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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 19, Volume 41, May 10, 2013

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer They gathered at Splash Lounge in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They packed Midnight Sun in San Fran-

of Jinkx Monsoon announced as RuPaul’s Drag Race Season Five winner. The love and support for this Emerald City performer was universal, and while she easily had the fan vote going into Mon-

“We’re very multi-tasked in this community. ...

When I moved to Seattle that’s when I really felt I’d found what I wanted to do with my art form for the rest of my life.”

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cisco’s Castro District. And, of course, they squeezed into Julia’s on Broadway here in Seattle. All waited through nearly 90 minutes of contestant interviews, choreographed numbers, and minor bitch-slapping to hear the name

day evening’s finale, it was all in the hands of the show’s co-creator and superstar impersonator. The title comes with a $100,000 cash prize, an all-expense-paid vacasee jinkx page 27

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO MEANY HALL May 16-18 The Trocks are coming! The Trocks are coming!

A rare treat arrives at Meany Hall on the UW campus later this month: Les Ballets Trocksee trockadero page 36

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Semi-great Gatsby

Baz Luhrmann’s take on the Fitzgerald classic is a visually orgiastic enigma

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE GREAT GATSBY Opens May 10 There is no disputing the consensus that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel. It has withstood the test of time – the fact that it is just as widely read, discussed, and debated now as it ever was during the time of its original 1924 writing (if not more so) speaks volumes.

It is just as difficult to dispute that, for all their star power, for all the behind-thescenes directorial prowess, no cinematic adaptation has ever met with real success, the most notable failures being the 1949 version with Alan Ladd and the 1974 attempt with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. For whatever reason no one truly has been able

over and unjustly celebrated in the gossip columns, blogospheres, and Twitterverse of today.

It helps that DiCaprio was born to play the gigantic paradox who is Jay Gatsby. His winning smile, the way in which his trademark phrase “old sport” comfortingly drips off his lips, this wild titan of shadowy falsehoods and seemingly unlimited resources (thus setting the stage for the age-old battle of Old Money versus New Money that’s been ranging for what feels like centuries) is a manufactured idol easy to lust after. At the same time, the actor embraces the emptiness this façade has planted deep within his character’s soul, understanding the tragic underpinnings that have made him successful at his ruse but incapable of living an honest life as a result.

The performances range from spectacular to borderline embarrassing, and the first half-hour is so in-your-face it comes close to being physical assault. to tap into the themes and ideas presented in Fitzgerald’s prose, short bits resonating while on the whole the bigger picture fails to come to life in any lasting way.

Now comes Australian wild man Baz Luhrmann. The man behind such freewheeling, musically audacious favorites as Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, and Moulin Rouge, he has turned his attention to the Fitzgerald masterwork and delivered a candy-colored, visually orgiastic 3D monstrosity. What’s more, that’s actually a good thing, Luhrmann connecting with the material and bringing to life its ideas with more passion and brio than any other director before him arguably has.

PLUMBING THE DEPTHS That isn’t to say this new take on The Great Gatsby is a complete success. In all honesty, I’m still not quite sure I liked the movie, let alone enjoyed enough of it to urge people to pay to see it in all its digital eyepopping splendor. Like most Luhrmann enterprises, its excesses are apparent right from the first frame, and there isn’t a subtle moment to be found in any of its sprawling, somewhat meandering 143 minutes. The performances range from spectacular to borderline embarrassing, and the first halfhour is so in-your-face it comes close to being physical assault.

At the same time, Luhrmann, along with longtime fellow screenwriter Craig Pearce, seem to understand the murkily interior ethos of Fitzgerald’s source material in a way that feels honest and pure. They get the ethereal enigma that is Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), connect with the willowy, selfish blankness of the love of his life, Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan), and as such know how to make their story echo in the callow moral bankruptcy of modern times.

The find the gory undercurrent broiling within 1920s pre-Great Depression excess, showing how these lost souls in many ways sadly bond with the blank-faced reality stars and false facile celebrities who are lorded

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ALAS, POOR DAISY There are some other great performances, not the least of which is Joel Edgerton’s dastardly, mustache-twirling devilish inhabitation of chief villain Tom Buchanan. He’s terrific, embracing all facets of the character giving him a sinister dimensionality I admittedly never expected to find. In some respects, he manages to make the callow and selfish Tom a somewhat pitiable rube, adding context to the chaos bordering on the sublime.

Mulligan, much like Farrow, Betty Field, and others before her, doesn’t meet with near as much success as her male counterparts. She seems lost as Daisy, never connecting with the character in ways that feel authentic. Instead, she drifts inside Luhrmann’s world seemingly caught on the wind much like the flower she’s named after, floating here and there making Gatsby’s fascination with her – and her husband’s determination to keep her by his side, despite his own adulterous shortcomings – too ephemeral for their own good.

Then there is Tobey Maguire. He is Fitzgerald’s hardscrabble wide-eyed narrator, Nick Carraway, whose observations around which all else revolve. It takes a little while for the Spider-Man actor to find his footing, and during that lumpy initial act I wasn’t entirely certain I’d be interested in spending an additional two hours listening to him. But as the movie progresses, Maguire eases more and more into the character, slipping inside of him with a graceful luminosity I found captivating, leading to a final soliloquy that brought an honest tear to my eye and gloriously tragic lump to my throat.

MOULIN ROUGE REDUX? Luhrmann over-directs at times, but that is to be expected, and while I get why he felt the material needed to be lensed in 3D there are times when the visuals work in contradiction against the central themes of the story. At the same time, Simon Duggan’s (Live Free or Die Hard) camerawork can dazzle,

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan in The Great Gatsby

while Catherine Martin’s (Australia) production design and costumes are as every bit as incredible as I’d imagined they would be. As for the music, well, again, I understand and get what the director was going for with his fusing of ’20s-era jazz with JayZ-produced reworkings of modern rock, pop, and rap, but it doesn’t always work, the soundtrack a bit tonally schizophrenic as far as the bigger picture is concerned.

At the end of the day, however, I find myself entranced by much of what Luhrmann

and company were attempting to do and say with this reimagining of Fitzgerald’s novel.

His version of the story might not be perfect, might not know at all times exactly what it wants to say, but it understands the source material in an intimately intoxicating way other adaptations have sadly lacked. This movie feels like it needed to be made now, maybe even in this very way, this new take on The Great Gatsby a saga of artifice and excess worthy of deeper exploration.

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the End with Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, and Emma Watson, and The Heat with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy – are the main attractions vying for viewers’ attentions. The biggest question mark, however, has to be the Brad Pitt-led graphic-novel adaptation World War Z. With a budget well over $200 million, it is easily the most expensive zombie flick ever to be splashed across the celluloid. All in all, Summer 2013 looks to be an interesting one at the multiplex.

The following is a list of films and events scheduled to hit the Seattle market during May and June. Release dates are subject to change, so be sure to check your local listings.

continued from cover lion-plus domestic box-office titans all seeing releases within a scant four weeks of one another. After the aforementioned arrival of Tony Stark, Star Trek Into Darkness, Fast & Furious 6, and The Hangover Part III all vie for attention, each hoping to outdo their predecessors both stateside and in international markets.

But there are a few genuine curiosities among the heavy hitters. Baz Luhrmann’s expensive, musically adventurous (and long-delayed) adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece The Great Gatsby is coming out this Friday, and the intriguing sci-fi thriller After Earth, pairing star Will Smith and his son Jaden under the direction of the recently much-maligned M. Night Shyamalan, hits theaters May 31. Smaller-scale efforts of note include new works from Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha) and Susanne Bier (Love Is All You Need), while the star-studded (Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman, Isla Fisher, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine, and Mélanie Laurent) Las Vegas-set magician-fueled thriller Now You See Me might just prove to be the month’s most intriguing curiosity.

