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Transgender Awareness Month • Plan-B’s ‘She Was My Brother’ • Trans Cyclists Do the Impossible • plus Events Throughout the State Election Roundup with Candidate Interviews

New Group Interrupts Gubernatorial Debate

New Gay Choir in Utah County

Cedar City Considering Nondiscrimination Ordinances

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by Rex Wockner

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Roller Coaster The Obama administration resuscitated the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell gay ban Oct. 20 by convincing the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to temporarily stay an injunction by a federal district judge in Riverside, Calif.

U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips had found the ban unconstitutional and barred any further use of it worldwide effective Oct. 12. In response, the military stopped kicking out openly gay and lesbian servicemembers and began letting open gays and lesbians sign up to enlist.

But the Obama administration — which says it strongly opposes DADT — immediately began fighting to bring the ban back to life, ultimately succeeding eight days later.

The Justice Department argued that an abrupt end to the ban would be harmful to the military in myriad ways. Judge Phillips was wholly unconvinced and refused to stay her injunction. The 9th Circuit, on the other hand, issued a brief stay — until at least Oct. 25 — while it considers issuing a longer stay.

The administration also said it wants Congress, not the courts, to end the ban.

The House of Representatives voted to end the ban earlier this year but the Senate refused after a filibuster by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

There is no indication that the Senate will change its mind when it returns to Washington for the lame-duck session following the Nov. 2 elections, even though the DADT repeal measure is part of the bill that funds the entire U.S. military for next year. McCain’s filibuster also left the overall military funding measure unpassed.

“Really, what’s in my heart right now is it’s going to be really hard for me to vote for Barack Obama,” prominent gays-in-the-military activist Dan Choi said in an interview.

Choi re-enlisted in the Army at the Times Square recruiting station in New York on Oct. 19 only to see his plans stymied a day later.

“They told me (on Oct. 22) that they’re shredding my papers ... to protect my Social Security number,” he said. “Call me a oneissue person, but this is really pissing me off. When Congress has a law that’s unconstitutional, it’s the job of the courts to call it unconstitutional. That’s Civics day one.

Obama’s giving Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. For him to do that at this point is upsetting, it’s disgusting.”

GetEQUAL director Robin McGehee called the government’s successful push for a stay “a travesty.”

“This ... brings the military’s discriminatory Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law back from the dead,” she said. “It is a travesty that after numerous attempts, President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder will go down in history as the administration that breathed life back into Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. The

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This movement is not going to go away anytime soon, and most likely never will until the gay community has equal rights with everybody else.

Chances are that in 20 years or so, our generation and future generations are going to look back and wonder how we ever thought gay couples, and individuals, didn’t deserve the same rights as others.”

—The Utah Statesman, in an editorial about LDS Apostle Boyd K. Packer’s recent anti-gay remarks Constance McMillan (waving) was awarded $81,000 in legal fees from the school district which canceled their prom rather than allow her to attend the dance in a tuxedo with her girlfriend. The school district reinstated the prom after the ACLU sued, but parents paid for a separate event, which all of the students but McMillan and several special education students attended. In July, the school district settled the case for $35,000. She is pictured here as grand marshal of the New York City Gay Pride Parade sitting alongside her ACLU attorney, Christine Sun. lives and careers of openly gay and lesbian servicemembers are now back in the cross hairs of our government, and a renewed commitment to discrimination falls squarely in the hands of this White House.”

Servicemembers United Executive Director Alexander Nicholson said he’s hopeful the stay will last just a few days.

“An objective look at the evidence before the court clearly indicates that ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell would not harm military readiness, but would rather enhance it,” he said.

Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese called DADT’s resurrection “a sad day for all Americans.”

“Today’s decision only furthers our resolve to send this law to the dustbin of history and also draws a spotlight on the administration to make good on their pledge to end these discharges that damage our national security,” he said.

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Executive Director Aubrey Sarvis said the stay dumped the ball back in the U.S. Senate’s lap.

“Gay and lesbian servicemembers deserve better treatment than they are getting with this ruling,” he said. “We now must look to the Senate next month in the lame-duck session to bring about the swift certainty needed here and to repeal this unjust law that serves no useful purpose.”

Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued a new directive Oct. 21 severely restricting who can OK a DADT discharge.

For the time being, only a three-man team consisting of Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson, Undersecretary for Personnel Clifford Stanley and the secretary of the Army, the Navy or the Air Force can decide to fire a gay or lesbian servicemember.

Some news reports interpreted the directive as a de facto moratorium on DADT discharges.

HRC Scorecard: Congress is Polarized

gay score of 90 percent or better, compared to 128 members in the previous Congress.

Senators scoring 90 percent or better this year rose from 32 to 36. However, the number of senators receiving a zero score from HRC climbed as well, from 16 to 32. The number of House zeros remained unchanged.

“As more and more Americans support equality for LGBT people, some members of Congress are showing real leadership while others are digging in their heels to cater to an anti-LGBT fringe constituency,” said HRC Legislative Director Allison Herwitt.

The scorecard is based on votes and cosponsorships regarding hate crimes, gays in the military, employment nondiscrimination, tax equity, same-sex marriage, samesex partner immigration, HIV treatment, needle exchange, and the Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court confirmations. For full results, see hrc.org/scorecard.

The new edition of the Human Rights Campaign’s “Congressional Scorecard” has found an increase in both “highly supportive” and “highly anti-LGBT” legislators. HRC said the findings reveal a “stark polarization.”

“A strong and devoted group of anti-LGBT legislators continues to stymie the progress LGBT people deserve,” said HRC President Joe Solmonese. “The fact that the first ever vote to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in the House of Representatives was countered by a filibuster in the Senate illustrates the landscape.”

In the House, 145 members received a pro-

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Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe that messages from U.S. religious pulpits are connected to the rising rates of suicide among gay youths, according to a new poll.”

—The Salt Lake Tribune on a poll conducted by Public Religion Research Institute and Religion News Service in mid-October

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My policy priorities are more in line with the district. [Residents want a councilmember who] is willing to stand up and say something different than the dominant voices in Utah government.”

—Arlyn Bradshaw, openly gay Democratic candidate for Salt Lake County Council’s District 1 seat, in The Salt Lake Tribune, answering charges of corruption by Republican opponent Steve Harmsen

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Do I have blood on my hands?”

—National Organization for Marriage Chairperson Maggie Gallagher, in a New York Post editorial in which she ultimately says gay marriage foes play no part in gay teens’ suicides

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We get a lot of support from the campus administration. We’re not a perfect campus, but we’re a campus that’s working towards inclusion and accommodating the needs of all university students.”

—Cathy Martinez, Director of the University of Utah’s LGBT Resource Center, telling the campus newspaper The Utah Daily Chronicle about Pride Week celebrations on the campus.

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Cedar City to Approve Antidiscrimination Ordinance?

Cedar City could join the ranks of municipal Utah governments prohibiting anti-gay and anti-transgender discrimination as soon as Oct. 27.

On that day, the Cedar City Council will vote on two ordinances that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to its housing and employment anti-discrimination laws. So far, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Park City, Summit County, Logan City, Taylorsville and West Valley City have approved such ordinances. Salt Lake City and County were the first to do so in 2009.

Cedar City’s ordinances, which are identical to those passed in other cities, would fine landlords and employers who evict, fire or refuse to hire tenants and employees based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. However, businesses with 14 or fewer employees, landlords owning four or fewer units and religious-owned businesses are exempt from the law.

Statewide gay and transgender rights group Equality Utah has been working to pass ordinances like Salt Lake City’s in at least 10 cities and counties by the end of the year. In Cedar City they have been helped

by Southern Utah University’s QueerStraight Alliance. Earlier this year, the student group held public meetings about the

ordinances and had spoken to Mayor Joe Burgess and City Councilmembers about what the ordinances will do for their city.

“We got on the radio, we got fliers out, we papered the town in an attempt to get as many people from as many backgrounds as possible to come and talk about the ordinances because no one wants to pass something they don’t understand,” QSA President Benjamin King Smith told QSaltLake in September. “We’ve had a lot of people who have come to them wanting to know if they’ll be protected. It’s nice to have these conversations.”

Throughout October, the Cedar City Council held meetings about the ordinances in which they allowed public comment.

Smith said that these had gone over well.

“Last Wednesday’s City Council meeting [Oct. 20] was standing room only, with over 45 supporters in attendance,” he said. “This week we’re expecting to overflow the chambers, with close to 100 Cedar City residents.”

“We’re optimistic that our councilmembers understand the significance of these historic ordinances,” he continued. “Although we cannot presume to know how anyone will vote, we do believe these ordinances will pass.”

In September, Equality Utah Executive Director Brandie Balken also told the paper that she expects a council vote this month.

IHC Insures Same-sex Partners Utah’s largest health care provider will now offer health insurance benefits to the unmarried partners of employees.

News of Intermountain Healthcare’s decision came to light Oct. 21. However, the company has not yet provided a reason for extending the benefits. In a statement released the following day, Intermountain spokesperson Daron Cowley said the following: “Beginning January 1, 2011, Intermountain Healthcare employees will be able to extend their insurance benefits to a domestic partner. This practice has become the norm for many companies and government organizations throughout Utah and the nation. Information about this option has begun to be communicated to Inter-

Inclusion Center Offers Anti-bullying Workshops The Inclusion Center for Community and Justice, located on the campus of Westminster College, regularly offers workshop for youth and adults aimed at decreasing all forms of oppression. For more information about the center’s anti-bullying programs for students and teachers contact 801-8323260 or hello@inclusioncenter.org.

mountain employees.

“Some employers doing business in Utah that extend benefits to domestic partners include: MountainStar/HCA Healthcare, Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield, University of Utah, Abbott Laboratories, American Express, American Airlines, AT&T, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Costco, Delta Airlines, Ernst & Young, Ford, Honeywell, Intel, JCPenney, Liberty Mutual, Marriott International, Nordstrom, Novell, Qwest, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Sears, Skywest, Starbucks, Home Depot, Target, United Airlines, UPS, Verizon, Wachovia, Walgreens and Wells Fargo.”

When QSaltLake called for further comment, Cowley said that Intermountain is limiting public comments on the benefits for now and is concentrating on communicating with employees directly about the policy change.

Intermountain employees may sign up their unmarried partners for the benefits from Nov. 11–23.

Equality Utah applauded Intermountain’s decision.

“This decision will have an immensely positive impact on our community and on our families,” Brandie Balken, executive director said in a statement.

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New Gay Choir Comes Out in Provo The Salt Lake Men’s Choir often bills itself as “Utah’s Other Choir,” a sly reference both to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and to their status as a (mostly) gay group.

Now the state has another “other” choir meeting in a likely place for music, but an unlikely place for gay groups: Utah County.

The Utah County Men’s Choir was founded this fall by Lisa Hansen, a music enthusiast and a fan of the BYU Men’s Chorus.

“I just like to hear men sing. When they hit a chord just right, it is heaven,” she said.

For over a year, Hansen, who identifies as straight, said that she has been excited not only about leading a men’s choir, but about a choir formed with providing “expressive opportunities for gay men” in mind.

“Men here rarely grow up excited about the prospect of being gay in the LDS community, particularly if they envision an active life built on and connected to people with whom they’ve invested years in relationship,” she said. “Most don’t even seriously consider the possibility of being gay until they can’t ignore it and then they spend more than a few earnest and heartbreaking years (ones straight people may not be able to relate to) trying to decide if they are experiencing something they should feel constantly guilty about.”

When gay LDS men come out, Hansen added, they are often forced to turn away from their faith and from networks of support in order to maintain their emotional health. However, that doesn’t mean that they no longer value their LDS upbringing or beliefs, even if they no longer feel connected to that world.

“I believe music can begin to build that bridge: that music helps everyone, including gay men, express themselves, and at the same time helps the community stop and hear ... and care,” said Hansen. “Communities have been using music to bridge cultural and political chasms since time began.”

After a hunt for a rehearsal space and several hours spent doing everything from creating a music library to looking for

sponsorships and technical support, the Utah Valley Men’s Choir held its first rehearsal in September. One singer showed up for the first rehearsal with an additional singer coming by each week. Currently the choir has five members, all of whom are openly gay. Although the group was begun primarily with gay and bisexual men in mind, Hansen said that singers of all orientations are welcome to join. However, she noted that convincing straight men to sing with a choir that bills itself as “opening the ears and hearts of Utah County to the beauty of gay men” may be a hard sell.

“If there are singers who don’t feel they want to perform, we encourage them to come rehearse with us,” she said. “In our rehearsals we share favorite quotes and discuss a variety of topics, as well as sing, and nobody is pressured to perform just because they come to rehearsals.”

While the choir is still finding itself musically, they have already performed once, at a local fireside. Hansen said they are also planning a Christmas concert, and that she plans to ask members how they would feel about performing at the Utah Pride Festival.

“I hope I’ll always be part of the choir’s inner workings. I love these singers and I learn something new from them every week,” she said.

And as for that “other” choir, Hansen said the two get along just fine, despite having similar missions.

“We have a great respect for the SLMC,” she said. “[SLMC president] Wesley Brady was very kind to me when I met with him to discuss starting up the Utah County choir. I hope we keep some ongoing connection there.”

The Utah County Men’s Choir rehearses Saturdays at 9 a.m. in Utah Valley University’s Sorensen Student Center, Room 213A. For more information about the choir visit utahcountymenschoir.webs. com or contact Lisa Hansen at utahcountymenschoir@gmail.com.

Fall-ing Into SAGE SAGE Utah, the Utah Pride Center’s group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people age 50 and over, and their loved ones, will hold a number of events throughout November and December.

On Nov. 8, SAGE will partner with the Utah Pride Center and the Salt Lake Film Center for a screening of Hannah Free at the Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South. This award-winning 2009 film follows the love story of two women nearing the end of their lives through such past turmoil as a war, infidelity and unaccepting families. The screening will start at 7 p.m.

The Center will give HIV tests for members of the community age 50 and over on Nov. 17 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the build-

ing’s Middle Meeting Room. Although the majority of HIV/AIDS cases occur in younger individuals, older individuals are still at risk for contracting the virus and many, the Center has noted, may not know their HIV status.

For their December service project, SAGE members will create care baskets for Utahns living with HIV/AIDS. Dinner will be provided and participants are asked to bring donations for the baskets. The project will be held Dec. 15 beginning at 6:30 p.m.

This fall, SAGE will also hold a social hour every third Tuesday at the Tenth East Senior Center, 237 S. 1000 East.

For more information about SAGE and other Utah Pride Center programs, visit utahpridecenter.org.

Professor Asks: Why Can’t Gay Men Donate Blood?

by JoSelle Vanderhooft

Since 1985, the U.S. federal government has prohibited men who have sex with men from donating blood, organs and tissues if they have had sex with another man after 1977. And while the American Red Cross and the American Association of Blood Banks want to see the controversial policy ended, the Health and Human Services’ Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability voted, this summer, to keep the policy in place.

Like many people concerned with public health, Jeffrey A. Bennett would like this policy to become, like the idea that AIDS is a “gay disease,” a thing of the past.

Bennett, an assistant professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa, will speak about the ban at Westminster College on Nov. 4. In his lecture, “Resisting the Ban on Queer Blood: Revisiting the Rhetoric of Scientific Deliberation,” he will look at and address arguments made during this summer’s HHS meeting, in which panel members voted 9-6 to keep the prohibition in place.

“It’s not as though scientists are unanimous on this,” said Bennett, noting the margin of the panel’s vote. “People thought the ban now goes too far. They worry they’re sending the wrong message about only gay men being at high risk for AIDS, which we know is not the case” now that heterosexual women are a group among which HIV is rapidly spreading in the United States. “[The ban] sends the wrong message about who’s safe and who’s not,” he said.

One of the reasons the HHS put the ban in place 25 years ago was to prevent people from getting HIV through blood transfusions. For example, this was the way in which Ryan White, for whom the federal HIV/AIDS grant received its name, contracted the disease in 1984. But testing measures have improved drastically since White’s time, said Bennett.

“It’s really really rare that HIV-positive blood or blood that tests positive for hepatitis B gets through,” he said.

To prepare for his lecture, Bennett said that he studied the transcript from the HHS’ Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability June meeting. As he read it, he said, he was shocked to see that the committee was using outdated information.

“Some of the evidence they used this summer [about men who have sex with men and the blood supply] was 19 years old,” he said.

“It’s scary to use evidence from 1991 to talk about [blood] donors.”

He was also shocked by some of the comments the scientists made about MSM. “You always start with the premise that gay men are diseased and then you go to blood donation,” he said, noting that blood donors are typically low risk takers and that “there’s no reason to think that gay people wouldn’t be.”

“Some of the most egregious things I

found was they were making judgments about gay people based on data they collected at an STD clinic,” Bennett continued.

“Of course you have higher risks of STDs there.”

Another problem with the policy, Bennett said, is that it is closing down blood drives on college campuses and driving young heterosexual people who support gay rights away from blood vans. In May of this year, for example, San Jose University upheld its prohibition of blood drives on campus because the federal ban on gay and bisexual men violated its nondiscrimination policy.

“The Red Cross is really dependent upon

reaching donors, and if younger people are associating blood donation with discrimination, they don’t want to give blood,” said Bennett. “It’s not having a huge effect right now, but they’re afraid it will in the near future.” He added that the impact of banning gay and bisexual men from contributing to the U.S. blood supply was “pretty astronomical, considering they overestimated the number of blood donors by about one million.”

“I’m not saying people should bury their heads in the sand about HIV/AIDS, but at the same time we also know that vast majority of gay and bi men are not HIV positive and don’t have hepatitis, and I think they’re losing thousands of donors,” he said.

Although the committee kept the ban, Bennett said he was heartened to note that the committee also voted unanimously that it was “a suboptimal policy.”

“They’re not happy with it,” he said.

At the same time, however, the committee did not create a time line in which to change the policy.

“So again we’re at this weird point. It reminds me so much of [the U.S. military ban on openly gay servicemembers] Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell sometimes because we say we’re almost there and then nothing happens,” he said.

Jeff Bennett will lecture on gay and bisexual men and blood donation on Nov. 4 at Westminster College’s Vieve Gore Concert Hall, in the Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory. The lecture, which begins at 7:30 p.m., is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a question and answer period. For more information call 801-832-2822 or visit westminstercollege.edu/culturalevents.

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Prop 8 Filmmaker Talks Filmmaking, Politics at U The former Utahn and filmmaker behind a popular documentary about the LDS Church’s role in passing Proposition 8 visited the University of Utah Oct. 22 for an intimate discussion about the controversial California measure, Utah politics and the fateful interview with an anti-gay Utah Senator that propelled his film into national headlines.

