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The Betty Pages - October 2010 Betty’s Corner
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By Betty Desire, The Betty Pages
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From the Candidates 28th Gay Bellingham Pageant Sudoku for Tom Written by Brian Spencer, The Betty Pages
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Words Crush My Spirit By Betty Desire, The Betty Pages
Gay Film Bibliography: The Rest of Hawks By Bichoo Vrishchik
GLBT Resource Guide
About our Contributors... 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.
Managing Editor Brian Spencer is a title-holder and board member with the ISCEE, aside from his involvement with various community organizations and work in graphic design. His interests include men, computers, drag queens and politics. He can’t wait for even better spring & summer weather! Live well, love much, laugh often.
Queer Film Historian Bichoo Vrishchik (Scorpio Scorpion) has published in FILM QUARTERLY SIGHT AND SOUND, INTERNATIONAL FILM GUIDE, FILMFARE, YOUTH TIMES, MANSHOTS, and now THE BETTY PAGES. 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. His main interest is Indian cinema and articles on it are forthcoming.
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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.
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Photographer Lea Kelley is a local artist, photographer, and writer. She is a recipient of the Mayor’s Arts Award for her local photography project, Faces of Bellingham. Her abstract paintings can be found on line at leakelley.com.
Contributor G T Warlock is a musician, practicing pagan, palm reader and a member of WHACK!!! Whatcom County Kink. You can find him mid-afternoons at the Swan Café or on a gig.
Contributor Stephanie Kountouros is a local activist and organizer. She’s an active member of the Whatcom Democrats and Public Policy Coordinator for Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood. In her non-existent free time, she can be found at karaoke bars around town or collapsed on her couch with her two cats.
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October has arrived, and with it comes my favorite holiday, Halloween! The mornings are getting that crisp fall feeling, the leaves have turned brilliant fall colors, and visions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show dance through my brain. Sunday the 24th will be the day to go to Rumor’s for our annual showing of the Rocky, but you can see it with a live cast put on by the Mt. Baker Theater on the 27th at 8pm with midnight showings added on the 29th and 30th. Get you $9 dollar tickets early as they will disappear faster than a virgin on prom night! Saturday the 30th will also be Rumor’s Halloween Costume Contest, and if you are in the Valley, the Rocky Horror Picture Show is gracing the screen at the Lincoln Theater in Mt Vernon that night at 10pm. I believe Downtown will have trick or treating for the kids again this year, it is a safe and fun way to take the kiddos out to enjoy what us oldsters remember fondly. I went down last year to just watch the crowds of families, it was very surreal, like
a set for a Disney movie. It made Betty tear rights as a Christian citizen) the newly up (and made my make up run!) elected student body president of Michigan State University for “pushing a radical October is also National coming out month gay agenda” Google his name and watch and locally on National Coming Out Anderson Cooper interview him. The Day October 15th Bellingham Unitarian interview is also on my Facebook page. Fellowship is hosting “The Gay Bash” a When Andrew is not at work he is spending concert of music, dance, and spoken word by his time videotaping outside this college and for the community starting at 7:30pm student’s house following him around with at 1708 I St, Bellingham, WA. Whether protest signs and blogging about him on they’re about to come out, already have his blog “Chris Armstrong Watch” You come out, know someone who has come should read his blog I highly recommend out, want to support those who are coming it. This is the type of person that gets hired out, or just want to get some Bellingham on when we elect social conservatives like culture, this is a fun event where all who Mike Cox to high office. Mike is Michigan come in the spirit of goodwill are welcome. State’s Attorney General and Andrew’s boss Be there to celebrate the end of hiding! who when asked about Andrew’s behavior We will not be printing our November issue said “All state employees have a right to before election day, and many of you will free speech outside working hours. But Mr receive your mail in ballots this month (late Shirvell’s lack of maturity and judgment October ) so we have information on the outside the office are clear “ Mike by the election in this issue. Check out the guest way was the first state attorney General to op-ed by Stephanie. Please exercise your file a brief with the ninth circuit court of civic duty and vote. Whenever I talk politics appeals seeking to reverse the