June’s lineup of heavyweights begins with director Zach Snyder and producer Christopher Nolan’s reinterpretation of the Superman mythology, Man of Steel, while Pixar dips into its well of animated classics for the prequel Monsters University. Otherwise, comedies – including The Internship with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, This Is

MAY 9 Translations Film Festival – Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s celebration of all things Transgender returns for an eighth year.

Kicking off the festivities is the live multimedia event Gender Failure, featuring animation and video elements from Seattle artist Clyde Petersen. (See related article in this issue.)

MAY 10 The Great Gatsby – Baz Luhrmann’s hugely expensive 3D reimagining of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic finally sees the light of day in all its musically dexterous and visually flashy glory. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, and Isla Fisher star (see review in this issue).

Kiss of the Damned – Inspired by the erotic European vampire movies of the

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Brad Pitt must save the world from zombies in World War Z

of the Pacific to Polynesia is rousing, heartstopping entertainment, and whether the dialogue is in English or in Norwegian, this is still a grand epic worthy of being seen on the largest screen possible.

Star Trek Into Darkness – J.J. Abrams

MAY 24 Epic – Ice Age director Chris Wedge returns with a story of a teenage girl magically transported into a deep, mysterious world where the forces of good and evil are waging an eternal war.

MAY 31 After Earth – M. Night Shyamalan brings Will and Jaden Smith back to an Earth centuries after an apocalyptic event left it forever devastated and devoid of human life.

I’m actually intrigued by this one, even if comparisons to everything from Oblivion to I Am Legend to Wall•E are inevitable.

Now You See Me – Thriller about a team of Vegas illusionists who rob banks during their shows, showering the audience with money, while apparently never leaving the stage. Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, columbia pictures

1970s, Xan Cassavetes’ narrative debut is a seductively sensual experience into obsession and lust filled with intriguing images and beguiling moments certain to get the heart pumping. Considering the film is about the blood-sucking undead, the irony of the foregoing sentence is not lost on me.

Midnight’s Children – Director Deepa Mehta and author Salman Rushdie join forces to produce a drama about two children born at the dawn of India’s independence from Britain, growing up in a country entirely different from that of their parents’ generation.

Tyler Perry Presents Peeples – Tyler Perry’s first produced effort not written or directed by him concerns a man who crashes a family’s annual retreat to the Hamptons to ask for their daughter’s hand in marriage.

Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington star.

val. One of my personally most anticipated movies of the entire summer.

The Hangover Part III – Plot points are being kept relatively hidden – all that really known is that this outing of the Wolfpack has nothing to do with a wedding and everything to do with Zach Galifianakis’s manchild Alan taking the group back to Las Vegas for one more fling. Considering just how putrid the last entry in this series was, my expectations are being kept at a bare minimum.

In the House – François Ozon’s latest is a sensational drama about an English prepschool teacher and his most promising student, the pair’s relationship devolving into a twistedly surreal interpersonal nightmare that is both wickedly hysterical and emotionally poignant. Superb.

Love Is All You Need – Proof that a great cast can make the best of a clichéd situation, Oscar-winning director Susanne Bier’s latest finds Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm navigating complicated interpersonal waters at the Greek wedding of their two beloved children. Despite this extremely familiar premise, the movie is enlivened by remarkable performances from the leads and subtle handling by the filmmaker, making the finished feature a surprisingly effective parable of love, loss, and regret.

MAY 16 – JUNE 9 Seattle International Film Festival – Seattle’s 39th annual cinematic marathon kicks off with a screening of Joss Whedon’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and closes with Sofia Coppola’s ripped-from-the-headlines youngadult satire The Bling Ring. In between, expect over 400 different programs spotlighting films from around the globe. (For more on SIFF, see next week’s SGN.) MAY 17 At Any Price – Director Ramin Bahrani’s farmland melodrama features a daring, oftentimes unlikable performance from star Dennis Quaid as a fourth-generation farmer looking to expand, in order to keep his family’s heartland legacy alive. It doesn’t always work and the final scenes left me suitably uncomfortable, but the emotion behind the drama is pure, making it a small-scale curiosity worthy of a peek.

The Iceman – True story of contract killer Richard Kuklinski, a supposedly loving family man and father who moonlighted as a mob assassin. Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans, and Ray Liotta star.

Kon-Tiki – English-language version of the Norwegian oceanic adventure, directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg essentially shooting their film twice – one version for the home audience and one for those abroad. Either way, this biopic chronicling Thor Heyerdahl’s epic 4,300-mile crossing

Will Smith is back and he’s brought his son with him in M. Night Shyamalan’s After Earth

boldly goes where the crew of the starship Enterprise has already gone before – saying anything more than that would be a gigantic spoiler. Simply put, the first two-thirds are epic, character-driven genius that had me on the edge of my seat, and if the final third hadn’t made me so unbelievably angry we might have had something amazing to talk about.

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Fast & Furious 6 – Prepare for more vehicular mayhem as Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson, and Michelle Rodriguez re-up for another aventure on the open road.

Frances Ha – Auteur Noah Baumbach’s latest slice of New York life is getting Oscar buzz for star Greta Gerwig’s lead performance, while the movie itself was one of the darlings of the 2013 Sundance Film Festi-

Morgan Freeman, Isla Fisher, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Cain, and Mélanie Laurent star.

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks – Alex Gibney’s documentary attempting to take an in-depth look at Julian Assange’s controversial, game-changing website.

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The out intern Ross Mathews is living the Hollywood dream

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Someone must have sprinkled fairy dust on Ross Mathews because he went from a small-town nobody to Hollywood reporter in less time it takes to fill a tank of gas. The Washington state native – Mount Vernon, to be exact – made his big debut as Jay Leno’s

just so happens she was wanting an imprint from the publisher Grand Central because she’s had four best-sellers. So she said, “I want to publish this book, I love it so much that I want it to be the first solo artist out of my imprint.” I felt thrilled and honored and a tremendous amount of pressure, because now it has to be at the Chelsea Handler level of good. I worked on it for another year and

“I’ve lived a ridiculous life, this crazy life of growing up in Mount Vernon and always dreaming of show business in Hollywood, and then coming here and it’s happening. All the way, I thought to myself, ‘You’ve gotta write a book about it, no one will believe it.’” a half, almost two years, I really wanted to get it right, and when Chelsea read the final draft it was the best feeling I’ve ever felt. She just loved the book so much.

Rodriguez: And this is you writing it – not a ghostwriter in Delhi, India, sitting in front of a computer?

Mathews: No, this is me writing it.

I took my two favorite people in the world, two of the funniest people. One is my best friend from high school, Taya, and a drag queen who I think is so talented and funny named Jackie Beat, and I went through it with them and said, “Is it funny? Help me punch it up.” So they helped me punch it up a little bit, but I wrote the book myself. I didn’t wanna write it with a ghostwriter. I just felt, “I get this opportunity to put something out in the world with my stamp – it’s gotta be my stamp.”

Rodriguez: You also have a talk show in development, right?

Mathews: Yes, we developed it, we shot the pilot, it got picked up, and it launches in the fall on E! I love pop culture, and I wanted to create a show that’s a destination for people who love pop culture. If I have someone on the show, let’s say Rosie O’Donnell, I’ll interview her and then I’m going to go out in the audience and interact with them, and it’ll be people from Seattle, people from Nebraska, from Mount Vernon, from all over.

Rodriguez: Is it true that your first guest is Gwyneth Paltrow?

Mathews: She e-mailed me and said she wants to do it. She wants to be the first – or one of the first, because it’s all about scheduling – but to be honest I’ll tape the show around her if she wants to do it.

