The Betty Pages July 2012 by Betty Desire

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Bellingham Pride Beginnings

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Expressing the Freedom to Love

Community Notes

Bellingham Pride 2012

The Comics!

Gay Film Bibliography

Village Books July Events

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Miss Betty Desire has been entertaining anyone who would listen in Bellingham for nearly 10 years, and is proprietor of The Betty Pages, the monthly publication that you are reading at this very moment. It is her hope that your perusal of the Betty Pages will enrich your life one chuckle at a time.

Writer Bridget Adams currently resides in Washington State but that is always subject to change. Lucky enough to be a full-time, if poor, writer, she is most likely somewhere in front of her computer with a cup of coffee. Lots and lots of coffee. Queer Film Historian Bichoo Vrishchik (Scorpio Scorpion) has published in Film Quarterly Sight and Sound, International Film Guide, Filmfare, Youth Times, and Manshots. With a BA from Pacific Lutheran College (1959) and a MA from San Francisco State College (1968), he has also taught film at Western Washington University. Naomi graduated Whatcom Community College with an Associates in Visual Communications -Graphic Design but prefers more hands on tinkering such as wire craft & random projects (of which she has many still to finish). She believes that everyone has a right to pursue their happiness as long as it doesn’t harm others

Staff Photographer John Phillip, after 40+ years of television production work John has settled down in B’ham to semi retirement. He now drives late night shuttle for WWU and has revised his love of photography. His education touched on Theology, pre-med, law enforcement, fire protection engineering and film production. John likes to keep broad horizons. “Don’t Dream It, Be It”

Betty’s Corner

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major progress, without due diligence what was granted by the legislature can be “taken back” by the legislature, (Or in our case this November by Referendum) During the celebration this week you will see many friends that you haven’t seen in years. This happens every Pride and is one of the reasons I enjoy Bellingham Pride . This year I encourage you to reconnect. Take the time to take down a phone number or hook up on Facebook. Community is what we make it. Many lament that we do not have a recognizable Gay District like Capitol hill in Seattle. We do have Rumor’s Cabaret and many Gay friendly Bars and Eateries (read the ads in The Betty Pages) visibility changes lives and now more than ever, with our right to

July has arrived and with it Bellingham’s Pride Celebration. It is my hope that you join in the celebration and take this time to remember all who have risked there lives and livelihoods to allow us the freedom to live openly. It wasn’t that long ago out you were Gay. That still is the case in many States. (that was the case in Washington State until 2006) It wasn’t that long ago you could be jailed for having sex with your same sex lover (Sodomy was a crime in 17 States until 2003 Washington State was ahead of the pack repealing its Sodomy law in 1976) It was actually against the law to serve a known homosexual alcohol in New York City as late as 1969. (although many bar owners ignored the law) Homosexuality was considered

it is time to step up and step out. Talk with your friends, neighbors, and co-workers. Come out to your family and relatives. When the subject of equality comes up at the water cooler be brave and speak up. If we remain silent our allies won’t know that marriage equality is important to us and we need them. We are a minority and cannot win a State wide Ballot fight unless we can convince our straight friends and neighbors to vote with us. Join in and march with us on the 15th. Go to bhampride.org and sign up for the parade. Make note of the other events of the week on the website and participate. One of my friends said it best when he said “My boyfriend and I would rather decide not to Marry then be told that we can’t”

a mental disorder by the American psychiatric association until 1973. In progressive Washington State most of the civil rights gains we have made have come since 2006 when sexual orientation and gender identity were added to our civil rights statutes. Equal treatment of GLBT people is still a relatively new idea, and though we have made

Happy Pride Everyone! Yes on 74!

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“JOEY STEFANO (whatever you want me to be)” Hot- Line Launch For Upcoming Documentary Project