overturning with people, and that is pretty often, I ask of prop 8 in California. He brags about that them if they voted. If they say no, I change on his website saying he is standing up for the subject. I believe the old saying is “if traditional marriage. You see electing a social you don’t vote don’t bitch” I make a point conservative to high office is like adding of taking my ballot down to the Black Drop Chrystal Light to a picture of water, a little Coffee Shop, fill it out over a cup of coffee stir and his personal world view permeates ,then walk it down to the ballot drop box the whole container leaving that odd “sugar at the court house. I will put it out on my free” after taste. He or she will hire like facebook when my ballot arrives then those minded individuals. This works both ways of you who want to can join me for coffee so know who you are voting for. I shouldn’t and voting. We can have a procession down have used that metaphor I actually like to the ballot drop off box! Like a mini Chrystal Light! (I also used to be a social conservative.) Please vote for those who will Marde Gras parade! stand with you, Republican, Democrat, or Please remember it matters who you vote Third Party. Just vote! for. As an example, as I write this Michigan State’s Assistant Attorney General Andrew Looking forward to Halloween, Shirvell is taking heat for harassing (in his words exercising his first amendment
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It’s October, Poppets, my favorite month of the year. Autumn arrives in earnest; leaves crisp up; the snap in the air is perfect for sweaters and snuggling. All this and so much more – including and especially, Halloween. And here’s a secret, just between us, when it comes to Halloween, I really miss living in Northern Washington. There are just so many great events that night. Hell, when Halloween falls on a weekend, as it does this year, there are three nights of amazing events. Who wouldn’t want to be there? Since I can’t be, though, here’s where you can find some of the best parties in my stead. Just remember to lift a glass to me. (Note: these are alphabetized by venue; their placement on the list means nothing.) 1. Club Vogue at 1509 Broadway, Seattle. Saturday, October 30th, from 9:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. Check out the All Hallow’s Eve party. There’s no official theme, so come dressed as you will. At midnight is a fashion show, so fabulousness encouraged. Of course, fabulousness is always encouraged because, well, it’s us. Use the front entrance of the club. 2. Purr Lounge at 1518 11th Avenue, Seattle. Sunday, October 31st, from 7:00
p.m. until 2:00 a.m. The Sisters of the Mother House of Washington are hosting Nuns Go Bump in the Night II. Aside from being great fun, it’s also a breast cancer fundraiser, with a suggested $5.00 donation at the door. Halloween, nuns, and helping a good cause. If it gets better, I don’t know how. 3. Rendezvous Jewelbox Theatre at 2322 2nd Avenue, Seattle. Saturday, October 30th at 7:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The Urban Bombshell Burlesque Show brings a Halloween cabaret. May I repeat that? A Halloween cabaret. See why I miss the area? Tickets are $10.00. 4. Showbox at the Market at 1426 1st Avenue, Seattle. Friday, October 29th, at 9:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. Bump Fire + Ice equals a light show, DJs, and a costume contest with a $1000.00 prize. Plus, it, too, is a fundraiser, supporting Gay City, the Seattle Women’s Chorus, and the Seattle Men’s Chorus. Ticket packages are available, starting at $35.00 for a single in advance/$45.00 at the door. But see www.gaycity.org for all the group and VIP options. And remember, there’s the official after-party, Grind, too! 5. Triple Door (mainstage) at 216 Union Street, Seattle, brings back the Can Can Halloween Spectacular for the fifth year. Oooo, Poppets. Six shows over three nights. I would be at least one of these. Maybe two. Each night, the 29th, 30th, and 31st, has an all-ages show at 7:00 p.m. and a 21+ show at 10:00 p.m. Tickets are $20.00 in advance/$25.00 at the door. Five choices for one particularly eerie and wonderful evening. Splurge and overlap some. Or make it a whole weekend. You know you’re worth it, your friends are worth it, and dressing up to match our wildest imaginations is certainly worth it.
Have fun, be safe, and until next month, Poppets, take care of you.⁂
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Finally, before we go, Poppets, it is October and I am me, which means I need to remind you that it’s Domestic Violence Awareness month. If you or someone you love needs support or help, there are people who will listen, who can help, who understand that domestic violence isn’t just a heterosexual, straight problem. The Northwest Network in Seattle can be reached Monday through Friday at 206/568-7777. Skagit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services can be reached 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, at 888/336-9591.
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Why Vote?