Rodriguez: You should do the show while sitting on her husband’s lap.

Mathews: [gasps] OMG, have you seen him?! He is so goodlooking!

Rodriguez: You’ve interviewed a lot of hot male celebs. Is there anyone who was so hot that you couldn’t contain yourself?

Mathews: [giggles, squeals] Well, Justin Timberlake. He looks so good up close. They probably shouldn’t have

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commentator-in-training, earning the nickname “Ross the Intern”, and then rapidly began popping up on TV shows like The View, Celebrity Fit Club, and Chelsea Lately, where he routinely sits in as a panel member. He’ll soon launch his very own talk show, and he’s just penned his first memoir, Man Up! Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence. Mathews, who is openly Gay (in case you hadn’t figured that out), will share stories from his book when he appears at The Neptune on May 18 (visit stgpresents. org for ticket information). I chatted with the comedian-television personality this week as he walked back to his Manhattan hotel in New York City. Here’s what the lovable, bubbly, fun Ross Mathews had to say.

Albert Rodriguez: Did you migrate to Seattle from Mount Vernon, or did you go directly to California?

Ross Mathews: I graduated high school in Mount Vernon, at Mount Vernon High School, and 30 seconds later I moved to the streets of L.A. Unfortunately, I never lived in Seattle but we would come down all the time, my friends and I, and we’d hang out in Capitol Hill. I have so many friends who live in Seattle, so I love going back there.

My family still lives in Mount Vernon.

Rodriguez: Tell us a bit about the upcoming Seattle show and what it’s going to involve.

Mathews: People keep asking, “Is it stand-up, is it a book signing”? It’s neither.

It’s a one-man show. If you like Liza with a Z, this is Ross with an S. This is pop culture, LOL. I talk in the beginning, I bring stories from the book to life on stage, I tell other stories that aren’t in the book, I play games with the audience and go into the audience for a Q&A, and I stay afterward and sign every book until the last person is there.

I’ll clean up and sweep up after everyone’s gone.

Rodriguez: When did you conceive the idea to write a book?

Mathews: You know, I’ve lived a ridiculous life, this crazy life of growing up in Mount Vernon and always dreaming of show business in Hollywood, and then coming here and it’s happening. All the way, I thought to myself, “You’ve gotta write a book about it, no one will believe it.” So one day I just sat down and started writing, and I wrote a couple of chapters, and I was going to bring in some publishers but Chelsea Handler got a hold of it and she read it, and it

let me be so close because I might’ve lost my cool. Of course, I always contain myself, but there are a lot of fucking gorgeous men in Hollywood. But no one is as gorgeous as my partner Salvador [Camarena] – I wanna make sure that goes on record.

Rodriguez: Speaking of, I heard you saying in another interview that even though it’s legal now to get married in Washington, you guys wanna wait until it’s legal in California.

Mathews: Washington is my home state and I love it. But I’ve almost lived

in California as long as I’ve lived in Washington state, so it feels like a second home to me. I just don’t want to go away to get married and then come home and not have it count where I live. The point is to fight for it where I live, and to fight for it where you live, and I don’t want to have to leave home to get married.

Rodriguez: So your show in Seattle is going to be interactive, correct?

Mathews: Absolutely interactive.

Rodriguez: And, will you have an opening act, or is just you for 90 minutes or two hours?

Mathews: I’m on stage for just about 45 minutes telling great stories with great images and sounds, it’s very fun. And then I go into the audience for the second half of the show. To be honest, that’s my favorite part because it’s unscripted. I never know what’s going to happen, but it’s always the best part.

Rodriguez: Chelsea seems like a really cool person to hang with. What’s she like off-set?

Mathews: She’s exactly as she is on stage. People know how funny she is, they know how biting she can be, but they don’t know how generous and supportive she is. I love her so much!

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continued from page 25 JUNE 7 Dirty Wars – A documentary that follows journalist Jeremy Scahill as he digs into America’s covert operations around the globe.

The Internship – Wedding Crashers stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson reunite for this comedy about a pair of bumbling best friends who somehow finagle themselves a Google internship. Doesn’t look promising, but the thought of these two bantering with each other once again is more than enough to pique my interest.

The Kings of Summer – This Sundance darling is about a group of teens who build a house in the woods and attempt to live off the land. Buzz is strong, and I can’t wait to give this one a look.

The Purge – Ethan Hawke stars in this interesting-looking horror opus set in a future America where one night a week all criminal activity, including murder, is legal.

The trailer is outstanding, but I worry that it gives away too much.

Stories We Tell – Sarah Polley’s documentary about families and the stories they share has been the toast of every festival that has screened it. Another of my most anticipated films of this summer.

JUNE 12 This Is the End – Kinda can’t wait to see this: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Emma Watson and many, many others all star as themselves in an end-of-the-world alien-invasion disaster comedy that, in theory, sounds as ribald and risqué as it does daring and inspired.

JUNE 14 Before Midnight – The best movie I have seen in 2013 up to this point. Hands down.

An almost-instant masterpiece and a fitting continuation of the Before Sunrise/Before Sunset saga of strangers becoming friends, friends becoming lovers, and lovers ultimately becoming a family.

The Bling Ring – Sofia Coppola’s factbased observational satire of wealthy Los Angeles teens run amok, using the Internet to track celebrities in order to burglarize their homes. Cannot wait for this one, which will close this year’s Seattle International Film Festival (see above).

Man of Steel – Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder try to reinvent Superman for modern audiences. Michael Shannon is General Zod, and that’s the sole reason I am even slightly interested in seeing this one.

Sightseers – Director Ben Wheatley’s inspired road-trip serial-killer “comedy” about a romantically involved pair setting out on the vacation of a lifetime, only to see things go awry almost immediately. It’s awesome. Don’t miss it.

for Amy Acker’s almost Oscar-worthy turn as the love-denying silver-tongued Beatrice, the former “Angel” darling traveling to heights even her most die-hard fans never could have anticipated.

Wish You Were Here – An Australian drama about a quartet of friends vacationing in Cambodia, only three of whom will ultimately return home. Felicity Price, Joel Edgerton, and Teresa Palmer star.

World War Z – Brad Pitt stars in this shockingly expensive adaptation of the Max Brooks source material (apparently little of which other than the title exists within the confines of the actual motion picture) about a world overrun by zombies and the daring soldier of fortune tasked with saving humanity from extinction. This movie cost reportedly in excess of $215 million, making it arguably the summer’s most financially risky big-ticket proposition.

JUNE 28 The Heat – Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy star in this buddy-cop comedy from Bridesmaids director Paul Feig. The trailer is a bit anemic, but Fox has so much faith in the title that the studio moved it from a relatively safe early 2013 release date right into the wilds of the summer movie season. Color me intrigued.

White House Down – In our second “Die Hard in the White House” event movie of the year (Olympus Has Fallen being the first), Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx must save the President from a team of driven terrorists (led by Zero Dark Thirty’s Jason Clarke) ready to do what it takes to see all he stands for ground into dust. Independence Day and 2012 maestro Roland Emmerich directs.

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continued from cover tion, merchandise gifts, and a world of future opportunities. I caught up with Jinkx Monsoon on Wednesday afternoon, en route to an appearance in Richmond, Virginia. Here’s what she shared with me during a layover in Atlanta.

Albert Rodriguez: You knew all along that you’d made it to the Final Three.

Was that hard to conceal from family and friends?

Jinkx Monsoon: It was one of the hardest things I’ve had to keep to myself because it’s not easy making it to that level, as we’ve now all seen. I was really proud of myself to be not only the first queen from Seattle to make it onto Drag Race, but also the first queen from the Northwest to make it to the Top Three, period, and [the first] campy

comedy queen to make it to the Top Three ever. I was really, really excited about that, but it’s hard to keep it a secret.