8: The Mormon Proposition producer and director Reed Cowan, who worked as an anchor for Channel 4’s Good Morning Utah in the early 2000s, addressed a small audience of nine University of Utah students and employees at the close of the school’s Pride Week on Oct. 22.

“I look at this film and the shit-storm it caused and I still get emotional, spiritual and mental whiplash because I didn’t anticipate I would be the David who would throw a rock at this church and its political activism. But it is what it is,” said Cowan, noting that 8 not only went on to seven sold out screenings at the Sundance Film Festival, but to open in 19 theaters across the country this summer — a number, he said, that is “unheard of for a documentary.”

“We’ve spread the message far and wide and it got way bigger than we anticipated,” he said.

When Cowan set out to make his second documentary film, he said that Proposition 8 wasn’t even on his radar; at first, he wanted to make a film about homeless queer youth, who make up a disproportionate number of the country’s homeless youth population.

“I came here and we went two stories below the earth in the dead of winter and saw where these kids were squatting and it broke my heart,” said Cowan, who added that he had a special affinity for queer youth after facing anti-gay bullying as a teenager living in Roosevelt. “They were really brilliant young people who identified as gay or lesbian.”

However, Cowan said that he quickly realized that the same mind-set lay behind both Proposition 8 and the mind-set that lead LDS parents to kick their gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens out of their homes.

And so, in early 2009 he told QSaltLake that he was coming to Utah to interview people “on all sides” of the measure, which had just re-banned same-sex marriage in California.

He said that he was surprised at how many people showed up to talk on camera for just 10 minutes.

“Some people waited for five hours,” he said. “We had to turn about 40 people away and we were [shooting] until 10 p.m.”

After watching thousands of Utahns protest at Temple Square, Cowan said that he expected to hear nothing but vitriol toward the church. Yet, the people he interviewed surprised him.

“I sat in awe of the tears that fell and the humanity, and I felt the spirit of God, which

is light, warmth, love, community and family,” he said. “I expected the gay community to have a different voice than it had in Salt Lake City.”

One voice that surprised him with its vitriol, however, was that of Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan. In the now-infamous interview with Cowan, the Senator, known for his anti-gay remarks, compared gays and lesbians to terrorists and graphically described a sex practice he called “pig sex” on camera.

When Cowan later released the tapes to the press, Buttars accused Cowan and his camera crew of tricking him by coming to the interview in BYU jackets. Suspecting that Buttars would later try and “spin” what had happened during the interview, Cowan said that he and his crew kept minute-by-minute records of what they did throughout the interview, which took place in Buttars’ Senate office and not at his home as Buttars later said.

“Buttars lied to all of you about that interview experience,” he said, noting also that Buttars had posted lies about Cowan and his film crew on the Senate’s blog later that day.

He lied! He interviewed in a building during Senate time that your tax money paid to build.”

Cowan said he was also surprised that LDS Church officials never agreed to speak with him, despite repeated calls to the church’s public relations department.

“I kept saying, ‘Look, this is journalism I’m doing here, and this is going to be bad.

This is how journalism works and you would look so much better if you said something,” Cowan said that he told PR employees, several of whom were also colleagues and friends.

In response, he said that one employee told him: “But you don’t understand. We’re the PR arm of the church and this isn’t abut ferreting out the truth and discussing what’s true and not. This is about finding stories that make the church look good.”

“Any time you see something spoken from the public affairs arm of the church, it is always to make them look good,” he said.

However, Cowan said that two Utahns who were not concerned with looking good during 8’s filming were then-Gov. Jon Huntsman and his wife, Mary Kaye Huntsman. During his talk, Cowan revealed what he said was

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Engendering Community Submissions Members of Utah’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer community have until Nov. 1 to submit panel and workshop proposals for Engendering Community, this year’s gender conference being held during November as part of the Utah Pride Center’s Transgender Awareness Month. To submit send name(s) and short bio(s), a title and description of a proposed session and a preferred time slot (60 or 90-minute slots are available) to transactionutah@gmail. com.

El Dia De Los Muertos

the impetus behind Huntsman’s outspoken support of civil unions during the 2008 Legislative session.

“They got the worst hate mail you’ve ever seen. I saw it,” said Cowan, who has been friends with the Huntsmans for years. “It hurt my friend Mary Kaye and it hurt Gov. Huntsman. Mary Kaye told me, ‘You realize why he did it, right? It was because of you. He couldn’t answer no without hurting you.’”

Cowan also spoke about the arduous process of re-editing the film after an editor destroyed a hard drive by spilling soda on it, as well as the effect the film had on his family, with whom he is largely not speaking now.

He also discussed a possible future project with 8’s narrator, Dustin Lance Black. He would only describe this as being produced in cooperation with The Trevor Project, which seeks to prevent queer youth suicides.

When asked by an audience member from another state why the LDS Church cared so much about same-sex marriage, Cowan was frank. “Gay people interrupt the Mormon plan for heaven,” he said. “The model for the entire plan of salvation is man marries woman in the temple, they have children who are linked to the man and woman for all time and eternity. So the doctrine is very much family. So where does a gay person fit into that, especially a gay person who wants to define family in a different way?”

When asked if that doctrine would ever change, Cowan said no. “The challenge [for the church] will be how do we assert our beliefs and still not be accused of being responsible for teen suicide and homelessness.

That’s the quagmire we find ourselves in,” he said. Q

The Utah Pride Center, Noche Latina, Entre Nosotros and Latinas Unidas will hold a celebration of El Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead), a holiday celebrated in Mexican and Mexican-American communities to honor ancestors and friends who have passed on. The party will include an alter upon which participants may place photos of deceased loved ones as well as the deceased’s favorite treats and items, a practice in keeping with El Dia de Los Muertos’ traditions. Food will be available for purchase and there will also be a film screening.

When: Oct. 29, 7–9 p.m.

WHERE: Utah Pride Center, 361 N. 300 West

Lesbians Living Our Visions The Utah Pride Center hosts “Living Our Visions: A Workshop for Lesbians Planning Later Life” for lesbians and bisexual women of all gender identities. The workshop will be a brainstorming session on identifying the needs of older lesbians and bisexual Utah women as well as ways in which Utah can be a welcoming and supportive place for queer women to retire. The workshop will be recorded as it is part of facilitator Liz Abrams’ thesis project; however, Abrams has said that she will work with attendees who do not wish to appear on camera.

When: Oct. 30, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. (preregistration required) WHERE: Utah Pride Center, 361 N. 300 West REGISTRATION: $5 before workshop date, which includes lunch INFO: Liz Abrams at 801-824-8370 or liz.abrams@utah.edu

Group Interrupts Gubernatorial Debate The final debate between Gov. Gary Herbert and Democratic challenger Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon, held Oct. 19, was interrupted by a group demanding that Herbert address anti-gay discrimination and bullying.

During the debate, local activists Eric Ethington and Daniel Argueta, members of the new group Justice Vanguard, stood and asked Herbert why he will not support a statewide ordinance prohibiting anti-gay and anti-transgender discrimination in housing and employment. Neither submitted their question beforehand. All questions asked by the audience during the debate were pre-screened, a fact which Ethington said he did not like.

The town-hall style debate was held at Libby Gardner Hall on the University of Utah campus and moderated by KSL-TV news anchor Bruce Lindsay.

“Bruce Lindsay was nodding a little until he realized [Argueta] wasn’t one of the authorized questioners,” said Ethington.

Following the question, six other Justice Vanguard members stood and called out the names of gay youths who have committed suicide while holding up signs displaying those names. In July, four young gay men in Utah killed themselves. Last month, the suicides of at least nine young men who had experienced anti-gay bullying made headlines across the nation, triggering a national discussion on bullying in schools.

“Herbert[‘s reaction] was hilarious,” said Ethington, who also runs the blog PRIDE in Utah. “I think he looked at [Argueta] for a minute trying to figure out what was going on, and then he got a look of absolute shock and horror. [Corroon] was a bit of a mixture. I think he was shocked and relieved we were talking to Herbert and not him.”

The audience, Ethington added, was not so stunned.

“The moment the message started going out and people were hearing what we were saying, we got pretty big applause,” he said.

So far, neither Herbert’s nor Corroon’s camp has issued a comment on the protest.

Herbert told Deseret News that the interruption was “a little unfortunate for the debate” and that he wanted to wait for more localities to pass nondiscrimination measures before considering a state-wide law.

Within minutes, security at the live, televised debate escorted the eight protesters outside.

“They were on top of us a lot faster than any of us expected,” said Ethington. “I think the moment they saw Daniel and me stand up, and saw us wearing green they stood up and targeted anyone in the audience wearing green.”

In fact, more than half of the protesters were wearing green shirts. The group chose the color, said Ethington, because of its connection to “mother earth,” and therefore all of the people on the planet.

“This this is something that isn’t LGBT specific. It’s about all of us in the world,” he said.

“There is a big problem in this state with targeting different minorities, and this is one way we can all combine our efforts and say, ‘You need to stop what you’re doing to all of us, not just one of us,’” he said.

To that effect, added Ethington, Justice Vanguard will be focusing on issues pertaining to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and to Hispanic people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. The core group — which consists of Ethington, Argueta, Justin Petersen, Will Davis, Tyler Christensen, Maren Lacy and Ginger Phillips, the co-founder of Utahbased homeless youth advocacy group Operation Shine America — has plans to advocate for other oppressed groups.

“I would say that any legislator or community official, whether elected or not, who has targeted a minority in the past and who has damaged people — especially if they go after kids as Herbert has with LGBT youth [by also not supporting a statewide antibullying bill that includes sexual orientation and gender identity] — none of them is going to be immune,” he said. “They should all be on forewarning that the community is going to hold them accountable.”

Since the protest, Ethington said he has received a lot of feedback from gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Utahns — most of it in favor of Justice Vanguard’s “direct challenge” method. Ethington said that those who aren’t supportive in the Hispanic community as well as the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community should remember that being confrontational serves a point in activism.

“It’s something that is severely lacking in Utah,” he said. “Utah has a lot of people willing to soft speak and glad-hand, and that’s very important. We absolutely need that because those are the people who make the change happen. But you have to have strong social pressure in any civil rights movement because that’s what keeps the direct pressure on officials to sit down and talk with those that will speak with them.

Martin Luther King couldn’t have done what he did without Malcolm X, and I don’t believe that groups in Utah can achieve as much as they can without groups like us.”

“There have been very few people who have said publicly that [they] don’t like this, and for those people we remind them that they don’t have to like it. Disavow it if you like, but use the pressure we’re creating to go do something for us,” he added.

Ethington said that Justice Vanguard’s membership currently consists of “several hundred people.” However, he noted that not all of them would participate in future actions.

“The size of each direct action may be eight, or we may have several hundred show up,” he said.

Justice Vanguard has a Facebook page.

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Gay Ally, Gay Republican Battle for Senate 1 Seat

by JoSelle Vanderhooft

One of the most interesting elections this November is taking place in a district formerly overseen by Utah’s only openly gay Senator to date. There, the Senator’s replacement, a straight but gay-friendly former mayoral aide, is squaring off against the openly gay chairman of a gay-friendly Republican caucus.

Democrat Ben McAdams took over for Sen. Scott McCoy when McCoy left to take on a weighty case at his legal firm before his term was up. McAdams has spent the last few months introducing himself as a candidate, rather than a delegateappointed replacement, to residents of his traditionally Democratic district, which is also traditionally supportive of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Mel Nimer people.

Unlike most other races in Utah, gay and transgender rights are not a hot-button topic in this election. Both Republican candidate Mel Nimer and McAdams are of the same mind here, from letting Utahns sue in cases of a partner’s wrongful death to supporting adding sexual orientation and gender identity to statewide employment and housing anti-discrimination laws.

“It’s refreshing to have a Republican candidate who agrees with me on LGBT issues,” said McAdams.

The two also hold similar positions on issues like education, reforming the state budget and opposing an immigration bill modeled after a controversial piece of legislation passed in Arizona earlier this year.

The differences between them lie mainly in their approaches to tackling these problems. While, for example, McAdams favors a careful examination of the budget that wouldn’t eliminate essential functions (such as Medicaid access for poor children), Nimer sees support for small businesses — which include a relaxation of Utah’s liquor laws — as a key to stimulate the state’s plodding economy. And while McAdams favors more state funding for education, Nimer thinks funds for schools can be secured by giving Utah more control over its land (70 percent of which is federally owned) and the power to earn revenue from that land, which includes gaining the ability to mine in some national monuments, like the controversial Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument.

“They’re not separate topics,” he said of the interplay between jobs and education.

“They’re all combined and interlinked and there is no one answer for each problem.

We have to look at the much bigger picture in order to solve all these little problems.”

Another difference between what both men bring to the office lies in their party affiliation. Although McAdams has experience on Capitol Hill that Nimer lacks, Nimer maintains that a gay and transgender-friendly Republican can help the community out a lot in the Senate.

“The only other big advantage I offer everyone in the district is that they’ll have a seat at the Republican table, so they’ll have a seat at the super majority table, which

may be good, may be bad. But for our community, for the first time ever, they’ll have someone they can count on to try and swing the Republican majority more clearly in our favor,” he said.

McAdams, however, said that he Ben McAdams can work across party lines to get legislation passed, and to keep legislation that could hurt gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Utahns from making it to the Governor’s desk.

“My distinct point of view is reflective of the district,” he said. “The district wants a counterpoint on many issues and in my

Sam Granato: Dignity for All This year’s race for Utah’s open Senate seat has been one of the most unusual in the state’s history. In May, incumbent Bob Bennett was ousted at the State Republican Convention by contenders Jim Bridgewater and Mike Lee, the latter of who ultimately secured the Republican nomination.

Lee’s challenger is Frank Granato Importing Co. owner and Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control chairperson Sam Granato, who is well known in Salt Lake City not only for importing Italian food, but for helping to abolish Utah’s private club law last year, a law which nearly all club and bar owners found restrictive. And even though Granato’s Democratic bid is considered a long shot (Utah has not elected a Democratic Senator since 1959), his prominent place in Utah’s community has helped garner him a number of endorsements from State Legislators, mayors, county commissioners and citizens on both sides of the aisle. And many of those endorsements have come from members of Utah’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, including statewide gay and transgender rights group Equality Utah and Scott McCoy, the only openly gay Utahn to ever serve as a state senator.

“I think they [the community] have responded very warmly and openly, if you will, and many members of the community have been my life-long friends,” said Granato. “I’ve always had members of the community as my associates, my customers, and they trust me. The community has been very supportive of the campaign and I’m grateful for all their support. They understand what I understand: Utah can’t afford to send another extremist to the Senate,” he added, referring to Mike Lee, whose campaign he compared to “shouting.”

If voters send him to the Senate, Granato said he will champion the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans

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on its floor.

“If I’m elected to the Senate, which I plan to be, I will stand up for equality and basic human dignity for all Americans. That starts with repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and passing the Employment Nondiscrimination Act,” he said. “We must allow all willing individuals to serve in the nation’s military and we need to make sure all humans, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation, can live their life with dignity and without discrimination.”

While Granato said he could understand that Sam Granato repealing DADT could create some administrative concerns that may take time to address, he said that Congress had “no excuse” for delaying the policy’s repeal.

“They’re playing political games and looking to the next elections,” he said. “We don’t need that and I won’t do that, especially on this issue.”

Granato’s plan to help queer Americans live with dignity also includes repealing the Defense of Marriage Act, the Clinton-era law that allows states to not recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.

“I believe marriage is a state issue and the federal government has no place in making that decision. It’s absolutely unconstitutional,” he said. “If a gay or lesbian couple in Iowa marry and move to Montana, then Montana needs to recognize that union, according to the Constitution.

DOMA doesn’t recognize that and for that reason it should be appealed.”

Along with supporting equal protections

short time in the Legislature, I believe I’ve offered that counterpoint.”

Ultimately, however, the two are in agreement on one final point: respect for Utah’s increasingly diverse population, whether that means protecting the Latin community from racial profiling that an Arizona-like immigration bill could cause or making sure that all of the state’s students have an equal opportunity for a good education.

“For me, it’s a consistent message: looking out for our minority community whether they’re sexual or ethnic minorities,” said McAdams. “We need to send a message and be a welcoming society. That’s what America was founded on, and that’s who we need to be.” Q

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for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans, Granato said he also favors reforming public education by repealing No Child Left Behind, simplifying the immigration process and reforming both Social Security and the U.S. health care system, which he says will help reign in deficit spending. Rather than eliminating all federal funding for health care, Granato favors Bennett’s Healthy Americans Act, which the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has projected will save the country nearly $1.5 trillion in the next decade.

Granato also said that he opposes what he called Lee’s interest in abolishing Social Security, calling his opponent’s stance “ridiculous” and his opinions on Social Security and a number of other federal programs “too extreme.”

“We don’t tell hard-working, blue-collar individuals that they’re going to have to work until they’re 75 or that they’ll pay into [Social Security] and get nothing back.

We reform it and fix it,” he said, noting that another proposal by Bennett could fix the ballooning costs of Social Security without raising taxes.

“We need to look at those ideas, come together, reform it, index it to inflation and solve the problem once and for all,” he said.

“I’m not a career politician, I’m a businessman. I want to go with the proper business skills and the gut feeling of being in the trenches for what needs to be done.”

At press time, Mike Lee had not returned answers to e-mailed questions about his campaign.

Overall, Granato said that he hopes to see Utah helping to fix the problems facing the country today.

“If I’m elected, when I’m elected, my first job will be to go to Washington and tell them Utah has arrived,” he said. “I will fight for our state and my first priority will be doing what is best for Utah. We deserve to be heard and I’ll make sure that we are, and that includes everyone.” Q

Sam Granato’s Web site is at voteforgranato.com.

Peter Corroon: Putting Community First As Nov. 2 draws closer, voters around the country are keeping a close eye on their gubernatorial elections. This is true even in heavily-Republican Utah, where incumbent Gov. Gary Herbert is facing a strong Democratic challenge from Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon.

Known for tightening budgets and his emphasis on making Utah’s largest county a welcoming place for people of all races and sexual orientations, Corroon has received a great deal of support from the state’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, including an endorsement from statewide gay and transgender rights group Equality Utah.

“I feel like we’ve been getting a positive response from the LGBT community overall,” said Corroon. “They’ve been very supportive.” It isn’t difficult to see why. Although Corroon has stated that he supports “traditional marriage between a man and a woman” and is not in favor of civil unions, he nonetheless has said that all Utahns “should be able to work, live and support their loved ones without discrimination.”

