gaywhistler.com and pridehouse.ca.

Mammoth Elevation 2010 March 17–21, 2010 Enjoy spring skiing California style at Mammoth Mountain, Calif., which can be reached via direct flights from Los Angeles on Horizon Air or a six-hour drive from L.A. This year, producers Tom Whitman Presents and Cassis Travel Services, Inc. have put together family packages, or D Squared/M Squared (Daddy/Daddy and Mommy/ Mommy) plans, which include nanny service, kid’s lessons, family hour, and one-day lift tickets. Also included are couples packages and single packages at host hotel, the Westin Monache. Through Cassis, Elevation 2010 has secured lower rates than offered

by AAA or MVP at the Westin and at the other host hotels, The Village at Mammoth and the Mammoth Mountain Inn. The highlights of Elevation 2010 are the free welcome party on Wednesday night, held at Lakanuki; Cherry Pop at 10,000 feet on Friday, which includes a gondola ride to the mountain top; and Saturday’s après-ski party, Freeze, which will start at 3 p.m. and will be followed by another après-ski party, Defrost, at 5 pm. Following Defrost will be Cliffhanger at the Canyon Lodge, the largest dance party of the weekend, which will last until 1 a.m.

Check out mammothgayski.com for more information.

European Gay Ski Week March 20–27, 2010 This European ski event has been growing steadily. Last year, over 600 gays and lesbians from 27 different countries participated. This year, enjoy spring skiing and snowboarding in the French Alps at a mountain resort town and ski area called Escape Killy. The host ski resort is Tignes and the Grand Motte glacier allows winter skiing for eight months out of the year. Highlights of this week event are a mid-mountain dance terrace held every day where local DJs will be spinning mid-day; a daily, late-afternoon party on the terrace of Le Coffee; and parties at local bars and clubs, hosted by Europe’s best known gay clubs, like London’s Trade and Salvation, and featuring DJs from all over the continent. Parisian women’s party pro-

moter Primanotte and City Pink will also be coordinating women-only events during the week. Passes for all events are available and the promoters will help book travel. Special discounts are available for students.

For more information, visit europeangayskiweek.com.

WinterFest XV March 7–14, 2010 Lake Tahoe, Calif. boasts seven ski resorts, but getting to all of them during this event will require a car or careful planning to get on the correct bus. Lakeland Village Beach and Mountain Resort hosts this annual event along with the Nevada Commission on Tourism and the Nevada Gay & Lesbian Convention Visitor and Convention Bureau.

Discounts are available at Lakeland Village by using the WinterFest discount code. Two options, the Diamond Party Pass and the Midwest Party pass, include a 10 percent discount on daily lift tickets along with tickets to all events. Event tickets can be purchased separately allowing visitors to find other lodging. Shuttles from Lakeland Village are available to Heavenly Tahoe.

The WinterFest opening party on Sunday night will welcome skiers and boarders with complimentary cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, and the main events during the week include a Thursday evening Luau on Ice, featuring tropical drinks and a Hawaiian barbeque; Friday night’s Comedy Night and an Italian feast at Tep’s Villa Room, featuring ‘out’ comedian Danny Leary; and Saturday night’s WinterFest Dance Party, featuring DJ Joe Bermudez, at the Lakeland Village. Lake Tahoe is also within convenient traveling distance of Nevada.

For more information, visit laketahoewinterfest.com and skilaketahoe.com.

Breckenridge OutBoard 2010 March 30–April 4, 2010 After last year’s trip to Crested Butte, Colo., the members of Outboard have decided to take the annual gay and lesbian snowboarder’s week back to Breckenridge, Colo.

While skiers are welcome to this extended weekend, the majority of the attendees are snowboarders. Outboard has blocked rooms at the Main Street Station, located at the base of the lifts, and registration, as well as tickets to parties and other events can only be purchased though the event’s Web site.

Outboard begins with a welcome party at the Main Street Station’s Pioneer Club on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. Wednesday night will feature a two-hour ice skating party at the local ice rink and Boy’s Soup on Friday night at the Breckenridge Recreation Center Pool. The largest event will be held on Saturday night at the River Walk Center. Called the Outboard 2010 Extravaganza, this will feature dinner, tunes by Outboard’s returning favorite DJ Foos, and entertainment by Denver’s Demented Divas. Although this is the official closing party for the week, snowboarders can still hit the slopes on Sunday.

For more information, go to outboard.org.

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by Steven Walker N THIS ISSUE’S COLUMN,

I’D LIKE TO address a series of questions I get all the time: What can I do to lose weight in my stomach and get a six pack? I’ve been doing a lot of crunches and sit-ups but they don’t seem to help.

