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Seattle Gay News

Issue 39, Volume 44, September 23, 2016

Arts & Entertainment SGN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW:

RITA MORENO: Born to be a performer

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by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer IN OLYMPIA – OCT 13 IN EDMONDS – OCT 15 IN TACOMA – OCT 16 Rita Moreno is truly a National Treasure. Ms. Moreno holds the honor of winning the Grand Slam of Show Business

(the Academy, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Awards), as well as the Triple Crown of Acting (Emmy, Academy, and Tony Awards specifically for acting); and the esteemed honor of being one of two people to ever achieve both. With a new series about to be released from Netflix, a revised version of “One Day at a Time,” and the launch of a new concert exploring her career, the Seattle Gay News caught up with this in-

Drag superstar descending: Bianca Del Rio kicking off North American tour in Seattle

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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer BIANCA DEL RIO “NOT TODAY SATAN” THE SHOWBOX SODO September 28 Batten down the hatches, because here comes Bianca Del Rio! The fearless co-

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median and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” winner (from Season 6) is launching the North American leg of her “Not Today Satan” tour here in the Emerald City next week.

Coincidentally, the Louisiana native also has a new film titled Hurricane Bianca set for release in the coming days that features performances by Alan Cumming, Rachel Dratch and RuPaul as well. She also appeared on the All Stars Snatch Game dursee BIANCA DEL RIO page 7

2016 Emmys: Paulson, McKinnon, Book-It presents “Transparent” lead LGBT A Tale for the Time Being winners at TV’s top awards

Emmy winner Sarah Paulson (“The People vs. OJ Simpson”) – Photo courtesy of latimes.com

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer “68TH PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS” ABC September 18 After six nominations, Sarah Paulson finally took home an Emmy Award, besting

the competition for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series for her gutsy portrayal of prosecutor Marcia Clark in “The People vs. OJ Simpson.” The FX drama, which marked the inaugural season of the anthology drama “American Crime Story,” won five statuettes on Sunday night’s main telecast and an additional four the weekend prior, at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. see EMMYS page 8

Mi Kang (Nao) and Mariko Kita (Ruth) in A Tale for the Time Being – Photo by John Ulman

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING BOOK-IT REPERTORY THEATRE Through October 9 Book-It’s new production, A Tale for the Time Being, adapted from the Ruth Ozeki

novel by Laura Ferri, is a heart-breaking and mesmerizing story. Book-It hired Desdemona Chiang to direct it, which was a great move, because she helps create a fluid and graceful rhythm to the production.

The tale has many flavors, including dark ones, but is all told first-person by Nao (Mi Kang), a sixteen year old in Japan, through her diary that has floated, carefully see TIME BEING page 5 see TERRA page 4

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Sia opens tour at Key Arena this week, Ariande Grande and RHCP headed to Seattle next year

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Do not forget that Sia is performing at Key Arena next week. This is the only Northwest appearance by the Grammynominated artist on her “Nostalgic for the Present Tour,” scheduled for Thursday evening, September 29, in the Emerald City.

The Australian pop star debuted her new single, “The Greatest,” earlier this month along with a powerful music video that recalled the horrific events at Pulse nightclub in June. The song will be featured in Sia’s forthcoming eighth studio album, We Are Your Children, which has no release date as of yet. The Seattle concert will serve as the tour’s official launch, the first of 22 live shows in North America through early November with supporting acts Miguel and AlunaGeorge booked for the entire itinerary; dancer Maddie Ziegler has also joined the tour. Among the songs you’re likely to hear and see the LGBT icon perform live are “Chandelier,” “Titanium,” “Cheap Thrills,” “Elastic Heart,” “Big Girls Cry,” “The Greatest” and “Diamonds” (she cowrote the Rihanna smash). It’s going to be an epic night; I can just feel it. Seattle Gay News hopes to attend the big event, so look for a possible review in our October 7 issue. Tickets are still available for Sia at LiveNation.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone 1-800-745-3000. Show time is set for 7pm; give yourself plenty of time to get there and find your seats.

Ariande Grande is returning to the Puget Sound area on March 23, 2017 for a one night performance at Key Arena, where she appeared a year ago, as part of her upcoming “Dangerous Woman Tour.” The petite singer-songwriter will open the tour at

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Talking Stick Resort Arena, in Phoenix, on February 2, with planned stops in Las Vegas, New York, Boston, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Denver and New Orleans, to name a few cities. She’ll complete the three-month road trek in mid-April at Orlando’s Amway Center. Grande’s tour will promote her latest album, Dangerous Woman, which has produced four hit singles, thus far: “Focus,” “Into You,” “Side to Side” (with Nicki Minaj) and the title track. I was really impressed with her concert here in Seattle last year, also at Key Arena, mainly because that strong voice of hers transcends from recording studio to live stage quite wonderfully; she blew me away with her vocals. If you like Ariana Grande’s music, definitely make plans to experience her in concert when she comes to town next spring. Tickets go on sale September 24 (12pm) at LiveNation.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone 1-800-745-3000.

A week before Grande arrives in Seattle, the Red Hot Chili Peppers will perform at the same venue, Key Arena. The famed rock band hasn’t played in the area for several years, so this is the first opportunity in a while that fans here can see them live. The group – lead vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer – is touring in support of is eleventh studio album, The Getaway, that came out in June and features the leadoff single “Dark Necessities.” Although neither member of the Chili Peppers is Gay, they’ve certainly flirted with the idea by kissing each other at public events or in magazine spreads; and who can forget Kiedis’ hot lip-lock with Eddie Vedder at the 1992 MTV VMAs? The only time I’ve ever seen RHCP in concert is at White River Amphitheatre in 2006 and they were nothing short of amazing; stellar actually.

I haven’t listened to the new album in its entirety, so I’m not familiar with the new material, but I’m confident the band will perform a lot of older songs at the show, from “Give It Away” and “Higher Ground” to “Can’t Stop” and my personal favorite, “Dosed.” Tickets for the Red Hot Chili Peppers go on sale September 23 (10am) at LiveNation.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone 1-800-745-3000.

Finally, if you didn’t see it on this week’s episode of the Emmy-winning series “The Voice,” you can watch Billy Gilman’s blind audition on YouTube (channel: The Voice). The openly Gay singer, once a child country star, belted out a flawless rendition of Adele’s “When We Were Young,” which got all four judges – Adam Levine, Miley Cyrus, Blake Shelton, Alicia Keys – to swivel their seats around in approval; Gilman chose to join Adam’s team.

For a spoof-tastic good time see STAGEright’s Toxic Avengers

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE TOXIC AVENGER MUSICAL STAGERIGHT (AT BALLARD UNDERGROUND) Through October 1 Joe DiPietro and David Bryan created a musical version of the 1984 film Toxic Avenger in 2008. It’s basically a spooftakeoff of both cartoon stories like Spiderman and there are no real surprises once the introductions are done. But it is very fun, especially when performed by some of Seattle’s most spoof-tastic performers.

In STAGEright’s new production, we have Brian Lange, Seattle’s geek heartthrob, who turns from the mild-mannered Melvin Ferd the Third (and a thin, querulous vocal style) to the hunky but eyeball dropping Toxy (and a powerful, hunky vocal). We have Ann Cornelius, the mama with the mostest as Ma Ferd and the hatingest mayor of Tromaville ever. We have Jessi Little stumbling blindly around as the silli-

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est librarian west of the Mississippi.

Then there are the two hard-working ensemble members who get to be everyone else, and crack us up in every iteration: Sara Henley-Hicks and Nick Michael Watson. They play cops, robbers, henchmen, doowap backup dancers, best friends, and many others.

There are more costume changes than anyone but the cast can keep track of, and sometimes even the cast can’t keep track of them. Occasionally, costumes are so hastily donned that they fall off, but it doesn’t matter. (Costumes by Helen Roundhill.)

Director Sophia Federighi keeps the comedy hopping, with music director Brandon Peck managing a trio of onstage musicians that help fill in costume change times.

Jessica Low has a big job as choreographer, since most of the show is sung and there is a lot of opportunity to choreograph everything. Low definitely adds a great deal of fun with arranged silliness.

The basic story is that Melvin, an earth scientist, vows to clean up Tromaville’s toxic waste, but the mayor has her henchpeople throw him into a vat of toxic waste. Instead

of dying, he emerges changed, and angry enough to get revenge.

Of course, he’s in love with the blind librarian, and of course she kind of falls in love with him, but what if she actually feels his face? Will she accept his droopy eye?

NO! Well, maybe…

Sometimes you need sheer entertainment and even with the thinly clad environmental message, this musical is about as sheer as it gets. The music is not great rock and roll and the lyrics are predictable, but again, who cares? It’s fun.

Grab your gal friend and guy friend and go hang out with these silly people. There’s plenty to laugh at, and you might even find something under your seat.

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Two Blu-ray Rigolettos: 1982 with Pavarotti vs. 2013 Met Live in HD

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer Here are the two teams:

Rigoletto:

1982 2013 Ingvar Wixell Željko Lučić

The Duke: Gilda: Sparafucile: Conductor: Director:

Luciano Pavarotti Edita Gruberova Ferruccio Furlanetto Riccardo Chailly Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Here are the two recordings: Verdi’s Rigoletto with Ingvar Wixell and Luciano Pavarotti and the Wiener Philharmoniker (Deutsche Grammophon) and Verdi’s Rigoletto with Željko Lučić and Piotr Beczala and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon).

Let’s start the competition by saying that all the singers are good enough but that no living tenor (except maybe Michael Fabiano) can come close to Pavarotti’s vocal ease and beautiful Italian sound. Beczala is cute, has all the notes and the stamina to sustain them, but his production lacks Italianate bel canto style and ease. Both tenors act very well, and Pavarotti at this age is quite attractive, even given his girth.

He alone is almost enough reason to choose this set over the newer one.

The two soprano leads have a similar difference: Gruberova is a true coloratura soprano with a devout following worldwide, and she sings with great ease and precision.