Stephanie Kountouros (These are also the official voting positions of local Democrats [not necessarily The Betty Pages editorial team, although we happen to agree on everything except liquor sales], just so you know) Politics is a corrupt mess, right? Politicians make promises and then break them. They’re bought by big interests with tons of money. And who cares about a bunch of gay, lesbian and transgendered folks up in the corner of the country? We don’t matter anyway. Why vote? Recently, our senators tried to overturn Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. It failed. It failed because republicans (and a few democrats) are against our issues. Should we turn our backs on our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters in the military? When we ask “why vote?” we’re doing just that. A better question is: what happens next time? Senator Patty Murray voted to overturn DADT. What happens if we don’t vote, and Dino Rossi becomes our next senator? Rossi has spoken out against DADT. He’s spoken out against Federal Gay Marriage. He supports abstinenceonly-until-marriage education shutting LGBTQ issues out of our schools. He makes money on the backs of people who are losing their homes.
Why vote? Because if we don’t, then those who hate us have taken our power and silenced our voices. Why vote? So that we can show that supporting or opposing LGBTQ rights DOES make a difference, and those who oppose us can’t get away with it. Why vote? Because lesbians, gays and transgendered people around the world don’t have the right to vote, to speak or to be free. We’re voting for them, too. Why vote? To keep those who would silence us out of office—and keep our supporters in. As a queer progressive who fights for women’s health and LGBTQ issues, here are my choices this election: Candidates Senate: Patty Murray Senator Murray voted to overturn DADT last month and was a strong supporter of Referendum 71. She’s championed health care and financial reform. Sen.
Whatcom County Council District 1: Jean Melious
Representative: Rick Larsen
Huxley Professor and chairs the Whatcom County Planning Commission. Jean cares about our community and believes in protecting our land and our drinking water. She marched in the Bellingham Pride Parade 2010.
Re. Larsen works hard for women’s issues and is an environmental champion (Sierra Club). I don’t agree with all of his decisions, but I know that they are wellresearched and that Larsen is able to articulate and defend his choices. 40th District Representative Position 1: Kris Lytton She cares about education, having been involved in the school board in Anacortes for several years. Strong supporter of women’s rights. Did not attend Bellingham Pride
State Supreme Court Justice Position 2: Charlie Wiggins Wiggins is endorsed by Equal Rights Washington, Washington State Labor Council, Planned Parenthood Votes and others. His opponent is an opposed to of all of the above.
40th District Representative Position 2: Jeff Morris
Initiatives (the following are all positions endorsed by Equal Rights Washington)
Rep. Morris is a strong supporter of domestic partnership. He is deeply knowledgeable on environment, energy and transportation issues. He’s also been very supportive of women’s and health issues and funding. Attended Bellingham Pride 2010.
YES on I-1098: We need over $2 billion in dedicated funding for education and healthcare! We need tax breaks for property taxes and small businesses! I-1098 funds needed programs while taxing only the wealthiest 1% .
42nd District State Senate: Pat Jerns
NO on I-1053: Tim Eyman’s initiative would let 17 partisan legislators control Olympia and block democratic process. Funded by BP, Conoco Philips, Tesoro and the Washington Bankers Association, it imposes a 2/3 requirement to raise revenue or close tax loopholes.
Pat Jerns attended Bellingham Pride 2010. He is the only candidate to ever ask me “Why are we not reaching out more to hear and respond to the issues of LGBT people?” His opponent, Doug Ericksen, is extremely opposed to women’s health issues and anti-choice. He wants to privatize health care in WA State and thinks young folks could afford to pay for health insurance “if they just gave up their cell phones and beer.” 42nd District State Representative Pos. 1: Al Jensen Al Jensen responded to the LGBT community to offer his support after a gay-bashing in 1996. Al Jensen has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood Votes! WA, Reps Kelli Linville, Kevin Ranker, the Young Democrats of WA State and many labor groups. While his hard-line moderate approach alienates some progressives, people know where they stand with Al. Attended Bellingham Pride 2010 42nd District State Representative Pos. 2: Kelli Linville Rep. Linville supported the Healthy Youth Act and Domestic Partnerships. She won Planned Parenthood Votes! Washington’s award for championing health care funding during one of the most difficult budgets Washington has ever seen. Attended Bellingham Pride 2010
NO on I-1082: The ultra-conservative Building Industry Association of Washington funds anti-gay candidates and initiatives. This gives them money. It takes worker’s compensation out of the state hands and into their own—meaning less help for injured workers and more money in their pockets and in the pockets of corporations like AIG (who also funded this initiative) NO on I-1100 and 1105: This will cost our state over $700 million dollars and hurt small liquor producers (like microbreweries). We would become the least regulated state in the nation, causing crime and alcohol sales to minors to rise. NO on I-1107: This funding is earmarked for health care, services for children and seniors. The soda lobby has spent over $14 million on this initiative—guess who stands to benefit? Not us.⁂
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Rossi is part of a movement in this country that’s not only anti-gay, it’s anti-women, anti-poor and antihealth care. And he is raising money and polling well.