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Filmmaker KG Sherman has set up a hot-line for anyone to call in to leave messages sharing their thoughts, memories, feelings, confessions and stories about gay porn legend Joey Stefano. Even though Joey Stefano died in 1994 his legend has lived on while a whole new generation of queer kids have grown up not knowing who he was. While developing the documentary, friend and Director Chi Chi Larue warned against the number of people who would have spent 5 minutes with him and thought they knew him. Rather than ignore these many voices, we want to hear them. In particular we want to hear from his fans. We want to demonstrate what it meant to be a porn star in that era, and how Joey stood out immediately with his particular kind of star quality. The voice messages will be used as part of an audio montage in the lm, which we anticipate to show a wide range of impressions through his work, during a time where there was precious little mainstream gay representation. Calls can be anonymous or people can leave their contact information if they wish. Anyone who may have any personal photographs or video of Joey just being himself (Nick Iacona) would be greatly appreciated and we would like to know how to get in touch with these people. People can also e-mail photos to info@karma2000.com Brief Bio - Joey Stefano For those who are unfamiliar with Joey Stefano, he entered the gay porn world with a singular ambition to be a star in 1989 and quickly rose to the top inspiring the phrase “power bottom”. When he was rst presented to Chi Chi Larue, who at the time was an aspiring Director, she replied, “He looks like Tom Cruise.” At a time when the gay porn industry was dominated by gay-for-pay stars like Je Stryker, Joey’s youthful rebellious attitude and movie star good looks was fresh and made a big impression. He became one of the most in-demand porn performers of the day. For many years he continued working in porn, doing club appearances, and escorting on the side. In 1992 he was cast in Madonna’s notorious “Sex” book and had plans to leave the porn industry. He died of a drug overdose in 1994 after being found barely conscious in a Hollywood motel room, at the age of 26.

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I’ve been thinking about labels a lot recently, Poppets. Labels and who gets to use or approve them. Now, I’m not talking about privileged people using derogatory terms that should only be used by the marginalized people in question, i.e. white people using the n-word, straight people using the f-word, or men calling women girls. No, I’m asking about if someone chooses a label for themselves, can anyone else deny them that truth? I know people who identify as bi-sexual, but who have only had sex with one gender. To me, this is a no-brainer. We all know who we’re sexually attracted to before we actually get around to the having sex part. Yet, I know many of these same people have gotten grief for identifying as bi. The attitude seems to be that she must be a lesbian if she’s never slept with a man. Or he must be straight if he’s only ever slept with a woman. Or he must be gay because he sleeps with men, as if his attraction to women can be disregarded. Once you get into non-transitioning gender identity, it gets even more convoluted. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say someone isn’t really transgendered because they aren’t transitioning. Or heard someone who identifies as bigendered, or genderqueer, be told they are trying too hard – and that’s if bigendered is even acknowledged as real.

In all seriousness, though, as a community, and as individuals, we’ve all got wounds and scars. Closeted, open, or out, we all know what it’s like to be rejected at a core level, which makes us wary. Which makes us suspicious. After all, we’ve all got our scars. Where are theirs? These people who come out so lightly? It is easy to assume the person in front of us isn’t who they are claiming to be, when their truth differs from ours. No, I don’t believe those other writers are transgendered – but I also know many people do not believe my dear, wonderful husband is gay, either. He is, after all, married to me. He and I know our truth, and no one can take it, or change it, just based on their perceptions. But people have, in the past, and may again, reject us and try to minimize us for not “really” being who we are. So, am I wary? Am I suspicious? You’re damn right I am. And, at the same time, should I ever be face-to-face with one of those writers, I’ll listen to her story, I’ll look into her eyes, and I’ll accept her truth, if it aligns perfectly with mine or not. I think, maybe, that’s the best thing any of us can do for each other anyway.

Until next month, Poppets, take care of you.

