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Boyscouts of America... By: Kathy Reim
Empire of the Peace Arch... In The Mix
WA Young Democrats... A Bibliography of Gay Film By Lyle Pearson
The Magician Card Whatcom County Decides... America’s Widespread Poverty By John Phillip
The Comics! Life Is Short By Marcy
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Miss Betty Desire has been entertaining anyone who would listen in Bellingham for nearly 10 years, and is proprietor of The Betty Pages, the monthly publication that you are reading at this very moment. It is her hope that your perusal of the Betty Pages will enrich your life one chuckle at a time. Writer Bridget Adams currently resides in Washington State but that is always subject to change. Lucky enough to be a full-time, if poor, writer, she is most likely somewhere in front of her computer with a cup of coffee. Lots and lots of coffee. Queer Film Historian Lyle Pearson has published in Film Quarterly Sight and Sound, International Film Guide, Filmfare, Youth Times, and Manshots. With a BA from Pacific Lutheran College (1959) and a MA from San Francisco State College (1968), he has also taught film at Western Washington University.
Naomi graduated Whatcom Community College with an Associates in Visual Communications -Graphic Design but prefers more hands on tinkering such as wire craft & random projects (of which she always has many still to finish).
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Betty’s Corner Betty Desire, The Betty Pages
The flowers of May are now peeking their heads above the soil in my window box! I have successfully planted seeds and they didn’t die! Seriously, I am the only one in my family without the gift of the green thumb. Every time I try to do any type of gardening the plant involved and I fail! It’s a good thing there are other things going on this month that do not involve a shovel.
Ski to Sea in on it’s way and that means so is the communities largest and longest running parade. This year I will be marching in the parade with Whatcom PFLAG proudly letting all know that our local chapter celebrates 20 years of service to gays and lesbians and their families. It is awesome to know that there has been a support group here ready to aid and assist families with gay and lesbian members for over 20 years. We often assume now that same sex marriage is the law in our state and we have a State civil rights law that protects us from discrimination in housing and
employment, the battle is over. We think there is no need for queer advocacy groups any longer. Even in 2014 nothing can be further from the truth. As long as there are pastors preaching to their flocks that being gay is an “abomination” there will be a need for support groups to help heal the damage both emotional and social that teaching causes. As long as there gays being beaten with baseball bats after the bars close on Capitol Hill there will be a need for support groups. Hatred of gay people is a learned behavior and that learned behavior doesn’t end with the passage of a law. A learned behavior of hate ends when it is no longer taught and the last person who believes the hate message either changes their mind or dies. There are still gay and lesbian people who are shunned by their families. There are still young people being thrown out on the street for the crime of being gay. There are loving Mothers and Fathers who do not understand how their child could end up being gay and now that they know, want to be helpful and supportive but don’t know where to begin. How do I support My Gay Son or Daughter is not taught in many parenting classes. There are siblings of gays and lesbians who need help adjusting to their gay brother or sister. This is just part of the work Parents and Friends of Lesbian and Gays (PFLAG) has been doing in our community over the last two decades. No one should be shamed for who they love. No one should be shamed for who they are. Life is complicated enough without adding shame to the mix. Join me in celebrating 20 years of people who get it helping neighbors heal from wounds inflicted by ignorance. In my belief system healing trumps wounding, understanding dispels ignorance, Love soothes fear, we are constantly learning, and no one is perfect. Thank You PFLAG. Here’s to the next 20 years!
Moving Towards the Right Side of History
Kathy Reim
As of January 1, 2014, the Boy Scouts of America dropped the ban on gay scouts. The dynamics leading up to this decision are interesting, but it was pressure from a number of influential CEO’s (Ernst & Young, AT&T) that helped bring the final change. All the work that has been done to promote equality in corporate America and the growing awareness of the LGBT community and their millions of allies (and our $) has finally had some impact. Why should a PFLAG mom with a daughter care about this? Girl Scouts have always been open to diversity, and it has taken the BSA decades to catch up- and they still have work to do to welcome LGBT as adult leaders. It will happen, hopefully soon. We have a brave Scout leader in Seattle leading the way and an amazing faith community supporting him… and all of us. It is all an interesting story. It is also more than that. I find this important news to discuss for several reasons. The most important: it is close to impossible for rural areas and small towns to fund and sponsor quality LGBT youth programs. The real answer is to have our kids welcomed and safe everywhere and to have adults who work with them trained and sensitive to all families. We have sat too long listening to young people describe how they felt compelled to drop out of their church groups, their Scout troop, and sometimes their school because the secrecy was overwhelming and the hiding too painful. Family rejection is the primary reason that almost 40% of homeless youth are LGBT, and we continue to educate about this. Families experiencing confusion, however, are better able to cope when the messages of acceptance and understanding are consistent.