Damrau does well, but with less facility and precision. Neither women appear young enough for this not-so-innocent girlish part.

Another strong point for the 1982 team

Piotr Beczala Diana Damrau Štefan Kocán Michele Mariotti Michael Mayer is its Rigoletto, Ingvar Wixell, whose acting far surpasses his competition. Both he and Lučić are good singers, but Lučić is a cypher as the tragic hunchback. I saw Wixell on stage at the Royal Opera in London some years later, when he nearly died vocally multiple times, hardly making it through the performance. But in 1982 he had no such vocal problems. The role is, after all, the center of the show, and Wixell keeps us interested while Lučić is boring.

One should mention here that the singers in Ponnelle’s production have a dramatic advantage over the Met’s team, for they are acting in a film, not singing live on stage. I’m pretty sure they are lip-synching to their own pre-recorded singing, but it is far and away the best lip-synching I have ever seen. I’m still not absolutely sure, but I think they are in fact singing during the filming, but with the film soundtrack taken from off-camera recordings. Suffice to say, this is the only opera “film” I’ve seen where the lip-synching does not bother me.

Both basses singing Sparafucile are excellent, but Furlanetto has the advantage over handsome Kocán because the Met’s modernized production has placed this ini-

tial encounter between Rigoletto and Sparafucile in a fancy Las Vegas casino, thus missing a dramatic contrast in the score. The brightly lit, raucous party preceding their meeting is meant to emphasize the dark, foreboding “back alley” negotiation with a killer. The 1982 film gets this perfectly.

The two productions could not be more different. Ponnelle’s show is traditional in all respects, and it is very lavish and beautifully filmed. The initial party scene is borderline lewd, nearly an orgy, and much more effective than Mayer’s updating, which features many neon signs and modern dress. Perhaps if you’ve seen this opera too many times, this self-conscious modernization is fun. But I don’t find it has anything new to say. And the distinctly non-religious Las Vegas setting makes Monterone’s curse, which is so vivid in the hunchback’s fears, almost meaningless.

Rigoletto is a near-perfect opera; it works

just fine as written. Former Seattle Opera Director Speight Jenkins said, “You can’t kill this opera; it always works for the audience.”

The modern Met Blu-ray, of course, has the technical advantage of excellent widescreen video and superior surround sound, but the Ponnelle film has been well transferred to disc. The old format (for older TV’s) ceases to matter once the eye becomes dazzled by the lavish settings in real architecture, rather than limited sets. And the sound is surprisingly good.

New? Or old? It’s a matter of taste. I like some modern productions very much, but in this case I vastly prefer the older version, both for the singing/acting and for its truthfulness to the brilliance of the score.

Reviewer Rod Parke can be reached at rmp62@columbia.edu.

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A crowning achievement in recorded Sibelius

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer JEAN SIBELIUS SYMPHONIES 1-7 BERLIN PHILHARMONIC SIR SIMON RATTLE BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER RECORDINGS Whenever I experience a deeply moving performance (not often enough!), sometimes prompting sobs of joy, the primary feeling afterwards is one of almost overwhelming gratitude. Such was certainly the case as I watched Sir Simon Rattle lead the Berlin Philharmonic in all seven symphonies of Jean Sibelius on a fabulous release (2015) of in-house videos from Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings. The superbly produced package includes 4 CDs of normal audio of these works, a Blu-ray of all seven in “pure audio 24-bit/96 KHz” sound without video, and a Blu-ray with all seven in HD video with DTS HD surround-sound audio.

As a confessed Sibelius junkie, I have many sets of these symphonies on CD. My favorite conductors for this music have been Paavo Berglund (the Helsinki recordings) and Herbert von Karajan.

This release (as viewed in HD video) forces me to choose instead Sir Simon Rattle, who was himself profoundly influenced by Berglund. With no composer does the conductor matter more than with Sibelius, for the nature of his music, especially after the Second Symphony, leaves a huge number of challenges to make his orchestral language speak clearly. Rattle gets it all right, and his balancing of the choirs of the Berlin Philharmonic uncov-

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ers many details, which are further illuminated by excellent camerawork.

I recently reviewed a similar set by the same forces of the nine Beethoven symphonies, and I pointed out the advantages of seeing, as well as hearing, the players. The far more complex orchestrations of Sibelius make this visual feature all the more telling and important. It is in fact the camerawork that makes me appreciate the composer’s genius more than ever before. Seeing both how Rattle communicates with his players and how they respond to him is a significant part of the message I get from these performances. I used to listen to classical music most often with my eyes closed. But here I’m more engaged with what’s going on, and I actually hear things that I would have missed with my eyes shut.

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Another illuminating feature of this set is a detailed and revealing, hour-long discussion between Rattle and a Finnish student of Sibelius. They follow the composer’s development through each symphony, as well as past conductors’ approaches to these works, as revealed through recordings as well as conversations Rattle has had with many of them. Far from dry or academic, these observations achieve at times something approaching revelations. I have never experienced a more rewarding musical discussion.

I dwell so on the visual pluses of this set only because one seldom hears a discussion of this part of the act of listening.

If you prefer to listen without the visual, I would still recommend these recordings above all others, both for Rattle’s supreme grasp of the mysteries, the spiritualism, and

the sonic glories of Sibelius, and for the superb sound throughout. (I just received a complete set of Bruckner’s symphonies, which I am not going to review because the sound is so terrible that I cannot listen to them despite, or perhaps because of, my love of Bruckner.) Take, for instance, a comparison with the recordings of Herbert von Karajan, who smoothes over the rhythms of Sibelius, whereas Rattle revels in their fascinating complexities and expressiveness. Watch the incredibly detailed writing for tympani, again highlighted by the camera, which one hardly hears on the von Karajan recordings. Appreciate here the joyous articulation of the exciting rhythms of the first movement of the Third Symphony, which with von Karajan are too relaxed. And Rattle achieves this rhythmic energy without losing any of the overall arch of the music.

I have watched at least once all seven of the symphonies (all on one 297-minute Bluray disc in HD video and superb sound), but I have not yet sampled the Blu-ray disc with the “pure audio 24-bit/96 KHz” sound.

Can I bring myself to give up the beautiful visuals to experience the “pure audio” so proudly presented here? Of course I will, but I will now confess to having fallen in love with some of the personalities of individual players, as revealed in their movements and appearance. In watching them through all nine Beethoven and all seven Sibelius symphonies, one rather gets to know these people a little and to come to value their company. Is this weird? Please try it and let me know what you think.

Reviewer Rod Parke can be reached at rmp62@columbia.edu.

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The Royale perfection

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE ROYALE ACT THEATRE Through October 9 Sometimes, you can experience a stage production where everything is just about as perfect as it can be made. The Royale at ACT Theatre is one such production. This will be remembered for a long, long time if you get a chance to see it. I recommend it unreservedly for all people over about age 10!

This is a startlingly fast production at about 70 minutes that encompasses the challenge of Jay “Sport” Jackson (Jarrod M. Smith) to become the first African American heavy weight boxing champion of the world. The story is based on the real life Jack Johnson, who spurred many movies and documentaries of his accomplishments in the early 1900s.

We meet his trainer (G. Valmont Thomas), his promoter (R. Hamilton Wright), his sparring partner (Lorenzo Roberts) and his sister Nina (Zenobia Taylor). We are privy to the conversations and maneuvering to get him a fight with the white heavy weight champ that he longs to beat in order to break the color barrier. We hear about the formidable barriers, including the concerns of his sister, who is terribly afraid of what might happen to her and her children if he

Scene from The Royale – Photo by Dawn Schaefer

wins! This kind of concern is not the “usual fare” of under-dog plays.

The play breaks open the topics of sacrifice that those who strive to break barriers must consider and make. When Jay gets an unexpected visit from Nina, she forces him to consider whether the danger of unhinged individuals “out there” who might take their fear and rage out on the African American community is one he needs to take responsibility for. In addition to everything else, must he shoulder that weight? And yes, es-

sentially, he must, the script says.

We have here a first-rate script by Marco Ramirez. It is smart and spare. It is efficient, yet poetic. It is clear, yet includes ambiguities that make one think. Then, director Ameenah Kaplan creates the excitement on stage through having the actors make much of the soundscape of the play with their bodies.

They stomp a rhythm, beat their hands together or on their shoulders, chests, thighs. They sometimes shout in unison.

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continued from cover wrapped in plastic and a Hello Kitty lunchbox, from Japan to the coast of Canada. A writer, Ruth (Mariko Kita) finds the package floating near her island home and becomes obsessed with the contents of the lunchbox.

Her husband, Oliver (a warmly geeky Michael Patten), contextualizes the lunchbox’s potential travel from the tsunamiwrecked Japan to Canada, and adds key moments of bird lore about various crow species that wind through the tale. Ruth reads passages of diary to Oliver as they try to unwind the mystery of Nao’s life.

Kang is enchanting as the young woman whose adventures we follow and dominates as the key character. Some of those adventures are harrowing. Nao speaks of both her father and herself as feeling periodically suicidal. Apparently in Japanese culture, suicide is looked at as far less awful than in the U.S. Not that it has no consequences to those left behind, but just less dire and forbidden.

Kita gracefully manages the writernarrator who gets invested in the story

Michael Patten (Oliver) and Mariko Kita (Ruth) – Photo by John Ulman

and distracted from her own writing. Ruth is avoiding finishing a memoir about her mother’s decline from Alzheimer’s. So, Ruth’s story, too, is a bit dark.

But the overall effect of the evening is not as dreary. It’s life. It’s real. The character of Nao is interesting because she lived for a time with her family in California until they were forced by job loss back to Japan. So, Nao can

reflect on the differences in cultures.

Nao also gets bullied terribly in school and does not feel connected to anyone but her mother and father, barely, until she’s sent for the summer to her greatgrandmother, Jiko (Yoda-light-like Khanh Doan), a nun. There Nao learns to become her own “supah-hero” in enchanting fashion, and has the means to survive the ter-

The fighting action is created through a stomp on a hard wooden platform of a ring and an actor making a graceful sudden turn of the head (as if struck) or a swoop out of the way of the invisible punch. This is choreography of a high order.

