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The Betty Pages - June 2016 Betty’s Corner
By Betty Desire, The Betty Pages
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By Bridget Adams
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In The Mix
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.
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Olivia
By Kevin Walder
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Baking With Betty
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A Bibliography of Gay Film
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The Comics!
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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.
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By Lyle Pearson
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.
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 issues. They are a facilitator for the Washington Gender Alliance support group in Bellingham
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Sandy Soderberg A steward for the honor of cannabis. From activism in legislature and Farm Bureau to education in schools and public forum, Sandy speaks of common sense for the common good of the people and the plant.
Betty’s Corner
It seems that my Mother and Father were engaged to be married in 1954 when they became pregnant with me. Because they came from a conservative Lutheran family and because of the social morals of the 1950’s they were convinced that giving me up for adoption was their only option so that is what they did. My birth mother was quite smart. She went through Catholic Children’s services instead of its Lutheran counterpart I assume in order to protect my identity as my birth family is quite large. My new found siblings tell me that my parents did not want to give me up for adoption but were convinced that it was their only option. I was told that my siblings found out about me when they were in their teens and twenties and wanted to search for me then, but my Mother was unable to work through the emotions surrounding my adoption and asked that they wait until she passed to look for me. I am sharing this for many reasons, first I am elated that my birth siblings took the effort to search and find me. Second it speaks well of their character that they were willing to follow their Mothers wishes and wait. Third to those reading this who are adopted, there is always a chance to find your biological family, and an equal chance that they may just find you! Hope springs eternal. Lastly, if you have made the courageous decision to give a child up for adoption I would ask that you do the very best you can to resist the negative emotions that could block you from being able to be in contact with that child in the future. Guilt, regret, and shame are useless emotions that do nothing more than paralyze your ability to make positive decisions. I can only speak for myself but I think the majority of adoptees would agree with me. Now that I am an adult, I absolutely understand the decision my birth parents made and hold nothing against them for it. My birth Mothers sacrifice enabled my Mom and Dad to have and raise a family. A family that they would be unable to have any other way. What a wonderful and selfless gift that is! This Memorial Day I am traveling to Oregon with my new oldest sister to visit my birth Mothers grave and pay my respects. I am going to thank her for gifting me life, I am going to reassure her that I was placed in a loving home and that I am ok. I am going to thank her for doing such a good job raising my Brother and Sisters, and I am going to imagine myself in her embrace until we meet again.
On Wednesday May 18th I was contacted by David. We first connected on Facebook and then he texted me with an odd message. He said there was about a 90% chance that I was his older brother. My first thought was “this has got to be some sort of scam” you know like the Nigerian Prince who needs your help to get his inheritance and once you send him $5000 dollars he will send you twice that? So I asked a few more questions. As it turns out, my birth siblings had been searching for me since Mother died in September 26th 2015. They hired Carole, a confidential intermediary. She was able to open my adoption file and began to search old addresses of mine in an attempt to get permission to release information to my birth family. Apparently David became a bit impatient with the slowness of the process so he took to the internet and began his own search. (sound familiar?) He shared Carole’s e-mail address with me and I sent her a message stating that I had heard she was looking for me and I gave her my current address. I received a package in the mail that included letters and photos of my four sisters and David as well as pictures of my birth parents. These last few weeks have been a bit surreal as I have been slowly connecting with my new found Brother and Sisters.
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Happy pride Month! Normally I would write about the history of Pride, and the Stonewall Riots of 1969. I would launch a vigorous defense of continuing Pride celebrations. I would passionately explain that in the beginning Pride Parades were protest marches and the evolution of them into commercially sponsored “entertainment” though unfortunate, mirrors what has happened to many commemorative celebrations of all sorts. Not this Month. Instead I would like to share about a personal event in my life that is rather earth shaking, could be inspiring to many others, and because of that fact I feel must be shared. In order to fully understand the significance of this event you will need some background information. I was born November 18th 1954 at Everett General Hospital and given up for adoption through Catholic Children’s Services. I was adopted by a wonderful couple who due to medical issues couldn’t have children of their own. Unlike adoptions today that can be open and fluid, in the 1950’s it was unheard of to allow information to flow back and forth between the birth parents and adoptive parents. Secrecy was the name of the game. It took an act of Congress to open an adoption file in the 1950’s, it’s good that it’s no longer that way because today’s Congress can’t decide what to order for lunch let alone pass anything of significance. Anyone who has ever met my folks will testify that they are and have been in love with each other since Goddess made dirt. I was fortunate to be raised in a very loving home. Like every family we had our challenges, but overall I really could not have asked for a more supportive caring family. Mom and Dad set the bar very high when it came to a loving relationship. Mom refers to Dad as “Saint Eddy” and Dad knows better than to outwardly disagree. Many times growing up I had considered attempting to locate my birth family, more for medical reasons than any other but I must admit I was curious as to the genetic and biological history of my clan. I never followed through with the search partially out of fear, and partially because I did not want to drag up what could be painful memories if my birth Mother and Father were still alive. At the ripe old age of 61 I figured that the time had passed for finding information about my birth family. As it turns out I could not have been more wrong!
