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The Betty Pages - January 2016 Betty’s Corner

Baking With Betty

By Betty Desire, The Betty Pages

In The Mix

By Bridget Adams

Hot Meals Served Daily - Food Resources

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About our Contributors... Miss Betty Desire has been entertaining anyone who would listen in Bellingham for over 20 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.

Corination 2016

Village Book Events

Mt Baker Theatre Presents

Queer Film Historian Lyle Pearson has published in FILM QUARTERLY, SIGHT AND SOUND, INTERNATIONAL FILM GUIDE, FILMFARE, YOUTH TIMES, MANSHOTS, THE BETTY PAGES and ASIAN CINEMA. With a BA from Pacific Lutheran College (1959) and a MA from San Francisco State College (1968), he has taught at Western Washington University in Bellingham WA. His main interest is Indian cinema.

Whatcom Museum Happenings

Staff Photographer John Phillip after 40+ years of television

Keeping Your Spirits Local

When Death Takes Center Stage

A Bibliography of Gay Film

By E.F.K O’Conghaile

By Lyle Pearson

Community Notes

Dude, What’s in My Pipe?

The Comics!

GLBT Organizations (Whatcom & Skagit)

production engineering work John has settled down in Bellingham to semi retirement and is now 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” Naomi graduated Whatcom Community College with an Associates in Visual Communications - Graphic Design but prefers more hands on tinkering & random projects (of which she always has many still to finish).

Stephanie Kountouros is a poly-queer femme who has been a Bellingham LGBTQ activist since 1996. She currently serves as LGBTQ liaison with the Community Advisory Board for the Bellingham Police Department, and on the Planning Committee for Bellingham Community Radio. She lives with her partner and her wife. É.F.K. O’Conghaile is a transgender organizer with particular focus on youth empowerment, transgender spaces, and homelessness. They are one of the Co-Directors of the Whatcom Queer Teen Shelter, a local nonprofit in the county.

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Betty’s Corner

2015 has come to an end and what a year it was. We have seen Marriage Equality become the law of the land in all 50 States and all US Territories. No one in my age group ever thought we would live long enough to see this happen. There are, unfortunately, scattered Religious Zealots holding Public Office refusing to follow the Supreme Court Ruling. In time they will “evolve”, be replaced by the voters, or be removed by natural attrition. This process may take longer than expected as we still have Millions of our citizenry who attend Churches whose doctrinal statements range from less than tolerant to out right hostile when it comes to Homosexuals. Preacher’s in many of our Evangelical Congregations have found that the easiest way to fill the offering plate on a given Sunday, or light up the phone lines on a televangelist network is to rail against the evils of our Nation turning a blind eye to the Homosexual Agenda ( Anyone who has ever tried to organize Queer folk for any reason is now laughing so hard they have fallen to the floor) Since the Supreme Court ruling legalizing same sex marriage, I have done some research and have found that for every natural disaster from Tornado’s to earthquakes to floods and wildfires, and even mass shootings that seem to happen daily, some Pastor somewhere in the United States has run to the pulpit or Cable TV camera and declared that this was God’s Judgment on America for not standing up to

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the Homosexual Agenda. Don’t take my word on this, wait for the next disaster or shooting and Google blah blah disaster caused by the Gays and see what pops up. I recently was reacquainted with a dear friend of mine. We have known each other for 19 years and he has just relocated back to Bellingham. We started talking about the changes in Gay rights over the last 20 years and he helped understand things from a different perspective. He said, and there is truth to this, that now that we have marriage rights nothing comes without a cost. We are all far more “Out” than we may be comfortable with. We are more of a “Target” than we once were for those who wish us harm. In the old days we could hold a commitment ceremony in a friends back yard and that would be the end of it. Don’t get me wrong, I think the fight for the right to Marry the one we love was worth the cost, but there is a cost, just ask any of your friends living in what used to be Gay Neighborhoods in the major Cities. There has been backlash, Gay bashing’s have spiked, and there have been Arson attacks on predominantly Gay gathering places. These will subside over time, and time is our ally as polls show that Millennial’s are far more Gay friendly than any other age group. We still need vigilance. There are still some 16 States where you can lose your job for being gay and some States where you can be evicted from your home if your Landlord finds out you are Queer. You can Marry the one you love, but you may have to live in a tent and panhandle for food money if your boss and landlord read that Marriage announcement in the local paper, or happen to notice the change in relationship status on your Facebook Page. 2015 saw my first heart attack and the Birth of my newest Granddaughter. Sorry heart attack but Maggie wins! Happy 2016

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Baking With Betty

I am very excited to be able to share this new column with you! Together we are going to venture into the world of “adult' baking. Many folk like myself enjoy the euphoria of Weed but don't really want to smoke it. All of the recipes listed here can be made with ingredients readily available at your local recreational weed store. Please keep in mind when using any edible the effect of the high tends to take a good 20 minutes or more. Consume accordingly, always err on the side of caution.