Murray is endorsed by Equal Rights Washington
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From the Candidates
The Betty Pages recently asked the local Democrat candidates for some of their views on issues we think will matter to you. Here’s what they had to say: 42nd State Senate: Pat Jerns Betty Pages: What position would you take on gay marriage should it come up while you’re in office? Pat Jerns: I totally support a person’s right to live their lives however they choose, so long that it is legal and does not infringe on other’s rights. If the subject of gay marriage should come up while in office I would support it. BP: How will you prioritize need as we face continued budget cuts? How do you plan to protect our most vulnerable citizens who need food, health care, shelter and jobs? PJ: The State of Washington is in a crisis and we are going to have to take a hard look at many issues and make certain sacrifices. Having said that, I feel that job creation is the number one thing we can do to help. Helping small businesses find new ways to grow and stay in business so that they can hire more people is essential. Protecting those is need must continue without question. Being in difficult times does not mean you abandon the needy, it means you do with less in areas where you did not “need” it in the first place.
PJ: For over thirty years I have worked with individuals and couples in the LGBTQ community. I sold homes to and for gays and lesbians going back to the 1970’s and have continued since. I have a member of my family that is gay and in a wonderful relationship with his partner. Our best friend’s daughter is lesbian and we are close friends with her and her partner on a social basis. In short, I work with, play with and enjoy life with all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation. Good people are good people BP: Our current civil rights law includes protections based on sexual orientation and transgender. Will you vigorously defend those protections? PJ: I always have and will continue to do so. Now, I would like to make a statement. The purpose of this questionnaire is for you to learn how I feel and will conduct myself if elected to office. I believe my position is clear. If you do not already, you should know that my opponent, Doug Ericksen, is 180 degrees opposite in every respect. So much so that if given the chance he would not only not support new legislation to add to or help your community, he would do whatever
In closing I would like to add that I hope that you will support Kelli Linville and Al Jensen as well. They are in much the same position as I am, as compared to their opponents. 40th State Representative Pos. 1: Kris Lytton Betty Pages: What position would you take on gay marriage should it come up while you’re in office? Kris Lytton: I support gay marriage. BP: How will you prioritize need as we face continued budget cuts? How do you plan to protect our most vulnerable citizens who need food, health care, shelter and jobs? KL: When I think about what government should or should not be doing, I believe that government when well run, benefits its citizens. Where all citizens have equal rights and equal treatment and that no on shall be denied these rights because of gender, race, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or religion. I support a progressive policy where the most vulnerable are helped and protected. Where the environment is a trust we share and preserve for the future. Where there is a strong public education system in which every child has the opportunity for a quality education. And it is the right of every Washingtonian to have a job that pays a living wage. The above statement explains my core democratic values. The upcoming legislative session will be
extremely difficult. However, the values I will take with me to Olympia and hold true in my decision making will follow this statement. BP: In what ways have you been connected with your local LGBTQ community or LGBTQ issues? KL: I am a member of Skagit PFLAG. BP: Our current civil rights law includes protections based on sexual orientation and transgender. Will you vigorously defend those protections? KL: Yes. Whatcom County Council District 1: Jean Melious Betty Pages: What position would you take on gay marriage should it come up while you’re in office? Jean Melious: It is not likely that the Whatcom County Council will deal with gay marriage, but if it ever came up, I am a strong supporter of marriage equality. It is unconscionable that we continue to deny this basic right to our friends, family and neighbors. BP: How will you prioritize need as we face continued budget cuts? How do you plan to protect our most vulnerable citizens who need food, health care, shelter and jobs? JM: When times are tough, we all need to look out for each other. The current County Council tried to cut money to Food Bank here in Whatcom County during the recession. It was heartless, and something I would never do. We need to look towards building people up, and supporting our community, not kicking each other when things are looking down. BP: In what ways have you been connected with your local LGBTQ community or LGBTQ issues? JM: I’m a solid supporter of LGBTQ issues. As a lawyer, I value justice for victims of discrimination, as a mother, I know the need for improvement on the issues of schoolyard bullying and hate crimes. As a candidate, I understand the need for visibility. The Jean Melious campaign had the largest group of participants of any candidate in the Bellingham Pride parade this year. Throughout my career and campaign I have worked closely with members of the LGBTQ community and am proud to be their colleague. BP: Our current civil rights law includes protections based on sexual orientation and transgender. Will you vigorously defend those protections? JM: Absolutely. Passing a good law is a victory; defending and enforcing a good law is even better.⁂
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BP: In what ways have you been connected with your local LGBTQ community or LGBTQ issues?