The set by Carey Wong is clean, mostly the square platform with a ring that falls from above when needed. The soundscape of crowds and fight action is perfectly done by Sharath Patel. The lighting by Ben Zamora is exquisite, with spotlights, camera flashes, pinpointing where we should look. The costuming by Rose Pederson is perfect for the turn of last century.

The cast is perfection. Every moment and every emotion is thought through.

Watch for unspoken messages flashed between Jay and his trainer. There is a devastating moment near the end when Jay has an answer for Nina on why he boxes and what he means to accomplish. His answer can break your heart.

This is a must-see production. It covers a lot of ground while providing a thrill ride at the same time. For more information, go to www.acttheatre.org or call 206-292-7676.

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The rest of the cast also does a great job becoming multiple characters, including the taunting school children. Scott Koh walks a delicate line as the suicidal father and does not drag the audience down. Annie Yim changes from harried mother to French maid-harlot recruiter Babette and seems like two different people. Rachel Rene has a fun role as the supportive nun.

Kevin Lin has a challenging role as an uncle who was forced to become a Japanese kamikaze pilot during World War II even though he could not kill others.

This is a wonderful, woman-centered story with cultural depth and insights.

Think of it like looking at a tapestry, with much to see and experience, as the characters say, “for the time being.”

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This good Trump idea is somewhat trampled by production

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer TRUMP THE KING OR POTUS DRUMPH THEATER SCHMEATER Through October 15 Trump the King or POTUS Drumph had a subtitle when it was announced by Theater Schmeater, that seems to have been subsequently dropped: Another Sh**ty Adaptation of Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi Which May or May Not Resonate with a Contemporary American Audience. This subtitle certainly augments the idea of the production at hand.

Adapted by Nick Edwards, an actor sometimes found on the Schmee stage and others around town, this play completely skewers the life of one Donnoh Trump, who is “orange.” All the names and associations of characters in this ensemblescurrying play are smartly altered so as not

to be confused with reality. Examples are: Candanida, not to be confused with the real Canada, Vananana, not to be confused with the real Ivana Trump, Koranistas, not to be confused with any real Muslims. You’ll meet Justin the True of Candanida, and the daughters of Nobama, too.

Originally opening and closing on December 10, 1896, Jarry’s play was so wild, bizarre and comic, overturning cultural rules and conventions, that it is now seen as a precursor to the Theatre of the Absurd.

It focused on Ubu, who becomes king by leading a revolution and killing the King of Poland. Ubu begins killing the population and taking their money. There is revolution.

Ubu escapes to Russia, where he gets the Tsar to declare war on Ubu. As Ubu heads out to confront the invading Russians, his wife tries to steal money that Ubu has stashed in the palace. Ubu defeats the Russians and also gets attacked by a bear. Ubu is attacked by Bougrelas, the crown prince, and knocks down the

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attacker with the body of the dead bear, after which he and his wife flee to France, which ends the play.

That is the original plot (with editing) that is transformed here into a sort of “life of Trump,” where Jackie Pomeroy plays Trump’s father who teaches him bigotry, treats him like dirt, and generally molds him into the man we know today. The single most important aspect to pulling this off is a good “Trump impression” and Kevin Bordi trumps it! He lip-pouts and squints and uses signature physical gestures that greatly capture the politician/reality star.

Mainly, this is about a guy who believes he can take whatever he wants, which really is power, prestige and riches. Edwards has translated this into the Trump mania with good effect, script-wise. There are some terrifically funny, pertinent ideas in this script, if you can listen hard enough to find them.

Part of the difficulty in hearing the funny stuff is the volume that the enthusiastic ensemble uses to shout their dialogue. That

obscures their lines, as well as their diction.

Sometimes, the cast members just swallow their diction, even when quiet.

The effort is chaotic, sometimes beyond despair, though every once in a while there is a really good moment that brings the production back from the brink of ruin. Emma Wilkinson, newer to Seattle stages, shows great versatility and is compelling, watchable and funny.

There are many people in Seattle who want to laugh at Trump. Some of this is quite possible in this production. It’s a smart idea.

It deserves more care to pull it off.

For more information, go to www. schmeater.org or call 206-324-5801.

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Compelling Goat a descent into fraternity hazing Hell

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer GOAT Now playing A victim of a horrific assault that left him barely clinging to life, teenager Brad Land (Ben Schnetzer) still has his sights set on joining his older brother Brett (Nick Jonas) at college and is absolutely determined to pledge his fraternity. Urged on by their mutual friend Gus (Gus Halper), joined by his dormitory roommate Will (Danny Flaherty), Brad is initially excited about his prospects in making it through the hazing process.

But as events progress, as events get more and more extreme, the young man is starting to wonder if all this pain, hardship and humiliation is going to be worth it by the time things have come to an end. Even Brad, a devoted member of the fraternity, is starting to wonder if Gus and the rest of his Greek system housemates are taking things too far, questioning their collective tactics as the hazing gets increasingly destructive.

In the end, it is a horrifying tragedy that forces Brad to finally take action, putting his relationship with those closest to him, all of whom supported him after he was beaten and left for dead, at risk as he takes steps to do what feels is right.

Directed by Andrew Neel (Darkon), based on Brad Land’s best-selling memoir and born from a script written by Neel, David Gordon Green (Prince Avalanche, Joe) and Mike Roberts (King Kelly), the college drama Goat is not for the faint of heart.

It’s a hard watch, the film going to places of unparalleled darkness and depravity as it incisively peers into the heart of fraternity hazing as closely as it can. While not

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always able to completely avoid sensationalism, never feeling as documentary-like as I couldn’t help but think the filmmakers intended, the movie is nonetheless a shocking descent into debauchery that’s as gripping as it is disgusting, Neel delivering a searing portrait of abuse I’m not sure I could have torn my eyes away from had I wanted to try.

It’s not all pain and suffering. Thankfully, Neel and company do infuse a bit of lightness and levity into things where they can. James Franco (who also helped produce the film) shows up a couple of time as a former frat member unable to let go of the past and intent on extolling the lifelong virtues of becoming part of this ferociously masculine form of brotherhood. There are also some initially silly bits between Schnetzer and Flaherty before the hazing starts, while some of the early party scenes could have easily been inserted into Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!! from earlier this year and almost no one

would have been able to tell they had been.

Overall, however, this is a movie that spends a lot of time analyzing the degeneracy the pledges are forced to endure in their drive to become part of the fraternity. The drinking, the violence, the verbal abuse, none of it is given short shrift. The script refuses to paint things even in a moderately rosy light, the terrible cost on the psyches of these pledges virtually beyond belief.

Much like Land’s memoir, there is no interest here in cutting the fraternities anything remotely resembling slack. The transformation of the actual members of the house is nearly as hellish and as terrible as what those allowing themselves to be grotesquely degraded are going through, the ease in which these seemingly intelligent young men allow themselves to become monsters positively frightening.

The aggressiveness of these depictions can become a little much, as can the melodramatic way Gus goes from being a

sensitive and caring friend to the paragon of complete and total evil. As solid as the script is, the pieces don’t always fit together in a convincing manner, especially as they pertain to an unimaginable tragedy that forces Brad and Brett to reanalyze things as they concern the fraternity. Additionally, Jonas looks the part of self-possessed frat boy, his emotional range isn’t nearly what it should be, his awakening to the horrors of what is happening, as well as his own part in the hazing rituals, not nearly as genuine as I felt like they needed to be.

Schnetzer, on the other hand, is terrific, his star-making turn as Brad so lived-in and authentic the actor most known for supporting turns in Snowden, Pride and The Riot Club disappeared entirely into the role. I felt everything he was going through, believed every second of his journey, and as such the movie manages to overcome a great deal of its more obvious shortcomings with very little obvious effort. It’s a grand performance, one that signals big things are likely in the offing from Schnetzer at some point in the future, and personally I can’t wait to see if he is able to fulfill that promise sooner rather than later.

The shock and awe aspect of Goat can be tiresome, the assaultive nature of the hardships endured by the pledges so viscerally bracing I felt so bludgeoned as I left the theatre I couldn’t fully analyze the film I had just watched until a day or two later. While far from perfect, Neel’s latest is a magnetically compelling ride into the depths of human depravity that feels like an absolute necessity, especially right now. It’s a movie that needs to be seen, and as hard as it can be to watch here’s hoping audiences take the time do so all the same.

Imaginatively absurd Storks flies high

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer STORKS Now playing Storks no longer deliver babies. Thanks to a mishap 18 years prior, wise authoritarian Hunter (voiced by Kelsey Grammer) decided he and his brethren needed to go into a different line of work, the entire species delivering packages instead of infants now, letting humanity come up with their offspring on their own without their help.

In that time, said mistake, known around the delivery warehouse as the Orphan Tulip (Katie Crown), has matured into a smart, inquisitive teenager who just so happens to have a knack for creating chaos with every step. Now legally an adult, Hunter decides it is time to let the young woman go, ordering his number one delivery speed demon Junior (Andy Samberg) to fire her.

But, knowing it is her birthday, he can’t find the words to do it, instead thinking he can reassign Tulip to the mailroom in the now defunct baby making factory and no one will be any the wiser.

Needless to say, things do not work out as planned. Not only does Tulip accidentally produce a baby, but Junior breaks one of his wings while trying to stop the magical machinery that creates them from doing its work. From there, the two are forced to join forces as they attempt to deliver the infant to its new parents, hoping to do so before Hunter finds out and does who knows what to the both of them as well as the unnamed newborn girl. It’s as straightforwardly weird as all that sounds, and it’s easy to imagine a ton of flustered parents having a series of semi-embar-

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rassed conversations with their own little ones over where real babies come from once they leave the theatre.

