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The Betty Pages - March 2011 Bettyâ€™s Corner

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In The Mix

By Bridget Adams

Ex Libris: The Front Runner By Peter Storm

The Pros & Cons of Hybrid Cars Sudoku for Tom Written by Brian Spencer, The Betty Pages

Bham Pride: The Shrapnelles Photos by D. Colburn Tarpenning, II

Radical Fairies of BC Gay Film Bibliography By Bichoo Vrishchik

Inclusive Places of Worship GLBT Resource Guide

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Photographer Lea Kelley is a local artist, photographer, and writer. She is a recipient of the Mayorâ€™s Arts Award for her local photography project, Faces of Bellingham. Her abstract paintings can be found on line at leakelley.com.

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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. Can we be done with the wind and rain already?! 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, 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.

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.

Contributor Peter Storm has been an avid reader since he received his first stone tablet, Peter owns more books than any normal human would ever feel the need to read. A former contributor to This Week in the City of Honolulu magazine his interests include film, history and world domination.

Betty’s Corner

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cut all support for Planned Parenthood. Federal law already prohibits funding any abortion procedures but Planned Parenthood was able in the past to receive grants to provide affordable cancer screenings, birth control, HIV testing, and testing and treatment for other sexually transmitted infections. Now because of Indiana’s Mike Pence, Planned Parenthood cannot even accept Medicaid. Here is how this will affect our State: • Planned Parenthood serves over 140,000 women and men in Washington and provides education to 35,000 individuals including parents, students, young adults and families. •In Washington State, Planned Parenthood health centers provide 40,953 STI/HIV screening tests, •38,962 annual exams and 39,010 breast cancer screenings annually, in addition to birth control counseling, supplies and other health care services. •In 2010 alone, 72% of women in Washington who were served through Title X funds (which are now not available to Planned Parenthood) received their care at a Planned Parenthood health center.

Yesterday, I had the honor to attend a scholarship luncheon at Western Washington University. Our local drag organization, the Evergreen Empire (www. evergreenempire.org) sponsors the Brentwood Slide Scholarship for students in WWU’s LGBT programs. We have done so since my first time as Empress in 2000. Along with Brian Spencer (ISCEE Board President and Betty Pages Managing Editor), I had the privilege to meet this year’s recipient, Aysha Kloub. Aysha is planning on becoming a civil rights lawyer with an emphasis in GLBT youth issues. I believe the best way we can affect the future is to invest in its leaders. Our drag organization is embarking on a campaign to raise $20,000 dollars so that our scholarship will become an endowment. As an endowment, the award will become self sustaining, so as long as there is a Western Washington University, there will be a scholarship dedicated to future LGBT leaders. Visit www. evergreenempire.org and click on “Scholarship” to find information that will help you join us in our effort (for as little as 65¢ a day!). To date, this is the only GLBT scholarship specific to Western Washington University. Please consider joining us. Speaking of Federal foolishness, recently the Republican controlled House of Representatives

•In 16 Counties across the state, including ours, Planned Parenthood is the only low-income family planning provider. Keep in mind none of this is about abortion, but about preventative care. The problem now becomes how these women obtain the care and services they need. Maybe Mike Pence’s Church can hold a bake sale. At his official web site Mike Pence says there are many other clinics for women and names a few in Indiana, but what about the low income women in the 16 counties listed above? Indiana, this is what happens when you give a Theocrat power. Don’t know what a Theocrat is? Look it up! Speaking of Theocrats, Kathy Reim, regional PFLAG director personal friend, and mom to many, sent me a link to an article by Philip Irvin. He begins by stating that something needs to be done to curb teenage prostitution. I agree, but then he theorizes that the answer is to “curb Seattle’s unrestrained sexual appetite” and that since “homosexuality is in the vanguard of proclaiming sexual freedom,” he wishes to “end city support of PrideFest… end city financial support of gay tourism…..and end the city’s Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Commission.” He states that, “If we believe biblical values produce the greatest good for society is there any reason we should not aggressively advocate using biblical values as the basis of our culture?” Well I can think of a few… foremost, that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. The reason we have so many denominations in Christendom is because of the many interpretations of “biblical values.” The problem is