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In The Mix Bridget Adams
The day I wrote this article, the United States House of Representatives voted down a bill that would have protected LGBTQ rights. The bill, which was actually expected to pass, would’ve made it illegal for federal contractors to fire employees based on orientation. It missed by one vote, failing 212 to 213. This article almost didn’t get written. I almost emailed Betty and said “I have nothing for you this month.” Because I was almost beaten. The hate that is being spewed – not only without fear of repercussion but with authority and legitimacy – very nearly got to me this month. I texted my sister because I had nothing. It’s not that I didn’t have an idea. Writer’s block sucks but it’s part of being a professional writer. You learn to just start putting words on the page and next thing you know, you’ve got an article, or an essay, or a chapter, or whatever. The day I wrote this, my nothing was more than that. I couldn’t bring myself to write an events article. Not with all the government sanctioned hate happening to us right now. But I couldn’t bring myself to write another article about the hate. Not this month. I had … nothing. And then my sister texted me back. My niece, her daughter, is in the 5th grade. Goes to public school. In the interest of full disclosure, she goes to public school in one of the most liberal, tipped all the way over to the left, artsy, earthy crunchy towns in the entire country. She still goes to public school. Here in the United States. Two of her friends, her schoolmates, are transgender girls. Openly, happily, supported by parents and community alike. In 4th and 5th grade. My friends, Darin and David, have become foster parents in order to begin the process of adoption. They’re in Oregon. My friends, Christine and Teresa, just up and got married at the spur of the moment last month. They’re in Connecticut. And another friend (who shall also remain unidentified, because he’s a minor) has come out to his friends, his school, and his mom as definitely gay, possibly transgender, and certainly bigender. He’s in Maryland (and still requests male pronouns, just to be clear). Five instances of love don’t even count as a drop given the tsunami of hatred that’s rushing toward us right now – and yet they MUST matter. They DO matter. Because it is different. And I have to believe that we will push back against the hate. Now is not an easy time. I’m deeply afraid it will get worse before it gets better. And – it is different. So I hold onto that. Because that’s something. Until next month, Poppets, take care of you – and each other.
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The Lincoln Theatre Presents June 2016
GONE WITH THE WIND, the third film in our 90th Anniversary series, on Saturday, June 4 at 2:00 PM. The film was released in January of 1940 and is offered for the price of its release decade, $1 per seat. The film is rated G and it runs for 238 Minutes. A multiple Oscar winner, Gone With the Wind tells the story of a manipulative Southern belle carries on a turbulent affair with a blockade runner during the American Civil War. More information is available at lincolntheatre.org or by calling the Lincoln Theatre Box Office at 360-336-8955. The Mount Vernon City Library presents THE PRINCESS BRIDE on Saturday, June 11, at 2:30 PM in a free Screening as part of the Mount Vernon City Library’s Summer Reading Program. The story begins when a young boy listens to while his grandfather reads him the adventures of Buttercup (Wright), the most beautiful woman in the world, and Westly (Elwes), the man she loves, in the fairy-tale kingdom of Florin. The movie will be followed by a free Barbecue and Ice Cream Social in Pine Square The film runs for 98 Minutes and is rated PG.This great event is made possible by an Elks #1604 Beacon Grant. More information is available at lincolntheatre.org or by calling the Lincoln Theatre Box Office at 360-336-8955.
MVHS JAZZ – LIVE AT THE LINCOLN returns to the Lincoln Theatre on Tuesday, June 14, at 7:00 pm for their third performance in a special series. The jazz bands, directed by Jacob Scheer, are part of the nationallyknown Fine Arts department at Mount Vernon High School. This program is committed to maintaining the vibrant, unique American art form that is jazz. Musicians of all levels are given the opportunity to learn, play, perform and compete at local venues and festivals. Come relax and enjoy the wonderful music of Nestico, Ellington, Miles Davis, Marvin Fisher, Count Basie and much more! Tickets at-the-door: $10 general admission, $6 seniors, and $4 students. All proceeds benefit the MVHS Jazz Program. More information is available at lincolntheatre.org or by calling the Lincoln Theatre Box Office at 360-336-8955.