Rodriguez: You surprised a lot of people with how well you lip-sync, beating Detox in that elimination challenge. Have you thought about incorporating that “Mambo” number into a future act?

Monsoon: Actually, I have created a mash-up number with that song and a comedy monologue by Deven Green that I love to listen to – it’s from her “Welcome to My Home” parody video, from Brenda Dickson’s original “Welcome to My Home” video of the late ’80s. I’m planning on performing it on the 13th of this month when we do a big celebration party at Julia’s, and a portion of the proceeds from that evening are going to Lifelong AIDS Alliance and Gay City Health Project.

Rodriguez: When and where will you be appearing next in Seattle?

Monsoon: I will be there this Friday, and the celebration party is on Monday the 13th. And then the following weekend, next Friday and Saturday, I’ll be hosting “An Evening at Le Faux,” and then I have a lot of performances coming up in Seattle this summer, like Kevin Kauer’s “Gender Blender Party” [at Neighbours], which is a benefit for Gay City for Gay Pride, and I will be appearing in the concert version of Hairspray at the 5th Avenue Theatre, playing the role of Velma Von Tussle, and on June 2 my music partner and I will be doing The Vaudevillians, our musical original comedy show that we created a couple years back, at the Improv Theatre. I think we have two shows that evening.

Rodriguez: We should also mention the cruise in October.

Monsoon: Yeah, the cruise with Al & Chuck [Travel] – it’s an eight-day cruise, I believe, a Caribbean cruise – and if you book through me, you get to have a customized private dining experience and a cocktail experience with me, which I’m not even fully sure what that entails. But I can promise that a cocktail experience with Jinkx Monsoon is one of a kind, for sure.

Rodriguez: What we all saw transpire over many weeks, how long did it actually take to film the whole season?

Monsoon: I think, overall, it was about a month and a half, give or take a couple of days. To make it into the Top Three, you’re there at least a month. I think I was there for a month and a half. I lost all concept of time – I refer to it as a “narcoleptic haze” that I was in. But the hardest thing about that long of a time filming is being away from your family and friends. For me, the most exciting part of the experience was getting to

come home and be with all my best friends again.

Rodriguez: The anger towards Roxxxy was widespread, and many people took to social media to voice their opinion. So to clear the air, is this all water under the bridge now?

Monsoon: Oh, yeah. In fact, that was circumstantial, much like my crush with Ivy Winters. That was a circumstantialsituational thing that happens in the heat of competition. Roxxxy and I get along great today. She actually said some of the nicest things to me on the reunion. Not only did she say I was as talented a competitor as her, but possibly even better. You see me gasp for a moment, and that was truly authentic because even though Roxxxy and I had patched things up between us, we were still in competition with one another and that really shocked me to hear something so complimentary and so unabashedly.

Rodriguez: You certainly represented Seattle on the show. You were not only proud to be from Seattle, but you also made great mention of our city throughout the season.

Monsoon: There was a huge amount of pressure that I put on myself, being the first queen from the Northwest because we have a very, very unique style and an all-encompassing drag community in Seattle and the Northwest. We have everything from pageant drag to performance-art drag, drag queens who work primarily in burlesque, drag queens who are stand-up comedians.

We’re very multi-tasked in this community.

And even though I started drag out in Portland, when I moved to Seattle that’s when I really felt I’d found what I wanted to do with my art form for the rest of my life. I’ve been lucky in Seattle – I’ve not only had a fruitful career as a drag queen, but I’ve had a fruitful career as a drag queen in theater, this year with Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

I played female roles in the Shakespeare Theatre Company and I’m going to be playing Velma Von Tussle in Hairspray. I feel Seattle is this amazing place where you can literally make a career out of any kind of performance art.

Rodriguez: Do people notice you now at airports?

Monsoon: I get noticed here and there. I try to keep a low profile, just so I can make it to my flights on time. I’m a little less unrecognizable out of drag than I am in drag, but I would say once per airport trip someone recognizes me. It’s really fun when the flight attendants recognize me because then my assistant and I get real special treatment – they sneak me an extra little bottle of vodka or something like that.

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JUNE 21 Fill the Void – Dramatically inert, if consistently intriguing, drama about a devout 18-year-old ultra-Orthodox Hasidic woman pressured by her mother to marry her dead older sister’s widower, to keep the pair’s only infant child within the family’s loving embrace. I get why the film has met with praise but it left me cold, as I couldn’t understand why this supposedly smart, energetic young woman would allow herself to be so blatantly manipulated by those who claim to love her.

Monsters University – Pixar returns to their classic well to deliver a prequel to Monsters, Inc. This new comedy shows how creatures James P. Sullivan and Mike Wazowski became an inseparable pair primed to save their world a generation hence.

Much Ado About Nothing – Joss Whedon’s inspired, consistently entertaining adaptation of the Shakespeare comedy was shot on the fly and peopled by cast and crew from his “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Firefly,” and “Dollhouse” television days.

Close to outstanding, film is most notable

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theater and stage Arouet looks at a trailblazing Gay rights group – and love affair THE TEMPERAMENTALS AROUET (at Ballard Underground) May 10 – 25

beginnings of the Mattachine Society, the first political organization to agitate publicly for Gay rights.

Roy came across the play as he was developing his plans for the season and, he says, “it immediately drew me in. I knew nothing about these real people – these are actual

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“Without [Mattachine] we wouldn’t be where we are now. It was the first time Gay people got together and did something to help politicize Gay policies. They laid the groundwork for today. As we move forward and get these rights, like the rather new fight about Gay marriage, we tend to forget how far we’ve come in 60 years.”

The new production by Roy Arauz’s company Arouet is guaranteed to be of interest to the LGBT community, since it is a very recent play about two founders of the modern Gay rights movement. The Temperamentals, by Jon Marans, focuses on the reallife love affair between Harry Hay and fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, and details the

people in 1950 during the McCarthy era who stood up and formed a Gay rights organization.” How was it, he wondered, that he hadn’t heard about them?

“We all think this started with Stonewall.

No! These guys were doing this in 1950.

The love affair between Harry and Rudy is so heartbreaking. The whole thing blew my

Daniel Wood (l) and Jaryl Draper in The Tempermentals

mind.”

‘STRIPPED-DOWN’ APPROACH Roy describes the piece as “very theatrical, not a realistic play, with minimal staging and set. It’s been very challenging to try something more conceptual. Two years goes by in two hours, and moves fast. You establish location with lighting and sound effects and really good actors who can imply things. It’s not avant-garde, it’s just stripped down and you focus on the storytelling.”

The play received a Drama Desk Award in 2010. Roy says, “It was off-Broadway and then moved to Broadway. The play was better suited for an intimate theater, though it was well-received on Broadway.”

So, why was it so important for Roy to tell this story?

“Without [Mattachine] we wouldn’t be where we are now. It was the first time Gay people got together and did something to help politicize Gay policies. They laid the groundwork for today. As we move forward and get these rights, like the rather new fight about Gay marriage, we tend to forget how far we’ve come in 60 years.”

Another aspect that Roy likes is that the play shows the characters realistically, warts and all. “Harry Hay was a cantankerous old man and kind of a bully, but he got things done and made things move,” he notes. Another part of the play shows how the men changed “from very fearful and closeted men to being more sure of them-

selves. The first coming out, the first time they gathered as homosexuals.”