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The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Empire of the Peace Arch, Surrey BC Canada By: Martin Rooney
- Martin Rooney - Emperor 1 & 7 Surrey BC. Executive Board Member of the International Court Council
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The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Empire of the Peace Arch, Surrey BC Canada introduces candidates for the position of Emperor and Empress X. Surrey like Bellingham and 65 other cities across Canada the US and Mexico all have GLBT non profits that play court to raise awareness and raise funds for many needed causes. This is called the International Court System. Each city or court is sovereign (self ruling) but aligns itself to the goals and agenda of the ICS. These causes can be from local to international, from social change to political action. AS a 501 C3 (In the US) and a non profit society (in Canada) these organizations cannot promote political parties nor endorse candidates for public office. They can however promote issues affecting the social change or equality within communities and over the last half century has effected changes from the decriminalization of homosexuality, to overturning the US HIV Travel Ban, from equal rights to same sex civil unions and marriage. There will more on what the International Court System is all about - watch this column. So 16 years ago in Surrey was the first open GLBT dance - 200 people attended including politicians representing Federal, Municipal and Local politicians. The dance had a cause - Surrey School Trustees had banned 3 same sex themed books from the schools and libraries the year before. We felt that if we going to risk a GLBT dance in a then redneck city, we had better make it worth our while and we did. From there came dances at a local city community dances. In Feb of 1999 the Empress of Canada, mr.ted northe (RIP) created the Principality of Surrey/Delta and a baby court was born. August 1999 the first Pride Festival was held at Sullivan Hall - vendor tables in the parking lot, BBQ, sports games all culminating in the first Pride Dance with over 150 people in attendance. January 2000 we elected out first Gay Titleholders. Mid 2001 we abdicated the Principality in favor of a Barony associating with the International Court System. In May 2004 we were granted Sovereignty as an Imperial Court and now we could be like everyone else we played with on the 1-5. We could now elect Emperor and Empresses and be responsible only to our community. By this time I had some 20+ experience of playing court. I was elected Emperor 1 and am so happy to able to celebrate this milestone at Coronation May 17 at the beautiful Columbia Theatre. So back to our introduction of Candidate show.....In 2011 our court ran into similar problems to many courts....we were no longer relevant to our community. No one wanted to see men in dresses and crowns running round on what the community perceived to be ego trips. We had no purpose in our bylaws and as such we were in jeopardy of not surviving. We re branded, wrote new bylaws placed 2 Monarchs to care take us through this period and came out the other side most successful. In that process we had to look at changing our logo, reviewing our Regalia (which to say the least was miss mash of individual flavors.) So we did the re launch at the Introduction of Candidates event. We also toasted the new Monarchs of Vancouver BC - the Mother Court of Canada 43 years of history (formed in 1971) again the result of ted having the title of Empress of Canada. The event filled the Olympia Pizza Restaurant and had representation from Calgary, The Greater Vancouver Native Cultural Society and of course Bellingham (Betty Desire) along with many local entertainers and the majority of the College of Monarchs of our Court. We introduced the candidates
for Peace Emperor X David Cook and Arch Empress X Erica St. Asia Divine. Voting takes place on May 10th followed by the In Town Show and Awards. Coronation (or the Big Gay Ball) as they are referred to in our vernacular takes place May 16 (Out of Town Monarchs Show) and May 17 Coronation, both events at the Columbia Theater which is one block from the Host Hotel - The Met - in downtown New Westminster. The Theme for Coronation is Metamorphosis on the Wings of Change - The Decade Ball and we will be hosting the Queen Mother of the Americas, Nicole the Great, the CEO and titular head of the International Court System. All details can be found on our website www.epama.ca - click on the link to Coronation.