The Lincoln Theatre presents APPARITION HILL on Thursday, June 23, 7:30pm. The documentary is the fruit of a groundbreaking concept utilizing a video contest and crowd-funding campaign to send 5 individuals to Medjugorje, a little-known village nestled in between two mountains along the border of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia to film their experiences. The contest and campaign surpassed expectations and the “pilgrimage” added two additional travelers. Medjugorje has been a hotbed of controversy as millions visit the town each year to see for themselves whether the legend is true: that Mary, the Mother of Jesus, has appeared to a select group of natives with regularity for the last 35 years. The film features Holly Weller of Mount Vernon. Proceeds from the screening of Apparition Hill go to the “Weller Kids Fund”. Advance tickets: $12 general, $10 for Lincoln Theatre Members. More information is at www.lincolntheatre.org or by calling 360-336-8955. The Lincoln Theatre presents JUSTIN HAYWARD – the iconic singer-songwriter / lead guitarist / composer of The Moody Blues – in his 2016 STAGE DOOR TOUR on Friday, June 24 at 7:30 PM. Named for the song “Stage Door” from Hayward’s first solo album Songwriter, this tour represents the significance that music – particularly live music – has had in his life, and the way it has come full circle. Joining Hayward, as they have on previous tours, will be Mike Dawes (guitar) and Julie Ragins (keyboard, background vocals). The set will be a mix of fan favorites, from Justin’s solo career and The Moody Blues alike. The Stage Door Tour is an incredible opportunity to experience Hayward in an intimate setting. Reserved Seating Tickets: 1st Section – $60; 2nd Section – $50; 3rd Section – $40; 4th Section – $30. $2 discount for Lincoln Theatre Members. More information is available at lincolntheatre.org or by calling the Lincoln Theatre Box Office at 360-336-8955. If you would like to opt-out of our email communications, or if you would like to change your address or other settings, click here: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?unsubscribe=1544138329 Lincoln Theatre Box 2312 Mount Vernon,WA 98273 USA www.lincolntheatre.org (360) 336-8955
The Lincoln Theatre presents The Lincoln Theatre presents DUDESTOCK 2016 on Saturday, June 18 at 7:00 PM. Dudestock celebrates all things related to the 1998 cult favorite THE BIG LEBOWSKI, which will be screened at 8:00 PM. Fans of the film (aka “Achievers”) come from far and wide to drink White Russians, listen to Creedence and party with an array of Dudes, Walters and Maudes (not to mention a nihilist or two). Prizes will be awarded for
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Skagit Running Company presents PITCH PERFECT 2 on Sunday June 12th at 2:00 PM. The Lincoln teams up with Skagit Running Company again this year to offer a fun film for runners and the general public to watch after the Run Like A Girl fun run! Enjoy this great sequel that will have you singing and cracking up. “You’ll laugh, you’ll suppress the urge to sing along, and you’ll quote the movie afterward, just like with the first one, and that is more than enough to recommend”. – Brian Roan, the Film Stage. $6 for Run Like a Girl participants, Bargain Matinee Prices for the general public. More information is available at lincolntheatre.org or by calling the Lincoln Theatre Box Office at 360-336-8955.
best costume in several categories. Come in your bathrobe if you like! Arrive early for Leisure Game competitions and Wii Bowling on the big screen. If you’d like to enjoy your White Russian or other cold beverage while partaking in the film, no problemo! This film is a 21+ event. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door, $2 off for Lincoln Theatre Members. More information is available at www.lincolntheatre.org or by calling 360-336-8955.
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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.
Another recipe from my mother, with a great desert dish! It’s amazing chilled, and also great for those ADULT potlucks you might be attending. ;D If you aren’t a citrus fan, I apologize somewhat that this month’s recipe will not appease you.