OUT OF THE SHADOWS “There might have been Gay hangouts [in the 1950s], but it was all very secretive,” says Roy. “They would have beer blasts or talk in code but it was secretive and they never acknowledged that they were Gay. The Mattachine Society was the first political act and the first fight to declare that they were a sexual minority that deserved protection. Many people [including Gays] didn’t like that they were making a political issue of being Gay.” Also, Roy adds, “Their [love] story is tragic. Rudi ends up denying himself to be successful in his career and ends up breaking up because of that, and no one knew of his involvement with the Mattachine Society until his death. Harry is more who we can relate to, because of his process of accepting himself as he gets older.”

Roy knows that there are many people who are still closeted today. “It’s definitely a period piece but it still happens today. We have the freedom to do what we love. But there are people who still feel they can’t make that choice. Some still make that choice to go back in the closet or stay in the closet.” Purchase tickets at http://arouet. us/tix or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006. For more information, visit http://arouet.us or call (425) 298-3852.

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by Shane Gallagher Special to the SGN

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PAM ANN: COCKPIT MOORE THEATRE May 31 Direct from sellout tours in Australia and Europe, airhostess Pam Ann comes to Seattle with her raunchiest comedy show yet.

Described by Madonna as “cruelly funny,” Pam Ann’s one-woman act pokes fun at air travel and all the deliciously alarming incidents plaguing the airline industry worldwide. From the grounding of Boeing’s Dreamliner to Emirates Airlines’ door blowing open at 37,000 feet, the airhostess comedian identifies the individual quirks of the biggest international airlines (and their stereotypes) and mixes in a generous dose of camp, humor, and, most of all, glamour.

See her live for one night only when her new show, Pam Ann: Cockpit, crash-lands into Seattle’s Moore Theatre on Friday, May 31.

Shane Gallagher: Were you a funny kid?

Pam Ann: Not at all. I was incredibly shy.

I wanted to be an Olympic figure skater.

Gallagher: When did you begin to think you might be a good comedian?

Pam Ann: The first time I realized I was funny was in grade school when I played a mute revolving door in an amateur play. The play was so boring, most parents walked out. To give it some oomph, I decided to

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imitate all the cast members as they walked through my revolving door. You could say I upstaged them. I got great reviews! One said, “The play was awful but the revolving door was hysterical.”

Gallagher: Were your parents supportive of your desire to make people laugh for a living?

Pam Ann: They were supportive of anything, really. As long as I was earning money, paying the rent, and I was OK, that’s all they cared about.

Gallagher: Do you remember the first time you got on a stage in front of an audience?

Pam Ann: Hell, yeah, it was petrifying. I wanted someone to push me down stairs, so I would break a leg.

Gallagher: Were you an instant smash?

Pam Ann: It was an instant smash of sorts. The shows sold out and people loved it, although the act needed a lot of work. My first review read “style over substance.” I was thrilled with that, and it was true.

Gallagher: How did you develop the character of Pam Ann? Pam Ann: Pam Ann has developed over the years as I’ve traveled from country to country.

My main source of material is from my own life experiences and observations traveling the world. It’s almost art imitating life now.

Gallagher: Is the ’60s influence intentional?

Pam Ann: Growing up, my mum always groomed herself to within an inch of her life, decked out in all the latest fashions. Her look really inspired me and still does. I have also always loved the women from the golden age of flying. They had a class you can’t emulate today. Boarding a Boeing back then meant style, class, and glamour.

Gallagher: It’s been said that Pam Ann is a female Austin Powers.

Pam Ann: Pam Ann could well be the female Austin Powers, but with a filthier mouth.

Gallagher: Did you expect her to be such a hit?

Pam Ann: No, I actually expected another character I was working on to be a bigger hit. ‘Tragina’ was her name. She lived in the club world. Pam Ann was a back-up character.

Gallagher: Why does Pam Ann resonate with fans?

Pam Ann: Everyone flies so they can relate to her stories. Also, Pam Ann says things people are thinking but are too afraid to say.

Gallagher: What is the worst thing a reviewer has said about Pam Ann? Pam Ann: I was once compared to the bile from the inside of a whale’s stomach. It was by a reviewer in Edinburgh. Personally, I thought that was very creative. I always get bad reviews. It’s OK because then when people come to the show, their expectations are low and they leave really happy.

Gallagher: Why is Pam Ann so fascinated with sex?

Pam Ann: Flying is very lonely. Sex plays a big role in the life of an international airhostess. What is a girl to do on a layover in Rio de Janeiro?

Gallagher: … and drugs?

Pam Ann: Drugs have got Pam Ann through many back-to-backs from JFK to Singapore.

Gallagher: Would Pam Ann get along with Patsy and Edina from Absolutely Fabulous?

Pam Ann: They would get on famously!

Imagine the three of them together. It would be like a Gay man’s fantasy.

Gallagher: You know, they’re working on Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.

Pam Ann: Wow, that’s awesome! I would love to see it!

Gallagher: Is it true you’re working on Pam Ann: The Movie?

Pam Ann: Yes, it is true. Think Hangover meets Austin Powers with a splash of Serial Mom, set on a 1970s airplane disaster movie. Oh, and throw in the pilot Whip from the movie Flight.

Gallagher: Will any of your other characters make appearances in the film?

Pam Ann: The other global alliance characters will indeed make cameos, but my main focus will be introducing Pam Ann to the world. If people like the first one, then we will do sequels with all of the other characters. Busy, busy, busy!

Gallagher: Fashion is a big part of Pam Ann. In the new show, she sports costumes by designer Garo Sparo.

Pam Ann: I heard about Garo Sparo through the very glamorous Amanda Lepore. She always looks flawless, so I knew he would understand Pam Ann. Gallagher: Did he have his own vision for Pam Ann? Pam Ann: Yes, it’s a new sexy, fabulous, skinny Pam Ann with lots of color and tits.

Gallagher: How has Pam Ann changed through the years?

Pam Ann: She never used to swear or be filthy. I know that’s hard to believe! My language has gotten more aggressive and dirty over the years. It’s from working in Gay clubs all over London. I’ve developed a lot of bad habits.

Gallagher: How do you feel about the airline industry today compared to how it was when Pam Ann first began flying?

Pam Ann: There are too many airlines in the world today. Low-cost carriers have become huge. Today, anyone can fly … even unfashionable people.

Gallagher: What are you most looking forward to in your U.S.A. tour?

Pam Ann: I love American audiences.

They are my favorite in the entire world. I just love how positive, confident, optimistic, and vocal they are here in America. They come with massive smiles and are ready to have a good time.

Gallagher: Will you be bringing along your trolley to Seattle?

Pam Ann: “Touch trolley, run to galley”… yes, my trolley will be on board!

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music Not your average Joe DJ Joe Gauthreaux spins to win Seattle courtesy Joe Gauthreaux

Joe Gauthreaux

by Joseph Gerbino Special to the SGN When Out Magazine named Joe Gauthreaux “Hottest DJ of the Year” in 2005, it was a very different world.

Social media wasn’t as prevalent. “We’re all so much more connected now,” says the New York DJ, who performs at Q Capitol Hill in Seattle on May 18. “It’s so much easier to get information and music to my supporters, and for promoters to get a hold

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adero de Monte Carlo. An all-male ballet dance troupe, in which men play all the traditional parts that women have danced for eons, brings their unique blend of classic ballet and scruffy chest hairs tip-toeing around the stage.

Even though all the choreography is exactly the same as other troupes doing Swan Lake, for instance, in this company personality counts! In most classical ballet performances, a dancer should allow the body to speak without drawing attention to him- or herself, except insofar as he or she can perform the steps beautifully. The humor in the Trocks’ performances usually is in the juxtaposition of a particular dancer and how uniquely he might perform those same steps.