Erika Shepard

Back in the dim dark past, that first day of June, 2001 – it was called the “Fourth Corner Pride Festival”. Created by PFLAG of Bellingham & Whatcom County, it was a glorified picnic held at the baseball field in Fairhaven Park, and any queer-friendly organization could buy a booth space for twenty-five bucks. That just barely covered the cost of renting the park from the City of Bellingham. We had fun – we played volleyball, we sat in the sun and listened to Betty sing, we laughed and cuddled with our Significant Other. We were careful not to step in the mud puddle right in front of home plate. It was a great time for about a hundred people, and it meant something. It was Bellingham’s first Pride Festival. The following year we moved up in the world. We moved to BloedelDonovan Park next to Lake Whatcom. There we could spread ourselves around the grassy grounds next to the lake, and eat hotdogs and barbeque inside the multi-purpose building, especially in the late afternoon when a thunderstorm decided to give us a quick, cool shower. That year for the first time we had singing groups and queer organizations from outside of Whatcom County. And we had our very first protestor – some guy in a great big Moog military vehicle with a big sign on the side saying “Gay is Not OK!”. He stayed in the parking lot, locked inside the cab of his vehicle until the party was over. Didn’t want to catch the gay cootie, I guess. In 2003 we returned to the shores of Lake Whatcom, and that year had our first Bellingham Police presence. We were very happy when we discovered that the officers assigned to us were “Family” members, so to speak. That was also the year we had our first booth supporting the Freedom to Marry effort. We also had a number of great musical offerings, including one employing wooden xylophones that absolutely rocked the house! The Festival remained at Bloedel-Donovan for the next two years until 2005, when I had to bow out of the picture due to job requirements, and handed over the reins to the dedicated crew of PFLAG. And lo and behold, they took that simple little Pride Festival and ultimately turned it into an amazing week- long event, complete with parade, local sponsorship, and new location! And now the Pride Festival is a stand-alone entity, soon to gain it’s non-profit designation. So, here we are – almost a mainstream event in a dozen short years. It’s fun to look back at the good times, the new people we met and the friends we made. But we should also remember the serious side of Pride and what it is about. Pride not just an excuse for a party. No, it is a statement – a surprisingly profound and direct in-your-face statement to the world that we, too, feel joy and happiness just like everyone else, and that we cannot and will not be squeezed into convenient little stereotypical boxes any more. Yes, it’s a joyful statement – “We are Here and We are Queer – Get Over It!” Erika Shepard PFLAG Bellingham/Whatcom County Board Member

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Now, I know what a large part of the problem is. It’s the people who use our labels for convenience. You know who I mean. The beautiful co-eds who are willing to kiss on their girlfriends and giggle that, of course they’re bi, in order to pick up guys in the bar. Or the guy who says something oh so witty like “I’m tri-sexual; I’ll try anything” in order to get the threesome, but really just wants to screw his buddy’s girlfriend. There’s even a group of straight, female romance authors who, after being called out for their depiction and co-opting of gay, male culture, have all miraculously come out as transgendered, rather than admit they’ve overstepped and don’t deserve cookies. There’s been no word yet on how their husbands reacted when they learned they were all married to men. With friends like these…

Bellingham Pride Beginnings

Expressing the Freedom to Love On behalf of the Bellingham Pride Committee, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Bellingham Pride’s 11th annual celebration being held July 11th-15th. The 2012 theme is “The Freedom To Love,” chosen to spread the message of equality in support of Referendum 74. The theme reflects the committee’s dedication to celebrate life in all of its forms. Washington State Senator Kevin Ranker has graciously accepted our invitation to be this year’s parade Grand Marshal and join us during this special occasion. Pride is a great time for our community to work together as a group, laugh, learn, and educate. This particular festival displays the unique connection of people from the many depths of the GLBTQ community. From year to year the celebration has evolved greatly. For that, I respect and have thanks to the numerous individuals that have led this society to where it is today. To participate and learn more about Bellingham Pride, find us a bhampride.org. We have a variety of events for everyone. This year for the first time, the Pickford Film Center is joining the Pride family and hosting a special showing of the Chely Wright story, Wish Me Away. Our goal is to bring together as many people as possible. It does not matter who you are or where you came from. Pride is about unity. Thank you for coming to Bellingham, our Pride Festival and Parade. Sincerely, Reina Boersma - Pride Coordinator

Wright, a country singer. Exploring her unique coming out story in both the public and private sectors of celebrity life. Wright was the first county singer to come publicly out of the closet. Rumors Cabaret, 10:00 PM, 21+, free admission and food, the Betty Desire Show. A local entertainer of nearly 10 years. Betty Desire hosts a show of games, jokes, and lovely songs in Bellingham’s most accepting atmosphere. Thursday, July 12 • Market Depot Square, 8:00 PM, $3 admission, the Pride All-Ages Dance. A dance designed with the active minds of several people in the Pride Outreach program from GSA/QSA groups across the county’s high schools and colleges. o Spun by DJ Lithium and DJ Erin Bersch. Friday, July 13 • Rumors Cabaret, 9:00 PM, $3 admission starts at 10, the Betty Pages Anniversary Party. The Betty Pages have been in circulation for