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By Kevin Walder
Olivia asks: “ I am feeling like it is time to end my 20 year marriage. What do you see as the outcome?” Dear Olivia: Major life changes like the one you are contemplating are never easy and should cause us to look deeper into the situation to prevent repeating the same mistakes later on. Before ever drawing cards for you I have the feeling that the fact you have asked this question indicates that there is still work to be done. I drew 3 cards for you and they are: The 7 Of Wands, The Fool, and Death. The Death card jumps out and says that it is time for a total remodel of the relationship. This cards does not eliminate the possibility that you will choose to end the marriage but it rather indicates that there is considerable work to be done if it is to survive. The message of the Death card is to clear out the old to make room for the new. This means old attitudes, old expectations, and outdated beliefs have to go to make room for new ways of cooperating. The second card to focus on is The Fool. The message of The Fool is to stay in the moment, not focused on past disappointments or future doubts, but what is happening BP in this moment. The Fool also counsels us to remain unattached to an outcome and by staying in the moment we can learn to take ourselves less seriously. Clear communication is also absolutely necessary so that each party in the relationship has a clear understanding of the boundaries and privileges of the marriage. The last card, and in this case, the most significant card is the 7 Of Wands. Wands are the fire element in the deck. They are the indicators of your greatest passions and motivations and the 7 indicates a need to creatively visualize your best outcome. The message for you in this situation is to be laser focused on what you want and be very clear about your expectations. How can your partner ever hope to cooperate if you aren’t clear as to what you want from this relationship? This card turns the focus back to you and asks you to carefully examine your needs and desires when it comes to your relationship. Once you have a very clear image of your perfect marriage then it is time for you both to weigh your options. In summary, it is definitely time to clear out the old in this relationship. Letting go of old hurts and disappointments is your first step to living in the moment which is key to eliminating your doubts and worries about the future. Just as you would toss out moldy food from your refrigerator, you need to throw out the old feelings of distrust in order to move forward. Most importantly though you must identify your own needs and desires in order to gain the respect you deserve.To do this important work you will need to spend some time in meditation and seriously getting to know yourself and what will make you happy and fulfilled. To have your own personal reading with Kevin Walder contact him at: kevin_walder@me.com or www.kevinwalder.com
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I MISS KOOVAGAM (1) : A Bibliography of Queer Cinema By Lyle Pearson
It all started when I saw Viju Varma’s Malayalam ODUM RAJA AADU RANI (RANDY KING DANCING QUEEN) at the Bangalore Queer Film Festival, the funniest queer Indian feature film I’d seen in 2016. Venkidi (Tini Tom), a burly, itinerant women’s lingerie salesman must settle down because the cuckolded husbands of many of his customers are after him. He shares quarters with a meek, effeminate gay Karagattaara (ritual) dancer, Thamburu (Ankattan Pattambi, who also wrote the script) -- this is THE ODD COUPLE, but the Felix Unger character really is gay. Thamburu tries to get close to Venkidi, to keep him from ogling women, dresses in drag, cleans the house and cooks excellent meals. But after the Interval the exasperated Venkidi hires a woman to straighten out Thamburu and becomes jealous when their friendship blossoms. Later, Thamburu disappears and joins a family of hijras at the annual Chittirai (Tamil month, April/May) Aravane hijra festival in Koovagam, in Tamil Nadu. Venkidi and the woman, realizing they have wronged Thamburu, follow him, but then decide, rather conservatively, that after being ridiculed, he may be happier with his own kind. Not only is ODUM RAJA AADU RANI very funny, it is instructional in its documentary footage of the Koovagam festival. The film is so interesting, in fact that I planned to visit the same festival with Varma this year. Thereby hangs another tale. I emailed Varma and he answered that we would meet at the police station on the first day of Chittirai (April 15) -- the Superintendent of Police was a friend of his. So after training from Nileshwaram in Kerala to Salem and busing to a few kilometers from Koovagam I autorickshawed the rest of the way. Not only is there no regular bus to Koovagam, it turns out there is no police station: there would be a strong police force during the festival, I was told by a Hindi-speaker (I speak no Tamil), but the festival wouldn’t start for two days. Thus, the rickshaw driver telephoned Varma and I was instructed to go a “nearby” police station and check into a particular hotel. But I didn’t know what was meant by “nearby.” So we went to the nearest police station.