To this effect, he said he would support a bill allowing Utahns with same-sex partners to file wrongful death suits as well as a statewide employment and housing nondiscrimination policy that includes sexual orientation and gender identity.

“I would be supportive of a statewide anti-discrimination ordinance like we did in Salt Lake County,” said Corroon, referring to the ordinance the County Council passed in December, 2009. “We’re seeing more and more [Utah] cities pass anti-discrimination ordinances. I think there’s enough momentum that we ought to look at it statewide.”

Corroon also noted that he would support a policy change proposed by Equality Utah as part of its 2008 Common Ground Initiative: extending health insurance benefits to the unmarried partners of same-sex state employees, as Salt Lake County now does.

“But I’m not sure the Legislature would pass it,” said Corroon, noting that funding matters such as this one “come under the purview of the legislative body.”

On the final gubernatorial debate between Corroon and Herbert on Oct. 19, members of Justice Vanguard, a local social justice group that embraces confrontational tactics, were escorted from the room after asking Herbert pointed questions about the connection between gay teen suicides and his lack of support for an anti-bullying law that includes sexual orientation and gender identity. Although Corroon’s campaign did not offer comment directly following the incident, Corroon later said that he would be sympathetic to such an anti-bullying law, depending on its terms.

“At first there was a little confusion as to who was protesting,” he said of the incident.

“One of the [Justice Vanguard] members stood up, and I thought it would have been a

good idea to come to the mic and propose his question. It wasn’t quite the format [given that all questions given during the debate were pre-screened], but it was supposed to be a public town hall meeting. It might’ve been better for them to arrange that [asking the question] beforehand, but since he was there he should’ve been able to ask both of us the question.”

“I don’t think any student should have to put up with bullying at school,” he said. “I was bullied in school, but forPeter Corroon tunately I’m a big guy and could defend myself, but it’s an uncomfortable situation that shouldn’t exist.”

Of course, treating gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Utahns isn’t the only thing that Corroon stands for. Along with investing in energy independence, protecting Utah’s environment and improving its air and water quality, and supporting small businesses (including those in rural Utah as well as farmers and ranchers), Corroon hopes to reign in the state’s budget during a continually sluggish economy.

“I really think we need a scalpel-like approach to looking at the state budget. That’s what we did to the county, where we were able to reduce our budget by 20 percent last year,” he said. “We didn’t cut significant services, but we were able to make significant reductions in our expenses” without laying off many employees. If he is elected, Corroon said he would like to appoint a chief administration officer to oversee the state’s day-to-day financial management.

This position, he said, would help the governor to know where the state’s money is going.

“I think [the fact Utah doesn’t have such a position] is why you see a lot of things happening that the governor doesn’t know about, like the $13 million payoff on the I-15 contract,” he said, referring to a payment that the Utah Department of Transportation made to contractor Flatiron/Skanska/ Zachry when FSZ lost a bid to reconstruct the highway. Herbert has said he had no knowledge of the payment, and in fact learned about it only 30 minutes before a press conference in which he was asked about it.

The governor declined QSaltLake’s request for an interview about his campaign through his spokesman, Don Olsen.

Corroon also said he is committed to creating “a long term funding plan for our education system,” which has been ranked

last in the nation for spending per pupil for years. He suggested that funding schools through property tax rather than the less stable income tax may be the solution, but noted that Legislators, educators, the Governor and “financial wizards” should work together on a solution. He also said that freezing tuition for incoming college freshmen, so that they pay the same rates throughout their college career even if tuition goes up after their first year, may also be an option.

“We’re seeing increased growth in our student population,” he said. “It’s not just a one year thing, it’s going to happen well into the future and we need to plan for it like we plan for our roads.”

“I also think we need to have more community involvement in our education system whether that’s parents or businesses or college students [being involved]. This is a community issue, not just a school issue.”

Although Utah has not elected a Democratic Governor since 1977, Corroon said he thinks he has more than just a shot at the office, especially given his reputation for being willing to work with Utahns of all political views.

“We’re still the underdogs, but I believe this election is going to be about who can get their voters out,” he said. “For an off election year, we think we’ve got a good ground team and we’ll do a good job of getting our voters out. I encourage the LGBT community to do the same.” Q

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Andrew McCullough: Libertarian Ally After a failed bid for the state’s attorney general’s office in 2008, Libertarian Andrew McCullough thought that his days in politics were over.

And then he learned that his party needed to put a candidate in a statewide election if they wanted to stay on the ballot. As the party chairperson, McCullough accepted the responsibility.

“I didn’t want to run for Governor but my party called,” he said.

McCullough, a Utah County attorney whose clients have included members of the adult entertainment industry, is a member of one of the country’s fastest growing political parties — and one of the state’s most colorful; its candidates have, at various times, included professional hypno-

tists, outspoken fans of marijuana and Dell “Superdell” Schanze, the former owner of Totally Awesome Computers (who made a failed bid in 2008 as the Libertarian candidate for governor, and who ran as a Republican this year). It is also a party that overwhelmingly accepts gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights; for example, Utah Libertarians include Willy Marshall, the openly gay former mayor of the Southern Utah town of Big Water.

“We have plenty of gay libertarians, but the beauty of our party is they don’t need a separate organization,” said McCullough, saying that both major parties do have gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender caucuses and that neither does a particularly good job of supporting gay and transgender rights. “If

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you’re a Log Cabin Republican [a member of the Republican Party’s gay-friendly caucus], you’re trying to fight, in my opinion, a losing battle to get your party to acknowledge and recognize you. Gay Libertarians don’t have to ask. They’re part of the party. We don’t discriminate against them.”

Libertarianism has gained popularity since 2008 as its platform of what McCullough describes as fiscal conservatism, “lower taxes, smaller government and more freedom” was embraced by members of the Tea Party movement. However, McCullough said the two shouldn’t be confused, even if they share certain beliefs. “[The Tea Party] started as a tax protest,” he said. “Unfortunately, it got taken over by religious rightists who have

turned it into an anti-immigrant, tow the mark, the Bible is our watchword group.

We kind of see ourselves as the Tea Party minus the intolerance.”

While some Libertarians focus mainly on issues of taxation and government downsizing — and some, said McCullough, hold to a political philosophy that is close to anarchism — McCullough said he is a more “liberal” Libertarian when it comes to issues like public schools and roads. For example, while he supports publicly funded education, he thinks that people with more children should pay more education taxes than should people with smaller families or who do not have children. But while he is against having government invest in such projects as museums (as Proposition 1 seeks to do this year), he does not oppose public transportation.

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Jake Shannon: Libertarian Congressional Hypnotist Utahns paying careful attention to the race for Utah’s 3rd Congressional District may have noticed that the candidates include Republican incumbent Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Democratic challenger Karen Hyer and a third person who was not present at the debates: a man who goes by the name Professor XS, or “the world’s most dangerous hypnotist.”

Off of Utah’s stages, Professor XS is more commonly known as Jake Shannon, the vice chairperson of the state’s Libertarian Party. Like many of Utah’s Libertarians, Shannon hopes that his colorful image will help him and his party get more recognition among the state’s voters.

“Libertarians tend to be very logical thinkers, that’s why there’s a lot of nerds, computer programmers and attorneys in the party,” said Shannon, who as a hypnotherapist, stage hypnotist, financial analyst and self-defense expert -- admits to being a bit of a nerd himself. “But the problem is, those are the same guys that used to go play Dungeons & Dragons and don’t have any social ability whatsoever. I think it’s important to put a face on the party that is responsible but approachable and real, a face that someone might want to have a beer or a coffee with.”

Shannon, who moved to Utah in 2007, said that he learned to appreciate the party’s stance on lower taxes, limited government and social liberalism as an employee of Laissez Faire Books, San Francisco’s “biggest Libertarian direct mail book source before Amazon killed everybody.”

“Back then I had to make the case in San Francisco that the Libertarian perspective is going to be the one that actually protects gay rights,” he said. “It’s not that we care about gay rights per se, or women’s rights or African-Americans’ rights, but we care

about individual rights. As long as you’re an individual, you should have rights, and that right does include the right to contract.”

Because Libertarians believe that forming contracts is “a basic human right,” Shannon said that he supports same-sex marriage. As proponents of small government, he added, Libertarians also typically support such things as ending the country’s war on drugs, and cutting taxes. And while some Libertarians, such as Utah gubernatorial candidate Andrew McCullough, prefer the party because of its liberal social policies, Shannon said he is a Libertarian because of the “unemotional” way the party looks at taxation and spending.

In a Libertarian utopia, said Shannon, government would be smaller and more efficient, not non-existent as some Libertarian critics suggest. The redistribution of power would also not be to corporations (which Shannon opposes), but to individuals, which he describes as the basic unit of society.

“If you look at the amount of money that goes to the IRS, that’s a gigantic chunk of your paycheck, and it goes to stuff you may not support like military bases like Guantanamo Bay,” he said. If progressive income tax and the IRS was downsized or done away with completely, he added, “That would take us back to the size of government we had under [President Bill] Clinton in 1997, when it was still huge and that’s just getting rid of the IRS.” This also holds true for welfare programs, Shannon said, noting that overspending on bureaucracy has made these programs fail to help end poverty, and that cutting them back would make them more efficient.

“In the 1960s, 80 percent of [welfare] rev-

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appy Halloween, muffins! Or, as I like to think of it, “Happy down low Gay Pride Parade for straight folks.” Seriously kittens, how many straight men do you know who can’t wait to squeeze themselves into a dress for Halloween? Sure, they may shred it up a bit and be a zombie or the Bride of Frankenstein or something, but underneath it all, petals, they’re still in drag, and that silky slip with the spaghetti straps feels good!

I remember making the rounds of a few bars and Halloween parties a while back, where so many young, svelte little twinks were dressed up in camp drag like us. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then I should have been honored, but pumpkins, it was appalling. Despite the gaudy neon wigs and clashing animal prints that make us look like Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons, these anorexic little bastards looked more couture than camp.

You could wedge three of them into one of our bras and still have room for a snack. It was totally depressing.

My only consolation was that one day gravity, entropy, age and diet would inevitably turn these perky little stick figures into middle-aged men with nose hair issues.

Bitter, Ruby? Oh, a tad.

Anyway peaches, have you be reading the Deseret News lately? Oy vey! Ever since the new Mormon media makeover happened, the Deseret News has become even more orchestrated than usual.

It’s been really interesting, because there are so many gay and lesbian-related stories right now that even the Deseret News can’t ignore them anymore. The rash of bullying suicides; the latest Boyd K. Packer debacle; The Don’t ask, Don’t Tell novella; the bizarre anti-gay rants of the Tea Party candidates; and Neil Patrick Harris birthin’ babies is all too much for the D News comment trolls, and they are coming off the rails.

Mercifully, KSL euthanized its comments section, so the trolls, now denied their usual venue, are either swamping The Salt Lake Tribune boards with invective bile, or adopting this fake pious “church-speak” to couch

exactly the same points on the Deseret News’ boards. Predictably with its new mandate for LDS Church-affirming celestial fluffiness, the D News censor is having a field day swatting down most of the pro-gay/equality posts (although suspiciously, some of the most prolific, worst-written, pro-gay, straw man

Mercifully, KSL euthanized its comments section, so the trolls, now denied their usual venue, are swamping The Salt Lake Tribune boards arguments seem to be allowed, which inevitably end up being squashed and discredited.

Hmmm ... coinkydink? I don’t think so.

I tried to get a cogent post on the Deseret News’ boards a few weeks back. It was short and salient, and despite coming from me it was remarkably free of snark. Naturally, it didn’t make it. I mentioned that the resistance to the D News article from the gay com-

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munity was about the “You can and you will change” theme of Packer’s Conference talk, not about his or the LDS Church’s views on marriage (which everybody knows already).

I vented to a few of my more liberal and politically active LDS friends, and they had the exact same experience during the Boyd K. Packer “gays can change” debacle. If their post didn’t have something to do with marriage then it was purged. I could see that happening once or twice by accident, but the tin foil hat-wearing bunker dweller in me wasn’t convinced. So I looked at other gay and lesbian stories on the D News site, and lo and behold, it sure seems like someone, somewhere, at the D News wants everything gay-related spun about “the sanctity of marriage” and nothing else.

Test my hypothesis for yourselves, cherubs. Read any gay-related article and its comments on the D News website, no matter what the topic, and see how quickly the comments spin into focus group-tested talking points about the defense of traditional marriage. That kind of frequency can’t be coincidental! I really hope this censorship and coordinated message spinning from the new Mormon media isn’t the shape of Salt Lake “journalism” to come.

Ciao, babies! Q You can see Ruby Ridge and the Matrons of Mayhem in all of their polyester glory at Third Friday Bingo (every third Friday of the month at 7 p.m.) at First Baptist Church, 777 S. 1300 East.

letters Huge Thanks to Ben Williams

Editor, I want to send a huge thanks to Ben Williams for his column in the Oct. 14 issue.

I’m not LGBT, but I was raised LDS in Sandy and as a young person experienced a small taste of the confusion that the population of young people must feel. There are so many earnest young people who know instinctively that something is wrong with what they’re taught; but when you truly desire to do right, and every adult in your short life and most of the acceptable influences are LDS, it is very difficult to not accept the branding imposed at a very young age on those who so much as intimate the idea of questioning anything they’re taught. I really appreciate Mr. Williams’ thorough research — those quotes are important for LDS and non-LDS alike to read and acknowledge. After the LDS Church’s own pathologically emotionally abusive communication this week — in the same statement telling LGBT that any sexual activity outside a heterosexual married relationship is wrong, and then renouncing unkindness toward them — if anyone has any doubt as to whether this religion is a grand-scale brainwashing scheme, I hope Mr. Williams’ column can serve as the nail in the coffin.

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the straight line Private First Class Jordan Byrd

by Bob Henline

n Oct. 22 I witnessed a remarkable event. I saw people from all kinds of religious and political backgrounds, ethnic and social groups come together for a single purpose.

Earlier that day Private First Class Jordan Byrd was remembered and laid to rest in Grantsville, Utah.

PFC Byrd was 19 years old when he was killed in Afghanistan earlier this month. I didn’t personally know Jordan Byrd, but what I do know is enough to wish I had.

This is a young man who not only died in service to his country, but also while in the process of saving a fellow soldier’s life.

By any definition I’ve ever heard or seen, this young man was a hero.

Over the course of the days leading up to Byrd’s funeral, news circulated that Fred Phelps and his band of bigots from the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., intended to demonstrate at the memorial service. If you’re not aware of these people, do a quick Google search. They travel all over the country not only spreading their “God Hates Fags” message, but protesting at military funerals. Here they preach a message of hate, dishonoring the memories of those who have fallen so that they have the freedom to be obnoxious bigots.

Partially as a response to this possibility, and partially (I’m guessing based upon my own presence) from a desire to salute a fallen hero, several hundred people descended upon Tooele and Grantsville. The memorial service, held at an LDS Stake Center in Tooele, was filled to capacity, with hundreds of people outside waving American flags and holding signs of encouragement, support and appreciation.

The burial service at the Grantsville Cemetery was equally well-attended.

I think the part that I find most moving about this entire experience was in watching how so many different people, with such diverse beliefs and lifestyles, could come together. In the crowd were Mormons, atheists, professionals, bikers, activists, military personnel, families, children, smokers and non-smokers, and people from virtually every ethnic background. In all of that, there was absolutely no tension.

As I stood the requisite 200 feet away from the church with a group of supporters from Justice Vanguard, I saw a gentleman making his way to the service. He was

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probably in his early 60s with gray hair and beard. He walked with a cane and wore a nice pair of dark jeans, a dress shirt and a cowboy-cut jacket. From his demeanor and appearance, I would bet that this man was a veteran. As he approached our group, I nodded at him as a greeting. He continued walking, possibly concerned that we were carrying signs (as he could not read them from behind us). As he passed us by he turned to read the signs of support. Then he stopped, put his hand on my shoulder and squeezed, nodded at me, then continued on his path toward the service.

On any random day I doubt that this man and I would have shared more than a casual glance in passing. There is no insult or judgment in that statement, just that we come from different worlds and different backgrounds. In this instance, however, that was changed. We shared a moment of thought, of reflection about the life and sacrifice of a local hero. I noticed this very same type of occurrence at several different points during the day. People who would probably never meet or speak to one another talking with reverence and awe about a man that none of us had ever met.

Above and beyond the courage displayed and sacrifice given by Private First Class Jordan Byrd, this moment should be remembered as part of his legacy. Through his sacrifice and death, he brought together a community in a way that few people have ever managed to do.

It’s impossible to say what caused this situation to transpire in the manner that it did. A combination of perceived threats by Westboro, a desire to honor a fallen hero, a weird alignment of the stars, or any of a million other factors. The simple fact of the matter is this: in this one moment in time, our community stood strong together and showed us all what unity and mutual respect really mean. It is truly a shame that it was around the death of this young man, but perhaps there is a lesson here for all of us. Our diversity makes us stronger. If we can respect ourselves and each other in the good times and the bad, there is nothing that we can’t accomplish as a society. Q

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Queer gnosis A Renegade History of the United States: Part 2

by Troy Williams

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n part one of my interview with historian Thaddeus Russell we discussed how America’s low-life society of drunks, slaves, pirates and rogues actually pioneered freedom in our country. Russell’s new book A Renegade History of the United States restores these loathsome heroes of American liberty to the historical cannon.

Troy Williams: Let’s discuss whorehouses in America. You claim that prostitutes won virtually all the freedoms that were denied to women but today are taken for granted.

Thaddeus Russell: Prostitutes made roughly five to 10 times the average wage of women who worked in so-called legitimate professions. And I’m talking about the lowest class streetwalkers. The higher end madams were the wealthiest women in the United States.

When Emma Demar of Salt Lake City died she was the wealthiest woman in all of Utah.

There was always great demand and not a lot of labor. That’s why prostitutes and madams had so much power and independence.

This was a time when married women had no legal rights to their property. Husbands owned their property. Since prostitutes were often unmarried they were free to own a lot of property.

TW: You write how prostitutes were the first to shamelessly use and distribute contraceptives.

TR: That’s correct. Also, prostitutes were the only women in the 19th century who wore make-up and styled their hair short and wore brightly colored clothes. If you wore red in public you were a whore. By the 20th century those styles would become the norm.

TW: You write about how immigrant Americans “lost their rhythm.”

TR: Almost all major immigrant groups had great rhythm when they got here but were expected to lose it to become “good” Americans. Three major groups — Irish, Jewish and Italian immigrants — were essentially considered to be black. The Irish were often called “white ni**ers.” Jews and Italians were actually considered by most social scientists to be from Africa. The Irish Americans, for example, co-founded tap dancing.