The fact the new animated comedy Storks is anything other than absurd is hardly shocking; that it’s as supremely entertaining, as messy and as nonsensical as it ultimately might be, certainly is. Screenwriter and co-director Nicholas Stoller has created something here that combines the rambunctious spirit and unbridled wholesomeness of his two Muppets adventures, The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted, with the gleeful chaotic anarchy of his more adult fair, like Get Him to the Greek or Neighbors. There is a devil-may-care eccentricity to the story that’s giddily appealing, and even when the story itself descended into nonsensical pandemonium, the charming spell it had somehow managed to cast upon me never ebbed or faded, not for one single solitary second.

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Stuff that works does so brilliantly. At one point, Junior, Tulip and the baby end up in the middle of a pack of hungry wolves (the two alphas portrayed by Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele), and the inspired imagination driving their escape, as well as the antics of the chasing four-legged horde, is simply sensational. There’s also some great stuff involving a baby brotherwanting youngster (Anton Starkman) and his two workaholic parents (Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell), the quiet, elegantly vivid life lessons the latter two learn both humorous and heartwarming.

But the reason the movie works nearly as well as it does are the characters of Junior and Tulip. Not only are they perfectly voiced by Samberg and Crown, they are also ingeniously written by Stoller. There is a complex intelligence to their respective arcs that’s natural and unforced, the pair’s relationship slowly becoming all the stron-

ger and more worth rooting for because of this. They are the driving force that helps keep the story continually soaring above the clouds, the resolution that Stoller comes up with to cement their newfound friendship maybe even bring a small tear to my eye, provoking an emotional response from me I can’t say I anticipated.

There’s plenty of annoying stuff, to be sure, not the least which is a secondary side character, the Pigeon Toady (Stephen Kramer Glickman), who gets more unbearably obnoxious as the film progresses. I was also not a giant fan of the seemingly senseless carnage that transpires during a climactic set piece, while Hunter’s reasons for being so intractably against babies and their delivery is never clearly stated or fleshed out as it potentially should have been.

But who am I kidding? I liked Storks. It made me laugh. It brought a tear to my eye.

It’s filled to the brim with visual delights.

Stoller, co-directing with one-time Pixar stalwart Doug Sweetland (director of the Oscar-nominated animated short Presto), displays his typically steady hand, moving from one idea and gag to the next one with breakneck, if still reasonably naturalistic, speed. The movie worked for me, and even when things looked like they were about to spiral out of control, there was just something about it that kept me interested to see what would happen next all the same.

It’s September’s first unforeseen surprise, and even if parents might end up having to answer a few unsettling questions about babies and their origins this is still an animated comedy the entire family should undoubtedly enjoy.

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Director Andrew Neel on Goat, fraternity hazing and making ‘boys will be boys’ a thing of the past

knows what it is about, and I actually felt I was pretty lucky to be one of the first ones to put this kind of story on-camera. It’s in some ways virgin territory, which was also quite surprising to me as well.”

What didn’t catch the filmmaker offguard was the reality of fraternity hazing rituals he spent time researching before going into production and finalizing the script. “I wasn’t particularly shocked by any of the behavior I researched online and read about while doing research,” he states plainly. “I went to boarding school.

I played hockey and lacrosse. I’d seen a lot of this type of behavior at close range one way or another. I think most men have, to one extent or another, seen this kind of behavior, have dealt with this kind of bullying in order to try and fit into a particular group. Sadly, I think this kind of behavior and experiences are ubiquitous for men, on some level, so none of the true stories I researched struck me by surprise.

“If anything, I think the one thing that did actually surprise me is that more hasn’t been done in regards to these situations.

This sort of hazing has been going on for [decades], yet people just sort of shrug their shoulders and let it go. They let it happen.

They dismiss it all as boys being boys.

That’s what is surprising.”

In light of universities across the U.S.

looking at hazing rituals, not just in regards to fraternities and sororities but involving their collegiate sports teams, with scandals at Baylor and Penn State so fresh in the public memory, it’s easy to wonder if the era of letting things go because boys are being boys is starting to becoming a thing of the past. Neel isn’t so certain. “I don’t know about that,” he responds. “Clearly not totally. I think the ‘boys will be boys’ mantra is still alive and well in some corners of society. These hazing rituals still happen, so that expression, boys will be boys, it’s clearly a dangerous one.”

“I do think, thanks to movies like The Hunting Ground, to ESPN’s recent expose on the sexual assault cases at Baylor, it does look like people are trying to examine some of this stuff. Hopefully, that will be a good thing. I think a lot of the problems that women have on college campuses are due to problems that men are having. It’s more than just trying to teach women how to cope with a [crummy] situation, which is still pretty awful, but also holding these young men accountable for all of their actions. Boys will be boys has to become a thing of the past.

“It’s the school’s responsibility, too.

They need to not be willfully ignoring this stuff. If people are continually and routinely breaking convention, breaking the law, at your institution, you should do something about it. I don’t know why you wouldn’t. It’s crazy, right? It’s common sense.”

As far as the film itself was concerned, it was important to the director to keep things as realistic as possible, even if that meant going into incredibly uncomfortable territory. “You do worry about going too far,” he admits. “But I think we all, me as the director, all of the actors, everyone working on the movie, we knew we had to push the envelope. We had to put all of this into the viewer’s face and force them to look at it.”

“There were certainly times where I would call cut because it was getting too intense on the set, that people were maybe getting too carried away, and it looked like the actors portraying the pledges were running out of steam and the guys playing the brothers were starting to lose it a little bit. While it was all in service to try and make something honest, something vital, we also discovered

how easy it was to get lost in how we were portraying this ourselves. It was a fine line, and it wasn’t always easy to walk.

“It’s rough, let me tell you. While making a movie like this is exciting creatively, almost like a social experiment, it’s also horrifying. You watch what you’re putting your actors through and you cringe sometimes.

But I think that parallels the actual experience. I think, on some level, men do value these degrading experiences they’ve had in these sorts of situations. Maybe they’re not totally cognizant of the damage they’re doing to other people or the damage that has been done to themselves. I don’t know.”

With a story like this one, finding actors willing to throw themselves into the proceedings with fearless abandon was an absolute necessity. Finding the right person to portray Brad Land arguably even more so, and Neel understands just how lucky he was to find him in up-and-coming talent Ben Schnetzer. “When you go into the casting room, sometimes that person comes in and there’s just this spark,” he expounds.

“They’re right for the part and you just know it. I mean, you have to take time to process. You have to think about it. You need to make sure your inclinations are right. But Ben nailed the audition, and he’s wonderful as Brad. I can’t imagine anyone else in the role.”

As for the look and feel of the film, the director understands his previous experience as an award-winning documentarian certainly helped, even if he doesn’t want to say he couldn’t have made Goat what it is without it. “It certainly helped,” he chuckles, “but I like to think I could have still made the movie without my documentary background. I do think my experience in these controlled environments, where you’re trying to gather material and present it as truthfully and as authentically as you can, that certainly made it easier to focus on the important parts of the story here. It also helped me feel comfortable when things looked like they were out of control. I felt like I knew what I wanted and what the best way to get there was. Hopefully, it shows in the finished film.”

and is it just you or are there other performers in it?

Del Rio: The nursing home wouldn’t allow Lady Bunny to leave since the last incident, so the show is all me. I always say to expect the unexpected. A large part of the show is scripted, but my favorite part is interacting with the audience. I never know what kind of people will be in the audience, so you never know what may happen.

Rodriguez: What was the reaction of your family when you won “RuPaul’s Drag Race”?

Del Rio: I was raised by a pack of wolves.

They don’t know about “Drag Race.”

Rodriguez: Did you experience any negative reaction after winning the RuPaul crown, like any shade from other drag queens?

Del Rio: Not at all! Everyone was incredibly supportive and congratulatory.

I was in great company in the top 3 with Adore Delano and Courtney Act. They are immensely talented performers.

Rodriguez: Do you have any predictions on who will win Season 2 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars”?

Del Rio: RuPaul. She’s the supreme queen of every season.

Rodriguez: You design most, if not all, of your wardrobe. Do you sell any of your clothes online?

Del Rio: No, I only sell my dirty

panties online.

Rodriguez: That bride’s dress you made for the “Drag My Wedding” episode was gorgeous. Is it for sale?

Del Rio: I’m saving it for my dog’s wedding day. I’m very sentimental.

Rodriguez: Did you ever get a thank you from Judge Judy for playing her so well on the Snatch Game?

Del Rio: She actually recorded a video that was played at the end of the final episode of my season. I didn’t see it until a few weeks after I won, but it was such an honor.

She’s truly one of my idols.

Rodriguez: You have a movie being released soon called Hurricane Bianca.

What’s it about and do you know when it will open in Seattle?

Del Rio: Hurricane Bianca was the creation of my friend Matt Kugelman. He came up with the idea about 8-9 years ago, wrote the script, did a couple crowd funding campaigns, and then directed the filming of it last year. The movie tells the story of a New York teacher who is fired from a small Texan school for being gay and returns disguised as “Bianca” to wreak revenge on the town. It’s a comedic take on a serious topic because in more than half of the states in the U.S. you can legally be fired for being gay. The distributor is doing one night screenings September 19-22

in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago. On September 23, it will be available on iTunes, Vimeo, Amazon, and Wolfe on-demand.

Rodriguez: Do you get noticed out of drag, like at the airport or at hotels?

Del Rio: Yes! The queens on “Drag Race” get more air time out of drag than in drag, so we get recognized a lot at every day places. Of course, the gays working at hotels recognize us, but the ones who surprise me are the middle-aged, straight women who are TSA agents at airports.

“Drag Race” reaches a wide audience. Television is a powerful thing.

Rodriguez: This is an election year.

Any predictions on what might happen in November?

Del Rio: I’m hoping Judge Judy will enter the race. She would have my vote!!

Could you imagine her dealing with Congress? “You’re not the boss, applesauce!!”

Rodriguez: What advice do you have for anyone just starting out doing drag, maybe someone who hasn’t even performed on stage yet?

Del Rio: Don’t do it! It’s a trap! I’m kidding. Try it! Try everything! What do you have to lose? Watch other queens who are successful and learn from them, but don’t try to copy them. Find what works for you.