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I struggle, Poppets, with the balance between feel-good fluffy articles and social justice articles. On the one hand, I don’t want to be the Pollyanna columnist who only sees the happy things and disregards very real struggles. On the other hand, I don’t want to be the angry, activist contributor to The Betty Pages who only sees the side that still needs work, and always manages to bring people down. I find people who live in either extreme to be tiresome, honestly. So what’s this month’s struggle? On the one hand, we have the mess with RuPaul’s Drag Race using derogatory terms for transgendered people – and others’ defense of it. On the other hand, we have a new movie coming out on HBO next month about the rise of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s - which, while hardly upbeat and happy, shows some promise that I find exciting. In an attempt to find some balance, let’s start with the kerfuffle around terminology. Now, I have many issues with RuPaul’s Drag Race, but this doesn’t happen to be one of them. There. I said it. In the interest of full disclosure, let me be clear that, as someone who lives outside of the gender binary, I personally find RuPaul’s “She-Mail” segments clever wordplay. And I’m obviously not alone, because his personal use, and the show’s use, of she-mail and tr***y have been defended. Sometimes vociferously. The argument has been that drag is brazen and on the edge. In your face. Modern day punk. It is somehow above political correctness and therefore shouldn’t be policed. But … that is awfully close to the “but I didn’t mean it that way” and the “but I mean it ironically” and the “it’s just a joke” arguments that have been used for years to justify using derogatory words to describe gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. They are insulting, invalid arguments when they come from outside the community; they are equally insulting and invalid when they come from inside it. The L,G, and B parts of our alphabet
soup should be on the frontlines of bringing T acceptance, respect, and awareness into the mainstream. Yes, even the gay men who are also drag queens. I’ve also read transgendered people coming out and saying “oh, so I have to tell my friends not to call me tranny any longer? Don’t tell me what to be offended by!” To which I, as someone else who isn’t offended, say “get over yourself.” If you aren’t offended, you aren’t offended. If your sense of humor allows this to be funny, great! Your friends can throw that word at you all day, every day. No one is making you stop and to pretend otherwise is being intentionally obtuse. Have some respect for members of your own community who don’t find it funny. Who are hurt. We aren’t dealing with a oneon-one situation. We are dealing with changing a culture – and that includes everyone. Drag queens – and kings for that matter – are not transgendered people. They can’t reclaim the words any more than men can reclaim “girls” or white people can reclaim the N-word, because the words are not theirs to reclaim. And no amount of cool, radical, or edgy can change that. It’s time to start being respectful of the people we claim to support. There. Which brings us to the movie, The Normal Heart, coming to HBO this month. Why am I excited about this movie? Lots of reasons. First – I love the play. It’s a beautifully, honestly written work about the rise of AIDS in the 1980s, so the source material is more than solid. Second, they have actually cast – shock – gay men to play gay men. Admittedly, in the 21st century, that shouldn’t be such a shocker, but it is. Matt Bomer and Jim Parsons actually getting to play gay men is an exciting change. There are many aspects that make me a little nervous – a straight man still plays the gay protagonist, Julia Roberts is in it, and visibility does not necessarily equal upward movement – however! The script is brilliant, the trailer looks strong, and the casting is solid enough to make me excited to check it out later this month. Meanwhile, if you choose to watch it, I’d love to hear your thoughts on it, as well. Until next month, Poppets, take care of you – and each other.
Nick Milholen
Washington Young Democrats pledge to work for diversity and minorities On April 4, 2014 more than 100 of Washington State’s Young Democrats descended on Belllingham for the annual Young Democrats of Washington (YDWA) convention. During this three day event the Young Democrats focused on getting Democrats elected to the Washington State House and Senate and helping to achieve more diversity within the state party with a focus on more women and people of color. A sign that diversity is a big focus of YDWA was in the Queer and Diversity Caucus’, which had the largest attendance during the three day convention. Marsha Botzer, one of the founders of the Ingersol Gender Center in Seattle, was the key note speaker during the Queer Caucus. Botzer spoke of how much progress has been made in a short time for queer rights, but that we still have so much more we can do, in particular for Transgender individuals around the world. Botzer made an emphasis on Washington State and how fortunate we are to have made so much progress on queer rights and to have organizations like Equal Rights Washington and the Ingersol Gender Center, which are both amongst the oldest queer organizations in the United States. During this caucus Matt Bobbink (Western Washington University) was re-elected as Chair of the Queer Caucus and Josie Ellison (Western Washington University) was elected as Vice-Chair of the Queer Caucus. Bobbink wants to continue the effort he made last year to have Young Democrats in pride festivals around the state, while also finding some events outside of pride that they can attend in order to show more support for queer issues. The Diversity Caucus and Panel had three local individuals on hand to speak including Dr. Vernon Johnson, Professor at Western Washington University, Roxanne Murphy, Nooksack Tribe member and Bellingham City Council person, and Edgar Franx, Community to Community Development. Dr. Johnson spoke of being a person of color in Bellingham and Whatcom County and how difficult that struggle has been. He was involved in the Rainbow Coalition (a group led by Rev. Jessie Jackson) and helped create
one of the largest chapters of the coalition in country in Whatcom County. He said that white Democrats need to work to get more people of color involved within the Democratic party in order for it to continue to succeed and be the party that generally is more supportive of minorities and diversity, but that they have to appeal to them and not be pushy, otherwise it can appear that they are only wanting them to be involved to appeal to the masses. Murphy spoke of her first attempt to run for public office in Tacoma and how much discrimination she faced compared to that of running in Bellingham. She said that while Tacoma is more diverse than Bellingham, she was able to focus on being a Nooksack Tribal member in Bellingham and not receive backlash like she did in Tacoma and she believes that is because the Nooksack Tribe is from Whatcom County and that she also had strong support from the local Democrats to help curtail any possible backlash as well. During this Caucus Ollin Mexica (Skagit County) was elected Chair of the Diversity Caucus and Marco Morales (Skagit County) was elected Vice-Chair of the Diversity Caucus. Both emphasized that they want to work on getting more people of color involved within the caucus and wanted to work on immigration reform within our state. Members of the Young Democrats of Washington were key players in getting The Washington House and Senate to vote on and approve the Washington Dream Act, which helps undocumented immigrants receive financial help to attend higher education and because of that success they made an emphasize on working to continue to help minorities during the next year and included this in their 2014-2015 platform, with a focus on getting more people of color and women involved in YDWA. This was the first time the conference had been held north of Seattle and Young Democrats President Lynda Foster said she was pleased by the attendance and facilities that Whatcom County Young Democrats and Western Washington University Democrats (who co-hosted the event) worked to secure; she was also pleased by the emphasize placed on women and diversity with conference speakers that both local groups worked on. It’s not known where next year’s conference will be held, but Foster hopes that the convention will continue to rotate around the state and not just focus on Seattle or Spokane.