They were known as the great dancers until the process of assimilation started. After the Civil War they decided to become “good” Americans. They entered civil service in great numbers, especially police forces and fire departments. And they also distanced

themselves from anything that was considered black.

Concomitantly, early Italians were considered to be animalistic savages. The first big wave of Italian immigration was Sicilians into New Orleans. They settled Little Palermo. And this is where a lot of the great jazz music was invented. And this was all dance music. Italians were known for having wonderful rhythm. And they, too, went through an assimilation process in the ’30s and ’40s when Italian leaders decided they needed to become American. And that means no longer hanging out with blacks or playing their

The selfdescribed ‘faggots’ and ‘dykes’ marched, fought and set fire to the streets.

After that, cities across the country made it illegal to raid gay bars. music. And then you see the ascendancy of the classic Italian-American crooner like Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, who were known for standing stock still on stage and just singing.

TW: Early jazz clubs were owned by the mafia?

TR: Yes, in New Orleans, Chicago and New York. The first wages paid to jazz musicians like Louie Armstrong were paid by organized crime.

TW: You describe how Irish and Italians seized upon the most militant forms of public service. They joined the army.

TR: In World War II we see a lot of Italian Americans joining the army and becoming highly patriotic. After the war you see them

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moving into civil service jobs, especially police forces.

TW: And, of course, Italian gangsters owned gay bars starting in the 1930s.

TR: Gay liberation was born in a mafia-owned establishment. Vito Genovese, of the famous crime family, saw a business opportunity.

Most gay bars from the ’30s through the ’60s were owned by the mafia. The Stonewall Inn was a Genovese establishment. The famous raid that led to the Gay Liberation Movement was actually targeted at the Mob. But when it happened, the drag queens and butch lesbians inside threw rocks, bottles and bricks, and rioted in the streets.

TW: And before gay liberation there was the homophile movement.

TR: The homophile movement began in 1950.

It was the first gay rights movement. They called for complete assimilation into heterosexual norms. In their demonstrations they did not allow any man who was effeminate or allow women who were too masculine to participate. All participants were expected to wear sharp clean business suits. They were very quiet. They walked around and then they went home. They were very hostile to any gay cultural traits that differed form heterosexual norms. One of the most important things to understand is that it was completely unsuccessful. Police raids on gay bars continued unabated during that period. Raids on gay bars ended with Stonewall. The selfdescribed “faggots” and “dykes” marched, fought and set fire to the streets. After that, cities across the country made it illegal to raid gay bars.

TW: After gay liberation we had Queer Nation and ACT UP, but after the AIDS epidemic hit, gays shifted in the ‘90s to an assimilationist equality posture. And like the Irish and Italians before them, gays now want to get into the military really bad!

TR: Yes. The two great movements, ironically, are movements into the American family and American military. What are two greater symbols than American conservative norms? Queer theorists have been saying this for a long time, but the gay marriage movement is really a throw back to the homophile movement. It’s no longer about sexual freedom. Just look at any website of the major gay rights organizations and you will see very respectable people who look like any old straight person. And there is no discussion of their sexual lives. But then look at commercial gay magazines like OUT or the Advocate and you will see flesh and a lot of talk about sex. They are very similar to the gay liberation movement of the ’70s.

TW: So there is a blending of the two approaches today. They co-exist in tension.

TR: Always. That’s the theme of the book. All of these moments in American history exist between the tension of renegades and moral reformers. That’s the tension I look at. Q Podcast the entire interview at queergnosis.com.

snaps & slaps SNAP: Transgender Awareness Month The letters in LGBT aren’t exactly equal, even in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, where resources and attention to the issues facing bisexual and transgender people (and even non-transgender lesbians) are often in short supply. That’s why events like Transgender Awareness Month are so important. During the month of November, transgender people of all sexual orientations are able to access programming geared exclusively toward them, from celebrations of trans people’s lives to answers to health care questions including and beyond transitioning.

Meanwhile, non-transgender people can learn how to be more educated, sensitive and therefore helpful allies.

This is one of the best programs the Utah Pride Center puts on each year, and everyone who can attend needs to attend at least one event.

SLAP: Maggie Gallagher For those of you who don’t recognize this particular bigot, she’s the chairperson of the National Organization for Marriage — the anti-gay marriage, Mormon-owned group that put out those stupid “gathering storm” YouTube ads during Prop 8. In response to the recent spate of teen suicides prompted by anti-gay bullying, Gallagher wrote an editorial in the New York Post blaming not, you know, gay-hating rhetoric groups like hers spew, but the “fact” that gay teens abuse drugs and experience sexual abuse at rates higher than their heterosexual, cisgender counterparts.

And somehow that magically isn’t connected to denying a segment of the population marriage rights and calling them diseased and worthless. Gallagher is not only a bully but the worst kind of bully: an adult who does her bullying with wideeyed self-righteousness.

SNAP: Justice Vanguard Their willingness to engage in direct confrontation with leaders about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights is counter to Utah’s typical soft-spoken, conciliatory method of doing politics. But that’s a good thing. As multiple activists have pointed out, Utah’s gay and transgender rights movement needs its rabble-rousers as well as its peacemakers, its radicals as well as its conservatives. After all, both the assimilationist homophiles and the Stonewall drag queens made the 21st century’s push for our rights possible. We look forward to seeing what the group will do in the future, not only for our community but for others whose lives intersect with ours, including the Latin and immigrant communities.

lipstick lesbian Cursed

by H. Rachelle Graham

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oyd K. Packer thinks I’m cursed.

He has no idea how much.

I’m cursed with having the one talent in this messed-up world where only one in a million ever make a career out of it. Lucky me.

I’ve gotten over my same-sex attraction issue and learned to accept it is only a shameful choice to those who believe Sarah Palin should be the next president.

Writing, on the other hand, is not something I will ever get over. Especially since when I’m lost in the land of words, I could wear an adult diaper and not even realize I had an “accident.”

As I market the first book in my life I’ve ever finished, it’s too late. I’ve already screwed up my chances by marketing with agents and publishers with lousy and redundant book ideas like sparkling vampires and a school of witches. I didn’t just

jump the gun, I ran it into the Niagara Falls and then beat it up to post-death. Guess that’s what happens when a person publishes their first piece of work when they are post-adolescence?

But agents never forget a name; any excuse to throw a query or manuscript into the nearest garbage can, whether that be on Times Square or in their penthouse office, and they will do it. Agents, especially those centered around New York City, which is 90 percent of them, have about half a second for you, and if you ruin it with them then you are doomed for the rest of your earthly-existence or until you decide to marry Lindsay Lohan. Then you can sell all the damn books you want and then some.

Meanwhile, almost everyone and their kitty wants to be an author even with the crumbling book industries, the rise

of e-books and the discovery of a poisonous Bush-called recession. Consolidation doesn’t help any; where most of the work coming out is similar, that’s a big shocker, since most of the books are being written by the exact same authors and family members.

I just got a rejection slip from the second agent I queried for the book I finished. Wait for it ... it’s titled Cursed. Haven’t heard yet from the first or third agent or publisher I queried. By the way, if any of you are lucky enough to have a career that is actually booming or has any source of income, a query letter is a one-page introduction, covering a short synopsis, an author bio and marketing prospects.

Anyway, the agent who gave me the rejection slip said these three simple words, “Thanks, we’ll pass.”

I was offended until I looked deeper into that agency and discovered I had tried to

sell my book with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender themes to an agent who represented well-know, anti-gay Christian authors. Not too smart on my behalf.

That’s similar to trying to sell edible panties to Gayle Ruzicka.

It dawned on me as I spent extra time in bed, being miserable and wondering what the hell I’m doing on the face of Earth, that I need to face my New York best-selling dream will never be a reality. In order to earn my sanity back, I need to forget about my closets full of rejection letters or the fact the amount of money I earned so far in writing could fit inside a piggy bank.

I need to figure out what to do for that second source of income. Sell my soul, my eggs, or my cute puppy. No, I’ll never be desperate enough to sell the last one. Either way, I’ll have to figure it out someday.

If not, I’ll just write about it. Q

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lambda lore Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirate’s Life for Me

by Ben Williams

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ccording to history professor Barry R. Burg, amid the climate of toleration of the English Restoration Era, there flourished one of the most unusual homosexually oriented groups in history, the Caribbean Pirates.

That men who went to sea generally practiced sodomy is not a startling revelation.

Even Winston Churchill was attributed to have remarked that “rum, sodomy and the lash” were Royal Naval traditions.

The Royal Navy filled its ranks from beggar boys and vagrants, often against the will of these youths, who regularly fell victim to the Navy’s press gangs. Once on board their first navy vessel these boys may have resisted sexual contact with their shipmates before succumbing to the prevailing sexual practices. In fact, the proportion of situational homosexuality must have risen in both the Navy and the commercial fleet during these ‘recruitment’ practices. Still, many other men joined the Royal Navy because they preferred the company of men to women.

Ironically, the primary source of hands to man pirate vessels came from the vast pool of sailors who were pressed into service and had learned seamanship aboard ships of England’s merchant or naval fleets.

The origins of English piracy in the Caribbean reach back to the 16th century when Spain founded her American Em-

pire on Indian gold and silver. Elizabethan adventurers and “sea dogs” discovered that vast treasures could be had by raiding Spanish settlements and capturing their treasure transports. English sea rovers returned home rich from their New World plundering, and reports of their successes encouraged others to follow their leads. If the royal government received its portion of the Spanish booty then they authorized the actions of the “privateers.” But if they did not, they called these adventurers pirates.

In the early 17th century, English colonies were not planned as permanent places of residence for large populations.

They were commercial enterprises, and in the West Indies and Virginia they required the establishment of all-male villages. A census of Barbados residents in 1635 showed “94 percent were male, none were under 10 years old and they were virtually no married couples among the group.”

In 1655 Margaret Heathcote of Antigua wrote to her cousin John Winthrope Jr., governor of Massachusetts saying: “And

Port Royal was universally known as the Sodom of the Caribbean

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That same year Admiral Sir William Penn (father of the founder of Pennsylvania) captured Jamaica and with it Port Royal, which served for a time as the capital of Caribbean piracy.

When Governor Thomas Modyford, in 1664, began encouraging pirates to seek safety in Jamaica, there were 22 full time privateering crafts using Port Royal’s facilities and each may have carried an average crew of 60 men.

Port Royal was reputed to have been the most corrupt and debauched town in all England’s dominions. Yet nowhere in the surviving evidence of the city’s demographics is there any evidence of a large contingent of unattached women or prostitutes to serve the hundreds of mariners always in port. Port Royal was universally known as the Sodom of the Caribbean. An earthquake in 1692 caused two thirds of the city to sink into the Caribbean Sea killing between 1,000 and 3,000 people — over half the city’s population.

Men who sailed aboard vessels flying the Jolly Roger most often decided to become pirates when their own ship was taken by a buccaneer craft. Others who signed aboard pirate crafts usually did so after jumping ship half a world away from England. Often they had grown to manhood among the predominantly male shipboard environment where homosexuality or homosexual acts were accepted practice. English sailors, who knowingly elected to live in the all-male environment of the seafarer, found the sexual situation on pirate ships similar to that they had abandoned as honest seamen.

In the 17th century, sodomy, rather than oral sex, was the preference among homosexuals due to the lack of personal hygiene. Among the middle and lower classes, body cosmetics were unknown, and soap and water were rarely or never used. In countries where circumcision is rare, the continual accumulation of smegmal matter, bodily secretions, fecal and urinary traces, perspiration, bacteria and dirt in the pubic area and its pungent odor

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rendered the practice of oral genital contact generally obnoxious. So uncircumcised English men restricted themselves to sexual practices such as anal intercourse and masturbation.

Among the Caribbean pirates there was a unique institution called “matelotage.”

It began as no more than a master-servant relationship which originated in cases of men selling themselves to other men to satisfy debts or to obtain food. In many cases matelots were no more than slaves — overworked, beaten, sexually abused, murdered or sold by their masters. However, pirates later considered matelotage as a bond of inviolate attachment existing between two men that existed as long as the master wanted it to remain.

A sharing of all property was a recognized feature of matelotage. The common ownership of goods even extended in most cases to inheritance. In the Caribbean, when a pirate died, all his goods went to his partner, whether master or matelot. So strong was the practice of matelotage that after the attack on Maracaibo, the pirate Captain L’Olonnais was careful to make sure that the booty was divided not only among the survivors, but that the portions belonging to those killed were distributed to their matelots.

On the rare occasion when pirates took wives, the rights of the matelot were eroded only in terms of his claim to the survivor’s benefits. If he still remained a matelot during his master’s marriage, he retained access to his master’s property and could demand and usually obtained the same connubial rights as the wife.

When Captain Louis Le Golif married a woman in 1665, the captain’s matelot Pulverin, was distraught but subsequently claimed his rights and was admitted into the marriage chamber. Pulverin was never reconciled to sharing Le Golif with a female and in due course he obtained revenge on his female rival. On returning from a raid, the Captain sent Pulverin ahead to notify the waiting wife of her husband’s impending return. Madam Le Golif was caught in bed with another man and Pulverin killed the woman and her lover, then disappeared. Captain Le Golif eventually found another matelot named LeBeque and was especially fond of him, but he never recovered entirely from the loss.

His heart remained with Pulverin.

Professor Burg claimed through his studies that the sexual unions between buccaneers often involved deep and abiding love. The attachment of buccaneers to their matelots, boys and lovers is evidence that homosexual passions were easily as intense as those as heterosexuals and were instances of deepest devotion.

Reference: Barry R. Burg, Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean, NYU Press, 1995. Q

Q health Less Finger Pointing, More Thumb Pointing

by Lynn Beltran

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was recently surprised and dismayed to stumble upon an article centered on a movement in Salt Lake’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community calling for the resignation of Stan Penfold, the executive director of the Utah AIDS Foundation. I consider Stan to be a friend and colleague, but most of all I have always found him to be a tremendous champion of the HIV community. His work with HIV predates most of us, yet it has always struck me how tireless he seems in his mission.

Although I am relieved to say this movement has waned, the intent of this article is not necessarily to sing the praises of Stan Penfold, but rather to use this event as an example of how misguided information in the community can lead to disease.

After doing a little fact finding, I discovered that the primary impetus for this “call to action” was a newly diagnosed HIV case occurring in a man in his late teens. The thinking behind the call was threefold: that the HIV prevention community, and primarily the Utah AIDS foundation, had failed this young man; that it had not done enough to inform men who have sex with men that they are at risk for contracting HIV; and that there are not adequate programs centered on HIV prevention. Most likely a lot of this stemmed from the frustration and concern that this young man and his friends and family are understandably experiencing.

First things first, it is never easy to hear about a new HIV diagnosis. It is my hope that this young man has been directed to all of the services available to HIV-positive people in order to allow him to receive compassionate care and valuable guidance and support through this journey. The journey that an HIV-positive person travels has certainly changed in the last 25 years, and very much for the better. HIV anti-retrovirals allow many to stave off AIDS, but this path is still paved with challenges, and we all need to continue to be compassionate and generous around HIV. After the dust settles on this case and every case, we all want to look at how could this have been prevented.

Attitudes about HIV risk, particularly within the MSM community, have changed dramatically in the last five years; these attitudes are generally based in a real sense of complacency about spreading or contracting HIV. And I have to believe that this is where fingers are being pointed in

the wrong direction. It is not that the efforts put forth by Stan and UAF are not occurring, but along with the rest of us, these efforts are being overshadowed by louder voices within the gay community itself.

These voices have lead to an increase in risky sexual behaviors that are prevalent and acceptable to MSM. Those of us who work in the HIV-prevention field will attest that it is becoming increasing difficult to compete with such complacent and derogatory attitudes.

As someone who works with this disease on a daily basis, let me share my experiences with the attitudes of some patients and with the data. HIV-positive MSM are significantly more likely today than they were at the height of the HIV epidemic to lie to their sexual partners about their HIV status. They are more concerned that if they suggest condom use, their partners will suspect they are HIV positive and will not have sex with them. Many HIV-positive men also believe that since someone passed HIV to them, therefore they are not obligated to protect their partners moving forward. Many believe that it is not a problem to get HIV, so they do not need to protect themselves.

For example, I recently had a patient in his 60s who has many sexual partners and refuses to use condoms regardless of my efforts to convince him otherwise. He knows he will likely get HIV and says that’s not a big deal, because by the time he would likely advance to AIDS, he will be pretty old.

In recent months I have also been aware of sex parties for MSM being hosted at the homes of HIV-positive individuals. I have to ask myself, how can HIV prevention possibly compete?

Another difficult and fairly new barrier facing the HIV-prevention services is rampant meth use within the gay community.

This has lead to a significant increase in the average number of concurrent sexual partners among many MSM, as well as addictive sexual behaviors. Many men with a history of meth use are unable to maintain employment. Therefore, they often try to acquire HIV so they can receive housing through the Ryan White program — federally funded housing that will allow them to deal meth and not have to work.

This is the reality of HIV prevention in 2010. Again, it is not easy to compete with these issues. HIV prevention programs of yesteryear worked to identify routes of transmission and to educate the commu-

nities at risk about effective prevention.

These programs had community buy-in.

The gay community and the HIV-prevention community worked in concert with a united purpose and a fighting spirit.

We are now working against each other.

The gay community is very much divided where HIV is concerned.

In order to effect positive change within this community, we need to find a way to work together again. The shift in attitudes about HIV within the gay community cannot be affected through traditional HIV prevention efforts. We need to recognize the new challenges that we are facing and we need the community at large to decide if HIV prevention is worth fighting for, and to

be involved. This can only occur when the community most affected by disease recognizes its role in changing this epidemic, when it is prepared to do less finger pointing and more thumb pointing. We need to determine ways to support the Utah AIDS foundation and Stan Penfold and others involved in HIV prevention. We need to start asking ourselves, as individuals, as a community and as a culture, what has shifted in our social paradigm to make us knowingly bringing harm to ourselves and each other. We all need to work together, with a united purpose to find new and innovative ways to compete with the new face of HIV. Q

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opefully by the time you are reading this, Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell is out of a job. Shirvell recently took a paid leave of absence after his favorite hobby became subject of a media frenzy.

That hobby? Stalking and harassing a gay college student.

That student, 21-year-old Chris Armstrong, is the University of Michigan student body president. Shirvell maintains a blog called Chris Armstrong Watch that tracks the student’s every move, obsessively following Armstrong and his friends in real life and on Facebook and Twitter.

Shirvell’s blog includes a photo with a Nazi swastika-adorned rainbow flag superimposed over Armstrong’s face along with the word “resign.”