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Bellingham Pride is thrilled to announce this year’s Grand Marshal for their Parade to be held on July 15th, starting at noon in the downtown area. Sen. Kevin Ranker has graciously accepted to join the city of Bellingham during their week of Pride events and lead the parade. As one of the leading advocates for Referendum 74, Sen. Ranker is helping express the Pride Parade theme this year, “The Freedom To Love.” The theme was chosen to support and spread the message of equality. The Pride Parade will start in the parking lot of Bellingham High School, head further into downtown on Cornwall Avenue and end at the Market Depot Square. This will be the 5 th year for Bellingham’s Pride Parade, and the 13th year since the city has had organized Pride celebrations. Bellingham Pride’s celebration starts on July 11 with a showing at the Pirckford Film Center of Chely Wright’s story, Wish Me Away. More activities follow daily with the final celebration being the Parade and following festival. For more information on the events or to register for the parade, go to bhampride.org. Wednesday, July 11 The Pickford Film Center, 6:30 PM, $10 adults, $7.50 children, the Chely Wright story, Wish Me Away. The story draws on the life of

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continued from page 7 over 6 years. It’s Bellingham’s first and only alternative lifestyle tabloid. The celebration consists of a variety of treats including slideshows from all of the previous cover pages and page 3 models over the years. Saturday, July 14 • Maritime Heritage Park, Noon-4 PM, no admission, Queer Family Picnic. A grassy back drop of music and children’s games with burgers and vegi-burgers. Sponsored directly by the Betty Pages. Entertainment includes: Bellingham Nite Life, DJ Lithium, DJ Erin Bersch, and the Portico Dance Company and guests. • Rumors Cabaret, 7 PM, $5 admission, 21+, Annual ISCEE Pride Drag Show. • Rumors Cabaret, 10 PM, $3 admission, 21+, Rumors Pride Party. Sunday, July 15 • Pride Parade, noon, starting out of the parking lot of Bellingham High School and traveling down Cornwall Ave., taking a left on Chestnut and right on Railroad into the Depot Market Square. o Entertainment includes: The Prime Time Music Band, Lukewarm and the Moderates, CooterSkoot, various drag queens, and MCs Randi Leigh and Betty Desire. • Depot Market Square, 1-4:30 PM, donations accepted at the entrance, Pride Entertainment Festival consists of The Prime Time Music Band, Lukewarm and the Moderates and CooterSkoot. Also included are various drag performances.

Hello,We are a research team at Western Washington University, composed of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people of color and allies. We are currently working on a project to see what types of coping strategies LGBTQ people of color use when faced with stressful and discriminatory situations, including heterosexism/ homophobia and racism. Our long-term goal is to learn which coping strategies work the best for these different types of situations, to tell interested communities and people about what we found, and hopefully work toward solutions that support LGBTQ people of color. We are currently looking for individuals who: 1) are at least 18 years old 2) identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer 3) identify as a person of color (e.g., African American/Black, Asian/ Asian American, South Asian/Middle-Eastern, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawai’ian/Other Pacific Islander, Latino/Hispanic/Chicana, bi-or multiracial). Our online survey should take about 15-20 minutes. Interested participants can also enroll in a drawing after they complete the survey and potentially win one of five $75 prizes. For more information, please see our Facebook page (http://www. facebook.com/IntersectionalCopingStudy) or visit the survey directly (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/intersectionalcoping). We appreciate your time and energy in helping us recruit participants and working with us to support and enable LGBTQ people of color throughout the states.--Thank you, Yamile M, Gabe B, Aysha K

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Further Eastwood - A Gay Film Bibliography Bishoo Vrischik