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer GOAT Now playing Director Andrew Neel’s Goat, an adaptation of Brad Land’s best-selling 2004 memoir, follows a young college freshman (portrayed by Snowden and Pride scenestealer Ben Schnetzer) as he follows in his older brother Brett’s (Nick Jonas) footsteps, pledging the same fraternity. During the initiation process, he and the rest of the pledges are subjected to an inhuman series of tasks they are all expected to complete, the hazing they endure ultimately leading to tragedy and heartbreak, forcing Brad and Brett to reexamine what is happening and why they’re allowing it to.

It’s a rough film, one that doesn’t make things easy on the viewer. But it is also a story the filmmaker felt needed to be told.

More, it was one he felt he was the one to tell. “The first draft of the script was written by David Gordon Green,” explains Neel. “That, along with Land’s memoir, ended up in my hands a couple of years ago and I was immediately drawn to the inherent power of the story. But there were many of layers of work that still needed to take place before we could go into production.”

“I was eager to do whatever was necessary to see the film made. Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books, the way it looks at tribalism, and a lot of my documentaries are about that as well in one way or another.

I felt that subject matter was very present in Land’s memoir, and that presented a lot of exciting creative opportunities as far as a film was concerned.”

Considering the universal acclaim that met the publication of Land’s memoir in 2004, as well as a writer/director as talented and respected as Green involved with the initial composition of the script, it could be seen as slightly surprising that a movie adaptation took over a decade to see the light of day. “It was surprising,” says Neel. “When I first got involved in the project I almost couldn’t believe a film hadn’t been made yet. It’s such a horrifying, yet bracingly topical, investigation into this kind of stuff.

Everyone knows what [hazing] is, everyone

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ing this season’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.” For tickets to see her at The Showbox SoDo on September 28, go to showboxpresents.com.

Via email, I caught up with Bianca Del Rio to give Seattle Gay News a little preview of her upcoming performance and to find out what else is happening in her big world of drag queendom. Here’s what she had to say.

Albert Rodriguez: Have you been to Seattle before? If so, what was your impression of the city?

Bianca Del Rio: Yes! I’ve been to Seattle several times. I’ve performed at the Baltic Room a couple times. I did the “Battle of the Seasons” show here last year, as well as my “Rolodex of Hate” comedy show. And earlier this year, I did a Peaches Christ production, “Whatever Happened to Bianca del Rio?” at the Egyptian Theatre. I absolutely love Seattle. That’s why I keep coming back. It’s such a beautiful city and the people here are amazing. I’m really excited to kick off my North American Tour here.

Rodriguez: Can you tell us about your show? Is it interactive, is it entirely standup,

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continued from cover In her acceptance speech, Paulson proudly acknowledged her well-known partner. “And, Holland Taylor I love you!” she said loudly into the microphone. Taylor, of course, is a respected actress and Emmy winner herself, starring more recently in the TV shows “The Practice” and “Two and a Half Men,” not to mention earning a Tony nod for her work in the Broadway play Ann. Another first time winner was Kate McKinnon, who became only the second female cast member from Saturday Night Live – besides Gilda Radner – to receive an Emmy, and the very first performer on the sketch comedy show to garner an award in the acting field, nabbing a win for Out-

standing Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. The Columbia University alum thanked presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the podium, who returned the favor afterwards by sending a congratulatory message to her via Twitter. McKinnon is openly Lesbian and dating theater actress Marla Mindelle.

It was a great night for the comedy “Transparent.” While the transgenderthemed sitcom lost to “Veep” for Outstanding Comedy Series, it got awards for its lead actor, Jeffrey Tambor, and creator-director Jill Soloway, both of whom recognized the Trans community on Sunday.

“Give trans people a chance. Give them auditions,” Soloway said on stage after winning the Emmy for directing the episode “Man on the Land.” She also pleaded with everyone to help prevent violence against

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domitable, unstoppable octogenarian.

Eric Andrews-Katz: Who were your earliest influences in becoming a performer?

Rita Moreno: There weren’t any. I was in Puerto Rico and was five years old. I would dance for Grandpa. He’d put on a record and I’d shake my little bootie for him.

That’s where it all started. It convinces me that there are constitutional factors in a person that makes up their personality. I was born to be a performer.

Andrews-Katz: You got your first Broadway role in Skydrift. What was it like for a 13 year old on Broadway?

Moreno: I don’t think it was that unusual except that I was a 13-year-old Puerto Rican girl on Broadway. I was playing an Italian girl and it was absolutely thrilling.

Thank goodness for rehearsal time – there were about 12 weeks of it – because we closed after we opened. That was my first experience and I was in shock. I remember thinking, “Huh? What happened?” The reviews murdered us and that was it. I wasn’t allowed to go back. My mother went to collect my things from the dressing room and that was it. I never saw the theatre again and didn’t do so again for quite some time.

Andrews-Katz: Despite that you have a strong singing voice, why did the studios have Leona Gordon dub your voice in The King and I for Tuptim’s song, “We Kiss in the Shadow”?

Moreno: Who is Leona Gordon? Oh yeah. It was because I wasn’t accustomed to singing in that Broadway kind of hybrid voice, sort of operatic. I didn’t know how to do it, so they had someone else do it for me.

Ken Darby ran the music department for the show, said afterwards that he was sorry he’d done that. But it was too late.

Andrews-Katz: Chita Rivera created the role of “Anita” in West Side Story.

You brought the character to the cinematic screen. Is there a rivalry between you two or is that just Show Queen gossipy humor?

Moreno: You know it’s all humor. I’d have to say if I had been the originator of the role and someone else got to play the role for the movie, I’d sure as Hell wouldn’t be happy about it! Chita is a classy dame!

If there is a rivalry it isn’t on my part. I’ve always, always admired her work. I’d drop everything to see her in a show, and I have done so several times. I saw her opening night of The Visit. It surprised the heck out of her backstage, but I’ve always loved her work. What’s not to love? She and I are old buzzards (I’m talking strictly age here); we are like the energy bunnies and just keep going. Like Chita, I’m still doing it. I’m still getting hired and getting paid for the work I do. It’s FABULOUS! I’m 84 years old and my friend, Emilio Estefan just helped me put out my first album all in Spanish. I have a book about my life, and a new series

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on Netflix; a new version of “One Day at a Time.” I’d feel bad complaining if I had a bump toe. I’m in good company.

Andrews-Katz: After the success of West Side Story, you took several years of self-imposed exile from Hollywood. Why? Moreno: That wasn’t self-imposed. If only! I was offered more of the same types of roles but in lesser movies – gang movies, etc. And once I had that “Golden Man” statue and a Golden Globe under my arms, I said “I’m not doing that type anymore.

I’m going to hold out for different roles.”

I didn’t work in a movie for seven years. I guess I showed them, eh! It broke my heart.

I spent a very sad and unhappy seven years during that time. I did theatre and TV, but the only movie roles I was being offered were still gang movies. I don’t want to do that again. How can you repeat something like West Side Story?

Andrews-Katz: In 1972 the second season of “The Electric Company” was aired with your now famous yell. How did the yell come about for the opening?

Moreno: That’s a simple story. It came from a skit I was doing with Bill Cosby (he leant a lot of charm and funny to that show back then). Cosby was a milkman and I was “Millie the Helper,” his assistant. We delivered milk in the early morning and he asked me to get the other helpers. I thought of how Costello used to yell for Abbott, and tried to yell “Hey, You Guys” in the same tone. Kids loved it because they weren’t supposed to yell. Teachers hated it because the kids were yelling it in the hallways of the schools. It became immensely popular and was used from the second season opening until the show ended. I loved doing that show.

Andrews-Katz: You won the 1975 Tony Award for Terrance McNally’s farce, The Ritz. Was there any backlash at the time from a play about a homosexual bathhouse?

Moreno: Not one little bit. More than

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Trans women and to “topple the patriarchy.” Soloway came out as Bisexual late in 2015, having separated from her husband and is now in a relationship with a woman.

Tambor, who plays Maura Pfefferman in the acclaimed Amazon series, told media reporters backstage that he hoped for “more opportunities for transgender talent.” “I would very much like to be the last cisgender male playing a transgender female,” he stated. “I think we are there now.” He also gave a shout out to Amazon CEO and Seattle resident Jeff Bezos at the podium.

Transgender star Laverne Cox from “Orange is the New Black” gave out the Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special all by herself, the first time any Trans actor or actress has ever been asked by the Television Academy to present an award on the televised event in

its 68-year history.

Elsewhere, Tatiana Maslaney scored an unexpected triumph in the loaded-with-talent category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her critically praised role as Bisexual character Sarah Manning in the sci-fi series “Orphan Black.” And although Ryan Murphy surprisingly lost for directing “The People vs. OJ Simpson,” as co-executive producer he shared the Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series. He’s previously won Emmys for “Glee” and “The Normal Heart.” Murphy and his husband David Miller have two young sons.

During the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony, held on September 11, RuPaul was honored with his very first winged statuette for Outstanding Host Reality or Reality Competition Program.

that, there was no backlash with me playing what seemed like a stereotype character or personality. I wanted to make fun of all the characters that have ever been portrayed in that vein. There was never a backlash. I took my young daughter to see the show.

My husband and I explained homosexuality in the simplest of terms for her so she’d understand it. She’d seen the show several times when she brought several of her friends for her birthday. I could hear her explaining it to her young friends: “It’s about two fellows who love each other so much they marry other boys. Sometimes that happens.” I was so proud of her, listening in to their conversation. Everyone adored my character “Googie Gomez.” I invented her back when I was in West Side Story. There are two things dancers will do when they are not on stage; they smoke (at the time), and they try to crack each other up. One day I started doing Googie for a bus/truck company of Gypsy I was in. I came out with “I had a dream...” in that accent and they all loved it. Cut to many years later when I was at a party that Jimmy Coco was throwing.