Shirvell also holds one-man “protests” against Armstrong.

In early September, a friend of mine witnessed Shirvell standing outside of Armstrong’s house holding a sign with the rainbow flag swastika photo on it. The whole thing was so bizarre she thought it might be part of some kind of fraternity hazing stunt. Not an actual adult man’s real life.

Shirvell claims that he’s just a concerned Christian UM alumni, but it’s clear that his main problem is the fact that Armstrong is gay.

On Sept. 4 Shirvell posted to his blog, “Parents of University of Michigan freshmen beware: the University’s first openly ‘gay’ student body president, Chris Armstrong, is actively recruiting your sons and daughters to join the homosexual ‘lifestyle.’” Shirvell later claimed that the aim of a party thrown at Armstrong’s house at the beginning of the school year “was to liquor-up underage freshmen and promote homosexual activity in an effort to recruit them to the homosexual lifestyle.”

In mid-September, Armstrong filed for a personal protection order against Shirvell.

Because the dude is totally creepy. If you need any more proof, all you have to do is

watch the totally self-awareness-lacking interview Shirvell did with Anderson Cooper, in which he claims that he’s involved in a political campaign and is not doing anything wrong. Because, you know, hanging out in front of a kid’s house and videotaping him at 1:00 a.m. is totally normal “free speech” stuff.

The Cooper interview video has gone viral and Shirvell comes across as a total sociopath. It’s kind of sad, actually, that Shirvell apparently has no one in his life to grab him by the shoulders and say, “Don’t go on TV or the whole country is going to see that you are insane.”

Since that interview, plenty of people — like the nearly 15,000 fans of the Fire Andrew Shirvell Facebook page — have been calling for Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox to get rid of him. Instead, Cox did his own interview with Anderson Cooper, saying that Shirvell is just exercising his First Amendment rights.

It should be noted that Cox is no friend to LGBT Michiganders, so it’s no surprise that his office would employ folks who have an anti-gay agenda. It should also be noted that sexual orientation is not covered under Michigan’s civil rights laws. Something tells me that Cox wouldn’t have been so hot to go on national TV on defense if the object of Shirvell’s scorn was, say, black or Latino or Jewish.

“I have done NOTHING immoral OR illegal,” wrote Shirvell on his blog in late September. “And, to all my vicious, antiChristian detractors out there ... I have a message for you all: this watch site is here to stay. Get use (sic) to it.”

And yet, as of Oct. 1, Shirvell’s blog was no longer public. Let’s hope his job follows.

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“I’m not going to say I’m going to whack the government back into the 18th century, but I am going to nip and cut at taxes,” he said.

A huge cut that McCullough said he’d make if he is elected is against the so-called War on Drugs — a war he says that the government has not only lost, but which has lead to overcrowding in prisons, and therefore unnecessary expenditures on law enforcement.

“Sixty percent of prisoners are there on drug offenses. It needs to stop,” he said.

However, McCullough admitted that he is more interested in Libertarianism’s social policies, and in particular how those social policies can help Utah’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizens.

“I do have a veto. And there are certain things I can do to wield a veto,” he said, including that he would veto any attempts by the Legislature to slap down county and city ordinances protecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from employment and housing discrimination.

“I think the Governor can have a great deal of input into that,” he said. He is the head of state and he can say, ‘This anti-gay business should stop.’ Right now, if I knocked on Sen. [Chris] Buttars’ door [a Utah Senator who has voiced anti-gay opinions in the past] and said, ‘Cut this out,’ he’d say, ‘Go to hell.’ But if I was the Governor and had that bully pulpit, he’d have to listen respectfully, wouldn’t he?”

Although McCullough does not expect to be sworn in as Utah’s first Libertarian Governor in 2011, he does hope that his campaign gets more gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Utahns — and the groups who fight for their

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enues went to people who needed help,” he said. “In only 20 years that ratio has flipped; only 20 percent of those funds go to people and 80 percent go to bureaucracy.”

“We do believe in markets and they’re always going to exist — for example black markets and prostitution, and this is where we get a bad rap,” he continued. “But what people don’t realize is that for every service that the government provides there’s no competition. That creates a monopoly so you get horrible service. You get horrible Department of Motor Vehicles-quality service in everything government does.”

While Shannon said he has “no illusion I’m going to win,” he said that he was inspired to run by Libertarian Ron Paul’s 2008 Presidential campaign.

“He didn’t win clearly, but by simply running and discussing his platform and getting into the press, he was able to shape the debate,” he said. “As a matter of fact, once he was done the Republican Party fractured. In my mind he single-handedly destroyed the Republican party, and it took them two years to regroup.”

Shannon encouraged Utahns across the political spectrum who are tired of both mainstream political parties — queer Utahns in particular — to check out his party and his campaign.

“I would hope that people in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement really take the time to look into the Libertarian Party and to challenge themselves to think about not the emotions involved, but what has the Democratic Party done for you lately, and would you be better served under the banner of Libertarianism?” He said. Q

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rights — to consider what his party has to offer.

“I get frustrated that Equality Utah’s political action committee is firmly arm-in-arm with the Democratic Party,” he said. “They say, ‘We’re just looking for winners.’

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“The Libertarian Party is growing,” he continued.

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Plan-B Theatre Blesses Two-spirits

By Tony Hobday

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he late 19th century Native American cultures revered Two-spirit tribe members; those who fulfilled one of many mixed gender roles: encompassing wearing the clothing and performing the work associated with both men and women. They were respected, seen as “ambassadors” of their respective tribes and were also seen as a part of a natural expression. The term Two-spirit is a modernized English term that emerged out of the inter-tribal Native American/First Nations gay and lesbian conference in 1990.

In awareness and celebration of the oftentimes forgotten Transgender community of Utah, Plan-B Theatre Company presents a semi-historical account, of three individuals whose diverse lives intermingled, and in which had significantly changed. She Was My Brother is playwright Julie Jensen’s brain-child, if you will, of a historically famous, male-embodied Zuni “Lhamana” (Two-spirit person), and the incredible impact she had on two American anthropologists who had spent several years studying her and the Zuni culture during the late 1800s.

History of the Two-spirit Belief It has been documented that the Two-spirit identity may be explained as a “form of social failure, women-men are seen as individuals who are not in a position to adapt themselves to the masculine role prescribed by their culture.” Some believed that Two-spirit individuals had socially somehow lost masculine power and therefore referred to excepting the female roles within their culture to regain social acceptance. Others believed, and still do today, that the Two-spirit identity is explicitly natural within certain people. Within the specific Zuni culture, newborns were not assigned a gender but rather they would grow into it around 3 or 4 years of age. Jensen says, “In the Zuni culture, there was a special kachina for the Lhamana character, and special dances and celebrations held in honor of them. It’s like before the Catholic church was disgraced; it’s like priests in our culture — they don’t marry, they have another function that’s highly respected.”

Although the Two-spirit belief in Native American culture was a valuable and important contribution to their tribes, the White Europeans did not agree; their own ideals regarding gender and sexuality eventually suppressed such a belief. Jensen says, “It was the White culture, and particularly the Christians, that when

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they encountered this (Two-spirit tradition) they had a bloody fit, and insist that it stop. It’s one of the many, many things that the White people had done to the natives.” As is still affluent in today’s White American society, anti-alternative lifestyles had eventually enveloped the Native American cultures. Shame became instilled in Two-spirit people, males in particular, who openly lived or dressed as females, and the once revered dual lifestyle has diminished.

However, referring back to gender and sexuality, there is documentation of conflicting evidence regarding dualism, that is defined, in this context, as the “view of human beings as constituted of two irreducible elements (as matter and spirit).” All human beings, from conception, begin as female, and there is only one element on the Y chromosome that changes the gender to male.

This in itself refutes the dualistic approach to gender identity.

Though hundreds of years of suppression of the Two-spirit belief, the Native American people are again trying to create a positive, accepted identity of their Two-spirit community members; much like that of the transgender communities of today.

Two-Spirit Identity Theory The Two-spirit identity theory can be applied to any group of people who have faced exclusion or harassment or discrimination from society. It’s referred to as “a developmental model that explores identity development from the Indigenous American perspective and is grounded in the understanding that various aspects of identity are interrelated.” The theory has been subcategorized into three unsubstantiated “Minority and Sexual Identity” theories: Lesbian Sexual Identity Theory Black, Racial Identity Theory and The Minority Identity Development Model; each of which are made up of five stages to fully identifying and accepting one’s self, and how to apply or use it in the outside world.

The Two-spirit theory, however, is hoped to be examined in the educational, political and religious arenas to bring forth understanding and acceptance of each American, Native or other, individual’s gender, identity and sexual preference.

The Play During the 19th century, an expedition was formed to visit, live with and study the Zuni people. Among those in the expedition were two young anthropologists, Frank Hamilton Cushing and Matilda

Cox (the first woman anthropologist in America), who were “the first White scientists to study the Zuni people in New Mexico,” says Jensen. Upon arrival to the pueblo, they meet Lhamana (referencing the historical figure We’ha), a male-embodied Two-spirit.

Jensen’s research, into what She Was My Brother is loosely based on, indicates that Cushing and Cox formed special bonds with the lhamana. And though Jensen could find no mention of the lhamana in Cushing’s writings, she does “in fact think they had a relationship — there is plenty of data, information, to suggest that.” On the other hand, “Matilda had a lot to say about him, but never talked about his sexuality, not about who he might have been involved with or any personal relationships,” adds Jensen.

She Was My Brother stars Joe Debevc as Lhamana, Jay Perry as Wilson and April Fossen as Tullis, and is directed by Plan-B’s Artistic Director Jerry Rapier. In the play Wilson and Tullis, Jensen’s characterization of Cushing and Cox, arrive at the Zuni pueblo and experience different reactions to Lhamana upon meeting her; but too, identify with each their respective gender that’s within Lhamana. Tullis, who is “a little hard and rigorous,” sees Lhamana as a “freak of nature,” an “absurd creature” and “insists on referring to him as a her,” says Fossen.

Wilson, a sickly man, quickly discovers a “kinship” with the Lhamana. “The one thing I found a lot of richness in — that there have been a lot of clues for — is that he (Wilson) feels that he’s been abandoned since he was very young,” says Perry. “He makes a lot of references to the Colonel, who is Tullis’ husband, as being his mother and his father. That Wilson made those kind of attachments is very interesting.”

Shortly after their arrival, Tullis is called back to Washington D.C., and accompanying her is Lhamana, for Tullis to “show her off” to the President of the United States.

Wilson is left to continue the expedition alone, ironically, for five years, during which he earns a place within the pueblo. “He’s this wide-open book of learning and wants to absorb everything he can,” says Perry. “He’s really searching for who he is and how to make his mark in the world.”

That is until Tuberculosis forces him to leave his Zuni home and return to Washington D.C. “He manufactures almost a relationship with a woman he once knew, and he goes back to Washington and marries the woman,” explains Jensen.

She Was My Brother is “the story of the arrival to the pueblo, the relationship between these three people and ultimately their separation.”

Debevc’s 7-year-old son, who has seen the play, commented, “Overall, I really liked the play, but the ending was (emotionally) rough.” Q

She Was My Brother runs through Nov. 7, Studio Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $20, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org. Currently the best ticket availability is Saturday, Oct. 30 at 4pm and 8pm and Saturday, Nov. 6 at 4pm.

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Events Across the State Raise Transgender Awareness

The month of November will be devoted to a segment of the queer community that often gets less attention than it needs.

The Utah Pride Center, and its partners, will celebrate the third annual Transgender Pride Month with more events for transgender Utahns, their partners, families and allies than it has in past years, said Rose Ellen Epstein, the Center’s Transgender Youth Program coordinator. The biggest of these is the second annual Gender Conference, to be held Nov. 13 from 9 a.m.–6 p.m. at Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East.

“I’m really excited for this conference because I think we’ll expand from [the conference of] last year and be bigger and better, and include a variety of workshops,” said Epstein.

The new workshops for this year’s conference, the theme of which is Engendering Community, will include panels for families with transgender children and for cisgender (non-transgender) partners of transgender people. Epstein noted that the conference would also feature a possible first in Utah: a panel of medical providers who will answer transgender attendees’ health questions, both general and specific to transitioning.

“It’ll be an opportunity for people to ask questions about general health concerns,” she said.

“There’s a lot of misinformation and speculation about health care for transgender people.”

Epstein also noted that the medical panel will include a therapist and a specialist in surgeries that “are usually considered cosmetic but actually are really important for transgender people who are transitioning.”

The conference’s keynote speaker will be Elisha Lim, comedian, artist, activist and the creator of the 100 Butches comic series, which features portraits (both in text and art) of butches from around the world. Lim will also perform after the conference.

As in past years, the month will also include several events sponsored by TransAction, the Utah Pride Center’s youth-lead transgender activist group. On these “Trans Tuesdays,” attendees can participate in a chili cook-off at the Center that will double as a canned food drive for the Utah Food Bank (Nov. 2); an open mic night at Sugar House Coffee (Nov. 16); and a screening of the film Two Spirits, about the life and death of teenager Fred Martinez, a Navajo nádleehí, or a person considered to be both masculine and feminine, who was murdered in Cortez, Colo. in e2001 (Nov. 23). A panel discussion will follow.

The screening is sponsored by the Utah Pride Center program Spectrum: A Forum for Queer People of Color and the Salt Lake Film Center.

“Hopefully these different things will appeal

Shannon Minter, National Center for Lesbian Rights Legal Director to different people in the community,” she said.

Additionally, the Center will also host a social for transgender parents day on Nov. 2 in honor of National Transgender Parents Day. The time for this event is still being determined.

Of course, Transgender Awareness Month will also include the observation of Transgender Day of Rememberance, which commemorates people across the world who were murdered in the last year in acts of anti-transgender violence.

The Transgender Education Network will hold a vigil to commemorate 2010’s names, after which will follow enTRANSed: A Celebration of Life.

Co-sponsored by lesbian social and civic group sWerve, this is a party, said Epstein, that will “be a chance for people to celebrate who they are” and to honor transgender people “who are alive, well, succeeding and happy.”

Transgender Education and Advocacy (TEA) is one of the several organizations across the state that will be joining the Utah Pride Center in observing Transgender Awareness Month. On Nov. 13 TEA will honor Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Minter will speak about legal issues facing transgender people from 1–2 p.m. in room 315 of the City and County Building, 400 S. 200 East. A house party with Minter will follow that night at 7 p.m., with a location to be announced later.

TEA will also sponsor “I AM a Miracle: Core Beliefs” workshop Nov. 17 from 7:30–9:30 p.m. at the Transformation Station, 970 E. 3300 South, Ste. 2. Clark Cutler and Laura Arellano will lead this event, which is free and open to the public.

The University of Utah’s LGBT Resource Center will also offer several events throughout the month, including a dialogue with transgender community leaders and their allies on Nov. 15 from 6–8 p.m. On Nov. 18 the resource center will hold Transgender Monologues and Dinner, an evening of poetry and art centering on transgender identity and gender expression.

The event will be held at the University of Utah’s Crimson View, and proceeds will benefit TEA. “Last year I was thrilled by all the events TransAction and other groups and organizations did, and this year I think there’s even more participation from community organizations to make Transgender Awareness Month really busy,” said Epstein. “People are going to have to make hard choices on the events they want to attend. It’s nice for the transgender community to have that.” Q

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Engendered Cyclists Do the Impossible

By Brad Di Iorio

The great thing about taking up cycling is that people can learn at their own pace, improve at their own skill level and decide what level of exercise they will enjoy from the sport. For Aere Greenway and Deborah Dean, partners in life and part of Utah’s Transgender community, the achievement of long-distance cycling parallels some of the changes they have made in their lives in helping them find happiness.

“The bike trips don’t have that much to do with being transgender but the process of transitions was very hard so I got used to doing the impossible,” said Greenway, who turns 60 in December and is post-op, or has made the change. “My transition was a series of half-way steps, thinking at each stage that this new step would be ‘enough.’ Somehow in the process, it did not occur to me that I could, and would, be able to have it all.”

Training for long distance cycling is also done in stages: getting used to the exertion required for more miles and longer rides, getting the body to endure the repetitive motion, and even handling the pressure of the bike seat on the derriere. Then there are the changes in weather on the road, preparing yourself for whatever

Mother Nature throws in your path.

“It was something I did in the early part of my life,” said Dean, referring to cycling while in college in Little Rock, Ark. “One spring break I did a 200-mile trip.” After that Dean accomplished a 4,000-mile trip across the United States starting from the Pacific Ocean in Oregon to the beaches of the Atlantic in New Jersey, raising $5,000 from Baptist Student Union members from Arkansas State University who pledged for how many miles rode.

At that time Deborah Dean was Malcolm, and Malcolm liked to dress in women’s clothing.

Malcolm says that sexual orientation is not the same as gender identification. “Sex is between the legs and gender is between the ears,” Malcolm told City Weekly in 2000.

Malcolm/Dean is heterosexual and as Greenway mentioned during this interview, “I’m not sure what gender walked out the door but Debra or Malcolm will be back to answer your questions.”

Dean and Greenway call each other their spouse and have lived together for 14 years.

Greenway comes from the gay community which was more open about differences in gender and sexuality. “My first act of coming out was to attend the Metropolitan Community Church, which I liked a lot. I came to be involved with the

Restoration Church, which was very valuable in my transition process,” said Greenway.

Greenway was married to a woman and had four children. At a certain point in their lives together, they both realized that neither could truly be happy together with the changes that Greenway felt she needed to take.

“My family, immediate and extended, have been good to me,” said Greenway. “My parents, now deceased, were really good. Despite being active LDS, they seemed to decide that ideological differences don’t need to get in the way of loving a child they had spent so many years raising.”

Greenway says that she has only lost one uncle through the process and even re-united with a member of her former spouse’s family on this past summer’s bicycle trip.

Greenway and Dean met at Lambda Lambda Tri-ess meetings in Salt Lake, which Greenway remembers was paranoid about other people that might be out to get them.

Because of this underlying paranoia, Greenway and Dean formed Engendered Species, Utah’s support and social group that welcomes cross dressers, transgender individuals, friends of both, their families and significant others. The goal of Engendered Species was and still is to create positive feelings of gender questioning with others that are proud and supportive of any inner struggle attendees are feeling. Engendered Species is still very active with support meetings, dinner socials and special events for all Utahns’ to attend.

“Once we did a Transgender bicycle trip in Grand Teton National Park and two other people from Engendered Species went with us,” said Greenway. “On our first trip, the length of Utah, we had another person with us who wanted out of the trip after the first day. We got her out successfully, but it cost us a day and extra expense.”