possible to take away what you have already earned. Knowing this, to me, means one thing. You, as a community, cannot just sit back and say “Pat Jerns is a nice guy and we hope he wins”. That is not enough and is not working to promote your self interests. Your community has the power to play a significant role in the upcoming election. With the potential for a victory for me being determined by a very small number of voters, it is ABSOLUTELY imperative that you mobilize, energize and prioritize your community to not just vote but to be pro-active in getting everyone you know and have any influence over, gay or lesbian or not, to vote for me. You CAN make a difference. Or, you can be left with a representative in the Senate for the next four years that does not respect you in any way and will do anything he can to take away your rights. In this election, perhaps more so than other, the difference to your community can be the difference in night and day. This WILL have a major impact on your lives for the next four years. Think about it. You have a choice. Either take a passive position of “hope he wins” or take an aggressive one of “let’s make sure he wins”. It’s up to you.
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Bellingham Welcomes 28th Mr, Miss & Ms Gay Bellingham Photos by Dale C. Tarpenning II
On September 18, the Imperial Sovereign Court of the Evergreen Empire celebrated the stepdown of the Mr., Miss & Ms. Gay Bellingham 27 and welcome the new “Gay Bellinghams” to the start of the year of travelling, fundraising and volunteer work. Here’s a few glimpse of the pageant, if you missed it. For future events, visit www.evergreenempire.org ⁂
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Pictured top left: Mr. Gay Bellingham, Christian; middle left: Imperial Prince & Princess XXIX, Peter Storm & Shanita Blough; bottom left: Queen of Seas V, Wynona Storm; top right: the 2010 Imperial Sovereign Court of the Evergreen Empire; middle right: Mr. Gay Bellingham Christian, Miss Gay Bellingham Evelyn Love, Ms. Gay Bellingham Confusion Desire; bottom right: Empress XXVII, Natasha Vain; bottom middle: Ms. Gay Bellingham XXVII, Desana Storm.
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WWU Teen Still Missing
Dwight Clark, a Western Washington University freshman and a new member of our community, has been missing since early Sunday morning, September 26, 2010. The Bellingham Police Department is leading an extensive effort to find Dwight, in collaboration with Western Washington University Police and with the help of people from the Bellingham community and beyond. Police detectives and officers are coordinating search efforts, following up on hundreds of tips and possible leads and taking all possible additional investigative steps to find Dwight. The Bellingham Police Department will keep the community informed when there is information to share.
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Hopefully, You’re Already Registered GT Warlock September is always an eventful month. Typhoons, hurricanes, Labor Day, various religious and spiritual holidays and devotions. For pagans the fall equinox and harvest time starts. But this year we almost initiated a new commemoration, the Start of World War Three, when a “well-meaning” walrus-stached¬ citizen of the Great State of Florida alerted the media so he could incite to near panic over a quarter of the world’s population. And I have no doubt that if Reverend What’s His Face got hold of the books of my beliefs, including Darwin, he’d burn them too.