For this recipe you will need a silicone mat with pyramids or triangles to place on your cooking sheet. It’s useful for me and makes the food seem almost fried when it’s baked in a healthy manner instead! - SparX

I package chicken drumsticks/thighs/breasts ½ Cup flour 1 large bag Cheetos or Doritos, crushed 1 Tbsp. cumin 1 ½ Tbsp. black pepper 5 Tbsps. chili powder ½ tsp crushed cayenne 3 Tbsps. garlic salt 3 Tbsps. onion powder 2 eggs ¼ milk 1 Cup Cannabutter or Cooking Oil (1/2 cup for lighter dosing)

Instructions 1) Preheat oven to 250°f. Rinse and pat your choice of chicken cut and set aside. 2) Mix dry ingredients in a shallow dish. Make sure everything is well blended together. This includes your cheesy chip choice! Set close to your cooking sheet. Hopefully you have your silicone mat! 3) Mix eggs and milk in a separate bowl. Grab a piece of chicken and coat well with the egg mixture. Then immediately roll it around in the flour mixture and place on the silicone mat. Repeat until you’ve gone through your amounted chicken.

Tip 4) Melt down your Cannabutter to a liquid form (If using oil your fine!). Using a spoon, drizzle the butter over each piece of chicken before putting it in but only use half of your allotted butter. Set that aside for the time being and put the chicken in the oven. 5) Cook the chicken for an hour and a half. Pull the chicken out and drizzle the remaining butter over the chicken. Put back in the oven for 1 hour. (If your oven runs hotter than most, cook it for only another 40 minutes!)

This chicken has a bit of a bite, so make sure to have an easy side with it like rice or mashed potatoes with some veggies! Great for warming you up in the cold January rain!

6) Viola! Pull the chicken out and let cool before serving. If you used the silicone mat, the chicken should come out crispy with no soggy breading, due to being lifted above its own drippings!

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Last year for X-mas a friend gave me a High Times Cannabis Cookbook. There was a recipe there for fried chicken and it seemed super tasty, but oh so unhealthy! With quite a few kinks and tweaks, I’ve remade the recipe into one I can cook for my husband without too much worry about his arteries clogging!

Feisty Medicinal Baked Chicken

In The Mix Bridget Adams

Until next month, Poppets, take care of you – and each other.

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Poppets, I cannot tell you how many drafts of this month’s article I have written, edited, deleted, and started fresh. Part of it, no doubt, is because I’ve been writing this column for a while and, eventually, the ideas dry up a bit. But part of it is I’m conflicted this year. I want to write about resolving to find love and peace in the face of hatred and chaos. I want to encourage you and myself to rise above. To answer with love. To embrace when possible and disengage when it’s not. On the other hand…I want to write about resolving to stand fast. To fight back. To answer every microaggression with power. To refuse to be silenced or cowed, even to ensure a peaceful moment or two. To write about letting people make their own choices, go their own way, and allowing grown-ups to fuck up and fail if that’s what it means. All while writing about how we must look out for each other, and guide, advise, and support because we are all put on this earth to take care of each other. And so I have started each of those articles – and a couple others, to be completely honest with you – and still haven’t settled on my path. For me, in 2016, I think I will resolve to find the balance between those two seemingly disparate concepts: love and fighting. I will not stand for being attacked – but I will make sure I am being attacked before I strike back. I will be willing to forgive a misspeak or misstep based in true ignorance – but I will not let ignorance be an excuse for cruelty. I will embrace teaching moments – but I will not allow the conversation to be derailed onto how I need to explain myself. I will not be man-splained, straight-splained, thin-splained, or Christiansplained – but I will be willing to have conversation where my partners get to do more than just listen to my experience, even if it’s not theirs. As a Wiccan witch and a Libra, I believe everything is interconnected and I strive for balance. These resolutions reflect that. In the past, I have been vehement about not making resolutions based on the turning of the page of a calendar. This year is different, though. This year, I need to make these resolutions. I need to know what my path will be before the vitriol that is building comes in full force. So, Poppets, I encourage you to find your path, as well. Identify what’s important to you before you need it. Be safe this year. Be well. And fight or love, as suits your needs.