mother and liberalizing society to fight against his ‘idyllic male community,’ the FBI (after his secretary refuses his proposal of marriage), in what straight, conservative critics can still call an unconsummated, if not short-lived bromance. After THE FIRST TRAVELING SALESLADY (q.v.) Eastwood appeared in one more Western, in a supporting role in Jodie Copelan’s AMBUSH AT CIMARRON PASS (1958), and all 217 50-minute episodes of TV’s RAWHIDE (1959-1965) before flying to Italy. To Pauline Kael Eastwood’s ambiguous ‘tough guy’ comes from those spaghetti Westerns produced in Italy, but shot mostly in Spain. Leone scrambled the elements of the traditional Western together with Akira Kurosawa’s Samurai film YOJIMBO (BODYGUARD, 1961), itself gestated from George Stevens’ Western classic SHANE (1953), in PER UN PUGNO DI DOLLARI (A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, 1964), flaunting the faraway Hays Office, including (as in RAWHIDE) killer and victim in the same frame, even massacres. To Pauline in TAKING IT ALL IN (Holt, Reinhardt and Winston, 1984) it was an abstract, amoral, dusty, sadistic “nowhere land” far from the U.S. and to Alberto Moravia overpopulated Italy. (There are no Indian land conflicts, only the Mexican conflict over gold dollari.) Among those true Westerns quoted, before the purely American form wore itself out, were Ford’s MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, Hawk’s RIO BRAVO and Dmytryk’s WARLOCK (all q.v.), the last Leone’s “favorite” according to scriptwriter Luciano Vincenzoni not for its queer subtext between Fonda and Quinn, but its “townspeople waiting for a gunfight” as if for a parade. Leone’s only previous film as a director, IL COLOSSO DI RODI (THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES, 1961), was made after he had assisted on over thirty features, according to Christopher Frayling in ONCE UPON A TIME IN ITALY: THE WESTERNS OF SERGIO LEONE (Harry N. Abrams, 2005), even LeRoy’s QUO VADIS and Wyler’s BEN HUR. IL COLOSSO DI RODI closed the “peplum” (short skirt) or “sword and sandal” cycle of Italian films with American bodybuilders who’d appeared in early gay exploitation films by Bob Mitzer et al in the U.S., Steve Reeves beginning in Pietro Francisco’s LA FATICHE DI ERCOLE (THE LABOURS OF HERCULES, a.k.a. HERCULES (1958). (Reeves, unable to get a good role in Hollywood, after testing for Cecil B. DeMille’s SAMSON AND DELILAH (1949), had preceded Eastwood to Italy by five years and was now, because of the international distribution of his image, the highest paid star in Europe. Reeves tested again for PER UN PUGNO DI DOLLARI, but Leone, unable to cast Fonda in such an amoral role, chose laconic, lazy Eastwood even over expensive James Coburn. Reeves made only one Western, his last film, Camillo Bazzoni’s VIVO PER LA TUE MORTE (I LIVE FOR YOUR DEATH, a.k.a. A LONG RIDE FROM HELL, adapted by Reeves from a popular Gordon D. Shirreffs novel, in which (on YouTube) he endures shirtless “cruel treatment” before a prison escape.) After PER QUALCHE DOLLARO IN PIU (FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (I965) Eastwood and Leone fell out

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A couple of readers have suggested that there might be more to the queer implications in Clint Eastwood’s J. EDGAR (q.v.) than I have written. And that’s nothing compared to what Adam Knee writes in “The Dialect of Female Power and Male Hysteria in [Eastwood’s debut as a director] PLAY MISTY FOR ME [1971]” in SCREENING THE MALE: EXPLORING MASCULINITIES IN HOLLYWOOD CINEMA (Routledge, 1993) and Peter Biskind in “Sexual Politics in [Michael Cimino’s] THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT [1974]: Tightass and Cocksucker” in JUMP CUT (4/1974). Especially to female critics, Eastwood’s ambiguous (even politically) ‘tough guy,” threatened by a female, antagonistic toward stereotypical gays, even as a director patronizes blacks at the Monterey Jazz Festival in PLAY MISTY FOR ME -- wearing mod shirts as a loner in Carmel, near the San Francisco Bay area. His female stalker Evelyn (or Evil-lyn? i.e., Sondra Locke), it is implied receives cunnilingus as well as intercourse from him, yet with his masculinity repressed, he has no faith in the system of law. She wields an ice pick, a knife and scissors, as Clint’s alter ego -- even killing a gay cop. “The homosexual/homophobic subtext” to Knee “becomes gender displacement of the male gaze.” Evelyn slashes the eyes of Clint’s portrait (symbolically castrating him) and turns out the lights waiting to try to kill him. “In Lacanian terms,” to Knee, Dave Garver (Eastwood) destroys himself by knocking her through that mirror-like picture window. To Biskind, three years later homosexuality is barely submerged and heterosexuality condemned in the man-meets-boy THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT, four Montana bank robbers creating a home for themselves sufficient in everything but carnal sex, using the word ‘queer’ at least twice, describing towns, etc. Clint, a false preacher, keeps spouting the Bible verse “The leopard will lie down with the kid,” and Jeff Bridges is also nicknamed ‘the Kid,” even once called Billy the Kid. He is seen on the left of the widescreen with ‘L-O-V-E’ stuck vertically on the wall behind him to the right. Cimino, the writer and director, ridicules heterosexual couples. Eastwood removes his shirt, flexes his muscles and takes the passive position with a prostitute. Thunderbolt (Eastwood) and Lightfoot (Bridges) lick ice cream cones, and during the robbery blast “through inches of heat-tempered steel … with armor-piercing shells.” Lightfoot, in drag, shows us his ass in a body stocking three times before he is symbolically castrated (his leg is paralyzed by a jealous George Kennedy), shares a last cigar with Eastwood, and dies (like Jack in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. Kennedy is then torn apart by dogs.) Kennedy the repressed 1950s, Thunderbolt the loner 1960s, and Lightfoot the liberal 1970s, “The only way men can be men, free from demeaning work and domestic suffocation, is on the road outside the law” to Biskind in this “idyllic male community, itself fragile and short-lived.” In Richard Tuggle’s TIGHTROPE (1984) Clint’s masculinity is again threatened, now by “a misogynistic killer,” still with one foot “planted firmly in [the spaghetti West[erns]” of Sergio Leone. And in J. EDGAR, Eastwood gives Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) a suffocating