Here in the Northwest we have a much more laid back, subdued take on our awesome superpowers. Personally I like to vote, leave a small footprint, and occasionally rally the troops. Speaking of awesome powers as November rolls up it brings Scorpios’ wrath and the ballot box. I’ve voted from my first opportunity. The best way to keep what
On a more serious note, deciding whom to vote for is not so complicated. Read some of the crap candidates are always sending you in the mail. Do a little research online. Most candidates have a website. The candidates who don’t lay out any information about what they stand for or refuse to debate almost always have something to hide. As for debates and political rallies, you usually don’t have to give anyone money unless you want to. A few pointers I learned from an old politico: dress nice, go a bit hungry, and act interested. Don’t get cornered by some bozo with an agenda. Better yet, if you can corner a candidate, don’t
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Out of nowhere this one silverback in a gray suit with a major tude almost brought on the Big Nuclear Magilleh. I wonder how many Buicks he’s owned. What his favorite fast food burger is. Is he a Coke or Pepsi man? Only in America can one little guy wield such super power for his 15 minutes of fame.
rights and protections we have under the law and direct how our tax dollars are spent is with our ballots. And you can also make your vote count as a protest. One year I wrote in Mickey Mouse for President and Carlo Gambino (then reputed head of the New York Mob) as Vice President. Think of it. We could have had a squeaky clean, universally recognized and loved figurehead, along with Don Carlo, who always appreciated a good earner. Mr. Gambino also had a genius for keeping things running smoothly and believed war was “bad for business.” The country would have been one big family.
be afraid to ask them about something you find important that they may be able to influence if elected. With judges there are more options. Most court sessions are open to the public so you can watch a judge ¬-at work. And remember if you go to court, leave your guns, knives and brass knuckles at home. They have metal detectors. Plus you can go to jail for acting like a clown in court. By listening to judges’ rulings and observing how they handle procedures and objections, you can tell a lot about their fairness and knowledge of the law. For Supreme Court judges, their rulings and voting records can be found online. Of course, personal experiences count. If your sister has been waiting three months for a protection order for 50 threatening, degrading texts and 3 slashed tires, it’s ongoing and she gets another postponement, you may be inclined to cast your vote elsewhere. Another tip: paralegals and clerks really run the legal system, and they know who on the court has clear knowledge of the law and who’s a knuckle dragger on gender issues. We live in the land of opportunity, diversity and free speech. So every race has a write-in space. The presidential elections of Lincoln, Wilson and Clinton were influenced by write-in votes, and some municipalities in our fair land have successfully elected family pets and farm animals to public office. The point being, if you don’t like any of the turkeys already running you can always write in your favorite duck. One last thought. If you’re still not motivated to exercise your right to vote, try this: Economic theory reduces everything to a good or a service with a definable value. You cannot legally sell or buy votes, so the only way to get the value from your vote is to use it. Quack. Now get out the Vote.⁂
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Sticks & Stones May Break My Bones, Words Crush My Spirit Betty Desire, The Betty Pages Raymond Chase 19, Tyler Clementi 18, Seth Walsh 13, Asher Brown 13, Billy Lucas 15, These five people had at least three things in common. All five identified as Gay. All five were harassed, bullied or betrayed because of their sexual orientation. At least four of the five reached out to parents or authorities for help, and all five committed suicide. Asher Brown 13 of Cypress Texas was found lying face down by his step father, he had shot himself in the head. Asher was being home schooled because of the bullying he had endured at his Middle School. A year and a half had gone by since his parents say they notified officials at Asher’s school. The school says they were never contacted. “That’s absolutely inaccurate — it’s completely false,” Amy Truong said. “I did not hallucinate phone calls to counselors and assistant principals. We have no reason to make this up. … It’s like they’re calling us liars.” David
Truong said, Seth Walsh 13 of Tehachapi California was found hanging in a tree in his back yard. He had been bullied as well for being gay and transferred to an independent learning program the bullying continued in parks and outside his home. Billy Lucas 15 of Greensburg High School in Indiana was found hanging in his barn by his mother. He had been called Fag one too many times. Tyler Clementi a student at Rutgers, had his roommate and a friend secretly tape him kissing a boy in their shared dorm room and spread it all over the internet. Betrayed by a supposed friend, he jumped off the George Washington Bridge. Raymond Chase 19, an out gay college student in Rhode Island hung himself in his dorm room the exact circumstances as to why are not yet known
It is not legal to yell fire in a crowded theater, but it is legal to torment someone until their spirit is broken and they lose the will to live. Please if a religious or personal belief would lead you to the conclusion that homosexuality is wrong, that’s ok you can believe that if you want to just let the children live. Our hearts go out to the families that are hurting. Hopefully those who felt the taunting was all in fun can come to a new realization. Words are powerful we must use them to bring hope. If we heal the sick, feed the hungry, and clothe the naked, there is no time left for taunting. We do not have to agree on everything, but we need to be good to each other. ⁂ WWU’s LGBTA is having an event called “Love your body, Love your mind; A Positive Response to a Negative Issue.” It is a response to the 6 youth suicides in the past month. It is October 21st at 7pm in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room on WWU’s campus.