Jimmy introduced me to Terrance [McNally] and said, “Do that crazy Puerto Rican singer character.” I started to sing “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” and he fell off his chair. To add more spice to it, I did a short narration of the poem, “Hiawatha,” all with that accent. I also did the speech from Hamlet. Terrance said then, “I’m going to write a part for that character.” About a year or so later, my husband ran into Jimmy Coco on the street. He asked if we’d looked over the script yet. It showed up the next day, and was called “The Tubs.” Terrance understood that character and never forgot about her. The character was originally called “Rita Googie Gomez.” She’s so earnest and that makes her special without an iota of talent.

given the Lifetime Achievement Award. What’s the driving force that keeps you touring?

Moreno: I love what I do. That’s it; I love what I do, and I get paid for it! What could be bad about that? At this point, at 84 years old, to still be doing what I love in life, to have my family, my daughter and grandsons nearby, I have the best of all worlds. I am one of those fortunate people.

I also am one of the happiest people you’ll ever meet. I like to smell the roses.

Andrews-Katz: How did you put together “An Evening With Rita Moreno,” and what should the audience expect?

Moreno: Get ready for great stories.

It’s really about my life. I’ve lived 84 years, and there are a lot of stories to tell: hilarious ones, and sad ones, and some show biz anecdotes that are too delicious. You’ll go away smiling.

Andrews-Katz: Are there any regrets in your career?

Moreno: That is such a waste of time. I don’t even think like that. Life is too short to go about regretting something that didn’t happen. It’s about doing it right the first time. I don’t look in the past, it’s over and done already.

Andrews-Katz: If you could play any role – regardless of any restrictions gender/ nationality/age – what would it be and why?

Moreno: You know I’ve played them.

Maria Callas in Master Class – a wonderful role. I’ve played Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard in London. I have to tell you, I was good in those roles. I never say things like that, but I was good in those roles. I like really strong roles; I’m good at playing characters like that. I also played Amanda in The Glass Menagerie. Tennessee Williams always wrote such warm and funny characters – they’re real.

Andrews-Katz: Since you recreated the classic role of “Googie Gomez” in the 1976 film version of The Ritz, what do you think ever happened to Googie – after the Gaetano/bathhouse scandal?

Moreno: Stephen Collins, who played the high voice detective Brick in the play.

He and I decided that Brick and Googie would become lovers and get married. He made up this story that he loved her and would become her agent, booking gigs for her like singing the national anthem in ballparks – always in her accent. He’d always speak in his high falsetto and I would do Googie’s voice. We invented all sorts of gigs for her to do. I saw him recently, he’s a dear, dear friend, and he still does that voice. We had fun in that show. Jack Weston we called “The Rock” because anything I did as Googie would make him crack up.

He had no control on stage and one of those laughs that sounded through the tongue like a raspberry. We all were like children in that show, having a great time.

Andrews-Katz: You’ve won the Tony, Academy, Grammy and Emmy. You’ve been

In October, Rita Moreno brings her show “An Evening With Rita Moreno” to three cities in Western Washington – Olympia (10/13 @ the Washington Center for the Performing Arts), Edmonds (10/15 at the Edmonds Center for Arts) and Tacoma (10/16 @ the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts). Performing in concert she will be celebrating her life through story and song.

Rita Moreno (aka Rosa Dolores Alverio) was born in Puerto Rico, a heritage that she is vastly proud of. She moved to New York City at the age of five, and made her Broadway debut at 13 starting a career that has never faltered. She’s won the Grand Slam of Show Business (the Academy, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Awards), as well as the Triple Crown (Emmy, Academy, and Tony Awards specifically for acting); and she has the esteemed honor of being one of two people to ever achieve both. Her work includes the films Singing in the Rain, West Side Story, and The Four Seasons. Her television work includes “The Rockford Files,” “The Muppet Show” and the PBS highly acclaimed “The Electric Company.”

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Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: 1933 - 1945 This important exhibit

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Presented alongside a contemporary photo essay, Where Love is Illegal, these exceptional exhibits explore an ongoing narrative of persecution and bold resistance.

Where Love is Illegal is the work of acclaimed photojournalist Robin Hammond.

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SGN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW:

Tab Hunter talks about his recent documentary, now out on DVD, Tony Perkins, Divine and Grease 2

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer It was May 2015 when Tab Hunter made a surprise appearance at the Opening Night of the Seattle International Film Festival. If all too brief, Hunter also made at splash at the screening of his documentary, directed

by Jeffrey Schwartz (Vito, I am Divine), during the next evening. Now after a summer on Netflix, you have an opportunity to own this treasure and see why Tab Hunter, now 85, is still beloved. I recently had a chance to chat with Tab, by phone.

MK SCOTT: Hi Tab! In 2013 I actually interviewed Jeffrey Schwartz when he was in town promoting I Am Divine and I know he had interviewed you for that and that’s when he told us that “Oh my next big film is going to be all about Tab Hunter.” And so it’s like, as soon as it came out, it’s like, we were excited.

TAB HUNTER: Yea, well, I was very pleased that Allan [Allan Glaser, Tab Hunter’s partner of almost 34 years] was able to hire Jeffrey because Allan liked his work and they work very well together so it just turned out really well, you know, I was very, very pleased.

MK: So, what do you like about working with Jeffrey?

TH: Well, mainly I just, you know, Jeffrey (Schwartz) is a really good editor and that’s what I appreciate most. You know, Allan set up all the interviews with all the different people and Jeffrey was there to see that it all went okay and I was just, they work very well together, I just opened my mouth and talked.

MK: And so now, about just a little over a year later, Tab Hunter Confidential is now finally on DVD and ... also being on Netflix over the summer.

TH: Yea, Netflix and DVD and now I think they are doing something with also Turner Classic Movies later on.

MK: Oh, fabulous! Okay and I know that your 2005 book was of the same name and, in fact, I had actually gotten your book in 2005 and right around the same time I also happened to have gotten The Man Who Made Rock Hudson [by Robert Holfer] which was the book about Henry Wilson.

TH: Yea, well, that’s a piece of garbage from what I understand. I don’t like people – you know, people have a tendency to want to write whatever the hell they want when somebody’s dead and gone, and I don’t respect that.

MK: You came out publicly in your book. The question is, for many of us, what took you so long?

TH: Well, I just didn’t want to talk about my life. I mean, I feel, you know, what the hell? This is a journey, we are all on a journey, and that’s the important thing. What kind of a journey are you on? And you better have a direction, and you better have a purpose, and you better be thankful, and just not be negative, but be positive. And I figured, look, this is my trip and when I’m dead and gone, I don’t want some schmuck writing anything about me, you know, and putting a spin on my life that never knew me. You know, get it from the horse’s mouth, not from some horse’s ass after I’m dead and gone.

MK: When did you personally know that “Oh, oh, okay, I’m Gay”?

TH: Well, I never confronted it. The word was never used when I was a kid, and so, therefore, every time something would, would surface, I would just run the other direction. I’m, I’m basically a pretty quiet person. I was taught by a very old fashion German mother, you know, nothing for show

Tab Hunter (r) and partner of 34 years, Allan Glaser – Photo courtesy of Allan Glaser

and just go down the road doing the best you possibly can. So I don’t, I’m not one of those in-your-face type of individuals, and I never really have been. What I did, I just write, and talk about the journey, my journey.

MK: Now in the film you talk more about your relationship with Tony Perkins.

Tell us more about Tony.

TH: Well, Tony was an actor who I met when he was doing Friendly Persuasion

The Dust, and I went back to see Tony and presented him with a script, but he, he unfortunately didn’t want to do the film and I saw Berry [Tony Perkin’s wife, Berry Berenson] and met his children and that was all very, very nice, and I was really shocked when I heard later he had passed away.

MK: I heard you also had an aspiration to be a figure skater.

TH: Well, I used to skate as a hobby, I

Tab Hunter content on his ranch – Photo courtesy of Allan Glaser

[1956] and I saw Tony for a few years. And then I didn’t see Tony again for many years until we wanted him for our film, Lust In

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mean, skating was one of my favorite things, you know, I competed. But when you’re competing in skating, you know, me, I did

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singles, but also pair skating. I had two very, very good, you know, partners in pair skating, Joyce Lockwood and I forget the other girl’s name right now, Hope, oh Hope Anderson. But I didn’t like it because the, because I didn’t like the judging system, because it’s just your own accomplishment. And I prefer, I went back to my horses, because when you work with a horse you work with an animal that has a life of its own, and the competition there lead me on to becoming a judge and giving riding clinics all over the country and buying and selling horses, and, that to me was much more important.

MK: Speaking of skating, tell us more about Ronnie.

TH: Well, Ronnie [Robertson] was one of the finest skaters I’ve known. I mean, you know, he was in top, top Olympic competition and one of the best male skaters around. You know, comparable to Evan Lyzacheck and Dick Button and, you know, people like that, I mean, really first class.

MK: Now you posed for lots of beefcake shots, back in the ’50s and ’60s, so what was that experience like?

TH: Well, I think what you do, those are all those fan magazines presenting you to the public. And when you’re under contract to a studio, you do as the studio asks you to do, or you lose your job, and they get someone else who can do what they ask. So your job as a young actor, well, I mean, wow, how can you say “no” when they’re paying you a weekly salary, and they’re giving you all this exposure in the magazines and so forth? So that is your job, and either do it to the best of your ability or get the hell out and let someone else do it that does a better job than you.

MK: Okay, then let’s go back to Henry Wilson. Okay, I think you just said that, you know, a lot of the stuff that was in the book, about Henry Wilson, in regards to The Man Who Made Rock Hudson book, so a lot of that was garbage?