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no one can agree on whose “biblical values” to codify into law and force on an unsuspecting population. Please do not misunderstand, I do not support teenage prostitution, but some of them who are on the street are there because they were kicked out of their homes by their fundamentalist Christian parents. God I trust; it is humans who mess things up. If you want to lessen the problem of teenage prostitution then start by taking away the reason the kids are on the street. If teenage prostitutes didn’t have to turn a trick for a place to crash, food, money, or to fulfill a deep loss of affection, I have serious doubts they’d be out. What was it we were admonished by Jesus to do? Take over government and impose our interpretation of Biblical Values on the rest of society? No, if I remember correctly, it was feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and heal the sick. Is this an easy problem to solve? Of course not; nothing worth doing is.

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Bridget Adams Remember a few months ago, everyone was concerned about LGBTQ youth? We all wore purple, changed our Facebook statuses and patted ourselves on the back…and then went back to our lives with the next news cycle. Except, guess what Poppets? LGBTQ youth are still out there. They are still trying to figure it all out and it’s not necessarily any easier now than it was six months ago.

Poppets, being a teenager wasn’t easy when we were kids. It’s certainly no easier now. Videos and purple shirts and Facebook statuses are fine. They make us feel good. But these folks at Camp Ten Trees…they are making a real difference, every day. Seems to me, the least we can do is enjoy a night out to help them. For more information, go to http:// www.camptentrees.org/ or call 206288-9568. It’s easier than finding a purple shirt and has a longer lasting impact. Until next month, Poppets, take care of you – and each other.⁂ W W W. T H E B E T T Y P A G E S . C O M

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Luckily, not everyone moved on with the next news cycle. Enter Camp Ten Trees, headquartered out of our very own Seattle. And let me tell you – this is one freaking cool camp. What drew me to their website was an event they are having next month and I promise I will tell you about it (because trust me, you really want to hear about it) but first I have to say that every tab I clicked, every link I followed, took my breath away. For eleven years now, they have been committed to LGBTQ youth and are still the only residential camp in the Pacific Northwest serving the community. Not only do they have a week-long camp for LGBTQ teens,

but they also offer another week for youth, to the silent auction. Add another $20.00 ages 8-17, of any orientation, from LGBT and you get the open bar, instead of having and/or nontraditional families. to pay cash. If you really feel like splurging on a great night out for an even better cause, They offer traditional outdoor activities, $125.00 will get you a VIP ticket: pre-event arts and crafts, and sports. They also offer reception, open bar all evening, first crack at performance opportunities and community the silent auction items, goodie bag, raffle projects. However, underneath the fun ticket, and dinner. surface, the camp’s values of inclusivity, safety and acceptance permeate all the adventures. Don’t worry if you’re busy on the 23rd, These values are so important to Camp though. You can still help. Not only are they Ten Trees that, while the rates for camp are still accepting donations for the auction, reasonable to begin with, they also have a but they accept donations, both financial sliding scale and camperships for families and in-kind, for the camp year-round. The that need some assistance footing the bill. neatest part of the website, for me anyway, is the page where they tell you exactly what All of which is wonderful and exciting, your money pays for. This is where you learn assuming you are, or have, a child or teenager. how much it costs to send a camper to Ten But what about the rest of us, who are – be Trees for a week or run background checks honest – a little past our 18th birthdays? on staff. Monetary donations can be made There’s fun for us, too. Next month, on April online. Auction donations can be arranged 23rd, at Herban Feast, 3200 1st Avenue S., through the website. Contact Camp Ten Ste. 100, in Seattle, at 6:00 PM, the camp is Trees for information regarding in-kind holding its annual dinner and auction. For donations, as their needs change so often. $55.00, you get an amazing dinner and access And if you happen to speak with Airen, tell him Bridget says hi.

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Ex Libris: The Front Runner Peter Storm

The Front Runner, by Patricia Nell Warren, 1974. An all time classic story that should be a required read for everyone. The story covers everything from falling in love, discrimination, generational gaps, sports, tragedy and acceptance.