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Gay Film Bibliography: The Rest of Hawks Bichoo Vrischik
The name of Howard Hawks’ penultimate film, EL DORADO (1967), supposedly a Texas town, really comes from an Edgar Allan Poe poem; the last one, RIO LOBO (1970), possibly from a Mexican liquor bottle. Nor is there any town in Texas named RIO BRAVO (1959). Hawks sort of inherited making Westerns from John Ford via John Wayne, when Ford retired. After Ford’s CHEYENNE AUTUMN (1964), most movie Indians had been subdued, and Hawks placed them in the past. They are off-screen at the beginning of RED RIVER (1948), turned loyal from their original source, A.B. Guthrie’s 1947 novel, in THE BIG SKY (1952), and in his last three Westerns are barely mentioned. The law, at this point, has little to do but subdue white miscreants and buddy around, like the two sailors in Hawks’ 1928 A
GIRL IN EVERY PORT. In EL DORADO an old ‘Injun fighter’ (Arthur Hunnicutt) thinks Indians are up to one of their ‘old tricks,’ but that is only a dialogue plant for Wayne to later ‘trick’ a villain into a gun duel, having surrounded the villains’ abode with his ‘deputies.’ Hawks implies that Wayne learned ‘tricks’ from the Indians, an older, more ambiguous law, perhaps, before the law of camaraderie sets in.
Robin Wood does accuse Hawks of arrested development in his early films, and Hawks might have remained adolescent, except for the script interventions of Hecht, McArthur, and Furthman. Hawks was also a friend of Hemingway, and worked with Faulkner on Hemingway’s TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944), discovering Lauren Bacall. He also worked
Hawks preferred boyish women, lowering their voices with vocal exercises whenever he could. In both THE OUTLAW and EL DORADO a male wrestles his assailant in a haystack only to discover she’s a woman In the second, James Caan then compares the disheveled hair of the girl, nicknamed ‘Joey,’ to the mane of a wild horse. Reversing transvestism, Cary Grant appears in a nightgown in BRINGING UP BABY (1938), quipping that he’s on 42nd St. waiting for a bus (a gay New York pastime), and for five minutes in a WAC’s uniform in I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE (1949). Hawks proposed a U.S.-U.S.S.R. co-production with two American men disguised as ballerinas, and his GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953) is a sort of distaff version of his buddy-buddy ethic. In EL DORADO, Mitchum throws Wayne his rifle, which he had made to resemble Wayne’s, as if to say that they have equal penises, and later takes a tub bath. In the end, he ironically tries to convince Wayne to stay with him by suggesting the opposite, just like Cary Grant does with his ex-wife Rosalind Russell in HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940). If unable to cast a second male star, Hawks would split the second one in two, casting younger men, forming a collaborative group. One would often break from the group, and Wood concentrates on this break, but the buddy subtext remained. Wayne may threaten to brand his adopted son Montgomery Clift in RED RIVER, but with Wayne as a mentor, a man’s self-respect grew, and
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In THE BIG SKY Hawks emphasized the “love story” between Dewey Martin and Kirk Douglas. They compare rifles almost upon meeting (Dewey’s is double-barreled, and swivels). Tight snakeskinpanted Dewey pulls Douglas’ dislocated middle finger and removes his own shirt, and open-vested Douglas agrees that the introduction of a Blackfoot princess (Elizabeth Threatt, like Jane Russell a Hawks ‘discovery’) can tear male friends apart. Hawks would have preferred Robert Mitchum, who more closely resembled Dewey, to Douglas, but was blindsided by his own sometime friend, Howard Hughes, at RKO. In the novel, but not in the film, Dewey kills Douglas when he mistakenly believes Douglas has slept with Dewey’s wife, the princess.
with Faulkner and “that guy,” Leigh Brackett, who turned out to be a sportswoman, on THE BIG SLEEP (1946). Brackett continued to write ironic dialogue in tough situations for Hawks until the end of his career. Hawks’ second wife, another sportswoman, was nicknamed Slim, just like Lauren Bacall in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944), a name not in the Hemingway novel. MONKEY BUSINESS (1952) is his only film on married life: he never could adjust to marriage, and formed his strongest family bond with his son Gregg, a racecar driver for whom he directed perhaps his worst film, RED LINE 7000 (1965), a teenage racing romance. Gregg’s mother was Hawks’ first wife, Athole, a sister of Norma Shearer.