TH: Well, well people love to exploit all the worst. They never want to bring out the best. Henry was a very, very good agent. He was, he had an awfully good reputation, but people did speak about him behind his back because those things weren’t talked about in those days. but Henry had some fine actors and actresses. He discovered Lana Turner, he had Natalie Wood, he had a number, as well as Guy Madison, Rory Calhoun, Rock Hudson, you know, Troy Donahue, myself, you know, a lot of different people. But when my friend Dick Clayton became an agent, who was the one who discovered me when I was in a stable shoveling the rear stuff as a kid, when he became an agent, I left Henry and signed with Dick Clayton, who was part of my family. But Dick Clayton was an agent who represented Jimmy Dean, Jane Fonda, Burt Reynolds, you know, the biggest, the biggest. But Henry, Henry was a very good agent, but he was very exploitative, you know. I mean, he was very good at getting publicity and all that for his clients.

MK: Now, in regards to that, one time, where in order to be able to get some positive publicity for Rock, you and Rory (Calhoun) were like the scapegoats in regards to your 1950 arrest and Rory’s prison term.

TH: Well, that happened because when I left Henry Wilson to sign with Dick Clayton, that really bothered Henry, but also they were going to be putting a story out on Rock for Confidential magazine and, he threw me out there, under the bus, to save Rock, and it was his way, I guess, to get back at me for, you know, leaving him as my agent.

MK: Oh really? So it was to get back at you for leaving? see TAB HUNTER page 18

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Celebrating 41 Years!

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Meetings Events Activities

FOR A CALENDAR LISTING: Send details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1707 23rd Ave., Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. E-mail: sgn2@sgn. org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www. scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities.html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists.

NOTE: Phone numbers accompanying listings are within area code (206) & locations of meetings/ events are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

SATURDAY - September 24

End AIDS Walk. It’s not over yet! Features a beer & mimosa garden, family-friendly activities & an after-party.

REGISTER to walk or run at endaidswalk.org SketchFest (9/15-9/24). Seattle’s most underrated art form will take over the city for six nights of hilarity. For a list of performances & venues visit www.sketchfest.org “Tiny: Streetwise Revisited” Photo Exhibit (9/1511/3). Centeral Library, 1000 4th Ave. 30 years worth of images bring the viewer along with Erin “Tiny” Blackwell on her journey from a homeless teenager on the streets of Seattle to a mother of 10 children. Tiny grows up in difficult circumstances & uses her intelligence & stamina to create a life for herself & her family. www.spl.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Yoga With Andrew Conner. 9:30-11am. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Saturday. A love offering is suggested but no one will be turned away.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 10:30am. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.org.

Gay Romance Northwest Meet-Up. 12noon-6pm.

Seattle Central Library, 1000 4th Ave. Features panel discussions, a book fair & author meet-up & swag giveaways. FREE. www.spl.org 18th & Union Open House & Celebration. 5-10pm.

1406 18th Ave. Celebrate the opening of 18th & Union, a new performance space in Seattle. Features a marathon of short performances by local artists & the opening of an exhibit by Seattle photographer Michael B Maine. http://18thandunion.orh/open-house Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouth center.org.

(Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

Q-Squared Men 2016 Potluck Social. 6pm. Central Lutheran Church, 1710 11th Ave. A year of change still requires the comfort of past traditions and no tradition is more fondly held than our September potluck. Traditionally, it is the time when people step up. When new ideas, fresh faces, and willing hands move into plans and actions. This year we ask you to bring a tasty dish to share and more importantly bring your self, your energy, and your goals to share with others. Salads and desserts have been the theme of this potluck in the past, but it is a new year. Go traditional or get creative! See you there! (Wear all your badges you may have saved over the years!) www.qsquared.org Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks.

For more information visit www.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Erin Judge & Friends. 7pm. Elliott Bay Books, 1521 10th Ave. Queer standup comedian & writer Erin Judge reads from two new books. Wintering is a researchbased poetry collection engaged with the indigenous lagnuage records collected by Lews & Clark. The Gunnywolf is a personal social justice focused look at whiteness, racism & mothering in an everyday sort of wilderness.

Rugby is a Drag. Doors 6pm, Show 7pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. 5th annual drag show ‑hosted by Gaysha Star.

Captain Smartypants in “Girl Crazy” (9/17, 9/23 & 9/24). 8pm. Triple Door, 216 Union St. Featuring Sensible Shoes. Tickets: $25-$35. 838-4333, seattlechoruses.org

SUNDAY - September 25

“Tiny: Streetwise Revisited” Photo Exhibit (9/1511/3). Centeral Library, 1000 4th Ave. 30 years worth of images bring the viewer along with Erin “Tiny” Blackwell on her journey from a homeless teenager on the streets of Seattle to a mother of 10 children. Tiny grows up in difficult circumstances & uses her intelligence & stamina to create a life for herself & her family. www.spl.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Lynnwood. 9:30am. Brunswick Majestics Lane, Lynnwood. 9:30am Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every

September 24 thru October 2 First Presidential Debate Screening. 6-7:30pm.

Seattle Central Library, 1000 4th Ave. The League of Women Voters of Seattle-King County will be present to help people register to vote. www.spl.org Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.org.

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing.)

PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.

Unitarian Universalist Church, 25701 14th Pl S, Kent.

Meets 4th Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun.

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Queers, Crackpots & Fallen Women AA. 8-9pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

TUESDAY - September 27

Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe rental. (425) 785-4729.

Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies.

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. www.dharmabuddies.org. (Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.)

Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays an almost weekly recreational scrimmage game for LGBTQ players in Seattle. www.raincitysoccer.org No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. Meets 4th Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. For info & location, NSWG@sexpositiveculture.org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org (Also meets 2nd Tuesday, 7pm.)

Rouge: Dancing. 1-3pm. Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St. Waltz, swing & more social dancing with Rouge vocals, accordian, piano & violin. $15.

Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1:30pm. ‑SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Subject: How can we manage our health challenges? Metro Routes 8, 10, 12, 49 & 60.

“Medicare Made Clear” Workshop. 2-3:30pm. Magnolia Branch Library, 2801 34th Ave W. Medicare specialist Jean Cormier of Cormier Insurance will provide an overview of the different parts of Medicare (Parts A, B, C, D and supplements), what they cover and how they work. Discussion topics include: how to receive benefits, the pros and cons of each part, approximate costs,

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“Tiny: Streetwise Revisited” Photo Exhibit (9/1511/3). Centeral Library, 1000 4th Ave. 30 years worth of images bring the viewer along with Erin “Tiny” Blackwell on her journey from a homeless teenager on the streets of Seattle to a mother of 10 children. Tiny grows up in difficult circumstances & uses her intelligence & stamina to create a life for herself & her family. www.spl.org SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437.

Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Bravo for Belonging! Benefit for Lambert House.

6-10pm. Unexpected Productions’ Market Theater, 1428 Post Alley, Pike Place Market. Piano man Victor Janusz & vocalist KC Compton team up with bassist Dave Pascal, sax player Medearis Dixson, drummer Conor Apperson & special guests Martha Haehl & Christine Noel Riipi for a concert to benefit Lambert House. Tickets $20. brownpapertickets.com

“Tiny: Streetwise Revisited” Photo Exhibit (9/1511/3). Centeral Library, 1000 4th Ave. 30 years worth of images bring the viewer along with Erin “Tiny” Blackwell on her journey from a homeless teenager on the streets of Seattle to a mother of 10 children. Tiny grows up in difficult circumstances & uses her intelligence & stamina to create a life for herself & her family. www.spl.org Lesbian & Gay Child Care Task Force Monthly Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Meets 4th Tuesday each month. The Task Force, in conjunction with Child Care Resources of King County, offers referrals to GLBT-welcoming child care centers & provides training, support & curriculum materials to child care providers. (To access this, call 329-1011 & ask for the “Gay-welcoming” child care programs in your zip code area.) The task force meets monthly to assess their progress in achieving their goals.

Amor Open Meditation. 5-6pm. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Tuesday.

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-250-5002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com.

Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older.

7-8:30pm. University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave NE, Pilgrim Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 545-3521.

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Tuesday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday.

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. Learn traditional

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enrollment and eligibility guidelines to help attendees make informed decisions on Medicare coverage. FREE. Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/Weds/ Fri: Evenings. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am. More info: crystalmeth.org.

Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

MONDAY - September 26

African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. (See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

Seattle Poetry Slam. Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm. Rebar, 1114 Howell St. Every Tuesday. A spoken word poetry event that features a weekly open mic, feature poet, and slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org

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FRIDAY - September 30

“Tiny: Streetwise Revisited” Photo Exhibit (9/1511/3). Centeral Library, 1000 4th Ave. 30 years worth of images bring the viewer along with Erin “Tiny” Blackwell on her journey from a homeless teenager on the streets of Seattle to a mother of 10 children. Tiny grows up in difficult circumstances & uses her intelligence & stamina to create a life for herself & her family. www.spl.org AA Ageless in Recovery. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A drop in AA group for older & wiser people 55+. www.sasgcc.org Re-Parenting Ourselves. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A peer support group for adult children of any addiction. www. sasgcc.org SLAA Road to Recovery. 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. Ongoing 12 step group for sex & love addicts. www.sasgcc.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday.

(253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm.

The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing.)

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm.

Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. (See Sunday listing at noon for details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org 2016 Festival of Men in Dance (9/30-10/2 & 10/7-10/9).

Fri-8pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway at SCC. (See Saturday listing at 8pm.)

WEDNESDAY - September 28

“Tiny: Streetwise Revisited” Photo Exhibit (9/1511/3). Centeral Library, 1000 4th Ave. 30 years worth of images bring the viewer along with Erin “Tiny” Blackwell on her journey from a homeless teenager on the streets of Seattle to a mother of 10 children. Tiny grows up in difficult circumstances & uses her intelligence & stamina to create a life for herself & her family. www.spl.org LGBTQ Support Group in Renton. 10am-12noon.

Renton Senior Activity Center, 211 Burnett Ave N. Meets the last Wednesday of every month. This newly-formed group will address issues while providing support & information that may be unique to the LGBTQ community. Topics of discussion may be legal issues, housing, medical ‑needs, bereavement, acceptance & othe topics of your choice. 425-430-6633, rentonwa.gov Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. www.maturefriends.org Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm. Call for details, location & to make reservations. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday.

Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm.

All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Meets every Wednesday. This peer recovery group provides a safe & supportive faith community to share your recovery journey with, God answers our prayers & sends us a boat.