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“QUICK! What is the name of the film with the two molls who steal the loot from a bank robbery?” I emailed a friend near Chicago, from Bangalore, “I need the film for Champak, a veterinarian intrigued by lesbian films since he saw Abdelatif Kechiche’s LA VIE D’ADELE,” or in English BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR. “BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR,” I thought, “my ass!” At one point the U.S. distributor was going to call it BLUE ANGEL, but it is no match for the 1930 Joseph von Sternberg classic of the same name. THE BLUE ANGEL (DER BLAUE ENGEL) was shot in English and German (Sternberg had worked at Paramount in Hollywood for several years) in Berlin, in the Universum Film Ag (UFA) studios. UFA ended up in the Soviet Zone of East Germany at the end of World War II, and afterwards its permissible re-releases were shorn of their UFA logos. The studio became known as the Deutsche Film AG (DEFA), with some actors and technicians remaining and some returning from exile. The UFA studios now house independent producers, TV programs and “a theme park and museum devoted to the history of German film.” (Wikipedia, UFA, 2014). Marlene Dietrich, in her Weimar garters (garters were banned in Hollywood from 1934) singing “Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt” (Falling in Love Again) became a sexual icon for viewers of all persuasions. Thought lost for many years, the English version reappeared at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco in 2009, in a film festival called Berlin and Beyond. “Jessica, a bisexual Jersey veterinarian, a former New York taxi driver, is sitting next to me, rather loud, and I want to go to bed,” I emailed. Jessica had already exhausted Netflix looking for those two molls who stole the bank loot, although some interesting titles did turn up. Not the original German version of Leontine Sagan’s MADCHEN IN UNIFORM (GIRLS IN UNIFORM, 1931), with its iconic kiss between governess Dorthea Wieck and student Hertha Thiele, but its 1958 remake by Geza von Radvanyl, the governess Lilli Palmer and her student Romy Schneider. More heavily censored in many countries than DER BLAUE ENGEL, the original MADCHEN IN UNIFORM had fared less well at the box-office in competition with Marlene’s pan-sexual garters. There was also William Wyler’s THE CHILDREN’S HOUR (1961), based on Lillian Hellman’s 1934 play of that name, but not Wyler’s first version, THESE THREE (1936) which dispensed with its suspected lesbianism in favour of a less censurable suspected heterosexual affair. Still, in the 1961 version a heterosexual affair is still suspected: after Shirley MacLaine, suspecting she might be gay, hangs herself, James Garner remains as a suspected heterosexual way out for Audrey Hepburn, Shirley’s roommate. Oh, there were many more worthy lesbian titles on that Netflix list -- Radley Metzger’s 1998 THERESE AND ISABELLE, based on Violette Leduc’s 1966 French novel; Guinevere Turner’s 1994 GO FISH and her friend Kevin Smith’s 1997 CHASING AMY; and Celina Sciamma’s French 2007 WATER LILIES and 2011 TOMBOY, both qv. All of them appeared to be more fun to make than BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR. “Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux say that they were forced to engage in humiliating acts of sex and violence,” according to Adam Sage in The Times News Service, London (reprinted in THE TELEGRAPH, Kolkata, 11/10/13), “in a ‘horrible’ five-month shoot.” “’Most people don’t even dare to ask the things that he did, and they’re more respectful,’” THE DAILY BEAST quoted Exarchopoulos. “’You get reassured during sex scenes, and they’re choreographed, which desexualises the act.’” The
ten-minute sex scene was the worst. “’It wasn’t like, ‘OK, today we’re going to shoot the sex scene!’ It was ten days.’” A first encounter took a hundred takes. When Exarchopoulos giggled, Kechiche threw his monitor into the street. “’It was horrible,’” she says. Seydoux had to slap Exarchopoulos “for real.” “’You can see that we were really suffering,’” Exacharopoulos claims. “’She was hitting me so many times, and [Kehiche] was screaming, ‘Hit her! Hit her again!’’” Adele cut her hand, “’bleeding everywhere and crying with her nose running, and then [Kechiche] said, ‘No, we’re not finished. We’re doing it again.’’” “’And in that scene, she tried to stop my nose from running,’” claims Exarchopoulos, yet Kechiche “’screamed, ‘No! Kiss her!’’” Both actresses think Kichiche is a genius, yet Lea added, to TELERAMA “’without that being an excuse for him. In no other profession would anyone accept what we were subjected to.’” Sage concludes: “Kechiche denounced Seydoux, the rising star of French cinema, as spoilt and oversensitive.” But BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, I