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Published in 1974, the story is set against the backdrop of college/amateur track and field events. Harlan Brown, a former marine and track star from Villanova is a known/suspected gay track coach accepts an outstanding runner, Billy Sive, into his track program. Billy is a handsome young man with a warm and friendly personality and a romance develops between the coach and the runner. Billy proves to be an exceptional runner and is accepted to compete in the Olympics. The story’s tragic ending is heartbreaking and one that haunts me during every Olympic race.

Armistead Maupin paid tribute to The Front Runner in his book Tales of the City, when one of Maupin’s main character’s Michael Tolliver goes to a bar and meets a potential date who mentions that his new shoes are Tigers, ”just like Billy Sive’s. In the Front Runner.” Numerous attempts have been made to film The Front Runner for television and the movies, but nothing has yet materialized.

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Warren has written several other successful novels (I recommend The Fancy Dancer, 1975) and reprised her characters in sequels Harlan‘s Race, 1994 and Billy‘s Boy, 1997. An outstanding book that was one of the very first gay novels that was accepted by mainstream readers; due to it’s brilliant writing and engaging characters. The Front Runner was also translated into Spanish: El Corredor de Fondo. W W W. T H E B E T T Y P A G E S . C O M

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The Front Runner was an instant international best seller. Numerous organizations like The Front Runners, a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender running/walking club started in Los Angeles and expanded to other large cities around the world were inspired by Warren’s novel.

The Pros and Cons of a Hybrid Car Have you pulled your car up to the gas pump lately and been shocked by the high price of gasoline? As you find yourself spending more and more for gas, maybe you thought about trading in your car for something that gets better mileage. Or maybe you’re worried that your car is contributing to the greenhouse effect. The auto industry has the technology to address these concerns. It’s the hybrid car. Of course if you are thinking about a hybrid, you’re best to fully evaluate your needs and your available financial resources. You might find that a fuel-efficient four-cylinder car like the Honda Fit is a better route.

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Compared to conventional cars, the gas engine in a hybrid is smaller, less powerful, and more efficient. The reason for two motors is in the strengths and weaknesses of both types. Specifically, electric motors help use less gas at low speeds and in idle situations it shuts off entirely. That means during rush hour stop and go driving it is constantly saving fuel and, as an added benefit, it is not producing exhaust thus reducing smog levels. At higher speeds- above 40 mph- the gas motor kicks in and gives it that peppy feel so many car owners look for when driving on the highway. During high power maneuvers such as passing, hill climbing and acceleration from a standstill the electric motor is used in tandem with the gas motor for better response and mileage. Another benefit of having the gas motor is it charges the batteries while it is running. A gas-electric hybrid never needs to be plugged into an outlet, the gas motor kicks in automatically when the battery gets low and proceeds to charge the battery. Of

Other techniques that are not necessarily ‘hybrid’ features, but that are frequently found on hybrid vehicles include: Shutting down the engine during idle periods, improving aerodynamics, using roll resistant tires and powering the A/C, power steering and other auxiliary pumps electrically as and when needed.

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First off: What is a hybrid car? Basically, it’s a normal, fuel efficient car that has two or more major sources of propulsion power. Most hybrid cars currently marketed to consumers have both a conventional gasoline engine and electric motors, with the ability to power the vehicle by either one independently or in tandem. The most commonly referred to hybrid vehicle is the Hybrid-Electric Vehicle

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Hybrids have more fuel efficient engines, reduce fuel use during idle, capture wasted kinetic energy through regenerative braking and the reduction in fuel use translates to a reduction in carbon emissions; therefore driving a hybrid benefits the drivers pocket and the environment as well. Now you may be wondering “What could possibly be the down side?” The first obstacle anyone interested in buying a gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle will run across

is the higher cost of the hybrid power train versus its gasoline –only equal. Hybrid versions generally run several thousand dollars more than the conventional versions of the same car. Hybrids have had to undergo a great deal of research and development and their production requires a large amount of intricate electronic and engineering construction as well as costly parts such as the lithium-ion batteries. Hence the higher cost. Many hybrid owners justify the higher initial cost of the car by saying that they’ll make up the difference in fuel savings. Well, that plan may take a little (or a lot) longer than most owners think. Oftentimes, it can take several years to make up the higher initial cost. Fuel economy depends on driving style. Drivers can find that real mileage from hybrids can actually be 10% or more under the mileage