Sometimes rowing furiously for yourself & sometimes for others. All are welcome.

Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week. Check our website for this month’s book. http:// faculty.washington.edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Meets every Wednesday. Call 525-7295 for location. www.

LotusSisters.org.

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.)

Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1105 23rd Ave. Bilingual (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. Contact Abby 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www. ingersollcenter.org Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org

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322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Amor Chorale Rehearsal. 8-9pm. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Thursday.

Calling all sopranos, altos, tenors & basses. The Amor Spiritual Center currently has openings for singers in its Chorale group.

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

SATURDAY - October 1

Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing.)

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday.

Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com.

THURSDAY - September 29

“Tiny: Streetwise Revisited” Photo Exhibit (9/1511/3). Centeral Library, 1000 4th Ave. 30 years worth of images bring the viewer along with Erin “Tiny” Blackwell on her journey from a homeless teenager on the streets of Seattle to a mother of 10 children. Tiny grows up in difficult circumstances & uses her intelligence & stamina to create a life for herself & her family. www.spl.org Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Omnivorous - Small Plates Benefit for Capitol Hill Housing. Doors at 5:30pm. The Summit on E Pike, 420 E Pike St. Enjoy an array of fabulous food and drink by some of Capitol Hill’s best restaurants and bars, all under one roof, for just one night! $85 get you unlimited plates of delicious delicacies from 21 participating restaurants, superb Northwest wines and specialty cocktails, a chance to help your neighbors have more than just housing. Tickets available at bit.ly/omnivorous2016.

Everett-Snohomish County Friendship Dinner for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS. 6pm. Grace UMC (formerly Firs United Methodist). Meets last Thursday most months. FREE. Everyone welcome. Sponsored by the Evergreen AIDS Foundation & SNOCO Gay Men’s Task Force. For information call (425) 252-7751.

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Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth.

(425) 747-4937.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.org.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org Jinkx Monsoon, Peaches Christ & Mink Stole in “Return to Grey Gardens.” 7pm & 9:30pm. SIFF Egyptian Cinema, 805 E Pine St. The beloved cult documentary by the Maysles Brothers captured the eccentric lives of mother & daughter former society doyennes, now fallen on hard times. This hilarious live production written & directed by Peaches Christ is set forty years in the future, and documents the routine of an aging drag mother & her bitter drag daughter who continue to perform for an empty house. Tickets: $25 advance balcony; $40 advance general; $60 advance premium; $80 VIP, includes a meet & greet. www.universe.com Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium.

Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male.

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

2016 Festival of Men in Dance (9/30-10/2 & 10/7-10/9).

Fri-8pm; Sat-2pm & 8pm; Sun 5pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway at SCC. Tickets: Fri-$35 includes post-show reception; Sat matinee-$5 minimum pay-what-you-will; Sat/Sun evening/afternoon-$20-$25 For a list of performers & choreographers, visit www. menindance.org Northwest Bears Potluck and Meet & Greet Beer Bust. 6pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave at E. Pine St. Meets 1st Saturday each month. Northwest Bears is a Gay men’s social and service organization providing a focal point within the Gay community for Bears and Bear admirers. www.nwbears.com.

2016 Festival of Men in Dance (9/30-10/2 & 10/7-10/9).

Fri-8pm; Sat-2pm & 8pm; Sun 5pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway at SCC. Tickets: Fri-$35 includes post-show reception; Sat matinee-$5 minimum pay-what-you-will; Sat/Sun evening/afternoon-$20-$25 For a list of performers, choreographers & venues, visit www.menindance.org

SUNDAY - October 2

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride.

Contact Border Riders for details and rendezvous point.

Meets 1st Sunday most months. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 3pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month. K of M/Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations. 329-0886. www.facebook.com/ kofmjetchapter/ PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets the first Sunday of every month. For information, (509) 925-7937.

2016 Festival of Men in Dance (9/30-10/2 & 10/7-10/9).

Sun: 5pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway at SCC. (See Saturday listing at 8pm.)

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169.

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org.

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Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network - support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025.

In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equal rightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities by providing health services, connecting people to resources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - 3639188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm.

LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.mature friends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: www.raincityjacks.org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org.

MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony.org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band.com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flyinghouse. org.

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 568-7777, info@ nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: 206-325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflag seattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425-4836642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community.pflag. org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), 850-2070, www. aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multi-culturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.

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entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-3565, iya@ilelailai. org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@ gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 2558951; Sistah Sinema, www.sistahsinema.com, info@ sistahsinema.com; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle.

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 682-6711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235.

Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond.

Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned.

Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233).

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families. 323-1768.

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org

Visit us online www.sgn.org

Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected

by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emerald citysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefront runners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca

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Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.

SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity: www. genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www. genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & ForeignBorn Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/ Olympia-Trans-Discussion-Group/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS): Fai, 722-0729, alissquestions@gmail.com; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. 720-5566, 1-888-2921912; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc. org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www. pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www. tacomalesbianconcern.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot. com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493.

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa. org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: 957-1665; www.llaa.org/HEYO; www.Matthews Place.com; The Mockingbird Society: 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS): 7268500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206-326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www. safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (nonemergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): 524-7301 ext 111; www.streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; Youth in Focus: 723-1479; www. youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273TALK, www.yspp.org

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best I possibly can and like Geraldine Page once said to me years ago, “Remember this Tab, when people don’t like you, that’s their bad taste.” And I thought, wow, that’s great!

I’m going to apply that to my life and furthermore, I pass that on to every person I meet: if people don’t like you, that’s their problem, not yours. As long as you’re going down the road doing the best you can.

MK: Tell us about Divine. Working with her.

TH: Oh, Divine was one of my favorite leading ladies, are you kidding? No, Divine was just great! You know, I put him right up there with Geraldine Page, Sophia Loren, Natalie Wood, Rita Hayworth. Divine was great. He was a hell of a lot of fun to work with! I loved him; he was great. Divine was very serious and I like, I really appreciated that. He was wonderful. I having worked with Divine in John’s film, Polyester, that made us decide that we wanted him, for the film Lust In The Dust.

MK: And on Lust In The Dust you met Allan Glaser ....

TH: No, you know, actually before that.

Allan was at 20th Century Fox and he left, and single-handedly raised all the money for Lust, and we produced it.

MK: Absolutely. And you guys’ve been together for 30 years now. What’s the secret to your long relationship?

TH: Well, I’ve known Allen for well over 30 years and he’s just a very decent human being and very, very intelligent and creative. I mean, for his idea for me to do the book, which I didn’t want to do, and he said, “Well look, someone else is going to be doing a book; I think you should do this.” And I thought, oh what the hell, I did that. He was the one who thought of

the idea of doing the documentary, I think the acclaim that it has gotten has been phenomenal and no, he’s just an incredible human being. Of course, we are as different as night and day. You know, I spend my day out at the barn shoveling the real stuff; he likes to deal with all the Hollywood stuff.

MK: Now would you, if the opportunity presented itself, would you ever go back into the movies again?

TH: I don’t think so. I don’t see any reason why. Who would want an old man like me for gosh sakes, I’ve been there, done that. There’s no point in it. You know, I probably wouldn’t be able to memorize the dialogue. You know, it’s all about, it’s all about what, what you know, your comfort zone. I think I’ve been very fortunate and I thank God everyday, but I’m, I’m very happy seeing my horses everyday.

MK: And how many horses do you have on your ranch?

TH: Well, I have a mare that’s about a mile from here and then I have, well, I just came back from my baby, my yearling, and she’s over in the San Fernandez Valley, so I went over to see her this morning and just got back.

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continued from page 13 TH: Well, it certainly happened at that time, so I just assumed that was probably it.

But, you know, aside from that, Henry was good, but Dick Clayton was family, and I was much, much better to have Dick Clayton be representing me.

MK: Now, now, did you ever resent Henry for doing that?

TH: No, no I didn’t resent ... you accept things the way they are in life, not the way you want them to be and that’s the problem.

So you have to accept, you have to take the good with the bad, and if people, you know, if people don’t get your message, that’s their problem, not yours. You have to cope with the good and the bad, you know, people can’t cope with a lot of this, well, get a life.

MK: Now, did you and, did you and Rock ever encounter each other? You know, did you guys ever hang out?

TH: Well, we didn’t really hang out, but he’s a neighbor, he only lived a couple doors up the hill from me.

MK: Oh, really?! Now, what was that time like in Homophobic Hollywood?

TH: Well, I never discussed it. I wouldn’t, even, even if anyone confronted me with any of that, I would just shut it all off and just turn my back on it, because I don’t, I just, never talked about things like that, because it was nobody’s damn business. Today, the problem is everybody wants to, you know, “I know this and this, and this, and this” and everything’s so in your face, and I find it rather appalling. It’s just not me as a person. I’m just very oldfashioned and go down the road doing the

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mean, not too shabby, I mean, not too hard on the eyes at all. She was fantastic! It was a really good group of people; I loved that.

You know, Dody Goodman is there, Connie Stevens, who I’ve known for a long time, Eve Arden, I mean how can you not enjoy doing something like that? Unfortunately, it just didn’t turn out as good a film as we all felt that it should have been.

MK: It was also probably nice to work with Judy Garland’s daughter, Lorna [Luft].

TH: Oh, I love Lorna. In fact, I just recently saw her in her nightclub act in Palms Springs. She was fabulous. Always a pleasure to see Lorna!

MK: Wonderful. All right, well, it was a joy talking with you, and we’re looking forward to seeing how the film does on DVD. We can’t wait to see you whenever you show up on anything else.

TH: Well, thank you very much! I was very excited when it debuted and came out as number one. I went like, whoa! I was very, very excited! But I wanted to thank you all so much, and you know, we also have it on our website, too – we do it there, too. I’m just thrilled with the response and want to thank you all!

MK: Thank you! We appreciate you and we, the Gay fans, and everybody, everybody just absolutely adores you so.

TH: Well, thank you so much!

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