Greenway and Dean’s latest long adventure was a 12-day trip from Utah to Glacier National Park in Montana, this past June. Dean and Greenway plan on taking cycling trips after the snow disappears this spring and if Greenway retires, they plan to do a trip across the United States together.

“I was inspired to try this by my spouse talking glowingly about the experience of cycling across the continent,” said Greenway. “I got involved in cycling because it was a big part of my spouse’s world and one of the opportunities we have in being in a relationship is the chance to explore the other person’s world. I tried cycling and liked it.”

Greenway gets a great sense of accomplishment with each trip, particularly the long ones.

“Decades ago, I would have sworn that the bicycle trips I’ve done would be impossible for me, a non-athlete,” Greenway reflects. “I’ve come to discover that doing the impossible, at least once a year, is really good for one’s self-esteem.

Greenway chronicles each trip with Dean accompanied by spectacular photos of scenery and commentary on specific routes taken at www.dvorak-keyboards.com/aere_greenway. html. For more information about Engendered Species, visit www.es-transgender.com. Q

Transgender Awareness Month November 2010: Statewide Listing of Events for Utah Early Kick–off event: Wednesday, October 27th at 7pm “She Was My Brother” Preview

Night at Plan–B Theatre with a post–show discussion with playwright Julie Jensen. Tickets are $20 benefiting TEA of Utah and TransAction and must be purchased in advance by contacting Transgender Education Advocates of Utah (TEA) at teaofutah@yahoo.com or TransAction at transactionutah@gmail.com.

Thursday, October 28th through November 7th Plan–B Theatre continues “She Was My

Brother.” Info at planbtheatre.org.

Thursday, October 28th 12–1pm “Breaking Down the Wall of Hate” with Tristan Silverman.

Sponsored by Center for Diversity and Unity at Weber State University.

Friday, October 29th 7–9pm “Breaking Down the Wall of Hate” poetry workshop with Tristan Silverman. Sponsored by Center for Diversity and Unity at Weber State University.

Tuesday, November 2nd from 7–9pm Transgender Tuesday: The Fabulous Chili Challenge!

Wanna taste some delicious, hot chili and showcase your culinary talents? Bring your friends and come to this year’s Fabulous Chili Challenge! Please consider bringing a can of food to donate to the Utah Food Bank. Sacred Light of Christ Church at 823 S. 600 E. SLC. Sponsored by TransAction, a program of the Utah Pride Center.

Sunday, November 7th Trans Parents Day

Event, See www.utahpridecenter.org for info.

Sponsored by Kids Like Me, a program of the Utah Pride Center.

Friday, November 12th Beginning at Noon Shannon Minter, National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), workshop with law students and local attorneys, hosted by Transgender Education Advocates of Utah (TEA). FREE and open to the public. Email teaofutah@yahoo.com for more info.

Friday, November 12th 6–8pm Movie night

featuring “Harsh Beauty”(about the Hijra’s lives in India) at the Union Theater, hosted by the U of U’s LGBT Resource Center.

Saturday, November 13th 9am–6:30pm

Engendering Community, 2nd Annual TransAction Gender Conference. Attend a full day of exciting workshops and presentations offered by local community members including Trans folks, parents, partners, families, friends and allies.

Featuring key note speaker and international activist/artist Elisha Lim. Conference is FREE and open to the public. Discounted lunch will be available for cash purchase. Westminster College, Gore School of Business, 1840 S. 1300 E. SLC. Co– sponsored by TransAction, a program of the Utah Pride Center and the Inclusion Center.

Saturday, November 13th 1–2pm Shannon Minter, National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), to speak on legal issues that transgender people face. This event is FREE and open to the general public. This event will be held in the City & County building on the corner of 400 South and 200 East in room #315, hosted by Transgender Education Advocates of Utah (TEA).

Email teaofutah@yahoo.com.

Saturday, November 13th 7–9pm House Party in honor of Shannon Minter. Co–hosted

by Equality Utah and Transgender Education Advocates of Utah (TEA). Home of Scott McCoy and Mark Barr, 560 E. 700 South, SLC. Email teaofutah@yahoo.com for info or to RSVP.

Thursday, November 18th 7pm Transgender Monologues and Dinner hosted by the U of U’s LGBT Resource Center. Event to feature artists and poets in the community sharing their works about transgender identity, gender expression/ identity concerns and sharing their voice as homage to those lost to anti–transgender bias.

Proceeds from this event to benefit TEA of Utah and TransAction. For more info contact Sai Samineni at ssamineni@sa.utah.edu.

Friday, November 19th 7–9pm Comedy and Art Show with Heather Franck and Karen Bayard. Proceeds to benefit TEA of Utah and TransAction. Event held at the Transformation Station located at 970 East 3300 South Ste# 2. For more info email Transgender Education Advocates of Utah (TEA) at teaofutah@yahoo.com.

Saturday, November 20th 6pm International Transgender Day of Remembrance Candle Light Vigils sponsored by TEA of Utah: First United Methodist Church, 203 South 200 East in Salt Lake City Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden, 705 23rd Street in Ogden Utah Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and the United Church of Christ, 175 North University Ave in Provo To view ALL listings of candle light vigils please visit www.TDoR.org. These events are FREE and open to the general public.

Saturday, November 13th 8–11pm Gender Conference After–Party featuring international guest activist/artist, Elisha Lim. Find out more about Elisha’s work at newhearteveryday. blogspot.com. See utahpridecenter.org for location. Sponsored by TransAction, a program of the Utah Pride Center.

Saturday, November 20th 7pm TEA of Utah’s

Monday, November 15th 6–8pm Community

Saturday, November 20th 8–11pm EnTRANSed: A Celebration of Life. After attending a vigil to remember those who are no longer with us, it’s time to celebrate trans–fabulous people at this party. This is the night to be who you are and love every minute of it! See www. utahpridecenter.org for location. Co–sponsored

by TransAction and sWerve.

Panel: Dialogue with Transgender Community Leaders and Allies, hosted by U of U’s LGBT Resource Center. For more info please contact Sai Samineni at ssamineni@sa.utah.edu

Tuesday, November 16th 7–9pm Transgender Tuesday: Open Mic Night. Speak your truth and share your music! Sugar House Coffee, 1045 E. 2100 S. Sponsored by TransAction, a program of the Utah Pride Center.

Wednesday, November 17th 7:30–9:30pm

“I AM a Miracle: Core Beliefs” workshop by Clark Cutler and Laura Arellano. This event will be held at the Transformation Station located at 970 East 3300 South Ste# 2. Event is open to all and is sponsored by Transgender Education Advocates of Utah (TEA). For more info email Transgender Education Advocates of Utah (TEA) at teaofutah@yahoo.com.

5th Annual TEA Party honoring our community partners. This year’s award recipients are Candice Metzler for Individual, Plan–B Theatre Co. for Organization and Rep. Jen Seelig for Politico of the year. For info email teaofutah@yahoo.com.

This event is FREE and open to the general public.

Tuesday, November 23rd 7–9pm SLC Film Center’s Transgender Tuesday: “Two–Spirit” Film and Panel Discussion. This FREE event seeks to engage audiences around issues of social justice, friendship, love and change within the Transgender community. Info about the film at slcfilmcenter.org. Tessman Auditorium at the Main Library, 210 E. 400 S. SLC. Co–sponsored

by TransAction, Spectrum: A Forum for Queer People of Color (both programs of the Utah Pride Center), Salt Lake City Film Center, LGBT Resource Center and Transgender Education Advocates of Utah (TEA).

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~ Inclusive statewide listing of events provided courtesy of TEA of Utah and SaltLickPrinting.com ~

ARTS&Entertainment

gay agenda

So You Think You Can Dance See Nov. 4

Nipples, Nipples

by Tony Hobday

I went camping last weekend in celebration of my friend Steve’s 50th birthday. It wasn’t a huge bash, but there was definitely a colorful rainbow of personalities, and have you ever noticed how raw people get when they’re out in the elements? Manners just fly out the window — it’s kind of gross. Anyhoo, Joe, aka Jowanda, was our “Firestarter,” and let me just say he really knows his wood. However, he did melt his $25 shoes. Also, the weekend was the first time I’d ever been camping with Michael ... and it was the last. Teeheehe!

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thursday — The Slippery Kittens, a sassy and saucy burlesque troupe, presents Halloween Peep Show Creep Show. These busty and beautiful ladies will showcase the fascinating, bawdy, and classy art of burlesque and variety performance, spanning a continuum of forms and musical genres, from time-honored sexy staples to amazing avant-garde innovations, all the while in creepy, sexy, bloody costumes ... that’s hot!

11pm, Studio 27, 615 W. 100 South. Tickets $10 at the door, slipperykittens.com.

QQ Based on a manuscript of over 200 Latin poems written in the 12th and 13th centuries, Ballet West’s Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata and a thrilling collaboration between dancers, singers and orchestra. The performance is paired with George Balanchine’s complex and inventive The Four Temperaments, a ballet influenced by a theory of psychology that stems from the ancient medical concept of humorism.

7:30pm, through Nov. 6, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South.

Tickets $18–74, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org.

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friday — Gee willikers Jim Smith is turning 27 years old — he’s definitely not a pup anymore!

Anyhoo, if you love Jimmy as much as I do, celebrate with him tonight at Jim’s Birthday Bash. If you don’t know Jimmy, at least biblically, you can check him out on manhunt.com, boysfirsttime.com and dudetube.com ...

JK, happy birthday Jimmy, mwah!!

The earlier the better, he gets snockered pretty easily, Club Try-Angles, 251 W. 900 South. Free, 801-364-3203 or clubtryangles.com.

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monday — Thirty-five-year-old musician Sufjan Stevens mixes autobiography, religious fantasy, and regional history to create folk songs of grand proportions. He has released albums of varying styles, from electronica and lo-fi folk to symphonic instrumentation and Baroque pop. Many of his songs have spiritual allusions, but he says he does not try to make music for the sake of preaching. He’s so damn yummy, I’d let him preach to me ... well, as long as it was while we are in bed together, tehehe!

8pm, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 Presidents Cir., UofU. Tickets $31–34, 801-581-7100 or kingtix.com. tuesday — The Grammy-winning trio Lady Antebellum hits the Utah stage tonight. The country pop band has been stealing the hearts of many since their smash hit “I Need You Now.” Other recent hits include “I Run To You” and “American Honey.” This concert ought to be a hoot and a holler, don’t miss it! David Nail opens.

7:30pm, Rail Event Center, 235 N. 500 West. Tickets $36/adv– 41/day of show, 801-467-8499 or smithstix.com.

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sunday — If you’re planning to be a home body this Halloween, eating tons of candy and drinking copious amounts of wine in nothing but your skivvies than check out the last five seasons of Plan-B Theatre Company’s Radio Hour. In this 4-hour Radio: Marathon, they will revisit Radio: Poe (based on the author’s horror classic The Premature Burial), Radio: The Hitchiker and Zero Hour (based on the best radio script ever written and child’s play), Radio: Lavender and Exile (based on Utah ghost stories), Radio: Frankenstein (based on the monster) and Radio: Alice (based on Alice in Wonderland).

8pm–Midnight, KUER-FM 90.1. For more info visit kuer.org.

thursday — I don’t like reality shows; they’re annoying! Well, except for Jersey Shore and The Real Housewives of Who Gives a Flying Fuck; they’re like documentaries. Anyhoo, the reality dance competition returns to Utah with new faces and sexy legs ... and butts ... and tummies. The So You Think You Can Dance 2010 Tour includes Adéchiké, Ashley, Billy, Jose, Kent, Lauren and Robert; as well as “All Stars” Ade, Allison, Courtney, Dominic and Kathryn.

7:30pm, Maverick Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Dr. Tickets $37.50–55, 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

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friday — Set in the heart of Southeastern Utah, to the backdrop of stunning red rock landscape and an endless, majestic sky is the incomparable event with “a community-minded spirit” known as the Moab Folk Festival. Artists include Loudon Wainwright III, Po’ Girl, Peter Mulvey, Caroline Herring, Elephant Revival and more.

Hours and venues vary, through Sunday, Moab, Utah. Tickets $30–115, 435-259-3198 or moabfolkfestival.com.

QQ Described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, Hay Fever, by gay playwright Nöel Coward, is set in an English country house in the 1920s, and deals with the

Ballet West Photo by Jesse Cross

four eccentric members of the Bliss family and their outlandish behavior when they each invite a guest to spend the weekend. I have a feeling there’s a lot of horse-play in this bugger!

7:30pm, through Nov. 14, Babcock Theatre, lower level of Pioneer Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, UofU. Tickets $7–10, 801-581-7100 or kingtix.com.

dvd reviews

By Tony Hobday

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saturday — Well slap me like a dirty whore and throw me on the Big Gay Fun Bus to Wendover because, you know girls, I’s ready to party, gamble, flirt, frolic and sit on Ruby Ridge’s face ... what?!!? Anyhoo, join us for big gay fun, big gay bingo and big gay prizes. Yippeee!

11:45am–8pm, pick up at Club Try-Angles, 251 W. 900 South. Tickets $24 with $5 cash back, 801-649-6663 or brownpapertickets.com.

QQ Do you want a unique dinner theater experience? Come try my cooking while I prepare it in the nude and talk like Julia Child ... fabulous! Seriously, experience An Evening in Canterbury, a celebration of Chaucer’s definitive masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales as you’ve never seen it before and delight in an authentic seven-course gourmet meal created by a chef specializing in Chaucer’s time period. Interact with the characters at your table, then sit back and enjoy the show as they narrate the tales from the audience while it plays out on stage.

7pm, through Sunday, Murray Theater, 4961 S, State St. Tickets $60, 801-560-0477 or utahdinnershow.com.

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monday — Director Wendy Jo Carlton maintains the “stage” ambience in this eloquent film adaptation of Claudia Allen’s play Hannah Free. Spanning several decades, the film stars the incomparable Sharon Gless (Queer as Folk). It follows the tumultuous affair between Hannah and Rachel, a traditional small-town, pie-baking, homemaker. Depicted through past and present scenes, their relationship endures not only the test of time — The Great Depression, World War II and women’s suffrage, but also endures Hannah’s gypsy lifestyle — experiencing the world ... as well as other women.

7pm, Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South. Free, 801-359-5158.

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Ticked-off Trannies with Knives

This debut feature film from Argentine director Marco Berger was a hit on the summer’s gay film festival circuit, winning several awards. In seeing the film, it is apparent why. Plan B is a cunning comedy/drama set in the dusty, raw, low-income barrios of modern day Argentina. It stars Manuel Vignau (Bruno), also a feature film first, and Lucas Ferraro (Pablo).

Bruno, a pot-smoking loafer has just been dumped by his girlfriend for another guy. His initial plan to win her back by continuing to sleep with her isn’t working, so this apparent straight dude comes up with Plan B — to remove his competition by seducing her new boyfriend, Pablo. Fail-safe?

No. Unlikely plan? Maybe. A decent gay flick? Yes. As Bruno and Pablo begin to bond through giftgiving, sleep-overs (in the same bed, of course) and awkward straight/gay flirting, Bruno realizes that he’s actually falling in love with Pablo.

The film is sort of Shakespearean in its plot of deception and betrayal, as well as in its modest humor: Bruno is brilliantly calculating with his plan B by offering first a stick of gum to Pablo just before asking him to help practice kissing for a fake gay acting gig. Also, Ferraro’s (Pablo) performance in the “comes to fruition” scene is remarkable, and the first time Bruno and Pablo have a sleep-over, it is extremely funny in its coyness.

This Spanish language film is fairly witty and well-acted, but a little indolent in execution — the many non-dialogue scenes drag on too long diminishing some of the film’s credibility.

I suppose that how some movies actually get picked up and distributed is beyond my intellect ... though I do have a respectable IQ ... but writer/director Israel Luna’s newest horror flick Ticked-off Trannies with Knives made my eyes roll back in my head with pure disgust. Not to say its beginning did not have a certain cultfollowing potential. Introducing the transexual nightclub entertainers, Bubbles Cliquot, Tipper Sommore, Emma Grashun, Rachel Slurr and their mother hen Pinky Latrimm (“Mama”) in the fire-spitting dressing room reportoire that occurs when men are dressed as women was a hopeful attribute: “The Burning Bed academy of Farrah Fawcett” and “It’s like Charo spitting Fritos at me, I don’t understand you.”

Bubbles arrives to work with a black eye and after the show Emma and Tipper trick Bubbles into driving them to a rendezvous with three men at a dim-lit, secluded warehouse ... duh, really? Upon entering the warehouse Bubbles realizes she’s been coerced there by the same man, aptly called Boner, who had blackened her eye, and gory violence ensues.

Sometime later, we find Bubbles waking from a coma that has left her with a speech impediment and a vigor for revenge. In the most ridiculous scene of the entire movie, Bubbles and the other “trannies” head to a remote area to learn the teachings of a samurai warrior by a goofy white man. Then they derive a plan of revenge against the three anti-transexual men that had attacked them in the warehouse.

Other than the character of Rachel Slurr, who’s a little dippy, yet witty at the same time, there is no other noteworthy aspect to this flop.

Release Date: Oct. 28, $19.95, wolfevideo.com

Release Date: Nov. 9, $24.95, breakingglasspictures.com

Plan B

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Bear City As the title indicates, co-writers Douglas Langway and Lawrence Ferber, transform New York into the large, lovable Bear (hirsute gay men) scene. This adorable romantic comedy stars newcomer Joe Conti as Tyler, a young, smooth 20-something with a hidden attraction for Daddy Bears. The film also stars Stephen Guarino (The Big Gay Sketch Show) and Gerald McCullough (CSI: New York).

Fed up with being on the DL with his flamboyant circuit-boy roommate Simon, who’s constantly hitting on him, Tyler finds a new “den” with Fred and Brent, a bear couple that takes Tyler in and introduces him to their community and their closest friends: Michael and Carlos, and Roger.

Boyfriends Michael and Carlos hit a bump in their relationship when unemployed Michael decides to get lap-band surgery to help his odds in landing a job. Roger, a muscle daddy bear, has a popular reputation in the community for sex-crazed parties. But the introduction of Tyler to this close-knit family sparks uncomfortable feelings and desires.

Shortly after the arrival of Tyler, Fred suggests to Brent, with underlying intention, that they should open up their relationship. Once Brent agrees, the threesome shower scene will either leave you laughing your ass off or cringing, depending on your own sexual fantasies.

The sexual tension between Tyler and Roger is immediate when meeting each other. While Tyler embraces it, Roger fights it. As a final attempt to win Roger over, Tyler, with the help of Simon, butches up his wardrobe and attitude to catch Roger’s attention at the biggest bear party weekend of the year.