thought my ass. Pink is the warmest color for gays, and violet for lesbians. Blue is for blue angels, and the blues, from Bessie Smith (1894-1937) to Amy Winehouse (1983-2011). Like Jessica, I soon exhausted a LGBT Yahoo film site looking for those “two molls who steal the loot from a bank robbery.” Again, many interesting titles turned up. Donna Deitch’s DESERT HEARTS (1985), praised by both Greta Garbo and Camille Paglia, with its positive end, John Avnet’s soft-peddled film of Fannie Flagg’s FRIED GREEN TOMATOES (1991), Max Faberbuck’s German World War II tragedy AIMEE AND JAGUAR (1999), Stephan Daldry’s Oscar-winning (for Nicole Kidman as a bi-polar Virginia Wolfe) THE HOURS (2002); and for the more auteur-inclined, films by Chabrol, Fassbinder, Lynch and Waters; for South Asians, Deepa Mehta’s seminal FIRE (1996), Nisha Ganatra’s turkey-basted pregnancy in CHUTNEY POPCORN (1999), Pratibha Parmar’s also culinary NINA’S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS, and for the Nepalese Subina Thaya’s SOONGAVA (DANCE OF THE ORCHIDS, 2012), the last four all qv. From the Yahoo list, I also recommended Russ Meyer’s FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL KILL (1965), with its trio of go-go dancers high-jacking vehicles and their passenger as victims in the Mojave Desert. Peculiarly, David Butler’s CALAMITY JANE (1953) is not on the list, despite Doris Day on Backlot. com (9/7/14) being defined by ‘The Linster’ as a dykon. K.D. Lang has recorded Doris’ “Secret Love.” And what about Bangalore’s own Malashri (qv), who in her latest offering as a policewoman, in Dayal Padmanabhan’s GARSHANE (ROAR, 2014), repeatedly saves and embraces her best female friend? BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, my ass. Yet what was the name of that gangster moll film? I went to sleep thinking. “[The Wachowski’s] BOUND [1996], with Gina Gershon--unless there are two such,” came Carol’s e-answer in the morning. (I had missed it on the Yahoo list.) The Wachowskis, Andrew and Lana, (formerly Laurence) were assisted in the sex scenes by “sex-educator” Susie Bright (some “hand-sex” was cut for the film to get a ‘U’ certificate). In another, more violent scene Gina cut her hand, but her partner in crime, Jennifer Tilly, didn’t complain to the press about it. “GINA GERSHON?” exclaimed Champak, when I told him. He had remembered her “pretty face” and spoke her name into his Android phone, selecting his favourite Gershon movies. “She’s in [John Woo’s] FACE/0FF [1997],” where John Travolta and Nicholas Cage exchange faces, Michael Mann’s true tobacco expose “THE INSIDER” (1999) and Richard LaGravenese’s dramedy “P.S. I LOVE YOU” (2007) with Hillary Swank. Champak
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Queer Film Bibliography continued knew these three films far better than I did. Young Bangaloreans watch a lot of Hollywood films on HBO, Star Movies and at least five other channels. I feel obliged to watch a Hollywood film only if it has been remade in India. Or if it’s queer. A few nights later my Bangalorean friends came home with parcels (doggiebags) from McDonalds and I came home with one from a ‘halal’ (Muslim pure) restaurant. This is called cross-cultural appropriation.
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A second reason is that in this shifting dynamic, it is important for those who value diversity to step up. In a presentation recently given to our PFLAG Skagit chapter, we discussed that if Scouting is to thrive in spite of this change, it will take action. In September 2013, a new organization called Trail Life USA (which is inclusive of all male youth but will not allow those who engage in sexual activity, whether homosexual or heterosexual, outside of marriage) was created. In September 2013, some congregations replaced their Boy Scouts of America troops with those of Trail Life USA. Currently conservative faith groups overwhelmingly sponsor Boy Scout Troops across the nation. If churches, businesses, civic or community groups who support diversity, sponsored troops, that could allow the organization to move with more strength towards the right side of history. Lastly, over the years we have heard many, many of our gay friends describe how much Scouting meant to them and the sense of loss that came when they had to choose to leave and be more real, or stay in and be more repressed. These new policies, especially when discrimination against adults stops, may open up some much needed healing. We can wonder if the LGBT community and their allies, in time, can help rebuild the funding that is being lost. Over time, it will become important that the BSA frame its work to meet the needs of today’s youth without losing its strong values of service to others and practical skills. Respecting diversity and projects that promote it could make for some beautiful badges.