I returned to Police Headquarters Monday morning and was told that the Superintendent was “out of station.” So I phoned Varma a third time. “Go back to the hotel. Ashok is in room 112. Knock on his door.” So I did. He was there and would guide me in about a half an hour. We autorickshawed to the local hijra family home, where I met the head of the hijra family, gave her 1000 rupees on Ashok’s advice, pulled out my GoPro and videoed us all having a veg meal. One of the hijras was from Mumbai and we carried on in Hindi. I GoProed so much that my battery went down, so as we left and I discovered a sign designating the name and serial number of the ‘family,’ I couldn’t GoPro it. “Not a problem,” said Ashok in broken English, “We’ll be back tomorrow.” That night was the Miss Koovagam Beauty Contest. About twenty hijras, some from as far away as Malaysia and Singapore, were in competition. The auditorium was packed and the non-competing hijras got the best seats. There was always a space between their seats and the ones for the straight men behind and that aisle kept moving forward as more and more hijras packed together and some left in the three-and-a-half contest. The only ‘straight’ woman was Elaine Craddock, a Professor of Religion from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, working on a transgender project, dressed like the hijras in a sari with jasmine in her hair.
The next day the actual festival was to start in Koovagam, I was assured, and Ashok would knock at my door at 2:00 PM. But at 2:00 I was asleep in the heat and Ashok apparently only buzzed my buzzer, not knocking and assumed I wasn’t there. I woke at 2:20 and knocked on his door. He wasn’t there. Descended to the ground floor in the Residency lift, I met again two of Ashok’s friends. Ashok and his photographer had left for Koovagam. I was, of course, angry. “Why did they do that?” “Well, Ashok buzzed your buzzer.” I’d come all the way, not from Malaysia but from the U.S. -- well, at least for this event from Nileshwaram in Kerala. “ “So how do I get to Koovagam now?” One of the pair, the adopted son on the head of the hijra household, had indicated that he was also headed for Koovagam, but suddenly, he wasn’t – he was headed for his “native place.” “You have to take a car.” “There are no buses?” “No.” This sounded suspicious for I had already bused from Salem to near Koovagam once and autorickshawed the rest of the way. “How much is a car?” I asked. “800,” said the driver, sitting conveniently nearby, near the lobby TV set. “1000,” echoed the adopted son of the hijra. I raised my voice, “He said 800.” Having nothing smaller than a 500-rupee bill, I handed the driver, now even more conveniently standing at the hotel door, 1000 rupees, expecting 200 rupees in return. The son of the hijra, however, handed me another 500-rupee bill saying, “We’ll go with you.” It had been a ruse to get me to pay for at least half of a car and to avoid the arduous bus trip. The friends disappeared up the lift and then descended with backpacks. I immediately knew that, all along, they had been planning to spend the night in Koovagam. But I had nothing, packed, not my battery charger, not even a towel. “Are you happy now?” asked the other of the pair. “NO!” I felt tricked, as indeed I had been. But the three of us piled into a car and did head for Koovagam. When we stopped to pee by the side of the road, the one asked again, “Are you happy now?” I gestured with my right thumb and forefinger, “Just a little.”
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No, that wasn’t it. We should go Vellupuram, thirty-five kilometers away. Oh, “And I may be late, if I can come at all,” added Varma, “I’m behind in shooting a new documentary.” By now my autorickshaw fee was mounting (it totaled 1100 rupees, about $16.00) and we didn’t get to Vellupuram until 7:30 PM, long after the Superintendent of Police would have left his office. So we went directly to the Ravindra Residency on Trichy Trunk Road and I was told that my AC-room would be nine hundred rupees a night, with a three thousand advance. But this was a Saturday and the next morning, after going to the wrong police station again (a traffic one this time), I found that the Police Headquarters was virtually empty: it was Sunday. Phoning Varma, again. I learned that a Mr. Ashok would knock on my door during the evening and he would be my guide. After a non-veg meal I returned to the Ravindra to sleep off my trip, turning the AC on and off, as the room was alternately too hot or too cold. Ashok did not knock at my door.
Not being aware of the protocol, having lost Ashok and his friends in the crowd and anxious to GroPro as much as I could, I sat with and kept moving forward with the hijras. At the end of the show, after dance, song, long speeches, a walk and pose by each contestant, each answere the question, posed in Tamil, “What will you do for the community?” I was standing by then up front with the phalanx of TV and news photogs and got a pretty good shot of the winner, Miss Gayatri of Salem, in a traditional, glittery red and gold sari. I also got a good look at the runner-up, Miss Bhavani of Kuala Lampur, in a nontraditional black gown with even more glitter, slit up to her left thigh over net stockings. She was very angry, having come all the way from Malaysia, at not being crowned Miss Koovagam 2016.
(Neat month: I reach the hijra festival in Koovagam.)
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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
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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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