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Upcoming at Whatcom Museum

Chipping the Block, Painting the Silk: The Color Prints of Norma Bassett Hall October 24, 2015 - February 14, 2016 Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora Street Docent Tours: Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30pm beginning November 5 Guest curated by Joby Patterson, scholar and author of Norma Bassett Hall: Catalogue Raisonné of the Block Prints and Serigraphs. Back at the Park: Vintage Views from the Photo Archives Ongoing 2nd Floor Passageway of the Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora Street The museum has two buildings with public hours: Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St., Thursday through Sunday noon – 5 PM and the Lightcatcher, 250 Flora St; Wednesday-Sunday noon-5 PM; Thursday open until 8 PM; Saturday open at 10 AM. The Family Interactive Gallery, located in the Lightcatcher, is open Wednesday-Saturday 10 AM-5 PM; open Sundays at noon. Admission for Museum members is free; $10 general; $8 student/senior/ military; $4.50 children under 5. Thursdays are reduced admission days of $5.

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Keeping Your Spirits Local For the Holidays

This is the last in our series about Whatcom Counties local distilleries and we ring in 2016 with BelleWood Distilling. BelleWood is Washington State’s first true farm to glass Distillery. They offer tours of the working farm and distillery, usually 12 and 2 on Saturday’s and Sunday’s at $10 dollars per person it’s a great way to spend a weekend afternoon. One of the great things about BelleWood is that the apples that don’t make the grade for sale aren’t wasted, in true conservationist form they are used to make some of the best Vodka you will ever taste! Because the Vodka is distilled from Apples those who are grain sensitive will have no issues tipping a glass or two or twelve. All of the ingredients used in the distilling process are either grown on the farm or berries from nearby farms, or grain from Washington State. They have a Pumpkin Spice infused Vodka called “Wonderment” the name says it all! The best of fall in a glass over ice. If you have need for event space BelleWood can host events for up to 200 people and more in the Summer when the weather is nice. If you want your friends and family to taste the best of BelleWood they can ship anywhere in Washington state. John told me that unlike grain or corn, which most alcohol in the word is made from, apples make an exceptionally good Spirit drink that you don’t have to add anything to to make the taste better. It takes 30 lbs of apples to make a fifth so using the apples that don’t make the grade for sale just makes common sense. Tasty, wonderful, common sense. Here is a list of just a few of the Spirits available for your enjoyment.

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BelleWood Vodka Our Vodka is uniquely made from some of the finest and most succulent apples grown in NW Washington. It is a smooth, drinkable Vodka that extends to semi fruity notes that dance on your taste buds. Enjoy it neat (straight up), on the rocks or in your favorite cocktail!

BelleWood Eau de Vie This old world style Apple Brandy will take you back to a much forgotten time of speakeasies, flapper dresses and tommy gun toting gangsters in pinstriped suits. So take a dive into this debonair spirit and allow notes of apple to caress your senses. It is created for the taster with a sense of class and adventure.

BelleWood Honeycrisp Vodka This Vodka was created for the Honeycrisp lovers who enjoy an explosively crisp premium apple. The finished product elicits a “WOW” response with each taste. Share with your friends and lift your spirit while enjoying a part of our orchard. BelleWood Raspberry Vodka When we set off to create our first infused vodka our goal from the beginning was to use only fresh, perfectly ripened raspberries. The new raspberry infused vodka has the flavor and aroma of fresh dew covered raspberries in the summer’s morning. Simply amazing! This spirit will astound your senses as you uncover the light layers of flavor from sweet grass to red raspberry.

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When Death Takes Center Stage É.F.K. O’Conghaile

Mac Ohana. Mac Ohana deserved better. He needed his true name and pronouns to be used both while he was alive and after his death, and needed them used consistently and exclusively, rather than having them exchanged for incessant references to the name and pronouns the cisgender assigned him and pressured him to use. Mac deserved the healthcare and support he needed and endlessly advocated for. He should have received the respect particularly necessary in crisis situations. He deserved these things because they are human rights. Mac should be alive right now, but he isn't. Due to others' ceaseless perpetuation of cis-stemic oppression and violent, transphobic pathologizing, he saw death as a means to personal peace and took a chance - final and total though it was. Without much more than a year or two of independence, his personal, political, and activist journeys were cut short by oppressive institutions. When we look for those to hold accountable for this recent tragedy, we might blame ourselves. But there are people and systems which bring about the deaths of people like Mac, and we should wonder, do these people and systems feel as much guilt? And if they do have any guilt, what will be done with it? These institutions want all of us trans people and neurodivergent people dead for our disrupting the capitalist status quo. All of us TBLG people deserve better, but as a group we have to fight for it.