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Further Eastwood - Continued over real money and the wordier IL BUONO, IL BRUTO, IL CATTIVO (THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, 1966) became the last of their trilogy. Leone preferred an operatic, rhythmic, Visconti style, Eastwood tighter, tight-lipped stories. Leone discovered Joan Crawford in Nicolas Ray’s JOHNNY GUITAR (q.v.) just prior to his postmodern magnum opus C’ERA UNA LOLTA IL WEST (ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968), partly suggested by Bernardo Bertolucci, partly shot in Ford territory, Utah’s Monument Valley. ...Back home, Eastwood’s rawhide, loner, no-name persona was took over Ted Post’s HANG ‘EM HIGH, Eastwood adding whores to the story; in the first of five collaborations with Don Siegel, COOGAN’S BLUFF (both 1968, Zinnemann’s 1952 HIGH NOON under a hotter sun); and his own fifth, THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976), Voltaire-like subtexting Vietnam. And Pauline, who had earlier disliked Leone as much as Eastwood, began to see homophobia and rightwing paralegal power in the ‘Dirty Harry’ and other new Eastwood films, Ted Post’s MAGNUM FORCE (1972) with its gay cops and gun barrel as Clint’s phallus on its posters, James Fargo’s THE ENFORCER (1976) with more gay villains, and in his own THE ELGAR SANCTION (1975), a villain’s dog named Faggot. “I’ve consistently pointed out how homosexual men were used as convenient villains,” Pauline told MANDATE magazine (5/1983), in “Clint Eastwood’s MAGNUM FORCE, THE ENFORCER … and did anyone else bother

pointing out that Eastwood yells “You Fucking Fruit” as he kills the rotten enemy of society [in THE ELGAR SANCTION]?” ...The two pro-gay statements that Eastwood has made on screen may be Cimino’s THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT (you can join that online debate @ “The Endless THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT Gay/No Way Debate”) and his own J. EDGAR. Eastwood’s persona remains unencumbered by either lasting heterosexual or homosexual relations. He remains an ambiguous loner.

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Village Books July Events Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and take place in the Readings Gallery at Village Books, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham, WA -For questions regarding events please contact our Events Coordinator, Christina Claassen at 360.733.1599 or events@villagebooks.com

Tues., July 10, 3-5pm VB Writes…Nonfiction Writing Group Come meet other writers who can help you get organized, give feedback, and help you with your writing goals. This group is open to newcomers and drop-ins .

Marc Bittman: The Food Matters Cookbook on-screen author talk & interview Pickford Film Center & Village Books present “Writers in the Limelight.” Join us for the screening of lectures and presentations from some of the most celebrated voices in the humanities, arts, and sciences.

John Morgan...Forms of Feeling: Poetry In Our Lives Forms of Feeling: Poetry In Our Lives investigates the role of poetry in the contemporary world, including where poems come from and how they can offer a spiritual path in a secular time.

Sat., July 21, 4pm Marty Brounstein...Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust Come hear an engaging presentation by speaker Marty Brounstein.

Wed., July 11, 1pm VB Reads...Afternoon Book Chat Join Sittrea in the Readings Gallery on the 2nd Wednesday of each month for an open book chat, at 1pm. Everyone welcome.

Mon., July 23, 7pm Martin Limón...The Joy Brigade Mystery Seoul, early 1970s: US Army Sergeant George Sueño is on a mission to reunite North and South Korea into one country.

Thurs., July 12, 6-8pm VB Writes…Lummi View Fiction Writing Group Are you a writer in search of a writing group? This group is open to newcomers and drop-ins.