What can I do to make the fat go away?

Many people do hundreds of sit-ups and wonder why they still have belly fat and no six pack. The answer to this question is simple, but many of us don’t want to believe it.

There is no way to target weight loss to a specific area of the body because your body decides where it wants to put on weight and where it wants to take it off. It’s useless to perform hundreds and hundreds of crunches if there is a huge layer of fat on top covering up these muscles. It is also virtually impossible to achieve great abs development with exercise alone. So rather than doing that, let’s focus on attacking the fat with all the tools we have in our toolbox: weight training, cardiovascular exercise, proper nutrition and improved body composition.

Everyone has a six pack, but they are just hiding under varying degrees of fat. So how do we do the big reveal?

It is based on two things: your overall body composition (body fat percentage) and the development of the abdominal muscles themselves. So, the first steps in revealing your abs are to improve your body composition by adding muscle, and decreasing your body fat.

The first place to start when you set out to improve your body composition is proper nutrition. Proper nutrition is 50 to 80 percent of your success. Yes, it is that important. If I can help you realize this one concept, you will be well on your way to a six pack. Some of the no-brainer foods to give up when trying to lose fat are: sweets, sodas (even diet) and refined grains. Get rid of breakfast foods like sugar cereal, pop tarts pastries, high sugar granola and every cookie, cake, donut and potato chip.

These foods are painfully processed and will spike your insulin mercilessly, forcing the body to store the sugar as fat. Some of us also need to remember that alcohol does the same thing. Dairy foods can be tricky as well, because they have a greater potential for fat storage than many other foods. If you have to eat them stick with the low-fat versions and watch portions.

The good news is that some foods help maintain constant blood sugar

levels; others can help with cravings; and still others help burn fat by affecting hormones. I’ve compiled a list of foods that, if eaten exclusively, cannot only increase fat-burning, but help with cravings, and improve your overall health and immune system function.

Do your best to eat from the following list of foods: Chicken breasts, ground bison, egg whites, whey protein powder, turkey breast, lean ground turkey, white fish, wild Alaskan salmon, spinach, broccoli, asparagus, bell pepers, green beans, kale, collard greens, chard, berries, apples, old-fashioned oatmeal, sweet potatoes, brown rice, low fat yogurt, raw almonds, natural peanut butter or almond butter (limit to two tablespoons per serving), chunky salsa, green tea, unsweetened cocoa and water.

Remember, this is not an end to life as you know it. This is a plan to get you to your goal and you can relax when your body composition has changed.

With increased muscle mass you will increase your fat and calorie burning capabilities.

I tell myself a goal is just a wish unless it is written down. Use a food journal every day to keep track of what you eat including the total carbohydrates, fat, protein grams and total caloric intake. Using a journal will be your best tool to ensure your success.

The second place to start changing your body composition is with resistance training. Resistance training is actually 40 percent of your success. I know what you are thinking now: “What about cardio?” But let me explain.

Every pound of muscle you build burns an additional 50 calories. Adding 10 pounds of muscle will burn 500 calories a day which equals 3,500 calories a week. Thirty-five hundred calories is equal to one pound of fat. It only takes two calories a day to maintain one pound of fat. Therefore, we want to take away the fat and add muscle so that you become a fat burning machine. Think of your body like a car engine: The bigger the engine, the more fuel it takes to keep that motor running. Once you have the engine burning, it is burning fuel for you all the time — while you go about your daily activities and while you sleep.

When it comes to cardio, it takes seven hours of cardio to burn 3,500 calories. You can do a whole week’s worth of cardio and only burn one pound of fat. When you step off the cardio machine it is like turning off the motor.

Now, I’m not saying that cardio doesn’t have its place, but as far as maintaining permanent weight loss, changing your body composition by adding muscle wins hands down.

Good luck!

For more information, complimentary consultation and workout, contact Steven Walker, National Academy of Sports Medicine certified trainer at 801-688-1918 or evolutionstevew@gmail.com.

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The Perils of Petunia Pap-Smear A Tale of May The Force Be With You

chanting, “There’s no place like Wells.

There’s no place like Wells.”

With the truck proceeding at a snail’s pace, I reached the top of these hills, and saw a road sign that said “Death Star Valley.” Being a huge Star Wars fan, I was very impressed that someone would actually give that name to a

by Petunia Pap-Smear forbiddingly lifeless desert valley. And how appropriate that name was at that moment: just then, the engine breathed its last few desperate gasps and died.