Consider this issue a matter for clarity. Our brother in the struggle was struck down, taken from us before he’d hardly started. Another name spoken on Trans Day of Remembrance. Another person's soul whispered among us in reference to the transphobic horrors that afflict us. Another one of our own telling us through this tragic absence that we must do more for ourselves and our communities, and do it faster. To emphasize this point, I can say that I met Mac through the suicide of Oscar Peterson, another TBLG community member. And I have met several more people through the suicide of Mac Ohana. This is deplorable. It is deplorable because it says something terrifying to the disconnection among us. Death should not be the primary event which brings us together – but hope, challenge, and victory should even moreso. What is community if the only thing bringing us together is death? Mourn the dead, and fight like hell for the living.

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I first met Mac when he was homeless. I recall him applying a lot of blame for his homelessness on himself, his lack of adequate mental health. I recall doing the same to myself when I was surviving in similar conditions. Something I wondered about, both when I met him and now that he's gone, was how much of that rationale was due to his independent understanding of himself, and how much of it was from being manipulated by others and internalizing the harmful things they said about him. I don't think he had enough time as an independent adult to sort that out for himself and to hold those responsible for any damage inflicted. Some days before his death, Mac asked his trans comrades for support around thanksgiving, due to conflict with family and conflict with the monopoly hospital known as peacehealth. This was our last conversation. I can say if there's anything that marginalized people shouldn't hesitate so much to do, it's to support each other, and hold harmful people responsible to their actions. Those of us who responded let him know that, despite the trauma of transphobia, he still deserved good things. I let him know that, even though we hadn't spoken for about a year, I hoped he was doing alright beside. If there's something no-one should hesitate to do, it's to say we care about trans people, and to prove it through our actions, our endless advocacy.

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Airport Adventures - A Bibliography of Queer Film By Lyle Pearson

For the day after the Seattle South Asian Film Festival, October 15-25, I had booked a flight back to India. My nephew’s wife had also booked an Uber cab for me from their house in Seattle’s Magnolia district to the Seatac Airport at $41.00 (Rs. 2600). I had put my cellphone, in a package, in their mailbox to send to a friend north in Bellingham (it won’t work in India), but of course had forgotten to turn it off. It started ringing just before the cab arrived, to tell me that the cab was arriving. With me I had two fifty-pound suitcases and a large carry-on bag labeled “Bollywood,” with film stars Shah Ruk Khan and Ashwariya Rai embracing on it. The phone stopped ringing as the cab arrived. The driver, Panjabi, had been in the US for 23 years and had no trace of a Panjabi accent. He asked me where I was headed and when I said India he wanted to know exactly where. When I told him I was paying half the rent, including maid service, on a flat in Mumbai, at $250 he asked, “A night?” “No, a month.” “I can’t do that here,” he said, familiar basically with Seattle prices. We had a pleasant conversation on the way and, at Seatac, I added $4.00 to the tab as baksheesh (tip) for a total of $45.00.

I had decided to try and work off my jet lag in advance, on the plane, sleeping for the the first few hours. (It was 3:00 PM in Seattle, while India is 12 1/2 hours ahead, i.e. there it was now 2:30 AM). Fortunately for me, if not Lufthansa, the plane was less than 1/3 full, so I was able to stretch out over three seats for my several hour snooze. Then I perused the list of Lufthansa entertainment options and chose two films -- Gregory Jacobs’ MAGIC MIKE XXL, sleazier than the original (even in its title), but fairer to its female characters. Three years after quitting stripping with the Kings of Tampa, Mike (Channing Tatum) discovers a power drill reminds him of his penis and he rejoins the outfit, on a trip to a male stripper convention in Myrtle Beach. On the way, there is a dance-orgy with Jada Pinkett Smith and clients, followed by another with Audie MacDowell and friends. Elizabeth Banks helps the Kings enter the contest, with an elaborate false mirror routine. But who wins? Who cares? In backstage footage a glimpse of another team, beefier, shirtless, with cowboy hats, moving in lockstep, is more erotic than the Kings’ production number. And then I saw Baz Lurmann’s THE GREAT GATSBY, a writer’s movie (some of the original text is even embedded in the images) with all the irony and a depurate end that MMXXL sorely lacks. Soon afterwards, we laid-over at the Frankfort airport, where I rode treadmills seemingly for an hour and bought a metal bottle of Danzka (not Russian)