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So what is a smart car buyer to do? Knowing why you’re buying a hybrid makes your decision easier. Some buyers want to save money, but savings aren’t always easy to calculate. If you have a long commute and are doing most of your driving in the city or stop and go traffic; the savings can add up quickly. Heavy long-distance commuters and lead footers will see few savings. Plenty of buyers are interested in reducing emissions. Once again, the balance comes from your driving habits. There are many ways to reduce emissions- using public transportation, car pooling, riding a bike or scooter and even walking. Just buying a smaller, fuel efficient car makes a big difference. You are best off evaluating your own needs. For some a hybrid will make perfect sense but others may find a better option for them. Some gasoline- only vehicles are nearly as efficient as hybrids and they are getting better all the time. The new 2012 model Honda Civic, alone, has increased its mileage rating nearly ten miles to the gallon compared to the previous 2011 model. All-electric vehicles are appearing on the market and with new technology every day alternative fuel options are expanding as well.

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Hybrid cars also don’t drive exactly like cars we have been driving for decades. For one thing, the tires are tiny, which changes the feel of the car on the road. For another, the idle-stop technology is often noticeable and can (at times) be a bit clunky. And finally, hybrids are just not performance cars. Quick acceleration and blistering top speeds are not on the hybrid’s list of pluses. (Although you may want to check out the new Honda CR-Z hybrid)

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actually claimed. You must pay close attention to how you are driving to actually get the mileage stated. Drive slow (keeping it under 65mpg on the highway helps), no jack rabbit starts, braking early when approaching a stop to start the idle cycle earlier and minimal use of A/C all need to be considered. The tires are specifically selected for the best gas mileage so you don’t want to swap for bigger or fancier wheels and you need to make sure to keep your inflation at the proper levels.

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Bellingham Pride Holds 2ND Fundraiser of 2011 Photos by D. Colburn Tarpenning, II

The Bellingham Pride Committee held itâ€™s second fundraiser of 2011 with a performance from a new, allgirl, Motown cover group, The Shrapnelles. In their second public performance, The Shrapnelles were warmly received by at ecstatic crowd on Sunday, March 6 at Rumors Cabaret. The Shrapnelles were joined by Scary Monster & The Super Creeps to raise money for the 2011 Bellingham Pride Festival, held the second weekend of July. Watch for more events coming soon and visit www. bhampride.org.

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Radical Faeries of British Columbia Invite You to BC Faerie The Radical Faeries of British Columbia invite you to BC Faerie spring holiday, Canada’s Victoria Day long weekend, May 20-23, Camp, May 20-23, 2011. the weekend we set aside to honour our great Queen Vicky and her many, many impersonators – you may be one of them. We Do you remember the summer camps your parents sent you to invite all Faeries and their kin from near and far – we Canadians when you were young to get you out of their hair for a while? Were love diversity! they wonderful experiences full of fun and adventure, paddling boats on a secluded lake, hiking naked on the forest trails and Registration is $250 for those who register by March 31 and playing dress-up with the other boys? If so, let us relive those days $300 for registrations after that date. Registration form may be with you. downloaded at http://www.radfae.org/BCFaerieCamp2011.pdf But perhaps they were traumatic times instead, full of loneliness, Questions, Inquiries? bcfaeriecamp@narractive.com rejection, bed bugs and camp counselors who wouldn’t put out. If so, let us help you re-write the script, to re-create a camp �� where all the boys are queer, luscious, tasteful, entertaining and really into Boy Scout uniforms, especially those sexually modified ones. Take back your memories, then pervert and fabulize them.

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Gay Film Bibliography: Camp ‘B’ Westerns Bichoo Vrischik

Paul Roen, in HIGH CAMP: A GAY GUIDE TO CAMP AND CULT FILMS, Vol. 1, (Leyland Publications, 1994) asks, “What can there possibly be for us in the genre that John Wayne made his own?” but immediately answers “Well, quite a lot.” Roen divides gay camp films into seven categories, and gay camp westerns into three: 1) those with “a woman in the traditional tough guy role,” 2) those with an emphasis on “the ‘buddy’ relationship between two cowboys,” and 3) “The juvenile B-grade westerns of the Thirties, Forties, and early Fifties,” their sensibilities

thereafter taken over by TV and Nashville. Roen’s definition of “high camp” is not that of Susan Sontag (he sees ‘high,’ or intentional camp in films more often than she does), and he hopes to “sensitize the reader to … latent gay content,” to “turn on his local late-night movie and discover, on his own, the wealth of homoerotica that is waiting for him.” In sound films, that is; HIGH CAMP excludes silent cinema.