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individual heroism brought redemption. Sheriff ‘Chance’ Wayne cures deputy Dean Martin of alcoholism in RIO BRAVO, and with Dean tempted to take a drink by the villains, a villain’s blood is shot into a whisky glass. In EL DORADO, supposedly based on Harry Brown’s 1960 novel THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES but really a remake of RIO BRAVO, Robert Mitchum is the sheriff, sobered up by aging deputy ‘Cole’ Wayne, although Mitchum isn’t an alcoholic – he’s just on a two-month binge after a heterosexual affair with a woman who is never seen. In the last of the trilogy, RIO LOBO, not just one deputy but each one goes home with a woman, like little boys who have injured themselves (symbolic circumcision, or castration?) on the playground going home to mother. Wayne, with a gunshot wound, presciently keeping a Hollywood aesthetic going, departs with Sherry Lansing, who soon quit acting to become the first woman to head a major
studio, in 1980, 20th Century Fox (and later, Paramount). To Pauline Kael, RIO LOBO being a retread of the previous two Westerns, “It’s hard to remember anything the men do.� Among actors only Gerard Blain, who had the fourth lead in HATARI! (DANGER!, 1962) “dared� to tell Hawks’ biographer Todd McCarthy that he found in Hawks a “submerged homosexual.� Rock Hudson was dead of AIDS by then, so he couldn’t be asked about the fish Hawks put in his pants in MAN’S FAVORITE SPORT? (1964). But there was always that subtext, and in an unproduced sequel to A GIRL IN EVERY PORT (1928) Bill and Spike are globetrotting oil executives rather than sailors. Bill still “pulls Spike’s dislocated finger,� they share the same woman and, too drunk to care what they’re doing, sleep together.
Physical wounds, symbolic or not, appear throughout Hawks, from SCARFACE (1932) on. Douglas loses that dislocated finger in THE BIG SKY, and Hawks always wanted to film Hemingway’s THE SUN ALSO RISES, in which the hero has been rendered impotent by a war wound. RED RIVER is often taken to be Herman Melville’s MOBY DICK on the range. There will be more on lonely sailors at sea and Captain Ahab’s peg leg in a later column.⠂
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4th Corner Poly A friendly group involved in or curious about non-monogamous relationships—people open to having more than one loving and honest relationship in their lives. All gender orientations and persuasions are welcome. This is a family, kidfriendly get-together for sharing experiences and desires—not a pickup or swing scene. We meet every 3rd Thursday evening. For meeting information: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/4thcornerpoly/ 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
Bellingham Radical Faeries Community of queerfolk interested in lifestyles celebrating queer sexuality, spirituality and sustainability of the natural world. 18+ recommended. Meet at Three Trees Coffeehouse, 118 W. Holly St, Saturdays from 11am-ish to 1pm-ish. http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/BellinghamRadicalFaeries/ Sean Humphrey House A housing unit for people who need assistance living with HIV/AIDS in Bellingham. For more information call 360-733-9357 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 PFLAG of Skagit County Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays’ Skagit County Chapter meets every month. Please check our website at www.pflagskagit.org for the location of the monthly support meetings or call Kathy at 360 856 4676 for directions. 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. They meet monthly every 2nd Tuesday, at Pandora’s Box at 314 W. Champion St. at 7 m. www.triskeli.org Queries— triskeli@triskeli.org
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. Skagit Young Men’s Group A place for young, gay men (ages 2035) to meet new people, get support, make conversation and have fun. Meetings held at Central Methodist Church, Sedro-Woolley. Counseling Line To connect with a licensed therapist in Whatcom County who is educated about kink, polyamory, and LGBTQI lives and lifestyles, call 360-756-0718. Individual, couples, and family. 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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