Tues., July 24, doors open at 6:30pm, seated by 6:45pm, show/taping at 7pm-Leopold Crystal Ballroom. Chuckanut Radio Hour with special guest Cheryl Strayed.

Thurs., July 12, 7pm Carolyn & Dennis Buckmaster Healing, Romance & Revolution: Letters from an American Nurse in 1926 China

Wed., July 25, 7pm J.A. Jance Judgment Call: A Brady Novel of Suspense Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady, heroine of fourteen previous blockbusters by suspense virtuoso J.A. Jance, returns in Judgment Call.

Changes, additions, and cancellations do occur. Unless otherTues., July 10, 7pm wise noted authors DO NOT attend Please visit www.villagebooks.com for the most complete information about our author events and for more details on each event.

Sun., July 1 Beginning Sunday, July 1st- Where’s Waldo? Waldo figures will be showing up in public areas of local Fairhaven establishments. See website for list of participating businesses.There is no charge to participate, and the game lasts for the entire month of July. Sun., July 1, 2pm Howard Weaver Write Hard, Die Free: Dispatches from the Battlefields & Barrooms of the Great Alaska Newspaper War For more information, visit www.HowardWeaver.com. Mon., July 2, 7pm VB Reads...General Literature Book Group Join Cindi and discuss books from a variety of genres at 7 pm, the first Monday of each month.

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Thurs., July 5, 5:30-6:30pm VB Writes…Poetry Writing Group This group is open to newcomers and drop-ins.

Sat., July 7, 10:30-11am Preschool Story Time with Claire Join Village Books employee Claire for our preschool story time. We’ll have fun reading various stories. Ages 3-5 years. Sat., July 7, 1-4pm Steampunk Festival Multi-Author Readings with Nick James (1pm), Karina Cooper (2pm) and Kris Saknussemm (3pm) Village Books is excited to participate in the first Steampunk Festival in Fairhaven. Sun., July 8, 2pm VB Reads...Motherhood By the Book The book group meets on the second Sunday of every month at 2pm in the Book Fare Cafe for an hour of spirited discussion of books that celebrate the trials, tribulations, and rewards of motherhood, and what it means to be a mother. Sun., July 8, 4pm Co-Sponsored by North Cascades Institute Thomas Lowe Fleischner...The Way of Natural History In The Way of Natural History, scientists, nature writers, poets, and Zen practitioners show how mindful attention to the natural world can bring rewarding and surprising discoveries. Mon., July 9, 5-6pm VB Reads...Environmental Conservation Book Group Join us for a brand new Village Books/Whatcom Land Trust co-sponsored Environmental Conservation Book Club.

Sat., July 14, 4pm Co-sponsored by Transition Whatcom Kristy Athens...Get Your Pitchfork On! Tues., July17, 7pm “Top 10 Inexpensive International Volunteer Vacations” Joyce Major, author of the award winning book Smiling at the World, volunteered around the world for one year. Wed., July 18, noon-1pm VB Reads...Engaged Citizens Book Group Read and discuss a variety of books exploring how to create a more civil and engaged community. Join Mary Dumas on the 3rd Wednesday of the month from noon to 1:30. Wed., July 18, 7pm Kaya Oakes...Radical Reinvention: An Unlikely Return to the Catholic Church Having spent more time in mosh pits and at pro-choice rallies than at Mass, Kaya Oakes’ memoir Radical Reinvention chronicles her decision, after 30 years of running away, to return to the Catholic Church. Fri., July 20, 7pm Sam Kean...The Violinist’s Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code Sam Kean uses the forensic traces in our DNA to illuminate how humans evolved from primordial muck to the most dominant species on the planet. Sat., July 21, noon—Movie showing at the Pickford Film Center’s Limelight Cinema

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Thurs., July 26, 6-8pm VB Writes…Lummi View Fiction Writing Group This group is open to newcomers and drop ins. Thurs., July 26, 7pm Aminta Arrington...Home is a Roof Over a Pig: An American Family’s Journey in China Sat., July 28, 2pm VB Reads…Big Little Book Group Join us for the new Big Brothers Big Sisters Book Club. This is open to any active match through Big Brothers Big Sisters as well as any adult/child pair from the community. Recommended for children aged 10 and over. Sat., July 28, 2pm Tour de Whatcom Book Signing! Mike McQuaide 75 Classic Rides: Washington Mon., July 30, 7pm Open mic with Laurel Leigh Published and unpublished writers are encouraged to attend and enjoy a welcoming audience! Tues., July 31, 6pm Find Waldo in Fairhaven! Celebration Join us at Village Books on July 31st at 6pm for a grand celebration wrapping up a month of finding Waldo in Fairhaven.