The Trocks were founded in New York City in 1974, by men who wanted to perform the mostly female repertoire of classical ballets. Men couldn’t be the waltzing flowers in Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers, could they? Or the dying swan in the aforementioned Swan Lake? But like women who long for the male roles of Hamlet and Macbeth, male ballet dancers wanted to

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of me if they want me to spin at their club or event.”

In 2005, Gauthreaux was still considered one of the new kids on the block, competing for gigs against some of the biggest names in the dance biz, including Junior Vasquez, Manny Lehman, Victor Calderone, and Tony Moran. They were the DJs who dominated the club scene in the early 2000s, headlining every major event and making it close to impossible for aspiring DJs like Gauthreaux to get their chance on

the decks.

“Fighting makes you stronger,” he says now. “The long battle to make a name for myself taught me that to stay in the game, you have to keep working like nobody knows who you are.” And to be really successful, a DJ should prepare to give up his life. “I travel nearly every weekend and during the week I spend most of my free time working on the music I’m going to present at the gigs.” Then there’s also the promotion side of the business, the time spent on Facebook, Twitter, and the like. “It’s very timeconsuming, but important and essential,” says Gauthreaux.

Competition remains fierce, especially today when it’s easier than ever to for one to call themself a DJ. The goal remains to please the crowds. “There are constantly new faces coming into the club scene – young kids stepping on the dance floor for the first time or guys in their mid-to-late twenties who are tired of the bar scene and want something more. There are always new people to win over.”

KEEPING IT FRESH Starting out, Gauthreaux made a name for himself with a sound that was primarily vocal house mixed with tribal and melodic trance. Today, his sound is a bit more diverse. ”I genuinely love all kinds of music,” he explains. “I love tribal, EDM, progressive house, and then sometimes I simply love a good commercial vocal anthem. I’m always trying to keep my sound fresh, incorporating new beats and sounds to keep the momentum going on my dance floor, yet still staying true to who I am. The worst thing a DJ can do is get stuck in a certain sound for too long. Music is constantly changing and evolving. If you don’t change with it, you’ll Joe Gauthreaux performs one night only get left behind.” at Q Capitol Hill (1426 Broadway, Seattle) Club revelers simply want to have fun, he on Saturday, May 18. Visit djjoeg.com.

to go and ready for everything in the repertoire. It’s exceptional because men don’t typically train in pointe shoes.

FLASH AND FLAIR “I had not ever danced en pointe. I had In a conversation with SGN, Trockadero ballet master Paul Ghiselin said, “We model dabbled. It was learning how to walk all ourselves after a crusty old Russian tour over again. When I first put [toe shoes] on I company where our name comes in the style felt like I was walking on stilts. You have to of Ballet Russe, the old fashioned Russian use your feet differently, develop different style. The use of the head and neck, it’s big muscles in your feet, use your whole body and grand epaulement. Use your flair in the differently – back, legs – to hold your legs grand manner. Very flashy. Not dainty at up in the shoes. If you don’t get it correct, it can cause a lot of damage in your body and all. Nobody tones themselves down here.”

Ghiselin, who joined the Trocks as a in your feet.

“There is a moment you know you’re dodancer in 1995, recalled, “I had been danc-

perform the great roles of women in ballet.

“These days society has taken these things differently. Some men come into our company completely ready to go and ready for everything in the repertoire. It’s exceptional because men don’t typically train in pointe shoes.” ing as a professional since ’81, and I wanted to do something different and wanted to dance with humor. Also [there was] the whole idea of the parody, dancing in costumes and en pointe because I would never do that elsewhere.

“It was developed for women, to make women look more light and ethereal. It was based around femininity. You never saw men en pointe until Trockadero. Teachers would not allow men to take class en pointe.

“I think that’s what appeals to a lot of the gentlemen in the company. It builds up strength in the feet and ankles and develops a good line in the foot. That’s one reason guys would like to train en pointe without being in Trockadero.

“These days society has taken these things differently. These days some men come into our company completely ready

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says. “That’s what I tell myself when I go into the booth – make it fun. Sometimes that means a full-on banging tribal set, or if the party is on a beach in Miami, it’s a lot of anthems and some EDM-styled tracks.

Whatever the event, I want people to think the experience was worth the cover charge and the long line they waited on to get in.

I don’t take anyone’s time or money for granted. I aim to give them something they can’t get on their own – something new and original.”

That includes his own production work: Gauthreaux began producing his own remixes six years ago. In that time, he’s worked with dance stars Kristine W, Jeanie Tracy, and Tony Moran. Recently, he’s begun taking on more mainstream projects like Ne-Yo, The Wanted, Melanie Amaro, and even Justin Bieber.

“It was for ‘Boyfriend,’ the first single from Justin’s new album,” Gauthreaux explains. “At the time, nobody had heard his new direction. I was excited to have the opportunity to present his voice in a clubbier production. I think my favorite thing about that project is that I helped show people in the dance community that Justin’s a real artist with talent and a great voice. “It’s also kind of surreal to open up iTunes and see my remix on such a popular artist,” he adds.

His next goal is to write and produce original music with major artists. But first he wants to build up his name as a producer and get a couple more #1 remixes by major artists under his belt. “I want people to be really excited about my first single when it comes out, because they knew and loved all of my other production work,” he says.

“That’s my plan.”

ing it right. Girls typically learn to dance en pointe around 12. Guys have already learned to dance and are adding toe shoes later. A major difference is that women by nature of their bodies are going to be more supple and delicate, whereas guys are going to be more hefty.

“It takes maybe a year to be comfortable.

You also get the wig and tights and lashes and it can all be very distracting until you get used to it. We’re not trying to pretend that we’re women, but we put on all the trappings. Some of our dancers do look like typical ballerinas.”

LIFE ON THE ROAD As ballet master, Ghiselin has a lot to do, both on and off tour: “Lead rehearsals, train dancers, teach new dancers their roles, try to get them familiar with our style of per-

formance.” Not surprisingly, he says, the job can be tiring – “the constant buses and planes and taxis and packing up and going out and repacking again.”

Ghiselin started out doing a lot of boy roles in the classical ballets because he has a lot of dance experience. Similarly to new dancers now, he gradually worked his way into female roles. “I danced everything,” he said. “I’m quite well known for my dying swan. In 2007, I became ballet master.”

“I was actually thinking of retiring when I joined, and thought I’d see the world and go out that way. [But] it’s a fun job. Tough but fun. The travel is hard. We spend 65% of the year on the road.

“We do a lot of work on the road, constantly keep the repertoire alive, working on ballets that are coming up, rehearsing people in new roles. Everyone has to know everything, double and triple roles. [Dancers can end up] pulling muscles and rotating out. Recently, someone had an asthma attack and couldn’t finish the show. All of a sudden. But we could rearrange [dancers] on the spot.

“I don’t know what I’d do next, I’m so wrapped in what I’m doing I haven’t thought about the next. As long as I can, I’m going to keep going. I know the feet and ankles aren’t going to be able to keep going. Right now I can still dance!”

There are a total of 15 dancers who tour, along with the artistic director, a lighting designer, a road manager/stage manager/ associate director, and a wardrobe supervisor. It’s a tight group that travels the world bringing their special blend of ballet bluster and high-class hijinks. If you have never had the opportunity to see them, count this as a very special treat and plan accordingly! For more information, go to www.trockadero. org. For tickets, call (206) 543-4880 or go to http://uwworldseries.org/world-dance/lesballets-trockadero-de-monte-carlo/.

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SATURDAY - May 11

Transitions: Seattle Transgender Film Festival (5/9-5/12). A provocative mix of films, themes & live programs. For info, visit www.threedollarbill cinema.org Between the Covers - Gay City LGBT Library Book Club. 1pm. Gay City, 517 E. Pike St. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Informal group of Queer folks talking about Queer literature. Visit www.gaycity.org for monthly reading selection.