The Hawks/Hughes 1943 THE OUTLAW has already been covered in these pages, and Roen concurs that Jack Beutel (as Billy the Kid) is a “homoerotic icon.” And he’s more interested in the brooding, In William sleepy-eyed second lead, David Bruce, in Witney and John Charles Lamont’s SALOME, WHERE English’s Republic SHE DANCED (1945), than in Yvonne serial ZORRO’S W W W. T H E B E T T Y P A G E S . C O M

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The earliest western in Vol. 1 or 2 (the second was prepared in part from “detailed suggestions” from readers) is ex-drag performer Harry Fraser’s WILD MUSTANG (1935), to Roen “an unintentional allegory of male rape and seduction.” An outlaw gang sits upon and brands (but only on the back of a hand) “good-looking guy[s],” marking them as pariahs, leaving them with “no alternative but to join the gang.” At night, in their “cozy cabin,” their hatchet-faced leader tells them, “All right boys, you can turn in or do anything you want to.” Roen infers that some might not sleep right away.

FIGHTING LEGION (1939) Reed Hadley, who Roen finds more convincing as a fop directed by English, than as his alter-ego Zorro, directed by Witney, in the Busby Berkeley-inspired action scenes, shot and edited in shorter takes than in previous westerns, enabling actors to draw their breath and begin again, the camera to change positions, and the audience to get closer to more sustained action. Roen calls this serial “surrealistically fluid.” And there’s a bit of male nudity among the ‘Yaqui’ Indians, particularly two musclebuilt guards, and some S&M involving a lava pit, subbing for a more expensive volcano. Witney went on to direct several Republic Roy Rogers westerns, including EYES OF TEXAS (1948), hogtying and ripping the shirt off his back before Roy’s saved by Andy Devine; and their THE GOLDEN STALLION (1949), not mentioned by Roen, is one of Quentin Tarantino’s favorites films. In 1959, Witney turned to TV, directing many episodes of HONDO, BONANZA, TARZAN, and more ZORRO. Rouben Mamoulian’s THE MARK OF ZORRO (1940) stars bisexual Tyrone Power posing as that same fop, Basil Rathbone comparing “him to a fruit,” although a priest squeezes the tightbreeched fop’s biceps claiming, “I feel good muscle here.” Roen sees the same in any man’s tight pants.

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Blaine Congregational UCC 885 4th Street (360) 332-6906

Celebration Lutheran Church Worship at The Depot Arts Center 611 R. Avenue Anacortes, WA 98221 360-299-3225

First Congregational UCC (ONA) 2401 Cornwall Avenue 360-734-3720 www.fccb.net

Free Church Unitarian 1218 Harrison Avenue 360-332-4781 or 360-332-5563 www.uublaine.org

Christ Episcopal Church 1216 7TH Street Anacortes, WA 98221 (360) 293-5790

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Mount Vernon

Skagit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (WEL) PO Box 1203 500 West Section 360-419-9014 www.skagituuf.com

Center for Spiritual Living 1508 N. 18th Street 360-355-9029 www.cslmountvernon.com

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 415 South 18th Street (360) 424-1822

Island County

Langley United Methodist Church Located at 3rd & Anthes PO Box 374 Langley, WA 98260 www.langleyumc.org

Specials every day of the week! Monday: Microbrew Pints @ $2.50 Well drinks & shots after 10 @ $2.50 2 all-beef hotdogs @ $1.00 Tuesday: Top Shelf Bourbon @ 4.00 BBQ pulled-pork sandwich @ $1 Wednesday: Top Shelf Tequila @ 4.00, 2 Tacos @ $1.00 Thursday: Top Shelf Vodka ® @ $4.00 Friday: Jagermeister @ $4.00 Saturday: Top Shelf Gin @ $4.00 Sunday: $4.00 Brunch (Includes Biscuits and Gravy, Quiche, Cheesy Grits & Eggs Benedict), Double Bloody Mary @ 4.00, Cap’s Coffee (Java, Whiskey, Bailey’s) @ 4.00, Mimosas @ $3.00 and HAPPY HOUR ALL EFFING DAY!!!