For those unfamiliar with the bear community, a number of scenes will help enlighten about stereotypes and labels in a selfless, and often humorous, way. For those familiar with the bear community, I would hope you’d enjoy the colorful characters — their gossipy, bitchy and, often, very sweet natures — as much I did. $19.99, tlareleasing.com

December 4 Big Gay Fun Bus to West Wendover, biggayfunbus.com

February 18–20, 2011 QUAC Ski-N-Swim quacquac.org

December 10–11 Salt Lake Men’s Choir Christmas Concert saltlakemenschoir.org

March 19 sWerve’s St. Patty’s Day Party swerveutah.com

Transgender Day of Remembrance utah.hrc.org

December 18 sWerve’s Holiday White Party, swerveutah.com

November 25 Thanksgiving Dinners at the Utah Pride Center, Club Try-Angles and The Trapp

January 5–9, 2011 Utah Gay & Lesbian Ski Week, Park City communityvisions.org

June 3–5, 2011 Utah Pride Festival utahpridecenter.org

December 1 World AIDS Day worldaidsday.org

January 20–30, 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Park City sundance.org

November 6 Big Gay Fun Bus to West Wendover, biggayfunbus.com

November 20

August 20, 2011 Equality Utah Allies Dinner equalityutah.org

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ROMEO AND JULIET

WITH MUSIC DIRECTOR THIERRY FISCHER AND THE UTAH SYMPHONY CHORUS

NOVEMBER 5-6 | 8 PM ABRAVANEL HALL Witness a rare, complete performance of Berlioz’ Dramatic Symphony after Shakespeare’s Tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Music Director Thierry Fischer conducts the Utah Symphony, Chorus and vocal soloists Tamara Mumford, Jason Slayden, and Eric Owens. Sung in French with projected English translation titles.

FOR TICKETS, CALL 801-355-ARTS (2787) OR VISIT UTAHSYMPHONY.ORG

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Food&DRINK

restaurant review Angel = Tin or Gold?

by Chef Drew Ellsworth

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couple of weeks ago, I was invited to the Tin Angel just one day after returning to Zion from the Cote d’Azur in France — quite a culture shock and jetlag to boot! Nevertheless, my dining partner, Brad di Iorio and I had an excellent dining experience and it was such a treat to be served by the chef, Jerry Liedtke.

Jerry told us about his father who recently passed away and how, many years ago in the early days of bars and saloons in Salt Lake City,

he had a hole-in-the-wall place called the Tin Angel. This was a place where casual folk and people who wanted a drink in a social setting could go and be themselves. I’m sure that imbibing spot was fun, interesting, and quirky! The Tin Angel restaurant on 400 South follows in the footsteps of the old idea and I think I would have liked the old place, but I know I like the new one.

Tin Angel is located across the street from Pioneer Park. You enter from an old, but clean ally that speaks of Salt Lake’s past. The building is a 1900 wooden-shake house adorned with folk art and fantasy, which may not completely prepare you for a fine culinary experience, but it does prepare you for the charm, relaxed atmosphere and lovingly presented food.

The chef explained to us that the mission of Tin Angel is to make really good food out of local and fresh ingredients, but to use classical cuisine as a basis for everything they do. I believe him and this is what we ate.

Both times I have been to Tin Angel, I have been served delicious French Bread that has

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been broken by hand, into large chunks and then toasted in a hot oven. I find this so delightful and tasty. The bread comes on a platter with butter, sliced pears, and hot almonds that have been sautéed.

(The first time I went to Tin Angel I had a butternut squash soup swirled with some vibrant local cream — I loved it and have made it on my own several times since.)

Next we were served a series of “bites.” Having just returned from my trip to France, I was amazed at how similar these appetizers were to so many things I had eaten abroad and how fun it is to taste small “bites” with wine.

The waiters at Tin Angel tell you about the wines they chose for their fare and guide you thru a nice experience. We had a glass of white wine to go with our tiny shrimp salad, on one small plate, blue marlin sashimi served on a plate in beets my mother and grandmother used — shaped like a fish — which Angel’s beet salad, although nicely done, lacked I just loved — and a cube of tenderloin, laced a bit of “twang.” with an espresso glaze. With the darker meats Our favorite dish was still to come. Jerry had we tasted Peter Grisley’s Mirado Iberico — a made a plate called “Duck-on-duck.” He said it very nice little Spanish wine, and then a heavier was a “confit,” which means “cooked in its own and very smoky WolfTrap from South Africa. The juices. The confit, pronounced cohnfee, was a pairings were great and for the first time in Salt mound of braised duck, tender and soft, served Lake, I really felt like I found a place where food on a bed of beans a la Cassoulet, then topped and wine are married in a proper ceremony! (The with a freshly grilled duck breast drizzled with a tenderloin, although small, was tender, juicy pomegranate reduction. Brad and I both thought and perfectly cooked — I could tell great care the flavors were excellent and the plate was had been taken in choosing this meat which, in garnished with beautiful broccoli spears which my mind, is not as easy to find as it was back in brightened up all the dark flavors. You might say the day.) that this seems like too many things going on, What I enjoyed about our experience was how and I’m usually one to point that out, but here it easy it was to sit across from a chef and truly worked — every item coming from walk through his creative process. a classical idea, just put into a new Tin Angel Chefs are artists and you can really conception. thetinangel.com tell when cuisine is driven by a good By this time, jet lag had set in, 365 West 400 South, SLC chef in the kitchen. It’s hard work, and I wasn’t sure where I was, so 801-328-4155 I can attest to that, but it’s also an Mon-Thu 11a-3p, 5-9p the desserts, although nice, I’ll artistic endeavor and it’s what I like have to cover another time. We Fri-Sat 11a-3p, 5-10p to see and feel when I’m dining out. also, I think, had some houseDREW’S RATING: Brad, who has an Italian heritage, 91 made chocolates which I was very was very happy to enjoy gnocchi for interested in because I have a line the first time. The tiny potato dumpof chocolates I’m working on. lings, an Italian delicacy, were tender, melting When I’m invited to a restaurant, it’s difficult in your mouth, and drizzled with an excellent to do a rating, because when a chef sits in front cream sauce flavored with gorgonzola cheese — of you, impresses you, and really pulls everyhard to do, but very yummy! thing off, it’s different from just walking in and We were also recipients of a very flavorful, taking your chances. But I have been to Tin Angel roasted beet salad. The beets were still a little twice now, both announced and unannounced, crunchy which I find to be the case when you and I have to say, they know what they’re doing. cook them in the oven as opposed to in a pot on I give Jerry and his staff a 91 rating for a great the stove. I can always tell when fresh beets are salute to the past in a new and lively setting. used and I was not disappointed this time. Being For me, the “Tin” Angel, has more than a silver old-fashioned, though, I love the pickling flavors lining, it has the golden touch! Q

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he late-summer doldrums had set in, and it was only 10 o’clock on Saturday morning. Robbie was entirely red from head to toe — hair, face, neck, chest hair (and the skin underneath), legs and feet. Ever arrogant, he’d accented his sunburn by wearing a pair of bright orange gym trunks with the word “PRIDE!” spelled out in crimson letters. He was sprawled on a shaded deck chaise drinking iced coffee in misery.

Kyle was on the couch inside, not as red, but just as unhappy. The puppies had had a bitter fight a half-hour earlier about some issue involving one of the bartenders in town, and their yapping was so painful that the rest of us left the room. I skittered around the deck drenching our tired, baked container flowers in MiracleGro in the futile hope of making them look like they did in June. Dan, of course, was upstairs in our room all morning reading neuroscience journals, avoiding the whole bad scene.

We all went to the beach at noon, as usual, but were back home by 1:30 — the sun was too relentless, the sand too hostile. The puppies hadn’t kissed and made up yet, but they were in the same room, which was a positive sign. The house had the faint, funky aroma of, well, six overheated men in a funk.

Dan, Kyle, Robbie and I arranged ourselves around the living room trying to pretend that the moving air from our single rotating fan was enough. (Note to self: Why were we so cheap that we hadn’t bought a second one?).

Craig couldn’t stand sitting still and had lumbered into the kitchen. He was going through the liquor cabinet, hoping to find some sort of hidden treasure. I hoped he’d find it, since I was at a total loss as to what to make for “le cocktail du weekend.” My imagination was fried.

Because of a regrettable scene two weeks earlier, we’d been forced to label our own bottles as though this was a boarding house.

No more share and share alike. Craig, the showman, seized on that uncomfortable fact

and ran with it. “Hmmm,” he began in his vaudevillian, let-the-comedy-begin voice.

“Here’s Ed’s Absolut! See? It says ‘E-d’ on it.

‘Ed!’” He waved the bottle in the air and set it down. “And here’s Dan’s Pernod. ‘D-a-n.’ And Joe’s Beefeater, and Kyle’s Kahlua. ‘K-i-l-e.’”

He paused for dramatic emphasis. “But ... .”

Then, in a pitch-perfectly hoarse imitation of a certain actress-chanteuse, he sang out, “It’s everybody’s RYE! RYE! RYE! RYE! RYYYYYYE!” Dan and I dissolved in laughter. The puppies were mystified. “Who’s he doing?” Kyle asked Robbie.

“I have no idea,” Robbie answered.

“Elaine ...” I began but couldn’t stop laughing.

“Stritch!” Dan managed to get out. “In (gasp) Company!” The puppies both still looked blank.

“I’ve got it!” I shouted.

“Le Cocktail du Weekend!”

“What do you make with rye?” Dan asked through his tears of mirth.

“No! No! Vodka Stingers!” This cracked Dan up all over again, leaving the puppies more baffled than ever.

“It’s from a song by Stephen Sondheim,” I said in the insufferable professorial voice I can never shake, having been a college professor. “‘The Ladies Who Lunch.’ We have it on our iPods. We’ll play it later. I have to go to the liquor store right now!” And with that, I put on my oversized, fat-camouflaging plaid shirt and headed for the harbor.

Ever arrogant, he’d accented his sunburn by wearing a pair of bright orange gym trunks with the word ‘PRIDE!’ spelled out in crimson letters

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Studio 27 has gained popularity with its continued stability in drinks, atmosphere and drag shows and always proves to be a night of luxury. Remember, luxury is also exclusive so don’t judge it for small crowds.

Lastly, you have the more established locations — and by “established,” I mean “long-lasting.” The Trapp, Club Try-Angles and Paper Moon are always a hop, skip and jump away.

Moving on, an upcoming pleasure is every gay boy’s Christmas: Halloween! Time for you toned and tan to wear skimpy outfits, you ripped and ripe to glitter up and of course: less is more as you can get away with almost anything.

Honestly, I have not been out in the gay scene during Halloween, and this year will provide more options than even I think can be handled. From JAM’s “5 Nights of Hell Raising Debauchery” to Püre and Babylon’s double backed “Feast of Flesh” and “Hollows Eve” you will not have a lack of options.

I do hope you all will stay warm, stay classy and be safe whilst you’re wearing the outfits you’ve been planning all year.

But this is Halloween, and I don’t want to force anyone to make a promise they can’t keep.

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I promoted this new lounge after attending its masqueradethemed grand opening. And it was a breath of fresh air in Utah’s club scene, very metro in nature and chic. I ventured out again the following weekend only to realize a drastic change in its atmosphere and clientele.

It was off-putting, and needless to say I didn’t stay long.

Later I decided “third time’s the charm, right?” Well, let’s just say when I approached the entrance the promoter of the night was leaving, and I received a follow up text of “do not waste your time.”

It was unsettling to see that the entrance had become a scene similar to a haunted house: drapes, box office, wrist bands and employees putting on a veiled attempt of caring. It wasn’t the club I had remembered. It was nearly empty, not a member of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community was in sight, and the people in the club did not seem like “friendly folks.”

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But if you disrespect, misrepresent, mislead or lie to us, we will take our money and recommendations elsewhere (just as I did, and I enjoyed many cocktails at JAM).

Moving forward, as I tend to say, it’s chilly outside but heating up under the ceilings of our known and regular places.

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mind gaymes Dating a Bi

by Kyle Foote

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e was probably the best looking guy I’ve ever dated. His smile could have melted the cold and bitterness out of even the most cynical old queen’s heart. His hair was Brad Pitt beautiful (circa Thelma and Louise). He had abs and pecs that would make a Bowflex weep. Oh, and when he touched me, oh god, when he touched me, it was as though I was being touched for the very first time.

Then on our third date, in casual conversation, he mentioned he was bi. I was surprised, taken off guard and intrigued all at the same time. I had never dated a bi, and I’m not bi, so it was kind of new to me.

Admittedly I can be a little closed minded about people who are different than me, but I was willing to try to understand him for who he was and not what I wanted him to be. Over the course of our brief romance, I tried to change him. Since I didn’t understand what he was feeling and what he was going through I was not as patient as I should have been. I was especially jealous of his relationship with an old girl friend of his with whom he was constantly hanging out. When they weren’t hanging out together, they were either on the phone or texting each other. I wanted his full and rapt attention, and I wasn’t getting it.

I was so ignorant of what it meant to be bi. My youthful insistence on making him something he wasn’t, coupled with my lack of understanding of his feelings, are what led to the end of our relationship. Over the years since, I’ve come to know and love a number of bi individuals and it has really opened up my mind and my heart to their suffering.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) over 5 million American adults or roughly 3 percent of the U.S .population are diagnosed as bipolar. Oh, did you probably think that I meant bisexual? Nah, I don’t know anything about that type of “bi” so we’ll leave that topic for someone else. What I’m talking about is a common chemical imbalance in the brain referred to as “bipolar disorder” aka manic depression. This type of mental illness is characterized by periods of excitability or high energy outbursts called “mania” followed by periods of deep depression according to the NIMH. People who suffer from bipolar disorder tend to feel a very low sense of self worth and are more likely to be depressed than upbeat. When they do have an upswing period of mania, they can go for days without sleeping and feel like they can do anything. When manic they have a tremendous amount of self confidence and more energy than they know what to do with. This period of high energy eventually leads to a crash where the bipolar individual falls into a deep depression. It is common for bipolar individuals to feel trapped in these periods of overwhelming depression. The depression can last days, weeks

and even months. It can even feel frightening to someone with bipolar to feel anything other than depressed. They get so used to feeling down that they don’t know how to cope with feeling “good.”

If you or someone you know has ever experienced these kinds of symptoms or if they are already diagnosed as bipolar the most important thing you can do is be patient. Mental Illnesses are complex and traumatic, both for those who have them and the friends, family and loved ones of those who are mentally ill. Bipolar is a very real and very common form of mental illness. The first step to helping yourself and your loved ones is to

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recognize that bipolar disorder is treatable. The most common methods of treatment are medication, family support and therapy.

Like sexual orientation, mental health issues are commonly misunderstood or looked down upon by the larger community. The truth is that over 25 percent of the adult American population is afflicted with a diagnosable mental disorder of some type. This is as true in the LGBTQ community as it is in the straight community.

I am writing this column for the Q to provide a layman’s insight into the challenges faced by our brothers and sisters who need help. It is my

goal to shine a giant spotlight on the everyday reality of living and coping with a mental illness, and to let people know there’s hope. There are a number of resources available locally to people who think they might need help with depression or suicidal thoughts. For more information on local resources and support groups visit facebook. com/mindgaymesut. Q

Kyle Foote is a trained NAMI facilitator and LGBTQ community activist. He has been exposed to mental illness his entire life. If you feel depressed or suicidal, seek help from a licensed professional immediately.

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52 Split one in the locker room 53 “You bet!”

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The Trapp Turns 20

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he Trapp is almost old enough to buy one of the drinks it serves.

On Sept. 18 the iconic bar celebrated its 20th anniversary in style with a drag show featuring local stars Coco, Walter and Sheneka Christie, the Queen Mother of local charitable drag group the Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire.

“The Trapp is really the offshoot of the old Sun Tavern I owned, where the first [Utah] gay pride started as a kegger and we had our first community center,” said owner Joe Redburn, who is also well-known as one of Utah’s first and most outspoken liberal radio personalities.

The Sun Tavern met an untimely demise in the summer of 1999. Shortly after Redburn sold it to new owners a freak tornado tore through downtown Salt Lake City, slamming right into the bar and tearing shingles off several buildings. “[The tornado] barely missed The Trapp,” said Redburn. “It tore off a neon sign and that was it, so we were lucky.”

As for The Trapp itself, Redburn purchased the building in which it now resides in 1990 from Max Mercier, who also owned the property that is now Studio 27 (previously it was home to The Trapp Door, which closed last year). Redburn said he bought the building because he liked

its look.

“I like small bars, not great big ones,” he explained.

When Redburn purchased the building, its walls were covered with cement. When he tore that away, he found the beautiful bricks that patrons now love. He then added some stained glass to complete the look.

“In the beginning we just had the front part which is now the dance floor,” he said.

In 1991, he added a patio, which he then had enclosed. An outdoor patio followed shortly after. Today it is the home of the bar’s famous summer barbecues and its weekend buffets.

The Trapp is also famous for its charitable work. Each year Redburn holds a fundraiser for the Utah AIDS Foundation. RCGSE performers also hold drag shows to raise money for Utahns living with HIV/AIDS and for breast cancer research.

And that, said Redburn, is part of his favorite thing about the bar.

“One of the things I’m proudest about The Trapp is it’s such a family bar,” he said. “We have gay, straight and trans people come here.

If someone loses their job we try to help them get a job. It’s a very close knit group of people, especially the afternoon crowd. The nighttime is

a lot of the younger crowd and I think they kind of bar hop.”

If you missed out on The Trapp’s 20th birthday bash, there’s no need to worry. With Halloween right around the corner, there will be another fabulous party to attend.

“The Trapp’s always been the place for Halloween,” said Redburn. “We have prizes for

the best costume, the most original costume and other costumes that we think deserve a prize of $25. We hope everyone will show up.”

If you want to show up, The Trapp is located at 102 S. 600 West. Costume judging begins at 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 29.

“But I think the whole weekend will be Halloween,” Redburn added. Q

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LGBTQ-Affirmative Psychotherapists Guild of Utah A professional group for mental-health providers. We meet monthly to network, educate ourselves, and improve the counseling services of LGBTQ individuals. www.lgbtqtherapists.com

National Organization for Women PO Box 57816, Murray . . . 801-268-0363

Pride at Work, Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-531-6137

Q Business Alliance A guild of business owners, professionals, entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations that holds social events on the first Friday of the month and business breakfasts on the third Friday of the month. qsaltlake.com/qba. . . . . . . 801-649-6663

Salt Lake County Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Employees * jdonchess@slco.org . . 801-273-6280

HEALTH & HIV Hermanos de Luna y Sol * arman@utahAIDS.org 1408 S 1100 E. . . . . . . . . . 801-487-2323

MediCruiser  medicruiser.com Gay, lesbian, transgender friendly staff and providers. Low cost, high quality Medical Care. Testosterone & hormone therapy, HIV/STD, weight management, addiction treatment 1850 S 300 W, Ste A. . . . . 801-484-5504

No. Utah HIV/AIDS Project Walk-Ins Welcome.