Mothers’ Day Parade: Act Now for Women & Kids.

Gather 1:30pm, March 2pm. Stevens Place Park, Beacon Ave S & 17th Ave S. All-ages fun with a message!

Come out for a Beacon Hill parade to honor mothers & highlight the need for affordable childcare, an end to domestic violence, stopping deportations that tear families apart & funding services, jobs & public schools by taxing the rich & ending US militarism. Strollers, tricycles & festive attire encouraged! Co-sponsored

by Sisters Organize for Survival & the Pacific NW Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander. 722-6057, rwseattle@ mindspring.com 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.)

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.rainbowbridge club.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com The Temperamentals (5/10-5/25). 7:30pm. The Ballard Underground, 2220 NW Market St. The Temperamentals chronicles the early days of the Gay rights movement almost 20 years before Stonewall, told thru the love affair between Communist Harry Hay - who co-founded The Mattachine Society and later founded Radical Faeries - and Viennese fashion designer Rudi Gernreich. Tickets $16 in advance, $20 at the door. www. arouet.us, 425-298-3852.

Lambert House Prom. 8pm-12midnight. All Pilgrim’s Church, 500 Broadway E. LGBT youth ages 14-22 & allies welcome. Festive dress encouraged, formal wear not required. No alcohol, no drugs, no hate. Suggested donation $5. www.facebook.com/LambertHouse

SUNDAY - May 12

Mothers Day For information on GLBT-friendly Christian churches around the world visit www.gaychurch.org.

Transitions: Seattle Transgender Film Festival (5/9-5/12). A provocative mix of films, themes & live programs. For info, visit www.threedollarbill cinema.org Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 3238382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGay HikingGroup/ Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $4.25 + $1 shoe rental. 329-1515.

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

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6177, or Mike Chin (509) 990-0007. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www. dharmabuddies.org Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 121:30pm. 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. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. A weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org No Safeword Writers Group. 1-3pm. Meets 2nd 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

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May 11 thru May 19

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 The Temperamentals (5/10-5/25). 7:30pm. The Ballard Underground, 2220 NW Market St. The Temperamentals chronicles the early days of the Gay rights movement almost 20 years before Stonewall, told thru the love affair between Communist Harry Hay - who co-founded The Mattachine Society and later founded Radical Faeries - and Viennese fashion designer Rudi Gernreich. Tickets $16 in advance, $20 at the door. www. arouet.us, 425-298-3852.

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 Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.

TUESDAY - May 14

issues facing writers. For info & location, NSWG@ sexpositiveculture.org; www.nosafewordwriters group. org. (Also meets 4th Monday, 7-9pm.)

Diverse Harmony “Magical Thinking” (5/10 & 5/12).

Fri 5/10 - 7:30pm; Sun 5/12 - 2pm. Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, 104 17th Ave S. Concert celebrates the creative & imaginary worlds that youth invent & will explore how imagination can transform the world as we mature thru our youth & adulthood.

Tickets $20. Ages 22 & under FREE. Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/ Weds/Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. 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, 303 17th Ave E. 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 Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

Pride Idol 2013 (4/7-6/9, except 5/19 & 5/26). Doors 6pm, Show 8pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Each week’s winner moves on to the finals on 6/9 & each week’s runner-up moves on to the wild-card on 6/2. Winner performs at the Pride Parade Pre-Show & on the Pride Idol Float in the parade. $20 registration.

10 contestants per week maximum, first come, first served. www.seattlepride.org Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

MONDAY - May 13

SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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 LCS Foster Care Monthly Information Meeting.

6-8pm. 433 Minor Ave N. Meets 2nd Monday each

month. LCS is a non-profit foster care program in King & Snohomish counties. LCS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or sexual orientation.

Couples & singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to April at 694-5713.

Healing Words. 6:30-8pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in group open to all who are healing from trauma, addiction, or just the challenges of life in general. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.org.

Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. (A spouse’s support group runs concurrently with this meeting; PFLAG/FOCUS meets concurrently with this meeting.) PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. www.seattle-pflag.org.

PFLAG/Skagit County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Skagit Valley Food Co-op Bldg, Room 309, 202 South 1st St., Mt. Vernon. Meets 2nd 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 Women’s Liberation & Socialism. 7pm. 9525 Wallingford Ave N. Meets every Monday. Take part in discussions of Women & the Family by Russian revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky. This collection of essays shows how the Soviet transformation was a monumental victory for the second sex, though women’s gains were largely rolled back under the bureaucratic Stalinist regime. The book demonstrates how the development of a worker-controlled cooperative economy is essential to achieving true gender equality. 722-0657, rwseattle@mindspring.org, www. radicalwomen.org Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 7:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month.

K of M/Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations, including Pennies from Heaven, Rosehedge House, & Three Cedars. 3290886, mailbox@jetchapterkofm.com

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Homeless Services for Youth, Ages 14-22. 1-4pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Queer Youth Space: Trans Youth Space. 5-7pm.

911 E Pike, Buzz 202. Every Tuesday till June 11.

Hey youth - do you identify as Trans, gender nonconforming, or are you questioning your gender? This week’s theme is bodies: gender affirmation & transition support. Please don’t wear fragrances, wheelcahir accessible, always FREE. queeryouthspace.com Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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, 303 17th Ave E. 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 Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Elderhealth Northwest, 6555 Ravenna Ave NE (entrance on NE 68th St). Meets 2nd Tuesday each month. For more information, contact group facilitator Caila Nickerson, 781-248-3524 (cell) or email: cailanickerson@gmail.com 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 LGBT 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. 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 Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network. 6:30pm-Social; 7pm-Open Rap. Capitol Hill Group Health, South Building, 201 16th Ave E, Room A6/7. 2nd Tuesday each month. Meet & mingle in an engaging, feminist, Bi-supportive environment. For information visit www. geocities.com/sbwn.

Seattle Tennis Alliance Social Doubles. 6:30-8pm.

Meadowbrook Playfield, 10533 35th Ave NE (tennis courts at 32nd Ave NE). Every Tuesday & Thursday thru Sept. STA is Seattle’s premier Gay & Lesbian tennis club. $3 for members & first-time guests, $5 for returning guests. http://sta.clubexpress.com.

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.

Maybe Baby. 7-8:30pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 511 E Pike St. Meets the 2nd Tuesday each month. Maybe Baby is a support group for LGBTQ people who are interested in becoming parents. For information email info@maybebabyseattle.org or visit www.maybebaby seattle.org 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

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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 African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Ageless. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Music of Remembrance: Farewell Auschwitz!

7:30pm. Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & Union St. MOR presents the world premiere of an intimate new song cycle version of “For a Look or a Touch,” a poignant story about two idealistic young Gay lovers torn apart by persecution. Also, MOR returns to the amazing story of Polish Resistance member Krystyna Zywulska, whose poems in Auschwitz circulated secretly and became anthems of resistance. In “Farewall, Auschwitz!,” composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer breathe renewed musical life into those very poems.

Tickets $36. 365-7770, musicofremembrance.org Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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.

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WEDNESDAY - May 15

Women’s HIV+ Support Group in Tacoma. 1-3pm.

Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month. (253) 383-2565.

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.

(425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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 with Arinna Weisman. 6:30pm.

Columbia City Church of Hope, 3818 S Angeline St. Meets every Wednesday. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@yahoo.com; www.lotussisters.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 Sex, Dating & Healthy Relationships. 7-8pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Meets the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of every month. For LGBTQ youth that want to learn new things & explore all sorts of ideas around sex, identity & sexual relationships. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:30pm.

FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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 Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

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.washingtongender alliance.com.

Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet.