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The Magician Card Kevin Walder
As we move into this season of growth and creation I am drawn to the symbolism of the Magician card in the Major Arcana. This card is number I and is the card immediately following The Fool. As we tap into our personal creativity we can benefit from the lessons of The Magician. The Magician is a powerful card of magick and creativity. It carries a masculine strength of assertively creating change and movement. This card calls on us to recognize our own power and abilities in creating life. The Magician is not waiting for others to create the perfect circumstance, but is actively engaged in directing events and characters involved. As a member of the Major Arcana family this card carries a great deal of weight in a reading and suggests that magickal creativity may be at the basis of the issue being examined. The magician is a strong indicator of personal power that is not being fully recognized or appreciated at the moment. This card asks us to question our acceptance of our personal power and divinity. When I see The Magician in a reading it usually indicates that the querent is overlooking a key piece of evidence and that with some introspection they will discover power beyond their needs or imagination. When the querent is a
woman this card indicates that she is or needs to tap into her masculine side to obtain the strength and power to deal with the situation, this is not the time to wait. The Magician is always about the querent and what they are bringing to the table, it rarely will represent an outside influence because it is all about personal power. So often we get bogged down with details and clutter we fail to realize we have all the tools and all the power to change our situation and The Magician steps forward to remind us of our divinity. The Magician speaks to us of those times in life when we are fearful and even immobilized when considering a new venture or responsibility. He is here to remind us of the times when we were terrified of the unknown only to discover that, not only did we manage, we excelled at the new venture. So many times in life we have no idea what power we possess until we challenge ourselves beyond what we believe is reasonable. With the exercise of this personal power comes a great deal of responsibility as well. Recognizing that you have the power to be a creator of your own life means that you must rely solely on your morals and ethics when undertaking this creativity. The Magician is here to remind us of the importance of believing in our own magick and to be prepared to defend our use of it. What magickal work needs to be done in your life right now? What evidence of your own potent magick do you have in your life right now? How will you uncover your power and put it to work in your life today? Do you believe in your own magickal abilities?
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Whatcom County Decides the Political Future of our Nation, State Riley Sweeney While the headline is a touch dramatic, the facts re-
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main the same. Whatcom County will be responsible for the balance of power in Congress and Olympia. Our little community will be ground zero for ugly attack ads and vigorous campaigning for the second year in the row (I still get flashbacks when someone says, “Coal Trains”) so strap yourselves in, it is going to be a wild ride. Between the fights over Obamacare, birth control and, you know, shutting down the government, the House of Representatives has been getting plenty of press. Here in Whatcom, Rep. Suzan DelBene (DBothell) is running for reelection for the first time. Her district, which includes everything outside of Bellingham, is one of twenty in the nation that will actually be competitive – and she has drawn a top shelf challenger. Pedro Celis, a retired former Microsoft executive and prominent Latino businessman is raising big money to try and bump her off. DelBene, despite coming from a swing district and business background, has built a solid record of progressive votes. She voted against CISPA, which would have given the government broad authority to shut down websites, she voted to limit the NSA’s mass data-collection efforts and voted to close Guantanamo Bay. Locally, she fought for financial support for farmers and infrastructure spending on our bridges. With the House potentially in play this year, her seat could mean the difference between two more years of Tea Party antics or the steady hand of Nancy Pelosi on the gavel. But what about Olympia? For that, we have Sen. Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale). Ericksen has been representing the 42nd legislative district for over a decade and just last year, won state-wide recognition for having the most meals paid for by lobbyists. An ethics investigation said that there was no rule against having
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BP pay for your dinner every other night, so he dodged the legal bullet but not the wrath of his constituents. Why does this matter? The state senate is controlled by Republicans, but they only have it by two seats. There are 5-7 potential swing districts this year and the 42nd, which includes everything north of Alabama Street, is right there on that list. This year, the senate killed the Reproductive Parity Act, which would have protected a woman’s right to choose in Washington. They also killed transportation funding, stopped teacher cost of living raises, squashed climate change legislation, slashed funding for homeless programs and I think kicked a puppy, but I need to check my facts on that one. The point is, they are bad news. Just like a good movie villain, Ericksen comes with two sidekicks: Reps Vincent Buys (R-Lynden) and Jason Overstreet (R-Blaine). Buys has held a rather generic republican record. He proposed a few good bills about farming equipment, voted against equal pay for women and generally kept his head down. Overstreet, on the other hand, gained notoriety for proposing legislation to allow people to pay their bills with gold coins, to exempt firearms from sales tax, and to allow companies to sell incandescent light bulbs (titled, “The Incandescent Light Bulb Freedom Act” naturally). He was the sole no vote on a bill that protected homeless from violence and voted against vaccinations for children. He regularly rants about eugenics and Planned Parenthood on the floor of the House. He also named one of his sons “Honor Overstreet” which is too weird not to include in this article. But if you needed just one reason to vote on the races in the 42nd, here’s your answer. This year, Democrats introduced a bill that would ban “sexual orientation change efforts”, the anti-gay therapy camps for youths that cause so much damage. The vote in the House was 94-4. Overstreet was one of the four votes against this bill. It went to the Senate, where Ericksen and his Republican colleagues killed it. This year’s election will have real impacts on our lives, vote wisely. Riley Sweeney is a former campaign manager turned political blogger. You can find his reporting at www.sweeneypolitics.com. When he’s not chasing down dirty dealings in Whatcom, he enjoys playing board games, cooking delicious meals and watching good science fiction.
