No. 623 • April 25, 2019 • outwordmagazine.com Our Next President & His “First Dude” page 14 Big Day of Marking a Avengers Two Singular Giving Milestone In IMAX Sirens page 4 page 10 page 17 page 21 Give Big on the Big Day of Giving Outword ake a big difference and help the causes you love by participating in the Big Day of Giving. On Thursday, May Staff M2, donors can support their favorite charitable cause in the PUBLISHER Sacramento region: 601 organizations will use this opportunity to Fred Palmer boost their fundraising campaigns. ART DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION The Big Day of Giving is more than a neighborhoods vibrant, empowering our Ron Tackitt once-annual 24-hour giving challenge. It’s young people, protecting our most GRAPHIC DESIGN the culmination of an entire year’s worth vulnerable populations, preserving our Ron Tackitt of community-building and collaboration natural spaces, and so much more,” said that connects non-profits to the Linda Beech Cutler, chief executive of the EDITOR community at-large and to each other. Sacramento Region Community Foundation, [email protected] Since 2013, this effort has raised more which organizes Big Day of Giving. ARTS EDITOR than $30 million! Donors who wish to plan their giving in Chris Narloch “We will come together again to send an advance of May 2 can visit www. unmistakable message of support to those bigdayofgiving.org. For a complete list of SALES organizations that help the Sacramento partners, visit Fred Palmer region flourish by making our www.bigdayofgiving.org/partners. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Chris Allan New Shelter Brings New Hope Matthew Burlingame Emily Desanto oming out isn’t always easy, and for some, it has meant Diana Kienle Chris Narloch being kicked out of the house and having nowhere to go. This summer, LGBTQ+ youth in Sacramento will soon have PHOTOGRAPHY C Charles Peer a safe, welcoming place to temporarily call home. Ron Tackitt ON THE COVER 2020 Presidential hopeful, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten Glezman. DISTRIBUTION Kaye Crawford Michael Crawford ADVERTISING SALES Northern California (916) 329-9280 Fred Palmer National Advertising Representative Rivendell Media The Sacramento LGBT Community Center is opening a 12-bed facility in midtown (212) 242-6863 Sacramento at 21st and P Street for transitional-aged youth between the ages of 18 – 24 years old. Individuals can stay at the shelter for up to 90 days while receiving clothing, food, and transportation along with access to crucial services designed to help provide stability. Studies have shown 40 percent of youth experiencing homelessness identify as LGBTQ+. Since 2018, the Center has operated a 6-bed Transitional Living Program which supports youth to stay up to 24-months. Grants from the California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES), funding by the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) and matching funds from the City of Sacramento and private LGBT Center donors are making the new shelter and programs possible. Anyone interested in partnership or support for youth experiencing homelessness through these new initiatives Outword Magazine Inc. can contact the Center at (916) 442-0185 or visit www.saccenter.org. Office 372 Florin Road, #133 Sacramento, CA 95831 PHONE: (916) 329-9280 FAX: (916) 498-8445 www.outwordmagazine.com [email protected] ISSN # 1084-7618 United States Library of Congress Nat. Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce Nat. Lesbian & Gay Journalist Association 4 Outword Magazine April 25, 2019 - May 9, 2019 • No. 623 outwordmagazine.com Drag Queen Bingo Hits Milestone n Thursday, May 2, Drag Queen Bingo, the monthly charity fundraising event produced by the Sacramento Rainbow OChamber of Commerce, will surpass $250,000 raised for local non-profit organizations. Marking the milestone will be a reunion of drag personalities Rusty Nails and Felicity Diamond, who put the “drag” in Drag Queen Bingo when it launched in 2009, and current Mistress of Ceremonies DoMe Moore, aka Chamber board member Paul Crouch. Also, a halftime show will feature several Chamber board members and local business leaders performing as drag queens and kings. Drag Queen Bingo fundraiser for the Sac. Valley Vets, circa 2013. Proceeds from the event, part of the Outword Media Marketing Events and Rainbow Chamber Foundation’s 2019 Big Outword staffers Ron Tackitt and Charlie Day Of Giving campaign, will support the Peer, with original Mistresses of Ceremonies Foundation’s scholarship program for Rusty Nails and Felicity Diamond, joined LGBTQ and allied students and provide more recently by DoMe Moore. Nails and funding for local organizations that provide Diamond retired from emceeing the event in LGBTQA youth services. Drag Queen 2016. Bingo supports a different 501(c)(3) In August 2015, after Drag Queen Bingo non-profit organization each month, and had raised more than $100,000 for local local organizations that have benefited organizations, Palmer passed the torch to the include the Sacramento LGBT Community board of the Sacramento Rainbow Chamber Center, Davis Pride, WEAVE, Sacramento of Commerce, which has continued Gay Men’s Chorus, West Sacramento producing the monthly event, coordinated by Historical Society, Sac State Pride Center, Chamber members Paul Villaluz Weubbe, R. PFLAG, Gender Health Center, River City Paul Villaluz Weubbe and Richard Food Bank, Front Street Animal Shelter, Hernandez, with assistance from Chamber and many more. volunteers. The cost to play Bingo is $20, which gets Held the first Thursday of each month, you everything you need for eight Bingo from 7 to 9 p.m., at Mango’s, 1930 K Street in games, including Bingo cards, daubers and Sacramento, Drag Queen Bingo features a cheat sheet for rowdy call-backs, such as prizes for every Bingo, including theater G-54: “Ooh ooh, the Disco G!” and B-11: tickets and souvenir packages donated by “Legs to Heaven.” Admission to the game Broadway Sacramento. In addition to goes on sale at 6:30 p.m. at the venue. proceeds from the game, beneficiary Cash only, please. organizations are invited to promote their For this one-night special event only, services and fundraise during the event guests can take advantage of a $50 VIP intermission. For more information about package, which includes everything you Drag Queen Bingo or becoming a need for eight games of Bingo, reserved beneficiary, contact seating, and a souvenir Drag Queen Bingo [email protected]. T-shirt. To purchase VIP tickets online in The Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of advance of the event, visit https://business. Commerce is a regional chamber serving rainbowchamber.com/events/calendar/. For LGBT business owners and professionals those who do not purchase VIP tickets, across the Sacramento Valley, as well as organizers recommend arriving early, as straight allies who support its mission of the event is expected to sell out. fostering a prosperous, diverse and inclusive Sacramento’s iteration of Drag Queen business climate. For more information Bingo was launched in August 2009 by about the organization, visit Fred Palmer, publisher and CEO of RainbowChamber.com. outwordmagazine.com April 25, 2019 - May 9, 2019 • No. 623 Outword Magazine 5 Proud to offer American Bar Calls Out Discrimination personalized care and consultation, Against LGBTQ Parents by Rich Vaughn auto-fill, ship and any LGBT intended parents and their families rejoiced in 2015, delivery, compounding, immunizations and when the U.S. Supreme Court, in Obergefell v. Hodges, legalized travel vaccines, co-pay same-sex marriage in all 50 states. Finally, LGBT married couples assistance plus a wide M variety of products would be treated the same as heterosexual married couples in the areas of parentage and parental rights. Instead, some states resisted the decision, with PUCCI’S and, nearly four years later, several have enacted new laws restricting IT’S PERSONAL SPECIALTY the rights of LGBT people to parent. 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