Republic. Here, as a ‘copper-penny doxy,’ Ralston forms a ‘buddy’ relationship with Joan Leslie, traveling from New Orleans to Los Angeles to open their own saloon. A financial disaster, JUBILEE TRAIL ended Republic’s attempts with big budgets, and the beginning of its slide into television. Two 1958 Allied Artists films end HIGH CAMP’s B westerns: Harmon Jones’ BULLWHIP, with Guy Madison, and Edward Bernds’ QUANTRILL’S RAIDERS, with Steve Cochran. In BULLWHIP, a very loose adaption of Shakespeare’s TAMING OF THE SHREW, Rhonda Fleming bullwhips Madison before admitting she loves him, in between claiming that no matter what she does “He won’t even come to my party.” (If you can find this one, make sure it’s letterboxed, as Madison’s best shirtless scene (there are two of them) has him to the extreme right, and the supine Rhoda to the extreme left.) In QUANTRILL’S RAIDERS, Steve Cochran’s suspenders disappear just as his shirt is ripped open and he’s tied to a chair, leading to a close-up “of his nipples and hairy chest-flesh straining against the cords.” One such publicity still “has been on display in [Roen’s] bedroom for well over a decade,” evidencing by the late 1950s how “far and how unexpectedly homoerotica [could] penetrate.” In Edward F. Cline’s MY LITTLE CHICKADEE, for Universal, the only Mae Western included by Roen, she sings “Willie of the Valley.” But Mae, gay icon that she is, will have to wait for another day.⁂

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De Carlo’s Salome “kootch” dance or in the saloon burns, Emma “prances around the male lead, Rod Cameron. the blaze like a witch,” and shoots the Kid between the eyes, as if “it was really In Howard Welch’s MONTANA BELLE Vienna that she wanted all along.” The (1952), Roen points out that Jane Russell, phallic female quarrel (it ends with pistols) as Belle Starr, unconvincingly disguises was real; Roen reports that Crawford herself as a man – and not for the only vandalized McCambridge’s wardrobe, and time. Joan Crawford, known more for her that Ray “threw up on his way to work women’s film noir melodramas, in Nicolas every morning.” Ray’s gothic Republic western JOHNNY GUITAR (1954) dresses in men’s attire, But the “truly most important [female] wearing a phallic gunbelt. A saloon-owner, camp” personality, discounting Maria she stands to gain if a railroad crosses her Montez (known more for her Arabian property, but is opposed by repressed fantasies), has to be Vera Hruba Ralston. spinster Mercedes McCambridge, a stand- Herbert J. Yates, the president of in for Joseph McCarthy at the1950- Republic, tried to build his studio around 1954 ‘witch-hunt’ anti-communist trials, Ralston, his wife, a former ice skater. promising clemency for naming names. John Wayne left Republic because Yates As Vienna (Joan) puts in, Emma Small insisted on co-starring her with him, as (Mercedes) is in love with Vienna’s outlaw her films with him were the only ones buddy, the Dancing Kid (Scott Brady, also that made money; in one, she’s supposed a second lead in MONTANA BELLE). to be French, and much of it had to be “He makes her feel like a woman, and cast to match her Czech accent. Joseph that frightens her,” Joan says, while ogling Kane’s JUBILEE TRAIL (1954), after Johnny Guitar (Sterling Hayden). When Wayne left, to Roen is the film that sank

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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. 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. 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. 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 the Skagit Valley Co-Op Bldg. at 202 S. 1st St. in room 309 (down town Mount Vernon) 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. Meet at Three Trees Coffeehouse, 118 W. Holly St, Saturdays from 11am-ish to 1pm-ish. 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

Evergreen AIDS Foundation Evergreen AIDS Foundation provides support services for people living with HIV and AIDS who reside in Whatcom, Skagit, Island, San Juan and Snohomish counties. Bellingham: 115 Unity St. 360-671-0703, Everett: 2709 Wetmore Ave. 425-740-3000

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