Every other Monday 5–7pm 536 24th St, Ste 2B, Ogden . 801-393-4153

People with AIDS Coalition of Utah 8 pwacu.org 358 S 300 E. . . . . . . . . . . . 801-484-2205

Planned Parenthood 654 S 900 E. . . . . . . . . . . . 800-230-PLAN

8 acluutah.org * aclu@acluutah.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-521-9862

Disability Law Center

* info@disabilitylawcenter.org 205 N 400 W. . . . . . . . . . . 800-662-9080

Equality Utah

 equalityutah.org  info@equalityutah.org Working for a fair & just Utah 175 W 200 S, Ste 3001. . . 801-355-3479

Human Rights Campaign, Utah 8 hrcutah.org * HRCSaltLakeUT@aol.com

Log Cabin Republicans, Utah 8 logcabinutah.org * ut@logcabin.org

Utah Stonewall Democrats

8 utahstonewalldemocrats.org 455 S 300 E, Ste 301 . . . . 801-328-1212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-532-5330

RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL Affirmation Salt Lake

8 affirmation.org/saltlake Serves the needs of gay Mormon women and men, as well as bisexual and transgender LDS and their supportive family and friends, through social and educational activities.. . . . 801-486-6977

Bountiful Community Church

 bountifulucc.org  regal66@yahoo.com 150 N 400 E, Btfl. . . . . . . . 801-295-9439

Cache Valley Unitarian Universalists 596 E 900 N, Logan . . . . . . 435-755-2888

Christ United Methodist

 christumcutah.net 2375 E 3300 S. . . . . . . . . . 801-486-5473

First Baptist Church of SLC

 firstbaptist-slc.org  office@firstbaptist-slc.org Jesus didn’t discriminate and neither do we. Please join us.

777 S 1300 E. . . . . . . . . . . 801-582-4921

Homeless Services Center for Women and Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-261-9177

Homeless Youth Resource Center Youth ages 15-21.

655 S State St . . . . . . . . . . 801-364-0744

The Road Home 8 theroadhome.org 210 Rio Grande St. . . . . . . 801-359-4142 YWCA 322 E 300 S. . . . . . . . . . . . 801-537-8600

Salt Lake Center for Spiritual Living 1111 Brickyard Rd Ste 202. . 801-307-0481

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 261 S 900 E. . . . . . . . . . . . 801-322-5869 South Valley Unitarian ­Universalist Society  svuus.org  svuus@xmission.com An intentionally diverse religious community. You are welcome here, no matter your age, race, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity. South Valley is the place where U can be U. 6876 S Highland Dr. . . . . . . 801-944-9723

Unitarian Universalist Church Ogden 705 23rd St, Ogden. . . . . . 801-394-3338

Wasatch Presbyterian Church  www.wpcslc.org No matter who or where you are on your journey of faith, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ – you are welcome at Wasatch Presbyterian Church. Ours is a community committed to the nurture of Christian faith through worship, learning and service – and we hope to share our enthusiasm and care with you.

1626 S 1700 E. . . . . . . . . . 801-487-7576

SOCIAL Alternative Garden Club 8 altgardenclub.org Meets 1st Weds at 7:30PM in Sugar House Park Garden Club Building

Bisexual Community Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-539-8800 ext 14 Meets the 2nd Thurs each month at 7pm in the Multi-purpose room at the Center.

Engendered Species 8 es-transgender.com  deborahthai@yahoo.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-320-0551

Gamofites 8 gamofites.org. . . . . . . . 801-444-3602

Gay Latter-day Saints 8 gaylds.net

Holladay United Church of Christ

8 utahaids.org * mail@utahaids.org 1408 S 1100 E. . . . . . . . . . 801-487-2323

823 S 600 E . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-595-0052

Imperial Rainbow Court of Northern Utah

8 slvhealth.org/hiv/ 610 S 200 E. . . . . . . . . . . . 801-534-4666

Utah AIDS Foundation

Sacred Light of Christ

Gay and Lesbian Parents of Utah

* slcuu.org 569 S 1300 E . . . . . . . . . . 801-582-8687

Salt Lake Valley Health Dept. — HIV/ STD Clinic

8 uuhsc.utah.edu/dfpm 375 Chipeta Way, Ste A. . . 801-581-7234

2900 S State St. . . . . . . . . . 801-359-1151

First Unitarian Church

Glory to God Community Church

University of Utah Department of Family and Preventative Medicine

Restoration Church of Jesus Christ

375 Harrison Blvd, Ogden . 801-394-0204 2631 E Murray-Holladay Rd. 801-277-2631

* glpu@hotmail.com

8 irconu.org PO Box 3131, Ogden, UT 84409 Kindly Gifts by Stitch & Bitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-487-7008

Ogden OUTreach Resource Center

Inner Light Center

 ogdenoutreach.org 705 23rd Street . . . . . . . . . 801-686-4528

Integrity/Utah

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians & Gays

4408 S 500 E. . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-268-1137 * innerlightcenter.net St. James Church. . . . . . . . 801-566-1311

LDS Reconciliation

 ldsreconciliation.org Activity Info Line. . . . . . . . . 801-296-4797

Provo Community United Church of Christ

175 N University Ave, Provo. 801-375-9115

Queer Spirit

* info@queerspirit.org Men loving men, gathering together in loving and intimate ways to explore, dialog, enjoy, dream and celebrate the “who” and “what” we are in the broader community through weekend retreats, vision quests, monthly gatherings. . . . . . . . 801-557-9203

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8 pflag.org Ogden: 3rd Thursday, 705 E 23rd St * ogdenpflag@q.com SLC: 1233 S 1000 E. . . . . . 801-244-6423 * slcpflag@gmail.com St. George: 823 Harrison * pflagsaintgeorge@gmail.com

Queer Village 8 queervillage.blogspot.com

Queereads  twitter.com/queereads Book club hosted by Sam Weller’s Bookstore and co-sponsored by the Utah Pride Center that discusses queer literature.

254 S Main St . . . . . . . . . . 801-328-2586

qVinum Gay & Lesbian Wine Tasting Qroup  www.qvinum.com Fun and fabulous wine tasting club for gay and lesbian and other fabulous wine lovers. Monthly wine tastings at members’ homes. Join us – bring the wine of the month or some delicious yummy. Mix, mingle, slurp – but don’t spit. We’re not that kind of group.

Rainbow Classic Car Club Don R. Austin. . . . . . . . . . . 801-485-9225

ROTC-SLC  rotcslc.com  rotcslc@yahoo.com ROTC-Salt Lake City is a performancebased organization, centered in the lesbian and gay community. Men and women, straight and gay, we come together to form a modern-day color guard.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-261-3694

Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire 8 rcgse.org * chairman@rcgse.org SimplySocial  simply-social.org A group of gay men dedicated to building a vibrant community through friendship.

Southern Utah GLBT ­Community Center * suglbtcc@yahoo.com . 435-313-GLBT 8 groups.yahoo.com/groups/suglbtcc

Southern Utah Pride 8 southernutahpride.org

Strength In Numbers(Sin) SL  groups.yahoo.com/group/SINSaltLake A social network for gay men living with HIV and AIDS.

sWerve 8 swerveutah.com

UTAH BEAR ALLIANCE  utahbears.com  info@utahbears.com Social/service group for Bears, Cubs and their admirers. Check the web site for a calendar of our activities

Utah Families Coalition * admin@utahfamilies.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-539-8800 Ext. 23

Utah Male Naturists  www.umen.org A social group for gay, bisexual and gaypositive men that holds nonsexual naked social and recreational events, including pool/hottub parties, cocktail parties, potlucks, movie nights and overnight campouts throughout the year. Guests are welcome at most events.

Utah Polyamory Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-309-7240 8 groups.yahoo.com/group/ UtahPolyamorySociety 1st Friday of the month, 6:30pm, Utah Pride Center, 4th Sunday of the month at Grounds for Coffee/Clrfld

Utah Pride Center  utahpridecenter.org  thecenter@utahpridecenter.org Community Events • Lending Library • Assembly Room • Support Groups • Resource & Referral • Utah Pride Organizers • Youth Activity Center 361 N 300 W. . . . . . . . . . . 801-539-8800 Toll-free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888-874-2743

Utah Queer Events  groups.yahoo.com/group/ UtahQueerEvents

SPORTS Frontrunners Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

University of Utah Lesbian & Gay Student Union

Lambda Hiking Club  gayhike.org

University of Utah LGBT Resource Center

801-519-8889

Mountain West Basketball League

angst2008@gmail.com. . . 801-598-3844

Mountain West Flag Football League

 mwffl.org . . . . . . . . . . . 801-359-2544

Mountain West Volleyball League

 slcgaa.org. . . . . . . . . . . 773-301-5343

Northern Utah Women ROC

 groups.yahoo.com/group/ OgdenOutdoorWomen Social organization of lesbian and straight women interested in walking, camping, festivals, cook outs, shows, skiing and creative workshops.

Pride Community Softball League

 prideleague.com  pcsl@prideleague.com. . . . . . . . . . . .

801-539-8800 Ext 21

Salt Lake City Gay Athletic Association  slcgaa.org

QUAC – QUEER UTAH AQUATIC

 quacquac.org  questions@ quacquac.org Utah’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and straight swimming team. All swimmers of any skill level welcome. See web site for swim schedule. . . . . . . . . . 801-232-7961

Salt Lake Goodtimes Bowling League

 saltlakegoodtimes.com Sundays starting in August.801-832-9745

8 sa.utah.edu/lgbt 200 S Central Campus Dr, Rm 409. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-587-7973

University of Utah Women’s Resource Center

8 sa.utah.edu/women 200 S Central Campus Dr, Rm 411. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-581-8030

Utah State University Pride Alliance 8 groups.yahoo.com/group/usupride/

Utah State University Gay and Lesbian Student Resource Center

(GLSRC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-797-4297 8 usu.edu/glsrc * usuglsrc@yahoo.com

Utah Valley State College Gay Straight Alliance 8 uvsc.edu/clubs/club.cfm?clubID=251 8 groups.yahoo.com/group/uvscgsa

Weber State University Gay Straight Alliance 8 organizations.weber.edu/dlsu/ 8 groups.yahoo.com/group/WeberDLSU * WeberDLSU@yahoo.com

YOUTH Homeless Youth Resource Center

Youth ages 15-21.

655 S State St . . . . . . . . . . 801-364-0744

Ski Out Utah  skioututah.com

Gay LDS Young Adults 8 glya.com

Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah

TINT (Tolerant Intelligent Network of Teens)

 stonewallshootingsportsutah.org

Utah Gay and Lesbian Ski Week

communityvisions.org . . . . 877-429-6368

Utah Gay Men’s Tennis Group groups.yahoo.com/group/ utahgaymenstennis

Utah Gay Mountain Bike Riders groups.yahoo.com/group/ utahgaymtnbike

UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE Delta Lambda Sappho Union

Weber State Univ.. . . . . . . . 801-627-1639

Gay and at BYU

8 groups.yahoo.com/group/ gayandatBYU/ Gay-Straight Alliance Network 8 gsanetwork.org/

Salt Lake Community College Coloring Outside the Lines . . . . . . . 801-957-4562 * coloring_outside_lines@yahoo.com

Southern Utah University Pride 8 suu.edu/orgs/pride/

The Utah Pride Center’s youth activity center provides a safe place for people ages 14-20 regardless of race, ethnicity, physical ability, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or identity.

It provides social and support groups for GLBTQ youth and offers food, a big screen TV, video games, computers, a library, a pool table, and much more! Drop-in hours: Tuesday thru Friday 3pm-9pm, Saturday 5pm-9pm 355 N 300 W. . . . . . . 801-539-8800 x14

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Western Transsexual Support Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-882-8136

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Q scopes Be Yourself, Scorpio!

by Jack Fertig

Venus and Sun line up in Scorpio promoting extreme sexiness, or at least egotistical efforts.

They’re both sextile to Pluto and the North Lunar Node, so the responsibilities of eros may be strongly felt. It can be a good time to make a commitment to one you feel passionate about, or to sexual health and responsibility.

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ARIES (March 20–April 19) You may be too sexy to be resisted, but will you use that power for good or for evil? Sublimate that energy into your work and you could open doors that lead through tremendous challenges to great success.

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CANCER (June 21–July 22) It’s a great time for a hot new love affair, but what would your partner say? If you can’t talk your baby into doing something new and different, let your honey make suggestions. At the very least, take them as a creative challenge.

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LEO (July 23–August 22) Look into your family’s medical history. The stars suggest clarity, not danger. This is not a time to worry, but careful investigation now can help you make better choices to head off trouble later.

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VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Being charming, witty and playful can come off as more flirtatious, even

more lascivious than you intend. In some places, that can get you in trouble, so think before speaking! Elsewhere it will get you into all the trouble you want. Have at it!

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LIBRA (September 23–October 22) Take a good, hard look at household finances. The uglier the mess seems to be, the likelier you will find yourself in better shape than you thought. There are probably some hard truths there, but you can’t feather your nest making like an ostrich.

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SCORPIO (October 23–Nov. 21) You are a lot hotter than you realize.

“Working it” will just come off as excessive. Relax, be yourself. Applying yourself intellectually is sexy. Speaking up politically will help you win the day and score into the night.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 20) Differentiating between sexual liberation and sexual exploitation can be tough. Take time out to consider your own values and aesthetics. You’re not shy about being unique, but sometimes being true to yourself takes reflection and effort.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 21–January 19) Why do you have such beautiful and charming friends? Consider that you fit in well with that crowd. Give yourself credit and use that self-assurance to challenge yourself to accomplishing something more solid.

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PISCES (February 19–March 19) Be willing to be wrong. Accept challenges to any of your ideas as an opportunity to dig further into your ideals, to reassess long-held beliefs and bring them into balance with reality.

Jack Fertig, a professional astrologer since 1977, is available for personal and business consultations in person in San Francisco, or online everywhere. He can be reached at 415-864-8302, through his website at starjack.com, and by email at Qscopes@qsaltlake.com.

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weet bejesus it’s hard getting old! Not that I honestly believe being 40 is old, it’s just that I’ve just recently noticed changes to both my physical appearance as well as my internal workings. For example, the other day I was horrified by the fact I had to pluck my eyebrows when I noticed I was starting to look like Oscar the Crouch; upon close examination, I noticed a few hairs that were stiff as the bristles of a wire brush — what the hell! And, though it’s my doing, since I’ve never taken much care of them, I found a crack in the heel of my foot the size of the Grand Canyon — I seriously heard an echo when I “eek”ed.

so already. I have slipped and stumbled on it more than once. Note: Do not attempt to descend stairs in a pair of socks, especially if you are over, I’d say, the age of 35, it well awaken sciatica (as does lifting a full laundry basket).

Also do not descend, or ascend, a flight of stairs in the dark, as it could lead to a possible broken toe or ankle ... and being in your 40s, you’re already close enough to the purchase of a Jazzy without having to do so prematurely by breaking vital bones.

Growing up I did have a number of food allergies and dietary issues, but heartburn was not one of them — until I turned 40. It’s not as painful or debilitating as it is for some people, but nevertheless, really annoying. The other day the dry toast and cottage cheese I ate for breakfast gave me heartburn; I thought to myself, horrified, ‘Am I going to have to go puree?’ The thought gives me shivers.

Driving at night has recently become like a hallucinogenic for me, which also puts me in harm’s way. The dividing lines are speeding blurs, on-coming headlights burn my retinas, and small elephants and large rabbits bound across the road like an amusement park game.

Apparently the guide signs are supposed to help guide you to your destination, but at my age, in the dark, they just make me squint more and swerve in and out of lanes trying to decipher them. Seriously, by the time I get home I have cotton-mouth and heartburn.

I toss and turn, wake up frequently and I think my bladder has shrunk to the size of a tea bag

Plus, even though I still have the sleeping pattern of a 15-year-old boy, I have found it to be more restless — although my sex drive appears viral since the type of dreams and frequency is quite still active ... and messy. I toss and turn, wake up frequently and I think my bladder has shrunk to the size of a tea bag. Also, I need, as such since childhood, the constant humming of a fan or humidifier to rock me to sleep; but now that, coupled with the gradual loss of hearing, puts me in harm’s way if my loft is burglarized, set aflame, or brutally shifted to rubble by an earthquake.

Speaking of my loft, the staircase leading to the bedroom is steep and carpeted, which also puts me in harm’s way — and actually has done

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Alzheimer’s disease runs in my family, on my mother’s side. Most recently my grandfather died of it, and I’ve heard it skips a generation, so that mean I’m next in line. Now, it could be that I’ve built up an irrational fear of contracting the disease that’s lead me to this or maybe it’s already starting to happen, but I’m as forgetful as an amnesiac. I make phone calls that I don’t recall ... wait, I’m just drunken dialing. I make plans with friends I don’t recall ... wait, that’s agreeing to doing unattainable things while inebriated. I tend to forget which is the left shoe and which is the right ... wait, that’s something I haven’t broken myself of since I was 4 years old. Ok, maybe I can hold off on the Alzheimer’s thing for another decade or so. Sometimes I can be so dramatic.

However, the one “change-of-life” thing I am really freaked out about is having a prostate cancer screening, but to tell the truth I am a

little more at ease now that I’ve learned that the once archaic and violating procedure has been replaced by a simple blood test. A couple of years ago my father was diagnosed with prostate cancer (Do I came from prime cut or what?), and thankfully it is now in remission. But I’m still worried. What keeps me positive and upbeat about the screening is that — I’ve only heard this through the grapevine — gay men are at low risk because, apparently, having the prostate frequently massaged is good for its health. Take that you “Gay sex is a sin!” and “Death to Fags!” hate-mongers, we gays now have a slightly better mortality rate ... and a helluva lot more fun than you breeders.

Of course there’s also the graying hair, age spots, wrinkles, waddle and everything else that you ask yourself in dismay, “Where the hell did that come from?” I suppose the natural progression of aging is something to be admired and respected, but to embrace all these sideeffects — with your entire being — that put you in harm’s way would be like embracing a cactus when you’re anemic. Q

Cryptogram: I don’t want them to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option.

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