America’s Widespread Poverty John Phillip
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We need to look America’s poor as if we want to find solutions, and not just pass judgment on the less fortunate. 50+ years ago Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty, highlighted the dreadful living conditions of so many black Americans, from that thought poor equals black. That notion is woven through politics to this day. The concept of poverty as a black problem is also made worse by the news media, which have done a very poor job of explaining the issue. Some of that stems from simple logistics: Most major news organizations are located in major cities, where the poor tend to be black and brown. But prejudices among the news corps contribute to the myths. In the book “Why Americans Hate Welfare,” Princeton political scientist Martin Gilens notes that about 60 percent of the poor people shown on network news and portrayed in the major news magazines between 1988 and 1992 were black. It’s too much trouble for the media to travel to rural areas, where the white poor are much more visible. American Prospect writer Paul Waldman noted: 41 percent of the nation’s poor people are white. Drawing on government data, Waldman pointed out that blacks make up 23 percent of the nation’s poor, while Latinos account for 28 percent and 8 percent other ethnic groups. More recently, sociologists have focused on other theories of poverty. One theory of poverty has to do with the flight of the upper class, including employers, from the cities and into the suburbs. This has limited the opportunities for the inner‐city poor to find adequate jobs. According to another theory, the poor would rather receive welfare payments than work in demeaning part-time minwage positions where they can not earn a living wage. With out enough income to offset the public assistance income they would loose money taking a part-time job. As a result of this view, the welfare system has come under increasing attack in recent years. Unfortunately, too many politicians, especially Republicans, are content to pander to stereotypes -- as Paul Ryan did serving up a phrase that suggests that poverty is primarily a condition limited to darker-hued citizens -- rather than confront voters with the facts: Poverty is multi-racial, complex and demands a multi-pronged approach. And until we can get past our simple but inaccurate assumptions, poverty will also remain widespread. The effects of poverty are serious. Children who grow up in poverty suffer more persistent, frequent, and severe health problems than do children who grow up under better financial circumstances. Children raised in poverty tend to miss school more often because of illness. These children also have a much higher rate of accidents than do other children, and they are twice as likely to have impaired vision and hearing. Levels of stress in the family have also been shown to correlate with economic circumstances. Studies during economic recessions indicate that job loss and subsequent poverty are associated with violence in families, including child and elder abuse. Besides financial uncertainty, these families are more likely to be exposed to series of negative events including illness, depression, eviction, job loss, criminal victimization. Parents who experience hard economic times may become excessively disciplinary and erratic, issuing demands backed by insults, threats, and physical punishment. Homelessness carries with it a particularly strong set of risks for families, especially children. Compared to children living in poverty but having homes, homeless children are less likely to receive proper nutrition and immunization. Homeless families experience even greater life stress than other families, including
increased disruption in work, school, family relationships, and friendships. Climbing out of poverty is difficult for anyone, perhaps because, at its worst, poverty can become a self-perpetuating cycle. Children of poverty are at a severe disadvantage in the job market; in turn, the lack of good jobs ensures continued poverty. The cycle ends up repeating itself until the pattern is one way or another is broken. It is going to take more than rising the min-wage, more than just a full time job, we need more jobs! We need to bring the jobs back to America, back to the USA. We need to increases the TAX the corporations’ income from off shore interests. We need to add duties on offshore products and help small and local and regional businesses grow. How do we as members of the local society do that? We do that by supporting local business, buying made in the USA products and at the ballot box.
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Life Is Short Marcymark
Don’t forget to stop and smell the roses. Take the time to look and listen. Instead of dwelling on the negative try to focus on the positive. Life is not about getting and having, it’s about giving and being. Try to focus less on success and more on value. You will miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it. The most common way. The people that feel crazy enough to change the world usually do. “I was once known as a failure” -Michael Jordan. If you think you don’t have the power to achieve a goal, then you probably don’t. You don’t need some one to complete you, you only need someone to accept you completely. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best is now. You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.-Christopher Columbus. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did , but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou. “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, your right.” -Henry Ford . ‘The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson. Certain things catch your eye, but persue the things that catch your heart. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” -George Addair. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take your breath away.” -Maya Angelou. “Challenges are what makes life interesting and over coming them is what makes life meaningful.” -Joshua J Marine. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” -Booker T. Washington. “Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” -Jamie Paolinetti. “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” -Bill Cosby. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein. The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. “If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.“ -Abigail Van Buren. Life is short, go do something with it.