On the second plane, this one full, as we got further and further from the USA, I watched two foreign films -- Anand L. Rai’s RAANJHANAA (THE BELOVED ONE), a standard Bollywood triangle except that the hero (boyish Tamil star Dhanush) is responsible for the death of his rival, a political activist. Dhanush attempts to redeem himself in his beloved’s eyes, in front of posters of that iconic image of Che Guevara. And the funniest film of them all, Moataz El Tony’s Egyptian CAPTAIN MASR (CAPTAIN EGYPT), on a footballer who attempts to create a football team in prison. In an Egyptian film one might expect some minor homoeroticism, but here there is just some bro kissing and one line, when a player is injured and a doctor spreads his legs apart, “What are you a gynecologist?” The funniest bit comes in a flashback detailing how another prisoner got arrested. Working on a tourist bus, he received a text saying his wife was pregnant and shouted “Allah Akbar” (God is Great), a yell traditionally made by, among others, suicide bombers. The tourists immediately left the bus and the expectant father was arrested as a suspected terrorist. As we approached Mumbai, I began to follow the plane’s flight pattern. We alit at 1:10 AM, exactly on time, but my bags were just about the last off the plane and I didn’t exit the airport until 2:30 AM. By then I was wide-awake (my attempt at conquering jet-lag hadn’t worked), but the three friends waiting for me -- Abhilash, Samar and Rahul -- were half asleep. Still, we heartily embraced and booked a prepaid cab for Rs. 480 ($7.60) to Bhoomi Legend, the building where three of us share a flat, in Kandavali district. The driver was again Panjabi, but spoke no English -- at one point the turned around to Abhilash and said, “The foreigner doesn’t understand a word we’re saying.” True: I hadn’t spoken Hindi in three months, and he did have a Panjabi accent. The two bags were now on top of the cab, not in the trunk as in Seattle. Samar, Abhilash and I sat in the backseat, I telling funny stories about my trip to Abhilash (Samar speaks little English), while Rahul sat up front with the metal bottle of vodka safely in my Bollywood bag. When we arrived at Bhoomi Legend, I tried to give the driver a Rs. 20 tip, but mistakenly gave it to the chowkidar (nightwatchman) instead. The driver looked chagrined, I’m told, as the chowkidar helped me up the steps to Bhoomi Legend. In our flat, Abhilash, Samar and Rahul, already “rum”-ed out, chose not to have any vodka, so I too decided to wait until the next night, when we cold mix it with Tropicana Litchi Twirl and ice, a perfect combination. Within three days I was in the middle of another film festival, the Mumbai International Film Festival, or MAMI, watching at least three South Asian films a day. Including Bhaskar Hazarika’s Assamese KOTHANODI (RIVER OF FABLES), a horror film intercutting four folktales: a murderous step-mother, three buried children, a bride who marries a python and a vegetable containing a child that follows its mother wherever she goes. When the child emerges from the vegetable his skin is white, as it had never been under the Indian sun before. It’s nice to be home again.

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Being so old -- 77 years then, 78 now, since the day before Diwali (the Festival of Lights, celebrating the return of Ram to his kingdom of Ayodhya) -- inside the terminal, as I approached the metal detector a guard asked, “Any replacements?” I didn’t mention my porcine aortic valve, knowing he only was interested in metal replacements.

vodka. (Most foreign airports care only what metal you bring in, not out and a metal flask, less likely to break in my Bollywood bag, when empty can be used as a water, etc., bottle in perpetuity.

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Washington State Thousands of us who may have rarely partaken of “weed” now have the opportunity to experiment. Thanks to the help of a friend of mine who is co-owner of a Recreational Store, we are going to offer a Dear Abby style column that will give you the opportunity to ask any and all questions you may have about Recreational Marijuana. All you need to do is send your Queries to whatsinmypipe@ gmail.com. There is no such thing as a foolish question, and an informed consumer will make informed choices. Your question is valuable because if you are asking this chances are you are not alone. If we don’t know the answer here at the Betty Pages we will try to find a resource that does. Send in your questions and we can learn together. -Betty

Confused in Coopville asks: What are the new changes to Washington State Marijuana Law for next year and how will it affect the recreational smoker? Dear Confused, Sorry my friend, sadly you are confused as nothing is changing for the recreational consumer. However there are a lot of changes in the medical market. For the Recreational Consumer things are only going to get better as more and more medical products become available to the recreational consumer as with the new plan will have Medical and Recreational will be combined.