GLBT Organizations in Whatcom and Skagit Counties ISCEE The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Evergreen Empire is affiliated with the International Court System and has been actively raising money for charity for over 30 years by sponsoring drag shows and pageants. The group is open to all regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation, seeking to provide social activities and community service opportunities for gays, lesbians, and their friends and allies in Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan Counties. Leather, Levi & Bear Social Monthly gathering of men who like Leather, Kink, and Unabashed Masculinity. Second Saturday of the month, Rumors Cabaret, 7:30 to 10:30. Info 360.380.6409 www.theslowlane.com This website includes a gay resource guide for Bellingham located at www. theslowlane.com/guide.html.

Triskeli Guild The Triskeli Guild is Bellingham’s BDSM group that promotes community and education for safe, sane and consensual play. They encourage participation by all sexual preferences, race and age 18 and up people. www.triskeli.org Queries—triskeli@ triskeli.org Evergreen AIDS Foundation Evergreen AIDS Foundation provides support services for people living

Washington Gender Alliance A support and educational organization for anyone dealing with issues of gender identity or expression, and the people in our lives. We have weekly Open Support meetings in Bellingham and Everett. For more information, please write to us at info@ WashingtonGenderAlliance.com or call 360-445-2411, or visit our web site at www.WashingtonGenderAlliance. com. Sean Humphrey House A housing unit for people who need assistance living with HIV/AIDS in Bellingham. For more information call 360-733-9357 On Eagle’s Wings Counseling Sue Stackhouse offers counseling services to the GLBT community in Whatcom and Skagit County. For information call 360-599-2627 PFLAG of Skagit County Support meetings for Parents, Friends and Families of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people and GLBT individuals are held at Central United Methodist Church, 1013 Polte Rd, Sedro-Woolley on the second Monday of every month at 7 PM. For directions and information all 360-856-4676 and for additional information and events check the website at www.pflagskagit. org. Bellingham Radical Faeries Community of queerfolk interested in lifestyles celebrating queer sexuality, spirituality and sustainability of the natural world. 18+ recommended. Meets every Saturday at Noon at Trapeze in the Bellingham Market on Cornwall http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ BellinghamRadicalFaeries/

Whatcom County PFLAG Whatcom County Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays meets the 2ND Thursday of each month, 7pm at First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Avenue, Bellingham. For more information and events visit www.whatcompflag.com Whatcom Community College’s Queer Straight Alliance is committed to supporting the GLBT community by promoting awareness of queer issues and entertaining and educating students and staff of WCC. We can be reached at wccqsa@gmail.com. Whatcom County KINK is a group to help organize events, munches, help if you have items to sell, or just a way for people to get to know each other. Meetings are the 1st Tuesday of the month at Rumor’s Cabaret. Happy Spankings! Western Washington University LGBTA The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance at Western Washington University is a student organization which supports lesbians, gays, bisexuals, people who identify as transgender, and their allies; in the various stages of their coming out process, in the creation and affirmation of positive self identities, and in the promotion and defense of their human and civil rights. The LGBTA is located on Western’s Campus in Viking Union 515 and is open from the first day of Fall quarter until the last day of Spring quarter. For information call 360-650-6120.

Mount Baker Planned Parenthood Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood proudly demonstrates its commitment to the LGBTQ community in all of our educational and service areas, by partnering with LGBTQ service organizations and through sponsorship and participation in Bellingham Pride. Our goal is to ensure that every individual has the information, services, and freedom to make healthy, responsible decisions about sex, sexuality, and parenthood. We offer comprehensive reproductive care, affordable STD testing and treatment and annual exams. Sliding scale available. Make an appointment online! http://www.mbpp.org Bellingham Clinic: (360)734-9095 Mount Vernon Clinic: (360)848-1744

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4th Corner Poly Polyamory is the practice or acceptance of having more than one loving, honest relationship at a time. We’re a friendly, welcoming group for people involved in or curious about polyamorous relationships. Our group consists of and welcomes diverse sexual and gender identities . This is a family, kid-friendly get-together for sharing experiences and desires—not a dating or swing scene. we meet every 4th Thursday evening at alternating locations. For more information: http://groups. yahoo.com/group/4thcornerpoly

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