8-9pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets the Wednesday before the 3rd Saturday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com

SATURDAY - May 18

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. 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 Q Hour. 4:30-5:30pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. 1st & 3rd Thursday each month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare.

FREE. 622-5555 x 212.

Happy Hour Meditation. 5:30-6:40pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Every Thursday. Join us at the end of your day in a relaxed and welcoming environment. Dropins welcome. We meditate silently for 25 minutes, followed by a short open discussion. No admittance after 5:45pm to respect those who are meditating. www.healingandtransformationcenter.com Queer Parent Networking Dinners (Sept-Nov, JanJune). 6-8pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E. Pike St. Meets 3rd Thursdays of every month. Open to all LGBT, Two-Spirited, Queer & Questioning families including parents, co-parents & other people who have a significant role in the life of a child. RSVP requested to facilitate planning for dinner and childcare. 568-7777 or deann@nwnetwork.org Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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.

Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities. 6:308:30pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave, Room 221.

Meets 3rd Thursday each month. SCSM is made up of 15 volunteer members who work to ensure that the City of Seattle fairly & equitably addresses sexual minority concerns. Meetings open to the public. 684-4514.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14-22. 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 GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets the 3rd Thursday each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal

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

Born This Way Kafe. 5-9pm. Cal Anderson Park Shelterhouse, 1635 11th Ave. Every Friday. A welcoming place where LGBTQ youth ages 13-19, friends & allies can gather, be themselves & have fun. 883-6110, randy.wiger@seattle.gov Syttende Gay 2013: Norwegian Constitution Day. 5-8pm, The BalMar, 5449 Ballard Ave NW; 6-8pm, Norwegian Constitution Day Parade along Ballard Ave NW; $7 VIP pass includes panoramic view of parade & 10% off Nordic inspired food & cocktails; 9pm-2am, Changes Bar & Grill, 2103 N 45th St. Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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 GSBA Scholarship Awards Dinner. 5:30-9:30pm.

Marriott Waterfront, 2100 Alaskan Way. Join us for an inspirational evening as we introduce & celebrate our 2013 scholars. GSBA members $120, non-members $140, students $100. www.thegsba.org First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima.

Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html 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 Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Starbucks, 1600 E Olive Way. Meets the 1st & 3rd Friday each month. www.seattleprimetimers.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8pm.

Gay City, 517 E Pike St (temporary meeting location).

Every Friday. (See related listing Sunday at noon for details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 6250000; www.seattle-al-anon.org

clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute consultations. For information and to schedule an appointment, call 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls on Tuesdays between 12noon-3pm. For information, visit www.q-law.org/legalclinic PFLAG/Bellevue Monthly Meeting. 7pm - study group meets at 6pm. First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. (A spouse’s support group runs concurrently with this meeting.) PFLAG/Puget Sound: 3257724. www.bellevue-pflag.org.

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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, 303 17th Ave. E. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org The Temperamentals (5/10-5/25). 7:30pm. The Ballard Underground, 2220 NW Market St. (See Saturday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

Scandals! On Broadway #4 “Getting Hot in Here!”

Dinner 6:30pm, Show 8pm. Julia’s, 300 Broadway E. Features Seattle burlesque legends. Tickets $20, www. brownpapertickets.com; $25 cash only at the door.

18+, drinks 21+ with ID. 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.)

FRIDAY - May 17

Homeless Services for Youth, Ages 14-22. 1-4pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Fri-

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Queer Youth Space Presents: Queer Poetry Night.

7pm. 911 E Pike St, Buzz 202. Join us for a reading by poets Dark Matter. Please don’t wear fragrances, wheelchair accessible, always FREE. queeryouth space.org The Temperamentals (5/10-5/25). 7:30pm. The Ballard Underground, 2220 NW Market St. The Temperamentals chronicles the early days of the Gay rights movement almost 20 years before Stonewall, told thru the love affair between Communist Harry Hay - who co-founded The Mattachine Society and later founded Radical Faeries - and Viennese fashion designer Rudi Gernreich. Tickets $16 in advance, $20 at the door. www. arouet.us, 425-298-3852.

Boots and Buzzcuts. 8pm-12 midnight. The Cuff Complex, 13th Ave & E Pine St. Barbers and bootblacks will be available to trim your hair to regulation length and spit shine your boots, for a recommended donation of $10 per service (benefitting the club’s charity); please donate more for flat tops, tall boots and other large tasks. www.seattlemeninleather.org.

SUNDAY - May 19

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am.

Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. ethylforever@hotmail.com 8th Annual Gay & Lesbian Wedding Expo. 1-4pm.

Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1113 6th Ave. A diverse array of Gay-friendly wedding professionals, music, planning tips, free samples & giveaways. www.samelove samerights.com Queer Youth Space Organizing Team Meeting. 2pm.

911 E Pike St, Buzz 202. Meets 1st & 3rd Sundays of every month. Find out how to get involved at QYS. Please don’t wear fragrance, wheelchair accessible, always FREE. queeryouthspace.org Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca St - enter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. This month’s program features a DVD screening of “Scouts Honor” relating how the Boy Scouts of America question got to the Supreme Court. www.seattleprime timers.org.

The Temperamentals (5/10-5/25). 2pm. The Ballard Underground, 2220 NW Market St. (See Saturday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

Seattle International AIDS Candlelight Memorial.

5pm. Seattle Central Community College, Broadway & E Pine St, on the lawn adjacent to the SCCC South Plaza. Sponsored by Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea). www.socialoutreachseattle.com Seattle PolyFidelity Discussion Group Potluck Meeting. 5-7:30pm. Meets 3rd Sunday of odd-numbered months at a poly-friendly location. PolyFidelity

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welcomes persons of all sexual orientations who are interested in discussing responsible alternatives to monogamy. Followed by a Poly Party. For more information & location, www.scn.org/~spg National API HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. 6pm & 7pm.

New Hong Kong Restaurant, 900 S Jackson St. The 2013 Pride ASIA Collective along with HIV Vaccine Trials Unit and Lifelong AIDS Alliance proudly celebrate National API HIV/AIDS Awareness Day hosted by Ro Yoon and Aleksa Manila featuring performances by Miss Gay Washington Mulan Rouge-Bradshaw; Miss UTOPIA Marion Malena; Atasha Manila; Victoria Victor Loo; Recording Artist Jack Mozie; Slam Poet Nicole Masangkay and MORE! Special thanks to Jasmine Mac, Amanda Crutchley and the Event Committee! $20 VIP Reception at 6 p.m., includes entertainment and hors d’oeuvres; $5 general admission at 7pm.

Proceeds benefit the 2013 LGBTQ API Event on June 23. www.prideasia.org.

Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBT-friendly 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. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

Rosehedge/Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www. rosehedge.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschools coalition. 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. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 6844503.

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 Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org 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 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.emeraldcity softball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/ EthylForever CarClub/; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; 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; Seattle Frontrunners: www. seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www. quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.thepride league. com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 741 St Helens Ave, 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 Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersoll center. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympia ftmgroup. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; 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; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenof westseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealthywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493.

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, 1420, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206-957-1665, jessicah@ llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.Matthews Place.com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, 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; 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, 206-3269112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space. 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) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.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/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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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 Bent Writing Institute promotes written & spoken word in our LGBTQI communities. Bent offers affordable classes & workshops for Queer-identified people.

For more information or to sign up for a class, email bent.writing@gmail.com. Visit www.bentwriting.com or find us on Facebook. For upcoming events join our mailing list by emailing bent.news@gmail.com BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net. [NOTE: See SBWN’s first Tuesday listing for correct meeting date/time.]

Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org 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 Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 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) 363-9188; 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. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

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.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nw bears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, 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 Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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.familyworks seattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/ proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, 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), 322-7061; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164.

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.

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