Gay Bellingham Wednesday Dinner Wednesday dinner gathering. Open to all, but mostly attended by gay men. Tends to be older men. Usually around 10 to 15. New people find it on the web and come meet Bellingham area folks. Rotates to different restaurant locations each week as announced in the Yahoo Group. www.gaybellingham.org/ https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/alternativebellingham/info

Want to give back to the community this year? Many volunteer opportunities are available. Do a quick web search (there are websites that help you find a good fit), talk to your college, or find your local shelter (or animal shelter) and ask them the steps you can take to help. If you dont have the time for volunteering, donations of items or money can be given instead. Be sure to research carefully if doing so online or go to the local place you want to help and talk to them directly on what they need. You might just have what they need in your closet!

The Comics! I can see the bottom of my food bowl and she’s about to go to work?!

All of these changes will take place on or before July 1, 2016. Hope this answered a few of your concerns and eliminated some of your confusion. Until next time enjoy your smokes, tokes and jokes. Cheers, The Weed Dude

Ahhhhh! *thwack*

~ Cat Theory ~

How dare you forget my demands, human! I’ll show you what’s best for you...

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Here is a small list of the actual things that are changing in the Medical Area: - BHO or Butane Hash Oil will now only be available in the recreational market and must be prepared by a Certified Washington State Processor. - The number of plants that a patient may grow is being reduced to six plants from the previous number of 15. While a doctor may recommend a patient grows more and return to the number of 15 plants but, it will take a modified recommendation. Patients will also only be allowed to posses 3 ounces of dried marijuana flowers down from the 24 ounces we were once able to posses. The edibles will then be regulated to 48 ounces of infused material in solid form and 216 ounces in liquid form. Concentrates will be set at a possession limit of 21 grams of hash, oil or wax. - One of the most argued subjects is that Dispensaries will have to become state licensed retail store and also licensed to sell medically. So you may have to change providers and make new friends.

Community Notes:

Shannon Devine 2015 • www.PsychedelicCircumstances.com

Dude, What’s in My Pipe?

With the advent of legal recreational Marijuana in

GLBT Organizations in Whatcom and Skagit Counties -Cascade Rainbow Community Cntr is a community of LBGQT people that enjoy each other’s company. We gather every Friday @ 6:30 PM for community, sharing of food, conversation, ideas, and current events. Each Friday is either game or movie night. The group has a lending library, Pride participation, and educational support. We are located at The Center for Spiritual Living @ 1508 N 18th St., Mount Vernon, WA. For information call (360) 840-8499 and for additional information checkout and subscribe to our Facebook Page. -Evergreen Wellness Advocates Evergreen Wellness Advocates 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

-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

-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 online at www.pflagskagit.org. -PFLAG of Whatcom County 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 -Sean Humphrey House A housing unit for people who need assistance living with HIV/AIDS in Bellingham. For more information call 360-733-9357 -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. -WWU 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. -WCC’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!

-Whatcom Queer Teen Shelter We’re in Whatcom county and currently organizing community support and resource sharing, specifically for LGBT youth and generally with any trans and queer people. We are also fundraising for the future shelter, and invite all trans and queer people to get involved in the direction of our organization. Email us at wqts.general@gmail.com or wqts.youthresources@gmail.com -Gay Bellingham Wednesday Dinner Wednesday dinner gathering. Open to all, but mostly attended by gay men. Tends to be older men. Usually around 10 to 15. New people find it on the web and come meet Bellingham area folks. Rotates to different restaurant locations each week as announced in the Yahoo Group. www.gaybellingham.org/ https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ alternativebellingham/info

Group leaders If we need to update our list because a group is no longer meeting please contact us!

If you are a member of or know of another LGBT group that would like to be listed please send us an email!

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-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.

every individual has the information, services, and freedom to make healthy, responsible decisions about sex, sexuality, and parenthood. We offer transgender services, comprehensive reproductive care, affordable STD testing and treatment and annual exams. Sliding scale available. Make an appointment on-line! http://www.mbpp.org Bellingham Clinic: (360)734-9095 Mount Vernon Clinic: (360)848-1744 Transgender Services now available!

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