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Dear Tricksy Please save my relationship. My partner of five years discovered my Internet browser history from the previous few days. The pages were of bright red sexy lips. My partner is calling it “porn”. I feel guilty about it, but I told her it’s just a “fetish”. She says I’m using that word to get off the hook. Will you please tell her that this is a fetish? Our sex life has not been the same since she discovered the images and I fear losing her. What can I do? - Not Guilty As Charged
Dear Not Guilty It’s a shame you and your partner hadn’t discussed what turns the two of you on before. My fetishes range from stiletto heels, to leather or rubber items of clothing, to full red lips. It is not pornography it is more a form of role playing. A way to strengthen your marriage would be for you to buy her some bright red lipstick. And a way for her to improve your sex life would be to put it on.
Dear Tricksy About 4 years ago I met a gentleman at a gay bar became involved with him only to find he is married, to a ‘woman’. It was hard for me, but I ended the relationship and ceased all contact with him because I didn’t want to be the cause of a broken family. Since then, I no longer think of myself as a good person. Tricksy, I can’t forget that I was used so badly,” and I feel horrible about it. I have tried my best to “keep my nose clean.” I have avoided the dating scene. I graduated with good grades, but with all the free time I have now, I realize how lonely I am. The majority of my friends are in long-term relationships. I visit with them less and less because it reminds me
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of my aching to have a special someone. I’m tired of hating myself and feeling lonely, but I’m afraid I’ll mess up again. - Miserable Young Man Dear Miserable Young Man Please stop feeling guilty and flogging yourself for what happened. In a sense, you were as much a victim of this cheater as his wife was. Thank your lucky stars that you didn’t waste more of your time on that Bi-Sexual asshole. While I understand why you’d question your judgment or have some trust issues, by avoiding all contact with men, you have gone too far. Sometimes you just need to jump in and have FUN.
Dear Tricksy I was planning a party for my lovers 35th birthday and while searching for my his childhood friends, I believe I may have found a child he doesn’t know is his. I’m not positive that the child is his, but the time frame and location indicate that he could be, and there’s a strong resemblance to his homophobic brother. As we will never have children of our own I would love to bring the child into our lives. My partner is a kind and caring person, and would be a great father. The child I am sure was conceived during a casual, one-night stand before he discovered his true sexuality. I now wish I had never found this information because by not saying anything to him, I feel like a terrible person. If the child is his, the mother has kept this from him for more
than 10 years. I’d really appreciate some input. What’s the right thing to do? - Perplexed in Lynden Dear Perplexed I see nothing to be gained by withholding this from your partner. Tell him about your research, and what you think you may have turned up. Years ago I volunteered at the Sperm Bank (a very fun job) so ask him if he ever donated sperm. Then ask if he is acquainted with the child’s mother. The resemblance could be coincidental, hell the child could have been fathered by his homophobic brother, we all know about those guys, OMG the things I could tell about them, maybe some other day.
GLBT Organizations in Whatcom and Skagit Counties -ISCEE The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Evergreen Empire is affiliated with the International Court System and has been actively raising money for charity for over 30 years by sponsoring drag shows and pageants. The group is open to all regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation, seeking to provide social activities and community service opportunities for gays, lesbians, and their friends and allies in Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan Counties. -Leather, Levi & Bear Social Monthly gathering of men who like Leather, Kink, and Unabashed Masculinity. Second Saturday of the month, Rumors Cabaret, 7:30 to 10:30. Info 360.380.6409 -www.theslowlane.com This website includes a gay resource guide for Bellingham located at www.theslowlane.com/guide.html.
-Triskeli Guild The Triskeli Guild is Bellingham’s BDSM group that promotes community and education for safe, sane and consensual play. They encourage participation by all sexual preferences, race and age 18 and up people. www.triskeli. org-Queries—triskeli@triskeli.org -Sean Humphrey House A housing unit for people who need assistance living with HIV/AIDS in Bellingham. For more information call 360-733-9357
-Whatcom County PFLAG Whatcom County Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays meets the 2ND Thursday of each month, 7pm at First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Avenue, Bellingham. For more information and events visit www.whatcompflag.com
-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.
-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.
-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. -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. -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!
-Bellingham Bi/Pan Potluck We are a monthly gathering of pansexual and bisexual people, partners, family and friends on second Thursdays from 6:30-8:30pm at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) on the corner of E. Bakerview and Deemer Roads. Bring food or drink to share. For more information email gregory.lindon. smith@gmail.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.
-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 on-line! 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. y a h o o. c o m / g ro u p / 4 t h c o r n e r p o l y
-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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