HE ROAD TO CALIFORNIA IS FRAUGHT the Golden State, I noticed that the Suddenly I heard the voice of Obi Wan with danger and excitement. immense size of the equipment was Kenobi: “Use the Force Petunia and On the Sunday preced- making it catch a lot of head wind, coast within walking distance of the gas ing Christmas, my company thus forcing the truck engine to work stations in Wells.” So I quickly threw called upon me to deliver a 9,000-pound harder than usual to maintain a suit- the transmission into neutral and bepiece of industrial something or other able cruising speed. When I passed gan to coast down the slight slope. A from Salt Lake City to the Bay Area in through Wendover, I had about half few miles later, I stood corrected when California. Well, what with Utah being a tank of gas and thought that I could a second road sign actually read “Deeth Utah, and the Bay Area being the Mec- easily make the next 69 miles to Wells, and Starr Valley. ” I was disappointed ca of our people, I clutched my emer- Nevada, thus onward, ever onward! To about the lack of a Star Wars reference, gency overnight/bathhouse accessory my dismay, as I reached Oasis, Nevada, but encouraged by the fact that the bag and rushed to the office as fast as the low fuel alarm rang out. truck was still moving forward — albeit my land yacht, Queertanic, could take Oh crap! I had made a serious mis- at 10 mph. May the Force stay with me! me. judgment which was going to lead to With my emergency flashers blinking Complicating things was an ap- my being stranded along Interstate 80, more wildly than light sabers in a duel, proaching storm, and having previ- out of gas and with a storm approach- I did not give up my spot in the rightously been caught in Donner Pass dur- ing. I still had to climb the 2,000-foot hand lane, thus forcing all other traffic ing a snow storm, I preferred to forgo Pequop Summit and cross another val- to swerve around me, lest the rumble an encore. I was hastily strapping the ley before I would reach Wells, civili- strip at the edge slow my forward mopiece of equipment onto the truck, zation and precious gasoline. I slowed mentum. when tragedy struck: My hand slipped down the truck and tried to keep the Amazingly, I was able to coast several and I broke a nail.

RPMs below 2,500 in order to conserve miles, all the way into the gas station to A lesser queen might have broken what little gas I had left. Like a geriat- a blessedly vacant pump, and to the apdown into a sobbing heap of polyester ric queen who needs a gentle helping plause of a couple of other drivers who and glitter, but I did not have time for hand to rise up from her customary had realized what was happening. Apa “Lifetime, Movie of the Week” melt- serviceable kneeling position, I pro- parently, God really does look out for down. There were parts to haul, storms ceeded very gingerly at 25 mph up the children, fools and drag queens with to beat and men in need of comfort. mountain, letting all others pass me by. heavy equipment. Right then and there Summoning snippets of knowledge I was greatly relieved upon mounting at the Flying J, I summoned my inner gleaned from viewing my vast library the summit, thinking that it was all Scarlet O’Hara and I committed to myof porno movies, I was able to master downhill from there. self, as God as my witness, I’ll never the strapping down action that should Next, I coasted down the other side run out of gas again! I filled up the tank, come naturally to our people, what of the mountain and reached the valley replenished my Diet Coke mug, called with all the use of leather straps and floor, again proceeding slowly to con- and made an appointment for an emerharnesses, etc. I then secured the piece serve fuel. Ahead, however, looming gency manicure and drove on, putting of equipment firmly to the truck. I can ominously like Black Gates of Mordor, off thinking about the slick road that be amazingly butch when the occasion were a few remaining hills that stood undoubtedly lay ahead in Donner Pass arises — though in truth, securing 9,000 between me and salvation. Can I make and the people I might be forced to eat pounds of equipment is nothing com- it, I wondered. The engine began to should I get stuck. For after all, tomorpared to setting the table for high tea. sputter. I pumped the gas pedal gently row is another day.

As I finally got on the road toward with my size 13 ruby slippers while Like always these events leave us with many eternal questions: 1. Is fighting a head wind the same as Cryptogram: I thought I would be attacked during the campaign for being gay. I wasn’t. It was a pleasant giving head?

Anagram: James Franco 2. Could helping an old queen up off surprise. her knees be considered a good deed for the day by the Boy Scouts?

3. Is coasting down the mountain the same as “going down” on the mountain?

4. Should we petition Nevada to rename the place Death Star Valley?

5. Would Darth Vader be the sheriff?

6. If I hiked up my skirt and showed some leg would I attract or repel help?

7. How many laws did I break by not pulling over?

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

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